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Mickey - The Sheep

Created by mydrid on 2007-01-26
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During the war between the Scourge and Alliance, Multitudes of magical items and trinkets became broken overused or lost. While walking his Herd through a recently used battlefield Mickey’s shepherd Lost his faithful sheep, lured away by the tasty call of a Guinsoo`s Scythe of Vyse. After consuming the deliciously magical morsel Mickey gained Inherent wisdom and magical aptitude. Finding the life of Grazing and roaming no longer suited him he promptly thanked his master for all the food and protection and went off to join the Horde in hopes of returning the scythe to its rightful owner. Using his natural aptitude for harnessing static electricity and the boost of magic from the Guinsoo`s Scythe of Vyse, Mickey is a Cute but deadly advisory.

Static Shock (S)
Mickey Absorbs Static energy from the atmospher and channels it into a powerful Electirical Bolt 0.5 second Cast time
Level 1 - Deals 50-100 damage to the target and 100 damage to all units within a 200AoE radius of Mickey
Level 2 - Deals 100-200 damage to the target and 100 damage to all units within a 200AoE radius of Mickey
Level 3 - Deals 150-300 Damage to the target and 100 Damage to all units within a 200AoE radius of Mickey
Level 4 - Deals 200-400 Damage to the targtet and 100 Damage to all units within a 200AoE radius of Mickey
Mana Cost: 90/100/110/120
Cooldown: 15

Framework: Would Look like a Kodo Lightning bolt and people effected by the radius damage would look like being in the vicinity of Razor's Storm Seeker spell.

Notes: This would Be Mickey's Bread and Butter spell

Hiccup (C)
Mickey's Upset stomach occasionally burps turning his enemis into Critters for a short period of time. also has a percentage chance to stun for 4seconds and cause bonus damage to the target.
Level 1 - 1 seconds Polymoprh effect 10% chance to Stun and cause 200 Bonus damage
Level 2 - 2 seconds Polymoprh effect 15% chance to stun and Cause 200 Bonus damage
Level 3 - 3 seconds Polymoprh effect 20% chance to Stun and Cause 200 Bonus damage
Level 4 - 4 seconds Polymoprh effect 25% chance to stun and Cause 200 Bonus damage.
Mana Cost: 130/140/150/160
Cooldown: 20

Framework: Works and acts just like a hex with stun effect if it procs.

Notes: Great way to further slow down an enemy hero and helps you chase heros down with teamembers.

Black Sheep (E)
Mickey Being a master of escaping wolves is able to change into a black sheep increasing the run speed of him and his teammates by.
Level 1 - Increases run speed by 4% but drains 10 mana every second
Level 2 - Increases run speed by 8% but drains 10 mana every second
Level 3 - Increases run speed by 12% but drains 15 mana every second
Level 4 - Increases run speed by 16% but drains 20 mana every second
Mana Cost: 50/60/70/80
Cooldown: N/A

Framework: Mickey would simply turn black and all hero's within the radius would be affected by the aura.

Notes: good way to chase heros however it drains alot of mana very quickly

Consume (N)
Mickey Becomes Hungry and Consumes an enemies item and adds a magical replica of the copied item into Mickey's inventory. Item cannot be dropped or sold or used in conjunction with other recipies. Item can only be consumed if target is under the effect of Hiccup's stun.
Level 1 - Mickey Copies an enemy units item Casting time 3 sec 1000 Range
Level 2 - Mickey Copies an enemy units item Casting time 2 sec 1100 Range
Level 3 - Mickey Copies an enemy units item Casting time 1 sec 1200 Range
Mana Cost: 450
Cooldown: N/A

Framework: hero with item stolen would have the Dagger of escape Blink affect hit them.Succsessful cast of this spell would leave the hero's inventory open to your disposal(acting like a shop). simply click on the item the shop dissapears and u have urself a copied item. (cannot track the hero with this skill, you can only see the inventory).

Notes: Ok this sounds overpowered but it really isnt, there is only a 25% chance you can actually consume an item due to the low proc rate of Hiccups stun effect.

Discussion:

This is my first attempt at making a hero so please don’t be to evil in your replies.

Mickey has a very interesting combination of skills and spells. Granted the mathematics for some of the spells may need tweaking but otherwise it would be a very interesting hero to play. Mickey is defiantly a support hero, with only one reliable offensive attack and 2 Defensive moves he could quite easily run into the fight packing a punch and run out saving his team-mates asses.

Static Blast Static Shock- Would most obviously Mickey’s bread and butter spell granted it does allot of damage but without a heavy nuking ability Mickey would be pretty weak and worthless in compared to his other casters. The AoE damage field is also a helpful feature for both pushing and farming.

Hiccup Hiccup- is just a funny ass spell. It works primarily like voodoo hex but has a % chance to stun and do 200 bonus damage to the target. If this seems over powered at level 1 be reminded it only has a 10 % chance to cast. The spell may need reworking with casting time. This spell is also essential in order to use Mickey's Ultimate ability.

Black Sheep- is a good Team-mate buff that allows your team to run considerably faster than you opponent. However it does cost a base amount of mana to cast and drains mana every few seconds until deactivated.

Consume Consume- 10bucks this spell is what everyone will complain about but personally I don’t think it’s all that bad. (Its just as cheap as Dazzler’s ultimate). Consume creates a replica of an enemy hero's item and places it into you inventory (the item would be distinguished as a forgery somehow, like making the item in neutral blu). (No the enemy hero doesn’t loose an item, the spell copies the item from the hero). This item cannot be used in a recipe nor can it be dropped or sold or handed to anyone else. It can only be destroyed when Mickey is killed.(sorta like a gem except it item doesnt drop on death)

1. It requires a death in order to reactivate, which means your pretty much stuck with whatever you eat until you die. This could mean being stuck with a crappy item late game or having to kill yourself in order to get a better item.

2. The item cannot be used in recipes or be sold for money so it’s pretty much a one off thing.

3. Some items would be useless to steal such as Ageis of Immortal or an item with limited uses (if the item you copy from your enemy has no uses left than neither does the one you steal)On the plus side if you used this spell wisely you could grab yourself a very high end item that would help your team or yourself survive. (E.g. Skadi, Radiance, Mechanizam) However if people still consider this spell to overpowered there could probably be a list of items that couldn’t be stolen. (Dagger of escape for one Mickey isn’t able to use the dagger.)

Skills

Order of skills

Static shock would be the first on your priority list. Then you could attack and Black Sheep to catch up to your enemy or you could hiccup and run in front of them to continue your assault. However I tend to think Mickey would be a better support hero. Using hiccup and Black sheep as a hero support tool and static shock only if some heavy damage was needed.

Best Allies

Traxex - The Drow Ranger Shendelzare Silkwood - The Vengeful Spirit King Leoric - The Skeleton King Crixalis - The Sand King Ezalor - The Keeper of the Light

pretty much anyone with a stun or anyone with slowing abilities. keeper of the light is also useful for his mana recovery skills

Worst enemies

Ezalor - The Keeper of the Light Rhasta - The Shadow Shaman Anub`arak - The Nerubian Assassin Terrorblade - The Soul Keeper

ironically anyone with a stun is also an enemy to Mickey. you have very low health as a hero and being stunned or slowed is bad news. and one more enemy to Mickey is Mana Burn. Mickey has a heavy dependance on mana for most of his skills. no mana to run with or stun and your screwed.

Items

View Details for Mekansm View Details for Guinsoo`s Scythe of Vyse View Details for Boots of Travel View Details for Power Treads View Details for Ring of Basilius View Details for Arcane Ring

i was never too good with item builds but i figure as a supporting hero and a hero with an excessive need for mana regen and a large mana pool. you would be looking at anything that increases your mana pool mana regen and your defensive capabilities. adding a guinsoo to Mickey would also be a terrific way to further slow and help chase down your enemies.

Early Game

Early Game you would probbobly want to aim for

View Details for Ring of Basilius View Details for Boots of Speed View Details for Void Stone or View Details for Eul`s Scepter of Divinity if it can be accomplished.

early game could play out one of two ways. Mickey could be used forcefully and would be a very good pusher. Static shock Coupled with Hiccup could deal an enourmous amount of damage early game but would also cost quite a bit of mana to perform. Early game your main concern would be farming and getting last kills. if your coupled with a good stunner than you may be able to get a hero kill in if you watch your mana carefully and time your spells right.

Reaching level 6 would alter your game play dramatically. once you get Consume enemy heros look more like shops rather than enemies. yet you musn't get greedy and you cant get cocky. your still quite squishy. gaining a good item now could save you a few trips to the shops or keep you alive till mid-end game. alternativly you could save your skill until a decent to very good item comes your way in late game.

Mid Game

View Details for Boots of Travel or View Details for Power Treads depending if you still want to be farming or not

View Details for Guinsoo`s Scythe of Vyse

Mid game would be your time to shine as hero support.around this time everyone would just be starting their pushes and you would be invaluable in both defence and attack. Black Sheep would be needed in order to chase down stray heros. and Hiccup would be maxed to fully use its chance to damage and stun. around mid game your item selection may vary. you could go for damage and speed or hero support with Mechanism. in either case around this time Mickey's Ultimate becomes a factor in play to both your enemies and friends.

Hiccup and Consume can be the key to gaining a top class item before you have the resources to buy it. therefore Mickey as a hero would be scoping hero items and choosing which one to concentrate his attacks on. if you manage to grab a good item now you could save yourself alot of deaths or money in the future.

End Game

If you have gone Damage specced then View Details for Guinsoo`s Scythe of Vyse + View Details for Eye of Skadi is a very effective combination.

alternativly View Details for Mekansm and View Details for Linken`s Sphere could be a helpful combination.

either way end game Mickey becomes purley support. by now many heros will have gained a very high amount of health or much better damage than you. if you have gone damage spec then your main concern is which hero you team up with. try to pick people with stuns or slows as these will accentuate you own abilities. if youve gone supporter than it would be wise to stay behind and with your creeps and with the bulk of your teammates to heal or help push and run.

Notes: constructive criticisim is appreciated.

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1 By samsam31 2007-01-27

YEY 1st to comment for the FIRST time
your'e sheep is really funny.. hehehe

2 By Creative_PH 2007-01-28

lol ulti can be abused in late game(DIVINE SKADI BURIZA BUTTERFLY) lol no fair really and hero kinda sucks if actually used in a game NO OFFENCE !!!

3 By GaNkStA 2007-01-28

ahha i think this guy is a comedian, nice hero idea, SHEEP hahah awesome, funny ideas

4 By jake-the-mus 2007-01-28

This is pretty cool... Wonder if icefrog would actually consider this? hehe funny this guy going up against a giant centaur or a big scary abomination... ROFL

5 By yukino_silvermaine 2007-01-28

A 4 second stun? + 200 bonus damage? Isn't it sad? reduce the damage to 150 and the stun to 3 seconds and I'll take it. Yeah, yeah, just 25%. But it's still too powerful. Base stats too high.. Remove 4 points.

6 By mydrid 2007-01-28

heheh thanx for the comments :) i sorta just wrote this one night when i was really really bored.
I probably should clarify a few things as well.

Hiccup: i should really fix what i wrote i meant for the stun to be equivalent to the duration of hex. (e.g. Level 1 hiccup effect =1sec stun and so on).
if you still think its overpowered look at the spell schematics for hex. hex like stun disables spells and attacks the only difference is your char can still move (very slowly grated) a 25% chance of this spell actually happening is a very good balance for a 4 sec stun. and granted 10% for 200 damage early game is alot but late game its nothing. Mickey would be an early game hero and simply support late game

Consume: only allows ONE! item to be stolen at a time.

i also agree the base stats need some work. any suggestions for what should be changed?

7 By Shimrra_3 2007-01-28

Are you insane... I could comment on so many things I just won't. It'd take up too much space.

8 By Volrath666462 2007-01-29

this is really funny..

9 By mjs 2007-01-29

Lycanthrope in wolf form will just devour your paltry sheep alive!!!!!!!!No offence bro!!

10 By mydrid 2007-01-29

hehe thats ok none take :) i just thought it wopuld be a fun way to pass the time
thanx for the comments guys

11 By Greedygood 2007-01-29

LOL...what does he shoot? Balls of wool?

12 By jake-the-mus 2007-01-30

He may be a melee hero? Prob not lol...

13 By Shimrra_3 2007-01-30

It really is debatable about his attack isn't it. Balls of wool lol but wait - its a MAGIC SHEEP!

14 By Ghost 2007-01-31

its a sheep...
that idea suck......ITS GREAT, lvl 7, provided you have an arcane ring and went with stats/hiccup you will have some nice items pretty fast, dupe your own items? i mean you cant sell them, its not that good...but that would mean polymorphing a sheep into well a sheep for 4 seconds O_o

15 By Ghost 2007-01-31

i now have a great hero to put in my little dota map project (basicly i found a template and have been promicing my friends i would make a dota map with half decent heroes, havnt started yet, i promiced a year ago to some ), i was considering putting suggestions from ds but some are a tad imba but this is great, incredibly stupid, but great

16 By mydrid 2007-01-31

o come on it isnt that stupid XD
if the numbers were tweaked would it really be that bad. look past the fact that the heros a sheep hehehehe

... man what was i on!

17 By Firesky 2007-01-31

for consume make it tht u can consume only one item at a time so if u consume a 2nd item the 1st 1 drops and disaperas btw i like the sheep idea funny lol

18 By mydrid 2007-02-01

o :S crap sorry i suppose i didnt wright it but that was the gist of the spell. you can only consume ONE item otherwise it would be crazy IMBA.
and my god hiccup yourself and eat ur own item >:D come on!

19 By Raziel84 2007-02-02

Ok...lemme try to take this seriously....LOL....I dont know what to say....consume radiance? maybe modify consume so that at level 1 it only consumes items from the first 2 shops, and lvl 2 first 3, level 3 all.

20 By lupeman 2007-02-05

the ulti is kinda a weird idea though, i dont like the idea of stealin someones item and clonin it... btw seein as the sheep ate the guinsoo... wouldnt it make more sense to make the guinsoo the ulti?

21 By Shimrra_3 2007-02-12

To be honest, Consumed items should disapate after, oh, a minute or two or something. And Hiccup needs some serious nerfing. Lion's Voodoo spell does 4sec poly for 200 mana. This does 4sec poly for 160 PLUS the other stuff. No no no no no.

22 By ejcena 2007-02-12

Hmm.... you made a great story with that sheep. Well i think the problem to your hero is that black sheep! the dota company will surely not implement that because all the unit within the sheep will increase speed. But good idea though

23 By DOTA_filth 2007-02-13

This hero is... odd... I can't decide if its under or over powered. Consume is silly. If it ONLY copied the item it would be neato. Black sheep could be powered up, mebbe like slardars sprint. With static shock's itty bitty range it would be VERY dangerous to use. Lower the cool down or increase aoe would be my suggestion. Now, Hiccup. Does it have 25% chance of just plain working, or is it 25% to do 200 damage and teh stun? Other than that, 10/10 for comedic relief

24 By WeaveMyWayIntoYourBase 2007-02-13

LOL, really funny. but 1.8str gain is fair i guess considering your crazy attack range. item steal i agree is fair but shouldnt be that powerful (steal item effect for 120/180/240 seconds, 0.5 casting time, stun for another 2 secs) that would balance it out

25 By lilskaterboy_22 2007-02-17

gotta admit, abilities are hilarious but his ulti is kinda cheap dont you think?

26 By eggy 2007-02-23

i think ur MAGIC sheep is too SHEEPY....too ANIMAL LIKE to be a hero!!!

27 By destitude7316 2007-02-23

hillarious best i have seen! by best i mean rediculasly finny

28 By Uros 2007-02-26

29 By tequiIa 2007-03-05

That's a very cool hero, just imagining a sheep running around and pawning heroes would look original.... and the ulti sounds good, after all some ultis can be far more powerfull, ex nukers with aghanims or refresh orbs, i don't think it's oversized... and this would be the first hero that would have a reason to actually want to die, to get rid of a low level items ... you have an active imagination, it would be fun to see this sheep in dota

30 By newbie 2007-03-06

cute hero

31 By Dota-Lover-123 2007-03-28

I think you should make the ultimate so it only can be used like 1-2 times until mickey dies. So he cannot be overpowerd.
But with this, the mana cost should be lower. Just my opinion

32 By WA®G 2007-04-05

Dude.. just imagining a tiny white sheep(with a chicken in tow) going around owning huge-ass heroes cracked me up. I'd definately work with this guy if Icefrog could work his magic.

Original and Hilarious .. and no dead father type mysteries

33 By TheFifthSeason 2007-06-07

With the ultimate, what determines the item that is consumed?

Is it the most expensive (or least)?

First in inventory?

Random?

34 By kubetamax 2007-09-20

haha id avatar this dude and he'd look hilarious killing roshan! praning ka sir! good job!

35 By OceanPwntage 2007-10-24

WOO!! STEAL A DIVINE RAPIER LOL!!! ur ult should be able to steal multiple. lol. u can just go get expensive items from them and get ur nub main items that enemies dun have, then give all other gold to ur frends!

36 By hsi3nrhu 2007-10-27

LOLXX
i wonder if get hex how??
become chicken??

MICKEY IS MOUSE NOT SHEEP...HAHAHAHA NICE no GREAT IDEA!!

37 By punkiey 2007-10-28

nice lvl 6!!!!!!!!! :P

38 By Zugbar 2008-01-14

his ulti would be such a friggin pain in the arse everytime he got it. pro mickey equals game over

39 By Daaltron 2008-02-08

One of the funniest ideas I've seen, and I think it's brilliant!

40 By w00p00 2008-05-11

Well ulti is kinda imba, if enemy gets rapier .. lolz I don't think it's fair maybe somethin like 30 sec effect of the most expensive hero's item + u can use on allied heroes with like 7/15/21 30% with aghanims anyway 8/10 + nice idea

41 By w00p00 2008-05-11

oh and duration is 45 secs with aghanims i forgot + u get items active abilities like magic and u can't get more than 1/1/2/3 item effects depending on ulti lvl + maybe u should increase mana cost on ulti like 520 ? and again very nice idea

42 By phalanx23 2008-05-25

Watch out the Lycantrope
mwahahahahha

43 By 5am 2008-07-08

hahaha damn cute!
mini sheeps! ATTACK!!!!!!
lol but yeah i see a problem..
the sheep has no offence of its own.
nothing special. but farming capabilities and running away deceiving abilities.

44 By folechno 2008-08-06

nice background story

base stats are fine but stat gain is way too high, take off at least .75 from the int gain

static shock needs a new hotkey, S is for Stop, aslo it needs to cost more mana, especially for 500 dmg

does hiccup stun for 4 seconds at all lvls? does it stun and polymorph at the same time? or is the stun after polymorph? if after then too imba, otherwise it's mana cost needs to be increased some (compare it to Lion's voodoo)

black sheep is a cool effect, are lvl 1 & 2

45 By folechno 2008-08-06

both supposed to drain 10 mana/sec or was that a typo? is there a cooldown to the toggle on/off?

does consume affect their items or do you just copy one of their items? (copy vs stealing) very short window where you can use this, makes it balanced although late game it will give you another tier 4 item, don't understand what you said about the blink dagger thing

just read skill explanations, why can't he use the dagger? if he used his ulti again, would it overwrite the previous item?

46 By folechno 2008-08-06

skill build
static shock 1/3/5/7
Hiccup 8/9/10/11
Black Sheep 12/13/14/15
Consume 16/17/18
Stats 2/4/6/19-25

reasons static shock if his nuke and farming skill, hiccup costs too much mana for early game, stats are good early game to help with hp problems, balck sheep won't help too mcuh with 4/8%ms and wil drain lots of your mana, I would want to get good items with Consume so I would wait till late game to get it to consume a tier 4 item, until then it is useless imo

47 By folechno 2008-08-06

wait, changing my build
static shock 1/3/5/7
Hiccup 8/9/10/11
Black Sheep 12/13/14/15
Consume 16/24/25
Stats 2/4/6/17-23

since there is really no difference between difference betweene consume at different lvls, only 1 is necessary

combo is meh, but he is more a support hero like you said so that's fine, use his skills to slow opponents and make allies faster so thay can chase and kill the enemy

best allies, dps heroes, mickey disabels them while dps hero rips them apart

48 By folechno 2008-08-06

worst enemy mana drainers, also nukers, especially high powered nukers (Lion Lina)

BoT and Treads don't stack, get BoT since he has slower than normal ms and doesn't attack too much so he doesn't need the aspd

mekansm is good for support heroes, which Mickey is, also good stats and a heal

arcane ring is a nono he doesn't need to spam spells, and a void stone will give the same amount, if not more regen, also it is cheaper and can be used in a recipe

guinsoo recipe has been changed

49 By folechno 2008-08-06

no euls required anymore (fyi)

Euls and Guinsoo are both good, another disable, int, mana regen

linkens is good for the spell block and the hp regen and stats

maybe Shivas for slow and armor

with Consume, you could steal the orb or tanking item of your choice

you should soemhow make the different lvls of Consume different, mayeb add restrictions about items or have the cating range be a lot more different, maybe change the mana cost or cooldown (if consuming a second item will

50 By folechno 2008-08-06

overwrite the first)

creative, somewhat impressive (I saw a sheep and thought this was going to be a joke), get some new icons that aren't already being used, the black sheep icon should have a black sheep, not a white one, needs some balancing, kinda dislike since Mickey doesn't really feel like a hero since he is a sheep

on the whole, 7/10

51 By Shin_Destiny 2008-09-03

good name... mickey is one my friends nickname and the sheep is another of my friends nickname.

52 By CalaCucco 2008-11-10

I imagine, if this hero had dagon it would be basically unstoppable.. Just "spam" hiccup until you get the stun + damage proc, then do your static shock followed with dagon.. thats 800-1000 damage depending how much damage did static shock do.(magic resistance not included)