Storm Spirit
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Storm Spirit
21 + 2
22 + 2.6
23 + 3.7
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +44HP and +0.2HP regeneration | |
| +0.43 armor and 2.6 attack speed | |
| +44.4MP and +0.185MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +3.7 Main Attack Damage | |
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1100 Projectile Speed
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115 (137)
(1.6 BAT) | ||
0.5 + 0.3
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0.8
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Electric
Gib Type | ||
2010-11-01
Released | ||
2007-06-10
([[]]) | ||
Competitive Span
2010-11-01 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.38c) and is mostly accurate. |
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| Zips across the map to engage in fights. | |
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| In a final act of desperation, the elementalist Thunderkeg cast a suicidal spell that merged his being with the Storm Celestial. From this fusion, the Storm Spirit was born. Now known by his combined name, Raijin Thunderkeg leaves behind crackling Static Remnant of himself, boastful poses that shock foes as he pulls them into an Electric Vortex. Every ability he casts Overloads him with energy, which he gleefully discharges on the next unfortunate target. Like a jolly weatherman, Raijin forecasts victory with a boisterous laugh. The Storm Spirit flashes across the land in the form of Ball of Lightning, zapping his enemies senseless, and zipping away before any can hope to catch him. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Bearde1, Blue, Spirit, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Shock Collar
Electric Vortex applies a temporary debuff to affected enemies that triggers an Overload Charge if they attack.
Static Slide
Static Remnant images spawn at Storm Spirit's location and move to the target position.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Affects all enemy units within the radius centered around the Storm Spirit.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Upon cast, Overload grants Storm Spirit and allied heroes within the radius Overload charges and bonus attack speed as the ornament appends to its newfound owner.
Talents[edit]
| 450 Distance Auto Remnant in Ball Lightning | 25 | 2x Overload Attack Bounce |
|---|---|---|
| -1.25s Static Remnant Cooldown | 20 | +0.2s Electric Vortex Duration |
| +60 Static Remnant Damage | 15 | +250 Health |
| +1.5 Mana Regen | 10 | +20% Overload Move Speed Slow +20 Overload Attack Speed Slow |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Bio[edit]
Everyone complains about the weather…well, I'm doing something about it!▶️Raijin Thunderkeg, the Storm Spirit
Aliases:
SS, Raijin, Thunderkeg
Lore:
Storm Spirit is literally a force of nature--the wild power of wind and weather, bottled in human form. And a boisterous, jovial, irrepressible form it is! As jolly as a favorite uncle, he injects every scene with crackling energy. But it was not always thus, and there was tragedy in his creation. Generations ago, in the plains beyond the Wailing Mountains, a good people lay starving in drought and famine. A simple elementalist, Thunderkeg by name, used a forbidden spell to summon the spirit of the storm, asking for rain. Enraged at this mortal’s presumption, the Storm Celestial known as Raijin lay waste to the land, scouring it bare with winds and flood. Thunderkeg was no match for the Celestial--at least until he cast a suicidal spell that forged their fates into one: he captured the Celestial in the cage of his own body. Trapped together, Thunderkeg's boundless good humor fused with Raijin's crazed energy, creating the jovial Raijin Thunderkeg, a Celestial who walks the world in physical form.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Galvanized 
Passive
Affects
Self
Storm Spirit gains a charge any time he kills an enemy hero or whenever an enemy hero dies nearby. Gains charges on leveling up Ball Lightning. Loses charges on death. Every time Storm Spirit gains a charge he also permanently gains Mana Regen.
Charges Gained on Kill/Proximity: 1
Enemy Hero Death Proximity Radius: 1200
Charges Lost on Death: 3
Charges Gained on Leveling Up Ball Lightning: 3
Mana Regen Bonus per Charge: 
0.2
Permanent Mana Regen per Gained Charge: 0.1
Details
- The permanent
mana regen bonus is kept even if the charge which gain granted the permanent bonus is eventually lost.
- The one-time charges granted by leveling up Ball Lightning can be lost on death.
Abilities[edit]
Static Remnant[edit]
Creates an explosively charged image of Raijin that gives vision for a period of time. The image detonates and deals damage if an enemy unit comes near it.
Cast Animation: 0 + 1.1
Proc Radius: 
235
Damage Radius: 300
Activation Delay: 0.75
Damage: 100/160/240/280 (
160/220/300/340)
Remnant Duration: 12
Vision Radius: 100
3.5 (
2.25)
70/80/90/100
Raijin Thunderkeg's duality allowed him to admire himself in shocking fashion.
Static Slide
Static Remnant images spawn at Storm Spirit's location and move to the target position.
Remnant Speed: 300
- Static Remnants created are fully visible to the enemy.
- Grants a non-lingering 500-radius
flying vision centered around the remnant until it detonates.
- The Static Remnant has the following activation sequence:
- Activation delay duration based on its source.
- Checks for enemy units 0.1-second intervals within the radius.
- Static Remnant has the following properties:
- When a Static Remnant expires, it still detonates and deals
magical
spell damage around it.
- The damage values corresponds to the ability level upon cast, and it neither updates from leveling up nor from the damage increasing
- Visible on the minimap with the same color as
Radiant or
Dire units, not the color of the player.
- When a Static Remnant expires, it still detonates and deals
- Affects the following enemy units:
Invisible units.
Fogged units.
On hidden entity
Electric Vortex[edit]
Unit / No
Affects
Enemies / Self
Pulls an enemy unit to Raijin's location.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.77
Pull Distance: 180/220/260/300
Link Break Distance: 1200
Duration: 1.1/1.4/1.7/2 (
1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Affects all enemy units within the radius centered around the Storm Spirit.
Affects all enemy units within the radius centered around the Storm Spirit.
Effect Radius: (
475)
20/18/16/14
60/70/80/90
Raijin's thunderous, boisterous energy often draws others into an electrifying situation.
Shock Collar
Electric Vortex applies a temporary debuff to affected enemies that triggers an Overload Charge if they attack.
Debuff Duration: 5
- Applies
forced movement on the affected enemy unit.
- The affected enemy is pulled at 163.64/157.14/152.94/150 (
- If the affected enemy is affected by another x-axis
- The affected enemy is pulled at 163.64/157.14/152.94/150 (
- Recasting the ability on the same target refreshes both the pull duration and pull distance.
- Does not update the pull location.
- The
- Procs Overload upon cast while no enemies are within the radius.
- Does not affect the following units:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
- This ability stops the
debuff immune and resumes immediately once the source expires.
-
Spell Block sources.
-
Spell Reflection sources.
Electric Vortex Pull: Being pulled by Storm Spirit's Vortex
- The link breaks on the affected enemy unit in the following conditions:
- When the unit is no longer in vision.
- When affected by the following sources:
- Upon the unit's
death.
- When the unit exceeds the link break distance.
- The effective area for the link break distance is a half-sphere
and not a flat circle. Hence, the link can be broken with
- The effective area for the link break distance is a half-sphere
Overload[edit]
Overloads itself and creates an electrical charge upon an ability cast, which is released in the next attack. Deals damage and slows within the attacked enemy unit's radius.
Damage Radius: 300
Damage: 25/50/75/100
Move Speed Slow: 80% (
100%)
Attack Speed Slow: 80 ( 100)
Slow Duration: 0.8
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Upon cast, Overload grants Storm Spirit and allied heroes within the radius Overload charges and bonus attack speed as the ornament appends to its newfound owner.
Upon cast, Overload grants Storm Spirit and allied heroes within the radius Overload charges and bonus attack speed as the ornament appends to its newfound owner.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
Radius: (
750)
Max Attack Charges: ( 3)
Attack Speed Bonus: ( 40)
Buff Duration: ( 12)
Overloaded attack bounces to a nearby enemy unit.
Search Radius: 700
Number of Bounces: 2
Bounce Damage Factor: 0.65
( 30)
( 150)
Pow! Zip! Zap!
- Does not proc in the following conditions:
- On active
item abilities.
- On abilities with 0-second
cooldown.
- On abilities that does not proc on-cast effects.
- On active
- Attacks
missed or disjointed neither apply the ability effects nor consumes the Overload
buff.
- Each attack checks for the
overloadbuff upon successfully hitting the enemy unit. - When Raijin gains the buff while an attack
projectile is traveling, the attack procs the Overload buff when it hits.
- Each attack checks for the
- Attacking all unit-types proc the buff, except the following units:
- Adds an active component to Overload.
- Interrupts Raijin's
channeling abilities upon cast.
- Upon cast, Overload grants all ability effects as a
- All ability values are set upon cast, and is sourced to the allied hero themselves.
- Recasting the ability refreshes the
- Attacking
buildings consumes a charge, but does nothing.
- Interrupts Raijin's
- The
clones and
creep-heroes as heroes,
illusions as creeps.
- Does not affect the following allied heroes:
- Raijin's attacks with the Overload
- The bounce
- Does not bounce when the first attack
- The bounce
projectile speed is defined as:
- EXPR
BounceSpeed = HeroCurrentProjectileSpeed
- Cosmetically identical to Raijin's regular attack projectile.
- Does not bounce when the first attack
- The Overload attack bounce deals
physical
- Before reductions-type damage manipulation sources of the target's (e.g.
damage barrier sources.).
- Bonus
conditional attack damage sources that are considered by
critical strike sources.
Damage block sources on the enemy individually upon
- Bulwark, but not Resonant Pulse.
- Has the following damage flags:
- No-spell-lifesteal
- No-spell-amplification
- The flags prevent the
- Before reductions-type damage manipulation sources of the target's (e.g.
- In general, after reductions-type damage manipulation do not affect the bounce
- Disables gaining new charge.
- However, existing charges still grants Raijin the ability effects.
Does not disable attack bounce
-
- When disjointed by a secondary target, the attack projectile is not condsidered as a hit. The attack may immediately bounce again if it is within the search radius.
Hidden modifier
Overload: Gain charges by casting a spell
Overload: Gaining x attack speed and empowering attacks with electrical energy.
Overload Slow: Affected by Storm Spirit's Overload. Move speed slowed by x% and attack speed slowed by x.
- The ability effects are applied as follows on the primary attacked enemy unit:
- Raijin's attack instance.
- The
movement speed slow
debuff.
- The
- The ability effects are applied as follows on secondary units within the radius:
- The
- The
- The
- Does not bounce to the following units:
Ward-type units.
Couriers.
- Bounces to the following units:
Untargetable units.
- Outposts
Ethereal units, but does not apply a damage instance in the combat log.
- Overload attack bounces back to the same units if it already hit all other valid units within the search radius.
- bounces off the following units when attacking them:
Ball Lightning[edit]
Becomes a ball of volatile electricity, charging across the battlefield until he depletes his mana or reaches his target.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Damage Radius: 200
Travel Speed: 1400/1850/2300
Distance Interval: 100
Distance to Damage: 6/10/14
Raijin leaves behind a variety of Static Remnant upon traveling a certain distance.
Distance Counter: (
450)
Number of Remnants: ( 1)
0
25 + 7.5% × MaxMP
The current mana loss per 100-distance traveled is fixed and cannot be affected by mana loss manipulation sources.
The Storm is coming in.
- Grants the following bonuses while traveling:
Doubletap casts the ability on Raijin's current location.
- Grants a non-lingering
- Raijin can
turn, attack and cast all abilities while traveling.
Trees within 100-radius centered around Raijin are destroyed while traveling.
- Recasting the ability while traveling does not consume
mana.
- However, it procs on-cast effects.
- All ability values increase per 100-distance traveled.
- The
- The damage can only affect the same enemy units once per cast.
- Deals damage within the radius centered around Raijin as he travels.
- The damage is defined as:
- EXPR
SpellDmg = 0 + 6/10/14 per 100-distance. - Hence, it deals a 0-damage instance if
TravelDistance < 6/10/14
- The actual
- EXPR
MPLossInterval = DistanceInterval / TravelSpeed - Hence, Raijin loses
(10 + 0.65% × MaxMP)per 0.07/0.05/0.04-second intervals.
- Adds a passive component to Ball Lightning.
- Passively casts Static Remnant of its corresponding level per 450-distance travel.
- Does not accumulate the leftover travel distance from the previous cast.
- Has the following properties upon proc:
- Works independently of Static Remnant's
- Does not proc on-cast effects.
- Works independently of Static Remnant's
-
Ball Lightning: Striking across the map!
- mana to damage math
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Storm Spirit/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2025 - 21:05 CEST | Tier 4 | Reincarnation S5 | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Apr 13, 2025 - 16:40 EDT | Tier 1 | ESL One Raleigh 2025 | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Apr 13, 2025 - 12:00 EDT | Tier 1 | ESL One Raleigh 2025 | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Apr 13, 2025 - 16:15 MSK | Tier 4 | CG Challenger 2 | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Apr 13, 2025 - 14:00 CEST | Tier 3 | EPL Season 25 | 1 : 0 |
The International[edit]
- Storm Spirit has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Reduced intelligence gain from 3.9 to 3.7.
- Electric Vortex
Shock Collar
- The enemy's next offensive attack now is redirected to themselves while proccing Overload of its corresponding level.
Talents:
- LVL 10 +150 attack range bonus when Overloaded ➜ +20 Overload Damage.
- LVL 20 +0.3s Electric Vortex duration decreased from +0.2s.
- LVL 25 500 distance auto- Static Remnant in Ball Lightning reduced to 450.
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.
| Storm Spirit's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
Teleports leading to Kills Magic Damage Triple Kills Godlike Sprees Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills |
Bronze |
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Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
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Master |
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Grandmaster |
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Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| Arms | |
| Taunt | |
| Kinetic Gems | |
Trivia[edit]
- ▶️ "I'll spirit you away!", as well as him muttering "Spirit... Away..." when he dies may be a reference to the film "Spirited Away".
- Storm Spirit's speech is very similar to Ninjor, a character from the Power Rangers franchise, whose voice acting is largely based on the character Dudley Do-Right, from the Dudley Do-Right Show.
- Eul's Scepter of Divinity has an equivalent in Heroes of Newerth called "Stormspirit".
- Ball lightning is an unexplained and potentially dangerous atmospheric electrical phenomenon. The term refers to reports of luminous, spherical objects that vary from pea-sized to several meters in diameter. Though usually associated with thunderstorms, the phenomenon lasts considerably longer than the split-second flash of a lightning bolt.
- "I'll save this till it's five o'clock somewhere" is a reference to the song "It's Five O' Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Storm Spirit is based on and inspired by the Storm aspect, a unit summoned by the Warcraft hero, Pandaren Brewmaster.
- Like Earth Spirit, Ember Spirit, and Brewmaster, Storm Spirit is a Pandaren, a race within the Warcraft 3 universe.
- In Dota 2, Earth, Ember, and Storm Spirit are raceless elemental spirits instead.
- Brewmaster's conncetion to the spirits is not expanded on in Dota 2.
Gallery[edit]
Concept art
Concept art
Concept art
Static Remnant poses
Old model and icons
Wraith-Night artwork
The International 2014 artwork
Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead