Invulnerability

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Invulnerability is a status effect that renders the target completely immune to most status effects and damage. Most friendly effects, such as healing and teleports, are unaffected by invulnerability.

Definition

Invulnerability itself is not granted explicitly by any ability effects, it is instead granted as a secondary effect to other abilities. Consequently, invulnerability is often only granted for very short periods of time. It also does not disjoint projectiles, unless explicitly stated.

Invulnerability prevents the use of most targeted spells, including those already cast. If a cast is interrupted due to invulnerability, the caster will not automatically attempt to recast the spell after his target becomes vulnerable again.

Affected units usually have their health bar temporarily hidden and they cannot be targeted for attacks and most abilities will not damage them.

Invulnerability

Ability

Passive

Affects

Self

This unit is invulnerable.

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• This ability and modifier are displayed in-game conditionally.

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Invulnerable

Sources

Main Articles: Hide and Cyclone

Cyclone and most Hide sources also grant invulnerability.

Hide Sources

• Brewmaster – Primal Split
• Chaos Knight – Phantasm
• Earth Spirit – Enchant Remnant
• Fallen Sky – Fallen Sky
• Lifestealer – Infest
• Manta Style – Mirror Image
• Meepo – Dig
• Meepo – MegaMeepo
• Naga Siren – Mirror Image
• Necrophos – Death Seeker
• Outworld Destroyer – Astral Imprisonment⁴
• Phantom Lancer – Doppelganger
• Phoenix – Supernova
• Puck – Phase Shift
• Riki – Tricks of the Trade
• Ringmaster – Funhouse Mirror
• Shadow Demon – Disruption
• Snapfire – Gobble Up
• Snapfire – Spit Out
• Sven – Storm Hammer (Alt-Cast)^2a
• Tombstone – Grab Ally
• Tusk – Snowball
• Void Spirit – Dissimilate
• Witch Doctor – Voodoo Switcheroo
• Monkey King – Wukong's Command (Clone)
• Runes – Illusion
• Terrorblade – Reflection (Illusion)


Cyclone Sources
• Eul's Scepter of Divinity – Cyclone
• Wind Waker – Cyclone
• Invoker – Tornado
• Storm – Cyclone

Other Invulnerability Sources

• Bane – Nightmare
• Centaur Warrunner – Hitch A Ride
• Earth Spirit – Rolling Boulder
• Ember Spirit – Activate Fire Remnant
• Ember Spirit – Sleight of Fist
• Faceless Void – Time Walk
• Faceless Void – Reverse Time Walk
• Familiar – Stone Form
• Juggernaut – Swiftslash
• Juggernaut – Omnislash
• Meepo – MegaMeepo Fling
• Morphling – Waveform
• Kez – Raptor Dance
• Naga Siren – Song of the Siren
• Storm Spirit – Ball Lightning
• Visage – Stone Form

• Dazzle – Nothl Projection (Clone)

¹ Requires a Talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

⁴ After Aghanim's Shard upgrade no longer hides allies.

Pierces Invulnerability

Even if an ability is piercing invulnerablity, it often can't pierce hidden. Fountain Invulnerability can't be pierced.

Please note that these lists do not include abilities that only work vs hidden.

Removing Invulnerabiltiy

Unobvious ways for remove enemy invulnerability

• Dark Seer - Vacuum
  
  Cancels most Cyclone abilites and also Activate Fire Remnant, Time Walk, Reverse Time Walk, Waveform, Ball Lightning and Raptor Dance.
• Disruptor - Glimpse
  
  If cast ended before target become invulnerable cancels Cyclone, Time Walk, Reverse Time Walk, Ball Lightning, Hitch A Ride, Activate Fire Remnant, Waveform and Raptor Dance.
• Vengeful Spirit - Nether Swap
  
  Cancels Cyclone, Time Walk, Reverse Time Walk, Ball Lightning and Raptor Dance.
  If cast started before target become untargetable, can cancel Hitch A Ride, Activate Fire Remnant and Waveform and Raptor Dance.

Invulnerability of these abilities can be removed with a basic dispel

• Bane – Nightmare
• Eul's Scepter of Divinity – Cyclone
• Wind Waker – Cyclone
• Invoker – Tornado
• Storm – Cyclone

These teleportation abilities cancel Cyclone

• Chen – Divine Favor (Self-Cast)
• Disruptor – Glimpse
• Io – Relocate
• Keeper of the Light – Recall ³
• Lone Druid – Summon Spirit Bear
• Sand King – Burrowstrike
• Vengeful Spirit – Nether Swap

³ Requires selecting corresponding facet.

Some sources of invulnerability use a combination of Silence + Mute instead of Stun, which allowes usage of some abilities.
Using these abilities will stop Cyclone from Wind Waker.

• Fiend's Gate – Warp
• Tombstone – Grab Ally
• Twin Gate – Warp

Can Target an Invulnerable Unit

Can't be cast on Hidden target. Interrupts cast if target becomes hidden.

Teleport Abilties

• Dawnbreaker – Solar Guardian
• Vengeful Spirit – Nether Swap
• Keeper of the Light – Recall ³
• Tinker – Keen Conveyance
• Town Portal Scroll – Teleport

Dispel Abilities

• Nullifier – Nullify
• Oracle – Fortune's End
• Shadow Demon – Demonic Cleanse
• Shadow Demon – Demonic Purge
• Sven – Storm Hammer (Alt-Cast) ^2a

Other Abilities

• Moon Shard – Consume
• Naga Siren – Ensnare
• Sniper – Assassinate ^{2a 4}

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

³ Requires selecting the corresponding facet.

⁴ Can't damage or stun invulnerable target.

Other Cases

See also: Hidden

Invulnerability prevents units from being targeted, and cancels the cast of abilities that are already in use, even if it does not disjoint projectiles. While a unit is invulnerable it is also immune from the damage and negative effects of most spells.

Spell Block only works on an invulnerable unit if the spell can negatively affect invulnerable units, or if the spell can bounce off it. Bounce spells usually do not consider an invulnerable target as valid, however if the unit becomes invulnerable after being targeted, the spell will still bounce off it.

Interactions with enemies:

Hero Abilities:
• Ancient Apparition – Ice Blast ⁴
• Clockwerk – Hookshot ⁴
• Dark Seer – Wall of Replica⁴
• Disruptor – Static Storm⁴
• Faceless Void – Time Zone
• Oracle – Purifying Flames Heal
• Vengeful Spirit – Retribution
Link, need to be connected before invulnerability
• Death Prophet – Spirit Siphon
• Razor – Static Link
Teleport
• Disruptor – Glimpse
• Vengeful Spirit – Nether Swap
Pulling ⁵
• Dark Seer – Vacuum ⁶
• Naga Siren – Reel In
• Magnus – Skewer
• Pudge – Meat Hook
Dispel
• Nullifier – Nullify
• Oracle – Fortune's End⁷
• Shadow Demon – Demonic Purge
• Storm – Dispel Magic
• Sven – Storm Hammer (Alt-Cast) ^2a
No Target abilities consider invulnerable as valid
• Juggernaut – Omnislash (Bounce)⁴
• Juggernaut – Swiftslash (Bounce)⁴
• Invoker – Cataclysm^{2a 3 4}
• Naga Siren – Song of the Siren ⁸
• Pugna – Nether Ward
• Silencer – Global Silence
• Skywrath Mage – Concussive Shot⁴
• Spectre – Haunt⁴

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

³ Requires selecting the corresponding facet.

⁴ Unlike Meat Hook, considers invulnerable target as valid. However, can't damage or apply negative effect to invulnerable target.

⁵ Invulnerability does not interrupt an existing pull, and does not usually remove other sources of forced movement. This list shows only few examples.

⁶ Stuns and pulls an invulnerable target. Doesn't work if unit affected by Eul's Scepter of Divinity's Cyclone.

⁷ Can't dispel if hero is invulnerable due to Waveform.

⁸ Only affects invulnerable targets from Song of the Siren. For example, if enemy Naga Siren used ult, your ally Rubick with Aghanim's Shard can use Song of the Siren and heal his allies.

Interactions with allies:

Hero Abilities
• Centaur Warrunner – Stampede
• Chen – Hand of God
• Clockwerk – Hookshot ⁴
• Clockwerk – Overclocking (Self-slow)
• Enchantress – Nature's Attendants
• Faceless Void – Time Zone
• Meepo – Poof (Alt-Cast)⁵
• Mirana – Moonlight Shadow
• Naga Siren – Song of the Siren ⁶
• Omniknight – Guardian Angel
• Oracle – Purifying Flames Heal
• Storm Spirit – Overload
Link, need to be connected before invulnerability
• Io – Tether
Teleport
• Chen – Divine Favor (Self-Cast)
• Io – Relocate
• Keeper of the Light – Recall ³
• Lone Druid – Summon Spirit Bear
• Sand King – Burrowstrike
• Vengeful Spirit – Nether Swap
Pulling ⁷
• Pudge – Meat Hook
Dispel
• Oracle – Fortune's End⁸
• Shadow Demon – Demonic Cleanse
• Storm – Dispel Magic
Projectile⁹
• Alchemist – Berserk Potion
• Abaddon – Mist Coil
Items
• Arcane Boots – Replenish
• Boots of Bearing – Endurance
• Crimson Guard – Guard
• Drum of Endurance – Endurance
• Guardian Greaves – Mend
• Mekansm – Restore
• Pipe of Insight – Barrier
Auras
• Assault Cuirass – Assault Aura
• Beastmaster – Inner Beast
• Buildings – Tower Protection
• Fountain – Rejuvenation Aura
• Luna – Lunar Blessing
• Vengeful Spirit – Vengeance Aura
• Vladmir's Offering – Vladmir's Aura

³ Requires selecting corresponding facet.

⁴ Unlike Meat Hook, considers invulnerable target as valid. However, can't damage or apply negative effect to invulnerable target.

⁵ Meepo can teleport to another Meepo even if that Meepo is invulnerable.

⁶ Only affects invulnerable targets from Song of the Siren. For example, if enemy Naga Siren used ult, your ally Rubick with Aghanim's Shard can use Song of the Siren and heal his allies.

⁷ Invulnerability does not interrupt an existing pull, and does not usually remove other sources of forced movement. This list shows only few examples.

⁹ If a unit throws a projectile at its ally, then even if the ally becomes invulnerable, the projectile will still hit and apply its effects. This list shows only few examples.

Allows casting abilities while Invulnerable

• Dazzle - Nothl Projection
  
  Creates clone of caster who can attack, use items and abilities while invulnerable.
  Clone can't use consumables.
• Centaur Warrunner - Hitch A Ride
  
  Allows an ally to attack, use items and abilities while making them invulnerable.
  Applies root to ally.
• Earth Spirit - Rolling Boulder
  
  Earth Spirit can use items and abilities while invulnerable.
  Applies root to caster.
• Ember Spirit - Activate Fire Remnant
  
  Ember Spirit can attack, use items and abilities while invulnerable.
  Can't turn, but facing his target is required for items.
  The gaze is shifted to the right side.
• Ember Spirit - Sleight of Fist
  
  Ember Spirit can use items and abilities while invulnerable.
  Sleight of Fist is disabled.
• Juggernaut - Omnislash
  
  Juggernaut can use items and abilities while invulnerable.
  Blade Fury is disabled. Applies root to caster.
• Juggernaut - Swiftslash
  
  Juggernaut can use items and abilities while invulnerable.
  Blade Fury is disabled. Applies root to caster.
• Morphling - Waveform
  
  Morphling can attack, use items and abilities while invulnerable.
• Storm Spirit - Ball Lightning
  
  Storm Spirit can attack, use items and abilities while invulnerable.
  Can cast Ball Lightning, but the ability will not be cast if Storm is still using old Ball Lightning when the new cast ends.

Castable while Invulnerable

Stun

Most sources of invulnerability apply stun, which allowes usage of these abilities:

Castable while Stunned

• Abaddon – Borrowed Time
• Bane – Nightmare End
• Dazzle – Nothl Projection^2b
• Legion Commander – Overwhelming Odds⁴
• Lone Druid – Savage Roar^2b
• Spirit Bear – Savage Roar^2b
• Morphling – Attribute Shift^2b
• Templar Assassin – Refraction ¹
• Troll Warlord – Battle Trance ¹
• Ursa – Enrage ^2a
• Visage – Stone Form
• Familiar – Stone Form

¹ Requires Talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

⁴ Ignores stun only during Duel.

⁵ If interrupted during channeling, still casts spell.

Silence

Some sources of invulnerability use a combination of Silence + Mute instead of Stun:

Abilities that give Invulnerability and Silence

• Outworld Destroyer – Astral Imprisonment^2b
• Wind Waker – Cyclone

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

Which allowes usage of these abilities:

Castable while Silenced

• Ancient Apparition – Release
• Fiend's Gate – Warp
• Tombstone – Grab Ally
• Twin Gate – Warp
• Watcher – Lantern of Sight
Castable while Silenced [CONDITIONAL]
• Legion Commander – Overwhelming Odds
• Lone Druid – Savage Roar^2b
• Spirit Bear – Savage Roar^2b

¹ Requires a talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

³ Requires the selected facet.