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Drow Ranger

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Drow Ranger
16 + 1.9
24 + 2.8
15 + 1.4
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+41.8HP and +0.19HP regeneration
+0.47 armor and 2.8 attack speed
+2.8 Main Attack Damage
+16.8MP and +0.07MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
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4
Armor
(585.28 EHP)
26.5%
Magic Resist
(642.18 EHP)
1250
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (124)
(1.7 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.5 + 0.3
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.15s 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
2010-11-01
Released
2004-02-03
Competitive Span
2010-10-01 — 2012-10-25
2013-04-19 — 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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For the race in Dota 2 lore, see Drow.
Slows with her frost-tipped arrows
Dwelling deep within the forest and above the Glacier, few have ever caught a glimpse of the solitary and impossibly beautiful Drow Ranger. Her presence was known only from the chill of Frost Arrows, driving deep into her enemies' hearts. Named and raised by the sympathetic Drow, Traxex draws on her heritage to send forth a powerful Gust, silencing and repulsing assailants who venture too close. Although normally aiming for precision, Traxex does not shy away from unorthodox methods, launching a Rapid Salvo of ice-tipped arrows at multiple targets at once. Honing her skill to peerless precision, the Drow Ranger's legendary Marksmanship only improves with each passing skirmish.
Precision Aura
Precision Aura
Frost Arrows
Frost Arrows
Gust
Multishot
Multishot
Glacier
Glacier
Marksmanship
Roles:Carry Carry Disabler Disabler Pusher Pusher
AdjectivesCape, Female, Icy, Nose
Legs ( 2 )

Bio

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I walk alone, but the shadows are company enough.
▶️  Traxex, the Drow Ranger
Alias:
Traxex
Drow Ranger's given name is Traxex--a name well suited to the short, trollish, rather repulsive Drow people. But Traxex herself is not a Drow. Her parents were travelers in a caravan set upon by bandits, whose noisy slaughter of innocents roused the ire of the quiet Drow people.

After the battle settled, the Drow discovered a small girl-child hiding in the ruined wagons, and agreed she could not be abandoned. Even as a child, Traxex showed herself naturally adept at the arts they prized: Stealth, silence, subtlety. In spirit, if not in physique, she might have been a Drow changeling, returned to her proper home. But as she grew, she towered above her family and came to think of herself as ugly. After all, her features were smooth and symmetrical, entirely devoid of warts and coarse whiskers.

Estranged from her adopted tribe, she withdrew to live alone in the woods. Lost travelers who find their way from the forest sometimes speak of an impossibly beautiful Ranger who peered at them from deep among the trees, then vanished like a dream before they could approach. Lithe and stealthy, icy hot, she moves like mist in silence. That whispering you hear is her frozen arrows finding an enemy's heart.

Upgrades

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Aghanim's

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Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Frost Arrows
Applies an additional stackable hypothermia debuff that increases damage per stack and reduces the values of health restoration sources of the debuff-affected enemy unit.

Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Glacier
Grants the Glacier ability.

Creates a hill of ice beneath Drow, knocking away nearby enemy units. Grants all units on the hill flying vision.

The front of the hill obscures vision and cannot be moved through except by Drow.

Talents

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+2 Multishot Waves25+8% Marksmanship Chance
+25% Multishot Damage2050% Gust Self Move Speed
-6s Multishot Cooldown15+75 Attack Range
+1 Multishot Arrow per Wave10x0.82 Frost Arrows Mana Cost
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+2 All / / Attributes

Precision Aura

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Precision Aura
This ability can be bestowed by Illusions. Fully disabled by Break.
Passive
Affects
Self / Allied Heroes
Grants Drow Agility agility bonus corresponding to her current Agility agility.
Self Agi Bonus Factor: 0.1
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
The higher the Drow's level, the greater the self-Agility agility bonus.
Agi Bonus Increase: +This ability component scales with Hero Levels. 0.01
Grants nearby ranged allied units a lesser bonus Agility agility.
Aura Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 1200
Ally Agi Bonus Factor: This bonus/reduction source only affect Ranged heroes. 0.5
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Traxex' time spent alone in the forests of her Drow home has allowed her to teach other archers how to improve their bow skills.

Hero Model

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

She 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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Frost Arrows

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Q
R
Frost Arrows
Autocast / Active Attack Modifier
Affects
Enemy Units
Physical / Spell / Magical
Adds a freezing effect to Drow's attacks, slowing enemy movement and dealing bonus damage.
Cast Animation: 0.5 + 0.3
Cast RangeAffected by Attack Range increasing sources. 625 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 700)
Attack Damage Bonus: 12/18/24/30
Move Speed Slow: 15%/25%/35%/45%
Slow Duration: 1.5
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Applies an additional stackable hypothermia debuff that increases damage per stack and reduces the values of health restoration sources of the debuff-affected enemy unit.
Max Stacks: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 9)
Attack Damage Bonus per Stack: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 18)
Health Restore Reduction per Stack: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 10%)
Stacks Duration: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 7)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
When the enemy dies with the hypothermia debuff, they burst, dealing damage per stack and slowing other enemy units within the radius.
Effect Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 650)
Burst Damage per Stack: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 60)
Burst Move Speed Slow: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 40%)
Burst Slow Duration: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 2)
Mana Cost
9/10/11/12 (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 7.38/8.2/9.02/9.84)
Ice-encased arrows pierce the silence, chilling their victims to the core.

Gust

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W
E
Gust
Point
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Releases a wave that applies True Sight, silences, and knocks enemy units back relative to how close they are to the Drow.
Cast Animation: 0.25 + 0.6
Cast RangeAffected by Cast Range increasing sources. 900
Travel Distance: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 900
Effect Radius: 250
Min Knock Distance: 1
Max Knock Distance: 450
Min Knock Duration: 0.4
Max Knock Duration: 0.6/0.7/0.8/0.9
Silence Duration: 3/4/5/6
Roshan is innately immune to all forced movement sources.
Talent Upgrade
Grants self bonus movement speed upon cast while repulsing assailants who venture too close.
Self Move Speed Bonus: 50%
Buff Duration: 3/4/5/6
19/17/15/13
Mana Cost
55
Traxex is rather fond of the tranquility of physical combat, calling on her Drow heritage to end the incantations of opposing magi.

Multishot

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E
T
Multishot
Point / Channeled
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Spell / Physical / Magical
Releases a flurry of arrows in continuous salvos within an area in front of the Drow.
Arrow Collision Radius: 90
Max Channel Time: 1.75
Number of Waves: 3 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 5)
Waves Interval: 0.55 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 0.33)
Arrows per Wave: 4 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 5)
Total Multishot Duration: 1.3 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 0.86)
Multishot arrows travel further than her current attack range.
Travel Distance: Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. 1094 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 1225)
Arrows Cone Angle: 25°
Main Attack Damage as Spell Damage Factor: 1/1.2/1.4/1.6 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 1.25/1.45/1.65/1.85)
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
Drow can use items while Multishot is active, albeit moving slightly slower.
Move Speed Slow: 35%
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
The arrows' now apply the hypothermia ability upgrade components to all debuff-affected enemy units.
24/21/18/15 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 18/15/12/9)
Mana Cost
50/70/90/110
In the ranger's youth, learning to fire multiple arrows at once was considered a distracting frivolity. In the war of the Ancients, such technique has become strange necessity.

Glacier

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Affects
Heroes
Magical
Creates a hill of ice beneath Drow, knocking away nearby enemy units. Grants all units on the hill flying vision.

The front of the hill obscures vision and cannot be moved through except by Drow.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0.7
Cast RangeAffected by Cast Range increasing sources. 400
Glacier Radius: 180
Shards Spawn Angle: 40°
Number of Shards: 5
Ramp Radius: 150
Shard Spawn Radius: 125
Glacier Duration: 8
Aura Linger Duration: The minimum possible duration is 1 in-game server tick (0.033-seconds). 0.033
Explicitly grants ranged heroes, of both factions, bonus attack range at the top of the Glacier.
Ally Attack Range Bonus: This bonus/reduction source only affect Ranged heroes. 200
The brittle solids beneath Drow knocks all enemy units aside as it emerges.
Knock Distance: 225
Knock Duration: 0.1
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
Both the phase movement and the unobstructed movement granted by the Glacier aura has a linger duration, only for the Drow.

The Drow conditionally deals bonus total attack damage when attacking targets below the Glacier from high ground.
Attack Damage Bonus: 25%
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
Does not interrupt Multishot upon cast.
25
Mana Cost
50
Traxex wasn't just adopted by the Drow, she was adopted by the lands they lived in.

Marksmanship

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R
P
Marksmanship
Passive / Aura
Affects
Self / Allied Heroes
Physical
Drow's attacks have a chance to ignore the enemy unit's base armor.

Enemy heroes too close to Drow automatically disables this effect.
Enemy Search Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 300
Proc Chance: 30%/35%/40% (With level 25 Right Talent.With level 25 Right Talent. 38%/43%/48%)
Attack Damage Bonus: 50/70/90
The Drow Ranger is the epitome of archery prowess.

Recent Matches

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Main Article: Drow Ranger/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. PicksPatch
June 8, 2026 - 20:10 CESTTier 3EPL Season 38 - June 8EPL Season 38 - June 8EPL Season 38 - June 8
Drow Ranger
Bane
Mirana
Batrider
Void Spirit
0 : 1
Axe
Clockwerk
Tiny
Ringmaster
Death Prophet
7.41c
June 8, 2026 - 17:00 CESTTier 3EPL Season 38 - June 8EPL Season 38 - June 8EPL Season 38 - June 8
Drow Ranger
Bane
Hoodwink
Void Spirit
Bristleback
1 : 0
Treant Protector
Techies
Kez
Keeper of the Light
Legion Commander
7.41c
June 7, 2026 - 16:00 CESTTier 1BLAST SLAM VII - PlayoffsBLAST SLAM VII - PlayoffsBLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs
Drow Ranger
Bane
Hoodwink
Tidehunter
Largo
0 : 1
Keeper of the Light
Treant Protector
Lycan
Nature's Prophet
Monkey King
7.41
June 7, 2026 - 11:00 CESTTier 1BLAST SLAM VII - PlayoffsBLAST SLAM VII - PlayoffsBLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs
Drow Ranger
Winter Wyvern
Slardar
Shadow Demon
Enigma
1 : 0
Kez
Dark Seer
Spirit Breaker
Viper
Nature's Prophet
7.41
June 7, 2026 - 11:00 CESTTier 1BLAST SLAM VII - PlayoffsBLAST SLAM VII - PlayoffsBLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs
Drow Ranger
Winter Wyvern
Viper
Batrider
Spirit Breaker
1 : 0
Kez
Hoodwink
Largo
Queen of Pain
Lich
7.41

Recent Changes

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Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.41c
(2026-05-06)
  • Increased Frost Arrows attack damage bonus from 10/15/20/25 to 12/18/24/30.
  • Reduced Gust mana cost from 70 to 55.
7.41b
(2026-04-07)
7.41
(2026-03-24)

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.

Drow Ranger's Relics Voice Lines

Multi-Hero Gusts

Multishot Hero Damage

Marksmanship Hero Proc Damage

Silenced Kills

Enemies Silenced

Hurricane Pike Target Damage

Slow Duration

Damage From Invisibility

Channels Cancelled

Triple Kills

Mega Kill Streaks

Kill Assists

Kills

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum
  • ▶️ This couldn't have ended any other way.

Master
  • ▶️ Now that you're dead, I find it easy to respect you.

Grandmaster
  • ▶️ I thought they warned you not to speak with rangers.

Equipment

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Trivia

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  • Traxex's original design was slightly different from the one now; aside from the same hood, her white hair was not present, and her eyes were completely white. Her outfit was also slightly more revealing. This was changed with her March 2019 reskin.
  • Her response ▶️ "I quiver with anticipation." references a line in The Rocky Horror Picture Show "I see you shiver with anticipation."
  • In Deadlock, the Armor Piercing Rounds item may be inspired by Marksmanship, both granting attacks a chance to ignore the target's resistances to attacks.
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