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Venomancer
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Venomancer
19 + 2.1
25 + 2.8
19 + 1.9
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +46.2HP and +0.21HP regeneration | |
| +0.47 armor and 2.8 attack speed | |
| +22.8MP and +0.095MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance | |
| +3.06 Main Attack Damage | |
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900 Projectile Speed
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115 (140)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.3 + 0.7
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0.6
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Goo
Gib Type | ||
2011-04-09
Released | ||
2004-02-03
(0.60) | ||
Competitive Span
2011-04-09 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.41d) and is mostly accurate. |
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| Deals damage over time with venomous attacks. | |
|---|---|
| Venomancer brings slow death to its enemies. It infects other living beings by its very Noxious Touch, and spewed Venomous Gales to slow and poison escaping prey. Part reptile and part orchid, it sprouts an endless army of toxin-spitting sentinels, the Plague Wards, to defend its perimeters with Acid Spit. Should foes draw near, they are sprayed with a massive, noxious Poison Nova, ensuring that even those who get away eventually succumb of a Septic Shock. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Green Legs ( 0 ) |
Bio
[edit]No necromancer shall raise what the venomancer puts down.▶️Lesale Deathbringer, the Venomancer
Alias:
Lesale
Lore:
In the Acid Jungles of Jidi Isle, poison runs in the veins and bubbles in the guts of every creature that scuttles, climbs or swoops between fluorescent vines dripping with caustic sap. Yet even in this toxic menagerie, Venomancer is acknowledged as the most venomous. Ages ago, an Herbalist named Lesale crossed the Bay of Fradj by coracle, searching for potent essences that might be extracted from bark and root, and found instead a nightmare transformation. Two leagues into Jidi's jungle, Lesale encountered a reptile camouflaged as an epiphyte, which stung him as he mistakenly plucked it. In desperation, he used his partial knowledge of the jungle's herbal bounty, mixing the venom of the (swiftly throttled) reptile with the nectar of an armored orchid, to compound an antidote. In the moments before a black paralysis claimed him completely, he injected himself by orchid-thorn, and instantly fell into a coma.
Seventeen years later, something stirred in the spot where he had fallen, throwing off the years' accumulation of humus: Venomancer. Lesale the Herbalist no longer—but Lesale the Deathbringer. His mind was all but erased, and his flesh had been consumed and replaced by a new type of matter—one fusing the venom of the reptile with the poisonous integument of the orchid. Jidi's Acid Jungles knew a new master, one before whom even the most vicious predators soon learned to bow or burrow for their lives. The lurid isle proved too confining, and some human hunger deep in the heart of the Venomancer drove Lesale out in search of new poisons—and new deaths to bring.
Seventeen years later, something stirred in the spot where he had fallen, throwing off the years' accumulation of humus: Venomancer. Lesale the Herbalist no longer—but Lesale the Deathbringer. His mind was all but erased, and his flesh had been consumed and replaced by a new type of matter—one fusing the venom of the reptile with the poisonous integument of the orchid. Jidi's Acid Jungles knew a new master, one before whom even the most vicious predators soon learned to bow or burrow for their lives. The lurid isle proved too confining, and some human hunger deep in the heart of the Venomancer drove Lesale out in search of new poisons—and new deaths to bring.
Voice:
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
[edit]Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Applies a magic resistance reduction to all Noxious Plague-affected enemy units. Additionally, the second spread now deals impact damage.
Reduces cooldown.
Reduces cooldown.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
The Venomous Gale creates Plague Ward per enemy hero hit along its trajectory.
Increases cast range and projectile speed.
Increases cast range and projectile speed.
Talents
[edit]| 2.5x Plague Ward Health/Damage | 25 | Snakebite |
|---|---|---|
| -2s Plague Ward Cooldown | 20 | +100 Snakebite First Damage |
| +10% Poison Sting Move Speed Slow | 15 | +75 Noxious Plague Spread Radius |
| 15% Poison Sting Health Regen Reduction | 10 | -5 Venomous Gale Cooldown |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Poison Sting
[edit] Poison Sting 
Imbues Venomancer's attack with a damage per second and movement speed slow debuff.
Damage per Second: 9
Move Speed Slow: 8% (
18%)
Duration: 4.5
Health Regen Reduction: (
15%)
Innate Properties
Plague Ward's attacks apply all ability effects, albeit with reduced damage.
Both Venomancer's and the Plague Ward's instances of Poison Sting are independent of each other.
Plague Ward's attacks apply all ability effects, albeit with reduced damage.
Both Venomancer's and the Plague Ward's instances of Poison Sting are independent of each other.
Ward Spell Damage Factor: 0.5
Innate Properties
The higher Venomancer's level, the greater the damage per second and debuff duration applied.
The higher Venomancer's level, the greater the damage per second and debuff duration applied.
Damage per Second Increase: 
1
Duration Increase: 0.5
The paralytic sting of the creature which caused his transformation now belongs to the Venomancer.
- The ability has two components with the following debuff priorities:
venomancer_poison_stingvenomancer_poison_sting_ward- Both applied debuffs have the following properties:
- Applies the debuff upon a successful attack.
- Deals
magical
spell damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second upon debuff application.
- Reapplying the debuff refreshes its duration and updates its ability values.
- Has the
HP Removal flag.
- Does not proc on-damage effects.
- Has the
- The health regeneration reduction
- Both applied debuffs have the following properties:
venomancer_poison_sting_ward- The Plague Ward's attack applies an independent Poison Sting debuff instance of its corresponding level.
- When affected by both debuffs, Venomancer's Poison Sting take precedence, while the unit's debuff does nothing.
- The damage instance applied is sourced to Venomancer.
- The Plague Ward's attack applies an independent Poison Sting debuff instance of its corresponding level.
- EXPR
(9 + (1 × SelfLvl)) × f(Ward)- Ability duration:
4.5 + (0.5 × SelfLvl)
Hidden Modifier
Poison Sting: Slowing by x% and ticking for x damage.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HP_REGEN_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIPPoison Sting: Slowing by x% and ticking for x damage.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HP_REGEN_AMPLIFY_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIPPoison Sting Calculations
[edit]- One applied debuff, without refreshing, deals up to the following
| Poison Sting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | ||||||
| Duration | 5 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 16.5 | 19.5 |
| DPS | 5 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 39 |
| Σ DPS | 25 | 105 | 210 | 351 | 528 | 741 |
Abilities
[edit]Venomous Gale
[edit]Launches a projectile in a straight line that deals an initial damage, then applies a damage over time poison with movement speed slow to all affected enemy units.
Units affected regain their movement speed gradually.
Units affected regain their movement speed gradually.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.57
Max Travel Distance: 
850 (
1063)
Projectile Speed: 1200 ( 1500)
Gale Radius: 
125
First Damage: 25/50/75/100
Number of Instance: 5
Damage per Instance: 10/40/70/100
Move Speed Slow: 35%/40%/45%/50%
Duration: 15
Innate Properties
An enemy hero with less than the max threshold value can be denied with the debuff active.
An enemy hero with less than the max threshold value can be denied with the debuff active.
Max Health Threshold: 25%
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
The Venomous Gale creates Plague Ward per enemy hero hit along its trajectory.
Increases cast range and projectile speed.
The Venomous Gale creates Plague Ward per enemy hero hit along its trajectory.
Increases cast range and projectile speed.
Number of Wards per Hero: ( 2)
Ward Distance: ( 100)
21/20/19/18 (
16/15/14/13)
95/105/115/125
A concoction of various stings, poisons, and toxins gathered from the jungles of Jidi Isle, victims surviving it are rare.
- The
projectile has a
- Grants a non-lingering 280-radius flying vision as the
- The vision radius starts at point
onward, with
OP = MaxTravelDistance.
- The vision radius starts at point
- Grants a non-lingering 280-radius flying vision as the
- Hence the ability has the following values:
- The vision range reaches up to
- The projectile affects enemy units up to
- The vision range reaches up to
- Summons 2 Plague Wards of its corresponding level per projectile impact per enemy hero.
- Considers
clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes;
illusions and
creep-heroes as creeps.
- Has the following properties upon proc:
- Works independently of Plague Ward's
cooldown, and does not cost
mana.
- Does not proc on-cast effects.
- Works independently of Plague Ward's
- Considers
- Summons 2 Plague Wards of its corresponding level per projectile impact per enemy hero.
- The
venomancer_venomous_gale- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Applies the first
...
- The first debuff instance has the following properties:
- Applies the damage over time component in a seperate instance in the combat log.
- Reapplying the debuff refreshes the damage over time component, but does not reapply the first spell damage instance.
- The movement speed slow applied reduce incrementally per
server tick, starting 0.033-seconds upon debuff application, over 450 instances.
- All debuff-affected enemy units regain 0.077%/0.088%/0.099%/0.11% movement speed per interval.
- The movement speed slow applied reduce incrementally per
- The first debuff instance has the following properties:
- Checks the debuff-affected enemy's current-to-max health ratio upon debuff application and enables the deny functionality upon reaching the threshold.
- Considers
...
- Deals magical spell damage in 3-second intervals by default, starting immediately upon debuff application, over 6 damage instances.
- The damage interval is affected by
status resistance sources on the debuff-affected enemy and is defined as:
- EXPR
DmgInterval = CurrentDebuffDuration / 5
- Applies the first
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Affects the following units:
Fogged units
Invisible units.
Untargetable units.
- Affects the following units:
On Hidden Entity
Venomous Gale: Slowing and ticking for x damage.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIP- Has 1200 (
projectile speed.
- Has 1200 (
- Deals a max 75/250/425/600
Snakebite
[edit]W
T
SnakebiteDamage and applies a damage per second debuff to the unit-targeted enemy.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.73
Cast Range: 600
First Damage: 40/60/80/100 (
140/160/180/200)
Damage per Second: 10/20/30/40
Duration: 6
Reapplies the first damage to the debuff-affected enemy upon each of its successful attack.
Talent Upgrade
The applied debuff can now only be dispelled upon the debuff-affected enemy unit's death, rather than any dispel.
The applied debuff can now only be dispelled upon the debuff-affected enemy unit's death, rather than any dispel.
20/18/16/14
70/80/90/100
- Applies
venomancer_snakebiteon theunit-targeted enemy.
- Does not utilize
- Does not utilize
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
venomancer_snakebite- Applies the first
- Applies the first
- Deals 5/10/15/20
- Deals 5/10/15/20
- Reapplies the first
- Reapplies the first
Snakebite: Taking damage over time. Attacking will inflict additional damage.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACKSnakebite: Taking damage over time. Attacking will inflict additional damage.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK- Deals a min 100/180/260/340 (
Plague Ward
[edit]Summons a Plague Ward to attack enemy units and buildings.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.63
Cast Range: 850
Ward Duration: 40
Innate Properties
Although the ward's attacks are physical attack damage by nature, it is not affected by damage block sources.
Although the ward's attacks are physical attack damage by nature, it is not affected by damage block sources.
5 (
3)
21/24/27/30
A mixture of his old herbalist talents and newfound toxic mastery creates a living embodiment of plague.
150/250/350/450
-
The ward has a lower target priority than units and heroes, they are attacked by non-player-controlled units last.
-
Lvl
1
0
0%
20/25/30/35
10/14/18/22 (x̄)
The Plague Ward becomes robust as time passes.
Health Bonus Factor: (
2.5)
Attack Damage Bonus Factor: ( 2.5)
Plague Ward's attacks apply all ability effects, albeit with reduced damage.
Both Venomancer's and the Plague Ward's instances of Poison Sting are independent of each other.
Both Venomancer's and the Plague Ward's instances of Poison Sting are independent of each other.
Spell Damage Factor: 0.5
This unit's attacks are less effective on heroes and Reinforced units. However, its attacks are more effective on creeps.
This unit does not feel the effects from magical spell damage sources.
Roshan always prioritizes certain ward-type units if there are no other units within its attack range.
- Has the following unit additional properties:
- Can be controlled and issued orders.
- Has a Spell Immunity buff.
- Hence enemy heroes can ping the buff to print out the unit's remaining duration.
- The unit's attack damage is not affected by
damage block sources.
- The unit's attack damage is not affected by
- The health and damage bonus factor
Applies Poison Sting of Venomancer's corresponding ability level when acquired.
Requires drafting Venomancer for Poison Sting to work.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_LIFETIME_FRACTIONHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_ROOTEDHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_MAGIC_IMMUNENoxious Plague
[edit]Infects an enemy unit with an initial plague that applies an impact damage with max health as damage over time, and a movement speed slow.
Cast Animation: 0.15 + 0.72
Cast Range: 900
Spread Radius: 700 (
775)
Number of Spread Instances: 2
Impact Damage: 150/200/250
Max Health as Damage per Second: 2%/3%/4%
Move Speed Slow: 50%
Initial Duration: 4
Magic Resist Reduction: (
20%)
When the first debuff-affected enemy unit loses the debuff in any way, all other enemy units within the radius are infected with the first contagious plague, and applies the same ability effect as the initial plague.
All current active debuffs sourced to Venomancer on the initial unit-targeted enemy is spread to all valid enemy units within the radius.
All current active debuffs sourced to Venomancer on the initial unit-targeted enemy is spread to all valid enemy units within the radius.
First Duration: 4
Debuff Time Transfer Factor: 1
The plague spreads for the second time once when any secondary units lose the debuff in any way, and applies all other ability effects except the impact damage.
All current active debuff sourced to Venomancer on all plague-affected enemy units is spread once again to all valid enemy units within the radius.
Noxious Plague does not further spread from this point onward.
All current active debuff sourced to Venomancer on all plague-affected enemy units is spread once again to all valid enemy units within the radius.
Noxious Plague does not further spread from this point onward.
Second Impact Damage: 0 ( 150/200/250)
Second Duration: 4
Debuff Time Transfer Factor: 1
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Applies a magic resistance reduction to all Noxious Plague-affected enemy units. Additionally, the second spread now deals impact damage.
Reduces cooldown.
Applies a magic resistance reduction to all Noxious Plague-affected enemy units. Additionally, the second spread now deals impact damage.
Reduces cooldown.
100/90/80 ( 65/55/45)
200/250/300
Deep in the heart of the jungles of Jidi, the seeds of extermination freely grow.
- An ability indicator is visible above the debuff-affected enemy to everyone who has
vision over them.
- The spread ability visual effects are always visible to everyone, including through the
- An ability indicator is visible above the debuff-affected enemy to everyone who has
- Has the following activation sequence:
- The initial
First Spread to Secondary Units
- The initial
- The ability effects are applied as follows on the initial unit-targeted enemy
:
- Applies the
venomancer_noxious_plague_primary- Applies the following ability effects:
- The
movement speed slow.
- Deals
MaxHP × 2%/3%/4% - Stacks multiplicatively with other
magic resistance sources.
- The
- Reapplying the debuff refreshes the debuff duration, and delays the first plague spread.
- Leveling up the ability does not update the current debuff instance, but updates its ability values before it spreads.
- Applies the following ability effects:
venomancer_noxious_plague_primary- Losing the debuff in any way causes the ability to spread to secondary units
within the radius, centered around
- Losing the debuff in any way causes the ability to spread to secondary units
- Applies the
- The ability effects are applied as follows on the initial unit-targeted enemy
- The ability effects are applied as follows on the secondary units
- Applies the
- All aforementioned
venomancer_noxious_plague_primaryability components. - Transfers all timed debuffs sourced to Venomancer, including from
item abilities, to all valid enemy units within the radius.
- Debuff sources applied on
debuff immune units are still considered valid debuffs to spread.
- Does not transfer the following debuff sources:
Aura sources.
- Active
attack modifier sources.
Channeling sources.
- Sources that utilizes
ward-type units with a debuff duration.
- Bushwhack
- The transferred debuff duration is defined as:
- EXPR
RemainingDuration = TransferredDuration
- Losing the debuff in any way causes the ability to spread to secondary units
- Transfers all timed debuffs sourced to Venomancer, including from
- Applies the
- The ability effects are applied as follows on the secondary units
- The ability effects are applied as follows on the tertiary units
:
- Applies the
venomancer_noxious_plague_secondary- Applies the following ability effects:
- The
- Deals
MaxHP × 2%/3%/4%
- The
- Applies the following ability effects:
- Transfers all timed debuffs sourced to Venomancer, including from
- Other aforementioned debuff-transfer notes apply.
- Transfers all timed debuffs sourced to Venomancer, including from
- Applies the
- The ability effects are applied as follows on the tertiary units
- Has the following activation sequence:
- Consider the following secondary and tertiary units valid:
- Does not consider the following secondary and tertiary units valid:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
Spell Block sources procs upon 
projectile impact on the initial unit-targeted enemy.
Does not proc Spell Block sources on secondary and tertiary enemy units.
Does not proc Spell Block sources on secondary and tertiary enemy units.
Does not proc Spell Reflection sources on secondary and tertiary enemy units.
Noxious Plague: Taking damage over time. When this debuff expires, it will spread to nearby allies.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_PURGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_RESISTANCE_BONUSNoxious Plague: Movement speed reduced and taking damage over time.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_PURGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_RESISTANCE_BONUS- Both the first projectile and spread projectile(s) have 1200-
- Both the first projectile and spread projectile(s) have 1200-
- Affected enemy units now have
10% + 0.02% × ΣIntmagic resistance.
- Affected enemy units now have
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Venomancer/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | Patch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2026 - 16:00 EDT | Qualifier | EWC 2026 NA CQ | 1 : 0 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 4, 2026 - 12:00 SGT | Qualifier | EWC 2026 SEA CQ | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 3, 2026 - 12:00 PET | Qualifier | EWC 2026 SA CQ | 0 : 1 | 7.41 | |||||||
| June 2, 2026 - 21:25 MSK | Tier 4 | LOST S2 Div 1 - Group Stage - Week 2 | 1 : 0 | 7.41c | |||||||
| June 2, 2026 - 21:25 MSK | Tier 4 | LOST S2 Div 1 - Group Stage - Week 2 | 1 : 0 | 7.41c | |||||||
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Increased
intelligence gain from 1.8 to 1.9.
- Reduced Poison Sting movement speed slow from 10% to 8%.
- Rescaled Snakebite damage per second from 20/25/30/35 to 10/20/30/40.
Talents:
- LVL 15 +7% Poison Sting slow increased to +10%.
- LVL 20 x1.4 Snakebite damage ➜ +100 Snakebite first damage.
- REMOVED Septic Shock .
- Poison Sting is now Venomancer 's
innate ability.
- Rescaled damage per second from 8/16/24/32 to 9 + (1 * HeroLvl) .
- Rescaled movement speed slow from 8%/10%/12%/14% to 10% on each level.
- Reduced duration from 6/9/12/15 to 4.5 + (0.5 * HeroLvl) .
- ADDED the Snakebite ability.
- This is now Venomancer 's second ability.
- Deals 40/60/80/100 first damage upon cast, and applies a 6-second 20/25/30/35 damage per second debuff.
- When the debuff-affected enemy unit attacks, only the first damage is reapplied again.
- Has a 600-cast range, 20/18/16/14-second cooldown, with 70/80/90/100-mana cost.
- REMOVED Plague Ward
Plague Carrier ability component.
- CHANGED Noxious Plague ability operations:
- REMOVED the
Patient Zero ability component.
- CHANGED ability targeting type from Target Area to Target Unit .
- The plague now spreads and applies all debuff sourced to Venomancer on the
- EXPR ReappliedDuration = DebuffRemainingDuration
- Reapplying the debuff neither stacks, nor refreshes its duration, but reapplies the impact damage.
- The spread debuff duration is neither affected by status resistance sources nor debuff amplification sources.
- The impact damage is now non-lethal.
- The debuff also spreads the first time once the initial 4-second debuff duration ends, and applies all spell damage components.
- The first debuff then spreads a second time and applies a 4-second debuff duration, this ability component does not further spread.
- EXPR ReappliedDuration = DebuffRemainingDuration
- U No longer applies the min 15% and max 50% movement speed slow aura.
- U Now applies 50% movement speed slow on the affected unit for the entire debuff duration.
- Reduced spread radius from 800 to 700.
- Reduced impact damage from 200/300/400 to 150/200/250.
- Reduced max health as damage from 3%/4%/5% to 2%/3%/4%.
- Reduced initial debuff duration from 5 to 4.
- Reduced mana cost from 200/300/400 to 200/250/300.
- REMOVED the
- REWORKED
- OLD Increases Septic Shock main attack damage to spell factor by 0.17.
- NEW Noxious Plague
- Applies a 20% magic resistance reduction on all affected enemy units.
- The second spread now deals 150/200/250 damage upon projectile impact.
- Reduces cooldown by 35.
- REWORKED
- Venomous Gale
- OLD Now applies a 1.6-second stun and deals 300 damage upon losing the debuff in any way.
- NEW
- The projectile now creates 2 Plague Wards around every enemy hero hit.
- Increases cast range by a 1.25 factor.
- Increases projectile speed by a 1.25 factor.
- Venomous Gale
- LVL 15 +5% Poison Sting slow increased to +7%.
- LVL 15 -1s Plague Ward cooldown ➜ +75 Noxious Plague spread radius.
- LVL 20 +50 base attack damage ➜ -2s Plague Ward cooldown.
- LVL 20 +1% Noxious Plague max health as damage per second ➜ x1.4 Snakebite damage.
- LVL 25 +200 Noxious Plague aura attack speed slow ➜ Death dispels Snakebite .
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.
| Venomancer's Relics | Voice Lines | |
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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 | |
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| Head | |
| Plague Wards | |
| Taunt | |
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Trivia
[edit]- The name Lesale may be the romanized version of the Punjabi word "ਲੇਸਲੇ", which is pronounced lesale.
- The word roughly translates to "sticky", "adhesive", or "viscous", which would thematically fit to Venomancer.
- The name could also be derived from French "le sale", which translates to "the dirty" or "the nasty", which would fit Venomancer as well.
- Venomancer's attack response ▶️ "It's in my nature." is a reference to animal fable The Scorpion and the Frog.
- In the tale, the scorpion sits on a frog's back, that moves across a river, but the scorpion then stings the frog, drowing them both.
- When asked by the frog why he did that, the scorpion tells the frog that it's in his nature.
- Venomancer's death response ▶️ "The pain. The pain!" is a reference to the death scene of The Pain from Metal Gear Solid 3.
- The Pain has control over a swarm of hornets, similarly to how Venomancer has control over Plague Wards.
- In Deadlock, Pocket's Affliction ability may be inspired by Venomancer's Poison Nova, releasing a wave around the caster that debuffs enemies, non-lethal dealing damage over time for a long duration.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Venomancer uses the model of the Hydralisk, a model that is only used during the end credits of Warcraft 3.
- Venomous Gale is inspired by the Warden's Shadow Strike.
- It's predecessor, Shadow Strike, was identical to the Warden's Shadow Strike.
- Poison Sting's original iteration was based on the Gnoll Assassins' Envenomed Weapons.
- Plague Ward's original iteration was based on the Shadow Hunter's Serpent Ward.
- Other Starcraft units that have models within Warcraft 3 are the Zerglings and the Marines.
Gallery
[edit]- Concept art
- Model and icons before November 21, 2013 Patch
- Ability icon progress
- Hero icon progress
- Bone Harvest sprite - alive
- Bone Harvest sprite - dead