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Solmyr - Jinn Trainer

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:55 pm

Solmyr is a wary adventurer, travelling far across many uncharted and unpopulated lands. Along his travels, he has encountered the Jinn, beings who seem to amplify his own abilities in combat. The Jinn are benevolent creatures, and seeing the goodwill in Solmyr have aided him on many quests. While travelling through the corrupted Ashenvale depths, Solmyr developed a hatred for the Scourge; and he and his Jinn now fight with the Sentinel for the banishment of the unholy crusaders.

HP: 621
HP Regen: 1.02/sec
Mana: 100
Mana Regen: .5/sec
Stats (str (primary) | agi | int):
29 + 3.0 | 22 + 2 | 12 + 1.3
ASPD: 1.22
MS: 300

Red Jinn (Passive):
The red Jinn are very tough and resilient.
1: Weak red jinn: 1 armour bonus, 75 HP bonus
2: Red jinn: 2 armour bonus, 125 HP bonus
3: Strong red jinn: 4 armour bonus, 200 HP bonus, .15 magic resistance (Skill cannot be taken until level 12)
4: Masterful red jinn: 6 armour bonus, 400 HP bonus, .3 magic resistance (skill cannot be taken until level 17)

Yellow Jinn (Passive):
The yellow Jinn are very aggressive.
1: Weak yellow jinn: 10 bonus damage, 2% IAS
2: Yellow Jinn: 20 bonus damage, 4% IAS
3: Strong yellow Jinn: 40 bonus damage, 8% IAS, 15% chance to do 20 bonus damage[1] (Skill cannot be taken until level 12)
4: Masterful yellow Jinn: 80 bonus damage, 15% IAS, 15% chance to do 40 bonus damage[1] (Skill cannot be taken until level 17)

Blue Jinn (Passive):
The blue Jinn are very quick.
1: Weak blue Jinn: +20 ms, 5% chance to evade attacks
2: Blue Jinn: +40 ms, 10% chance to evade attacks
3: Strong Blue Jinn: +70 ms, 20% chance to evade attacks, 5% chance to attack twice[1] (Skill cannot be taken until level 12)
4: Masterful Blue Jinn: +100 ms, 33% chance to evade attacks, 5% chance to attack twice[1] (Skill cannot be taken until level 17)

Call the Jinn
Manacost[2]: 350/500/750
CD: 175/200/225
Solmyr calls the Jinn down to help him and his allies on the Battlefield. After the Jinn have provided assistance, they grow tired and need to rest[3]. Buffs last for a maximum of 30 seconds
1: The red Jinn will provide immunity from enemy heroes for (r) instances. The yellow Jinn will provide a 2x critical strike on the next (y) attacks. The blue Jinn will provide max ms for the next (5*b) seconds. Jinn need to rest for 45s
2: Same effects, will happen for (1.4*r), (1.4*y), and (6.25*b). Jinn need to rest for 60s
3: Same effects, will happen for (1.8*r), (1.8*y), (7.5*b)
(r) is the level of Red Jinn, (y) is the level Yellow Jinn, (b) is the level of Blue Jinn. Jinn need to rest for 75s

Example: at level 7[4] you cast your lvl 1 ult, with 2 levels in each jinn colour. All allied heroes would be immune from 2 enemy hero damage instances. This would be a refract-type effect (you still take effects, like being stunned, and you can still be damaged by creeps and towers). All allied heroes would do 2x damage on their next 2 attacks. All allied heroes would move at 522 ms for the next 10 seconds. Has an AoE of 500 around you.

Framework: The level 1 and 2 framework would be one of enchantress' wisps flying around the hero. Red is a bright orange-red, yellow is a repel coloured yellow, and blue is a deep water blue. The strong framework is similare to Quales, but they would simply be balls of light instead of ice/fire/lightning effect. Masterful framework would be one of Necrolics revenants of the appropriate colour following Solmyr.

[1] Bonus damage type is mixed, and therefore reduced by both armour and spell immunity.
[2] Calculate manacost vs. mana available, even if you take as many stats as possible, you wont be able to cast your ult at level 6, or your lvl 2 ult at level 11. This is an extra balance included, since it's a powerful ult. You would need to get extra bonuses to you int, which will slow your str/agi build. Also, if you do go with as many stats as possible, then you will only need 4 more points to cast your ult at level 6, but this means that you will have only 2 Jinn levels, which makes the ult rather weak.
Without taking stats or getting int points, you need to wait until level 15 to cast your level one ult. With 2 bracers (+6 int) you need to wait until level 10. With 2 nulls (+12 int) you can use your ult at level 6. With 1 nulls and 1 bracer (+9 int) you can use your ult at level 8
[3] When the Jinn are resting, Solmyr doesn't receive the bonus from them. The rest time doesn't start until 30 seconds after casting the ult, once all the buffs have worn off.
[4] You will need +12 int to cast your lvl1 ult at level 7, and with 2 lvl's in each Jinn colour, that means you need to spend money on int points.

Notice that Solmyr himself isn't special, he has no 'skills' of his own, which is why he has decent agi and str. The Jinn levels 3 and 4 improve him so much, that I force you to take stats before you can max out your Jinn. This will allow other heroes ample time to get ready to deal with the very good effects.

I personally won't make this into a hero idea and submit it (since I'm too lazy to go look for icons), but if anybody wants to, and wants to balance anything, feel free! Just make sure to credit me in the discussion somewhere. Also, could deff use a better story..

IF YOU HAVE A POSSIBLE STORY FOR THIS:
Post it here! For a story with no effort, plainly a grab at gold, 0 gold awarded. For a story with some effort, that I choose to not use, 500 gold awarded. For a story I like and use, 2000 gold awarded. For a kickass story that closes this competition, 5000 gold awarded.

CHANGELOG:
1.0
Corrected typo on lvl 4 blue Jinn
CD on Call the Jinn had been forgotten.. was added
Lowered AoE of Call the Jinn

1.1
Lowered starting mana and int gain (from 120+1.5 -> 120+1.3)
Updated mana restrictions for changes
Pointed out new restriction under [2]
Changed ult so Jinn need to rest after use.
Lowered multipliers for level 2 and level 3 of ult.
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Last edited by serpentson on Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:02 pm; edited 3 times in total