Nyx Assassin

Reflects enemy damage and stuns

Melee

Hunt intelligence heroes as Nyx Assassin, a sneaky burst-damage roamer who stalks the map invisibly. He initiates from stealth to land stunning spikes, drains mana, and brilliantly punishes AoE damage by popping his reflecting carapace.

Nyx Assassin abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.

2/3

Complexity

2/3

Nuker

2/3

Disabler

2/3

Initiator

1/3

Escape

Nyx Assassin Performance Summary

On patch 7.41e, Nyx Assassin holds a 51.91% win rate across 246,825 ranked games. It holds steady across skill brackets (51.03% in Herald up to 52.14% in Ancient), so Nyx Assassin performs about the same at every level of play.

Base Stats

Health494+2 / s

Mana327

AttributeBase / Growth per lvl

Strength

17+2.7 per lvl

Agility

18+2.9 per lvl

Intelligence

21+2.6 per lvl

StatValue

Damage

65 – 69

Armor

Movement Speed

310

Attack Range

150

Win Rates by Rank

Patch7.41e

Public Win Rate52%246.8K matches

Pro Win Rate33%1W / 2L

Pro Bans240% of contests

RankPicksWin Rate

Herald

8.6K

51%

Guardian

27.9K

52%

Crusader

44K

52%

Archon

54.3K

52%

Legend

50K

52%

Ancient

33.5K

52%

Divine

28.7K

52%

Faces of Nyx Assassin

Data Timeframe: Past 6 months

Innate Ability

Mana Burn

Hidden, Passive

Nyx Assassin's damage on enemies also burns mana as a percentage of the damage dealt.

Mana Burn12%

Talent Tree

+80 Agility

600 Mind Flare Radius

+140 Impale Damage

+0.6s Spiked Carapace Stun Duration

-3s Mind Flare Cooldown

+50 Vendetta Damage

+0.2s Impale Stun Duration

+25% Spiked Carapace Damage Reflect

Abilities

Impale

MagicalStrong Dispels Only

Point Target

Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units take damage, then are hurled into the air and stunned.

Width140

Stun Duration1.1 / 1.4 / 1.7 / 2s

Length750

Speed1600

Impale Damage100 / 160 / 220 / 280

Cast Range750

Cast Time0.3s

90 / 100 / 110 / 120

17 / 15 / 13 / 11s

Mind Flare

Magical

Unit Target, AOE

Deals damage equal to a percentage of the target's Max Mana and burns part of it away. Deals additional damage equal to a percentage of the damage the target has taken from Nyx Assassin in the last 15s. Resets accumulated damage before applying damage.

Max Mana As Damage25% / 30% / 35% / 40%

Mana Burnt9% / 12% / 15% / 18%

Damage Echo Duration15s

Bonus Damage15%

Cast Range800

Cast Time0.4s

100 / 105 / 110 / 115

11 / 9.5 / 8 / 6.5s

Spiked Carapace

No Target, Instant Cast

When activated while above ground, Spiked Carapace reflects and negates damage dealt to Nyx Assassin (max once from each source), as well as stunning the source of the damage. Activating Spiked Carapace will not break Vendetta invisibility. While Burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast.

Reflect Duration2s

Stun Duration0.7 / 1 / 1.3 / 1.6s

Damage Reflected140%

20 / 16 / 12 / 8s

Vendetta

PurePierces BKB

No Target, Instant Cast

Nyx Assassin becomes invisible and gains a speed bonus. If Nyx Assassin attacks to break the invisibility, massive bonus damage is dealt with the attack that applies a break to the target. Nyx Assassin has 75 additional attack range and a 70% faster attack animation for this attack.

Duration45 / 50 / 55s

Movement Speed16% / 18% / 20%

Bonus Damage300 / 400 / 500

Health Regen Rate Scepter3

Mana Regen Rate Scepter3

Break Duration4s

Attack Animation Bonus70

Attack Range Bonus75

180 / 240 / 300

80 / 70 / 60s

Aghanim's Upgrades

Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Burrow

Nyx Assassin buries himself beneath the battlefield over a short duration. Once burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast, the range of Mind Flare and Impale is increased, and Impale's cooldown is decreased. While burrowed, Nyx Assassin is stationary, unable to attack, and invisible. Nyx Assassin gains damage reduction from all damage sources.

Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Vendetta

Decreases cooldown by s. For the first 15s of Vendetta, Nyx is hasted and has unobstructed pathing.