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It is one of the most expensive spell at level 1 for a non-INT hero and even among INT heroes, only a handful of spells have a higher manacost (OD's Imprisonment has 150, Muerta's Dead Shot has 135 and Shadow Shaman's Hex has 130). Among non-INT heroes, the only spells with similar manacosts are Tiny's Toss and Undying's Tombstone, both sitting at 125 at level 1. And all that for a conditional 160 damage nuke and a mediocre slow that screws up your lane equilibrium if you use it to harass.