Sven

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Sven

#19

23 + 3.5

18 + 2.2

16 + 1.5

Grants the following bonuses per level:
	+77HP and +0.35HP regeneration +3.5 Main Attack Damage
	+0.37 armor and 2.2 attack speed
	+18MP and +0.075MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance

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626 +3.05

267 +0.8

3 Armor (738.68 EHP)

26.6% Magic Resist (852.86 EHP)

60 ‒ 62 ▶️ Damage (61 Avg)

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

150 Attack Range (600)

110 (128) Attack Speed (1.9 BAT) Attacks per Second is defined as ΣAS / BAT / 100

0.4 + 0.3 Animation

325 ▶️ Move Speed

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

27 Collision Size

24 Bound Radius

1800 / 800 Vision Range

Default Gib Type

npc_dota_hero_sven

2010-11-01 Released

2004-02-03 (0.60)

Competitive Span 2010-11-01 — Present

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

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Cleaves down enemies with his incredible strength.
The Rogue Knight lives by two creeds: Honor, as ordained by his own personal code, and Solitude. Always eager to charge into a fight. Using his iron gauntlet, he launches a Storm Hammer, stunning grouped enemies as he transports himself into battle, then closes in to cut them down with Great Cleave. Letting out a truly frightening Warcry, he ignites and calls upon God's Strength, a few swings of his gargantuan sword are often more than enough to slay on his hapless foes.
Roles:	Carry Disabler Initiator Durable Nuker
Adjectives	NicePecs, Nose Legs ( 2 )

Bio

May my enemies share the fate of the Shattered Helm.

▶️  Sven, the Rogue Knight

Alias:

Rogue Knight

Lore:

Sven is the bastard son of a Vigil Knight, born of a Pallid Meranth, raised in the Shadeshore Ruins. With his father executed for violating the Vigil Codex, and his mother shunned by her wild race, Sven believes that honor is to be found in no social order, but only in himself. After tending his mother through a lingering death, he offered himself as a novice to the Vigil Knights, never revealing his identity. For thirteen years he studied in his father's school, mastering the rigid code that declared his existence an abomination. Then, on the day that should have been his In-Swearing, he seized the Outcast Blade, shattered the Sacred Helm, and burned the Codex in the Vigil's Holy Flame. He strode from Vigil Keep, forever solitary, following his private code to the last strict rune. Still a knight, yes...but a rogue knight. He answers only to himself.

Voice:

David Scully (Responses)

Upgrades

Aghanim's

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Transports Sven along the Storm Hammer and applies a basic dispel on all enemy units within the radius upon projectile impact.

The increased projectile speed and spell damage requires Alt-Cast to be enabled.

Increases cast range.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

The buff can now only be dispelled upon death, rather than any dispel.

Additionally grants a physical damage barrier to all affected allied units upon cast.

Increases effect radius and bonus movement speed.

Talents

+1s Storm Hammer Stun Duration	25	+50% God's Strength Damage
+8 Warcry Armor	20	x0.75 Storm Hammer Cooldown/Mana Cost Factor
+25% Great Cleave Damage	15	-12s God's Strength Cooldown
+20% God's Strength Slow Resistance	10	+5s Warcry Duration
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Innate

Wrath of God

Wrath of God

Ability

Passive

Affects

Self

Grants Sven additional base attack damage per strength.

Str to Base Attack Damage Bonus: 0.08

Innate Properties
The higher Sven's level, the greater the strength to base attack damage value.

Str to Base Attack Damage Increase: 0.02

This ability levels up with Sven.

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• EXPR
  • Base attack damage per strength: 1.08 + (0.02 × SelfLvl)

modifier_sven_wrath_of_god

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PREATTACK_BONUS_DAMAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_BASEATTACK_BONUSDAMAGE

Hero Model

Hero Model

Ability

Passive / Channeling

Affects

Self

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

He 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

Storm Hammer

Q

T

Storm Hammer

▶️ ▶️

Ability

Unit / Area

Affects

Enemy Units / Self

Damage

Spell / Magical

Sven unleashes his magical gauntlet that deals damage and stuns enemy units in a small area around the target.

Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0

Cast Range:  600 ( 750)

Effect Radius: 250/270/290/310

Damage: 80/160/240/320

Stun Duration: 1/1.25/1.5/1.75 ( 2/2.25/2.5/2.75)

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
With Alt-Cast Enabled
Transports Sven along the Storm Hammer and applies a basic dispel on all enemy units within the radius upon projectile impact.

The increased projectile speed and spell damage requires Alt-Cast to be enabled.

Increases cast range.

Max Dash Distance: ( 1900)

Projectile Speed Factor: ( 1.25)

Damage: ( 260/340/420/500)

21/18/15/12 ( 16/14/11/9)

110 ( 83)

The Rogue Knight's iron gauntlet, taken from the school of his father, strikes his foes to their core.

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  • Storm Hammer is a unit-targeted area-of-effect ability, its ability target reticule must be unit-targeted on an enemy unit.
  • 
    • Can affect enemy units at max 850/870/890/910 ( 1000/1020/1040/1060)-distance away with the cast range and effect radius.

• The ability has two main components
  • 
    • Launches a 1000- speed projectile to the unit's area-targeted location.
    • 
      • Grants a non-lingering 225-radius flying vision as the projectile travels.
    • SCEPTER NOTES
      • 
        • With Alt-Cast enabled, the ability applies a disabling forced movement that stuns and moves Sven periodically with the projectile at 1250-speed.
        • Does not disjoint incoming projectiles.
        • Can move over impassable terrain and over trees.
        • Grants Sven the following ability effects during the dash:
          • Cannot act.
          • Has 0- bound radius.
          • Hidden
          • Invulnerable
          • Untargetable
      • 
        • The dash component is interrupted by the following sources:
          • Upon Sven's death.
          • Whenever the distance between Sven and the targeted unit exceeds the 1900-dash distance at any time during the dash.
        • Since the projectile component is independent of the dash component, the projectile does not stop.
  • 
    • The ability effects are applied as follows upon projectile impact:
      1. Applies the basic dispel on all affected enemy units within the radius.
      2. The magical spell damage.
         • SCEPTER NOTES
           Checks and applies the damage bonus increase if Sven arrives the projectile impact location.
      3. stunned

• TALENT NOTES
  • 
    • Does not reduce the ability's current cooldown value immediately upon learning the talent.

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• SCEPTER NOTES
  Checks if Sven has the ability upgrade during the ability's cast point.
  • Alt-Cast is disabled by default upon acquiring the ability upgrade.
  • 
    • Does not grant Sven the dash ability effects whenever the distance between Sven and the targeted unit exceeds the max dash distance.
  • Affects the following units:
    • Fogged units.
    • Invisible units.
    • Invulnerable units.

Interactions: Spell Block

Procs Spell Block sources upon projectile impact.

Does not proc Spell Block sources on secondary affected targets.

Procs Spell Block sources with Alt-Cast on, Sven does not dash foward.

Interactions: Spell Reflection

Does not proc Spell Reflection sources on secondary affected targets.

Does not apply the dash component on the Spell Reflection source.

Interactions: Disjoint Sources

All ability effects are still applied within the radius.

Sven stops dashing forward with the projectile when disjointed.

Interactions: Root Sources

Root sources do not prevent Sven from casting the ability.

Interactions: Spell Redirection

Sven dashes to the primary unit-targeted enemy.

modifier_projectile_vision

On Hidden Entity

modifier_sven_stormbolt_hide

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNED
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_HEALTH_BAR
MODIFIER_STATE_INVULNERABLE
MODIFIER_STATE_UNSELECTABLE
MODIFIER_STATE_OUT_OF_GAME
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISION
MODIFIER_STATE_ATTACK_IMMUNE

modifier_stunned

Stunned

MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION

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  • Sven's weapon emit particles during Storm Hammer's cast point visible to everyone.

Great Cleave

W

C

Great Cleave

Ability

Passive

Affects

Enemy Units

Damage

Spell / Physical

Sven cleaves all nearby enemy units with his attack.

First Width: 150

Distance: 400/500/600/700

End Width: 270/300/330/360

Cleave Damage: 60%/70%/80%/90% ( 85%/95%/105%/115%)

The Vigil Knights still seek to reclaim the stolen Outcast Blade from Sven, a weapon capable of cutting wide swaths through lesser warriors.

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  • Deals physical spell damage correspondingly to Sven's attack damage value, and is defined as:
    • EXPR
      CleaveDmg = ΣAtkDmg × f(Cleave)
  • Affected by damage block sources on the enemy individually within the area-of-effect.
  • Has the following damage flags:
    • No-spell-lifesteal
    • No-spell-amplification
  • Stack independently with other cleave sources.
  • 
    • The total ability area-of-effect is an isocseles trapezoid in front of Sven.

modifier_sven_great_cleave

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_PROCESS_CLEAVE
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH

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  • The damage is applied immediately to all valid enemy units within the area-of-effect regardless of the ability visual effects.
  • Does not proc cleave when attacking the following units:
    • Allied units.
  • Does not damage the following units:
    • Couriers
  • Neither proc nor damage the following units:
    • Buildings
    • Ward-type units.

Warcry

E

W

Warcry

▶️

Ability

No / Aura

Affects

Allied Heroes / Allied Units

Sven's Warcry heartens his allied heroes for battle, increasing their armor and movement speed.

Cast Animation: 0 + 0

Effect Radius: 700 ( 900)

Move Speed Bonus: 6%/9%/12%/15% ( 9%/12%/15%/18%)

Armor Bonus: 5/8/11/14 ( 13/16/19/22)

Duration: 8 ( 13)

Barrier: ( 300)

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
The buff can now only be dispelled upon death, rather than any dispel.

Additionally grants a physical damage barrier to all affected allied units upon cast.

Increases effect radius and bonus movement speed.

36/32/28/24

30/35/40/45

Calling a few lines from the Vigil Codex fortifies Sven's obedience to his rogue code. So poetic!

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  • Interrupts Sven's channeling abilities upon cast.
  • Both leveling up the ability and learning the following talents do not update the current active instance:
    • The duration increasing talent.
    • The armor bonus increasing talent.

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  • All ability components consider clones, illusions, and creep-heroes as heroes.
    • Grants flat bonus armor.
    • Grants damage barrier.

modifier_sven_warcry

Warcry: Armor increased by x. Movement speed increased by x%.

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PHYSICAL_ARMOR_BONUS
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERS

modifier_sven_warcry_barrier

Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_INCOMING_PHYSICAL_DAMAGE_CONSTANT

Damage Barrier Type Priority

Has the following priorities among damage barrier sources.

• This ability grants a damage barrier that absorbs damage instances (after reductions).
• Does not proc on-damage effects until the barrier is depleted.
• Stacks additively with the same damage-type barrier sources, and independently with other damage-type barrier sources.
• With other higher-priority damage-negation sources, the barrier does not function until the other damage-negation sources expire.

God's Strength

R

R

God's Strength

▶️ ▶️

Ability

No

Affects

Self

The rough strength grants bonus attack damage and slow resistance for the duration.

Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0

Attack Damage Bonus: 110%/150%/190% ( 160%/200%/240%)

Slow Resist Bonus: 40% ( 60%)

Duration: 30

110/105/100 ( 98/93/88)

100/125/150

With the strength that shattered the Sacred Helm, the Rogue Knight stands unopposed in melee combat.

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• Grants the following bonuses upon cast:
  • Flat bonus attack damage based on Sven's current main attack damage, values are periodically checked and the bonus values are updated immediately.
  • Stacks multiplicatively with other slow resistance sources.

• Both leveling up the ability and learning the following talents do not update the current active instance:
  • The slow resistance increasing talent.
  • The damage increasing talent.

modifier_sven_gods_strength

God's Strength: Base damage increased by x%.

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_BASEDAMAGEOUTGOING_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_HERO_KILLED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERS
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_SLOW_RESISTANCE_STACKING

• Has 455 ( 520) min movement speed while active.

Recent Matches

Main Article: Sven/Matches

Date	Tier		Tournament	Picks		Score			vs. Picks	Patch
June 6, 2026 - 16:45 CEST	Tier 1		BLAST SLAM VII - Playoffs				1 : 0			7.41	Details
June 5, 2026 - 20:00 CEST	Tier 3		EPL Season 38 - June 5				0 : 1			7.41c	+ Details
June 4, 2026 - 21:05 MSK	Tier 4		LOST S2 Div 1 - Group Stage - Week 2				0 : 1			7.41c	+ Details
May 27, 2026 - 19:35 MSK	Tier 4		LOST S2 Div 2 - Group Stage - Week 1				1 : 0				+ Details
May 25, 2026 - 12:15 SGT	Tier 3		Lunar Horse 7 - Playoffs				0 : 1			7.41c	+ Details

Recent Changes

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore

Version

Description

7.41d
(2026-06-04)

• Increased Storm Hammer stun duration from 1/1.2/1.4/1.6 to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75.
• Increased God's Strength slow resistance bonus from 30% to 40%.

7.41c
(2026-05-06)

• Reduced Storm Hammer mana cost from 110/115/120/125 to 110 on each level.

7.41
(2026-03-24)

• Increased base strength from 23 to 24.
• REMOVED Vanquisher .
• Wrath of God is now Sven 's innate ability:
  • This ability no longer levels up with God's Strength .
  • Increased base attack damage per strength from 0/0.2/0.3/0.4 to 0.08 + (0.02 * HeroLvl)
• REMOVED Warcry Heavy Plate ability component.
• Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
  • Warcry
    • No longer passively grants 6 armor bonus to allied units within 1200 radius with a 0.5-second aura linger duration.
    • Now increases effect radius by 200.
    • Now grants a 300 physical damage barrier while active.

• Talents:  

  LVL 10  +10% Vanquisher bonus damage ➜  +20% God's Strength slow resistance.  

  LVL 20  +20% God's Strength slow resistance ➜  0.75x Storm Hammer cooldown/mana cost factor.

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.

Sven's Relics	Voice Lines
Multi-hero Storm Hammer Multi-Hero Great Cleave Kills Warcry Assists Kills during God's Strength Physical damage Stuns leading to Kills Kills during Black King Bar Blink leading to kills Channels cancelled Triple Kills Mega Kill streaks Towers destroyed Kill Assists Kills	Bronze	▶️ Ahh ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! ▶️ You are a true friend.
	Silver	▶️ You look stunned. ▶️ Rogue Knight claims another.
	Gold	▶️ You deserved it. ▶️ My honor compels me…to gloat.
	Platinum	▶️ An expected outcome.
	Master	▶️ Hm…now what did we learn from this.
	Grandmaster	▶️ I'm going to count to one. One.

Trivia

• Sven is named after Danish bodybuilder and actor Sven-Ole Thorsen.
  • In earlier versions of DotA, Sven had the fun name "Arnold Schwarzenegger".

• ▶️ "Twas only a flesh wound" and ▶️ "It was but a scratch" are references to the Black Knight from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".

• ▶️ "Blame the host" and ▶️ "Bad host" are references to the original "Warcraft III" DotA gameplay when game stability depended on the quality of internet connection on the host player.

• Storm Hammer was named Storm Bolt in the early beta phases and was renamed into Storm Hammer at one point. It is also its original name in DotA and reflected in one of Sven's cast responses in Dota 2, where he is referring to it as ▶️ "Storm Bolt".
  • Rubick also has the same response when casting an acquired Storm Hammer.

• Warcraft 3 similarities:
  • Sven's hero concept is originally inspired by the, Felguard Overlords.
    • Great Cleave is identical to the Felguards' Cleaving Attack.
  • Storm Hammer's original iteration was identical to the Mountain King's Storm Bolt.
    • The area of effect was added much later in 6.60, until then, the abilities were identical.
    • In DotA, it was called Storm Bolt as well. The name was used during the early beta of Dota 2, but got renamed at some point.
    • One of Sven's cast responses for Storm Hammer still refers to it as ▶️ "Storm Bolt".
  • Sven's old ability Toughness Aura was identical to the Paladin's Devotion Aura, a passive aura that grants armor to allies.
  • Warcry's original iteration was identical to the Scroll of Protection, a consumable item that grants armor to allies when used.
  • God's Strength's original iteration was identical to the Druid of the Claw's Roar, but only affecting Sven himself.
    • As such, God's Strength was dispellable, and did not turn Sven red.
    • Later on, the ability was reworked to its current iteration, becoming undispellable and turning Sven red when cast.
    • In DotA, this was achieved through a transformation spell, using the Felguard Bloodfiend model.

Gallery

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  Concept art
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  Sven's default weapon, the Outcast Blade
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  Early model of the Outcast Blade
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  Ability icon progress
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  Hero icon progress
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  Sven on the Replay Takeover splash art in the New Bloom 2014 update.
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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