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I would like to ask this question as I've been suffering quite badly from Bloodseeker's ultimate, Rupture recently.
So I would like to ask, what is considered "movement" in Dota 2? So far, I know that Phoenix's Icarus Dive is considered movement and would take rupture damage.
Another follow up question is, how do you escape without triggering the rupture damage from bloodseeker?
Anything that makes your hero move from its previous location is concidered as a movement. e.g. A secondary target to Beastmaster's Roar is pushed back and this is concidered a movement that would induce a HP loss from Rupture. (Here's a list of skills that force another hero to move (even very slightly))
In order to not take damage you basically have to break the 1300 distance limit in 0.25sec (or less). That means that technically moving at 5201+ movespeed would allow you to take no Rupture Damage while running.
Getting a full list of what would allow you to escape Rupture damage is not really interesting and woud likely change overtime. However you can safely assume that any form of Global TP (Wisp, Furion, Kepper of the Light's Recall, Town Portal Scroll etc.) is ok to use. It is otherwise very hard to break that limit of 1300 distance per 0.25sec.
Some exceptions to that are :
You can take a quick look at How to break the 522ms barrier in Dota 2.
If the target moves more than 1300 distance in 0.25 seconds, it will not take any damage. Blocked by Linken's Sphere.
So basicly any type of movement exept things like Portal Scroll,IO-Ult Furion-TP. Euls also help to get some time.
You don't necessarily have to escape in order to not die from Rupture, you should generally be altering your whole play strategy when there is a BS on the enemy team, just like if there were a Riki or a Techies - you simply can't play the game "as normal" and expect to get away with it.
The first thing is to carry a TP scroll. If you do get caught, especially early game, you can often just TP away before he has time to kill you.
Next, you should be on the look out and be aware to when you're vulnerable to a rupture and when you're likely to have one cast on you. Don't wander around with low health, along in the jungle as this will make you an easy target. Try to keep some health and try to stay with your team to avoid getting caught alone. If you can't see BS on the map then assume he's nearby.
If it makes sense on your current hero, buy a Eul's Scepter. It can buy you time either to use it on yourself and make yourself temporarily untargetable, or use on BS and give yourself time to TP away or get your team to come and help you.
Again if it makes sense, build a Pipe of Insight to mitigate some of the damage.
Buy linkens would a choice ..... it helps a lot against rupture and duel also ...
