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Lone Druid

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Lone Druid
18 + 2.5
22 + 2.8
13 + 1.4
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+55HP and +0.25HP regeneration
+0.47 armor and 2.8 attack speed
+2.8 Main Attack Damage
+16.8MP and +0.07MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
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3.67
Armor
(629.62 EHP)
26.3%
Magic Resist
(700.14 EHP)
1125
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (122)
(1.6 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.33 + 0.53
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.175s to turn 180°.
This ability component has a different effect during daytime. 1800 / This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 800
Default
Gib Type
2012-03-28
Released
2004-09-18
Competitive Span
2012-04-12 — 2015-12-16
2015-12-20 — Present
Version Control
This article is mostly accurate for 7.41c, 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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Commands a powerful spirit bear in battle.
Chosen by the forces of nature for his profound wisdom, Sylla is all that remains of his forgotten clan. The Lone Druid is followed by his Spirit Bear, a powerful companion that aids him in Entangling enemies and Demolishing structures. The sound of a Savage Roar is often all that's needed to frighten foes from the forest. If not, then the pair synergies a Spirit Link, increasing their speed and endurance as they roam the lands for intruders. Man or bear, the distinction is not always clear. When the situation calls for it, the Lone Druid takes his True Form, and joins the mêlée to fight claw-to-claw alongside his bear.
Entangle
Entangle
Spirit Link
Savage Roar
Savage Roar
Summon Spirit Bear
Summon Spirit Bear
Summon Spirit Bear
True Form
Roles:Carry Carry Pusher Pusher Durable Durable
AdjectivesArachnophobic, Bearded, Fuzzy, Nose
Legs ( 2 )

Bio

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I wonder what awaits me at the end of everything…
▶️  Sylla, the Lone Druid
Aliases:
Bear, LD, Sylla
Long before the first words of the first histories there rose the druidic Bear Clan. Wise and just they were, and focused in their ways to seek an understanding of the natural order. The arch forces of nature saw this, and so sought the most learned among them. Wise old Sylla, clan justiciar and seer, stepped forward for his kin, and to him was given the Seed with these words: 'When all of the world has dimmed, when civilization has left these lands, when the world is slain and wracked by the endless deserts at the end of ages, plant the Seed.'

As he grasped his trust, Sylla felt his years recede and his vitality returned. Vast knowledge burst into his mind. He found himself able to project his very will into reality and, with some concentration, alter his own physical form as well. Yet subtle whispers and cruel ears brought word of the Seed and its power to other peoples, and a terrible war crashed upon the Bear Clan. As his ancestral home burned, Sylla took his burden and fled to the wild places.

Ages passed, and time and myth forgot the Bear Clan, forgot Sylla and the Seed, forgot wondrous civilizations that rose and fell in Bear Clan's wake. For millenia Sylla has waited, waited for word from his deities, waited for peace to come to the ever warring realms, waited in exile and in secret for the end of all things and for the conclusion of his sacred commitment, preparing himself always to face and destroy whatever would dare threaten his purpose.

Upgrades

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Lone Druid Aghanim's

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Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Entangle
Entangle applies 5 stacks to enemy heroes in the area and has increased radius. Enemies no longer have protection from gaining stacks while Entangled.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Savage Roar
Grants bonus movement speed and bonus attack speed to allied units within the radius.

Additionally applies a basic dispel to both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear upon cast, and removes the simultaneous cast restriction while disabled.

Spirit Bear Aghanim's

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Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Return
Removes the attack proximity restriction. The Spirit Bear now survives when Lone Druid dies.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
New Ability
Fetch
Grants the Fetch ability.

Savage Roar
Grants bonus movement speed and bonus attack speed to allied units within the radius.

Additionally applies a basic dispel to both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear upon cast, and removes the simultaneous cast restriction while disabled.

Talents

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+0.6s Entangle Root Duration25+70% True Form Slow Resist Bonus
+55 Attack Speed20+150 Savage Roar Radius
+12 Agility15-5s Savage Roar Cooldown
+20 Entangle Damage per Second10+5s True Form Duration
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Innate. Innate

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D
B
Summon Spirit Bear
Affects
Self / Spirit Bear
Damage
Spell / Pure / Instant Kill
Summons a powerful Spirit Bear companion that can wield and utilize items.
Cast Animation: 0.5 + 0.63
Health: 1500
Health Regen: 3
Base Attack Time: 1.5
Armor: 0
Move Speed: 310
Strength Strength Gain: 0 + 4.5
Agility Agility Gain: 0 + 4.5
Intelligence Intelligence Gain: 0 + 0.5
Duration: IndefiniteIndefinite
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
Grants the Spirit Bear a functional and cooldown-independent copy of Sylla's neutral item.
Spirit Bear is able to activate runes without any restrictions.
Disarms the Spirit Bear if it ventures too far apart from Sylla.
Attack Proximity Radius: 1100 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Global)
Sylla suffers a portion of max health as backlash damage if the Spirit Bear dies.
Max Health as Damage: 20%
Has a different cast backswing while Sylla is in True Form.
Cast Animation: 0.5 + 0.57
Player-based damage instance regardless of factions put the ability on a fixed downtime. Can be reset with cooldown reset sources, but it is not affected by percentage-based cooldown reductions.

The Spirit Bear's death resets the downtime.
Downtime: 3
120
Mana Cost
100
Sylla's lifelong companion is symbiotic with his spirit and heart, coming to aid him in any time of need.
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The currently selected unit, Lone Druid or the Spirit Bear is highlighted.
  • This ability is in the      fourth ability slot.
  • On the first ability cast, the Spirit Bear is summoned.
  • Subsequent ability casts respawn, Affected by Heal Manipulation sources. heal, and Affected by Mana Restore Manipulation sources. mana restore the unit. This affects the following things:
    • The unit resummon is not considered as the unit's The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only.The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only. death.
    • Neither Dispellable by any Dispel sources. dispels Buff buffs nor Debuff debuffs.
    • Does not disjoint incoming The ability's projectile properties.The ability's projectile properties. projectiles.
  • The damage downtime ability component has no min damage threshold.
    • The following damage sources do not proc the downtime:
Ability interactions with Root sources.
Root sources do not prevent the unit from being resummoned.
Ability interactions with Leash sources.
Leash sources do not prevent the unit from being resummoned.
Ability interactions with Spell Steal.
Rubick's Spirit Bear has its own inventory that can equip his items.
Instant kills the unit upon losing the ability, and all items are dropped upon The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only.The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only. death.
Buff modifier_lone_druid_spirit_bear_attack_checkUndispellable.
Spirit Bear Proximity: If the Spirit Bear moves too far away from Lone Druid, it will not be able to attack unless Lone Druid carries Aghanim's Scepter.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_UNIT_MOVED
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_TAKEDAMAGE
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERS
Buff modifier_lone_druid_spirit_bear_attack_checkUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_BASEATTACK_BONUSDAMAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BASE_OVERRIDE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_BASE_ATTACK_TIME_CONSTANT
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PHYSICAL_ARMOR_BONUS
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_EXTRA_HEALTH_BONUS
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MODEL_SCALE
Buff modifier_lone_druid_spirit_self_item_restrictionsUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier

Abilities

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Entangle

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Q
B
Entangle
Pierces Debuff Immunity sources.
Affects
Self / Enemy Units
Damage
Spell / Magical
Applies an entangle counter to all enemy heroes within the radius upon cast.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.24
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 700
Effect Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 350 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 450)
Entangle Stacks: 2 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 5)
Counter Duration: 10
While active, Lone Druid's attacks apply a stack per successful attack on enemy heroes.
Stack per Attack: 1
The Spirit Bear's attacks are permanently empowered, a successful attack applies an Entangle stack on enemy heroes.

Other ability notes apply.
Stack per Attack: 1
Both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear's attacks do not apply the counter on enemy creeps.

However, the ability cast instantly applies all ability effects on enemy creeps.
The debuff applies a root and damage over time after a number of attacks on the same enemy unit.

Already debuff-affected enemy units do not increase the Entangle counter.
Required Stacks: 5
Damage Per Second: 90 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 110)
Root Duration: 1.2/1.6/2/2.4 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 1.8/2.2/2.6/3)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Clears existing stacks and immediately applies the root component upon cast.

Increases applied stacks and effect radius.
20/19/18/17
Mana Cost
60
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  • The ability has the following properties:
    • The Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage of both Entangle and Entangling Claws is sourced to Lone Druid, even if the Spirit Bear is the one that procs either abilities.
    • Requires a certain amount of successful attacks to proc the ability effects.Requires a certain amount of successful attacks to proc the ability effects. Debuff lone_druid_entangle_counter to The affected enemy unit(s).
      • Applies the required attacks counter debuff per successful attack while the debuff is active.
      • Does nothing when attacking This unit is immune to everything. invulnerable units.
      • AttackAttack
        • Each successful attack on the enemy hero has the following properties:
          • Reapplies the debuff or increases the tally counter by 1 on the attacked enemy unit.
          • Refreshes the debuff duration, and update the ability values of the whole stack up to the required amount.
          • This includes both Instant Attack instant attack and secondary attack sources.
          • Considers attacks on Clones are identical to the main hero, with certain exceptions. Clones, Roshan and Creep-Heroes as heroes; attacks on Illusion Properties. illusions and as creeps.
      • Once the tally counter reaches Tally Count: 4Tally Count: 4, the next successful attack applies the Debuff lone_druid with the following ability effects:
        • A status effect that prevents affected units from moving, and from casting most mobility abilities. Root
        • Render invisible sources null. True Sight
        • 18 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 22) spell damage in 0.2-second intervals, over 6/8/10/12 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 9/11/13/15) damage intervals.
          • This immediately affects the enemy upon applying the damage per second debuff.
          • Leveling up while the debuff is active updates the ability values after charge.
Buff modifier_lone_druid_spirit_bear_entangleUndispellable.
Lone Druid's attacks can add to Entangling Claws' attack counter.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_LANDED
Buff modifier_lone_druid_spirit_bear_entangle_vfxUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier
Debuff modifier_lone_druid_entangle_counterOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Entangles Counter: Hit counting towards getting Entangled.
  • Deals 108/144/180/216 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 132/176/220/264) (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 162/198/234/270) (With both level 10 Left and level 25 Left Talents.With both level 10 Left and level 25 Left Talents. 198/242/286/330) Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage over the entire duration.
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Savage Roar

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E
E
Savage Roar
Affects
Enemy Units / Allied Units
Both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear roar fiercely and applies a fountain-fear to enemy units within the radius.

Grants affected enemy units bonus movement speed while fleeing toward their fountain.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0.57
Enemy Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 350 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 500)
Fear Move Speed Bonus: 20%
Debuff Duration: 1.1/1.4/1.7/2.2
Has a different cast backswing while in True Form.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0.63
Does not affect non-player-controlled units.
The Spirit Bear requires its owner to have Savage Roar for this ability to be unlocked.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Grants bonus movement speed and bonus attack speed to allied units within the radius.

Additionally applies a basic dispel to both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear upon cast, and removes the simultaneous cast restriction while disabled.
Ally Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 700)
Move Speed Bonus: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 15%)
Attack Speed Bonus: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 40)
Ally Duration: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 5)
Casting this ability puts the linked ability on a fixed downtime.

Can be reset with cooldown reset sources, but it is not affected by percentage-based cooldown reductions.
Downtime: Cooldown (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 0)
29/26/23/20 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 24/21/18/15)
Mana Cost
50
Linked abilities are learned automatically when their counterpart ability is learned and vice versa.Linked abilities are learned automatically when their counterpart ability is learned and vice versa.
This ability levels up with Savage Roar.
Sylla studies and masters the arts of the lost Bear Clan, enhancing his attunement with the wild.
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Ability interactions with Debuff Immunity sources.
The Units affected by Fear sources cannot cast abilities and are forced to flee from the source. fear component does not affect debuff immune enemy units. Other ability effects still apply.
Ability interactions with Spell Steal.
The simultaneous Savage Roar cast by either units are not considered as the last cast ability.

The Spirit Bear summoned does not have this ability unless it is acquired as well.
Buff modifier_lone_druid_rabidDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Rabid: Gaining x attack speed and x% movement speed.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT
Debuff modifier_lone_druid_savage_roarDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Savage Roar: Flees with increased movement speed.
MODIFIER_STATE_DISARMED
MODIFIER_STATE_SILENCED
MODIFIER_STATE_MUTED
MODIFIER_STATE_COMMAND_RESTRICTED
MODIFIER_STATE_FEARED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE

True Form

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Affects
Self
Morphs into a melee raging bear. Grants bonus armor, health, and attack damage.

Certain abilities now utilize a different cast animation while in True Form.
Transformation Time: 1.933
Armor Bonus: 10/15/20
Health Bonus: 500/1000/1500
Attack Range Loss: This bonus/reduction source only affect Melee heroes. 325
Attack Damage Bonus: 50/90/130
Duration: 25
Slow Resist Bonus: (With level 25 Right Talent.With level 25 Right Talent. 70%)
Resets this ability's cooldown upon Lone Druid's death during the transformation time.
Cooldown on Death: 0
60/55/50
Mana Cost
80
The mighty bear is the king of the forest, possessing the throne through raw power.
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  • Grants the following ability effects after the transformation time:
    • Turns Lone Druid into a This bonus/reduction source only affect Melee heroes.This bonus/reduction source only affect Melee heroes. melee unit and with 225 Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. attack range.
      • Does not affect Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. attack range manipulating sources.
      • Items that use different values for the wielder's Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. attack range-type now treats the caster as a This bonus/reduction source only affect Melee heroes.This bonus/reduction source only affect Melee heroes. melee unit.
    • Sets both Lone Druid's max and current health by the given value.
      • Upon losing the Buff buff, the current health value remains and the max health bonus is reverted.
  • Recasting True Form refreshes the duration and adapts the ability values correspondingly.
Ability interactions with the caster's illusions.
All created Illusion Properties. illusions copy and match the buff duration while active.
Ability interactions with Spell Steal.
All ability effects are applied as long the acquired ability is not lost.

Has 550 MeleeMelee Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. attack range, an Instant-Projectile SpeedProjectile Speed projectile speed and does not utilize an attack The ability's projectile properties.The ability's projectile properties. projectile.

The uphill miss chance does not apply to Rubick's attacks.
Buff modifier_lone_druid_true_form_transformUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNED
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH
Buff modifier_lone_druid_true_formUndispellable.
True Form: Morphed into a raging bear, losing ranged advantage, but gaining increased resistance, Entangling Roots and Demolish.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PREATTACK_BONUS_DAMAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PHYSICAL_ARMOR_BONUS
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_EXTRA_HEALTH_BONUS
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACK_RANGE_BONUS
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MODEL_CHANGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MODEL_SCALE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERS
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_SLOW_RESISTANCE_STACKING
  • The ability's visual effects. The ability's sound effects.
    • Changes Lone Druid's hero model and alters his voicelines.

Recent Matches

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Main Article: Lone Druid/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. PicksPatch
June 9, 2026 - 18:30 SGTQualifierTI2026 SEA OQ1TI2026 SEA OQ1
Lone Druid
Pangolier
Lion
Necrophos
Ringmaster
0 : 1
Axe
Treant Protector
Techies
Void Spirit
Terrorblade
7.41d
+ Details
June 9, 2026 - 17:45 CSTQualifierTI2026 CN OQ1TI2026 CN OQ1
Lone Druid
Venomancer
Pangolier
Puck
Snapfire
1 : 0
Underlord
Rubick
Treant Protector
Muerta
Slardar
7.41d
+ Details
June 9, 2026 - 17:10 CSTQualifierTI2026 CN OQ1TI2026 CN OQ1
Lone Druid
Nyx Assassin
Ringmaster
Centaur Warrunner
Queen of Pain
1 : 0
Underlord
Lich
Tusk
Windranger
Ember Spirit
7.41d
+ Details
June 9, 2026 - 17:00 CSTQualifierTI2026 CN OQ1TI2026 CN OQ1
Lone Druid
Techies
Treant Protector
Lina
Enigma
1 : 0
Lich
Marci
Necrophos
Grimstroke
Sniper
7.41d
+ Details
June 8, 2026 - 11:00 CESTTier 3EPL Season 38 - June 8EPL Season 38 - June 8EPL Season 38 - June 8
Lone Druid
Windranger
Bane
Zeus
Undying
0 : 1
Shadow Fiend
Tusk
Pangolier
Techies
Ember Spirit
7.41c
+ Details

Recent Changes

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Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.41d
(2026-06-04)
7.41c
(2026-05-06)
  • Summon Spirit Bear
    • Increased mana cost from 75 to 100.
    • Spirit Bear
      • Gold/Experience Bounty increased from 175 + 8 per Spirit Bear level up to 165 + 10 per Spirit Bear level
  • Spirit Link
    • Now follows the global Utilizes Lifesteal. Affected by Health Restore sources. lifesteal mechanic.
      • Reduced creep lifesteal factor from 1 to 0.6.
  • Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
    • Savage Roar
      • Reduced movement speed bonus from 15% to 10%.
      • Reduced buff duration from 5 to 4.
7.41
(2026-03-24)

Dota Plus Progress

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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.

Lone Druid's Relics Voice Lines

Healing From Spirit Link

Three Hero Savage Roars

Damage During True Form

Bear Tower Kills Outside Range

Roots With Creeps

Teleports Leading To Kills

Roots Leading To Kills

Neutral Camps Stacked

Triple Kills

Mega Kill Streaks

Barracks Destroyed

Towers Destroyed

Kill Assists

Kills
Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master

Grandmaster
  • ▶️ This burden may be more than I can bear. Heh.

Equipment

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Trivia

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  • In DotA, Lone Druid's full name was "Syllabear", a pun on the name of "Syl-lab-le", one of the developers who worked with Guinsoo.
    • Lone Druid was his last creation before retiring.[1] It has now been shortened to "Sylla".
  • Lone Druid's design, including sickle and cauldrons, is based on depictions of Celtic druids.
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  • Splash artwork
    Splash artwork
  • Concept art
    Concept art
  • Lone Druid's ability icon progress [?]
    Lone Druid's ability icon progress [?]
  • Spirit Bear's ability icon progress
    Spirit Bear's ability icon progress
  • Hero icon progress
    Hero icon progress
  • Spirit Bear unit icon progress [?]
    Spirit Bear unit icon progress [?]
  • Bone Harvest sprite - alive
    Bone Harvest sprite - alive
  • Bone Harvest sprite - dead
    Bone Harvest sprite - dead

References

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  1. ↑ Thread on Playdota.com about origins of hero names or titles
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