Gruthkul, the Mother of Despair

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Role: Disabler, Durable, Support

Strength: 26 + 3.6
Agility: 16 + 1.2
Intelligence: 18 + 2.1

Base Damage: 34 – 50
Base Armor: 1
Attack Range: 150
Movement Speed: 300
Vision Range: 1800/1800

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Q – Desecrate

Rageful vengeance can result in overwhelming strength and unyielding tenacity.

Slam down to knock back and root enemies, gaining status resistance increased for each hit.

Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 20, 16, 12, 8
Radius: 450
Knock Back: 300
Root: 3
Base Status Resistance: 20%
Status Resistance per Hero: 10%
Status Resistance per Creep: 3%
Duration: 5



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W – Black Heart

Even in her twisted visage, the Mother of Despair still has a protective side to her.

Darkness envelops an ally, shielding it while slowing enemies around it.

Mana Cost: 60, 70, 80, 90
Cooldown: 12
Range: 600
Radius: 600
Shield: 100, 150, 200, 250 + 5% of her Health
Shield Duration: 10
Move Slow: 20, 30, 40, 50%
Slow Duration: 5

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E – Despair

Those who wish to slay Gruthkul find the task an uphill battle, a test of will and determination.

Nearby enemies deal less damage, further decreasing the lower their health is.

Radius: 600
Base Damage Reduction: 5%
Max Damage Reduction: 20, 30, 40, 50%



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R – Broken Faith

A shriek of utter hopelessness fills the air, sharing the trauma of a grieving mother who has lost it all.

Let loose a horrifying roar in a cone to break and reduce the max health of enemies hit.

Mana Cost: 150
Cooldown: 90, 75, 60
Range: 600
Min Radius: 75
Max Radius: 300
Max Health Reduction: 20, 25, 30%
Duration: 5



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Talents

10: 40% XP Gain or 90 Gold/Min
15: 40 Move Speed or 15 Strength
20: 125 Damage or 500 Health
25: 150 Spell Radius or 25% Cooldown Reduction



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Gruthkul is despair personified, a tanky behemoth who protects her team and capitalizes on their damage. Her Despair aura is the crux of her potential, making it much harder for enemies to turn around the tide of battle. Black Heart can not only shield an ally from harm but also cripple enemies around it, rewarding proper selection and timing with clutch counters. Desecrate gives her powerful teamfight control while lessening the enemy’s ability to control her, allowing the Mother to continually wreaking havoc. While Gruthkul herself has little damage, a well-aimed Broken Faith allows her team to maximize their damage as well as counter passive-reliant heroes. Save allies, create space for them to strike back thus protecting them more, a horrifying pattern to play against.

Broken Faith’s health percentage manipulation allows Despair take effect more easily (See below for more information). Black Heart and Desecrate offer simple yet strong disabling potential, especially when chained together well, so good positioning and timing will help make the most of her kit. Healing and mobility are her weaknesses. Aside from having neither herself, healing counters Despair and Broken Faith quite well and high mobility allows enemies to keep out of her ranges. The latter usually forces her to engage with Black Heart, not the worst thing in the world but it does diminish her defensive capabilities in a pinch.

Numerical example to explain Broken Faith:

Enemy starts at 900/1000 health = 90%
Level 1 Broken Faith is cast and lowers it to 720/800 = 90%
They take 120 damage and lowers it to 600/800 = 75%
Broken Faith ends and it returns to 750/1000 = 75%
So instead of taking just 120 damage, they really take 150
So instead of ending up at 78% health, they really end up at 75%

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Thanks to /r/DotAConcepts for hosting the Creator’s Lounge
Credit to Grinding Gear Games for Path of Exile and the original Gruthkul
Credit to Wowhead for the spell icons