[STR-SENT] Aeolid, The Ancient of Life

[Captain Planet]

• Interface
• Background Story
• Theme/Roles
• How Aeolid Works
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An old being, from the origins of the world, maintaining the balance between Life and Magic. Aeolid, the Upper Regent of his youngest sibling, Aeogolias the Spirit Guardian, protected the heavens from imbalance and kept the world in check. With the arrival of the Scourge, this delicate balance was threatened, forcing Aeolid to join his brother in fight against the Scourge. With the full power of Life and Magic at hand, Aeolid, the Ancient of Life, came down from the heavens to ravage the Scourge and restore balance once again.

Theme: Nature, life, magic

Intended Roles:Semi-carry, support

When Aeolid learns his ultimate, he can choose from 3 Essences: Essence of Survival, Essence of Life and Essence of Magic. Depending on which form he chooses, his abilities will either be buffed or nerfed.
Essence of Life: This form buffs his first skill, Nature's Harvest and improves his physical combat capabilities, while nerfing the effects of his other 2 regular skills
Essence of Survival: This form is the default form Aeolid is in until he learns his ultimate and chooses another. He can always return to this default whenever you choose.
Essence of Magic: This form buffs skill two and three, but nerfs his first ability. It also increases his mana and mana regeneration.

All three pieces of his ultimate are Metamorphosis-style abilities (base command IDs aren't a problem since there is more than one type of ladder Metamorphosis type ability with different base command IDS. If you don't know what a base command ID is, then don't worry about this bit, just know that the ultimate will work )

• Starting Statistic
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Nature's Harvest - (Autocast/instant)



Notes:

• *Duration of bonuses on Aeolid
• Will not place the debuff when autocast is turned off or while silenced
• Debuff will still be placed when 0 mana remains but debuffs cannot be comsumed
• The number of debuffs Aeolid has placed on a unit appears as a number above the unit's head
• These numbers will only appear above heroes, however debuffs may be placed on creeps as well
• Can be Purged
• Cooldown does not affect debuff placement
• Aeolid can consume debuffs from multiple enemies

Nature's Harvest - (Autocast/instant)



Notes:

• *Duration of bonuses on Aeolid
• Will not place the debuff when autocast is turned off or while silenced
• Debuff will still be placed when 0 mana remains but debuffs cannot be comsumed
• The number of debuffs Aeolid has placed on a unit appears as a number above the unit's head
• These numbers will only appear above heroes, however debuffs may be placed on creeps as well
• Can be Purged
• Cooldown does not affect debuff placement

Nature's Harvest - (Autocast/instant)



Notes:

• *Duration of bonuses on Aeolid
• Will not place the debuff when autocast is turned off or while silenced
• Debuff will still be placed when 0 mana remains but debuffs cannot be comsumed
• The number of debuffs Aeolid has placed on a unit appears as a number above the unit's head
• These numbers will only appear above heroes, however debuffs may be placed on creeps as well
• Damage bonuses round up
• Can be Purged
• Cooldown does not affect debuff placement

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Natural Degeneration - (Active, AoE)



Notes:

• Can be Purged
• Amplifies all damage (like Chen's Penitence does)

Natural Degeneration - (Active, AoE)



Notes:

• Can be Purged
• Amplifies all damage (like Chen's Penitence does)

Natural Degeneration - (Active, AoE)



Notes:

• Can be Purged
• Amplifies all damage (like Chen's Penitence does)

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Vitality Seeds - (Instant, AoE)



Notes:

• If two allies have the same buff, that will still count as +1 buff
• Similarly, if two enemies have the same buff, that will also count as +1 buff
• Each instance of the Nature's Harvest debuff counts as +1 buff
• If there are 5 enemy buffs and 4 allied buffs at level 4, 300 damage will be dealt to all nearby enemies and 160hp restored to allies

Vitality Seeds - (Instant, AoE)



Notes:

• If two allies have the same buff, that will still count as +1 buff
• Similarly, if two enemies have the same buff, that will also count as +1 buff
• Each instance of the Nature's Harvest debuff counts as +1 buff
• If there are 5 enemy buffs and 4 allied buffs at level 4, 180 damage will be dealt to all nearby enemies and 80hp restored to allies

Vitality Seeds - (Instant, AoE)



Notes:

• If two allies have the same buff, that will still count as +1 buff
• Similarly, if two enemies have the same buff, that will also count as +1 buff
• Each instance of the Nature's Harvest debuff counts as +1 buff
• If there are 5 enemy buffs and 4 allied buffs at level 4, 375 damage will be dealt to all nearby enemies and 192hp restored to allies

Essence of Nature - (Instant)

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Essence of Survival - (Instant)



Notes:

• This is where Aeolid is in perfect balance between physical combat and spell casting
• Resets base HP and BAT to normal (150 & 1.7)
• Transformation time is instant and doesn't interrupt current orders

Essence of Life - (Instant)



Notes:

• This is where Aeolid tips the balance in favour of DPS/survival
• Increases max health by 250/500/750
• Reduces BAT to 1.6/1.55/1.5
• Gives 1% hp regen
• Transformation time is instant and doesn't interrupt current orders

Essence of Magic - (Instant)



Notes:

• This is where Aeolid tips the balance in favour of spell casting and support of allies
• Increases max mana by 250/500/750
• Gives 1% mp regen
• Transformation time is instant and doesn't interrupt current orders

• Skill Synergies
• Hero Synergies
• Item Synergies
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Descritpion

• Credits
• Changelog

Many thanks to Zero_Messiah, who spent a number of hours going over this hero with me, feeding me ideas and numbers.

August 2011
- Aeolid can consume debuffs from multiple enemies (whether or not he could wasn't stated before)
- Transformation time for ultimate specified as instant and not interrupting orders
January 2011
- Reduced strength gain from 2.6 to 2.4
- Reduced starting intelligence from 23 to 22
- Reduced mana cost of Essence of Magic from 200/125/50 to 50/50/50
December 2010
- Reduced the cooldown of Essence of Life and Essence of Magic from 20/12/5 seconds to 10/5/0 seconds
- Changed damage amplification mechanics from X/units to X - Y*units

[Kouganei]

What is this I don't even...

[Captain Planet]

Originally Posted by Nozumu

What is this I don't even...

It's my lastest project. all but finished, I just need to get some icon recolourings for each of the different Essences.

[Kouganei]

Mind explaining how it works? Are the two skills Initial skills?

E: Epic name is epic.

[Captain Planet]

No. The ultimate is divided into 3 parts. Essence of Survival (the default mode), Essence of Life and Essence of Magic. Depending on which Essence you choose, your ability set is modified to reflect your choice.

So if you morph into Essence of Magic, it BUFFS skills 2 & 3, but nerfs skill 1. Alternatively, if you morph into Essence of Survival it BUFFS skill 1 but nerfs skills 2 & 3. Each of the Essences also give passive benefits depending on which Essence you are currently using. He has no native spells that he starts off with.

[Kouganei]

Essence of Survival, Essence of Magic and Essence of Essence of Life Typo on the ult. And the template's kinda messy. Anyway I'll review this later and might post my latest project too.

[Captain Planet]

Messy? I think it looks great...

[Kouganei]

If that's the case, you could explain how the hero works on Hero Introduction. It's a little confusing at first seriously. And fix the justification tables please, it made me think that the next skill is the 3rd when it's the ult.

[Captain Planet]

^I've put how the ultimate works in the hero introduction hopefully that should clear up a few things.

[Kouganei]

There that's much better.

[Captain Planet]

Cool A full review is welcome whenever you've got the time to give one (:

I like your new name, but Montezuma would've been better ^_^

[TL-Flames]

Bump for great justice! I dunno why i say that...

Pending semi-comprehensive review for when i feel like reading another textbook of a hero.

[kitchen]

I didn't read much, but I'll say that I don't really like Natural Degneration. It's pretty much Gnoll's Dream Catcher.

[Captain Planet]

Except for the fact that I've never played Gnoll and haven't a clue what his skills do?

[Zero_Messiah]

Again, Jugg, I already mentioned this. It's Shadow Demon's SOUL Catcher, and yes, I pointed this out already. However we've made it so there's differences as well, which I think are key. (although personally, I feel it's just a better Soul Catcher)

[Captain Planet]

^I've altered the mechanics so that it's fixed reductions per extra unit in the AoE, rather than a division. It's actually a buff to the ability as well.

[Kouganei]

Essence of Nature: I'll start with this skill since it's very confusing if I start from the top. Alright so this skill gives you tree skills and all the skills affect how the normal skills work right? The idea is great so let's get started with the first essence.

Essence of Life Survival: A little typo on the skill name. Anyway, his default skill all seems promising. Nothing to point out here except the typo.

Essence of Survival Life: This removes the effects survival give but improves your first skill, this is a little weak compared to the other two. Yes, it gives you the ability to heal from the first skill but the Essence of Magic improves TWO skills and gives Magic Resistance. IMO This should give him some HP or something in those lines.

Essence of Magic: I think that either this skill is OP or Essence of Life is UP. Anyway I think a CD decrease on the two Essences would not hurt.

Nature's Harvest: The idea is great, however I think that Essence of Magic should be nerfed more or buff Essence of Life's version.

Soul Catcher Natural Degeneration: A little tweak from soul catcher but it is fine. But would you consider increasing the max amplification by 3%? So in case that there is only 1 unit affected it would take the full 60% instead of 57%.

Vitality Seeds: Idea is great but the numbers need some change. I love this skill.

Overall: It is a great hero, but the numbers need a lot of work. What I mean is Essence of life nerfs the other two skills a lot while Essence of Mana bearly touches Nature's Harvest not to mention it gives Magic Resistance too. Hope this helps.

[Captain Planet]

Originally Posted by Tezca Tlipoca

Essence of Nature: I'll start with this skill since it's very confusing if I start from the top. Alright so this skill gives you tree skills and all the skills affect how the normal skills work right? The idea is great so let's get started with the first essence. That's right

Essence of Life Survival: A little typo on the skill name. Anyway, his default skill all seems promising. Nothing to point out here except the typo.

Essence of Survival Life: This removes the effects survival give but improves your first skill, this is a little weak compared to the other two. Yes, it gives you the ability to heal from the first skill but the Essence of Magic improves TWO skills and gives Magic Resistance. IMO This should give him some HP or something in those lines. I've already addressed this via MSN so that's all cool (:

Essence of Magic: I think that either this skill is OP or Essence of Life is UP. Anyway I think a CD decrease on the two Essences would not hurt. Ok, I'll make a reduction.

Nature's Harvest: The idea is great, however I think that Essence of Magic should be nerfed more or buff Essence of Life's version. I'll nerf the Essence of Magic version

Soul Catcher Natural Degeneration: A little tweak from soul catcher but it is fine. But would you consider increasing the max amplification by 3%? So in case that there is only 1 unit affected it would take the full 60% instead of 57%. Alright, I'll make the change. That sounds fair to me and should keep it still being balanced.

Vitality Seeds: Idea is great but the numbers need some change. I love this skill.Thanks...not sure what to do about the numbers though. I'm not sure whether you think they're OP or UP.

Overall: It is a great hero, but the numbers need a lot of work. What I mean is Essence of life nerfs the other two skills a lot while Essence of Mana bearly touches Nature's Harvest not to mention it gives Magic Resistance too. Hope this helps. Again, I addressed this issue to you via MSN. Maybe people should learn to open spoilers once in a while

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[Captain Planet]

Bumpsorz

[Manwhale4]

i like it its like a power treads kind of ulti .
love that you let us look at the other ideas too