Mamizou Futatsuiwa [Touhou Hero Concept]

image by Hima (Mizu ni Tsuyoi)

Mamizou Futatsuiwa Phantasmagoric and Shrewd Bake-Danuki

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ADDENDUM : SHOUT-OUT to Elfansoer for giving life to the concept! Visit this forum if you want to see this concept on in-game action! (V 1.02. Some stats may be wrong and she's not melee. But the abilities are spot on!)

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COMPLEXITY ◆◆◇ Carry ◆◆◇ Support ◆◇◇ Disabler ◆◆◇ Escape ◆◆◇

Str 20 + 2.4 Agi 26 + 3.5 Int 20 + 2.2 310 1 MELEE 150

MORE STATS Health H regen Magic res Mana M regen Spell dmg Armor Atk/sec M spd amp Damage : : : : : : : : : : BASE 200 2.0 25% 75 0 0% 1 0.59 0% 23 - 27 - Movement Turn rate Vision range Attack range Projectile Spd. Attack Ani. B.A.T. Magic resist Collision Legs : 310 : 0.7 : 1800/800 : 150 : instant : 0.35 + 0.45 : 1.7 : 25% : 24 : 2

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HERO SUMMARY:

A mature yet mischievous lady, Futatsuiwa Mamizou is the boss of the Tanukis. While she prefers using her small-fry minions as a way of attacking indirectly, she's more dangerous by herself. Able to use her illusory transformations to many uses.

Her_Trickster's Insight makes her aware of an enemy's schemes, getting critical hits all while breaking the target's passives and making her immune to its targeted abilities. It's really strong hindered only by its low cast range.

Thankfully, she can close the gap with her planned_Tomfooleries, or "would she?" the foes may ask. It could might as well be just her illusions. You see, they can't know if the one who blinked in front of them was an illusion or if it's the real Mamizou pretending to be one, unless it's too late! In light of danger, not only is the blink a reliable escape in itself, but her opponents will be split between her and her decoy, compounded further that the disguise acts like a temporary health shield too!

Her deftness reaches out to any creatures around her, aspiring them to dodge attacks and retaliate the way she does it.

Speaking of aspiring, anyone can join her tanuki squad! But you have to be a tanuki first! You have to get close, of course, for_Futatsuiwa's Curse.

PROS : Strong 1 vs 1 potential. Even without ultimate, her evasion, break, and spell-block leaves little room for retaliation. Confuses enemies through Tomfoolery. Which is also a 2 spells in one. Up to 8 seconds hex!?

CONS : Owns not a single damage burst. Ultimate is hard to land, thanks to its melee range, long cast point, and being a non-targeted skillshot. Enemies can just walk away. Even under hex, which is among the fastest hex units. Relatively bad health pool for a hero who'll need to get close.

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[Q] Trickster's Insight Mamizou studies her opponent, allowing her to see right through their schemes. Breaks passives, and makes them more vulnerable to Mamizou's attacks, resulting in critical hits. She also gains spell-block against all targeted spells of the debuffed unit. ABILITY PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET UNIT (GROUND TARGET) : NO : 0.1 + 0.4 : 250 (550) Duration Radius Crit Proc Chance Critical Damage MANA COOLDOWN : 5 : 400 : 50% (100%) : 150% / 175% / 200% / 225% : 70 : 20 / 16 / 12 / 8 She knows what you're up to. NOTES : Insight debuff: Dispellable (basic) The critical only benefits Mamizou and her illusions. Increases average right-click DPS to the target by 25%/37.5%/50%/62.5% (50%/75%/100%/125%). Can block as many targeted spells as possible. However... Debuffed enemy can still target spells on any units other than Mamizou just fine. Any other enemy units without the debuff can still target Mamizou just fine. AoE affects units in the fog of war, but not invisible units.

[W] Tomfoolery Dual Point Target. Mamizou teleports to the first target point, and at the same time summons an illusion on the second target point. Mamizou will also act just like her illusion, taking more damage and doing less damage. If either the illusion or her transformation dies, the trick ends, killing the illusion and reverting her back to normal. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : DUAL TARGET POINT : 0.01 + 0 : Global Max blink/summon distance Illusion Damage Dealt Illusion Damage Taken Trick Duration MANA COOLDOWN : 400 / 500 / 600 / 700 (900 / 1000 / 1100 / 1200) : 40% : 450% : 8 : 70 : 15 / 12 / 9 / 6 Confusing them is not even part of the plan. NOTES : Disguise buff: UNDISPELLABLE The cast animation is direction neutral, meaning players wouldn't be able to tell her blink direction from the animation. Casting spells, and using items prematurely ends the trick. (casting_Futatsuiwa's Curse does not end the trick) When the trick ends, the illusion dies and Mamizou reverts to normal. Her HP is the same as before she transformed. Casting the spell while trick is still going ends the previous cast. The new cast will use Mamizou's hidden HP, and not her transformation's HP, as the new transformation's HP. Thundergod's Wrath, Mystic Flare, and other spells that only affect heroes and not illusions will still hit Mamizou's transformation. Disjoints projectiles. BONUS: Mamizou performs a simple wind-up animation when the player is under the "target 2 points UI". Telegraphing the player's intent.

[D] End Trick Manually ends the trick from Tomfoolery. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION : NO TARGET : 0 + 0 MANA COOLDOWN : 0 : 0 There is no trick until it is revealed. NOTES : If she can't use items nor target anyone with spells but still needs her damage output back to 100%.

[e] Frolic Aura Nearby allied heroes have increased evasion, Mamizou have a much higher bonus. Whenever it procs, the unit gets bonus damage for their next attack. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? RADIUS : AURA : Physical : YES : 900 Ally Evasion Self Evasion Attack Damage Bonus Buff duration : 9% / 12% / 15% / 18% : 15% / 20% / 25% / 30% (22% / 28% / 34% / 40%) : 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 : 3 Just watch her how it's done! NOTES : Evasion Aura : UNDISPELABLE Cannot affect creeps but does affect allied creep-heroes. Evasion affects allied illusions but doesn't give them the attack bonus. Mamizou's illusions have the self evasion bonus and carries the aura. Still grants the buff even if the evasion is bypassed by accuracy and true strike. The bonus damage lasts for 3 seconds or until the unit attacks, whichever is shorter. Multiple buffs DOES NOT stack, but refreshes the duration of the buff.

[R] Futatsuiwa's Curse Hexes 1 (2) enemy unit from a small area in front of her. ABILITY PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : NO TARGET : NO : 0.6 + 0.3 : 150 AoE Set Movement Speed Duration MANA COOLDOWN : 180 (280) : 200 / 180 / 160 : 4 / 5 / 6 (6 / 7 / 8) : 160 : 16 A master of transformations. Mamizou is most fearsome not when she transform, but when YOU transform. NOTES : Hex debuff: UNDISPELLABLE Hexed unit is a Tanuki. Cast range cannot be modified. Enemy Target priority: Heroes Creep-heroes Illusions regular summons Any other units If there's a tie, the unit closest to the central point of the AoE gets hexed. Mamizou is automatically ordered to attack the hexed unit.

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Talents Level 25 Level 20 Level 15 Level 10 : : : : +2s Futatsuiwa's Curse Duration +500 Tomfoolery blink/summon distance +10% Frolic Aura Self Evasion +225 Health || OR || || OR || || OR || || OR || +50% Trickster's Insight Crit Chance Illusions can cast Futatsuiwa's Curse Illusions spawn at full health +1.75 Mana Regen NOTES : Illusions can cast Futatsuiwa's Curse ▼ Only illusions owned by Mamizou can cast it. Applies to any illusions owned by Mamizou, not just from Tomfoolery. Mamizou and all her illusions share cooldown of Futatsuiwa's Curse. Still entirely depends on Mamizou's own mana pool and not the illusion's. Illusions still pay mana to look like they cast it (can still cast without mana, as long as the real Mamizou have mana) No longer ends the trick if Futatsuiwa's Curse is cast. Illusions spawn at full health ▼ Mainly affects Tomfoolery. Mamizou's summoned illusion and her disguise will spawn at full health regardless her current HP. Applies to all other heroes and items who can create an illusion of Mamizou (e.g. Shadow Demon, Manta Style).

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER Upgrades Futatsuiwa's Curse. Can now hex up to 2 enemies. Increases effect radius.

AGHANIM'S SHARD Upgrades Trickster's Insight. Becomes an AoE ability. Increases cast range.

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ABILITY COMMENTS :

Trickster's Insight is a powerful spell that does not allow for enemy retaliation. However, it has pathetic cast range and cannot really stop the target from running away. This means that she is still forced to chase them, risking herself to a bad spot. The biggest effect you might notice would be the indefinite spell-block against the target, acting almost as a silence. But if you've read the notes, even this effect alone has counter-plays.


Tomfoolery is the spell that Mamizou will be known for. And as a simple as this spell seems to be, it has some surprising complexity and large utility. The blink component can be used as escape, gap-closer, and disjoint. It's also a risk free scouting tool with the summon. And most of all, transforming into an illusion actually increases her effective HP, allowing her to tank a little more damage! Confusing enemies isn't even here!

Her LvL 20 talent, "llusions spawn at full health", is a situational talent aimed at Tomfoolery becoming an even more potent escape ability. As it applies to her disguise to still tank significant damage even when cast on low health. This also applies, even more situationally, to other heroes/items that can create an illusion of her (like illusion runes, Shadow Demon, or Manta Style).


Frolic Aura is a simple evasion aura that doesn't need much explanation. Since she's pretty up close when fighting, the evasion will come in handy to make her survive the enemy's attention. As someone who is strong at 1 v 1 scenarios, she is weak in teamfights. This ability allows her to still be useful to the team.

Lastly,_Futatsuiwa's Curse. Despite being the most powerful hex in the game, it is very hard to land. It's a melee cast ranged, 0.6s cast point, non-targeted skill-shot! Also 200 move speed is darn fast for a hexed unit. Add that to her lack of slows. But hey! It pierces Linken's Sphere!

GAMEPLAY :

She is best played as a position 2-3 ganker, and roamer. And for a hero that's relatively squishy and not really durable, Mamizou strangely needs to be up close. Then, even with her powerful single target disables, she could still need help from her allies in slowing down the enemy. Her combo is_Tomfoolery into_Futatsuiwa's Curse into_Trickster's Insight. Take note that since the enemy is already hexed, the spell-block component of Trickster's Insight cannot be utilized. She can cast it on another enemy, so they won't be in the way. But if then you can't utilize the crits.

Mobility spells and items like Blink and Force Staff is her biggest weaknesses. The mere presence of another enemy that can nuke down her already low strength is also one.

Her good agility gain and carry-based talents makes her just as significant in the late game just as she was mid-game. She can start soloing enemies provided she has enough chase potential, damage and/or lockdown through her items.

ITEMIZATION :

She needs durability, movespeed bonuses and slows : BOOTS OF CHOICE :

• Phase Boots, Boots of Travel, Power Treads

EARLY/MID CORE:

• Orb of Venom - She's a melee that wanted slow.
• Ring of Aquila - Great stats for very little cost.
• Echo Sabre - Works well with Trickster's Insight, allowing for more attacks to crit.

CARRY :

• Sange and Yasha - some durability, movespeed bonus and movespeed slow. All what she needs!
• Nullifier - Mute and slow to add to her Trickster's Insight. Gives high damage as well, making more use of the critical hits from it.
• Silver Edge - 2nd source of break and initiation
• Manta Style - The illusions adds to her elusiveness. And especially benefits her lvl 15 talent: Illusions can cast Futatsuiwa's Curse
• Eye of Skadi - The slow she needed and the durability she wants.
• Black King Bar - If things get too annoying for your spell block to handle.

SUPPORT / UTILITY :

• Drum of Endurance - For the aura
• Blink Dagger - She has a blink already but it's another way to get close to enemies.
• Lotus Orb - Stops enemies from focusing her and combos well with Trickster's Insight.
• Mask of Madness - For Lunatic players

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ARCHIVES

CREDITS :

Icons ▼

Trickster's Insight icon	: One of Cytus' song logos
Both__/_Tomfoolery icons	: Game-icons.net
End Trick icon	: art by ぱじ
Frolic Aura icon	: Just a screenshot of Mamizou's "Mamizou Danmaku in Ten Transformations" in Ten Desires
Futatsuiwa's Curse icon and Title image	: Image by Hima (Mizu ni Tsuyoi)
The gif in the stat section	: Mamizou's Sprite from the Fighting Games.

Also thanks to The Magnus Magus for the idea with illusions able cast to cast her ultimate!

Mamizou Futatsuiwa is a character of the Touhou franchise. Property of ZUN and 'Team Shanghai Alice' (which is composed of only one person: ZUN)

This is actually great, but we all know greats aren't flawless so let's see.


Q: Q is fairly good in all places, the fact its a crit and not say an evasion is good as well and not a pain in the *** to deal with.



W: IS EFFFING GENIUUUUUUUSSSS It makes my prick rock hard. This is what an illusion needs to be, the ability is on par with Tempest Double in the fact that it is not just a clone that is for extra damage or for soaking damage but it has something else, Tempest Double is for added sustain/damage while Tomfoolery is for overall get bamboozled motif works well with her?(please she IS a girl right?) design because Tanukis I think are mischievous creatures and they like to disguise leafs as other things although they are a sign of good luck I think(she is a good sign for teammates but an omen for the enemy team).


E: Again not a fan of evasion passives although the fact it is not PA levels of cancer is great, just need an extra spice on it an aura evasion is sure great but kind of meh.


R: Now I'm sort of split in this, the fact its a no target and hex is now undispellable is great but there's also a side of me saying "it's just a hex?". I really have no suggestion here it is actually a fairly good skill it just feels incomplete like it's not on its full potential like an ability in its beta phase.

I don't think being simple, as with the case of her aura and ultimate, is a bad thing. Rather, I find it beautiful to have something simple and familiar yet fundamentally unique.

I like her ultimate as it already is, familiar yet unique. But her aura, I admit, was the among the very last thing I made when designing her so I'm not really sure about it too. I just wanted a simple passive that allows her to (1)be a little more useful to teamfights AND/OR (2)tank some damage because she'll need it. And an evasion aura seems to fulfill that. I tried spicing it up, trust me. Among the spices I've thought of are:

• Accuracy bonus - Too niche and almost non-existent to many line-ups
• Passive component that buffs her own illusions (all illusions, not just her Tomfoolery and self disguise) - Now this has potential... for a different concept. But this spice will make her always buy Manta and if it only works for Tomfoolery illusions, that's too narrow. In the end this idea went to her lvl 15 talent.
• An active component - I vetoed this idea the moment I thought of it. Too much actives. Tomfoolery alone gets 3 buttons, no more buttons.
  
  But yeah. The aura is growing in on me so I doubt it's ever going to change now. Thanks for liking it!

What if her E is a passive that makes it so when she hits something it gets a miss chance? Something like 8/16/24/32. I know Broodmother has this but she is a completely different hero, and she is ranged. Make her illusions also inflict it so that she can get a bunch of people debuffed if she wants to. Lasts 6 seconds.

Or you could make it a damage block that works on her illusions too. Less than Kraken Shell but enough to be noticeable. Damage block is multiplied by illusion damage taken.

This is also speculation but I wonder if making R castable 150 units around an illusion would increase the... Tomfoolery.

Also btw I love this hero. Q and W/E/D are genius, R is alright and unique.

Also also I know you're making these in part from a show or anime or something, but seriously fix the names. I see Futatsuiwa and I read Futfweafhaf. Or is it Fufajanteanja?

What if her E is a passive that makes it so when she hits something it gets a miss chance?

• She'll be too much single target focused that way. Her aura is to make her a little more useful to the team while still maintaining her selfish playstyle. One of her earliest passive ideas was some right click debuff (break + disarm + spell block). But I repurposed it to her Q.

Or you could make it a damage block...

• It wouldn't fit her thematically. Sorry.

I wonder if making R castable 150 units around an illusion would increase the... Tomfoolery.

• Now you're talking! Massive thank you! I like how it opens up a support's way to cast her ultimate while spreading out the aura too. ( I thought about taking this to the next level, but naah! That'll be Tempest Double.)

I know you're making these in part from a show or anime or something, but seriously fix the names.

• I don't think there's anything I can do... That's her name. I even went ahead to avoid naming her abilities like [lore method of casting]: "ACTUAL NAME OF SPELL" from previous times.

Also btw I love this hero.

• I'M HAPPY YOU GUYS LIKED IT! THANK YOU!