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Spectre

#44

22 + 2.3

29 + 2.3

16 + 1.7

Grants the following bonuses per level:
	+50.6HP and +0.23HP regeneration
	+0.38 armor and 2.3 attack speed +2.3 Main Attack Damage
	+20.4MP and +0.085MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance

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604 +3.7

267 +0.8

4.83 Armor (779.04 EHP)

26.6% Magic Resist (822.89 EHP)

52 ‒ 56 ▶️ Damage (54 Avg)

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

150 Attack Range (600)

110 (139) Attack Speed (1.8 BAT) Attacks per Second is defined as ΣAS / BAT / 100

0.3 + 0.7 Animation

295 ▶️ Move Speed

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

27 Collision Size

24 Bound Radius

1800 / 800 Vision Range

Ethereal Gib Type

npc_dota_hero_spectre

2011-06-17 Released

2006-02-24 (6.28)

Competitive Span 2011-06-17 — Present

Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.41d) and is mostly accurate.

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Haunts her enemies and teleports to her target.
An eternal being of violent energies, Mercurial, the Spectre is irresistibly drawn to conflict. Throwing out a Spectral Dagger, creating a shadowy trail to her foes in which she may travel unobstructed. Her echo Shadow Steps to a lone enemy, chasing them down. Harm done to Mercurial is partially deflected and Dispersed onto nearby foes that prolongs her endurance. Even in the most Desolate wilderness, travelers are Haunted by visions of Spectre, seeming to prey on their solitude. But these are no mere illusions. It is said that for one in every five haunted, the apparition becomes Reality, and alongside these unfortunate victims the Spectre steps to, bringing with her the destruction and wrath that she eternally craves.
Roles:	Carry Durable Escape
Adjectives	Female, Undead Legs ( 0 )

Bio

Among the Transcendencies, you would be thought ignoble.

▶️  Mercurial, the Spectre

Alias:

Mercurial

Lore:

Just as higher states of energy seek a lower level, the Spectre known as Mercurial is a being of intense and violent energy who finds herself irresistibly drawn to scenes of strife as they unfold in the physical world. While her normal spectral state transcends sensory limitations, each time she takes on a physical manifestation, she is stricken by a loss of self--though not of purpose. In the clash of combat, her identity shatters and reconfigures, and she begins to regain awareness. She grasps that she is Mercurial the Spectre--and that all of her Haunts are but shadows of the one true Spectre. Focus comes in the struggle for survival; her true mind reasserts itself; until in the final moments of victory or defeat, she transcends matter and is restored once more to her eternal form.

Voice:

Gin Hammond (Responses)

Upgrades

Aghanim's

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Reduces cooldown.

Applies a caster-fear centered around the Haunt-based illusion upon exchanging places per Reality cast.

This can happen once per Haunt-based illusion.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

Increases both the current damage reflected and current damage reduction upon cast.

Talents

+4% Dispersion Damage Reflection/Reduction	25	+15% All Spectre Illusions Damage Dealt
+15% Spectral Dagger Move Speed Change	20	+300 Health
+80 Spectral Dagger Damage	15	+1s Shadow Step Duration
+12 Desolate Damage	10	-3s Spectral Dagger Cooldown
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Innate

Desolate

Desolate

▶️

Ability

Passive

Affects

Enemy Units

Damage

Spell / Pure

Spectre's attacks deal bonus damage to lone enemy units that does not have any allied units within a certain radius around them.

Search Radius: 350

Damage: 23 ( 35)

Innate Properties
The higher Spectre's level, the greater the damage bonus.

Damage Increase: 2

Talent Upgrade
Grants all created illusions with this ability outgoing damage bonus.

Damage Dealt: ( 15%)

This ability levels up with Spectre.

Often times, warriors find themselves alone with a vision of Mercurial - the fated question is if it is the true Spectre.

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  • The search radius has the following properties:
    • Does not consider the following units as valid allied units of the enemy:
      • Buildings
      • Couriers
      • Hidden units.
      • Invulnerable units.
      • Neutral creeps.
      • Ward-type units.
    • Considers the following units as valid aliied units of the enemy:
      • Fogged units.
      • Invisible units.
      • Untargetable units.

• 
  • The ability effects are applied as follows upon a successful attack:
    1. The pure spell damage is defined as:
       • EXPR
         SplDmg = 23 + 12 + (2 × SelfLvl)
       • Does not affect the following units:
         • Buildings
         • Ward-type units.
    2. Spectre's attack instance.

• 
  • TALENT NOTES
    Applies a generic outgoing damage amplification on all illusions created with this ability.
    • Stacks additively with other outgoing damage manipulation sources.

Interactions: Break Sources

Does not affect the current Spectre's created illusions.

modifier_spectre_desolate

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_DAMAGEOUTGOING_PERCENTAGE_ILLUSION
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_LANDED

• 
  • Checks if there are allied units of the attacked unit within the search radius.
    • There are currently 3 factions within the game: Radiant, Dire, and Neutral Creeps.
    • Attacking an enemy unit with a neutral unit within the radius, or vice versa, procs the ability effects, because these two units do not belong to the same faction.
    • Hence Spectre may proc all Desolate ability effects on when attacking an allied unit outside the search radius, in certain edge cases.

Desolate Calculations

• Deals the following pure spell damage per level per proc:

Spell Damage Bonus per Lvl
L
	25	35	47 ( 59)	59 ( 71)	71 ( 83)	83 ( 95)

Hero Model

Hero Model

Ability

Passive / Channeling

Affects

Self

Mercurial's hero model has the following hidden innate abilities.

She may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling, excluding passive innate abilities.

Details

Hidden Innate Abilities

Tap on the innate abilities for more details.

Abilities

Spectral Dagger

Q

D

Spectral Dagger

▶️ ▶️

Ability

Point / Unit

Affects

Self / Enemy Units

Damage

Spell / Magical / Pure

Flings a dagger to draw a Shadow Path, dealing damage and slowing the movement speed of all enemy units along the trail.

Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.37

Cast Range:  1800

Effect Radius: 125

Damage: 80/120/160/200 ( 160/200/240/280)

Move Speed Slow: 14%/16%/18%/20% ( 29%/31%/33%/35%)

Speed Linger Duration: 4

Enemy units hit by the dagger also trail a Shadow Path when diverging from the path.

Path Radius: 175

Path Radius Duration: 12

Enemy Diverged Path Duration: 7

Grants Spectre unobstructed movement while on the Spectral Path.

Move Speed Bonus: 14%/16%/18%/20% ( 29%/31%/33%/35%)

Free Path Linger Duration: 1

Speed Linger Duration: 4

22/20/18/16 ( 19/17/15/13)

100/110/120/130

Mercurial's dagger eclipses the physical plane in shadow, a state in which mortals cower, but spectres thrive.

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• All ability components consider clones, illusions, and the Spirit Bear as heroes; other creep-heroes as creeps.
  • Does not affect the following units:
    • Couriers

• 
  • The projectile has 2.25-second travel time to max distance.
  • Has the following targeting functionalities:
    • 
      • When unit-targeted, the projectile homes in on the unit-targeted enemy hero, creating the Shadow Path until the projectile reaches the target.
      • Targeting units other than enemy heroes causes the ability to function as a point-targeted cast.
    • 
      • When point-targeted, the projectile does not home in on any enemy unit, and travels and creates the Shadow Path in a straight line. The travel distance is defined as:
        • EXPR
          TravelDistance = AbilityCastRange

• The Shadow Path created has the following properties:
  • The 12-second duration path duration begins upon the path segment's creation, not upon the ability cast.
  • Spectral Daggers of different sources work independently of each other.
  • 
    • Each segment grants a non-lingering 200-radius flying vision centered on the path radius.
  • 
    • Applies two debuffs on all affected enemy units within 125-radius of the traveling dagger as follows:
      • spectre_spectral_dagger_in_path
        • The magical spell damage.
        • 
          • Dispelling the debuff stops enemy heroes from creating and/or extending the path, but does not remove the already-created path.
      • spectre_spectral_dagger
        • The Path Creator debuff has the following properties:
          • Grants shared vision over affected enemy heroes.
          • Causes the debuff-affected enemy heroes to create additional Shadow Paths as they diverge.
  • 
    • Each Shadow Path segment creates an aura and applies the following ability effects in 0.25-second intervals within its radius, starting immediately upon path creation:
      • spectre_spectral_dagger_in_path +
        • Leveling up the ability immediately updates both the bonus and offensive movement speed values.
          • 
            • Dispelling the debuff does not reapply the movement speed slow immediately.
            • Reapplies the debuff component when the affected enemy is affected by the aura component again.
        • The movement speed component applied has a 4-second linger duration upon leaving the path.
        • Reapplying the modifier of the same source refreshes its duration.
          • However, an offensive Spectral Dagger cast does not apply the movement speed slow debuff on Spectre while the buff is still active.
      • spectre_spectral_dagger_path_phased
        • Grants flying movement with a 1-second linger duration upon leaving the path.

Interactions: Debuff Immunity

The shared vision component affects debuff immune units.

Interactions: Spell Block

Does not proc Spell Block sources when point-targeted.

Interactions: Spell Redirection

Has to be unit-targeted to proc the offensive Spell Duplication component.

Interactions: Spell Redirection

Has to be unit-targeted to proc the Spell Redirection component.

Interactions: Phylactery Interactions

Procs Empower Spell regardless of its ability targeting type.

Interactions: Morph

All ability effects are nullified upon losing the ability.

Interactions: Spell Steal

All ability effects are nullified upon losing the acquired ability.

modifier_spectre_spectral_dagger_path

Hidden Modifier

modifier_spectre_spectral_dagger_in_path

Spectral Dagger Path: Modifying movement speed by x%.

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE

modifier_spectre_spectral_dagger_path_phased

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_STATE_FLYING_FOR_PATHING_PURPOSES_ONLY
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERS

modifier_spectre_spectral_dagger

Dagger Path Creator: Hit by dagger, creating shadow path

MODIFIER_STATE_PROVIDES_VISION

modifier_spectre_spectral_dagger_in_path

Spectral Dagger Path: Modifying movement speed by x%.

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE

• 
  • Has 800- projectile speed.

• spectre_spectral_dagger
  • The number of debuff reapplication attempts, or Spell Block source procs, is affected by the following conditions:
    • When Spectre, the primary target and the secondary target are in a straight line, the debuff will be reapplied 11 and 10 times on the secondary target with a 24- bound radius and an 8-bound radius respectively.
    • The debuff will be reapplied 8 times when the secondary target touches, but does not intersect with, the Spectral Dagger path.

Shadow Step

W

L

Shadow Step

▶️ ▶️

Ability

Unit

Affects

Enemy Heroes

Damage

Instant Kill

Send an uncontrollable Shadow Step-illusion that homes into the unit-targeted enemy hero.

The illusion has unobstructed movement and an increased movement speed.

Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.5

Cast Range:  1000

Number of Illusions: 1

Set Move Speed: 900

First Illusion Duration: 7/8/9/10 ( 9/10/11/12)

The Shadow Step-illusion refreshes its duration upon reaching the target.

The illusion has deals a portion of Spectre's damage and receives additional incoming damage.

Number of Illusions: 1

Damage Dealt: 35%/40%/45%/50%

Damage Taken: 175%

Second Illusion Duration: 3.5/4/4.5/5 ( 4.5/5/5.5/6)

The chosen Shadow Step-based or Haunt-based illusion is instantly killed once it exchanges place with Spectre.

24/21/18/15

60/65/70/75

With great focus of will, Mercurial can sometimes limit the extent of her division.

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Illusion Texture Type

The created illusion texture is distinguishable ally-only.

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  • All ability components considers clones and illusion as heroes, creep-heroes as creeps.
  • The Shadow Step-based illusion has the following properties:
    • Can be selected, but uncontrollable.
    • Has unobstructed movement.
    • Not affected by vision increasing sources.
    • 
      • The created illusions attempt to attack their corresponding targets, and attack their targets when they have vision over them.
      • If their corresponding targets cannot be attacked, they home in to the targets close enough until they can be attacked again, including when the targets are affected by the following sources:
        • Moves into the Fog of War.
        • Hidden
        • Invisibility
        • Invulnerability
    • The illusion bounty is defined as:
      • EXPR
        2 × IllusionLVL

• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. 
     • The first created illusion has the following properties:
       • Appears 58-distance in front of Spectre upon cast, and homes to the unit-targeted enemy in 900-speed.
       • The first illusion duration is defined as:
         • EXPR
           AbilityDuration × 2
  2. 
     • The second illusion duration refreshes the first illusion duration upon a successful attack on the unit-targeted enemy from the Shadow Step-based illusion.

modifier_spectre_shadow_step_illusion

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISION
MODIFIER_STATE_FLYING_FOR_PATHING_PURPOSES_ONLY
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BASE_OVERRIDE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_MAX_OVERRIDE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERS

modifier_illusion

Illusion

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_DAMAGEOUTGOING_PERCENTAGE_ILLUSION
MODIIFER_FIXED_DAY_VISION
MODIIFER_FIXED_NIGHT_VISION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_IS_ILLUSION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ILLUSION_LABEL
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH
MODIFIER_LIFETIME_FRACTION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_INCOMING_DAMAGE_ILLUSION

• 
  • Hence, the Shadow Step-based illusion has a max 10.5/12/13.5/15 ( 13.5/15/16.5/18)-second duration.

• For other units utilizing this ability, the Shadow Step-based illusion spawn distance has the following values correspondingly its collision size:

			Distance
	18	18 27	58-distance
	27	18 27	58-distance
	<		87-distance

Dispersion

E

I

Dispersion

Ability

Passive / No

Affects

Self / Enemy Units

Damage

Source / HP Removal / Reflected

Damage done to Spectre is reflected as the same damage-type on enemy units within the radius.

The effect lessens with distance.

Min Radius: 350

Max Radius: 700

Damage Reflected: 9%/12%/15%/18% ( 13%/16%/19%/22%)

Damage Reduction: 9%/12%/15%/18% ( 13%/16%/19%/22%)

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Increases both the current damage reflected and current damage reduction upon cast.

Cast Animation: 0 + 0

Damage Reflected Factor: ( 1.5)

Damage Reduction Factor: ( 1.5)

Duration: ( 5)

( 25)

( 50)

A daunting task lies before enemies of Mercurial - killing a shadow with blade and magic.

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• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. 
     • Reflects all incoming damage (before reductions), with the reflected damage value (RDmg) defined as:
       • EXPR
         RDmg = IncomingDmg × 1.5 × 9%/12%/15%/18% OR 13%/16%/19%/22%
         • Damage taken by Spectre can only be affected by other offensive incoming damage manipulation sources applied on Spectre.
         • Hence the ability fully reflects overkill damage dealt to Spectre.
     • 
       • Does not reflect HP Removal sources.
  2. Applies RDmg to all enemy units within radius with the following properties:
     • The reflected damage is applied as the same damage type applied to Spectre from the damage source.
     • Has the HP Removal flag, and does not proc on-damage effects.
     • 
       • The closer the proximity to Spectre, the greater the RDmg applied to the enemy units.
         • Increases by 2.57%/3.43%/4.29%/5.14% ( 3.71%/4.57%/5.43%/6.29%) per 100-distance toward the min radius.
  3. 
     • Spectre receives the damage with a generic incoming damage reduction applied.
       • Hence, if both Spectre and an enemy would die to the damage simultaneously, the enemy is always killed first.
     • The generic incoming damage has the following properties, and is defined as:
       • EXPR
         DamageReceived = IncomingDmg × 1.5 × (9%/12%/15%/18% + 4%)
         • Affects all damage types.
         • Stacks additively with other generic incoming damage sources.
     • Does not reduce damage of HP Removal sources.

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• SHARD NOTES
  Adds an active component to Dispersion that increases the damage reduction and damage reflection values upon cast.
  • 
    • Interrupts Spectre's channeling abilities upon cast.
    • Since break sources fully disables the ability, the active ability becomes non-functional and does nothing upon cast.

Interactions: Spell Steal

Unacquirable.

modifier_spectre_dispersion

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_INCOMING_DAMAGE_PERCENTAGE

• 
  • Increases Spectre's survivability by 9.9%/13.6%/17.6%/22% OR 14.9%/19%/23.5%/28.2% × 1.5.

Haunt

F

E

Haunt

▶️ ▶️

Ability

No

Affects

Enemy Heroes

Creates a number of Haunt-based illusions to attack each enemy hero.

At any moment during the duration, Spectre may exchanges place with the haunted image in reality.

Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.5

Effect Radius: Global

The illusion deals a portion of Spectre's damage and receives additional incoming damage.

The illusion is uncontrollable, has unobstructed movement

Number of Illusions per Hero: 1

Damage Dealt: 30%/50%/70%

Damage Taken: 200%

Duration: 6

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Reduces cooldown.

160/150/140 ( 140/130/120)

125/175/225

At the height of combat, Mercurial's physical manifestation shatters, and the shadowy pieces haunt those who still cling to life.

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Illusion Texture Type

The created illusion texture is distinguishable ally-only.

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  • Creates Haunt-based illusions of the caster's on all enemy heroes' current coordinates.
    • Considers clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes, illusions and other creep-heroes as creeps.
  • Affects the following enemy heroes:
    • Hidden units.
    • Invisible units.
    • Invulnerable units.

Interactions: Spell Steal

Grants the Reality sub-ability upon acquiring ability.

modifier_spectre_haunt

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_STATE_FLYING_FOR_PATHING_PURPOSES_ONLY
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISION

modifier_illusion

Illusion

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_DAMAGEOUTGOING_PERCENTAGE_ILLUSION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_IS_ILLUSION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ILLUSION_LABEL
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH
MODIFIER_LIFETIME_FRACTION
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_INCOMING_DAMAGE_ILLUSION

• COSMETIC
  Has a 0.85- cast backswing with the Phantom Advent equipped.

Reality

D

R

Reality

▶️

Ability

Point / Unit

Affects

Self / Illusions

Damage

Spell / Magical / Pure / Instant Kill

Exchanges place with a chosen Shadow Step-based or Haunt-based illusion after an effect delay.

Cast Animation: 0 + 0.7

Cast Range: Global

Max Travel Speed: 1500

Min Travel Delay: 0.2

The chosen Shadow Step-based or Haunt-based illusion is instantly killed once it exchanges place with Spectre.

Current Health as Damage: 100%

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Applies a caster-fear centered around the Haunt-based illusion upon exchanging places per Reality cast.

This can happen once per Haunt-based illusion.

Fear Radius: ( 400)

Move Speed Slow: ( 50%)

Debuff Duration: ( 2)

1.5

25

The scattered shadows unite into the one true Spectre.

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  • This sub-ability is unlocked in the      fourth ability slot upon learning either Shadow Step or Haunt, and always stays active.
  • Cannot cast on untargetable illusions.

• Has the following targeting functionalities:
  • 
    • When unit-targeted, Spectre exchanges place with the unit-targeted illusion.
  • 
    • When ground-targeted, Spectre exchanges place with the nearest ground-targeted illusion.

• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. Invulnerability
  2. Teleports Spectre to the targeted illusion upon cast.
     • Does not disjoint incoming projectiles.
     • Does not proc on-cast effects.
     • Has the following travel speeds, whichever is faster:
       1. at 1500-speed.
       2. in 0.2 seconds.
     • Hence, Spectre travels even faster when the distance between her and the unit-targeted illusion are ≥ 300-distance.
  3. Instant kills the Shadow Step-based or Haunt-based illusion.
  4. SCEPTER NOTES
     Applies spectre_haunt_fear to all affected enemy units within the radius centered around Spectre:
     • Cannot act
     • Caster-fear
     • Disarm
     • Muted
     • Silence
     • Affects the following units:
       • Fogged units.
       • Invisible units.
     • Does not affect the following units:
       • Hidden units.
       • Invulnerable units.

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• SCEPTER NOTES
  Can be cast multiple times until Haunt ends or all Shadow Step-based illusions are killed.

modifier_spectre_haunt_fear

Haunted: Running in fear!

MODIFIER_STATE_DISARMED
MODIFIER_STATE_SILENCED
MODIFIER_STATE_MUTED
MODIFIER_STATE_COMMAND_RESTRICTED
MODIFIER_STATE_FEARED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE

• For other units utilizing this ability, the Haunt-based illusion spawn distance has the following values correspondingly its collision size:

			Distance
	18	18 27	58-distance
	27	18 27	58-distance
	<		87-distance

Recent Matches

Main Article: Spectre/Matches

Date	Tier		Tournament	Picks		Score			vs. Picks	Patch
June 4, 2026 - 21:05 MSK	Tier 4		LOST S2 Div 1 - Group Stage - Week 2				0 : 1			7.41c	+ Details
June 1, 2026 - 12:00 EEST	Qualifier		EWC 2026 EEU CQ				1 : 0			7.41	Details
May 29, 2026 - 12:05 EDT	Qualifier		EWC 2026 NA OQ1				1 : 0			7.41c	+ Details
May 29, 2026 - 12:35 CEST	Qualifier		EWC 2026 WEU OQ				0 : 1			7.41c	+ Details
May 29, 2026 - 12:30 CEST	Qualifier		EWC 2026 EEU OQ				1 : 0			7.41c	+ Details

Recent Changes

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore

Version

Description

7.41d
(2026-06-04)

• Increased base strength from 21 to 22.
• Reduced agility gain from 2.4 to 2.3.
• Spectral Dagger
  • Increased self movement speed bonus from 10%/14%/18%/22% to 14%/16%/18%/20%.
  • Increased enemy movement speed slow from 10%/14%/18%/22% to 14%/16%/18%/20%.
• Shadow Step
  • Rescaled cast range from 825/950/1075/1200 to 1000 on each level.
  • Rescaled illusion damage take from 200%/185%/170%/155% to 175% on each level.
• Increased Haunt mana cost from 125/150/175 to 125/175/225.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Increased Reality debuff duration from 1.5 to 2.

7.41c
(2026-05-06)

• Increased base agility from 26 to 29.
• Dispersion
  • Rescaled damage reflected from 8%/12%/16%/20% to 9%/12%/15%/18%.
  • Rescaled damage reduction from 8%/12%/16%/20% to 9%/12%/15%/18%.

7.41b
(2026-04-07)

• Reduced strength gain from 2.4 to 2.3.
• Reduced Dispersion max radius from 800 to 700.

• Talents:  

  LVL 20  -4s Spectral Dagger cooldown reduced to -3s.

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.

Spectre's Relics	Voice Lines
Kills during Spectral Dagger Desolate Damage Dispersion Kills Reality leading to Kills Debuffs purged with Manta Style Mana Reduction Physical Damage Blade Mail Damage Radiance Damage Near Death Kills Triple Kills Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills	Bronze	▶️ Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! ▶️ I'll stand by you.
	Silver	▶️ Wrong. ▶️ I do not understand.
	Gold	▶️ What is this? ▶️ A useful skill.
	Platinum	▶️ Can no one understand me?
	Master	▶️ Miserable and ignorant.
	Grandmaster	▶️ What strange properties this world has.

Trivia

• The word "Mercurial" comes from latin and describes a state of rapid and unpredictable change.

• Warcraft 3 similarities:
  • Spectre uses the model of the Avatar of Vengeance, a summon of the Night Elf Warden hero.
    • On release, Spectre's title was Avatar of Vengeance as well. The title was changed 6.33, along with a full hero rework.
    • Spectre's name, Mercurial, is in honour of the artist who created the loading screen that was used from versions 6.28-6.32.
    • In DotA, Spectre uses the voice of the Spirit of Vengeance, which are reversed and heavily filtered voice lines of the Warden.
    • This was the inspiration for Spectre's voice filters in Dota 2, which are heavily filtered, and have a reversed instasnce overlayed.
  • Spectre has a 1/12 chance to spawn in with the name "Qwerty-", as tribute to the professional DotA player, who died on december 5, 2010.

Gallery

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  Spectre with old weapon model
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  Ability icon progress
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  Bone Harvest sprite - alive
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  Bone Harvest sprite - dead
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  Monster Hunter Hero Atlas Illustration