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On November 06 2011 00:09 Bumblebee wrote:
At the beginning of every game and every second minute (00:00, 02:00, 04:00, etc.), there will spawn one rune in one of the two rune locations. There's 5 different kind of runes in the game. It's random if they spawn in the top or bottom location, and it's random what rune will spawn.

• Double damage runes increase base damage by 100% for sixty seconds
  
• Invisibility runes cause a hero to become invisible for up to 60 seconds (invisibility is broken if the hero makes an attack or activates a spell)
  
• Haste runes allow a hero to run at maximum movespeed (522) for a minute, and while Hasted that hero cannot be slowed
  
• Regeneration runes very quickly heal a hero back up to full HP and MP
  
• Illusion runes create two illusions of a hero that can be used for scouting, extra damage, or simply confusing the enemy

On November 06 2011 01:04 Jarmam wrote:


This needs a little polishing. DD runes last 45 seconds and Haste only 30 seconds (it was nerfed from 45 in DotA 1 several years ago due to 45 being absolutely insanily overpowered). Invisibility lasts 45 seconds after the initial 2? (its 2 in DotA 1) second fadetime.
Illusion stats are:
Rune of Illusion
When activated, creates two illusions of the Hero for 75 seconds. The illusions deal 50% damage and take 400% damage.
Which means the 2 illusions are actually pretty solid damage dealers on a long ranged hero in the earlygame as well as long duration scouts for, say, the next rune or that Storm heading your way, trollface grinnin'

I do not have access to DotA 2, but if the mechanic is the same as DotA 1 I would also add that Invisibility runes, unlike Windwalk abilities, do not allow you to walk through units, which means an Invis-hero can actually block enemies while Invisible. This is pretty unique.

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