Nyx Assassin Old Abilities


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Duration Permanent
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Follow range DPS multiplier when chasing Minimum (pursuer MS / target MS) Ratio for Maximum Chase DPS Movement speed (sometimes abbreviated as move speed or MS) is the speed at which a unit can move. Movement speed dota2 100
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Abilities:
Infestation
Burrow

Urna Swarm
Q
W
Ability
No Target / Autocast
Raises a Scarab from a corpse.
Cast Animation: 0.3+0.51
Corpse Search Radius: 600
Scarabs Raised per Cast: 1
Maximum Scarabs: 2/3/4/5
Cooldown symbol.png 26/19/12/5
Mana symbol.png 40/30/20/10

Notes:

  • This ability got replaced by the current Spiked Carapace in the 6.74 gameplay patch.
  • Requires at least one corpse within 600 radius to be cast.
  • The Scarabs are always spawned on top of the corpse.
  • When raising a new Scarab while already having maximum allowed Scarabs, the oldest Scarab will die.
  • Scarabs cannot attack.


Infestation
Does not pierce spell immunity.
Q
F
Ability
No Target
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Kills itself to silence and damage nearby enemy units for 3 seconds.
Cast Animation: 0+0
Radius: 300
Damage per Second: 40
Duration: 3
Cooldown symbol.png 0
Modifiers
Debuff Infestation Debuff: Dispellable with any dispel.

Notes:

  • This ability belonged to the Scarabs.
  • This ability is disabled while the Scarab is burrowed.
  • When having multiple Scarabs selected, only the highlighted one uses this when ordering a cast.
  • The damage per second of multiple casts do not stack. Hitting the same unit twice only refreshes the duration.
  • Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting immediately, resulting in 3 instances.


Burrow (Scarab)
R
R
Ability
Toggle
Affects
Self
The Scarab digs into the ground, becomes invisible and immobile.
Cast Animation: 0+0
Vision Reduction: 1000
Cooldown symbol.png 0
Modifiers
Buff Burrowed: Undispellable.

Notes:

  • This ability belonged to the Scarabs.
  • While burrowed, the Scarab has a vision range of 400/400.
  • The Scarab can burrow out at any time.


Spiked Carapace (pre 6.67)
Does not pierce spell immunity.
E
D
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
The Nyx Assassin forms barbed layers of chitinous armor that increases its defense and returns damage to enemy melee attackers.
Armor Bonus: 2/4/6/8
Damage Returned: 10%/20%/30%/40%
While their carapaces are relatively thin, they`re guarded by a retractable field of razor-sharp spikes.

Notes:

  • This ability got replaced by Urna Swarm in the 6.67 gameplay patch.
  • Returns the amount of damage before any reductions.
  • Only affects enemy melee units.


Mana Burn (pre 6.63)
Blocked by Linken`s Sphere. Does not pierce spell immunity. Play
W
R
Ability
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Sends a bolt of negative energy that burns a target enemy unit`s mana. Burned mana combusts, dealing damage to the target equal to the amount of mana burned.
Cast Animation: 0.4+0
Cast Range: 500/575/650/725
Mana Burned: 70/120/185/260
Mana Burned as Damage: 100%
Cooldown symbol.png 7
Mana symbol.png 65/85/100/115
The tome in Ultimyr describes one scarab with the ability to eat away at the minds of lesser beings.

Notes:

  • This ability got reworked into the current Mana Burn in the 6.63 gameplay patch.
  • Applies the damage first, and then the mana loss.
  • The effects are delayed by 0.25 seconds.

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