Invisibility

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Fade time and fade delay

An invisible ally

Most sources of invisibility require some time to turn the unit fully invisible. During this time, the unit is still visible and targetable.

The fade time is a short delay before the actual invisibility is applied, during which a unit`s model appears transparent, but still visible to everyone. During it, the unit does not automatically attack nearby enemies, no matter if the auto attack option is turned on or not. It also stops attacking when an attack order was already ongoing. Unlike during the actual invisibility, during the fade time, the unit can cast spells or items and even attack without canceling the invisibility. During the fade time, the unit is not phased, even when the invisibility of the spell phases the unit.

The fade delay is also a short delay before the actual invisibility is applied, but has some significant differences. First off, during the fade delay, the unit`s model does not appear transparent. Furthermore, the unit does not stop automatically attacking nearby enemies when the auto attack option is turned on, and the fade delay does not cause the unit to cancel an already ongoing attack order either. Unlike during the fade time, it is not possible to cast spells or items or attack during the fade delay without resetting it. During the fade delay, the unit is not phased, even when the invisibility of the spell phases the unit.

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Unit behavior during invisibility

While invisible, a unit never automatically attacks any nearby enemy, not even when it is revealed by True Sight and being attacked. Be that as it may, when issuing an attack ground order, the invisible unit attacks. Generally, the invisibility is lost upon reaching the attack point. For ranged heroes, this is upon projectile launch. Depending on the source, invisibility may or may not apply a phase effect on the unit.

As for spell casts, the invisibility is lost upon reaching the cast point of the spell. This means that spells with extended effects like Eclipse or Epicenter do not cancel the invisibility upon each beam or pulse. Channeling Warlock channeling Upheaval Channeling an ability causes the caster to stop acting for the duration of the spell. Channeled spells may be ended when the channeling unit takes another action or is interrupted by another spells do not cancel it either when going invisible after the channeling started.

All ranged attacks and most projectiles of abilities are disjointed Shadow Fiend using a Blink Dagger to dodge Phantom Assassin s Stifling Dagger Disjointing is the act of dodging projectiles, or rather, to cause a projectile to fully lose track of its target. A disjoint is by invisibility. It is enough for a unit to turn fully invisible even just for a split second as a disjointable projectile flies to fully disjoint it. Be that as it may, some projectile abilities still affect invisible units, and some have other effects entirely. Invisible units are still fully or partially affected by spells which affect an area.

Sources of invisibility

True Sight

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True Sight allows a unit to see invisible enemies that are in range. Some of the listed spells provide True Sight only during certain situations. Spells which provide shared vision are not listed here, since it is not actual True Sight. A list for that can be found here.

Some abilities provide immunity towards True Sight. This means they prevent True Sight from revealing them.

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Sources of True Sight

Invisibility

Wind Walk

Deceit