[INT-SENT] Verus Consilium, White Sage (TestMap7)

[chadpiety123]

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TESTMAP V7:

Test Map created by: Zirath
White Sage Test Map V7


Still not in the Testmap:

• Psyche Discord stun duration should be constant 2 seconds
• Psyche Discord duration should be 6.5 seconds
• Astral Split MS bonus should be 30/60/90/120
• Astral Split targeting type should be Location Targeted (400 casting range).
• Astral Split cooldown should be 60 seconds
• Astral Split maximum range should be 2400
• Condensation ratio should be 60:100/80:140/120:200
• Condensation cooldown should be 60 seconds
• Rekindle should heal and damage
• Rekindle damage type should be direct HP removal
• Indulge should recover mana and reduce mana
• Exertion should be remade into Spirit Reverberation

Changes:

• Fixed Psyche Discord's cooldown and duration.
• Turns out Psyche Discord really does only reduce mana instead of burning it so it's all okay.
• Updated Exertion's parameters and is now based no maximum life.
• Strengthened the Doom Guards.

Credits to Zirath
Few Edits done by Avathacis and HellCraft. Thanks ^^.


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TO THE READER:

As what others always say, Please vote on CONCEPT and NOT ON NUMBERS

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CHANGE LOG:

May 8, 2010

• Changed Spirit Reverberation damage type to Pure
• Increased Astral Split maximum range to 2400

May 1, 2010

• Undid Unsplit change.
• Changed Spirit Reverberation damage type from pure to direct HP removal

April 23, 2010

• Rescaled Spirit Reverberation from 4/8/12/16% to 11/14/17/20%
• Changed Spirit Reverberation damage type from magical to pure
• Remade Reenter subskill to Unsplit

February 24, 2010

• Allowed Spirit Disturbance to trigger from all mana loss within the AoE, including those from Verus
• Reduced values of Spirit Disturbance from 15/30/45/60% to 4/8/12/16%
• Renamed Spirit Disturbance to Spirit Reverberation to make it more in theme

February 22, 2010

• Remade Exertion into Spirit Disturbance. Astral Split and Synergy Sections were updated accordingly.
• Nerfed Astral Split cooldown from 40 seconds to 60 seconds
• Double clicking Astral Split button projects the spirit directly in front of the body
• Changed Rekindle to involve Heal and Damage instead of Heal and Mana Reduction at the cost of mana
• Changed Indulge to involve Mana Recovery and Mana Reduction instead of Mana Recovery and Damage at the cost of mana
• Changed Condensation ratios 60 to 100/80 to 140/120 to 200
• Changed Rekindle damage type from pure to magical

Older Logs:

February 19, 2010

• Fixed Astral Split Description
• Changed Astral Split targeting type from Stomp to Location Targeted
• Decreased Psyche Discord duration from 8 to 6.5
• Changed Condensation conversion from 20 to 40/40 to 80/60 to 120 to 40 to 80/70 to 140/100 to 200
• Increased cooldown from 3 to 5 seconds

[/color]February 2, 20010

• Nerfed Astral Split Bonus MS to 30/60/90/120
• Reduced Exertion AoE 700AoE
• Decreased Exertion damage from 4% to 3% of max life

January 18, 2010

• Reduced Astral Split pseudoleap range from 600 to 300
• Changed Psyche Discord stun time to a constant 2 seconds stun
• Increased Exertion damage from 2% to 4% of max life
• Returned cooldown sharing between Indulge and Rekindle

December 24, 2009

• Rescaled Psyche Discord mana cost to 90/110/130/150

December 21, 2009

• Rescaled Astral Split mana cost to 50/75/100/125
• Rescaled Psyche Discord's mana cost to 80/115/150/185
• Change Exertion so that interval time scales (7.5/6/4/1.5) and damage is a static 2% of max health.
• Slightly changed formula for Psyche Discord.

December 12, 2009

• Increased Astral Split duration to 13 seconds.
• Increased Astral Split's cooldown to 40 seconds.
• Reduced casting range of Psyche Discord from 800 to 400.
• Added a floor value of 15 for Exertion.
• Removed forced synergy between Indulge and Rekindle.
• Changed conversion factor to 20->40/40->80/60->120.
• A lot of minor tooltip improvements.

[color=#FFFFCC]September 29, 2009

• Removed floor value for exertion (19).
• Removed Buff Sharing for Astral Split because of codability issues AND for simplicity's sake.

September 9, 2009

• Changed periodic check interval of Exertion to 1.6 seconds.
• Added a lower floor of 19 to Exertion. Any mana reduction lower than 19 will not trigger the ability.
• Clarified that only the final mana difference during each periodic check will be considered and not the total mana loss.

September 3, 2009

• Changed mana burn of Psyche Discord to mana reduction.
• Reduced cooldown and duration of Psyche Discord to 6/8 from 8/10.
• Fixed incorrect stun values in Psyche Discord's Mathcraft section.

August 31, 2009

• Changed Exertion such that it's based on max life instead of current life.

August 24, 2009

• Lowered Exertion values to 0.5/1/1.5/2% of current life from 2/4/6/8% of max life.
• Added Double Aura Option for Astral Split.

The body also gets the aura and passives of the main hero. Most auras will not stack, but some might.

With regards to Exerion, the auras will STACK. It will be checked if the hero affected by the aura is in range of either. If in range of both, the effect will happen TWICE.

• Increased the damage reduction from 7/14/21/28% to 10/20/30/40%.

August 23, 2009

• Remade Exertion.
• Increased max range limit of Astral Split from 1400 to 2600.
• Reduced mana cost of Reenter from 125 to 25.

August 17, 2009

• Reduced Condensation gains (from 80/140/200 to 60/100/140). Condensation costs are reduced accordingly (60/100/140 to 40/80/120).
• If Indulge is used shortly after Rekindle, gives 20/40/60 bonus mana to allies and deals 20/40/60 bonus damage to enemies.
• If Rekindle is used shortly after Indulge, gives 20/40/60 more heal to allies and deals 20/40/60 more mana reduction to enemies.

August 17, 2009

• Remade Condensation.

August 11, 2009

• Nerfed Astral Split damage reduction (from 19/26/33/40% to 7/14/21/28%) and completely removed evasion.
• Changed cooldown of Astral Split from 40 seconds to 20 seconds after cancelling.
• Changed duration from 5/8/11/14 seconds to a static 10 seconds.

August 10, 2009

• Toned down damage reduction (from 30/45/60/75% to 19/26/33/40%) and (from 45/60/75/90% to static 40%).
• Changed global effects to something else:

Real global (Haunt, etc) effects hit him twice; Pseudo global (Wrath of Nature) effects MAY hit him twice.

• Increased cooldown of Astral Split from 20 to 40 seconds and mana cost of Astral Split and Reenter from 80 to 125 and 0 to 125 respectively.

August 8, 2009

• Fixed Astral's Splits description (i.e. Immunity).
• Fixed Synchronization notes on Astral Split:

An error might occur because of a change happening on both units during the check during an iteration of the periodic check.

To solve this, during the periodic check, the life and mana reductions/incrementations of the Spirit will be added to the life and mana reductions/incrementations of the body then the sum will be added to the states of both.

With regards to the stats, the status buffs (non-existent in the body) of the spirit will be added to the body then the status buffs (non-existent in the spirit) of the body will be added to the spirit.

• Exertion's AoE changed from 350/400/450/500 to a static 500.
• Tweaked Exertion's movement speed variation from 3/6/9/12 to 3/5/7/9%
• Increased Condensation's cost from 40/120/200 to 80/160/220 (I'll have to say that I don't like this but the situation IMO, calls for it).

August 3, 2009

• Explained a very probable issue on synching with Astral Split:

An error might occur because of a change happening on both units during the check during an iteration of the periodic check.

To solve this, during the periodic check, if there's a change, the body will always be synched first to the spirit before the spirit is synched to the body.

August 2, 2009

• Changed Astral Split's cast range (from 1400 to 600) and max range (from 2100 to 1600).
• Added Evasion and Damage Reduction Mechanism to Astral Split.
• Removed Ethereal part from Astral Split.
• Tweaked Psyche Discord formulas and changed them to linear.

July 28, 2009

• Changed Astral Split's mechanics from self targeted to location targeted (pseudo blink).
• Reduced Astral Split's cooldown (from 40 to 20 seconds) and mana cost (90/100/110/120 to 80).
• Astral Split's casting ranged increased from 0 to 1400 and maximum range from 1400 to 2100.
• Removed Reenter's mana cost.

July 23, 2009

• Tweaked Psyche Discord's formula a bit, slightly improving it's strength as max mana increases.
• Added a formula to Psyche Discord's stun time.
• Buffed Variation a bit (from 4/6/8/10% per stack to 3/6/9/12% per stack) and mana cost (from 105/120/135/150 to 90/100/110/120).

July 23, 2009

• Stunning or Silencing the spirit doesn't cancel Astral Split anymore.
• Further clarified something with Astral Split:

While in this state, the body does absolutely NOTHING but stay idle. It can receive damage and effects though if it is within range. For example:

• Carrion Swarm can hit both the spirit and the body if both are in range effectively damaging Verus twice.
• Purification can heal Verus twice if the body and the spirit are close together.
• Similar to Carrion Swarm, Sonic Wave can also hit twice.
• If the body is within range, Condensation can let you receive heal and mana recovery twice (one for each).
• If both the body and the spirit are in Exertion status and the spirit casts a spell, that effectively gives them 2 charges (since both lose mana along with each other whenever the other casts a spell but they share most statuses.)

In summary, Astral Split can let Verus receive things twice if the body is in range. The body DOES NOT duplicate spells, but it receives effects as well along with the spirit.

• Clarified Global Effects for Astral Split:

Global effects while in this status can be quite complicated. First off, the global ability should be classified.

• Things like Zeus' Thundergod's Wrath and Spectre's Haunt will only affect the ethereal unit
• Furion's Wrath of Nature on the other hand can hit both if probability dictates.

This means that if the global spell automatically targets a hero, only the ethereal is chosen, otherwise, both can be hit.

July 22, 2009

• Rebalanced Condensation values (from 50/70/290 costs and 100/150/200 gains to 40/120/200 costs and 80/120/160 gains) and cooldown (from 11/9/7 to 4 seconds on all levels).
• Changed Rekindle damage type from magical to pure.
• Psyche Discord doesn't remove pathing anymore.
• Changed bonus MS from percentage to integer values (from 20%/30%/40%/50% additional MS to 50/80/110/140 additional MS).
• Reworked on Astral Split's cooldown system.
• Tweaked Psyche Discord's damage and mana burn values.
• Added Mathcraft part for Psyche Discord.

July 21, 2009

• Changed character title from Avatar of Wisdom to White Sage.
• Changed story to refined version.
• Removed casting limit from Astral Split.
• Returned Consilium.

July 19, 2009

• Scaled Astral Split's movement speed bonus (20%/30%/40%/50%).
• Tweaked how Variation's AoE scaled (200/300/400/500 to 350/400/450/500).
• Changed Variation's name to Exertion.
• Changed Character title from Keeper of Wisdom to Avatar of Wisdom.
• Note: I'm still open for any name/title suggestion (With Wisdom or without).

July 16, 2009

• Lowered Strength gain from 2 to 1.8.
• Reduced Movement Speed by 20 (310 to 290).
• Nerfed Condensation cooldown from 5 seconds on all levels to 11/9/7 seconds depending on level.
• Changed story from Crazy Sheep's version to bimjowen's.

July 14, 2009

• Reworked Psyche Discord formula to refer to mana BEFORE casting instead of AFTER.
• Added Synergy Section.
• Removed the "link" while in Astral Split.

July 13, 2009

• Confirmed something regarding Astral Split:

Since Astral Split makes you two separate entities assuming a similar state, it's possible to be affected more than once by an ability if called by the situation. For example, Carrion Swarm can hit you twice if both the body and ethereal form is in range (one for each). Similarly, this makes this ability have a great synergy with Condensation because it allows you to be healed/given mana TWICE instead of only once.

• Changed Exertion from single targeted to Area Targeted (200/300/400/500).
• Increased gain from Condensation (from 80/130/180 to 100/150/200).
• Updated the item synergies section. I will be finishing the synergy section probably later this day.
• Added a new story by Crazy Sheep.

July 13, 2009

• Changed how Astral Split scaled (from 500/800/1100/1400 maximum range, 10 seconds duration and 1/2/2/3 casts to 1400 maximum range, 4/7/10/13 seconds duration and 1/2/3/4 casts). Additionally, increased cooldown from 25 seconds after using to 25 seconds after reentering or returning.
• Increased strength by 4 (from 12 to 16).

July 8, 2009

• Removed the damage part for Exertion.
• Removed Indulge as an ability and merged it with Ultimate.
• Added Astral Split ability.
• Remade Psyche Discord such that it isn’t fully based on mana but deals definite damage and mana burn depending on current mana.

July 1, 2009

• Changed AoE from 350 to 500.
• Removed the damage part for Indulge.

June, 29 2009

• Reposted hero.

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HERO INFORMATION:

VERUS CONSILIUM
THE WHITE SAGE

Affiliation: Sentinel
Model: Priest
Theme: Psychosomatic Relationships (Mind and Body, Body and Soul), Health and Mana Synergy, Key Support
Roles:

Main: Support, Nuker
Secondary: Chaser

Effective Builds: Nuker, Support, Battle-Int, Chaser, Secondary Tanker
Attributes and Stat Growth:

Strength: 16 + 1.8
Agility: 12 + 1.2
Intelligence: 20 + 2.8 (Main Attribute)

Starting Stats:

Health: 454
Mana: 260
Damage: 42-46
Armor: 1.7

Attack range: 600
Movement Speed: 290

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HERO ICON, HERO DESCRIPTION, STORY AND SKILLSET:


Summon the White Sage

When the gods of the Old World descended from the heavens to imbue Verus with their coveted understanding of body and mind, they also burdened him with a lifelong task: keeping the feuding Life-Energies in stasis. His stoic determination to defend this equilibrium of energy is matched only by his tenfold hatred for enemies who would disrupt the balance. Known to friends and foes alike as a master manipulator, he can unravel the threads of the connection between the body and mind turning his enemies power into their weakness. His presence on the battlefield is a beacon of hope for the Sentinel and an omen of defeat for the Scourge. Story by Crazy Sheep bimjowen and Cerealmaniac

Verus is one of the most versatile support heroes, being able to play mindgames as well as being able to change the outcome of a battle by successfully strengthening or weakening the life and mana pools of many allies and enemies at once. Astral Split serves as a good survival tool, which reduces incoming damage and can as well be used to quickly escape from battles if the situation is getting too dangerous, but it can be used as well for chasing, you can even chase enemy heroes under towers with this. But his true power lies within the combo of his 3 other skills. Psyche Discord's Manaburn triggers Spirit Reverberation, which deals damage around the unit who lost mana and can potentially lead to large aoe damage. On the one hand, Condensation's subskill Indulge is risky, as it costs you HP, but the aoe MP loss of enemies can trigger Spirit Reverberation a lot of times and it triggers as well the secondary effect of Psyche Discord, stunning the enemies. At the same time it recovers your and your allies MP. On the other hand, its other subskill Rekindle costs you MP, but at the same time effectively damages your enemies and recovers the life force of yourself and allies. The spammability of the Ult, his signature skill, allows him to stay longer in combat and make comebacks. Enemies who brought you to low HP cant be sure to kill you, as the situation can quickly turn around.

Learns Astral Split, Psyche Discord, Spirit Reverberation and Condensation

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HERO ABILITIES

ASTRAL SPLIT

Description: The White Sage projects himself out of his body to a location, gaining damage reduction and higher movement speed and leaving the body idle and uncontrollable while he is in spirit form. The body and spirit always have equal life and mana. Stunning or silencing the body or moving too far away from the body cancels Astral Split.
Duration: 13
Skill Type: Active, Location Target
Casting Range: 400
Cooldown: 60
Mana Cost: 50/75/100/125

Level 1 - 30 additional MS, 10% damage reduction
Level 2 - 60 additional MS, 20% damage reduction
Level 3 - 90 additional MS, 30% damage reduction
Level 4 - 120 additional MS, 40% damage reduction

Framework:
• When used, caster gains 0 collision, additional movement speed, additional damage reduction.
• It then does a pseudo blink to targeted location in front of it.
• A similar unit (body) is summoned in the location prior pseudo leap; it will always have the same stats and state as the original but is uncontrollable (stays idle on the location). If mode is cancelled, the spirit is automatically transported back to the location of the body.
• Max range between Verus and body is 2400
• Stunning or Silencing the body cancels this effect.
• This skill is replaced by ability Reenter while in Astral Split mode.
• [Skill Icon by CRAZYRUSSIAN]

Premise:

• The “body” stays at the point of activation.
• Verus gains additional movement speed, damage reduction and 0 collision size.
• When one dies, the other dies as well.

Limitations:

• The “body” and Verus will always have the same state at all times (life, mana except the effects induced by this state; e.g. additional MS, damage reduction).
• If Verus goes beyond 2400 range from the body, the state is cancelled.
• When the duration is finished, the state is cancelled, and Verus replaces the “body.”
• When the body is stunned or silenced, the status is cancelled.

Double Effects:

Since Astral Split makes you two separate entities assuming the same life and mana, it's possible to be affected more than once by an ability or effect if called by the situation. For example, Carrion Swarm can hit you twice if both the body and ethereal form is in range (once for each). Similarly, this makes this ability have a great synergy with Condensation because it allows you to be healed/given mana twice instead of only once.

While in this state, the body does absolutely NOTHING but stay idle. It can receive damage and effects though if it is within range. For example:

• Carrion Swarm can hit both the spirit and the body if both are in range effectively damaging Verus twice.
• Similar to Carrion Swarm, Sonic Wave can also hit twice.
• If the body is within range, Condensation can let you receive heal and mana recovery twice (one for each).

In summary, Astral Split can let Verus receive things twice if the body is in range. The body DOES NOT duplicate spells, but it receives effects as well along with the spirit.

Auras and Passives:

The body also gets the aura and passives of the main hero. Most auras will not stack, but some might.

With regards to Spirit Reverberation, the auras will STACK. It will be checked if the hero affected by the aura is in range of either. If in range of both, the effect will happen TWICE.

SUBSKILL: REENTER

Description: Verus siphons the spirit back to the body.
Skill Type: Active, Single Target, Location Target
Mana Cost: 25

Framework:
• Upon use, Astral Split is immediately cancelled and the Spirit is transferred back to the body.
• [Skill Icon by –Stygian-]

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PSYCHE DISCORD

Description: The White Sage assaults the mind of his target, damaging it and removing some of its mana. Targets hit by this spell will be in Discord, stunning them on the next mana reduction. Damage and mana reduction are proportional to current mana.
Duration: 6.5 (or until triggered)
Skill Type: Active, Nuke, Mana Burn, Minor Disable
Casting Range: 400
Cooldown: 6
Mana Cost: 90/110/130/150

Level 1 - 40 – 70 damage and 20 – 40 mana reduction
Level 2 - 80 – 140 damage and 40 – 80 mana reduction
Level 3 - 120 – 210 damage and 60 – 120 mana reduction
Level 4 - 160 – 280 damage and 80 – 160 mana reduction

Framework:
• This ability damages the target and reduces its mana depending on Verus’ current mana.
• Additionally, Psyche Discord status is inflicted on the target. This makes the target be stunned 2 seconds after the next mana reduction (meaning only once).
• [Skill Icon by CRAZYRUSSIAN]

Proposed Formula:

damage = 10*skillLvl*(3*%manaBeforeCast + 4))
manaBurn = 10*skillLvl*(2*%manaBeforeCast + 2)

where %manaBeforeCast = %mana exactly before spell is casted

Mathcraft (Sample Values at Level 4):

Mana Left Before Casting	Damage	Mana Reduction	Stun Time
100%	280	160	2
80%	256	144	2
60%	232	128	2
40%	208	112	2

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SPIRIT REVERBERATION

Description: The White Sage's aura causes the spirit of all nearby units, enemies and allies alike, including his, to reverberate and react, causing all enemies near them to be damaged, whenever they experience mana loss.
Skill Type: Passive
AoE: 800

Level 1 - Deals 11% of mana lost
Level 2 - Deals 14% of mana lost
Level 3 - Deals 17% of mana lost
Level 4 - Deals 20% of mana lost

Framework:
• Whenever a unit within an 800AoE around Verus loses mana, a percentage of the mana lost is dealt in damage to everything within a 500AoE around that enemy.
• Can be triggered by both enemies and allies.
• Damage type is pure.
• The unit who triggers this will not be damaged.
• Astral Split Spirit and Body both gets this aura. Triggers twice if in proximity of both.
• [Skill Icon by ZolfKimbley.BG]

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CONDENSATION

Description: Allows you to convert your life to mana through Indulge and your mana to life through Rekindle, affecting everything within range. Gives Indulge and Rekindle subskills.
Skill Type: Passive, Support
AoE: 500

Level 1 - 60 to 100 conversion factor
Level 2 - 80 to 140 conversion factor
Level 3 - 120 to 200 conversion factor

Framework:
• When this ability is leveled up, it allows the use of its two aspects, Indulge and Rekindle.
• These two aspects have "shared cooldowns."
• [Skill Icon by Mr.Goblin]

SUBSKILL: CONDENSATION: REKINDLE

Description: At the cost of his mana, the White Sage heals all nearby allies and damages all nearby enemies
Skill Type: Active, Support, Nuke
Cooldown: 5 (Shared with Indulge)
Mana Cost: 60/80/120
Framework:
• When used, All allies in a 500 AoE recover some life.
• Additionally, enemies within the same AoE receive damage.
• Heal and magical damage values are 100/140/200.
• This ability disables use of Indulge while it is still in cooldown. • [Skill Icon by EternalEpix]

SUBSKILL: CONDENSATION: INDULGE

Description:
At the cost of his life, the White Sage recovers the mana of all nearby allies and reduces the mana of all nearby enemies.
Skill Type: Active, Support
Cooldown: 5 (Shared with Rekindle)
Life Cost: 60/80/120
Framework:
• When used, All allies in a 500 AoE recover some mana.
• Additionally, enemies within the same AoE experience a decline in their mana.
• Mana recovery and mana reduction values are 100/140/200.
• This ability disables use of Rekindle while it is still in cooldown. • [Skill Icon by Deathclaw24]

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SKILL SYNERGIES:


Astral Split and Psyche Discord
Astral Split serves as a great casting range extension for Psyche Discord. They complement each other especially when chasing.


Astral Split and Spirit Reverberation
Astral Split doubles the damage dealt by Spirit Reverberation's aura. So if the unit in question is near both the spirit and the body, it gets double damage. More so, whenever Verus casts a spell, the Astral Split also loses mana, allowing up to 4x Spirit Reverberation damage.


Astral Split and Indulge
Using Indulge beside the Astral Split body doubles the effect of Indulge because both the body and the spirit recover mana at the same time.


Astral Split and Rekindle
Using Rekindle beside the Astral Split body doubles the effect of Rekindle because both the body and the spirit recover life at the same time.


Psyche Discord and Psyche Discord
Psyche Discord triggers itself.


Psyche Discord and Spirit Reverberation
Sprit Reverberation makes Psyche Discord deal some damage in an AoE because of Psyche Discord's mana reduction and mana cost.


Psyche Discord and Indulge
Rekindle's mana reduction triggers Psyche Discord's stun. It also increases current mana which where Psyche Discord is heavily dependent.


Spirit Reverberation and Indulge
Spirit Reverberation allows Indulge to deal large amounts of AoE damage because of its mana reduction.


Spirit Reverberation and Rekindle
Spirit Reverberation allows Rekindle to deal extra damage in an AoE because of its mana cost.


Rekindle and Indulge
Rekindle and Indulge's cost to gain ratio is very good, making this skill infinitely sustainable.


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HERO SYNERGIES:


Mana Reduction Synergies


Mana Battery Synergies


Health Battery Synergies


Astral Split Synergies


Team Presence Synergies

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ITEM SYNERGIES:


Fortifiers, Mana Support, Regeneration Items


Steroids - Mana Burn / Purge


Steroids - Mana Burn / True Sight / Damage


Steroids - Armor, Slow, Mana Support


Steroids - Fortifier, Mana Support, Slow


Repositioning Items and Disables


Burst Regeneration



Others

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[Shinma]

nicely done.. good job..

[Maw2]

Don't you think his ult's aoe should be larger? Maybe 500 or so.

Anyways, sounds interesting hero to play.

[chadpiety123]

Thanks for your reviews. The hero's Ultimate is kind of strong so increasing the AoE might raise people's brows, so I decided to make it limited as of the moment just until people start to actually suggest improving the ability.

[GeorgeIsGreaT]

cool man T-up

Just polish the story a bit more

And itll look like a ruby in a jewelry shop

[chadpiety123]

Thanks dude, anything specific you like or want to change with the story? Just tell me and I'll consider.

[Maw2]

That's true about his ultimate, but you should remember that he has low HP from strength and he'll probably never be at full HP due to his first skill. I'd like to see him in a future version though.

[chadpiety123]

Originally Posted by Maw2

That's true about his ultimate, but you should remember that he has low HP from strength and he'll probably never be at full HP due to his first skill. I'd like to see him in a future version though.

He will still heal, so increasing the AoE is unnecessary if that* is what you're talking about.

Hey guess what, I also wanna see this hero in a future version, so definitely wish me luck! Thanks for your reply!

[Zirath]

This is a pretty well thought out hero. There are relatively few sacrifice effects in the game so the first skill and the ulti are well done. For a hero inspired by the Scholar, I am surprised you didn't not use his strongest skill, Magnetic Earth/Land Protector. Just my two cents though. Maybe it belong on another character.

Also I am not a fan of the model. I'd recommend using the Bandit Mage.

[chadpiety123]

Originally Posted by Zirath

This is a pretty well thought out hero. There are relatively few sacrifice effects in the game so the first skill and the ulti are well done. For a hero inspired by the Scholar, I am surprised you didn't not use his strongest skill, Magnetic Earth/Land Protector. Just my two cents though. Maybe it belong on another character.

Also I am not a fan of the model. I'd recommend using the Bandit Mage.

Actually, in the process of forming this suggestion, Land Protector never came into play. Though it will be very useful in the current metagame, I thought it offered few to no synergy at all and it will not serve any purpose to what I want to arrive at.

Originally, I planned a Mana Sunder type of spammable Ultimate (Soul Exhale / Soul Change) but it either turned out imbalanced and unbalanceable or uninteresting overall.

With regards to the model, I can't find any that will actually fit the theme, and I thought this one would at least be not too bad of a choice; better choose the lesse evil right?

Thanks for your reply.

---------- Post added at 08:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:35 PM ----------

*shameless bump*

[Zirath]

LP actually offers more synergy than you'd believe. In DotA, it would be built more like a super-silence. What I mean is when a hero casts a spell, the spell has no effect but the mana and cooldown are still activated. This would work if a spell is cast onto the area or if a spell is cast by someone in the area. This synergies well with the amount of mana control employed by this hero, further controlling enemy mana pools. Just my take on the spell however.

We already have a mana sunder on KotL so it is unnecessary to have another.

[chadpiety123]

Originally Posted by Zirath

LP actually offers more synergy than you'd believe. In DotA, it would be built more like a super-silence. What I mean is when a hero casts a spell, the spell has no effect but the mana and cooldown are still activated. This would work if a spell is cast onto the area or if a spell is cast by someone in the area. This synergies well with the amount of mana control employed by this hero, further controlling enemy mana pools. Just my take on the spell however.

We already have a mana sunder on KotL so it is unnecessary to have another.

I see your point exactly... maybe in another suggestion... another suggestion another day as they say ... Thanks for continued support anyway.

[Zirath]

Originally Posted by chadpiety123

I see your point exactly... maybe in another suggestion... another suggestion another day as they say ... Thanks for continued support anyway.

No problem. Scholar is OP and he needs to terrorize every game possible with his skills.

[chadpiety123]

Thanks again for your support. I hope a lot more people comment and like this hero. I think its nice (of course...) *disguised bump*

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*bump*

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keep more reviews coming people...

On another note, I would like to ask people (who will be able to read this) if it's okay if I increase the AoEs from 350 to 500.

[fragilous]

Again a T-up, and again I didn't like 3rd skill
and please stop using too much percentage. :/
but I liked it really

[JJE92]

General Hero Idea: Nice hero idea.
15/15

Skill 1: Pretty good skill, i like the effects, but i dont know if the damage isnt too much, i personally would prefer the skill without damage, or atleast with something other than damage. Very good skill anyways
9/10

Skill 2: Some minor similarities with Obsidians Arcane Orb, but not too much. Moreover, this skill has a cool effect with the stun trigger.
7/10

Skill 3: Very good skill.
8/10

Ult: A simple healing skill, which also deals damage. Its not that great imo, but its good and original.
7/10

Synergies: All your skills deal damage, which doesnt really synergize with each other, you could vary a bit more in this thing. Furthermore, the Ult and the first skill have just reversed effects, they are pretty much the same, both deal damage, both reduce either Mana/HP and restore HP/Mana. Id change one of these two skills, they are too similar.
18/25

Gameplay: Nice hero with a new gameplay, i like it overall.
8/10

Stats: Too low STR imo, you should rise it to at least 15/16.
4/5

Model/Icons: Your icons are a bit too similar, but nvm
4/5


Overall: 80/100 = 80%
Your hero still needs some improvements, if i have ideas ill post them, dont have the time now. But its a nice concept.

[chadpiety123]

A quick update: July 1, 2009

• Changed AoE from 350 to 500.
• Removed the damage part for Indulge.

I'll reply to the nice people who commented tomorrow (totally on a RUSH... wah!!)
Thanks guys! Tomorrow!

[feelthless]

His 3rd skill is probably the best skill i;ve seen so far

[JJE92]

Originally Posted by chadpiety123

A quick update: July 1, 2009

• Changed AoE from 350 to 500.
• Removed the damage part for Indulge.

I like these changes, makes the skill more useful for his team and now not every skill deals damage

[Maw2]

Good changes. I don't remember Indulge ever doing damage though. But I like the skill as it is now, more.