Patchouli Knowledge!

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I feel like I wanted to make another thread to house Alryca and Patchouli separately but there's no real difference between the two that warrants their separation. All differences are simply names.

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HERO SUMMARY: Alryca is a very complex hero that is similar to Invoker with regards to the number of spells she can use. However, unlike invoker, access to her spells are simple! E for the next spell and Q for the previous spell. The current spell will be displayed in the W slot (called Library). Easy, right! The library houses her main spells, each representing one of the 5 Wu Xing elements. However, they are arranged by the Japanese days of the week (fire, water, wood, metal, earth). Leveling W for the first time only starts with just 2 spells (Fire and water). The kicker here is that she can learn more spells from her talent tree to add to her library! Each branch offers 2 spells, she can only pick 1. The spells have the elements of Wood at level 7, Metal at level 13, and Earth at level 19. I made her talents work like this to make a smoother early and mid game. Plus, consecutive prime numbers separated by a common interval satisfies a mathematician's heart. Her D, when activated, fuses the next spell she'll cast with the power of the sun, giving it a powerful bonus effect. The bonus depends on the spell, from simply adding more damage to giving her summon an active ability. But that's not the thing to her complexity, each spells in her Library does things a little differently depending on the element of the last spell she cast! This fits her concept of element mixing without making more than 27 spells for the player. For example, her water spell grants regeneration if a fire spell was last cast. This is controlled by her passive F. But the spells are only boosted by 2 other elements (3 if you count sun), which means that if her last spell is wood, which cannot boost her water spell, then no bonus effect will apply (It's water that boosts wood). The spells can only be boosted by 1 element, unless she cast the spell that I'm about to mention. And finally, she has her ult, "The Philosopher's Stones". Remember her passive F? This is basically 5 elements in one cast, unlocking the true potential of any spells in her library. It also replenishes some mana instantly... And that's it. In total, she have 12 spells (2 to traverse the library, 8 actual spells from the library, her active D, and her Ult) but 3 will never be used in a game... that is if she even reached level 19. PROS : High skill ceiling Powerful combos Can do a whole lot of things Has instant mana supply CONS : Weak early game Bad str and agi Requires...*ahem*..."knowledge" Individual spells are terrible without their boosts. Terrible ultimate ( Arcane Aura is far better)

Stats Str Agi int : 18 + 1.9 : 16 + 2.4 : 21 + 4.4 MORE STATS Health H. regen Mana M. regen Armor Atk Spd Damage Magic res. : : : : : : : : BASE 200 0 75 0 -2 100 33 - 38 25% - Movement Turn rate Vision range Attack range Projectile Spd. Attack Ani. B.A.T. Collision Legs : 300 : 0.5 : 1800/800 : 600 : 900 : 0.6 + 0.4 : 1.7 : 24 : 2

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LORE:

Forever catered in the library since birth. Aevea Alryca Hexendias is a prodigy, being only self-taught among having ten millennia's worth of eruditions strewn across the world and even beyond. She had even perfected many rites that only a magus can learn. The maids find it entertaining, but she found those spells lackadaisical still. So thus with all those wisdom as her basis, The young master began conjuring multitudes of unprecedented sorceries that no tomes have ever taught before. Merging the concepts of her favorite Eastern philosophies into each of her spells, from ancient bindings, to self-tailored cantraps!

Then forthwith another serene evening at her library, perusing countless uncharted tomes of high-level sorceries that can only discombobulate anyone who dared to read but her. But unlike every other, this particular eventide had massive bloom of a powerful magic that tingled her skin. The origin of which seemed to have come from all directions, almost... otherworldly. Her grimoires reacted in various ways at the alarm of such an incident.

But this does not alarm her, she never cared in the first place.

She remained isolated, and desolate, in her gargantuan and comfortable cage that have books for bars. And when it's finally time to receive her usual tea, none came. Normally, she wouldn't mind, but if there's naught been tea nor coffee for the next 24 hours, she's bound to leave the library. The library door opened with it's usual low-pitched creaks, but what greeted her was not the usual hall nor the usual lush carpet. It wasn't even the usual landscape nor the usual soil that met her the moment she took a step outside. No, obviously she ended up in a place she'd never even consider. Perhaps unbeknownst to her, this might be a side-effect of that world-level magic she cast for fun. Or perhaps this could all be from something completely extraneous.

Whatever it is, she considered to finally took a step outside. She wanted to learn first-hand of it's gods, primordials, and mad moons.

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[Q] Previous Page Go to the previous spell. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION : NO TARGET : 0 + 0 MANA COOLDOWN : 0 : 0 Fwip! NOTES : This is an innate ability and does not need to be learned. It can't be leveled up. Does not interrupt channeling nor ruin queued commands. Earth -> Metal -> Wood -> Water -> Fire -> Back to Earth. Entirely skips unlearned spells.

[W] Spell Library Spells from her library shows here. NOTES : Custom HUD shows colored particles in her Spell Library to identify if it is boosted or not. (ignore the KotL) All of her Library Spells' basic effects uses this ability's level. Has the usual 4 levels and needs to be leveled up at least once to use the spells. Crowned Corona and Blessed Undine are immediately unlocked upon learning. Crowned Corona will be the first spell to be displayed. Cannot display unlearned spells.

[E] Next Page Go to the next spell. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION : NO TARGET : 0 + 0 MANA COOLDOWN : 0 : 0 Fwip! NOTES : This is an innate ability and does not need to be learned. It can't be leveled up. Does not interrupt channeling nor ruin queued commands. Fire -> Water -> Wood -> Metal -> Earth -> Back to Fire Entirely skips unlearned spells.

[D] Prominence Sun. Adds the element of the sun to the next spell she cast, granting powerful bonus effects depending on the spell. Bonus effects by "Prominence" are highlighted in orange. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION : NO TARGET : 0 + 0 Buff duration MANA COOLDOWN : 15 : 100 : 30 (5) What empowers the sun, empowers all. NOTES : All of her Library Spells' SUN bonuses uses this ability's level. The Sun bonuses stack with "Amalgamation"

[f] Amalgamation Moon. Every spell Alryca casts will leave an elemental essence that gives unique power to her next spell. Effects vary based on that element. Red is provided by FIRE; blue is provided by WATER; green, by WOOD; yellow, by METAL; And brown, by EARTH. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION : PASSIVE : 0 + 0 Elemental Essence Duration MANA COOLDOWN : 15 : 20 : 20 Like atoms, simple spells can ravage mountains given the right "fusion". NOTES : Combo Graph. Follow the arrows. In total, she has 15 "5-spell combos" that utilizes all elemental essences. All of her Library Spells' elemental bonuses uses this ability's level. The elemental bonuses stack with the SUN bonus from "Prominence". Buff only lasts 15 seconds or until replaced by a new one. Cannot have 2 or more elemental essence buffs at a time without using her ultimate.

[R] The Philosopher's Stones Instantly replenishes some mana and increases her mana capacity by the same amount. This spell counts as all 5 elements in one cast and thus, gives all 5 elemental essences if "Amalgamation" is learned. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION : NO TARGET : 0 + 0 Mana Restored & Increased buff duration allied mana restore mana loss reduction MANA COOLDOWN : 200 / 300 / 400 : 15 : 150 / 225 / 300 : 20% / 30% / 40% : 0 : 60 / 50 / 40 Alryca's elysian eruditions! NOTES : All 5 elemental essence buff will be gone by the next library spell cast. Which means only 1 of Alryca's spells shall truly benefit from all elemental essences per cast of Philosopher's Stones. ally mana restore does not apply to Alryca. However, The cooldown reduction that's part of the buff applies to everyone in the team. Buff duration refers to the max mana increase and Agh's cooldown reduction. Elemental essences still last for 10 seconds. The cooldown reduction from Agh's does not affect The Philosopher's Stones, since it was already cast before the buff is applied.

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Talents Level 25 Level 19 Level 13 Level 7 : : : : -25s Prominence cooldown Learn Raged Teralith Learn Silvered Sentinel Learn Horned Fytoscape || OR || || OR || || OR || || OR || Level 6 Amalgamation Learn Nobled Trilithon Learn Fluxed Siphon Learn Spirited Photosynth

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER Upgrades The Philosopher's Stones. Grants mana globally to other allied heroes and provides everyone with mana cost reduction for the duration.

AGHANIM'S SHARD Upgrades Amalgamation. Becomes an active ability. Instantly creates an elemental essence. Element depends on the spell currently in her Spell Library.

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Crowned Corona Fire. Channels her power to make an explosion of temperature around her. Getting more powerful the longer it is channeled. WOOD provides bonus Aoe, EARTH leaves a scorching DPS to the affected area, and SUN adds even more damage based on the foes' MaxHP and allows it to damage buildings. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION : CHANNELED & NO TARGET : MAGICAL : NO : 0 + 0.9 Channel time Min damage Max Damage Min radius Max radius Bonus Max AoE Damage per Sec DPS Duration Max HP as bns dmg Bldg. Dmg. MANA COOLDOWN : 2.5 : 50 : 150 / 225 / 300 / 375 : 150 : 600 : +150 / 300 / 450 / 600 (/ 900) : 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 (/ 90) : 5 : 6% / 12% / 18% / 24% : 25% : 100 : 10 The great curtain of fire NOTES : The base damage, radius, DPS, and MaxHP as bonus damage rises linearly with the time channeled. The DPS duration, and Building damage percentage aren't. Boosted by WOOD: Obvious AoE change. Boosted by EARTH: Floor is lava. Boosted by SUN: Adds a 'shiny light' sound effect and overall blast is brighter.

Blessed Undine Water. Blesses all allies in a target area with magic resistance for a few seconds. The essence of METAL's resilience increases the magic resistance, FIRE's warmth gives regeneration, and SUN's light: invisibility with movespeed bonus. ABILITY PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET AREA : NO : 0.2 + 0.3 : 800 AoE Buff duration Magic resistance Bonus resistance Regen./sec. Movespeed bonus MANA COOLDOWN : 475 : 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 : 25% : + 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% (/ 30%) : 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 (/ 30) : 15% / 30% / 45% / 60% : 100 : 10 Undine's undying protection NOTES : Similar to Weave in granting buffs in an area. If the invisibility breaks, so does the movespeed bonus. Boosted by METAL: The wet (affected) units will often shine silver. Boosted by FIRE: The wet unit steams. Boosted by SUN: Invisibility is obvious.

Horned Fytoscape Wood. Must be learned from level 7 talent to unlock. Casts a tide of vines and roots forward, keeping enemies in place. EARTH gives it damage, WATER adds a slow after the root, and SUN converts some of the root duration as stun. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET POINT : MAGICAL : NO : 0.1 + 0.8 : 1200 Effect width Travel distance Travel speed Root Damage Slow Slow duration Root dur. as stun MANA COOLDOWN : 300 : 1200 : 600 : 1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0 / 2.5 : 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 (/ 300) : 40% : 0.75 / 1.50 / 2.25 / 3.00 (/ 4.50) : 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% : 200 : 15 Drastic roots of Yggdrasil! NOTES : The root disarms. Affects and reveals invisible units. With the SUN bonus, applies the stun first before the rest of the root. Gives 200 radius ground vision to enemies hit for 1.75 seconds. Boosted by EARTH: Chunks of rocks can be seen being thrown away with the traveling vines. Boosted by WATER: Vines can be seen still gripping the enemy ala Upheaval hands. Boosted by SUN: Makes the vines neon green brighter with spikes!

Spirited Photosynth Wood. Must be learned from level 7 talent to unlock. Small green orbs spawn every 3 seconds and kamikaze to random units (heroes prioritized), damaging them. The orbs' attacks are separated by an interval of 2.25 seconds. EARTH gives the orbs AoE impact, WATER adds more orbs, and SUN make the targets rooted. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION : NO TARGET : MAGICAL : NO : 0 + 0 Number of orbs Orb duration Enemy detection range Damage Impact AoE Splash damage/root Additional Orbs Root MANA COOLDOWN : 4 : 10 : 800 : 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 : 200 / 250 / 300 / 350 (/ 450) : 50% : + 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 (/ 6) : 0.4 / 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.6 : 200 : 15 Embodiment of arboreal spirits NOTES : SUN bonus root does not disarm. Does not affect invisible units but prevents them from going invisible. Orbs spawn at 3 seconds intervals, but fire at 2.25 intervals. Summons the first orb immediately upon cast. It immediately kamikazes on sight of available targets. No orbs will attack if there are no valid targets. But more orbs will keep spawning around her. The intervals are not affected by percentage-based cooldown reductions. Orbs travel at the speed of 1200 and can be disjointed, wasting an orb. Refresh casts will cause all orbs from the previous cast to disappear. Boosted by EARTH: Has an AoE impact visual. Boosted by WATER: The orbs are colored cyan. Boosted by SUN: Has bright yellow-green vines trapping the enemies.

Silvered Sentinel Metal. Must be learned from level 13 talent to unlock. A flying metal dragon materializes above her. The dragon can sacrifice itself to deal damage and stun to a small AoE. With the FIRE's essence, it will have better movement speed; With WOOD's, a better HP; and with SUN's essence, upgrades the dragon into an ancient creep-hero and increases its attack speed. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION : NO TARGET : 0.2 + 0.7 Dragon HP Armor Attack damage Base attack time Movespeed Duration Bonus movespeed Bonus HP Attack Speed MANA COOLDOWN : 750 : 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 : 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 : 1.0 : 300 : 40 : + 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 (/ 240) : + 125 / 250 / 375 / 500 (/ 750) : + 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 : 300 : 20 Dreadfurr's Draconiform Feldspar! NOTES : More of the dragon's stats below. Casting "Silvered Sentinel" replaces the dragon from the previous cast. Boosted by FIRE: Dragon has 4 flaming wings. Boosted by WOOD: Dragon will have hints of green barks and some emerald. Boosted by SUN: Dragon's body is more reflective, decorated in crepuscular rays.

Fluxed Siphon Metal. Must be learned from level 13 talent to unlock. Drains the armor and attack damage of enemy heroes caught in the target area, a percentage of which she gains for herself. Both buff and debuff decay over a span of 25 seconds. FIRE encapsulates her in hot armor, returning damages she receives. WOOD grants more of the armor and attack she can drain, and SUN, adds a silence to the foes. ABILITY PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET AREA : YES : 0.5 + 0.3 : 600 AoE Armor reduction Attack reduction Armor and attack gain Duration Damage return Bonus gain percentage Silence MANA COOLDOWN : 450 : 1.5 / 3 / 4.5 / 6 : 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 : 100% : 10 : 10% / 20% / 30% / 40% (/ 60%) : + 20% / 40% / 60% / 80% (/ 120%) : 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 : 300 : 20 Corrosion of strength and will. NOTES : Self-buff is undispelable. Debuffs are dispeled by basic dispels. The silence from SUN DOES NOT pierce spell immunity. Damage return from FIRE works like Blade Mail, with reduced values. Shows an insignia (similar to Jingu Mastery) above her head. The insignia's size, is based on how much armor/attack damage she stole. It shrinks as it decays. The Aoe cast visual is similar to her insignia, which is also colored depending on what boosted it. Boosted by FIRE: Insignia has red outline. Boosted by WOOD: The insignia's center is green. Boosted by SUN: AoE visual has a flash of light, also, silence is obvious.

Raged Teralith Earth. Must be learned from level 19 talent to unlock. Causes the earth to tremble forward of Alryca, damaging enemies in the way. At the target point, an earth elemental is summoned. It deals more damage to buildings. if fused with WATER, the earth wave has massive slow, if with METAL, enemies near the elemental will miss their attacks, and with SUN, gives it a 'Stagger' ability, which stuns, and applies break. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET POINT : MAGICAL : NO : 0.3 + 0.5 : 1200 Travel distance Travel speed Effect width Wave Damage Summon duration Move slow Attack slow Slow duration Aura miss chance Stagger damage MANA COOLDOWN : 1200 : 800 : 300 : 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 : 60 : 20% / 40% / 60% / 80% (/ 120%) : 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 (/ 120) : 4.5 : 10% / 20% / 30% / 40% (/ 60%) : 80 / 160 / 240 / 320 : 400 : 40 Sempiternal ravaging guardian NOTES : More of the elemental's stats below. Boosted by WATER: The wave of earth is darker, so it looks wet. Stains the foot of enemies muddy brown. Boosted by METAL: The elemental has shiny metallic components in it's shoulders. Boosted by SUN: The elemental has a glowing yellow gemstone in it's chest and hands.

Nobled Trilithon Earth. Must be learned from level 19 talent to unlock. A monolith spawns from the target location that deals damage to every enemy in its surrounding area with every pulse it makes. It also attacks every 2 seconds, damaging enemies in a splash AoE. The essence of WATER adds a massive MS and AS slow in every pulse, METAL's essence increases it's HP and duration, and the power of SUN allows it to bash in a splash area around the attack target. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET POINT : MAGICAL : NO : 0.6 + 0.3 : 800 HP (hero attacks) Monolith duration pulse intervals Pulse damage Attack damage Move slow Attack slow Slow duration HP bonus Duration bonus Bash duration MANA COOLDOWN : 6 : 12 : 3 : 60 / 120 / 180 / 240 : 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 : 20% / 40% / 60% / 80% (/ 120%) : 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 (/ 120) : 1.5 : + 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 (/ 12) : + 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 (/ 24) : 0.4 / 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.6 : 400 : 40 Monolith of the chaotic batholith. NOTES : More of the monolith's stats below. The first pulse occurs immediately upon summoning. But the first attack is 2 seconds later. Resulting in 5 pulses and 6 attacks (without Metal bonus) The monoliths HP is equal to its hero attacks to destroy * 3. Taking 3 dmg from hero attacks, and 1 dmg from any non-hero attacks. damages and stuns all enemies around the target once the projectile hits. Boosted by WATER: High pressure steam rises from the various cracks of each pulse. Boosted by METAL: Monolith is bigger, thicker, and has written symbols on it glowing yellow. Boosted by SUN: Has differently shaped head and different projectile.

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[Q] Metal dive After some cast time, the dragon ends its own life and returns to the ground with power. Damages and stuns enemies in a small impact area. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET AREA : PHYSICAL : NO : 0.5 + 0 : 2000 AoE Flight duration Damage Stun MANA COOLDOWN : 200 : 1 : 250 : 2 : 100 : 5 NOTES : Similar to Blast Off! If the dragon expires/dies during the cast time or travel time, the spell won't work.

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[Q] Stagger The elemental slams the ground 150 units in front of it. Does damage, stun, and break. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : NO TARGET : MAGICAL : NO : 0.6 + 1.0 : 150 AoE Damage Stun Break duration MANA COOLDOWN : 180 : 80 / 160 / 240 / 320 : 1.5 : 5 : 125 : 10 NOTES : Fully affects buildings, including the stun. 100% damage. This spell is disabled if "Raged Teralith" is not boosted by SUN.

[w] Blinding Aura Blinds enemies standing too near to the Earth elemental. ABILITY PIERCES IMMUNITY? : AURA : YES AoE Miss chance : 300 : 10% / 20% / 30% / 40% (/ 60%) NOTES : This ability is disabled if "Raged Teralith" is not boosted by METAL.

[e] Demolish The elemental deals bonus attack damage to buildings. ABILITY : PASSIVE Bonus damage to structures : 120

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Category Duration Hero atks to destroy non-hero atks to destroy

: Ward : 12 + METAL bonus : 6 + METAL bonus : 18 + METAL bonus

Attack damage Bash duration Attack range Attack splash AoE B.A.T.

: 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 : 0.4 / 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.6 : 650 : 250 : 2

Attack ani. Projectile spd. Move speed Vision Bounty Experience

: 0.0 + 0.0 : 600 : 0 : 800 / 600 : 200 : 0

[q] Earth Beats The monolith releases a damaging pulse every 3 seconds in a massive AoE around it. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? : PASSIVE : MAGICAL : NO Radius Interval Damage MS Slow Atk Slow Slow duration : 800 : 3 : 60 / 120 / 180 / 240 : 20% / 40% / 60% / 80% (/ 120%) : 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 (/ 120) : 1.5

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Changelogs:

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Very interesting! Instantly smiled at explanation for 7/13/19

I had several ideas you used here (fortunately I scrapped the heroes so I won't have to sue) but the full combo seems very OP at high levels as it only costs 1100 mana (200 with ulti).

Consider super nerfing the green storm as right now alone with PS at level 11 it can do (3/2/4/1 build) 15 seconds of having 8 unkillable wisps dealing 50dps in a 200 aoe while whole enemy team is rooted, for a total of 40×140 single target damage while permarooted, not counting aoe.
My personal suggestion would be having 12/14/16/18 wisps, released at 3 per second to deal 30/35/40/45 damage to any random unit (kamikaze) in a 600 aoe. Water adds 3/4/5/6/7 more orbs, and earth improves the rate to 4/5/6/7/8 per second, while sun makes them all bounce for 12/14/16/18/20 damage.

Great hero overall, especially because of the extra spells she has. Nice work!

Glad you liked it! ^^

Thanks for pointing out Green Storm's problems. I fixed it by simply nerfing the orbs spawn interval and attack intervals. This removes the perma-root and drastically disperses the time it takes to deal its total damage. It will still prioritize heroes, but I toned down the enemy detection range by 300.

As for the OP-ness of her combos, that would be really hard to know for sure without seeing it in real game action. I mean, invoker's combos sounds very powerful on paper but icefrog deemed him balanced.

My HCC Entry, Alryca! She's taking over Patchouli Knowledge for the remainder of the contest. If I would have a dream hero that I wish to be ported to dota 2, it's definitely questionable to have someone from another franchise.

Made some major changes. Also added helpful images to visualize how she works.



I do wish Patchouli Knowledge to be ported on "Defense of the Shrines 2" though.