Nikola (Storm Spirit port)

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Nikola

(Full Storm Spirit port)

General

Type

Affiliation: Legion
Class: Ranged
Primary: INT
Range: 500
Move Speed: 295

Attributes

Str: 17 (+1.5)
Agi: 22 (+1.8)
Int: 26 (+2.6)

Stats

Damage: 45 - 55
HP: 473
Mana: 299
HP Regen: 0.76
Mana Regen: 1.05
Attack Speed: 0.72
Armor: 5

Skills

For those of you who never played DotA's Storm Spirit and dont know how his skills work can check out this video i found on youtube.

Tesla Trap



Nikola plants a battery powered Tesla Coil on the ground. It senses when enemies gets close and releases deadly lightnings hitting everyone close enough. The trap does not last forever though, after 12 seconds the trap doesn't have enough power function properly and becomes harmless and breaks down.

Level (1): 140 Damage.
Level (2): 180 Damage.
Level (3): 220 Damage.
Level (4): 260 Damage.

• Damage type: magical
• Visibility: Invisible for enemies.
• Area of Effect: 235
• The Tesla Trap takes 1 second to get its sensors running after being deployed.
• The lightnings hits units in a 260 AOE, but the sensors can only detect enemies within 235 AOE.

Mana Cost: 70/80/90/100
Cooldown: 4 seconds.

Magnetic Pull



Nikola charges his left arm with huge amount of electricity making it a powerful magnet that pulls the enemy target towards him. When using this huge amount of power Nikola gets slowed for a short period of time.

Level (1): Pulls 100 units over 1 second.
Level (2): Pulls 150 units over 1.5 seconds.
Level (3): Pulls 200 units over 2 seconds.
Level (4): Pulls 250 units over 2.5 seconds.

• This ability slows Nikola by 50% for 3 seconds.
• This skill is blocked by Linken's Sphere and can't target magic immune units.
• Casting range: 300

Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 20 seconds.

Overload



Nikola's body is constructed in a way that it inducts electricity. So each time he uses a skill his body gets charged with extra power. He then releases all of the stored up electricity into the next attack. Making it so powerful that it spreads throughout the enemy and into the ground, slowing and damaging everyone close enough to the target.

Level (1): 30 damage.
Level (2): 45 damage.
Level (3): 60 damage.
Level (4): 75 damage.

• Damage type: magical
• Overload slows all affected units movement speed by 80% and attack speed by 50% for 0.6 seconds.
• Using items does not trigger Overcharge.
• Area of Effect: 300

Mana Cost: N/A
Cooldown: N/A

Wireless



Nikola is able to change himself to electricity so he can move in a lightning form to a targeted location. When the location is set he cant change the direction or stop untill he reaches the destination. Although he will stop if he runs out of mana while moving. The longer he travles the more lightnings appears and more damage is dealt to nearby enemies. While in this form he is invulnerable.

Level (1): Moves Nikola to the targeted location doing 8 damage per 100 units traveled at 1250 movespeed.
Level (2): - Moves Nikola to the targeted location doing 12 damage per 100 units traveled at 1875 movespeed.
Level (3): - Moves Nikola to the targeted location doing 16 damage per 100 units traveled at 2500 movespeed.

• Damage, speed and area of effect improves per level.
• Damage type: magical
• If Nikola runs out of mana while traveling he will stop immediately.
• Initial mana cost: 15 + 7% of total mana pool.
• Mana cost per 100 units traveled: 10 + 1% of total mana pool.
• Instant cast abilities can be used while traveling.
• While using this ability, Nikola is invulnerable.
• This ability destroys trees.
• Area of Effect: 150/225/300

Mana Cost: N/A
Cooldown: N/A

Appearance/Model

Its hard to decribe him since I cant use Photoshop or something like that. So I will try to pitch the idea with words. If anyone feels like painting a model, don't hesitate

General look

I was thinking something like electrician but with some more electric stuff. Like coils, wires, glass tubes, etc. He should have some metal parts that looks a little rusty and fasten with bolts and "wires" connected to the metal.

Head: He should wear googles that protects him from the bright light that lightning creates (like the ones you have while operating a gas tourch).

Back: On his back he packs 2 glass tubes, not as big as tube. But like 2 diver tubes side by side. They are see-through in the middle (glass with iron top and bot). He stores overloaded energy in one of them (Should be full and sparking inside and outside, like he cant contain it completely WHEN he have Overload). The second tube works the same way and is empty when he isn't attacking. When he attacks, the tube starts to fill with electricity (sparking and stuff) just like the other tube for overload. And gets emptied after each attack. There should also be wires going from the tubes to the arms.

Chest: The chest should have some dials/buttons and stuff.

Right Arm: His right arm should be the fire arm. It should have cables connected to it and some sort of metallic probe or something that the lightning gets released from. Alternative it can come out from his hand/fingers.

Left Arm: His left arm should be wrapped with copper wires (like a big coil that goes from his elbow to his wrist) with his hand sticking out in the front.

Legs: He should just have some normal legs, alternatively one real leg and one artificial leg.

Attack Animation
He charges his right tube on his back. It starts to build up electricity before it releases a lightning. Much like razors lightning. Its projectile speed should be like Storm spirit but a solid lightning that travel from Nikola to the enemy all the way to the target. And then fades away a second after it hit the target. And it starts to fade away from the end that it was shot from. Like this ..::::::: ....:::: ......::: ...........: ........... if you know what I mean.

Skills Appearance

Tesla Trap: He plants a trap that looks like a small Tesla coil on the ground that is powered by a battery/energy tube (same as on the back but smaller) that sits at the ground with other stuff like wires. And just the enemies that gets hit should be jolted with a lightning-bolt and not the whole area. It should work like a real Tesla coil.

Magnetic Pull: He have this huge coil around his arm that he charges up with electricety when he uses it. And therefore making it a electromagnet. And when he uses his "Magnetic Pull" it should be bright and there should be sparks jumping around to the coil hitting the ground and other metal parts of him. And also some sort of lightning field or something between Nikola and the target that he is pulling. Also there could be some lose shrapnol that gets pulled from the ground that sticks to his arm when he uses the skill but then loosen when it isn't magnetic anymore. And some sort of magnetic/sparking sound while he uses it.

Overload: It should just be a bigger lightning (wider) from the normal attack and it should make a specific sound some sort of "boom" but not to loud or anything. And it should electrify the area of effect but not "to" flashy. Also when he gets this skill IE, he uses another skill the tube should start to get charged and then get more and more charged over time, like 0.2-0.5 sec or something. Like its charging from a small current to a bigger one.

Wireless: He breaks down into lightnings that moves to the targeted location. The lightnings should get more dense and brighter the further he moves. And the area of the lightnings should be in a bigger AOE as he lvls it up (150/225/300aoe of lightnings). So at lvl 1 he is a "lightning ball" with 150 in radius and so on. There should also be a tail of lightning behind him about 700-1000 range that fades away after 1-1-5 seconds or so. Like a meteor of just lightnings with a tail. There is casting time on this skill also. I don't know the exact number storm have. But I think that the casting time should be the time it takes for him to turn into lightning. And ofc he can get stunned during that time because he isn't invulnerable yet.

Dialog (suggestions needed)

Moving:
"yea, yea..."
"Why must I walk?"
"Ill get going"
"Walk, are you sure?"
"Okay then."

Attacking:
"Take this!"
"I hate wires!"
"Need some power?!?"
"???"

Dying:
"???"

Before taunt:
"I have some shocking news for you!"

After taunt (succesful):
"you're dead! haha!"

After taunt (failed):
"Ill have to charge my batteries next time..."

Idle: (clicking on him)
"Hmm, somethings lose... *spark* ouch!"
"???"
"???"
"???"

I'm out of ideas here, give a reply if you know something good he can say

So this is an idea I have for the Model and the "new" skills for this hero in HoN. I have thought on them for some time now and I think that they are quite good. But you can always improve stuff.

There is where you guys comes in. Say what you think about this. Suggest, names and other stuff that you think need change. If skills should look differently. How he looks, what he should say and so on.

So if you have a good idea or some useful input don't hesitate to post a reply!

Ill leave this in the sandbox before Ill post him in the "real" section.

I'm also starting to think that he could fit better in Hellbourn rather than Legion.


Best regards
Brodholm

Log:
2010:04:16: Created new thread with my suggestions in the Sandbox forum

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