Brewmaster

Brewmaster

The Radiant

23 + 2.9 16 + 1.95 14 + 1.25

Level 1 16 25 Hit Points 587 1442 2278 Mana 182 442 832 Damage 52-59 97-104 141-148 Armor 3.24 7.58 12.48 Attacks / Second 0.68 0.86 1.07

Movement Speed 300 Turn Rate 0.6 Sight Range 1800/800 Attack Range Melee Missile Speed Instant Attack Duration 0.35+0.65 Cast Duration 0.4+0.5 Base Attack Time 1.7

Mangix the Brewmaster is a melee strength hero that can fill almost any role, though he is primarily seen as a carry, ganker, tank or initiator. He fits well into any lane except soloing against multiple enemies, as he is very experience dependent. His core abilities make him a respectable physical damage dealer and an especially good duelist, since he has abilities that involve negating opposing auto-attacks while strengthening his own. However, his true power lies in his ultimate, Primal Split, which, if used properly, can by itself turn the tide of a team fight. Each of the three aspects of the Brewmaster are exceptionally powerful, with exceptional disables, survivability against magic and physical attacks, and damage; they are also able to charge recklessly into the enemy since the damage they take is not permanent, and very rarely will all three die before Primal Split ends. For this reason, Brewmaster is almost always built to fully maximize the potential of this ultimate, getting items such as Blink Dagger so that he can combo into his ultimate without risk of being initiated on, Heart of Tarrasque to ensure he can survive the first wave of stuns and burst in order to cast his ultimate, and of course Aghanim's Scepter to strengthen his ultimate.

Bio

Mangix, the Brewmaster Play "Drink and be bleary, for tomorrow we die." Role: Carry / Durable / Initiator / Pusher Lore: Deep in the Wailing Mountains, in a valley beneath the Ruined City, the ancient Order of the Oyo has for centuries practiced its rites of holy reverie, communing with the spirit realm in grand festivals of drink. Born to a mother’s flesh by a Celestial father, the youth known as Mangix was the first to grow up with the talents of both lineages. He trained with the greatest aesthetes of the Order, eventually earning, through diligent drunkenness, the right to challenge for the title of Brewmaster—that appellation most honored among the contemplative malt-brewing sect. As much drinking competition as mortal combat, Mangix for nine days drank and fought the elder master. For nine nights they stumbled and whirled, chugged and struck, until at last the elder warrior collapsed into a drunken stupor, and a new Brewmaster was named. Now the new, young Brewmaster calls upon the strength of his Oyo forebears to speed his staff. When using magic, it is to his spirit ancestors that he turns. Like all Brewmasters before him, he was sent out from his people with a single mission. He wanders the land, striving toward enlightenment through drink, searching for the answer to the ancient spiritual schism—hoping to think the single thought that will unite the spirit and physical planes again. Voice: Nolan North (Responses)

Abilities

Thunder Clap Q C Ability Affects Damage No Target Enemies Magical Slams the ground, dealing damage and slowing the movement speed and attack rate of nearby enemy land units. Radius: 400 Attack Speed Slow: 25/35/45/55 Movement Speed Slow: 25/35/45/55% Damage: 100/175/250/300 Duration: 4.25 seconds on Heroes (8 on creeps) 12 90/105/130/150 A slam of Mangix' mighty keg starts the festivities.

Drunken Haze W D Ability Affects Target Unit Enemies Drenches an enemy unit in alcohol, causing his movement speed to be reduced, and causing his attacks to have a chance to miss. Range: 850 Radius: 10 Duration: 8 seconds on Heroes (12 on creeps) Movement Speed Slow: 14/18/22/26% Miss Chance: 45/55/65/75% 8 50 The Order of the Oyo's solution to all problems - another round!

Notes: The small area of effect of this ability can only be noticed if there are units stacked on top of the target.

Drunken Brawler E B Ability Affects Passive Self Gives a chance to avoid attacks and to deal critical damage. Dodge Chance: 10/15/20/25% Critical Chance: 10/15/20/25% Critical Damage: 2x Red critical numbers are before illusion and armor reduction. When Mangix won his title as the Brewmaster of the Order of Oyo, he also claimed his place in the mastery of inebriation.

Notes: Does not stack with evasion from Butterfly, Heaven's Halberd or Talisman of Evasion.

Primal Split R R Ability Affects No Target Self Splits the Brewmaster into elements, forming 3 specialized warriors, adept at survival. If any of them survive until the end of their summoned timer, the Brewmaster is reborn. Duration: 15/17/19 (20/23/26*) 180/160/140 (160/140/120*) 125/150/175 Decreases cooldown, increases duration, and increases power of warriors. It isn't clear whether Mangix is consciously aware of his potent bond with nature, as it often occurs in the midst of a drunken stupor.

Notes: When the spell ends, the Brewmaster takes Earth's place. If Earth is dead he takes Storm's place, and if Storm is dead he takes Fire's place. All of the warriors possess the Resistant Skin passive ability. Skills that have separate effects for heroes and creeps (such as Enchantress' Enchant) will use the hero effects when targeting the warriors. Skills that affect only creeps (such as Doom Bringer's Devour) or only heroes (such as Witch Doctor's Death Ward) will not affect the warriors. The Earth warrior has every aura of the Brewmaster (Such as Vlads or Assault Cuirass). If the Earth warrior dies, the auras will move to Storm, then Fire. This is true for all items with an area of effect (such as Gem or Magic Wand).

Earth

Earth
Duration 15/17/19 (20/23/26*) Hit Points 1500 / 2250 / 3000/ 3800 Mana 400 / 500 / 600 / 600 Damage 37-43 / 75-84 / 159-171 / 179-191 (Piercing damage) Armor 5 (Heavy Armor) Movement Speed 325 Sight Range 1800/800 Base Attack Time 1.35 Bounty 11-15/11-15/31-35/31-35* Experience 196/242/242/242* Notes Possesses Hurl Boulder, Spell Immunity, Pulverize, and Resistant Skin

Hurl Boulder Q D Ability Affects Damage Target Unit Enemies Magical Throws a boulder at a unit, doing damage and stunning it. Range: 800 Duration: 2 Damage: 100 7 100

Spell Immunity Ability Affects Passive Self Immune to spells.

Pulverize Ability Affects Damage Passive Enemies Physical Provides a chance to do damage in a small radius. Radius: 150 Damage: 40 Chance: 20%

Storm

Storm
Duration 15/17/19 (20/23/26*) Hit Points 1000 / 1500 / 1500 / 2400 Mana 500 / 750 / 750 / 750 Damage 37-43 / 75-84 / 159-171 / 174-186 (Piercing damage) Armor 2 (Heavy Armor) Movement Speed 350 Sight Range 1800/800 Missile Speed 1200 Base Attack Time 1.5 Bounty 11-15/11-15/31-35/31-35* Experience 196/242/242/242* Notes Possesses Dispel Magic, Cyclone, Wind Walk, and Resistant Skin

Dispel Magic Q D Ability Affects Target Area Units Damages summoned units in a small radius and purges most buffs or debuffs. Range: 500 Area: 200 Damage to summons: 200 8 75

Notes: Does not work on Doom.

Cyclone W C Ability Affects Target Unit Units Encloses a unit in a tornado, removing it from the battlefield. Range: 600 Duration: 6 on heroes, 20 on creeps 8 150

Wind Walk E W Ability Affects No Target Self Provides temporary invisibility. Bonus movement speed and attack damage when invisible. Duration: 20 Bonus damage: 100 Bonus movement speed: 50% 7 75

Fire

Fire
Duration 15/17/19 (20/23/26*) Hit Points 1200 / 1200 / 1200 / 1200 Damage 70 / 112 / 140 / 180 Armor 0 Movement Speed 522 Sight Range 1800/800 Base Attack Time 1.35 Bounty 11-15/11-15/31-35/31-35* Experience 196/242/242/242* Notes Possesses Permanent Immolation, and Resistant Skin

Permanent Immolation Ability Affects Damage Passive Self Magical Burns nearby enemy units. Damage per second: 15/30/45 (55*) Area: 220

Recommended items

Explanation: Early Game: A Bracer gives him more Strength, as well as additional attack damage. Core Items: Phase Boots aids his movement, and also bulk up his attack damage. Also, it will help him chase enemy heroes and position his Thunder Clap better. Magic Wand gives him bonus attributes and a good source of regeneration. Drum of Endurance gives him more Strength, and additional attack and movement speed. Blink Dagger, aside for improving his mobility, can help him initiate with Primal Split. Situational Items: Aghanim's Scepter makes the cooldown of Primal Split shorter and the duration of the split slightly longer, while making the elements stronger. Assault Cuirass gives him more attack speed, as well as more armor. Shiva's Guard gives him an additional cripple aside for Thunder Clap. As well, it gives him more armor for tankability. Heart of Tarrasque helps him withstand being focused down, as well as give him more attack damage. Note that Brewmaster will heal some of his health during Primal Split. Radiance gives him even more damage, as well as damage enemies around him for as long as he stands. Vladmir's Offering gives him a small boost in regeneration and armor, as well as life steal upon every attack, helping him with his survivability.

Tips

• Brewmaster is strong against auto-attack heroes; Thunder Clap slows down attack speed, Drunken Haze causes them to miss, and Drunken Brawler helps him dodge attacks and deal critical damage.
• Thunder Clap is extremely strong at the early stages of the game, acting as his area-of-effect cripple. It is generally leveled up first.
• Neither Drunken Haze nor Drunken Brawler are exceptionally useful at levels 2 and 4, so it is not uncommon to opt for stats instead.
• Against extremely strong physical harassment (such as Sniper or Weaver), consider going for a Drunken Haze and Drunken Brawler build to maximize your dodge chance.
• Use Primal Split sparingly, as it has an extremely long cooldown and Brewmaster is rather lackluster without it. Try to avoid using it to run away if at all possible.

Trivia

• Brewmaster, like Storm Spirit and Xin the Ember Spirit, was a Pandaren in DotA. However, he was re-skinned due to copyright issues with Blizzard. His design is similar to that of red pandas, rather than the giant panda that the Pandaren in DotA were based off of.

Update history

January 17, 2013 Patch

• Fixed Brewmaster's Dispel not dealing damage to illusions.

November 30, 2012 Patch

• Pseudo Random chances are now enabled for these abilities:
  • Phantom Assassin's Coup de Grâce
  • Slardar's Bash
  • Faceless Void's Time Lock
  • Brewmaster's Drunken Brawler's critical strike
  • Sniper's Headshot
  • Juggernaut's Blade Dance
  • Chaos Knight's Chaos Strike
  • Lycanthrope's Shapeshift's critical strike
  • Skeleton King's Critical Strike

May 10, 2012 Patch

• Fixed turn rates for the following heroes: Lifestealer, Alchemist, Clockwerk, Bounty Hunter, Dark Seer, Dazzle, Ancient Apparition, Brewmaster, Chen, Silencer, Lone Druid, Spectre and Spiritbreaker.
• Fixed attack range being 138 instead of 128.
• Fixed critical strike working against wards.
• Fixed base HP regeneration (0.25->0.75).
• Fixed Primal Split's Wind element being unable to Dispel Sandstorm.
• Fixed hero-type units (like Brewmaster's splits) being able to purchase items directly into the Stash from the Secret Shop.

May 03, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Reworked the texture on Brewmaster and his spirits.
• [Undocumented] Updated Brewmaster's hero icon to match his new texture.

April 26, 2012 Patch

• Added Brewmaster to Captain's Mode.
• Fixed Brewmaster's primal splits creating illusions from Wall of Replica.
• Fixed Brewmaster not receiving XP when split.
• [Undocumented] Updated the hero selection portrait.

April 20, 2012 Patch

• Fixed bug that would always cause Brewmaster to appear to be available in SD.
• Fixed Brewmaster not distributing death rewards when dying while split.

April 19, 2012 Patch

• Enabled Brewmaster.

Balance changelog

6.75

• Primal Split
  • Units are now affected by Black Hole.
  • Units now dispel Smoke of Deceit.

6.73

• Drunken Haze cooldown decreased from 12 to 8.

6.72c

• Base HP regeneration increased to 0.75.

6.72

• Drunken Haze duration increased from 7 to 8 seconds.
• Primal Split's Earth now carries the hero's auras around him.

6.70

• Drunken Brawler
  • Crit chance increased from 5/10/15/20% to 10/15/20/25%.
  • Evasion chance increased from 6/12/18/24% to 10/15/20/25%.

Gallery

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  Splash artwork

See also

• Brewmaster responses