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The Airship
A creation from the Legion of Man built to provide exploration, scouting and transportation across the wide expanse of the world of Newerth, furthering their conquest. Small but sturdy, the galleon underneath houses an open deck, below that houses living quarters, a large storage space and an arms storage. Above is a large balloon of heated air, cased inside a light metal frame. Fins and propellers placed in important points to assist in the thrust and control of such a contraption. With no weapons of its own, the active crew on duty must be the ones to defend it at all times.
Affiliation: Legion
STR+X | AGI+X | INT+X
Movement Speed: 310
Attack Range: 300
Attack Damage: 0-0
Armor: 0
Attack Animation: 0/0
Cast Animation: 0/0
Base Attack Time: 0
Missile Speed: 0
The Airship is heavily a support hero who is not without several escape mechanisms and a bit of self-sustainability, able to either carry allied heroes safely out of battle or store a nearly dead ally inside to protect them from death from a nearby opponent or even a Thunderbringer's ultimate from across the map. Combined with free flight, albeit at a heavy cost, a team can soar the skies of Newerth and drop into battle against unsuspecting foes.
Due to no normal attack of its own, the Airship starts with its own unique skill that cannot be leveled,
Create Glider, among the other 4 that can be leveled up through normal play.
300 attack range for the hero means the Gliders essentially travel to a maximum of 600 distance(Out and back) and gives the hero a total of 600 attack range with the Glider's additional 300.
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Glider Mechanics
Gliders are fast, invulnerable mini-units that fly out from the Airship and do one attack at a target from range before retreating back inside and reloading.
Movement Speed: 522
Attack Range: 300
Attack Damage: 10-20
Armor: Invulnerable
Magic Armor: Invulnerable
Attack Animation: 0/0
Cast Animation: 0/0
Base Attack Time: 0
Missile Speed: 0
If you select to attack, right click or leave your hero standing, the hero will stay at its "attack" distance away from the nearest acquired enemy and "auto attack" where the Gliders would come out and attack at the nearest random target if none are targeted or selected target and hold is not used. Hold would disable Gliders from coming out of the hero, essential for maximizing the use of
Glider Swarm. Attack speed factors into the attack speed of the Gliders themselves. On use of an Assassin's Shroud, Invisibility rune or any other invisibility effect the Gliders will disable unless you click to attack.
Quick sketches of numbers with Air Advancement:
40 damage at level 1, 50 damage at level 7, 200 damage at level 25 with items and stats.
4 Gliders beginning at 10-20 damage each would deal 40-80 damage.
Level 1
Air Advancement and 5 Gliders beginning at 10-20 damage each would deal 60-110 damage due to the stat percentage(4% of 40 = 2).
Level 4
Air Advancement, 8 Gliders and a level 7 hero would deal 15-25 damage each for 120-200 damage total(10% of 50 = 5).
Level 4
Air Advancement, 8 Gliders and a level 25 hero would be 30-40 damage each for 240-320 damage total(10% of 200 = 20).
Level 4
Air Advancement, 12 Gliders(From
Anchor's Aweigh) and a level 25 hero would be 30-40 damage each for 360-480 damage total(10% of 200 = 20).
Do note that the damage would be lowered severely through the use of armor, a Buckler, Iron Shield, Helm of the Black Legion, or evasion bonus.
Quick sketches of it in combat:
[H] = Hero
[_] = Empty tile for 100 range
[E] = Enemy
[S] = Selected Enemy
So a single target at 500 range:
[H][_][_][_][_][S]
Your hero would stay still due to no attack of its own, Gliders would fly out for their distance and attack, then fly back inside. The hero would still auto-follow its target if they ran out of range of the Gliders.
In the case of selecting a target:
[H][E][_][S][_][E]
In this case, the Gliders would ignore the enemies on both sides and aim for the one in the middle. Even if the first enemy was attacking the hero the Gliders would pass over to attack.
In the case of an enemy wave, if you were in distance of the melee and ranged creeps:
[H][_][_][E][_][E]
The hero would stay still but the Gliders would auto-acquire a random, closest target and attack. Each time they come back out of the hero they would auto-acquire another random target.
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Free Skill
Create Glider(Q)
Housing no weapons of its own and living in the sky, the crew has grown to understand the air and have created gliders that they can fly for short distances before needing to return to the Airship, carrying their own armaments with them. This skill is only upgraded by the
Air Advancement skill and cannot be raised on its own.
Level 1:
Create up to
4 Gliders.
Synergy:
Gliders directly relate to
Air Advancement and
Anchor's Aweigh for the hero's main source of offense and defense, boosted when allies are inside.
Glider Swarm increases its damage and the slow in proportion to the number of Gliders.
Highwind allows the hero to get around an enemy hero and chase easily for attacks.
Balance:
With the Gliders having low end damage shrugged off by a buckler or other like item with damage annulment, it can lower the hero's damage severely. Also, evasion would be applied to each separately, potentially impairing the hero worse. All item procs would trigger at their full chance% but have cooldown placed on them to stop Gliders from going off too much. They also have to travel in range to attack targets and travel back for a total of 600 distance at most.
Notes:
The Airship cannot attack by itself, but it can produce Gliders that attack for it. Gliders are counted as counters similar to Zephyr's Cyclones that increase the maximum in proportion to
Air Advancement and the number of allies utilizing
AA/WBY. As mentioned in the Balance section, damage annulment or evasion is the bane of Gliders.
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Skill 1
Air Advancement(Passive)
Through technology and time the Airship and Gliders can be upgraded and improved upon, providing better control and additional benefits.
Level 1:
Create an additional
1 Glider for a total of
5.
Raises the damage of Gliders by
4% of the Airship's damage.
Level 2:
Create an additional
2 Gliders for a total of
6.
Raises the damage of Gliders by
6% of the Airship's damage.
Level 3:
Create an additional
3 Gliders for a total of
7.
Raises the damage of Gliders by
8% of the Airship's damage.
Level 4:
Create an additional
4 Gliders for a total of
8.
Raises the damage of Gliders by
10% of the Airship's damage.
Synergy:
Gliders directly relate to
Air Advancement and
Anchor's Aweigh for the hero's main source of offense and defense, boosted when allies are inside.
Glider Swarm increases its damage and the slow in proportion to the number of Gliders.
Highwind allows the hero to get around an enemy hero and chase easily for attacks.
Balance:
With the Gliders having low end damage shrugged off by a buckler or other like item with damage annulment, it can lower the hero's damage severely. Also, evasion would be applied to each separately, potentially impairing the hero worse.
Notes:
Should be able to raise the damage of the Gliders through the skill based off of the hero's damage, directly relating to damage items and stat boosting items. As mentioned in the Balance section, damage annulment or evasion is the bane of Gliders.
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Skill 2
Glider Swarm(W)
The Airship crew expels all Gliders in formation to strike upon a targeted enemy that poses a threat to their craft, striking in unison with all that they have to cripple severely.
Level 1:
For each Glider on board, deal
15 damage and apply a
2% slow up to a maximum of
24% for 0.5 seconds per Glider.
Level 2:
For each Glider on board, deal
30 damage and apply a
3% slow up to a maximum of
36% for 0.5 seconds per Glider.
Level 3:
For each Glider on board, deal
45 damage and apply a
4% slow up to a maximum of
48% for 0.5 seconds per Glider.
Level 4:
For each Glider on board, deal
60 damage and apply a
5% slow up to a maximum of
60% for 0.5 seconds per Glider.
Mana Cost: 100/120/140/160 mana.
Cooldown: 25 seconds.
Synergy:
With the Gliders from
Create Glider and additional Gliders from
Air Advancement and
Anchor's Aweigh it can be an amazingly high damage nuke(Ultimate capabilities, but needing 3 skills and all allies immobile to reach that strength) with a strong slow. Combined with
Highwind and
Anchor's Aweigh, it can make a powerful tool for chasing or fleeing. Boosted as long as you have allies inside thanks to
Anchor's Aweigh.
Balance:
While the damage can get to high values, 60/120/180/240 to 120/240/360/480 to 180/360/540/720 and a 60% 6 second slow at maximum, it still requires the player to have 3 skills maxed out and requires all allies to be inside of the hero for maximum effect. Requiring all allied heroes inside causes the Airship to be the only target. The cooldown prevents it from being used often at maximum effect in team battles, one use at most normally. Gliders that are out would have to come in before they attack with the skill so the damage isn't always burst.
Notes:
Looking at the Balance section shows insane damage numbers, but the standalone hero would be able to use it for 480 damage and a maximum of 40% slow at most for 4 seconds. If players used teamwork you could make it into the 720 damage nuke for a great opener with the damage and slow on a high DPS or high HP tank hero.
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Skill 3
Anchor's Aweigh(E)
The Airship can land and be docked by nearby ally heroes who can stay on board, the Airship can then proceed to lift off and carry boarded allies along.
Level 1:
Can carry up to
1 ally within the airship.
Allies inside gain
1 health regeneration and
0.5 mana regeneration.
The Airship gains
1 health regeneration,
0.5 mana regeneration and
1 Glider for the number of allies inside.
Level 2:
Can carry up to
2 allies within the airship.
Allies inside gain
2 health regeneration and
1 mana regeneration.
The Airship gains
2 health regeneration,
1 mana regeneration and
1 Glider for the number of allies inside.
Level 3:
Can carry up to
3 allies within the airship.
Allies inside gain
3 health regeneration and
1.5 mana regeneration.
The Airship gains
3 health regeneration,
1.5 mana regeneration and
1 Glider for the number of allies inside.
Level 4:
Can carry up to
4 allies within the airship.
Allies inside gain
4 health regeneration and
2 mana regeneration.
The Airship gains
4 health regeneration,
2 mana regeneration and
1 Glider for the number of allies inside.
Mana Cost: 25 mana.
Cooldown: 0 seconds. Delay of 3/2.5/2/1.5 seconds between Landing and Taking Off.
Synergy:
Gliders directly relate to
Create Glider and
Air Advancement for the hero's main source of offense and defense, boosted when allies are inside.
Glider Swarm increases its damage and the slow in proportion to the number of Gliders when allies are inside. Combined with
Highwind, it can make a powerful tool for chasing or fleeing capabilities, able to carry full teams over all terrain to attack or heal quickly and safely from global attack skills. Enough allies can help negate or even out the mana per second from
Highwind as well.
Balance:
Landing will disable movement and attacking for the hero, essentially making itself an open target for attacks. Having allies on board, while giving health and mana regeneration and an additional Glider for each ally, would give enemies 1 less target and could result in the hero being the only target by others.
Notes:
The Airship can land, disabling movement and attacks, or take off. Allies cannot be damaged while inside, but can leave by making any move action. The total regeneration for the hero would then be 16 health regeneration and 8 mana regeneration, but requires all teammates inside to function fully.
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Ultimate
Skill 4
Highwind(R)(Toggle)
Able to soar above the ground, trees, cliffs, oceans and clouds themselves, the Airship rises to the occasion and gets a true bird's eye view of the world.
Level 1:
Takes
# mana per second, granting unit-walk, terrain-walk, cliff-walk, tree-walk, building-walk and
+5% movement speed.
Gives the Airship
x1.25 vision range.
Level 2:
Takes
# mana per second, granting unit-walk, terrain-walk, cliff-walk, tree-walk, building-walk and
+10% movement speed.
Gives the Airship
x1.5 vision range.
Level 3:
Takes
# mana per second, granting unit-walk, terrain-walk, cliff-walk, tree-walk, building-walk and
+15% movement speed.
Gives the Airship
x1.75 vision range.
Staff of the Master/Level 4:
Takes
# mana per second, granting unit-walk, terrain-walk, cliff-walk, tree-walk, building-walk and
+20% movement speed.
Gives the Airship
x2 vision range.
Mana Cost: # mana per second.
Cooldown: 0 seconds. Delay of 3/2.5/2/1.5 seconds between activating and deactivating possibly.
Synergy:
The skill allows the hero to get around an enemy hero and chase easily for attacks using the Gliders from
Create Glider,
Air Advancement and
Anchor's Aweigh.
Glider Swarm, with or without
Anchor's Aweigh, can work with the skill to provide a powerful tool for chasing or fleeing. Combined with
Anchor's Aweigh, it can make a powerful tool for chasing or fleeing capabilities, able to carry full teams over all terrain to attack or heal quickly and safely from global attack skills. Enough allies can help negate or even out the mana per second from the skill with the mana regeneration from
Anchor's Aweigh as well.
Balance:
While providing limitless flight at increased speeds and a vision range to catch incoming attackers, it comes at a heavy mana per second cost that can take a toll on your mana pool if left on.
Notes:
Using an active toggle with a high mana upkeep, the Airship turns into a full flying unit able to travel over any obstacle or terrain feature while getting an increased movement speed and vision range. Not quite sure on the mana number. I figure no cooldown would let you pop it for short periods or off and on when it comes to a cliff for running at low cost if played right.
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