The unique armor worn by this mysterious warrior is said to have been uncovered in the ruins of an ancient city. Whether the armor imbues the famed speed and pinpoint accuracy possessed by the warrior called Swiftblade, or whether he would be equally mighty without it, none can say.
Swiftblade's two damage abilities make him extremely difficult to stop, as Blade Frenzy provides magic immunity, while Swift Slashes grants invulnerability. By leveling Blade Frenzy first, Swiftblade maintains high damage and survivability from the beginning to the end.
Abilities[ | ]
Blade Frenzy
[ Q ]
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Self
Enemy Units
Type - Magic
Swiftblade works himself into a Blade Frenzy. While in this state, he gains Magic Immunity and deals high damage per second to any nearby enemy units. Swiftblade is free to move around even while this skill is active.
Radius: 250 Mana Cost: 110 Cooldown: 33/28/23/18 seconds
Deals 75/95/115/135 Magic Damage per second to targets units in radius. Applies Blade Frenzy to self for duration of activation. Lasts 5 seconds.
Swiftblade's Attack Damage is lowered by 50/40/30/20% and he cannot crit.
Way of the Sword is disabled while Blade Frenzy is active (but not other sources of Critical Strike, i.e. Riftshards).
Swiftblade can freely use items while Blade Frenzy is active.
Deals a total of 375/475/575/675 Magic Damage.
Magic Immunity effect of this ability counts as an Activation Modifier, so the Magic Immunity effect cannot be active at the same time as Shrunken Head or Void Talisman.
Counter Attack
[ W ]
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Self
Enemy Units
Extensive training in melee combat has allowed Swiftblade to perfect the art of countering enemy attacks, granting a chance that he will retaliate every time an enemy hero attacks him and even blocks them.
Mana Cost: 50 Cooldown: 23/20/17/14 seconds
Passively counter-attack if attacker is an enemy hero by 10/15/20/25% chance.
Activate to block all incoming auto-attacks for 1.5 seconds, triggering this ability against the next 1/2/3/4 hero attacks during this time (proc Way of the Sword). Grants invulnerability to self for 1 second when this ability expires if a hero attack is blocked, changing this ability to Counter Strike for the next 5 seconds.
Right back at you!
Notes
Counter Attack is not considered an autoattack and it does not apply modifiers.
Works even while disabled.
Swiftblade will counter-attack with a projectile when countering a ranged attack.
Counter Strike
[ W ]
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Target Unit
Enemy Units
Extensive training in melee combat has allowed Swiftblade to perfect the art of countering enemy attacks, granting a swift move next to enemy target after he blocked an enemy hero attack.
Range: 800
Activate to target an enemy unit to teleport and attack it, applying 80% Movement Slow for 2 seconds.
Right back at you!
Way of the Sword
[ E ]
Passive
Swiftblade's unsurpassed skill at the sword has made him a master of hitting where it hurts, giving him a chance to critically strike opponents with each attack.
15/20/25/30% chance to deal a 1.75x critical strike
A strike with precision.
Swift Slashes (Swifter Slashes)
[ R ]
Cast Time: 0.3 / 1.4/2.2/3.4 seconds
Target Unit
Organic Enemy Units
Type - Physical
Swiftblade attacks random nearby targets with such speed that he appears to teleport to them. Targets are randomly chosen, yet it is possible to teleport to the same target multiple times.
Teleports self to random targets 3/5/8 (5/7/10) times, dealing 200 Physical Damage to each target along with a mini stun. Applies Swift Slashes to self for duration of activation.
In addition, Swiftblade can trigger additional regular autoattack instances (based on his attack speed) each time he teleports while Swift Slashes is active.
I was here, I was there!
Swift Slashes Effects
Invulnerable Silenced Unitwalking
Notes
Sights and Reveals the main target for 0.2 seconds when this ability is fully cast.
Jumps to a visible unit within 400 radius in 0.4 second intervals.
Only the first target will be stunned for 0.1 seconds.
Swiftblade can perform autoattacks during Swift Slashes. Attack cooldowns will carry over between bounces, meaning Swiftblade does not need to attack faster than each bounce.
Items can be used while Swift Slashes is active.
With the maximum number of bounces, Swift Slashes will deal 600/1000/1600 (1000/1400/2000) Physical damage total (excluding autoattack damage) and be invulnerable for 1.2/2/3.2 (2/2.8/4) seconds.
Block all incoming auto-attacks for 1.5 seconds, triggering this ability against the next 1/2/3/4 hero attacks during this time (proc Way of the Sword).
Has 50 Mana Cost and 23/20/17/14 seconds Cooldown.
Grants invulnerability to self for 1 second when this ability expires if a hero attack is blocked, changing this ability into Counter Strike for the next 5 seconds.
Counter Strike targets an enemy in 800 range to teleport and attack them, applying 80% Movement Slow for 2 seconds.