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N'Azdra - The Corrupter

Created by Shimrra_3 on 2009-05-27
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N'Azdra was a skilled mage when he was a Sload, but he was also a coward. When his race was under attack, he chose to flee rather than help. Wandering the world alone, he was spotted by the Lich King's servants as a potential ally, for he had no conscience for his actions, like many of Ner'zhul's favored confidants. Captured after a mighty struggle, N'Azdra was tortured, his body altered beyond measure. He emerged as a wholly new creature, the first of his kind. The Lich King's experiments had turned him into a ghastly weapon, and he was pressed into service with the threat of further torture hanging over him. N'Azdra the Corrupter lumbered onto the battlefield, binding anyone foolish enough to come too close and his body oozing undeath itself.

Squelch (C)
Using the last vestiges of his Sload magic, N'Azdra teleports to an area then plummets to the ground 0.5 seconds after, sending out a toxic cloud from his rotten body on impact. Enemies in a large AOE are slowed and blinded for 3 seconds. If the Ooze skill has been learned, the same AOE is also covered in Ooze.
Level 1 - 8% slow and blind, 400 AOE, 625 casting range.
Level 2 - 16% slow and blind, 450 AOE, 750 casting range.
Level 3 - 24% slow and blind, 500 AOE, 875 casting range.
Level 4 - 32% slow and blind, 550 AOE, 1000 casting range.
Mana Cost: 155/170/185/200
Cooldown: 25

Framework: N'Azdra blinks, leaving a faint impression in the air halfway through the blink, then half a second after he arrives at the area he collapses a bit, sending out a large green cloud that dissipates after one second. Affected units have Blind-type swirls over them except in green.

Notes: Destroys trees in the AOE.

Vicegrip (V)
N'Azdra coats his pseudopodia with increasing layers of sticky grime before attacking, slowing the target more with each attack. Slow lasts four seconds and stacks up to six times.
Level 1 - 5% slow, stacks up to six times.
Level 2 - 6% slow, stacks up to six times.
Level 3 - 7% slow, stacks up to six times.
Level 4 - 8% slow, stacks up to six times.
Buff placer.
Mana Cost: NA
Cooldown: NA

Framework: Slowed unit has framework as though it had Nasal Goo on it.

Notes: Buff placer, meaning that orbs will still work but buff placers will not (ie Skadi, Desolator).

Ooze (Z)
N'Azdra leaves a disgusting trail of Ooze behind him wherever he goes, corrupting whatever it contacts. Units that die on the Ooze, as well as corpses that the Ooze touches, automatically respawn as Undead under N'Azdra's control. Undead spawn randomly at a rate of one per second, cap of 15.
Level 1 - Ooze trail is 150 units wide, Ooze lasts for 4 seconds.
Level 2 - Ooze trail is 200 units wide, Ooze lasts for 6 seconds.
Level 3 - Ooze trail is 250 units wide, Ooze lasts for 8 seconds.
Level 4 - Ooze trail is 300 units wide, Ooze lasts for 10 seconds.
Mana Cost: NA
Cooldown: NA

Framework: Affected ground turns to grey-black blight terrain, but darker and with pulsing green currents running through it. The affected AOE is larger than N'Azdra, so if he stands still he will have Ooze expand from under him in a circle.

Notes: Info on Undead summons in the discussion section. Undead will still spawn on ignited Ooze. Undead summon cap is 15.

Inflame (E)
N'Azdra triggers a chemical reaction within that ignites the Ooze trailing behind him. Enemy units on the Ooze take damage over time; Undead summons on the Ooze also ignite and deal immolation damage to enemies. Because neither his Sload body or his new body was meant to withstand fire, N'Azdra also takes the same damage over time to maintain the ignition of new Ooze as he moves. Inflame will only spread as long as it is being fueled by N'Azdra.
Level 1 - Ignited Ooze deals 60 damage per second to enemies and N'Azdra; ignited Undead take 30 damage per second and deal 30 damage per second to enemies at melee range. Inflame spreads over the Ooze at 200 units per second.
Level 2 - Ignited Ooze deals 80 damage per second to enemies and N'Azdra; ignited Undead take 40 damage per second and deal 40 damage per second to enemies at melee range. Inflame spreads over the Ooze at 250 units per second.
Level 3 - Ignited Ooze deals 100 damage per second to enemies and N'Azdra; ignited Undead take 50 damage per second and deal 50 damage per second to enemies at melee range. Inflame spreads over the Ooze at 300 units per second.
Mana Cost: 0
Cooldown: 3/2/1

Framework: Ooze bursts into slightly-green flames about the same height as a treant or ghoul. Ignited Undead have the same flames on them except starting at their midsection and going up to their heads.

Notes: * Inflame is a De/Activate type skill - ie, using the skill flips over the icon for a 'Turn it off' type icon which you still can't use until the cooldown is up, and the skill will continue to be used until it is turned off; in this case, it will burn you. * Undeads' immolation damages stack with each other and with the Ignited Ooze's damage.

Discussion:

Revolting isn't it.

Pros and Cons:

Pros:

High base Strength and Strength gain (23 + 2.8).
Very powerful slow.
Free summons.

Cons:

Extremely low base movespeed (275).
No conventional nukes.
Ultimate deals self damage.

Skill Description:

Squelch:

A combination blink, slow, and blind skill, which is why it costs so much mana (luckily its the only ability the N'Azdra has which costs mana). One of it's main purposes is to establish a large patch of Ooze to burn, which is particularly nasty since there are, presumably, several slowed heroes on this patch. Squelch can also be used to escape from combat, although obviously it lacks the spammability of typical blink skills.

Vicegrip:

Sload have a very powerful grasp once they get a good hold, the same goes for N'Azdra. After several attacks, he can maintain a devastating slow on his target - the problem is that he simply doesn't have the attack speed to do this easily, nor can he catch targets given that his movespeed is the most pathetic in the game bar three others'.

Ooze:

The skill that truly defines N'Azdra - the ability to passively convert normal ground into Undead-spawning blight. Squelch creates a large area of Ooze, provided you have learned Ooze, and Inflame transforms Ooze into a fiery deathtrap.

Ooze can summon two types of Undead:

Skeletal Minion

HP - 225/250/275/300
Armor - 3 light armor
Damage - 16-20/20-24/24-28/28-32 piercing damage
Sight Range - 1000/600
Movespeed - 315
Base Attack Time - 1.3
Bounty - 30 gold
Duration: 15 seconds
Abilties: none

Skeletal Warrior

HP - 400/475/550/625
Armor - 3 hero armor
Damage - 38-44/42-48/46-52/50-56 hero damage
Sight Range - 1400/800
Movespeed - 300
Base Attack Time - 1.45
Bounty - 75 gold
Duration: 45 seconds
Abilities: Unholy Fervor

Ability: Unholy Fervor
Increases allies' attack speed by 30% and movespeed by 10%.
400 AOE
Only affects units under your control, lasts 3 seconds after leaving the AOE.

Skeletal Warriors are only spawned when a hero dies on the Ooze - everything else is a Skeletal Minion.

Inflame:

As said, turns the Ooze into a fiery deathtrap. High damage per second over a potentially massive AOE, and N'Azdra has an equally powerful slow to keep victims in the flames to be torched. Additionally, it will ignite the Undead, causing the skill to do even more damage per second - although the chances are that the Undead will burn out before the target heroes do, even if you're fortunate enough to acquire a Warrior.

Note: Inflame is a De/Activate type skill - ie, using the skill flips over the icon for a 'Turn it off' type icon which you still can't use until the cooldown is up, and the skill will continue to be used until it is turned off; in this case, it will burn you.

Skill Synergy:

Squelch Vicegrip

Squelch + Vicegrip: Two powerful slows each in their own way - Squelch is easy to use, and it slows down targets long enough for N'Azdra to heave himself to a target and begin to apply Vicegrip. By the time slow #1 wears off, slow #2 will be in full swing and they won't escape.

Squelch Ooze

Squelch + Ooze: Squelch creates a large area of Ooze which can then be set alight. Enough said.

Ooze Inflame

Ooze + Inflame: Ooze = Deathtrap. Said that already.

Squelch Ooze Inflame Vicegrip

The Full Combo: Initiate with Squelch, which creates Ooze - if you did this over a half a creep wave, the dead half will provide you with Undead in a few seconds - then Inflame all of the Ooze and Undead. In the confusion, waddle over to someone and attack them before Squelch wears off. If you're lucky, you will achieve a good Vicegrip on the target, while they get incinerated by the Inflamed Ooze and your flaming Undead.

Or we could simply say "Your skills synergize: use all of them."

Items:

Primary Itembuild:

Boots of Travel Hood of Defiance Mekansm Heart of Tarrasque Shiva`s Guard Radiance

BoT: You're fat and slow, fix that. Well, fix the slow part.

Hood: Reduce damage from Inflame amongst other things.

Meka: Restore your Undead so they can immolate the enemy some more. Restoring yourself is good too.

Heart: Become fatter. Permanent Inflame anyone?

Shiva: Combo with Squelch in AOE, very much ensures that Vicegrip will take hold of some poor sucker.

Radiance: More immolation, combo with Inflame.

Secondary Items:

Guinsoo`s Scythe of Vyse Vladmir`s Offering Assault Cuirass

Guinsoo: Extra disable, sets them up to be severely Vicegripped. Other than that, not really that useful actually, thats odd...

Vlads: Lifestealing Undead last longer than Undead that don't. Slightly.

Cuirass: Stronger Undead again. Whatever thats worth. Attack speed makes Vicegrip more likely to succeed though.

Allies:

AOE Disablers:

Rooftrellen - The Treant Protector Darchrow - The Enigma Magnus - The Magnataur Leviathan - The Tidehunter Demnok Lannik - Warlock Azgalor - Pit Lord

Sets up the Squelch->Inflame combo and/or prevents escape from it.

(* These heroes are getting really familiar, I need to stop making more damn AOE moves on my ideas...)

Enemies:

Spell Immune Heroes:

Yurnero - The Juggernaut Purist Thunderwrath - The Omniknight N`aix - The Lifestealer Black King Bar

Because your abilities will do nothing!

Spell Resistant Heroes:

Azwraith - The Phantom Lancer Magina - The Anti-Mage Viper - The Netherdrake Pudge - The Butcher Planeswalkers Cloak Hood of Defiance

Because your abilities will do less. Admittedly this is, in fact, better than nothing - but the 'nothing' approach only gives them a few seconds (unless they are Omniknight in which case you've already lost anyway), whereas resistance is passive and permanent.

Tanks

Sven - The Rogueknight Rooftrellen - The Treant Protector Mangix - The Pandaren Brewmaster Knight Davion - The Dragon Knight Banehallow - The Lycanthrope Balanar - The Night Stalker King Leoric - The Skeleton King Slardar - The Slithereen Guard Lucifer - The Doom Bringer Barathrum - The Spiritbreaker

Because they will choose to withstand your combo and eat you rather than run. Particularly the DPS tanks.

Comments and suggestions welcome within reason, balance changes will be considered if necessary.

If you think there is something wrong, tell me what it is if you want me to do something about it!

Bard Challenge, again. I keep repeating those lines...

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129 By Xzulff94X 2009-11-13

hmmm...

128 By Ptolemny 2009-11-02

this would work quite well imo.

127 By kalsiidon 2009-10-17

your hero's vice grip i mean.

126 By kalsiidon 2009-10-17

wow,think you're about to get hit and thats it.mind putting a % success on your vicegrip?i think it makes your hero imba,yes,IMBA!

125 By murloc 2009-08-02

slow slow slow. Nice.

124 By izwan.hs 2009-08-02

u forgot to put khadgar pipe of insight at enemy part :)

123 By the_cupu_one 2009-08-02

why people love soft tank? i mean high STR & INT with low AGI? why don't you make a STR hero with balanced AGi & INT or STR hero with STR higher than AGI, and AGI higher than INT?

122 By fir283 2009-08-01

I think this hero gives kids nightmares..

121 By Sekiras 2009-07-29

xmmm xaxaxaxaxaxxaxxa this hero is loser...........I"m sure

120 By venolike 2009-07-27

n1 :)

119 By david11 2009-07-24

i like this hero very good man

118 By beytehbranch 2009-07-20

With pipe, the skelly's can last alot longer

117 By dicksons1997 2009-07-20

wooooo fat den butcher

116 By vOnzm8 2009-07-17

sounds like pudgy

115 By Marijn 2009-07-17

Lol many aspects of this hero is from an other game (don't know the name anymore, but was released in 2009). Still good hero

114 By shukaku00 2009-07-16

Hmmm...I would like to see this guy hooked/teamwork with pudge :D

113 By iamsoimba 2009-07-11

just fixing a statement in my earlier post silencer and a few other heroes go down to 285 base move speed, but i still think he should be at least 280-285

112 By I_Write_Pc 2009-07-10

he looks like a wow player rat.

111 By iamsoimba 2009-07-08

ms should be slightly faster imo, i mean 275.. i dont think any hero in dota goes below 290 and 290 is slow. at least bump to 280-285 imo

110 By Blarfles 2009-07-08

Does inflame continue after you turn it off? Ie. Does the fire keep burning on the Ooze until it dissapears? If not, does the fire keep traveling down the ooze path if you turn the skill on for a split second before turning it off?