History Characters / Dota2IntelligenceAToM

* EnemySummoner: ''Demonic Conversion'' turns friendly or enemy creeps into three Eidolons, which are capable of self-replicating on successful attacks. Casting it on allied creeps instantly denies them, while casting it on enemy/neutral creeps will instantly kill them, making it a highly flexible spell (you can even cast it on existing Eidolons, since their timer is extended when they multiply).

* BlackMage: Enigma is a purely offensive spellcaster, with none of his abilities having any direct defensive application.

* BalefulPolymorph: He can do this to his enemies with ''Hex'', turning them to a frog (or fish, with a cosmetic item).

* MemeticLoser: Crystal Maiden only has ''17'' strength, and relatively low intelligence for and INT hero, making her about as physically dangerous and/or resilient as a creep early on, which gets her a lot of flack. Others take it to the (good-naturedly) opposite extreme, calling for ''more'' nerfs, saying facetiously that if she gets ''any'' kills, it's a sign that she's overpowered.

--> ''The Sol Apex Incantation, forgotten for [[MemeticMutation over nine thousand]] years, promised its caster the chance to touch the sun, bathe in its blinding glory, and harness its most scalding wrath. Only one would dare be so bold.''

** The Magus Apex Immortal item gives him [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Saiyan]] hair. Made more obvious by the description, which makes a point of stating that the incantation was forgotten for "[[MemeticMutation over nine thousand]] years."

* ArmorPiercingAttack: ''Midnight Pulse'' deals Pure damage that ignores spell immunity. Similarly, ''Black Hole'' will disable spell immune enemies, meaning that the only way to dodge either ability is to become invulnerable.

* PercentDamageAttack: ''Midnight Pulse'', which does 5.25% damage per second for 11 seconds in a large area. [[TooDumbToLive Anyone stupid enough to stand in it for the whole duration loses nearly 60% of their heatlh]]. An upgraded ''Black Hole'' has a miniature ''Midnight Pulse'' added which stacks with the original. Using both at once nets 10.5% per second for 4 seconds and [[OhCrap Enigma can use a Refresher Orb to reset the cooldown and do it again]].

* AffablyEvil: He has a large amount of dedicated voice lines for support actions, and even for buying wards (which makes him unique among even support heroes).

* SupernaturalIsPurple: It's the tint of his light.

* SupernaturalIsPurple: All of his attacks bear a purple tint.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of fear and nightmares.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: ''Nightmare'' can be used to deny an allied Hero from getting killed (until the damage was removed, anyway). He can even do this to himself if his health is exceptionally low.

* DarkIsEvil
* DifficultButAwesome: Since all of Bane's abilities are single-target and mechanically very different and unique, good Bane gameplay means that you'll have to know when to cast certain disables and when to hold back. Additionally, the wonky mechanics of ''Nightmare'' (it can be cast on allies, it transfers between targets with right-clicks, and it has a 1-second invulnerability window) mean that it can completely screw over your team if used the wrong way. However, good Bane players can disable two or more enemy Heroes in a teamfight, greatly reduce the effectiveness of carries' right-clicks, and generally make life difficult for the enemy.

* EvilLaugh: Very frequently.
* EyelessFace

* ForTheEvulz: His primary motivation.

* NightmareFace

%%* PowerBornOfMadness

%%* PurpleIsTheNewBlack

* YourWorstNightmare: His means of attack, and also what he is.

* EldritchAbomination: Or rather the projection of such a horror.
* ElementalEmbodiment: Of ice and entropy.

* EvilSoundsDeep

* HumanPopsicle: Victims of ''Cold Feet'' are frozen solid, with icicles protruding from the ice.

* PowerFloats

* SealedEvilInACan

* AntiStructure: Buildings are fully affected by ''Liquid Fire'' and ''Liquid Frost'', both the damage and attack speed slow.

* BreathWeapon: All of Jakiro's spells, as well as his right-click attack.

* FireWaterJuxtaposition: Ice being solid water, after all.

* GiantFlyer

* HumanPopsicle: Makes others this with ''Ice Path''.

* GradualGrinder: While his skills don't seem very damaging, the total amount of damage dealt indirectly through buffs easily goes into 4-digit numbers. ''Chilling Touch'' alone has the potential to deal over 2000 damage, and the anti-healing debuff from ''Ice Blast'' removes a lot of ''potential'' health that could be gained with regeneration, healing and lifesteal. Aghanim's Scepter provides another option by removing the cooldown of ''Chilling Touch'', effectively making it an attack modifier.

* GradualGrinder: None of Jakiro's nukes deal much initial damage, but the damage-over-time of ''Dual Breath'', ''Liquid Fire'' and ''Macropyre'', given enough time, can reach or even exceed the damage of the equivalent nukes of other heroes. In particular ''Liquid Fire'' is very useful for tower pushing as it reduces their attack speed and deals damage even if Jakiro and his teammates are not staying in tower range to attack it. Hit-and-runs with ''Liquid Fire'' can reduce tower health significantly with very little risk.

* MagicStaff: Dazzle’s WeaponOfChoice is a pink staff with rings that he uses to cast his spells and fling pink bolts of energy at his enemies.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Dazzle runs around completely barefoot. The only thing on his legs at all are ankle wrappings.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dazzle is one of the friendlier heroes out there, with supportive and defensive spells meant for protecting his team, and he is more than happy to heal his allies should they need it. His spells are also deceptively lethal to his enemies, and ''Shadow Wave'' can easily take off a huge chunk of an enemy's health in the right conditions.

* MagicStaff

* ElementalArmor: ''Frost Shield'' lowers all physical damage taken by its target while slowing and damaging nearby enemies.

* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath

%%* PointyEars
* PowerFloats: He always floats a few inches over ground.

%%* RedEyesTakeWarning

* SorcerousOverlord: Before he was overthrown.

** Besides his nuking power, all of Lich's active spells serve to slow the enemy's attack and movement speed. An enemy hero under the effects of the debuffs from ''Frost Blast'', ''Frost Shield'' and ''Chain Frost'' will have their movement speed slowed by 90% (which is more than enough to guarantee minimum movement speed) and attack speed by 60 (more than a Shiva's Guard). In older version, he even had a talent that added a slow effect to his auto-attacks--basically a free Eye of Skadi!
** He can also charm enemies with ''Sinister Gaze'', forcing them to slowly walk towards him.

%%* WalkingShirtlessScene
* WeaksauceWeakness: There are two ways to counter ''Chain Frost'': either walk into a group of allied or neutral creeps, as they will take some of the bounces, or [[RunOrDie run away from any allied units]], which, done fast enough, may mean the spell won't be able to bounce even once. This means that to get the most use out of the ultimate, it is necessary to lock down the targets' movement speed and engage in an area without creeps.

Dazzle is a hero who comes to his allies' defense, keeping them alive with powerful healing and enchantments, while simultaneously sowing chaos among enemies. His first spell is ''Poison Touch'': this ability splashes poison on and around a targeted enemy, slowing them and inflicting damage over time. This effect can stack with itself, and whenever a target is attacked while under this effect, the debuff duration is refreshed. His next ability is his signature move, ''Shallow Grave'': for 5 seconds, the targeted ally's health cannot go below 1, making them practically invincible for its duration. This powerful spell can single-handedly change the tide of a fight when used properly, as it can buy a carry hero a few more precious seconds to deal their damage. ''Shadow Wave'' is his third skill, which fires a bouncing bolt of energy through allies, healing them while dealing damage to enemies around them. When used on clumped-up allies surrounding an enemy, the damage can be quite powerful. Dazzle's ultimate has two components - ''Good Juju'', reduces the cooldown of all his abilities and items, letting him put out much more damage and healing, while ''Bad Juju'' shreds the armor of enemies while buffing his allies' as he casts spells, and can be cast for ''another'' burst of heal and damage, making Dazzle much more lethal as a fight drags on. This kit allows Dazzle to keep allies going through any adversity while dooming enemies to a messy end.

Dazzle is a hero who comes to his allies' defense, keeping them alive with powerful healing and enchantments, while simultaneously sowing chaos among enemies. His first spell is ''Poison Touch'': this ability splashes poison on and around a targeted enemy, slowing them and inflicting damage over time. This effect can stack with itself, and whenever a target is attacked while under this effect, the debuff duration is refreshed. His next ability is his signature move, ''Shallow Grave'': for 5 seconds, the targeted ally's health cannot go below 1, making them practically invincible for its duration. This powerful spell can single-handedly change the tide of a fight when used properly, as it can buy a carry hero a few more precious seconds to deal their damage. ''Shadow Wave'' is his third skill, which fires a bouncing bolt of energy through allies, healing them while dealing damage to enemies around them. When used on clumped-up allies surrounding an enemy, the damage can be quite powerful. Dazzle's passive ultimate, ''Bad Juju'', reduces the cooldown of all his abilities and items, letting him put out much more damage and healing. This ability also shreds the armor of nearby enemies as he casts spells, making Dazzle much more lethal as a fight drags on. This kit allows Dazzle to keep allies going through any adversity while dooming enemies to a messy end.

* CooldownManipulation: ''Bad Juju'' reduces the cooldowns of all of Dazzle's abilities (including items) by up to 50% at maximum level.

In an alternate existence known as the Land Behind the Wall, Ish'Kafel was a famous general and military tactician serving under the god-king Damathryx. With his powerful mind, the Dark Seer would create a strategy to win any fight and defend his home. But as the Great Boundaries War reached its end, his army was overwhelmed by the much more powerful opposition. With no options left, Ish'Kafel performed a desperate maneuver. He led the enemy forces into the maze between his realm's eponymous walls beforesealing the walls with a magical explosion that trapped the invading army. Although his plan succeeded and made him a hero to his people, Dark Seer was transported to our world, with no way to return home. But even when lost in a strange land, the Dark Seer is still proud of his brilliant intellect and continues develop new combat strategies to prove himself a superior tactician to any in this world.\\

In its earliest days, the magical arts required not wands, but great amounts of memorization: each spell had its own unique and complex formula needed to cast it, and as a result it was rare for a single magician back then to know more than three or four incantations. It is hard to imagine then that one person, the Invoker, had the sheer intellect to memorize at least ten different spells, each of which he can cast without much effort. In fact, he has learned many more invocations during his life, which he willingly allows himself to forget in order to save his brainpower for only the best spells. One such spell, the Sempiternal Cantrap, which grants its caster near-eternal life, the Invoker has been around for centuries, but unlike most of its users, he proudly flaunts his longevity openly. After all, a genius of his caliber fears no one.\\

In life, Ethreain was a fearsome frost-mage whose mastery over ice magic allowed him to conquer many kingdoms. His tyrannical rule was ended when his enemies ambushed him, tied him up with charmed ropes and threw him into the supposedly bottomless Black Pool to sink forever. After approximately one year of sinking, his drowned body was snagged on an outcropping, where it stayed and was preserved. Centuries later, a geomancer named Anhil came to verify the Black Pool's alleged bottomlessness and ended up accidentally reeling Ethreain's body up from the depths. Anhil, unaware of the corpse's identity, used a simple resurrection spell to bring Ethreain back as an undead in order to ask him about the pool. For this unwitting error of judgement, Anhil was repaid by having his soul consumed by the Lich.\\

* BaldOfAwesome

* WeaksauceWeakness: There are two ways to counter ''Chain Frost'': either walk into a group of allied or neutral creeps, as they will take some of the bounces, or [[RunOrDie run away from any allied units]], which, done fast enough, may mean the spell won't be able to bounce even once. This means that to get the most use out of the ultimate, it is necessary to lock down the targets' movement speed and engage in an area without creeps. This is basically what his Shard upgrade is for, creating an icicle that not only slows the enemy, but provides something for the spell to bounce to, so that attacking him one on one, when Chain Frost could otherwise only bounce once, becomes very dangerous.

* WeaksauceWeakness: There are two ways to counter ''Chain Frost'': either walk into a group of allied or neutral creeps, as they will take some of the bounces, or [[RunOrDie run away from any allied units]], which, done fast enough, may mean the spell won't be able to bounce even once. This means that to get the most use out of the ultimate, it is necessary to lock down the targets' movement speed and engage in an area without creeps.

* OnlyOneName: Once her full name was [[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Lina Inverse]]. To accomodate the rivalry with Rylai, her surname was redacted.

* AntiEscapeMechanism: Lion is one of the game's more notable heroes due to having two hard disables (''Earth Spike'' and ''Hex''), as well as ''Mana Drain'', which can prevent heroes with small mana pools from casting any spells or using certain item active abilities. ''Mana Drain'' also inflicts a low-level slow during the channel - only 35% at most (50% with a talent), but even the lowest level (20%) can be the difference between escape and death for an opponent if your allies are chasing them. Most other heroes in the game will have only one reliable disable.

* BalefulPolymorph: He can do this to his enemies with ''Hex'', turning them to a frog or fish.

* HerdHittingAttack: While only ''Earth Spike'' can hit multiple enemies by default, all of Lion's other spells can be upgraded to affect multiple enemies: ''Hex'' can be talented into a ground-targeted area-of-effect ability, another talent lets him ''Mana Drain'' up to three units at once, and ''Finger of Death'' hits enemies around the target if Lion has Aghanim's Scepter. This can make Lion a very dangerous late-game disabler, as he can potentially hex, stun, and nuke an entire enemy team at once.

* ManaDrain: His third ability, named this. Used properly, Lion can maintain his mana pool without having to go back to base, meaning that he can roam and gank very effectively. It also has utility in teamfights, since draining an enemy Hero's mana pool (usually coupled with a disable to keep them from breaking the tether too early) can prevent them from casting their escape abilities or using their big teamfight ultimate.

* SeeTheInvisible: ''Mana Drain'' provides True Sight over the target(s) if Lion has Aghanim's Shard.

* WalkingShirtlessScene

* StatusInflictionAttack: Of {{Damage Increasing Debuff}}s. ''Enfeeble'' applies a debuff which lowers the magic resistance and status resistance upon dealing damage to the enemy with his spells. The reduction of magic resistance will increases the damage of his and other's magical spells and status resistance will increases the duration of debuffs, which synergizes well with his ultimate, lasting a lot longer than usual.

* BatOutOfHell: His mount.

* ChargedAttack: ''Illuminate'''s drawback is that leveling it increases its mana cost (which makes it extremely costly to cast in quick succession even with ''Chakra Magic''), and only increases its channeling time, during which [=KotL=] is forced to remain stationary and vulnerable to attack, and giving his opponents more time to get out of the way. To get the full 500 damage out of the nuke, the spell has to be channeled for the full 5 seconds, which makes it much more likely to miss unless you tag them with ''Solar Bind''.

* ActionGirl: On both sides, no less. Her nukes and auto-attack can be very potent killing tools, so Lina can sometimes do carry roles.

* ChivalrousPervert: He will hit on any female hero who happens to be on his team, up to and including Broodmother. Makes more sense if you realize [[AnthropomorphicPersonification he's not nearly as human as he looks]].

* SquishyWizard: His Strength and Agility are fairly lacking and he has no escape mechanism, meaning that he dies relatively quickly under fire, not helped by his item build prioritizing mana over survivability. Of course, that's assuming that the enemy can weather his spells.

* StatusEffects: ''Cold Feet'' freezes slow or unaware enemies that don't leave its radius.

* StatusEffects: Specializes in sleep-related disables; ''Nightmare'' renders the target unit unable to move or attack, but any damage will wake them up (as well as transferring the Nightmare to the attacker if it's a right-click). ''Fiend's Grip'', his ultimate, deals huge amounts of damage and cannot be broken unless Bane himself is interrupted. Additionally, allies can attack an enemy under its effect, making it extremely useful for taking down carries and other damage-dealers in the late game.
* StatusAilment: ''Enfeeble'' applies a debuff which lowers the magic resistance and status resistance upon dealing damage to the enemy with his spells. The reduction of magic resistance will increases the damage of his and other's magical spells and status resistance will increases the duration of debuffs, which synergizes well with his ultimate, lasting a lot longer than usual.

* StatusEffects: Crystal Maiden is notable as one of the more powerful disablers in the game due to having a slow and a root in her basic spells, as well as an ultimate that slows enemies on top of the damage (and which can be stacked with ''Crystal Nova'' and upgraded by Aghanim's Scepter to apply ''Frostbite'' to enemies). She's considered one of the best early-game roamers since she can set up kills for her teammates starting at level 2 and help them regenerate enough mana to set up subsequent kills more quickly.

* StatusEffects: Dark Willow comes with no fewer than ''three'' different disables: ''Bramble Maze'' applies root, ''Cursed Crown'' is a stun, and ''Terrorize'' utilises a fear effect.

* StatusEffects:

* BadassBeard: A long, white beard befitting a master tactician.