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Defiler
Defiler
Hellbourne Hellbourne
Attributes
Strengthlogo 23 Agilitylogo 18 Intelligencelogo 20
(+1.8) (+1.4) (+3.0)
Stats
Level 1 16 25
Health 587 1138 1784
Mana 260 871 1456
Damage 45-51 92-98 137-143
Armor 2.02 5.24 9.44
Attack Speed 0.69 0.8 1
Movement Speed 295
Magic Armor 5
Base Health Regen 0.25
Attack Range 525 (Ranged)
Missile Speed 900
Base Attack Time 1.7
Attack Animation 0.35/0.65
Turn Rate 540

Defiler is a ranged intelligence hero in Heroes of Newerth. She is based on Death Prophet from Defense of the Ancients: All-Stars]].

Info[ | ]

Lore: Enshrouded with shadows and the echoes of damned souls, the Defiler is a lover of decay and madness and agony. She draws strength from death around her, and can expel living, suffering shadows from her flesh. Wielding both deadly attacks and an unholy awe that strikes silence into her foes, she truly deserves her vile epithet: "Mistress of the Damned."
 
  Defiler's primary source of damage output is through Unholy Expulsion, which requires that she stay alive. Survival items acquired through continued pushing with Wave of Death and Unholy Expulsion is what fuels her.

Abilities[ | ]

Wave of Death
[ Q ]
Defiler Wave of Death
Cast Time: 0.5 / 0.8 seconds
Target Dual Enemy Units
Type - Magic
Exercising her mastery over death, the Defiler sends forth a Wave of Death which damages enemies in a cone.
Range: 900
Mana Cost: 85/110/135/160
Cooldown: 8/7/6/5 seconds
Deals 100/175/250/325 Magic Damage to each target in a cone. Radius of line starts out at 110 and ends at 300.
Crossing the Styx!
 
Notes
  • Wave of Death deals damage in a cone that starts with 110 radius, travels 800 units, and ends with 300 radius.
  • Wave of Death can hit units up to 1210 units away.


Grave Silence
[ W ]
Defiler Grave Silence
Cast Time: 0.5 / 0.3 seconds
Target Position Enemy Units
Type - Magic
The Defiler forces images of slain warriors into the minds of her foes, commanding a moment of silence which prevents them from casting spells or using abilities.
Range: 900
Radius: 250/300/350/400
Mana Cost: 65
Cooldown: 13 seconds
Applies Grave Silence to targets in radius for 2/2.7/3.3/4 seconds.
I wrote the book on madness.
 

Grave Silence Effects
Silenced


Siphon Soul
[ E ]
Defiler Power in Death
Cast Time: 0.5 / 0.3 seconds
Target Unit Enemy Heroes
Type - Magic
The Defiler latches onto a fragment of one's soul, siphoning the the essence of vitality and movement of the soul she latches into hers.
Range: 600
Mana Cost: 100/115/130/145
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Target an enemy hero to latch onto a fragment of their soul for up to 5 seconds, dealing 20 Magic Damage per second and heals self for 10 + 2/3/4/5% of the target's Max Health per second. The soul link has a leash range of 800 units.

While active, the soul link also reduces the target's Movement Speed by -15/-30/-45/-60 and increases Movement Speed to self by 7/14/21/28%.

Just waiting to die.
 
Notes


Unholy Expulsion (Unholy Expatriation)
[ R ]
Defiler Unholy Expulsion
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Self
Type - Physical
The Defiler expels several invulnerable spirits from her form. The spirits may not be directly controlled but will attack nearby enemies and will attack any unit that the Defiler directly attacks. When Unholy Expulsion ends, the spirits will heal the Defiler.
Mana Cost: 200/300/400
Cooldown: 100 seconds
Spawns 8/15/22 invulnerable, flying spirits that follow you for 30 seconds.

Spirits deal 50 Physical Damage per attack (ignores Deflection) with an attack cooldown of 2 seconds, and have 650 Movement Speed. Spirits will attack your attack target or anything around you otherwise.

Upon completion, the spirits return and heal you for 100% of the damage they dealt.

The haunting of HoN!
 
Notes
  • Spirits cannot damage Runes.
  • With a Staff of the Master Staff of the Master, Unholy Expulsion is replaced with a sub-ability for the duration.
  • With the maximum number of Spirits, Unholy Expulsion can deal up to 460/690/920 Physical Damage to a single target per attack instance.


Unholy Expatriation
[ R ]
Defiler Unholy Expulsion
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Target Unit
The Defiler expels several invulnerable spirits from her form. The spirits may not be directly controlled but will attack nearby enemies and will attack any unit that the Defiler directly attacks. When Unholy Expulsion ends, the spirits will heal the Defiler.
Range: 1500
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Activate this ability while the spirits are active to quickly send them toward your target. Targeting enemy units and structures will send the spirits to attack once with 75% Attack Damage and then return to Defiler.

Targeting an allied hero will consume all spirits, healing the target for half of their stored damage.

The haunting of HoN!
 
Notes
  • Can be used while Silenced or Stunned.
  • When targeting an enemy, Spirits will have 800 Movement Speed until they attack, then return to Defiler at 1000 Movement Speed.
  • Each Spirit will deal 34.5 Physical Damage when targeted.
  • Deals up to 345/517.5/790 Physical Damage to a single target with the maximum number of Spirits.


Alt Avatars[ | ]

Defiler Alt Avatars
Defiler
Throwback Defiler

100 Gold coins
750 Silver coins
Phantom Defiler
Phantom Defiler

250 Gold coins
500 Silver coins
Kali the Destroyer
Kali the Destroyer
Icon Archaic Gods
400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
Chaos Realm Kali
Chaos Realm Kali

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
La Llorona
La Llorona
Icon Limited Edition
450 Gold coins
3500 Silver coins
Defiler
POG Defiler

100 Gold coins
750 Silver coins
Ascension Defiler
Ascension Defiler
Icon Ascension
Codex Only
The Green Lady Defiler
The Green Lady Defiler
Icon Holiday Edition
390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Krasue
Krasue
Icon Thai Ghost
400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
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Changelog[ | ]

Version 4.10.0

  • Defiler Wave of Death Wave of Death
    • Cooldown reduced from 8.5/7.5/6.5/5.5 seconds to 8/7/6/5 seconds.

Version 4.9.3

  • Attack Range reduced from 600 to 525.

Version 4.9.1

  • Defiler Unholy Expulsion Unholy Expulsion
    • Spirit Movement Speed and Max Movement Speed increased from 400/450/500 to 650.

Version 4.8.4

  • Defiler Power in Death Siphon Soul
    • Movement Speed Slow applied to an enemy changed from -15/25/35/45 to -15/30/45/60.
    • Movement Speed bonus for self increased from 5/10/15/20% to 7/14/21/28%.

Version 4.8.2

  • Movement Speed increased from 305 to 295.
  • Defiler Power in Death Siphon Soul
    • Cast Range reduced from 650 to 600.
    • Mana Cost increased from 80/100/120/140 to 100/115/130/145.
    • The link will now break if the target gains invulnerability or Magic Immunity.
    • Movement Speed Slow applied to an enemy changed from 18% to -15/25/35/45 Movement Speed.
    • Movement Speed bonus for self changed from 18% to 5/10/15/20%.

Version 4.8.1

  • Movement Speed increased from 295 to 305.
  • Defiler Wave of Death Wave of Death
    • Cooldown reduced from 9.5/8.5/7.5/6.5 to 8.5/7.5/6.5/5.5 seconds.
    • Magic Damage increased from 90/165/240/315 to 100/175/250/325.
  • Defiler Grave Silence Grave Silence
    • Duration increased from 2/2.5/3/3.5 seconds to 2/2.7/3.3/4 seconds.
  • Defiler Power in Death Siphon Soul
    • Self-healing increased from 8 + 1/2/3/4% to 10 + 2/3/4/5% of the target's Max Health per second.
    • Cooldown reduced from 20 seconds to 15 seconds.
    • Movement Speed Slow on the target increased from 15% to 18%.
    • Movement Speed increase on self increased from 15% to 18%.

Version 4.8.0

  • Movement Speed increased from 290 to 295.
  • Defiler Wave of Death Wave of Death
    • Cooldown changed from 9 seconds to 9.5/8.5/7.5/6.5 seconds.
    • Magic Damage reduced from 100/175/250/325 to 90/165/240/315.
    • Mana Cost reduced from 100/120/140/160 to 85/110/135/160.
  • Defiler Grave Silence Grave Silence
    • Duration reduced from 3/4/5/6 seconds to 2/2.5/3/3.5 seconds.
    • Mana Cost changed from 80/70/60/50 to 65.
    • Cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 13 seconds.
    • Defiler Power in Death Siphon Soul (Reworked from Defiler Power in Death Power in Death)
    Range: 650
    Mana Cost: 80/100/120/140
    Cooldown: 20 seconds
    • Target an enemy hero to latch onto a fragment of their soul for up to 5 seconds, dealing 20 Magic Damage per second and heals self for 8 + 1/2/3/4% of the target's Max Health per second.
    • While active, the soul link also reduces the target's Movement Speed by 15% and increases Movement Speed to self by 15%.
    • The soul link has a leash range of 800 units.

Defiler Unholy Expulsion Unholy Expulsion

  • Number of spirits changed from 6/12/18 to 8/15/22.

Version 4.7.8

Version 4.7.3

Version 4.5.5

  • Defiler Wave of Death Wave of Death
    • Magic Damage increased from 100/175/250/300 to 100/175/250/325.

Version 4.4.0

  • Defiler Unholy Expulsion Unholy Expulsion
    • While this ability is active, when Defiler takes 140 Post-Mitigation Damage, she loses a Defiler Unholy Expulsion Spirit and heals for 30% of that value over 6 seconds.

Version 4.0.0

  • Magic Armor increased from 5.75 to 6.
  • Defiler Grave Silence Grave Silence
    • Cooldown increased from 14 to 15 seconds.
  • Defiler Power in Death Power in Death
    • Cooldown reduction on Defiler Grave Silence Grave Silence increased from 0/1/2/3 to 1/2/3/4 seconds.
    • Number of extra Defiler Unholy Expulsion Spirits on Unholy Expulsion changed to 1/2/3/4 at all levels of it.
    • Movement speed bonus increased from 2.5/5/7.5/10% to 3/6/9/12%.
  • Defiler Unholy Expulsion Unholy Expulsion
    • Number of Defiler Unholy Expulsion Spirits spawned decreased from 7/12/17 to 6/11/16.
      • Total max number of Defiler Unholy Expulsion Spirits reduced from 11/18/24 to 10/15/20.
    • Removed the damage penalty when Defiler is stunned.

Version 3.9.1

Version 3.8.0

Version 3.7.10

  • Starting Strength increased from 19 to 23.
  • Defiler Unholy Expulsion Unholy Expulsion
    • Number of spirits spawned increased from 5/10/16 to 7/12/17.
    • Staff of the Master Staff of the Master Effect Added
      • 1500 cast range.
      • Activating this ability again while the Defiler Unholy Expulsion Spirits are active will quickly send them toward the target.
      • Targeting enemy units and structures will send the Defiler Unholy Expulsion Spirits to attack once and then return to Defiler.
      • Defiler Unholy Expulsion Spirits deal 80% of their regular damage when using this ability.
      • Targeting an allied hero will consume all Defiler Unholy Expulsion Spirits, healing the target for half of their stored damage.
      • While Defiler Unholy Expulsion Spirits are alive, the second activation has a 6-second cooldown after being used.

Version 3.5.0

  • Starting Agility increased from 16 to 18

Version 3.3.0

  • Attack Damage increased from 41-49 to 45-51

Version 3.1.0

Version 3.0.1

  • Defiler Grave Silence Grave Silence
    • Radius increased from 200/275/350/350 to 250/300/350/400

Version 2.6.25

Version 2.6.24

  • Magic Armor increased from 5.5 to 5.75
  • Defiler Wave of Death Wave of Death
    • Cast range increased from 600 to 900
    • The actual area hit stays the same. This change allows you to cast from further away

Version 2.6.10

  • Defiler Wave of Death Wave of Death
    • Mana Cost rescaled from 105/120/140/165 to 100/120/140/160

Version 2.6.4

Version 2.5.14

Version 2.5.8

  • Fixed interaction of Defiler Unholy Expulsion Unholy Expulsion with Geometer's Bane Geometer's Bane
  • Base Agility increased from 14 to 16
  • Base Armor increased from 0.96 to 1.74 (After Agility)
  • Defiler Grave Silence Grave Silence
    • Radius increased from 200/275/350/350 to 250/300/350/350

Version 2.2.4

    • Damage range rescaled from 39-51 to 41-49

Version 0.1.63

Version 0.1.62

Version 0.1.48

Version 0.1.35

Version 0.1.30

Version 0.1.26


Legacy Abilities[ | ]

Power in Death
[ E ]
Defiler Power in Death
Passive
The Defiler embraces death, increasing the power of her other spells.
Increases Movement Speed by 3/6/9/12%.

Wave of Death:
Decreases cooldown by 1/2/3/4 second(s)
Reduces Mana cost by 5/10/15/20

Grave Silence:
Decreases cooldown by 1/2/3/4 second(s)

Unholy Expulsion:
Adds 1/2/3/4 spirits

Just waiting to die.
 



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