Every Hero's Skill and Damage Type

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ABOUT UPDATES/ERRORS/QUESTIONS: I will update this when a new version is released. If you want to help me with some corrections, just post new skill damage type using the legends below. If you have some questions, you can ask in this thread. Thanks.

GUIDE STATUS: Complete (6.76c)
Added new Heroes and skills! See the bottom for the expansion guide as well.

Damage Type Table

Damage Type	Reduced By	Affects Magic Immune	Affects Ethereal
Physical	Armor, Damage Block	Yes	No Damage
Magical	Magic Resistance	No	1.4x Damage
Mixed	Armor, Magic Resistance, Damage Block	Yes	No Damage
Pure	Nothing	No	1.0x Damage
HP Removal¹	Nothing	Yes	1.0x
Universal²	Magic Resistance	Yes	1.4x Damage
Enhanced³*	Magic Resistance	Yes	No Damage

Note: All these damage types are nullified by invulnerability except HP Removal, which is a direct manipulation over a unit's hit points instead of damage.

¹: HP Removal spells include Burning Spears (Health Cost), Overcharge (Health Cost), Sunder, Nightmare, Fatal Bonds, Soul Rip (-25 to chosen units), EMP, Heartstopper Aura, Ghost Ship (Coco's Rum Wear-Off), Wave of Terror, Soul Ring, Icarus Dive (Health Cost), Fire Spirits (Health Cost), Sun Ray (Health Cost), Urn of Shadows (item), and Armlet of Mordiggian Degen (item).

²: Universal spells include Doom, Midnight Pulse and March of Machines.

³: Enhanced spells include all types of Cleave (some AT: Hero; unreduced), Poison Sting, Corrosive Breath, Poison Attack, Geostrike, Quilbeast Poison, Corrosive Skin, Envenomed Weapons, Echo Slam, Shadow Strike Initial Damage, Venomous Gale Initial Damage, and Heat Seeking Missile.

*: There are two types of Enhanced spells: AT: Hero and AT: Spell. AT: Hero is unreduced by Magic Resistance, whereas AT: Spell is reduced. Examples of AT: Hero spells are some types of Cleave.

To see which spells are affected by magic immunity, check out this guide by Black Isle: Magic Immunity

Want to read more? Take a look at the expansion guide at the bottom of this page: Expansion Guide

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TorrentMagical
Tidebringer: CleaveEnhanced, AT: Hero
X Marks the Spot: Return
Ghost ShipMagical: CoCo's Rum Wear-OffDirect HP Removal

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Kunkka, Admiral

Wild AxesMixed
Call of the Wild: Quilbeast and Greater Quilbeast (Poison StingEnhanced, AT: Spell)
Inner Beast
Primal RoarMagical: Side DamageMagical

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Rexxar, Beastmaster

Hoof StompMagical
Double EdgeMagical: Self-DamageMagical
ReturnPhysical
StampedeMagical

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Bradwarden, Centaur Warchief

FissureMagical
Enchant Totem: Bonus DamagePhysical
AftershockMagical
Echo SlamEnhanced, AT: Spell: Echo DamageEnhanced, AT: Spell

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Raigor Stonehoof, Earthshaker

PurificationPure
Repel
Degen Aura
Guardian Angel

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Purist Thunderwrath, Omniknight

Thunder ClapMagical
Drunken Haze
Drunken BrawlerPhysical
Primal Split: Storm (Wind Walk DamagePhysical), Earth (PulverizeEnhanced, AT: Spell and Hurl BoulderMagical) and Fire (ImmolationMagical)

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Mangix, Pandaren Brewmaster

Storm BoltMagical
Great CleaveEnhanced, AT: Hero
Warcry
God's Strength

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Sven, Rogue Knight

AvalancheMagical
TossMagical
Craggy ExteriorMagical
Grow: Grow (Aghanim's)Enhanced, AT: Hero

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Tiny, Stone Giant

Echo Stomp: TaurenPhysical; Echo Stomp: Ancestral SpiritMagical
Ancestral SpiritMagical
Natural Order
Earthsplitter (50% of the damage)Physical; Earthsplitter (50% of the damage)Magical

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Cairne Bloodhoof, Tauren Chieftain

Nature's Guise
Leech SeedMagical
Living Armor
OvergrowthMagical

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Rooftrellen, Treant Protector

Tether
SpiritsMagical
Overcharge: Health CostDirect HP Removal
Relocate

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Io, Guardian Wisp

Acid SprayMixed
Unstable ConcoctionPhysical
Goblin's Greed
Chemical Rage

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Razzil Darkbrew, Alchemist

Battery AssaultMagical
Power Cog: ShockMagical
Rocket FlareMagical
HookshotMagical

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Rattletrap, Clockwerk Goblin

Breathe FireMagical
Dragon TailMagical
Dragon Blood
Elder Dragon Form: Corrosive BreathEnhanced, AT: Spell and Splash AttackPhysical

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Knight Davion, Dragon Knight

Inner Vitality
Burning SpearMagical: Health CostDirect HP Removal
Berserker's Blood
Life BreakMagical: Health CostMagical

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Huskar, Sacred Warrior

Viscous Nasal Goo
Quill SprayPhysical
Bristleback: Quill Spray (Auto)Physical
Warpath

Note: Quill Spray, despite being PhysicalPhysical, is no longer affected by Damage Block since 6.72d.

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Rigwarl, Bristleback

Icarus DiveMagical: Health CostDirect HP Removal
Fire SpiritsMagical: Health CostDirect HP Removal and Target Fire Spirits
Sun RayPure: Health CostDirect HP Removal
SupernovaMagical

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Icarus, Phoenix

Ice ShardsMagical
SnowballMagical
Frozen Sigil
Walrus PunchPhysical

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Ymir, Tuskarr

Overwhelming OddsMagical
Press the Attack
Moment of CouragePhysical
Duel

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Tresdin, Legion Commander

Whirling DeathMagical: Whirling Death (Tree-Cut)Pure
Timber ChainPure
Reactive Armor
ChakramPure

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Rizzrak, Goblin Shredder

Berserker's Call
Battle HungerMagical
Counter HelixPhysical
Culling BladeMagical: Killing DamagePhysical

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Mogul Khan, Axe

Chaos BoltMagical
Reality RiftMagical
Critical StrikePhysical
Phantasm

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Nessaj, Chaos Knight

DevourMagical
Scorched EarthMagical
LVL? DeathMagical: Bonus DamageMagical
DoomUniversal

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Lucifer, Doom Bringer

Rage
FeastPhysical
Open Wounds
InfestMagical

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N'aix, Lifestealer

Death CoilMagical: Self DamagePure
Aphotic ShieldMagical
Frostmourne
Borrowed Time

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Abaddon, Lord of Avernus

Summon Wolves
Howl
Feral Impulse
Shapeshift: Critical StrikePhysical

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Banehallow, Lycanthrope

VoidMagical
Crippling Fear
Hunter in the Night
Darkness

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Balanar, Night Stalker

FirestormMagical
Pit of MaliceMagical
Atrophy Aura
Dark Rift

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Azgalor, Pit Lord

Meat HookPure
RotMagical: Self DamageMagical
Flesh Heap
DismemberMagical

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Pudge, Butcher

Hellfire BlastMagical
Vampiric Aura
Critical StrikePhysical
Reincarnation

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King Leoric, Skeleton King

Sprint
Slithereen CrushPhysical
BashMagical
Amplify Damage

Note: Sprint damage amplification deals damage to Slardar depending on the original damage source.

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Slardar, Slithereen Guard

DecayMagical
Soul RipMagical: Count DamageDirect HP Removal
Tombstone
Flesh Golem: Plague Aura Damage AmplificationPure

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Dirge, Undying

GushMagical
Kraken Shell
Anchor SmashPhysical
RavageMagical

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Leviathan, Tidehunter

ShockwaveMagical
Empower: CleaveEnhanced, AT: Hero
SkewerMagical
Reverse PolarityMagical

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Magnus, Magnataur

Charge of Darkness
Empowering Haste
Greater BashMagical
NetherstrikeMagical

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Barathrum, Spirit Breaker

BurrowstrikeMagical
SandstormMagical
Caustic Finale: ExplosionMagical
EpicenterMagical

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Crixalis, Sand King

Mana BreakPhysical
Blink
Spell Shield
Mana VoidMagical

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Magina, Anti-Mage

ShrapnelMagical
HeadshotPhysical
Take Aim
AssassinateMagical

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Kardel Sharpeye, Dwarven Sniper

Blade FuryMagical
Healing Ward
Blade DancePhysical
OmnislashPhysical

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Yurnero, Juggernaut

Spirit Bear: Return, EntanglePhysical, DemolishPhysical, and damage upon deathMixed
Rabid
Synergy
True Form: Battle Cry

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Syllabear, Lone Druid

Lucent BeamMagical
Moon Glaive
Lunar Blessing
EclipseMagical

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Luna Moonfang, Moon Rider

WaveformMagical
Adaptive StrikeMagical
Morph (Agility Gain): Morph (Strength Gain)
Replicate: Morph Replicate

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Morphling, Morphling

Mirror Image
Ensnare
Rip TideMagical
Song of the Siren: End Song

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Slithice, Naga Siren

Spirit LanceMagical
Doppelwalk
Juxtapose
Phantom Edge

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Azwraith, Phantom Lancer

StarfallMagical
Elune's ArrowMagical
Leap
Moonlight Shadow

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Mirana Nightshade, Priestess of the Moon

Smokescreen
Blink StrikeMagical
BackstabPhysical
Permanent Invisibility

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Rikimaru, Stealth Assassin

Berserker Rage: BashMagical
Melee Whirling AxesMagical: Ranged Whirling Axes
Fervor
Battle Trance

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Jah'rakal, Troll Warlord

Rocket BarrageMagical
Homing MissileMagical
Flak Cannon
Call DownMagical

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Aurel Vlaicu, Gyrocopter

Frost Arrows
Silence
Trueshot Aura
Marksmanship

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Traxex, Drow Ranger

RefractionPhysical
MeldPhysical
Psi BladesPure
Psionic Trap

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Lanaya, Templar Assassin

EarthshockMagical
Overpower
Fury SwipesPhysical
Enrage

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Ulfsaar, Ursa Warrior

Magic MissileMagical
Wave of TerrorDirect HP Removal: Killing DamageMagical
Command Aura
Netherswap

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Shendelzare Silkwood, Vengeful Spirit

Shuriken TossMagical
JinadaPhysical
Wind Walk: Backstab DamagePhysical
Track

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Gondar, Bounty Hunter

Searing ChainsMagical
Sleight of Fist: Bonus DamagePhysical
Flame GuardMagical
Fire Remnant: Fire Remnant (Subskill)Magical

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Xin, Ember Spirit

BloodrageMagical
Blood Bath
Strygwyr's Thirst
RupturePure

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Strygwyr, Blood Seeker

Strafe
Searing ArrowsPhysical
Wind Walk
Death Pact

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Clinkz, Bone Fletcher

Spawn SpiderlingsMagical: Spiderlings/Spiderites Poison StingEnhanced, AT: Spell
Spin Web
Incapacitating Bite
Insatiable Hunger

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Black Arachnia, Broodmother

ImpaleMagical
Mana BurnMagical
Spiked Carapace: Return DamagePure
Vendetta: Backstab DamagePhysical

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Anub'arak, Nerubian Assassin

The Swarm
ShukuchiMagical
Geminate Attack
Time Lapse

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Anub'seran, Nerubian Weaver

Stifling DaggerPure
Phantom Strike
Blur
Coup de GracePhysical

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Mortred, Phantom Assassin

ShadowrazeMagical
Necromastery
Presence of the Dark Lord
Requiem of SoulsMagical: Passive DamageMagical

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Nevermore, Shadow Fiend

Reflection
Conjure Image
Metamorphosis
SunderDirect HP Removal

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Terrorblade, Soul Keeper

Spectral DaggerMagical
DesolatePure
DispersionPure
Haunt

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Mercurial, Spectre

Venomous Gale InitialEnhanced, AT: Spell: Damage Over TimeMagical
Poison StingEnhanced, AT: Spell
Plague Ward
Poison NovaMagical

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Lesale Deathbringer, Venomancer

Poison AttackEnhanced, AT: Spell
Nethertoxin
Corrosive SkinEnhanced, AT: Spell
Viper StrikeMagical

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Viper, Netherdrake

Earthbind
PoofMagical
GeostrikeEnhanced, AT: Spell
Divided We Stand

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Meepo, Geomancer

Plasma FieldMagical
Static Link
Unstable Current: PurgeMagical
Eye of the StormPhysical

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Razor, Lightning Revenant

Dark PactMagical: Self DamageMagical
PounceMagical
Essence Shift
Shadow Dance

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Slark, Murloc Nightcrawler

Time Walk
Backtrack
Time LockMagical
Chronosphere

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Darkterror, Faceless Void

Split Shot
Mystic SnakeMagical
Mana Shield
Stone Gaze (Summoned Units)Magical

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Medusa, Gorgon

FluxMagical
Magnetic Field
Spark WraithMagical
Tempest Double

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Zet, Arc Warden

Crystal NovaMagical
FrostbiteMagical
Brilliance Aura
Freezing FieldMagical

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Rylai Crestfall, Crystal Maiden

Untouchable
Enchant
Nature's Attendants
ImpetusPure

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Aiushtha, Enchantress

Illusory OrbMagical
Waning RiftMagical
Phase Shift
Dream CoilMagical

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Puck, Faerie Dragon

PenitencePhysical
Test of FaithPure: Teleport
Holy Persuasion
Hand of God

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Chen, Holy Knight

IlluminateMagical
Mana Leak
Chakra Magic
Spirit Form: Recall and Blinding Light

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Ezalor, Keeper of the Light

Arc LightningMagical
Lightning BoltMagical
Static FieldMagical
Thundergod's WrathMagical

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Zeus, Lord of Olympia

Sprout
Teleportation
Force of Nature
Wrath of NatureMagical

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Furion, Prophet

Curse of the SilentMagical
Glaives of WisdomPure
Last WordMagical
Global Silence

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Nortrom, Silencer

Dragon SlaveMagical
Light Strike ArrayMagical
Fiery Soul
Laguna BladeMagical

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Lina Inverse, Slayer

Static RemnantMagical
Electric Vortex
OverloadMagical
Ball LightningMagical

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Raijin Thunderkeg, Storm Spirit

Shackleshot
PowershotMagical
Windrunner
Focus Fire

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Alleria, Windrunner

Thunder StrikeMagical
Glimpse
Kinetic Field
Static StormMagical

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Thrall, Disruptor

FireblastMagical
IgniteMagical
Bloodlust
Multi Cast: Unrefined FireblastMagical

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Aggron Stonebreaker, Ogre Magi

Land MinesMixed
Stasis Trap
Suicide Squad, Attack!Mixed
Remote MinesMagical: Focused Detonate

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Squee, Spleen, and Spoon, Goblin Techies

Dual BreathMagical
Ice PathMagical
Liquid FireMagical
MacropyreMagical

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Jakiro, Twin Head Dragon

LaserPure
Heat Seeking MissileEnhanced, AT: Spell
March of the MachinesUniversal
Rearm

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Boush, Tinker

Ether ShockMagical
Voodoo
ShacklesMagical
Mass Serpent Ward

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Rhasta, Shadow Shaman

Telekinesis: Telekinesis Land
Fade BoltMagical
Null Field
Spell Steal

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Rubick, Grand Magus

Arcane BoltMagical
Concussive ShotMagical
Ancient Seal
Mystic FlareMagical

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Dragonus, Skywrath Mage

Enfeeble
Brain SapPure
NightmareDirect HP Removal: Killing DamageMagical
Fiend's GripMagical

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Atropos, Bane Elemental

VacuumMagical
Ion ShellMagical
Surge
Wall of ReplicaMagical

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Ish'kafel, Dark Seer

Carrion SwarmMagical
Silence
Witchcraft
ExorcismPhysical

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Krobelus, Death Prophet

ImpaleMagical
Voodoo
Mana Drain
Finger of DeathMagical

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Lion, Demon Witch

MaleficeMagical
Demonic Conversion
Midnight PulseUniversal
Black HoleMagical

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Darchrow, Enigma

Frost NovaMagical
Frost Armor
Dark Ritual
Chain FrostMagical

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Kel'thuzad, Lich

Death PulseMagical
Heartstopper AuraDirect HP Removal
Sadist
Reaper's ScytheMagical

Note: Heartstopper Aura's killing damage deals a mixture of 100 PhysicalPhysical, 100 MagicalMagical, and 100 PurePure damage to kill the unit.

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Rotund'jere, Necrolyte

Nether BlastMagical
Decrepify
Nether Ward: Mana FlareMagical
Life DrainMagical

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Pugna, Oblivion

Arcane OrbPure
Astral Imprisonment
Essence Aura
Sanity's EclipseMagical

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Harbinger, Obsidian Destroyer

Shadow Strike InitialEnhanced, AT: Spell: Damage Over TimeMagical
Blink
Scream of PainMagical
Sonic WaveMagical

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Akasha, Queen of Pain

Fatal BondsDirect HP Removal: Killing DamagePure
Shadow WordMagical
Upheaval
Rain of ChaosMagical: ImmolationMagical and PulverizeEnhanced, AT: Spell

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Demnok Lannik, Warlock

Disruption
Soul Catcher: Damage AmplificationPure
Shadow PoisonMagical
Demonic PurgeMagical

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Eredar, Shadow Demon

Stick NapalmMagical
FlamebreakMagical
FireflyMagical
Flaming Lasso

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Jin'zakk, Batrider

Poison TouchPhysical
Shallow Grave
Shadow WavePhysical
Weave

Note: Although Poison Touch deals PhysicalPhysical damage, it was changed in 6.72c to not be affected by any form of damage block.

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Dazzle, Shadow Priest

Quas
Wex
Exort
Invoke

• Cold SnapMagical
• Ghost Walk
• TornadoMagical
• EMPDirect HP Removal: Killing DamagePure
• Alacrity
• Chaos MeteorMagical
  Killing DamagePure
• Forge Spirit
• Ice WallMagical
• Deafening BlastMagical

Note: Although EMP deals Direct HP RemovalDirect HP Removal damage, it was changed in 6.74c to not affect invulnerable or Tornadoed units.

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Kael, Invoker

Grave Chill
Soul AssumptionMagical
Gravekeeper's Cloak
Summon Familiars: Stone Form StunMagical

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Visage, Necro'lic

Split EarthMagical
Diabolic EdictMixed
Lightning StormMagical
Pulse NovaMagical

Note: Although Diabolic Edict deals MixedMixed damage, it was changed in 6.71 to not be affected by any form of damage block.

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Leshrac the Malicious, Tormented Soul

Paralyzing CaskMagical
Voodoo Restoration
MaledictMagical
Death WardPhysical

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Vol'Jin, Witch Doctor

Cold FeetMagical
Ice Vortex
Chilling Touch: Bonus DamageMagical
Ice BlastMagical: Shatter DamagePhysical

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Kaldr, Ancient Apparition

Arctic Burn: Modified AttackDirect HP Removal
Splinter BlastMagical
Cold Embrace
Winter's Curse

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Auroth, Winter Wyvern

EXPANSION GUIDE
Written by EebstertheGreat

The following is an advanced expansion guide written by EebstertheGreat. This was edited by me to fit into this guide for further reading. It discusses Warcraft III's abilities, buffs, damage types, attack types, and armor types. With this knowledge, you will come to a full understanding of everything regarding damage in DotA. It is a long read though, so let's begin!

• Overview
• Abilities
• Buffs
• Damage Type
• Attack Type
• Attack Type:Magic
• Heals

In Warcraft III, there are three general "types" of abilities, buffs, and damage which determine when they are blocked or removed. These are "physical" or "normal," "magical," and "universal." There are two "states" which can potentially block or remove these: "ethereal" and "magic immune." Additionally, units can be "invulnerable," in which case they are immune to everything, except that invulnerable summons can be damaged by Purge.

All abilities are either physical, magical, or universal. Physical abilities cannot target and do not work on units that are ethereal, magical abilities cannot target and do not work on units that are magic immune, and universal abilities work on both. Whether an ability is physical or magical entirely depends on its base ability with two exceptions:

• All "ultimate" abilities (abilities with required level not 0 or 1) are universal.
• The base ability Channel ([ANcl]) has a field that allows the user to define it as any of the three types.

Note also that abilities may be triggered, in which case the triggers may check for any property of the potential target, including magic immunity or ethereal (by checking if it has an ability or buff which grants one of those).

Many abilities in DotA place buffs, and these buffs can be removed according to their "class." As with abilities, buffs are either "physical," "magical," or "universal," depending entirely on which base ability placed them. Generally, physical abilities place physical buffs and magical abilities place magical buffs, but this is not always the case.

However, buff removal is somewhat more complicated, as there are several abilities that can remove buffs, including two (Mirror Image and Charm) which remove some universal buffs (called "Universal Tier 1") but not others ("Universal Tier 2"), which are truly universal and can only be removed by death.

As you might expect, becoming ethereal removes physical buffs and becoming magic immune removes magical buffs. Additionally, "purge-esque" abilities (Purge, Dispel Magic, Abolish Magic) remove magical buffs and Cyclone removes both magical and physical buffs (but not universal buffs). Primal Split also removes all physical and magical buffs.

Finally, once again, buffs can be removed via triggers. Here, they are classified as either "positive" or "negative" buffs, depending on if they are to a unit's benefit or detriment in the original game. When selecting multiple units, those affected by negative buffs are outlined in red, and those affected by positive buffs are outlined in green. The function UnitRemoveBuffs() can remove all positive buffs, all negative buffs, or both. Separately, the function UnitRemoveAbility() can remove any single buff by ID.

Damage can be blocked similarly to abilities according to its type. The Damage Type is a property of every instance of damage that is determined by which spell caused it, or which is set by the editor in the case of triggered damage. Usually physical abilities deal physical damage, magical abilities deal magical damage, and non-ultimate universal abilities (Doom) deal universal damage, but again, this is not always the case. All attacks have Damage Type: Normal.

There is the additional complication of damage reduction. This is first evident in the fact that there are actually four damage typesIn fact, there are a great many damage types, with such whimsical names as "Death," "Spirit Link," and "Slow Poison." However, every damage type is identical in all respects to one of the above types (with a very minor exception regarding canceling consumables).: Normal, Enhanced, Magic, and Universal. Normal and Enhanced are both "physical," but only Normal is reduced by armor value.

Armor value is a real number that specifies how much a unit reduces damage with DT: Normal. It is calculated by the unit's base armor, any armor-changing abilities, and in the case of heroes, 0.14 times the agility (the constant 0.14 is set by the map maker). Positive armor reduces damage by the formula ( 0.06 * armor ) / (1 + 0.06 * armor), while negative armor increases damage by 1 - 0.94 ^ (-armor). There is no (practical) maximum or minimum armor, but armor less than -20 will not increase damage by any more than -20 armor will.

In addition to armor value reduction, damage can be reduced by armor type, a fixed property for each unit. This reduction (or increase) depends on a separate property of damage known as its "attack type." As with damage type, attack type depends on the base ability or in the case of triggered damage, is set by the editor. The attack type of actual attacks is a fixed property of each unit (though a unit may have up to two attack indices with different attack types). There are seven armor types (Light, Medium, Heavy, Fortified, Hero, Unarmored, and Divine) and seven attack types (Chaos, Hero, Normal, Pierce, Siege, Spells, and Magic). Armor Type: Divine is not used in DotA and Attack Type: Magic is only used for one unit in DotA (Pugna's second attack index, which is enabled by having an Orb of Slow or Orb of Corruption). The reduction of each attack type by each armor type is set by the map editor, and the full table for DotA is below:

------	Small	Medium	Large	Fortified	Hero	Divine	Unarmored	Ethereal*
Chaos	100%	100%	100%	40%	100%	100%	100%	140%
Hero	100%	100%	100%	50%	100%	5%	100%	100%
Magic	125%	75%%	200%	35%	75%	5%	100%	100%
Normal	100%	150%	125%	70%	75%	5%	100%	100%
Pierce	200%	75%	75%	35%	50%	5%	150%	100%
Siege	100%	50%	125%	150%	75%	5%	100%	100%
Spells	100%	100%	100%	100%	75%	5%	100%	140%

Note: The Ethereal state modifies damage according to attack type. By default, every attack type except Spells and Magic is reduced to 0, but in DotA they are left at 1. Damage with Attack Type: Spells is amplified by 1.40.

Several abilities can also modify damage taken. "Defend (Item)," for instance, has fields for reducing (or increasing) pierce damage, spell damage, or all damage by any amount. "Item Spell Resistance" can, as it sounds, reduce spell damage and "Defend" can reduce piercing damage. Many abilities can also modify outgoing damage, but that is beyond the scope of this guide.

Some abilities, namely, Purge, Dispel Magic, and Abolish Magic, deal a unique sort of damage to summoned units and illusions which roughly follows Damage Type: Magic with a unique attack type ("Attack Type: Purge") that does 100% damage to all Armor Types. Furthermore, Purge and Abolish Magic (but not Dispel Magic) can damage invulnerable summoned units and illusions.

One attack type screws up the above system, and that is "magic." Typically, any damage with a physical damage type (Normal or Enhanced) is blocked by ethereal but not by magic immunity. However, if that damage has Attack Type: Magic, the situation is reversed: it is blocked by magic immunity but not ethereal. This is why Pugna can attack Banished units if he has his second attack enabled, unless those units are also magic immune.

There is just one hardcoded heal in DotA: The neutral Forest Troll High Priest's. Heals are like negative magic damage except they do not trigger damage events, are not reduced by any armor type or ability (but are amplified by the ethereal state), and do not work on illusions.

And you've reached the end of the expansion. I wish to thank EebstertheGreat for his help in writing this guide. Do come visit this guide again whenever you need reference.

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• Changelog
• Colors Used
• Credits
• Format

• March 28, 2010 - Started the guide, added Sentinel Strength.
• March 29, 2010 - Reworked format, added Sentinel Agility, added Sentinel Intelligence, added Neutral Strength.
• March 30, 2010 - Made some corrections, added Neutral Agility, added Neutral Intelligence, removed all damage-increasing spells from the Physical category.
• April 4, 2010 - After some problems concerning my internet loss, I've decided to remove all skill icons to reduce loading time for slower computers (like mine), to keep it organized and simple, and lastly to fit in all taverns in one post (due to a 400 image limit), added little note thingies that reduce space by displaying the damage type on highlight.
• May 9, 2010 - Added Scourge Agility.
• May 10, 2010 - Added Scourge Intelligence, guide completed.
• July 7, 2010 - Changed URL of the images to media.playdota.com, added Ancient Apparition and Murloc Nightcrawler in the taverns, and finished all anchors. All these were done by Lordshinjo, so credits go to him.
• August 30, 2010 - Added Guardian Wisp, Gyrocopter, Far Seer and Shadow Demon, their anchors and icons, and made a few corrections regarding skills that do not actually deal damage when cast (such as Plague Ward and Mass Serpent Ward). One major change includes the changing of the color Yellow to #FFFF99, Blue to #3399CC, and Green to #33CC33 to make it easier on the eyes.
• October 29, 2010 - Finished up to 6.69b. Waiting for more DotA updates. Went over the guide again and edited skills who don't actually deal damage and restated them. Restated skills that spawn sub-skills, might have missed a few (e.g., Morph).
• November 28, 2010 - Changed some minor formatting stuff, made some corrections stated by readers, added a link to a magic immunity guide.
• December 30, 2010 - Updated to 6.70c. New tavern layouts in the game are not reflected yet. The two new Heroes, namely Ymir and Icarus, are categorized as Neutral Strength Heroes as they appear in the Hero pages currently.
• January 23, 2011 - Updated to 6.71.
• May 3, 2011 - Updated fully to 6.72.
• May 5, 2011 - New tavern layout now reflected. Updated to 6.72b.
• July 21, 2011 - Updated to 6.72e.
• October 6, 2011 - Updated to 6.72f and made some corrections.
• December 27, 2011 - Updated to 6.73.
• January 11, 2012 - Updated to 6.73b and corrected the tavern placing.
• April 21, 2012 - Updated to 6.74c and added a few more to the Direct HP Removal list.
• April 22, 2012 - Added expansion guide by EebstertheGreat. See the bottom of the guide.
• June 16, 2012 - Made some corrections to Invoker as of 6.74c.
• October 23, 2012 - Updated to 6.76b.
• November 2, 2012 - Made corrections to Eeebster's guide as requested. Updated to 6.76c.

Colors Used:

• #FFFF99
• #3399CC
• #33CC33
• Red
• Pink
• Purple
• Orange

Credits:
I'd like to thank everyone who helped in the making of this guide, you know who you people are. This guide was considered finished on May 10, 2010, but in theory, it's not. It is still subject to constant updates and changes, so stay tuned.

Thanks to Lordshinjo for finishing the anchors and updating the URLs of the images. You are my personal Hero. And for always changing the main thread title.

Thanks a bunch to
EebstertheGreat for writing the Expansion Guide to complete this very lengthy guide. I just edited it a little.

PhysicalPhysical
MagicalMagical
MixedMixed
PurePure
Direct HP RemovalDirect HP Removal
UniversalUniversal
EnhancedEnhanced, AT: Spell

[Myself]

Should be interesting.

[Melderv]

It will take quite a long time to finish, though. Will update later, it's already 1AM.

I need icons for the new skills such as Sentinel or The Swarm in 6.67b. Also, new icons for Admiral's skills, etc. Plus, confirm some of the outdated skills in the guide such as new Shrapnel and some new Heroes like Slark and Kaldr.

[SoletLuna]

You should add a new category, which is 'Direct HP Removal'.

It may seem similiar to 'Pure', as both aren't reduced, but 'Direct HP Removal' (as Heartstopper, Fatal Bonds, Armlet, etc.) is not counted as damage.

[Black Isle]

Damage Type	Reduced By	Affects Magic Immune	Affects Ethereal
Magical	Magic Resistance	No	1.4x Damage
Physical	Armor, Damage Block	Yes	No Damage
Mixed	Armor,Magic Resistance, Damage Block	Yes	No Damage
Pure	Nothing	No	1.0x Damage
HP Removal	Nothing	Yes	1.0x
Universal	Magic Resistance	Yes	1.4x Damage
Enhanced	Nothing	Yes	No Damage

Note: All these damage types are nullified by invulnerablity except HP Removal, which is a direct manipulation over unit's hit point instead of damage.

Universal: Doom, March of Machines, Heat Seeking Missles, Echo Slam
Enhanced: All types of Cleave, Poison Sting, Corrosive Breath, Poison attack, Geostrike, Quillbeast Poison, Corrosive skin, Envenomed Weapons ( And +1 bonus damage of Enrage, no need to mention though )
HP Removal: Burning Spears ( Self ), Sunder, Nightmare, Fatal Bonds, Soul Rip ( -25 to Chosen Units ), EMP, Heartstopper Aura, Ghost Ship ( Coco's Rum wear off ), Wave of Terror, Soul Ring, Armlet of Mordiggian

There are certain spells that doesn't follow the rules in the table, you can deal with them later though.

You don't have to include Universal and Enhanced in the table, you should put a note to associated spells.

edit: Forgot to say, good luck with the rest of the guide.

[kzm100138]

OMG! This will be an awesome and helpful guide.

Danat's guide stopped updating since a long time ago.

Good job!

[Clogon]

Good job on updating this guide. However the Font you are using makes it hard to tell if a skill is in italic to not.

Here are some corrections to the current mistakes:

Earthshaker
Echo Slam deals damage to Magic Immune units.

TC
Natural Order will affect Magic Immune units. Though I do not know how the rest of the skills are triggered, you should ask the other mech people if Stomp's and Earth Splitter's physical portion will damage Magic Immune units or not.

Brewmaster
Storm Panda's Windwalk will damage Magic Immune units.



If you have time, can you go into more detail than Danat's guide like the other mech people are asking? If you are willing I can give you suggestions to easily get into more detail without changing the format too much.


@Phthalocyanine:
You forgot to put the poison skills in your Enhanced category. Poison skills meaning Poison Sting, Corrosive Breath, Poison attack, Corrosive skin, and Envenomed Weapon.

Also does toss still have DT: Demolish or has it been changed to Fire?

[Black Isle]

Oh, I forgot poison. Adding it to my post.

Tauren's skills physical parts damage Magic Immune units.

Toss uses DT: Fire.

@Melderv
I don't link to Danat's guide because it simply puts HP Removal, Enhanced under Pure etc. If you don't change the system, yours won't be any better, except being up to date. I ask you to change the template by removing Affects Magic Immune notations, as they can be understood by looking at the table I gave you. And it also shows ethereal interactions. And you can also put a link to my article on magic immunity here for completeness if you want.

Other than that, you can use [nqb] code instead of [quote] so there won't be a Quote: notation.

Putting all skill icons is kind of overkill in my opinion, but it may be just me.

[l0r4k]

Originally Posted by Phthalocyanine

Note: All these damage types are nullified by invulnerablity except HP Removal, which is a direct manipulation over unit's hit point instead of damage.

Universal: Doom, March of Machines, Heat Seeking Missles, Echo Slam
Enhanced: All types of Cleave, Poison Sting, Corrosive Breath, Poison attack, Geostrike, Quillbeast Poison, Corrosive skin, Envenomed Weapons ( And +1 bonus damage of Enrage, no need to mention though )
HP Removal: Burning Spears ( Self ), Sunder, Nightmare, Fatal Bonds, Soul Rip ( -25 to Chosen Units ), EMP, Heartstopper Aura, Ghost Ship ( Coco's Rum wear off ), Wave of Terror, Soul Ring, Armlet of Mordiggian

There are certain spells that doesn't follow the rules in the table, you can deal with them later though.

You don't have to include Universal and Enhanced in the table, you should put a note to associated spells.

edit: Forgot to say, good luck with the rest of the guide.

Then why Tinker's HSM don't hit ethereal units?

[Clogon]

He doesn't need to change the formatting much. Just rename the Magical damage to Spell damage then add 3 categories into the Pure section so something like Pure¹ (Magical), Pure² (Enhanced) and Pure³ (HP removal) with the surscript following the skill in question like Heartstopper Aura³.

[Black Isle]

Magical Damage more common.

Originally Posted by l0r4k

Then why Tinker's HSM don't hit ethereal units?

That's a question for Blizzard, as they are the ones who made Fan of Knives based spells doesn't affect Ethereal units.

[l0r4k]

Originally Posted by Phthalocyanine

Magical Damage more common.



That's a question for Blizzard, as they are the ones who made Fan of Knives based spells doesn't affect Ethereal units.

Well then, I'm gonna hijack a Blizzard boy and ask him in advance.
TC's Earth Splitter- Shouldn't it be mixed, if it has 50-50 dmg type then?

[Clogon]

@Phthalocyanine:
What do you mean magic damage is more common? "Magic damage" is more commonly used to describe AT: Spells and DT: Magic but that doesn't mean that it is accurate. By changing it to be Spell damage, people who look at this guide will know at least question why it is not called magic damage and slowly understand the differance between the 2.

@l0r4k:
For ladder balance reasons, FoK skills cannot affect Ethereal units. But this can easily be changed in the game constants of the map like the change to allow AT: Hero and DT: Fire skills to damage Ethereal units.

[BBQ]

Originally Posted by Clogon

@Phthalocyanine:@l0r4k:
For ladder balance reasons, FoK skills cannot affect Ethereal units. But this can easily be changed in the game constants of the map like the change to allow AT: Hero and DT: Fire skills to damage Ethereal units.

I don't see any Gameplay Constant about Fan of Knives affecting Ethereal units.

[Clogon]

Eh? I guess I was wrong. Are there constants for Blade Fury or Fan Of Knive at all? I remember seeing them but I might be mistaken.

Don't have WC3 installed right not just got new comp and lost CD.

[Zephirdd]

Wild Axes are physical damage afaik

and shouldnt Earthsplitter be "Mixed" since it is 50/50 physical-magical? Even if the definitions are different, having a 200 Mixed nuke or a 100 physical and a 100 magical nuke are pretty much the very same thing except of the damage "instances", which should only affect Lanaya's refraction and Void's backtrack iirc.

[Cáno]

^ Think again.

[SN0W37]

You should mention something about cleave damage, as its not the same as pure damage even though they both have similair properties.

The main differences are that cleave damage can effect a magic immune unit where as pure damage can't, cleave damage can't effect etheral units, and cleave damage is only reduced by armour types not armour values.

[Melderv]

Hey, guys.

Yes, I'd have to agree if I'm just copying then it wouldn't be any better. I'd also like to make it more specific.

So, here are some changes I will make that I think I picked up from you guys:

• Will add a different section for Direct HP removal.
• Add superscript notes to associated Universal and Enhanced spells.

@Clogon: I'm not using any other font besides the default forum font. Would like to use Century Gothic though.

Thanks for the help guys; I will correct those I have made mistakes with but please confirm them.

EDIT: I have finished updating it to a new format. It will concern everything without confusion with new colors and I have removed every italicization and underline because it can be explained through the table. HP Removal, Universal and Enhanced are new categories.

BUT, I will need help in confirming these for the skills. I am still updating through the old guide, and will need information that is current.

The only issue here is that I cannot tell whether a skill with no damage can work on a magic immune unit (such as Replicate). But anyway, that's not the real purpose of the guide.