Rubick
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Rubick
21 + 2
23 + 2.5
24 + 3.7
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +44HP and +0.2HP regeneration | |
| +0.42 armor and 2.5 attack speed | |
| +44.4MP and +0.185MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +3.7 Main Attack Damage | |
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1125 Projectile Speed
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100 (123)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.4 + 0.77
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0.7
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2012-06-20
Released | ||
2011-04-27
(6.72) | ||
Competitive Span
2012-07-05 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.39) and is mostly accurate. |
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| Steals the spells of his enemies to use against them. | |
|---|---|
| A renowned duelist among sorcerers, Rubick ascended to the title of Grand Magus through the careful elimination of his rivals. Accustomed to assassins, Rubick reacts by lifting attackers off the ground with his mind using Telekinesis to fling them where he will. Arcane Supremacy amplifies his every spell, while enemy arms falter being struck with Fade Bolt. No magic is beyond the reach of the Grand Magus. Rubick replicates enemy specialties and their most unique advantage against them, Stealing and deciphering their secrets, while improving and making it his own, before turning them back towards their owners. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Arachnophobic, Cape, Green Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Frugal Filch
Reduces the Acquired Spell's mana cost.
Arcane Accumulation
Arcane Supremacy grants a flat area-of-effect stack bonus per ability cast.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Increases cast range and the number of acquirable abilities.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Enables casting Telekinesis on allied units, with applying all ability effects centered around the targeted ally.
Upon an allied unit cast, increases the Telekinesis throw range and reduces the landing delay.
Talents[edit]
| +40% Stolen Spells Spell Damage Amp | 25 | +400 Telekinesis Land Distance |
|---|---|---|
| -5s Telekinesis Cooldown | 20 | -5s Fade Bolt Cooldown |
| +0.5s Telekinesis Lift/Stun Duration | 15 | -25% Stolen Spells Cooldown |
| +0.25% Might and Magus Ability Values | 10 | +150 Telekinesis Land Damage |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Bio[edit]
No sorcery lies beyond my grasp.▶️Rubick, the Grand Magus
Lore:
Any mage can cast a spell or two, and a few may even study long enough to become a wizard, but only the most talented are allowed to be recognized as a Magus. Yet as with any sorcerer's circle, a sense of community has never guaranteed competitive courtesy.
Already a renowned duelist and scholar of the grander world of sorcery, it had never occurred to Rubick that he might perhaps be Magus material until he was in the midst of his seventh assassination attempt. As he casually tossed the twelfth of a string of would-be killers from a high balcony, it dawned on him how utterly unimaginative the attempts on his life had become. Where once the interruption of a fingersnap or firehand might have put a cheerful spring in his step, it had all become so very predictable. He craved greater competition. Therefore, donning his combat mask, he did what any wizard seeking to ascend the ranks would do: he announced his intention to kill a Magus.
Rubick quickly discovered that to threaten one Magus is to threaten them all, and they fell upon him in force. Each antagonist's spell was an unstoppable torrent of energy, and every attack a calculated killing blow. But very soon something occurred that Rubick's foes found unexpected: their arts appeared to turn against them. Inside the magic maelstrom, Rubick chuckled, subtly reading and replicating the powers of one in order to cast it against another, sowing chaos among those who had allied against him. Accusations of betrayal began to fly, and soon the sorcerers turned one upon another without suspecting who was behind their undoing.
When the battle finally drew to a close, all were singed and frozen, soaked and cut and pierced. More than one lay dead by an ally's craft. Rubick stood apart, sore but delighted in the week's festivities. None had the strength to argue when he presented his petition of assumption to the Hidden Council, and the Insubstantial Eleven agreed as one to grant him the title of Grand Magus.
Already a renowned duelist and scholar of the grander world of sorcery, it had never occurred to Rubick that he might perhaps be Magus material until he was in the midst of his seventh assassination attempt. As he casually tossed the twelfth of a string of would-be killers from a high balcony, it dawned on him how utterly unimaginative the attempts on his life had become. Where once the interruption of a fingersnap or firehand might have put a cheerful spring in his step, it had all become so very predictable. He craved greater competition. Therefore, donning his combat mask, he did what any wizard seeking to ascend the ranks would do: he announced his intention to kill a Magus.
Rubick quickly discovered that to threaten one Magus is to threaten them all, and they fell upon him in force. Each antagonist's spell was an unstoppable torrent of energy, and every attack a calculated killing blow. But very soon something occurred that Rubick's foes found unexpected: their arts appeared to turn against them. Inside the magic maelstrom, Rubick chuckled, subtly reading and replicating the powers of one in order to cast it against another, sowing chaos among those who had allied against him. Accusations of betrayal began to fly, and soon the sorcerers turned one upon another without suspecting who was behind their undoing.
When the battle finally drew to a close, all were singed and frozen, soaked and cut and pierced. More than one lay dead by an ally's craft. Rubick stood apart, sore but delighted in the week's festivities. None had the strength to argue when he presented his petition of assumption to the Hidden Council, and the Insubstantial Eleven agreed as one to grant him the title of Grand Magus.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Might and Magus[edit]
Might and Magus 
Passive
Affects
Self
Craftily converts bonus outgoing spell amplification on himself to both bonus attack damage and bonus magic resistance.
Spell Amp to Attack Damage Bonus: 0.75% (
1%)
Spell Amp to Magic Resist Bonus: 0.75% ( 1%)
- Grants the following bonus per percentage-based
outgoing
spell damage amplification sourced to Rubick:
- Flat
bonus attack damage based on Rubick's current
main attack damage, values are periodically checked and the bonus values are updated immediately.
- Flat
magic resistance bonus.
- Stacks multiplicatively with other magic resistance sources.
- Flat
Hidden Modifier
- Arcane Supremacy grants the following bonuses per ability level:
- Has 33.25%/37%/40.75%/44.5%
- Might and Magus increases the total
intelligence points.
- Has 33.25%/37%/40.75%/44.5%
- LEVEL 1LEVEL 2LEVEL 3LEVEL 4
()
8.25%
(11%)12%
(16%)15.75%
(21%)19.5%
(26%)
(8.25%
(26%)12%
(26%)15.75%
(26%)19.5%
(26%)
Hero Model[edit]
Hero Model 
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Rubick's hero model has the following hidden 
innate abilities.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Most ability's bonus effects apply on Rubick upon cast.
However, his hero model innately does not turns into a flying unit for certain abilities.
However, his hero model innately does not turns into a flying unit for certain abilities.
Telekinesis cannot be offensively cast on Rubick.
Spell Steal cannot be offensively cast on Rubick.
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
- Rubick is
- Telekinesis
- Spell Steal
- The aforementioned abilities cannot be offensively cast on Rubick. However,
Spell Reflection sources can reflect it onto him.
- Spell Steal cannot offensively acquire the following abilities:
- Bonus
flying movement sources only apply to its original ability caster and not Rubick. This affects the following abilities:
Abilities[edit]
Telekinesis[edit]
Unit
Affects
Enemy Units / Allied Units
Utilizes his telekinetic powers to lift the enemy unit into the air briefly, then hurls them back at the ground.
The affected unit lands on the ground with such force that it stuns other enemy units within the radius.
The affected unit lands on the ground with such force that it stuns other enemy units within the radius.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0.97
Cast Range: 
550/575/600/625
Stun Radius: 
300/325/350/375
Lift Duration: 0.95/1.2/1.45/1.7 (
1.45/1.7/1.95/2.2)
Landing Time: 0.3
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Enables casting Telekinesis on allied units, with applying all ability effects centered around the targeted ally.
Enables casting Telekinesis on allied units, with applying all ability effects centered around the targeted ally.
23/20/17/14 (
18/15/12/9)
110
This ability levels up with Telekinesis Land.
Even the Grandest Magus may use his powers for enjoyment.
- The lift duration includes the landing time.
- Applies the following ability effects on the affected unit:
- A non-disabling
upward movement.
- Other units may pass below the affected unit.
- The
telekinesismodifier as abuff or
debuff correspondingly to the affected unit's faction.
- The
stun
- Hence, the
strong dispel sources on an ally-cast, but not the
- Hence, the
- A non-disabling
- When interrupted, Telekinesis Land prematurely applies all landing effects at the affected unit's current location.
- Does nothing when Telekinesis is cast on units affected by the following abilities:
- Enables Telekinesis casting on allied units.
- Disable Help on Rubick prevents Telekinesis from affecting the allied hero.
Doubletap casts the ability on Rubick.
- Affects the following units:
- Allied
Couriers.
- Allied
The forced movement applied no longer affects the debuff immune enemy unit.
- Cannot be cast while being affected by the following sources:
Leash sources.
Root sources.
This restriction is removed upon acquiring the
Unacquirable.
Telekinesis: Held in the air.
Telekinesis: Held in the air.
Telekinesis: Stunned.
- Has the following total cast range per Arcane Supremacy ability level:
- LEVEL 1LEVEL 2LEVEL 3LEVEL 4LEVEL 1
610 670 730 790 LEVEL 2635 695 755 815 LEVEL 3660 720 780 840 LEVEL 4685 745 805 865
Telekinesis Land[edit]
Q
Z
Telekinesis LandChooses the location the target will land when Telekinesis finishes.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 1.07
Max Throw Distance: 375 (
775)
Landing Time: 0.3
Stun Radius: 300/325/350/375
Stun Duration: 0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5 ( 1.4/1.6/1.8/2)
Landing Damage: (
150)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Upon an allied unit cast, increases the Telekinesis throw range and reduces the landing delay.
Upon an allied unit cast, increases the Telekinesis throw range and reduces the landing delay.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
Ally Max Throw Distance: ( 506.25) ( 1046.25)
Throw Delay: ( 0.5)
0
- Replaces Telekinesis upon cast on a unit, and stays until the lifted unit lands.
- Rubick is unable to level Telekinesis up while this
sub-ability is active.
- Rubick is unable to level Telekinesis up while this
- When cast on enemy units, the
- Does not prematurely end the lift.
- Telekinesis Land utilizes the
- EXPR
PointDistance < MaxDistanceTelekinesis Land moves the affected unit toward the point-targeted distance. - Other than that, when cast more than max distance, the
- At the last 0.3 seconds of Telekinesis, the affected unit is moved toward the point-targeted location.
- Hence, the
- Hence, the
- When lifting an enemy unit, the
- The point-targeted location is marked with green ability particles visible ally-only.
- When cast on allied units, the
- Rubick can no longer
shift-queue this sub-ability upon an ally-cast.
- Rubick can no longer
- The
- Reduces the remaining lift duration to 0.5 seconds.
- The sub-ability turns inactive upon cast.
- Rubick can cast the
- Cannot cast the sub-ability while being affected by the following sources:
- While
cannot act.
- Upon
death.
- Hex sources.
Silence sources.
- While
- Only the primary target gets moved to the targeted location, the secondary target is not moved.
Telekinesis: Stunned.
- Has the following landing speed:
- Base
- shd
- When lifting an enemy unit, casting the
teleports the affected enemy to the last targeted location upon landing.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The landing
magical
- The landing
- Both the
Fade Bolt[edit]
A powerful stream of arcane energy that travels between enemy units, dealing damage and reducing their attack damage.
Each bolt bounce instance deal lesser damage.
Each bolt bounce instance deal lesser damage.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0.93
Cast Range: 800
Bounce Radius: 440
Number of Bounces: 
Base Damage: 100/175/250/325
Bounce Damage Factor: 0.94
Attack Damage Reduction: 5%/15%/25%/35%
Debuff Duration: 10
16/14/12/10 (
11/9/7/5)
110/125/140/155
Rubick's favorite spell for dispatching would-be assassins is a rather simple conjuration.
- The ability has the following properties:
- Bounces in 0.25-intervals.
- Searches for any random valid units, centered around the affected enemy unit, within the bounce search radius.
- The
- Does not bounce on the following units:
Fogged units.
Invisible units.
- Applies a flat
-
Spell Block procs on the primary target nullifies the ability.
- Unacquirable.
Hidden modifier
Fade Bolt: Attack Damage reduced by x%.
- Fade Bolt will take 75/84/90/94 bounces (before reductions) to reach 1
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
- The
- The
Arcane Supremacy[edit]
E
N
Arcane SupremacyPassive
Affects
Self
Rubick's mastery of the arcane allows him to have a larger cast range and increased potency.
Cast Range Bonus: 60/120/180/240
Spell Damage Amp: 11%/16%/21%/26%
Not every magus can be a Grand Magus...
Arcane Accumulation
Arcane Supremacy grants a flat area-of-effect stack bonus per ability cast.
Area-of-Effect Bonus: 25
Duration: 20
Duration: 20
- Applies generic
- Stacks additively with other sources of generic outgoing damage manipulation.
- Does not affect
HP removal sources.
- The
Arcane Accumulation
- Stack multiplicatively with other percentage-based area-of-effect sources, after additively with other flat bonus sources.
- The
Hidden modifier
Spell Steal[edit]
Unit
Affects
Enemy Heroes / Self
Rubick studies the trace magical essence of the affected enemy hero, learning the secrets of the last ability that it casts.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0.93
Max Stolen Spells: 1 (
2)
Steal Duration: 180/240/300
The acquired ability is more potent when evoked by the Grand Magus.
Debuff Duration Factor: 1.1/1.2/1.3
Cooldown Reduction Bonus: (
25%)
Spell Damage Amp: (
40%)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Increases cast range and the number of acquirable abilities.
Increases cast range and the number of acquirable abilities.
20/12/4
25
...but even their lesser magics can be a source of much utility.
Frugal Filch
Reduces the Acquired Spell's mana cost.
Mana Cost Factor: 0.5/0.35/0.2
- Upon cast, the acquired ability travels to Rubick at 1500-
projectile speed.
- Spell Steal grants Rubick the new ability, and loses the previously acquired ability.
- If an ability cannot be acquired, Spell Steal will acquire the last used valid ability.
- Spell Steal has the following ability interactions:
Ability Type
Condition
Acquirable
Item
Passive
with Active
- For the following ability types:
- Acquires passive abilities with active components, including
ability upgrades that adds an active component to a passive ability.
- Linked ability are acquired as an independent ability, except Attribute Shift.
- Acquires passive abilities with active components, including
- The following abilities specifically cannot be acquired:
- The acquired abilities' level corresponds to the affected enemy's. The ability level only updates when reacquiring the ability.
- Reacquring an already acquired ability refreshed the
- Rubick has to have the corresponding
- Reacquring an already acquired ability refreshed the
- The acquired abiliies have the following properties:
- The
- Stacks multiplicatively with other
status resistance sources.
- Stacks multiplicatively with other
-
cooldown reduction.
- Stacks multiplicatively with other percentage-based cooldown reduction sources.
- Stacks additively with other generic outgoing damage manipulation sources.
-
Frugal Filch
facet applies a
mana cost reduction.
- The
- Has a cast range of 1060/1120/1180/1240 (
- Only acquire abilities from the primary target.
- Unavailable.
Spell Steal: Has stolen a spell.
- The ability does not acquire abilities from
illusions despite being able to cast on the following sources:
- The Decoy illusion.
- When cast on the aforementioned illusions above, goes on a
cooldown and consumes
mana.
Stolen Spell 1[edit]
D
D
Stolen Spell 1Passive
Affects
Self
The acquired ability of Spell Steal will take this slot.
Set Cast Point: 0.15
Ability Slot Cast Animation Time: 1.37
The cooldowns and charges of all acquired abilities upon swapping out are saved in another hidden ability slot.
Neither reacquiring the same ability nor cooldown reset sources affects all previously acquired ability's cooldown or charges.
Neither reacquiring the same ability nor cooldown reset sources affects all previously acquired ability's cooldown or charges.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Grants the corresponding abilites acquired its ability upgrades.
Grants the corresponding abilites acquired its ability upgrades.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Grants the corresponding abilites acquired its ability upgrades.
Grants the corresponding abilites acquired its ability upgrades.
This ability levels up with Spell Steal.
- All Stolen Spell 2 ability interaction notes apply.
- The acquired ability's cast animation have two main ability formulas:
- For cast point:
- EXPR
CastPoint = 0.15 , if StolenSpell CastPoint ⩾ 0.15 - EXPR
CastPoint will remain the same value, if StolenSpell CastPoint < 0.15 - Neither affects 0-cast point or
- For cast point:
- This ability is in the fourth ability slot.
- Does not apply to the following abilities with the
DOTA_ABILITY_BEHAVIOR_NORMAL_WHEN_STOLENtag:
- Abilities granted by
- All
transformation abilities' notes apply. More information can be found here.
- In short, Metamorphosis-based abilities takes precedence over all transformation sources.
- All acquired abilities are lost upon
- New stolen abilities are always placed in the fourth ability slot.
- If there is already an ability in the this slot, it will be moved to Stolen Spell 2.
- The following notes apply for other mechanics upon losing the acquired ability, unless explicitly stated:
- Losing the
channeling ability usually ends the channel time prematurely.
- With
summons and dominated units, the following notes apply:
- Does not
instant kill units with a limited time duration upon losing the ability.
- Does not
- Losing the
- Since Spell Steal can only be cast on heroes, non-hero abilities from
neutral creeps cannot be directly acquired, except under the following conditions:
- Doom casts the acquired ability from Devour.
- The acquired neutral abilities' cast animation is defined as:
- EXPR
CastPoint = OriginalCastPoint - EXPR
CastBackswing = 1.37 - OriginalCastPoint - EXPR
CastBackswing = 0 , if OriginalCastPoint ≥ 1.37
Stolen Spell 2[edit]
D
D
Stolen Spell 2Passive
Affects
Self
The acquired sub-abilities of Spell Steal will take this slot, unless explicitly stated.
Set Cast Point: 0.15
Ability Slot Cast Animation Time: 1.37
The cooldowns and charges of all acquired abilities upon swapping out are saved in another hidden ability slot.
Neither reacquiring the same ability nor cooldown reset sources affects all previously acquired ability's cooldown or charges.
Neither reacquiring the same ability nor cooldown reset sources affects all previously acquired ability's cooldown or charges.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Newly acquired abilities are always placed in the fourth slot. If there is already an ability there, it will be moved to the fifth slot.
The Grand Magus loses the previous ability in the fifth slot.
Newly acquired abilities are always placed in the fourth slot. If there is already an ability there, it will be moved to the fifth slot.
The Grand Magus loses the previous ability in the fifth slot.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Grants the corresponding abilites acquired its ability upgrades.
Grants the corresponding abilites acquired its ability upgrades.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Grants the corresponding abilites acquired its ability upgrades.
Grants the corresponding abilites acquired its ability upgrades.
This ability levels up with Spell Steal.
Details
- All Stolen Spell 1 ability interaction notes apply.
- This ability is in the fifth ability slot.
- The following
Other Interactions[edit]
Transformation Sources[edit]
Transformation Sources Priorities
Innate
Affects
Self
Multiple transformation sources' bonus and reductions fully stack with each other, with their attack range definitions and notes apply.
Metamorphosis does not grant Rubick bonus attack range.
Transform Priority: 1
Set Base Attack Time: 1.5
Terror Wave grants Rubick bonus attack range and sets the base attack time corresponding to the acquired ability level. Rubick does not lose the buff upon losing the ability.
Transform Priority: 2
Attack Range Bonus: 450/500/550/600
Shapeshift sets the current attack range to a fixed value.
Transform Priority: 3
Set Base Attack Range: 
200/300/400
Chemical Rage sets the base attack time corresponding to the acquired ability level.
Transform Priority: 4
Set Base Attack Time: 1.2/1.1/1
Rubick is a melee hero upon Battle Stance toggle on. Reverts to his original attack range type regardless of the toggled state upon losing the ability.
Transform Priority: 5
Set Base Attack Time: 1.4
Attack Range Loss: 350
Details
- Rubick loses the transformation buff upon losing the Stolen Spell unless explictly stated.
- Multiple
Attack range definitions.
- If a transformation source affects
- Rubick visually transforms to smaller version of the original transformation source, and into the form of the last cast transformation source.
- Metamorphosis-based abilities have priority over every other transformation sources. Rubick will stay in the demon form until it expires or he dies, regardless of other transformation abilities.
- Ability particle effects persist and are not overridden.
- Rubick will use the attack
projectile of the last cast transformation source, if the ability expires, then he uses the previous cast one.
- Other
- The following ability interactions are exceptions:
- True Form or Battle Stance together with Flak Cannon or Split Shot causes all the extra projectiles to hit units within range instantly.
- Despite the visual effects, Elder Dragon Form (Splash Attack, Frost Breath), Arctic Burn, Battle Stance and Shapeshift are applied to the main enemy target only.
- Secondary targets from Flak Cannon and Split Shot are not hit by those modifiers.
Ability Animations[edit]
Due to Rubick's nature of using the abilities of other heroes, he has custom animations for all abilities of the following heroes, and for the following individual abilities. All other abilities share 2 generic animations and 1 generic channeling animation.
| Stolen Spell Animations of Other Heroes |
|---|
Custom Ability Animations[edit]
Custom Ability Animations
Axe – Culling Blade
Bane – Brain Sap
Bane – Fiend's Grip
Batrider – Firefly
Beastmaster – Wild Axes
Beastmaster – Primal Roar
Dark Seer – Wall of Replica
Enigma – Black Hole
Juggernaut – Blade Fury
Juggernaut – Omnislash
Lion – Earth Spike
Lion – Mana Drain
Lion – Finger of Death
Mirana – Leap
Night Stalker – Void
Night Stalker – Crippling Fear
Night Stalker – Dark Ascension
Pangolier – Shield Crash
Pangolier – Rolling Thunder
Pudge – Meat Hook
Pudge – Dismember
Pugna – Life Drain
Sand King – Burrowstrike
Spirit Breaker – Charge of Darkness
Spirit Breaker – Nether Strike
Tidehunter – Ravage
Tiny – Tree Grab
Tiny – Tree Throw
Viper – Viper Strike
Windranger – Shackleshot
Windranger – Powershot
Windranger – Windrun
Winter Wyvern – Arctic Burn
Witch Doctor – Death Ward
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Rubick/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 06, 2025 - 20:20 CEST | Tier 3 | CCT S2 Series 2 | 1 : 0 | ||||||
| Jul 06, 2025 - 11:30 MSK | Tier 3 | Russian Championship | 0 : 1 | ||||||
| Jul 05, 2025 - 20:00 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 27 | 1 : 0 | ||||||
| Jul 04, 2025 - 18:00 CEST | Tier 2 | FISSURE Universe 5 | 0 : 1 | ||||||
| Jul 04, 2025 - 16:50 CEST | Tier 3 | CCT S2 Series 2 | 0 : 1 |
The International[edit]
- Rubick has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Reduced Telekinesis cooldown from 24/21/18/15 to 23/20/17/14.
- Spell Steal can no longer acquirable toggle -based abilities that do not have a health cost or mana cost.
- Reduced the following
Talents:
- LVL 10 +12% Fade Bolt attack damage reduction ➜ +0.25% Might and Magus ability bonuses.
- LVL 15 +0.4s Telekinesis lift/stun duration increased to +0.5s.
- LVL 20 -4s Telekinesis cooldown increased to -5s.
- Reduced base attack damage from 27‒33 to 25‒31.
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.
| Rubick's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
Blinks Leading To Kills Channels Canceled Dominating Kill Streaks Dusts Leading To Kills Wards Placed Kill Assists Kills |
Bronze |
|
Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
| |
Master |
| |
Grandmaster |
| |
Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Weapon | |
| Shoulder | |
| Back | |
| Taunt | |
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Trivia[edit]
- In both DotA and Dota 2, Rubick is the son of Aghanim. He also possesses an imitation of Aghanim's Scepter as one of his cosmetic items.
- Upon using Walrus PUNCH!, Rubick launches a projectile of himself, spinning and with head ahead, towards the target.
- The overhead text on targets on hit reasd "Stolen Punch". When the target is Tusk, it reads "Sucker Punch!" instead.
- Rubick is named after Ernő Rubik, the designer and inventor of the "Magic Cube", commonly known as the "Rubik's Cube")
- His response, ▶️ "Now, where's my cube?" is a reference to this as well.
- The comsetics Staff of Perplex, Crux of Perplex, and The Magus Cypher are building into this theme as well.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Rubick uses the model of Medivh, a key character within the Warcraft 3 campaign.
- Fade Bolt is based on the Mountain King's Chain Lightning.
- Due to engine limitations on Warcraft 3, several spells could not be stolen with Spell Steal.
- In Warcraft 3, a transformation spell replaces the caster with an alternate version of the caster. As such, they were not usable by Rubick, as it would require a copy of each ability just for Rubick, since the original abilities cannot switch the hero back to Rubick. Although this would be doable in Warcraft with some effort, another unsolvable issue is the stacking of multiple different transformation spells.
- As a result, Rubick was made unable to steal transformation spells:
- Elder Dragon Form
- Shapeshift
- Metamorphosis
- Flesh Golem
- True Form
- Chemical Rage: Changes in base attack time is only doable via a transformation spell.
- God's Strength: Switching models (blue model to red model) is only doable via a transformation spell.
- Flak Cannon: Changes in attack behavior is only doable via a transformation spell.
- Berserker's Rage: Changes in range type is only doable via a transformation spell.
- Split Shot: Changes in attack behavior is only doable via a transformation spell.
- Spirit Form: Switching models (corporeal model to ethereal model) is only doable via a transformation spell.
- Firefly: Changes in movement type (ground to flying) is only doable via a transformation spell.
- Arctic Burn: Changes in movement type (ground to flying) is only doable via a transformation spell.
- Rubick could also not acquire abilities with permanent changes:
- The following abilities could not be acquired for various other reasons, mainly due to engine errors or other coding conflicts:
- In DotA, Rubick's abilities hotkeys were chosen based on the least-used hotkeys within the game that werent too awkward to use.
- Since hotkeys could not be customized in Warcraft 3, all spells sharing a hotkey with Rubick's own abilities were unstealable:
- Abilities with X as their hotkey:
- Abilities Z as their hotkey:
- There were no other abilities with Q as their hotkey.
- Like in Dota 2, some abilities cannot be stolen because of design reasons, like Invoker's orbs and Invoke, or active attack modifiers.
Gallery[edit]
Splash artwork
Rubick in-game
Concept art
Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead