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The Chosen
As queen, Nyx secretes a special substance that causes young grubs to metamorphose into unique morphologies. With this substance, she selects a single grub, and triggers a transformation that causes the grub to develop into a Nyx Assassin This page is about the hero. For the goddess in Dota 2 lore, see Nyx. Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities . Not all grubs survive this process. Once an assassin matures, he is sent out into the world to kill in the name of his goddess. Nyx`s personal motivations behind these assassinations, and how she chooses her targets, is unknown. The blessings of the queen often imbue her assassins with strange new energies.
Nyx also possess the Sacred Orb This page is about the lore artifact. For the cosmetic item, see Sacred Orb Set. Sacred Orb Associated with Heroes Nyx Assassin Races Zealot Scarabs Places Hidden Hive Gods Nyx Cosmetics Sacred Orb Set The , which she gives to one of her assassins every one thousand cyclings of hive. The orb grants its wearer great new powers.
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Rivalries
Nyx appears to have a hatred for Abaddon Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Known Bugs Abaddon, the Lord of Avernus The Font of Avernus , and has sent out emissaries in the past to attack him. The reason for this rivalry is unknown. The Nyx Assassin This page is about the hero. For the goddess in Dota 2 lore, see Nyx. Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities also loathes Abaddon.
Trivia
- Nyx is the Greek goddess of the night.
Nyx Assassin
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Deep in the Archive of Ultimyr, shelved between scholarly treatises on dragon cladistics and books of untranslatable spells, there is an ancient tome of entomological curiosities. Compiled by scholars, the book describes the telepathic talents of the zealot scarab, a strange species of social insect with abilities unique to all the seven planes.
Unlike most grubs of his colony, Nyx Assassin did not arise from metamorphosis with the plodding thoughts and blunted appendages common to the worker caste of his kind. For his was a special transformation, guided by the grace of Nyx. He was the chosen one, selected from the many and anointed with an extract of the queen goddess herself. Not all survive the dark blessing of the queen`s chamber, but he emerged with a penetrating mind, and dagger-like claws⃢₀ₔhis razor sharp mandibles raking the air while his thoughts projected directly into the minds of those around him. Of all zealot scarabs, he alone was selected for the highest calling. After his metamorphosis, he was reborn, by grace of Nyx, with abilities which shaped him for one thing and one thing only: to kill in the name of his goddess.
Abilities
Impale | | Ability: Point Target Affects: Enemy Units Damage: Magical Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units are hurled into the air, then are stunned and take damage when they fall. | Q E 95 / 115 / 135 / 155 13 - Damage:
Stun Duration:
- Radius:
- Distance:
- Burrowed Distance:
- Burrowed Cooldown:
- ₠80 / 140 / 200 / 260
₠130 / 190 / 250 / 310 ₠with level 15 talent
- ₠1.6 / 2 / 2.4 / 2.8
- ₠125
- ₠700
- ₠1225
- ₠7
₠Affected By:₠₠ All zealot scarabs possess intimate knowledge of underground pathways, using them to their advantage. | | Notes - Spikes travel at 1600 speed.
- Has a visibly larger spike when a unit is hit.
- Blocked by Spell Immunity.
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Mana Burn | | Ability: Unit Target Affects: Enemy Heroes Damage: Magical Burns the target hero`s mana equal to a multiplier of its Intelligence, and deals damage equal to the mana burned. | W R 100 28 / 20 / 12 / 4 - Damage/Mana Burn:
Cast Range:
- Burrowed Cast Range:
- ₠3.5⃗ / 4⃗ / 4.5⃗ / 5⃗
₠total enemy Intelligence
- ₠600
- ₠1050
₠Affected By:₠₠ The tome in Ultimyr describes one scarab with the ability to eat away at the minds of lesser beings. | | Notes - Blocked by Spell Immunity and Linken`s Sphere.
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Spiked Carapace | | Ability: No Target Affects: Enemy Units Damage: Pure When activated, Spiked Carapace reflects and negates damage dealt (max once from each source), as well as stunning the source of the damage. | E D 40 25 / 20 / 15 / 10 - Stun Duration:
- Reflect Duration:
- Damage Reflected:
Burrowed Radius:
- ₠0.6 / 1.2 / 1.8 / 2.4
- ₠2.25
- ₠100%
₠200% with talent
- ₠300
₠Affected By:₠₠ While their carapaces are relatively thin, they`re guarded by a retractable field of razor-sharp spikes. | | Notes - Only reflects damage from player controlled units.
- Blocks the damage but does not block the spell effects.
- When burrowed, Spiked Carapace stuns without requiring Nyx Assassin to be hit first.
- Reflected damage and stun blocked by Spell Immunity, but Nyx still negates the attack.
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Vendetta | | Ability: No Target Affects: Self Damage: Physical Allows Nyx Assassin to become invisible and gain a movement speed bonus. If Nyx Assassin attacks to break the invisibility, massive bonus damage is dealt with the attack. | R V 160 / 210 / 260 70 / 60 / 50 - Bonus Damage:
- Bonus Movement Speed:
- Duration:
- ₠250 / 400 / 550
- ₠16% / 18% / 20%
- ₠40 / 50 / 60
The scarab kills for the glory of his queen. | | Notes - Does not interrupt channeling.
- Vendetta`s bonus damage is dealt in a separate instance immediately prior to the attack.
- Vendetta has true strike and cannot miss.
- Casting Spiked Carapace will not break the invisibility.
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Aghanim`s Scepter Abilities
This hero is upgradeable by Aghanim`s Scepter. The scepter grants the Burrow ability.
Burrow | | Ability: No Target Affects: Self While burrowed, Nyx Assassin is invisible and unable to move or attack, but has extra damage resistance and regenerates a portion of his health and mana per second. Nyx Assassin`s abilities also have improved properties while burrowed: Mana Burn and Impale have increased cast range, Impale cooldown is reduced, and Spiked Carapace instantly stuns any enemy units within an area of effect without requiring them to hurt him first. Casting Vendetta causes Burrow to end. | D F - Damage Resistance:
- HP/Mana Regeneration:
Cast Time:
- ₠40%
- ₠1.5% of maximum
₠HP/Mana per second
- ₠1.5
Some castes of zealot scarab are known to create small burrows to lie in wait, ready to ambush their prey. | | Notes - Casting Vendetta causes Burrow to end.
- This ability is independent from Vendetta and will be given even if the ultimate is not leveled.
- Aghanim`s Scepter cannot be dropped or sold by Nyx Assassin.
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Unburrow | | Ability: No Target Affects: Self Emerge from the burrow. | D F Some castes of zealot scarab are known to create small burrows to lie in wait, ready to ambush their prey. | | |
Talent Tree
Talent Tree |
200% Spiked Carapace Damage | 25 | +40 Movement Speed |
+40 Agility | 20 | +120 Gold/Min |
+50 Impale Damage | 15 | +12% Magic Resistance |
+175 Health | 10 | +5% Spell Amplification |
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