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Arcus - The Temporal

Created by MrZombie on 2007-11-25
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Arcus was a troubled satyr with very little aptitude for stealth, unlike the heir to the dominion he grew up in, Rikimaru. Rikimaru and the King deemed him utterly combat useless, and only capable of basic scribe studies. After the Burning Legion corrupted most of his kind, and his king left him, he went into recluse for many years. He studied a lost form of magic that could manipulate time and matter, and after years of intense training he became a master of the art. Swearing an oath to put a stop to the scourge he took up arms with the sentinel, in hopes to once prove himself worthy to his Prince.

Megrim (E)
By distorting his targets mind Arcus can cause his targets brain to react severly to any muscular action or reaction, causing it intense pain. All ranks last 9 seconds.
Level 1 - Deals 5 damage/sec + an additional 2 damage each second every time target is physically attack or physically attacks.
Level 2 - Deals 10 damage/sec + an additional 3 damage each second every time target is physically attack or physically attacks.
Level 3 - Deals 15 damage/sec + an additional 4 damage each second every time target is physically attack or physically attacks.
Level 4 - Deals 20 damage/sec + an additional 5 damage each second every time target is physically attack or physically attacks.
Mana Cost: 100/130/160/190
Cooldown: 26

Framework: Similiar to curse of the silent.

Notes: The idea here is kind of similiar to Maledict in that the target receives bonus damage for however much damage it takes. But the target only receives bonus damage from physical attacks or by physically attacking, and the effects trigger every second thereafter.

Baleful Teleport (T)
Purposfully teleports a target with error causing its matter to rearrange and form back again, removing subtle pieces from it.
Level 1 - Teleports target 400 range in the direction Arcus is facing. Deals 125 damage. Casting range is 500.
Level 2 - Teleports target 500 range in the direction Arcus is facing. Deals 175 damage. Casting range is 600.
Level 3 - Teleports target 600 range in the direction Arcus is facing. Deals 225 damage. Casting range is 700.
Level 4 - Teleports target 700 range in the direction Arcus is facing. Deals 275 damage. Casting range is 800.
Mana Cost: 140
Cooldown: 12

Framework: Just a simple blink/blur effect.

Notes: This move has a dual purpose, also being capable of use on allies. It won't deal the damage to them obviously, but it will still push them in the direction, kind of like a reverse hook.

Temporal Acceleration (C)
Accelerates a subjects time frame making them perform actions much faster than normal, but at the cost of their health, due to the rapid aging the acceleration ensues. This effect cannot kill the target and will end if the target reaches 1 life.
Level 1 - Increases attack speed by 15% and movement speed by 8%. Deals 4 damage a second. Lasts 10 seconds.
Level 2 - Increases attack speed by 30% and movement speed by 16%. Deals 8 damage a second. Lasts 12 seconds.
Level 3 - Increases attack speed by 45% and movement speed by 24%. Deals 12 damage a second. Lasts 14 seconds.
Level 4 - Increases attack speed by 60% and movement speed by 32%. Deals 16 damage a second. Lasts 16 seconds.
Mana Cost: 70/100/130/160
Cooldown: 30/26/23/20

Framework: Like sprint.

Notes: Basic combat booster, somewhat like a frenzy, but it provides less attack speed increase for the sake of movement speed increase, and does not cause the bonus damage taken, but rather a static damage amount, probably ends up being a better alternative late game.

Memento Memori (R)
Causes the target to see its own death reliving the pain from past experiences. This effect lasts 4/5/6
Level 1 - Causes target to take 45% of the damage it took while the skill was in effect, after the duration is over. This effect may be ended prematurely.
Level 2 - Causes target to take 60% of the damage it took while the skill was in effect, after the duration is over. This effect may be ended prematurely.
Level 3 - Causes target to take 75% of the damage it took while the skill was in effect, after the duration is over. This effect may be ended prematurely.
Level 4 - (With Scepter 90% damage, lasts 7 seconds)

Mana Cost: 140/220/300
Cooldown: 90/80/70

Framework: Cuases the target to glow purple.

Notes: The effect may be ended prematurely by a skill named "Resolve", costing an additional 50 mana at all ranks.

Discussion:

For images sake I would have Arcus look like the Satyr Hellcaller.

Now onto the discussion.

SKILL DISCUSSION

Megrim

Megrim : This is going to be your main source of dps, spell wise. I created it with the intention that it would be used more as a deterrent to those fast dps attackers, or a support when ganking someone. This skill has a very high potential damage, for instance say you casted this and then increased your attack speed by some means, against a target with a high attack speed like Clinks or Razor, you both begin attacking each other and you end up hitting him somewhere around 15 times then run and he hit you about 20 times.

(15 + 20)(5)+20[max rank]= 195. That's 195 damage a second toward the end of the spell. Not too shabby.

Baleful Teleport

Baleful Teleport : This spell is your main nuke, although it's not entirely direct. This can also be made out to a great support skill, since it has that push back. It really isn't a direct blink, but it does have 700 range at max rank, and if you or your team mates are positioned correctly, you could push them toward an escaping enemy to catch up. The same could be said vice versa (i.e. running from that enemy).

Uses:

Push enemies toward tower to help kill, or away from tower to deny.
Basic nuke/escape escape maneuver.
Can be used as a pseudo blink to teleport you onto a cliff or whatever.
A backward hook, like if you were behind the target and your allies were in front, you could port that enemy to them for the kill.
Capability of filling out your tax forms, and much, much more!

Temporal Acceleration

Temporal Acceleration : This skill is your basic combat amplifier, but a bit more. Not my most unique skill but it gets the job done. Not only does it increase you or a specific allies attack speed, but it also increases movement speed. It has a minor health sacrifice, however (at max rank it deals 256 damage, which is mitigated by health regeneration, to anywhere from nearly nothing to around 150 or so). Potentially, this skill is on par with frenzy, not attack speed wise, but the entirety of the skill. It provides attack speed, and movement speed, and deals damage. The damage portion could often times be a lesser evil since frenzy increases damage taken by 25%, which could be a lot more, or nothing if they don't get attacked. Either way.

Memento Memori

Memento Memori : This is just the skill to top it all off. It is a near perfect killing tool if used right, and since it leaves very little room for error, it would be more often that not used right. This could make those heavy nukers on your team even more so of a harassment, those fast attackers more than twice as devastating, and potentially could add up to be the strongest nuke in the game.

SKILL SYNERGIES

Megrim Temporal Acceleration

Lay on megrim and pop your temporal acceleration and watch as the damage increase on your megrim make them cry out their own blood. This will be a killer combo late game, since neither skill lose their effectiveness.

Temporal Acceleration Baleful Teleport

These two skills combined will make you either a heavy damager/chaser, or a great escaper. Use the teleport to push you toward an escaping target, and then catch up to them with your increased movement speed. TA+BT=Profit.

Memento Memori ~~ANYTHING~~ EVERYTHING

Memento Memori will be a spell that goes good with almost anything. I leave room for the almost, because there are a few character i will explain later that do nothing for you. This will go good with any combination of things, and with its relatively low cooldown, can be a pseudo spamable ult.

SKILL BUILD

Megrim
Baleful Teleport
Megrim
Stats
Megrim
Memento Memori
Megrim
Stats
Temporal Acceleration
Temporal Acceleration
Memento Memori
Temporal Acceleration
Temporal Acceleration
Baleful Teleport
Baleful Teleport
Memento Memori
Baleful Teleport
Stats
Stats
Stats
Stats
Stats
Stats
Stats
Stats

ITEM DISCUSSION

There are many items you can think you want, many items that people will tell you to get to improve your game, but ignore them, they are stupid. This is the only item you need :

THE IRONWOOD BRANCH

This is the only item worth getting anymore. Just one of these babies will ensure a good game, but six of them? THAT'S SIX GOOD GAMES ALL IN ONE! AND WITH 6x1... THAT'S LIKE 15 GOOD GAMES! Fill your inventory with these. Then buy a chicken and fill that with these too. Some people might question you, but a smack will sequester their disbeliefs. Six of these things will give you +6 to all stats. ALL STATS! And with the other six on your chicken, that is a potential combination of +12 to all stats! Forget that eye of skadi, that dumb thing costs too much, and you need that money in case you want to buy more IRONWOOD BRANCH'S. I'm telling you, if you follow this root there is no way you can possibly lose (unless they kill your chicken, the you've lost like 500 gold! How are you going to get that kind of money again?!?!)

ALRIGHT, for real now, these are the REAL items you should be concerning yourself with :

Dagon Dagon

The red headed step child of items. Most people assume you shouldn't get more than one rank with this. Most people are right, however, with your ultimate handy and this at max level, it could potentially deal...

1160 damage at rank 1 of ultimate
1280 damage at rank 2 of ultimate
1400 damage at rank 3 of ultimate
And a less than it used to be whopping 1520 damage with scepter.

And all of that damage is just from the dagon alone. This item is a must for you.

Aghanim`s Scepter Aghanim's Scepter

This is a pretty good item for you. It can provide the above mentioned, and it also gives you a good +30 int, +500 hp, and +500 mp. Somewhat expensive but well worth it.

Mjollnir

You can turn yourself into a very fast attacker, and since you have no orb effects, this baby will do you wonders. I would get this after dagon and Scepter, however.

Shiva`s Guard Shiva's Guard

This new item is awesome, it has a nice slowing effect, a huge AoE 200 damage, and gives you +15 armor. This thing is insane. However, take it more as a luxury item than anything.

Hand of Midas

Huge loot generator, bonus stackable attack speed, and it looks sweet. I'd get this as a core item, but there are other things worthier of getting first. But definitely think about getting this.

Power Treads

If you want to get spinning back kicked in the face then go ahead and ask what I put this up here for. Go ahead... I use this on every character. BoT's are a luxury for me.

Necronomicon

You can have a bunch of little dudes running around dealing damage for you, which would benefit both your megrim, and your ultimate. Plus it gives a nice strength bonus and a nice intelligence bonus. Worthy of a purchase in your case.

Manta Style

The illusions this can make deal physical damage, which means you are going to be attacker 3 times more often when you use megrim. Very, very handy if your core skill build focuses around megrim (which is a good choice btw).

Cranium Basher

It bashes craniums and makes a cool Thwap! sound every time you stun (and if it doesn't ot should). Combined with your Temporal Acceleration you can be a perma basher with 2 of these. Then it's Thwapap! Aight?

Those are the items I would personally get, but if you want to be all non-conformist, be my guest. Just don't overlook those branch's...

HERO(es?) DISCUSSION

So when Claire totally messed with that snobby cheerleader chick and got herself a spot on the team, my mom was all like...

Wait... We aren't discussing the show... Man I'm dumb.

Alright, here we go.

THE GOOD GOOD GUYS

Lina Inverse - The Slayer Lion - The Demon Witch Akasha - The Queen of Pain Aggron Stonebreaker - The Ogre Magi Boush - The Tinker Anub`arak - The Nerubian Assassin Lucifer - The Doom Bringer Viper - The Netherdrake

Yeah, i know, the list is huge, but you are very beneficial to any team make up really. The first 5 heroes are very heavy nukers, especially Lina an lion, who both have that massive damage ult, and Lina tends to get a dagon too, so you and her could do like 3000 damage easy. Anub'something has that high damage ult, and that mana burn which would go good if you bought the necronomicon. Lucifer nukes pretty good, and doom damage twice would be a pain. Viper, Razor, Clinks, Warlord, and Huskar all attack extremely fast, which means good news for your megrim. Voljins maledict would benefit on the same lines your megrim would, so thats a huge damage leap, plus his chaos ward with your Memento would mean devastating damage. Phantom Lancer and Siren pump out a ton of images, which do good damage and all physical, which is good for you. Techies would be a blast (PUN) since you could teleport enemies into his mines. BOOM!

Razor - The Lightning Revenant Bone Clinkz - The Bone Fletcher Jah’rakal - The Troll Warlord Huskar - Sacred Warrior Vol`Jin - The Witch Doctor Azwraith - The Phantom Lancer Slithice - The Naga Siren Squee and Spleen - The Goblin Techies

THE BAD GOOD GUYS

Terrorblade - The Soul Keeper Atropos - The Bane Elemental Rooftrellen - The Treant Protector Pugna - The Oblivion

Terror's life steal doesn't technically do damage, so it wouldn't help you at all. Also his Ultimate, while nifty, technically doesn't do any damage either, so this guy isn't really of much help. Atropos really doesn't rely on normal attacks too much, and he usually works best alone, or sleeps a target dealing minimal damage while not being able to attack it. Treant has no nukes, generally a support hero, so he wont be of much help. Pugna decrepify's, this could be nice with a dragon and his nuke, but not usually helpful to your Megrim, and his ult does not technically do damage.

THE BAD BAD GUYS

Magina - The Anti-Mage Anub`arak - The Nerubian Assassin Ezalor - The Keeper of the Light Anub`seran - The Nerubian Weaver Rikimaru - The Stealth Assassin Gondar - The Bounty Hunter Nortrom - The Silencer Medusa - The Gorgon

The first three can take away your mana in a heart beat, which is really, really not good for you, ever. The Time Weaver usually runs around invisi going vroom vroom all over the place and when you finally land your Megrim or Ult on it, he'll time lapse it. Rikimaru is permanently invis and it is hard to pull off combos on him. Same goes for Gondar. Silencer silnces... self explanatory. Medusa, being the Naga sleaze she is can pruge off your megrim, and takes half damage from you, severely limiting your capabilities.

THE GOOD BAD GUYS

Generally anyone who attacks fast will end up killing themselves.

Balanar - The Night Stalker Dark Terror - The Faceless Void Jah’rakal - The Troll Warlord

Imbastalker, Faceless Overpowered, and Troll Pwnlord are some of the most powerful late game heroes, and guess who owns them?

Thanks a lot for taking the time to read through all this junk, I hope you like my hero and my weird sense of humor. Have fun, or I will find where you live and make you have fun.

Peace DotA,

-MrZombie

Changelog:

2007-11-26: -Changed his stat gains to 1.9/1.6/3.1, seems decent. -Increased his base attack speed. -Added a casting range to Baleful Teleport. -Nerfed Memento Memori a bit. -Added Cranium Bashers. -Put in 3 imba heroes that you are good against.

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1 By cowlickman 2007-11-25

Alright! Well I really like this guy, super cool idea! Here are some of my concerns:

Megrim: it does extra damage per second everytime they attack or get attacked? So, if they attack once, or even more than once in a second, they only take one amount of damage? (say, 5 damage at highest level). Then I read your skill explanation and I get that you add up the amount of times they attack or get attacked but, when does that damage get dealt? After all the attacks have been made? That's how I understand it when I read it.

Baleful Teleport: I really like this skill, very unique. Seems easy enough to use on yourself and allies to chase but, lets say I wanted to use it on an enemy to nuke him, but he just ends up farther away from me... (what's the casting range on the spell anyway?).

My concern is that when you run towards someone to cast the spell, because most of the time, you're never at the perfect spot to cast it, you'll be facing in the direction of the target, and, when you're suggesting that you can use it to help your allies get closer to the enemy, the enemy would pretty much have to form a straight line with you and your targeted ally for it to work properly. Seems as though you can only use it when you're actually chasing someone straight down a lane, but then you have to trust that your ally runs straight towards the enemy and doesn't make sudden movements or else the attempt fails

Temporal Acceleration: good skill, the movement bonus is nice and the damage, at high level, is not too severe. Would work great if cast on a dying enemy who will run away and eventually die, or a silenced enemy because they can't do anything else!

Memento Memori: Cool spell, it basically gives you and everyone attacking that target, double damage (and more!). Maybe the duration is a bit much though. It's basically instant death to anyone if you outnumber them. Now that I think of it, you just cast megrim and acceleration on them right before you do memento and they take crazy damage! I'm still not sure how the damage for Megrim works but, if you add all your spells up (plus a dagon and maybe teleport to add some damage) you could deal a shit load of damage and take out a big tank by yourself...? That's too good imo. Just lower the duration of the spell to maybe 4 or 5 sec and just hope there's no silencer on the opposing team Other than that, it's fine!

Item build looks good, funny bit about ironwood branch made me laugh! But when you talked about the heroes, just a little mistake that you made, saying that if Tinker was on your team, you could teleport the enemy to the mines, that would be TECHIES, not Tinker

I will rate after changes, explanations and more comments, cheers!!

2 By cowlickman 2007-11-25

Oh, something I wanted to add that I just thought of! (sorry for double post)

Temporal Acceleration: So if you cast it on an enemy like Bone Fletcher or Drow Ranger and they only attack using their specialty arrow, does it count as a spell or does it add up as physical damage? Technically they're spells, right?

3 By SlwaBluPhnx 2007-11-25

Very good, but add blink dagger to the list. Chasing, dagger in front of enemy, then use transport, voila, a 400+ range for you to use.

4 By Millennium 2007-11-25

Memento Memori and Maledict+Death Wars plus Laguna Blade can actually incredibly high damage

5 By SlwaBluPhnx 2007-11-25

Well, you could do dagon5/finger of death/laguna blade combo I mean every ulti nuke clustered guarantees a kill.

WAIT! 4.8 TOTAL STAT GAIN! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Needs much more int gain. Try more like;

17 + 1.4 | Agi: 16 + 1.9 | Int: 22 + 3

so that he can be a battle mage.

BTW, a new look on the ultim.

IMBA! With aghanim, it is basically every attack everyone makes is a 100% x2.5 crit. Do this, 30%-45%-60%-70%(Aghanim). And increase the cooldown, make it 90 or maybe a little bit higher. This spell needs to have drawbacks because it is still HUGELY useful late game, like Obsidians ulti.

6 By lompe 2007-11-25

I think the ulti is too good. I think you should say that it "amplifies" only physical OR magical dmg. That would make it a bit more special too.
Can you cast teleport on yourself as a blink function? And what is the cast range on it?

I like the hero though!
And nicely written man, especially about the branches. Never thought about it like that before. I have to try that chick trick.

7 By Shimrra_3 2007-11-25

I think the ultimate should be balanced somehow - up the mana cost or cooldown or both. Not as imba as it looks though, its only 8 or 10 seconds in duration.
Stat gain should also be much higher. Even if you leave the same ratios and have pathetic strength, an overall increase would be good.

Very original I say. 10/10

8 By Ghost 2007-11-25

ok i haven't actually read the whole thing properly yet but thats because im busy playing games right now.
what i have seen is good and i will properly review later today.

9 By shazzam66 2007-11-26

nice strat interesting hero too.
good effort

10 By cmistom 2007-11-26

his stat gains are way too low.

11 By Counter_Force[X] 2007-11-26

the idea of the ulti is very scary, paired with high spell dmg heroes hes dominator 2v2 if paired with decent nukers. the 1st skill however seemed imba if used on troll.9/10

12 By Ghost 2007-11-26

Megrim: potentially big damage but also a great support spell because of its ability to eat a DpS hero.

Baleful Teleport: target unit leaps force peole to jump into trees, water, off the map.
another support skill can you cast on self? that would make this skill very annoying to most.. All enemies.

Temporal Acceleration: standard boosts but very useful for this hero.
early game the damage will probably eat you a little but late game this skill is very very valuable

Memento Memori: 8 seconds to take the enemy down to 60% life (provideing they started on full life) yay.. practically fool proof, im sure i could screw it up..if i tried.. really hard

5/5
WORSHIP THE BRANCH

13 By cham1259 2007-11-26

Wow, nice one!
The time thing's a great idea.

14 By AXCELACCEL 2007-11-26

NIce hero idea i like it

15 By Bard Man 2007-11-26

BAAAAAAAAARD MAAAAAAAAAN!!!!

*Pops out if a pie!*

Bard Man is here to rate your hero!

*People in a burning building can be heard in the backround.*

To begin, you beat Bard Man to making a new satyr hero. Good work! Second, you DO need to pump that stat gain up a little. Onto skills

Megrim: One thing you guys never thought about. VOID!!!!!! This skill is the ultimate thorn in that jackasses side! Kudos to Mr.Zombie!

Baleful Teleport: Again, this could be a good way to piss off people, but it kinda has the potential to get you/allies/enemies stuck. ALOT! Could use a minor edit, but still, Bard Man is pleased to see someone thought of an inverted Meat Hook.

Temporal Acceleration: Nasteh! This is a perfect escape and a perfect way to turn you into a perma-stunner (Need bashers of course). Just cast Megrim on them and this on yourself and... BAM! Major damage.

Memento Memori: OH SWEET HELL! This is just nuts dude. Where have you been all this time?! Bard Man loves this skill. It's the ultimate anti-tank, + if you cast it on someone just before the Megrim/Temporal Acceleration combo, they are almost garunteed to die! Now then, as much as I love it, it does need nerfing.

.....
WHO THE F*CK TOLD YOU BARD MAN'S UBER SECRET TO WINNING?!?!? BARD MAN SMASH YOU GOOD!! (Joking. Duh.)

Your sense of humor is very entertaining. Kinda like Bard Man's after a dozen chocolate donuts and a soda. (FYI: A second soda usually send Bard Man into a Ghoul frenzy, so... WATCH OUT!)

Ya need to add a basher to the Item build for, if nothing else, variety.

Haw Haw, Heroes joke. Laff.
(Bard Man = Not a fan.)

Anyway, you are officially a friend of Bard Man, MrZombie. congrats.

@Cowlickman: Nice points made for his kills. You rival Bard Man as a hero rater.

@CowlickmanAgain: HA HA! DOUBLE POST! NOOB!(Kidding.)

@SlwaBluPhnx: Took ya long enough to notice his stat gain, pal. Wanna borrow Bard Man's glasses?

@Shimrra_3: I agree, that the ult is in need of a nerf gunning.

@Ghost: What game? Bard Man got Metroid Prime 3 a few days ago.

16 By SlwaBluPhnx 2007-11-26

Srry, cant. On contacts . . .

17 By KrayZspYne 2007-11-26

Very nice hero idea, nuff said

18 By MrZombie 2007-11-26

Oh dip, i got a hero in, shweet.

@ cowlickman: Megrim does more damage each time you attack the target, or the opponent attacks anything. It does stack so it could end up being pretty high damage.

Baleful teleport is meant to be tricky to use, more of a pro move, like don;t give this char to a noob or you'll have to punch his nuts. Or her nuts. If thats's at all possible. It's casting range would be pretty close, like 400.

I always mess up tinker and techies.

And, I'm not sure about the cold arrows/fire arrows. In my experience they add a magical effect to your attacks but don;t make them magic damage. dunno.

@ SlwaBluPhnx: I will up the stat gain, i was still pretty new to making heroes when i made this one.

I will nerf the ult a little, now that i look at it again. And that goes to anyone that wants me to nerf my baby.

@ Ghost: ah another believer in the branch. The twig tree will be pleased.

@ Bardman: My mom used to give me drugs when i acted like you, good job man.

@
Everyone and everyone else: Thanks for all of the ideas, i will change my item build and mess around with the skills a little bit. My friend got me kicked off my comp for donwloading "anatomy massageing" videos, that sob. I'll be using his.

-Peace

19 By cowlickman 2007-11-27

Wow... Bard Man compared me to him!? This is phenomenal!! I am honored!

Ok, so how I see it is...
Megrim adds 5 damage to each attack done and then, at every second, deals that damage? So, if you get attack and attack someone a total of 3 times in a second, you take 15 damage? then the next second, after you've been attacked another 3 times, you take 30 damage? Then 45, 60, 75, etc.? (assuming that it's 3 attacks in total per second) So that, by the end of the spell, if you both kept attacking, you would deal 15+30+45+60+75+90+105+120+135 + 20x9 = *takes out claculator* 855 damage? (and that's just 3 attacks per second, but i'm sure the enemy wouldn't attack the whole time either and probably run away so you can't attack him) My point is, is that how the skill works?

And what if they stop attacking and get out of reach of enemies, will the last recorded damage be dealt every second onwards? If that's how it works, it's pretty good, now that I think about it potential for massive damage, but does a fair amount of damage in most cases.

Makes me think of the ult of my other hero that hasn't been accepted yet, just the potential for massive damage part

10/10

20 By Shimrra_3 2007-11-27

Balanced now. 10/10

21 By Cloudzstrife 2007-11-27

HIs stat game is bit to low. I think you should give him more stat gains but overall you got a pretty cool idea for a hero.

22 By Bard Man 2007-11-27

Ahh.. Much better. Now this hero is 100% PWN worthy! 10/10 from Bard Man

@Cowlickman: Yea, but I only meant you have the same attention for detail and skill for pickin things apert. You still don't have Bard Man's insanity.

@MrZombie: Bard Mom gave Bard Man those pills too. It just made Bard Man crazier.

@Ironwood Branches: BARD MAN BOWS TO THEE!!

23 By Ghost 2007-11-28

@MrZombie
branch use inspired the modification of a spell for my new hero ^^
he literally lives off branches.

@bard man
a combination of wc3 and twilight princess mixed with a little SSBM
Metroid 3 *drools* (kinda but not really this is just a way to show i am interested) is it any good? i looks good.. mario galaxy first then metroid or the other way round.. *explodes*

@cowlickman
yep it is an honor
hmm potential massive damage.. like vindictive flame.. lol for 4k pure damage
i would compare you to me but i am not quite as famous as bard man over there so i'll leave you with that spotlight.
hmm maybe you could take some pills and get the rest of the "bard man" package

24 By Shimrra_3 2007-11-28

Mmmm why is it I forget to comment on these things...

ABUSE!
THE!
BRANCHES!

25 By XHellspawNX 2007-11-28

i agree with ur combinations they are INCREDIBLE though i think that ur first skill can be countered with a satanic or a mom but it is great early and late game.Ulty is lovely imba and ugly for tanks.U have respect man especially for the iron wood branches......u made m laugh.10/10

26 By Brewser 2007-11-28

nice hero idea!
i like, i like
...
and nice sense of humor 2
IRONWOOD BRANCHES FTW!

27 By SlwaBluPhnx 2007-11-28

OK, so one guy is massing branches and he gets popular, I mass boots and noone talks to me. (noob jealousy)

28 By Ghost 2007-11-28

@SlwaBluPhnx
how are you meant to mass boots, this guy spends less than 1000 gold you are talking 6x2700 that takes ages to farm, hell with tham much you may as well by a 6x demon edge AND you would have 600 gold left over to buy back when someone kills you ^_^

29 By MrZombie 2007-11-28

Sweet, everyone loves my character. You all are sexy now. In a I don't want to do you sort of way, but nevertheless.

@ Bard Man: My mom gave me crack, I don't know what pills you're talking about.

@ cowlickman: Megrim doesn't keep doubling the damage very second.

Say your opponent attacks those 3 times, then yes they have the 15 extra damage a second added to the base 20 dmg. That means that each second after the additional damage was added they are deal 35 damage a second. Now if you attacked them 3 times too they have another 15 damage added a second so they are dealt 50 damage a second.

Get it?

@ Ghost: That would be an incredible hero, you should name him Trellenroof. I made that name all up on my own.

@ Everyone: Bow to they master, THE IRONWOOD BRANCHES. He (or/and) she is a kind and merciful branch.

-Peace

30 By AJ07 2007-11-28

i'm sorry, but i dont exactly get the ulti....plz explain someone.

31 By tr3ncht0wn 2007-11-29

Megrim skill, too weak, too high mana costs, cooldown is too long..

Baleful Teleport skill, deals high damage for a skill that has a low mana cost and a quick cooldown, plus casting range is too far...

Temporal Acceleration skill, this makes the surge skill of dirge suck, except for the damage which a mekansm can solve.. increase output is too high...

Memento Memori skill, is like Maledict only an ultimate, has low mana cost, fair enough cooldown, but if what you said about getting Dagon 5 on him, and dealing that much damage, too powerful...

I have to praise your hero ideas, its really good, but you need to fix your skills.. The idea is great..

32 By Ghost 2007-11-29

@tr3ncht0wn
if you knew what you were talking about you would realise that megrim is a VERY powerful skill. and to balance it has a bigish (larger than spammed skills)

Baleful Teleport..
a 12 second cooldown is actually standard for damage that high, and generally for something like that you are talking an AoE stun. this also causes them to practically leap which unless you are coming from behind is quite useless to use as a nuke.

Temporal Acceleration
dirge doesn't have a skill called surge...
Level 4 - Increases attack speed by 60% and movement speed by 32%
now darkseers skill gives MAXIMUM movement speed for 6 or so seconds with a cooldown of about 8 seconds, don't compare with skills that are completely different.

Memento Memori.
1520 damage with dagon 5.
compare to lina with dagon 5
thats 2k damage
i think lina wins, she also has an aoe nuke and an aoe stun and her own combat accel

33 By cowlickman 2007-11-29

Hmm, I'd rather stay clean, thanks. I may not be as crazy as Bard Man but maybe that's what will make ME famous?! Muaha! My sanity.

Anyway, Mr.Zombie, yes I understand. That's actually what I meant when I asked the question. I suppose I just asked it the wrong way :P The damage from the number of attacks during the second is added to the last damage dealt from the last second. So the enemy is FORCED to stop attacking and a)run away or b)do spells, but then you'll still be attacking him and he will still die!

I believe trees are mostly hermaphrodites :) Amen to sexy

34 By lompe 2007-11-29

Baleful Teleport will make heroes who cant get back stuck. That aint cool.

35 By MrZombie 2007-11-29

@ tr3ncht0wn:
What? Megrim is too weak? Did you even read it?

Baleful teleport is not a good nuke, its a good support skill.

Temporal Acceleration is about on par with frenzy, which doesn't make any skill useless.

Memento Memori is nothing like maledict. Maledict deals basic damage and then bonus damage based on damage dealt to them while attack. Memento Memori deals a statics amount of damage % based on the amount of damage done to them while the skill was in effect. And can be ended upon your leisure, can't miss because of that terrible aoe and does 90% damage back /w scepter.

36 By TrueBlueMetalhead 2007-11-29

I LOVE your hero. Really cool spell ideas and I was waiting for someone to do a unique but still good anti-DPS hero. Great job!

37 By Bard Man 2007-11-30

@Cowlickman: Nobody gets famous for being same.

@Mr.Zombie: Bard Man is clean now. Keep the crack away plz.

@ghost: GIVE BARD MAN PIE! :

38 By allassandro 2007-11-30

Love the hero idea!!
Not sure if i understand it all... but i love it!!

39 By flameseeker 2007-12-01

Nice wierdo sense of humour and btw, i live at 802, Meenakshi Towwers,Gokuldham, Mumbai, India, Earth..do i need to continue?? On the hero idea, nice hero idea. bane of all dps heroes. and once again, nice wierdo sense of humour.

40 By braf 2007-12-02

nice they should rly think about making a hero like this

41 By mv20vm 2007-12-03

WOW!! Base armor is really high!!

42 By Ghost 2007-12-03

stealth assassins is higher

43 By iamamule 2007-12-03

The ulti is crapper than maledict. Maledict is VERY VERY CHEAP

44 By MrZombie 2007-12-03

What is with people and Maledict.

Alright first off Maledict can easily miss if you don't target it right, and it has an extremely low casting range. Secondly, Maledict only deals 40 bonus damage for every 100 damage dealt, Memento deals bonus damage no matter what, and deals (with scepter) 90 damage for every 100 damage dealt. Thirdly, maledicts bonus damage only activates every 3 seconds, and cannot be ended prematurely to kill the target.

My ult is better than maledict, stop comparing it.

45 By Ghost 2007-12-04

he has a point.
compare it to malaedict if you want but remember:
1. this doesn't miss when you cast
2. it does a heap more damage
3. it is infinitely better
4. mechanically, VERY VERY different

46 By Kynth 2007-12-04

I like all the skills (memento personal favorite, like nerubian weavers ult but reversed) but I think that baleful teleport shall be quite glitchy because of the long casting range and a good deal knockback, I think it just needs a smaller casting range, also this seems like a spell where you target the enemy you want to push back, and on those spells your person has to turn to face the target your casting upon therefore always pushing away from yourself, I don't know just seems too tough a skill to use tough skill to use. O and the ult seems almost too powerful for the aghanim's septor, might just be me there.
But I would love to see this guy in the game itself.

47 By [e]Vo 2007-12-05

"Generally anyone who attacks fast will end up killing themselves."i would like to use this hero against jarkhal!!!

48 By iceice26 2007-12-06

Memento memori+carrion swarm+impale+laguna blade can actually damage the enemy high....

49 By trinitydota 2007-12-07

Very interesting hero... and cool skills.
Megrim: ok... not too gay but not too weak. Mana cost high to cause people unable to spam this skill.But if they have high regeneration or something, this skill can cause people not to farm.
Baleful Teleport: I like this skill, interesting , strange. Too bad you cant use it on yourself, you have to be behind your enemy to push him back though.
Temportal acceleraion: Cool skill, a bit too imba, 16dps is nothing to a troll who was rampaged and have satanic. And how long does it last anyway?
Memento Memori: Interesting skill, when i first read it, i thought its like reducing the damage of the damage done. But when i read it the second time, i realised that it was like receiving additional damage when it received during the effect. Like example you use it on an enemy and inflicted 1k damage, with scepter at lvl 3, it received 900 more damage. Interesting skill.
Overall: A supporter ulti skill, able to help allies run, or chase, good supporter and with good farming, he can kill too. Using an ulti on the strongest enemy, example troll, or luna, and ask all to gang him, he would probably die. 9/10 great job!

50 By cowlickman 2007-12-07

Hmm, I just had another thought. When you use a skill on someone, do you necessarily have to be facing them? I mean, if you're in casting range but he's behind you, can you still cast it?

If you do turn to face them, baleful teleport will be very difficult to use but, if you don't have to, you could be right next to your enemy, start running in the opposite direction and cast the spell, to send him in the direction you're going, right?

Maybe you should make your skill not HAVE to face the person you cast it on, just to give it a little twist and give it more use to pull your enemy on your side of the battlefield?

Not sure if that made sense...

51 By XHellspawNX 2007-12-08

It made sense but this is the magic thing in the skill,the difficulty!

52 By Ghost 2007-12-08

made sense and hopefully works...

53 By MrZombie 2007-12-10

That was my intention all along. To have it freely casted without a need for direction. Otherwise this skill would be rather useless.

54 By dota_lover1 2007-12-10

nice work tat u have made keep goin' i'm rootin' fo ya''

55 By jape 2007-12-11

I can see you've really thought this hero over, its all worked out nicely, i think this whoud be a cool hero in the game

56 By EndlessWrath 2007-12-17

ZOMG
why is it that the only voice I can think of for this character is from jeff dudham's Achmed the Dead Terrorist?
"I am a terrifying...Terrorist..."

anyways...back to dota.
Like the hero... I especially like inverse hook...I've been thinking about something like that for a while..just never could sync it. Nice job.

Ult definitely needs nerfing... I looked at it and even though all heroes have auto 25% spell reduction... 90% (w/scepter) is a shitload of damage...with a duration of 7 seconds... all I can think of is... wow...auto death...
Think about it.
Techies Suicide technique + SB nether Strike + Lina Ulti + Zeus Ult.... = one very dead hero...even if the hero is pudge with 2 hearts... it wouldn't take long.

All in all though... the idea is good ...
so... 9/10

57 By EndlessWrath 2007-12-17

whoops... forgot to mention.

Watch out for pudge with this hero.... all pudge needs to do is hook, rot, devour.... poor little satyr

58 By MrZombie 2007-12-18

Ult is fine, if i nerf it more you'd have to nerf maledict since it would be too close to it.

Oh shit, i better watch out for a hero that would do to me what it does to everyone.

59 By MrZombie 2007-12-18

However much i hate to actually say this, but if it were at like 50% 7 seconds, then you would half to get your target down by 75% in order for it to kill them, which si about the same thing as the often mentioned maledict.

By no means should this be compared to maledict. Ever again.

60 By Ghost 2007-12-21

it can be compared to maledict, but then, remember it is an ULTIMATE and thus, it must be more powerful then maledict. if anything this should be looked at in comparison to Reapers Scythe which kills them (essentially) if they get onto less than 50% HP which is what this guy does, but will often be less successful.

61 By killua98_killer 2007-12-24

not a so good idea....

62 By MrZombie 2007-12-24

Other than the words "not a so good idea", the ellipses, and the two pedophile smilies bleeding tongues, that was a pretty good post.

63 By ChilL2KilL 2007-12-26

put imolation in the heroes skill plz

64 By Ghost 2007-12-27

@MrZombie
lol
yet another useless post, posted by someone who has been a member of DS for less then a day.

@ChilL2KilL
did i miss something, is there a really good reason to have this skill in there?

65 By 0hawkeye0 2007-12-27

well i dint like his 2. skill
but it is really good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

66 By MrZombie 2007-12-27

Ghost got it right, why would i want immolation? That would mean i would have to replace one of his skills, which is not a good idea.

67 By cowlickman 2007-12-29

It's ok, I'm making a hero with immolation. I'm surprised no other hero has that yet

68 By Blasting Illusions 2008-01-07

looks good i give you that cant wait to test him out but doesnt manta and Mjollnir not stack i mean if you want a nice feedback then manta would do the trick but put Mjollnir in it it might not work rest of the comment not bad

69 By pamburat 2008-01-14

nice

70 By Anroid 2008-01-16

lagay nyo na yan sa new map para magamit yang skill nya!!!
para mlaman knh tigasin ang hero na yan!!!

71 By harveyPotM 2008-01-16

mag english ka kc di ka nila maiintndhan...

72 By shiraki02 2008-01-17

Best hero idea i've seen so far. Newb to this community, but you may be familiar with my posts on Q&A.

You guys are fun. I think I'm gonna like this community.

73 By harveyPotM 2008-01-18

Eiii!!!whAt's iMba??

74 By NaRc0T 2008-01-19

well his ulti is only for 1 hero right? and for only 6 sec withoung agha.... and if you think thats impa look at undying ulti... +35% ++ slow and castable to WHOLE 5 enemyes so
35% * 5= ? and his stat gain is 2 low. the hero is a nice runner although :p i think this will be the only think he will be able to do in late game cause he is not easy farmer... 300range and low hp , stat gain no splash dmg or aoe!! so this hero is NOT IMPA AT ALL

75 By MrZombie 2008-01-19

Dual cranium bashers making him another ranged basher. Don't need that high of hp to be effective in most situations. Especially with his ult.

76 By ultimatejesus 2008-01-19

This hero is AMAZING. Almost imba, but not. Great late game hero with good capabilities.
10/10

77 By Judirek 2008-01-20

FUCKING HELLSHIT MOTHERFUCKING MIND of yours!!!!Wicked Fucking sick! It's so cool it will be a FUCKING success!!

78 By MrZombie 2008-01-20

You forgot a fuck.

79 By phenominom 2008-02-03

thats stupid shit crap mother f#cker hero so noob

80 By LoserinLosing 2008-02-06

dont 4get sheepstik. with no defense at all, you hurt even MORE with ulti/dagon/megrim =)

81 By l3loodprince 2008-02-09

I really like this hero.It is very original. 10/10 Good job!

82 By Lightforge 2008-02-12

Actually, you have a lot of sweet ideas here. So far, though, he's terribly overpowered. A skillful player will basically use him to wipe the floor, period.

Baleful teleport is practically a death sentence every 12 seconds if used right. On defense, toss someone into the inner base. Toss an early game hero into range of the tower. Or, just toss guys into your gang's reach. At level 6, megrim, teleport towards tower, MM, then leave for dead...or hit him, it doesn't make much difference. Dagon will have to be nerfed.

83 By MrZombie 2008-02-12

That would cost you 440 mana at the least, and would have to be very carefully done in order to secure a kill. And if you resolve were talking a mana cost of about 500. Finger of Death has relatively the same outcome and costs around the same, that's just easier to do.

84 By Krod_Enasni 2008-02-15

lol you could baleful an ally or ennemy up a cliff

85 By john galt 2008-02-20

this hero is hard to be controlled

86 By shadowee189 2008-02-20

I like the hero idea, but the skills are a little bit strong. But out of 10, you get a 7 out of me

87 By akm4619 2008-02-26

I do like this setup the ult is very nice. Maybe a little too powerful though. When teamed with just say huskar alone you could have arcus ult then huskar ult, after that 2-3 hits will drop any hero. A bit much. i will vote though.

88 By Enmity 2008-02-26

"targets brain to react severly to any muscular action or reaction, causing it intense pain"

i like how you have it has 'any muscular action' but it doesn't do damage when he MOVES (yes moving requires the usage of muscles, unless he can levitate via psychic powers)

89 By WA®G 2008-02-27

Genios!

Can't wait to see this hero drunk in one of those tavernas

..

90 By MrZombie 2008-02-27

I could also have it to where when you click a skill you take damage, when your character performs a stationary animation you take damage, when your hero talks you take damage, when your hero farts you take damage.

It's a mythological creature with made up powers Enmity, it wasn't meant to be a anatomical masterpiece.

91 By krazddndfreek 2008-03-01

oh man i love this hero idea i hope icefrog puts it in.

92 By mallows23 2008-03-04

Please Do n0t left this hero b'coz i like it super

93 By dagonista 2008-03-17

uhm panget

94 By Vengeful Assasin 2008-03-19

gay heroe ok his is how youll be when i own him with antimage

95 By SexyNegro 2008-03-24

nice hero, cool skills
very orignal skillnames
i like the ulti as well

96 By Legato 2008-03-30

balefull teleport is a very cool skill =) on bottom lane Sentinel or Top lane Scourge getting on the back of an enemy hero by surprise from trees and tleporting him to ur tower would be really cool XD hard to do maybe, but worth the effort i think

97 By TheWrathofGod 2008-04-12

Why isnt this hero in dota yet. The storyline is perfect and matches with wc3. The spells are unique and bring a new strategy of gameplay to the table. This hero provides a counter for imba perma bashers. WHY IS HE NOT IN DOTA YET ICEFROG GET OFF THE CRACK, MAKE DAGGER HOW IT WAS, AND ADD THIS HERO U FREAKING RETARD!!!!!!!! 10/10

98 By TheWrathofGod 2008-04-12

FUCK ROFL AT UR LAST COMMENT U SMART ASS SOB.... ROFL ROFL
FUCKING SHOULD BE A COMMEDIAN ZOMBIE

99 By kilmasis 2008-05-29

Memento Memori is a little overpowered imo. It's a little like Necrolyte's ulti, just a little different (If on a necro, u get them below half and kill. For this, you cast, get them below half THEN they die.) 90% repeated damage is scary, though I give you credit for the memory and skill descript XD Anyone on the opposing side WILL see their death XD

Super! I hate 350 range, Prefer 600 range, but super!

9/10 from me :D

100 By Major Psycho 2008-06-14

this hero is to strong
if they add him it would not take long to call him an imba hero
his skill are to powerful to face him in early game...he would reach killing spree if played properly BEFORE mid game..and then all get fucked up
combination of his 3rd and 1st skill is just to powerful