Chen #50 23 + 2 15 + 2.1 19 + 3.2 23 + 3.5
Grants the following bonuses per point of attribute: +22HP and +0.09HP regeneration +0.17 armor and 1 attack speed +12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance Release Date: 2011-07-01
Level 0 1 15 25 30 L0 Base Hero Values L1 ⤷ + Base Attributes L15 ⤷ + Attribute Gain L25 ⤷ + 6 levels of Attribute Bonus L30 ⤷ + 7 levels of Attribute Bonus All values shown are without talent bonuses. Health 120 626 1242 1946 2210 +0.25 +2.32 +4.84 +7.72 +8.8 Mana 75 303 831 1359 1575 +0.5 +1.45 +3.69 +5.89 +6.79 Armor -1 1.5 6.4 11.9 13.98 Magic Resist 25% 26.9% 31.38% 35.78% 37.58% Damage Block - Damage 9 16 32 39 81 88 128 135 147 154 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.68/s 0.85/s 1.04/s 1.12/s Attack Range 650 (800) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.5 + 0.5 Projectile Speed 1100 Move Speed ▶️ 305 ( 335) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal npc_dota_hero_chen

Chen is a Charisma hero

Converts creeps to his cause, building an army.
Converted at sword-point after a disastrous battle, Chen quickly became one of the Fold's most zealous knights. Raised among the clans of the Hazhadal Barrens, Chen adapts his skills of animal enthrallment to perform Holy Persuasions and Martyrdoms, compelling packs of creatures of the forest to fight and sacrifice for his cause. His allies are graced with Divine Favor, while foes are forced to atone through the magnified pains of Penitence. Chen's devotion does not go unrewarded. The Hand of God aids his companions in their quests, intervening at critical moments to heal their injuries and save them from fatal blows.
Roles:	Support Pusher
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Arachnophobic, Steed, Nose Legs ( 2 )

Bio

Chen, the Holy Knight

▶️ "You can learn faith at the end of a sword."

Lore:

Born in the godless Hazhadal Barrens, Chen came of age among the outlaw tribes who eked out an existence in the shimmering heat of the desert. Using an ancient form of animal enthrallment, Chen's people husbanded the hardy desert locuthi, a stunted species of burrowing dragon that melted desert sands into tubes of glass where twice-a-year rains collected. Always on the edge of starvation and thirst, fighting amongst their neighbors and each other, Chen's clan made the mistake, one fateful day, of ambushing the wrong caravan.

In the vicious battle that followed, Chen's clan was outmatched. The armored Knights of the Fold made short work of the enthralled locuthi, who attacked and died in waves. With their dragons dead, the tribesmen followed. Chen struggled, and slashed, and clawed, and perished—or would have. Defeated, on his knees, he faced his execution with humility, offering his neck to the blade. Moved by Chen's obvious courage, the executioner halted his sword. Instead of the blade, Chen was given a choice: death or conversion. Chen took to the faith with a ferocity. He joined the Fold and earned his armor one bloody conversion at a time. Now, with the fanaticism of a convert, and with his powers of animal enthrallment at their peak, he seeks out unbelievers and introduces them to their final reward.

Alias:

Holy Knight

Voice:

Eric Newsome (Responses)

Abilities

Penitence

▶️▶️QE

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Physical

Forces an enemy unit to move slower and for allies to attack it more quickly. Chen can attack the Penitence target with bonus attack range.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.77

Cast Range: 800

Enemy Move Speed Slow: 12%/18%/24%/30% ( 26%/32%/38%/44%)

Ally Attack Speed Bonus: 20/40/60/80

Self Attack Range Bonus: 50/150/250/350

Debuff Duration: 5/6/7/8

Buff Duration: 2

 Damage: 175

 14/13/12/11

 70/75/80/85

Spell Block / Reflection Notes:

Blocked upon impact.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_chen_penitence_attack_speed_buff

Any

modifier_chen_penitence_self_attack_range

Any

modifier_chen_penitence

Any

Although Chen's brand of animal enthrallment isn't quite strong enough to control the minds of enemy heroes, it still tests their resolve in combat.

• The projectile travels at a speed of 1400.

• Grants the allied unit that is attacking the debuffed enemy the attack speed buff upon its attack point (i.e. starting an attack).
  • This includes invulnerable and hidden units, as well as buildings and wards.
  • The buff is granted even if the attacks missed or changing targets after the attack point.
  • Once gained, the buff stays for its full duration, so it can be used against other targets.
  • Does not apply to instant attacks.

• When leveling up the ability while a cast is already active, the ability values on already affected units do not update to the new values.
  • Successive casts also do not update existing ability values but refresh the duration.

• Penitence first applies the debuff, then the damage.

• Chen has a total of 700/800/900/1000 attack range against the affected target.
  • Grants Chen and his controlled ranged units attack range bonus as long as they are attacking the affected unit with attack range bonus buff, regardless of its source.
  • Does not work against illusions.

Holy Persuasion

▶️▶️WT

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage
Physical

Chen takes control of an enemy or neutral creep. If the persuaded creep's base health is naturally below the health minimum, its base health will be raised to the health minimum. Converted creeps will have increased movement speed and bonus damage.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.77

Cast Range: 600

Teleport Cast Range: Global

Max Units: 1/2/3/4

Persuasion Creep Max Level: 3/4/5/6

Teleport Delay: 6 ( 4)

Persuaded Creep

Min Base Health: 700/800/900/1000 ( 1900/2000/2100/2200)

Move Speed Bonus: 10/20/30/40

Attack Damage Bonus: 4/10/16/22 ( 16/22/28/34)

 Ability Level Bonus: 1

 15

 90/110/130/150

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Grants persuaded creeps the Martyrdom ability.
Sacrifice the life of this unit to heal any ally or damage an enemy with the current level of Hand of God.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

Allows Holy Persuasion to target Ancient Creeps. Can control up to 1/2/3 Ancient Creeps based on Hand of God's level. Additionally levels up some abilities of creeps by 1 level.

Root Notes:

Can be cast on and teleport rooted creeps.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_neutral_upgrade

Death

modifier_chen_holy_persuasion

Death

modifier_dominated

Death

modifier_chen_test_of_faith_teleport

Any

Ability Draft Notes:

Checks for the current level of the ultimate ability drafted by the player, instead of checking specifically for Hand of God.

Although they may not be knights, Chen incorporates beasts into the Fold in the same way he himself was converted.

• Applies a basic dispel on the target which removes buffs and debuffs.

• Grants the creep's Gold bounty like a regular last hit upon cast.
  • Persuading a new creep while already having the maximum amount of creeps instantly kills the oldest persuaded creep.
  • The death is not credited to anyone so that no one gets experience from it.

• Cannot persuade Roshan, Siege Creeps, Couriers, Necronomicon Units, creep-heroes and ancient creeps.

• The creep(s)' abilities' levels are based on the time persuaded and do not upgrade.
  • SHARD
    Increases the creep(s)' abilities' level by 1 based on the time persuaded and does not upgrade. For a full list of neutral creep abilities that are upgradeable, please refer to the chart below.

• The following neutral creeps cannot be persuaded due to the level restriction:
  • LEVEL 4
    Can persuade all neutral creeps.
  • LEVEL 3
    Cannot persuade: Ancient Black Dragon, Ancient Granite Golem, Ancient Ice Shaman, Ancient Thunderhide, Dark Troll Summoner, Satyr Tormenter
  • LEVEL 2
    Additionally unpersuadable: Alpha Wolf, Ancient Frostbitten Golem, Ancient Rock Golem, Ancient Rumblehide, Centaur Conqueror, Hellbear Smasher, Mega Ranged Creep, Ranged Creep, Super Ranged Creep, Warpine Raider, Wildwing Ripper
  • LEVEL 1
    Additionally unpersuadable: Hellbear, Mud Golem, Satyr Mindstealer, Shard Golem

• When the creep's max health is below the minimum health threshold, its current and max health are increased by the difference.
  • This counts as setting health and does not count as a heal.
  • Leveling the ability or the min health increasing talent does not update the health of already persuaded creeps.

• Fully restores the creep's mana upon persuading by setting mana.

• Grants flat bonus attack damage to the persuaded creeps.

• Reinforced units receive 10% less damage (before reductions) from persuaded creeps.

• SCEPTER
  Acquiring Aghanim's Scepter retroactively grants the Martyrdom ability to the persuaded creeps.
  • Does not require Hand of God to be leveled to be unlocked, once Aghanim's Scepter is acquired.
  • However, it relies on Hand of God to work, since it directly uses its values. This means when Hand of God is not learned, Martyrdom does nothing upon cast.

• SHARD
  Ancient creeps can now be persuaded, with a max of 1/2/3 ancient creeps per level of Hand of God.
  • Ancient creeps are included in the max units count as well, so it does not allow Chen to have more creeps persuaded.
  • When persuading an ancient creep while already having the maximum amount of ancient creeps, the oldest persuaded ancient creep dies.
  • If Hand of God is not learned, Holy Persuasion can still be cast on ancient creeps, but it does nothing, wasting the mana and cooldown.

• With Level 4 Holy Persuasion, Chen can persuade the following number of creeps and ancient creeps on each level of Hand of God:
  • LEVEL 1
    Max 3 creep(s) with 1 ancient creep(s).
  • LEVEL 2
    Max 2 creep(s) with 2 ancient creep(s).
  • LEVEL 3
    Max 1 creep(s) with 3 ancient creep(s).
• SPELL STEAL
  Persuaded units are killed upon losing ability. The max number of persuaded ancient creeps is based on Chen's current Hand of God level when acquired.
• MORPH NOTES
  Persuaded units are killed upon losing ability.

Divine Favor

EF

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

Damage
Physical

Passively provides an aura that grants increased health regeneration. Can be cast on allies to provide them with bonus armor and increase the healing they receive.

Can be cast on converted creeps to teleport them to Chen. If cast on Chen, all units controlled by Chen will be teleported to him. Taking damage dispels the buff.

Radius: 1200

Health Regen Bonus: 1/2/3/4

Duration: 6

Armor Bonus: 9/12/15/18

Heal Amplification: 20%

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

 20/18/16/14

 75

Illusion Notes:

Bestows and benefits from the aura.

Does not benefit from the armor bonus.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_chen_divine_favor_aura

Undispellable

modifier_chen_divine_favor

Undispellable

Chen's zeal is infectious, blessing his allies with vitality and compelling them to his side.

• The aura affects the following units:
  • Ally heroes, even while hidden.
    • Treat illusions and clones as heroes, creep-heroes as creeps.
  • All of Chen's player-controlled units:
    • Chen's illusions, Persuaded and Dominated creeps.
    • Summons, except non-ancient creep-heroes.

• Can regenerate up to 60/120/180/240 health in one minute.

• The aura's buff lingers for 9/12/15/18 seconds.

• Does not affect invulnerable units.

• Player-based damage greater than 0 (before reductions), excluding from self, dispels the teleport buff.
  • If Chen is dead as the buff expires, the teleport does not happen.

• ↓↓ Double-tapping or Portrait-casting automatically targets all units under Chen's control.
  • This is not limited to persuaded creeps, Dominated units and other summons are targeted as well.
  • Targets invulnerable and hidden units as well.
  • Does not affect wards, illusions, clones, and non-ancient creep-heroes.

Hand of God

▶️RD

Ability
No Target

Affects
Allied Heroes

Damage
Physical

Heals all allied heroes on the map as well as all units under Chen's control. A large heal is applied at first and a slow heal over time is applied for 8 afterwards.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.93

Radius: Global

Initial Heal: 150/250/350 ( 350/450/550)

Heal per Second: 20/30/40 ( 30/40/50)

Duration: 8

 Max Ancient Creeps Count: 1/2/3

 150/130/110 ( 120/100/80)

 200/300/400

Modifiers [?]

modifier_chen_hand_of_god_hot

Any

Using the mental link with his thralls, Chen calls down restoration and well-being to those who share his fanaticism.

• Hand of God first applies the buff, the heal, then the basic ( strong) dispel.
  • Heal per second from successive casts do not stack but refresh its duration.

• The following units are healed:
  • Ally heroes, even while invulnerable and hidden.
    • Treat clones as heroes, creep-heroes and illusions as creeps.
  • All of Chen's player-controlled units:
    • Chen's illusions, Persuaded and Dominated creeps.
    • Summons, except non-ancient creep-heroes.

• Heals in 1-second intervals, 1 second after cast, the initial heal is applied together with the first heal per second instance, resulting in 8 heal instances.
  • Can heal up to 310/490/670 ( 590/770/950) health over its duration.

• The voice line upon cast is Global for allies and not audible for enemies.

• SHARD
  Holy Persuasion now allows 1/2/3 ancient creeps to be persuaded per level of Hand of God.

Persuaded Creep

Martyrdom

▶️▶️RR

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Allies / Enemies

Damage
Physical

Sacrifice the life of this unit to heal any ally or damage an enemy with the current level of Hand of God.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.93

Cast Range: 1200

Initial Ally Heal: 150/250/350 ( 350/450/550)

Ally Heal per Second: 20/30/40 ( 30/40/50)

Impact Damage: 150/250/350 ( 350/450/550)

Damage per Second: 20/30/40 ( 30/40/50)

Buff/Debuff Duration: 8

 8

 0

Spell Block / Reflection Notes:

Cannot be reflected.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_chen_hand_of_god_hot

Any

Ability Draft Notes:

Requires drafting Hand of God to be unlocked for the Persuaded Unit.

• Requires Aghanim's Scepter and Hand of God to be leveled to be unlocked.
  • This ability is granted to the Persuaded Creeps once Aghanim's Scepter is acquired.
  • If the caster does not have Hand of God, nothing happens upon cast.
  • When losing Aghanim's Scepter, the ability disappears immediately from the persuaded creeps.

• The initial damage and damage per second component is sourced to Chen, and not to the persuaded unit.
  • Therefore, the damage is affected by outgoing damage manipulation and spell lifesteal.
  • Although Martyrdom uses Hand of God's ability values, amplifying or reducing the healing value neither affects the impact damage nor the damage per second component.
  • Deals damage in 1-second intervals, 1 second after cast, the impact damage is applied together with the first damage per second instance, resulting in 8 damage instances.
  • Uses the same debuff with Hand of God's buff, therefore it can replace the buff which is recevived before.

• Martyrdom's cooldown is shared among all persuaded units.
  • It is possible to have different cooldown values if another unit is persuaded after Martyrdom is cast.

• Cannot be cast on invulnerable units and Couriers.
  • Fully affect ancient creeps.

• ↓↓ Double-tapping instantly kills the persuaded unit.
  • The death is not credited to anyone so that no one gets experience from it.

• The cooldown is shared between all persuaded units.

• Hand of God notes fully apply.

• This ability is not acquirable by Devour.

Upgradeable Creep Abilities

The following Persuaded Creeps' ability level is increased by 1 and unlocks the 4th ability level.

Talents

Hero Talents
+200/+10 Hand of God Heal/Heal Over Time	25	Hand of God applies a Strong Dispel
+1200 Holy Persuasion Minimum Health	20	-30s Hand of God Cooldown
+14% Penitence Slow	15	+12 Holy Persuasion Damage
-2s Holy Persuasion Teleport Delay	10	Penitence Deals 175 Damage

Recent Changes

Recommended Items

Starting items:

• Tango gives Chen the ability to sustain his health. Generally converted creeps should be used to tank neutral camps while jungling, however, so health regeneration can be skipped for other items. Therefore, you should share your Tango with your teammates right at the start of the game.

• Clarity is useful for replenishing Chen's mana pool, which is important given how frequently Chen must cast Holy Persuasion while jungling. Keeping Chen's mana up allows him to jungle continuously.

• Iron Branch grants attribute bonuses for some more health, mana, and damage; use this item with Tango to double health restoration.

• Smoke of Deceit aids Chen and allied units in early rotations with invisibility and movement speed.

• Observer Ward is crucial to purchase regularly as Chen, both as a support and as a pusher. Providing map vision to his team allows Chen to keep an eye on enemy movements, which in turn allows him to position himself and his creeps to best meet the threat, or to push an undefended tower.

Early game:

• Boots of Speed give Chen more movement speed, crucial for moving between jungle camps faster, as well as for extra mobility while rotating for ganks with his creeps. Getting within range to cast Penitence on an enemy hero can slow them enough for follow-ups.

• Medallion of Courage applies an armor debuff on enemy target to kill them faster, especially when combined with Penitence's attack speed buff. It also applies an armor buff on an allied unit that may allow them to tank tower hits when pushing. Chen can upgrade the item to Solar Crest later on if he wants the slow.

Mid game:

• Arcane Boots replenishes Chen's and his creeps' mana pools, ensuring that abilities are always ready to be used. Furthermore, keeping allies' mana pools topped up allows them to use their abilities more often, useful when pushing towers.

• Mekansm, purchased early enough, allows Chen to push down towers quickly as he can heal his creeps and teammates to prevent the enemy from easily defending. In teamfights, it gives Chen an additional ability with which to heal his team, on top of Hand of God and Divine Favor.

• Glimmer Cape gives Chen yet another way to protect his teammates from the enemy, cloaking them in invisibility while also increasing their magic resistance. The active can also be cast on a converted creep to help it get closer to an enemy to initiate with a disable.

Late game:

• Guardian Greaves combines Mekansm and Arcane Boots, saving Chen an inventory slot. The aura gives Chen's team a survivability advantage in fights, while the active can heal them, restore mana, and remove debuffs from Chen that may be preventing him from supporting his team.

• Holy Locket is a strong pick giving you an enhanced HP and Mana pool, some extra stats, increased HP regeneration and an active that restores up to 300 HP and mana when fully charged. The real strength in this item relies in the 35% heal amplification it gives, which also applies to Mekansm and Guardian Greaves; granting huge amounts of burst healing, greatly increasing your survivability and supporting ability.

• Force Staff is powerful in Chen's hands. It gives him more intelligence and health regeneration, allowing Chen to cast his spells more readily. The active can quickly re-position Chen either to initiate or escape, and do the same for allies. The active can also be cast on a creep to give it a quick burst of movement to get within range for a disable.

• Eul's Scepter of Divinity is a cheap mana item that gives Chen some powerful benefits. The increased intelligence and mana regen help Chen to cast his spells more frequently, and the bonus movement speed helps him with mobility for ganking, chasing and escaping. The active also allows him to make himself temporarily invulnerable if jumped on by the enemy, can remove debuffs from himself, or can be cast on an enemy to disable them long enough for a creep to disable them further.

• Scythe of Vyse gives Chen all-around attributes and greatly increased casting ability. The Hex gives Chen a targeted instant hard-disable which is very powerful in teamfights and ganks, as it can set up chain-disables with Chen's creeps.

Situational items:

• Vladmir's Offering is a strong teamfight and pushing aura that greatly benefits Chen's creeps and allies. The armor aura greatly increases survivability against physical attacks and tower hits, and the mana aura lets them recover mana more readily for casting spells. The lifesteal can allow creeps, both converted and allied lane creeps, as well as heroes, to maintain their HP during pushes and become a bigger threatt against towers.

• Helm of the Dominator gives one more creep, good attributes, as well as attack speed and health regeneration aura.

• Drum of Endurance gives Chen attributes, increasing his survivability and giving him a larger mana pool. The active can allow Chen and his creeps to move more swiftly to chase down a gank target or escape enemy pursuers.

• Pipe of Insight is a powerful teamfight item. It grants increased magic resistance to Chen, while providing an aura that gives his team and his creeps health regeneration and magic resistance. The active can be used to protect his congregation, preventing the enemy from instantly bursting them down with magic nukes.

• Solar Crest allows Chen to apply an armor debuff on the enemy from range. Alternatively, Chen can use it to grant allied target armor, attack speed, and movement speed, keeping them alive and buffing them during fights and pushes.

• Ghost Scepter allows Chen to temporary ignore physical damage, crucial for enhancing his survivability in fights. The inability to attack is of little hindrance to Chen, since he relies on casting his spells and using his creeps' abilities more than on his physical attacks.

Dota Plus Progress

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Relics	Voice Lines
Kills Under Penitence Kills After Holy Persuasion Teleports Unit Spells Leading To Kills Heroes Saved With Healing Magic Damage With Creeps Controlled Unit Tower Damage Slows Leading To Kills Neutral Camps Stacked Mega Kill Streaks Dusts Leading To Kills Enemy Ward Kills Wards Placed Kill Assists Kills	Bronze	▶️ Hehehmehmehmmm. ▶️ Oh, thank God.
	Silver	▶️ Can't escape your sins. ▶️ Found unworthy.
	Gold	▶️ What blasphemy is this? ▶️ The time draws nigh.
	Platinum	▶️ The persecution starts now!
	Master	▶️ A fulfillment of the prophecy.
	Grandmaster	▶️ Say your prayers.

Equipment

v • d • e Chen Equipment (expand sets) Sets Arms of the Penitent Nomad Set   Barren Survivor   Desert Gale Set   Gemmed Armor of the Priest Kings Set   Hounds of Obsession   Perils of the Red Banks   Priest of the Proudsilver Clan   Prospect of the Progenitor's Gaze   The Rat King   Wings of Obelis Set Mount Buttercup Weapon Square Sky Staff Taunt Taunt: Joyless Pleasure

Trivia

• Chen's fun names in DotA were Chechen and Jackie Chen, a pun on the name of the famed actor Jackie Chan.

• ▶️ "My Leg" refers to a Spongebob Squarepants running gag.

Gallery

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  Concept art
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  Hero icon progress
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  Chen on the 6.84 update page.