Nyx Assassin - Abilities - DOTABUFF

ImpaleQ

ABILITY:Point

AFFECTS:Enemy Basic, Enemy Hero

DAMAGE TYPE:Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:No

DISPELLABLE:Yes Strong

Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units take damage, then are hurled into the air and stunned.

The spikes move at 1600 units per second, over 750 range.

Impale cannot be blocked by Linken's Sphere.

STUN DURATION: 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.7 / 2

IMPALE DAMAGE: 100 / 160 / 220 / 280

CAST POINT 0.3s

18 / 16 / 14 / 12

100 / 110 / 120 / 130

All zealot scarabs possess intimate knowledge of underground pathways, using them to their advantage.

Mind FlareW

ABILITY:Unit Target

AFFECTS:Enemy Basic, Enemy Hero

DAMAGE TYPE:Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:No

Deals damages to the enemy equal to a percentage of its Max Mana. Additionally deals damage equal to a percentage of damage the target received from Nyx Assassin in the past 15s. Instantly kills non-ancient creeps.

MAX MANA AS DAMAGE: 20% / 25% / 30% / 35%

BONUS DAMAGE: 25%

CAST POINT 0.4s

100 / 105 / 110 / 115

Spiked CarapaceE

ABILITY:No Target

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:No

DISPELLABLE:No

When activated while above ground, Spiked Carapace reflects and negates damage dealt to Nyx Assassin (max once from each source), as well as stunning the source of the damage. Activating Spiked Carapace will not break Vendetta invisibility.

While Burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast.

The damage is calculated after all reductions.

Spiked Carapace will only trigger on damage from other player controlled units.

The damage reflected will have the same damage type as it had when it was dealt to Nyx.

REFLECT DURATION: 2

STUN DURATION: 0.4 / 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.6

DAMAGE REFLECTED: 125%

CAST POINT 0s

23 / 18 / 13 / 8

While their carapace is relatively thin, it's guarded by a retractable field of razor-sharp spikes.

BurrowD

ABILITY:Hidden, No Target, Show In Guides

DISPELLABLE:No

Nyx Assassin buries himself beneath the battlefield over a short duration. Once burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast, the range of Mind Flare and Impale is increased, and Impale's cooldown is decreased. While burrowed, Nyx Assassin is stationary, unable to attack, and invisible. Nyx gains damage reduction from all damage sources.

Casting Vendetta will cancel burrow.

MAX HP REGEN: 1%

MAX MANA REGEN: 1%

BURROW DAMAGE REDUCTION: 40%

BURROW BONUS CAST RANGE: 500

BURROW BONUS COOLDOWN REDUCTION: 25%

BURROW SPIKED CARAPACE RANGE: 400

CAST POINT 1.5s

Some castes of zealot scarab are known to create small burrows to lie in wait, ready to ambush their prey.

Nyxth SenseF

ABILITY:Innate Ui, Passive

DISPELLABLE:No

Nyx Assassin can detect heroes within 350 units of himself.

VendettaR

ABILITY:No Target

DAMAGE TYPE:Pure

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY:Yes

DISPELLABLE:No

Allows Nyx Assassin to become invisible and gain a speed bonus. If Nyx Assassin attacks to break the invisibility, massive bonus damage is dealt with the attack. Nyx Assassin has 75 additional attack range and a 70% faster attack animation for this attack.

Has a 0 second fadetime.

If a spell is used to break the invisibility, or the invisibility expires, the bonus damage is lost.

With Aghanim's Shard, the Break is applied before the bonus damage.

DURATION: 60

MOVEMENT SPEED: 16% / 18% / 20%

BONUS DAMAGE: 300 / 400 / 500

The scarab kills for the glory of his queen.

Unburrow

ABILITY:Hidden, No Target

Emerge from the burrow.

Some castes of zealot scarab are known to create small burrows to lie in wait, ready to ambush their prey.

Last Updated 2024-12-22

Hero Talents

Talent Tree
+80 Agility	25	600 Mind Flare Radius
+100 Impale Damage	20	+0.5s Spiked Carapace Stun Duration
-3s Mind Flare Cooldown	15	+0.5s Spiked Carapace Reflect Duration
+0.2s Impale Stun Duration	10	+40 Vendetta Damage

Hero Attributes


17 +2.5	18 +2.3	21 +2.5

Movement speed	310
Sight range	1800/800
Armor	3.52
Base attack time	1.7
Damage	31 - 35
Attack point	0.46

Nyx AssassinAbilities