Cable-chaining jungle assassin who never lands, finishing marked prey with burst
Fanny is a jungle assassin who fights almost entirely airborne, chaining Steel Cable off terrain to build momentum and auto-trigger Tornado Strike on every hit. Her identity is defined by Cut Throat, an execute-style ultimate whose damage scales directly with Prey Mark stacks built up during the chase, making her mobility and finishing power inseparable.
Steel Cable's terrain-dependent chaining, cancel timing, and momentum management are widely considered the steepest mechanical learning curve in the game.
Max Steel Cable first for the mobility and energy efficiency, level Tornado Strike second for the AOE damage, and take the ultimate at 4, 8 and 12.
During fight, Fanny deals 10%–20% extra damage to enemies hit (scales with flying speed) and applies a stack of Prey Mark to them (up to 2 stacks) on each attack. Her subsequent skill hits on marked enemy heroes restore 7 energy per stack for her. The energy restoration is reduced if she hits multiple enemy heroes within a short period of time.
Always active — no cooldown
Fanny whirls her blades, dealing 300–540 (+80% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to nearby enemies.
Fanny shoots a cable in the target direction that pulls her to the first obstacle hit. She can cast this skill again within 2 seconds until her energy runs out. Each successive cast reduces the skill's energy cost by 2. Fanny automatically casts Tornado Strike upon hitting an enemy mid-flight, as long as her energy is sufficient.
“No way I'm going on foot!”
Fanny leaps at the target enemy hero or Creep with her blades, dealing 500–860 (+240% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage. Each stack of Prey Mark of the target increases this damage by 20%.
Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
8,120g total
Default jungle pick prioritizing burst damage and mobility scaling.
Battle spell
Retribution35s CDA well-timed Retribution on a low-HP objective — a 'smite steal' — can snatch Turtle or Lord away from a team that appeared to be securing it, often the single biggest swing play of the early-to-mid game.
Swap in when needed
Immortality — Insurance against getting caught by a CC chain mid-engage.
Queen's Wings — Extra sustain and damage reduction when diving into a grouped enemy team.
Wind of Nature — A window of physical damage immunity against a marksman-heavy team focusing her.
7,800g total
When ahead early and maximizing cable uptime and chase potential matters most.
Battle spell
Retribution35s CDA well-timed Retribution on a low-HP objective — a 'smite steal' — can snatch Turtle or Lord away from a team that appeared to be securing it, often the single biggest swing play of the early-to-mid game.
Swap in when needed
Immortality — Insurance against getting caught by a CC chain mid-engage.
Queen's Wings — Extra sustain and damage reduction when diving into a grouped enemy team.
Wind of Nature — A window of physical damage immunity against a marksman-heavy team focusing her.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
FrancoTankHardFranco's Iron Hook can yank Fanny out of the air mid-cable, stripping her of momentum and setting up a guaranteed kill.
EudoraMageHardEudora's Ball Lightning stun locks Fanny down the instant she lands, and Fanny has no way to escape once CC'd.
SaberAssassinHardSaber's Triple Sweep knocks Fanny airborne for 1.2 seconds and strikes her three times, and with no mobility while airborne the follow-up combo is guaranteed.
BrunoMarksmanSoftBruno's long attack range and burst basic attacks punish Fanny the moment she lands from a cable chain, before she can reposition.
BrodyMarksmanSoftBrody's Torn-Apart Memory detonates every Abyss Mark he has stacked on her, scaling off her lost HP, so a Fanny already chipped down dies the moment she lands.
MashaFighter · TankSoftMasha's three HP bars and Wild Power's percentage-HP Basic Attacks let her tank through Fanny's burst and punish her low durability in a straight fight.
ZilongFighter · AssassinSoftZilong's Spear Flip throws Fanny backwards the moment a cable run puts her on the ground, breaking the chain she needs to keep her energy up, and Supreme Warrior's attack-speed burst cuts through her low durability regardless of defensive items.
MoskovMarksmanSoftMoskov's piercing spear and long range punish her while she's mid-air between cable chains, before she reaches him.
ObsidiaMarksmanSoftObsidia's Hunt of Bone stuns Fanny, tethers herself to her and locks her out of displacement skills, so the cable chain can't take her back out.Heroes whose own counter list names Fanny — the same matchup, read from the other side.
BaxiaTankHardFanny's cable mobility lets her bypass Baxia's engage entirely and burst his low-mobility backline before he can leap in.
ClintMarksmanHardHer cable-swing mobility closes the gap before Trapping Recoil's short backward hop can create enough distance, and her burst kills him before he can reposition.
GlooTankHardFanny's cable mobility keeps her airborne and off the ground entirely, letting her bypass Slam, Slam's zone and Spread, Spread's immobilize without ever entering stick range.
GordMageHardFanny's cable mobility closes the distance on a stationary mage in seconds, arriving faster than Gord can turn and land Mystic Projectile.
GrangerMarksmanHardFanny's cable mobility closes the distance on Granger instantly no matter how far back he plays, and her burst combo kills him before he can react with any skill.
MinotaurTank · SupportHardFanny's cable mobility lets her fly around Minoan Fury's ground-based AoE and pick off Minotaur's low-mobility allies instead.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
NatanMarksmanNatan's own burst combo can clean up a target that Fanny's Cut Throat has already brought below execute range.BrunoMarksmanFanny can peel divers off Bruno mid-fight by cable-chaining straight to them before they reach the backline.
EdithTank · MarksmanEdith's Onward knockback can isolate a target that Fanny then finishes off with Cut Throat before they reach safety.
KimmyMarksman · MageFanny's dive pressure forces the enemy team to react to her, buying Kimmy the space to poke freely from range.
MelissaMarksmanFanny can cut off an escaping target's path with a cable chain, feeding kills to Melissa's Eyes on You! link and Go Away! dome.
KajaSupport · FighterKaja's suppression locks down a priority target long enough for Fanny to close the remaining distance and finish with Cut Throat.MashaFighter · TankMasha's frontline engage draws attention, letting Fanny cable in on the exposed backline while the enemy team is focused elsewhere.
CarmillaSupport · TankCarmilla's ultimate group-CC sets up a target for Fanny to cable in and execute during the CC window.
HylosTankHylos's tanky frontline presence and CC buy Fanny the time to reposition after a failed dive.
MathildaSupport · AssassinMathilda's dash-link mobility lets her follow Fanny into a dive and provide backup or an extraction route.Practice canceling Steel Cable's recovery animation with Tornado Strike or a basic attack to chain cables faster than the default cast speed allows.
Build Prey Mark stacks on your intended target with basic attacks and skill hits before committing Cut Throat, since the damage scales per stack.
Route cable chains through walls near objectives so you can threaten a pick or a Turtle or Lord contest from an unexpected angle.
Never dive into an open area with no walls nearby; you lose your only defensive tool the moment Steel Cable has nothing to grapple.
No. Fanny is widely considered one of the hardest heroes in the game to play well, since Steel Cable's terrain-dependent chaining and cancel timing take extensive practice to execute reliably.
The standard build opens with Malefic Roar for penetration, into Blade of Despair for scaling burst against low-HP targets, and Endless Battle for sustain and cooldown reduction.
Franco, Eudora and Saber are hard counters since a single landed CC chain kills her outright, while Bruno, Brody, Masha, Zilong, Moskov and Obsidia all punish her low durability once she's caught.
Cut Throat has her leap at a target enemy hero or Creep dealing heavy physical damage, with each stack of Prey Mark on the target increasing the damage by 20%.
