Year Beast


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2014

Every child knows the tale. Each year, as the dark and cold of winter turns back from its peak, wild energies that have slumbered through the long months begin to twist and pool. From this mire of eldritch power, as the first flowers begin to bloom, the Year Beast takes form to bellow its savagery and its hunger. Yet the same source that imbues the creature with terrible power also covers its being in rare materials, ready to be crafted into unique armaments if they can be pried from its body.

The comings and goings of the Year Beast are cyclical by nature. It is a mysterious creature, flighty and prone to long patrols of its strange, unknowable territory, dispersed across both space and time. For days it may disappear, perhaps tracking its predecessor across the veil of time, only to reappear refreshed and renewed, as if no time had passed at all. Those who hope to defend against the Year Beast must be both vigilant and patient, striking at those rare times when the creature chooses to reveal itself.

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2015

My master told me of the creature`s first coming. It struck without warning, razing our first great city to the ground, slaughtering every warrior we had. And the next spring, it came back. And every spring since. We came to call it the Year Beast. And over time, we learned how to survive it. Then the heroes came, and we learned how to fight it. This year, we will not run from the Year Beast. No, this year, we will tame it!

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Year Beast (2014) Year Beast (2014) Unknown Level 7 Health 750000 Health regeneration 20 Mana 5000 Mana regeneration 20 Armor 0 Magic resistance  ? Attack damage 65 Acquisition range  ? Attack range 128 Base attack time 1 Attack dota2 Year Beast ingame1.png New Bloom Festival 2014 New Bloom Festival 2014 is an event lasted from Jan. 29th to Feb. 2nd, 2014. It featuresSpecial attraction numerous rewards, as well as a new game mode where players must battle Nian, the mighty Year Beast. dota2
Year Beast (2015) Year Beast (2015) Ancient Creep-Hero Level 1 Health 2000 Health regeneration 5 Mana 500 Mana regeneration 1 Armor 4 Magic resistance 0% Attack damage 85 Acquisition range 800 Attack range 120 Base attack time 1 dota2 Year Beasts 2015.png New Bloom Festival 2015 New Bloom Festival 2015 is an event that lasted from Feb. 12th to Mar. 2nd, 2015. It celebrates the year of the Ram. This event features a new game mode, in which two teams battle dota2

Trivia

  • Nian is a mythical beast that appears at Chinese New Year in Chinese folklore. The word Nian means "Year" in Chinese.