Alchemist stats, abilities and strategy
Earns extra gold from unit kills and bounty runes
Synthesizing extra resources from each and every kill, Alchemist has no trouble gathering the tools needed to destroy his foes. Ambushing enemies with corrosive acid and a host of unstable chemicals, he battles to ensure his greedy escapades can remain uninterrupted.
Win Rate 50.1%
Pick Rate 4.8%
Attributes
626 +59.4/lvl
375 +21.6/lvl
23 +2.7/lvl
22 +1.5/lvl
25 +1.8/lvl
Stats
Damage:
50 - 56 + 2.7/level (142 - 148 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
3.7 + 0.3/level (13.3 at level 30)
Movement:
295
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.38
- Aghanim's Scepter granting moved from Chemical Rage to Greevil's Greed
Facets
Seed Money
Win Rate: 48.2%
Pick Rate: 40.0%
Alchemist starts with 250 more gold.
Mixologist
Win Rate: 47.7%
Pick Rate: 15.1%
Unstable Concoction and Berserk Potion recharge faster when in Chemical Rage.
Dividends
Win Rate: 52.6%
Pick Rate: 44.9%
Alchemist gains +75 GPM for each Aghanim's Scepter he has granted to allies.
Patch 7.38
- Greevil's Greed: Alchemist gains +75 GPM for each Aghanim's Scepter he has granted to allies
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
Alchemist synthesizes additional gold from his enemies and bounty runes. With each kill, Alchemist earns base bonus gold and extra bonus gold. If Alchemist kills another unit which yields gold within the next 40 seconds, an additional instance of Extra Bonus Gold is added to the total. Additionally, causes bounty runes to yield more gold.
RECENT KILL WINDOW: 40
BASE BONUS GOLD: 2
EXTRA BONUS GOLD: 2
BOUNTY RUNE MULTIPLIER: 2
MAX BONUS GOLD PER KILL: 18
BONUS DAMAGE PER SCEPTER:
FACET: Dividends
Alchemist gains 75 GPM for each Aghanim's Scepter he has granted to allies.
Aghanim's Scepter
Alchemist melts down Aghanim's Scepter to grant an allied hero all Aghanim's Scepter upgrades. Alchemist will gain bonus damage for each gifted Scepter.
BONUS DAMAGE PER SCEPTER:
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +2 Damage per Greevil's Greed stack
Patch 7.38b
- Gifting Aghanim's Scepters no longer provides Spell Amplification
Patch 7.38
- Aghanim's Scepter granting range increased from 600 to Global
- Aghanim's Scepter granting is now announced to all allies and spectators
While it is not a mountain, Razzil has mastered the conversion of smaller compounds to line his pockets.
Acid Spray
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Sprays high-pressure acid across a target area. Enemy units who step across the contaminated terrain take damage per second and have their armor reduced.
RADIUS: 350 / 400 / 450 / 500
DURATION: 15
DAMAGE PER SECOND: 25 / 30 / 35 / 40
ARMOR REDUCTION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
22 / 21 / 20 / 19
105 / 110 / 115 / 120
900
LEVEL 15 TALENT: Acid Spray grants armor to allies
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +1 Acid Spray Armor Reduction
Patch 7.38
- Radius decreased from 400/475/550/625 to 350/400/450/500
- Now applies 1 Corrosive Weaponry stack with each tick of damage
Using traditional Alchemy from the Darkbrew family, Razzil concocts an acid that dissolves even the toughest metals.
Unstable Concoction
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Strong Dispels Only
Alchemist brews up an unstable concoction that he can throw at an enemy hero, to stun and deal damage in an area around the explosion. The longer the concoction brews, the more damage it deals and the longer the stun. Alchemist is faster while charging the concoction. After 5 seconds, the brew reaches its maximum damage and stun time. However, after 5.5 seconds, the concoction will explode on Alchemist himself if not thrown.
While brewing, this ability is replaced by Unstable Concoction Throw. Alchemist can move and act normally while brewing.
A timer above Alchemist's head will indicate the remaining brew time. This timer is visible to enemies.
You can deny yourself with this skill.
Unstable Concoction cannot be disjointed and once thrown Unstable Concoction stops brewing.
Unstable Concoction explosion damages heroes and creeps.
MAX STUN: 1.7 / 2.2 / 2.7 / 3.2
MAX DAMAGE: 150 / 220 / 290 / 360
EXPLOSION RADIUS: 250
MOVE SPEED BONUS: 4% / 8% / 12% / 16%
17
100
775
FACET: Mixologist
While Alchemist is affected by Chemical Rage, cooldown is reduced by 35%.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +400 Unstable Concoction Max Damage
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +125 Unstable Concoction Radius
Patch 7.38
- Now applies 1 Corrosive Weaponry stack per second of brew time
A silver lining to the failure of turning a mountain into gold, this volatile solution has destructive potential.
Corrosive Weaponry
ABILITY: Passive
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: Breakable
Alchemist coats his weapons and empowers his spells with an acid that applies a stacking slow and base attack damage reduction to enemies hit. Attacks apply 2 stacks. Unstable Concoction applies 1 stack per second of brew time.
MAX STACKS: 10 / 12 / 14 / 16
DEBUFF DURATION: 4
MOVEMENT SLOW PER STACK: 1.5% / 2% / 2.5% / 3%
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE REDUCTION PER STACK: 1.5% / 2% / 2.5% / 3%
Patch 7.38c
- Unstable Concoction stack count per second of brew time now rounds up to the nearest second (minimum 1 stack)
Patch 7.38
- Stacks are also applied when enemies take damage from Alchemist's spells. Acid Spray applies 1 stack per second. Unstable Concoction applies 1 stack per second of brew time
- Stacks per attack increased from 1 to 2
- Max Stacks increased from 4/6/8/10 to 10/12/14/16
- Movement Slow per stack decreased from 4/5/6/7% to 1.5/2/2.5/3%
- Base Attack Damage Reduction per stack decreased from 3/4/5/6% to 1.5/2/2.5/3%
Chemical Rage
PASSIVE: No
Alchemist causes his Ogre to enter a chemically induced rage, reducing base attack cooldown and increasing movement speed and health regeneration. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Has a 0.35 second transformation time, which can be used to dodge projectiles and stuns.
DURATION: 30
BASE ATTACK TIME: 1.2 / 1.1 / 1
BONUS HEALTH REGEN: 60 / 90 / 120
BONUS MOVE SPEED: 20 / 30 / 40
60
50 / 75 / 100
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +50 Chemical Rage Regeneration
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +50 Chemical Rage Movement Speed
LEVEL 20 TALENT: -0.1s Chemical Rage Base Attack Time
Patch 7.38
- Bonus Move Speed decreased from 30/45/60 to 20/30/40
The brew Razzil gave to the Ogre during their prison bust has become a useful potion in the midst of combat.
Unstable Concoction Throw
AFFECTS: Unit and area
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Throw it before it blows up!
775
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +400 Unstable Concoction Max Damage
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +125 Unstable Concoction Radius
Berserk Potion
Shard grants new ability
AFFECTS: Unit
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
BUFF: Yes
Alchemist throws a potion at an ally, applying a basic dispel and giving them attack speed, movement speed and HP regen.
DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
DURATION: 15
ATTACK SPEED: 50
HP REGEN: 40
MOVE SPEED: 30
35
100
800
FACET: Mixologist
While Alchemist is affected by Chemical Rage, cooldown is reduced by 50%.
Talents
+50 Chemical Rage Regeneration
+ 0.3 %
+50 Chemical Rage Movement Speed
+400 Unstable Concoction Max Damage
+ 2.0 %
-0.1s Chemical Rage Base Attack Time
+2 Damage per Greevil's Greed stack
+ 0.5 %
Acid Spray grants armor to allies
+125 Unstable Concoction Radius
+ 0.5 %
+1 Acid Spray Armor Reduction
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Collecting Bounty Runes is very important for Alchemist as he gains additional gold from them. Let your team know when the bounty runes are about to spawn.
Use unstable concoction to stun your opponents and use that opporunity to secure last hits on ranged creeps in the early stages of the lane.
Alchemist prefers to farm a lot of smaller creeps than fewer large ones as each creep kill provides him bonus gold. Avoid farming Ancients until you can kill them reasonably fast. Ask your team to stack smaller camps.
Chemical Rage applies dispel on cast, same as Berserker's Potion. You can use them to dispel Spirit Vessel or other dispellable debuffs, spells and items.
While farming, look to maintain your Greevils Greed stacks and try not to stick too long in lanes to wait for creeps or hit buildings.
Blink Dagger or Shadow Blade allow you to cast fully channeled Unstable Concoction more easily.
Once you get closer to being 6 slotted, consider giving Aghanim's Scepter upgrades to your teammates. You might do that even earlier, if the Scepter upgrades on your allies have great impact.
Alchemist tends to fall off as the game goes. Look to close the game by the 40 min mark.
If you did not take the Seed Money facet, buy two Branches instead of two Gauntlets of Strength as your starting items.
If you did not take the Seed Money facet, buy two more Branches instead of the Bracer as your starting items.
Counter Strategy
Spirit Vessel and Orb of Corrosion are great items for mitigating Alchemist's increadible sustain in the early game.
Block neutral camps with sentry wards so Alchemist can't farm or stack them.
Don't forget to gank Alchemist before his ult.
Alchemist gets additional gold from bounty runes. Make sure he does not get any.
Contest Alchemist while he is jungling
Lore
The sacred science of Chymistry was a Darkbrew family tradition, but no Darkbrew had ever shown the kind of creativity, ambition, and recklessness of young Razzil. However, when adulthood came calling he pushed aside the family trade to try his hand at manufacturing gold through Alchemy.
In an act of audacity befitting his reputation, Razzil announced he would transmute an entire mountain into gold. Following two decades of research and spending and preparation, he failed spectacularly, quickly finding himself imprisoned for the widespread destruction his experiment wrought. Yet Razzil was never one to take a setback lightly, and sought escape to continue his research.
When his new cellmate turned out to be a fierce ogre, he found just the opportunity he needed. After convincing the ogre not to eat him, Razzil set about carefully concocting a tincture for it to drink, made from the moulds and mosses growing in the prison stone work. In a week's time, it seemed ready. When the ogre drank the potion, it flew into an unstoppable berserker rage, destroying the cell bars and exploding through walls and guards alike.
They soon found themselves lost somewhere in the forest surrounding the city with a trail of wreckage in their wake and no signs of pursuit. In the tonic's afterglow, the ogre seemed serene, happy, and even eager. Resolving to work together, the pair set off to collect the materials needed to attempt Razzil's Alchemic transmutation once more.