Ember Spirit
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Ember Spirit
22 + 2.3
22 + 3.2
20 + 2.2
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +50.6HP and +0.23HP regeneration | |
| +0.53 armor and 3.2 attack speed +3.2 Main Attack Damage | |
| +26.4MP and +0.11MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance | |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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100 (122)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.4 + 0.3
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0.8
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Fire
Gib Type | ||
2013-11-14
Released | ||
2011-12-24
(6.73) | ||
Competitive Span
2014-02-18 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.38c) and is mostly accurate. |
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This page is about the hero Ember Spirit. For the city in Dota 2 lore, see Ember (City).
| Rapidly strikes and chains his foes. | |
|---|---|
| Impressed by the teachings of Xin, the Burning Celestial breathed life into the warrior-poet's ashes, and from there an image of Xin appeared, born anew as the Ember Spirit. Swift and elusive, the great teacher dashes through his opponents, striking each foe once with a Sleight of Fist before returning to his original spot. He immobilizes enemies with Searing Chains, holding them in place against the scorching heat of his Flame Guard. Across the land, Xin's glowing likenesses stand silent guard. The Ember Spirit arrives at his Fire Remnant from impossible distances, catching the unprepared in a burst of flame before they surrender their lives to Xin's burning blades. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Red, Spirit, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Double Impact
If Xin attacks more than a certain amount of enemy units with Sleight of Fist, the nearest enemy will be attacked once again.
Chain Gang
Increases Searing Chains max target count.
+1 Max Targets
Searing Chains are also additionally applied around all current Fire Remnants upon cast, utilizing the same search radius.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Increases cast range, remnant travel speed, and max charges.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Increases radius and damage per second.
If an enemy hero dies near Ember Spirit, a Fire Remnant charge is restored.
Ember Spirit now leaves behind a Remnant upon death.
The Ember Spirit's Remnants apply Immolation of its corresponding level within the radius.
Ember Spirit now leaves behind a Remnant upon death.
The Ember Spirit's Remnants apply Immolation of its corresponding level within the radius.
Talents[edit]
| -12s Fire Remnant Restore Time | 25 | +2 Sleight of Fist Charges |
|---|---|---|
| +50 Sleight of Fist Hero Damage | 20 | +60 Searing Chains Damage |
| +1s Searing Chains Duration | 15 | 2x Flame Guard Damage per Second |
| +165 Flame Guard | 10 | +12 Attack Damage |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Bio[edit]
Balance in all things.▶️Xin, the Ember Spirit
Aliases:
ES, Xin
Lore:
Lost within the Wailing Mountains, the Fortress of Flares lay abandoned, its training halls empty, its courtyard covered in leaves and dust. Upon a dais in its sealed temple rests a topaz cauldron filled with ancient ash, remnants of a pyre for the warrior-poet Xin. For three generations, Xin taught his acolytes the Bonds of the Guardian Flame, a series of mantras to train the mind and body for the harsh realities beyond the fortress walls.
However, in teaching a warrior's way he earned a warrior's rivals, and in his autumn Xin was bested and slain. His followers spread to the wind. Yet as years turned to centuries and followers to descendants, his teachings endured by subtle whisper and deed. Touched by the teacher's lasting legacy, the Burning Celestial, inquisitive aspect of fire, cast himself to the Fortress of Flares and reignited the pyre ash. From these glowing embers emerged an image of Xin, wreathed in flame, his thoughtful countenance prepared to train and to teach, and to spread the fires of knowledge to all who seek guidance.
However, in teaching a warrior's way he earned a warrior's rivals, and in his autumn Xin was bested and slain. His followers spread to the wind. Yet as years turned to centuries and followers to descendants, his teachings endured by subtle whisper and deed. Touched by the teacher's lasting legacy, the Burning Celestial, inquisitive aspect of fire, cast himself to the Fortress of Flares and reignited the pyre ash. From these glowing embers emerged an image of Xin, wreathed in flame, his thoughtful countenance prepared to train and to teach, and to spread the fires of knowledge to all who seek guidance.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Immolation[edit]
Immolation 
The Ember Spirit immolates and deals damage per second within the radius centered around itself.
Radius: 
175 (
350)
Damage per Second: 10/18/26/34 ( 20/28/36/44)
Aura Linger Duration: 0
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Increases radius and damage per second.
Increases radius and damage per second.
This ability levels up with Fire Remnant.
ember_spirit_immolation_debuff- Deals 2/3.6/5.2/6.8 (
magical
spell damage in 0.2-second intervals, starting 0.2 seconds upon debuff application.
- Deals 2/3.6/5.2/6.8 (
- All Fire Remnant spell damage instances applied are sourced to Xin.
- Multiple overlapping Immolation radius do not stack.
Hidden Modifier
Hidden Modifier
Abilities[edit]
Searing Chains[edit]
Unleashes fiery bolas that wrap around nearby enemies, anchoring them in place and dealing damage each second.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.5
Search Radius: 400
Max Targets: 2
Damage per Second: 50/70/90/110 (
110/130/150/170)
Duration: 1.5/2/2.5/3 (
2.5/3/3.5/4)
13/12/11/10
95/100/105/110
Xin's harshest lessons often employed the use of red-hot chains.
Chain Gang
Increases Searing Chains max target count.
Max Targets: 3
Searing Chains are also additionally applied around all current Fire Remnants upon cast, utilizing the same search radius.
Remnant Search Radius: 400
- Affects random units, without priorities, within the radius centered around Xin.
- Does not affect the following units:
Fogged units.
Invisible units.
-
- The ability effects are now applied as follows:
- Xin searches and applies
ember_spirit_searing_chainsto valid random enemy units within the radius. - The Fire Remnant will prioritize enemy units without the aformentioned debuff.
- Xin searches and applies
- Has the following remnant cast sequence:
- Xin
Latest Created Remnant
- Xin
- Multiple overlapping Searing Chains radius do not stack.
- The ability effects are now applied as follows:
ember_spirit_searing_chains- Applies the following effects on affected units:
Root
True Sight over the affected enemy units.
- Deals 25/35/45/55 (
- Reapplying the debuff refreshes the duration, but does not update the ability values.
- Applies the following effects on affected units:
The True Sight component affects debuff immune units.
Searing Chains: Locked in place by Searing Chains. Cannot blink or move, taking damage per second.
- Deals 75/140/225/330
Sleight of Fist[edit]
Dashes around with blazing speed, attacking all enemy units within the area-targeted radius, then returning to his start location.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.7
Cast Range: 
650
Mark Radius: 250/350/450/550
Max Targets: 
Jump Interval: 0.25
Instant Attack Factor: 1
Self-Disarm Duration: Varies
The Sleight of Fist is more effective and deals more damage on enemy heroes.
Hero Attack Damage Bonus: 25/70/115/160 (
75/120/165/210)
Cannot recast the ability until the current Sleight of Fist cast finishes.
Downtime: Varies
(
Cooldown)
( 2)
13/11/9/7 ( 0)
60/65/70/75
The studied warrior must whip and weave through its enemies, burning each without pause.
Double Impact
If Xin attacks more than a certain amount of enemy units with Sleight of Fist, the nearest enemy will be attacked once again.
Min Targets to Proc: 2
Damage Factor: 0.5
Damage Factor: 0.5
- Does not disjoint incoming
projectiles.
- Does not have an attack distance limit after marking all its targets.
- Can issue any other orders, including new
shift-queue orders, except
Aattack orders. - Explicitly self-disarms until all marked targets are affected by the dashed
instant attack.
- Other disarm sources applied on Xin nullifies the instant attack component during the dash.
- The disarm duration is defined as:
- EXPR
DisarmDuration = DashDuration = 0.25 × ( (Σ MarkedTargets - 1) + f(DoubleImpact) )
- Has the following properties during the dash:
Invulnerability
- When
DashDuration > ProjectileTravelTime, the projectile may be nullified by the granted invulnerability.
- When
Unselectable
- Explicitly self-disarms until all marked targets are affected by the dashed
- Positions Xin 50-distance away from the marked unit, on a line between the first target and the ability's cast location.
OP = 50
- Xin's initial position is marked by a fiery replica of itself for the entire duration.
- Positions Xin 50-distance away from the marked unit, on a line between the first target and the ability's cast location.
- Does not disjoint incoming
- Marks all enemy units within the
area-targeted radius with a flaming sword above them upon cast without priorities, including the following units:
-
- Marks the nearest enemy unit to Xin twice.
- Randomly marks one of the enemy unit twice if both of their coordinates overlap.
- Can mark enemy units at max
- Can mark enemy units at max
- Neither marks nor apply the instant attack component on the following units:
- Attack immune units.
- Enemy
Couriers.
- Once marked, the affected unit neither can disjoint nor can
evade the dashed instant attack component regardless of distance.
- Dashes to the first target and instant attacks it immediately upon cast, then subsequently dash to the next marked enemy in 0.25-second intervals and applies all ability effects.
- Procs any
attack modifiers and on-cast effects as per normal.
- Do not have
True Strike.
- Specifically do not break Disguise-based abilities when attacking creeps of any types.
- Procs any
- Once marked, the affected unit neither can disjoint nor can
- Can only be interrupted under the following conditions:
- Upon an Activate Fire Remnant cast.
- Upon Xin's
death.
- Marks all enemy units within the
- Sleight of Fist is a bonus
conditional attack damage source and has the following properties:
- The enemy hero bonus attack damage values are directly added to Xin's attack damage in the combat log and not displayed on the HUD.
- Considers enemy
clones,
illusions, and the Spirit Bear as heroes; other
creep-heroes as creeps.
- Does not interact with the following sources:
- Percentage-based
bonus attack damage sources.
- Percentage-based
- Interacts with the following sources:
Critical strike sources.
Cleave sources.
Lifesteal sources.
Spell lifesteal sources.
- The ability area-of-effect corresponds to Xin's ability cast
facing angle, regardless of the ability's visual effects.
Damage block sources.
- Sleight of Fist is a bonus
Hidden modifier
Sleight of Fist: Attacking all enemies in the targeted area of effect.
Hidden modifier
Hidden modifier
- Other
teleport sources or
forced movement sources applied on Xin visually does not interrupt the ability jump and
- Xin is still moved to the applied coordinates, then continues to jump to the next marked enemy unit.
- Other
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Mark all affected enemy within the radius.
- The
- Applies an Immolation instance of its correpsonding level.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
Flame Guard[edit]
Surrounds himself with a ring of fire that consumes incoming magic damage, absorbing a percentage of the damage taken.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.6
Damage to Barrier Factor: 0.7
Barrier: 
60/140/220/300 (
225/305/385/465)
Duration: 12/14/16/18
Applies damage per second within the radius while Flame Guard is active.
If the barrier depletes, the damage per second component is also lost.
If the barrier depletes, the damage per second component is also lost.
Damage Radius: 500
Damage per Second: 20/30/40/50 (
40/60/80/100)
Damage Duration: 12/14/16/18
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
35
65/80/95/110
An enemy should never be allowed to approach without difficulty.
- Grants a barrier upon cast that
absorbs 70% of all incoming
- Depletes upon collectively taking 85.71/200/314.29/428.57 (
- The barrier increasing
- Grants a barrier upon cast that
ember_spirit_flame_guard_debuff- Deals 4/6/8/10 (
aura linger duration.
- The damage per second increasing
- Deals 4/6/8/10 (
- Recasting the ability refreshes the following ability components:
- The
ember_spirit_flame_guardduration. - The
damage barrier value.
- The
Flame Guard: Absorbing magic damage, and dealing magic damage in an area of effect.
Flame Guard: Burning from Flame Guard.
Has the following priorities among damage barrier sources.
- This ability grants a
damage barrier that absorbs damage instances (after reductions).
- Does not proc on-damage effects until the barrier is depleted.
- Stacks additively with the same damage-type barrier sources, and independently with other damage-type barrier sources.
- With other higher-priority damage-negation sources, the barrier does not function until the other damage-negation sources expire.
- Deals 260/450/680/950 (
Activate Fire Remnant[edit]
The inquisitive aspect of fire casts himself to the Fire Remnant to arrive at.
Dashes out to all active Fire Remnants, destroying them and dealing damage in an area and then moving to the nearest Remnant.
Dashes out to all active Fire Remnants, destroying them and dealing damage in an area and then moving to the nearest Remnant.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.4
Max Travel Speed: 1300
Min Travel Time: 0.4
Travel Damage Radius: 225
Landing Damage Radius: 450
Damage: 100/200/300
Ember Spirit will end at the Remnant closest to the point-targeted location.
0
100/125/150
This ability levels up with Fire Remnant.
With blazing speed does a spirit fly!
- Has the following
travel speeds, whichever is faster:
at 1300-speed.
- Hence, Xin travels even faster when the distance between two Fire Remnants is
≥ 520-distance. - Does not disjoint incoming
- Has the following properties while traveling:
- Locks Xin's
corresponding to the game's direction.
- Can only cast
- Sleight of Fist, other ability interrruption notes apply.
- Fire Remnant, hence, it has an
instant cast time while traveling.
- Locks Xin's
- Always travels to the Fire Remnant furthest away from the
point-targeted location, and travels to all active Fire Remnants on the map upon cast. Hence, the following is Xin's travel path when
:
- Always travels to the Fire Remnant furthest away from the
- The remnant's proc time is determined upon the ability"s cast.
- When interrupted, the remaining remnants detonate accordingly to the original travel time.
- Does not increase the mana cost does upon reaching any Fire Remnants.
- Does not continue traveling upon Xin's
- Does not disjoint incoming
- Has the following
- Enemy units are affected by the radius damage once per Fire Remnant in the following conditions:
- As Xin travels toward the first, and between Fire Remnants.
- Trees within 200-radius centered around the remnant are destroyed upon contact.
- Some trees might not be destroyed and skipped while traveling at high speeds.
- As Xin travels toward the first, and between Fire Remnants.
- Upon landing at the final Fire Remnant.
- Enemy units are affected by the radius damage once per Fire Remnant in the following conditions:
Upon losing this ability, Rubick stops after reaching a Rubick remnant while traveling.
Fire Remnant: Charging to a Fire Remnant.
- The ability effects are applied as follows when interrupted specifically by
- Nullifies the
- The remnants detonate accordingly to the original travel time.
- Xin then
- Nullifies the
- The ability effects are applied as follows when interrupted specifically by
Fire Remnant[edit]
Sends a Fire Remnant that dashes to the target location.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.6
Move Speed to Remnant Speed Factor: 2.5 (
5)
Remnant Duration: 45
While traveling, the Ember Spirit may casts out Fire Remnants instantly.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Increases cast range, remnant travel speed, and max charges.
Increases cast range, remnant travel speed, and max charges.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
If an enemy hero dies near Ember Spirit, a Fire Remnant charge is restored.
If an enemy hero dies near Ember Spirit, a Fire Remnant charge is restored.
Enemy Death Radius: ( 400)
Charge Restore per Kill: 
( 1)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Ember Spirit now leaves behind a Remnant upon death.
Ember Spirit now leaves behind a Remnant upon death.
Number of Remnants on Self-Death: ( 1)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
The Ember Spirit's Remnants apply Immolation of its corresponding level within the radius.
The Ember Spirit's Remnants apply Immolation of its corresponding level within the radius.
35 (
23)
3 ( 5)
0.5
By the spirit's power are Xin's teachings spread anew.
Chain Gang
Searing Chains are also additionally applied around all current Fire Remnants upon cast, utilizing the same search radius.
Remnant Search Radius: 400
ember_spirit_fire_remnant_remnant_tracker- Applies a buff on self per Remnant cast, indicating the remnant's current duration.
- The buff disappears upon the Remnant expiring or is used.
- Grants all charges immediately upon learning the ability.
- Immediately grants 2 charges.
- This happens once per game upon acquiring the
- This happens once per game upon acquiring the
- Adds two passive components to the ability.
- Restores 1 charge per enemy hero's death within the radius.
- Considers enemy
ally heroes,
- Considers the following conditions as valid enemy hero deaths:
Denies
- Kill credited to the Fire Remnant's owner, including
reincarnation sources.
- To restore charges outside the death radius, Xin has to be credited for the kill.
- Passively cast Fire Remnant of the corresponding level at Xin's death location.
- Works independently of Fire Remnant's
cooldown, last for its full duration, and neither cost
mana nor consume
- Does not proc on-cast effects.
- Procs on
- The remnant travel speed is set upon cast, does not adapt to Xin's current
movement speed, and is defined as:
- EXPR
RemnantSpeed = HeroMS × 2.5 OR 5
- The remnant travel speed is set upon cast, does not adapt to Xin's current
- The remnant additionally has the following properties:
- Does not deal damage upon expiring.
- The remnant's duration starts upon cast, this includes its travel time.
- Does not grant vision.
- Cannot be seen within the
- Other Searing Chains notes apply.
- Applies Immolation of its corresponding level, with its
Other
Creates a Rubick remnant. Leftover remnants from the previous cast cannot be used again despite reacquiring the ability.
Hidden modifier
On hidden entity
Fire Remnant Duration: Fire Remnants expire after 45 seconds.
On hidden entity
On hidden entity
Fire Remnant: Ticking for x damage per second.
- With the
MIN = 250 OR 500MAX = 1375 OR 2750
- Losing the item does not reduce the current number of available charges.
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Ember Spirit/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2025 - 21:05 CEST | Tier 4 | Reincarnation S5 | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Apr 13, 2025 - 12:00 EDT | Tier 1 | ESL One Raleigh 2025 | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Apr 13, 2025 - 15:00 CEST | Tier 2 | FISSURE Special | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Apr 13, 2025 - 11:00 CEST | Tier 2 | FISSURE Special | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Apr 12, 2025 - 15:35 EDT | Tier 1 | ESL One Raleigh 2025 | 1 : 0 |
The International[edit]
- Ember Spirit has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Reduced Sleight of Fist hero attack damage bonus from 40/80/120/160 to 25/70/115/160.
- Reduced Searing Chains max targets from 3 to 2.
- Flame Guard
- Increased damage per second from 15/25/35/45 to 20/30/40/50.
- Increased
- Reduced Fire Remnant cast point from 0.2 to 0.
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.
| Ember Spirit's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills |
Bronze |
|
Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
| |
Master |
| |
Grandmaster |
| |
Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Weapon Packs | |
| Weapon | |
| Off-Hand | |
| Head | |
| Shoulder | |
| Taunt | |
| Kinetic Gems | |
Trivia[edit]
- The hat on Ember Spirit's back was originally intended to be worn on his head. This model and positioning can still be seen when using Ember Spirit's Hat, a cosmetic item that was made available via drops when Ember Spirit was released.
- Most of Ember Spirit's responses are exactly four words long, a reference to four-character Chinese idioms known as "chengyu'".
- According to Xin himself: ▶️ "Four words is plenty.".
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Ember Spirit is based on and inspired by the Fire aspect, a unit summoned by the Warcraft hero, Pandaren Brewmaster.
- Like Earth Spirit, Storm Spirit, and Brewmaster, Ember Spirit is a Pandaren, a race within the Warcraft 3 universe.
- In Dota 2, Earth, Ember, and Storm Spirit are raceless elemental spirits instead.
- Brewmaster's conncetion to the spirits is not expanded on in Dota 2.
Gallery[edit]
Concept art
Concept art
Concept art
Concept art
Ability icon progress [?]
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead