Charges in to reposition his enemies
Enemies who are foolish enough to gather learn to fear the horn of Magnus. Able to pull nearby foes together, he can batter them with empowered attacks or skewer them with his horn to bring them before his merciless allies.
Win Rate 51.4%
Pick Rate 16.9%
Attributes
670 +68.2/lvl
315 +25.2/lvl
25 +3.1/lvl
12 +2.0/lvl
20 +2.1/lvl
Stats
Damage:
69.9 - 77.9 + 5.0/level (245.5 - 253.5 at level 30)
Range:
200
Armor:
3.0 + 0.3/level (15.0 at level 30)
Movement:
305
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Run Through
Skewer deals bonus damage when pushing enemies through trees and cliffs.
Skewer
Deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs.
Reverse Polarity
Win Rate: 50.4%
Pick Rate: 2.6%
Reverse Polarity pulls all nearby enemies in.
Eternal Empowerment
Win Rate: 51.6%
Pick Rate: 48.9%
Empower is always on Magnus. Each subsequent attack increases its power.
Empower
Empower is always on Magnus. Each of his subsequent attacks increases his self bonus by 2,3,4,5% up to a max of 10,15,20,25% for 10s.
Diminishing Return
Win Rate: 51.4%
Pick Rate: 48.5%
Increases the max level of Shockwave. Level {s:bonus_max_level_tooltip} Shockwave causes it to return towards Magnus's location.
Shockwave
Increases the max level of Shockwave. Level 1 Shockwave causes it to return towards Magnus's current location after reaching max length. The return Shockwave travels 200 distance further and hits enemies a second time for =50% of the damage.
Reverse Reverse Polarity
Reverse Polarity pushes enemies away all around Magnus.
Reverse Polarity
Reverse Polarity pushes enemies away all around Magnus instead of pulling enemies that are in front of him.
PULL RADIUS: -100%
EFFECT RADIUS: 700
MAX KNOCKBACK DISTANCE: 850
Abilities
LEVELS WITH: Reverse Polarity
BREAKABLE: Yes
Magnus has slow resistance and suffers 50% less knockback from enemy's abilities and items.
Shockwave
Magnus sends out a wave of force, damaging enemy units in a line, pulling them towards him, and slowing them for a brief period.
DAMAGE: 90 / 160 / 230 / 300 / 300
MOVEMENT SLOW: 75%
SLOW DURATION: 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.9 / 1 / 1
DISTANCE: 1200
13 / 12 / 11 / 10
85 / 90 / 95 / 100
1200
- +125 Shockwave Damage
Empower
Gives an allied unit bonus damage and cleave on attack. Magnus receives 50% larger bonus.
DURATION: 30 / 33 / 36 / 39
BONUS DAMAGE: 16% / 24% / 32% / 40%
CLEAVE DAMAGE: 16% / 24% / 32% / 40%
8
45 / 55 / 65 / 75
800
- +10% Empower Damage/Cleave
Skewer
Magnus rushes forward, goring enemy units on his massive tusk. Heroes hit on the way will be dragged to the destination, then damaged and affected by slowed movement and attack speed. The damage is increased based on distance traveled.
SPEED: 900
DISTANCE: 900 / 975 / 1050 / 1125
SLOW: 20% / 30% / 40% / 50%
SLOW DURATION: 3.25
DISTANCE AS DAMAGE: 6% / 9% / 12% / 15%
22 / 20 / 18 / 16
80
Aghanim's Shard
Increases range and deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs.
- +1.25s Skewer Slow Duration
- -5s Skewer Cooldown
- +15% Skewer Damage Per Distance Travelled
Reverse Polarity
Magnus changes properties of matter, pulling all nearby enemies in front of him and stunning them with a damaging slam.
PULL RADIUS: 430
DAMAGE: 100 / 200 / 300
STUN DURATION: 2.5 / 3 / 3.5
120
150 / 225 / 300
410
- +20 All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity
- +0.8s Reverse Polarity Stun Duration
Horn Toss
Magnus tosses any enemies in front of him, launching them to his rear. Enemies take damage, spend 0.6 seconds in the air, and are stunned while in the air and an additional amount of time after landing.
DAMAGE: 300
AIR DURATION: 0.6
STUN DURATION: 0.75
30
100
Talents
+0.8s Reverse Polarity Stun Duration
+ 0.0 %
+10% Empower Damage/Cleave
+15% Skewer Damage Per Distance Travelled
+ 0.0 %
+n/a Shockwave Damage
-5s Skewer Cooldown
+ 0.0 %
+12 All Stats per hero hit with Reverse Polarity
+1.25s Skewer Slow Duration
+ 0.0 %
+1.5 Mana Regen
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Skewer destroys trees which can be useful against certain heroes.
When fighting close to pillars and cliffs, consider Skewering opponents on them.
Magnus has huge base damage that is further amplified by Empower. Use to win the lane last hit wise.
When an opponent is close to your tower, consider making Shockwave into Skewer play.
Ask your teammates to make stacks for you as you can clear them with ease once Empower is maxed out.
Make stacks for your farming core and continuously Empower him.
Consider turning during Reverse Polarity animation to be able to Skewer stunned units towards allies right away.
Don't rotate too much. Focus on farming Blink Dagger and then start playing more actively.
Once you have Blink Dagger, make use of it immediately before opponents are able to scout it.
Avoid showing yourself at the start of the fight. Wait for opponents to clump up and do your combo.
Pick up Aghanims Shard later in the game to boost your farming speed, damage output, and control.
Counter Strategy
Be careful not to get Skewered by Magnus under the opponent's tower.
Empower is a great farming buff for Magnus and his melee cores. Contest their jungle and block camps.
Be aware of Magnus's Blink Dagger timing. Look to cancel his Dagger in the fights.
Avoid fighting in choke spots and clumping up against Blink Dagger into Reverse Polarity combos.
Reverse Polarity has a long cooldown. Look to fight opponents when it is down.
Status resistance items shorten the disable duration of Reverse Polarity.
Having Aegis on a core hero is a protection against Reverse Polarity. Kill Roshan on the first chance.
Lore
The master-smiths of Mt. Joerlak agree on only a single point: that the horn of a magnoceros is more precious than any alloy. And of all such horns, the largest and sharpest belongs to the beast they call Magnus. For half a generation, Magnus took easy sport goring hunters come to claim the treasures of his kin. Each time he would return to his cave with hooves and horns stained red, until his Matriarch urged him and all their kin to seek refuge to the north beyond the shadow of the mountain. But Magnus scoffed, having never failed to defend his people. The magnoceroi would stay, he decided, for a magnoceros does not believe in chance... nor does it ever change its mind.
But when Mt. Joerlak erupted without warning, and half his kin perished in the fire and ash, Magnus changed his mind after all. The survivors pushed north, until they reached a blockade watched over by a hundred hunters armed with bow and steel. Magnus expected no less. He led his fiercest brothers and sisters in a charge against their enemies, and fought with a ferocity matched only by the fire-spewing mountain at his back. Meanwhile the magnoceros elders, mothers, and calves vanished into the drifts. The master-smiths are divided about what happened next.
Some say Magnus reunited with his kin, while others claim he suffered mortal injuries and expired alongside the body of his Matriarch. Neither theory is correct. Magnus did vow to rejoin his kin...but only after seeking out those responsible for the eruption of Mt. Joerlak and watching them die upon his horn, for a magnoceros does not believe in chance.