All Dota 2 Innate Ability Passives

Dota 2's complexity knows no bounds, with Valve continually redefining the MOBA genre through various features. From the day-night cycle to Runes, Watchers, Lotus Pools, and more, there's always something new for players to learn.

Whether you're a veteran or a newbie, it's time to hit the books as we explore another intriguing game mechanic—Innate abilities. Here's everything you need to know about Innate abilities and a list of each hero's Innate in Dota 2.

What Are Innate Abilities in Dota 2?

Phoenix's Innate ability in Dota 2.

Each hero has a unique Innate ability. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Innate abilities in Dota 2 were introduced in gameplay patch 7.36. These abilities are locked and available to a hero throughout the entire game, from the first spawn to the destruction of the fountain. Each hero possesses a unique Innate ability; some will be familiar to long-time Dota players, some are reworked passives we know and love, and others are entirely new.

Some Innate abilities can be activated for a significant boost, while others can be leveled up like regular abilities, with each level providing a greater bonus. Some are passive effects that apply while the hero is alive, others activate upon the hero's death, and some change the game completely—like Dawnbreaker’s Innate, which grants map-wide visibility for a brief moment whenever the sun rises.

The tooltip for each Innate ability can be found on the icon between the Talent tree and the hero’s main abilities.

All Innate Ability Passives in Dota 2

Below is a list of every Innate ability in Dota 2, ordered alphabetically by hero.

 Hero Innate Passives in Dota 2

• Abaddon: Font of Avernus;
• Respawns 10% faster;
• Alchemist: Greevil’s Greed;
• Gains a buff after killing an enemy unit, granting bonus gold that can stack
• Ancient Apparition: Death Rime;
• Abilities apply Frost stacks, dealing 10 damage per second and slowing movement by 1.5% per stack;
• Anti-Mage: Mana Break;
• Attacks drain enemy mana and deal bonus damage until the enemy runs out of mana;
• Arc Warden: Runic Infusion;
• Gains the Regeneration Rune buff for four seconds after activating any Rune, reduced by 34% for Bounty or Water Runes;
• Axe: Coat of Blood;
• Gains one permanent armor after killing an enemy hero; Culling Blade kills give double armor
• Bane: Ichor of Nyctasha;
• Attribute gains are evenly distributed across Strength, Agility, and Intelligence;
• Batrider: Smoldering Resin;
• Attacks apply a debuff dealing 15% of attack damage per second for two seconds. Damage over time pierces block;
• Beastmaster: Inner Beast;
• Gains attack speed bonuses (5/10/25/40/55) affecting Beastmaster and his controlled units;
• Bloodseeker: Sanguivore;
• Restores 25 health plus 1% of the unit’s max health per level when killing a unit. Denies and assists within 300 range restore half value. Lifesteal Amplification can amplify this;
• Bounty Hunter: Big Game Hunter;
• Gains 10% bonus gold from kills or assists on enemies with a kill streak;
• Brewmaster: Drunker Brawler;
• Switch between four elemental passives
    - Earth: Magic resistance and armor;
    - Storm: Evasion and movement speed;
    - Fire: Crit multiplier and attack speed;
    - Void: Status resistance and slow;
• Bristleback: Warpath;
• Gains bonus damage and movement speed after using an ability;
• Broodmother: Spider’s Milk;
• Broodmother and her spiders gain a health regeneration burst after killing a unit, amplifiable by Lifesteal Amplification;
• Centaur Warrunner: Rawhide;
• Gains 40 max health every two minutes;
• Chaos Knight: Reins of Chaos;
• 50% chance to spawn an additional illusion when creating an illusion;
• Chen: Summon Convert;
• Summons a jungle creep to fight, gaining bonuses from Holy Persuasion, based on Chen’s chosen Hero Facet;
• Clinkz: Bone and Arrow;
• Summons immobile skeleton archers after using abilities or dying;
• Clockwerk: Armor Power;
• Outgoing damage increased by 0.3% per point of armor;
• Crystal Maiden: Blueheart Floe;
• 50% Mana Regen Amplification;
• Dark Seer: Mental Fortitude;
• Gains Intelligence equal to his Strength or Agility, whichever is higher;
• Dark Willow: Pixie Dust;
• Gains 100% health and mana regen when an ability makes her untargetable or hidden;
• Dawnbreaker: Break of Dawn;
• Reveals the entire map to allies for four seconds at sunrise. Fog of War returns a second later;
• Dazzle: Weave;
• Increases nearby allies’ armor and decreases enemies’ armor when using an ability;
• Death Prophet: Witchcraft;
• Gains 0.5% bonus movement speed and cooldown reduction per level;
• Disruptor: Electromagnetic Repulsion;
• Pushes away nearby units when taking over 250 damage;
• Doom: Lvl ? Pain;
• Deals 10% bonus attack damage to enemies with a lower level than Doom;
• Dragon Knight: Dragon Blood;
• Provides bonus health regen and armor, increasing per hero level, amplified in Dragon Form;
• Drow Ranger: Precision Aura;
• Grants bonus Agility to Drow and nearby allies within 1200 range, doubled for Drow;
• Earth Spirit: Stone Remnant;
• Summons a Stone Remnant interacting with Earth Spirit’s other abilities;
• Earthshaker: Aftershock;
• Deals damage and stuns nearby enemies when using an ability;
• Elder Titan: Astral Spirit;
• Summons an Astral Spirit using Echo Stomp, granting damage, speed, and armor bonuses per enemy it touches;
• Ember Spirit: Flame Guard;
• Creates a fiery barrier dealing passive AoE damage, which can be activated to increase radius and damage;
• Enchantress: Forest Freebie;
• Gains a bonus Neutral Item token from jungle creeps;
• Enigma: Gravity Well;
• Allies near Enigma receive damage reduction scaling with proximity to Enigma;
• Faceless Void: Distortion Field;
• Slows enemy attack projectiles near Faceless Void;
• Grimstroke: Ink Trail;
• Enemies affected by Grimstroke abilities leave a trail of ink granting vision;
• Gyrocopter: Chop Shop;
• Can disassemble most items anytime and sell recipes for full cost;
• Hoodwink: Mistwoods Wayfarer;
• Passive chance to redirect attacks to a nearby tree, destroying it;
• Huskar: Blood Magic;
• Uses health instead of mana for abilities and items, considered magical damage, reducible with magic resistance;
• Invoker: Mastermind;
• Gains bonus experience from denying lane creeps;
• Io: Sight Seer;
• Io’s team captures Watchers faster; controlled Watchers gain bonus vision range;
• Jakiro: Double Trouble;
• Attacks launch two projectiles at a target, each dealing half damage;
• Juggernaut: Duelist;
• Deals 10% bonus damage to targets facing him, always applied during Omnislash;
• Keeper of the Light: Mana Magnifier;
• Allies near Keeper of the Light gain 15% more max mana;
• Kunkka: Tidebringer;
• Short cooldown cleave dealing bonus damage to units at range;
• Legion Commander: Moment of Courage;
• Chance to counterattack with bonus lifesteal when attacked;
• Leshrac: Defilement;
• AoE of abilities increases by 0.5 units per Intelligence point;
• Lich: Death Charge;
• Mana regen set to zero. Gains mana portion from nearby unit deaths, with a bonus from hero deaths;
• Lifestealer: Feast;
• Passive lifesteal and damage boost;
• Lina: Fiery Soul;
• Gains bonus attack and movement speed after using an ability;
• Lion: To Hell and Back;
• Gains 20% debuff duration and spell amplification for 90 seconds after respawning;
• Lone Druid: Summon Spirit Bear;
• Summons a Spirit Bear assisting in battle, capable of using items and interacting with Lone Druid’s abilities;
• Luna: Selemene’s Favor;
• 20% bonus cast range at night;
• Lycan: Apex Predator;
• Deals 2% bonus damage to neutral creeps per hero level;
• Magnus: Solid Core;
• Suffers 50% less forced movement from enemy abilities or items;
• Marci: Special Delivery;
• Permanently increases allied couriers’ level by three and requires one extra hit to kill. Marci’s team starts with flying couriers;
• Mars: Dauntless;
• Gains bonus health regen when outnumbered;