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Stygian

agility Hero

by Satou the Deus Musco Dec 07, 2025

Stygian

Stygian is the wielder of the mighty Desolator. This brutal weapon corrupts the armor of those unfortunate enough to meet its blade. Enemies will first have their armor reduced before being brought down to low enough health to be reaped. Their skulls motivating Stygian to fight harder.

agility HERO

melee

unspecified

Preferred role

Position not specified.

COMPLEXITY

Hate
Hate

Hate

active ABILITY

Upgrades Hate

CHANNELING --- Stygian gazes into his enemy's soul with pure hatred, causing them to take damage and lose armor. -Multiple instances of Hate armor reduction doesn't stack. -Channel breaks if the t...

spell manacost

85/90/95/100

spell cooldown

11/10/9/8

Reaper
Reaper

Reaper

active ABILITY

Upgrades Reaper

CHANNELING --- Stygian raises his great scythe, gathering up power for the next strike. When he releases the channel he'll cleave the area in front of him for a large amount of damage that scales w...

spell manacost

120

spell cooldown

9

Skull Taker
Skull Taker

Skull Taker

passive ABILITY

Whenever Stygian kills something he temporarily gains a Skull Taker stack. Each Stack gives gives Stygian movement speed and agility. Hero kills give four stacks.

Desolation
Desolation

Desolation

ULTIMATE

passive ABILITY

Stygian's attacks cause stacks of armor reduction. The stacks can stack infinitely and each new stack refreshes the duration of all stacks. Works on structures but with half the effect. -Illusions...

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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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Hate

Hate

Reaper

Reaper

Skull Taker

Skull Taker

Desolation

Desolation

BASIC

Hate

Hate

active

physical

unit

CHANNELING --- Stygian gazes into his enemy's soul with pure hatred, causing them to take damage and lose armor. -Multiple instances of Hate armor reduction doesn't stack. -Channel breaks if the targets move more than 1000 units away from Stygian

TOTAL DAMAGE 50/100/150/200

MAX ARMOR REDUCTION 1.5/3/4.5/6

CAST RANGE 500/550/600/650

ARMOR LOSS DURATION 8 seconds

CHANNEL 1.5 seconds

SHARD MAX SLOW 40%

SHARD MAX DESOLATION 3 stacks

spell manacost 85/90/95/100
spell cooldown 11/10/9/8
Upgrades Hate

Hate now also applies a slow and desolation stacks for the entire armor loss duration. The slow and number of desolation stacks increases with channel time.

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

1

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

4

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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

Increases cleave area by 150 units. The low HP threshold is increased to 30%. Getting a hero kill resets Reaper's cooldown.

Upgrades Reaper

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Hate now also applies a slow and desolation stacks for the entire armor loss duration. The slow and number of desolation stacks increases with channel time.

Upgrades Hate

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+1 Agi per Skull Taker stack

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25

-3 Desolation armor reduction (-1.5 structures)

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+60 seconds Skull Taker stack duration

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20

-1 second Reaper channel

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+30 attack speed

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15

+20% Reaper max damage

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+10% magic resistance

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10

+75 Hate damage

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Carry

hard carry
Stygian is most at home in the carry role. Talents are on a game by game basis. Take the Reaper talents if you're going to buy the scepter early, otherwise skip them. Stygian scales great with MORE armor reduction as well as attack speed due to his low BAT. Buy a cornucopia early game to help with sustain (pretend perseverance is cornucopia). Battlefury is the farming item of choice. Stygian isn't a "stats" carry like Terrorblade or Specter. Stygian wants raw damage.
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Stygian is the wielder of the mighty Desolator. This brutal weapon corrupts the armor of those unfortunate enough to meet its blade. Enemies will first have their armor reduced before being brought down to low enough health to be reaped. Their skulls motivating Stygian to fight harder.

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