Purge

Purge is a common active ability and dispel. Enemy units are also immobilized for a short duration and slowed afterwards.

Ability Variants

Purge
	Cast Type : Active  Ability Type:  Magical Target Type : Unit Target  Damage Type:  Magic Removes all buffs from a target unit. Enemy units are also immobilized for 3 seconds and their movement speed is reduced by a factor of 5; they will slowly regain their movement speed over 15 seconds. Deals 400 damage to summoned units.
Cast Requirements : 65 1 s  Range:  700 Targets Allowed : Air, Ground, Ward, Vulnerable, Invulnerable, Tree Duration : 15 (5) s Paralyze duration : 3 (1) seconds Damage to summons : 400 Notes : Can be cast on invulnerable units. Hotkey : P

Purge
	Cast Type : Active  Ability Type:  Magical Target Type : Unit Target  Damage Type:  Magic Removes all buffs from a target unit, and slows its movement speed by a factor of 5. Purged units will slowly regain their movement speed over 5 seconds. Deals 200 damage to summoned units.
Cast Requirements : 75 5 s  Range:  700 Targets Allowed : Air, Ground, Ward, Vulnerable, Invulnerable, Tree Duration : 5 s Damage to summons : 200 Notes : Can be cast on invulnerable units. Hotkey : P

List of Objects with Purge

Caster	Ability
Faceless One Trickster	Purge
Gnoll Warden	Purge
Lightning Lizard	Purge
Lightning Revenant	Purge
Renegade Wizard	Purge
Satyr Trickster	Purge
Shaman	Purge
Stormreaver Hermit	Purge

Version History

Balance Patch History
Version	Release	Balance Changes
1.30.0	2018-08-08	Purge mana cost decreased from 75 to 65. The creep version of Purge damage to summoned units reduced from 400 to 200.
1.12	2003-07-31	The creep version of Purge no longer stuns units.
1.10	2003-07-03	Purge has been improved. It no longer slows friendly units when used on them, and it causes enemies to stop for a brief moment when first cast (in addition to slowing them later).

See also

• Abilities | Active
• Dispel
• Immobilized | Slowed