Quelling Blade


Abilities

Chop Tree or Ward
Pierces spell immunity.
Ability
Target Unit
Affects
Trees / Enemy Units
Destroy a target tree or ward. Chop cast range is increased when targeting wards.
Cast Range (Tree): 350
Cast Range (Ward): 450
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Notes:


Quell
Not a Unique Attack Modifier. Cannot be used by illusions. Pierces spell immunity.
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemy Units
Increases attack damage against non-hero units, based on whether the equipped hero is ranged or melee.
Attack Damage Bonus (Melee): 24
Attack Damage Bonus (Ranged): 7

Notes:

  • The bonus damage does not apply when attacking friendly units (i.e. denying own creeps).
  • When the owner`s attack type changes to ranged or melee, the attack damage bonus adapts immediately.
  • Elder Dragon Form`s splash also splashes the increased damage when attacking a creep.
  • The damage Moon Glaive bounces are not increased, since they are based on the attacker`s attack damage value.
  • Psi Blades will spread the increased damage when attacking a creep.


Strategy

It typically is used by melee carries to increase their farming ability in the lane and the jungle. Additional uses of Quelling Blade include cutting down trees for juking or for escaping from Nature`s Prophet`s Sprout ability.

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  • The 24 bonus damage to creep on melee heroes is good for last hitting and jungling.
    • You can lifesteal from the bonus damage.

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General

Quelling Blade (also known as Quelling or simply QB) is a Basic item purchasable from the Armaments section of the Home Shop and from the Side Shop.

Ability

Chop Tree/Ward
Ability: Unit Target
Affects: Tree
Ward
Cuts down the target tree or ward. The range is increased when targeting a ward.

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Tree Cast Range:
Ward Cast Range:
₠350
₠450


Notes
  • Can target trees, enemy observer wards, enemy sentry wards, and Techies` mines.
Quell
Ability: Passive
Affects: Enemy Creeps
Gives bonus attack damage against non-hero units, depending on the type of hero you are.
Bonus Damage:
₠24 (Melee user)
₠7 (Ranged user)
Affected By:₠
Notes
  • Multiple Quell bonuses do not stack.
  • Bonus damage stacks with Cleave.
    • However, if the unit has Tidebringer​, the attack which procs it is not increased by Quell.
  • Bonus damage does not apply when denying allied units.
  • Illusions also get this ability.

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Version History

Patch Version Balance Changes
7.00
  • No longer increases a percentage (40%/15%) of base damage.
  • Now provides +24/7 bonus damage against non-hero units.
  • Bonus damage now works against Roshan.
6.86
  • Cost reduced from 225 to 200
6.85
  • Chop cooldown reduced from 5 to 4 seconds
6.84
  • Changed from full damage bonus to base damage bonus
  • Quell damage bonus from 32/12% to 40/15%
  • Quell no longer deals bonus damage to Roshan
  • Chop active ability now kills wards rather than dealing 100 damage
  • Chop active ability range increased from 350 to 450 when targeting wards
6.78
  • Can now target Observer or Sentry wards dealing 100 damage (wards have 200 hp)
  • Cast range increased from 100 to 350
6.72
  • Can now be sold
6.70
  • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 5
6.68
  • Tree Chop cooldown decreased from 15 to 10
6.61
  • Minor reduction to bonus damage (36 ⃢₆ₒ 32)
6.60
  • New item

WC3 DotA Version

  • Warcraft III DotA - Quelling Blade