Status effect

Status effects are conditions that affect targets for a certain period of time. The effects are inflicted usually by an ability.

Buff

A Buff is a general term that refers to any positive effect with a duration. Effects that improve one's damage output, prevent damage, or increase movement speed are examples of buffs. The inverse is called a debuff.

List of Buffs

Status Effect	Description
Absorbing	Absorbs all damage taken and heals for a portion of the damage received.
Evade	Basic attacks from heroes and most damage from non-heroic sources miss.
Invulnerable	Prevents all damage taken and most Crowd control effects.
Parry	Reduces all incoming Basic Attack damage to 0.
Protected	Prevents the target from taking damage.
Stasis	Makes the target Invulnerable and untargetable while unable to do anything. Clears most debuffs and interrupts channeled abilities.
Stealth	Makes the target nearly invisible, hidden on the minimap, and untargetable by direct abilities and Basic Attacks.
Unkillable	The target will receive damage like normal, but will not go below 1 HP.
Unstoppable	Makes the target immune to most forms of crowd control.
Untargetable	Prevents the target from being affected by basic attacks or abilities that involve selections, and skillshots will pass through them.

Debuff

A Debuff is a general term that refers to any negative effect with a duration and/or an area of effect. Damage over time, reveal and crowd control effects, such as root and stun are all examples of debuffs. The inverse is called a buff.

List of Debuffs

Status Effect	Description
Blinded	Causes the target to miss Basic Attacks.
Damage over Time	Constantly take damage until the effect expires.
Displacement	Pushes targets in a direction.
Feared	Forces the target to move away from a point, preventing them from doing anything else.
Mind Control	Forces the target to walk towards the source, preventing them from doing anything else.
Polymorphed	Makes the target unable to attack and Silences them for a period of time.
Revealed	Makes the target visible, even if the target is out of sight, cloaked, or within or behind a bush.
Rooted	Makes the target unable to move or use any movement abilities.
Silenced	Makes the target unable to use any ability.
Sleep	Makes the target unable to do anything until it wears off or they take damage.
Slow	Reduces movement speed.
Time Stopped	Makes the target Invulnerable and untargetable while unable to do anything, and also pauses cooldowns.
Stunned	Makes the target unable to do anything.
Taunted	Forces the target to Basic Attack the source, preventing them from doing anything else.