Sven
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Sven
23 + 3.5
18 + 2.2
16 + 1.5
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
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+77HP and +0.35HP regeneration +3.5 Main Attack Damage |
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+0.37 armor and 2.2 attack speed |
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+18MP and +0.075MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance |
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0 Projectile Speed
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110 (128)
(1.9 BAT) | ||
0.4 + 0.3
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0.6
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2010-11-01
Released | ||
2004-02-03
(0.60) | ||
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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| Cleaves down enemies with his incredible strength. | |
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| The Rogue Knight lives by two creeds: Honor, as ordained by his own personal code, and Solitude. Always eager to charge into a fight. Using his iron gauntlet, he launches a Storm Hammer, stunning grouped enemies as he transports himself into battle, then closes in to cut them down with Great Cleave. Letting out a truly frightening Warcry, he ignites and calls upon God's Strength, a few swings of his gargantuan sword are often more than enough to slay on his hapless foes. | |
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| Roles: |  Carry  Disabler  Initiator  Durable  Nuker |
| Adjectives | NicePecs, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Heavy Plate
Warcry additionally grants a physical damage barrier to all affected allied units upon cast.
Wrath of God
Grants Sven additional base attack damage per 
strength .
strength .Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
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Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Transports Sven along the Storm Hammer and applies a basic dispel on all enemy units within the radius upon projectile impact.
The increased projectile speed and spell damage requires Alt-Cast to be activated.
Increases cast range.
The increased projectile speed and spell damage requires Alt-Cast to be activated.
Increases cast range.
Does not travel with the Storm Hammer with Alt-Cast toggled off.
The ability deals lesser damage upon projectile impact.
The ability deals lesser damage upon projectile impact.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Warcry now passively grants armor to allied units within the radius.
The ability's active buff can now only be dispelled upon Sven's death, rather than any dispel.
The ability's active buff can now only be dispelled upon Sven's death, rather than any dispel.
Talents
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| +1s Storm Hammer Stun Duration | 25 | +50% God's Strength Damage |
| +8 Warcry Active Armor | 20 | +20% God's Strength Slow Resist |
| +25% Great Cleave Damage | 15 | -12s God's Strength Cooldown |
| +10% Vanquisher Damage | 10 | +5s Warcry Duration |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio
[edit]May my enemies share the fate of the Shattered Helm.▶️Sven, the Rogue Knight
Alias:
Rogue Knight
Lore:
Sven is the bastard son of a Vigil Knight, born of a Pallid Meranth, raised in the Shadeshore Ruins. With his father executed for violating the Vigil Codex, and his mother shunned by her wild race, Sven believes that honor is to be found in no social order, but only in himself. After tending his mother through a lingering death, he offered himself as a novice to the Vigil Knights, never revealing his identity. For thirteen years he studied in his father's school, mastering the rigid code that declared his existence an abomination. Then, on the day that should have been his In-Swearing, he seized the Outcast Blade, shattered the Sacred Helm, and burned the Codex in the Vigil's Holy Flame. He strode from Vigil Keep, forever solitary, following his private code to the last strict rune. Still a knight, yes...but a rogue knight. He answers only to himself.
Voice:
Vanquisher
[edit] Vanquisher 
Passive
Affects
Self
Applies an outgoing damage amplifcation to stunned enemy units.
Damage Amp: 
20% (
30%)
20% ( 30%) - Applies a generic outgoing damage amplification on all damage types sourced to Sven on the
stun-affected enemy unit.
- Stacks additively with other incoming damage manipulation sources.
- Interacts with all stun sources with the
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNEDflag.
- Interacts with all stun sources with the
- Does not interact with the following sources:
Allied units.
modifier_sven_vanquisher
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOTALDAMAGEOUTGOING_PERCENTAGEWrath of God
[edit] Wrath of God 
Passive
Affects
Self
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Grants Sven additional base attack damage per strength.
strength.Str to Base Attack Damage Bonus: 0/0.2/0.3/0.4
0/0.2/0.3/0.4 This ability levels up with God's Strength.
- Selecting the
facet unlocks this ability.
- Grants Sven 1/1.2/1.3/1.4 total
base attack damage per strength.
modifier_sven_wrath_of_godHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PREATTACK_BONUS_DAMAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_BASEATTACK_BONUSDAMAGE- Has the following min base attack damage per ability level and hero level:
LEVEL 28 LEVEL 319 LEVEL 436 47 56
Hero Model
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Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
innate abilities for more details.Abilities
[edit]Storm Hammer
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Sven unleashes his magical gauntlet that deals damage and stuns enemy units in a small area around the target.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0
Effect Radius: 
250/270/290/310
250/270/290/310 Damage: 80/160/240/320
Stun Duration: 1/1.2/1.4/1.6 (
2/2.2/2.4/2.6)
2/2.2/2.4/2.6) 
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Transports Sven along the Storm Hammer and applies a basic dispel on all enemy units within the radius upon projectile impact.
The increased projectile speed and spell damage requires Alt-Cast to be activated.
Increases cast range.
Transports Sven along the Storm Hammer and applies a basic dispel on all enemy units within the radius upon projectile impact.
The increased projectile speed and spell damage requires Alt-Cast to be activated.
Increases cast range.
Max Dash Distance: ( 1900)
1900) Projectile Speed Factor: ( 1.25)
1.25) Damage: ( 260/340/420/500)
260/340/420/500) 
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Does not travel with the Storm Hammer with Alt-Cast toggled off.
The ability deals lesser damage upon projectile impact.
Does not travel with the Storm Hammer with Alt-Cast toggled off.
The ability deals lesser damage upon projectile impact.
21/18/15/12
110/115/120/125
The Rogue Knight's iron gauntlet, taken from the school of his father, strikes his foes to their core.
- Storm Hammer is a unit-targeted area-of-effect ability, its ability target reticule must be unit-targeted on an enemy unit.
- Can affect enemy units at max
850/870/890/910 ( 1000/1020/1040/1060)-distance away with the cast range and effect radius.
- Can affect enemy units at max
- The ability has two main components
- Launches a 1000-
speed projectile to the unit's area-targeted location. 
- Grants a non-lingering 225-radius flying vision as the projectile travels.
- Grants a non-lingering
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- With
Alt-Cast enabled, the ability applies a disabling 
forced movement that stuns and moves Sven periodically with the projectile at 1250-speed. - Does not disjoint incoming projectiles.
- Can move over
impassable terrain and over 
trees. - Grants Sven the following ability effects during the dash:
- Cannot act.
- Has 0-
bound radius. 
Hidden
Invulnerable
Untargetable
- With
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- The dash component is interrupted by the following sources:
- Upon Sven's
death. - Whenever the distance between Sven and the targeted unit exceeds the 1900-dash distance at any time during the dash.
- Upon Sven's
- Since the projectile component is independent of the dash component, the projectile does not stop.
- The dash component is interrupted by the following sources:
- Launches a 1000-
- The ability effects are applied as follows upon projectile impact:
- Applies the
basic dispel on all affected enemy units within the radius. - The
magical 
spell damage.
- Checks and applies the damage bonus increase if Sven arrives the projectile impact location.
-
stunned
- The ability effects are applied as follows upon projectile impact:
- Checks if Sven has the ability upgrade during the ability's cast point.
- Alt-Cast is disabled by default upon acquiring the ability upgrade.
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- Does not grant Sven the dash ability effects whenever the distance between Sven and the targeted unit exceeds the max dash distance.
- Does not grant Sven the dash ability effects whenever the distance between Sven and the
- Affects the following units:
Fogged units.
Invisible units.- Invulnerable units.
Blocks the ability upon projectile impact.
Does not proc Spell Block sources on secondary affected targets.
Sven does not dash foward.
projectile impact.Does not proc Spell Block sources on secondary affected targets.
Sven does not dash foward.
Blocks the ability with Alt-Cast on.
Does not proc Spell Reflection sources on secondary affected targets.
Does not apply the dash component on the Spell Reflection source.
Does not apply the dash component on the Spell Reflection source.
All ability effects are still applied within the radius.
Sven stops dashing forward with the projectile when disjointed.
Sven stops dashing forward with the projectile when disjointed.
Root sources do not prevent Sven from casting the ability.
Sven dashes to the primary unit-targeted enemy. modifier_projectile_visionOn Hidden Entity
modifier_sven_stormbolt_hide
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNEDMODIFIER_STATE_NO_HEALTH_BARMODIFIER_STATE_INVULNERABLEMODIFIER_STATE_UNSELECTABLEMODIFIER_STATE_OUT_OF_GAMEMODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISIONMODIFIER_STATE_ATTACK_IMMUNE modifier_stunned
Stunned
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNEDMODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION-
- Sven's weapon emit particles during Storm Hammer's cast point visible to everyone.
Great Cleave
[edit]W
C
Great Cleave
Sven cleaves all nearby enemy units with his attack.
First Width: 150
Distance: 400/500/600/700
400/500/600/700 End Width: 270/300/330/360
270/300/330/360 Cleave Damage: 60%/70%/80%/90% (
85%/95%/105%/115%)
85%/95%/105%/115%) The Vigil Knights still seek to reclaim the stolen Outcast Blade from Sven, a weapon capable of cutting wide swaths through lesser warriors.
- Deals
physical spell damage correspondingly to Sven's attack damage value, and is defined as:
- Affected by
damage block sources on the enemy individually within the area-of-effect. - Has the following damage flags:
- Stack independently with other cleave sources.
- The total ability area-of-effect is an isocseles trapezoid in front of Sven.
- Deals
modifier_sven_great_cleaveHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_PROCESS_CLEAVEMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH-
- The damage is applied immediately to all valid enemy units within the area-of-effect regardless of the ability visual effects.
- Does not proc cleave when attacking the following units:
- Allied units.
- Does not damage the following units:
- Neither proc nor damage the following units:
Warcry
[edit]No / Aura
Affects
Allied Heroes / Allied Units
Sven's Warcry heartens his allied heroes for battle, increasing their armor and movement speed.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
0 + 0Effect Radius: 700
700 Move Speed Bonus: 6%/9%/12%/15% ( 9%/12%/15%/18%)
9%/12%/15%/18%) Armor Bonus: 5/8/11/14 (
13/16/19/22)
13/16/19/22) Duration: 8 (
13)
13) 
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Warcry now passively grants armor to allied units within the radius.
Warcry now passively grants armor to allied units within the radius.
Aura Radius: ( 1200)
1200) Armor Bonus: ( 6)
6) Aura Linger Duration: ( 0.5)
0.5) Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
The ability's active buff can now only be dispelled upon Sven's death, rather than any dispel.
The ability's active buff can now only be dispelled upon Sven's death, rather than any dispel.
36/32/28/24
30/35/40/45
Calling a few lines from the Vigil Codex fortifies Sven's obedience to his rogue code. So poetic!
Heavy Plate
Warcry additionally grants a physical damage barrier to all affected allied units upon cast.
Barrier: 
70/140/210/280
70/140/210/280 -
- Interrupts Sven's
channeling abilities upon cast. - Both leveling up the ability and learning the following talents do not update the current active instance:
- The duration increasing talent.
- The armor bonus increasing talent.
- The duration increasing
- Interrupts Sven's
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- Grants flat
bonus armor. - Considers
clones, 
illusions, and 
creep-heroes as heroes.
- Grants flat
- Adds a passive
aura component to Warcry.
- Does not affect the following units:
Buildings- Hidden units.
- Invulnerable units.
Ward-type units.
- Fully affect the following units:
- Does not affect the following units:
Does not disable the passive aura. modifier_sven_warcryWarcry: Armor increased by x. Movement speed increased by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_PROPERTY_PHYSICAL_ARMOR_BONUSMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATHMODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERS modifier_sven_warcry ()Warcry: Armor increased by x. Movement speed increased by x%.
modifier_sven_warcry_passiveWarcry: Armor increased by x.
modifier_sven_warcry_auraHidden Modifier
modifier_sven_warcry_barrierHidden Modifier
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_INCOMING_PHYSICAL_DAMAGE_CONSTANT
Has the following priorities among damage barrier sources.
- This ability grants a
damage barrier that absorbs damage instances (after reductions). - Does not proc on-damage effects until the barrier is depleted.
- Stacks additively with the same damage-type barrier sources, and independently with other damage-type barrier sources.
- With other higher-priority damage-negation sources, the barrier does not function until the other damage-negation sources expire.
- Grants 11/14/17/20 ( 13.5/16.5/19.5/22.5) flat bonus armor to allied units within the radius while active.
God's Strength
[edit]No
Affects
Self
The rough strength grants bonus attack damage and slow resistance for the duration.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Attack Damage Bonus: 110%/150%/190% (
160%/200%/240%)
160%/200%/240%) Slow Resist Bonus: 30% (
50%)
50%) Duration: 30
110/105/100 (
98/93/88)
98/93/88)100/125/150
With the strength that shattered the Sacred Helm, the Rogue Knight stands unopposed in melee combat.
- Grants the following bonuses upon cast:
- Flat
bonus attack damage based on Sven's current main attack damage, values are periodically checked and the bonus values are updated immediately. - Stacks multiplicatively with other
slow resistance sources.
- Flat
- Both leveling up the ability and learning the following talents do not update the current active instance:
- The slow resistance increasing talent.
- The damage increasing talent.
- The slow resistance increasing
modifier_sven_gods_strengthGod's Strength: Base damage increased by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_BASEDAMAGEOUTGOING_PERCENTAGEMODIFIER_EVENT_ON_HERO_KILLEDMODIFIER_PROPERTY_TRANSLATE_ACTIVITY_MODIFIERSMODIFIER_PROPERTY_SLOW_RESISTANCE_STACKING- Has 422.5 ( 487.5) min
movement speed while active.
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Sven/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 11, 2026 - 08:55 IST | Tier 3 |  | APAC Predator League 2026 |      |   | 0 : 1 |  |      | |
| January 9, 2026 - 20:00 SGT | Qualifier |   | SEA CQ DreamLeague S28 |     |  | 0 : 1 |  |      | |
| January 9, 2026 - 16:00 CST | Qualifier |   | OQ2 ESL Challenger CN |    | | 0 : 1 |   |     | |
| January 7, 2026 - 22:40 UTC | Qualifier | | NA OQ2 DreamLeague S28 |    | | 0 : 1 | |    | |
| January 7, 2026 - 21:40 UTC | Qualifier | | NA OQ2 DreamLeague S28 | | | 1 : 0 | |     |
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Storm Hammer
- Can no longer be cast on invulnerable units. [?]
- Now also increases projectile speed by a 1.25 factor.
- Reduced cast range bonus from a flat 350 to a 1.25 factor .
- Can no longer be cast on
- Storm Hammer
- Rescaled Great Cleave damage from 50%/65%/80%/95% to 60%/70%/80%/90%.
- Reduced Warcry cooldown from 40/35/30/25 to 36/32/28/24.
- Reduced Wrath of God strength to base attack damage bonus from 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7 to 0/0.2/0.3/0.4.
- Increased God's Strength duration from 35 to 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.
| Sven's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
 Towers destroyed Kill Assists Kills |
 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
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| Head | |
| Shoulder | |
| Back | |
| Belt | |
| Arms | |
| Kinetic Gems | |
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Trivia
[edit]- Sven is named after Danish bodybuilder and actor Sven-Ole Thorsen.
- In earlier versions of DotA, Sven had the fun name "Arnold Schwarzenegger".
- ▶️ "Twas only a flesh wound" and ▶️ "It was but a scratch" are references to the Black Knight from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".
- ▶️ "Blame the host" and ▶️ "Bad host" are references to the original "Warcraft III" DotA gameplay when game stability depended on the quality of internet connection on the host player.
- Storm Hammer was named Storm Bolt in the early beta phases and was renamed into Storm Hammer at one point. It is also its original name in DotA and reflected in one of Sven's cast responses in Dota 2, where he is referring to it as ▶️ "Storm Bolt".
- Rubick also has the same response when casting an acquired Storm Hammer.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
- Sven's hero concept is originally inspired by the, Felguard Overlords.
- Great Cleave is identical to the Felguards' Cleaving Attack.
- Storm Hammer's original iteration was identical to the Mountain King's Storm Bolt.
- The area of effect was added much later in 6.60, until then, the abilities were identical.
- In DotA, it was called Storm Bolt as well. The name was used during the early beta of Dota 2, but got renamed at some point.
- One of Sven's cast responses for Storm Hammer still refers to it as ▶️ "Storm Bolt".
- Sven's old ability Toughness Aura was identical to the Paladin's Devotion Aura, a passive aura that grants armor to allies.
- Warcry's original iteration was identical to the Scroll of Protection, a consumable item that grants armor to allies when used.
- God's Strength's original iteration was identical to the Druid of the Claw's Roar, but only affecting Sven himself.
- As such, God's Strength was dispellable, and did not turn Sven red.
- Later on, the ability was reworked to its current iteration, becoming undispellable and turning Sven red when cast.
- In DotA, this was achieved through a transformation spell, using the Felguard Bloodfiend model.
- Sven's hero concept is originally inspired by the, Felguard Overlords.
Gallery
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Concept art
Sven's default weapon, the Outcast Blade
Early model of the Outcast Blade
Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Sven on the Replay Takeover splash art in the New Bloom 2014 update.
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
