Lina

Lina

The Radiant

18 + 1.5 16 + 1.5 27 + 3.2

Level 1 16 25 Hit Points 492 948 1556 Mana 351 1001 1599 Damage 40-58 90-108 136-154 Armor 1.24 4.6 9.08 Attacks / Second 0.68 0.82 1.01

Movement Speed 295 Sight Range 1800/800 Attack Range 625 Missile Speed 900 Attack Duration 0.75+0.78 Cast Duration 0.45+1.08 Base Attack Time 1.7

Lina is a caster capable of delivering massive bursts of magic damage, making her one of the most effective early gankers. Her 3 ability nuke combo is extremely powerful.

Lina has the slowest attack speed in the game and as such, coupled with her only stun to have a considerable delay, beginners shouldn't be using her. She is recommended for intermediate to advanced players.

Bio

Lina, the Slayer "Fire makes a fine servant but a harsh mistress." Role: Nuker / Disabler / Support Lore: The sibling rivalries between Lina the Slayer, and her younger sister Rylai, the Crystal Maiden, were the stuff of legend in the temperate region where they spent their quarrelsome childhoods together. Lina always had the advantage, however, for while Crystal was guileless and naive, Lina's fiery ardor was tempered by cleverness and conniving. The exasperated parents of these incompatible offspring went through half a dozen homesteads, losing one to fire, the next to ice, before they realized life would be simpler if the children were separated. As the oldest, Lina was sent far south to live with a patient aunt in the blazing Desert of Misrule, a climate that proved more than comfortable for the fiery Slayer. Her arrival made quite an impression on the somnolent locals, and more than one would-be suitor scorched his fingers or went away with singed eyebrows, his advances spurned. Lina is proud and confident, and nothing can dampen her flame. Voice: Responses

Abilities

Dragon Slave Q D Ability Affects Damage Target Point Enemies Magical Lina channels the breath of a dragon, sending out a wave of fire that scorches every enemy in its path. Range: 600 Damage: 100/170/230/280 Starting Radius: 275 Distance: 1075 Final Radius: 150 8.5 90/105/125/140 In the scorched barren of Misrule, Lina learned to manipulate the fiery breath of the Desert Wyrm as a form of entertainment.

Notes: Can hit units up to 1225 units away

Light Strike Array W T Ability Affects Damage Target Point Enemies Magical Summons a column of flames that damages and stuns enemies. Range: 600 Radius: 225 Stun Duration: 1.6 Cast Delay: 0.5 Damage: 90/150/210/280 7 90/100/110/125 Lina's essence allows her to focus the sun's energies, causing air to combust at will

Fiery Soul E F Ability Affects Passive Self Grants bonus attack and movement speed each time Lina casts a spell. Stacks with itself. Lasts 7 seconds. Attack Speed Bonus: 40/50/60/70 Bonus Movement Speed: 4%/5%/6%/7% Max Stacks: 3 Dancing flames embody Lina's playful nature, bringing out her true blazing self.

Notes: Duration refreshes each time a spell is cast. Using items does not trigger Fiery Soul.

Laguna Blade R G Ability Affects Damage Target Unit Enemies Magical Fires off a bolt of lightning at a single enemy unit, dealing massive damage. Range: 600 (900*) Damage: 450/675/950 (600*/925*/1250*) 120/90/55 280/420/680 Increases damage and range. The air around Lina becomes so intensely torrid that it scorches a foe that came too close with white-hot lightning.

Recommended Items

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Tips

• Combining Light Strike Array with a guaranteed stun such as Vengeful Spirit's Magic Missile or Sven's Storm Hammer makes Lina a serious ganking force early on.
• Positional items such as Blink Dagger, Force Staff or Phase Boots can help you a lot landing Light Strike Array and thus your whole spell combo without relying on other heroes.
• Always cancel the backswing animation after casting your spells. Especially when you plan to skill Fiery Soul
• In teamfights it can be very beneficial to quickly focus on low hp or support heroes, as Lina has very good nuking abilities.
• Laguna Blade should not be used as a finishing blow, since that can waste most of the spell's massive damage. It is best used to cripple enemy carries or obliterate their supports; but using it when its damage far exceeds the target's remaining HP is a waste. There is a temptation to use it on fleeing heroes as it is the only one of Lina's abilities that is long range and target-unit; but it is wiser to build Blink Dagger instead to avoid having to expend it.
• Note that owing to Pugna's ability to amplify magic damage, when combined with him Lina's burst damage becomes truly colossal to the extent that a sceptred Laguna Blade used on a decrepified enemy with full HP can often kill them outright.

Trivia

• The original Lina Inverse "The Slayer" was modeled after the main character from the anime/manga Slayers.
• Lina was the first hero to be made in Dota 2.

Update History

January 12, 2012 Patch

• Dragon Slave travel distance increased by 100.
• Dragon Slave final AoE increased from 125 to 150.

August 02, 2011 Patch

• Dragon Slave no longer uses a frontal cone.

July 16, 2011 Patch

• New Lina!
• Light Strike Array and Dragon Slave should now hit ancients (except for the magic immune ones).
• Laguna blade has a 0.25 second delay before the damage is dealt.

July 01, 2011 Patch

• Fixed her abilities affecting Ancient creeps.

June 10, 2011 Patch

• Fixed bug that could result in invisible Lina and Skeleton Kings.

May 20, 2011 Patch

• Added new in-progress models for Lina, Drow, Windrunner.

February 19, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Dragon Slave distance and shape.

January 30, 2011 Patch

• Fixed cases where creating a linear projectile directly on yourself would cause it to get stuck. This includes fixes to Fissure, Ghost Ship, Dragon Slave, Arrow, Impale, Waveform, Illusory Orb, Meat Hook, Burrowstrike, Wave of Terror, and Power Shot.

January 27, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Light Strike Array not killing trees

December 17, 2010 Patch

• Toned down Lina's Light Strike Array effects.
• Punched up Laguna Blade effects.

Ability Change Log

6.74

• Fiery Soul attack speed bonus increased from 30/40/50/60 to 40/50/60/70.
• Fiery Soul movement speed bonus increased from 3/4/5/6 to 4/5/6/7%.

6.73

• Base intelligence increased by 3.
• Dragon Slave travel distance increased by 100.
• Dragon Slave final AoE increased from 125 to 150.

6.72d

• Fiery Soul movement bonus increased from 2/3/4/5% to 3/4/5/6%.

6.72

• Aghanim's Laguna Blade cast range increased from 600 to 900.

6.71

• Attack range increased from 600 to 625.

Gallery

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  Lina's original artwork

See also

• Lina responses