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Bane

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Bane
23 + 2.5
23 + 2.5
23 + 2.5
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+55HP and +0.25HP regeneration
+0.42 armor and 2.5 attack speed
+30MP and +0.125MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
+3.38 Main Attack Damage
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4.83
Armor
(807.41 EHP)
27.3%
Magic Resist
(861.07 EHP)
900
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (123)
(1.7 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.3 + 0.7
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.175s to turn 180°.
This ability component has a different effect during daytime. 1800 / This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 1200
Ethereal
Gib Type
2012-03-01
Released
2004-10-15
Competitive Span
2012-03-08 — Present
Version Control
This article is mostly accurate for 7.41c, the last version this hero was changed in.

New interactions that emerged in following patches may have not yet been accounted for.
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Puts his enemies to sleep, incapacitating them.
Formed from the ichor of Nyctasha, Atropos is the vaporous embodiment of pure fear. Sheer terror Enfeebles his enemies, diminishing their efficiency on the battlefield. The Bane Elemental puts heroes to sleep, sending them into a restless and contagious Nightmare as he feeds on their vital energies by Sapping their Brains. Some will never wake. Caught in the Fiend's Grip, Bane's victims can only swing at imagined phantoms as fear chokes the life from their bodies.
Ichor of Nyctasha
Ichor of Nyctasha
Enfeeble
Brain Sap
Brain Sap
Nightmare
Fiend's Grip
Fiend's Grip
Roles:Support Support Disabler Disabler Nuker Nuker Durable Durable
AdjectivesBadTeeth, Flying
Legs ( 4 )

Bio

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I dreamt a field of war…and woke to find myself upon it.
▶️  Atropos, the Bane
When the gods have nightmares, it is Bane Elemental who brings them. Also known as Atropos, Bane was born from the midnight terrors of the goddess Nyctasha. A force of terror too powerful to be contained by sleep, he surfaced from her slumbers, fed upon her immortality, and stole his vaporous form from her inky blood. He is the essence of fear. Mortals who hear his voice hear their darkest secrets whispered in their ear. He calls to the hidden fear in every Hero's heart. Wakefulness is no protection, for Bane's black blood, continuously dripping, is a tar that traps his enemies in nightmare. In the presence of Bane, every Hero remembers to fear the dark.

Upgrades

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Aghanim's

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Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Fiend's Grip
Creates illusions of itself alongside that are capable of gripping the affected enemy unit, dealing the same damage instance at the same time instantly.

Fiend's Grip now is interrupted when Bane and its illusions are no longer channeling.

Reduces cooldown.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Brain Sap
Brain Sap is now an area-targeted ability and applies all ability effects to enemy units within the radius.

Secondary targets within the radius heals Bane for a portion of the damage.

Reduces cooldown.

Talents

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+3s Fiend's Grip Duration25+275 Brain Sap Damage/Heal
+30 Move Speed20-3s Nightmare Cooldown
+5% Fiend's Grip Max Mana Drain15+13 Enfeeble Damage per Second
+20% Enfeeble Cast Range Reduction10+125 Brain Sap Cast Range
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+2 All / / Attributes

Innate. Innate

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Ichor of Nyctasha

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Ichor of Nyctasha
This ability can be bestowed by Illusions. Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
Applies a permanent status resistance reduction debuff stack on the dying enemy hero.

The status resistance reduction is only applied to debuff sourced to Bane.
Max Stacks: 5
Status Resist Reduction: 5%
Duration: IndefiniteIndefinite
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  • Status ResistanceStatus Resistance
    • The status resistance values of this source stack additively per applied stack.
    • Stacks multiplicatively with other status resistance sources.
    • The greater the stack, the greater the ability value.The greater the stack, the greater the ability value.
      • Applies a permanent debuff stack that only affects debuff sourced to Bane in the following conditions:
        • Upon a kill credited to Bane.
        • When the dying enemy hero dies while being affected by debuff sourced to Bane.
      • Does not apply a stack if Bane is dead.
Buff modifier_bane_ichor_of_nyctashaUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH
Debuff modifier_bane_ichor_of_nyctasha_debuff (x)Undispellable.
Ichor of Nyctasha: Haunted by the terrors of being slain by Bane. Status Resistance to Bane's debuffs increased by x%.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_MODIFIER_ADDED
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_MODIFIER_REMOED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_STATUS_RESISTANCE_STACKING
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIP

Hero Model

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Hero Model
This ability can be bestowed by Illusions. Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Ability
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Bane is considered a ground unit, despite its hero model showing otherwise.

He also has the following hidden Innate. innate abilities and may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
The ability to attack Nightmare affected units without transferring Nightmare to itself is innate to Bane's hero model and its illusions.
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Hidden Innate Abilities
Watch Tower
Warp
Warp
Lantern of Sight
Tap on the Innate. innate abilities for more details.
This ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability DraftThis ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability Draft
Attacking units affected by Nightmare is bound to Bane's hero model.

Abilities

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Enfeeble

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Q
T
Enfeeble
Affects
Enemy Units
Damage
Spell / Pure
Deals damage per second while reducing the affected enemy unit's total attack damage and cast range.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.57
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 700/800/900/1000
Damage per Second: 12/18/24/30 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 25/31/37/43)
Attack Damage Reduction: 55%/60%/65%/70%
Cast Range Reduction Factor: 0.7 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 0.5)
Duration: 9
22/17/12/7
Mana Cost
100/110/120/130
Each tendril of fear that Atropos weaves increases the vulnerability of his victims to arcane and unknown arts.
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  • Reduces both the Base Attack DamageBase Attack Damage main and Bonus Attack Damage bonus attack damage.
    • Stacks additively with other total attack damage manipulation sources.
    • Does not reduce bonus Conditional Attack Damage conditional attack damage sources.
  • Affected by Cast Range increasing sources.
    • Does not reduce any ability's cast range beyond the 150-min cast range.
    • Stacks additively with other percentage-based cast range manipulation sources, after all flat cast range sources.
  • Debuff bane_enfeeble_effect
    • Reapplying the debuff refreshes the duration and update the ability values.
    • Deals Pure Damage Type pure Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage in 1-second intervals, starting upon debuff application.
Debuff modifier_bane_enfeeble_effectDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Enfeeble
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_DAMAGE_OUTGOING_PERCENTAGE

Brain Sap

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W
B
Brain Sap
Ability
Unit / Area
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Damage
Spell / Pure
Feasts on the vital energies of an enemy unit, self-heals and deals pure damage.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.5
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 625 (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 750)
Damage: 90/160/230/300 (With level 25 Right Talent.With level 25 Right Talent. 365/435/505/575)
Damage to Heal Factor: Affected by Heal Manipulation sources. 1
Secondary Damage to Heal Factor: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 0.3)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Brain Sap is now an area-targeted ability and applies all ability effects to enemy units within the radius.

Secondary targets within the radius heals Bane for a portion of the damage.

Reduces cooldown.
Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 550)
17/15/13/11 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 14/12/10/8)
Mana Cost
105/120/135/140
Atropos finds no greater pleasure than to harvest the fear he creates.
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  • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
    • Affected by Heal Manipulation sources. Heals immediately upon cast regardless of the ability visual effects.
    • The heal corresponds to the damage dealt (after reductions) and is roughly defined as:
      • EXPR
        ΣHeal = 90/160/230/300 + 27/48/69/90 × f(SecondaryTargets)
Ability interactions with Spell Block sources.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Procs Spell Block sources on secondary affected targets.
Ability interactions with Spell Reflection sources.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Procs Spell Reflection sources on secondary affected targets.
Ability interactions with Spell Redirection sources.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Does not proc the Redirects unit-targeted abilities onto another valid unit.Redirects unit-targeted abilities onto another valid unit. Spell Redirection component on secondary affected targets.
Ability interactions with Spell Duplication sources.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Apply all ability effects to enemy units within the radius around both The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemies.

Nightmare

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E
E
Nightmare
Ability
Unit / Vector
Affects
Units
Puts the affected unit to sleep. Units affected are awaken when damaged.

The affected unit is now forcefully moved toward the vector-targeted direction over the total debuff duration.

If the affected unit was directly attacked, the Nightmare is passed to the attacking unit.
Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0.57
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 550/600/650/700
Set Vision Range: 200
Push Speed: 110
Sleep Duration: 3.5/4.5/5.5/6.5
Grants a brief invulnerability moment to the affected unit both upon debuff application and per debuff application.
Invulnerablity Duration: 1
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
The affected unit is either affected by Nightmare or Fiend's Grip, not both.
With Alt-Cast Enabled
Disables the offensive forced movement component applied.

The affected unit now remains still.
25/22/19/16 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 22/19/16/13)
Mana Cost
120/130/140/150
A stolen prowess from the goddess Nyctasha is to put his prey into forever sleep.
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Has the following priorities among base vision setting sources.
  • Has the following targeting functionalities:
    • The affected ally unit(s).The affected ally unit(s).
      • Disable Help on Bane prevents Nightmare from affecting the allied hero.
    • The ability's unit-targeted properties. The ability's vector-targeted properties.
      • Applies the following ability effects on the affected unit:
        • A status effect that causes the unit to be unable to act. Grants invulnerability as a secondary effect.A status effect that causes the unit to be unable to act. Grants invulnerability as a secondary effect. Sleep
          • Affected units are never automatically attacked.
        • Applies The unit is forcefully moved in the x-axis accordingly to its facing direction. forced movement on the affected unit toward the vector-targeted direction upon cast.
          • This ability has multiple different functionality modes.This ability has multiple different functionality modes. Alt-Cast is disabled by default, and disables this ability component.
        • A 1-second This unit is immune to everything. invulnerability upon the Buff Debuff bane_nightmare application.
        • A status effect that prevents affected units from attacking.A status effect that prevents affected units from attacking. Disarm
        • A status effect that prevents affected units from moving, and from casting most mobility abilities. Root
        • Stun
          • Set the debuff-affected unit's base vision.
            • Consume increases the base Nighttime nighttime vision. Hence, it is reduced by Nightmare.
            • Other bonus vision sources are applied are the vision reduction.
      • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
  • The ability has two main components:
    • 1
      • The Buff Debuff bane_nightmare affected unit wakes up in the following conditions:
        • Upon Fiend's Grip cast on the debuff-affected enemy unit.
        • Upon Nightmare End This ability functionally supplements its parent ability.This ability functionally supplements its parent ability. sub-ability cast.
        • Upon another unit's attack point, other than the Nightmare source, on the debuff-affected unit.
          • The ability components transfers from party A to party B.The ability components transfers from party A to party B.
            • This transfers the debuff and reapplies all ability effects onto the to the attacking unit. The duration transfered is defined as:
            • Does not transfer to the following units:
            • Hence, the aforementioned units' attacks only wake up affected units.
    • 2
This ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability DraftThis ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability Draft
The drafting hero and their Illusion Properties. illusions can attack the Nightmare-affected units as per normal.
Buff modifier_bane_nightmareDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Nightmare: Sleeping
MODIFIER_STATE_ROOTED
MODIFIER_STATE_NIGHTMARED
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNED
MODIFIER_STATE_DISARMED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION_RATE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_FIXED_DAY_VISION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_FIXED_NIGHT_BISION
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_START
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_ALLIED
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_TAKEDAMAGE
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DAMAGE_CALCULATED
MODIFIER_STATE_FLYING_FOR_PATHING_PURPOSES_ONLY
Buff modifier_bane_nightmare_invulnerableOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Invulnerable
MODIFIER_STATE_INVULNERABLE
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_HEALTH_BAR
Buff modifier_bane_nightmare_attackspeed_bonusDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Dream Stalker: Attacking a Nightmared target. Attack speed increased by x.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK
Debuff modifier_bane_nightmare_invulnerableOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Invulnerable
MODIFIER_STATE_INVULNERABLE
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_HEALTH_BAR
Debuff modifier_bane_nightmareDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Nightmare: Sleeping
MODIFIER_STATE_FLYING_FOR_PATHING_PURPOSES_ONLY
MODIFIER_STATE_NIGHTMARED
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNED
MODIFIER_STATE_DISARMED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION_RATE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_FIXED_DAY_VISION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_FIXED_NIGHT_BISION
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_START
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_ALLIED
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_TAKEDAMAGE
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DAMAGE_CALCULATED
  • The affected enemy unit(s).
    • Can move the affected unit up to 385/495/605/715-distance over the entire duration.

Nightmare End

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E
E
Nightmare End
Casting this ability does not proc any on-cast effects.
Ability
Toggle
Affects
Units
Releases the victim from its ongoing Nightmare.
Releases its victims from their Nightmare, anytime as it wishes, regardless of its source.
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  • Has the following properties upon cast:
Ability interactions with Spell Steal.
Does not grant Nightmare if this This ability functionally supplements its parent ability.This ability functionally supplements its parent ability. sub-ability is the last cast ability.

Fiend's Grip

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R
F
Fiend's Grip
Ability
Unit / Channeled
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Damage
Spell / Pure
Grips and disables an enemy unit.

Deals damage and steals mana based on the affected unit's max mana per interval.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 625
Max Channel Time: 4.75/5.25/5.75 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 7.75/8.25/8.75)
Damage Interval: 0.5
Damage per Instance: 35/55/75
Max Mana Loss per Instance: 2.5% (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 5%)
Self-heals and mana restores based on the damage dealt and enemy mana loss value respectively.
Damage to Heal Factor: Affected by Heal Manipulation sources. 1
Enemy Mana Loss to Mana Restore Factor: Affected by Mana Restore Manipulation sources. 1
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
The affected unit is either affected by Nightmare or Fiend's Grip, not both.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Creates illusions of itself alongside that are capable of gripping the affected enemy unit, dealing the same damage instance at the same time instantly.

Fiend's Grip now is interrupted when Bane and its illusions are no longer channeling.

Reduces cooldown.
These illusions are uncontrollable, receives additional incoming damage, and are instant killed upon being interrupted.
Number of Illusions: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 2)
Damage Taken: Affects the incoming ability value negatively of the affected unit. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 225%)
Current Health as Damage: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 100%)
Duration: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 20)
120/110/100 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 75/65/55)
Mana Cost
200/300/400
Victims of Atropos are frequently torn apart by vivid conjurations of their own nightmares.
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  • Debuff bane_fiends_grip to The affected enemy unit(s).
    • Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur.Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur.
      • Applies the following ability effects on the affected enemy unit while channeling:
        • Grants Render invisible sources null. True Sight over the enemy unit.
        • Grants a 4.75/5.25/5.75 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 7.75/8.25/8.75)-second 150 radius caster vision at the affected enemy's location.
          • The vision radius do not follow the affected enemy.
      • Stun
      • Deals 35/55/75 Pure Damage Type pure Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage in 0.5-second intervals, starting immediately upon debuff application, over 10/11/12 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 16/17/18) damage instances.
      • The channeling is interrupted if the enemy unit is affected by the following sources:
The created illusion texture is distinguishable ally-only.
  • Creates 1 Illusion Properties. illusion each at point West P and point R East on Bane's left and right side respectively, facing towards the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy at point F upon cast.
    • OP = OR = 400
    • Illusion Properties.
      • Have Fiend's Grip of its corresponding level with an This ability has an instant cast time. instant cast time.
      • Item abilities work on these created illusions.
      • Can be given any order, except for item ability casts. Doing so interrupts the Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur.Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur. channeling immediately.
      • Neither have a Gold gold nor ExperienceExperience experience bounty.
Ability interactions with Spell Block sources.
If the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy has both Spell Block and Spell Reflection sources, the Spell Reflection source has priority and the ability is reflected instead.
Ability interactions with Spell Reflection sources.
If the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy has both Spell Block and Spell Reflection sources, the Spell Reflection source has priority and the ability is reflected instead.
Ability interactions with Spell Steal.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Can be cast on the Fiend's Grip Illusion Properties. illusion. However, it does not acquire any abilities.
Ability interactions with Spell Duplication sources.
The ability cast has an independent duration for both the primary and secondary target.

Prematurely ending the Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur.Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur. channeling only cancels Fiend's Grip on the primary target and does not affect the channeling on the secondary target, even with Debuff grimstroke_soul_chain expiring.
Buff modifier_bane_fiends_grip_illusionOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_CAST_RANGE_BONUS
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_IS_ILLUSION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_IS_SUPER_ILLUSION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_IS_SUPER_ILLUSION_WITH_ULTIMATE
Buff modifier_bane_fiends_grip_illusion_can_only_channelUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_CAST_RANGE_BONUS
Buff modifier_illusionOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Illusion
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_DAMAGEOUTGOIGN_PERCENTAGE_ILLUSION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_FIXED_DAY_VISION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_FIXED_NIGHT_VISION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_IS_ILLUSION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ILLUSION_LABEL
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_LIFETIME_FRACTION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_INCOMING_DAMAGE_ILLUSION
Buff modifier_invulnerableOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Hidden Modifier
Debuff modifier_bane_fiends_gripDispellable by Strong Dispel sources.
Fiend's Grip: Disabled and taking damage. Losing x% of max mana per x seconds.
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNED
MODIFIER_STATE_INVISIBLE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ABILITY_END_CHANNEL
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIP
Debuff modifier_bane_fiends_grip_cast_illusionDispellable by Strong Dispel sources.
Disabled.
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNED
MODIFIER_STATE_INVISIBLE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ABILITY_END_CHANNEL
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIP
  • Illusion Properties. Buff bane_fiends_grip_cast_illusion to
    • The illusions utilize the modifier that stuns the affected enemy unit, and has the following properties:
      • The debuff activates when Bane's bane_fiends_grip debuff disappears, and continues applying the ability effects sourced to the created illusions.
      • This Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. ability upgrade specifically only works if the illusion itself has Fiend's Grip.
      • Hence, it does not work with Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Reflects unit-targeted abilities.Reflects unit-targeted abilities. Spell Reflection source procs.

Recent Matches

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Main Article: Bane/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. PicksPatch
June 9, 2026 - 20:25 CESTQualifierTI2026 EU OQ1TI2026 EU OQ1
Timbersaw
Shadow Fiend
Bane
Rubick
Void Spirit
0 : 1
Treant Protector
Techies
Largo
Drow Ranger
Keeper of the Light
7.41d
+ Details
June 9, 2026 - 19:45 CESTQualifierTI2026 EU OQ1TI2026 EU OQ1
Bane
Drow Ranger
Underlord
Dark Willow
Kunkka
0 : 1
Treant Protector
Lycan
Batrider
Windranger
Pangolier
7.41d
+ Details
June 9, 2026 - 19:45 CESTQualifierTI2026 EU OQ1TI2026 EU OQ1
Bane
Zeus
Hoodwink
Beastmaster
Terrorblade
0 : 1
Ringmaster
Shadow Fiend
Grimstroke
Kunkka
Brewmaster
7.41d
+ Details
June 9, 2026 - 19:20 CESTQualifierTI2026 EU OQ1TI2026 EU OQ1
Windranger
Bane
Underlord
Lion
Medusa
1 : 0
Viper
Techies
Dark Willow
Shadow Fiend
Undying
7.41d
+ Details
June 9, 2026 - 19:20 CESTQualifierTI2026 EU OQ1TI2026 EU OQ1
Bane
Viper
Clockwerk
Tiny
Underlord
1 : 0
Axe
Nature's Prophet
Treant Protector
Terrorblade
Batrider
7.41d
+ Details

The International

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  • Bane has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:

Recent Changes

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Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.41c
(2026-05-06)
  • Reduced Brain Sap mana cost from 120/130/140/150 to 105/120/135/140.
7.41
(2026-03-24)
  • Reduced Strength strength gain from 2.7 to 2.5.
  • Reduced Agility agility gain from 2.7 to 2.5.
  • Reduced Intelligence intelligence gain from 2.7 to 2.5.
  • Increased base attack range from 400 to 425.
  • REWORKED Ichor of Nyctasha
    • OLD All Universal attribute sources affecting Bane are always evenly distributed across all three / / attributes.
    • NEW
      • Applies a permanent debuff stack on the dying enemy hero that reduces 5% status resistance to all debuffs sourced to Bane in the following conditions:
        • Upon a kill credtied to Bane.
        • When the dying enemy hero dies while being affected by debuff sourced to Bane.
      • Can be applied up to 5-max stacks.
  • Nightmare
    • REMOVED the Dream Stalker ability component.
    • ADDED vector-targeting functionality.
      • Applies a 110-speed forced movement to the affected unit according to the vector-targeted direction by default.
      • ADDED This ability has multiple different functionality modes.This ability has multiple different functionality modes. Alt-Cast functionality.
        • Toggle on swaps the functionality of the ability with Nightmare (Alt-Cast) , and causes the affected unit now remains stationary in place.
7.40
(2025-12-15)

Dota Plus Progress

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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.

Bane's Relics Voice Lines

Brain Sap Kills

Brain Sap Healing

Nightmare Duration

Kills Under Fiend's Grip

Teleports Leading To Kills

Allies Glimmer Cape Duration

Channels Cancelled

Smoke Leading To Kills

Dominating Kill Streaks

Dust Leading To Kills

Enemy Wards Kills

Wards Placed

Kill Assists

Kills
Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master

Grandmaster

Equipment

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Trivia

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  • In greek mythology, Atropos was the eldest of the three Moirai sisters.
    • Specifically, she was the goddess of fate and destiny, responsible for cutting the "Thread of Life, deciding the end of mortals' lifes.
    • The name Atropos translates to "not turning" from greek: a- (negating prefix) and tropos ("turned"), in the sense of, referring to the irreversible and inevitable destiny of death.
  • Bane's rivalry line towards Tinker ▶️ "Do Tinkers dream of electric sheepsticks?" is a reference to the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". "Sheepstick" is also a commonly used name for the Scythe of Vyse.
  • His movement line ▶️ "Sleep no more!" is a reference to Shakespeare's play Hamlet, in particular, his famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy. Hamlet reasons over whether to take his own life or carry on: "To die, to sleep-. No more-and by a sleep we say to end..."
  • His last hit Response "▶️ "The wages of fear." is a reference to the film of the same name, The wages of fear.
  • Fiend's Grip ▶️ sound effect makes use of one of Bane's voice file, ▶️ "The bane of your existence".
  • Since his release, Bane's strength, agility, and intelligence have always been equal. Although coindicental at first, this is now being kept that way intentionally; Whenever his attributes get changed, all three of them get changed equally.
    • In 7.21, this symmertry was broken, as only his intelligence gain was buffed, while the strength and agiltiy gain remained unchanged.
    • After a community outcry, this got quickly adressed in 7.21b, where all three were equalized again.
  • Bane's concept is inspired by the game Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis.
    • Bane and Virtue are two of the 6 elements within the game, with Bane being the dark element, and virtue being the light element.
    • All of Bane's abilities would fall under the Bane category within the game, hence his Dot a 2 title, Bane.
    • In DotA, Bane's full title is "Bane Elemental", being even more direct than his Dota 2 title.
    • All of Bane's abilities are named and partially themed after existing spells in Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis:[1]
      • Enfeeble takes a percentage of an enemy's max health and grants it to the caster.
      • Brain Sap takes a percentage of an enemy's max mana and grants it to the caster.
      • Nightmare drifts the target into unconscousness, putting them asleep and dealing damage over time.
      • Fiend's Grip Deals heavy area of effect damage "by the hand of an evil spirit"
    • Bane's Brain Sap is based on Enfeeble from Tactics Ogre.
    • Bane's Nightmare is conceptually identical to the Nightmare from Tactics Ogre.
    • Bane's Fiend's Grip combines the theme of Fiend's Grip and the mana steal of Brain Sap from Tactics Ogre.
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  1. ↑ Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis - spell guide (CTRL+F for Bane's ability names to find their source)
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