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Vorago, Naga Captain

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by Pigzit Dec 04, 2025

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Vorago, Naga Captain

High ability micro and efficiency demanding illusion hero that excels under heavy pressure and in large scale, long teamfights. Check out the hero guides above for detailed descriptions on expected playstyles and item builds!

strength HERO

melee

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Preferred role

Position not specified.

COMPLEXITY

Whirlpool

active ABILITY

Upgrades Whirlpool

Vorago summons a large spiraling current of water around target allied hero or unit Vorago controls. Enemies caught in the radius of the Whirlpool are pulled toward the center of the vortex. The Wh...

spell manacost

90/100/110/120

spell cooldown

30

Aquafinity

active ABILITY

Upgrades Aquafinity

Passively grants Vorago and units they control bonus armor and attack speed while in water. Being in the radius of Whirlpool or having Whirlpool cast on you counts as being in water. May be cast on...

spell manacost

100

spell cooldown

80

Ocean's Call

passive ABILITY

Passively summons an illusion behind Vorago every 20 seconds. These illusions deal less damage and receive more damage from all sources. If Vorago is attacking an enemy when an illusion is spawned,...

spell cooldown

20

Perfect Storm

ULTIMATE

active ABILITY

Refreshes the cooldown of each of Voragos other spells and items on cast, and refreshes the duration on all illusions Vorago controls and all active Whirlpools. Additionally grants Vorago and all a...

spell manacost

200

spell cooldown

160/120/80

Evaporate

active ABILITY

Grants Evaporate

Granted with Aghanims Shard. Sacrifices target unit Vorago controls. Evaporate may be cast on an allied hero to dispel Whirlpool, and soft dispel any negative debuffs from enemies. Evaporate has 2 ...

spell manacost

60

spell cooldown

20

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BONUS STATS

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STRENGTH

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

AGILITY

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

INTELLIGENCE

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

DPS

+

DAMAGE

SPEED

RANGE

ARMOR

MAGIC RES.

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VISION

ABILITIES

THIS IDEA CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 5 ABILITIES

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Whirlpool

Aquafinity

Ocean's Call

Perfect Storm

Evaporate

BASIC

Whirlpool

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE unit

Vorago summons a large spiraling current of water around target allied hero or unit Vorago controls. Enemies caught in the radius of the Whirlpool are pulled toward the center of the vortex. The Whirlpool deals magic damage per second to all enemies in the radius that increases based on the distance the closest enemy to the vortex is to it. When the Whirlpool ends or is dispelled, all enemies in the radius take a burst of magic damage and are stunned for a duration based on their distance from the vortex.

CAST RANGE 600

PULL SPEED 200

END DAMAGE 50/100/150/200

MAX STUN DURATION 1.5/2/2.5/3

MIN STUN DURATION 0.5

MAX DAMAGE PER SECOND 120

BASE DAMAGE PER SECOND 30/40/50/60

WHIRLPOOL DURATION 4/6/8/10

WHIRLPOOL RADIUS 450

Aghanim's Scepter
Upgrades Whirlpool

Whirlpool ending stun pierces spell immunity, and radius is increased by 75. Increases cast range by 200.

spell manacost

90/100/110/120

spell cooldown

30

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

1

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

4

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SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Whirlpool ending stun pierces spell immunity, and radius is increased by 75. Increases cast range by 200.

Upgrades Whirlpool

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Grants new ability: Evaporate

Grants Evaporate

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2x Perfect Storm Armor Total & Radius

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25

+20s Ocean's Call Illusion Duration

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+0.5s Whirlpool Min/Max Stun Duration

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20

-50% Ocean's Call Illusion Damage Taken

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+120 Whirlpool Max DPS

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15

+45 Aquafinity Attack Speed

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+100 Cast Range

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10

+8 Strength

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ITEM & SKILL BUILDS

Optimized item & skill guides for Vorago, Naga Captain.

Initiator & Split Pusher

mid laner
The primary function of this build is to deal as much damage to and stun enemies with Whirlwind, while bulking up your illusions and keeping them on top of your target. Phase Boots and Corrosion will keep the distance between you and the enemy you wish to encapsulate in Whirlwind as short as possible. Blink Dagger makes for a great initiation tool in combo with Whirlwind, and ensures the best possible fight. Blademail keeps the enemy from turning and killing you while they are in the Whirlwind, Shivas, Pipe, and BKB accomplish a similar goal for you and your illusions. Aghs makes your Whirlwind scale better and more impactful should you keep enemies in it, and Basher, Shivas, Overwhelming Blink, and Skadi will all contribute to keeping enemies closer to you.
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Ganking Support

soft support
The primary function of this build is to use the Aghs Shard and Scepter to run illusions or your allies in at the enemy and kill them with Evaporate while Whirlwind is cast on them. Whirlwind will be dispelled upon their death or cast on allied hero, instantly stunning any heroes in the radius, and the closer they got to your enemies the longer the stun lasts. Items like Force Staff, Atos, and Diffusal will make getting the illusions and allied heroes closer to your enemies, and Euls can help you set up a guaranteed max duration stun. Aether Lens will make these spells easier to cast in large scale teamfights. Items like Drums and Lotus are exceptional in combination with Perfect Storms item refresh, and even a BKB can be worth a pickup for this same reason.
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High Mobility Carry

hard carry
The primary function of this build is to amass farm as a split pushing carry that arrives to teamfights with huge droves of illusions that overpower enemies with Whirlwind buffs. Aquafinity will bring you and your illusions to whichever lane isn't being farmed, and can be used to get out should you get pushed away or need to enter a teamfight. Manta Style illusions are affected by Aquafinity, and combined with Ocean's Call illusions you can very quickly overrun an enemy with 6+ units all with bonus attack speed and armor should Whirlwind be active on atleast one of them. Manta, BKB, Bloodthorn, Abyssal, and Shadow Blade are great because Perfect Storm can give you two of each, and they allow you to stay in fights maneuvering to whichever enemies need killed first. Skadi, Heart, and Strength Blink will tank up your illusions, making them an even bigger problem.
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High ability micro and efficiency demanding illusion hero that excels under heavy pressure and in large scale, long teamfights. Check out the hero guides above for detailed descriptions on expected playstyles and item builds!

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Art: Ryan Pancoast (Wizards of the Coast)

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frenky

frenky commented 3 years ago

A very interesting take on a micro hero, more built around ambushing enemies rather than man fighting them. I also really like the long Cooldown on Q as it feels very powerful.
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Pigzit replied 3 years ago

Yeah that was definitely what I wanted from the design. Illusion heroes by nature are just more suited to a carry position, and by making the core principal of the illusion hero a powerful spell that interacts with them in many different ways it allowed me to design a hero that can be played as a support, but without ignoring its illusions completely (which is how Naga is played support).
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