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Anti-Mage

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21 + 1.6

25 + 2.8

12 + 1.8

Grants the following bonuses per level:
	+35.2HP and +0.16HP regeneration
	+0.47 armor and 2.8 attack speed +2.8 Main Attack Damage
	+21.6MP and +0.09MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance

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582 +3.6

219 +0.6

6.17 Armor (797.46 EHP)

26.2% Magic Resist (788.62 EHP)

54 ‒ 58 ▶️ Damage (56 Avg)

0 Projectile Speed Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.

150 Attack Range (600)

100 (125) Attack Speed (1.4 BAT) Attacks per Second is defined as ΣAS / BAT / 100

0.3 + 0.3 Animation

315 ▶️ Move Speed

0.6 Turn Rate This unit takes 0.175s to turn 180°.

27 Collision Size

24 Bound Radius

1800 / 800 Vision Range

Default Gib Type

npc_dota_hero_antimage

2010-11-01 Released

2004-03-01 (2.60)

Competitive Span 2010-11-01 — Present

Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.41d) and is mostly accurate.

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Slashes his foes with mana-draining attacks.
Among the ascetic monks of Turstarkuri, only a young acolyte was fortunate enough to escape the fallen legion's assault on the monastery. Now, vowing to eliminate not only the magic of the Dead God, the Anti-Mage returns to eradicate magic altogether. With sheer focus, he Counters Spells thrown at him, returning them to their senders. No wizard's trick is enough to contain or elude the Anti-Mage, as he Blinks out of any trap, while at the same time being capable of sending a Fragments of himself to pursue targets in return. With each swing of his unorthodox blades, the Anti-Mage steps closer to his goal of erradicating all magic, Breaking apart Mana, setting up the depleted caster to perish in a crushing Mana Void.
Roles:	Carry Escape Nuker
Adjectives	NicePecs, Parent, Nose Legs ( 2 )

Bio

They who live by the wand shall die by my blade.

▶️  Anti-Mage

Aliases:

AM, Wei

Lore:

The monks of Turstarkuri watched the rugged valleys below their mountain monastery as wave after wave of invaders swept through the lower kingdoms. Ascetic and pragmatic, in their remote monastic eyrie they remained aloof from mundane strife, wrapped in meditation that knew no gods or elements of magic. Then came the Legion of the Dead God, crusaders with a sinister mandate to replace all local worship with their unliving lord's poisonous nihilosophy. From a landscape that had known nothing but blood and battle for a thousand years, they tore the souls and bones of countless fallen legions and pitched them against Turstarkuri. The monastery stood scarcely a fortnight against the assault, and the few monks who bothered to surface from their meditations believed the invaders were but demonic visions sent to distract them from meditation. They died where they sat on their silken cushions. Only one youth survived--a pilgrim who had come as an acolyte, seeking wisdom, but had yet to be admitted to the monastery. He watched in horror as the monks to whom he had served tea and nettles were first slaughtered, then raised to join the ranks of the Dead God's priesthood. With nothing but a few of Turstarkuri's prized dogmatic scrolls, he crept away to the comparative safety of other lands, swearing to obliterate not only the Dead God's magic users--but to put an end to magic altogether.

Voice:

Sam A. Mowry (Responses)

Upgrades

Aghanim's

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Grants Anti-Mage a buff upon cast.

The first attack after Blink applies an on-hit undispellable debuff on the first attacked enemy unit that prevents all mana restore and mana regeneration.

Increases the max mana burn per hit value.

Upgrades the Counterspell-based reflected spell to its ability upgrade values.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

Creates a blinked fragment of Anti-Mage next to the enemy caster upon reflecting their unit-targeted spell while active.

Talents

-50s Mana Void Cooldown	25	-1s Blink Cooldown
+0.8s Mana Void Stun Duration	20	+125 Blink Cast Range
+0.2 Mana Void Damage Multiplier	15	+9% Persecutor Min Slow +18% Persecutor Max Slow
+200 Mana Void Radius	10	+3 Health Regen
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Innate

Persecutor

Persecutor

Ability

Passive

Affects

Self / Enemy Units

The anti-arcanist applies a movement speed slow based on the affected enemy unit's current mana missing.

Min Current Mana Threshold: 60%

Max Current Mana Threshold: 0%

Min Move Speed Slow: 12% ( 21%)

Max Move Speed Slow: 24% ( 42%)

Duration: 0.75

Innate Properties
The higher Anti-Mage's level, the greater the applied movement speed slow.

Min Move Speed Slow Increase: 0.5%

Max Move Speed Slow Increase: 1%

This ability levels up with Anti-Mage.

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• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. Anti-Mage's attack instance.
  2. antimage_persectur_slow
     • Reduces the affected unit's movement speed by 12% + 9% + (0.5% × SelfLvl) per 1% current mana missing below 60% max mana.
     • Reapplying the debuff refreshes its duration.

modifier_antimage_persectur

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DAMAGE_CALCULATED

modifier_antimage_persectur_slow

Persecutor Slow: Slowed by x%

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE

Hero Model

Hero Model

Ability

Passive / Channeling

Affects

Self

Anti-Mage's hero model has the following hidden innate abilities.

He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling, excluding passive innate abilities.

Details

Hidden Innate Abilities

Tap on the innate abilities for more details.

Abilities

Mana Break

Q

R

Mana Break

▶️ ▶️

Ability

Passive

Affects

Enemy Units

Damage

Attack Damage / Physical

Burns an enemy's mana on each attack and deals damage equal to a percentage of the mana burnt.

Mana Burn per Hit: 25/30/35/40

Max Mana Burn per Hit: 1.8%/2.7%/3.6%/4.5% ( 3.3%/4.2%/5.1%/6%)

Mana Burn to Damage Factor: 0.6

Innate Properties
Mana Break applied to enemy units from Anti-Mage's illusions are less effective.

Mana Burn Factor: 0.25

Mana Burn to Damage Factor: 0.6

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Increases the max mana burn per hit value.

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
The first attack after Blink applies an on-hit undispellable debuff on the first attacked enemy unit that prevents all mana restore and mana regeneration.

Number of Targets: ( 1)

Set Mana Regen: ( 0)

Debuff Duration: ( 6)

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
The first successful hit after Anti-Mage Blinks additionally deals a bonus max mana as mana burn.

Number of Attacks: ( 1)

Max Mana Burn Bonus per Hit: ( 20%)

A modified technique of the Turstarkuri monks' peaceful ways is to turn magical energies on their owner.

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• Stacks additively with other mana break sources.

• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. 
     • Mana Break is a bonus conditional attack damage source and has the following properties:
       • The bonus attack damage values corresponds to the actual enemy mana loss upon attack, are directly added to Anti-Mage's attack damage in the combat log, and not displayed on the HUD.
       • Does not interact with the following sources:
         • Percentage-based bonus attack damage sources.
         • Allied units.
       • Interacts with the following sources:
         • 
           • Lifesteal sources.
           • Critical strike sources.
           • Cleave sources.
         • 
           • Damage block sources.
  2. Anti-Mage's attack instance.
  3. antimage_empowered_mana_break_debuff
     • Applies the following offensive ability effects on the next successful attack on the enemy unit:
       • Removes 20% max mana.
       • antimage_empowered_mana_break_debuff
         • Disables mana restore sources.
         • Prevents mana regeneration sources from working utilizing the fixed_mana_gain property.

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• SCEPTER NOTES
  Adds a passive component that grants Anti-Mage antimage_empowered_mana_break upon Blink cast.

modifier_antimage_mana_break

Hidden modifier

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PROCATTACK_FEEDBACK

modifier_antimage_empowered_mana_break

Mana Break: Your next Mana Break burns more mana.

modifier_antimage_empowered_mana_break_debuff

Mana Break: Cannot gain or regenerate mana.

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_DISABLE_MANA_GAIN
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_FIXED_MANA_REGEN

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  • Utilizes a different sound effect when the affected enemy unit is below 50% max mana.

• Deals the following amount of bonus conditional attack damage:
  • EXPR
    For Anti-Mage: 15/18/21/24 + 1.08%/1.62%/2.16%/2.7% OR 1.98%/2.52%/3.06%/3.6% × TargetMaxMana

Blink

W

B

Blink

▶️ ▶️ ▶️

Ability

Point

Affects

Self

Short distance teleportation that allows Anti-Mage to move in and out of combat.

Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0.53

Cast Range: Global

Min Blink Distance: 200

Max Blink Distance: 875/950/1025/1100 ( 1000/1075/1150/1225)

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Grants Anti-Mage a buff upon cast.

The first attack after Blink applies an on-hit undispellable debuff on the first attacked enemy unit that prevents all mana restore and mana regeneration.

Buff Duration: ( 5)

10.5/9/7.5/6 ( 9.5/8/6.5/5)

60/55/50/45

In his encounter with the Dead Gods, Anti-Mage learned the value of being elusive.

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• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. Disjoints incoming projectiles upon cast.
  2. Grants self the antimage_empowered_mana_break buff.

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  • Utilizes the teleport mechanic.
  • 
    • EXPR
      MinDistance < PointDistance < MaxDistance
      • When point-targeted beyond the min or max distance, Blink teleports Anti-Mage toward the min or max distance respectively.

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  • COSMETIC
    Has a 0.66- cast backswing with The Disciple's Path equipped.

Counterspell

E

C

Counterspell

▶️ ▶️

Ability

No

Affects

Self / Illusions

Counterspell may be activated to create an anti-magic shell around Anti-Mage that blocks any offensive unit-targeted spells.

Cast Animation: 0 + 0

Targeted Spells Blocked:

Duration: 1.3

Innate Properties
Passively grants Anti-Mage bonus magic resistance.

Magic Resist Bonus: 14%/21%/28%/35%

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Creates a blinked fragment of Anti-Mage next to the enemy caster upon reflecting their unit-targeted spell while active.

Number of Illusions per Proc: ( 1)

Damage Dealt: ( 100%)

Damage Taken: ( 200%)

Duration: ( 1.3)

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Upgrades the Counterspell-based reflected spell to its ability upgrade values.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Upgrades the Counterspell-based reflected spell to its ability upgrade values.

15/11/7/3

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With the proper focus, Anti-Mage turns innate resistance into calculated retaliation.

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Spell Block Priorities

If stacked, Spell Block triggers in the above order.

Spell Reflection Priorities

If stacked, Spell Reflection triggers in the
above order.

• Interrupts Anti-Mage's channeling abilities upon cast.

• Stacks multiplicatively with other magic resistance sources.

• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. 
     • Procs the Spell Block component.
  2. Creates an Counterspell-based illusion per unit-targeted ability blocked with its notes apply.
  3. 
     • Procs the Spell Reflection component, with the following properties:
       • Does not stack with Soulbind.
       • Does not reflect the following abilities:
         • Phantom Strike
         • Blink Strike

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Illusion Texture Type

The created illusion texture is distinguishable ally-only.

• SHARD NOTES
  • The created illusion simultaneously casts Counterspell with Anti-Mage.

Interactions: Self-Illusions

Does not benefit from the passive bonus magic resistance component.

modifier_antimage_counterspell_passive

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_RESISTANCE_BONUS

modifier_antimage_counterspell

Counterspell Shield: Causes all spells that target you to be blocked and reflected onto the enemy.

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_SPELL_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABSORB_SPELL
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_REFLECT_SPELL

modifier_lotus_orb_delay

Hidden Modifier

modifier_item_lotus_orb_channel_check

Hidden Modifier

modifier_antimage_dampen_magic_aura

Hidden Modifier

modifier_antimage_dampen_magic_aura_strong

Hidden Modifier

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  • Has 35.5%/40.75%/46%/51.25% + 0.086%/0.079%/0.072%/0.065% × ΣInt magic resistance per stack.

• The modifier_item_lotus_orb_channel_check prevents the following abilities from utilizing Spell Reflection sources:
  • Phantom Strike
  • Blink Strike
  • Conjure Image
  • Astral Step

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• SHARD NOTES
  The created illusion has the following distances apart to the unit-targeted enemy's correspondingly to the caster's collision size:

			Distance
	18	18 27	58-distance
	27	18 27	58-distance
	<		87-distance

Mana Void

R

V

Mana Void

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Ability

Unit / Area

Affects

Enemy Units

Damage

Spell / Magical

Deals damage within the radius, based on per point of missing mana of the unit-targeted enemy.

Stuns the primary unit-targeted enemy for a short duration.

Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.63

Cast Range:  600

Effect Radius: 500 ( 700)

Current Mana Loss to Damage Factor: 1 ( 1.2)

Stun Duration: 0.3 ( 1.1)

100/85/70 ( 50/35/20)

100/150/200

After bringing enemies to their knees, Anti-Mage punishes them for their use of the arcane arts.

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  • The ability applies all offensive components to enemy units within the radius, centered around enemy unit .
    • Hence, the ability must still be unit-targeted.
  • Can affect enemy units at max 1100 ( 1300)-distance away with the cast range and effect radius.

• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. stunned
  2. The magical spell damage within the radius, and is defined as:
     • EXPR
       ΣSplDmg = (TargetMaxMana - TargetCurrentMana) × (1 + 0.2)
     • Can be cast on enemy unit without mana, this deals a 0-damage instance within the radius.

Interactions: Spell Block

Does not proc Spell Block sources on secondary targets.

modifier_stunned

Stunned

MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION

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  • The ability sound effect played during the cast point is audible to everyone.

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  • COSMETIC
    Has a 1.23- cast backswing with The Disciple's Path equipped.

Recent Matches

Main Article: Anti-Mage/Matches

Date	Tier		Tournament	Picks		Score			vs. Picks	Patch
June 4, 2026 - 16:00 EDT	Qualifier		EWC 2026 NA CQ				1 : 0			7.41c	+ Details
June 1, 2026 - 16:00 CEST	Qualifier		EWC 2026 WEU CQ				1 : 0			7.41	Details
May 31, 2026 - 19:45 MSK	Tier 4		STORM CUP Season 2 - Playoffs				1 : 0			7.41c	+ Details
May 30, 2026 - 13:45 MSK	Tier 4		STORM CUP Season 2 - Group B				0 : 1			7.41c	+ Details
May 30, 2026 - 12:50 MSK	Tier 4		STORM CUP Season 2 - Group A				0 : 1			7.41c	+ Details

The International

• Anti-Mage has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
  • 2016

Recent Changes

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore

Version

Description

7.41d
(2026-06-04)

• Increased base agility from 24 to 25.
• Reduced Blink mana cost from 65/60/55/50 to 60/55/50/45.

7.41c
(2026-05-06)

• Increased Persecutor min current mana threshold from 50% to 60%.

7.41b
(2026-04-07)

• Increased Mana Break max mana burn per hit from 1.6%/2.4%/3.2%/4% to 1.8%/2.7%/3.6%/4.5%.

• Talents:  

  LVL 20  +150 Blink max distance reduced to +125.

Dota Plus Progress

Main Article: Hero Challenges

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Anti-Mage's Relics	Voice Lines
Hero Mana Burned Quick Blink Kills Spells Blocked with Counterspell Three Hero Mana Void Debuffs Purged With Manta Style Last Hits Spells Disjointed Bashed Enemies Battle Fury Cleave Damage Triple Kills Mega Kill Streaks Towers Destroyed Kill Assists Kills	Bronze	▶️ Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! ▶️ I'll give them a drubbing they'll not soon forget!
	Silver	▶️ Are you even trying? ▶️ Magic is an abomination.
	Gold	▶️ A disappointment! ▶️ Magic thyself out of that.
	Platinum	▶️ Thou art damned!
	Master	▶️ Send thy Dead God's legions, I will put them all to death.
	Grandmaster	▶️ Thou and I must have a frank discussion.

Trivia

• In DotA, Anti-Mage and Terrorblade were brothers.
  • This was to be kept in Dota 2 based on certain responses Anti-Mage made in Terrorblade's presence, but upon Terrorblade's release, these relations were severed and thus the lines went unused.
• In DotA, Anti-Mage was blind, due to the model of the Warcraft III character he used, Illidan Stormrage, who was blind.
  • Some of Anti-Mage's cosmetic sets make a reference to this, covering his eyes with a blindfold.
• Blink Fragment used the same ability icon as the Desecrate ability from the Ancient Prowler Shaman.
• The lore text of Counterspell Ally, "The only magic that Anti-Mage will even barely tolerate... is friendship" is likely a reference to the show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
• In Deadlock, the Counterspell item may be inspired by Counterspell. While parrying, the item completely negates abilities and items targeting the hero. However, unlike Anti-Mage's ability, it does not reflect spells back to their casters.

• Warcraft 3 similarities:
  • Anti-Mage uses the model of the Demon Hunters, a Night Elf melee hero.
    • The concept of anti-magic may be inspired by the Demon Hunter's Mana Burn ability.
  • Mana Break's original iteration is identical to the Spell Breaker's Feedback.
  • Blink's original iteration is identical to the Warden's Blink.
  • Anti-Mage's old ability, Spell Shield, was identical to the Runed Bracers, an item that passively increases magic resistance.
  • In DotA, Anti-Mage's name is Magina. This was dropped in Dota 2, likely because of it being one letter off from being vulgar.
  • Anti-Mage has a 1/7 chance to spawn in with the name "BurNIng", as tribute to the professional DotA player.

Gallery

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  Old weapon model
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  Concept art
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  Ability icon progress
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  Hero icon progress
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  Bone Harvest sprite - alive
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  Bone Harvest sprite - dead
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  Monster Hunter Hero Atlas Illustration
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  Monster Hunter Hero Atlas Illustration