Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Impale
nyx_assassin_impale · #5462
Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units take damage, then are hurled into the air and stunned.
Nyx Assassin assets / Aghanim explorer
Nyx Assassin: what changes?
Compare the official snapshot’s Aghanim upgrades. Affected abilities and newly granted skills stay separate.
Not a current-game guarantee, best build, win-rate recommendation or damage/cooldown simulator.
Base mode
Source template: descriptions are displayed as literal text. Unresolved %tokens% mean values are unknown; no numbers or immunity rules are inferred.
Base abilities
Abilities not explicitly granted by an upgrade. Unknown grant flags are not proof of base availability.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Mind Flare
nyx_assassin_jolt · #1104
Deals damage equal to a percentage of the target's Max Mana and burns part of it away. Deals additional damage equal to a percentage of the damage the target has taken from Nyx Assassin in the last %damage_echo_duration%s. Resets accumulated damage before applying damage.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Spiked Carapace
nyx_assassin_spiked_carapace · #5464
When activated while above ground, Spiked Carapace reflects and negates damage dealt to Nyx Assassin (max once from each source), as well as stunning the source of the damage. Activating Spiked Carapace will not break Vendetta invisibility. While Burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Mana Burn
nyx_assassin_neuro_sting · #1767
Nyx Assassin's damage on enemies also burns mana as a percentage of the damage dealt.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Vendetta
nyx_assassin_vendetta · #5465
Nyx Assassin becomes invisible and gains a speed bonus. If Nyx Assassin attacks to break the invisibility, massive bonus damage is dealt with the attack that applies a break to the target. Nyx Assassin has %attack_range_bonus% additional attack range and a %attack_animation_bonus%%% faster attack animation for this attack.
Affected abilities
No abilities in this group for the selected source mode.
Newly granted abilities
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Burrow
nyx_assassin_burrow · #5666
Scepter · Newly granted
Source description is empty.
affected: true · granted: true
Unknown relationships
No missing relationship flags in this selection.
Base abilities
Abilities not explicitly granted by an upgrade. Unknown grant flags are not proof of base availability.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Impale
nyx_assassin_impale · #5462
Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units take damage, then are hurled into the air and stunned.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Mind Flare
nyx_assassin_jolt · #1104
Deals damage equal to a percentage of the target's Max Mana and burns part of it away. Deals additional damage equal to a percentage of the damage the target has taken from Nyx Assassin in the last %damage_echo_duration%s. Resets accumulated damage before applying damage.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Spiked Carapace
nyx_assassin_spiked_carapace · #5464
When activated while above ground, Spiked Carapace reflects and negates damage dealt to Nyx Assassin (max once from each source), as well as stunning the source of the damage. Activating Spiked Carapace will not break Vendetta invisibility. While Burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Mana Burn
nyx_assassin_neuro_sting · #1767
Nyx Assassin's damage on enemies also burns mana as a percentage of the damage dealt.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Vendetta
nyx_assassin_vendetta · #5465
Nyx Assassin becomes invisible and gains a speed bonus. If Nyx Assassin attacks to break the invisibility, massive bonus damage is dealt with the attack that applies a break to the target. Nyx Assassin has %attack_range_bonus% additional attack range and a %attack_animation_bonus%%% faster attack animation for this attack.
Affected abilities
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Vendetta
nyx_assassin_vendetta · #5465
Shard · Affected
Decreases cooldown by %bonus_AbilityCooldown%s. For the first %free_pathing_duration%s of Vendetta, Nyx is hasted and has unobstructed pathing.
affected: true · granted: false
Newly granted abilities
No abilities in this group for the selected source mode.
Unknown relationships
No missing relationship flags in this selection.
Base abilities
Abilities not explicitly granted by an upgrade. Unknown grant flags are not proof of base availability.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Impale
nyx_assassin_impale · #5462
Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units take damage, then are hurled into the air and stunned.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Mind Flare
nyx_assassin_jolt · #1104
Deals damage equal to a percentage of the target's Max Mana and burns part of it away. Deals additional damage equal to a percentage of the damage the target has taken from Nyx Assassin in the last %damage_echo_duration%s. Resets accumulated damage before applying damage.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Spiked Carapace
nyx_assassin_spiked_carapace · #5464
When activated while above ground, Spiked Carapace reflects and negates damage dealt to Nyx Assassin (max once from each source), as well as stunning the source of the damage. Activating Spiked Carapace will not break Vendetta invisibility. While Burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Mana Burn
nyx_assassin_neuro_sting · #1767
Nyx Assassin's damage on enemies also burns mana as a percentage of the damage dealt.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Vendetta
nyx_assassin_vendetta · #5465
Nyx Assassin becomes invisible and gains a speed bonus. If Nyx Assassin attacks to break the invisibility, massive bonus damage is dealt with the attack that applies a break to the target. Nyx Assassin has %attack_range_bonus% additional attack range and a %attack_animation_bonus%%% faster attack animation for this attack.
Affected abilities
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Vendetta
nyx_assassin_vendetta · #5465
Shard · Affected
Decreases cooldown by %bonus_AbilityCooldown%s. For the first %free_pathing_duration%s of Vendetta, Nyx is hasted and has unobstructed pathing.
affected: true · granted: false
Newly granted abilities
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Burrow
nyx_assassin_burrow · #5666
Scepter · Newly granted
Source description is empty.
affected: true · granted: true
Unknown relationships
No missing relationship flags in this selection.
Base abilities
Abilities not explicitly granted by an upgrade. Unknown grant flags are not proof of base availability.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Impale
nyx_assassin_impale · #5462
Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units take damage, then are hurled into the air and stunned.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Mind Flare
nyx_assassin_jolt · #1104
Deals damage equal to a percentage of the target's Max Mana and burns part of it away. Deals additional damage equal to a percentage of the damage the target has taken from Nyx Assassin in the last %damage_echo_duration%s. Resets accumulated damage before applying damage.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Spiked Carapace
nyx_assassin_spiked_carapace · #5464
When activated while above ground, Spiked Carapace reflects and negates damage dealt to Nyx Assassin (max once from each source), as well as stunning the source of the damage. Activating Spiked Carapace will not break Vendetta invisibility. While Burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Mana Burn
nyx_assassin_neuro_sting · #1767
Nyx Assassin's damage on enemies also burns mana as a percentage of the damage dealt.
Image delivery failed; source record unchanged.Vendetta
nyx_assassin_vendetta · #5465
Nyx Assassin becomes invisible and gains a speed bonus. If Nyx Assassin attacks to break the invisibility, massive bonus damage is dealt with the attack that applies a break to the target. Nyx Assassin has %attack_range_bonus% additional attack range and a %attack_animation_bonus%%% faster attack animation for this attack.
Source evidence
Valve official English hero data ↗Retrieved 2026-09-10T13:39:56.704905+00:00 · hero #88
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Pinned WEB-495 evidence; artwork joins on exact ability ID and name. Retrieval time is not a patch version.
Official Valve feeds and CDN; historical game-script evidence mirrored by dotabuff/d2vpkr. Retrieval dates are not patch versions.
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