Bounty Hunter

Bounty Hunter #64 19 + 2.5 21 + 2.6 22 + 1.9
Grants the following bonuses per point of attribute: +22HP and +0.09HP regeneration +0.17 armor and 1 attack speed +1 main attack damage +12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance Release Date: 2011-12-21
Level 0 1 15 25 30 L0 Base Hero Values L1 ⤷ + Base Attributes L15 ⤷ + Attribute Gain L25 ⤷ + 6 levels of Attribute Bonus L30 ⤷ + 7 levels of Attribute Bonus All values shown are without talent bonuses. Health 120 538 1308 2122 2430 +0.75 +2.46 +5.61 +8.94 +10.25 Mana 75 339 651 1023 1167 +0.5 +1.6 +2.93 +4.48 +5.06 Armor 5 8.5 14.57 20.9 23.4 Magic Resist 25% 27.2% 29.86% 32.96% 34.11% Damage Block 16 (50%) Damage 33 41 54 62 90 98 128 136 143 151 Attack Rate 0.67/s 0.81/s 1.05/s 1.3/s 1.4/s Attack Range 150 (600) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.5s BAT) Attack Animation 0.59 + 0.59 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 325 ( 355) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 1000) Gib Type Default Internal npc_dota_hero_bounty_hunter

Loots and collects bounties off of his enemies.
Fear is the mother of rumor, and tales of Gondar's origins are nothing but hearsay. For the right price, the Bounty Hunter will Track down any target to deliver their heads and collect their bounties. He Guides while Walking through Shadows into the best-guarded keeps, crippling his target with a surprise attack, and steal some of their riches with a Calculated Strike. Even targets at a greater distance are not safe from the Bounty Hunter, as his trusty Shuriken seemingly has a mind on its own, seeking out and striking all targets the Bounty Hunter keeps track of. Because in the end, it's all about the gold.
Roles:	Escape Nuker
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Badteeth, Nose Legs ( 2 )

Bio[]

Gondar, the Bounty Hunter

▶️ "No job is too big; no fee is too big."

Lore:

When the hunted tell tales of Gondar the Bounty Hunter, none are sure of which are true. In whispered tones they say he was abandoned as a kitten, learning his skill in tracking as a matter of simple survival. Others hear he was an orphan of war, taken in by the great Soruq the Hunter to learn the master's skill with a blade as they plumbed the dark forests for big game. Still others believe he was a lowly street urchin raised among a guild of cutpurses and thieves, trained in the arts of stealth and misdirection. Around campfires in the wild countryside his quarry speaks the rumors of Gondar's work, growing ever more fearful: they say it was he who tracked down the tyrant King Goff years after the mad regent went into hiding, delivering his head and scepter as proof. That it was he who infiltrated the rebel camps at Highseat, finally bringing the legendary thief White Cape to be judged for his crimes. And that it was he who ended the career of Soruq the Hunter, condemned as a criminal for killing the Prince's prized hellkite. The tales of Gondar's incredible skill stretch on, with each daring feat more unbelievable than the last, each target more elusive. For the right price, the hunted know, anyone can be found. For the right price, even the mightiest may find fear in the shadows.

Alias:

BH

Voice:

Michael Gregory (Responses)

Abilities[]

Shuriken Toss

▶️▶️QT

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Hurls a deadly shuriken at an enemy unit, dealing damage and slowing the target. The shuriken will bounce to any Tracked units who are within a 1200 radius of each other. Deals bonus damage to Tracked targets.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.43

Cast Range: 375/425/475/525 ( 700)

Bounce Search Radius: 1200

Damage: 100/150/200/250

Move Speed Slow: 100%

Attack Speed Slow: 100

Debuff Duration: 0.35 ( 1)

   5

N

   2

 5 ( 0)

 50/60/70/80

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Increases cast range and applies Jinada on hit.

Spell Block / Reflection Notes:

Blocked upon impact as primary or secondary target.

When blocked, it continues to bounce.

Ability Disjoint Notes:

Disjointable by primary and secondary targets.

Once disjointed, it stops bouncing.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_slowed

Any

Ability Draft Notes:

Jinada has to be drafted as well for it to get applied.

While the shuriken may be small, Gondar's precise aim can cause critical damage.

• The shuriken travels at a speed of 1000.

• The shuriken first applies the damage, then the debuff, then Jinada's spell damage.

• The initial target does not have to be Tracked for the shuriken to bounce.
  • Can only bounce to each Tracked unit once.
  • Can also bounce to different Track debuff sources as long as the debuff is applied by an ally.
  • Cannot bounce to, but can bounce off of invulnerable or hidden units.

• Can deal up to the following amount of damage (before reductions) to Tracked targets per Track level:
  • LEVEL 1
    140/210/280/350 damage.
  • LEVEL 2
    170/255/340/425 damage.
  • LEVEL 3
    200/300/400/500 damage.

• Both leveling up the ability and the slow duration talent immediately upgrades all of Bounty Hunter's currently flying shurikens.

• SCEPTER
  Shuriken Toss now applies the current level of Jinada on its target upon projectile impact.
  • Jinada notes fully apply. If it is not leveled, it is not applied.
  • Does not use instant attacks to apply the Jinada. The effects are applied by Shuriken Toss itself.
  • Shuriken Toss' Jinada is independent of the Jinada applied by attacks, regardless of cooldown, and works even when dead.
  • The 60/100/140/180 ( 90/130/170/210) damage is applied as spell damage in a separate damage instance, it is affected by spell damage amplification and works with spell lifesteal.
  • However, it is still affected by damage block sources and Bulwark, but not Resonant Pulse.

• TALENT
  Acquiring the Shuriken Toss charges talent instantly grants 1 extra charge.
• SPELL STEAL
  Jinada applied is based on Bounty Hunter's current ability level when acquired.

Jinada

▶️WJ

Ability
Active Attack Modifier

Affects
Enemies / Self

Bounty Hunter plans his next hit, dealing bonus damage and stealing some unreliable gold.

Cast Range: 150

Attack Damage Bonus: 60/100/140/180 ( 90/130/170/210)

Gold Stolen: 12/20/28/36 ( 62/70/78/86)

 9/7/5/3

Break Notes:

Does not prevent Shuriken Toss from triggering Jinada.
Disabled, despite being an active ability.

Illusion Notes:

The ability is always toggled on, but illusions cannot trigger it.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_bounty_hunter_jinada

Undispellable

Ability Draft Notes:

Uses the caster's current attack range when Autocast.
Manually casting it uses the cast range.

Gondar's vast experience ensures he never walks away from a transaction empty-handed.

• Upon leveling Jinada the first time, it has Autocast on by default.
  • Despite being an active ability, Jinada can trigger while silenced, if set to Autocast.

• Jinada's cast range can only be further increased by attack range bonuses of the same range type as the caster. However, it is not affected by cast range bonuses.
  • Both Autocast and manually casting it uses Bounty Hunter's current attack range.

• When off cooldown, Bounty Hunter's weapons emit particle effects.

• Checks its cooldown on attack begin, not on attack hit.
  • This means Jinada does not apply when its cooldown finishes during the attack animation.

• Grants regular flat bonus attack damage whenever the ability goes off cooldown, and the bonus is removed when going on cooldown.
  • When attacking any other units, including buildings and wards, only the attack damage bonus is applied, triggering the cooldown.

• Reduces the target's unreliable gold while granting the same amount of Bounty Hunter unreliable gold.
  • Steals gold only when attacking enemy heroes and clones.
  • Does not affect illusions and creep-heroes.

• Jinada does not work against allies.

Shadow Walk

▶️EW

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self / Enemies

Bounty Hunter becomes invisible and gains the ability to move through other units until he attacks or uses an ability. If he breaks the invisibility with an attack, that attack will stun the target for a short duration.

Cast Animation:  0+0

Fade Time: 1/0.75/0.5/0.25

Invisibility Duration: 20/25/30/35

Enemy Stun Duration: 0.8/1/1.2/1.4

 Damage Reduction: 30%

 18/17/16/15 ( 13/12/11/10)

 55

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

New Ability

Grants the Friendly Shadow ability.
Lowers cooldown.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_bounty_hunter_wind_walk

Death

modifier_stunned

Strong

The court jesters present during King Goff's assassination can recount no other image than a dancing shadow.

• Does not interrupt Bounty Hunter's channeling abilities upon cast.

• The attack first applies the debuff and then the attack damage.

• The Shadow Walk buff is lost upon reaching the cast point of abilities or items, or upon landing an attack. Missed attacks do not break it.
  • Casting Track or Friendly Shadow does not break the invisibility of Shadow Walk.
  • Bounty Hunter can pick up, drop or attack items without breaking the invisibility.
  • Successive casts refresh the invisibility duration.

• Grants phased movement while fully invisible, and allows Bounty Hunter to path through other units, including wards, but not through buildings.
  • Upon breaking invisibility, Shadow Walk applies the debuff, then the attack damage.
  • TALENT
    The incoming damage reduction talent instantly updates the current active instance.
    • Applies generic incoming damage reduction on Bounty Hunter. Stacks additively with other sources of generic incoming damage manipulation.
    • Reduces all damage types received, except from damage flagged as HP removal (e.g. Sunder).

Friendly Shadow

▶️DD

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Allied Heroes / Enemies

Applies Shadow Walk and all of its bonuses to the target ally. Allied fade time is 1. Casting this ability does not break Bounty Hunter's invisibility when cast.

Cast Animation:  0+0

Cast Range: 650

Fade Time: 1

Invisibility Duration: 20/25/30/35

Enemy Stun Duration: 0.8/1/1.2/1.4

 Damage Reduction: 30%

 13/12/11/10

 55

Modifiers [?]

modifier_bounty_hunter_wind_walk

Death

Ability Draft Notes:

Requires drafting Shadow Walk to be unlocked.

• Requires Aghanim's Shard to be unlocked.

• Does not interrupt the ally's channeling abilities upon cast.

• Friendly Shadow can be cast without having to face toward the targeted unit, as long as the targeted unit is within the cast range.
  • Can be cast on untargetable ally heroes.

• Casting Friendly Shadow does not break the invisibility of Shadow Walk.
  • Can only be cast on ally heroes, including clones and illusions, except creep-heroes.

• Does not require Shadow Walk to be leveled to be unlocked, once Aghanim's Shard is acquired.
  • However, it relies on Shadow Walk to work, since it directly uses its values , except mana cost and fade time. This means when Shadow Walk is not learned, Friendly Shadow does nothing upon cast and does not cooldown but waste mana.
  • Shadow Walk notes fully apply.

• TALENT
  The incoming damage reduction talent instantly updates the current active instance.
  • Applies generic incoming damage reduction on Bounty Hunter. Stacks additively with other sources of generic incoming damage manipulation.
  • Reduces all damage types received, except from damage flagged as HP removal (e.g. Sunder).

Track

▶️RR

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Heroes

Tracks an enemy hero, granting True Sight of the target, and information on how much gold it is carrying. Bounty Hunter moves fast when near the tracked unit and deals critical strikes when attacking it. If the target dies, Bounty Hunter and nearby heroes collect a bonus bounty of gold. Casting Track does not take you out of invisibility.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.43

Cast Range: 1000

Radius: 1200

Self Move Speed Bonus: 16%/20%/24%

Target Critical Damage: 140%/170%/200%

Self Bonus Gold: 130/225/320 ( 175/270/365)

Ally Bonus Gold: 40/80/120 ( 85/125/165)

Shuriken Toss Damage Multiplier: 1.4/1.7/2

Duration: 30

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

 Enemy Shared Vision Duration: 30

 6/5/4

 60

Illusion Notes:

Critical strike values shown are before illusion outgoing damage and armor reduction.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_bounty_hunter_track_effect

Undispellable

modifier_bounty_hunter_track

Any

Using his elevated senses of sight and smell, Gondar's hits have quite a good chance of success.

• Despite the visual effect, the Track debuff is applied instantly on the target.

• Exposes the target, provides True Sight and shared vision over it.
  • TALENT
    The affected target's vision is shared with Bounty Hunter and his team.

• Grants unreliable gold to Bounty Hunter and his allies around the target when the target dies, no matter how it dies.
  • Allies only get the bonus gold if they are within 1200 range of the tracked hero while alive. Bounty Hunter himself gets the gold regardless of distance, even while dead.
  • Can be cast on illusions and the Tempest Double, but does not grant any gold when they die.
  • When multiple Meepo Clones are tracked and one of them dies, each clone grants the Track gold around them.

• The movement speed bonus is provided by an aura on the target and its buff lingers for 0.5 seconds. Multiple instances of the aura do not stack.
  • The aura does not affect invulnerable or hidden units.

• The critical strike only applies to the caster's attacks against the tracked enemy, other units under their control do not crit.
  • If the caster is a ranged hero, already launched attacks do not crit if the target gets tracked before projectile impact.
  • Vice versa, already launched attacks do crit if the track debuff expires before the projectiles land.
  • If another source of critical strike procs on the same attack, the higher multiplier has priority.

• The visual and sound effects of Track are only visible and audible to Bounty Hunter and his allies. However, the debuff is visible to everyone.

• The visual effects from the movement speed buff are visible to everyone as well.

• The debuff icon on the target shows how much Gold it currently has.
  • Alt+ Left Click on the debuff announces the tracked hero's current gold in the chat.

• TALENT
  The shared vision granting talent immediately updates all existing Track debuffs.

Talents[]

Hero Talents
No Cooldown on Jinada	25	2 Shuriken Toss Charges
+50 Jinada Gold Steal	20	Track Grants Shared Vision
+45 Track Gold	15	-30% Damage Taken in Shadow Walk
+30 Jinada Damage	10	+0.65s Shuriken Toss Slow

Recent Changes[]

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Recommended Items[]

Starting items:

• Tango regenerates health for Bounty Hunter to resist enemy harassment.
• Healing Salve also restores health.
• Clarity allows Bounty Hunter to maintain casting his spells, as his base mana pool is quite small and Shadow Walk costs little mana to cast.
• Iron Branch provides attributes that improve survivability.

Early game:

• Boots of Speed are important for survival as an offlaner, and important for getting in position for ganks as a roamer. Buy them as early as possible.
• Orb of Corrosion is a powerful early-game ganking tool.
• Blood Grenade can help in slowing down enemies furthermore.
• Urn of Shadows is a good item to get on Bounty Hunter once he begins roaming, as it firms up his HP pool and gives him some mana regen. Getting successful ganks off will get charges that can be used either to add damage in further ganks or to heal in between ganks.
• Magic Stick is highly recommended on Bounty Hunter, as his small HP pool makes it disparately effective on him and his spells have low cooldowns (and a high mana cost, in the case of Shuriken Toss). A full charge Magic Stick can replenish a large fraction of Bounty Hunter's health, and give him enough mana to cast multiple spells. Magic Wand is powerful for all the same reasons, giving Bounty Hunter additional attributes as well as larger charge storage.

Mid game:

• Arcane Boots increases the mana pool for Bounty Hunter and restore mana to team so everyone can use more abilities on the map.
• Power Treads are giving increased attack speed due to the irregular basic attack speed of 1.5
• Aghanim's Scepter will give Bounty Hunter good attributes, and it will also increase the cast range for Shuriken Toss and will also allow it to apply Jinada on the targets it hits.
• Phylactery will let Bounty Hunter slow enemies and deal damage to them with using Track

Late game:

• Lotus Orb dispels and reflects targeted abilities to protect Bounty Hunter and allies in team fights.
• Guardian Greaves replenishes health and mana to you and your teammates, removes debuffs from you, and the Mend and Guardian Aura abilities are strong during teamfights. It can also be farmed relatively quickly with Track kills.
• Aghanim's Shard will give Bounty Hunter access to Friendly Shadow which will allow him to use Shadow Walk and it's bonuses on allied heroes, allowing them either to escape by running/teleporting away in safety or set up an ambush with a teammate on unsuspecting enemies, chaning the stuns. Using Friendly Shadow on teammates does not break Bounty Hunter's Shadow Walk invisibility.
• Monkey King Bar will give Bounty Hunter lots of attack speed and damage, and will also allow his attacks to deal more damage through both armor and evasion.
• Spirit Vessel, an upgrade for Urn of Shadows will boost Bounty Hunter's health regeneration and mana regeneration, and will also allow him to reduce enemy health and healing.
• Khanda, an upgrade for Phylactery allows to deal even more damage by using Track, converting your attack damage into magic damage.

Situational items:

• Bottle is very effective on Bounty Hunter both as a roamer support and as a midlaner. The low mana cost of his spells and his small HP pool mean that he gets a lot of benefits from the regen, and his mobility with Shadow Walk allows him to bottle runes as needed.
• Satanic allows Bounty Hunter to lifesteal, giving him a measure of sustainability by attacking creeps. The lifesteal it provides is amplified by damage boosts from Track, and the bonus damage and health bonus improve his offensive and defensive capabilities. The most effective time to use it is right before you are about to land a stunning attack from using Shadow Walk
• Linken's Sphere protects Bounty Hunter from targeted spells, on top of the stat and regen improvement. Blocking an enemy from targeting you with a disable or debuff can drastically improve Bounty Hunter's survivability when evading enemy ganks, and can increase the chances of successful ganks by preventing the enemy from counter-disabling Bounty Hunter.
• Orchid Malevolence greatly increases the size of Bounty Hunter's mana pool, as well as giving him powerful mana regen to let him sustain without having to return to the fountain as often. The silence is a powerful ganking tool, as it prevents foes from retaliating during a gank and can help ensure a kill due to the 30% burst damage at the end of the silence.
• Bloodthorn, an upgrade from Orchid Malevolence increases Bounty Hunter's attack speed and damage output. The silence will not only prevent the enemy from retaliating with their spells, but also provide him with multipled over Track's critical hits and True Strike, and a more powerful version of burst damage after silence effect further increases kill probability.
• Desolator is a powerful initiating item as it drastically increases the damage taken from attacking a target with Jinada and Track. The armor reduction helps allies to add their damage in a gank, ensuring a swift kill.
• Revenant's Brooch is a great late-game item to ensure that damage from Track and Jinada with level 25 talent is still going through lots of armor, when Desolator is not enough anymore, and especially when enemy supports buy Ghost Scepter, which will let attacks to go through Ghost Form.
• Blink Dagger and its variants greatly extend Bounty Hunter's already strong mobility and initiating potential, as he can chase and escape over impassable terrain, especially when combined with Track, and "Shared Vision" talent for it on level 20. It can be used in conjunction with Shadow Walk to allow for powerful initiations and chasing, preventing targets from running away and securing isolated kills.
• Aether Lens can be a powerful utility item that aids Bounty Hunter's spell casting. It boosts the size of his mana pool, as well as providing mana regen. The increased cast range allow Bounty Hunter to cast his spells from safer range.
• Abyssal Blade is a main item to prolong the disable from Shadow Walk and Friendly Shadow, and it somewhat mitigates lack of surviveability.
• Scythe of Vyse is an utility alternative item with increased cast range compared to Abyssal Blade, that greatly improves Bounty Hunter's disabling/catching potential. Besides giving him increased mana regen and mana pool, the Hex is a powerful disable that can be used instantly to a target from range.
• Divine Rapier deals double damage under the effect of Track, and it scales even better with Revenant's Brooch turned on, because of the 25% magic damage boost as a new passive, which lets Bounty Hunter's attacks outperform anyone attacks in 1vs1 situations, even against the enemies that use Black King Bar for 50% magic damage resistance.

Dota Plus Progress[]

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Relics	Voice Lines
Shuriken Toss Double Bounces Jinada Gold Stolen Track Bonus Gold Track Invisible Kills Crit Damage Urn of Shadows Charges Used Damage From Invisibility Bounty Rune Taken Courier Kills Slows Leading To Kills Triple Kills Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills	Bronze	▶️ Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. ▶️ My allies have earned their keep.
	Silver	▶️ How many of you do I have to kill? ▶️ Just business, nothing personal.
	Gold	▶️ A wise hunter knows patience. ▶️ Stings, don't it?
	Platinum	▶️ They'll tell tales of this.
	Master	▶️ You can run but you can't hide.
	Grandmaster	▶️ Ka-ching! Your bounty is mine.

Equipment[]

v • d • e Bounty Hunter Equipment (expand sets) Sets Corruption   Creed of the Outlaw Huntsman   Djinn Slayer   Giant Hunter   Hardened Hunter's Gear Set   Heartless Hunt   Hunter in Distant Sands Set   Hunter of the Blood Stained Sands Set   Hunter with No Name   Hunter's Glory   Kit of the First Hunt   The Crimson Cut-throat Set   The Master Assassin Set   The Second Disciple Set   Trappings of the Old-Timers   Trappings of the Pangolin Guild Set   Twin Blades Assassin Weapon Pack Black Blades of the Qaldin Assassin Set   The Creeper's Cruelty Set Weapon Tines of Tybara Off-Hand Dark Tracer   Sacrificial Shortblade Head Mask of Dark Ferocity   Wraps of the Seasoned Veteran Misc Beaulieu Ring   Flying Desolation   Trap Jaw Back Hunter's Hoard   Hunter's Hoard of the Crimson Witness Arms Hardened Hunter's Bracer Taunt Taunt: The Gold Dip

Trivia[]

• In DotA, Gondar shared the same hero model and dialogue as Akama, a playable Broken Draenei hero in the campaign of "Warcraft III: Frozen Throne", and later an NPC in World of Warcraft.^[1]

• ▶️ "No job is too big, no fee is too big." is a direct quote from the movie Ghostbuster.^[2]

• ▶️ "Dead or Alive you're coming with me." is the same line used multiple times by the main protagonist of the movie "Robocop".^[3]

• ▶️ "You can run but you can't hide." is the same line from the movie "Liar Liar."

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