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Faceless Void
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Faceless Void
20 + 2.6
24 + 3.3
15 + 1.5
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +57.2HP and +0.26HP regeneration | |
| +0.55 armor and 3.3 attack speed +3.3 Main Attack Damage | |
| +18MP and +0.075MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance | |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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100 (124)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.5 + 0.56
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0.9
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2011-02-19
Released | ||
2004-02-03
(0.60) | ||
Competitive Span
2011-02-19 — 2015-12-16 2015-12-20 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.41d) and is mostly accurate. |
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| Can freeze his enemies in time. | |
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| Darkterror is a being for whom the laws of spacetime do not apply. He fast-forwards Back and Forth through space, Time Walking past obstacles, manipulating it to dodge any damage taken and Pausing his enemies in place momentarily. Enemies near him feel his gravitational presence and experience Time Dilation, slowing not only their movement, but also the rate at which spells can be cast. He rips open a rift, bringing all but himself to a complete standstill. Frozen in Time, enemies can only stand oblivious as the Faceless Void dismantles them from within. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | NicePecs Legs ( 2 ) |
Bio
[edit]From a place beyond time, and time beyond counting.▶️Darkterror, the Faceless Void
Alias:
FV
Lore:
Darkterror the Faceless Void is a visitor from Claszureme, a realm outside of time. It remains a mystery why this being from another dimension believes the struggle for the Nemesis Stones is worth entering our physical plane, but apparently an upset in the balance of power in this world has repercussions in adjacent dimensions. Time means nothing to Darkterror, except as a way to thwart his foes and aid his allies. His long-view of the cosmos has given him a remote, disconnected quality, although in battle he is quite capable of making it personal.
Voice:
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
[edit]Grants the Reverse Time Walk ability.
Available for a short time after landing Time Walk.
If used in a certain time period, Faceless Void will reverse time walk back to the previous and first cast location.
Available for a short time after landing Time Walk.
If used in a certain time period, Faceless Void will reverse time walk back to the previous and first cast location.
Applies Time Lock of the corresponding level onto all units at the landing destination.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Now transfers both the attack speed slow and movement speed slow from the debuff-affected units to Faceless Void as attack speed bonus and movement speed bonus.
The buff granted decays at a certain time during the entire buff duration.
The buff granted decays at a certain time during the entire buff duration.
Talents
[edit]| +140 Chronosphere Radius | 25 | +20% Backtrack Chance |
|---|---|---|
| -1s Time Walk Cooldown | 20 | +80 Attack Speed During Chronosphere |
| +125 Time Walk Max Travel Distance | 15 | +35 Time Lock Damage |
| +0.5s Time Walk Damage Timer | 10 | +6 Time Dilation Damage per Second |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Distortion Field
[edit] Distortion Field 
Passive / Aura
Affects
Units
Grants an incoming ranged attack projectile slow aura that affects all allied heroes within the radius.
Aura Radius: 1200
Aura Linger Duration: 0.1
The incoming ranged attack projectile slow only applies when the projectile itself is within the proximity radius.
Proximity Radius: 
500
Attack Projectile Speed Factor: 
0.4
Innate Properties
Faceless Void is always affected by this ability component.
Faceless Void is always affected by this ability component.
- Circle
indicates the
aura radius centered around point
, Faceless Void.
- The proximity radius
for the affected allied hero, is affected by area-of-effect sources sourced to Faceless Void.
- The proximity radius
.
- Affects all incoming
attack damage-based projectiles, but not
spell damage-based projectiles.
- Stacks additively with other attack
projectile speed factor sources.
- Affects all incoming
- Circle
- Does not affect the following units:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
Hidden Modifier
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PROJECTILE_SPEEDHero Model
[edit] Hero Model 
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Faceless Void's hero model has the following hidden 
innate abilities.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling, excluding passive innate abilities.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling, excluding passive innate abilities.
Innate Properties
Faceless Void brings all but himself and his illusions to a complete standstill within the Chronosphere.
Faceless Void brings all but himself and his illusions to a complete standstill within the Chronosphere.
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
- Faceless Void and all
illusions based on him, regardless of faction are innately immune to the Chronosphere disable component.
- Faceless Void and all
Backtrack
[edit]2
2
BacktrackPassive
Affects
Self
Faceless Void has a chance to avoid damage entirely.
Proc Chance: 20%
- Selecting the
talent unlocks this ability.
- Fully negates damage instances of all damage types (after all reductions) upon proc, further causing on-damage effects to not proc.
- Does not negate other ability components.
- Has a lower priority than evasion procs.
- However, when the evasion sources proc simutaneously, Backtrack cannot proc on to negate that damage instance.
- Does not negate the following mechanics:
Heal sources.
HP Removal sources.
- The proc chance is determined whenever Faceless Void receives a damage instance, and uses
pseudo-random distribution (
+5.57%andP(18) = 100%).
Hidden Modifier
MODIIER_PROPERTY_AVOID_DAMAGE- Increases Faceless Void's effective health on an average of 25% against all damage types.
Abilities
[edit]Time Walk
[edit]Rushes to a target location while healing up from any damage taken in the last few seconds.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Max Travel Distance: 
650/700/750/800 (
775/825/875/925)
Damage Taken to Self-Heal Factor: 1
Damage Timer: 2 (
2.5)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Applies Time Lock of the corresponding level onto all units at the landing destination.
Applies Time Lock of the corresponding level onto all units at the landing destination.
Effect Radius: (
325)
Effect Delay: ( 0.4)
Number of Instances: ( 1)
Landing Damage: ( 18/22/26/30) (
53/57/61/65)
Instant Attack Factor: ( 1)
21/16/11/6 (
20/15/10/5)
40
Darkterror tears a hole in time, passing through Claszureme, and appearing back in an instant.
- Has the following targeting functionalities:
- When point-targeted, moves Faceless Void toward the point-targeted location over a max
- EXPR
PointDistance < MaxDistance- When
point-targeted beyond the min or max distance, Time Walk moves Faceless Void toward the min or max distance respectively.
- When
- When point-targeted, moves Faceless Void toward the point-targeted location over a max
- Can affect enemy units at max
- Considers
portrait-cast as a
area-targeted cast on self, and centers all ability effects around Faceless Void.
- Can affect enemy units at max
- The ability has two main components:
- Grants Faceless Void a 2 (
- Does not accumulate
- Grants Faceless Void a 2 (
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Does not disjoint incoming
- Grants the following bonuses upon cast:
- Applies a
disabling
forced movement to the
- Self-
- Applies a
- Does not disjoint incoming
-
- 0.4 seconds upon cast, the ability applies
faceless_void_time_lock_force_procwhich procs Time Lock of the corresponding level on enemy units within the radius, at the- Time Lock applied this way cannot proc more than once.
dispelling applied debuff prevents the subsequent
instant attack component.
- 0.4 seconds upon cast, the ability applies
- Applies an
- Procs any
attack modifiers and on-cast effects as per normal.
- Do not have
True Strike.
- Not affected by
disarm sources.
- Procs any
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
- Affects the following units:
Ethereal units.
Fogged units.
- Does not affect the following units:
- Affects the following units:
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_TAKEDAMAGEHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_INVULNERABLEMODIFIER_STATE_STUNNEDTime Walking: Ready to Reverse Time Walk.
Hidden Modifier
Hidden Modifier
- Has 3000-travel speed.
-
- Directly use Time Lock's ability values, it does nothing if Time Lock is not learned upon cast.
- Despite performing
melee units, if the enemy target is 350 range farther than the attacker's range, the attack will
miss. Affected by
Reverse Time Walk
[edit]No
Affects
Self
Available for a short time after landing Time Walk.
If used in a certain time period, Faceless Void will reverse time walk back to the previous and first cast location.
If used in a certain time period, Faceless Void will reverse time walk back to the previous and first cast location.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Reversal Time Window: 1.5
0.5
Sub-ability of Time Walk.
It's all relative.
- Acquiring
sub-ability in the fourth ability slot.
- This sub-ability stays inactive until Time Walk is cast and turns inactive again once the reversal time window passes.
- Cooldown reset sources immediately turns this sub-ability inactive.
Replaces Time Walk while active as a regular 
sub-ability.
- Recasting Time Walk multiple times within 1.5 seconds moves Faceless Void back to the first point before Time Walk was cast, upon casting Reverse Time Walk.
Time Dilation
[edit]Applies a time dilation debuff to enemy units within the radius, decelerating their cooldowns.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0.4
Radius: 700
Cooldown Rate Factor: 
0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6
Duration: 7/8/9/10
The debuff first applies one instance of all ability components, then additionally applies a movement speed slow, attack speed slow, and deals damage per second per ability currently on cooldown.
Max Stacks: 
Move Speed Slow per Stack: 4%/5%/6%/7% (
0)
Attack Speed Slow per Stack: 4/5/6/7 ( 0)
Damage per Second per Stack: 4/6/8/10 (
10/12/14/16)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Increases the attack speed slow and movement speed slow applied.
Increases the attack speed slow and movement speed slow applied.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Now transfers both the attack speed slow and movement speed slow from the debuff-affected units to Faceless Void as attack speed bonus and movement speed bonus.
The buff granted decays at a certain time during the entire buff duration.
Now transfers both the attack speed slow and movement speed slow from the debuff-affected units to Faceless Void as attack speed bonus and movement speed bonus.
The buff granted decays at a certain time during the entire buff duration.
Move Speed Change per Stack: ( 9%/10%/11%/12%)
Attack Speed Change per Stack: ( 9/10/11/12)
Max Power Buff Duration: ( 6/7/8/9)
Decay Duration: ( 1)
28/24/20/16
90
For those facing off against Darkterror, each moment seems to stretch into eternity.
- The ability has two main components:
- Affects the following units:
Invisible units.
- Does not affect the following units:
- Applies the following formulas to the affected enemy units' current ability cooldowns:
- While active:
- EXPR
DebuffedCD = CurrentCD / (1 - RateFactor)
- Once the debuff expires:
- EXPR
CurrentCD = AffectedCD × (1 - RateFactor)
- While active:
- Affects the following sources:
- Abilities acquired via the following sources:
- Devour
- From the Morphed target.
- Spell Steal
- All granted abilities by
ability upgrades.
Charge-based abilities' replenish time.
- Previously Invoked abilities.
- Spirit Form abilities.
- Passive abilities' cooldown.
- Abilities acquired via the following sources:
- Does not affect the following sources:
Item abilities.
- All aformentioned sources affected by Time Dilation can still be affected by cooldown reset sources per normal.
- Applies the following formulas to the affected enemy units' current ability cooldowns:
faceless_void_time_dilation_slow- The debuff applies one instance all ability effects if there are no abilities on
cooldown.
- Checks for all current ability
S + 1), and is defined as:- EXPR
AbilityValue × (S + 1) - Reapplying the debuff applies an independent stack debuff, and does not refresh the existing stack duration.
- Deals
magical
- Learning the damage per second increasing
- Learning the damage per second increasing
- The debuff applies one instance all ability effects if there are no abilities on
- Affects the following units:
- Acquiring the
...
- The
faceless_void_time_dilation_selfbuffability values granted decays by a0.5factor, at the last 1 second of the buff linearly.
- The
May apply additional new stacks to debuff immune-affected enemy units after their ability cast.
Time Dilation Buff: Movement speed increased by x% and attack speed increased by x.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANTTime Dilation Slow: Movement speed reduced by x% and attack speed reduced by x.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANTMODIFIER_PROPERTY_COOLDOWN_PERCENTAGE_ONGOING- COSMETICHas a 0.7- cast backswing with
Claszian Apostasy equipped.
Time Lock
[edit]Adds a chance for an attack to lock an enemy unit in time while attacking it a second time.
Proc Chance: 12%/16%/20%/24%
Damage: 18/22/26/30 ( 53/57/61/65)
Second Attack Delay: 0.4
Instant Attack Factor: 1
Bash Duration: 0.5
The strike of the Faceless Void lands with dimension shifting force.
- The proc chance is determined during the Faceless Void's attack point, and uses
MAX: +7.85%andP(13) = 100%).- Cannot proc on the following units:
- The ability effects are applied upon proc as follows:
faceless_void_timelock_freezeDeath does not prevent the proccing attack from applying Time Lock on the affected unit.
- The attack instance that procs Time Lock.
- 0.4 seconds upon proc, the ability applies the
- The damage increasing
- The damage increasing
- Applies an
- Does not change Faceless Void's
facing angle despite the visual effects.
- Does not change Faceless Void's
- Procs any
- Hence, for cleave sources, their respective effects still corresponds to Faceless Void's current position, and not Time Lock's ability effects.
- Do not have
- Not affected by
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PREATTACK_BONUS_DAMAGE_PROCMODIFIER_PROPERTY_PROCATTACK_BONUS_DAMAGE_MAGICALMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_LANDEDMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_FAILMODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERSTime Lock: You have been locked in time by Faceless Void!
MODIFIER_STATE_FROZENMODIFIER_STATE_STUNNEDMODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATIONChronosphere
[edit]Area
Affects
Units
Trap all units caught within the radius and causes Faceless Void to move very quickly inside it.
Reveals invisible enemy units within the sphere.
Reveals invisible enemy units within the sphere.
Cast Animation: 0.35 + 0.35
Cast Range: 500
Radius: 500 (
640)
Set Haste Speed: 1000
Duration: 3.75/4.25/4.75
Aura Linger Duration: 0.1
Attack Speed Bonus: (
80)
Time Dilation's duration applied is paused within the Chronosphere.
Debuff Extend Duration: 3.75/4.25/4.75
155/145/135
125/200/275
When a rift opens to Claszureme, all poor souls caught within will likely never return.
- Can affect units at max
- Can affect units at max
- The ability has three main components:
faceless_void_chronosphere_freeze- Applies the following ability effects on all units within the radius:
- Freezes all unit animations on units not owned by Faceless Void.
- This overrides most
- This overrides most
Leash
Stun
- Also applies the aformentioned effects for the remaining duration on units entering the effect radius.
- Freezes all unit animations on units not owned by Faceless Void.
- Does not affect the following units:
- The following
clone sources:
Creep-Heroes as creeps.
- Does not stop Nimbus from casting Lightning Bolt.
- Does not stop Anchor from moving.
- The following
- Applies the following ability effects on all units within the radius:
faceless_void_chronosphere_speed- Grants self and
player-controlled units the following bonuses:
- Absolute
haste movement.
Phase movement.
- The flat attack speed
- Absolute
- Grants self and
faceless_void_time_dilation_slow- Reapplies and refreshes the current debuff duration of the corresponding Time Dilation stack independently, in 0.1-second intervals, within the radius.
- Grants the following vision bonuses centered around the radius for its duration:
- Radius
,
- Radius
or
,
True Sight.
- Radius
- Reveals the units affected by:
- Despite its visual effects, the effective area-of-effect is a
cylinder and not a sphere.
- Despite its visual effects, the effective area-of-effect is a
- Affects the following units:
- Instantly unperch a Tree Dance Monkey King.
Instant kills the following units:
- The Homing Missile unit.
- The Swarm Beetles:
- Only latched Beetles are destroyed.
- If a Beetle latches on a unit inside the Chronosphere, it performs 1 attack before being destroyed. This can lead to multiple beetles latching on and attacking once a single unit in rapid succession.
- The Phantom's Embrace unit.
- Phantom latched returns to their casters, and freeze traveling Phantoms.
Faceless Void is innately immune to the ability's offensive components.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_ABSOLUTEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANTOn Hidden Entity
Chronosphere:
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNEDMODIFIER_STATE_FROZENMODIFIER_STATE_INVISIBLEMODIFIER_STATE_TETHEREDMODIFIER_PROPERTY_COOLDOWN_PERCENTAGE_ONGOINGMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH- Most abilities or items can move units out of Chronosphere, except the following:
- Flaming Lasso
- Nightmare [?]
- Force Boots
- Force Staff-based items.
- Geomagnetic Grip [?]
- Draw Forth [?]
- Catchy Lick
- Dispose
- Rebound (Alt-Cast)
- MegaMeepo
- Reel In
- Telekinesis
- Firesnap Cookie
- Fetch
- Snowball (Grab Ally)
- Gale Force
Fear sources
Taunt sources
- Self-
- COSMETICHas a 0.6- cast backswing with
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Faceless Void/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | Patch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2026 - 21:05 MSK | Tier 4 | LOST S2 Div 1 - Group Stage - Week 2 | 1 : 0 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 4, 2026 - 12:00 EDT | Qualifier | EWC 2026 NA CQ | 1 : 0 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 4, 2026 - 16:00 SGT | Qualifier | EWC 2026 SEA CQ | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 3, 2026 - 21:45 MSK | Tier 4 | LOST S2 Div 1 - Group Stage - Week 2 | 0 : 1 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 3, 2026 - 16:00 AST | Qualifier | EWC 2026 MESWA CQ | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 3, 2026 - 16:00 AST | Qualifier | EWC 2026 MESWA CQ | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Reduced Time Dilation radius from 775 to 700.
- Reduced Time Walk Time Lock radius from 400 to 325.
Talents:
- LVL 20 -1.25s Time Walk cooldown reduced to -1s.
- LVL 20 Chronosphere grants +100 self attack speed reduced to +80.
- CHANGED Distortion Field ability operations:
- OLD
- Has a 1800-radius aura that affects all offensive and incoming enemy attack projectiles.
- Applies a 35%/40%/45%/50% attack projectile speed slow within the 600-proximity radius, and levels up with Chronosphere .
- Both auras are centered around Faceless Void , and affects attack projectiles even if Faceless Void isn't the attacked target.
- NEW
- This ability no longer levels up with Chronosphere .
- Now only applies to incoming attack projectiles heading toward Faceless Void or an allied hero.
- The first aura has 1200-radius and is centered around Faceless Void.
- The second aura has a 500-proximity radius and is centered on the attacked allied hero within the first aura radius.
- Hence, allied heroes must be within the first aura radius to be affected by this ability.
- Rescaled attack projectile speed slow from 35%/40%/45%/50% to 40% on each level.
- OLD
- The Time Dilation duration is extended corresponding to the Chronosphere
- REMOVED Time Zone .
- Now grants Faceless Void the Reverse Time Walk ability.
- The Time Walk Time Lock procs no longers misses if the Reverse Time Walk sub-ability is cast too quickly.
- REWORKED
- OLD
- Increases Time Walk max travel distance by 150.
- Grants Faceless Void the Reverse Time Walk ability.
- NEW
- Time Dilation
- Increases movement speed slow per stack by 5%.
- Increases attack speed slow per stack by 5.
- Both the movement speed slow and attack speed slow values are transfered to Faceless Void as movement speed bonus and attack speed bonus.
- The bonus values decays over the entire buff duration.
- The buff duration is also extended corresponding to the Chronosphere disable duration.
- Time Dilation
- OLD
- LVL 15 +8%/+8 Time Dilation movement speed/attack speed slow per cooldown ➜ +125 Time Walk max travel distance.
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.
| Faceless Void's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills |
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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Equipment
[edit]| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Weapon | |
| Head | |
| Shoulder | |
| Arms | |
| Taunt | |
| Kinetic Gems | |
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Trivia
[edit]- Enigma's rival line towards Faceless Void ▶️ "Even time may fail in the face of gravity." is a reference to the time dilating effect of gravity.[1]
- ▶️ "Unkind…Rewind" is likely a reference to the old saying, "Be Kind, Rewind", a saying used to remind customers to rewind rented VHS tapes before returning them to the store.
- ▶️ "In the land of time, the no-eyed man is king." refers to the famous adage by Desiderius Erasmus: "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
- ▶️ "Steal your face!" is a reference to the popular lyrical phrase "Steal your face right off your head!" from the Grateful Dead song "He's Gone", often seen as an allusion to the band's wild and extensive jam sessions "blowing your mind".
- ▶️ "Foreseen is forearmed." is a modified version of the proverb "Forewarned is forearmed" which means having prior knowledge begets being prepared for future problems.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Faceless Void uses the model of the Faceless Ones, a type of neutral creeps.
- The Faceless Ones are a race within the Warcraft universe.
- Faceless Void's original abilities were all regular Warcraft 3 abilities.
- Carrion Swarm was identical to the Dreadlord's Carrion Swarm.
- Time Lock was identical to the Mountain King's Bash. The visual effects of freezing the target's model were added much later.
- Evasion was identical to the Demon Hunter's Evasion, before it was reworked into Backtrack
- Stop Time was identical to the Tauren Chieftain's War Stomp, with a global radius.
- Temporal Drag was identical to the Mountai King's Thunder Clap, with a global radius.
- Faceless Void has a 1/8 chance to spawn in with the name "Gorzerk". The origins of this name are unknown.
- Faceless Void's name, Darkterror is taken from the Demon Hunters, who have a 1/15 chance to spawn with that name.
- Faceless Void uses the model of the Faceless Ones, a type of neutral creeps.
Gallery
[edit]- Model
- Model and icons before March 19, 2015 Patch
- Ability icon progress [?]
- Hero icon progress
- Concept art
- Concept art
- Concept art
- Bone Harvest sprite - alive
- Bone Harvest sprite - dead