Shadow Ninja

agility Hero

created by by ayeempee | Last update: Dec 12, 2025

1.0

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Changelogs: OCT-13-2023 - Replaced Shadow Triage with Traverse - Replaced Akuma no Ikari with Shadow Ritual - Replaced Dark Mimicry icon - Shadow Merge now shares the same icon as Shadow Ritual - Shadow Triage always summons Shadow Talent Replaced by 2 Charges of Blade Lotus - +100 Shadow Triage blade damage Talent Replaced by +1 second Traverse Duration - Changed Shard Upgrade: Traverse damages heroes by 100 per second in 300 AoE around Shadow Ninja. - Changed Scepter Upgrade: Dark Mimicry attacks twice OCT-14-2023 - Dark Mimicry is now summoned from the enemy he hits and deals damage based on his attack damage instead of being based on the damage received

agility HERO

melee

unspecified

Preferred role

Position not specified.

COMPLEXITY

Traverse

active Ability

Activate to instantly hide into his shadow to increase his movement speed and become invulnerable but unable to attack or cast a skill. Enemies will have a vision of your shadow for the duration o...

100

25/20/15/10

Blade Lotus

active Ability

Channels for 4 seconds. While channeling, throws a blade in a random direction inside 400 AoE, damaging the first enemy it hits. Summons 1 blade per 0.20 seconds.

100

Dark Mimicry

passive Ability

Whenever an enemy is damaged by the Shadow Ninja, his shadow will appear behind them dealing percent of his attack damage. Does not trigger any attack modifiers.

Shadow Ritual

ULTIMATE

active Ability

200

100/80/60

Shadow Transfer

active Ability

Swap places to one of the Shadows summoned by Kage.

Traits unselected

LEVEL

BONUS STATS

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 5 ABILITIES

Showing abilities of Shadow Ninja

Traverse

Blade Lotus

Dark Mimicry

Shadow Ritual

Shadow Transfer

Active

Traverse

Active

Blade Lotus

Passive

Dark Mimicry

Active

Shadow Ritual

ULTIMATE ABILITY

Active

Shadow Transfer

BASIC

Traverse

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE none

Activate to instantly hide into his shadow to increase his movement speed and become invulnerable but unable to attack or cast a skill. Enemies will have a vision of your shadow for the duration of the skill. While in this state, you have 0 collision but you do not have flying movement. Can be cancelled prematurely.

DURATION 4 seconds

MS INCREASE 40/60/80/100%

100

25/20/15/10

Upgrades with Aghanim's Shard

BASIC

Blade Lotus

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE none

Channels for 4 seconds. While channeling, throws a blade in a random direction inside 400 AoE, damaging the first enemy it hits. Summons 1 blade per 0.20 seconds.

CAST POINT 0 seconds

DAMAGE PER BLADE 20/30/40/50

100

BASIC

Dark Mimicry

TYPE passive

DAMAGE physical

TARGET MODE none

Whenever an enemy is damaged by the Shadow Ninja, his shadow will appear behind them dealing percent of his attack damage. Does not trigger any attack modifiers.

SHADOW DAMAGE PCT 50/60/70/80

Upgrades with Aghanim's Scepter

BASIC

Shadow Ritual

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE unit

Targets an enemy unit and summons shadows around the target with each having 1 hit to destroy. During this time, the Shadow Ninja will be hidden in one of the shadows. The skill will be dispelled if an enemy hit a shadow, Kage casts a skill or if Kage manually dispels it. Once the skill is dispelled, all the remaining shadows will merge back to the target dealing damage per shadow that remains. If the enemy hits Kage, the shadows will just disappear without dealing any damage. Target will be slowed as long as they are inside the shadows and the skill is not dispelled. Shadow Ninja is invulnerable upon casting this skill.

AREA OF EFFECT 500

SHADOWS SUMMONED 3/4/5

DAMAGE PER SHADOW 100

CAST RANGE 500/550/600

CAST DELAY 0.75 seconds

DURATION 5 seconds

200

100/80/60

BASIC

Shadow Transfer

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE unit

Swap places to one of the Shadows summoned by Kage.

CAST POINT 0.5 seconds

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no valid targets selected.

SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no valid targets selected.

SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no valid targets selected.

SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

ULTIMATE ABILITY

This ability has no valid targets selected.

SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no valid targets selected.

SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Dark Mimicry attacks twice.

Upgrades Dark Mimicry

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Damages heroes by 100 per second in 300 AoE around Shadow Ninja.

Upgrades Traverse

Talent Tree

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Dark Mimicry +15% Critical Chance

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25% Cooldown Reduction

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+15 Agility

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2 Charges of Blade Lotus

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Dark Mimicry +5% Damage

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+1 second Traverse Duration

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+10 MS during night (on top of passive night MS)

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+100 Blade Lotus AoE

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