Gyrocopter
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Gyrocopter
22 + 2.5
25 + 3.2
21 + 2.4
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +55HP and +0.25HP regeneration | |
| +0.53 armor and 3.2 attack speed +3.2 Main Attack Damage | |
| +28.8MP and +0.12MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance | |
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3000 Projectile Speed
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125 (150)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.2 + 0.1
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0.6
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Motor
Gib Type | ||
2012-06-11
Released | ||
2010-07-26
(6.68) | ||
Competitive Span
2012-06-14 — 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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| Barrages with his cannon and homing missiles. | |
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| The world's first non-magical flying device took over a decade to create, and less than a few seconds to shoot down. But its pilot was not deterred. Aurel returned to the skies in a newer, better Gyrocopter. Armed with Flak Cannons, the Gyrocopter can attack while traveling and mow down entire fields of foes even at distance greater than the reach of the main guns. Against targets that manage to escape the reach of the cannons, the contraption is equipped with self-regulating Homing Missiles that can tail their targets to the end of the world if not shot down. With a flick of a single button, a seemingly endless Barrage of Rockets can be released on anyone stepping too close to the flying machine. As the Keen he is, Aurel went overboard and mounted two huge rocket launchers on the back of the already loaded construction, allowing him to Call Down an air strike to devastate entire sectors. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Flying, Steed, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Secondary Strikes
Reduces strike interval.
-0.2 Strike Interval
Adds a secondary strike component to the missiles. If an enemy hero gets hit, a tracking missile is passively called on that specific enemy hero, reapplying all Call Down ability effects again.
×0.5 Secondary Damage Factor
Afterburner
Grants self movement speed bonus per Rocket hit on enemy heroes.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Adds a Side Gunner that passively attacks random enemy units, prioritizing the furthest unit away from Gyrocopter.
The Side Gunner is more effective while Flak Cannon is active.
The Side Gunner is more effective while Flak Cannon is active.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
After a delay, Homing Missile now constantly fires Rocket Barrage corresponding to its level in a larger radius, proritizing the Homing Missile target.
Talents[edit]
| -30s Call Down Cooldown | 25 | -5s Flak Cannon Cooldown |
|---|---|---|
| +14 Rocket Barrage Damage | 20 | +3 Flak Cannon Attacks |
| +25 Flak Cannon Damage | 15 | +0.3s Homing Missile Stun Duration |
| +175 Health | 10 | +25% Homing Missile Damage |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Bio[edit]
So much for being retired…▶️Aurel, the Gyrocopter
Alias:
Aurel
Lore:
After serving through a lifetime of wars, upheaval, riots, and revolutions, the brass figured Aurel had seen enough. But in addition to a few trinkets and his considerable pension, the erstwhile engineer left with something far more interesting: a long-forgotten, incomplete schematic for a Gyrocopter, the world's first manned, non-magical flying device. Retiring to the tropical obscurity of the Ash Archipelago with little else but time and money, he set to work building the device.
As the years wore on and the remains of failed prototypes began to pile up, he began to wonder if mechanical flight was even possible. A decade and a day after his retirement, on a sunny afternoon with a southerly breeze, Aurel sat in his latest attempt bristling with indignation and expectant failure. With a grunt of effort he pulled the ignition cord and covered his head, waiting for the inevitable explosion. However to his great surprise he began to lift and, following a few panicked adjustments, stabilize. Within an hour, he was ducking and weaving with the breeze, level with the gulls, and Aurel found himself filled with the breathless wonder of flight.
As dusk settled in he set a course back to his workshop, but no sooner had he turned his craft when a cannonball tore through his tailfin. Disentangling himself from the wreckage, he swam toward the nearest piece of land in sight, and cursed to see the ship responsible for the cannonball collecting the debris. Days later, when Aurel returned to his workshop, he set to work on yet another gyrocopter, this one capable of carrying a much heavier, more dangerous payload.
As the years wore on and the remains of failed prototypes began to pile up, he began to wonder if mechanical flight was even possible. A decade and a day after his retirement, on a sunny afternoon with a southerly breeze, Aurel sat in his latest attempt bristling with indignation and expectant failure. With a grunt of effort he pulled the ignition cord and covered his head, waiting for the inevitable explosion. However to his great surprise he began to lift and, following a few panicked adjustments, stabilize. Within an hour, he was ducking and weaving with the breeze, level with the gulls, and Aurel found himself filled with the breathless wonder of flight.
As dusk settled in he set a course back to his workshop, but no sooner had he turned his craft when a cannonball tore through his tailfin. Disentangling himself from the wreckage, he swam toward the nearest piece of land in sight, and cursed to see the ship responsible for the cannonball collecting the debris. Days later, when Aurel returned to his workshop, he set to work on yet another gyrocopter, this one capable of carrying a much heavier, more dangerous payload.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Chop Shop[edit]
- The following items cannot be disassembled:
Hidden Modifier
Hero Model[edit]
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
Abilities[edit]
Rocket Barrage[edit]
Launches a salvo of rockets at nearby enemy units in a radius around the Gyrocopter.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
Search Radius: 400
Number of Targets: 1
Rockets per Second: 10
Damage per Rocket: 8/14/20/26 (
22/28/34/40)
Barrage Duration: 3
7/6.5/6/5.5
85
Aurel's new craft has an increased payload for rockets, enhancing their rapid-fire capabilities.
Afterburner
Grants self movement speed bonus per Rocket hit on enemy heroes.
Move Speed Bonus per Hit: 1/2/3/4
Buff Duration: 4
Buff Duration: 4
- All ability effects are applied immediately despite the visual effects, and cannot be disjointed.
- Interrupts Gyrocopter's
channeling abilities upon cast.
- The ability temporary deactivates itself while Gyrocopter is
hidden.
-
Afterburner grants flat
movement speed bonus per rocket hit.
- Considers
clones,
illusions and
creep-heroes as heroes.
- Considers
- Interrupts Gyrocopter's
- Enemy units are selected randomly, without priorities, within the search radius.
- Does not affect the following units:
Fogged units.
Invisible units.
- Leveling up the ability does not update the current instance.
- The damage per rocket increasing
- The damage per rocket increasing
Rocket Barrage: Firing salvos of rockets.
- Assuming all rocket hits:
- Can deal up to the following
magical
spell damage (before reductions):
- 240/420/600/780
- Can deal up to the following
-
-
Homing Missile[edit]
Fires a homing missile to seek the targeted enemy unit. Dealing damage and stunning when it impacts the target. Enemy units can destroy the missile before it reaches its target.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Cast Range: 
1050
Launch Delay: 2.5
Hit Count: 3
Damage: 90/180/270/360 (
112.5/225/337.5/450)
Stun Duration: 1.3/1.7/2.1/2.5 (
1.6/2/2.4/2.8)
The missile gains speed over time while traveling.
Tower attacks are less effective on the Homing Missle.
Tower attacks are less effective on the Homing Missle.
Missile Move Speed: 500
Acceleration per Second: 15
Tower Hit Count: 
6
Barrage Radius: (
700)
Effect Delay: ( 1)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
After a delay, Homing Missile now constantly fires Rocket Barrage corresponding to its level in a larger radius, proritizing the Homing Missile target.
After a delay, Homing Missile now constantly fires Rocket Barrage corresponding to its level in a larger radius, proritizing the Homing Missile target.
30/24/18/12
120/130/140/150
The biggest missile Aurel could possibly attach to his craft, The Bomb™ has carefully calculated aerodynamics and explosives for maximum impact.
100
-
The missile is uncontrollable.
It stays stationary 150-distance in front of Gyrocopter, and has a launch delay.
It stays stationary 150-distance in front of Gyrocopter, and has a launch delay.
-
-
-
Lvl
2
0
0%
400
This unit does not attack.
20
50 (x̄)
This unit ignores collision size and may pass through other units.
Creeps do not attack the Homing Missile.
- The cross-hair over the target is visible ally-only.
- The Homing Missile's
projectile speed increases by 1
- The speed acceleration has no limit, and continue to increase until it hits the target or is destroyed.
- The Homing Missile's
- The missile switches to a secondary nearest valid target within 700 radius, proritizing heroes, upon the primary target's
death.
- If there are no valid targets, it is
instantly destroyed.
- If there are no valid targets, it is
- Grants a 3.5-second 400-radius
flying vision over the hit target.
- Although the Homing Missile neither grants
vision nor
True Sight over the target, the missile homes and hits
- Although the Homing Missile neither grants
- Only the following units' attacks can damage the Homing Missile:
- The Homing Missle can only be affected by the following
forced movement sources:
- Force Staff
- Hurricane Pike
- Psychic Headband
- However, it cannot impact the affected target while being affected by the aformentioned
- The following sources
- Leveling up ability does not update the current airborne Homing Missiles.
- 1 second after cast, the Missile applies Rocket Barrage of its corresponding level within
- Acquiring the
- The
- Works independently of Rocket Barrage's
cooldown, and does not cost
mana.
- Does not proc on-cast effects.
- Acquiring the
- The ability is
blocked upon impact.
-
-
- The second Homing Missile is launched after the first missile hit its target, or it is destroyed.
-
Hidden modifier
Homing Missile: Firing salvos of rockets.
Stunned
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
stun
debuff.
- The
- The
- Directly use Rocket Barrage's ability values.
- Does nothing if Rocket Barrage is not learned upon cast regardless of the
- Does nothing if Rocket Barrage is not learned upon cast regardless of the
Flak Cannon[edit]
Gyrocopter now has a limited amount of attacks that hits all enemy units within the radius. Attack modifiers only affects the primary attacked target.
Lasts until the attacks are used or until the duration ends.
Lasts until the attacks are used or until the duration ends.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Search Radius: 
1250
Number of Attacks: 4/5/6/7 (
7/8/9/10)
Instant Attack Factor: 1
Duration: 12
Side Gunner Bonus Targets: (
1)
Attack Damage Bonus: (
25)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Adds a Side Gunner that passively attacks random enemy units, prioritizing the furthest unit away from Gyrocopter.
The Side Gunner is more effective while Flak Cannon is active.
Adds a Side Gunner that passively attacks random enemy units, prioritizing the furthest unit away from Gyrocopter.
The Side Gunner is more effective while Flak Cannon is active.
Side Gunner Radius: ( 700)
Attack Interval: ( 1.3)
Number of Targets: ( 1)
26/24/22/20 (
21/19/17/15)
50/60/70/80
This newly revamped Gyrocopter has attached enough armaments to assault in a 360 degree radius.
- Interrupts Gyrocopter's
- While active, Gyrocopter
instant attacks all enemies within the radius upon his attack point.
- The
- The ability visual effect above Gyrocopter and the number of attacks
buff are visible to everyone.
- The
- The
- Neither procs any
attack modifiers nor on-cast effects.
- Do not have
True Strike.
- Affected by
disarm sources.
- Neither procs any
- Flak Cannon's
- The primary target is not affected by Flak Cannon. It is only hit by the primary attack.
- Specifically does not target the following units:
- Enemy
Couriers
Buildings
Ward-type units.
- Enemy
- Adds a passive component to Flak Cannon.
- The Side Gunner passively
- While Flak Cannon is active, Side Gunner searches for 2 enemy units.
- The Side Gunner passively
- The
- Procs any
- Do not have
- Not affected by
- Does not
- Procs any
- Aattack orders.
- Does not affect the following units:
- Attack immune units.
- Both the attack damage bonus and number of attacks increasing
talent do not update the current instance.
- Grants flat
bonus attack damage while Flak Cannon is active.
- Grants flat
-
Flak Cannon: Attacking all nearby targets.
Hidden modifier
- However, Flak Cannon still fires
projectiles upon attacking the following units:
- Enemy
- Ally units.
- Enemy
Call Down[edit]
Call down a series of aerial missile strikes that slow and damage enemy units in a target area.
Each strike has a distance from the previous one with a precised timed delay.
Each strike has a distance from the previous one with a precised timed delay.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.5
Cast Range: 1000
Missile Effect Radius: 400
Strike Distance: 500
Number of Strikes: 3
Strike Interval: 1
Damage: 250/425/600
Move Speed Slow: 50%
Slow Duration: 4
90/75/60 (
60/45/30)
150/200/250
'Bombs away!'
Secondary Strikes
Reduces strike interval.
Strike Interval: 0.8
Adds a secondary strike component to the missiles. If an enemy hero gets hit, a tracking missile is passively called on that specific enemy hero, reapplying all Call Down ability effects again.
Max Tracking Strike per Hero: 1
Strike Radius: 200
Damage: 125/212.5/300
Strike Radius:
Damage: 125/212.5/300
- Grants a 2-second 400-radius
- Upon cast, the subsequent missles launched cannot be stopped in any way.
- Grants a 2-second 400-radius
- The Call Down missiles are launched as follows:
- 1 second after cast, the primary missile launches.
- Subsequent instances are launched in 1-second intervals, 500-distance apart along the vector-targeted direction, overlapping with the previous effect radius a little.
- Reapplying the
- Reapplying the
- The area indicator in red is visible ally-only.
- However, the ability sound effects are audible and the missiles impacts are visible to everyone.
- Has a 1800-length and 400-width.
- Leveling up the ability does not update the current instance.
Secondary Strike calls another missile down on the affected enemy hero within the missile radius.
- The Secondary Strike component has the same strike interval, and can only affect the same enemy hero once per cast.
- Considers
On hidden entity
Call Down: Slowed x% by Gyrocopter's rockets.
- Deals 750/1275/1800
-
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
- The
- The
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Gyrocopter/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 01, 2025 - 16:00 PET | Qualifier | DreamLeague S26 SA CQ | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Apr 01, 2025 - 20:00 AST | Qualifier | DreamLeague S26 MESWA CQ | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Apr 01, 2025 - 17:30 MSK | Showmatch | FME 2 | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Apr 01, 2025 - 16:00 EEST | Qualifier | DreamLeague S26 EEU CQ | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Apr 01, 2025 - 20:00 SGT | Qualifier | DreamLeague S26 SEA CQ | 0 : 1 |
The International[edit]
- Gyrocopter has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Rescaled base
agility and gain from 26 + 3.1 to 25 + 3.2.
- Increased Flak Cannon mana cost from 40/50/60/70 to 50/60/70/80.
- ADDED Side Gunner visual model and ability effects.
- Rescaled Rocket Barrage mana cost from 75/80/85/90 to 85 on each level.
- Increased base attack damage from 16‒22 to 18‒24.
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.
| Gyrocopter's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills |
Bronze |
|
Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
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Master |
| |
Grandmaster |
| |
Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Guns | |
| Missile Compartment | |
| Taunt | |
Trivia[edit]
- In DotA, Gyrocopter's full name is Aurel Vlaicu. The surname was dropped in Dota 2 for unknown reasons.
- Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian pioneer of early flight.
- Gyrocopter's helmet is similar to Gaetan "The Mole" Moliere's headgear from "Atlantis: The Lost Empire".
- Upon Homing Missile cast, "Fox Two" is a reference to the NATO brevity code for an air-to-air infrared-guided missile launch.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Gyrocopter's design is originally inspired by the Flying Machines, a flying Dwarven Human unit.
- In the Reign of Chaos, the Flying Machines were named Gyrocopters. It was changed to Flying Machines in The Frozen Throne. The Dota hero's name is a reference to their old name.
- Flak Cannon's name is taken from the Flyming Machine's upgrade, Flak Cannons.
- However, the ability's functionalities are based on the Siege Engine's Barrage.
- In Dota 2, Gyrocopter is part of the Keen folk, along with other heroes that used to be Goblin and Dwarves in DotA.
- Gyrocopter's design is originally inspired by the Flying Machines, a flying Dwarven Human unit.
Gallery[edit]
Model and icons before the November 21, 2013 Patch
Splash artwork
Concept art
Concept art
Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead