Lich
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Lich
20 + 2.1
17 + 1.7
28 + 3.8
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+46.2HP and +0.21HP regeneration |
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+0.28 armor and 1.7 attack speed |
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+45.6MP and +0.19MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +3.8 Main Attack Damage |
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900 Projectile Speed
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100 (117)
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0.46 + 0.54
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0.7
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Ice
Gib Type | ||
2010-11-01
Released | ||
2004-02-03
(0.60) | ||
Competitive Span
2011-04-09 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.40b) and is mostly accurate. |
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| Unleashes a powerful attack that bounces between enemies. | |
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| Resurrected by a curious geomancer, Ethreain bewitched his savior with a Sinister Gaze, then promptly made the man his newest sacrifice. Finally freed from the depths of the Black Pool, the Lich returns to wreak icy destruction on the world. Cloaking his followers with a Frost Shield, Ethreain floats across the battlefield to Blast any who cross him. A frozen orb descends on his foes, traveling between foes and Ice Spires until the Chain Frost brings all opposition to their demise. | |
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| Roles: |  Support  Nuker |
| Adjectives | Blue, Flying, Icy, Undead, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Growing Cold
Increases the current Frost Shield duration per enemy kill.
Increases the current number of Chain Frost bounce per enemy kill.
Evil Eye
Sinister Gaze applies an additional lingering debuff after its channeling duration. The longer the channeling duration, the greater the debuff linger duration.
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
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Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Now affects enemy units within a radius of the area-targeted location.
Additionally, Lich can use his other abilities while channeling this ability.
Additionally, Lich can use his other abilities while channeling this ability.
Talents
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| +100 Chain Frost Increment Damage | 25 | +50 Frost Shield Health Regen |
| +4s Frost Shield Duration | 20 | Chain Frost Upon Death |
| -3.5s Frost Blast Cooldown | 15 | +0.3s Sinister Gaze Duration |
| +125 Frost Blast Radius/Damage | 10 | +10% Frost Shield Damage Reduction |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio
[edit]And so the dead will bury the dead.▶️Ethreain, the Lich
Lore:
In life, the frost-mage Ethreain (not yet a Lich) had used the threat of destructive ice to enslave entire kingdoms. His subjects, aided by a few desperate magicians, eventually grew bold enough to ambush him. Armed with enough charmed rope to bind him forever, they tied the frost mage to adamant weights and dropped him in a pool known chiefly for being bottomless. It wasn't.
He only fell for a year or so before an outcrop snagged him. There he rested, dead but undecaying, until the geomancer Anhil thought to verify the legend of the supposedly bottomless Black Pool. Anhil's plumbline snarled with the ropes that bound the drowned magician, and up he hauled an unexpected prize. Thinking that by rendering the dead undead, he could question the Lich about the properties of the pool, he removed the bindings and commenced a simple rite of resurrection. Even the descendants of Ethreain's enemies were long forgotten by time, so there were none to warn Anhil against imprudence. But he learned the error of his judgment almost immediately, as Lich threw off the shackles and consumed him.
He only fell for a year or so before an outcrop snagged him. There he rested, dead but undecaying, until the geomancer Anhil thought to verify the legend of the supposedly bottomless Black Pool. Anhil's plumbline snarled with the ropes that bound the drowned magician, and up he hauled an unexpected prize. Thinking that by rendering the dead undead, he could question the Lich about the properties of the pool, he removed the bindings and commenced a simple rite of resurrection. Even the descendants of Ethreain's enemies were long forgotten by time, so there were none to warn Anhil against imprudence. But he learned the error of his judgment almost immediately, as Lich threw off the shackles and consumed him.
Voice:
Death Charge
[edit] Death Charge 
Passive
Affects
Self / Units
Lich can neither utilize nor be affected by any mana regeneration sources.
Set Self Mana Regen: 0
Lich can only regenerate mana when affected by the Fountain's Rejuvenation Aura.
However, it feasts on the remaining arcane energy upon both ally and enemy heroes' death within the radius.
Radius: 
1500
1500 Self Max Mana Restore: 
25%
25% 
Creeps' death restores a lesser amount of max mana.
Self Max Mana Restore: 2.5%
- Sets all
mana regeneration sources to 0, except Rejuvenation Aura.
- The ability checks and disables itself whenever Lich is affected by the Rejuvenation Aura.
- Mana restore sources still work per normal on Lich.
modifier_lich_death_charge
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_PROPERTY_FIXED_MANA_REGENHero Model
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Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
innate abilities for more details.Abilities
[edit]Frost Blast
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Blasts the target enemy unit with damaging frost, dealing area damage and slowing movement and attack speed for a duration.
The primary target receives both base and area damage.
The primary target receives both base and area damage.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.4
Cast Range: 
575/600/625/650
575/600/625/650 Effect Radius: 200 (
325)
200 ( 325) Base Damage: 40/80/120/160
Area Damage: 80/120/160/200 ( 205/245/285/325)
205/245/285/325) Move Speed Slow: 25%
Attack Speed Slow: 30/40/50/60
Slow Duration: 4
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Frost Blast has an instant cast time while channeling Sinister Gaze.
Frost Blast has an instant cast time while channeling Sinister Gaze.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
0 + 0
7 (
3.5)
3.5)
110/120/130/140
Frost-mage Ethreain has not forgotten even the simplest of ice manipulation.
- Can affect enemy units at max 775/800/825/850 ( 900/925/950/975)-distance away with the cast range and effect radius.
- The ability must be
unit-targeted on an enemy unit.
- Can affect enemy units at max
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The radius
magical 
spell damage. 
lich_frostnova_slow- The base magical spell damage on unit
, the primary unit-targeted enemy.
- Hence, the ability applies two spell damage instances on the primary unit-targeted enemy.
- The radius
- Frost Blast has the following properties while
channeling Sinister Gaze as long as the target unit is within the cast range:
- Has an instant cast time.
- Does not require
facing the unit-targeted enemy to cast the ability.
- Has an
Does not proc Spell Block sources on secondary affected targets.
Does not proc Spell Reflection sources on secondary affected targets.
modifier_lich_frostnova_slow
Frost Blast Slow: Movement speed slowed by x%, attack speed slowed by x
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT- The primary target takes 120/200/280/360 ( 245/325/405/485) magical spell damage (before reductions).
Frost Shield
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Applies a shield around the unit-targeted ally.
Deals damage per second and slowing the enemy's movement speed centered around the buff-affected allied unit.
Deals damage per second and slowing the enemy's movement speed centered around the buff-affected allied unit.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.4
Cast Range: 800
800 Pulse Radius: 600
600 Damage per Second: 18/32/46/60
Move Speed Slow: 20%/25%/30%/35%
Slow Duration: 0.5
Shield Duration: 4/5/6/7 (
8/9/10/11)
8/9/10/11) The shield reduces all incoming hero-based attack damage of all damage types for its duration.
Damage Reduction: 
45%/50%/55%/60% (
55%/60%/65%/70%)
45%/50%/55%/60% ( 55%/60%/65%/70%)Health Regen Bonus: 
(
50)
( 50)Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Frost Shield has an instant cast time while channeling Sinister Gaze.
Frost Shield has an instant cast time while channeling Sinister Gaze.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
0 + 0
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Applies all effects of Frost Shield around the Ice Spire and regenerating its health while the ice magic pulsates.
Applies all effects of Frost Shield around the Ice Spire and regenerating its health while the ice magic pulsates.
Hit Count Regen per Pulse: (
1)
1) 30/25/20/15
100/110/120/130
First conceived of to protect him in his mortal years, the frost magic that Ethreain weaves around himself has only grown colder with time.
Growing Cold
Increases the current Frost Shield duration per enemy kill.
Duration Increase per Kill: 4
Creep kills increases the duration as well, albeit being less effective.
Duration Increase per Kill: 1
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lich_frost_shield- Pulses in 1-second intervals, starting 0.1 seconds after the buff is applied, over 4/5/6/7 ( 8/9/10/11) instances.
- Reapplying the buff refreshes its duration and resets the pulse intervals.
- Both leveling up the ability and the bonus health regeneration talent do not update the current active instance.
- Pulses in 1-second intervals, starting 0.1 seconds after the buff is applied, over 4/5/6/7 (
- Can be cast on any non-
invulnerable ally unit, including the following units:
Buildings
Couriers
Ward-type units.
Doubletap casts the ability on Lich.
- Applies generic incoming damage reduction on the affected ally unit.
- Stacks additively with other generic incoming damage manipulation sources.
- Affects only hero-based
attack damage, regardless of the damage type the affected allied unit receives.
- Considers attack damage from
clones, 
illusions, and the Spirit Bear as heroes, attacks from buildings and other 
creep-heroes as creeps.
- Considers attack damage from
- Does not reduce the following damage sources:
- Spell damage sources, including
cleave sources. 
HP Removal sources.
- Grants flat bonus health regeneration.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The magical spell damage.
- This ability component does not affect the following units:
Fogged units.
Invisible units.
-
lich_frost_shield_slow-
- Checks if the affected enemy hero has the debuff upon its
death, then increases the number of bounce accordingly. - Considers clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes, illusions and other creep-heroes as creeps.
- Checks if the affected enemy hero has the debuff upon its
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- The
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Frost Shield has the following ability effects while channeling Sinister Gaze as long as the target unit is within the cast range:
- Has an instant cast time.
- Does not require facing the unit-targeted enemy to cast the ability.
- Has an
modifier_lich_frost_shieldFrost Shield: Reducing physical attack damage against you.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_INCOMING_DAMAGE_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEALTH_REGEN_CONSTANTMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH modifier_lich_frost_shield_slowFrost Shield: Movement speed slowed by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_BONUS_MOVEMENT_SPEED_PERCENTAGE- Can deal up to 72/160/276/420 ( 144/288/460/660) magical spell damage (before reductions) for the entire duration.
Sinister Gaze
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Unit / Channeled / Area
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Hypnotizes an enemy unit, causing it to move towards a point between the Lich and the enemy unit while draining a percentage of its current mana.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Cast Range: 600
600 Max Channel Time: 1.1/1.4/1.7/2 (
1.4/1.7/2/2.3)
1.4/1.7/2/2.3) Distance Moved: 32%/38%/44%/50%
Current Mana Loss per Second: 20%
Lich replenishes mana based on the mana drained.
Mana Restore Factor: 1
1 Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Now affects enemy units within a radius of the area-targeted location.
Additionally, Lich can use his other abilities while channeling this ability.
Now affects enemy units within a radius of the area-targeted location.
Additionally, Lich can use his other abilities while channeling this ability.
Radius: ( 400)
( 400) 24/22/20/18
25
Mind the cold...
Evil Eye
Sinister Gaze applies an additional lingering debuff after its channeling duration. The longer the channeling duration, the greater the debuff linger duration.
Remaining Channel Time to Debuff Duration Factor: 2
All debuff-affected units take additional flat magical damage and amplify offensive movement speed slows from abilities sourced to Lich.
Spell Damage Bonus: 15/20/25/30
Slow Resistance Reduction: 50%
Slow Resistance Reduction: 50%
- All ability components applied to the debuff-affected enemy unit(s) can only be interrupted if Lich's channeling is interupted.
- Has the following targeting functionalities:
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- When unit-targeted, applies the
lich_sinister_gazeon the affected enemy unit.
- When unit-targeted, applies the
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- The ability upgrade changes the ability targeting functionality from unit-targeted to area-targeted.
- Applies
lich_sinister_gazeon all affected enemy unit within the radius. - Can affect enemy units at max 1000-distance away with the cast range and effect radius.
- Affects the following units:
- Fogged units.
- Invisible units.
Untargetable units.
- Does not affect the following units:
Hidden units.- Invulnerable units.
- Applies
- The
- The following ability effects are applied as follows while channeling:
-
- Considers clones, illusions, creep-heroes, and
ancient creeps as heroes. - Applies
lich_sinister_gazeon all debuff-affected enemy unit(s):- Cannot Act.
Hypnosis, forcing it to turn and face toward Lich.
Mute
Silence- Grants
True Sight over the all affected enemy units. 
- Grants
unobstructed movement and does not destroy 
trees while moving. - Removes the affected enemy unit(s)' min and max movement speed limits.
- Then, it sets the enemy's movement speed to a fixed value, and is defined as:
- Grants
- Applies an offensive forced movement and moves the enemy unit at 174.55/162.86/155.29/150-speed per second with the default cast range.
- Applies an offensive forced movement and moves the enemy unit at
- These following mechanics applied on the debuff-affected enemy unit(s) that might cancel other channeling sources do not affect Sinister Gaze:
- Dispel sources.
- Entering the Fog of War.
- Hidden sources.
- Invisible sources.
- Invulnerable sources.
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- Trees within 200-radius centered around each affected enemy unit(s) are destroyed at the end of the channeling.
- Trees within 200-radius centered around each affected enemy unit(s) are destroyed at the end of the
- Considers
-
- Applies a
1.1/1.4/1.7/2 + 0.3-second lich_sinister_gaze_cryophobia_debuffduration. - This ability component is immediately dispels itself upon the channeling being interrupted in any way.
- Applies a
-
- The debuff-affected enemy unit(s) lose 2% current mana in 0.1-second intervals, over a max 11/14/17/20 instances.
- The actual mana loss is defined as:
- EXPR
ActualMPLoss = CurrentMP × 0.02 × MaxChannelTime - Hence, the affected enemy may lose up to ≈19.93%/24.64%/29.07%/33.24% ( 24.64%/29.07%/33.24%/37.17%) current mana for the entire duraiton.
- The debuff-affected enemy unit(s) lose 2%
-
- Lich can only mana restore as much mana as the debuff-affected enemy unit(s) lose per interval.
- However, if Lich is at full mana, all debuff-affected enemy unit(s) still continues to lose mana.
- Lich can only
- Reapplies the
lich_sinister_gaze_cryophobia_debuffcomponent upon the channeling being interrupted in any way, and is defined as:
- EXPR
DebuffDuration = (ChannelDuration - 1.1/1.4/1.7/2 + 0.3) × 2
- Enables Lich to cast his other abilities without interrupting Sinister Gaze's channeling, as long as the targeted distance is within the cast range.
- All of Lich's other abilities have an instant cast time and do not require facing the enemy unit to cast during Sinister Gaze.
- All of Lich's other abilities have an
No longer procs Spell Block sources. Additionally, does not proc Spell Block sources on secondary affected targets.
Does not proc Spell Reflection sources on secondary affected targets.
Apply all ability effects to enemy units within the radius around both unit-targeted enemies.
The ability upgrade only affects and is only limited to Lich's abilities.
The ability upgrade only affects and is only limited to Lich's abilities.
Any non- channeling abilities and items can be cast while channeling Sinister Gaze without interrupting it. modifier_lich_sinister_gazeSinister Gaze: You are helpless against Lich's Sinister Gaze!
modifier_lich_sinister_gaze_cryophobia_debuffEvil Eye: You gazed at the Evil Eye and may take additional magic damage from lich and receive more movement slow.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_TAKE_DAMAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_SLOW_RESISTANCE_STACKINGIce Spire
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Conjures an Ice Spire for his rituals, slowing enemy units around it.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Cast Range: 750
750 Effect Radius: 550
550 Move Speed Slow: 25%
Hit Count: 4
Duration: 15
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Creeps' attacks are less effective on the Ice Spire.
Creep Hit Count: 8
Frost Blast of its corresponding level is applied around it when destroyed.
Damage Radius: 200 ( 325)
200 ( 325)Damage on Death: 80/120/160/200 ( 205/245/285/325)
205/245/285/325)
Applies all effects of Frost Shield around the Ice Spire and regenerating its health while the ice magic pulsates.
Hit Count Regen per Pulse: 1
Chain Frost can be cast onto, and the ability projectile can bounce to the spire if there are no other enemy units within the bounce radius.
Each successful bounce reduces the Ice Spire's current hit count.
Each successful bounce reduces the Ice Spire's current hit count.
Hit Count Reduction per Bounce: 1
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Ice Spire has an instant cast time while channeling Sinister Gaze.
Ice Spire has an instant cast time while channeling Sinister Gaze.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
0 + 025
150
This ability levels up with Frost Blast.
The waters within the Black Pool remain liquid far below the point of freezing and immediately crystallize when removed.
10
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The Frog grants the Lich a frozen, pointy, immobile permafrost to aid the Lich's rituals. Does this help the Lich? You be creative about it.
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0
0%
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This unit does not attack.
20
20 (x̄)
This unit does not feel the effects from magical spell damage sources.
- Acquiring Aghanim's Shard unlocks this ability in the fourth ability slot.
lich_ice_spire_debuff-
- Can affect enemy units at max 1300-distance away with the cast range and effect radius.
- Can affect enemy units at max
- The Ice Spire additionally has the following properties:
- Applies Frost Blast of its corresponding level within the damage radius centered on the Ice Spire, sourced to Lich, upon destroyed. Has the following properties upon proc:
- Works independently of Frost Blast's cooldown, and does not cost mana.
- Does not proc on-cast effects.
- Works independently of Frost Blast's
-
- Considers attacks from clones as heroes, attacks from illusions and creep-heroes as creeps.
- Considers attacks from
- Applies Frost Blast of its corresponding level within the damage radius centered on the Ice Spire, sourced to Lich, upon destroyed. Has the following properties upon proc:
- Frost Shield
- Heals the unit for 1
health per pulse. -
- Applies all ability effects on the Ice Spire.
- Frost Shield can affect enemy units at max 1150-distance away with the this ability's cast range and the pulse radius.
- Heals the unit for 1
- Chain Frost
- The unit is a valid targeted unit for the ability.
- The ability
projectile can bounce to the Ice Spire, if there are no valid target within its bounce radius. - Can only bounce on allied Ice Spires.
- Randomly bounces on one Ice Spire with multiple spires within the bounce radius.
- The ability
- The unit is a valid
- Ice Spire has the following ability effects while channeling Sinister Gaze as long as the point-targeted location is within the cast range:
- Has an instant cast time.
- Does not require facing the unit-targeted enemy to cast the ability.
- Has an
Applies Frost Blast of its corresponding ability level when acquired.
Requires drafting Chain Frost to unlock this ability.
Requires drafting Frost Blast for its corresponding component to work.
Chain Frost to unlock this ability.Requires drafting Frost Blast for its corresponding component to work.
modifier_kill
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_LIFETIME_FRACTION modifier_magic_immuneSpell Immune
MODIFIER_STATE_MAGIC_IMMUNE modifier_lich_ice_spireMissing Tooltip
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABSOLUTE_NO_DAMAGE_PHYSICALMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABSOLUTE_NO_DAMAGE_MAGICALMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABSOLUTE_NO_DAMAGE_PUREMODIFIER_PROPERTY_EVENT_ON_ATTACKEDMODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEALTHBAR_PIPS modifier_lich_ice_spire_debuffIce Spire: Movement speed slowed by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE modifier_lich_frostnova_slowFrost Blast Slow: Movement speed slowed by x%, attack speed slowed by x
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANTChain Frost
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Releases an orb of frost that bounces between nearby enemy units, slowing and subsequently increasing its damage each time it bounces.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 1.03
Cast Range: 750
750 Bounce Radius: 550
550 Number of Bounces: 10
Bounce Delay: 0.2
First Damage: 250/400/550
Damage Increment per Bounce: 15/20/25 (
115/120/125)
115/120/125) Move Speed Slow: 65%
Attack Speed Slow: 65
Slow Duration: 2.5
The projectile will stay dormant and linger on the current affected enemy unit, until there is another valid unit for the projectile to bounce-off to.
Search Radius: 550
550 Linger Duration: 2
Talent Upgrade
Passively casts an independent Chain Frost of the corresponding level upon Lich's death, excluding Reincarnation sources.
Passively casts an independent Chain Frost of the corresponding level upon Lich's death, excluding Reincarnation sources.
Number of Casts: 1
Search Radius: 750
750 Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Chain Frost has an instant cast time while channeling Sinister Gaze.
Chain Frost has an instant cast time while channeling Sinister Gaze.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
0 + 0Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Chain Frost can be cast onto, and the ability projectile can bounce to the spire if there are no other enemy units within the bounce radius.
Each successful bounce reduces the Ice Spire's current hit count.
Chain Frost can be cast onto, and the ability projectile can bounce to the spire if there are no other enemy units within the bounce radius.
Each successful bounce reduces the Ice Spire's current hit count.
100/80/60
180/300/420
Almost universally considered the ultimate in frost magic, Ethreain's orb of frozen death strikes fear into those who dare stand against him.
Growing Cold
Increases the number of bounce per enemy hero kill.
Number of Bounce Increase per Kill: 3
Creep kills increases the number of bounce as well, albeit being less effective.
Number of Bounce Increase per Kill: 1
- Has the following targeting functionalities:
-
- Can be cast on the Ice Spire.
- Cannot be cast on
spell immune enemy units. 
- Can affect enemy units at max 1300-distance away with the cast range and effect radius.
- Can affect enemy units at max
- The Chain Frost on Death talent casts the ability correspondingly on Lich's death location, prioritizing the nearest enemy unit, within the radius upon proc.
- Grants a permanent buff on the HUD upon learning the talent.
- Has the following properties upon proc:
- Works independently of Chain Frost's cooldown, and does not cost mana.
- Does not proc on-cast effects.
- Works independently of Chain Frost's
- Grants a permanent
- The Chain Frost on Death
-
- Leveling up the ability immediately updates all currently active projectiles.
- The ability utilizes two different
projectile speeds:
-
- The first launched projectile to the primary unit-targeted enemy has 1050-speed, and is not considered a bounced projectile.
- Can bounce on the same enemy unit, after another enemy unit was hit between bounces.
- Grants a non-lingering 800-radius flying vision per bounce centered on the affected secondary units.
- Stops granting vision and stop playing the ability sound effects upon hitting creeps after bouncing
> 60times.
- Grants a non-lingering
- The first launched projectile to the primary
- Subsequent bounce projectiles have a 0.2-second delay with 850-speed.
- The bounce magical spell damage is defined as:
- EXPR
SplDmg = 250/400/550 + (15/20/25 + 100) × b , MAX(b) = 10
- Bounces to the Ice Spire if there are no other enemy units within the bounce radius.
- Both the primary projectile and subsequent projectiles cannot be disjointed.
- Projectiles can bounce to and bounce off units affected by the following sources:
- The Fog of War.
- Hidden sources.
Spell Block sources.
- The
- Does not bounce to the following units.
- Attack immune units.
- Enemy Couriers.
- Hidden units.
- Invisible units.
- Invulnerable units, unless the projectile is already traveling.
- Ward-type units.
- Considers clones and creep-heroes as heroes, illusions as creeps.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
-
lich_chainfrost_slow-
- Checks if the affected enemy hero has the debuff upon its death, then increases the number of bounce accordingly.
- Considers clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes, illusions and other creep-heroes as creeps.
- Checks if the affected enemy hero has the debuff upon its
-
- The magical spell damage.
- Chain Frost has the following ability effects while channeling Sinister Gaze as long as the target unit is within the cast range:
- Has an instant cast time.
- Does not require facing the unit-targeted enemy to cast the ability.
- Has an
Spell Block sources blocks the first damage instance upon projectile impact, this blocked instance is still counted toward the number of bounces.
The projectile does not stop bouncing, and continues to increase in damage per projectile impact.
projectile impact, this blocked instance is still counted toward the number of bounces.The projectile does not stop bouncing, and continues to increase in damage per projectile impact.
modifier_lich_chain_frost_thinkerOn Hidden Entity
modifier_projectile_visionOn Hidden Entity
modifier_lich_chain_frost_ondeathChain Frost On Death: Will release a Chain Frost orb on death.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH modifier_lich_chainfrost_slowChain Frost Slow: Movement speed slowed by x%, attack speed slowed by x
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT- Can deals up to 3575/5500/7425 magical spell damage (before reductions) if all bounces hit.
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Lich/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2026 - 16:10 SGT | Qualifier |   | SEA OQ1 DreamLeague S28 |      |  | 0 : 1 |  |      | |
| December 28, 2025 - 16:20 MSK | Tier 4 |  | Bidask Dota 2 Winter Cup - Playoffs |     | | 0 : 1 | |     | |
| December 28, 2025 - 14:10 MSK | Tier 4 |  | STORM CUP Season 1 - Playoffs |     | | 1 : 0 | |     | |
| December 27, 2025 - 19:50 MSK | Tier 4 | | STORM CUP Season 1 - Playoffs |   | | 1 : 0 | |    | |
| December 27, 2025 - 15:25 MSK | Tier 4 | | STORM CUP Season 1 - Group B |   | | 1 : 0 | |     |
- Lich has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Increased base
intelligence from 26 to 28.
- Increased Sinister Gaze Evil Eye spell damage bonus per damage instance from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30.
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.
| Lich's Relics | Voice Lines | |
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Equipment
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Trivia
[edit]- Lich's voice actor, Gary Schwartz also voiced the Heavy and Demoman classes in "Team Fortress 2", another title by Valve.
- Lich's line upon casting Sacrifice, ▶️ "Om nom nom!" refers to a line spoken by the Heavy which he uses upon consuming the Sandvich Edible Device.
- In the first iteration of Invoker's abilities (Pre 6.18), when the order of his three orbs determines the Invoked ability, Frost Nova was one of his abilities and functioned almost identically as the current Frost Blast, and was mapped to Quas Quas Exort.
- Crystal Maiden also had the same Frost Nova ability with small differences in numbers.
- Anatomically, Lich's cranium has no visible sutures, another proof of his age.
- ▶️ "Frost bitten, twice shy." is a reference to Great White albums: Once Bitten... and ...Twice Shy and also to the English idiom.
- ▶️ "And so the dead will bury the dead." is a reference from Bible (Luke 9:59-60), where Jesus said, "Let the dead bury the dead," in response to a disciple who wanted to bury his father before committing himself to the Lord.
- Lich's response ▶️ "Dead man drifting." is a reference to the line "Dead man walking." spoken by the Warcraft 3 hero.[1]
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Lich's hero concept is originally based on Kel'Thuzad, a campaign-only variant of the Undead Lich hero.
- In DotA, he was also named Kel'Thuzad. His name was changed to Ethreain in Dota 2 to avoid copyright issues with "Blizzard Entertainment", since the Kel'Thuzad is a well known character within the Warcraft universe.
- He kept his title as the Lich. A Lich as an animated corpse-turned-wizard, commonly related to western mythology.
- "Lich" is an old english word and literally translates to "corpse". It is related to the german "Leiche" and the dutch "Lijk".
- Frost Blast's original iteration is identical to the Lich's Frost Nova, and is named Frost Nova in DotA as well.
- Lich's old ability, Ice Armor, was identical to the Lich's Frost Armor, and is named Frost Armor in DotA as well.
- Lich's old ability, Sacrifice, was identical to the Lich's Dark Ritual, and is named Dark Ritual in DotA as well.
- Lich's hero concept is originally based on Kel'Thuzad, a campaign-only variant of the Undead Lich hero.
Gallery
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Model
Low Violence model
Early concept art
Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Lich illustration
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
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