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All four heroes listed have bash or greater bash abilities in Dota 2. Troll Warlord has Bash, Faceless Void has Time Lock (greater bash), Spirit Breaker has Greater Bash, and Slardar has Bash. This is a comprehensive list of bashing heroes.

Mirana's ultimate ability, Moonlight Shadow, provides invisibility to all allied heroes for a duration. This is a global team invisibility mechanic unique to her among the options listed.

Lich has Frost Blast (slow), Frost Shield (slow), and Chain Frost (slow) as his three primary active abilities. None of his abilities stun or trap enemies - they all deal damage and apply slow effects.

Lina's Dragon Slave is her signature wave-based ability that deals damage in a line. Dragon Knight and Luna have dragon themes but no spell named Dragon Slave, and Slithice (Naga Siren) is unrelated.

In Dota 2, Dirge (Undying), Invoker, and Nerubian Assassin (Nyx Assassin) are heroes who can summon units through their abilities. Dirge summons zombies, Invoker creates Forge Spirits, and Nyx Assassin uses Burrow to summon beetles. Phantom Lancer creates illusions but does not summon separate units.

Luna (Moon glaives aura increases attack damage), Drow Ranger (Precision aura), and Vengeful Spirit (Vengeance aura) all have skill auras that increase allies' damage output. Lycan's wolves and Ancient Apparition's abilities do not provide direct damage bonuses to allies.

Axe (Counter Helix), Centaur (Return), and Tiny all have damage return abilities that hurt attackers when they hit these heroes. Axe reflects damage with Counter Helix, Centaur with Return, and Tiny with his passive. Clockwerk's Battery Assault does not return damage.

In Dota, heroes with global cast abilities can affect targets anywhere on the map. Furion (Nature's Prophet) has Teleportation, Clockwerk has Rocket Flare, Ancient Apparition has Ice Blast, and Invoker can create global effects with Sun Strike. These are well-known global abilities in the game.

In Dota, several heroes have innate abilities to create illusions or images without needing Manta Style. Phantom Lancer creates illusions through Juxtapose and Spirit Lance, Terrorblade through Conjure Image, Slithice (Naga Siren) through Mirror Image, Chaos Knight through Reality Rift, and Shadow Demon can create illusions with Disruption. All these heroes have image creation as part of their skill sets.

In Dota, NaiX (Lifestealer) can provide lifesteal to allies through Infest (when inside an ally, attacks transfer lifesteal) and his Open Wounds ability grants allies lifesteal on attacks against the target. Leoric (Skeleton King) provides lifesteal to allies through his Vampiric Aura skill. Broodmother and Sand King do not have ally lifesteal capabilities.

In Dota, orb effects are special attack modifiers. Ursa has Fury Swipes (stacking damage), Drow Ranger has Frost Arrows (slow), and Obsidian Destroyer has Arcane Orb (mana burn) as their built-in orb effects. Bounty Hunter does not have a built-in orb effect - his abilities track and execute targets but don't modify his basic attacks.

In Dota 2, Medusa (Stone Gaze), Shadow Demon (Demonic Purge), and Razor (Plasma Field purge effect in some versions) have innate purge abilities that remove buffs or deal damage to summoned units. Storm Spirit has no purge ability - his kit focuses on mobility and burst damage.

Viper (Nethertoxin corrosive skin passive), Anti-Mage (Spell Shield passive), and Phantom Lancer (in some versions through his illusion mechanics) have passive abilities that grant bonus magic resistance. Tauren Chieftain (now Elder Titan) has no passive magic resistance ability.

Pit Lord (also known as Abyssal Underlord) is a hero in DotA who possesses four area-of-effect (AOE) spells: Pit of Malice, Firestorm, Atrophy Aura, and Rain of Chaos. This makes him unique among the options as having exclusively AOE abilities. The other heroes listed have mixed ability types rather than all AOE.

At level 16, Lina's Laguna Blade (with Aghanim's Scepter) deals significantly more damage than Lion's Finger of Death. Laguna Blade has higher base damage and better scaling. Anub'arak's Vendetta is primarily an initiation/escape ability, not comparable as a pure damage nuke.