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Drow Ranger
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Drow Ranger
| 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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1250 Projectile Speed
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100 (124)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.5 + 0.3
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0.7
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2010-11-01
Released | ||
2004-02-03
(0.60) | ||
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 | |
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| 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. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Cape, Female, Icy, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Bio
[edit]I walk alone, but the shadows are company enough.▶️Traxex, the Drow Ranger
Alias:
Traxex
Lore:
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.
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.
Voice:
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
[edit]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.
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
[edit]| +2 Multishot Waves | 25 | +8% Marksmanship Chance |
|---|---|---|
| +25% Multishot Damage | 20 | 50% Gust Self Move Speed |
| -6s Multishot Cooldown | 15 | +75 Attack Range |
| +1 Multishot Arrow per Wave | 10 | x0.82 Frost Arrows Mana Cost |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Precision Aura
[edit]Passive
Affects
Self / Allied Heroes
Grants nearby ranged allied units a lesser bonus
agility.
This ability levels up with Drow Ranger.
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
[edit]Details
Tap on the
innate abilities for more details.
Abilities
[edit]Frost Arrows
[edit]Cast Animation: 0.5 + 0.3
Attack Damage Bonus: 12/18/24/30
Move Speed Slow: 15%/25%/35%/45%
Slow Duration: 1.5
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.
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.
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.
When the enemy dies with the hypothermia debuff, they burst, dealing damage per stack and slowing other enemy units within the radius.
Ice-encased arrows pierce the silence, chilling their victims to the core.
Gust
[edit]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 Range:
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.
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
Traxex is rather fond of the tranquility of physical combat, calling on her Drow heritage to end the incantations of opposing magi.
Multishot
[edit]Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Arrow Collision Radius: 90
Max Channel Time: 1.75
Multishot arrows travel further than her current attack range.
Arrows Cone Angle: 25°
Innate Properties
Drow can use items while Multishot is active, albeit moving slightly slower.
Drow can use items while Multishot is active, albeit moving slightly slower.
Move Speed Slow: 35%
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
The arrows' now apply the hypothermia ability upgrade components to all debuff-affected enemy units.
The arrows' now apply the hypothermia ability upgrade components to all debuff-affected enemy units.
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
[edit]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.
The front of the hill obscures vision and cannot be moved through except by Drow.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0.7
Cast Range:
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:
0.033
Explicitly grants ranged heroes, of both factions, bonus attack range at the top of the Glacier.
The brittle solids beneath Drow knocks all enemy units aside as it emerges.
Knock Distance: 225
Knock Duration: 0.1
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.
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
Innate Properties
Does not interrupt Multishot upon cast.
Does not interrupt Multishot upon cast.
Traxex wasn't just adopted by the Drow, she was adopted by the lands they lived in.
Marksmanship
[edit]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 heroes too close to Drow automatically disables this effect.
The Drow Ranger is the epitome of archery prowess.
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Drow Ranger/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | Patch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 8, 2026 - 20:10 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 38 - June 8 | 0 : 1 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 8, 2026 - 17:00 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 38 - June 8 | 1 : 0 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 7, 2026 - 16:00 CEST | Tier 1 | BLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 7, 2026 - 11:00 CEST | Tier 1 | BLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs | 1 : 0 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 7, 2026 - 11:00 CEST | Tier 1 | BLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs | 1 : 0 | 7.41 | |||||||
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Increased Frost Arrows attack damage bonus from 10/15/20/25 to 12/18/24/30.
- Reduced Gust mana cost from 70 to 55.
- Increased base
agility from 22 to 24.
- Reduced Marksmanship enemy search radius from 325 to 300.
Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Glacier no longer disables Marksmanship enemy search radius ability component.
- Reduced
base attack damage from 29‒36 to 27‒34.
- Precision Aura
- This ability no longer levels up with Marksmanship .
- Rescaled base self-
agility bonus factor from 4%/8%/12%/16% to 10% on each level.
- Gust
Knockback duration now scales inversely with distance from the target, similar to knockback distance.
- Has a 0.4-second min knockback duration.
- Multishot
- Drow Ranger can now use items while channeling.
- Now applies a self 35% movement speed slow.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Frost Arrows now affects incoming
heal sources.
- Frost Arrows now affects incoming
Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Glacier
- No longer grants
True Strike atop the Glacier.
- No longer increases the number of Multishot arrows by 1.
- Now Drow Ranger deals 25% more damage when attacking from high ground while on the Glacier .
- No longer grants
- Glacier
Dota Plus Progress
[edit]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 | |
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Bronze |
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Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
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Master |
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Grandmaster |
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[edit]Trivia
[edit]- 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.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Drow Ranger uses the model of the Dark Rangers, a neutral hero.
- Frost Arrows' original iteration is identical to the Naga Sea Witch's Frost Arrows.
- Precision Aura's original iteration was identical to the Priestess of the Moon's Trueshot Aura.
- Marksmanship's concept was based on the Archers' Marksmanship upgrade.
- In DotA, it was also named Trueshot Aura for Drow Ranger. It was changed to Precision Aura in Dota 2 during early beta.
Gallery
[edit]- Bone Harvest sprite - alive