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Runes
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For the runes that come with cosmetic items, see Inscribed Gem.
Runes are special power-ups that spawn on the game map at certain places. Runes ignore Impassable Terrain and
Pathing Blocker.
Definition
[edit]| Rune Type | Bonuses | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| River Power Runes |
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| Other Runes |
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Activate
[edit] Activate
Passive
Affects
Self
Activate to instantly redeem a temporary power-up of the corresponding Rune.
The hero does not require to face the Rune to activate it.
The hero does not require to face the Rune to activate it.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
Activate Distance: 150
Power Runes does not spawn upon the game start. After a certain interval, they spawn at their designated river Rune spots.
1st Spawn Interval: 360
Subsequent Spawn Interval: 120
Heroes with a Bottle in their inventory automatically store the Rune when they pick the Rune.
However, an already Rune-filled Bottle activates the second rune right away, and does not replace the Rune within the Bottle.
Stored Rune not dropable/giftable and will be automaticaly activated after 90 seconds.
However, an already Rune-filled Bottle activates the second rune right away, and does not replace the Rune within the Bottle.
Stored Rune not dropable/giftable and will be automaticaly activated after 90 seconds.
Runes can be traced back to the earliest Allstars rendition, which are considered items, if true.
- Only the Heroes,
Clones and Spirit Bear can activate the rune.
- Considers the following Runes as River Power Runes:
- Runes does not interact with abilities, except the following sources:
- Magnetic Field can activate a rune.
- Mischief can transform into a rune.
- Store Rune
- Can pull a rune:
- Can target a rune:
- Has the following properties:
- The first granted Rune of the next cycle cannot be the same as last granted Rune of the previous cycle.
- Never repeats within a cycle, it cannot spawn again until all other Power Runes have spawned as well.
- Spawns at one of the random river Rune spots.
- Within the
Fog of War, the Rune icon appears on the minimap. These icons remain until the river Rune spot is confirmed to be empty.
- Within the
- The first Power Rune spawns at the 6:00 in-game time at their dedicated river Rune spots.
- Subsequent Power Runes spawns per 2:00 in-game minute.
- If the rune is not activated before the next spawn time, they disappear.
- Has a higher selection box priority over most units.
- This only applies to orders that can target Runes.
- All Runes are visible in spectator mode.
Power
[edit]Amplify Damage
[edit] Amplify Damage
No
Affects
Self
Grants the hero activating the rune bonus attack damage, and outgoing spell damage amplification.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Attack Damage Bonus: 80%
Spell Damage Amp: 
15%
Duration: 45
- Grants the following bonuses per stack upon cast:
- Flat
bonus attack damage based on the hero's current
main attack damage, values are periodically checked and the bonus values are updated immediately.
- Generic
outgoing spell damage amplifcation that affects
spell damage sourced to itself.
- Stack additively with other generic outgoing damage sources.
- Does not affect
HP Removal sources.
- Flat
- Grants the following bonuses per stack upon cast:
- Reapplying the buff refreshes the duration.
- Affect the following units:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
- Affect the following units:
Double Damage: Base damage increased by x%
Arcane
[edit] Arcane
No
Affects
Self
Applies mana cost reduction and cooldown reduction to both abilities and item abilities.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Cooldown Reduction: 25%
Mana Loss Reduction: 30%
Duration: 50
- Grants the following ability effects:
- Percentage-based
mana cost reduction.
- Percentage-based max and
current mana loss.
- Percentage-based
- Percentage-based cooldown reduction.
- Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of the same mechanic type, after flat reduction sources.
- Reapplying the buff refreshes the duration.
- Affect the following units:
- Affect the following units:
Arcane: Reduces cooldowns by 30% and manacosts by 30%
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_COOLDOWN_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_MANACOST_PERCENTAGE_STACKINGMODIFIER_PROPERTY_UNIT_STATS_NEED_REFRESHHaste
[edit] Haste
No
Affects
Self
Grants haste movement to the hero activating the Rune — it cannot be slowed below the haste value.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Haste Speed: 550
Duration: 22
- Grants
haste movement and not other movement effects.
- Grants
- Reapplying the buff refreshes the duration.
- Affect the following units:
- Affect the following units:
Rune Haste: Movement speed increased to maximum.
Illusion
[edit] Illusion
No
Affects
Self
Creates multiple images of the hero activating the Rune under its own control.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Split Time: 0.1
Grants ground vision centered around the Rune activation location.
Vision Radius: 1000
Duration: 0.1
These images are illusions that deals a portion of the corresponding hero's damage and receives additional incoming damage.
Number of Illusions: 2
Damage Dealt: 35%
Duration: 75
- Applies the following ability effects on the caster as follows:
- Disjoints incoming
projectiles upon cast.
- Creates the illusions with
modifier_invulnerable. - The ability determines which position within the illusion formation that the wielder will reappear at this point.
- Creates the illusions with
- Applies the -second split time
rune_illusionon the caster with the following properties:Stun
Unselectable
- The caster first reappears in game, with its
current health bar visible, in the random position within the fixed illusion formation.
- The caster first reappears in game, with its
- Issues the caster a stop-command, canceling all queued orders, including orders to other
player-controlled units.
- Applies a
basic dispel on the wielder.
- Reappears with illusions facing the same direction as the caster, with no health bar, correspondingly to the ability cast position and number of illusions created.
- With 2 illusions:
or
or
or
- With 2 illusions:
- Reappears with illusions facing the same direction as the caster, with no health bar, correspondingly to the ability cast position and number of illusions created.
- These created illusions now plays the hero spawn animation.
- Grants illusions particle effects accordingly to the hero model, then the health bars.
- Reactivating the rune instant kills and replaces all illusions of the current instance to the current ability level, regardless under whose control the illusions are.
- Disjoints incoming
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNEDMODIFIER_STATE_INVULNERABLEMODIFIER_STATE_UNSELECTABLEMODIFIER_STATE_NO_HEALTH_BARMODIFIER_STATE_OUT_OF_GAMEHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_INVULNERABLEMODIFIER_STATE_NO_HEALTH_BARIllusion
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_DAMAGEOUTGOING_PERCENTAGE_ILLUSIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_IS_ILLUSIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ILLUSION_LABELMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_PROPERTY_LIFETIME_FRACTIONMODIFIER_PROPERTY_INCOMING_DAMAGE_ILLUSIONInvisibility
[edit] Invisibility
No
Affects
Self
Grants the hero activating the Rune invisibility.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Fade Time: 2
Duration: 45
- During the fade time, the affected unit can still attack and cast abilities.
- Does not grant
phase movement.
- Reapplying the buff refreshes the duration.
- The invisibility breaks upon attack point, or the abilities' cast point.
- Affect the following units:
- Affect the following units:
Invisible: Attacking removes invisibility.
Regeneration
[edit] Regeneration
No
Affects
Self
Grants max health and max mana regeneration upon rune activation.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Max Health to Health Regen per Second: 6%
Max Mana to Mana Regen per Second: 6%
Duration: 30
Player-based damage greater than 0 after all reductions reduces the max health and max mana regeneration value for a set duration.
Max Health to Health Regen per Second: 1%
Max Mana to Mana Regen per Second: 1%
Player-based damage instance regardless of factions applies the fixed buff downtime duration. Cannot be reset with cooldown reset sources.
Downtime: 3
- Reapplying the buff creates another independent instance.
- Affects the following units:
- Affects the following units:
- The player-based item downtime duration does not proc on the following sources:
- Self-damage sources.
Rune Regeneration: Regenerating x HP and x mana per second.
Shield
[edit] Shield
No
Affects
Self
Grants the hero activating the Rune an all damage barrier based on their max health.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Max Health to Barrier Factor: 
0.5
Duration: 75
- Reapplying the buff refreshes the duration, but does not refresh the
damage barrier values.
- Affect the following units:
- Affect the following units:
- Reapplying the buff refreshes the duration, but does not refresh the
Shielded: Protected by a barrier equal to x% of Max HP.
Has the following priorities among damage barrier sources.
- This ability grants a
- 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.
Other
[edit]Bounty
[edit] Bounty
No
Affects
Self / Allied Heroes
Grants bonus reliable gold based on the in-game time upon creation.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Effect Radius: 
Global
Base Team Gold: 40
Gold Bonus Increase per Instance: 6
Increase Interval: 300
Turbo Mode Multiplier: 2
The first pair of Bounty Runes spawn at the river Power Rune spots, and grants a greater bonus reliable gold.
Team Gold Bonus: 40
Subsequent Bounty Runes spawn in the jungle per faction, after a certain in-game intervals.
Spawn Interval: 240
Bounty Runes are less effective, and replenishes the Bottle up to a certain extend.
Charge Restore per Other Rune: 2
- Grants reliable gold to all heroes of the faction that activates this Rune.
- The gold granted for subsequent Bounty Runes per allied hero is defined as:
- EXPR
40 + 6 × ⌊ (In-Game Time / 5) ⌋
- The gold granted for subsequent Bounty Runes per allied hero is defined as:
- Subsequent Bounty Rune spawns at 4:00 in-game time intervals, at their dedicated Bounty Rune spots within the faction's jungle.
- If the rune is not activated before the next spawn time, the new runes spawn next to the old ones.
- The Stored Rune (Bounty) grants gold based on the time the rune was created, not when it was bottled.
- Restores 2 Regenerate
charges, unless the item has
< 2charges.
- Restores 2 Regenerate
- A small golden particle effect briefly bursts from the hero activating the Rune, visible to everyone.
- Displays an ally-only overhead text indicating the amount of granted reliable gold.
- Turbo Mode
- The granted gold factor is applied, regardless of the notification message displaying standard granted values.
Water
[edit] Water
No
Affects
Self
Instantly heals and restores mana.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Heal: 
40
Mana Restore: 
80
Water Runes spawn only at the following in-game intervals, they are no longer created after this time intervals.
1st Spawn Interval: 120
2nd Spawn Interval: 240
Water Runes are less effective, and replenishes the Bottle up to a certain extend.
Charge Restore per Other Rune: 2
- The Water Runes spawns at the 2:00 and 4:00 in-game time respectively at both of the river Power Rune spots.
- If the rune is not activated before the next spawn time, they disappear.
- Restores 2 Regenerate
< 2charges.
- Restores 2 Regenerate
- When using
-spawnruneto force runes to spawn before the 4:00 in-game time, both Power Rune spots still spawn Water Runes.
Recent Changes
[edit]Main Article: Runes/Changelogs
Description
- Bounty Rune now has its gold value set upon creation, instead of being determined upon activation.
- Invisibility Rune no longer grants 25% incoming damage reduction.
- Haste Rune 's duration no longer increases by 3 seconds per rune cycle.
- REMOVED Wisdom Rune , replaced them with Shrines of Wisdom .
- Bounty Rune
- Increased spawn interval from 3 to 4 minutes.
- Increased base team gold from 36 to 40.
- Reduced gold bonus increase per 5 minutes from 9 to 6.
- RENAMED Double Damage Rune to Amplify Damage Rune .
- Reduced attack damage bonus from 100% to 80% of main attack damage.
- Now also grants 15% Spell Amplification.
- Regeneration Rune has its health and mana regeneration reduced to 1% of user's max health/mana upon taking player-based damage instead of dispelling.
- Arcane Rune cooldown reduction reduced from 30% to 25%.
- Invisibility Rune now also grants 25% incoming damage reduction, increased by 5% per rune cycle.
- Haste Rune 's duration now increases by 3 seconds per rune cycle.
Gallery
[edit]- Runes in-game
Amplify Damage Rune Arcane Rune Bounty Rune Haste Rune Illusion Rune Invisibility Rune Regeneration Rune Shield Rune Water Rune Wisdom Rune Old Bounty Rune
- Rune spots
Top river Power rune spawn point Bottom river Power rune spawn point Radiant secondary jungle Bounty rune spawn point Dire secondary jungle Bounty rune spawn point
- Rune models