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War Beast
War Beast
Hellbourne Hellbourne
Attributes
Strengthlogo 24 Agilitylogo 16 Intelligencelogo 15
(+2.7) (+1.4) (+1.6)
Stats
Level 1 16 25
Health 606 1404 2202
Mana 195 533 949
Damage 53-57 95-99 137-141
Armor 1.24 4.46 8.66
Attack Speed 0.67 0.8 0.95
Movement Speed 305
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 450

War Beast is a melee strength hero in Heroes of Newerth. He is based on Lycan from Defense of the Ancients: All-Stars.

Info[ | ]

Lore: Once a hound keeper in the underworld, War Beast heeded the call to arms in order to feed the victims of Newerth to his pets. War Beast's allegiance was never questioned. His hunger for carnage remains unending, feeding the animal within.
 
  The War Beast is relegated to killing neutrals with Hellhounds from the onset of the game. However, once he has reached a reasonable level of power, he can easily solo-kill Kongor and push down towers with a combination of Hellhounds and Puzzlebox.

Abilities[ | ]

Summon Hellhounds
[ Q ]
War Beast Summon Hellhounds
Cast Time: 0.5 / 0.5 seconds
No Target
War Beast Summons forth Hellhounds from the underworld to attack his enemies.
Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 30 seconds
Summons 2 Hellhounds. Only 2 can be active at a time.

Hellhounds have 400/425/450/475 Health, deal 30/38/46/54 Physical Damage per attack, 3 Armor, and have an attack cooldown time of 1.25 seconds. Their attacks have a 30% chance to do 1.5/1.6/1.7/1.8x normal damage.

Level 4 Hellhounds gain invisibility when not attacking.

Hellhounds cannot attack towers unless War Beast is within 925 units.

Who let the dogs out?
 
Notes
  • Activating this ability will kill the currently active Hellhounds.


Battle Cry
[ W ]
War Beast Battle Cry
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Global Ally Units
Type - Magic
War Beast lets out a mighty battle cry, adding bonus damage to himself and units under his command.
Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 70/60/50/40 seconds
Applies Battle Cry to self and all allied heroes for 20 seconds.

Applies Rallied to all allied player controlled units for 20 seconds.

Fear is motivation!
 

Battle Cry Effects
+15/20/25/30 Damage
+5/10/15/20 Attack Speed

Rallied Effects
+6/8/10/12 Damage
+5/10/15/20 Attack Speed

Notes
  • If Hellhounds are summoned while Battle Cry is active, Hellhounds will receive the buff equal to the remaining duration.
  • Unlike most buff effects, Battle Cry does not count towards assists.


Primal Rage
[ E ]
War Beast Primal Rage
Aura Owned Units
War Beast builds his Primal Rage, increasing Attack Damage and Health Regeneration of himself and units under his control.
Radius: 9999
Passively adds 10/15/20/25% Base Damage and 2/4/6/8 Health Regeneration to yourself and units under your control.
Evil to the core!
 


Metamorphosis
[ R ]
War Beast Metamorphosis
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Self
War Beast transforms into a Hellhound Lieutenant, gaining a larger Health pool, a critical attack, a speed boost and unitwalking.
Cooldown: 115/90/65 seconds
Applies Metamorphosis to self for 16 seconds.

(Activate to gain maximum movement speed and unitwalking on self and all units you control for 16 seconds. Passively reduces base attack time, grants a 30% 1.5x critical strike chance and 100/200/300 bonus Health.)

I'm a real beast!
 

Metamorphosis Effects
+100/200/300 Max Health
30% chance to 1.6/1.8/2x Critical Strike
Reduces base attack time from 1.7 seconds to 1.4 seconds.
Increases Movement Speed of self and all owned units to 550/575/600 and grants unitwalking.
Increases sight range at night by 600/800/1000.

Notes
  • War Beast and his units have +10000% Movement Speed and 100% Slow Resistance during Metamorphosis.
  • With Staff of the Master, the BAT reduction, Critical Strike, Max Health bonus, bonus night sight range, and transformation effect are passive. Activating it grants max movespeed.


Hellhound[ | ]

Hellhound
War Beast Summon Hellhounds
Stats
Combat Type Melee
Health 400/425/450/475
Health Regen 0.25
Damage 30/38/46/54
Armor 3
Magic Armor 0
Movement Speed 325/350/375/400
Sight Range 1200/800
Attack Range 100 (Melee)
Missile Speed Instant
Base Attack Time 1.25
Attack Animation 0.75/0.7/0.65/0.6 / 0.25/0.3/0.35/0.4
Turn Rate 450
Gold 21/26/36/41 Gold
Experience 20


Critical Bite
[ Q ]
Wildsoul Wild
Passive
Chance to critical strike on each attack.
Passively grants a 30% chance to deal 1.5/1.6/1.7/1.8x of attack damage. Also, grants +10 Attack Damage against neutral creeps.
 


Invisibility
[ W ]
Hellhound Invisibility
Passive
Always invisible when not attacking.
Stealth with 3 second fade time
 
Notes
  • Requires Level 4 Summon Hellhounds.

Alt Avatars[ | ]

War Beast Alt Avatars
War Beast
Throwback War Beast

100 Gold coins
750 Silver coins
Horseman War
Horseman War
Icon Four Horsemen
400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
Den Mother
Den Mother

390 Gold coins
1500 Silver coins
Shock Troop War
Shock Troop War

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Skullcrusher
Skullcrusher
Icon Gold Collection
600 Gold coins

War Beast
POG War Beast

100 Gold coins
750 Silver coins
DDOG War Beast
DDOG War Beast

Removed from the Store
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Changelog[ | ]

Version 4.9.2

  • War Beast Metamorphosis Metamorphosis
    • While active, max Movement Speed for your own units reduced from 550/600/650 to 550/575/600.

Version 4.9.1

  • War Beast Metamorphosis Metamorphosis
    • While active, max Movement Speed for your own units increased from 550 to 550/600/650.

Version 4.8.2

  • War Beast Metamorphosis Metamorphosis
    • Cooldown reduced from 115/95/70 seconds to 115/90/65.

Version 4.7.6

Version 4.7.5

  • Strength gain reduced from 3 to 2.7.
  • Starting Attack Damage reduced from 55-59 to 53-57.
  • War Beast Summon Hellhounds Summon Hellhounds
    • War Beast Summon Hellhounds Hellhound Health reduced from 475/500/525/550 to 425/450/475/500.
    • War Beast Summon Hellhounds Hellhounds now level up properly if they are already summoned and their owner levels up the skill, without having to resummon the units.

Version 4.7.4

Version 4.7.3

Version 4.5.5

Version 4.5.3

Version 4.4.3

  • War Beast Primal Rage Primal Rage
    • Bonus Base Damage reduced from 10/20/30/40% to 10/15/20/25%.

Version 4.3.3

  • Base Strength increased from 22 to 24.
  • Strength gain per level increased from 2.8 to 3.0.
  • Agility gain per level lowered from 1.9 to 1.4.
  • War Beast Summon Hellhounds Summon Hellhounds
    • War Beast Summon Hellhounds Hellhound Health rescaled from 400/475/550/625 to 500.
    • War Beast Summon Hellhounds Hellhound Damage rescaled from 30/35/40/45 to 25/35/45/55.
    • War Beast Summon Hellhounds Hellhound Armor lowered from 3 to 2.
    • Wildsoul Wild Critical Bite chance rescaled from 0/30/30/30% to 10/20/30/40%.
  • War Beast Battle Cry Battle Cry
    • Mana Cost increased from 30 to 50.
    • Cooldown increased from 35 to 70/60/50/40 seconds.
    • Bonus Damage for heroes rescaled from 11/22/33/44 to 15/20/25/30.
    • Bonus Damage for non-hero units rescaled from 4/8/12/16 to 6/8/10/12.
    • Buff now also grants 5/10/15/20 bonus Attack Speed.
      • This applies to both heroes and non-hero units.
    • Duration increased from 16 to 20 seconds.
  • War Beast Primal Rage Primal Rage
    • Base Damage bonus increased from 10/15/20/25% to 10/20/30/40%.
    • No longer grants 10/15/20/25 Attack Speed to your owned units.
    • Now also grants 2/4/6/8 Health Regeneration.
  • War Beast Metamorphosis Metamorphosis
    • Cooldown increased from 80/60/40 to 100/80/60 seconds.
    • Active effect now also increases sight range during the night by 600/800/1000.
    • Critical Strike damage multiplier increased from 1.5x to 1.6/1.8/2.0x.

Version 4.2.0

  • War Beast Metamorphosis Metamorphosis
    • Added a new Staff of the Master Staff of the Master effect: Now permanently turns you into a wolf and passively gives you all the bonuses of this ability except for the Movement Speed bonus. This includes a lower Base Attack Time (BAT), extra Health and Critical Strike.
      • Activating the ability grants you and your units Max Movement Speed and Unitwalking for the usual duration.

Version 4.0.2

  • Magic Armor increased from 3 to 4.

Version 4.0.0

Version 3.7.10

  • War Beast Battle Cry Battle Cry
    • Mana Cost increased from 25/20/15/10 to 30 at all levels.

Version 3.7.1

  • War Beast Battle Cry Battle Cry
    • No longer grants assists.
    • Mana Cost increased from 15/10/5/0 to 25/20/15/10.

Version 3.6.0

Version 3.4.0

Version 3.3.0

Version 2.6.8

Version 2.6.4

  • Strength Gain increased from 2.75 to 2.8.
  • Intelligence Gain increased from 1.55 to 1.6.

Version 2.6.0

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 2.2.4

Version 2.2.0

Version 2.0.34

  • Attack Range now 128 units.
    • This is a part of a global change to all melee heroes.

Version 2.0.14

Version 1.0.5

Version 0.3.0.2

  • War Beast Battle Cry Battle Cry
    • Mana Cost reduced from 15/20/25/30 to 15/10/5/0.

Version 0.1.52

Version 0.1.45

Version 0.1.28

Version 0.1.26

  • War Beast Battle Cry Battle Cry
    • Buffs heroes for +11/22/33/44 damage, player controlled units by +4/8/12/16 damage.



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