Eul


Info

Eul is the original inventor of Defense of the Ancients. He developed his map inspired by Aeon of Strife (AoS), a Starcraft custom map developed by a mapmaker named Aeon64. Using the more powerful Warcraft III editor he was able to create a map similar to Aeon of Strife, but with 2 factions of players battling each other (instead the custom map for Starcraft featured only a team of players battling a computer controlled team).

Trivia

  • Eul`s Scepter of Divinity is named in recognition of Eul, the creator of Defense of the Ancients.
  • Eul`s Scepter of Divinity`s lore is a reference to Dota being passed from developer to developer over the years.

DotA was born

He published his map in 2003, just some months before the releaseAnnounce of The Frozen Throne, after a long beta testing between his online and offline friends. DotA wasn`t the first or the only map to be inspired by AoS at the time, but it was widely regarded as the best "AoS-like" map and soon became the most map played on Reign of Chaos. Eul then left the development of DotA to work to a sequel, called "DotA 2: Thirst for Gamma". Thirst for Gamma has never been a success and was still full of bugs, so the original DotA was still developed by other people, mainly friends of Eul at the forum TheWarCenter, then acting as the official forum for DotA.

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Reappear

Disappointed of the outcoming of Thirst for Gamma, Eul left the development of Warcraft III maps and for many years no one could know what he was doing. He resurfaced in 2012 when he was invited by Valve to assist at The International 2012 The International 2012 Seattle, WA, United States Start Date 26 Aug. 2012 End Date 2 Sep. 2012 Teams 16 Version 6.74 Prize Pool $1,600,000 USD Website Link International 2012 Ticket Rarity: Legendary Buy Now on dota2 . He also ceded to Valve every rights of the name "Defense of the Ancients" and supported them in court after the legal action took by Steve "Pendragon" Mescon (of Riot Games) and Blizzard over the copyrighting of the name. He said he loved how DotA has evolved from his first map.

Trivia

In some forums Eul was registered as Eulogy. "Eul" is the contraction of "Eulogy".

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General

Eul`s Scepter of Divinity (also known as Eul`s) is an excellent mid game item for supporting Intelligence heroes. Cost effective, it provides very high mana regeneration for its low cost. Its components can be bought from a combination of the Home Shop and Secret Shop, and Sage`s Mask is also purchasable from the Side Shop.
Eul`s movement speed bonus stacks with other items, but does not stack other Eul`s.

Ability

Cyclone
Ability: Unit Target
Affects: Self
Enemy Units
Damage: Magical
The target unit is swept up in a cyclone, invulnerable to damage and untargetable. Deals damage to enemy units at the end of the duration.

175
23
Damage:
Duration:
Cast Range:
₠50
₠2.5
₠575
₠Affected By:₠₠
Notes
  • Blocked by Spell Immunity on enemies. Can always be casted on self, even when spell immune.
  • Blocked by Linken`s Sphere.
  • Cyclone effect can be purged, but the damage is still dealt.

Aggressive Use

Use it on heroes to give your allies time to get in position, or on heroes while they are running away to allow your spells time to cooldown. This is especially effective for locking down enemies with Blink Dagger as the fall damage will disable it.

Defensive Use

You can use it on enemy heroes chasing you allowing for time to escape, or use on yourself to give your allies time to come help.

Notable Heroes

  • Invoker: It provides a move speed boost that benefits movespeed-based Quas/Wex Invokers, and provides a good disable that gives you time to position yourself to use your spells effectively.

Recommended Heroes

Version History

Patch Version Balance Changes
6.87
  • Now requires Wind Lace instead of Sage`s mask
6.85
  • Cyclone cast range reduced from 700 to 575
6.84
  • Cyclone mana cost increased from 75 to 175
6.83
  • Recipe cost increased from 500 to 650
6.81
  • Cyclone now deals 50 damage to enemy units when they land
  • You can now cast Cyclone on yourself while you are magic immune
6.80
  • Cyclone cooldown reduced from 25 to 23
6.79
  • Cyclone cooldown reduced from 30 to 25
  • Movement speed bonus increased from 35 to 40
6.78
  • Movement speed bonus increased from 30 to 35
6.75
  • Recipe cost decreased from 600 to 500
6.73
  • Movement speed bonus increased from 25 to 30
6.69
  • Mana regeneration increased from 125% to 150% to match its components
6.68
  • Cast range increased from 600 to 700
  • Added double click support for Euls
6.63
  • Movement bonus increased from 20 to 25
  • Now requires a sobi mask instead of a Robe of the Magi (100% Mana regen ⃢₆ₒ 125%, 16 Int ⃢₆ₒ 10 Int, 125 cheaper recipe)
6.60
  • Can be used to target yourself
6.58
  • Recipe cost reduced from 800 to 600 gold
6.50
  • Redesigned Eul`s Scepter of Divinity
6.49
  • Euls and Guinsoo now share cooldown

WC3 DotA Version

  • Warcraft III DotA - Eul`s Scepter of Divinity

International 2012 Ticket, The International 2012

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