[STR-SENT] - Leonidas, King of Sparta

[Khassar]

Leonidas
King of Sparta

Background Story: Leonidas died long time ago. Surrounded, outnumbered... Like a true Spartan. But one mighty as him doesn't abide the laws of death, nor does he enjoy the dinner in hell. So Leonidas came back to life. But it wasn't Greece he returned to. Lands of Azeroth are his new battlefield. Always marching forward, Leonidas proudly leads his allies into a brighter tomorrow. The one without Scourge.

Strength - 21 + 2.7
Agility - 18 + 2.0
Intelligence - 15 + 1.6

Affiliation:	Sentinel
Damage:	50-54
Armor:	3.57
Movespeed:	300
Starting HP/MP:	549/195
Attack Range:	100(melee)

Model: Model

Pros and Cons

Pros:
-not easy to take down
-great anti-gank and escape mechanisms
-role flexibility
-decent str and agi
-focuses on team battles, but also handles smaller skirmishes quite well

Cons:
-has some great intitiating power, but lacks any form of initiation skill (although lothar/kelen can fix this)
-fails in team with summoners
-small mana pool
-has some issues when pushing that huge creep wave into enemies' base
-can't use mask of madness (joke)

Phalanax - (Toogle)

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Leonidas is master of battle formations, be it offensive or defensive ones. Has two modes, offensive and defensive.

Defensive Mode - (Toogle, Aura, Affects Allied Heroes)

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Increases his and the defense of nearby allies depending on the number of nearby allied heroes. Bonus is doubled on Leonidas.

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	Mana	Cooldown	C. Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	0	0	N/A	400	N/A	+0.75 armor and +1.5% magic ressisstance per nearby allied hero
2	0	0	N/A	400	N/A	+1 armor and +2% magic ressisstance per nearby allied hero
3	0	0	N/A	400	N/A	+1.25 armor and +2.5% magic ressisstance per nearby allied hero
4	0	0	N/A	400	N/A	+1.5 armor and +3% magic ressisstance per nearby allied hero

Notes:

• Leonidas' model is based on footman, so Leonidas' can have that 101% fiting defend animation for defense mode

• When the first level of phalanax is learnt this mode will be on by default

• Counts in Leonidas as well

• Doesn't count illusions

• Counts Meepo as a single hero

Offensive Mode - (Toogle, Aura, Affects Allied Heroes)

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Every Greek knows that numbers mean nothing. Applies bonus to AS, MS and damage of nearby allies depending on the nearby enemies : nearby allies ratio. Ratio is caped at 4. Each unit adds 1 to corresponding side, each hero adds 3. Bonus is doubled on Leonidas.

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	Mana	Cooldown	C. Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	0	0	N/A	800	N/A	(+4% AS, +1% MS, +5% dmg) * ratio
2	0	0	N/A	800	N/A	(+8% AS, +1.5% MS, +7.5% dmg) * ratio
3	0	0	N/A	800	N/A	(+12% AS, +2% MS, +10% dmg) * ratio
4	0	0	N/A	800	N/A	(+16% AS, +2.5% MS, +12.5% dmg) * ratio

Notes:

• The more outnumbered you are, bigger bonus is applied

• Let's say that you and your team mate gank broodmother. She has 12 spiderlings nearby, so ratio is going to be (12 + 3) : (3 + 3), i.e. ratio is 2.5.

• Ratio is rounded down to nearest 0.5, i.e. possible ratio values are 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4

• Counts in Leonidas as well

• Doesn't count illusions

• Counts Meepo as a single hero

Demoralization - (Active, Affects Enemy Heroes)

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Leonidas looses a frightening battlecry, making even the most persistent foes run away in fear.

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	Mana	Cooldown	C. Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	90	25	N/A	400	1	Affected enemy heroes will run away from Leonidas in a straight line (but will still adapt to terrain)
2	100	25	N/A	400	1.5	Affected enemy heroes will run away from Leonidas in a straight line (but will still adapt to terrain)
3	110	25	N/A	400	2	Affected enemy heroes will run away from Leonidas in a straight line (but will still adapt to terrain)
4	120	25	N/A	400	2.5	Affected enemy heroes will run away from Leonidas in a straight line (but will still adapt to terrain)

Notes:

• Goes through magic immunity

Credits to Punj,Love Hater (yeah, that's a single account) for making icon with fiting borders.
Molon Labe - (Passive, Affects Self)

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Spartans won't go down easily. If he suffers a finishing blow, Leonidas will get some health back and take reduced damage for several seconds. Removes most debuffs when triggered.

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	Mana	Cooldown	C. Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	N/A	60	N/A	N/A	5	Regains 8% hp and gets 25% damage reduction for 5 seconds
2	N/A	55	N/A	N/A	5	Regains 10% hp and gets 30% damage reduction for 5 seconds
3	N/A	50	N/A	N/A	5	Regains 12% hp and gets 35% damage reduction for 5 seconds
4	N/A	45	N/A	N/A	5	Regains 14% hp and gets 40% damage reduction for 5 seconds

Notes:

• Finishing blow is the damaging instance that would otherwise kill you

• Will trigger even if Leonidas was under doom effect, but won't remove doom

• Removes Kaldr's hp freeze

This is Sparta! - (Active, Single Target, Affects Enemy Heroes)

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Leonidas executes a mighty blow, greatly damaging and stuning his target. If the target hero dies while under the effect of this spell, he'll respawn longer.

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	Mana	Cooldown	C. Range	AoE	Duration	Effects
1	125	60	Melee	N/A	2(stun)/8(debuff)	Deals 200 damage and stuns for 2 seconds. Respawn time prolonged by 10.
2	150	60	Melee	N/A	2.5(stun)/8(debuff)	Deals 300 damage and stuns for 2.5 seconds. Respawn time prolonged by 15.
3	175	60	Melee	N/A	3(stun)/8(debuff)	Deals 400 damage and stuns for 3 seconds. Respawn time prolonged by 20.

Notes:

• Both stun and debuff go through magic immunity, however, damage doesn't

So now, some reasoning:

Skill Set Synergy

There's no direct synergy between Leonidas' skills, like use skill A, then follow with skill B and finish with skill C. His skill set is meant to manipulate unit positioning in the battlefield, be it forming impenetretable defensive lines or breaking down your enemies' formation. Apart from that, his skills also give him some great counter-pushing powers, using that massive creep wave in order to get some nice buffs. And before you say it, demoralization indeed has some anti-synergy with that offensive mode, but hey, they're meant to achieve two different things, so that won't be a problem. Leonidas will probably get in shit over his head quite often, so Molon Labe will find its' use rather easily. Ult gives Leonidas what his other skills don't, direct damage and disable, with a rather long pseudo stun on top of all that.

Heroes

Good allies/Prefered enemies



Rambos
Rambo style is the way to go for Leonidas. However, tell Lycan to leave wolves behind.


Gankers
Demoralization makes it easier for them to focus on heroes that run too far from their team.


Wave killers
1. They clear the wave
2. You rush in and rape them
3. ???
4. Profit


Summoners
1. They summon
2. You get pumped up and slaughter them
3. ???
4. Profit

Bad allies/Feared enemies


Summoners
Either your offensive boost won't work or they won't use their summons. Lose-lose situation.


Wave killers
Although not necessarily bad, that hostile creep wave is still a must for Leonidas' play style.


1v1 rapists
You'll need allies when dealing with these bitches


Ninjas
It's hard to get close to these guys

[Redleader134]

Nice ideas

The passive agi gain would make him very strong late game.

[VII.]

This is actually...nice.
With this kind of rational Leonidas i wouldnt even mind having him ingame :-P
Good luck with this
(cant see model tho)

[SlayerII]

are you weird? the (zipped!) model is more than a half mb OO.
You know ht max map size is 8mb, and dota laready isnt small.

[dreamcatcher0]

this is actually nice... really.

[(~YoruKitsune~)]

T-up
Nice hero!

[Zypher~]

REVIEW since I don't see this kind of suggestion everyday:

1st Skill - Seems rather weak to be honest if you consider the fact of actually clumping up the team for your passive which works ONLY for you. The reduced MS is also too much to 'balance?' the mediocre effects of this skill.

2nd Skill - Simple actually. AoE disable is always good.

3rd Skill - The AoE? This may balance out the crappy effects of your 1st skill. Then again I'm not so sure about that. Using ratio as a variable is rather original. Kudos to the skill. The effects on the other hand... Dunno bout that.

Ultimate - Make the cooldown a static 60 sec like Rexxar's roar. 3 Sec. stun , 400 damage, especially when you already have another disable every 40 sec is not funny. At all.

Overall - Simple yet it is team-oriented. Which is always a good role in DotA.

BTW if you can make Mask of Madness synergize with this hero my head will implode because of the win.

[Khassar]

Thx for support boys, but hero isn't complete yet, so yes, some skills are retardedly powerfull while others have some issues. I'll fix him right now.

[Khassar]

OK, I tweaked the concept, hope it's better now.

[AlterDevil76]

Woah, at any way I did not copy your ultimate thought it has something close to it(the increase of respawn time). I just posted my hero and saw yours and checked it out, surprised. T-Up :3 Though I bet DotA won't appreciate much if Leonidas came into dota :3

Would be funny to see if his ultimate creates a pithole behind the target before being pushed back.

[LoserMayCry]

lmao

[Khassar]

this is actually nice... really.

Would like to hear some more in depth criticism.

Would be funny to see if his ultimate creates a pithole behind the target before being pushed back.

Haha, I actually thought about adding such effect to heroes that die under debuff.

[Khassar]

Come on guys, share your thoughts, it's Leonidas after all.

[Averrios]

Skill 1: all in all ok but as used in defence for footmans ... defensive mode should slow allies a bit. offensive is also ok. Numbers need a little change.
I got a question: Can you activate the modes each for itself or only switch from one to another?
Skill 2: sounds great xD
Skill 3: sounds interresting, does this count for all dmg?
Skill 4: Thats funny but useless if you are in the looser team xD, maybe 8 secs is too less

All in all ok, the epic challenge to make a Leonidas Hero for DotA is really hard, but you managed that quite well. The only thing that is bad is the icon that doesn't really fit into WC3, but thats unimportant.
T-Up

[Adrii]

Leonidas in DotA? =S Find the model, and after i can write some decent comment u_u

[Khassar]

Skill 1: all in all ok but as used in defence for footmans ... defensive mode should slow allies a bit. offensive is also ok. Numbers need a little change.
I got a question: Can you activate the modes each for itself or only switch from one to another?
Skill 2: sounds great xD
Skill 3: sounds interresting, does this count for all dmg?
Skill 4: Thats funny but useless if you are in the looser team xD, maybe 8 secs is too less

All in all ok, the epic challenge to make a Leonidas Hero for DotA is really hard, but you managed that quite well. The only thing that is bad is the icon that doesn't really fit into WC3, but thats unimportant.
T-Up

Modes work as Medusa's mana shield, with offensive/defensive instead of on/off. About ulti, it's rather strong one so don't worry about that. And yeah, icon is unwarcraftish, but that's the best I got.

Leonidas in DotA? =S Find the model, and after i can write some decent comment u_u

Link with model is under advanced statistics table.

[Khassar]

Would like to see some more reviews.

[Jackalist]

It's good but i'd prefer Leonidas in the Map 300, he can throw spears >_> but this is nice also too..

[abrams]

Awesome hero. T-Up!

[Kwanz4]

This is DotA not 300.

I won't even bother to say T-Up or T-Down because IceFrog won't even bother to look at this.