Luna

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Luna
21 + 2.2
24 + 3.4
23 + 1.9
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+48.4HP and +0.22HP regeneration
+0.57 armor and 3.4 attack speed
+3.4 Main Attack Damage
+22.8MP and +0.095MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
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6
Armor
(791.52 EHP)
27.3%
Magic Resist
(800.55 EHP)
900
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (124)
(1.7 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.35 + 0.54
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.175s to turn 180°.
This ability component has a different effect during daytime. 1800 / This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 800
Default
Gib Type
2012-06-28
Released
2004-03-01
Competitive Span
2012-07-05 — 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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Tears into her enemies with bouncing attacks.
Renouncing her savage past, Luna swore her service to Selemene, and embraced the title of Moon Rider. The goddess bestows a Lunar Blessing on her new champion, boosting her strength and heightening her nocturnal senses. Saddled on top of Nova, her beastly mount, Luna bounds across the Nightsilver Woods to smite trespassers with a searing Lucent Beam. Superior numbers are no advantage against the Moon Rider. Through divine will, the midday sun gives way to night, and every foe is struck by rays of lunar energy as Luna tears through their ranks with flying Moon Glaives. By Selemene's wrath or through her own hand, the Moon Rider levels the battlefield under the brief darkness of the Eclipse.
Lucent Beam
Lunar Orbit
Lunar Orbit
Moon Glaives
Eclipse
Eclipse
Roles:Carry Carry Nuker Nuker Pusher Pusher
AdjectivesBlue, Female, Steed, Nose
Legs ( 2 )
Moonshield
Lunar Orbit
Grants Luna incoming damage reduction while active.
Moonstorm
Lucent Beam
Lucent Beam grants flat bonus attack damage when the unit-targeted enemy is an enemy hero.
Eclipse
Eclipse's beams grants a lesser bonus attack damage per enemy hero affected.

Upgrades

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Aghanim's

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Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Eclipse
Increases total beams and the Eclipse duration. Removes the limit on beams per unit, with the beams appearing twice as fast.

Luna may now cast Eclipse on an area, an allied unit, or herself, and have the ability effects follow them.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Lunar Orbit
Increases the instant attack factor and glavies rotation speed.

Talents

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+1 Lucent Beam Max Targets25+30 Lunar Blessing Attack Damage
-2s Lucent Beam Cooldown20-40s Eclipse Cooldown
+80 Lucent Beam Damage15+1 Lunar Orbit Glaives
+0.5s Lucent Beam Stun Duration10-5% Moon Glaives Damage Reduction
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+2 All / / Attributes

Bio

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I was once the scourge of the plains, a terror on the wind. What hope do our enemies think they have?
▶️  Luna, the Moon Rider
How had she been reduced to this? She was once the Scourge of the Plains, a merciless leader of men and beasts, and able to sow terror wherever she dared. Now she was far from her homeland, driven half mad from starvation and months of wandering, her army long dead or worse. As she stood at the edge of an ancient forest, a pair of glowing eyes spied on from an elder branch. Something beautiful and deadly sought a meal in the wilting dusk. Without a sound, it turned and left. Fury overtook her. Clutching a rust-eaten dagger, she charged after the beast determined to reclaim even a shred of her past glory, but her quarry would not be caught. Three times she cornered the creature among the rocks and trees, and three times she pounced only to witness its fading shadow darting further into the woods. Yet the full moon shone brightly, and the creature's trail was easy to follow.

Arriving in a clearing atop a high hill, the beast's massive feline form sat in the open, attentive and waiting. When the woman brandished her dagger, the creature reared and roared and charged. Death, it seemed, had come for her at long last in this strange place. She stood, calm and ready. A flash of movement, and the beast snatched the dagger from her hand before vanishing into the forest. Stillness. Hooded figures approached. In reverent tones they revealed that Selemene, Goddess of the Moon, had chosen her, had guided her, had tested her. Unwittingly she had endured the sacred rites of the Dark Moon, warriors of the Nightsilver Woods.

She was offered a choice: join the Dark Moon and pledge herself to the service of Selemene, or leave and never return. She did not hesitate. Embracing her absolution, she renounced her bloody past, and took up a new mantle as Luna of the Dark Moon, the dreaded Moon Rider, ruthless and ever-loyal guardian of the Nightsilver Woods.

Lunar Blessing

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Lunar Blessing
This ability can be bestowed by Illusions. Fully disabled by Break.
Passive / Aura
Affects
Allied Heroes
Increases the attack damage for Luna and nearby allied heroes. At nighttime, the Lunar Blessing is Global.
Radius: This ability component has a different effect during daytime. 1200
Radius: This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. The ability effects are felt everywhere in the map. Global
Attack Damage Bonus per Hero Level: 1
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Attack Damage Bonus: 30
Grants self vision range bonus, with an attack damage bonus factor.
Self Night Vision Bonus: This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 250
Self Night Vision Bonus per Hero Level: This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 25
Self Attack Damage Bonus Factor: 2
The Goddess of the Moon smiles upon her kin.

Hero Model

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

She 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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Lucent Beam

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Q
C
Lucent Beam
Affects
Enemy Units
Spell / Magical
Calls a beam of lunar energy down upon an enemy, damaging and briefly stunning them.
Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0.47
Cast RangeAffected by Cast Range increasing sources. 800
Number of Targets: 1 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 2)
Damage: 75/150/225/300 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 155/230/305/380)
Stun Duration: 0.6 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 1.1)
Talent Upgrade
Now additionally casts on a random secondary enemy unit within its search radius, without priorities.
Secondary Target Search Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 500
9/8/7/6 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 7/6/5/4)
Mana Cost
90/100/110/120
Selemene smites those who encroach upon the Nightsilver Woods.

Lunar Orbit

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W
L
Lunar Orbit
Affects
Self / Enemy Units
Attack Damage / Instant Attack
Luna's glaive spirals out, rotates around her, and instantly attacks collided enemy units for a portion of her attack damage.
Orbit Radius: 225
Number of Glaives: 4 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 5)
Orbital Speed: 160 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 240)
Collision Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 200
Instant Attack Factor: 0.28/0.32/0.36/0.4 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 0.48/0.52/0.56/0.6)
Duration: 5/6/7/8
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Increases the instant attack factor and glavies rotation speed.
40/35/30/25
Mana Cost
65/70/75/80
None may approach Selemene's chosen without favor from the goddess herself.

Moon Glaives

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E
G
Moon Glaives
Passive / No
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Spell / Physical / Instant Attack / Physical
Luna's attacks bounce between enemy units, and deals lesser damage per bounce.
Search Radius: 500
Number of Bounces: 3/4/5/6
Bounce Speed: 900
Damage Factor per Bounce: 0.5/0.55/0.6/0.65 (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 0.55/0.6/0.65/0.7)
Carefully sharpened, Luna's boomerang-like weapon cuts a wide swath through enemy numbers.

Eclipse

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No / Unit / Area
Affects
Enemy Units
Spell / Magical
Temporary obscures the sun, turning the day into night, while showering enemy units with lucent strikes in a radius around Luna.

There is a max number of times that a single target can be struck per cast.
Cast Animation: 0.5 + 0.37
Search Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 675
Number of Beams: 6/9/12 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 6/12/18)
Max Beams per Unit: 5 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 6/12/18)
Beam Interval: 0.6 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 0.3)
Eclipse Duration: 2.4/4.2/6 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 1.8/3.6/5.4)
Set Nighttime Duration: 10
These lucent strikes are of the corresponding level of Lucent Beam.

The beams do not stun their target.
Damage Factor: 1
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Increases total beams and the Eclipse duration. Removes the limit on beams per unit, with the beams appearing twice as fast.

Luna may now cast Eclipse on an area, an allied unit, or herself, and have the ability effects follow them.
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 2500)
105 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 65)
Mana Cost
150/200/250
In times of great need, Selemene herself descends into the world, blocking out the light and hope of the opposed.

Recent Matches

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Main Article: Luna/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. Picks
January 8, 2026 - 21:10 UTCQualifierSA OQ2 DreamLeague S28SA OQ2 DreamLeague S28SA OQ2 DreamLeague S28Slardar Treant Protector Sniper Luna Centaur Warrunner
1 : 0
Mars Skywrath Mage Phoenix Morphling Storm Spirit
January 8, 2026 - 21:10 UTCQualifierSA OQ2 DreamLeague S28SA OQ2 DreamLeague S28SA OQ2 DreamLeague S28Tidehunter Disruptor Sniper Luna Faceless Void
1 : 0
Jakiro Shadow Demon Windranger Dragon Knight Leshrac
January 6, 2026 - 21:00 UTCQualifierNA OQ1 DreamLeague S28NA OQ1 DreamLeague S28NA OQ1 DreamLeague S28Chen Spirit Breaker Viper Luna Storm Spirit
0 : 1
Tidehunter Slark Omniknight Shadow Fiend Invoker
January 6, 2026 - 21:00 UTCQualifierNA OQ1 DreamLeague S28NA OQ1 DreamLeague S28NA OQ1 DreamLeague S28Pudge Tiny Shadow Demon Luna Anti-Mage
0 : 1
Disruptor Underlord Spirit Breaker Storm Spirit Drow Ranger
January 5, 2026 - 13:00 CETQualifierEU CQ RES Unchained 3EU CQ RES Unchained 3Keeper of the Light Void Spirit Ringmaster Lycan Luna
0 : 1
Ember Spirit Ancient Apparition Gyrocopter Lion Underlord

Recent Changes

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Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.40
(2025-12-15)
  • Lunar Orbit
    • Reduced max revolution orbit time from 1.2 to 0.9.
    • Reduced orbit radius from 250 to 225.
    • Increased collision radius from 175 to 200.
    • Increased instant attack damage factor from 0.22/0.28/0.34/0.4 to 0.28/0.32/0.36/0.4.
7.39d
(2025-08-05)
  • Reduced Eclipse cooldown from 110 to 105.
7.38c
(2025-03-27)

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.

Luna's Relics Voice Lines

Moon Glaives Building Damage

Eclipse Kills

Eclipse Maximum Hits On Hero

Life Stolen

Spells Disjointed With Manta Style

Hurricane Pike Target Damage

Kills During Black King Bar

Triple Kills

Mega Kill Streaks

Barracks Destroyed

Towers Destroyed

Kill Assists

Kills

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master

Grandmaster

Equipment

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Trivia

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  • The name Luna means "moon" in Latin, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Romanian and Bulgarian.
    • Her mount's name is Nova, which originally translates to "new" from Latin, but commonly refers to the birth of a new star.
  • Luna's lore, quotes, accent, and reverence for Selemene derive largely from the Celts. Celtic lore heavily features warrior queens, who were often associated mystically with the moon.
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References

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