Slow
The most common form of CC, Slow effect reduces the target's Movement Speed by a certain percent, up to 90%. Most heroes in the game possess some form of Slow effect.
Stun
Heroes that are stunned cannot move, use their basic attack or use skills. Stun effect can last from less than 1 second to 2 whole seconds. Some examples are Eudora's
Electric Arrow,
Rafaela's
Holy Baptism or
Gord's
Mystic Projectile.
People that can stun include:
Immobilize
A form of CC that prevents the enemy from moving, locking them in place. It does not prevent them from using Basic Attack or skills except for most Blink skills or other movement abilities. Heroes with this type of CC include:
Taunt
A special form of CC that forces affected targets to get close to the caster and use Basic Attacks against them. The only heroes with this form of CC are:
Silence
A form of CC that prevents the target from using skills, without hindering Movement or Basic Attacks. The only characters that can inflict Silence effect are:
NOTE:
- Silence
Helcurt has been nerfed in the latest 2 Patch Notes.
- Silence in
Passives only can triggered when affected CC skill in Patch 1.5.08.
- Silence in
1st skill only during his
Ultimate in Patch 1.5.32.
- Using
1st skill without
, Silence effect was removed and replaced to Slow effect.Ultimate
- Using
- Silence in
Suppression
A powerful form of CC that disables all sorts of actions.
It will ignore CC Immunity effects (like Badang's
Fist Crack and
Guinevere's
Violet Requiem.
Suppression cannot be removed by:
Purify,
- Crowd Control removing skills (like
Wanwan's
Needles in Flowers and
Valir's
Vengeance Flame)
- Time Controlled Reduction (like
Tough Boots).
Heroes that can use this form of CC are:
Knock Up / Airborne
A type of CC that launches the target in the air, preventing them from moving or attacking for a few moments, and can be removed using the "Purify" Battle Spell or other skills that clear CC effects. Several characters have knock up / airborne effects, including:
Pull
A form of displacement CC that displaces an enemy by dragging them towards the caster or towards a designated location.
Some forms of Pull will have a continuous effect over time while others will pull the targets only once.
Most Pull skills have AoE effect, except for Franco's
Iron Hook ,
Minsitthar's
Spear of Glory and
Diggie's
Reverse Time, which can only pull a single enemy.
Heroes that can pull enemies towards themselves include:
Heroes that can pull enemies towards a location include:
Knockback
A form of CC that displaces an enemy by knocking them away from the caster or pushing them in the same direction that the caster is traveling. Knock Back distance ranges from barely noticeable, such as Balmond's
Soul Lock or
Hilda's
Art Of Hunting, to very long distances, such as
Chou's
The Way Of Dragon or
Valir's
Searing Torrent, and even slightly knock enemies in the air, such as
Bane's
Deadly Catch or
Lesley's
Tactical Grenade. Independently from its strenght, Knock Back is a form of istantaneous CC that will stop enemy heroes from casting skills by very briefly stunning them, but won't usually have lasting effects.
Heroes that can inflict Knock Back includes:
Unique types of CC that are only exclusive to one hero in the game.
Lift
Raises a target above the hero's head and places them behind the hero.Exclusive to:
Disarm
Causes the target to drop their weapons, preventing them from using Basic Attacks; weapons can be picked up to immediately end this effect.Exclusive to:
Nightfall
Restricts target's field of view and obscures the mini-map.Exclusive to:
Blind
Reduces targets' Basic Attack hit rate.Exclusive to:
Grounded
Prevents affected enemies from using Blink skills. Does not inhibit their movement.Exclusive to:
Curse
Creates a link between targets, causing them to share Damage and CC effects received.Exclusive to:
Restrain
Prevents one enemy hero to escape a certain area for a few seconds.Exclusive to:
Polymorph
Transforms an enemy hero into a harmless creature, unable to cast
Exclusive to:
Fear/Horrified
Causes an enemy to lose control of their character's movement, and affected heroes will be unable to use Basic Attacks or skills and will move randomly in a small area.Exclusive to:
Freeze
Similar to stun, this Crowd Control makes a target unable to move, cast skills, or
Exclusive to:
Trivia
Fanny is the only hero who does not have any form of crowd control, not even slow.
Alucard has a unique interaction with the Silence effect: due to his Passive, that lets him move closer to a target with his Basic Attack after using a skill (counts as a skill), when affected by Silence, Alucard will be unable to use Basic Attacks.
Jawhead is the only hero in the game who can inflict CC on his allies, by using his second skill
Ejector.
- Allies can prevent this effect by buying
Odd Potion.
- Allies can prevent this effect by buying