Legion Commander

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Legion Commander

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24 + 3.1

18 + 1.7

20 + 2.2

Grants the following bonuses per level:
	+68.2HP and +0.31HP regeneration +3.1 Main Attack Damage
	+0.28 armor and 1.7 attack speed
	+26.4MP and +0.11MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance

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648 +2.65

315 +1

3 Armor (764.64 EHP)

27% Magic Resist (887.67 EHP)

57 ‒ 61 ▶️ Damage (59 Avg)

Instant Projectile Speed Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.

150 Attack Range (600)

100 (118) Attack Speed (1.7 BAT) Attacks per Second is defined as ΣAS / BAT / 100

0.46 + 0.64 Animation

325 ▶️ Move Speed

0.6 Turn Rate This unit takes 0.175s to turn 180°.

27 Collision Size

24 Bound Radius

1800 / 800 Vision Range

Default Gib Type

npc_dota_hero_legion_commander

2013-12-12 Released

2011-12-24 (6.73)

Competitive Span 2014-09-25 — Present

Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.39) and is mostly accurate.

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Increases power with each duel victory.
Renowned for her intrepid defense of Stonehall, the commander of the Bronze Legion swore a brutal vengeance upon its Abyssal Invaders. The call of Tresdin's horn Heals, Hastens and Inspires her soldiers. Faced with Overwhelming Odds, the commander calls down a spread of arrows from the archers of Stonehall. But above all, Tresdin relishes these one-on-one Duels. Locked in single combat, and with a Moment of Courage, she counter-strikes instinctively, slashing twice in the time her opponent takes to swing once. With each victory claimed, the Legion Commander adds to her strength, scaling her potential upwards without limit, until at last she can be a relentless one-woman army.
Roles:	Carry Disabler Initiator Durable Nuker
Adjectives	Female, Red, Nose Legs ( 2 )

Facets

Stonehall Plate

Overwhelming Odds additionally grants an all damage barrier based on the total spell damage dealt within the radius.

Spoils of War

Grant a stack of permanent bonus attack damage to other units who assisted with a Duel victory.

Casts Press the Attack on all assisting units, including Tresdin, if she is the victor of the Duel. Duration is reduced for allies.

-50% Ally Buff Duration

Upgrades

Aghanim's

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Grants Tresdin debuff immunity for its duration.

Increases duration.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

Grants bonus radius when cast during the Duel.

Grants bonus victor attack damage, and retroactively increases the permanant bonus attack damage granted.

Talents

+1.5s Press the Attack Debuff Immune Duration	25	+75% Moment of Courage Lifesteal
+8% Moment of Courage Chance	20	+300 Press the Attack Radius
+35 Overwhelming Odds Damage per Hero	15	+40 Press the Attack Health Regen
+12% Press the Attack Move Speed	10	-2s Overwhelming Odds Cooldown
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Bio

If they want war, then we shall give it to them!

▶️  Tresdin, the Legion Commander

Aliases:

Tresdin, LC

Lore:

They came without warning. Within the city walls of Stonehall there came a rumble and a terrible sound, and from blackness unknown came a force of beasts numbering beyond count, wielding flame and foul sorcery, slaying and snatching mothers and sons to dark purpose. Of once-mighty Stonehall's military strength only the Bronze Legion, led by the indomitable Commander Tresdin, was near enough to answer the call of battle. They rode into their city, fighting through bloodstained alleyways and burning markets, cutting their way through the monstrous throng to the source of the sudden invasion: an ethereal rift within the city square, and at its precipice thundered their dreaded champion.

Enwrapped in a corrosive shimmer, the leader of the abyssal horde swung its massive blade, cleaving a legionnaire in two as his flesh began to spoil. Tresdin lifted her blood-stained sword and settled her sights on the beast. It turned, smiling at her through a maze of teeth. Heedless of the battle raging around them, they charged one another.

Deflecting blow after blow, the pair danced their deadly duel as the Bronze Legion met its end around them. Tresdin leapt forward as her foe swung its sword to meet her. The odds turned. The attack smashed into Tresdin suddenly, a brutal thrust from the side, but even as her balance slipped she rallied her strength for another stroke. Blade scraped on blade, beyond the hilt to the gnarled paw below, carving it in two in a fearsome spray of sparks and blood. The vile audience looked on in astonishment as she pressed the attack, driving her blade through her foe's flesh into the stampeding heart within. With a scream that split the clouds above, the beast erupted in a torrent of gore and anguish. The stygian portal wavered, the power sustaining the chasm beyond vanishing as suddenly as it had appeared. The remaining invaders fell quickly to Stonehall steel.

Though victorious, the survivors saw little to celebrate: the city lay in ruins, and survivors were few. Fires continued to spread. Unfurling her banners of war, Tresdin gathered what allies she could. Her anger smoldered as she pledged brutal vengeance upon the forces of the abyss, and damned be any who would dare stand in her way.

Voice:

Merle Dandridge (Responses)

Innate

Outfight Them!

Outfight Them!

Ability

Passive

Affects

Self

Grants self a health restore amplification buff when attacking an equal, higher, or max leveled enemy hero.

Health Restore Amp: 30%/40%/50%/60%

Duration: 4

This ability levels up with Duel.

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• Reapplying the buff refreshes its duration.

• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. Tresdin's attack instance.
  2. The health restoration amplification buff.

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Hidden Modifier

Abilities

Overwhelming Odds

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W

Overwhelming Odds

▶️ ▶️ ▶️

Ability

No

Affects

Enemy Units / Self

Damage

Spell / Magical

Turns the enemies' numbers against them, dealing damage per enemy unit and grant self bonus attack speed.

Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0

Radius: 600

Base Damage: 35/65/95/125

Damage Bonus per Hero: 35/65/95/125 ( 70/100/130/160)

Damage Bonus per Creep: 14/16/18/20

Grants Legion Commander bonus attack speed upon cast.

Self Attack Speed Bonus: 50/75/100/125

Duration: 6

During the Duel, Legion Commander can cast Overwhelming Odds even when being affected by disabled sources.

Cast Animation: 0 + 0

Radius: 600 ( 700)

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Grants bonus radius when cast during the Duel.

15 ( 13)

90/105/120/135

The archers of Stonehall are ready at Tresdin's command.

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Stonehall Plate

Ovewhelming Odds additionally grants an all damage barrier based on the total spell damage dealt within the radius.

Spell Damage to Barrier Factor: 0.4
Duration: 6

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  • During the Duel, Overwhelming Odds has the following properties:
    • Has an instant cast time.
    • Only Overwhelming Odds can be cast, regardless of faction and disable sources affecting either Duel targets.
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    • Reapplying the buff updates the ability values on self.
    • FACET NOTES
      Stonehall Plate has the following properties:
      • Applies a buff that grants Tresdin an all damage barrier based on the total spell damage dealt to enemy heroes within the radius. This is defined as:
        • EXPR
          Barrier = ΣSpellDmg × 0.4
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      • Considers affected clones as heroes, illusions and creep-heroes as creeps.
      • Reapplying the damage barrier buff refreshes its duration, and does not update to the current values.
      • HP Removal sources affects the barrier value prior affecting Tresdin's current health.

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  • Considers clones and most creep-heroes as heroes.
  • Does not consider the following units as summons:
    • Shard Golem
    • Dominated units.
  • The ability effects are applied as follows on enemy units:
    1. The base magical spell damage.
    2. The bonus magical spell damage. Applies a 0-damage instance to summons.
  • Affects the following units:
    • Fogged units.
    • Invisible units.
    • Untargetable units.
  • Does not affect the following units:
    • Couriers
    • Hidden units.
    • Invulnerable units.
    • Ward-type units.

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Overwhelming Odds: Gaining x% attack speed.

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  • The ability's sound effect during the cast point is audible to everyone.

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    • Immediately applies all ability effects to Tresdin regardless of the ability's animations.
  • The ability effects are applied as follows on self:
    1. The attack speed buff.
    2. The damage barrier buff.

Press the Attack

W

T

Press the Attack

▶️

Ability

Unit / Area

Affects

Allied Units

Removes debuffs and disables from the target friendly unit, and grants bonus movement speed and bonus health regenertaion for a short time.

Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.93

Cast Range:  700

Health Regen Bonus: 24/36/48/60 ( 64/76/88/100)

Move Speed Bonus: 10%/14%/18%/22% ( 22%/26%/30%/34%)

Duration: 5

Magic Resist Bonus: ( 50%)

Debuff Immune Duration: ( 1.5)

Talent Upgrade
Press the Attack is now an area-targeted ability and applies the buff to all allied units within the radius.

Radius: 300

16/15/14/13

110

The rallying horn of the Bronze Legion is able to inspire any heart.

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Spoils of War

Casts Press the Attack on all assisting units, including Tresdin, if she is the victor of the Duel. Duration is reduced for allies.

Ally Buff Duration: 2.5

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• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. The Press the Attack buff.
  2. The strong dispel.
  3. The debuff immune buff.

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  • Doubletap casts the ability on Tresdin.

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  The talent upgrade changes the ability targeting functionality from unit-targeted to area-targeted.
  • Doubletap centers the radius around Tresdin.

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  • Does not apply the passive cast if the victor is the enemy Duel target.

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Press the Attack: Gaining x attack speed and x HP regen.

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Press the Attack: Debuff Immune

Moment of Courage

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E

Moment of Courage

▶️

Ability

Passive

Affects

Self / Enemy Units

Damage

Physical / Instant Attack

When attacked, Tresdin counter-attacks with bonus lifesteal immediately.

Proc Chance: 25% ( 33%)

Lifesteal: 55%/65%/75%/85% ( 130%/140%/150%/160%)

Attack Speed Bonus: 1000

Duration: 1

If procs while already attacking, Tresdin instant attacks the current attacking target.

Instant Attack Factor: 1

Lifesteal is less effective when attacking creeps.

Creep Lifesteal Factor: 0.6

1.9/1.5/1.1/0.7

Tresdin knows that an enemy's most vulnerable moment often follows their fiercest stroke.

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• Procs in the following conditions:
  • Upon Tresdin's attack point, this includes from
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    attacks canceled and attacks missed.
  • On attacks of any unit, regardless of faction or unit-type.
  • Moment of Courage uses pseudo-random distribution.

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  • Grants Tresdin a buff upon proc with the following bonuses:
    • The attack speed bonus while removing the max attack speed cap for Tresdin.
    • Bonus lifesteal.
      • Stacks additively with other lifesteal sources.
    • The 1-second buff lasts for either its duration or until Tresdin lands an attack.

• Moment of Courage's instant attack applied have the following properties:
  • Can proc any attack modifiers and on-hit effects, including the Moment of Courage buff.
  • Does not have True Strike.
  • Affected by disarm sources.

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Hidden modifier

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Moment of Courage: The next attack will have maximum attack speed.

Duel

R

D

Duel

Ability

Unit / Passive

Affects

Enemy Heroes / Self

Tresdin and the target enemy hero are forced to attack each other for a short duration. Neither hero can use items nor abilities.

Grants permanent bonus attack damage to the victor during the Duel duration.

Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0

Cast Range:  200

Victor Attack Damage Bonus: 10/20/30 ( 15/25/35)

Duration: 4/4.5/5 ( 6/6.5/7)

Debuff Immunity Duration: ( 6/6.5/7)

During the Duel, Legion Commander can cast Overwhelming Odds even when being affected by disabled sources.

Cast Animation: 0 + 0

Radius: 600 ( 850)

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Grants Tresdin debuff immunity for its duration.

Increases duration.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Grants bonus victor attack damage, and retroactively increases the permanant bonus attack damage granted.

60/55/50

75

To face a soldier of Stonehall in single combat is a challenge few can resist.

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Spoils of War

Grant a stack of permanent bonus attack damage to other units who assisted with a Duel victory.

Assist Attack Damage Bonus: 5/10/15

Casts Press the Attack on all assisting units, including Tresdin, if she is the victor of the Duel. Duration is reduced for allies.

Ally Buff Duration: 2.5

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Taunt Sources Priority

Has the following priorities among taunt sources.

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  • Applies the following ability effects on both Duelists:
    • Grants True Sight over both Duelist for both factions.
    • Leash
    • Mute
    • Silence
    • Unobstructed movement.
    • Taunt both Duelists against each other.
    • The following sources can be applied, but does not offensively move both Duelists:
      • Fear sources, causes the affected Duelist to not attack.
      • Forced movement sources.
  • Overwhelming Odds:
    • Has an instant cast time within its cast range, and does not require facing the area-targeted location to cast.
    • Only this ability can be cast, regardless of faction.
    • Can be cast while being affected by other disable sources.
  • When Duel is nullified, all other Duels involving the Duelists are also nullified immediately.
  • Grants the victor flat bonus attack damage.

• Duel is nullified, and results in no victors in the following conditions:
  • The distance between and is > 2000 while active.
  • When both Duelist survive the Duel.
  • When either Duelist is being affected by the following sources:
    • True Sight immunity sources.
    • Supernova
    • Dismember (Ally Cast)
    • Has Aegis of the Immortal equipped upon death.
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    • Upon being instant killed by Ice Blast's kill health threshold.
    • The duration of a Spell Reflection Omnislash or Swiftslash proc ends.
    • When is affected by forced kill sources.
    • When Dueling non-hero units, Duel considers The Double, illusions, and creep-heroes as creeps.

• Duel is nullified, and results in victory in the following conditions:
  • • Duelist becomes wraith by Vampiric Spirit or Wraith Delay.

• The Duel victor is the hero who manage to fulfill either one of the following conditions:
  • Upon the other Duelist's reincarnation source proc, excluding the aforementioned sources.
  • Upon the other Duelist's death within the duration, the Duelist does not need to be credited for the kill.
  • For Tresdin, a unit-targeted Press the Attack of its corresponding level is passively applied to her.
    • Press the Attack notes apply and has the following properties upon proc:
      • Works independently of Press the Attack's cooldown, and does not cost mana.
      • Does not proc on-cast effects.
  • FACET NOTES
    Spoils of War now grants an assist bonus attack damage to any allied units who assisted in the Duel that are not of the same faction of the other Duelist.
    • The Duel nullifying notes fully apply.
    • The assist permanent buff is independent of the victor permanent buff, and affects the following units:
      • All heroes and creeps.
      • Buildings.
      • Ward-type units.
      • Hidden units.
      • Invulnerable units.
      • Dead units.
    • Grants an assist permanent buff as long as the damage dealt to the loser, regardless of damage value, is recorded in the combat log.
      • Hence, the following damage source applied does not grant the bonus:
        • HP Removal sources.
        • Setting health sources.

• SPELL BLOCK
  This ability is blocked upon cast.

• SPELL REFLECT
  Grants 2 stacks of bonus attack damage to the victor.

• BREAK
  Does not disable the passive Press the Attack self-cast upon victory.

• SOULBIND
  If Tresdin dies, both affected targets are victors.
  • Tresdin first attacks the taunted primary target.
  • When the primary target is killed within the Duel duration, then the secondary target.
  • Duels the creep-hero unit if it is the secondary target, results in no victor.

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Duel Victory Damage: Gaining bonus damage permanently from won duels.

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Duel: Dueling until opponent dies or the effect ends.

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  • The following units retain the buff until it expires or upon its death:
    • The Double
    • Illusions
  • For Meepo Clones, grants the permanenet buff to the individual clone.

• The Spoils of War   facet also plays the victor ability animations for the allied unit assisting in the Duel.

Recent Matches

Main Article: Legion Commander/Matches

Date	Tier		Tournament	Picks		Score		vs. Picks
Jun 05, 2025 - 21:15 MSK	Showmatch		BB Streamers Battle 10			1 : 0
Jun 04, 2025 - 15:00 MSK	Showmatch		BB Streamers Battle 10			1 : 0
Jun 03, 2025 - 22:00 UTC	Qualifier		EWC 2025 SA OQ			1 : 0
Jun 03, 2025 - 15:00 EDT	Qualifier		TI2025 SA OQ#2			0 : 1
Jun 03, 2025 - 21:15 MSK	Showmatch		BB Streamers Battle 10			0 : 1

Recent Changes

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore

Version

Description

7.39
(2025-05-21)

• Outfight Them!
  • Now also applied when attacking enemy heroes that are equal level of Legion Commander .
  • Now follows the health restoration mechanic.
  • Rescaled health restoration bonus from 50% on each level to 30%/40%/50%/60%.
  • This component levels up with Duel .

7.38c
(2025-03-27)

• Duel Spoils of War
  • Reduced Press the Attack ally passive cast upon emerging victorious duration from 5 to 2.5.

7.38
(2025-02-19)

• Increased base strength from 23 to 24.
• Rescaled Overwhelming Odds mana cost from 100/110/120/130 to 90/105/120/135.
• Moment of Courage now follow the lifesteal mechanic.
• Duel
  • No longer passively self-casts Press the Attack upon emerging victorious.
  • Reduced cast range from 200/250/300 to 200 on each level.
  • Rescaled duration from 3.75/4.5/5.25 to 4/4.5/5.
  • Spoils of War
    • Now passively casts Press the Attack to all assisting allied units upon emerging victorious.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Duel
    • Updated ability effects.
    • Reduced duration bonus from 2.25 to 2.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Duel
    • Reduced Duel victor attack damage bonus from 8 to 5.

Dota Plus Progress

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.

Legion Commander's Relics	Voice Lines
Three Hero Overwhelming Odds Press the Attack Debuffs Purged Moment of Courage Life Stolen Duels Won Total Duel Duration Damage From Invisibility Blade Mail Damage Press the Attack Heals Kills During Black King Bar Blinks Leading To Kills Triple Kills Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills	Bronze	▶️ Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha! ▶️ Not bad at all!
	Silver	▶️ Try harder. ▶️ Sound strategy.
	Gold	▶️ Nice mustache. ▶️ I will tear you apart!
	Platinum	▶️ Son of a…!
	Master	▶️ That escalated quickly!
	Grandmaster	▶️ Augh!

Trivia

• Tresdin's response, ▶️ "War. War always changes." is a reference to the signature "Fallout" quote, "War. War never changes."

• ▶️ "You won't win the war by dying for your Ancient. You'll win by making the other dumb, unfed bastard die for theirs!" is a reference to the popular "George S. Patton" quote: "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."

• The horn sound effect when deploying ▶️ Press the Attack utilizes the same ▶️ sound the Concheror item uses in "Team Fortress 2", another title from "Valve".

• Her voice actress, "Merle Dandridge", is also well known for providing the voice of Alyx Vance, a character in the game "Half Life 2", another title by "Valve".

• When Dueling Zeus, ▶️ "Thunderdome! " which a reference to the Thunderdome of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome!

• When Dueling Ogre Magi, Legion Commander has only 1% chance to say "Multi-ogre Battle Arena!". This is a reference to the game genre Dota 2 is, MOBA - Multiplayer Online Battle Arena.

• In The Lab, a VR game by Valve, there are some Bendie soldiers who wield Legion Commander's sword in the minigame Longshot, along with other Dota 2 weapons like Axe's war axe, Huskar's spear and Stout Shield.

• Warcraft 3 similarities:
  • Legion Commander uses the model of Lord Garithos, a campaign-only mounted human Knight hero, with a great hate against non-human races, especially towards blood elves.
  • This concept was not carried over to Dota 2. Legion Commander's transition to Dota 2 involved a change in gender and the loss of the horse.
  • However, she still makes many references to her DotA design in a collection of lines when engaging certain heroes:
    • When meeting allied heroes with facial hair or with mounts, she may express her fondness of those things.
    • She may also make a remark upon duelling an enemy hero that has facial hair. Her DotA model has a large mustache.
    • The hate towards anything that is not human was changed to a hatred towards the Abyssal Horde, and to demons in general.
    • She also shows distrust towards other groups of being, mainly related to their occupations, like assassins, wizards, technology, the undead, and towards beasts and monsters like dragons, giant insects, and snakes.

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