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Creep-heroes

A creep-hero is a creep-type unit which is considered a hero by the game. This means, although it still is a creep, many spells and other effects treat it as a hero instead.

All creep-heroes, with the exception of the Spirit Bear , are tagged as ancient creeps as well.

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Spell interactions [ edit ]

There are many spells which behave differently based on what their target is. Several spells are exclusive to heroes only, while some are exclusive to non-hero units. There are also spells which are able to affect both, but have different effects or durations based on whether the target is a hero or a non-hero.

Creep-heroes, being in between creeps and heroes, have therefore many unique interactions with these spells.

If a creep-hero also has the ancient unit tag (is an ancient creep-hero), interactions change even further. All interactions listed in here apply to them, on top of the ones listed below.

Hero-only spells [ edit ]

The following spells are able to target or affect heroes only. However, some of them treat creep-heroes as heroes, fully working on them as well, while others treat them as creeps, not affecting them.

Fully affecting [ edit ]

The following hero-only spells fully affect creep-heroes.

* Since only heroes have intelligence, casting Mana Burn on creep-heroes does nothing but waste mana and cooldown.

Not affecting [ edit ]

The following hero-only spells do not affect creep-heroes.

• Alchemist – Aghanim’s Scepter Synth
• Bloodseeker – Thirst
• Chaos Knight – Phantasm
• Crimson Guard – Guard
• Dark Seer – Wall of Replica
• Disruptor – Glimpse
• Drow Ranger – Marksmanship
• Forged Spirit – Melting Strike
• Legion Commander – Duel
• Lua error: Found no Cargo data for “Lifestealer – Control”.
• Lua error: Found no Cargo data for “Lifestealer – Assimilate”.
• Luna – Lunar Blessing
• Mirana – Moonlight Shadow
• Morphling – Morph
• Monkey King – Jingu Mastery
• Outworld Devourer – Sanity’s Eclipse
• Pudge – Flesh Heap
• Riki – Tricks of the Trade
• Rubick – Spell Steal
• Shadow Demon – Disruption
• Silencer – Intelligence Steal
• Slark – Pounce
• Slark – Essence Shift
• Spectre – Haunt
• Terrorblade – Reflection
• Terrorblade – Sunder
• Tinker – Heat-Seeking Missile
• Troll Warlord – Battle Trance
• Urn of Shadows – Soul Release
• Weaver – Time Lapse
• Witch Doctor – Death Ward
• Zeus – Thundergod’s Wrath

Partially affecting [ edit ]

The following hero-only spells partially affect creep-heroes.

Creep-only spells [ edit ]

The following spells are able to target or affect creeps only. None of them treat creep-heroes as creeps, rendering them useless against creep-heroes.

1 The ancient unit tag has priority over the creep-hero tag, so that these abilities do affect creep-heroes if they also are ancient creeps.

2 The creep-hero tag has priority over the ancient unit tag in this case, meaning even upgraded, these spells still cannot target creep-heroes which are also ancient creeps.

Other spells [ edit ]

These spells act differently when applied on heroes as when on creeps. Their behavior against creep-heroes is inconsistent.

Treated as hero [ edit ]

These spells treat creep-heroes as heroes.

1 These spells prioritize the ancient unit tag over the creep-hero unit tag, meaning they treat units with both tags as creeps, not as heroes. All other listed spells always treat them as heroes, regardless of any other tag.

2 Enchant ‘s targeting rules prioritize the ancient unit tag over the creep-hero unit tag, meaning it cannot target units with both tags when the talent for it is not chosen. However, its effects prioritize the creep-hero unit tag, meaning if the talent is chosen, targeted units with both tags are slowed, not converted.