Introduction to The Greevling 2012

I will give you information on how to play the 2012 Greevling event. The 2012 Greevling event is playable starting December 18th.

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Introduction

This guide will give you information on how to play the 2012 Greevling event. The 2012 Greevling event is playable starting December 18th.

• Frostivus 2012

The Greevling

The Greevling is an objective game mode. It consists of ten players competing against eachother in groups of five battling to reclaim stolen Frostivus gifts from camps of Greevils.



Before queuing for a game of The Greevling you must pick a Greevil from your inventory that you would like to play with. If you don't have a Greevil you'll be loaned a Naked Greevil until you hatch your own. Each type of Greevil has a different set of abilities which can be viewed on their tooltip.






Once the game begins you'll be given stocking full of items which can be used during the match. Inside you'll find food, a "Greevil Whistle" and a random pair of boots.

	Fruit-bit Cake	Use the cake to heal 400 health and 50 mana over 8 seconds.
	Cocoa with Marshmallows	Use the cocoa to heal 300 health and 150 mana over 14 seconds.
	Wizard Cookie	Use the cookie to heal 350 health and 100 mana over 11 seconds.
	Greevil Blink Bone	After channeling for 2 seconds the greevil pops to the new location.
	Greevil Chow	Use the chow to heal your greevil 400 health and 150 mana over 5 seconds.
	Greevil Treat	Makes your greevil move at max speed for 10 seconds.
	Clove Studded Ham	Use the ham to heal 300 health and 75 mana over 2 seconds.
	Kringle	Use the kringle to heal 250 health and 200 mana over 17 seconds.
	Snow Mushroom	Refreshes all the Greevil's abilities.
	Speed Skates	Gives a massive increase of 100 to movespeed. Increases control on the ice. Use short paths for the best result!

Using the magic "Greevil Whistle" will allow you to transform into the Greevil you selected before you queued for the match. You're able to switch back and fourth from hero to Greevil form as often as you like.






During the game camps of Greevils will spawn indicated by an icon on the minimap. Each team must race to defeat these camps of Greevils. The team which gets the last hit on the camps last living Greevil will have a point added to their score. The first team to get the last hit on eleven camps wins the game.

Greevil camps start out with one Megagreevil and two regular Greevils. As times goes on the camps that spawn will increase in size.




Defeating Greevil camps has a chance to drop a present. Presents contain an item which will be distributed to a random player of each team when picked up.






Roshan has been replaced with a super Greevil. Defeating him will earn your team an "Aegis of the Immortal" which can only be picked up in hero form. Keep in mind no gold can be earned in this gamemode, and approximately 900 experience per minute is given globally to every player.






At the end of each game winners will be given a "Nice Frostivus Gift" and losers will be given a "Naughty Frostivus Gift". Both gifts have a chance to contain cosmetic items, essences, Greevil eggs, snowballs and coal. The winners prize has a higher chance for better rewards.

Thyg the Giftsnatch

During a game of The Greeviling Thyg the Giftsnatch has a rare chance to spawn in the river. Every player in the game will receive an alert on their screen letting them know he has appeared.


Thyg the Giftsnatch will ignore all players and will continue to skate down the river. Once he reaches the other end of the river he will disappear. If players successfully kill Thyg the Giftsnatch before he reaches the other end of the river every player in the game will be rewarded with an immortal "Golden Greevil" courier.

Greevil Abilities

Your Greevils abilities are based on the type of essences that you expose its egg to. There are three levels to each ability which increase their effectiveness. For example if you have one Quas essence in an egg the ability would be level 1, two essences would be level 2 and three essences would be level 3.




Essences can be placed in a Greevil egg by right clicking them from your inventory. Additional eggs can be purchased from the Dota 2 store and essences can be found from matchmaking and purchased/sold on the Steam Community Market.

Keep in mind that Unusual Essences do not grant your Greevil any additional abilities or bonus stats. You can add up to three Unusual Essences to an egg to increase the intensity of its cosmetic particle effect.



The ultimate ability your Greevil has will be determined by its color. For example if the only essences in your Greevil egg are Quas, your Greevil will be blue and its ultimate will be Greevil Hole. Naked Greevils will be randomly assigned an ultimate which will change on respawn.

Greevil Hole - Blue Greevil

Summons a vortex that sucks in nearby enemy units. Enemies affected by Greevil Hole cannot move, attack, or cast spells. The closer units get to the center, the more damage is dealt.

Majority essence must be Quas.

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Greevilust - Yellow Greevil

Incites a frenzy in a friendly unit, increasing its movement speed and attack speed.

Majority essence must be Wex.

Greevilaguna Blade - Red Greevil

Fires off a bolt of lightning at a single enemy unit, dealing massive damage.

Majority essence must be Exort.

Greevil Slam - Orange Greevil

Shockwaves travel through the ground, damaging enemy units. Each enemy hit causes an echo to damage nearby units.

Majority essence must be a balance between Exort and Wex.

Greevil's Attendants - Green Greevil

A cloud of wisps heals Greevil and any friendly units nearby. Lasts 10 seconds.

Majority essence must be a balance between Wex and Quas.

Greevil Nova - Purple Greevil

A spreading ring of poison that does damage over time to enemy units. Greevil Nova's effect cannot bring units below 1HP.

Majority essence must be a balance between Exort and Quas.


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Greevilication - White Greevil

Instantly heals a friendly unit and damages all nearby enemy units.

Majority essence must be a balance between Exort, Quas and Wex.



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Greevil Golem - Black Greevil

The Greevil transforms into a horrifying greevil golem, increasing his health regen, armor, and attack damage. Nearby units have their armor reduced.

Greevil egg must be tainted with a "Shadow Essence".

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Greevil Abilities Continued

Greevils also have two regular abilities. These are randomly selected when your Greevil egg hatches based on the essences it was exposed to. Each essence combination has two possible abilities.

For example if you have an egg infused with a Quas and Wex essence, your Greevil will be given abilities from the yellow, blue, and green pool. Black and Naked Greevils will be given two random abilities from the entire pool. The only difference being that Naked Greevil abilities will change on respawn.

	Greevil Rot	A toxic cloud that deals intense damage and slows movement--harming not only enemy units but the Greevil itself.	Red ability.
	Degreevilfy	A powerful banishing spell that slows a unit and renders it unable to attack or be attacked. Afflicted units take extra magic damage.	Red ability.
	Greevildict	Curses all enemy Heroes in an area, causing them to take damage every 4 seconds, adding bonus damage for every 100 HP lost since the curse began.	Purple ability.
	Greevil Hook	Launches a bloody hook at a unit or location. The hook will snag the first unit it encounters, dragging the unit back to the Greevil and dealing damage if it is an enemy.	Purple ability.
	Greevil Missile	Fires a magic missile at an enemy unit, stunning and dealing damage.	Blue ability.
	Greevice Wall	Generates a wall of solid ice directly in front of the Greevil. The bitter cold emanating from it greatly slows nearby enemies based and deals damage each second.	Blue ability.
	Leech Greevil	Plants a life-sapping seed in an enemy unit, draining its health, while simultaneously slowing it. The seed heals friendly units around it equal to the amount drained. Pulses 4 times.	Green ability.
	Greevil Wave	Shadow Wave heals several allies, which in turn cause damage equal to their healing in a small area around them. The Greevil is always healed by Shadow Wave, and it does not count toward the number of targets.	Green ability.
	Greevil Lock	Adds the chance for an attack to lock an enemy unit in time, stunning it and dealing bonus damage.	Yellow ability.
	Greevil Strike	Teleports to a unit, friendly or enemy, and grants bonus attack speed while attacking if it's an enemy unit.	Yellow ability.
	Greevil Fury	Causes a bladestorm of destructive force around the Greevil, rendering him immune to magic and dealing damage to nearby enemy units.	Orange ability.
	Greevil Bonds	Binds several enemy units together, causing a portion of the damage dealt to one of them to be felt by the others.	Orange ability.

Greevil Stats

Additionally each essence combination also grants your Greevil bonus stats. Black Greevil eggs do not contain regular essences, they will be given stats equivalent to a Greevil with three of every essence.

	Red	Critical Strike	+10%	+20%	+30%
	Blue	Magic Armor	+10	+20	+30
	Yellow	Attack Speed	+20	+40	+60
	Orange	Movement Speed	+30	+60
	Green	Health Bonus	+150	+300
	White	Physical Armor				+4
	Black	Block Chance				+30%

You can view which stats your Greevil has by hovering over its tooltip.

Closing Notes

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[Jimo]

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[Billy Mays]

How do I get Greevil?

[Billy Mays]

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[Snox]

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[Mr. plow]

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[ADCarrieMain]

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Jimo you should hack volvo so you can have greevling another year!

[Jimo]

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[MaulerBaxter]

Another nice polished guide from Jimo!