[STR-SENT] Bolvar & Saurfang - Combat Team

[fremdlaender]

• Hero Introduction
• Attributes
• Skills
• Synergy
• Changelog

• Hero Model
• Introduction
• Background Story

• Bolvar
• Saurfang

Footman Captain Bolvar

Grunt Commander Saurfang

Bolvar and Saurfang is a Tag-Team hero. Picking them will give you two heroes with independant skills, items and control.
They got very poor stats and stat gain to balance that they are always two versus one and need to be near each other to work properly.
Different from Meepo, they they live seperately, if one of them dies, it doesn't kill the other. Gold gained from killing Bolvar or Saurfang is halved.

Bolvar is a straight forward tank. He can block attacks and spells and will revenge the attacks he recieved with fierce blows that make his enemies attack him futher. He supports his allies with a damage and armor buff when they get attacked while Bolvar is near. His ultimate, Devastate, makes him rush across the battlefield, avenging every ally that was attacked by an enemy hero.

Saurfang is a DPS hero, that unleashes his true potential when he is not attacked. Therefore, he is able to deflect attacks into Bolvar's direction. When not attack for some time, his attack will deal more damage and he will attack faster and his fury will deal damage in an area. Saurfang's warcry can raise an ancient arena from the ground, to make sure, the enemy will stand and fight. No no magic, no escape, trapped and fighting toe to toe with two of the best commanders of the Alliance and the Horde.

Before the invasion of the Burning Legion the human footman captain Bolvar Fordragon and the orcish Grunt commander Saurfang were famous opponents who fought each other for a long time for their Kingdoms. A small village in the Alterac mountains was the place were the final battle between the two leaders should happen but it was interrupted by an Infernal of the Burning Legion which had come to destroy the village and its citizens. Not being able to overwhelm the burning beast on their own, Bolvar and Saurfang had to combine their skills. Bolvar's defensive power and tactical knowledge along with Saurfang's fearsome presence and strength saved the village from its ruin. Knowing that both of them probably would have died in battle if they hadn't combined their power they drawed the conclusion and began to fight side by side against the Burning Legion and the Scourge.

• Bolvar
• Saurfang

• Statistics
• Advanced Statistics

Strength Agility Intelligence 20+ 1.7 10 + 1.0 18 + 1.4

Starting HP/MP: 530/234 Base Stats: 48 Stats Gain: 4.1 Primary Role: Tank

Affiliation:	Sentinel		Attack Animation:	0.5 / 0.5
Damage:	28 - 35		Casting Animation:	0.3 / 0.51
Armor:	5.4		Base Attack Time:	1.7
Movespeed:	300		Missile Speed:	Instant
Attack Range:	100 (melee)		Sight Range:	1800/ 800

• Statistics
• Advanced Statistics

Strength Agility Intelligence 21 + 1.9 16 + 1.3 13 + 0.9

Starting HP/MP: 549/169 Base Stats: 50 Stats Gain: 4.1 Primary Role: Carry

Affiliation:	Sentinel		Attack Animation:	0.33 / 0.64
Damage:	30 - 36		Casting Animation:	0.3 / 0.51
Armor:	2.3		Base Attack Time:	1.7
Movespeed:	305		Missile Speed:	Instant
Attack Range:	100 (melee)		Sight Range:	1800/ 800

• Bolvar
• Saurfang

• Reckoning
• Last Stand
• Inspiring Presence
• Devastate

Type: Active Targeting: Single Target Hotkey: R

While being attacked Bolvar waits for the perfect moment to strike back. He uses a mocking blow to inflict some damage and taunt an enemy. If Bolvar was attacked in the last 3 seconds, he will avenge the harm done to him by dismantling him, reducing both armor and damage.

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	80	12 sec	150	-	1.5 sec/ 10 sec(*)	1.5 second taunt, 20% reduced damage, 2 reduced armor
2	80	12 sec	150	-	2.0 sec/ 10 sec(*)	2.0 second taunt, 40% reduced damage, 3 reduced armor
3	80	12 sec	150	-	2.5 sec/ 10 sec(*)	2.5 second taunt, 60% reduced damage, 4 reduced armor
4	80	12 sec	150	-	3.0 sec/ 10 sec(*)	3.0 second taunt, 80% reduced damage, 5 reduced armor

• The taunt works like Axe's Berseker Call, therefore it is not cancelable by commands
• (*)Taunt duration/ dismantle duration
• Only damage by physical attacks will trigger the secondary effects of this skill
• Attacks that were redirected to Bolvar by Saurfang's Deflection skill can trigger the secondary effect

Type: Active Targeting: None Hotkey: T

Bolvar's courage is legendary. Rising his shield while shouting his warcry is the footman's way to say that he is not willing to give up. Using this skill makes Bolvar able to completely block some of the enemy's attacks.

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	40	30 sec	-	-	12 sec	Complete blocks 3 attacks
2	45	30 sec	-	-	12 sec	Complete blocks 4 attacks
3	50	30 sec	-	-	12 sec	Complete blocks 5 attacks or one spell
4	55	30 sec	-	-	12 sec	Complete blocks 6 attacks or one spell

• Only blocks single target spells like Leoric's Hellfire Blast (works like Linken's Sphere)
• Can block the damage which was deflected from Saurfang's Deflect skill
• Attacks blocked by this skill still add counters to Reckoning
• Does not block cleaved damage like Tidebringer or Battlefury
• On level 3 and 4 of the skill it blocks 5/6 attacks OR one spell. That means as long as 'block charges' are left it will block single target spells.
  But if you block one spell all the charges are removed.
• Increased health is added to Bolvar's maximum HP and current HP

Type: Passive Targeting: None Hotkey: None

Bolvar, as a former footman captain is known to be a great leader. His sheer attendance encourages his allies to fight harder in battle. If allied hero within 600 AoE around Bolvar is attacked, he will have increased attackdamage and armor. The buff lasts for 10 seconds and is refreshed when the hero is attacked again.

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	-	-	-	600	10 sec	10% increased damage and 2 armor
2	-	-	-	600	10 sec	20% increased damage and 4 armor
3	-	-	-	600	10 sec	30% increased damage and 6 armor
4	-	-	-	600	10 sec	40% increased damage and 8 armor

• Only triggers from direct attacks, neither Cleaved Damage (Tidebringer/ Battlefury) nor spells
• Only increases base damage and that given by the primary attribute of the units. Raw bonus damage is not increased

Type: Active Targeting: None Hotkey: E

Bolvar focuses his mind on the enemy heroes. If one of his enemies deals damage to an allied unit Bolvar will charge him to avenge his ally. Uses Reckoning with additional charges at every enemy he charges. Bolvar will revenge every ally in an 800 AoE around him but can only charge one hero every 0.3 seconds. Can't charge more than 1200 distance

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	100	100 sec	-	800	6 sec	Charges and strikes with level 2 Reckoning
2	150	80 sec	-	800	6 sec	Charges and strikes with level 3 Reckoning
3	200	60 sec	-	800	6 sec	Charges and strikes with level 4 Reckoning

• Can only charge once every 0.3 seconds
• If enemy attacks while this skill is active, nothing happens
• Spells do not trigger this ability
• By 'charging' I mean (in sense of coding) either running up very fast (at least 1000 MS without collision) to a target or immediate blinking and displaying the charge with a fitting animation. I'm still undecided about this.

• Decapitate
• Deflect
• Superiority
• Ring of Valor

Type: Active Targeting: Point Target Hotkey: C

Saurfang valor and skill is unquestionable. He will perform an assault to the target point, dealing damage to every enemy in his path. When Saurfang wasn't attacked in the last 3 seconds, he will inflict a skull cracking strike to every foe, which causes them to suffer damage and reduces their maximum intelligence by 10% every second for 6 seconds.

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	80	18 sec	400	150	6 sec	50 damage, 90 additional damage over 6 sec
2	80	18 sec	400	150	6 sec	100 damage, 180 additional damage over 6 sec
3	80	18 sec	400	150	6 sec	150 damage, 270 additional damage over 6 sec
4	80	18 sec	400	150	6 sec	200 damage, 360 additional damage over 6 sec

• Damage type: physical
• Works like Magnus' Skewer, except for the different effects.]
• The intelligence will be restored after the debuff runs out of duration
• The intelligence reduce will cause the mana of the affected enemies to be lost

Type: Active Targeting: None Hotkey: E

Saurfang uses his expirience to take advantage of the enemies' strikes. When an enemy attacks Saurfang, while Deflection is active, he will redirect the blow to Bolvar instead. Taking advantage of his distracted foe, the grunt tackles the enemy to deal some damage. If Bolvar is not within a range of 700 this spell can't be used.

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	40	6 sec	-	-	2 sec	Delfects the next attack, charges the attacker and deals 60 damage
2	40	6 sec	-	-	2 sec	Delfects the next attack, charges the attacker and deals 120 damage
3	40	6 sec	-	-	2 sec	Delfects the next attack, charges the attacker and deals 180 damage
4	40	6 sec	-	-	2 sec	Delfects the next attack, charges the attacker and deals 240 damage

• ]Damage type: physical
• Only normal attacks can be redirected by this spell.
• The effect of this spell wears of after one attack was recieved or after 2 seconds.

Type: Passive Targeting: None Hotkey: None

Due to his hard battles and fights he survived, Saurfang knows he is superior against many enemys. For every 5 seconds he has not been attacked he builds up a charge. The charges increase Saurfangs damage and attack speed. Being attacked removes one charge. Maximum of 10 charges.

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	-	-	-	-	-	Adds 2 damage and 2% AS per charge
2	-	-	-	-	-	Adds 4 damage and 3% AS per charge
3	-	-	-	-	-	Adds 6 damage and 4% AS per charge
4	-	-	-	-	-	Adds 8 damage and 5% AS per charge

• The charges are removed by every sort of damage over a certain amount, from direct attacks, cleaved damage and spells
• Each 5 seconds Saurfang is not attacked he gains one charge, what means that he needs alltogether 50 seconds of not being attacked to gain 10 charges.

Type: Active Targeting: None Hotkey: R

Saurfang releases a fierce warcry that damages nearby enemies and raises an ancient orc arena from the ground to enable a honorable fight. Everything inside the ring is silenced. 500 AoE.

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	150	150 sec	-	500	3 sec	Deals 175 damage, creates arena
2	225	120 sec	-	500	4 sec	Deals 250 damage, creates arena
3	300	90 sec	-	500	5 sec	Deals 325 damage, creates arena

• Damage type: magic
• Raises an invulnerable wall of stones at the edge of 500 AoE that traps everything inside
• Works like Centaur's Hoof Stomp, targeting-wise

• Skill Synergy
• Hero Synergy
• Item Synergy

Reckoning's secondary effects stays active while recieving no damage.


Deflect attacks to keep the secondary effect from Decapitate and the effect from Superiority active.


Saurfang deflects attacks to Bolvar to activate the secondary effect from Reckoning.


Reckoning and Devastate make the enemies attack Bolvar so Saurfang can keep the secondary effect from Decapitate and the effect from Superiority.


Force the enemies to fight and revenge their attacks with Devastate.

Obsidian Destroyer

Special mention. Decapitate combined with Harbinger's Ultimate brings even Pugna to his knees.

Silencers and Manaburners

Bolvar and Saurfang rely heavily on attacking enemies. Silence is the perfect disable for them, because it prevents them from casting while they can still attack you. Manaburn has the same effect, if they have no mana, they can't cast spells.

Hood and Vanguard will increase Bolvar's tankyness.


BKB and Sange are cheap items that will increase the damage output of Saurfang.

03/15/2010

• Posted hero suggestion

Read the Hero Intruduction for general information about the hero

05/18/2010

• Improved the explanation how Bolvar's Last Stand and Saurfang's Deflection work.
• Changed the way Saurfang's Deflection blocks spells. Now, it does only block the damage of spells but not their secondary effects. That means, if Vengeful Spirit uses her Magic Missle on you while Delfection is active, Bolvar recieves all the damage but Saurfang is still stunned for two seconds.

This spell was changed, because it is very hard to code a spell redirecting-skill. Some say it's impossible. That's not true but the time needed to code it is just to much to practicably use it in DotA.
Now, the skill still does what it's meant to do, namely preventing Saurfang from taking damage so he can keep his Superiority charges.

08/05/2010

• Imporved Layout
• Added Synergy Section

Credits go to The Lord God for the Tabbed Hero Suggestion Template

06/23/2011

• Remade Reckoning

Type: Attack Modifier Targeting: On Attack Hotkey: R

While being attacked Bolvar waits for the perfect moment to strike back. After recieving 10 hits he will take revenge with a mocking blow, that will force the attacked unit to focus on Bolvar for a few seconds.

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	20	8 sec	-	-	0.5 sec	1.3x critical, 0.5 second taunt
2	20	8 sec	-	-	1.0 sec	1.6x critical, 1.0 second taunt
3	20	8 sec	-	-	1.5 sec	1.9x critical, 1.5 second taunt
4	20	8 sec	-	-	2.0 sec	2.2x critical, 2.0 second taunt

• Auto-attack skill like Silencer's Glaives or Viper's Poison Attack
• The taunt works like Axe's Berseker Call, there is not cancelable by commands
• Cleaved damage does not increase the counter of the required attacks
• Attacks that were redirected to Bolvar by Saurfang's Deflection skill increase the counter of Reckoning

I remade Reckoning into an active ability, rather than an attack modifier. You can look up the old ability in the spoiler above.

06/30/2011

• Removed the increased health after the effect from Last Stand fades.
• Buffed the duration of the blocking part.

07/15/2011

• Remade Saurfang's Deflect
• Remade Unleashed Fury into Decapitate
• Updated Synergy Section

Type: Passive Targeting: None Hotkey: None

Saurfang, as a former commander of the Horde, is accustomed to constant fights. He questions the honor of every foe who rejects to participate in combat. Deals damage to every enemy who has not attacked or cast a spell in the last 5 seconds.

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	-	-	-	550	-	Deals 10 damage per second
2	-	-	-	600	-	Deals 20 damage per second
3	-	-	-	650	-	Deals 30 damage per second
4	-	-	-	700	-	Deals 40 damage per second

• Damage Type: magic
• Affects every enemy within the range that has not attacked or cast a spell for 5 seconds, even invisible units

Type: Passive Targeting: None Hotkey: None

Saurfang, as a former commander of the Horde, is accustomed to constant fights. He questions the honor of every foe who rejects to participate in combat. Deals damage to every enemy who has not attacked or cast a spell in the last 5 seconds.

	Mana	Cooldown	Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	-	-	-	550	-	Deals 10 damage per second
2	-	-	-	600	-	Deals 20 damage per second
3	-	-	-	650	-	Deals 30 damage per second
4	-	-	-	700	-	Deals 40 damage per second

• Damage Type: magic
• Affects every enemy within the range that has not attacked or cast a spell for 5 seconds, even invisible units

[AmplifyDamage]

Just because they're cool guys in WoW, doesn't necesarrily mean they belong in DotA.

The poor quality models you've chosen doesn't reflect those epic names you embodied.

[fremdlaender]

Originally Posted by AmplifyDamage

Just because they're cool guys in WoW, doesn't necesarrily mean they belong in DotA.

The poor quality models you've chosen doesn't reflect those epic names you embodied.

In the end, those guys (my hero) are just two normal soldiers who combine their skills to be able to catch up to a 'normal' hero. The WoW characters are not neccessarily related to my heroes.

The names were chosen because I generally get my inspiration from the lore and Bolvar Fordragon (Highlord of Stormwind's military forces) and Varok Saurfang (Supreme Commander of Ogrimmar's military) seemed as a good solution. Some people might now them from WoW and the more they make a dent the better pubilcity my hero gets.

I could have used some more generic names of course, but 'Frank and Tagar' (or whatever) just doesn't sound heroic enough.

[phantom146]

one simple comment:

I dont like it, the fact that there are two newbies fighting side by side, Dota would never make a hero like it since its a pain the but and all skills are frigging not unique(for me)

[fremdlaender]

Originally Posted by phantom146

one simple comment:

I dont like it, the fact that there are two newbies fighting side by side, Dota would never make a hero like it since its a pain the but and all skills are frigging not unique(for me)

Oh, and what about Meepo? He's even two more 'newbies'. ^^

And regarding the skills...
There are 8 of them instead of 4. I had to keep them (some kind of) simple to make the hero not too complicated.
It's right that some of them have similarities to others in DotA. But the 'uniqueness' of this hero does not come from fancy spells but from the concept.

[Monsterlord]

I actually really, really like the concept of a tag-team. Something about two skilled but unremarkable soldiers teaming up to take down the big boys just seems pretty awesome.

A couple of points to think about though, before I even look at the skills, would be item and exp balance. I'd consider limiting them to 4 inventory slots each, so they have room for boots and enough items to keep them useful, whereas if they both had 6 slots, you could have two powerhouses by the time the game gets late. Think syllabear, but the bear having real skills instead of some passives.

Another point would be giving them some kind of exp bonus, when they're together, and penalty when they're not. Otherwise they would quickly get outleveled while they're together, and would quickly outlevel someone when they're apart. It needs a balancing factor to make sure they don't have Meepo-style speed leveling, who gets it because his clones can't rely on items for their stats.

[lozarian]

Really like it, I feel that you'd spend all game getting cheap stats items though. I also say bolvar does more damage than the other dude, 2x crit every .3 seconds? That's ursa-level dps.

[kanzakill]

Don't quite understand Bolvar's 1st skill. Why is the "10 hits" condition needed?

Bolvar's 2nd skill:

Complete blocks 6 attacks or one spell

So does it still block that one spell after blocking 1/2/3/4/5 attacks?

Bolvar's 3rd skill is too strong in any circumstance I can imagine.

Bolvar's ultimate skill:
So basically you use this skill and he will jump around the battle damaging anything that attacks his allies?

If enemy attacks while this skill is active, nothing happens

I'm confused

Saurfang's 1st skill: no comment

Saurfang's 2nd skill: no comment

Saurfang's 3rd skill: Ok this is good.

Saurfang's ultimate skill:
This skill does too many things that have already been done by other skills

[fremdlaender]

Thanks to everyone for their comments.

Originally Posted by Monsterlord

I actually really, really like the concept of a tag-team. Something about two skilled but unremarkable soldiers teaming up to take down the big boys just seems pretty awesome.

A couple of points to think about though, before I even look at the skills, would be item and exp balance. I'd consider limiting them to 4 inventory slots each, so they have room for boots and enough items to keep them useful, whereas if they both had 6 slots, you could have two powerhouses by the time the game gets late. Think syllabear, but the bear having real skills instead of some passives.

Another point would be giving them some kind of exp bonus, when they're together, and penalty when they're not. Otherwise they would quickly get outleveled while they're together, and would quickly outlevel someone when they're apart. It needs a balancing factor to make sure they don't have Meepo-style speed leveling, who gets it because his clones can't rely on items for their stats.

Of course balancing the exp gain is a problem.
I want them to have about the same levelspeed as the other heroes ingame. Because of their spells they are perfect jungerls, their jungling speed would be about the same like Enigma's or even a bit better after they got some items.

The item slots are (for now) ok, I think. They have horribly bad stats (Bolvar 40 starting, Saurfang 50 starting and both have 4.1 gain, what is even less than Meepos 4.8) but their farming speed and additional item slots denies that fact a bit.
If you are still not convinced, take a look at Alchimist. He farms better than most heroes because of Goblin's Greed but is hardly ever picked and never played as carry (regarding competetive games).

But everything is changeable. It's only numbers. ^^

Originally Posted by lozarian

Really like it, I feel that you'd spend all game getting cheap stats items though. I also say bolvar does more damage than the other dude, 2x crit every .3 seconds? That's ursa-level dps.

Cheap core items like Bracers, Power Treads (on both), Vanguard and/ or Hood (Bolvar) and Armlet/ BKB (Saurfang) are like I have imagined it, yes.

Bolvar's first skill has got an 8 second cooldown and can only be cast after Bolvar recieved 10 attacks. No way Ursa-like DPS and I doubt that he will reach the damage output of Saurfang.

If you are talking about the ultimate, well... it's an ultimate and should be scary on some way. ^^ But this damage is divided between every enemy and it's only for 6 seconds, therefore he can only charge 20 times. And if you look at his shitty base damage it won't be too strong, I think.

Originally Posted by kanzakill

Don't quite understand Bolvar's 1st skill. Why is the "10 hits" condition needed?

Bolvar's 2nd skill:

So does it still block that one spell after blocking 1/2/3/4/5 attacks?

Bolvar's 3rd skill is too strong in any circumstance I can imagine.

Bolvar's ultimate skill:
So basically you use this skill and he will jump around the battle damaging anything that attacks his allies?

I'm confused

Saurfang's 1st skill: no comment

Saurfang's 2nd skill: no comment

Saurfang's 3rd skill: Ok this is good.

Saurfang's ultimate skill:
This skill does too many things that have already been done by other skills

Bolvar:
First skill: Imagine a 2 second stun every 8 seconds along with a 2.2x critical strike for 20 Mana. Imba? Yes.
That's why the '10 hits' condition is needed.
Also, it makes Bolvar a beast when he is able to tank the opponents. He's designed to be the tank and has to take hits to unleash his true potential. (--> Synergy with Second Skill).

Second skill: On level 3 and 4 of the skill it blocks 5/6 attacks OR one spell. That means as long as 'block charges' are left it will block single target spells.
But if you block one spell all the charges are removed.

Third skill: This is mainly to buff up Bolvar's armor (he got shit Agi gain and therefore needs it) and based on the 'Inner Fire' buff from ladder. But I agree, maybe it's to powerful.
Maybe I will nerf the strenght of the buff if it's applied on allied heroes (exept Saurfang of course).

Ultimate: Basically, yes. But he only does this, if an enemy hero damages an allied unit. After charging, Bolvar will perform a critical strike and force the enemy to attack him for some time.

Saurfang:
Ultimate: It's a bit like Power Cogs from Rattle, but the Ring of Valor is indestructible and you can't Leap/ Blink/ Fly (exept Blink Dagger) out of it because of the silence. You trap him in there with you, he can't escape and his only possibility is to stay and fight. It works in a little similar way (regarding the skill itself), but it is much more powerful and serves a different purpose.

[eleazar03]

I like the concept.. I just want to see 1 active skill that utilizes both heroes to get better effects. such as Saurfang or bolvar being able throw any unit-but if the other hero is thrown does more damage or other effects. that's just an example and throwing units isn't suited for these two. As for uniqueness I don't really care unless its an exact replica. And I don't think neither are effective farmers, which they need to be since as you've said, they are weak and need's some items to be in an mid/end game clash. about the Exp gain, make them get half exp for everything while both are alive and full exp when 1 is dead.

Bolvar
no problem with 1st skill. but i have a question about the 2nd skill, does the 30% come from the damage he receives or maximum HP or current hp. 3rd skill, who gets the buff? Him or the attacked hero or both? Ultimate, uhm.. Charge means he runs towards it right? shouldn't he get a speed boost coz there are going to be a max of 5 heroes that can be attacked around him and normal speed wouldn't really cut it-specially coz he only has 1.5 taunt duration. and to clear up one of your notes, did you mean if another enemy attacks while charging another enemy, he won't change target?

Saurfang
1st skill, shouldn't he get at least 10% evasion since his 2nd can't be activated without bolvar. 2nd skill, should at least be usable for half the effects without bolvar or give a passive buff-mainly because bolvar wouldn't always be there. 3rd skill, IMO requires a disable, or at least deal 5 dps to units attacking. I have no problem Ultimate.

All in all, I like the concept, I just think it needs some changes. I hope this helps in improving your hero.

If you have time. Check any of my Hero suggestions.

[fremdlaender]

Originally Posted by eleazar03

I like the concept.. I just want to see 1 active skill that utilizes both heroes to get better effects. such as Saurfang or bolvar being able throw any unit-but if the other hero is thrown does more damage or other effects. that's just an example and throwing units isn't suited for these two. As for uniqueness I don't really care unless its an exact replica. And I don't think neither are effective farmers, which they need to be since as you've said, they are weak and need's some items to be in an mid/end game clash. about the Exp gain, make them get half exp for everything while both are alive and full exp when 1 is dead.

Bolvar
no problem with 1st skill. but i have a question about the 2nd skill, does the 30% come from the damage he receives or maximum HP or current hp. 3rd skill, who gets the buff? Him or the attacked hero or both? Ultimate, uhm.. Charge means he runs towards it right? shouldn't he get a speed boost coz there are going to be a max of 5 heroes that can be attacked around him and normal speed wouldn't really cut it-specially coz he only has 1.5 taunt duration. and to clear up one of your notes, did you mean if another enemy attacks while charging another enemy, he won't change target?

Saurfang
1st skill, shouldn't he get at least 10% evasion since his 2nd can't be activated without bolvar. 2nd skill, should at least be usable for half the effects without bolvar or give a passive buff-mainly because bolvar wouldn't always be there. 3rd skill, IMO requires a disable, or at least deal 5 dps to units attacking. I have no problem Ultimate.

All in all, I like the concept, I just think it needs some changes. I hope this helps in improving your hero.

If you have time. Check any of my Hero suggestions.

Thank you for your comment.
While I understand what you mean, I don't really like it. Both of them are specializing in melee combat and some weird nuke which does more damage if they stand near each other (or whatever) just doesn't fit.

About farming, I have planned them as junglers. Bolvar tanks the creeps' hits, therefore does more damage and Saurfang is never attacked, therefore does more damage, too.

Bolvar:
Skill 2: The 30% increased health is applied after the buff runs out and is based on Bolvar's maximum health.

Skill 3: The hero who was attacked by an enemy who is under the effect of the aura (600 range of Bolvar) gets the buff.

Ultimate: Yes, charging means to run up to an enemy and strike him. He would of course run much, much faster than normal. I imagine something like an immediate Blink and an fitting animation which displays the 'charge' in a good way. I should add that in the Notes.
He only can perform this charge once every 0.3 seconds.

Saurfang:
Skill 1: Evasion is a boring skill and currently overused (Panda, Mortred, Void + Talisman of Evasion). No need.

Skill 2: Bolvar WILL always be there. If he's not you missunderstood the main idea of this hero or one of them died and so you are fucked anyway.

Skill 3: The disable of this hero team comes from Bolvar's Reckoning skill which will force the enemy to attack him. If it's not enough disabling power to kill an enemy this skill needs to be improved. No need to add another disable I think.
Also, there is Ring of Valor which traps enemies.

[IAmInYourPants]

I like it Nice concept of a tag team hero. Will require some micro to handle, (thats y we have the unit-sharing option lol)

[AlterDevil76]

Hm... just a short comment before I do a full review on it.
Bolvar's 2nd ability works like Lanaya's Refraction but with an added heal. Perhaps reducing damage could do but this time, increase the amount of attacks that Bolvar can block.

Other than that, everything seems to be good. Perhaps giving a link, like 2,200 range or more, with both heroes being strong on their own and stronger with one another, it should be fair that both heroes should share the same lane.

[Lycan]

Interesting for sure but i'm unsure whether it's balanced.. but sylla got a pet as well... chen got 3 max... hmmm

[fremdlaender]

Originally Posted by AlterDevil76

Hm... just a short comment before I do a full review on it.
Bolvar's 2nd ability works like Lanaya's Refraction but with an added heal. Perhaps reducing damage could do but this time, increase the amount of attacks that Bolvar can block.

Other than that, everything seems to be good. Perhaps giving a link, like 2,200 range or more, with both heroes being strong on their own and stronger with one another, it should be fair that both heroes should share the same lane.

Bolvar's skill does not prevent damage from spells and the added HP is to balance his weak Str gain a bit.

I'm still not sure about numbers regarding XP range because I have no insight in how exactly it is balanced for normal heroes.
And again, they are planned as a jungle hero, I'm not sure if they work very well at early levels in lane. ^^

Originally Posted by Lycan

Interesting for sure but i'm unsure whether it's balanced.. but sylla got a pet as well... chen got 3 max... hmmm

The balance is of course a issue with this hero, but this suggestion is mainly about the concept.
I tried to balance the hero by giving them very bad stats.

Combined they have 8.2 stat gain per level, just compare it to Rooftrellen's 7.2. I think balance will come with the time.

[ul.jackswift112]

Not a very good idea sorry.

[fremdlaender]

Originally Posted by ul.jackswift112

Not a very good idea sorry.

Oh, how I love this sort of replies.
Please state what you don't like so I can improve it.
If you don't like the suggestion in general (2 in 1 hero) state how you would do it.

Edit: Or don't reply at all.

[godzbane]

This hero is seriously well though out and amazing...

Love to see this in DotA.

[Labyrinth Suite]

Could the XP gained, for example in a double lane (Ex: B&S and Lina) be divided by 3? Since after all are three heroes.

I really like the idea, and the fact that one dieing don't kill the other might make people pick him more than meepo.

[fremdlaender]

Originally Posted by Labyrinth Suite

Could the XP gained, for example in a double lane (Ex: B&S and Lina) be divided by 3? Since after all are three heroes.

I really like the idea, and the fact that one dieing don't kill the other might make people pick him more than meepo.

The XP should not be divided by three. Generally, I don't want them to have a worse XP gain than other heroes only because they are two.
I have no idea how to achieve it the best way, but those two should have the same XP gain as a normal hero.

And I don't think it's necessary to kill the other one if one of them dies. They can't do much without each other anyway, a buff that increases damage taken (or decreses damage done, whatever) should be enough.
Of course the enemies should only get half the gold for killing.