Storm Spirit

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Storm Spirit
21 + 2
22 + 2.6
23 + 3.7
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+44HP and +0.2HP regeneration
+0.43 armor and 2.6 attack speed
+44.4MP and +0.185MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
+3.7 Main Attack Damage
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4.67
Armor
(745.08 EHP)
27.3%
Magic Resist
(800.55 EHP)
1100
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
115 (137)
(1.6 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.5 + 0.3
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.131s to turn 180°.
This ability component has a different effect during daytime. 1800 / This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 800
Electric
Gib Type
2010-11-01
Released
2007-06-10
Competitive Span
2010-11-01 — Present
Version Control
This article is mostly accurate for 7.40, the last version this hero was changed in.

New interactions that emerged in following patches may have not yet been accounted for.
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Zips across the map to engage in fights.
In a final act of desperation, the elementalist Thunderkeg cast a suicidal spell that merged his being with the Storm Celestial. From this fusion, the Storm Spirit was born. Now known by his combined name, Raijin Thunderkeg leaves behind crackling Static Remnant of himself, boastful poses that shock foes as he pulls them into an Electric Vortex. Every ability he casts Overloads him with energy, which he gleefully discharges on the next unfortunate target. Like a jolly weatherman, Raijin forecasts victory with a boisterous laugh. The Storm Spirit flashes across the land in the form of Ball of Lightning, zapping his enemies senseless, and zipping away before any can hope to catch him.
Static Remnant
Electric Vortex
Electric Vortex
Overload
Overload
Ball Lightning
Roles:Carry Carry Escape Escape Nuker Nuker Initiator Initiator Disabler Disabler
AdjectivesBearde1, Blue, Spirit, Nose
Legs ( 2 )
Shock Collar
Electric Vortex
Electric Vortex applies an additional debuff that procs Overload of its corresponding level on the debuff-affected enemy unit, upon its attack point.
Overload
All Overload ability values and component applied upon the enemy unit's attack are sourced from Raijin.

Additionally, the debuff-affected enemy unit's next offensive attack now is redirected to themselves instead upon the Overload proc.
Static Slide
Static Remnant
Static Remnant images spawn at Raijin's location and moves to the point-targeted position upon cast.

Upgrades

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Aghanim's

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Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Electric Vortex
Affects all enemy units within the radius centered around the Storm Spirit.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Overload
Only Raijin's Overloaded attack now bounces to a nearby enemy unit.

Does not apply to allied units at all.

Talents

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450 Distance Auto Remnant in Ball Lightning252x Overload Attack Bounce
-1.25s Static Remnant Cooldown20+0.2s Electric Vortex Duration
+60 Static Remnant Damage15+250 Health
+1.5 Mana Regen10+20% Overload Move Speed Slow
+20 Overload Attack Speed Slow
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+2 All / / Attributes

Bio

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Everyone complains about the weather…well, I'm doing something about it!
▶️  Raijin Thunderkeg, the Storm Spirit
Aliases:
SS, Raijin, Thunderkeg
Storm Spirit is literally a force of nature--the wild power of wind and weather, bottled in human form. And a boisterous, jovial, irrepressible form it is! As jolly as a favorite uncle, he injects every scene with crackling energy. But it was not always thus, and there was tragedy in his creation. Generations ago, in the plains beyond the Wailing Mountains, a good people lay starving in drought and famine. A simple elementalist, Thunderkeg by name, used a forbidden spell to summon the spirit of the storm, asking for rain. Enraged at this mortal’s presumption, the Storm Celestial known as Raijin lay waste to the land, scouring it bare with winds and flood. Thunderkeg was no match for the Celestial--at least until he cast a suicidal spell that forged their fates into one: he captured the Celestial in the cage of his own body. Trapped together, Thunderkeg's boundless good humor fused with Raijin's crazed energy, creating the jovial Raijin Thunderkeg, a Celestial who walks the world in physical form.

Galvanized

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Galvanized
This ability can be bestowed by Illusions. Fully disabled by Break.
Passive
Affects
Self
Innately grants Storm Spirit permanent mana regeneration bonus over time in certain conditions.
Mana Regen Bonus per Gained Charge: Affected by Mana Regen Manipulation sources. 0.1
Additionally grants Raijin a charge per hero kill or per enemy hero's death within the effect radius.
Effect Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 1200
Charge per Kill: 1
Charge per Hero Death: 1
Mana Regen Bonus per Charge: Affected by Mana Regen Manipulation sources. 0.2
Grants a one-time bonus charges upon leveling up Raijin's ultimate ability each time.

This ability component levels up with Ball Lightning.
Bonus Charges per Ability Level: 3/6/9
Loses a portion of stacks upon Raijin's death.
Stack Loss on Death: 2

Hero Model

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Hero Model
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Raijin's hero model has the following hidden Innate. innate abilities.

He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Watch Tower
Warp
Warp
Lantern of Sight
Tap on the Innate. innate abilities for more details.

Abilities

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Static Remnant

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Q
R
Static Remnant
Affects
Enemy Units
Spell / Magical
Creates an explosively charged remannt of Raijin that gives vision for a period of time at his current location.
Vision Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 100
Remnant Duration: 12
After an activation delay, the remnant detonates and deals damage if an enemy unit comes near it.
Activation Delay: 0.75
Proc Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 235
Damage Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 300
Damage: 100/160/240/280 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 160/220/300/340)
3.5 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 2.25)
Mana Cost
70/80/90/100
Raijin Thunderkeg's duality allows him to admire himself in shocking fashion.

Electric Vortex

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W
E
Electric Vortex
Unit / No
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Pulls an enemy unit to Raijin's location.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.77
Cast RangeAffected by Cast Range increasing sources. 300 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 0)
Pull Distance: 180/220/260/300
Link Break Distance: 1200
Duration: 1.1/1.4/1.7/2 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Affects all enemy units within the radius centered around the Storm Spirit.
Effect Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 475)
20/18/16/14
Mana Cost
60/70/80/90
Raijin's thunderous, boisterous energy often draws others into an electrifying situation.

Overload

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E
V
Overload
Passive / No
Affects
Self / Allied Heroes
Spell / Magical / Physical
Raijin overloads and creates an electrical charge upon an ability cast.

The next attack deals damage and applies a slow within attacked enemy unit's radius.
Damage Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 300
Damage: 25/50/75/100
Move Speed Slow: 80% (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 100%)
Attack Speed Slow: 90 (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 110)
Slow Duration: 0.8
Talent Upgrade
Only Raijin's Overloaded attack now bounces to a nearby enemy unit.

Does not apply to allied units at all.
Search Radius: (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 700)
Number of Bounces: (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 2)
Bounce Damage Factor: (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 0.65)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Grants Storm Spirit and allied heroes within the radius Overload charges with bonus attack speed upon cast.
Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 750)
Max Attack Charges: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 3)
Attack Speed Bonus: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 40)
Buff Duration: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 12)
(Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 30)
Mana Cost
(Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 100)
Pow! Zip! Zap!

Ball Lightning

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R
G
Ball Lightning
Point
Affects
Self / Enemy Units
Spell / Magical
Charging across the battlefield until he depletes his mana or reaches his target.

The damage increases linearly as Raijin travels, starting from the cast location.
Damage Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 200
Travel Speed: 1400/1850/2300
Distance Interval: 100
Distance to Damage: 6/10/14
Talent Upgrade
Raijin leaves behind a Static Remnant upon traveling a certain distance.
Distance Counter: (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 450)
Number of Remnants: (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 1)
0
Mana Cost
25 + 7.5% × MaxMP
The current mana loss per 100-distance traveled is fixed and cannot be affected by mana loss manipulation sources.
Mana Loss as Cost per Interval (10 + 0.65% × MaxMP) / 100 Distance
The Storm is coming in.

Recent Matches

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Main Article: Storm Spirit/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. Picks
January 12, 2026 - 17:10 SGTQualifierSEA OQ1 ESL One BirminghamSEA OQ1 ESL One BirminghamSEA OQ1 ESL One BirminghamAxe Windranger Skywrath Mage Ogre Magi Storm Spirit
1 : 0
Jakiro Clinkz Tusk Brewmaster Dragon Knight
January 12, 2026 - 16:55 SGTQualifierSEA OQ1 ESL One BirminghamSEA OQ1 ESL One BirminghamSEA OQ1 ESL One BirminghamTinker Storm Spirit Dark Willow Windranger Enigma
0 : 1
Timbersaw Leshrac Spirit Breaker Abaddon Crystal Maiden
January 12, 2026 - 16:00 SGTQualifierSEA OQ1 ESL One BirminghamSEA OQ1 ESL One BirminghamSEA OQ1 ESL One BirminghamTimbersaw Nyx Assassin Storm Spirit Dragon Knight Crystal Maiden
1 : 0
Warlock Dark Willow Ember Spirit Anti-Mage Viper
January 11, 2026 - 16:00 PETQualifierSA CQ DreamLeague S28SA CQ DreamLeague S28SA CQ DreamLeague S28Shadow Demon Axe Skywrath Mage Windranger Storm Spirit
0 : 1
Shadow Fiend Jakiro Marci Slardar Night Stalker
January 11, 2026 - 16:00 PETQualifierSA CQ DreamLeague S28SA CQ DreamLeague S28SA CQ DreamLeague S28Clockwerk Shadow Demon Tidehunter Storm Spirit Medusa
0 : 1
Centaur Warrunner Jakiro Ogre Magi Puck Razor
  • Storm Spirit has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:

Recent Changes

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Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.40
(2025-12-15)
  • Reduced Galvanized stack loss on death from 3 to 2.
  • Increaased Overload attack speed slow from 80 to 90.
7.39e
(2025-10-02)
7.38b
(2025-03-05)

Dota Plus Progress

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Main Article: Hero Challenges

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Storm Spirit's Relics Voice Lines

Spells blocked with Linken's Sphere

Orchid Malevolence leading to Kills

Slow Duration

Teleports leading to Kills

Magic Damage

Triple Kills

Godlike Sprees

Mega Kill Streaks

Kill Assists

Kills

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master

Grandmaster

Equipment

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Trivia

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  • ▶️ "I'll spirit you away!", as well as him muttering "Spirit... Away..." when he dies may be a reference to the film "Spirited Away".
  • Storm Spirit's speech is very similar to Ninjor, a character from the Power Rangers franchise, whose voice acting is largely based on the character Dudley Do-Right, from the Dudley Do-Right Show.
  • Eul's Scepter of Divinity has an equivalent in Heroes of Newerth called "Stormspirit".
  • Ball lightning is an unexplained and potentially dangerous atmospheric electrical phenomenon. The term refers to reports of luminous, spherical objects that vary from pea-sized to several meters in diameter. Though usually associated with thunderstorms, the phenomenon lasts considerably longer than the split-second flash of a lightning bolt.
  • "I'll save this till it's five o'clock somewhere" is a reference to the song "It's Five O' Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson.
  • Warcraft 3 similarities:
    • Storm Spirit is based on and inspired by the Storm aspect, a unit summoned by the Warcraft hero, Pandaren Brewmaster.
    • Like Earth Spirit, Ember Spirit, and Brewmaster, Storm Spirit is a Pandaren, a race within the Warcraft 3 universe.
    • In Dota 2, Earth, Ember, and Storm Spirit are raceless elemental spirits instead.
    • Brewmaster's conncetion to the spirits is not expanded on in Dota 2.
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