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Vindicator
Vindicator
Legion Legion
Attributes
Strengthlogo 19 Agilitylogo 17 Intelligencelogo 22
(+1.8) (+2.2) (+2.8)
Stats
Level 1 16 25
Health 511 1062 1708
Mana 286 858 1417
Damage 45-55 89-99 132-142
Armor 2.84 7.74 12.92
Attack Speed 0.67 0.87 1.11
Movement Speed 290
Magic Armor 5
Base Health Regen 0.25
Attack Range 550 (Ranged)
Missile Speed 1000
Base Attack Time 1.7
Attack Animation 0.4/0.6
Turn Rate 630

Vindicator is a ranged intelligence hero in Heroes of Newerth. He is based on Silencer from Defense of the Ancients: All-Stars.

Info[ | ]

Lore: From one generation to the next, a reclusive order of hermits have guarded apocryphal writings said to come from the Prophet himself. Vindicator, still early in his lonely quest, is the last of these lonely sentinels, but he has left his exile behind in order to join the battle against the Hellbourne. Using the potent verses inscribed in the Great Book, he wields unique and powerful magic.
 
  The Vindicator's power comes from proper clutch usage of Final Chapter as well as sustained damage from Master's Incantation. Intelligent usage of Glyph of Silence and Sage's Lore aids in teamfight and gank disruptions.

Abilities[ | ]

Sage's Lore
[ Q ]
Vindicator Sage's Lore
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.25 seconds
Target Position Enemy Units
Type - Magic
The Vindicator unleashes forgotten lore from within The Book, causing enemy heroes to be impeded by the lore.
Range: 700
Radius: 350
Mana Cost: 80/100/120/140
Cooldown: 14/12/10/8 seconds
Target a position to deal 85/140/195/250 Magic Damage to all enemies within the area and Disarm player-controlled enemy units for 0.7/1/1.3/1.6 seconds.
School's for fools.
 


Master's Incantation
[ W ]
Vindicator Master's Incantation
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Attack Targets Enemy Units
Using the Master's Incantation inscribed within The Book, Vindicator enhances his attacks.
Range: 600
Mana Cost: 10
Deals 0/22/33/44/55% (0/33/44/55/66%) Intelligence of self as bonus True damage when attacking. Bonus True Damage is multiplied by 1.5 (2) against Silenced targets.

Passively grants 1 Intelligence to self permanently when killing a hero, or if an enemy hero dies within 925 radius of self. Also, passively grants 80 Attack Speed to self

The great big book of everything.
 
Notes
  • Jade Spire Jade Spire doesn't grant this ability a bonus cast range.


Inscribed Glyph of Silence
Vindicator Glyph of Silence
Stats
Duration 5 Seconds
Health 2 Hits
Sight Range 100/100
Gold 10 Gold
Experience 10
Notes Gadget Immunity

Glyph of Silence
[ E ]
Vindicator Glyph of Silence
Cast Time: 0.15 / 0.2 seconds
Self Position Enemy Heroes
Type - Magic
Inscribed into the binding of The Book, the Glyph of Silence quiets foes around it and simultaneously impedes their movement.
Range: 700
Radius: 300
Mana Cost: 90/105/120/135
Cooldown: 17 seconds
Summons an immobile Totem at the target position which lasts for up to 5 seconds or until it receives an attack.

Enemy units within radius of the Totem receive a 50% Movement Speed Slow which lingers for 0.5 second.

Enemy units within radius of the Totem are also Silenced for 1.3/1.7/2.1/2.5 seconds upon entering the radius. Only affects a target once per cast.

Totem gives 10 gold and experience to enemies when killed.

Can you read me a bedtime story?
 
Notes
  • Attacks dealt to the Glyph of Silence gain True Strike.


Final Chapter
[ R ]
Vindicator Final Chapter
Cast Time: 0.2 / 0.3 seconds
Global Enemy Heroes
Type - Superior Magic
Releasing the power held within the final chapter of The Book, Vindicator prevents any spellcasting across the battlefield.
Mana Cost: 175/225/275
Cooldown: 125 seconds
Activate to Globally apply Final Chapter to all enemy heroes, Silencing them for (0.1 * Charges) seconds (max duration of 3/4/5 seconds). Enemy heroes also receive a 40% Movement Speed Slow for 1 second.

Final Chapter gains 20/25/30 charges when coming off cooldown and 1 charge every 4.5 seconds after that. Maximum of 30/40/50 charges.

Quiet I'm almost done!
 

Final Chapter Effects
Silenced

Notes
  • Affects invulnerable enemy heroes.
  • Final Chapter gains maximum charges after 155/177.5/200 seconds.


Alt Avatars[ | ]

Vindicator Alt Avatars
Vigilante Vindicator
Vigilante Vindicator

250 Gold coins
500 Silver coins
Judge Vindicator
Judge Vindicator

390 Gold coins
1500 Silver coins
Sexy Librarian
Sexy Librarian

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Merlin
Merlin

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Space Wizard Merlin
Space Wizard Merlin

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Vindi the Gray
Vindi the Gray

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Necronomicon Vindicator
Necronomicon Vindicator

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Si Ma Yi
Si Ma Yi
Icon Sanguo Icon Limited Edition
700 Gold coins

Si Ma Yi (EN)
Si Ma Yi (EN)
Icon Sanguo
Unlock Me!
HoNWorld Vindicator
HoNWorld Vindicator

450 Gold coins

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Changelog[ | ]

Version 4.9.3

  • Attack Range reduced from 600 to 550.

Version 4.8.6

  • Vindicator Final Chapter Final Chapter
    • Cooldown increased from 110 seconds to 125 seconds.

Version 4.8.1

  • Vindicator Master's Incantation Master's Incantation
    • New Staff of the Master Staff of the Master effects:
      • Bonus True Damage increased from 22/33/44/55% Intelligence of self to 33/44/55/66% Intelligence of self.
      • Bonus True Damage multiplier against Silenced targets increased from 1.5x to 2x.
      • Passively gain 80 Attack Speed to self.

Version 4.7.3

  • Starting Strength increased from 18 to 19.
  • Strength gain increased from 1.7 to 1.8.
  • Starting Agility increased from 16 to 17.
  • Agility gain increased from 2.1 to 2.2.
  • Starting Intelligence increased from 21 to 22.
  • Intelligence gain increased from 2.6 to 2.8.

Version 4.6.0

Version 4.5.3

  • Intelligence gain per level reduced from 2.8 to 2.6.
  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence
    • Slow linger time reduced from 1 to 0.5 seconds.
    • Movement Speed Slow reduced from 60% to 50%.

Version 4.5.2

  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence
    • Number of attacks required to destroy the glyph reduced from 2 to 1.
    • The glyph now grants enemies 10 gold and experience when killed.

Version 4.4.5

  • Starting Strength increased from 17 to 18.
  • Intelligence gain per level increased from 2.5 to 2.8.
  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence
    • Movement Speed Slow radius decreased from 1000 to 300.
    • Movement Speed slow changed from being based on distance (5% minimum, 30% maximum) to a static 60% slow that lingers for 1 second.

Version 4.0.0

  • Magic Armor decreased from 7 to 6.
  • Armor increased from 1.5 to 2.7.
  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence
    • Minimum Movement Speed Slow changed from 0/4/8/12% to 5% at all levels.
    • Movement Speed Slow gradient reduced from 30% to 25%.
      • Maximum Movement Speed Slow based on proximity reduced from 30/34/38/42% to 30%.

Version 3.7.10

  • New voice lines.
  • Base Strength reduced from 20 to 17.
  • Vindicator Brain Drain Sage's Lore
    • Brain Drain was replaced and had its name changed back to Sage's Lore; the skill is already better when comparing the difference in the skill names alone.
    • Target a position to deal 85/140/195/250 Magic Damage to all enemies within the area and Disarm player-controlled enemy units for 0.7/1/1.3/1.6 seconds.
      • Effect type: Magic
      • Range: 700
      • Radius: 300
      • Mana Cost: 80/100/120/140
      • Cooldown: 14/12/10/8 seconds
      • Cast action time of 300ms
  • Vindicator Master's Incantation Master's Incantation
    • Mana cost reduced from 15 to 10.
    • No longer has a cooldown.
    • No longer considered an Attack Modifier.
      • For clarification, you can still manually cast the skill to "orbwalk" and not draw creep aggro. The only thing that changed is that the skill can stack with other Attack Modifiers.
    • Bonus True Damage is multiplied by 1.5 against silenced targets.
    • Bonus True Damage rescaled from 0/15/30/45/60% of Vindicator's Intelligence to 0/22/33/44/55% of Vindicator's Intelligence.
    • Passive: Vindicator now gains +1 Intelligence permanently when he kills an enemy hero, or if an enemy hero dies within 925 radius.
      • Enemies do not lose any Intelligence when they die.
      • Skill is automatically leveled at level 1, making this a 5-point skill. Active is disabled when the skill is at level 1.
  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence
    • Target a position to summon an immobile Totem that lasts for 5 seconds. The Totem will be destroyed when it receives 2 auto attacks.
    • Enemy units within 1000 radius of the Totem receive a Movement Speed Slow up to 30/34/38/42% the closer the target is to the Totem (minimum of 0/4/8/12% Movement Speed Slow). The Movement Speed Slow lingers for 1 second after leaving the radius, after the Totem expires, or is destroyed.
    • Enemy units within 300 radius of the Totem are also Silenced for 1.3/1.7/2.1/2.5 seconds upon entering this inner radius. Enemies already affected by this Silence will not be silenced if they re-enter this 300 radius within the same cast instance of Glyph of Silence.
    • Grants 25 gold when killed by an enemy.
      • Effect type: Magic
      • Range: 700
      • Mana Cost: 90/105/120/135
      • Cooldown: 17 seconds
      • Cast action time of 150ms
  • Vindicator Final Chapter Final Chapter
    • Cooldown decreased from 160 seconds to 110 seconds.
    • Global Silence duration decreased from 3/4/5 seconds to (0.1 x charges) seconds.
      • Final Chapter gains 20/25/30 charges when coming off cooldown and gains 1 charge every 4.5 seconds.
      • Maximum of 30/40/50 charges.
      • Total time to reach maximum effectiveness (max charges) from after the skill is used is 145/167.5/200 seconds (adjusted from a static cooldown of 160 seconds).
    • Final Chapter also globally applies a 40% Movement Speed Slow to all enemy heroes for 1 second.
    • Mana cost decreased from 200/250/300 to 175/225/275.
    • Cast action time decreased from 300ms to 200ms.
    • When cast, the sound for the enemy team will be muted for the duration of ability. However, Taunts and certain other important sounds are still audible for gameplay reasons.

Version 3.4.0

Version 3.3.3

  • Vindicator Brain Drain Brain Drain:
    • Int drain increased from 3 to 3/4/5/6
    • Int drain duration increased from 25/30/35/40 to 30
    • Cooldown lowered from 15/12/9/6 to 12/10/8/6
    • Mana Cost increased from 70/90/110/130 to 70/95/120/145
  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence
    • Additionally applies a 50% tapering slow and perplex for the duration
    • Debuff duration increased from 1.5/2/2/2.5 to 1.5/2/2.5/3
    • Has received a visual upgrade
  • Vindicator Final Chapter Final Chapter
    • Applies the effects of Glyph of Silence to enemies in range of the pedestal when Final Chapter is applied.

Version 3.2.0

  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence
    • Aura radius increased from 800 to 1000
    • The Glyph can now move at 100 Movement Speed

Version 3.1.0

  • Magic Armor increased from 6 to 7
  • Vindicator Master's Incantation Master's Incantation
    • Reduced Cooldown from 2/1/0/0 to 2/0/0/0
  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence Reworked
    • On use, drops a Totem at your feet that will Silence enemies within 800 units of it when they cast spells. Totem takes 2/2/3/3 hits to kill, lasts 8/12/16/20 seconds, and silences for 1.5/2/2/2.5 seconds
    • Vindicator still gets 10/20/30/40 Attack Speed passively when leveling this skill

Version 2.6.32

  • Vindicator Final Chapter Final Chapter
    • Mana Cost decreased from 250/350/450 to 200/250/300

Version 2.6.28

  • Magic Armor increased from 5.5 to 6

Version 2.5.14

  • Vindicator Brain Drain Sage's Lore replaced by Vindicator Brain Drain Brain Drain
    • Cooldown: 15/12/9/6s
    • Target a position to deal 50/100/150/200 Magic Damage to all enemy in the 350 radius AOE
    • For each enemy hero hit, the Vindicator steals 3 Intelligence for 25/30/35/40 seconds
  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence Reworked
    • Passively grants 10/20/30/40 Attack Speed. Enemies that attack you are Silenced for .5/1/1.5/2 seconds

Version 2.0.17

Version 2.0.0.1

Version 1.0.13

Version 1.0.9

  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence
    • Silence aura will no longer be disabled by skills like devourer's hook, Chronos' ult, Pebbles' chuck, etc

Version 1.0.7

  • Vindicator Brain Drain Sage's Lore
    • Duration changed from 5/6/7/8 to 7/7/7/7s
    • Damage/burn from 20/10,30/15,40/20,50/25 to 14/7,26/13,40/20,57/28.5
    • total changed from 100/50, 180/90, 280/140, 400/200 to 98/49, 182/91, 280/140, 399/199.5
    • Cooldown from 14 to 15
    • Manacost from 75/95/115/135 to 80/100/120/140
  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence
    • AoE from 950 to 800
    • Will no longer silence heroes that Vindicator does not have vision of
    • Intelligence gain from 1 Intelligence to 2 Intelligence per kill
    • Silence duration from 0.75/1.5/2.25/3 to 1/1.75/2.5/3.25

Version 1.0.5

  • Vindicator Glyph of Silence Glyph of Silence
    • Properly silence heroes that go invulnerable during casts (Magmus, Madman, etc)

Version 0.3.0.2

  • Base Armor increased from 1.30 to 1.50.
  • Damage rescaled from 39-61 to 45-55.

Version 0.1.65

Version 0.1.51

  • Vindicator Brain Drain Sage's Lore
    • No longer removed by attack abilities (Web Shot, Splash etc.)

Version 0.1.50

  • Hero Added


Legacy Abilities[ | ]

Brain Drain
[ Q ]
Vindicator Brain Drain
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.551 seconds
Target Position Enemy Heroes
Type - Magic
The Vindicator unleashes forgotten lore from within The Book, damaging enemies and absorbing some Intelligence.
Range: 700
Radius: 350
Mana Cost: 70/95/120/145
Cooldown: 12/10/8/6 seconds
Applies Brain Drain to all enemies in the radius, dealing 50/100/150/200 Magic Damage. For each enemy hero hit, the Vindicator steals 3/4/5/6 Intelligence for 30 seconds.
School's for fools.
 

Brain Drain Effects
-3/-4/-5/-6 Intelligence

Notes
  • Removed in Version 3.7.10.
  • Both total bonus Intelligence and Intelligence removed from a hero is capped at 127.


Inscribed Glyph of Silence
Vindicator Glyph of Silence
Stats
Duration 8/12/16/20 Seconds
Health 2/2/3/3 Hits
Movement Speed 100
Sight Range 100/100
Turn Rate 900
Gold 35 Gold
Experience 10
Notes Gadget Immunity

Glyph of Silence (Pre-3.7.10)
[ E ]
Vindicator Glyph of Silence
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.55 seconds
Self Position Enemy Heroes
Type - Magic
Inscribes a Glyph of Silence onto a Totem, Silencing nearby enemies who dare cast.
Mana Cost: 60
Cooldown: 45 seconds
Passive Bonuses
+10/20/30/40 Attack Speed

On use, summons a movable totem for 8/12/16/20 seconds. Enemies within 1000 range the totem that are inflicted by Final Chapter or cast a spell, are Silenced, Perplexed and Slowed for 1.5/2/2.5/3 seconds.

Can you read me a bedtime story?
 
Notes
  • Does not silence Magic Immune units.
  • Slows Movement Speed by 50%, tapering to 0% over duration.
  • Does not silence Rhapsody Rhapsody if she is using her Rhapsody Staccato Staccato charges.
  • Does not silence on item use.
  • Against channeling spells, Glyph of Silences silences after channeling ends.


Glyph of Silence (Pre-3.1.0)
[ E ]
Vindicator Glyph of Silence
Passive
Inscribed into the binding of The Book, the Glyph of Silence lashes out at nearby enemies that attack Vindicator while granting greatly increased Attack Speed
Passively grants 10/20/30/40 Attack Speed.

Enemies that attack you are Silenced for .5/1/1.5/2 seconds.

Can you read me a bedtime story?
 
Notes
  • Does not silence Magic Immune units.


Sage's Lore
[ Q ]
Vindicator Brain Drain
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.551 seconds
Target Position Enemy Heroes
Type - Magic
The Vindicator unleashes forgotten lore from within The Book, causing any enemy heroes to lose health and mana until they cast a spell.
Range: 700
Radius: 350
Mana Cost: 80/100/120/140
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Applies Sage's Lore to all enemy heroes in the radius for 7 seconds.
School's for fools.
 

Sage's Lore Effects
14/26/40/57 Magic Damage per second
Drains 7/13/20/28.5 mana per second
Removed when a spell is cast

Notes
  • Replaced with Brain Drain in Version 2.5.14.
  • If not dispelled early, Sage's Lore deals 98/182/280/399 Magic Damage and drains 49/91/140/199.5 Mana.


Glyph of Silence (Pre-2.5.14)
[ E ]
Vindicator Glyph of Silence
Aura Enemy Heroes
scribed into the binding of The Book, the Glyph of Silence quiets the minds of those around it who cast a spell while stealing their power if they fall in battle.
Radius: 800
Any enemy hero the Vindicator can see and who casts a spell while in range of the Aura is Silenced for 1/1.75/2.5/3.25 seconds.

Any enemy hero who dies while in range of the Aura will permanently lose 1 Intelligence while Vindicator permanently gains 2 Intelligence.

Only applies to visible enemy heroes.

Can you read me a bedtime story?
 
Notes
  • Does not silence Magic Immune units.
  • Does not silence Rhapsody Rhapsody if she is using her Rhapsody Staccato Staccato charges.
  • Does not silence on item use.
  • Against channeling spells, Glyph of Silences silences after channeling ends.
  • Both total bonus Intelligence and Intelligence removed from a hero is capped at 126.


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