Zeus

Zeus
Zeus
The Radiant
The Radiant
Movement Speed	295
Sight Range	1800/800
Attack Range	350
Missile Speed	1100
Attack Duration	0.633+0.366
Cast Duration	0.4+0.5
Base Attack Time	1.7

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Zeus is a formidable and dangerous intelligence Hero. The God of Lightning and Thunder, Zeus uses the power of electricity to overwhelm his enemies, electrocuting them to dust. Although his overall attributes are one of the weakest and lowest and are considered below average, he is a mighty ganker and is capable of unleashing one of the most damaging combos against his enemies with strong spells, casting them multiple times rapidly or heavily damage them with a nuke. Zeus is one of the few spell-casters who is still an effective damage-dealer late game thanks to his scaling passive ability.

Zeus' abilities deal a large amount of burst damage without any complexity to them, making him a good Hero for beginners to use. He is recommended for new players.

[edit] Bio

Zeus, the Lord of Olympus
"You can't run from heaven!"
Role:	Nuker / Support
Lore:	Lord of Heaven, father of gods, Zeus treats all the Heroes as if they are his rambunctious, rebellious children. After being caught unnumbered times in the midst of trysts with countless mortal women, his divine wife finally gave him an ultimatum: 'If you love mortals so much, go and become one. If you can prove yourself faithful, then return to me as my immortal husband. Otherwise, go and die among your creatures.' Zeus found her logic (and her magic) irrefutable, and agreed to her plan. He has been on his best behavior ever since, being somewhat fonder of immortality than he is of mortals. But to prove himself worthy of his eternal spouse, he must continue to pursue victory on the field of battle.
Voice:	Responses

[edit] Abilities

Arc Lightning

Ability	Affects	Damage
Target Unit	Enemy Heroes	Magical

Hurls a bolt of lightning that leaps through nearby enemy units.

Cast Range: 700
Bounce Distance: 500
Number Of Bounces: 5/7/9/15
Damage: 85/100/115/145

2	65/70/75/80

Spell will be blocked if the Hero is the main target. They are still subject to being hit from the jump.

Arc Lightning is Zeus' favorite spell to use against puny mortals.

Notes:

The damage of Arc Lightning is not reduced with each bounce.

Lightning Bolt

Ability	Affects	Damage
Target Unit	Enemy Heroes	Magical

Summons a bolt of lightning to strike an enemy unit, causing damage and a ministun. Lightning Bolt also provides truesight around the target in a radius of 900.

Cast Range: 700
Damage: 100/175/275/350

6	75/95/115/135

A shocking punishment for rebellious heathen.

Notes:

Gives true sight within 900 range.

Reveals the surrounding area (1000 range during both day and night) for 3 seconds.

Posseses a mini-stun, which allows Zeus to interrupt channeling spells and items with this ability.

Static Field

Ability		Damage
Passive		Magical

Zeus shocks all nearby enemy units whenever he casts a spell, causing damage proportional to their current health.

Radius: 1000
Percentage Of Current HP Dealt As Damage: 5%/7%/9%/11%

The air crackles with static when the Thundergod walks the world.

Notes:

The damage from Static Field is dealt before the damage from the used spell.

Units need not be visible to be damaged.

Thundergod's Wrath

Ability		Damage
No Target		Magical

Strikes all enemy heroes with a bolt of lightning, no matter where they may be. Thundergod's Wrath also provides truesight around each hero struck in a radius of 900. If an enemy hero is invisible, it takes no damage, but the True Sight is still created at that hero's location.

Radius: Global
Damage: 210/335/460 (400/500/600*)

120	225/325/450

Damage is shrugged off, but Hero is still revealed.

Increases damage.

The Lord of Heaven smites all who oppose him, near or far.

Notes:

Reveals the surrounding area (1000 range during both day and night) for 3 seconds.

Gives True Sight 900 range around each affected target for 3 seconds.

If a target is invisible it will get revealed (both vision and true sight) but not damaged.

However, if the invisible target would otherwise die from the damage, it will be damaged and killed.

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[edit] Tips

Always use Lightning Bolt before Arc Lightning so you may not lose your opponent in the fog.

Always watch your positioning as Lightning Bolt has a hell of a long range, Thundergod's Wrath has infinite range, and Arc Lightning has pretty long range too, so there is almost no reason to be up close and personal in battle unless you are chasing down heroes.

When trying to kill low hp heroes (low, but not low enough for Ultimate only) in hard to navigate areas use Thundergod's Wrath to gain vision of your enemy so you can Lightning Bolt them to death.

Note that these tips where take form this awesome guide written by the famous player Merlini himself.

[edit] Trivia

As suggested by the game's files, Zeus's name was, at one time, Zuus. The reason why is unknown.
Zeus's alternate/fun name in Dota Allstars was "Merlini", name of a professional Dota player.