Demonologist (Summoner/Pet Class)

[emallson]

This idea has been in my head for awhile. I figured that I could throw it out there (*cough*to the wolves*cough*) and see what you guys think of it.
*DRAFT*
The Demonologist has spent his life studying the hellbourne demons. But he has also tempered that with study of heaven's angels. In this way he avoided becoming completely corrupted by the hellbourne, or being purified by the angels. He has learned to summon not only demons but angels to his aid and is a skilled fighter. In his left hand he wields a blessed war glaive, and in his right a cursed claymore.

Visual:
Something like this:
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/bleach/en/images/4/46/Hollow_Shikai.png
Yup, that's Bleach.

Quotes:


For who do I now fight?
<maniacal laugh>
For the Heavens
For the Hellbourne


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Stats:

Str: 18 (+1.8)
Int: 20 (+2.2) - Primary
Agi: 13 (+1)
MS: 310
Range: 100
Role: Support/DPS

Notes:
Slightly faster than normal ms, melee range. Pretty good Str/Int, with low Agi.
Powers:

[Q]Demonology
Switch
Mana: N/A
Cooldown: N/A
Duration: N/A
Range: N/A
Changes the Demonologist's summons to demons.
Rank 1 unlocks Imp.
Rank 2 unlocks Barrow-Wight.
Rank 3 unlocks Hollow.
Rank 4 grants all demons their 4th power (requires level 11)

Notes:
When you activate this power, it remains active until Angelism is switched on. When Angelism is activated, this power is deactivated and all Demon summons are killed.


[D]Summon Imp
Active
Mana: 75
Cooldown: 60s
Duration: N/A
Range: N/A
Channel: 10s
Summons Imp in front of the Demonologist.
Imp
HP: 500/600/700/800
MP: 200/400/600/800
Damage: 50-55
Range: 300
Armor: 3
Movespeed: 350
[Q]Return
Active
Causes Imp to start pathing back to the Demonologist.
[W]Fireball
Active
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 5/4/3/2s
Duration: 5s
Range: 600
Deals 100/150/200/250 Magic damage initially and 2/3/4/5 over duration.
[E]Immolate
Active
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 25/20/15/10
Duration: 30s
Range: 600
Sets target's weapon alight, causing it to deal 10/15/20/25 magic damage (before reduction) with each strike
[R]Sacrifice
Active
Mana: 200
Cooldown: N/A
Duration: N/A
Range: 300
Kills Imp to deal 300 damage to target.
[F]Summon Barrow-Wight
Active
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 120s
Duration: N/A
Range: N/A
Channel: 10s
Summons Barrow-Wight in front of the Demonologist.
Barrow-Wight
HP: 600/700/800
MP: 400/600/800
Damage: 50-55
Range: 300
Armor: 3
Movespeed: 310
[Q]Return
Active
Causes the Barrow-Wight to start pathing back to the Demonologist.
[W]Wight's Hold
Active
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 25/20/15s
Channel Time: 5/7/9s
Range: 600
Roots target for the duration of the channel. The target can still use abilities and attack freely.
[E]Repossession
Passive
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 3/2/1s
Duration: 30s
Range: 600
Each non-hero non-boss target killed in range replenishes the Barrow-Wight's HP by 40/50/60.
[R]Barrow's Hold
Passive
Mana: N/A
Cooldown: N/A
Duration: N/A
Range: N/A
Allows the Barrow-Wight to hold up to 6 items.
[G]Summon Hollow
Active
Mana: 125
Cooldown: 180s
Duration: N/A
Range: N/A
Channel: 10s
Summons Hollow in front of the Demonologist.


Hollow
HP: 800/1200
MP: 200/400
Damage: 92-100
Range: 200
Armor: 5
Movespeed: 290
[Q]Return
Active
Causes the Hollow to start pathing back to the Demonologist.
[W]Strength in Death
Active
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 90/45s
Duration: 20/30s
Range: 1000
For each hero that dies in range of the Hollow, the Hollow gains 1 charge of Strength in Death, up to a max of 10 charges. When Strength in Death is activated, the Hollow has its max HP increased by 50 per charge, max MP increased by 15 per charge, and damage increased by 2 per charge for the duration.
[E]Length in Death
Passive
Mana: N/A
Cooldown: N/A
Duration: N/A
Range: N/A
Each hero that the Hollow kills takes an extra 5/8s to respawn.
[R]Consume
Active
Mana: 300
Cooldown: 60s
Channeling Time: 8s
Range: 600s
The Hollow begins consuming the target's soul, draining 60 mana per second and lowering mana regeneration by 100% for the duration of the channel.
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[W]Angelism
Switch
Mana: N/A
Cooldown: N/A
Duration: N/A
Range: N/A
Changes the Demonologist's summons to angels.
Rank 1 unlocks Fairy
Rank 2 unlocks Titan.
Rank 3 unlocks Archangel.
Rank 4 grants all angels their 4th power (Requires level 11)

Notes:
When you activate this power, it remains active until Demonology is switched on. When Demonology is activated, this power is deactivated and all Angel summons are killed.


[D]Summon Fairy
Active
Mana: 75
Cooldown: 60s
Duration: N/A
Range: N/A
Summons Fairy in front of the Demonologist.
Fairy
HP: 500/600/700/800
MP: 200/400/600/800
Damage: 40-45
Range: 300
Armor: 3
Movespeed: 350
[Q]Return
Active
Causes Fairy to start pathing back to the Demonologist.
[W]Protect
Active
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 30/25/20/15s
Duration: 30s
Range: 600
Protects target from 1/2/3/4 Physical Attacks (aka anything that would deal Physical Damage)
[E]Clarity
Passive
Mana: N/A
Cooldown: N/A
Duration: N/A
Range: 1000
All allied heroes within range gain an extra 5/10/15/20% view radius.
[R]Heal
Active
Mana: 200
Cooldown: 30s
Duration: N/A
Range: 300
Heals target for 300 HP.
[F]Summon Titan
Active
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 120s
Duration: N/A
Range: N/A
Summons Titan in front of the Demonologist.
Titan
HP: 600/700/800
MP: 300/400/500
Damage: 50-60
Range: 200
Armor: 5
Movespeed: 285
[Q]Return
Active
Causes the Titan to start pathing back to the Demonologist.
[W]Crushing Blow
Active
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 25/20/15s
Channel Time: 5/7/9s
Range: 150
Deals 100/150/200 damage and stuns for 1/2/3 seconds.
[E]Courage
Passive
Mana: N/A
Cooldown: N/A
Duration: N/A
Range: 600
Each unit in range gets a 2/5/7% speed boost and 2/4/6 armor boost.
[R]Hold
Active
Mana: 200
Cooldown: 60s
Duration: 15s
Range: 150
The Titan gives itself as a shield for the target allied hero or building. All damage that would be dealt to the hero or building is transferred to the Titan for the duration or until the Titan dies.

Titan gains +3 armor for the duration.
[G]Summon Archangel
Active
Mana: 125
Cooldown: 180s
Duration: N/A
Range: N/A
Summons Archangel in front of the Demonologist.


Archangel
HP: 800/1000
MP: 400/800
Damage: 82-90
Range: 200
Armor: 6
Movespeed: 310
[Q]Return
Active
Causes the Archangel to start pathing back to the Demonologist.
[W]Strength in Life
Active
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 45/30s
Duration: 20/30s
Range: 1000
While at least 1 allied hero in range of the Archangel is at full HP, all heroes in range get +2/3 to HP Regeneration. Stacks with Holy Aura
[E]Holy Aura
Passive
Mana: N/A
Cooldown: N/A
Duration: N/A
Range: 600/700
Each hero in range of the Archangel gets +2/3 to HP Regeneration. Stacks with Strength in Life.
[R]Rage of the Father
Active
Mana: 300
Cooldown: 60s
Duration: 15s
Range: N/A
For the duration of the spell the Archangel and Demonologist get +50 damage and +3 HP Regeneration, at the cost of 10 mana per second.
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[E]Ether Power
Passive
Cooldown: N/A
Range: N/A
The Demonologist gains power from the Other Side.
If Demonology is Active, the Demonologist gains 5/10/15/20% base damage and 5/10/15/20% attack speed.
If Angelism is Active, the Demonologist gains 5/10/15/20% evasion and 5/10/15/20% armor. Evasion from Ether Power does not stack with other Evasion modifying items or skills.

Notes:
This one gives different buffs based on the current switch position. Damage/AttackSpeed for Demonology, Armor/Evasion for Angelism.

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[R]Ether Reality
Activated
Mana: 300/400/500
Cooldown: 150s (2 1/2 minutes)
Channel: 3s (duration of animation)
Range: 1750/1875/2000

Demonology:

The Demonologist reveals 5/7/10 Demons at random points around random enemy heroes within Range. These Demons deal 200/300/400 damage over 5 hits each and then dissipate. The Demons are rooted and have 200/300/400HP.

Angelism:


The Demonologist reveals 5/7/10 Angels at random points around random allied heroes within Range. These Angels heal for 200/300/400 damage over 5 seconds each and then dissipate. The Angels are rooted and have 200/300/400HP.

Notes:
Wow. Long range mass summon. It is, however, extremely mana heavy and has a long cooldown.

-- OLD ONE BELOW --

[R]Walk the Line
Activated
Target: Enemy Heroes
Mana: 200/250/300
Cooldown: 80/70/60s
Channel: 3s (duration of animation)
Range: 1750/1875/2000
The Demonologist opens a void in front of himself and one behind his target. He steps through his void and inflicts a double attack with his claymore and war glaive on the target for 2/3/4x his auto-attack damage, then 3 successive attacks for his normal auto-attack damage. The voids then close.

Notes:
This ulti gives the Demonologist a direct-damage skill that can deal massive amounts of damage
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Possible Counters:
*unfinished*



Final Words:
Good Int, Good Str, a whopping six pets to choose from and a passive that can increase not only his damage and attack speed but also his parry/evasion and armor! Sounds OP right? The trick is that he cannot, for instance, have a Fairy around to heal him and get an extra bit of damage/attackspeed. Since when he selects Demonology (for the extra damage), the Fairy is killed, that cannot happen.

So then, he basically has two modes: tank and dps. As a tank (Angelism) he has extra parry/evasion and armor, along with a heal pet (and two unfinished others). As a DPSer (Demonology), he has extra damage and attack speed, along with a nuke pet, a root/courier, and a tank/anti-nuker.

Remember though, he is melee (the only melee int to my knowledge is Blacksmith at the moment), so he has to get up close for the damage boost to work!

Final Note: the pets do NOT have inventories, unlike Booboo.

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Revision Log

--rev6--
Added a new ulti, Ether Reality. Fits the theme much better I think.
--rev5--
Added 3s Channel to ulti (new ulti in progress)
Changed Role from Support to Support/DPS
Fixed 3rd skill (there is no Parry, changed it to Evasion [exclusive])
--rev4--
Added Archangel definition
Modified 4th powers on all summons
--rev3--
Added Titan definition
--rev2--
Removed Magic Immunity from Ulti
Removed 1/2/3x on consecutive attacks.
--rev1--
Defined Barrow-Wight
Defined Hollow
--rev0--
Original

[emallson]

Reserved just in case the other pets make it pass the character limit (what is that btw?)

[jinxk]

that ulti is ridiculous. insane cast range, magic immunity and 400%+300%+300%+300% dmg?

you realize that's a crazy amount of damage, right? for 300 mana cost, you're doing (considering a base dmg of around 150 at lvl 16) almost 2000 damage to a single target, from super far away, and almost completely safe.

also, it doesn't fit his theme at all. he's a summoner, not a kill-a-hero-instantly-er

[emallson]

that ulti is ridiculous. insane cast range, magic immunity and 400%+300%+300%+300% dmg?

you realize that's a crazy amount of damage, right? for 300 mana cost, you're doing (considering a base dmg of around 150 at lvl 16) almost 2000 damage to a single target, from super far away, and almost completely safe.

also, it doesn't fit his theme at all. he's a summoner, not a kill-a-hero-instantly-er
I must've messed up my numbers somewhere, because I only got 1,050...ah, I found it. When I calculated the damage, I neglected the 1/2/3x on the consecutive attacks. I'll remove that (it improves it to 1,950 with 150 base damage, whereas without it, it's only 1,050)

Alright, I removed the 1/2/3x and the magic immunity. Theme-wise, it's a bit ambiguous, but if you have a better idea for it I'd be glad to hear it!

[emallson]

*bumped*

because I can.

What needs changing? Archangel is still in progress...

[emallson]

*bump* Added Archangel.

[emallson]

*bump* for input

[emallson]

*bumpedy*

[emallson]

*(bump)*

[emallson]

*bumpedybumpbump*

[Tooommm]

I like the idea, lots of variety to the hero and I get the impression Invoker is back :P (<3) although he's obviously not quite the same.
Not sure about all the numbers might need some adjustments..
I hope this makes it somehow.
Thumbs up for your idea.

[emallson]

I like the idea, lots of variety to the hero and I get the impression Invoker is back :P (<3) although he's obviously not quite the same.
Not sure about all the numbers might need some adjustments..
I hope this makes it somehow.
Thumbs up for your idea.
Thank you! Invoker? I didn't play dota so if it's a pseudo-clone of a dota hero, it's pure coincidence.

[Zethos]

Well, I'm not touching the first two skills. I'm assuming they're fine :p

The third skill should be evade and exclusive, there is no parry to so speak.

I have some problems with the ULT. More needs to be explained, is it an instant slash, then within a second or so you do 3 more or is it you walk through and you auto attack, nothing is instant and you teleport back after your third attack. If it's instant my problem is that it does 700% damage (probably more like 600% but it does alot) in one instant. This wouldn't be a problem, but he isn't a Tank, just because he has evasion it doesn't mean he can take alot of hits or be concentrated on. He's definitely DPS, and melee doesn't hurt him really as he has pets to do his work. So if he concentrates on DPS and damage that 4x easly hits in the 1000's and the 3 extra attacks will finish off the opponent.

Recommend changing/adjusting the ULT. He's a DPS definitely, even looking at the first two skills there is nothing really that would make him be a tank. The third skill simply adds more DPS or survivability. ULT is disliked for me (besides the numbers) simply because it doesn't really fit imo.

[emallson]

Well, I'm not touching the first two skills. I'm assuming they're fine :p

The third skill should be evade and exclusive, there is no parry to so speak.

I have some problems with the ULT. More needs to be explained, is it an instant slash, then within a second or so you do 3 more or is it you walk through and you auto attack, nothing is instant and you teleport back after your third attack. If it's instant my problem is that it does 700% damage (probably more like 600% but it does alot) in one instant. This wouldn't be a problem, but he isn't a Tank, just because he has evasion it doesn't mean he can take alot of hits or be concentrated on. He's definitely DPS, and melee doesn't hurt him really as he has pets to do his work. So if he concentrates on DPS and damage that 4x easly hits in the 1000's and the 3 extra attacks will finish off the opponent.

Recommend changing/adjusting the ULT. He's a DPS definitely, even looking at the first two skills there is nothing really that would make him be a tank. The third skill simply adds more DPS or survivability. ULT is disliked for me (besides the numbers) simply because it doesn't really fit imo.
Alright. Sentiment appears to be against the ulti, so I'll change it.

It would not be instant. It would have a rather long (2-3s) animation of him opening the voids and stepping through before attacking. It should probably have a 'channel' during that time to make clear that if you get into the fog during the animation it cancels the attack and goes to cd.

Thanks for the clarification on the 3rd.

[emallson]

*bump* for new ulti!

[emallson]

*bump*

[emallson]

*bump* for input!

[emallson]

*bump*

[emallson]

*BUMP*

[emallson]

*bump* 24 hours to pollbooth

[Merc117]

This will take a lot of micro, but its an awesome hero.
2 questions:
Are the summons timed or permantnet?
Is there a summon cap limit?

[emallson]

This will take a lot of micro, but its an awesome hero.
2 questions:
Are the summons timed or permantnet?
Is there a summon cap limit?
You can only have one angel/demon summoned at once. Switching from Angelism to Demonology or visa versa unsummons any summoned angels/demons.

They have a 10 second channel.

Reposting to pollbooth.

EDIT: Reposted here (http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?p=711460#post711460)