Vengeful Spirit — Dota 2 hero guide

Vengeful Spirit is a ranged Agility hero played as Support, Initiator, Disabler, Nuker, Escape.

Abilities

• Magic Missile: Fires a magic missile at an enemy unit, stunning and dealing damage.
• Wave of Terror: Vengeful Spirit lets loose a wicked cry, weakening the total attack damage and armor of enemies, and giving vision of the path ahead.
• Vengeance Aura: Vengeful Spirit's presence increases the damage of nearby friendly heroes. Vengeful Spirit herself receives 20% extra bonus.
• Retribution: Vengeful Spirit is considered both a ranged and a melee attacker to gain the respective bonuses. When killed by an enemy hero, Vengeful Spirit deals 20% bonus damage to her killer until their next death. Only one debuff can exist at a time.
• Nether Swap: Instantaneously swaps positions with a target Hero, friend or enemy. Nether Swap interrupts channeling abilities on the target. Enemy Swapped units take damage. Vengeful Spirit and allied swapped units gain a barrier equal to the damage dealt.

Lore

Even the most contented Skywrath is an ill-tempered creature, naturally inclined to seek revenge for the slightest insult. But Vengeful Spirit is the essence of vengeance. Once a proud and savage Skywrath scion, Shendelzare was first in succession for the Ghastly Eyrie until a sister's treachery robbed her of her birthright. Snared in an assassin's net, Shendelzare tore free only at the cost of her wings, limping away in the ultimate humiliation: On foot. With her wings broken, she knew the Skywrath would never accept her as ruler; and in the highest roost of the Eyrie, inaccessible except by winged flight, her sister was untouchable. Unwilling to live as a flightless cripple, and desiring revenge far more than earthly power, the fallen princess drove a bargain with the goddess Scree'Auk: She surrendered her broken body for an imperishable form of spirit energy, driven by vengeance, capable of doing great damage in the material plane. She may spend eternity flightless, but she will have her revenge.

Hardest counters

Heroes with the best public-match win rate against Vengeful Spirit: Clockwerk, Dawnbreaker, Phoenix, Tusk, Beastmaster. See the full counter list.