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Strix, the Combat Instructor

agility Hero

by Pigzit Nov 21, 2025

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Strix, the Combat Instructor

Medium range agility hero with give & take attack speed mechanics, highly effective against right click cores and high attribute reliant heroes. See the above guides for my developing ideas of build strategy, and let me know what you think in the comments.

agility HERO

ranged

unspecified

Preferred role

Position not specified.

COMPLEXITY

Adrenalize

active ABILITY

Channeled: If cast on an ally, drains a percentage of Strixs agility every second channeled, and grants it to the ally as bonus attack speed for a short duration. If cast on an enemy, drains a perc...

spell manacost

30/40/50/60

spell cooldown

44/36/28/20

Snag

active ABILITY

Upgrades Snag

Strix catches an enemy off balance, and slings a restricting magical cuff toward their legs. Target enemy unit is rooted and loses armor for a short duration. If they attack another unit during thi...

spell manacost

70/80/90/100

spell cooldown

15

Inspire

passive ABILITY

Upgrades Inspire

Strix and allies in a radius around them gain a percentage of their max HP and deal bonus damage every 4 attacks. This counts as heals you provide and can be amplified.

Crumble Under Pressure

ULTIMATE

active ABILITY

Target enemy hero loses all bonus damage and a percentage of their base damage for a short duration. Strix and allied heroes around them gain a portion of what was lost as bonus damage. Allies buff...

spell manacost

100/125/150

spell cooldown

40

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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.

SPEED

TURN RATE

VISION

ABILITIES

THIS IDEA CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 4 ABILITIES

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Adrenalize

Snag

Inspire

Crumble Under Pressure

BASIC

Adrenalize

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE unit

Channeled: If cast on an ally, drains a percentage of Strixs agility every second channeled, and grants it to the ally as bonus attack speed for a short duration. If cast on an enemy, drains a percentage of its attack speed every second channeled, and grants it to Strix for a short duration. Mana cost is per second of channeling.

CAST RANGE 300/400/500/600

ENEMY DEBUFF DURATION 9/10/11/12

ENEMY MAX CHANNEL TIME 3 seconds

ENEMY AS LOSS/SECOND 7.5%/10%/12.5%/15%

ALLY BUFF DURATION 9/11/13/15

ALLY MAX CHANNEL TIME 3 seconds

SELF AGI LOSS/SECOND 25%

ATTACK SPEED/AGI LOST 2

spell manacost

30/40/50/60

spell cooldown

44/36/28/20

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

1

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

4

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

blocked by Linken's Sphere: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Snag becomes an AOE ground targeted ability with a radius of 350. Armor reduction increased to 12, and stunned enemies only regain 50% of their lost armor after attacking. They regain the other half after the stun ends.

Upgrades Snag

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Inspire becomes an active ability that can target enemy units, causing them to be taunted to Strix for 3 seconds. 400 Cast Range, 40s CD, 100 Manacost

Upgrades Inspire

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Adrenalize 2 Charges

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25

Adrenalize Undispellable & Pierces Spell Immunity

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+2.5% Inspire Max Health Gain

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20

+50 Inspire Bonus Damage

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+12% Cooldown Reduction

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15

+1s Adrenalize Max Channel Time

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+100 Cast Range

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10

+10% Crumble Ally Lifesteal & Damage Buff

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ITEM & SKILL BUILDS

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Taunt Combo Initiator

soft support
This primarily a support build, with the main goal of buffing allies from a safe distance, and stunning enemies with Snag through the Aghs Shard taunt, as to keep them disabled during your Adrenalize debuff channel. Mana boots helps your poor mana pool and keep your abilities in use. Glimmer cape can be used before channeling an Adrenalize cast, and keeps you safe in many scenarios where you could otherwise get stunned or killed using it, especially offensively. Shard is the key combo piece, and Aether Lens makes each of your spells safer to cast, and allows you to initiate from farther away. Blink Dagger shares a similar purpose, and Atos can help you catch enemies as well. Octarine and Arcane Blink keep your spell cooldowns low, and Arcane Blink in particular can increase the duration of the roots and stuns from Snag by a considerable amount.
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Medium range agility hero with give & take attack speed mechanics, highly effective against right click cores and high attribute reliant heroes. See the above guides for my developing ideas of build strategy, and let me know what you think in the comments.

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Hero Art: Andrey Kuzinskiy (Wizards of the Coast)

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Vólik

Vólik commented 3 years ago

Very cool
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