Who is Largo? Dota 2's new hero is a musical frog

Largo is the newest addition to the Dota 2 roster, arriving alongside patch 7.40. The hero reportedly only speaks in song, roaming "the realms with a troupe of frogling disciples, looking for inspiration for new melodies to bring back home". Largo can potentially be a strong, durable support, especially later in the game, in the right hands.

Interestingly, Largo's ultimate has a resemblance to the mechanics of Monster Hunter's Hunting Horn. You can read Largo's comic here.

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Dota 2 Largo overview

We know the following stats regarding Largo in Dota 2:

• Melee, Durable, Disabler, Support
• Strength Hero
• 2 Difficulty
• Strength: 24+3.6
• Agility: 14+1.3
• Intelligence: 21+2.4
• Max HP: 648+2.6
• Max Mana: 327+1.1
• Damage: 63-69
• Base Attack Time: 1.7s
• Attack Range: 150
• Defense: 4.3
• Movement Speed: 290

Largo's abilities are as follows (in-game description):

Encore (Innate Ability)

Buffs that Largo applies to himself or his team have extended duration (Bonus Duration 10%+1% per level up)

Catch Lick

Largo licks the targeted unit with his tongue, pulling it back a short distance, applying a basic dispel, and dealing damage if it's an enemy. Dispelling an effect from a target grants Largo temporary health regeneration.

• Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
• Ability: Unit Target
• Affects: Units
• Damage Type: Magical
• Pierces Debuff Immunity: No
• Damage: 85 / 170 / 255 / 340
• Pull Distance: 210 / 240 / 270 / 300
• All Pull Distance: 375
• Bonus Health Regen: 4 / 6 / 8 / 10
• Health Regen Duration: 10
• Cooldown time: 13 / 11 / 9 / 7
• Mana Cost: 80 / 85 / 90 / 95

Largo's Froglings (Image via Valve)

Frogstop

Largo tosses froglings to an area. They stomp the ground every one second, dealing damage and ministuns, and enemies in the area have reduced movement speed.

• Ability: Point Target
• Damage Type: Magical
• Pierces Debuff Immunity: No
• Damage per Stomp: 85 / 170 / 255 / 340
• Number of Stomps: 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
• Slow: 12% / 18% / 24% / 30%
• Radius: 350
• Cooldown time: 20 / 18 / 16 / 14
• Mana Cost: 85 / 95 / 105 / 115

Croak of Genius

Largo strums a tune to a friendly hero. The hero's items and abilities have reduced mana cost and a percentage of their damage reverberates over the following five seconds. When an affected hero spends mana, the remaining buff duration is reduced by 0.5s.

• Ability: Unit Target
• Affects: Allied Heroes
• Damage Type: Magical
• Dispellable: Yes
• Damage Reverb: 30% / 35% / 40% / 45%
• Mana Cost Reduction: 15%
• Buff Duration: 12 / 18 / 24 / 30
• Cooldown time: 25
• Mana Cost: 25 / 35 / 45 / 55

Largo is here (Image via Valve)

Amphibian Rhapsody

Largo is disarmed and his ability bar switches to three song abilities possessing distinct effects. Songs are only effective if strummed on the beat. Every time he strums sucessfully, he gains a stack of Groovin'. Each stack gives him bonus armor and reduces the mana cost of every song, but he loses a stack if he misses a beat. Stacks linger for a short duration when Largo's song ends.

• Ability: Point Target
• Damage Type: Magical
• Pierces Debuff Immunity: No
• Radius: 750
• Beat Interval: 1
• Max Stacks: 5
• Armor Per Stack: 2 / 3 / 4
• Song Mana Cost Reduction Per Stack: 1 / 1.5 / 2
• Stack Linger
• Cooldown time: 2

The song abilities are:

Bullbelly Blitz

• Additional Magic Damage: 20% / 25% / 30%
• Spell Amp: 8% / 12% / 16%
• Buff Duration: 1
• Mana cost: 20 / 32 / 44

Hotfeet Hustle

• Move Speed: 16% / 22% / 28%
• Slow Resistance: 70% / 80% / 90%
• Movement Duration: 1
• Slow Resistance Duration: 0.3
• Mana cost: 20 / 32 / 44

Island Elixir

• Heal: 34 / 56 / 78
• Mana cost: 20 / 32 / 44

Largo's Aghanim upgrades are:

Aghanim's Scepter - Amphibian Rhapsody Upgrade

Largo can play two songs per beat by strumming both at the same time. On beats when he strums two songs, Largo deals 50 + 10 / 15 / 20 magic damage per Groovin' stack to nearby enemies.

Aghanim's Shard - Encore Upgrade

Whenever Largo applies a Unit target buff to a friendly hero, he also gets the buff. If Largo targets himself, the buff is also applied to the nearest allied hero within the cast range of the targeted ability.

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It will be interesting to see how Dota 2 players best utilize Largo and his kit. The arrival of update 7.40 will also have significant impacts on the current gameplay style.

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Edited by Angshuman Dutta