Templar Assassin stats, abilities and strategy [7.41a]
Slows down enemies with traps
Peppering the battlefield with slowing traps, Templar Assassin hides invisibly, ready to ambush her prey. Once she springs her attack, she shreds enemies with piercing psionic blades, and deflects counterattacks with her refracting shield.
Win Rate 46.2%
Pick Rate 6.9%
Attributes
582 +52.8/lvl
315 +24.0/lvl
21 +2.4/lvl
23 +3.4/lvl
20 +2.0/lvl
Stats
Damage:
51 - 56 + 3.4/level (163 - 168 at level 30)
Range:
250
Armor:
3.8 + 0.6/level (22.6 at level 30)
Movement:
310
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.41
- Base Health Regen decreased from 1 to 0
- Removed Third Eye innate ability
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
When remaining stationary and not taking damage for 0.25s, Templar Assassin begins meditating, gaining health and mana regeneration, reaching the maximum bonus after 2.05s of meditating.
MAX HEALTH REGEN: 2.7
MAX MANA REGEN: 2.2
MEDITATION TIME UNTIL MAX BONUS: 2.05
Patch 7.41
- New innate ability, improves with Templar Assassin's level
- After remaining stationary for 0.25s, Templar Assassin begins meditating, gaining bonus health regen and mana regen. Bonuses linearly increase from 0 up to their maximum, which is reached after 2.05s - 0.05s per level. Moving from the current position or taking damage from an enemy resets regen bonuses. Max Health Regen is 2.7 + 0.3 per level. Max Mana Regen is 2.2 + 0.2 per level
Refraction
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
Templar Assassin becomes highly elusive, gaining a small barrier and bonus to her damage. The damage and avoidance effects are separate, and have a limited number of instances. If a barrier is consumed, a new one is created as long as there are charges left. If an instance of damage would deal more damage than the remaining barrier, all of the damage is absorbed.
Damage as HP Removal bypasses Refraction (it won't reduce the charges).
INSTANCES: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
BARRIER PER INSTANCE: 30
BONUS DAMAGE: 15 / 30 / 45 / 60
DURATION: 17
14
95
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +4 Refraction Instances
LEVEL 20 TALENT: Refraction Dispels
Patch 7.41
- Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
- Increases bonus damage by 30 and allows Refraction to be cast while disabled
Manipulating her psionic veil, Lanaya bends nature's law to her will.
Meld
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
Templar Assassin conceals herself, becoming invisible as long as she remains still. If Meld's invisibility is broken by attacking an enemy, Lanaya's attack will deal bonus damage to the enemy and reduce their armor for 6 seconds. Bonus damage and armor reductions are applied to all enemies in the Psi Blades split range.
Meld is broken by any action other than staying in position or channeling Psionic Projection.
Meld's armor reduction does not work against towers.
BONUS DAMAGE: 50 / 100 / 150 / 200
ARMOR REDUCTION: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8
ARMOR REDUCTION DURATION: 6
11 / 9 / 7 / 5
35 / 40 / 45 / 50
LEVEL 25 TALENT: 0.8s Meld Hit Bash
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +4 Meld Armor Reduction
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +225 Meld Attack Range
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +1.5s Meld Debuff Duration
Patch 7.41
- Now, if the attack that broke Meld splits with Psi Blades, Bonus Damage and Armor Reduction are now applied to all affected enemies
Lanaya is as elusive as her covenant with the Hidden Temple.
Psi Blades
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: Pure
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: Breakable
Templar Assassin's psi blades slice through the attacked unit, splitting and damaging enemy units directly behind it, while gaining bonus attack range. For each unit it damages, the split damage is reduced by a percentage.
Split damage hits invisible units.
Attack effects like Bash will only be applied to the main target.
BONUS ATTACK RANGE: 50 / 100 / 150 / 200
PSI BLADE RANGE: 400 / 500 / 600 / 700
SPLIT AMOUNT: 70% / 80% / 90% / 100%
Her blades pierce the skin as much as the mind, furthering her understanding of the mystery that is reality.
Trap
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Springs the trap nearest to Templar Assassin, slowing nearby enemies.
If the ability is in alt-cast state, springs the trap that is closest to the mouse cursor.
0.5
Psionic Trap
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Templar Assassin places mystical traps that invisibly monitor enemy movement. When sprung at her command, they exert a slowing influence of 20% in a 400 radius. Trap movement slow charges up to 50% after 3.5 seconds. Deals damage after 3.5s.
Traps last indefinitely.
They have invisibility that fades in over 2 / 2 / 2 seconds and spell immunity. They take 2 hits to kill by ranged heroes, 1 by melee heroes, and 4 by creeps.
Traps have 250/250 vision range and don't prevent neutral camps from spawning.
MAX TRAPS: 5 / 8 / 11
MIN MOVEMENT SLOW: 20%
MAX MOVEMENT SLOW: 50%
DAMAGE: 200 / 300 / 400
11 / 8 / 5
15
1800
Aghanim's Scepter
When activated, traps now silence affected enemies.
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +3 Psionic Traps
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +10% Psionic Trap Slow
Patch 7.41
- No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
- Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
- When activated, Traps now also silence enemies from 0.25s up to 3s depending on the trap charge
Calling upon the reach of the Hidden Temple, none escape the eye of the Templar.
Psionic Projection
Scepter grants new ability
PASSIVE: No
CHANNELED - Allows Templar Assassin to teleport to any Psionic Trap after channeling for 2 seconds, detonating it upon arrival as if it was fully charged and instantly dealing 400 bonus damage. Channeling Psionic Projection does not break Meld.
10
50
In reward for her service, Lanaya has been granted access to secrets that unlock new techniques for her psionic gifts.
Talents
+4 Refraction Instances
+ 0.2%
0.8s Meld Hit Bash
+4 Meld Armor Reduction
+ 5.5%
Refraction Dispels
+3 Psionic Traps
+ 0.0%
+225 Meld Attack Range
+10% Psionic Trap Slow
+ 1.3%
+1.5s Meld Debuff Duration
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Patch 7.41
- Level 15 Talent +3 Meld Armor reduction replaced with +3 Psionic Traps
- Level 15 Talent Refraction Can Be Cast While Disabled replaced with +225 Meld Attack Range
- Level 20 Talent +40 Refraction Damage replaced with +4 Meld Armor Reduction
Strategy
Before the game starts, make sure to share your units with your team so they can use your Psionic Traps.
Consider skilling Meld on level 1 against melee match-ups.
Keep repositioning to Psi Blade the opponent when last hitting.
You can push the lane in faster with Psi Blades and Refraction in order to secure river runes.
Try to get your level 6 as soon as possible and force your opponent out of the lane.
Ask your teammates to stack for you, especially ancients as you can clear them early.
Psionic Traps provide vision, so place them on rune spots, 
Roshan pit, and other strategic spots.
You can stack with Psionic Traps but you need to be within the aggro range of neutral creeps.
Don't rotate unnecessarily. Focus on hitting your item timings and pressure opponents' tower.
Focus on bursting squishy backliners and supports, especially with 
Blink Dagger.
Counter Strategy
Damage over time spells and items are great at removing Templar Assassin's Refraction charges.
To dodge Templar Assassin's Psi Blade, play on your hero's max range and avoid being in line with her attack direction.
Templar Assassin struggles against well coordinated ganks in the early game before her Psionic Traps are online.
Make sure to have 
Sentry Ward on the lane against Templar Assassin's Psionic Trap.
Templar Assassin tends to stack and farm ancients early on. Block the camp with
Sentry Ward or contest her.
Carry detection on multiple heroes against Templar Assassin.
Templar Assassin takes down buildings fast with 
Desolator. Organize defense quickly.
Armor items, 
Ghost Scepter and 
Heaven's Halberd are great against Templar Assassin.
Be aware of Templar Assassin's
Desolator and
Blink Dagger timing. She can solo kill most heroes.
Templar Assassin is able to take
Roshan early on. 
Observer Ward and check Roshan.
Check the
Roshan pit for Psionic Trap before taking Roshan.