Silencer

Stats

These are the base values written in the game files. Totals derived from attributes (HP, mana, armor) depend on engine-side formulas, so no estimated values are shown.

Recommended items

Items the in-game shop recommends for this hero (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.

Magic Wand460Power Treads1400Force Staff2200Tranquil Boots900Rod of Atos2250Hurricane Pike4550Glimmer Cape2150Hand of Midas2200Boots of Speed500Wind Lace225Null Talisman505Urn of Shadows825

Abilities

Arcane Curse

Cooldown 22 / 20 / 18 / 16sMana 120 / 130 / 140 / 150Range 850MAGICAL

ActiveCooldown 22 / 20 / 18 / 16sMana 120 / 130 / 140 / 150Range 850

Curses the target area, dealing damage and causing enemies to take damage over time and slowing their movement speed. Anytime affected enemies cast a spell, the duration is increased. The duration is paused as long as the target is silenced.

Raw values (from the game files)（7）

DAMAGE	16 / 24 / 32 / 40
INITIAL DAMAGE	20 / 40 / 60 / 80
RADIUS	350
BASE DURATION	6
%MOVEMENT SLOW	-16 / -19 / -22 / -25
PENALTY DURATION	2
penalty_multiplier	1.0

• Affects creeps.

Patch history

7.412026-03-24

• No longer has 1.25x slow and damage multiplier against silenced enemies

7.402025-12-15

• Silenced Multiplier decreased from 1.5 to 1.25

Glaives of Wisdom

Cooldown 0sMana 12 / 14 / 16 / 18Range 600MAGICAL

ActiveCooldown 0sMana 12 / 14 / 16 / 18Range 600

Silencer enchants his glaives with his wisdom, stealing his target's Intelligence with each hit and dealing additional damage based on his Intelligence.

Raw values (from the game files)（5）

%INT TO DAMAGE	35 / 50 / 65 / 80
INT STEAL	2 / 3 / 4 / 5
INT STEAL DURATION	10 / 20 / 30 / 40
silence_duration	+2.5
debuff_linger_duration	3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Patch history

7.412026-03-24

• Mana Cost decreased from 14/16/18/20 to 12/14/16/18
• Now upgraded with Aghanim's ShardAghanim's Shard
• Increases Int Steal by 1 and causes Glaives to bounce once to a random enemy within 450 range

7.402025-12-15

• Int Steal increased from 1/2/3/4 to 2/3/4/5
• Int Steal Duration rescaled from 20/25/30/35s to 10/20/30/40s

Last Word

Cooldown 22 / 18 / 14 / 10sMana 100 / 105 / 110 / 115Range 900MAGICAL

ActiveCooldown 22 / 18 / 14 / 10sMana 100 / 105 / 110 / 115Range 900

Enchants a target, providing vision of them and causing them to be damaged and silenced if they cast a spell or if the enchantment timer expires. Deals extra damage based on the difference in intelligence between Silencer and the target.

Raw values (from the game files)（5）

BASE DAMAGE	120 / 160 / 200 / 240
INT DIFF MULTIPLIER	1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5
ENEMY CAST TIMER	4
SILENCE DURATION	3 / 4 / 5 / 6
AOE	0

• Channeling abilities will trigger this effect once the caster finishes its channel.

Suffer In SilenceInnatePassive

Passive

Silencer takes less damage from and deals more damage to silenced targets. If an enemy Hero dies within 925 range of Silencer or was debuffed by Silencer at the time of death, Silencer permanently steals 1 Intelligence from them. If the victim was silenced, steal an extra 1 Intelligence.

Raw values (from the game files)（4）

permanent_int_steal_range	925
permanent_int_steal_amount	1
silenced_bonus_int_steal_amount	1
%SILENCED TARGET DAMAGE	5

Patch history

7.412026-03-24

• New innate ability. Passive
• Silencer takes less damage from and deals more damage to silenced targets. Damage modifier is 5% + 0.5% per level for both reduction and amplification
• If an enemy hero dies within 925 range of Silencer or was debuffed by Silencer at the time of death, Silencer permanently steals 1 Intelligence from them. If the victim was silenced, an extra 1 point of Intelligence will be stolen

Global Silence

Cooldown 120sMana 300 / 450 / 600

ActiveCooldown 120sMana 300 / 450 / 600

Silencer stops all sound, preventing enemy heroes and units on the map from casting spells.

• This skill works on invisible and Debuff Immune units, but gaining debuff immunity will remove its effect.
• Multiple Arcane Curses from Aghanim's Scepter Global Silence do not stack.

Talents

One of the two per level is chosen. They appear in the order registered in the game files.

Patch history (hero and talents)

Background

Part of the seventh and final generation of a carefully designed pedigree, Nortrom was bred by the ancient order of the Aeol Drias to be the greatest magic user the world had ever seen. He was the prophesied one, the culmination of two-hundred years of careful pairings, a war-mage who would bring glory to the order, and destruction to their sworn enemies, The Knights of the Fold. Raised with other young mages in a hidden cantonment among the hills of the Hazhadal barrens, the order's preceptors waited for Nortrom's abilities to manifest. While the other students honed their talents with fire, or ice, or incantatory spells, Nortrom sat silent and talentless, unable to cast so much as a hex. As the day of final testing approached, he still hadn't found his magic. In disgust, the preceptors berated him, while the children laughed. "You are no mage," the head of the order declared. Still, Nortrom did not slink away. He entered the day of testing and faced down the young mages who had mocked him. And then his preceptors learned a valuable lesson: a lack of magic can be the greatest magic of all. Nortrom silenced the young mages one by one and defeated them in single combat, until he alone stood as champion of the Aeol Drias, in fulfillment of the prophecy.

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