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Hero Introduction

Varkoth is a hero that depends a lot on preparation at lower level (since the inbound skill has 45 seconds cool down), similar to Earth Spirit, but as he levels up his Far Sight skill he will depend more on quick prediction and analytical acuity. This hero is not so easy, but it all pays off because he is created with a purpose of being a global support anytime in the game, easily overturning laning phase because of continuous presence without even being in need of sucking the lane's exp.

This hero is designed to have one of the highest int (and thus lower str and agi), and will be very squishy. However, since he doesn't really need to be in the fight location it is still alright for him. This hero is meant to scale well into late game (because of universal damage that goes through immunity and the int multiplier), but is pretty hard to use in early game because he cannot really survive a well coordinated gank. This hero is one of a kind support that will grow stronger as the game progress even if he doesn't have any level/gold advantage (thus completing his role of support) due to high int growth.

This hero's concept is "the watcher of universe", and this is quite a lot of how I want him to feel like. All images in this idea is not made by me and is courtesy to original owner.

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Statistics

Faction: The Radiant
Primary Attribute: Intelligent
Attack Type: Range
Roles: Support, Nuker, Disabler

Str: 57 at 25 (14 + 1.8/level)
Agi: 51 at 25 (13+ 1.6/level)
Int: 120 at 25 (33 + 3.6/level)

Health: 1233 at 25
MP: 1456 at 25
Armor: 9 (1.7 base armor + 7.3) at 25
Movement: 330
Range: 650

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Lore

The Looms first created, the Titans improve and the Weavers weave, but none of the legends has ever understood one celestial being with the name of Varkoth. Though spoken in many, none has truly known the existence of The Gazer, a being enigmatic even to the oldest creations. Some may say that he is the sole creator of the universe' creator -the true God- but he knows he is not. Varkoth never had any memories of his first days, or any other days in his life as a matter of fact. However, not a single day has passed in the whole multiverses without him knowing.

Varkoth was a being from plane unknown, gazing through every single star in a single moment. He is the one who watches and the one who understands everything. Legends said that he is the one who holds the stars at the palm of his hands, the one who controls how the stars moves and the one who puts an end to dying stars. He is all of those, and he is more.

He has witnessed many points of lights growing brighter and seemingly conscious, he has seen many stars burst into nothingness, and he has known of this day since long past-the day of the moon break. It has happened once eons ago, and Varkoth is seemingly the only one who understood what would happen from this event, a tragedy that drags all powers from every single plane and leave nothing in its wake.

He reminisces for a moment of the only memory he keep, regretting his decision of keeping silent in the first moon break and letting repercussions of forces to destroy many of the universes. Then he made up his revolves, letting go of his once infinite power to be finite, travelling into the material world simply to put an end of the Great War. Bringing the force of the whole multiverses with him he comes in a layer of dark matter, as thick as the canvas of universe itself and with him the earth grows dark for weeks straight, telling the whole earth about the coming of Varkoth the Gazer.

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Skills

[D] Stargaze: The Gazer gazes upon a star above the battlefield, keeping his watch to it at all time. Upon use this skill creates a point in battlefield, has a limit of 4 points and upon creating a new point the eldest point is taken off. The points are invisible even to true sight, but has a visible marker when is activated (a bright dot upon usage of Constellation and Stellar Light)

Type: Target Point
Affect: None

Cast Range: Global
MP Cost: 0
Duration: Until replaced
Cooldown: 45 seconds

[Q] Constellation: Varkoth connects the stars he gazed upon with a universal force that harm those he sees as enemies and aid his allies. This skill forms a 150 points width line through the points created by Stargaze and deals universal damage (cannot be blocked by immunity) to all enemy heroes caught in the line over time and slowing them, while increasing allied heroes' movement speed as long as they follows the line.

- 3 seconds duration and 20% slow
- 4 seconds duration and 30% slow
- 5 seconds duration and 40% slow
- 6 seconds duration and 50% slow

Type: No Target
Affect: Heroes
Damage: Universal

Damage per second: 20+80% intelligence
MP Cost: 140/160/180/200
Cooldown: 40/36/32/28 seconds
Bonus move speed: 20%

[] Far Sight: The Gazer has long since used his sight to see everything within many stars, and as he grows accustomed to the world, his sight returns gradually. This skill passively grants any point created with Stargaze increased flying vision, increased point limit and decreased cool down. Additionally, this skill also gives him the same boost for his own vision range.

- 150 vision boost (200/200), 5 maximum points, 35 seconds cool down
- 250 vision boost (300/300), 6 maximum points, 25 seconds cool down
- 350 vision boost (400/400), 7 maximum points, 15 seconds cool down
- 450 vision boost (500/500), 8 maximum points, 5 seconds cool down

Type: Passive
Affects: Points

[E] Stellar Light: Varkoth condenses stellar light of the stars and brings it down to the earth. This skill has 1 second channeling delay, and upon release will deal universal damage within 250 points from target point. Varkoth and his allies received true sight of all units struck by this skill for 5 seconds duration. This skill originally has 900 points cast range and mini-stun units struck, but when casted to 200 points radius from a point created by Stargaze can be casted globally and stuns all struck units.

- 130 damage, 2 seconds stun
- 200 damage, 2.3 seconds stun
- 260 damage, 2.7 seconds stun
- 330 damage, 3 seconds stun

Type: Target Point
Affects: Enemy units
Damage: Universal

MP cost: 180
Cool down: 14/12/10/8 seconds
Mini stun duration: 0.5 seconds

[R] Dark Matter: The Gazer calls upon the dark energy and matter that dominates most of the outer space, and brings them down to the world from the stars he set his eye on. This skill envelopes every star points from Stargaze with a thick fog of war that blocks enemies' vision of the area. The radius of each area point is the same as the points' vision and deals universal damage over time while slowing all heroes (and illusions) caught within the radius based on Varkoth's intelligence point (percentage of intelligence point changed to percentage of move slow, capped to 80% slow).

- 75 damage per second, 35% intelligence point as move slow
- 100 damage per second, 50% intelligence point as move slow
- 125 damage per second, 65% intelligence point as move slow

Type: Channeling
Affects: Enemy heroes
Damage: Universal

MP Cost: 300/450/600
Cool down: 150 seconds
Duration: 4 seconds

Scepter's Upgradable: Remove movement slow cap and increase the damage per second with 35% total intelligence point. Also, reduce MP cost to 200/275/350

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Reactions

"The sound of the drum is said to make even the strongest willed warrior become whipped into a frenzy or run scared from the fight"

The build is

• Ring of Aquila 985
• Drum of Endurance 1800
• Orb of Venom 275
• Recipe 600

Total cost is : 3660

STATS:

+15 to all attributes
+2 armour
+15 damage

It was time immemorial, pitch darkness reigned mighty and the vilest of creatures inhabited the plane. There was neither night nor day; there was neither time nor space. There was only darkness, darkness as far as the eye can see, darkness as deep as senses can feel.

The Titans looked into the plane, thinking to meld a new element into the plane, and thus, in the midst of darkness a faint crackle was heard. The crackle grew to spark, and with that, the first roaring thunder befell the plane. Brilliant light of the thunder lasted for decades, wiping the night and all its creatures amidst a deafening rumble. Creatures of the plane-crippled by terrors of the night creatures-started to worship the bright light and called it as the First Day. The creatures worshipped the first thunder, calling it with reverence as Zeus, and treated it as the father of all ensuing thunders.

Eons passed, and the first thunder was then replaced by the invention of sun, but not for a moment did the creatures stop worshipping Zeus. Being worshipped for as long as it existed, the first thunder grew conscience, believing itself to be Zeus-or as called by creatures of the plane-the Lord of Olympus.

Craving for more reverence, Zeus strived to descend into mortal plane, to show himself as the God they were worshipping. Eons' worth of work finally paid off, and as he invented a spell later known as the Sempiternal Cantrap he became a quasi-immortal, descending into the plane with no memory of his past, only remembering few things: his craving of reverence, the arrogance it bore, and the name Zeus, the Lord of Olympus.

Jester, the Harlequin

Dire Agility

Base Health: 511
Base Mana: 221
Base Armour: 5
Base Damage: 45-47
Base Attack Time: 1.7
Range: 128 (melee)
Movement Speed: 290
Sight: 1800/800

Strength: 59 (19 + 1.6)
Agility: 95.25 (24 + 2.85)
Intelligence: 74.5 (17 + 2.3)

The Troupe of the Martyr's Blood are a band of actors and performers, a fade that hides a very different organisation. Underneath the surface, they are the last of the blood of a line of kings, living only to avenge the coup that shattered their power. The most skilled of the Martyr's Blood are chosen as assassin-actors, shadows that kill with little reason to any other; yet the Troupe itself knows exactly their own desires.

Yet death breeds death, and it was not long before another group, even more secretive, found of the Troupe's true intentions. Thus it was that they were annihilated - all bar one, who returned from his mission to see his kin slaughtered. Nobody knew who was responsible; nobody saw anything. So Jester, last of his kind, the Harlequin of death, has set out on a long journey from which there is no return. He shall have his vengeance - or he shall fall to the same darkness as his brethren.

Q: Harlequin's Dance
Targets: Enemy units
Damage: Physical
Pierces spell immunity: Yes
Jester leaps around the enemy, striking them five times over 5.77 seconds. Damage is increased by a percentage of the Harlequin's base damage. While in a Harlequin's Dance, Jester is untargetable, but can still be hit by area effect skills. After the dance ends, he appears next to the target.
Damage: 20/30/40/50
Damage Multiplier: 0.5x
Range: 250
Mana Cost: 60/80/100/120
Cooldown: 20/17/14/11

NOTES: Jester cannot attack while in a dance, but he can cast spells.
If the Harlequin dies, the dance immediately ends.
Each strike of the Harlequin's dance is considered a melee attack, but the only passive effects gained are True Strike, Heartseek and Chain Lightning.

W: Fan of Knives
Targets: Area effect
Damage: Physical
Pierces spell immunity: Yes
Jester whirls in a razor arc, spraying nearby enemies with knives that slow, deal damage and reduce armour.
Damage: 80/140/200/260
Armour reduction: 2/3/4/5
Slow: 20%
Range: 200/275/350/425
Mana Cost: 90/105/120/135
Duration: 5
Cooldown: 10

NOTES: Damage pierces spell immunity, but armour reduction and slow does not.

E: Harlequin's Kiss
Targets: Enemy units
Damage: Physical
Pierces spell immunity: No
The Harlequin strikes at the enemy within melee range, dealing minor physical damage. For each successive cast on the same target, Harlequin's Kiss has a 20% chance to critically strike for bonus damage and a massive slow to movement and attack speed, however a successful critical strike will reset the counter.
Damage: 30/35/40/45
Critical damage: 200%/250%/300%/350%
Slow: 80%
Slow Duration: 1.7/2.2/2.7/3.2
Mana Cost: 20
Cooldown: 1.5

NOTES: Critical strike chance increases additively - for example, the second cast has a 20% chance, the third 40%, and so on.

Ultimate: Shadows of the Masque
Targets: Self/Unit target
Pierces spell immunity: Yes
Jester fades into the darkness, becoming briefly invisible and gaining a massive base movement speed bonus. When cast a second time on an enemy, Jester teleports behind that enemy and stuns them briefly.
Duration: 3/3.5/4
Base movement speed: 600/650/700
Stun duration: 0.5/1/1.5
Mana Cost: 100/150/200
Cooldown: 60/45/30

NOTES: Movement speed is added to by speed increasing items such as Boots and Yasha.
The blink effect pierces spell immunity, but the stun does not.

And now for the item!

Item: Heartseeker

Ingredients: Blade of Alacrity, Perseverance, Wraith Band, Recipe (515)
Cost: 3750
+16 Agility
+5 Strength
+5 Intelligence
+15 Damage
+5 HP regeneration
+125% mana regeneration

Passive: Heartseek
The melee attacks of the Hero have a 25% chance to double strike, hitting the target twice. These second attacks can proc modifiers such as Mjollnir or critical strike.

A blade tempered in the sack of a thousand cities.

Strength: (17 + 1.8)
Intelligence: (23 + 2.6)
Agility: (15 + 2.1)

BAT: 1.7
Attack Range: 128 (Melee)
Damage: 50-57
Armour: 1
Movement speed: 300

Ever since he was a child, Aedh loved to play out in the forest. He would spend countless hours wandering alone in the endless nature, wandering up and down, along creeks, over hills and roots. One day, while he was wading in a river, he saw a light in the distance. Curious to see what it was, he followed it until it brought him to a fountain. The fountain flowed, splashing merrily as if it had not a care in the world. The water seemed to come from nowhere, and there seemed to be endless water.
This was the fountain of life. And as Aedh drank from it, new strange powers came to him, as if he had woken up for the first time. His eyes were opened, so to speak, and he saw that nature was in danger. He quickly set out to redeem and protect the wild, and none dare stand in his way.
 

{Q}: Breath of Life
Casting Method: Active
Targeting Method: Point
Allowed Targets: N/A

Aedh bestows his surrounding with the breath of life, giving them consciousness but bringing them under his control. Different creatures are animated depending on where the spell was cast.

Cast Range: 900
Units per cast: 1
Unit duration: 40 seconds







Cooldown: 8
Mana cost: 60

Those who receive the Fountain’s blessing are called to impart it upon others.

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{W}: Overflow
Casting Method: Active
Targeting Method: Point
Allowed Targets: N/A

Aedh causes an area to burst with an overflow of life, affecting all nearby enemies. Different affects are caused depending on the terrain selected.







Manacost: 100
Cooldown: 10

Life is unstable. It is always either given or taken away.

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{E}: Natural Disaster
Casting Method: Passive
Targeting Method: N/A
Allowed Targets: N/A

Aedh’s death grants his allies bonuses. Also passively reduces Aedh’s respawn timer.

HP bonus: 100/200/300/400
Movement speed: 5/7/9/11%
Cooldown respawn timer reduction: 10/15/20/25%

Even in death, Aedh brings life.

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{R}: Tree of Life
Casting Method: Active
Targeting Method: Point
Allowed Targets: N/A

Aedh summons the Tree of Life, granting health regeneration based on Aedh’s mana regeneration to all nearby allied units. If Aedh is dead, then only the base regeneration will be active.

Cast Range: 600
Duration: 20/40/60
Base Health Regen: 30/50/70
Mana Regeneration as Health Regeneration: 500/600/700%
Health regeneration radius: 900

Cooldown: 110
Mana Cost: 100/200/300

The physical manifestation of the Tree of Life.

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Hero Introduction

Hello all, TheSofa here, bringing you one of my newest and most rushed ideas: Aedh, the Ambassador of Life.

First of all, to Yzreel, Pory, kkoopman, and Bunkan who may recognize the roots of this hero: Sorry, I had to do it. The idea was too good to pass up.

Second, many of you know I had an exam on the 7th which I studied for almost my entire day, so sorry for being a bit late.

Now to the hero itself. I chose the theme "Create a hero with Bloodstone as a core item." First I looked at what Bloodstone offers us: Lots of Mana regeneration, death timer reduction, gold lost reduction, heal on death, and an option to suicide.

Originally (yesterday), I created a hero that had something to do with nature, it wasn't good at all. Then I looked through my PM's and saw a sketch of the first two abilities of a hero, smushed that with the ult of my old hero and make a new passive, and there he is, Aedh, the Ambassador of Life.

Now why is Bloodstone core? The first and most obvious reason is that the mana regen greatly increases the Tree of Life heal. Also, Aedh is surprisingly mana-intesive because of the low cooldown of Breath of Life. Second, it makes good use of Natural Disaster, since the percentage cooldown timer reduction is calculated before the flat reduction of Bloodstone. Also, the Bloodstone heal does in fact heal the Tree of Life. Finally, Aedh has very low strength and strength gain and benefits from the HP of Bloodstone.

This hero is meant to rush a Bloodstone, then immediately go into a Upgraded Boots of Travel. What this hero is meant to do in a fight is: Place the Tree of Life, use Breath of Life as often as possible. If the fight goes wrong, suicide to heal your tree and teammates. The respawn timer reduction should come into play, and a few seconds later, you may rejoin the fight with Upgraded Boots of Travel.

Of course the down side of this hero is that he does require a Bloodstone, but has no carry potential whatsoever. Therefore you are giving farm priority to a hero that does not carry late game.

What I can see however, is that Aedh can potentially jungle with the Rock Golems. His terrible attack and the low DPS might make it slow though.

And no one did Responses, so I'm not going to bother.

Cheers!
~TheSofa