Nyx Assassin
Patch 7.41b07.04.2026-0.58 (0.58)
Abilities
Vendetta
- NERFDuration decreased from 60s to 45/50/55s-25%-17%-8%
Patch 7.4124.03.2026+1.53 (2.05)
Abilities
Nyxth Sense→Mana Burn
- NEWNew innate ability.
Passive
Nyx Assassin can sense invisible heroes in a 400 radius around himself.
Detection radius
400
Passive
When Nyx Assassin deals damage with attacks or his abilities, he burns the affected unit's mana equal to 12% of damage dealt.
Damage reflected with Spiked Carapace also counts.
Mana burn
12%
Mind Flare
- NEWNow burns 9/12/15/18% of the target's Max Mana
Vendetta
- NEWNow also applies a 4s Break on hit
- REWORKAghanim's Shard reworked: Decreases cooldown by 10s. For the first 15s, Nyx Assassin is hasted and has unobstructed pathing
- REWORKAghanim's Shard reworked.
Vendetta applies Break on attack.
Break duration
4s
Decreases cooldown to 70/60/50s (by 10s). For the first 15s of Vendetta, Nyx is hasted and has unobstructed pathing.
Cooldown
70/60/50s
Cooldown decrease
10s
Haste duration
15s
Patch 7.4016.12.2025-0.56 (1.18)
Abilities
Mind Flare
- NERFBonus Damage decreased from 20% to 15%-25%
Spiked Carapace
- BUFFStun Duration increased from 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6s to 0.7/1.0/1.3/1.6s+75%+25%+8%0%
Patch 7.39d05.08.2025+0.89 (0.89)
Talents
- BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Impale Damage increased from +100 to +140+40%
- BUFFLevel 20 Talent: Spiked Carapace Stun Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.6s+20%
Patch 7.39c24.06.2025+0.70 (0.70)
Abilities
Spiked Carapace
- BUFFDamage Reflected increased from 125% to 140%+12%
Patch 7.3922.05.2025+1.18 (1.18)
Abilities
Nyxth Sense
- BUFFRadius increased from 350 to 400+14%
Spiked Carapace
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 23/18/13/8s to 20/16/12/8s-13%-11%-8%0%
Patch 7.38c27.03.2025+0.29 (0.29)
Abilities
Mind Flare
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 13/11/9/7s to 11/9.5/8/6.5s-15%-14%-11%-7%
Patch 7.3819.02.2025-0.73 (7.68)
GENERAL
- NERFDamage gain per level decreased from 5.1 to 3.7?Universal heroes: 0.7 → 0.45 damage per attributeBase damage 12–16 → 26–30 makes up for itStarting damage unchanged at 51–55Damage at level 30: 228–232 → 176–180 (-23%), with all 7 Attribute Bonus levels, as Valve counts it-27%
- BUFFBase Damage increased by 14?Now it's 26. Before this patch it was changed in 7.36 (2 years 5 months ago)+117%
- BUFFStrength gain increased from 2.5 to 2.7+8%
- BUFFAgility gain increased from 2.3 to 2.9+26%
- BUFFIntelligence gain increased from 2.5 to 2.6+4%
- NERFDamage gain per level decreased from +5.1 to +3.7-27%
- NERFDamage at level 30 decreased by 52 (from 228-232 to 176-180)-23%
- MISCDamage at level 1 unchanged (51-55)
Facets
Mana Burn
- REWORKFacet reworked.
Passive
Nyx Assassin's ability damage burns 15% of the current mana of affected enemies
Current mana burned
15%
Active: Mind Flare
Burns 16/19/22/25% of the target's max mana
Max mana burned
16/19/22/25%
Abilities
Impale
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 18/16/14/12s to 17/15/13/11s-6%-6%-7%-8%
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/100/110/120-10%-9%-8%-8%
Mind Flare
- BUFFMax Mana as Damage increased from 20/25/30/35% to 25/30/35/40%+25%+20%+17%+14%
- NERFBonus Damage decreased from 25% to 20%-20%
- DELNo longer instantly kills creeps
Talents
- SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +40 Vendetta Damage replaced with +25% Spiked Carapace Damage Reflect ?TalentLevelValueVendetta Damage10 → 15+40 → +50 +25%
- SWAPLevel 15 Talent: +0.5s Spiked Carapace Reflect Duration replaced with +50 Vendetta Damage?TalentLevelValueVendetta Damage10 → 15+40 → +50 +25%
Patch 7.37b14.08.2024+0.48 (0.48)
Abilities
Impale
- BUFFCooldown rescaled from 17/16/15/14s to 18/16/14/12s+6%0%-7%-14%
Patch 7.3731.07.2024-3.33 (6.91)
Facets
Mana Burn
- NERFPercentage of Current Mana Burned rescaled from 15/20/25/30% to 15%0%-25%-40%-50%
- NERFNow only triggers from Nyx's ability damage
- DELNo longer scales with Vendetta
- DELNo longer has a damage threshold
Abilities
Nyxth Sense
- NEWNow also reveals enemy heroes in fog of war
- NERFRadius decreased from 400 to 350-12%
Vendetta
- REWORKAghanim's Shard upgrade reworked. Vendetta applies Break for 4s?The Break is applied before the bonus damage
- REWORKAghanim's Shard reworked.
Successful Vendetta attacks now increases the target's spell damage taken.
Debuff duration
4s
Magic resistance reduction
17%
Vendetta applies Break on attack.
Break duration
4s
Talents
- SWAPLevel 25 Talent: Vendetta Applies Break replaced with +80 Agility
- NERFLevel 10 Talent: Vendetta Damage decreased from +50 to +40-20%
- NERFLevel 20 Talent: Impale Damage decreased from +120 to +100-17%