Skywrath Mage

Stats

These are the base values written in the game files. Totals derived from attributes (HP, mana, armor) depend on engine-side formulas, so no estimated values are shown.

Recommended items

Items the in-game shop recommends for this hero (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.

Rod of Atos2250Arcane Boots1500Magic Wand460Kaya2100Veil of Discord1700Boots of Speed500Null Talisman505Aghanim's Scepter4200Boots of Travel2500Aether Lens2275Ghost Scepter1500Force Staff2200

Abilities

Arcane Bolt

Cooldown 5.0 / 4.0 / 3.0 / 2.0sMana 70Range 875MAGICAL

ActiveCooldown 5.0 / 4.0 / 3.0 / 2.0sMana 70Range 875

Skywrath Mage launches a slow-moving bolt of arcane magic, dealing damage to an enemy unit based on Skywrath Mage's intelligence.

Raw values (from the game files)（7）

bolt_speed	500
bolt_vision	325
BASE DAMAGE	60 / 90 / 120 / 150
INT DAMAGE MULTIPLIER	1.5
vision_duration	3.34
extra_bolt_search_radius	500
total_bolt_count	1

• The projectile moves very slowly (500 ms), providing 325 vision around it. Upon impact, it will reveal the target area for 3.34 seconds.
• Arcane Bolt cannot be disjointed.

Concussive Shot

Cooldown 15 / 14 / 13 / 12sMana 80 / 85 / 90 / 95Range 1600MAGICAL

ActiveCooldown 15 / 14 / 13 / 12sMana 80 / 85 / 90 / 95Range 1600

Skywrath Mage sets off a long range shot that hits the closest hero within a long range. Upon impact, it deals damage and slows in an area of effect.

Raw values (from the game files)（8）

SHOT RANGE	1600
DAMAGE RADIUS	250
speed	800 / 800 / 800 / 800
DAMAGE	120 / 180 / 240 / 300
SLOW DURATION	4.0
%SLOW	40
shot_vision	300
vision_duration	3.34

• If no enemy heroes are in range or they are in fog, Concussive Shot targets the nearest enemy creep.
• Damages creeps around the impact area.
• Provides 400 vision around the projectile, and reveals the target area for 3.34 seconds upon impact.

Patch history

7.412026-03-24

• Now considers Spirit Bear as a true hero for prioritization. Creep Heroes are now considered as secondary targets

Ancient Seal

Cooldown 14sMana 80 / 90 / 100 / 110Range 700 / 750 / 800 / 850

ActiveCooldown 14sMana 80 / 90 / 100 / 110Range 700 / 750 / 800 / 850

Skywrath Mage seals the targeted unit with an ancient rune, silencing it and causing it to take additional damage from spells.

Raw values (from the game files)（2）

%INCREASED MAGIC DAMAGE	-20 / -25 / -30 / -35
DURATION	3.0 / 4.0 / 5.0 / 6.0

• The magic damage resistance reduction doesn't affect creeps.

Shield of the ScionInnatePassive

Passive

Every time Skywrath Mage deals magical damage to an enemy hero with his abilities, he gains a small magic damage barrier. Each buff stacks independently.

Raw values (from the game files)（3）

stack_duration	25
BARRIER	13.5
DURATION	12

Patch history

7.412026-03-24

• New innate ability. Passive
• Whenever Skywrath Mage deals magical damage with his abilities to an enemy hero, he gains a magic damage barrier equal to 13.5 + 1.5 per level for 12s. Each instance stacks independently

Mystic Flare

Cooldown 55 / 35 / 15sMana 300 / 550 / 800Range 1200MAGICAL

ActiveCooldown 55 / 35 / 15sMana 300 / 550 / 800Range 1200

Skywrath Mage uses his ultimate magical ability to conjure a precise and violent mystical field that lays waste to his adversaries. Deals massive damage distributed evenly among any Heroes in the area over 2.0 seconds.

Raw values (from the game files)（4）

RADIUS	170
DURATION	2.0
DAMAGE	800 / 1200 / 1600
damage_interval	0.1

• Mystic Flare only affects Heroes. Mystic Flare does not damage creep heroes.
• Mystic Flare will damage enemy creeps if no enemy heroes are present.
• Mystic Flare will immediately destroy illusions.

Patch history

7.41c2026-05-06

• Cooldown decreased from 60/40/20s to 55/35/15s

Talents

One of the two per level is chosen. They appear in the order registered in the game files.

Patch history (hero and talents)

Background

A highly placed mage in the court of the Ghastly Eyrie, Dragonus lives a troubled existence. Sworn by birth to protect whoever sits within the Nest of Thorns, he hates the current Skywrath queen with all his soul. As a youth, high-born, he was a friend and companion to the eldest Skywrath princess, Shendelzare, first in line for the Nest. He had loved her warmly and unshakably, but as his studies took hold, his mind turned to arcane learning and the mastery of Skywrath sorcery. Obsessed with matters aetherial, he missed the mundane signs of courtly treachery that hinted at a plot against Shendelzare, and lost his chance to foil it. When the court was shaken by a swift and violent coup, he emerged from his studies to discover his oldest and dearest friend had been lost to him. The Nest of Thorns now belonged to Shendelzare's ruthless younger sister, and Dragonus could do nothing. The magic of the Skywrath Mage serves only the sworn protector of the Skywrath scion, so to act against the Nest would render him helpless. He clings to his post, believing it to be the best hope of one day restoring his true love to her rightful place. Meanwhile, his secret is known only to the goddess Scree'Auk, whose magic it was transformed Shendelzare from a crippled physical creature into an embodiment of pure vengeful energy. While he dreams of restoring his beloved queen to the Ghastly Eyrie, he dreams even more desperately of restoring Shendelzare herself to a fully healed physical form. The duplicity of his role at court tortures him, for he is a noble and good-hearted creature; but the worst torture of all is imagining the hatred that Vengeful Spirit must hold in her heart for him.

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