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Leshrac
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This article is mostly accurate for the latest version of the game (7.37), in which this hero was changed.
It has no changes in the current game version — 7.37c.
Leshrac
20 + 2.8
17 + 2.5
22 + 3.5
| Grants the following bonuses per attribute point: | |
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+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration |
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+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed |
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+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +1 Main Attack Damage |
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900 Projectile Speed
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100 (117)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.4 + 0.6
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0.6
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1800 / 800
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2011-05-26
Released | ||
2004-04-08
(v4.0beta2) | ||
Competitive Span
2011-07-16 — Present |
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| Can deal heavy damage in an aura around himself. | |
|---|---|
| Once a worldly philosopher, the hideous truth at the heart of existence emanated Nihilism and twisted Leshrac into the vile being he is today. The Split Earth beneath his hooves opens to consume the unsuspecting, while Lightning Storms strike down entire fields of foes. He pronounces a Diabolic Edict, saturating the air with bouts of magical explosions. Warping the structure of spacetime, Leshrac emits a continuous Pulse Nova, disintegrating and scouring nearby foes without ever lifting a finger. | |
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| Roles: |  Carry  Support  Nuker  Pusher  Disabler |
| Complexity |   |
| Adjectives | Blue, Horns, Nose Legs ( 4 ) |
Facets[edit]
Chronoptic Nourishment
The nihilist mana restores correspondingly to the attack damage dealt on the enemy unit.
Attack Damage to Mana Restore Factor: 0.1/0.14/0.18/0.22
Attack Damage to Mana Restore Factor: 0.1/0.14/0.18/0.22
Diabolic Edict has a longer explosion interval and affects buildings.
Building Damage Factor: 1
Duration: 10
Building Damage Factor: 1
Duration: 10
Misanthropy
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Grants the Nihilism ability.
Leshrac and all enemy units within the radius turns ethereal. They cannot attack, have their movement speed slowed, and reduces all affected enemy units' magic resistance.
Leshrac and all enemy units within the radius turns ethereal. They cannot attack, have their movement speed slowed, and reduces all affected enemy units' magic resistance.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Causes Split Earth to echo in the same location with a delay duration, increasing its effect radius per instance. The echo location is visible to everyone.
Talents[edit]
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|---|---|---|
| +20 Diabolic Edict Explosions | 25 | Pulse Nova triggers Lightning Storm |
| +30 Pulse Nova Damage | 20 | +20% Damage Reduction during Pulse Nova |
| +10% Movement Speed during Pulse Nova | 15 | +80 Lightning Storm Damage |
| +4 Armor | 10 | +1.5 Mana Regen |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio[edit]
Imbalance demands it.Tormented Soul
Lore:
Leshrac, Tormented Soul, is an entity torn from the heart of nature, a liminal being that exists half in one plane of existence, half in another. His penetrating intelligence is such that he can never ignore for a moment the agonizing horror at the heart of all creation. Once a great philosopher who sought the meaning of existence, he plumbed the depths of nature with the haunted Chronoptic Crystals, and was forever altered by the hideous mysteries thereby revealed to him. Now the darkest depths of his enlightenment are illumined only by the fitful glare of his arrogance. Like other elemental characters, he is completely at one with nature, but in his case it is a nature lurid and vile. He alone sees the evil truth of reality, and has no use for those who believe the cosmos reserves a special reward for those who practice benevolence.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Defilement[edit]
Defilement 
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants flat bonus area-of-effect per current 
intelligence.
intelligence.Radius Bonus per Int: 0.4
0.4 Chronoptic Nourishment[edit]
Chronoptic Nourishment Passive
Affects
Self
The nihilist mana restores correspondingly to the attack damage dealt on the enemy unit.
Attack Damage to Mana Restore Factor: 
0.1/0.14/0.18/0.22
0.1/0.14/0.18/0.22 
Chronoptic Nourishment is less effective on creeps.
Creep Mana Restore Factor: 0.5
This ability levels up with Pulse Nova.
- Considers clones,
illusions, and creep-heroes as heroes.
- Does not affect units without
mana.
leshrac_chronoptic_nourishment (1296)
Abilities[edit]
Split Earth[edit]
Splits the earth under enemies. Deals damage and stuns for a short duration.
Cast Animation: 0.7 + 0.67
Cast Range: 
650
650 Base Radius: 
135/160/185/210
135/160/185/210 Number of Instances: 1 ( 4)
4) Effect Delay: 0.35
Damage: 115/170/225/280
Stun Duration: 1.7
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Causes Split Earth to echo in the same location with a delay duration, increasing its effect radius per instance. The echo location is visible to everyone.
Causes Split Earth to echo in the same location with a delay duration, increasing its effect radius per instance. The echo location is visible to everyone.
Radius Increase per Instance: ( 55)
55)Radius Increase Interval: ( 5)
5)
9
80/100/120/140
Twisting nature to his vile will, the shifting earth consumes those unlucky enough to cross Leshrac's path.
- Trees within the effect radius are destroyed.
- The ability has neither a visual nor an audio indicator during its effect delay.
- Split Earth now applies its effect 4 times at the area-targeted location.
- All Split Earth instances now happen at 0.35/5.35/10.35/15.35 seconds after cast.
- The ability's visual effect for the echo location is visible to everyone.
modifier_leshrac_split_earth_thinker
On hidden entity
modifier_stunned
Stunned
leshrac_split_earth (5241)
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
stun debuff. - The magical spell damage.
- The
- radius math
Diabolic Edict[edit]
Saturates the area around Leshrac with magical explosions that deal pure damage to enemy units. The fewer units available to attack, the more damage those units will take.
Cast Animation: 0.5 + 0.87
Radius: 450
450 Number of Explosions: 40 (
60)
60) Damage per Explosion: 9/16/23/30
Chronoptic Nourishment
Has a longer explosion interval and affects buildings.
Building Damage Factor: 
1
1 Duration: 10
Damage Interval: 0.25 ( 0.17)
0.17) MisanthropyHas a shorter explosion interval, but not longer affects buildings.
Duration: 6
Damage Interval: 0.15 ( 0.1)
0.1)22/21/20/19
90/110/130/150
Chronoptic energy bursts from one plane to the other, evaporating anything it touches.
- The ability has the following properties:
- Centered on Leshrac upon cast for the entire duration.
- Creates a negative
aura that deals pure spell damage immediately to valid enemy units within the radius.
- Hence, the explosion continues upon Leshrac's
death location.
- Hence, the explosion continues upon Leshrac's
- Randomly selects nearby valid enemy units, without priorities, and applies a damage instance per explosion.
- Does not affect the following units:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
- Recasting the ability creates another independent instance.
modifier_leshrac_diabolic_edict
Diabolic Edict: Inflicting Damage to nearby enemy units
leshrac_diabolic_edict (5242)
- When there are no valid enemy units nearby, the explosions randomly appear within a 500-side length square.
- These explosion are purely visual and does nothing.
Lightning Storm[edit]
Summons a lightning storm that blasts the target enemy unit, then jumps to nearby enemy units. Struck units have their movement speed slowed.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 1.04
Cast Range: 600
600 Jump Radius: 450
450 Storm Instances per Unit: 1
Number of Jumps: 5/7/9/11
Effect Delay: 0.25
Damage: 90/140/190/240 (
170/220/270/320)
170/220/270/320) Move Speed Slow: 75%
Attack Speed Slow: 50
Slow Duration: 0.45/0.7/0.95/1.2
As the Pulse Nova pulsates, it applies a single-strike Lightning Storm of its corresponding level within a larger radius.
Storm Radius: (
700)
( 700)Number of Targets: ( 1)
1)Applies a single-strike Lightning Storm after a fixed duration and is not affected by any cooldown manipulation sources.
Downtime:
4
80/100/120/140
The Tormented Soul's mastery of the elements is evident in the massive storms that strike down armies before him.
- The lightning hits the primary target after the effect delay.
- Then, it jumps to other enemy units within the radius in 0.25-second intervals.
- Hence, Lightning Storm takes 1.25/1.75/2.25/2.75 seconds to hit all valid targets.
- The lightning can be avoided by the following sources:
- Hidden sources.
- Invulnerable sources.
Spell immune sources.- However, the aforementioned sources do not prevent Lightning Storm from jumping.
- The magical spell damage can only affect the same enemy units once per cast.
- Recasting the ability creates another independent instance.
- Adds a passive component to Lightning Storm.
- Procs a Lightning Storm strike on a random enemy unit, prioritizing heroes, within 700 radius when Pulse Nova is toggled ON.
- The auto-strike considers clones and illusions as heroes, creep-heroes as creeps.
- Procs a Lightning Storm strike on a random enemy unit, prioritizing heroes, within 700 radius when Pulse Nova is toggled
- Has the following properties upon proc:
- Works independently of Lightning Storm's cooldown, and does not cost mana.
- Does not proc on-cast effects.
- Works independently of Lightning Storm's
- The ability is completely nullified when it procs
Spell Block upon impact on the primary target.
- Procs
Spell Reflection only on the primary target.
- Other Spell Block notes apply.
- Other
modifier_leshrac_lightning_storm_scepter_thinkerHidden modifier
modifier_leshrac_lightning_stormHidden modifier
modifier_leshrac_lightning_storm_slow
Lightning Storm Slow
leshrac_lightning_storm (5243)
- All jumps deals up to 450/980/1710/2640 (
450/980/1710/2640) damage (before reductions) per storm instance.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The magical spell damage.
- Both the
movement speed slow and the 
attack speed slow debuff.
Nihilism[edit]
No
Affects
Enemies / Self
Leshrac and all enemy units within the radius turns ethereal. They cannot attack, have their movement speed slowed, and reduces all affected enemy units' magic resistance.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
0 + 0Effect Radius: 500
500 Magic Resist Reduction: 30%
Move Speed Slow: 30%
Ethereal Duration: 4
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Grants Leshrac bonus movement speed, without reducing his magic resistance.
Self Move Speed Bonus: 30%
25
75
- Acquiring
Aghanim's Scepter unlocks this ability in the fourth ability slot.
- Nihilism creates a negative aura upon cast centered around Leshrac for the entire duration, affecting both Leshrac and enemy units within the radius. Enemy unit affected now has the following properties:
- Attack immune
Disarm
Ethereal, granting 100% physical damage resistance as a secondary effect.
- Multiple ethereal-based
magic resistance reduction sources do not stack, the higher multiplier takes precedence. - However, it stacks multiplicatively with other magic resistance sources.
- Multiple
- Dispelling the buff on Leshrac ends the ability prematurely.
- Recasting the ability refreshes the buff duration.
- Acquiring Aghanim's Scepter while drafting Pulse Nova unlocks this ability.
modifier_leshrac_decrepify_auraNihilism: Movement speed increased by x%.
modifier_leshrac_decrepifyNihilism: Slowing movement by x% and increasing spell damage by x%.
leshrac_greater_lightning_storm (539)
- Affected enemy heroes now has 2.5% magic resistance.
- Nihilism reduces the total magic resistance by 0.3% per 10 intelligence points.
- Nihilism reduces the total
Pulse Nova[edit]
Creates pulse of damaging energy that affects enemy units around Leshrac once per second. Drains Leshrac's mana per pulse.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
0 + 0Effect Radius: 500
500 Damage per Second: 80/135/180 (
110/165/210)
110/165/210) Move Speed Bonus: ( 10%)
10%) Damage Reduction: 
(
20%)
( 20%) As the Pulse Nova pulsates, it applies a single-strike Lightning Storm of its corresponding level within a larger radius.
Toggling Pulse Nova off puts the ability on a fixed downtime. Can be reset with cooldown reset sources, but it is not affected by percentage-based cooldown reductions.
Downtime:
1
70
The current mana loss per second is affected by mana loss manipulation sources.
25/45/65 s-1If necessary, the Tormented Soul can manipulate space time itself, ravaging lesser beings.
- Does not interrupt Leshrac's
channeling abilities upon toggling.
- The ability effects are applied as follows upon toggle ON:
- The magical spell damage and the activation mana cost.
- Loses 25/45/65 current mana in 1-second intervals, 1 second after upon toggle ON.
- Does not automatically toggle OFFwhen affected by the following sources:
- Grants the following bonuses while toggled ON:
- Applies generic incoming damage reduction on Leshrac while active.
- Stacks additively with other incoming damage manipulation sources.
- Does not reduce
HP Removal sources.
- Flat movement speed bonus.
- Applies generic
modifier_leshrac_pulse_novaPulse Nova: Inflicting Damage to nearby enemy units
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Leshrac/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2024 - 14:00 CEST | Tier 3 |   | EPL Season 20 |      |  | 0 : 1 |  |      |
| Sep 16, 2024 - 19:00 CEST | Tier 3 |   | RES Series EU #4 |     |  | 0 : 1 |  |     |
| Sep 14, 2024 - 15:50 ICT | Tier 4 |  | HPB Legion 1 |    |   | 1 : 0 |  |     |
| Sep 13, 2024 - 20:15 PET | Tier 4 |  | Royal Circuit #2 |    |  | 1 : 0 |  |      |
| Sep 11, 2024 - 14:00 SGT | Tier 3 |  | Phoenix League |    |  | 0 : 1 |   |   |
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Reduced Split Earth damage from 120/180/240/300 to 115/170/225/280.
- Reduced Diabolic Edict File:Dota2 Facet Nuke icon.png Misanthropy duration from 7 to 6.
- Reduced Lightning Storm cast range from 650 to 600.
- Reduced Defilement flat radius bonus per intelligence from 0.5 to 0.4.
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.
| Leshrac's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
 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 | |
|---|---|
| Weapon | |
| Head | |
| Taunt | |
Trivia[edit]
- The name Leshrac comes from a Planeswalker from the "Magic: the Gathering" multiverse.
- Diabolic Edict is the name of an iconic black card in that game; much like the Dota 2 spell, the Magic card was more effective when there were fewer targets, as your opponent got to choose which target got hit.
- When meeting Leshrac as an enemy or an ally, Spirit Breaker (who also happens to be a planeswalker or planeshifter in Dota 2's lore) will reference this in his lines towards Leshrac.
- Leshrac is an anagram of "Charles", a reference to the middle name of early Magic playtester Chris Page. An ultimately unpublished Armada comic would have expanded on Leshrac's story, tying him to the magic of Estark and confronting Taysir in the "Magic: the Gathering" universe.
- Leshrac's response ▶️ "An evil wind rises." is a reference to the real-life mazuku, which is Swahili for "evil wind". A mazuku is a toxic pocket of air that is rich in carbon dioxide which is lethal to anyone inside the pocket. It originates from vents in the earth such as lava tunnels where it rises into the low lying areas on the surface, or beneath lakes rich in CO2 where it rises into the air of the surrounding area via limnic eruptions.[1]
- Nihilism is the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless.
Gallery[edit]
Model
Ability icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
