Storm Spirit
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Storm Spirit
| 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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1100 Projectile Speed
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115 (137)
(1.6 BAT) | ||
0.5 + 0.3
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0.8
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Electric
Gib Type | ||
2010-11-01
Released | ||
2007-06-10
(6.44) | ||
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. | |
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| 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. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | Bearde1, Blue, Spirit, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Electric Vortex applies an additional debuff that procs Overload of its corresponding level on the debuff-affected enemy unit, upon its attack point.
Static Remnant images spawn at Raijin's location and moves to the point-targeted position upon cast.
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
[edit]Talents
[edit]| 450 Distance Auto Remnant in Ball Lightning | 25 | 2x Overload Attack Bounce |
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| -1.25s Static Remnant Cooldown | 20 | +0.2s Electric Vortex Duration |
| +60 Static Remnant Damage | 15 | +250 Health |
| +1.5 Mana Regen | 10 | +20% Overload Move Speed Slow +20 Overload Attack Speed Slow |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Bio
[edit]Everyone complains about the weather…well, I'm doing something about it!▶️Raijin Thunderkeg, the Storm Spirit
Aliases:
SS, Raijin, Thunderkeg
Lore:
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.
Voice:
Galvanized
[edit]Passive
Affects
Self
Additionally grants Raijin a charge per hero kill or per enemy hero's death within the effect radius.
Grants a one-time bonus charges upon leveling up Raijin's ultimate ability each time.
This ability component levels up with Ball Lightning.
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
[edit]Details
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innate abilities for more details.
Abilities
[edit]Static Remnant
[edit]Creates an explosively charged remannt of Raijin that gives vision for a period of time at his current location.
Cast Animation: 0 + 1.1
After an activation delay, the remnant detonates and deals damage if an enemy unit comes near it.
Activation Delay: 0.75
Raijin Thunderkeg's duality allows him to admire himself in shocking fashion.
Electric Vortex
[edit]Unit / No
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.77
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Affects all enemy units within the radius centered around the Storm Spirit.
Affects all enemy units within the radius centered around the Storm Spirit.
Raijin's thunderous, boisterous energy often draws others into an electrifying situation.
Overload
[edit]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.
The next attack deals damage and applies a slow within attacked enemy unit's radius.
Damage: 25/50/75/100
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.
Only Raijin's Overloaded attack now bounces to a nearby enemy unit.
Does not apply to allied units at all.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Grants Storm Spirit and allied heroes within the radius Overload charges with bonus attack speed upon cast.
Grants Storm Spirit and allied heroes within the radius Overload charges with bonus attack speed upon cast.
Cast Animation:
0 + 0
Pow! Zip! Zap!
Ball Lightning
[edit]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.
The damage increases linearly as Raijin travels, starting from the cast location.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Talent Upgrade
Raijin leaves behind a Static Remnant upon traveling a certain distance.
Raijin leaves behind a Static Remnant upon traveling a certain distance.
The Storm is coming in.
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Storm Spirit/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | ||||
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| January 12, 2026 - 17:10 SGT | Qualifier | SEA OQ1 ESL One Birmingham | 1 : 0 | ||||||
| January 12, 2026 - 16:55 SGT | Qualifier | SEA OQ1 ESL One Birmingham | 0 : 1 | ||||||
| January 12, 2026 - 16:00 SGT | Qualifier | SEA OQ1 ESL One Birmingham | 1 : 0 | ||||||
| January 11, 2026 - 16:00 PET | Qualifier | SA CQ DreamLeague S28 | 0 : 1 | ||||||
| January 11, 2026 - 16:00 PET | Qualifier | SA CQ DreamLeague S28 | 0 : 1 |
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Reduced Galvanized stack loss on death from 3 to 2.
- Increaased Overload attack speed slow from 80 to 90.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Reduced Overload active mana cost from 150 to 100.
- Reduced intelligence gain from 3.9 to 3.7.
Dota Plus Progress
[edit]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 | |
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Bronze |
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Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
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Master |
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Grandmaster |
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Equipment
[edit]Trivia
[edit]- ▶️ "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.
Gallery
[edit]- Bone Harvest sprite - alive