Treant Protector
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Treant Protector
25 + 3.4
15 + 1.8
20 + 1.8
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +74.8HP and +0.34HP regeneration +3.4 Main Attack Damage | |
| +0.3 armor and 1.8 attack speed | |
| +21.6MP and +0.09MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance | |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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100 (115)
(1.9 BAT) | ||
0.6 + 0.4
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0.6
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Wood
Gib Type | ||
2012-05-17
Released | ||
2004-09-23
(5.65) | ||
Competitive Span
2012-05-24 — 2016-12-12 2017-04-09 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.39) and is mostly accurate. |
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| Calls upon the forest to root his foes. | |
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| From beyond the Vale of Augury comes Rooftrellen, a lone explorer sent forth by his ancient race to survey the wider world. Barely distinguishable from his arboreal brethren, the Treant Protector summons a Wall of Vines, plants Leeching Seeds into intruders while sprouting regenerative roots for his cohorts and their fortifications alike. In order to assist his role as a protector, Rooftrellen enchants trees to serve as Eyes In The Forest. Emerging unseen among the Guise of Trees, he entangles foes with an Overgrowth of vines and roots, fully immobilized for that which awaits them. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Green, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Primeval Power
Grants Treant bonus base attack damage per hero level.
Sapling
Leech Seed can be ground targeted, planting a tree that heals allies and damages all enemy units within the radius.
If the tree is cut down, it regrows on the next ability interval.
If the tree is cut down, it regrows on the next ability interval.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Grants the Eyes In The Forest ability.
Treant enchants a tree, which grants him unobstructed vision in that location.
Treant enchants a tree, which grants him unobstructed vision in that location.
The presence of the protector himself globally causes all trees to respawn faster under certain conditions.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Treant become invisible near trees and root enemies upon breaking invisible.
The on-attack root applies a longer root duration if the attack was made near a tree.
Additionally deals damage over time corresponding to Treant's base attack damage value.
The on-attack root applies a longer root duration if the attack was made near a tree.
Additionally deals damage over time corresponding to Treant's base attack damage value.
Talents[edit]
| +450 Living Armor Radius | 25 | -35s Overgrowth Cooldown |
|---|---|---|
| +45 Leech Seed Damage/Heal | 20 | +8 Living Armor Bonus Armor |
| +25 Nature's Grasp Damage | 15 | +18% Leech Seed Slow |
| +2.5% Nature's Guise Move Speed | 10 | +2 Living Armor Heal per Second |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Bio[edit]
Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.▶️Rooftrellen, the Treant Protector
Lore:
Far to the west, in the mountains beyond the Vale of Augury, lie the remains of an ancient power, a fount of eldritch energy nestled deep in the high woods. It is said that the things that grow here, grow strangely. To the forces of nature this is a sacred place, made to stay hidden and unknown. Many are the traps and dangers of this land. There are all-consuming grasses, crossbred fauna and poisonous flowers, but none are so fierce as the mighty Treant Protectors.
These ageless, titanic beings, charged with keeping the peace in this dangerous land, ensure that none within encroach without reason, and none without poach their secrets. For time untold they tended to their holy ground, uninterrupted, only dimly aware of the changing world beyond. Yet inevitably the wider world grew aware of this untamed land, and with each passing winter the outsiders grew bolder. Soon they arrived with tools to cut and with flames to burn, and often the Treants would ponder: who are these fragile, industrious creatures? What now had become of the wild, green world? There came and went an age of questions and of doubts, a thousand summers of long traditions set to scrutiny, while more and more the outsiders died and fed their earth.
When all that bloomed had finally finished their say, curiosity had overcome caution. It was decided: a lone protector would be sent into the wider world, and instructed to wander until the glaciers arose once more, to observe the changing land and its creatures, and to discover what unknown dangers could threaten their sacred ground.
These ageless, titanic beings, charged with keeping the peace in this dangerous land, ensure that none within encroach without reason, and none without poach their secrets. For time untold they tended to their holy ground, uninterrupted, only dimly aware of the changing world beyond. Yet inevitably the wider world grew aware of this untamed land, and with each passing winter the outsiders grew bolder. Soon they arrived with tools to cut and with flames to burn, and often the Treants would ponder: who are these fragile, industrious creatures? What now had become of the wild, green world? There came and went an age of questions and of doubts, a thousand summers of long traditions set to scrutiny, while more and more the outsiders died and fed their earth.
When all that bloomed had finally finished their say, curiosity had overcome caution. It was decided: a lone protector would be sent into the wider world, and instructed to wander until the glaciers arose once more, to observe the changing land and its creatures, and to discover what unknown dangers could threaten their sacred ground.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Nature's Guise[edit]
Nature's Guise
Grants Treant a tree-walking buff whenever he hasn't taken damage for a period of time. Nearby trees and Nature's Grasp grants Treant bonus movement speed.
Tree Search Radius: 
200
Move Speed Bonus: 10% (
12.5%)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Treant become invisible near trees and root enemies upon breaking invisible.
The on-attack root applies a longer root duration if the attack was made near a tree.
Treant become invisible near trees and root enemies upon breaking invisible.
The on-attack root applies a longer root duration if the attack was made near a tree.
Fade Delay: (
0)
Invisibility Linger Duration: ( 0.75)
Root Duration: ( 1)
Near-Tree Root Duration: ( 2)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Additionally deals damage over time corresponding to Treant's base attack damage value.
Additionally deals damage over time corresponding to Treant's base attack damage value.
Base Total Damage: ( 100)
Attack Damage to Total Damage Bonus Factor: ( 0.75)
Damage Instances: ( 4)
Player-based damage instance regardless of factions disables the ability for a fixed duration. Can be reset with cooldown reset sources.
Downtime: 2.75
( 10)
The Protectors don't often come into vision; their natural state being nestled within their leafy brethren.
- Begins the game with this ability in the fifth ability slot at hero level
.
- In short, the ability becomes inactive and does not grant any ability effects during its downtime.
- During its downtime, each incoming
> 0-damage instancetaken (after all reductions) from the following sources refreshes the downtime, regardless of valid trees within the tree search radius:- Player-based damage regardless of factions.
- Roshan
- Any damage instance not flagged as
HP Removal.
- Begins the game with this ability in the fifth ability slot at hero level
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Grants Treant
treant_natures_guise_tree_walkingwhen the following conditions are fulfilled:- When the ability is not on its downtime.
- When the following valid tree sources are within the tree search radius:
- Natural
trees.
Planted trees.
- Allied Nature's Guise vines.
- Natural
- When the following valid tree sources are within the tree search radius:
- The ability is considered active.
- Treant now has the following additional properties, with the following ability effects, within the tree search radius:
- Can perform any actions without losing the ability effects.
- Taking damage neither disable the ability effects nor puts the ability in downtime.
- Grants the following bonuses while active:
treant_natures_guise_tree_walking- Tree-walking
- Additionally applies the following effects on the enemy unit upon a successful attack.
Disarm
Root
True Sight
- Deals
magical
spell damage in
(RootDuration / 4)-second intervals, starting after a ¼ interval of the total root duration, over the entire root duration.- EXPR
- Total spell damage:
(SpellDmg + 0.75 × CurrentBaseAtkDmg) - Damage per Interval:
ΣSpellDmg / 4 / ΣRootDuration
- Total spell damage:
-
treant_natures_guise_invisPhase movement.
Invisibility with the following properties:
- Utilizes a buff linger duration that relies on the tree search radius, instead of a fade delay.
- The buff linger duration has no indication on the HUD.
- This component attempts to reapplies itself 0.75-seconds later whenever applicable, and refreshes its duration when there is a valid tree within the tree search radius.
- Breaks invisibility upon Treant's attack point.
- Utilizes a buff linger duration that relies on the tree search radius, instead of a fade delay.
- Grants Treant
Unavailable.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACKMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_TAKEDAMAGEMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACKEDMODIFIER_MODIFIER_MODIFIER_Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_ALLOW_PATHING_THROUGH?TREESMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_INVISIBLEMODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISIONMODIFIER_INVISIBILITY_LEVELMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACKMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ABILITY_EXECUTEDMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_BREAK_INVISIBILITYNature's Guise: Cannot move while rooted.
MODIFIER_STATE_INVISIBLEMODIFIER_STATE_DISARMEDMODIFIER_STATE_ROOTED- The ability visually utilizes the cooldown to visually inidicate its invisibility fade delay.
- Checks for the tree sources per
server tick within the tree search radius.
- Checks for the tree sources per
Primeval Power[edit]
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants Treant bonus base attack damage per hero level.
Base Attack Damage Bonus per Hero Level: 6
This ability levels up with Treant Protector.
- Selecting the
facet unlocks this ability.
- Grants flat bonus
base attack damage.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_BASEATTACK_BONUSDAMAGE- Has the following
70 100 136 173 214 251
Hero Model[edit]
Hero Model 
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Treant'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.
He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling, excluding passive innate abilities.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
The presence of the protector himself globally causes all trees to respawn faster under certain conditions.
The presence of the protector himself globally causes all trees to respawn faster under certain conditions.
Effect Radius: 
Global
Set Tree Respawn Time: (
10)
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
- Acquiring
- Sets the respawn time of all natural trees, down from the default 3 minutes.
- Does not affect
Abilities[edit]
Nature's Grasp[edit]
Creates vines towards the target location. Vines slow down and deal damage to enemies that walk through.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.7
Cast Range: 
1500
Max Vines Length: 1500
Vines Radius: 135
Damage per Second: 30/40/50/60 (
55/65/75/85)
Move Speed Slow: 25%/30%/35%/40%
Vines Duration: 9/10/11/12
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
The created vines deal more damage if they come in contact with any trees.
Tree Contact Damage Factor: 1.5
Nature's Grasp is less effective on creeps.
Creep Damage Factor: 0.5
Nature's Guise considers the created vines as trees.
20/19/18/17
90
The Protectors don't often come into vision; their natural state being nestled within their leafy brethren.
...
OP = PP' = 175- Each vine cell has the following properties:
- The first cell
is created immediately upon cast, in front of Treant correspondingly to his
facing angle.
- Subsequent
- EXPR
NumberOfCells = (AbilityCastRange - 100) / 175ΣSpawnDuration = NumberOfCells * 0.1
- Each created cell has its own independent duration. Hence, the first created cell disappears earlier than the vine cell created at the end location.
- The first cell
- Can affect enemy units at max
- Each vine cell creates a negative aura, checks for trees within its radius, and applies the following debuffs in the following conditions:
treant_natures_grasp_damage- Applies the regular
- Reapplying the debuff refreshes its duration.
- Applies the regular
treant_natures_grasp_damage_bonus- Applies the spell damage factor if a tree is within the radius of the vine cell.
- Does not consider trees created or destroyed after the vine cell is created.
- Considers
clones and
illusions as heroes,
creep-heroes as creeps.
- Reapplying the debuff refreshes its duration.
- Applies the spell damage factor if a tree is within the radius of the vine cell.
- Both debuffs stack with each other, but not multiple of themselves.
- Deals
- Each vine cell creates a negative aura, checks for trees within its radius, and applies the following debuffs in the following conditions:
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEOn hidden entity
On hidden entity
Nature's Grasp: Slowed by x% and receiving damage.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGENature's Grasp: Slowed by x% and receiving damage.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE- Deals the following
- LEVEL 1LEVEL 2LEVEL 3LEVEL 4
Base 285 420 575 750
(1062.5)427.5 630 862.5 1125
(1593.75)142.5 210 287.5 375
(531.25)213.75 315 431.25 562.5
(796.88)
Leech Seed[edit]
Plants a life-sapping seed in an enemy unit, draining its health, while simultaneously slowing it.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.2
Cast Range: 400/450/500/550
Damage per Second: 15/30/45/60 ( 60/75/90/105)
Move Speed Slow: 8%/14%/20%/26% (
26%/32%/38%/44%)
Duration: 5
The planted seed heals friendly units around the target.
Search Radius: 650
Ally Heal per Pulse: 
15/30/45/60 ( 60/75/90/105)
The heal component is less effective on creeps.
Creep Heal Factor: 0.5
24/20/16/12
80/90/100/110
Rooftrellen nurtures the beings under his stewardship, sustained by the lifeforce of trespassers into his sacred ground.
Sapling
Leech Seed can be ground targeted, planting a tree that heals allies and damages all enemy units within the radius.
If the tree is cut down, it regrows on the next ability interval.
If the tree is cut down, it regrows on the next ability interval.
Damage pulsating from the planted-tree is less effective on creeps.
Creep Damage Factor: 0.5
- Has the following targeting functionalities:
- When unit-targeted, applies all ability effects on the affected enemy unit, and
- When unit-targeted, applies all ability effects on the affected enemy unit, and
or
- Enables both point-targeting and ground-targeting functionality.
- When point-targeted, applies all ability effects within the radius centered around the
- Can affect enemy units at max
- Can affect enemy units at max
- When point-targeted, applies all ability effects within the radius centered around the
- Enables both point-targeting and ground-targeting functionality.
treant_leech_seed- All ability effects are applied within the radius centered around the debuff-affected enemy unit.
- Deals
projectiles in 1-second intervals, immediately upon debuff application, over 5 instances.
- Has the following additional properties:
- Deals
- The
Invulnerable units.
Hidden units.
- However, projectiles traveling toward these units still heals them.
- Heals for the full value regardless of the damage instance value.
- The
- All ability effects are applied within the radius centered around the debuff-affected enemy unit.
Does not prevent the ally heal component.
Leech Seed: Slowing and sapping life from a random nearby enemy unit.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE- The heal pulse has a 450-
projectile speed.
- Cannot be disjointed.
- The heal pulse has a 450-
- Deals a max 75/150/225/300 (
Living Armor[edit]
Point / Unit / Area
Affects
Allied Units
Infuses an allied hero with a protective coating which heals and grants bonus armor.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.66
Heal per Second: 3/4/5/6 (
5/6/7/8)
Armor Bonus: 4/6/8/10 (
12/14/16/18)
Duration: 18/22/26/30
All ability effects can be applied on buildings.
The ground-targeted ability cast attempts and prioritizes buildings.
The ground-targeted ability cast attempts and prioritizes buildings.
Building Bonus Factor: 
1
Talent Upgrade
Living Armor is now an area-targeted ability and applies the buff to all allied units within the radius.
Living Armor is now an area-targeted ability and applies the buff to all allied units within the radius.
Radius: 450
30/25/20/15
40/45/50/55
The roots and tendrils of the Treant Protectors are far-reaching, stimulating the growth and rejuvenation of all of nature.
- Has the following targeting functionalities:
- When unit-targeted, applies
treant_living_armorto the affected allied unit. Doubletap casts the ability on Treant.
- When unit-targeted, applies
- Checks for the allied unit's proximity (
d) to the point-targeted location, and appliestreant_living_armorto the nearest allied unit with the following priorities:- EXPR
d1 < d2, applies the buff to the nearestallied hero.
- Considers
- Considers
- Checks for the allied unit's proximity (
treant_living_armor- Grants the following bonuses:
- Flat
bonus armor.
- Flat
- Affects the following units:
- Does not affect the following units:
Ward-type units.
- Grants the following bonuses:
Living Armor: Healing and receiving x bonus armor.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PHYSICAL_ARMOR_BONUS
Eyes In The Forest[edit]
Treant enchants a tree, which grants him unobstructed vision in that location.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.83
Cast Range: 160
Flying Vision Radius: 800
Duration: 
When Overgrowth is cast, units within the radius of an enchanted tree will be entangled and damaged.
Effect Radius: 800
Duration: 3/4/5
40
3
0
100
One can never be too certain who, or what, might need protecting.
1
0
All ability effects, including the visual effects, are bound to the unit-targeted tree.
-
-
0
Lvl
1
0
0%
800
This unit does not attack.
0
0 (x̄)
Treant's Eyes are immobile, permanently invisible and permanently phased, the unit attached to the tree ignores collision size.
This unit is completely immune to all status effects and damage sources. It neither can be unit-targeted by attacks nor abilities and has its health bar hidden.
- Acquiring
- There is no limit on how many trees that can be enchanted.
- Recasting the ability on an already Enchanted Tree provides no gameplay benefit.
- The enchanted tree has the following properties:
- Has a unique
minimap icons, colored green or blue in colorblind mode if Treant is an ally.
- Grants
- Grants
- Both the Enchanted Tree's visual effects and the vision radius can only be seen if the enemy has
- Both the Enchanted Tree's visual effects and the vision radius can only be seen if the enemy has
- Has a unique
- Applies Overgrowth of the corresponding level within
Enchanted Trees upon cast.
- Multiple overlapping Overgrowth radius do not stack.
The tree enchantments disappear upon losing the ability.
Requires drafting Overgrowth to unlock this ability.
- The ability plays an ally-only sound effect upon cast.
- Losing
- All other ability efects of the enchanted trees still persist.
Overgrowth[edit]
Summons an overgrowth of vines and branches around Treant that prevent afflicted enemy units from moving, blinking, going invisible, or attacking.
Cast Animation: 0.5 + 1.17
Effect Radius: 800
Damage per Second: 85
Root Duration: 3/4/5
Disarm Duration: 3/4/5
Debuff Duration: 3/4/5
110/100/90 (
75/65/55)
200/250/300
Rooftrellen calls the ancestral spirit of nature, releasing its power through all of his kin.
treant_overgrowth- Issues an offensive stop command upon debuff application.
- This effectively cancels the affected enemy units' ability casts and interrupts current
channeling abilities.
- This effectively cancels the affected enemy units' ability casts and interrupts current
- Applies the following effects to affected enemy units for the entire duration:
- Deals
- Does not affect the following units:
- Issues an offensive stop command upon debuff application.
- Now also affects enemy units within
- Multiple overlapping Overgrowth radius do not stack.
Overgrowth: Cannot move, attack, or blink.
MODIFIER_STATE_INVISIBLEMODIFIER_STATE_DISARMEDMODIFIER_STATE_ROOTED- Deals a max 255/340/425
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Treant Protector/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 03, 2025 - 20:15 PET | Tier 4 | LatAm Fem League | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Jun 03, 2025 - 22:15 CEST | Qualifier | TI2025 EEU OQ#2 | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Jun 03, 2025 - 15:00 EDT | Qualifier | TI2025 SA OQ#2 | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Jun 02, 2025 - 21:00 EDT | Qualifier | TI2025 SA OQ#2 | 1 : 0 | |||||
| May 31, 2025 - 21:30 EDT | Showmatch | Team-Fight vs. Cancer | 0 : 1 |
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Reduced Nature's Guise downtime from 3 to 2.75.
- Increased Living Armor duration from 15/20/25/30 to 18/22/26/30.
- Reduced Overgrowth cooldown from 120/110/100 to 110/100/90.
- Living Armor
- Increased heal per second from 2/3/4/5 to 3/4/5/6.
- Reduced mana cost from 55 from each level to 40/45/50/55.
- Nature's Guise no longer applies the fade delay component while attacking an enemy unit.
Talents:
- LVL 10 -4s Nature's Grasp cooldown ➜ +2.5% Nature's Guise movement speed.
- Increased
Primeval Power base attack damage bonus per level from 5 to 6.
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.
| Treant Protector's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
Roots Leading to Kills Slows Leading to Kills Dominating Kill Streaks Wards Placed Kill Assists Kills |
Bronze |
|
Silver |
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Gold |
||
Platinum |
| |
Master |
| |
Grandmaster |
| |
Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| Shoulder | |
Trivia[edit]
- Treant Protector has "Riki was here" carved into his side (near the left-handed runes on his belt).
- Treant Protector's appearance, name, and voice are based heavily on Treebeard, the eldest of the Ent race, who appears in the "Lord of the Rings" books and movies.
- ▶️ "They say my bark is worse than my bite. I wonder what that means." is a reference to the speaking tree "Grandmother Willow" from Pocahontas.
- "You were nasty, brutal, and most of all short", in reply to killing Pugna, is a reference to the 1651 book, Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.
- Overgrowth's icon is based on Frostbite's icon.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- In DotA, Treant Protector uses the model of the Ancient Protectors, a defensive Night Elf building.
- As such, Treant Protector was the only hero to use a building as their base model.
- Treant Protector's old ability, Forest Sentinel, was identical to the Huntresses' Sentinel, placing an owl onto a tree to reveal the surrounding area. Treant Protector's version used an owl as well.
- In DotA, Treant Protector uses the model of the Ancient Protectors, a defensive Night Elf building.
Gallery[edit]
Splash artwork
Ability icon progress [?]
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead