Elder Titan

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Elder Titan
26 + 3
16 + 1.8
23 + 1.6
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+66HP and +0.3HP regeneration
+3 Main Attack Damage
+0.3 armor and 1.8 attack speed
+19.2MP and +0.08MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
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2.67
Armor
(802.86 EHP)
27.3%
Magic Resist
(951.86 EHP)
Instant
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (116)
(1.7 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.35 + 0.97
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
2013-05-02
Released
2009-06-10
Competitive Span
2013-08-23 — Present
Version Control
This article is mostly accurate for 7.38, 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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Damages and disables with his Astral Spirit.
Even the greatest of Titans err in their work. Trapped in his own flawed creation, the Worldsmith seeks forever to repair the fissured planes. His Natural Order reduces all to its base, disintegrating whatever defenses his foes layer themselves with. From a hidden plane, the Elder Titan draws aspects of himself, summoning his Astral Sprit, sending this ghostly form through bodies and past defenses. Once positioned, an Echo Stomp rings out from both Titan and Spirit, knocking unconscious all in its wake. The battlefield cracks under the Titan's forge hammer, and a glimpse of creation is seen as the Earth Splitter rends the ground asunder. For what the Worldsmith makes, he can also unmake.
Echo Stomp
Echo Stomp
Astral Spirit
Astral Spirit
Natural Order
Earth Splitter
Roles:Initiator Initiator Disabler Disabler Nuker Nuker Durable Durable
AdjectivesNicePecs, Horns, Parent, Nose
Legs ( 2 )

Facets[edit]

Deconstruction
Natural Order
The Natural Order aura additionally applies a stacking armor reduction and a magic resistance reduction per second to enemy units within the radius.
Momentum
Momentum
The Worldsmith has lower base attack speed but gets an attack speed bonus proportional to his movement speed.
-85 Attack Speed Slow
+0.25x Move Speed as Attack Speed

Upgrades[edit]

Aghanim's[edit]

Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Astral Spirit
Grants Elder Titan magic resistance, and debuff immunity per affected enemy hero when the Spirit rejoins the Titan.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Echo Stomp
Reduces cooldown.
Echo Stomp (Alt-Cast)
If the Spirit is summoned, the Titan takes the place of the Spirit and reunites as it completes Echo Stomp with Alt-Cast toggled on.

Talents[edit]

+100% Cleave25-60s Earth Splitter Cooldown
+100 Natural Order Radius20+350 Echo Stomp Wake-up Damage
+25 Astral Spirit Attack Damage per Hero15+75 Echo Stomp Damage
+25 Attack Speed10+2% Astral Spirit Move Speed per Hero
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+2 All / / Attributes

Bio[edit]

It is only right that I am cast into this world, for I had a hand in breaking it.
▶️  Elder Titan, the Worldsmith
Aliases:
TC, Cairne
Well may you ask, "How did this world take its form?" Why of all the worlds in creation, has this one its strange properties, its diverse and motley collection of creatures, cultures and lore? "The answer," One whispers, "lies with the Titans."

These original progenitors were there near the Beginning—if not actual witnesses to the creation, then born with it still echoing in their ears. Stamped with the earliest energies of the universe, they wished nothing more than to continue as creators themselves. Thus they bent to the task of shaping matter to their will: hammering and heating, bending and blasting. And when matter proved less challenging than they liked, they turned their tools upon themselves, reshaping their minds and reforging their spirits until they had become beings of great endurance. Reality itself became the ultimate object of their smithing. Yet, along the way, they sometimes erred. In cases of great ambition, mistakes are unavoidable.

The one we know as the Elder Titan was a great innovator, one who studied at the forge of creation. In honing his skills, he shattered something that could never be repaired, only thrown aside. He fell into his own broken world, a shattered soul himself. There he dwelt among the jagged shards and fissured planes, along with other lost fragments that had sifted down through the cracks in the early universe. And this is why the world we know resembles an isle of castaways, survivors of a wreck now long forgotten. Forgotten, that is, by all but the One who blames himself. He spends his time forever seeking a way to accomplish the repairs, that he might rejoin the parts of his broken soul, that we and the world alike might all be mended. This is the One we know as Elder Titan.

Innate. Innate[edit]

Tip the Scales[edit]

Tip the Scales
Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Passive
Affects
Allied Buildings / Allied Lane Creeps
Grants bonus attack damage to both allied lane creeps and allied buildings in certain conditions.
Attack Damage Bonus: 100%
Building Bonus Factor: Certain component of this ability affects buildings.Certain component of this ability affects buildings. 1
Grants bonuses to allied units affected by Glyph of Fortification.
Grants bonuses to allied units affected by Roshan's Banner.
Effect Radius: 650
Details

Momentum[edit]

  Momentum
Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Passive
Affects
Self
The Worldsmith has lower base attack speed but gets an attack speed bonus proportional to his movement speed.
Attack Speed Slow: 85
Move Speed to Attack Speed Bonus Factor: 0.25

Hero Model[edit]

Hero Model
This ability is not bestowed by Illusions. Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
The Titan's hero model has the following hidden Innate. innate abilities.

He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Grants the Titan's attack cleave properties, dealing damage within a distance in front of them whenever he attacks.
First Width: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 150
Distance: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 650
End Width: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 360
Cleave Damage: 100%

Abilities[edit]

Echo Stomp[edit]

Q
T
Echo Stomp
No / Channeled
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Spell / Physical / Magical
The Titan and its Spirit within both stomp the ground, dealing physical and magical damage while knocking nearby enemy units unconscious around their locations.
Channel Time: 1.3
Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 475
Physical Damage: 60/100/140/180 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 135/175/215/255)
Magical Damage: 60/100/140/180 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 135/175/215/255)
Wake-up Damage Threshold: 55/120/185/250 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 405/470/535/600)
Stun Duration: 0.2
Sleep Duration: 2/2.8/3.6/4.4
Casting Echo Stomp while the Spirit is summoned forces it to stop and simultaneously cast its Echo Stomp, dealing magical damage within its radius while the Titan's deals physical damage within his radius.
Channel Time: 1.3
Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 475
Magical Damage: 60/100/140/180 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 135/175/215/255)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Reduces cooldown.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
If the Spirit is summoned, the Titan takes the place of the Spirit and reunites as it completes Echo Stomp with Alt-Cast toggled on.
14/13/12/11 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 12/11/10/9)
Mana Cost
100
The force of creation still echoes in the stomp of the Titan.

Astral Spirit[edit]

W
C
Astral Spirit
Point
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Spell / Magical
The Titan sends forth the Spirit, damaging any units it passes through.
Cast RangeAffected by Cast Range increasing sources. 1200
Damage Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 275
Contact Damage: 50
Spirit Duration: 10
When the Spirit rejoins the Titan, it grants the Titan various bonuses per enemy hero it passed through.
Max Move Speed Bonus: 40%
Move Speed Bonus per Enemy: 5%/6%/7%/8% (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 7%/8%/9%/10%)
Attack Damage Bonus per Enemy: 17/38/59/80 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 42/63/84/105)
Armor Bonus per Enemy: 1.5/3/4.5/6
Buff Duration: 10
Magic Resist Bonus: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 50%)
Debuff Immune Duration per Enemy: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 2)
The Spirit passing through creeps grants less effective bonuses for the Titan.
Move Speed Bonus per Creep: 1.5%
Attack Damage Bonus per Creep: 3/3/7/11/15
Armor Bonus per Creep: 0.5
The Spirit moves along with the Titan when not summoned.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Grants Elder Titan magic resistance, and debuff immunity per affected enemy hero when the Spirit rejoins the Titan.
23/21/19/17
Mana Cost
80/90/100/110
Like the four fundamentals, Elder Titan exists across all planes at once and can draw other aspects of himself to assist in times of need.

Return Astral Spirit[edit]

W
C
Return Astral Spirit
Casting this ability does not proc any on-cast effects.
Affects
Astral Spirit / Self
The Spirit returns to the Titan upon his command.
Spirit Return Speed: 900
Casting Echo Stomp while the Spirit returns forces it to stop and simultaneously cast its part.

The Spirit continues returning once the cast completes.
0

Move Astral Spirit[edit]

D
D
Move Astral Spirit
Casting this ability does not proc any on-cast effects.
Point
Affects
Astral Spirit
Moves the Spirit to a point-targeted location upon the Titan's command.
0
Details
  • Appears in the      fourth ability slot upon Astral Spirit cast.

Natural Order[edit]

E
N
Natural Order
Does not pierce Debuff Immunity sources. This ability can be bestowed by Illusions. Partially or conditionally disabled by Break. This ability can be disjointed. Cannot be cast while rooted or leashed. Casting this ability does not proc any on-cast effects.
Passive / Aura
Affects
Enemy Units
Reduces all elements to their basic levels, removing base armor and base magic resistance from nearby enemy units.

The base armor reduction is centered around the Titan, while the base magic resistance reduction is centered around the Spirit.
Radius: 350 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 450)
Base Armor Reduction: 40%/60%/80%/100%
Aura Linger Duration: 1
The magic resistance reduction is centered around the Titan when the Spirit is not summoned.
Radius: 350 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 450)
Base Magic Resistance Reduction: 40%/60%/80%/100%
Aura Linger Duration: 1
As it was at the beginning, Elder Titan makes it so again.

Earth Splitter[edit]

R
E
Earth Splitter
Point
Affects
Enemy Units
Spell / Physical / Magical
Sends forth a jagged crack in front of the Titan that implodes after a slight delay.

The implosion applies movement speed slow, deals a half magicial and half physical damage corresponding to the affected enemy units' max health.
Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0.73
Cast RangeAffected by Cast Range increasing sources. 2400
Effect Delay: 2.7182
Crack Width: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 315
Crack Distance: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 2100
Max Health as Magical Damage: 15%/20%/25%
Max Health as Physical Damage: 15%/20%/25%
Move Speed Slow: 30%/40%/50%
Slow Duration: 3/4/5
100
Mana Cost
125/175/225
That which he created, the titan tears asunder.

Recent Matches[edit]

Main Article: Elder Titan/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. Picks
Apr 11, 2025 - 11:00 CESTTier 2FISSURE SpecialFISSURE SpecialFISSURE SpecialAncient Apparition Kunkka Elder Titan Gyrocopter Sand King
1win Team1win Team
0 : 1
L1GA TEAML1GA TEAM
Medusa Ringmaster Templar Assassin Phoenix Ember Spirit
Apr 10, 2025 - 10:00 CESTTier 2FISSURE SpecialFISSURE SpecialFISSURE SpecialTiny Elder Titan Windranger Gyrocopter Beastmaster
L1GA TEAML1GA TEAM
1 : 0
Virtus.proVirtus.pro
Dragon Knight Dark Seer Muerta Crystal Maiden Doom
Apr 09, 2025 - 14:50 EDTTier 1ESL One Raleigh 2025ESL One Raleigh 2025Gyrocopter Ringmaster Mars Elder Titan Razor
Team TideboundTeam Tidebound
1 : 0
Team FalconsTeam Falcons
Tinker Doom Snapfire Tiny Kunkka
Apr 09, 2025 - 13:00 CESTTier 2FISSURE SpecialFISSURE SpecialFISSURE SpecialTinker Kunkka Elder Titan Gyrocopter Centaur Warrunner
1win Team1win Team
1 : 0
Virtus.proVirtus.pro
Terrorblade Ringmaster Io Marci Outworld Destroyer
Apr 09, 2025 - 10:00 CESTTier 3CCT Series 8CCT Series 8Ancient Apparition Elder Titan Mars Monkey King Faceless Void
One MoveOne Move
0 : 1
Apple City GangApple City Gang
Medusa Ringmaster Bounty Hunter Puck Lycan

The International[edit]

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

Recent Changes[edit]

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.38
(2025-02-19)
  • Reduced Astral Spirit move speed bonus per enemy hero from 5%/6%/7%/8% to 4%/5%/6%/7%.
7.37e
(2024-11-19)
  • CHANGED Natural Order Deconstruction ability operations.
    • Affected enemy units outside the radius now loses a stack per second instead of all stacks instantly.
  • Rescaled Echo Stomp damage from 70/100/130/160 to 60/100/140/180.
7.37b
(2024-08-14)
  • Increased Momentum attack speed slow from 75 to 85.

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.

Elder Titan's Relics Voice Lines

Sleep Duration

Three Hero Echo Stomp

Enemies Killed By Astral Spirit

Three Hero Earth Splitters

Teleports Leading To Kills

Eul's Leading To Kills

Slows Leading To Kills

Veil Uses Leading To Kills

Triple Kills

Dominating Kill Streaks

Wards Placed

Kill Assists

Kills

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master
  • ▶️ You must learn respect for your elders.

Grandmaster

Equipment[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • In the splash artwork, a faint image of what looks to be Legion Commander can be seen.
  • The effect delay time of Earth Splitter is a reference to Euler's number (e), a mathematical constant.
    • Before the 7.29 gameplay patch, the effect delay was 3.14 seconds, which was a reference to the Pi (π), another mathematical constant.
  • In DotA, Astral Spirit is named "Ancestral Spirit". It was changed to Astral Spirit in Dota 2 for thematic reasons.
  • Warcraft 3 similarities:
    • Elder Titan's hero concept is originally based on Cairne Bloodhoof, a campaign-only variant of the Orc Tauren Chieftain hero.
      • In DotA, Elder Titan used that title and name as well, along with the model. The name was changed in Dota 2 to avoid copyright issues with "Blizzard Entertainment", since the Tauren are an existing race in the "Warcraft" universe.
      • Echo Stomp is based on the Tauren Chieftain's War Stomp.
      • Earth Splitter is loosely based on the Tauren Chieftain's Shockwave.
    • In DotA, Astral Spirit is named "Ancestral Spirit", which is within the theme of the Taurens as well.
      • In fact, Ancestral Spirit is an ability of the Spirit Walkers another Tauren unit. However, only the ability name was used in DotA, as an inspiration for the ability, as the two spells share no similiarities otherwise.
    • Tauren Chieftain has a 1/12 chance to spawn in with the name "Taur Thunderhorn" or as Kez Stonebul. This is the result of a poll IceFrog did for Tauren Chieftain's name. Cairne Bloodhoof won the poll, but the two runner-ups were added as rare names as well.

Gallery[edit]