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Parasite
Parasite
Hellbourne Hellbourne
Attributes
Strengthlogo 21 Agilitylogo 17 Intelligencelogo 20
(+2.6) (+1.7) (+2.3)
Stats
Level 1 16 25
Health 549 1328 2107
Mana 260 728 1235
Damage 50-56 86-92 125-131
Armor 2.58 6.36 10.98
Attack Speed 0.67 0.83 1
Movement Speed 300
Magic Armor 5
Base Health Regen 1.00
Attack Range 150 (Melee)
Missile Speed Instant
Base Attack Time 1.7
Attack Animation 0.5/0.5
Turn Rate 540

Parasite is a melee intelligence hero in Heroes of Newerth.

Info[ | ]

Lore: While the world above burned, within the deepest crevices of Newerth an abominable conglomeration of sentient gels, pathogens, and other lurkers of the deep simmered in a primordial pool, slowly evolving and multiplying. From this cesspool emerged the Parasite, sickeningly intelligent and chaotically evil.
 
  Parasite is a jungle hero who is extremely powerful in one-vs-one situations. He is capable of staying active in ganking while maintaining his progression in the neutrals.

Abilities[ | ]

Leech
[ Q ]
Parasite Leech
Cast Time: 0.2 / 0.8 seconds
Target Unit Enemy Units
Type - Magic
The Parasite steals essence from target enemy unit, dealing damage and stealing Movement Speed
Range: 600
Mana Cost: 75/90/105/120
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Deals 80/140/200/260 Magic Damage to target enemy and applies Leeching Bile to it and Fed to yourself for 4 seconds.
All your Movement Speed are belong to me!
 

Leeching Bile Effects
-50/-75/-100/-125 Movement Speed

Fed Effects
+50/75/100/125 Movement Speed


Infest
[ W ]
Parasite Infest
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.2 seconds
Target Unit
Type - Transmute
Takes control of target unit, hiding yourself within. The Parasite can consume the target at any time, healing himself.
Range: 300
Mana Cost: 100/110/120/130
Cooldown: 30 seconds
Takes control of the target unit and hides yourself within, granting it 20/40/60/80 Attack Speed, 2/3/4/5 times Parasite's level in Damage, +25% bonus damage taken from controlled-player enemy units, and 25/50/75/100 Movement Speed but

The unit loses 3/2/1/0% of its Max Health per second. Can target ancients.

Experience and Gold granted to Parasite when the Infested Creep dies is now a static 125 Experience and 75 Gold, rather than the values based off of the Infested Creep. If an enemy player has damaged the creep within the last 10 seconds, the enemy team also will receive the static amount of Experience and Gold split evenly among each enemy player.

Creates an ability on target that will kill the controlled creep and heal the Parasite for 30/40/50/60% of its current Health.

Level 1 of this ability cannot target allied units.

Let me in let me in let me in
 
Notes
  • Parasite does not gain the Static Gold and Experience when his Infested creep dies if the infested creep is an ally creep.
  • Cannot Infest player-controlled units.
  • Removes all buffs and debuffs and disjoints projectiles on Infest.
  • Infest will also remove the ally version of Ophelia's Judgment and break the channel on Circe's Twisted Visage.
  • Parasite is invulnerable while Infesting a creep.
  • While infesting a creep, Parasite can be selected, although you can't do anything with Parasite besides leveling his abilities.
  • Damage drain directly removes Health, and cannot be reduced with Damage Reduction effects.
  • Draining Venom will function on the Infested creep as it would on Parasite.
  • The Infested unit gains an ability that allows Parasite to kill and consume it (bound to R by default).
  • When Parasite leaves an Infested creep with less than 7 seconds of cooldown of Infest, its cooldown will be set to 7 seconds.
  • Infested units have a special icon on the minimap.


Consume
[ R ]
Parasite Infest
Cast Time: 0 / 0.5 seconds
Self Self
Instantly kills the controlled creep, healing Parasite for a portion of the creep's Health.
Kills the creep and heals Parasite for 30/40/50/60% of its current Health. Can't be used if the creep is Silenced or Stunned.
It's not you, it's me
 
Notes
  • When used, the Bounty from the Infested creep is granted to the last enemy-controlled unit that dealt damage to the Infested minion in the last 2 seconds. If no other hero applies, Parasite will be credited as the killer.


Draining Venom
[ E ]
Parasite Draining Venom
Passive
Any target (except Boss Units) the Parasite attacks takes extra damage from it and deals less damage to it.

Draining Venom is applied when you attack a target with a unit you Infest, or if you use an ability on a target.

On Attack
Applies Draining Venom to the target for 3 seconds
Can't touch this!
 

Draining Venom Effects
Takes 7/14/21/28% more damage from the Parasite and deals 7/14/21/28% less damage to the Parasite.

Notes
  • Only autoattacks and Parasite's abilities' damage are amplified by Draining Venom.
  • Illusions can apply Draining Venom, but only Parasite benefits from it.


Facehug
[ R ]
Parasite Facehug
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.4 seconds
Target Unit Enemy Units
Type - Superior Magic
The Parasite can steal the strengths of enemies while passing his own weaknesses onto them.
Range: 600
Mana Cost: 125/150/175
Cooldown: 60/45/30 seconds
Target an enemy to leap at it.

On impact, your Debuffs are transferred to the target and the target's Buffs are transferred to you.

Deals 250/350/450 Magic Damage and applies a 2/3/4 second Silence to target.

Here, let's trade!
 
Notes
  • The projectile travels at 1750 speed, and Parasite will leap to the target at 2250 speed upon latching.
  • Does not transfer status effects against Magic Immune targets.
  • Certain status effects cannot be transferred via Facehug. See this page for a list of non-transferable status effects.


Alt Avatars[ | ]

Parasite Alt Avatars
Mutant Parasite
Mutant Parasite

250 Gold coins
500 Silver coins
Envy
Envy
Icon 7 Deadly Sins
800 Gold coins

Facehugger
Facehugger

390 Gold coins
1500 Silver coins
NanoParasite
NanoParasite
Icon Hell Forged
400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
Ellie Envy
Ellie Envy
Icon Halloween Avatar
400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
Amethyst
Amethyst
Icon Paragon Avatar
600 Gold coins

Trophy Parasite
Trophy Parasite
Icon War Effort
Quests Only
Ascension Parasite
Ascension Parasite
Icon Ascension
Codex Only
Nuclear Parasite
Nuclear Parasite

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
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Changelog[ | ]

Version 4.9.3

  • Parasite Infest Infest
    • Minimum cooldown increased from 5 seconds to 7 seconds.

Version 4.9.2.1

  • Parasite Infest Infest
    • Parasite no longer gains the Static Gold and Experience when his Infested creep dies if Parasite infested an ally creep.

Version 4.9.2

  • Parasite Infest Infest
    • Experience and Gold granted to Parasite when the Infested Creep dies is now a static 125 Experience and 75 Gold (rather than the values based off of the Infested Creep).
      • This will always happen regardless of how the Infested Creep dies.
    • If an enemy player has damaged the creep within the last 10 seconds, the enemy team also will receive the static amount of Experience and Gold split evenly among each enemy player.
      • These values are the highest values among the strongest units in the Hard neutral camps.

Version 4.8.3

  • Parasite Infest Infest
    • Infested creep's bonus damage taken from player-controlled enemy units reduced from +50% to +25%.
    • Parasite Infest Consume can no longer be used while the Infested creep is Silenced or Stunned.

Version 4.8.2

  • Parasite Infest Infest
    • Infested creep now receives +50% Damage from player-controlled enemy units (+25% Damage if Parasite Parasite is under Staff of the Master Staff of the Master effect).

Version 4.7.2

  • Parasite Draining Venom Draining Venom
    • Damage amplification and reduction decreased from 9/18/27/36% to 7/14/21/28%.

Version 4.7.1

Version 4.5.2

  • Parasite Draining Venom Draining Venom
    • Damage increase and reduction improved from 6/12/18/24% to 9/18/27/36%.

Version 4.5.0

  • Parasite Facehug Facehug
    • Magic Damage increased from 200/300/400 to 250/350/450.

Version 4.2.2

  • Parasite Parasite's minimap icon is now visible while Parasite Infest Infest is active.
  • When Parasite Parasite's Parasite Infest Infested creep is killed via Parasite Infest Consume, it now grants the last enemy player-controlled unit the kill credit if that unit has damaged the Infested creep within the last 2 seconds.
    • This prevents Parasite Parasite from denying the gold and experience of the opposing team if he uses Parasite Infest Consume before the opposing team can kill the Infested creep.

Version 4.2.0

Version 4.0.0

  • Magic Armor increased from 5.25 to 6.

Version 3.6.0

  • Parasite Infest Infest
    • Health Drain Per Second changed from 3/1.5/0/-1.5 to 3/2/1/0%

Version 3.5.3

  • Parasite Infest Infest
    • If the cooldown is below 5 seconds while inside a unit, whenever you exit the creep the cooldown will reset to 5 seconds

Version 3.5.0

  • Parasite Infest Infest
    • Attack Speed increased from 15/30/45/60 to 20/40/60/80
    • Damage bonus increased from 1/2/3/4x level to 2/3/4/5x level
    • Health loss rescaled from -3/-2.5/-2/-1.5% to -3/-1.5/0/+1.5% per second

Version 3.2.5

  • Parasite Draining Venom Draining Venom
    • No longer works on any items.
  • Parasite Facehug Facehug
    • No longer transfers any buffs or debuffs on magic immune targets. Will still transfer Protective Charm from Jeraziah to self then apply debuffs.

Version 2.5.20

  • Health regen reduced from 1.25 to 1
    • This is a part of a global change to all melee heroes.

Version 2.5.13

  • Parasite Infest Infest
    • Can no longer be used while inside of a unit.

Version 2.5.12

  • Parasite Infest Infest
    • Can no longer target allied creeps until level 2

Version 2.2.7

  • Base Strength reduced from 23 to 21
  • Fixed an exploit where if Parasite attempts to use Blood Chalice inside a creep, he can gain mana without losing any Health

Version 2.2.0

  • Health regen increased from 0.25 to 1.25 health per second
    • This is a part of a global change to all melee heroes.

Version 2.1.0

  • Parasite Leech Leech
    • Damage from 80/130/180/230 to 80/140/200/260
  • Parasite Draining Venom Draining Venom
    • Now also benefits creeps that Parasite inhabits
    • Applies from ability casts

Version 2.0.36

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