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Sven
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Sven
25 + 3.2
21 + 2.2
16 + 1.5
| Grants the following bonuses per attribute point: | |
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+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration +1 Main Attack Damage |
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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 |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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110 (131)
(1.9 BAT) | ||
0.4 + 0.3
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0.6
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1800 / 800
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2010-11-01
Released | ||
2004-02-03
(v0.60) | ||
Competitive Span
2010-11-01 — Present |
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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. | |
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| Roles: |  Carry  Disabler  Initiator  Durable  Nuker |
| Complexity |   |
| Adjectives | NicePecs, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Heavy Plate
Warcry additionally grants a physical damage barrier to all affected ally units upon cast.
Barrier: 60/120/180/240
Barrier: 60/120/180/240
Wrath of God
Grants Sven additional base attack damage per 
strength with a trade-off.
Str to Base Attack Damage Bonus: 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7
Base Attack Damage Reduction: 20
strength with a trade-off.Str to Base Attack Damage Bonus: 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7
Base Attack Damage Reduction: 20
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Increases cast range, and transports Sven along the Storm Hammer. Can now be cast on invulnerable targets. Applies a basic dispel on the target upon projectile impact.
Sven does not travel with the Storm Hammer with Alt-Cast toggled on.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Warcry is now undispellable and passively grants armor to all ally units within the radius.
Talents[edit]
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| +1s Storm Hammer Stun Duration | 25 | +50% God's Strength Damage |
| +8 Warcry Active Armor | 20 | +20% God's Strength Slow Resist |
| +25% Great Cleave Damage | 15 | -12s God's Strength Cooldown |
| +20 Attack Speed | 10 | +5s Warcry Duration |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio[edit]
May my enemies share the fate of the Shattered Helm.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:
Innate[edit]
Vanquisher[edit]
Vanquisher 
Passive
Affects
Self
Sven's attacks conditionally deal more attack damage to stunned enemy units.
Attack Damage Bonus: 17%
- The bonus attack damage component on enemy units affected by
stun is considered as a bonus 
conditional attack damage source and has the following properties:
- The bonus values are not displayed in the HUD, it is directly added to Sven's attack damage in the combat log.
- The bonus values are not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonus sources.
- Does not affect ally units.
- The bonus conditional attack damage applied of this source is considered by the following mechanics:
Lifesteal sources.
Critical Strike sources.
Cleave sources.
Damage Block sources on the affected enemy unit.
sven_vanquisher (1232)
Wrath of God[edit]
Wrath of God 
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants Sven additional base attack damage per strength with a trade-off.
strength with a trade-off.Base Attack Damage Reduction: 20
Str to Base Attack Damage Bonus: 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7
This ability levels up with God's Strength.
- Selecting the facet unlocks this ability.
- Grants Sven 1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7
base attack damage per strength.
sven_wrath_of_god (1234)
Abilities[edit]
Storm Hammer[edit]
Sven unleashes his magical gauntlet that deals damage and stuns enemy units in a small area around the target.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0
Effect Radius: 
270
270 Damage: 80/160/240/320 ( 260/340/420/500)
260/340/420/500) Stun Duration: 1/1.2/1.4/1.6 (
2/2.2/2.4/2.6)
2/2.2/2.4/2.6) 
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Increases cast range, and transports Sven along the Storm Hammer. Can now be cast on invulnerable targets. Applies a basic dispel on the target upon projectile impact.
Increases cast range, and transports Sven along the Storm Hammer. Can now be cast on invulnerable targets. Applies a basic dispel on the target upon projectile impact.
Max Travel Distance: ( 2200)
2200)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Sven does not travel with the Storm Hammer with Alt-Cast toggled on.
Sven does not travel with the Storm Hammer with Alt-Cast toggled on.
Damage: 80/160/240/320
21/18/15/12
110/115/120/125
The Rogue Knight's iron gauntlet, taken from the school of his father, strikes his foes to their core.
- Storm Hammer is a unit-targeted area-of-effect ability, its ability target reticule must be unit-targeted on an enemy unit.
- The projectile grants a 225-radius
flying vision.
- The vision does not linger upon projectile impact.
- Affects enemy units up to
870 ( 1220) range away with the cast range and effect radius.
- ▣ Alt-Cast is disabled by default upon acquiring the ability upgrade.
- When activated, Storm Hammer now has the following properties upon cast:
- Deals bonus magical spell damage. Does not apply the damage bonus when ▣ Alt-Cast is deactivated.
- Incoming
projectiles are not disjointed. - Sven is
forcefully moved with the Storm Hammer projectile and cannot act. - Grants Sven the following effects while being moved:
- The aforementioned ability effects no longer apply if the forced movement is interrupted in any way.
- Sven stops traveling with the projectile in the following conditions:
- Upon
death. - When the travel distance between Sven and the affected target is greater than 2200.
- Upon
- Only the
basic dispel component affects 
invulnerable enemy units.
- The ability is blocked upon projectile impact.
- Nullifies the ability when spell blocked on the primary target.
- The ability is reflected upon projectile impact.
- Altcast (help needed)
- The ability's effects are still applied within the radius.
- Sven stops traveling with the projectile when Storm Hammer Altcast is disjointed.
- With ▣ Alt-Cast activated, Sven transports to the first target, then the regular Storm Hammer projectile, without the ability upgrade is launched to the secondary target.
modifier_projectile_vision
On hidden entity
modifier_sven_stormbolt_hide
Hidden modifier
modifier_stunned
Stunned
sven_storm_bolt (5094)
- Sven's weapon emit particles during Storm Hammer's cast point visible to everyone.
- Storm Hammer has a 1000-projectile speed
- more travel time math here.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Applies the basic dispel on all affected enemies within the radius.
- The magical spell damage.
- The stun debuff.
- The ability upgrade is determined if Sven has Aghanim's Scepter equipped during the ability's cast point.
Great Cleave[edit]
W
C
Great Cleave
Sven cleaves all nearby enemy units with his attack.
First Width: 150
Distance: 700
700 End Width: 360
360 Cleave Damage: 40%/60%/80%/100% (
65%/85%/105%/125%)
65%/85%/105%/125%) 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:
- Affected by damage block sources on the enemy individually within the area-of-effect.
- Has the following damage flags:
- Stack independently with other cleave sources.
- The total ability area-of-effect is an isocseles trapezoid in front of Sven.
modifier_sven_great_cleaveHidden modifier
sven_great_cleave (5095)
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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:
Ally units.
- Does not damage the following units:
- Neither proc nor damage the following units:
Warcry[edit]
No / Aura
Affects
Ally Heroes / Ally Units
Sven's Warcry heartens his ally heroes for battle, increasing their armor and movement speed.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
0 + 0Effect Radius: 700
700 Move Speed Bonus: 10%/14%/18%/22% ( 0.13/0.17/0.21/0.25)
0.13/0.17/0.21/0.25) Armor Bonus: 6/8/10/12 (
14/16/18/20)
14/16/18/20) Duration: 8 (
13)
13) 
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Warcry is now undispellable and passively grants armor to all ally units within the radius.
Warcry is now undispellable and passively grants armor to all ally units within the radius.
Aura Radius: ( 1200)
1200)Armor Bonus: ( 6)
6)Aura Linger Duration: ( 0.5)
0.5) Heavy PlateAdditionally grants a physical damage barrier to all affected ally units upon cast.
Barrier: 
60/120/180/240
60/120/180/240 40/35/30/25
30/35/40/45
Calling a few lines from the Vigil Codex fortifies Sven's obedience to his rogue code. So poetic!
- The ability has the following properties:
- Interrupts Sven's
channeling abilities upon cast. - The ability considers clones,
illusions and creep-heroes as heroes.
- Interrupts Sven's
- 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.
- The duration increasing
- Grants flat
bonus armor.
- The ability upgrade adds a passive
aura to Warcry.
- Does not affect the following units:
Buildings
Ward-type units.- Invulnerable units.
Hidden units.
- Fully affect the following units:
- Does not affect the following units:
modifier_sven_warcryWarcry: Armor increased by x. Movement speed increased by x%.
modifier_sven_warcry (
)Warcry: Armor increased by x. Movement speed increased by x%.
modifier_sven_warcry_auraHidden modifier
modifier_sven_warcry_passiveWarcry Aura: Armor increased by x.
sven_warcry (5096)
- Grants 12/14/16/18 ( 14.5/16.5/18.5/20.5) flat bonus armor to ally units within the radius while active.
- The Heavy Plate facet grants a
physical damage barrier upon cast that 
absorbs specifically physical damage instances (after all reductions).
- Does not proc on-damage effects until the barrier capacity is depleted.
- Stacks additively with the same damage-type barrier sources, and independently with other damage-type barrier sources.
- Has the highest priority in the group of damage barrier, its capacity is depleted first when combined with other damage-type barriers.
- When combined with other higher-priority damage-negation sources, the barrier does not absorb any damage until the damage-negation sources expire.
God's Strength[edit]
No
Affects
Self
Sven channels his rogue strength, granting bonus damage and slow resistance for the duration.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Attack Damage Bonus: 110%/150%/190% (
160%/200%/240%)
160%/200%/240%) Slow Resist Bonus: 30% (
50%)
50%) Duration: 35
110/105/100
100/150/200
With the strength that shattered the Sacred Helm, the Rogue Knight stands unopposed in melee combat.
- 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.
- Flat
- 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.
- The slow resistance increasing
modifier_sven_gods_strengthGod's Strength: Base damage increased by x%.
sven_gods_strength (5097)
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Sven/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2024 - 17:20 PET | Tier 4 |  | Royal Circuit #2 |      |  | 0 : 1 |  |      |
| Sep 14, 2024 - 18:00 ICT | Tier 4 |  | HPB Legion 1 |    | | 1 : 0 |  |     |
| Sep 14, 2024 - 18:55 SGT | Tier 4 | | HPB Legion 1 |    |  | 0 : 1 |   |      |
| Sep 13, 2024 - 13:00 ICT | Tier 4 | | HPB Legion 1 |    | | 0 : 1 | |    |
| Sep 13, 2024 - 10:20 ICT | Tier 4 | | HPB Legion 1 |  | | 1 : 0 |   |      |
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Reduced Warcry armor bonus from 6/9/12/15 to 6/8/10/12.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Warcry
- No longer passively grants 3% movement speed bonus.
- Now increases movement speed bonus by 3% while active.
- Warcry
Talents:
- LVL 15 -15s God's Strength cooldown reduced to -12s.
- LVL 20 +10 Warcry armor reduced to +8.
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.
| Sven's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
 Towers destroyed Kill Assists Kills |
 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 | |
| Shoulder | |
| Back | |
| Belt | |
| Arms | |
| Kinetic Gems | |
Trivia[edit]
- 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.
Gallery[edit]
Concept art
Sven's default weapon, the Outcast Blade
Early model of the Outcast Blade
Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Sven on the Replay Takeover splash art in the New Bloom 2014 update.
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
