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Sven is the unpleasant son of a Vigil Knight, a half-Meranth by birth, raised in the Shadeshore Ruins. His father, an old warrior of Shadeshore Ruins, always follows and expects the rule of ancient Vigil. Nonetheless, for mysterious reasons, Sven’s father violated the rule.
The Vigil Order has no other choice but to execute one of his noble members in public. This public execution serves a purpose was to warn everyone about their endings if breaking the rules as it might draw the attention of many people. Sven was among the people witnessing his father’s death sentence, he cried when seeing his father's death and he also knew the story behind his father’s action.
After that, Sven looked for his mother to inform her about father’s death. He traveled for weeks to meet his mother who was abandoned by her own wild race. But soon, his mother passed away due to her sickness. The loss of his parents has made him believe that honor can only be found in himself, not in any social order.
Then he returned to Shadeshore Ruin and enrolled himself as a novice to the Vigil Knights, never revealing his true identity. For thirteen year in his father’s school, Sven kept studying hard and mastered the code that made his true identity to be unveiled to others.
Day by day, the flame of hatred in his heart kept growing that he couldn’t resist. Then, on the day of the holy ritual when a young knight vowed to always be loyal to the Vigil Order. Sven confidently stood on the podium, grasped the Outcast Blade, destroyed the Sacred Helm and burned the Codex in the Vigil’s Holy Flame. After that he walked out of the Vigil Keep, forever solitary, following his own way to the last strict rune. Sven is still a Knight, but Rogue Knight. Sven listens to know one but only to himself.
In-game, Sven was described as follows:
“Sven is always eager to charge into a fight. He stuns grouped enemies as he wades into battle, and once he ignites his damage-boosting ultimate, a few swings of his massive sword are often more than enough to slay his foes.”
Ability Builds
- Strength: 22 + 3.2 each level;
- Agility: 21 + 2 each level;
- Intelligence: 16 + 1.3 each level;
- Health: 640;
- Health regeneration: + 2.2 each second;
- Mana: 267;
- Mana regeneration: + 0.8 each second;
- Damage: 63 - 65;
- Amor: 4.5;
- Magic Resistance: 25%;
- Turn Rate: 0.6;
- Attack Range: 150;
- Projectile speed: Instant;
- Attack Animation: 0.4+0.3;
- Movement: 325;
- Sight Range: 1800/800;
- Base Attack time: 1.8 seconds per attack;
- Damage Block: 16.
Talents
Notes:
The lifesteal of talents can stack with other sources of lifesteal.
Tips & Tactics
General
This build can maximize your farm and durability at lane in the sacrifice of your damage dealing in the early game. But it’s a different story when you hit level 6 and have some items, you’ll crush your enemies within seconds. The reason we are going to max out Great Cleave as you will farm faster than your enemies which helps you quickly accumulate enough golds for the first items.
Moving on to the second skill that we’re gonna max out, Warcry. With the significant amount of armor and damage that you and your teammate is granted at this maximum level, your team can stay longer in the combat and do tremendous damage. A little reminder that Warcry can be easily dispelled although it is strong.
After maxing out these abilities mentioned above, now it’s time for Storm Hammer. Storm Hammer can stun an enemy in the specific seconds which is useful if your team wants to open the combat or catch any enemy trying to split push.
And do not forget to put a point in the ultimate!
Abilities
Storm Hammer
Effect: Sven unleashes his magical gauntlet that deals damage and stuns enemy units in a small area around the target.
Mana cost: 110 / 120 / 130 / 140
Cooldown: 18.0 / 16.0 / 14.0 / 12.0
Cast Range: 600
Damage: 110 / 180 / 250 / 320
Duration: 1.3 / 1.5 / 1.8 / 2.0
Effect Radius: 255
Upgraded by Aghanim’s Shard:
- Cooldown: 14.0/12.0/10.0/8.0
- Bonus effect: Applies a dispel on enemies
Upgraded by Aghanim’s Scepter:
- Cast Range: 950
- Bonus effect: Sven will move along with his projectile.
Notes:
The speed of Storm Hammer when travelling is 1000.
The projectile provides 225 flying vision but this vision is only available around the fist while it travels.
Storm Hammer can be used on invulnerable enemies but does not do any damage or affect. However, it affects the area around the target..
With the upgrade from Aghanim’s Shard, Storm Hammer does the dispel, then the damage and then the debuff
Everyone can see some particles emitting from Sven’s sword during the cast.
With Aghanim’s Scepter update, Sven travels along with the gauntlet.
- During the travelling time, Sven can’t be targeted, controlled by the player and affected by any status effects and damage.
- Sven is no longer disabled, untargetable and invulnerable if the movement is interrupted (e.g: teleport)
- If the range between Sven and the target exceeds 2200, the Hammer Gauntlet is disjointed or when he dies, the moving will be stopped.
Great Cleave
Effect: Sven strikes with great force, cleaving all nearby enemy units with his attack.
Cleave Damage: 30% / 50% / 70% / 90%
Starting Radius: 150
Distance: 700
End Radius: 360
Notes:
Great Cleave can be amplified by incoming spell damage amplification not by outcoming spell damage amplification and it can not spell lifesteal.
Damage Block can reduced the effect of Cleave damage
Great Cleave affects an isosceles trapezoidal area in the target direction.
It can stack with other sources of cleave but each source works independently.
Damage will be caused immediately in the area without delay regardless of visual effect.
Warcry
Effect: Sven's Warcry heartens his allied heroes for battle, increasing their armor and movement speed.
Cast Animation: 0+0
Mana cost: 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
Cooldown: 32.0 / 28.0 / 24.0 / 20.0
Bonus speed: 8% / 12% / 16% / 20%
Bonus armor: 6 / 9 / 12 / 15
Radius: 700
Duration: 8 seconds
Notes:
Warcry can disrupt the channeling.
This ability affects not only allied heroes but also clones, illusions and their summoners.
Within the duration of Warcry buff, any leveling up ability or armor increasing talent will not be updated.
God's Strength
Effect: Sven channels his rogue strength, granting bonus damage for 40 seconds.
Cast Animation: 0.3+0
Mana cost: 100 / 150 / 200
Cooldown: 110.0
Duration:40.0 seconds
Bonus damage: 120% / 160% / 200%
Notes:
The ability only increases the base damage of Sven, not the raw bonus damage.
Within the duration of God’s Strength buff, any leveling up ability or armor increasing talent will not be updated.