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Urna Swarm (Pre 6.74)[]
Urna Swarm
QW
Corpse Search Radius: 600
Scarabs Raised per Cast: 1
Maximum Scarabs: 2/3/4/5
26/19/12/5
40/30/20/10
- This ability got replaced by the current Spiked Carapace in the 6.74 gameplay patch.
- Requires at least one corpse within 600 radius to be cast.
- The Scarabs are always spawned on top of the corpse.
- When raising a new Scarab while already having maximum allowed Scarabs, the oldest Scarab will die.
- Scarabs cannot attack.
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Infestation
QF
- This ability belonged to the Scarabs.
- This ability is disabled while the Scarab is burrowed.
- When having multiple Scarabs selected, only the highlighted one uses this when ordering a cast.
- The damage per second of multiple casts do not stack. Hitting the same unit twice only refreshes the duration.
- Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting immediately, resulting in 3 instances.
- Can deal up to 120 damage to a single unit (before reductions).
Burrow
RR
Ability
Toggle
Toggle
Affects
Self
Self
The Scarab digs into the ground, becomes invisible and immobile.
- This ability belonged to the Scarabs.
- Turns the Scarab invisible and disables Infesation and movement.
- While burrowed, the Scarab has a vision range of 400/400.
- The Scarab can burrow out at any time.
Mana Burn (6.63-7.32e)[]
Mana Burn (6.63-7.32e)
Destroys the target hero's mana equal to a multiplier of its Intelligence, and deals damage equal to the mana burned.
Cast Range: 
600
600Intelligence as Mana Burned: 230%/320%/410%/500% (
280%/370%/460%/550%)
280%/370%/460%/550%)Mana Burned as Damage: 100%
Burrow Cast Range: 1050 Radius: 300
20/15/10/5
70/80/90/100
The tome in Ultimyr describes one scarab with the ability to eat away at the minds of lesser beings.
- Mana Burn first applies the damage, then the mana loss.
- Effectively burns 19%/27%/34%/42% of the target's maximum mana pool if it has no flat mana bonus.
- Despite dealing the damage first, the damage is based on how much mana the target actually lost from Mana Burn. This affects a few things:
- For example, when cast on an enemy who has 5 mana left, it also deals only 5 damage (before reductions).
- If the damage dealt triggers Reincarnation, it does not apply the mana loss.
- Mana Shield first applies the damage absorption, then the Mana Burn's damage regardless of the affected target's health.
- Can be cast on creep-heroes, but has no effect on them, since they have no intelligence points, wasting mana and cooldown.
- While Burrowed, Mana Burn can be cast without having to face the targeted point or unit.
- TALENTThe area of effect
talent adds a radius to this ability. The ability must be centered over a unit still.
- Also targets invisible units and units inside the Fog of War.
Mana Burn (Pre 6.63)[]
Mana Burn (Pre 6.63)
WR
WRSends a bolt of negative energy that burns a target enemy unit's mana. Burned mana combusts, dealing damage to the target equal to the amount of mana burned.
Cast Range: 500/575/650/725
Mana Burned: 70/120/185/260
Mana Burned as Damage: 100%
7
65/85/100/115
The tome in Ultimyr describes one scarab with the ability to eat away at the minds of lesser beings.
- This ability got reworked into the current Mana Burn (6.63-7.32e) in the 6.63 gameplay patch.
- Applies the damage first, and then the mana loss.
- The effects are delayed by 0.25 seconds.
Spiked Carapace (5.61-6.67)[]
Spiked Carapace (5.61-6.67)
ED
ED
Armor Bonus: 2/4/6/8
Damage Returned: 10%/20%/30%/40%
While their carapaces are relatively thin, they're guarded by a retractable field of razor-sharp spikes.
- This ability got replaced by Urna Swarm in the 6.67 gameplay patch.
- Returns the amount of damage before any reductions.
- Only affects enemy melee units.
Shrink (5.62)[]
Shrink
EK
EKChannel Time: 0.5
10/8/6/4
30/20/10/0
Modifiers
Shrink
Death
The Nerubian Assassin has mastered the art of deception. While Active, he will phase out if he is hit.
- This ability replaced Spiked Carapace (5.61-6.67) in the 5.62 gameplay patch, and was replaced back by Spiked Carapace (5.61-6.67) in the 5.66 gameplay patch.
- Shrink disjoints projectiles upon cast.
- Certain items which do not cancel channeling spells (e.g. Shadow Blade or Shiva's Guard) do cancel Shrink.
- Turns the caster invulnerable and hidden for its duration.
- Does not provide phased movement, so the caster can still block other units during Shrink.
Wind Walk (Pre 5.61)[]
Wind Walk (Pre 5.61) EW
EW
Ability
No Target
No Target
Affects
Self
Self
Turn invisible for a period of time, increasing movement speed.
Fade Time: 1/0.75/0.5/0.5
Move Speed Bonus: 10%/20%/30%/40%
20
75
Modifiers
Wind Walk
Death
- Wind Walk does not interrupt Nyx Assassin's channeling spells upon cast.
Spiked Carapace (Pre 5.61)[]
Spiked Carapace (Pre 5.61) RD
RDArmor Bonus: 5/10/15 (
6/12/18)
6/12/18)Damage Returned: 15%/30%/45% ( 20/40/60%)
20/40/60%)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Increases bonus armor and damage returned.
- This ability got reworked into Spiked Carapace (5.61-6.67) in the 5.61 gameplay patch.
- Returns the amount of damage before any reductions.
- Only affects enemy melee units.