Throwback Discussion of the Week: Skywrath Mage (March 15, 2012)

Dragonus, the Skywrath Mage

Lore:

Dragonus is a sky-bound sorcerer astute in the arts of arcane warfare. Mystical in nature and veiled in secret motives he joined the sentinel to battle the scourge. He is said to come from the ancient bloodline of blood elves that has ascended to unknown heights in the arts of mystical magic. It's suspected that Invoker and Dragonus were prodigy's of ancient time and were fighting for the prestige title of the supreme mage. The art of his supreme knowledge of magic enables him to seal any magic and his Mystic Flare is capable of burning any foe in matter of seconds. Many allies are proud to have strode alongside this mythical being, but few enemies have lived to survive the full extent of his mystical arsenal.

Strength	Agility	Intelligence
19 + 1.5	18 + 0.8	27 + 3.2
Damage	Armor	Movespeed
39-49	0.52	315
Attack Range	Base Attack Time	Missile Speed
600	1.7	1000
Animation	Icon	Playdota Page

Arcane Bolt

The Sky Mage fires off a bolt of Arcane energy to harm his adversaries. Deals an additional 1.6x the Sky Mage's intelligence and grants 325 vision around the projectile.

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	70	5	800	N/A	N/A	60 + 1.6x Int damage
2	70	4	800	N/A	N/A	80 + 1.6x Int damage
3	70	3	800	N/A	N/A	100 + 1.6x Int damage
4	70	2	800	N/A	N/A	120 + 1.6x Int damage

• Damage type: magical
• The projectile moves very slowly (500 ms) and you have 325 vision around it

Concussive Shot

With Dragon like intuition, the Skywrath Mage releases a compact ball of magical lightning at the closest visible hero within 1600 AoE. Upon impact the ball bursts slowing enemies by 40% for 4 seconds and dealing damage around the target.

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	110	20	1600	200	4 seconds	Deals 50 damage and slows in an AoE
2	110	19	1600	200	4 seconds	Deals 100 damage and slows in an AoE
3	110	18	1600	200	4 seconds	Deals 150 damage and slows in an AoE
4	110	17	1600	200	4 seconds	Deals 200 damage and slows in an AoE

• Damage type: magical
• Does not work when no heroes are in range or heroes are in fog.

Ancient Seal

Dragonus draws a mystical rune on the enemy that amplifies all spell damage against them and snuffs out their ability to cast spells for a few seconds.

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	80	11	700	N/A	3 seconds	Silences, amplifies incoming magic damage by 18%
2	90	11	700	N/A	4 seconds	Silences, amplifies incoming magic damage by 24%
3	100	11	700	N/A	5 seconds	Silences, amplifies incoming magic damage by 30%
4	110	11	700	N/A	6 seconds	Silences, amplifies incoming magic damage by 36%

Mystic Flare

Dragonus uses his ultimate magical ability to conjure a precise and violent mystical field that lays waste to his adversaries. Deals massive damage distributed evenly among any heroes in the AoE over 2 seconds.

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	350	60	1200	170	2 seconds	Deals 600 damage over 2 seconds
2	575	40	1200	170	2 seconds	Deals 900 damage over 2 seconds
3	800	20	1200	170	2 seconds	Deals 1200 damage over 2 seconds

• Damage type: magical
• Does not affect or count creeps. Deals damage over time in the area.

Check out ONEATATIME's guide to Dragonus on Playdota.

GamingHoldDota2 has posted a Let's Play using the Skywrath Mage.

If anyone is interested, the guys at Dota 2 wiki are still looking for people to help fill out hero introductions, recommended items, and basic strategy for certain heroes. Here's Dragonus' page in case anyone wants to help complete it.