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Chen

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Chen
23 + 2
15 + 2.1
19 + 3.2
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+44HP and +0.2HP regeneration
+0.35 armor and 2.1 attack speed
+38.4MP and +0.16MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
+3.2 Main Attack Damage
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1.5
Armor
(682.34 EHP)
26.9%
Magic Resist
(856.36 EHP)
1100
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (115)
(1.7 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.5 + 0.5
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. 800
Default
Gib Type
2011-07-01
Released
2004-02-03
Competitive Span
2011-07-01 — Present
Version Control
This article is mostly accurate for 7.41b, 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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Converts creeps to his cause, building an army.
Converted at sword-point after a disastrous battle, Chen quickly became one of the Fold's most zealous knights. Raised among the clans of the Hazhadal Barrens, Chen adapts his skills of animal enthrallment to perform Holy Persuasions and martyrdoms, compelling packs of creatures of the forest to fight and sacrifice for his cause. His allies are graced with Divine Favor, while foes are forced to atone through the magnified pains of Penitence. Chen's devotion does not go unrewarded. The Hand of God aids his companions in their quests, intervening at critical moments to heal their injuries and save them from fatal blows.
Penitence
Holy Persuasion
Holy Persuasion
Divine Favor
Zealot
Zealot
Hand of God
Hand of God
Roles:Support Support Pusher Pusher
AdjectivesArachnophobic, Steed, Nose
Legs ( 2 )

Bio

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You can learn faith at the end of a sword.
▶️  Chen, the Holy Knight
Alias:
Holy Knight
Born in the godless Hazhadal Barrens, Chen came of age among the outlaw tribes who eked out an existence in the shimmering heat of the desert. Using an ancient form of animal enthrallment, Chen's people husbanded the hardy desert locuthi, a stunted species of burrowing dragon that melted desert sands into tubes of glass where twice-a-year rains collected. Always on the edge of starvation and thirst, fighting amongst their neighbors and each other, Chen's clan made the mistake, one fateful day, of ambushing the wrong caravan.

In the vicious battle that followed, Chen's clan was outmatched. The armored Knights of the Fold made short work of the enthralled locuthi, who attacked and died in waves. With their dragons dead, the tribesmen followed. Chen struggled, and slashed, and clawed, and perished—or would have. Defeated, on his knees, he faced his execution with humility, offering his neck to the blade. Moved by Chen's obvious courage, the executioner halted his sword. Instead of the blade, Chen was given a choice: death or conversion. Chen took to the faith with a ferocity. He joined the Fold and earned his armor one bloody conversion at a time. Now, with the fanaticism of a convert, and with his powers of animal enthrallment at their peak, he seeks out unbelievers and introduces them to their final reward.

Upgrades

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Aghanim's

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Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Hand of God
Enables Hand of God channeling functionality.

Increases the heal per second value and grants a debuff immunity aura, centered around Chen that affects all allied units while channeling.

Reduces cooldown.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Holy Persuasion
Enables persuading ancient creeps per level of Hand of God.

Increases the level of certain Persuaded creeps' abilities.

Talents

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Hand of God Full Health Restore for Chen and all of his This unit is created or obtained by an ability. Summons25 Hand of God Dispellable by Strong Dispel sources. Strong Dispels
+1300 Persuaded Unit Min Health20+15% Divine Favor Heal Amp
+15% Penitence Slow15+12% Persuaded Unit Damage Amp
25% Zealot Max Health10+75 Penitence Damage
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+2 All / / Attributes

Zealot

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D
E
Zealot
Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Affects
Units
Initiates a divine faith on the unit-targeted player-controlled unit he favors, teleporting it next to Chen after a short delay.

Alternatively, self-casting the ability teleports all Chen's player-controlled units to himself.

Offensive player-based damage applied on the affected units dispel and cancel the teleport component.
Teleport Delay: 6
Damage Threshold: 0
Passively respawns the Zealot next to Chen once it is killed.
Max Units: 1
Respawn Time: 60
Unit Max Health Bonus: (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 25%)
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
The higher Chen's level, the greater the Zealot's base attack damage.
Base Attack Damage Increase: +This ability component scales with Hero Levels. 2 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 2.5)
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
The Zealot scales and increases its stats alongside with other melee lane creeps as time passes by.
Max Stacks: 30
Upgrade Interval: 450
Health Increase: + 12
Base Attack Damage Bonus Increase: + 1
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
The Zealot is considered one of Chen's Persuaded units.

All Holy Persuasion's creep bonuses ability components apply to the Zealot.
10
Mana Cost
50

Hero Model

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Hero Model
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Chen's hero model has the following hidden Innate. innate abilities.

He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Watch Tower
Warp
Warp
Lantern of Sight
Tap on the Innate. innate abilities for more details.

Abilities

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Penitence

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Q
E
Penitence
Affects
Enemy Unit / Self
Pure / Magical
Deals damage and applies a movement speed slow on the debuff-affected enemy unit.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.77
Cast RangeAffected by Cast Range increasing sources. 800
Damage: 50/75/100/125 (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 125/150/175/200)
Move Speed Slow: 12%/18%/24%/30% (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 27%/33%/39%/45%)
Debuff Duration: 5/6/7/8
Grants all allied units bonus attack speed while attacking the debuff-affected enemy unit.
Attack Speed Bonus: 20/40/60/80
20/17/14/11
Mana Cost
80/90/100/110
Although Chen's brand of animal enthrallment isn't quite strong enough to control the minds of enemy heroes, it still tests their resolve in combat.

Holy Persuasion

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W
T
Holy Persuasion
Affects
Enemy Units
Instant Kill
Persuades an enemy or neutral creep, excluding ancient creeps, for Chen's purposes.

Grants Chen a portion of the gold bounty of the Persuaded unit.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.87
Cast RangeAffected by Cast Range increasing sources. 600
Max Units: 1/2/3/4
Persuaded Creep Max level: 3/4/5/6
Creep Gold Bounty Factor: 0.25/0.5/0.75/1
Sets the Persuaded creep's max health while fully restoring its health and mana.

Grants the Persuaded creeps various bonuses as well upon joining Chen's fleet.
Set Creep Max Health: 400 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 1700)
Set Creep Current Health/Mana: 100%
Move Speed Bonus: 5/10/20/30
Damage Amp: 5%/10%/15%/20%
Ability Level Bonus: Affects the outgoing ability value positively of the affected unit. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 1)
Chen may cast the ability on the unit-targeted Persuaded unit to instant kill it, if the unit has not taken damage recently.

Has a shorter cooldown and does not consume mana when cast this way.
Damage Timer: 3
Set Cooldown: 3
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
The higher Chen's level, the greater the set creep max health bonus value.
Creep Max Health Bonus Increase: +This ability component scales with Hero Levels. 50
These Persuaded units are considered summons and their attacks are less effective against Reinforced units.
Attack Damage Factor: Affects the outgoing ability value negatively of the affected unit. 0.6
Neither can persuade Roshan or the Tormentor.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Enables persuading ancient creeps per level of Hand of God.

Increases the level of certain Persuaded creeps' abilities.
15
Mana Cost
110/130/150/170
Although they may not be knights, Chen incorporates beasts into the Fold in the same way he himself was converted.

Holy Persuasion Calculations

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  • LEVEL 4
    Holy Persuasion can have the following number of Persuaded units:
Hand of God Hand of God
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
Zealot Zealot 1x 1x 1x
Holy Persuasion Holy Persuasion 2x 1x The ability value either is not applicable or is no longer applicable.The ability value either is not applicable or is no longer applicable.
1x 2x 3x

Upgradeable Creep Abilities

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The following Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Persuaded Creeps' ability level is increased by 1 and unlocks the 4th ability level.

Holy Persuasion Upgradable Abilities

Divine Favor

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E
F
Divine Favor
Partially usable or conditionally bestowed by Illusions. Fully disabled by Break.
Passive / Unit
Affects
Allied Units
Grants a health regeneration bonus aura within the radius.
Aura Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 1200
Health Regen Bonus: 1.5/3/4.5/6
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Grants the unit-targeted allied hero bonus armor and an incoming health restoration amplification buff.
Cast RangeAffected by Cast Range increasing sources. 1200
Armor Bonus: 5/10/15/20
Health Restore Amp: Affects the incoming ability value positively of the affected unit. 5%/10%/15%/20% (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 20%/25%/30%/35%)
Duration: 6
20/18/16/14
Mana Cost
75
Chen's zeal is infectious, blessing his allies with vitality and compelling them to his side.

Hand of God

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R
D
Hand of God
Affects
Allied Heroes
Heals all allied heroes and his player-controlled units globally.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.93
Radius: The ability effects are felt everywhere in the map. Global
First Heal: Affected by Heal Manipulation sources. 200/300/400
Heal per Second: Affected by Heal Manipulation sources. 20/30/40
Heal Duration: 10
Max Channel Time: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 6)
Talent Upgrade
Hand of God now fully heals Chen and his player-controlled units. The heal over time base component still applies.
Current Health as Heal: 100%
Talent Upgrade
Hand of God now applies a Strong Dispel on affected units.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Enables Hand of God channeling functionality.

Increases the heal per second value and grants a debuff immunity aura, centered around Chen that affects all allied units while channeling.

Reduces cooldown.
Aura Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 800)
Heal per Second: Affected by Heal Manipulation sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 40/60/80)
Magic Resist Bonus: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 60%)
Aura Linger Duration: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 0.5)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
The aura affects all other allied units, except Chen himself.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Enables persuading ancient creeps for Chen's cause corresponding to the level of Hand of God.
Max Ancient Creeps Count: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 1/2/3)
150/130/110 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 110/90/70)
Mana Cost
200/300/400
Using the mental link with his thralls, Chen calls down restoration and well-being to those who share his fanaticism.

Recent Matches

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Main Article: Chen/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. PicksPatch
June 5, 2026 - 16:30 CESTTier 1BLAST SLAM VII - PlayoffsBLAST SLAM VII - PlayoffsBLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs
Keeper of the Light
Chen
Clockwerk
Mars
Lifestealer
0 : 1
Storm Spirit
Hoodwink
Windranger
Ancient Apparition
Pangolier
7.41
June 3, 2026 - 20:00 SGTQualifierEWC 2026 SEA CQEWC 2026 SEA CQEWC 2026 SEA CQ
Lone Druid
Pangolier
Tusk
Doom
Chen
1 : 0
Dawnbreaker
Silencer
Storm Spirit
Hoodwink
Monkey King
7.41
June 3, 2026 - 16:00 SGTQualifierEWC 2026 SEA CQEWC 2026 SEA CQEWC 2026 SEA CQ
Chen
Kez
Rubick
Ember Spirit
Nature's Prophet
1 : 0
Beastmaster
Lich
Techies
Monkey King
Gyrocopter
7.41
June 2, 2026 - 16:00 ASTQualifierEWC 2026 MESWA CQEWC 2026 MESWA CQEWC 2026 MESWA CQ
Snapfire
Chen
Tusk
Necrophos
Underlord
1 : 0
Phoenix
Tiny
Zeus
Techies
Largo
7.41
June 1, 2026 - 16:00 EESTQualifierEWC 2026 EEU CQEWC 2026 EEU CQEWC 2026 EEU CQ
Slardar
Techies
Chen
Shadow Fiend
Timbersaw
0 : 1
Tiny
Lich
Shadow Demon
Axe
Magnus
7.41
  • Chen 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
7.41b
(2026-04-07)
  • Increased Holy Persuasion outgoing damage amplification from 0%/6%/12%/18% to 5%/10%/15%/20%.
7.41
(2026-03-24)
  • REMOVED Summon Convert and the following ability components:
  • ADDED the Zealot Innate. innate ability for Chen :
    • This is now Chen 's          fourth ability.
    • Can be cast on any Chen's player-controlled unit, including Holy Persuasion units, to teleport it individually to Chen after a 6-second delay.
    • Doubletap ability to self-cast whenever available. Doubletap this ability will teleport all current player-controlled units to Chen.
      • U No longer applies Divine Favor of its corresponding level to teleporting units.
    • Passively grants Chen a Zealot unit whenever he respawns, the unit has a Martyrdom ability.
    • Zealot
      • Has the same unit stats as the current Melee Creep , fully affected by the Super Melee Creep or Mega Melee Creep upgrade.
        • Does not have the Runty Innate. innate .
        • This unit is considered as one of the Holy Persuasion units and is always affected by the ability bonuses.
      • Has a 2.5 base health regeneration.
      • Has a CreepBaseAtkDmg + SelfLvl * 2 base attack damage.
      • Has 125-base Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. attack range .
      • The unit has a 60-second respawn time once it is killed.
      • Martyrdom
        • Sends a 1000-projectile speed toward the The ability's unit-targeted properties. targeted enemy or allied unit.
          • Applies a 25 + 20% * MaxHP as damage to the enemy unit.
          • Heals for (25 + 20% * MaxHP) * 0.5 health on the allied unit.
        • Has 500-cast range, 50-mana cost, and a 10-second cooldown.
  • Holy Persuasion
    • Can now be The ability effects are felt everywhere in the map. Globally cast directly on any existing Persuaded creeps that have not been damaged in the last 3 seconds to instantly kill them.
      • Does not cost mana and has a 3-second cooldown.
    • No longer grants 4/8/12/16 attack damage bonus.
    • Now grants 0%/6%/12%/18% outgoing damage amplification.
  • MOVED all Divine Favor active component to Zealot .
7.40
(2025-12-15)
  • Penitence
    • No longer grants 50/150/250/350 self attack range bonus.
    • Now deals 50/75/100/125 Pure Damage Type pure Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage .
    • Increased mana cost from 70/75/80/85 to 80/90/100/110.
    • Increased cooldown from 14/13/12/11 to 20/17/14/11.

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.

Chen's Relics Voice Lines

Kills Under Penitence

Kills After Holy Persuasion Teleports

Unit Spells Leading To Kills

Heroes Saved With Healing

Magic Damage With Creeps

Controlled Unit Tower Damage

Slows Leading To Kills

Mega Kill Streaks

Dusts Leading To Kills

Enemy Ward Kills

Wards Placed

Kill Assists

Kills

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master

Grandmaster

Equipment

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Trivia

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  • Chen's fun names in DotA were Chechen and Jackie Chen, a pun on the name of the famed actor Jackie Chan.
  • ▶️ "My Leg" refers to a Spongebob Squarepants running gag.
  • Warcraft 3 similarities:
    • Chen uses the model of the Far Seers, a ranged Orc hero.
    • Chen has a 1/8 chance to spawn in with the name "Jacky Chen", a reference to the famous actor, Jackie Chan.
    • Chen has a 1/8 chance to spawn in with the name "Chechen", which might refer to the Chechens, an ethnic grouo within Russia.
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