Dire
19 + 2.3
19 + 2.2
18 + 2.1
Movement Speed 295
Turn Rate 0.5
Day/Night Sight Range 1800/800
Attack Range 150
Missile Speed —
Attack Point 0.46
Base Attack Time 1.7
Level 1 16 25
Health 580 1300 2080
Mana 291 687 1131
Min Damage 46 81 118
Max Damage 50 85 122
Armor 3.66 8.56 13.74
Attacks / Second 0.7 0.91 1.13
Level Talents
10 +6% Spell Amplification+60 Gold/Min
15 +325 Health+35 Movement Speed
20 +75% Spiked Carapace Damage+175 Impale Damage
25 +100 AgilityVendetta Unobstructed Pathing
Bio

Deep in the Archive of Ultimyr, shelved between scholarly treatises on dragon cladistics and books of untranslatable spells, there is an ancient tome of entomological curiosities. Compiled by scholars, the book describes the telepathic talents of the zealot scarab, a strange species of social insect with abilities unique to all the seven planes.

Unlike most grubs of his colony, Nyx Assassin did not arise from metamorphosis with the plodding thoughts and blunted appendages common to the worker caste of his kind. For his was a special transformation, guided by the grace of Nyx. He was the chosen one, selected from the many and anointed with an extract of the queen goddess herself. Not all survive the dark blessing of the queen's chamber, but he emerged with a penetrating mind, and dagger-like claws—his razor sharp mandibles raking the air while his thoughts projected directly into the minds of those around him. Of all zealot scarabs, he alone was selected for the highest calling. After his metamorphosis, he was reborn, by grace of Nyx, with abilities which shaped him for one thing and one thing only: to kill in the name of his goddess.
Impale
Ability: Target Point Damage: Magical
Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units are hurled into the air, then are stunned and take damage when they fall.
COOLDOWN: 14
MANA COST: 95 / 115 / 135 / 155
STUN DURATION: 1.6 / 2 / 2.4 / 2.8
IMPALE DAMAGE: 80 / 140 / 200 / 260
Mana Burn
Ability: Target Unit Damage: Magical
Destroys the target hero's mana equal to a multiplier of its Intelligence, and deals damage equal to the mana burned.
COOLDOWN: 28 / 20 / 12 / 4
MANA COST: 100
INTELLIGENCE MULTIPLIER: 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5
Spiked Carapace
Ability: No Target Damage: Pure
When activated while above ground, Spiked Carapace reflects and negates damage dealt to Nyx Assassin (max once from each source), as well as stunning the source of the damage. Activating Spiked Carapace will not break Vendetta invisibility.

While Burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast.
COOLDOWN: 25 / 20 / 15 / 10
MANA COST: 40 / 40 / 40 / 40
REFLECT DURATION: 2.25
STUN DURATION: 0.6 / 1.2 / 1.8 / 2.4
%DAMAGE REFLECTED: 100
Burrow
Ability: No Target
Nyx Assassin buries himself beneath the battlefield over a short duration. Once burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast, the range of Mana Burn and Impale is increased, and Impale's cooldown is decreased. While burrowed, Nyx Assassin is stationary, unable to attack, and invisible. His health and mana regeneration are also increased, and he gains damage reduction from all damage sources.
%BURROW HEALTH/MANA REGEN: 1.5
%BURROW DAMAGE REDUCTION: 40
BURROW MANA BURN RANGE: 1050
BURROW IMPALE RANGE: 1225
BURROW IMPALE COOLDOWN: 7
BURROW SPIKED CARAPACE RANGE: 300
Ability:
Vendetta
Ability: No Target Damage: Physical
Allows Nyx Assassin to become invisible and gain a speed bonus. If Nyx Assassin attacks to break the invisibility, massive bonus damage is dealt with the attack.
COOLDOWN: 70 / 60 / 50
MANA COST: 140 / 200 / 260
DURATION: 40 / 50 / 60
%MOVEMENT SPEED: 16 / 18 / 20
BONUS DAMAGE: 250 / 400 / 550
Unburrow
Ability: No Target
Emerge from the burrow.

Patch History

6.81 Impale cooldown increased from 11 to 13
6.80 Cast Range on Impale now matches the travel range
6.79 Spiked Carapace no longer stuns your hero when your summoned units proc it (the summoned units get stunned instead)
6.79 Impale no longer has unit targeting, it is now only a point targeted spell
6.78 Mana Burn manacost rescaled from 130/120/110/100 to 100
6.78 Mana Burn drain and damage decreased from 5x Int to 3.5/4/4.5/5x
6.77c Spiked Carapace duration reduced from 2.75 to 2.25
6.77c Spiked Carapace cooldown increased from 14 to 23/20/17/14
6.76 Vendetta damage increased from 225/375/525 to 250/400/550
6.75 Vendetta movement speed increased from 10/15/20% to 16/18/20%
6.75 Base HP regeneration increased to 2.5
6.75 Mana Burn drain amount increased from 4*Int to 5*Int
6.75 Mana Burn manacost rescaled from 90/110/130/150 to 130/120/110/100
6.75 Spiked Carapace reworked
6.74 Urna Swarm replaced with a new spell
6.73 Mana Burn cooldown decreased from 35/25/15/5 to 28/20/12/4
6.73 Vendetta cooldown decreased from 90/75/60 to 70/60/50
6.71 Urna Swarm Infestation aoe increased from 275 to 300
6.71 Urna Swarm Infestation dps increased from 20 to 40
6.71 Urna Swarm Maximum summons reduced from 2/4/6/8 to 2/3/4/5
6.71 Urna Swarm Cooldown rescaled from 14/11/8/5 to 26/19/12/5
6.71 Urna Swarm Manacost rescaled from 10 to 40/30/20/10
6.67 Spiked Carapace replaced with Urna Swarm
6.67 Impale damage reduced from 80/160/230/300 to 80/140/200/260
6.64 Mana Burn can no longer target creeps since it no longer affects them
6.63 Mana Burn reworked