Batrider

Batrider

The Dire

22 + 2.4 15 + 1.5 24 + 2.5

Level 1 16 25 Hit Points 568 1290 2031 Mana 312 819 1352 Damage 48-52 87-91 128-132 Armor 2.1 5.46 9.94 Attacks / Second 0.67 0.81 1

Movement Speed 290 Turn Rate 1.0 Sight Range 1400/800 Attack Range 375 Missile Speed 900 Attack Duration 0.4+0.54 Cast Duration 0.2+0.7 Base Attack Time 1.7

Batrider is a ranged intelligence hero who excels in lane control and harassing enemies, especially in the early phase of the game. Batrider is a mobile burst damage raider, capable of dealing enormous amounts of damage on stacks, at a risky close range. Before moving in for the kill, the Batrider hinders his targets with Sticky Napalm, a stacking debuff skill that slows his enemies and amplifies the damage taken from Batrider himself, be it with attacks, spells, or items. When his enemies are greatly crippled, he is ready to attack. With Flamebreak, he launches an explosive cocktail which damages and knocks back enemies in a targeted area. Then, the Batrider activates his Firefly ability, allowing the Batrider to fly high in the sky, creating a burning trail of liquid fire, scorching enemies who dare to go in his path, while giving him the ability to cross and phase through impassable grounds. With Sticky Napalm stacked, he is capable of amplifying and inflicting massive damage quickly, burning them with Flamebreak and Firefly. The Batrider then uses his ultimate, Flaming Lasso, which catches a target with a lasso, shackling and pulling them to his Firefly trail or to the clutches of his merciless allies. When these spells are used altogether, the Batrider is a dangerous enemy that enemies should be aware of, risking his own safety, but enough to cause fiery chaos and mass destruction.

Bio

Batrider Play "It's not the bat you gotta worry about. She eats fruit." Role: Initiator / Disabler / Nuker / Escape Lore: There is no such thing as harmony among the creatures of the Yama Raskav Jungle. By bite, or claw, or pincer, or hoof, even the slightest sign of weakness means a swift death. They say the Rider was just a lad cutting chaff in his family's field when he was taken, swept up by a massive morde-bat looking for take-out. But this boy had a better idea, and wriggled his way from his captor's grip, onto the beast's back, and hacked it down with his tools. Emerging from the bloody wreckage and intoxicated by the thrill of flight, the boy realized he'd found his calling. The boy grew, and every summer he'd return to his family's field, often setting out into the bush seeking to reclaim that first thrill of facing death in the form of jaws or a fatal fall. The years went on, but his fire only grew stronger. He studied the overgrowth, plunging deeper with each expedition, until finally he found his way to the caves at the heart of hostility. They say the Rider, on the eve of a scorching summer night, had nothing but a rope, a bottle of liquid courage and a burning determination to feel the skies once more, when he plunged inside… Voice: Dave Fennoy (Responses)

Gameplay

Batrider excels in his lane in the early game, and plays as a highly mobile, damage dealing Hero. His Sticky Napalm slows targets and increases his damage against them, and can stack up to 10 times. Once properly coated, Batrider can stun a target and leave them open with his Flamebreak, which stuns, knocks back, and deals high damage. He can use this to clear out more dangerous enemies, and stun targets while he moves in for the kill. His last two abilities, Firefly and Flaming Lasso work best together. Firefly allows him to move over any terrain, leaving a trail of fire behind him that burns enemies and destroys trees. Flaming Lasso pulls the target enemy behind him and into his allies. When used together, it allows him to pull an enemy into his fire, igniting them, and dealing significant damage.

Batrider's lane dominance comes from his Sticky Napalm, which makes last hitting a cinch, and Flamebreak, which knocks enemy Heroes away from the creep wave. He can also harass easily, by stacking Sticky Napalm on a target and either stunning them with Flamebreak, flying over them with Firefly, or by doing both to deal massive damage. His stat gains make him very dangerous, as he can not only tank a lot of damage, but also output a lot with his large Mana supply. Batrider can also gank very easily, able to appear from anywhere with his Firefly skill, stun an enemy with Flamebreak, and then immediately grab them with Flaming Lasso. In teamfights, he can also very easily isolate an enemy and remove them temporarily, while still dealing tons of damage to the enemy team by flying past with Firefly. He is not very item-dependent, only requiring a blink dagger to be effective, though greatly benefits from items that provide health and mana for him to deal significant damage to enemy units who are amplified by Sticky Napalm, cast his spells long enough, and for him to function as a potent semi-carry with his spells.

Abilities

Sticky Napalm Q C Ability Affects Damage Target Point Enemies Magical Drenches an area in sticky oil, amplifying damage from Batrider's attacks and abilities and slowing the movement speed and turn rate of enemies in the area. Additional casts of Sticky Napalm continue to increase damage, up to 10 stacks. Range: 700 Radius: 375 Bonus Damage: 10/15/20/25 Duration: 8 Movement Speed Slow: 3%/5%/7%/9% Turn Rate Slow: 70% 3 20 It's not uncommon to hear the Rider cackle while he increases the flammability of his opponents.

Notes: All damage from Batrider's attacks, items and abilities is amplified, except for damage from Radiance, Urn of Shadows and Orb of Venom. This, too, includes buffs, such as Ancient Apparition's Chilling Touch. Bonus damage for Firefly is dealt per-second. Damage from Sticky Napalm is dealt as a separate instance from each instance of damage it amplifies. This makes the ability exceptionally strong at tearing apart Templar Assassin's Refraction, and makes it stack with other amplification, such as Shadow Demon's Soul Catcher especially well.

Flamebreak W R Ability Affects Damage Target Point Enemies Magical Hurls a highly explosive cocktail of dangerous chemicals at the target position. Upon arriving at the location, the missile explodes, dealing damage and knocking all nearby foes away from the impact. Any unit who has been Napalmed will take additional damage from the blast. Range: 1500 Radius: 375 Damage: 75/150/225/300 Stun Duration: 0.5 11 140 A molotov cocktail is the weapon of choice for Batrider.

Firefly E E Ability Affects Damage No Target Enemies Magical Batrider takes to the skies, laying down a flaming trail from the air. While flying, the trail of fire destroys trees and damages enemies in its path, and Batrider gains the movement capabilities of a flying unit. Damage Over Time: 20/40/60/80 Radius: 200 Duration: 18 40 100 When an enemy escapes into the Yama Raskav Jungle, most would cut through the brush to find the fugitive. Batrider just chooses to destroy the jungle along with his foes.

Notes: During this Batrider can fly above units, trees and impassable terrain. If duration ends when above impassable terrain, Batrider can get stuck. Will destroy trees when flying above them. Grants Batrider unobstructed vision, allowing him to see past trees and other obstacles.

Flaming Lasso R F Ability Affects Target Unit Enemies Lassoes an enemy and drags them in Batrider's wake. Dragged units cannot move, attack, or use abilities. Teleporting or blinking will break the lasso. Range: 175 Duration: 3/3.5/4 90/70/50 150 Few dare to ask to ride on the bat, as Batrider gives them free of charge.

Notes: Killing Batrider or the target will break the lasso before its expiration. If Batrider moves more than 400 units in 0.05s the lasso breaks. Batrider is unable to attack when using Flaming Lasso.

Recommended items

Explanation: Power Treads were Batrider's optimal choice of boots before the introduction of Tranquil Boots; Batrider used Power Treads since he has no need for the alternative-Phase Boots due to the ability of Firefly to bypass terrain. Tranquil Boots provides Batrider with much needed health regeneration and fast movement speed, giving him large advantage in laning phase. Blink dagger is essential for Batrider as both Firefly and Flaming Lasso require deliberate positioning to be effective. Force Staff can be used while lassoing a target, allowing you to drag them even further. Later Batrider should always focus on survival items, as the damage of Firefly and the ability to easily initiate on critical heroes even when multiple heroes are on guard far outweigh the potential of damage items.

Trivia

• Batrider is occasionally referred to as "Batman" in game, mostly due to the recent popularity of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy starring Christian Bale and Gary Oldman.
• With the 6.78 patch, Batrider is the only hero who has less than 1800 sight range during both day and night. This means that Batrider should be careful when on his own, since enemy heroes will see him before he sees them.
  • The exception of course being when Batrider is using Firefly, which grants him unobstructed vision, allowing him to spot heroes otherwise hidden by altitude or obstacles being in the way.

Update history

June 14, 2013 Patch

• Fixed Flamebreak being a constant 300 knockback distance instead of a variable amount (10->400) based on the distance from the center of the blast.

June 05, 2013 Patch

• Fixed a bug with Sticky Napalm not affecting turn rate properly.

February 07, 2013 Patch

• Sticky Napalm:
  • Fixed being applied to Magic Immune units.
  • Fixed being removed by Magic Immunity.
• Fixed some ability Backswing timing issues ( Kunkka, Clockwerk, Timbersaw, Meepo, Pudge, Spirit Breaker, Sand King, Riki, Nyx Assassin, Lion, Pugna, Shadow Demon, Batrider).

October 25, 2012 Patch

• Updated vision values on these abilities: Unstable Concoction, Phantasm, Waveform, Storm Hammer, Mirror Image, Spirit Lance, Requiem of Souls, Spectral Dagger, Venomous Gale, Earthbind, Dream Coil, Shackleshot, Wall of Replica, Flamebreak, Deafening Blast, Ghost Ship.

July 26, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated Batrider's textures.

June 20, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Batrider and Outworld Devourer having 1 too little armor.

May 17, 2012 Patch

• Fixed bug with refreshing old stacks of Napalm after upgrading the ability.

May 10, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Flamebreak to not trigger Sphere.

April 13, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Batrider being stuck on a unit if Firefly ends on top of another unit

April 12, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Firefly destroying trees in a bigger aoe than intended.
• Fixed Flamebreak hitting magic immune units (6.74b change).

March 22, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Flamebreak not having an aoe targeting cursor.

March 08, 2012 Patch

• Fixed being unable to easily pull units over cliffs with Flaming Lasso.
• Fixed timing of Firefly damage ticks.
• Fixed rounding error with Firefly damage ticks.

February 16, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Flamming Lasso being interrupted by an enemy Force Staff.
• Fixed turn rate.
• Fixed Firefly having a cast time.
• Added stack counter effect for your team when using Sticky Napalm.

January 26, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Sticky Napalm triggering off of Orb of Venom.

January 20, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Sticky Napalm triggering off of Orb of Venom.

December 01, 2011 Patch

• Fixed level 4 Sticky Napalm making turn rate faster rather than slower.
• Fixed Flamebreak being able to knock Roshan out of his area.

November 03, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Firefly being purgable.
• Fixed Sticky Napalm working on ancients.
• Fixed Sticky Napalm not temporarily revealing the area.
• Fixed Flaming Lasso not ending when Batrider dies.
• Enabled Huskar, Batrider and Jakiro for Captain's Mode.

October 27, 2011 Patch

• Added Batrider!

October 13, 2011 Patch

• Batrider now plays an animation when he starts Fireflying.

Balance changelog

6.78

• Vision decreased from 1800/800 to 1400/800.
• Flamebreak manacost increased from 80/100/120/140 to 140.

6.77

• Batrider can no longer attack while using Flaming Lasso.

6.76

• Strength gain decreased from 2.7 to 2.4.

6.75

• Cast animation time decreased from 0.3 to 0.2.
• Strength growth increased from 2.0 to 2.7.
• Turn rate improved from 0.4 to 1.0.
• Firefly duration increased from 15 to 18 seconds.
• Firefly damage trail no longer instantly disappears when Batrider dies.

6.74

• Flamebreak is now a targeted AoE spell. It no longer explodes on the first unit in a path. It travels towards the targeted destination and does its effect there. Projectile speed 900 (instead of 750).

6.72

• Armor reduced by 1.

6.60

• Created.

Gallery

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  Splash artwork

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  Concept art

See also

• Batrider responses