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DotA Rubick, The Grand Magus Guide & Gameplay strategy. Rubick is an Sentinel intelligence hero which was introduced in the big release of DotA 6.72. Rubick hero model is based on an extinct Dota hero model, Gambler. It can steal enemy's spell with his ultimate which looks quite interesting and fun to play. Check out Rubick Item Build & detailed guide.

Rubick, The Grand Magus Story:
Rubick, the son of Aghanim, is a force to be reckoned with. Crowds marvel in wonder at his effortless ability to hurl objects through the air, using nothing but his mind. Many wizards have challenged him yet none have surpassed his powerful and debilitating magics. The Grand Magus, with his endless talent, will stop at nothing to bewilder and outsmart his enemies, even if it means turning their own magic against them. Renowned for his unique ability to steal magics with a mere thought, he is undeniably a favorable asset to the Sentinel in their fight against the Scourge.
Rubick Hero Stats:
Name: Rubick, the Grand Magus
Type: Intelligence
Alliance: Sentinel

Strength: 19 + 1.5
Intelligence: 27 + 2.4
Agility: 14 + 1.6

Movement Speed: 300
Attack Range: 600
Total starting damage: 44-54
Total starting armor: 1

Rubick Spells/Abilities Guide:

1. Telekinesis (Hotkey: Z)

Rubick uses his telekinetic powers to lift the enemy into the air briefly and then hurls them back at the ground. The unit lands on the ground with such force that it stuns nearby enemies.
Lift Duration: 1.5/1.75/2/2.25 seconds
Stun duration: 1/1.25/1.5/1.75 (in the area it lands in, all enemy units except the initial target)
Land stun AoE: 325

Cast Range: 550/575/600/625
Cooldown: 18
Manacost: 160

While the target is in the air, Rubick may use a secondary ability to control the throw the enemy in a targeted direction. Maximum of 375 units away.

Note: The directional landing happens when the lift duration is over, but you can issue the direction order anytime.

Telekinesis Ability Code: A27F
Telekinesis Sub-Ability Code: A27X

2. Fade Bolt (Hotkey: X):

Rubick creates a powerful stream of arcane energy that travels between enemy units, dealing damage and reducing their attack damage for 10 seconds. Each bounce reduces the damage dealt by 4%.

Damage: 75/150/225/300
Attack Reduction: -14/20/26/32 Damage [-7/10/13/16 on creeps]
Duration: 10 seconds

Cast Range: 800
Cooldown: 10
Manacost: 90/95/100/105

Fade Bolt Ability Code: A27G

3. Null Field (Hotkey: N)
Rubick's mastery of the arcane protects his allies against weaker magics, granting them magic resistance.

Magic Damage Reduction: 5/10/15/20%
AoE: 900

Null Field Ability Code: A27V

4. Ultimate - Spell Steal (Hotkey: Q):

Rubick studies the trace magical essence of one enemy hero, learning the secrets of the last spell the hero cast. Rubick can use this spell as his own for several minutes or until he dies.
Spell is stolen for: 3/4/5 minutes

Cast Range: 1000
Manacost: 25
Cooldown: 20/18/16

Note: If you steal another spell, the old one is lost. Both teams see what spell was stolen. Items cannot be stolen, only abilities. You will get a warning message when the spell steal duration is close to expiring.
Note 2: There are a small set of spell exceptions (for technical reasons) that cannot be copied.

Click here to check the list of Abilities which Rubick can't steal.

Rubick Skill Build/Guide:

Under construction :)

Rubick Item Build:

coming soon...

Rubick Strategy Guide:

coming soon..

192 Comments yet..:

Anonymous said...

wow\

Anonymous said...

no picture?

Anonymous said...

where's the picture?

Anonymous said...

3rd :D

Anonymous said...

woah! Maverick, Gambler my favorite hero from Guinsoo's Dota.. Thanks IceFrog and DU <3

YounG said...

Good!!

Anonymous said...

wew imba naman xD

Anonymous said...

Yeah 6.72

geraldzkie said...

new hero again

Anonymous said...

the hot keys for the hero are to far from one another

Anonymous said...

what items can build in this hero?

Percy jackson said...

nice. :)))

Osama Brizan said...

great....

Anonymous said...

9th nice job dota-utilities!

Anonymous said...

yeah this is my hero again . . .

Anonymous said...

Good

Anonymous said...

fucking great

Anonymous said...

spell steal mmmmm....

Anonymous said...

nice...!!...

Anonymous said...

zz , I don't like it. ;/

Anonymous said...

It looks kinda like Maverick the Gambler!

Anonymous said...

only 1 hero but its awsome!!!

Anuj said...

HEy can h steals SK's ultimate.? :O

Anonymous said...

if he can steal lucifer's doom and lucifer has a refresher orb then three enemy heroes are silenced and useless... IMBA

Anonymous said...

woah i used and it's freaking awesome it can steal anyone's skill

Anonymous said...

ok

Ano Ny Mous -e- said...

IMBA Ultimate.. LETS STEAL DIvided We STand

Eagle said...

Nc hero love it nyahaah :D

Anonymous said...

so cool:X

Anonymous said...

LMAO..It would be great if he can steal Invoker's ultimate.. xD

Anonymous said...

WE CAN HAVE A DOOMS DAY...

Anonymous said...

it can steal the last spell of the hero targeted whatever it may be >>>>

Anonymous said...

^ no, he steal skill which is active, not passive. For example, i've stolen 5 times from Void. But there were just skill 1 and the ultimate

Anonymous said...

Item Build:

Hood of Defiance
Force Staff
Phase Boots/Boots of Travel/Treads/Arcane Boots
Aghanim's scepter
Guinsoo's scythe of vyse
Kelen's Dagger

Anonymous said...

what the f.... can he copy the ultimate of meepo? so that he can have 3 clones?

Anonymous said...

nope

Anonymous said...

better he steal meepo ulti.note did said la.Note 2: There are a small set of spell exceptions (for technical reasons) that cannot be copied.
JayromeJohn..hi kollen n nigel n pney n karlo n roy

Anonymous said...

o.o how about the spells cooldowns? i mean youll get to use a lot of ss every 16 secs o.o

Anonymous said...

imba..so cool

Anonymous said...

hated the fact that sometimes you will get the last skill and sometimes you wont

Anonymous said...

this is a weak hero

Anonymous said...

imba.. wew..

Anonymous said...

wow WTF a spell stealer.. ^^

Anonymous said...

cool get the stun of venge gg

Anonymous said...

lol meepo ulti is passive skill =)

Anonymous said...

duh

Anonymous said...

i don't like it !! wew !!

Anonymous said...

enemies only for ulti...

Anonymous said...

men this is like ymir in 70 one of the most imba char in dota now this new one hope they will make this char balance with the other onces

Anonymous said...

awesome!

Anonymous said...

wow, this kind of hero makes DOTA more interesting.. well done.

Anonymous said...

could we use the passive ultimates?

Anonymous said...

nice.,. but I think that aghanims scepter is not working in the new Hero

Anonymous said...

Nice., but I think that aghanims scepter is not working on the new hero

Anonymous said...

he cant copy skill from passive skill he can only copy active and the last spell he will use is the one he can copy

Anonymous said...

you can't steal passive skills(example meepo's ult)

Anonymous said...

why don't they make all his skills Q-W-E-R(from first to last) so that there will be no conflicts on stealing the skills of others.

Anonymous said...

rubick's cube - it will blow your mind away

Anonymous said...

what a logical char!.haha

Anonymous said...

6.72 rock yeah!!

Anonymous said...

can u change his name,, his name sounds like nerd

Anonymous said...

GG First Blood :p

Anonymous said...

i've tried playing with him yesterday... xDDD now its not only morph who can do the wave,,, not only mirana can do the arrow...not only raijin can do the BL,,, and treant who can do the OG ...

---> i just don't know if he can steal SF's requiem... that would be.,, o.O ,,, Dagger--->Telekenesis--->Requiem ...RAMPAGE~~

Anonymous said...

grabe rubick idol

Anonymous said...

imagine, we steal demon lanik ultimate+aghanim+refresher orb, and then at the moment we got zeus ultimate :? WTF

Anonymous said...

that hero is unbalance

Anonymous said...

CAN HE STEAL LEORIC ULTI ?

Anonymous said...

spell steal huh, guess is not a bad ulti for a hero like that

Anonymous said...

how many weeks it takes to published tha AI 72

Zaoldyeck_K said...

BUG...

--> if rubick can't copy the last spelled skill of a hero ... he can no longer copy any abilities from that hero anymore,,,, geez... i've tried copying mirana's leap (leaping Magus? ROFL xDD).. it didn;t work and since then I cannot copy any spells anymore from Mirana:)))) .........

Anonymous said...

nooooooooooooooooob shit

Anonymous said...

Aghanim's Scepter does not improve the skill that Rubick stolen.If Rubick stole SF's requiem,he don't have any souls,requiem dmg=0,Epic Fail.Nice hero anyway :) (sorry for my poor grammar)

Anonymous said...

need item build

Anonymous said...

nice 1 :D

Anonymous said...

hE CAN STEAL EVERY ACTIVE SKILL EVEN SF ULTI AND DEAL DMG AND HE CAN STEAL ALSO BKB AVATAR MODE SO SHUT UP NOOBS

Anonymous said...

^^^^
Totally agree .... this is what happen yesterday, I lolz hard when he was suppose to use Requiem to last hit 3 hero but with no damage (Or maybe little damage, im not too sure amd slow effect still remain), since he doesn't have any souls.
Epic Fail.

Anonymous said...

Stealing sf's ulti would be useless as he would have no souls= no damage for requiem

Anonymous said...

my imba build for rubick
-dagon
-persverance
-threads
-malestrom
???

Anonymous said...

he can steal PUDGE HOOK!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

tsk3 too bug !

Anonymous said...

arrow too???!!!

Anonymous said...

if doom cast spell on him!!!



WTF!!!

Anonymous said...

i think that requiems damage will be based on nevermore's collected souls. so if you have 30-30 souls on never and you stole the skill i think the damage will be the same. :)

Anonymous said...

it will copy the last spell that the target cast!! i copied techis ulti and made ultra kill. XD

Anonymous said...

Many heroes on 6.72 are imbalance.and they should be change and fix to balance the game

Anonymous said...

well he can steal SF's requiem and the damage is the same as the one that the SF released (or will deal the maximum damage - dunno which one works). I think the spell strength is depending on the strength of the original ones.

Anonymous said...

its said that it cannot steal items but when i played rubick i stealed the ability of a cheese .pls fix it

Anonymous said...

Imba

Anonymous said...

the last used spell by the hero you steal you will get

Anonymous said...

ruBick ... sO imBa hEro ..

but still .. jUst for gAys .. haha (^,..,^)

Anonymous said...

imba items for rubik

-threads
-dagon
-maelstorm
-lingken
-butterfly
-quiras

use this ang the game is over

Anonymous said...

imba items for rubik

-threads
-dagon
-maelstorm
-lingken
-butterfly
-quiras

use this ang the game is over

Anonymous said...

imba.. this makes dota more interesting.. :)

Anonymous said...

Whats the use of Aghanim's Scepter to Rubick it has nothing to do with the ultimate so its just basic..

Anonymous said...

hE CAN STEAL EVERY ACTIVE SKILL EVEN SF ULTI AND DEAL DMG AND HE CAN STEAL ALSO BKB AVATAR MODE SO SHUT UP NOOBS



http://www.playdota.com/heroes/grand-magus

read at the last notes 'pro'

Anonymous said...

shadow fiends requiem need to have souls so if you steal the requiem then there is no damage, just don't copy it fucking pro.

Anonymous said...

some of the guys who posts here doesn,t make any sense.. As what the skill says. It can copy the latest casted spell of the target.. so it means he cant copy passives.. Next, he can only target enemy heroes.. so it's not possible to have 3 dooms in a single clash..

Anonymous said...

i'm getting use to it

Anonymous said...

Haist you guyz didn't know how to use Grand Magus! Well i got ULTRA KILL last night. . . And it was 'GODLIKE' my only build is Phase Boots and Freaking bottle and i have a crow of course. Thats it and your going to be 'pro' that hero is so imba.

Anonymous said...

What A Nice New Hero...

Molten.Cor3 said...

Build:
2x Null talisma (early game)
Phase Boots
Skadi
Burizya
Guinsoo's
(this build never failed me <3)

Anonymous said...

ilike rubick nice skill

Anonymous said...

kinda imbalance, never failed to win a game when I use this hero. hope it gets rebalanced. very imba.

Anonymous said...

Here are the item set I always go for Rubick :

Set #1 :
==========
Null Talisman
Arcane Boot
Bloodstone
Shiva Guard / Guinsoo

Set #2 :
==========
Arcane Boot
Orchid
Dagon Lv 5
Linkin Sphere

Set #3 :
==========
Arcane Boot
Guinsoo
Shiva Guard
Linkin Sphere

Anonymous said...

i need a int carry like obsidian or prophet....bored of spell casters...

Anonymous said...

can u create another hero...??another COOL one....plzzzz

Anonymous said...

i'm excited w/ the item build

Anonymous said...

its nice to steal rogue knights special skill o his stun

Anonymous said...

last blood! ^^

Anonymous said...

tss... its nice to steal LAGUNA BLADE... den u have dagon5 ,,, 1hit combo... ^^

Anonymous said...

bobo!

Anonymous said...

maybe you can use LOthars to RUBRICK

Anonymous said...

It's possible to have four Doomed heroes if :-

Doom Casts on Batrider, Rubick Steal Doom and Casts on.. Zeus, Doom used Refresher, Casts it on Prikimaru, Rubick used refresher orb, Casts on Doom.

All 4 heroes :D

Will never happen but it could ^^

Anonymous said...

Noob cunts only active spells can be stolen ( xcept a few ones)

Anonymous said...

Advent of Zenith's Transmundane Hero is much cooler losing any ideas? Come steal more ^^

Amraa said...

IT DOES STEAL PASSIVE'S. Never thought it would but it stole anchor smash from Tidehunter... Hmm........

Amraa said...

Damn, anchor smash became a spell xD

Anonymous said...

wow nice hero but i can use it..hehehe

Anonymous said...

i love RUBICK so much nice hero...baby-18

Anonymous said...

NC

Anonymous said...

lala ..
Very pro hero..
It gives imba support..
Havn't lost a game when i played RUBICK
Very imbalence hero
^_^

Anonymous said...

aweee nays wan ^_^

-cHibi-sakura^^

Anonymous said...

shit hero,wont even try to play him.

Anonymous said...

former GEMBLER

Anonymous said...

RUBICK IS SYLAR

Anonymous said...

The Item build For Rubick vs Meleers like lycan or gondar:
#Set:
---Null Talisman
---Arcane Boots
---Vanguard
---Bloodstone
---Shiva's Guard
---Hex
In the end you can sell Null Talisman and make Linken Sphere

Anonymous said...

its oso can steal mirana's leap...WTF!!!!!..it kind of weird

Anonymous said...

it's mega hero or what ?
plz add a gg hero no bug hero . :((

Anonymous said...

It's hero is bug or what ?
plz add a gg hero no bug hero !!!
when have a arrow or coil or impale or wave make it wtf.
i think for << Fade Bolt >> need more cast mana 300 damege with 105 mana ???? for intell ??

Anonymous said...

items and skill build?

Anonymous said...

how bout if you copy sf wrases?? will you copy all of them??

Anonymous said...

blade fury of yurnero doesn't work when copied,

F U C K Y O U

Anonymous said...

anoying said
amazing skills but the other skills cant steel aw!!!! bengga!!

Anonymous said...

NC Like ^^

Anonymous said...

A perferct tactic hero for proes like me :D

kelvin said...

please don't pose non-sense ideas here.it might confuse the beginners.

Anonymous said...

nice... anti-mage does not fear magic any more... 3rd skill -50% plus hood of defiance -30%... also null field -20%... -100%... woot...

Anonymous said...

i cant wait!!! HAHA

Anonymous said...

FOOL !!!
,PHASE BOOT (travel if u can)
,SKADI
,GUINSO
,LINKEN
,SHIVA
,DAGON/TARRAS
,RAMPAGE !!!

Anonymous said...

WTF , no scepter upgrade???
Wish to see it !!

Anonymous said...

dune worm

Anonymous said...

nice xa...

Anonymous said...

1st BLOOD !!

Kartos said...

Hahaha
I got godlike on garena
I Copied chronosphere then SF Blinked then used requiem ...
I Used chrono 1st then killed Faceless void then copied requiem of souls then used telekinesis then landed SF in front of me then Sf's own requiem killed him hahahahhah


my build
Powerthreads
Linken's ( For Copying Skills ,Because Rubick is always full forced)
Blood stone ( Regen)
Guinsoo
Aghanims( If Oponent's ss can be equiped w/ aghanims)
Ethereal ( For More Damage in skillz)
If You are full forced and always killed try Vanguard for more hp regen ^^ that's all

Kartos said...

This hero is so confusing and will lead you to panick...
Must be calm and use strategy and tactics... xD

fjimlord said...

dont be afraid.....

Anonymous said...

imba hero

Anonymous said...

i hate this hero

Anonymous said...

LOL DON'T YOU KNOW? EVER 2 VERSION THERE COMES A NEW HERO/ITEM THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS GET EXCITED AT EVEN VERSIONS.

Anonymous said...

>>paolo<<
rubick>>
guinsoo,dagon,BOT,shiva's guard,eules,dagger

Anonymous said...

WOW!!!!!!!!!! WAT A NICE IMBA HERO")

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Anonymous said...

wtf? hotkeys are too far from each other -.-

Anonymous said...

/\wesOme!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Blade Fury Works .. Lol .. but it doesnt do the same .. if u use the blade it can still softly kill creeps

Anonymous said...

Gambler is better :)

Anonymous said...

awesome ^^

Anonymous said...

nc

Anonymous said...

imba hero ..

Anonymous said...

the Rubick Skill build/guide, item build and strategy guide,
all of them are forever coming soon....... :(

Anonymous said...

It is ok to used fury for the long range and blademairs if u want to support your team? fury for your damage and blademairs for the aura of the life steal?:)

unknown said...

hotkeys are far away from each other get|???

Anonymous said...

Hah it's nothing for mr.jahrakk

Anonymous said...

Can he get reincarnation?

Anonymous said...

Rubick weak

Anonymous said...

he needs an aghanims upgrade now!!upgrade would let him steal even allies powers,but with increased cooldown and manacost!!

profreak- said...

no offence anonymous how much commnets will u post......................btw i love this site

Anonymous said...

Oooohh,, the thread stopped? NOOBz!

X|Gg.SnoWx~SeXx said...

haha so easy use la...lvl 8 alredy GG haha nice hero so easy use

Anonymous said...

CANNOT STILL THE SPELL LIKE PASSIVE...

Anonymous said...

lame guide.....

Anonymous said...

WOW

Anonymous said...

wew !

Anonymous said...

rearm!

Anonymous said...

I don`t like his 6th skill

HOMER said...

the best items for Rubrik are:

1-20 min:
double bracer
arcane boots
empty bottle
nul of talisman

Mid game:
dagon
shevas guard
arcaneboots
double bracer

I tried it many times .. And Its was like almost of my game is beyond God like Specially if there is Morpling in my enemy or sandking.

If you dont like the items lets one on one in garena.. lets try if you'll work for my combos... add me in facebook: besashomer@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Real pros dont follow guides, they guide themselves

Anonymous said...

Anonymous you are a hacker

Anonymous said...

oye !

Anonymous said...

what if refresher orb+sunder (teror blade) ??? LOL

Anonymous said...

all ultimate skill in 1??

Anonymous said...

last time i played i got sf ulti .. and it weird

Anonymous said...

A dangerous hero if played fairly

Anonymous said...

I hit sk n luna's ulti with him, also rupture(bloodseeker)

Anonymous said...

But dota is the most played games in the WORLD!!!!

Anonymous said...

dota 2 is on the way!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Nice hEro
Mikko.

mohd ikhwan abdullah said...

if u want rubick replay find it in here

Anonymous said...

this is my imba build for Rubick
-mecca
-travel
-pipe
-kellens dagger
-shiva
-guinsoo

Anonymous said...

there are some spells that cant be copied......there are also some spells that canbe copied but it wont show the properanimation but it deals damg, i still like this hero even if its very fragile at the start^^ but its gay if the battle is about physical dmg... not spells

Anonymous said...

force staff, 1st(phase) late game TRAVEL.. (early dagon) heart of tarasque, linkin. last make some advantage item for your enemy... skills that cant copied mostly! lycan form!

Anonymous said...

rubick? no comment.. he a little bit stronger than lion :)

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