Viper the Netherdrake is a ranged agility hero in "Dota 2". He possess the poison abilities and he is one of the excellent ganker in "Dota 2". There are some changes that happens after the released of "Dota 2" 7.00 update.
Viper's first ability in "Dota 2" is Poison Attack, where it provides his normal attack with additional poison attack. The attack will slow movement and attack speed of the enemy and will also deal damage overtime. This skills can be cast automatically.
The second skill of viper is Nethertoxin where Viper's normal attack will deal bonus damage based on how much health is missing. Nethertoxin deals 20% of health missing from the target. This one of the skills that was update when "Dota 2" 7.00 was released.
The changes of Nethertoxin in "Dota 2" is the base hero attack damage bonus increases from 2.5/5/7.5/10 to 3/6/9/12. The Maximum hero attack damage bonus increases from 40/80/120/160 to 48/96/144/192. This is really a great update that increases damage of Viper.
The third and passive skill of Viper in "Dota 2" is Corrosive Skin. This skill will infect toxin whoever damage Viper. The effect on enemy units attacking viper will take damage overtime and slows them within 1400 radius. This skills also makes Viper resistance to Magic.
The ultimate skill of Viper in "Dota 2" and one of the dangerous Poison Damage in the game is Viper Strike. Viper will slow enemy unit's movement and attack speed while dealing a hugh damage overtime.
But once Viper have an equip Aghanim's Scepter in "Dota 2", Cast range of Viper Strike increases to 900 from 500. The cooldown of this skill will also decrease from 30 seconds to 10 seconds. This is a really high cooldown speed and this will let Viper use Viper Strike many times during Battles or clash in "Dota 2".
Viper has been remodeled in this new update in "Dota 2". Viper looks more like a dragon on this update. In the future updates of "Dota 2", we might even see new items for Viper.
