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I kinda miss this character :( Well, since 6.84 has revealed some huge buffs for any and all things INT (and I found this file again) I decided to remake him as a more complete thing that plays a bit less like an AGI Hero. Lot more detail, rewritten lore, somewhat altered skills.
Arash'ruin, the Psychomancer
Far from these bloodsoaked fields where world collide, the lesser mage Arash Vespender returned to his home town to discover it lying in ruins, its inhabitants butchered to the man. Shocked, horrified, fearful, he hunted for any clue as to the cause, at last stumbling across a magical trail that pointed towards a rogue sorcerer. Determined to exact a painful vengeance, Arash returned to the city, hiring a kobold to assist him hunt his prey.
Yet the destruction of all one loves can do strange things to the mind, and Arash grew more frantic, more desperate, more single-mindedly driven by the day, to the point of the sociopathic. Even as he trained his powers for the conflict, the hunt led him into darker places where even the wind moaned of foul deeds. Such did his guide fall, abandoned to die once he served his purpose. Yet the betrayal fazed Arash not, so enraptured in his vengeance was he. Every so often, the remnants of the man he had once been would try and save his soul, but the voice was silenced under a torrent of rage.
Finally, Arash confronted his quarry atop the demonic spire of Vo'hollom Domosh, the ancient Black Rook built by demonkind in ages past. There, the sorcerer had used the souls he had stolen to enact a ritual of summoning, attempting to bring a demon lord of great power into the world. Distracted as such, Arash managed to defeat and slay the cause of his spite, yet the ritual was completed.
However, the demon that appeared - Nevermore, the Shadow Fiend - did not claim his bounty. Rather, with an evil glimmer in his eye, the soul collector offered Arash a deal; his soul, that of a newly-forged Hero, in exchange for the lives of his kin. Without hesitation, Arash accepted, for with his bloody vengeance done, what did he have to live for?
Yet the ritual went wrong - or perfectly well, depending on who you ask. The souls of the thousands of those Arash knew opened up his mind, pouring in before sealing shut. Even as the mental force increased the mage's psychic power exponentially, it shattered his sanity and bound him as a servant of the Shadow Fiend. Now he roams the world, both under the orders of his loathed master and of his own volition in a quest for freedom - and if his mind were not broken already, it would be by the truth that he has become far worse than what he set out to defeat...
Stats
Strength: 17 + 1.9 per level (64.5 at level 25)
Agility: 20 + 2.25 per level (76.25 at level 25)
Intelligence: 21 + 2.7 per level (88.5 at level 25)
HP: 150 (473 at level 1, 1385 at level 25)
Mana: 0 (273 at level 1, 1157 at level 25)
Armour: 3 (5 at level 1, 13 at level 25)
Base Damage: 46-56
Base Attack Time: 1.55
Attack Animation: 0.4/0.56
Cast Point: 0.6/0.56
Movement Speed: 325
Mind Spike (Q) Type: Unit target Damage: Magical Pierces Spell Immunity: Yes
Arash'ruin splits his target's mind, dealing magical damage and reducing the target's magic resistance briefly. Also applies two instances of Madness. Each instance of Madness reduces the victim's movement speed by 4%. Madness stacks last for 13 seconds. Damage: 120/160/200/240 Resistance Modifier: 8%/12%/16%/20% Duration: 7 Cooldown: 20/17/14/11 Mana Cost: 100/115/130/145
Notes
-Madness is applied through spell immunity, but the damage is blocked.
-Magic resistance modifier is applied after the damage is dealt, not before.
Lucid Strikes (W, Orb) Damage: Magical Pierces Spell Immunity: Yes
Imbues the Psychomancer's attacks with his malevolent will, causing them to apply one stack of Madness to the target, then deal magical damage based on Arash's Intelligence per stack of madness. Each instance of Madness reduces the victim's movement speed by 4%. Madness stacks last for 13 seconds. Damage per stack: 8/11/14/17% of Arash's Intelligence Mana Cost: 12
Notes
-Lucid Strikes is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifiers.
-Madness is applied through spell immunity, but the damage is blocked.
-Can be lifestolen through Spell Lifesteal provided by Octarine Core.
Thought Shear (E) Type: Unit target Damage: Magical Pierces Spell Immunity: Yes
The Psychomancer combusts the target's sanity, dealing area affect damage around them based on the number of Madness stacks. The Psychomancer gains bonus attack speed per stack for 4 seconds. Area of effect: 225/300/375/450 Damage per stack: 10/17/24/31 Increased attack speed per stack: 2/3/4/5% Increased movement speed per stack: 2/2/3/3% Cooldown: 30/25/20/15 Mana Cost: 160/190/220/250
Notes
-If the target is spell immune, they will take no damage, but will still deal area damage.
-Arash'ruin gains the bonus attack and movement speed through his own magic immunity.
-Madness stacks on the target are consumed by Thought Shear.
Psychosis (Ultimate) Type: Global Pierces Spell Immunity: Yes
The Psychomancer unleashes his power to blot out all lucidity on the map, turning all enemy units hostile to each other for a brief duration and applying stacks of Madness to each. Each instance of Madness reduces the victim's movement speed by 4%. Madness stacks last for 13 seconds. Duration: 3.5/4.5/5.5 Madness stack applied: 3/4/5 Cooldown: 150 Mana Cost: 200/375/550
Notes
Completely pierces spell immunity. Becoming magic immune will not remove the effect.
Towers and creep are not affected, so they will not attack their Heroes.
Upgraded by Aghanim's Scepter
During Psychosis, Madness stacks deal 10/15/20 damage when they are applied. Cooldown reduced to 90, duration increased to 4/5.25/6.5.
Responses
This is a long one.
Spawning
-Psychomancer.
-I am here.
-From a dark place, I rise to this reverie.
Beginning the battle
-The moment is upon us!
-And so it begins.
Moving
-Fair enough.
-Don't mind if I do.
-In a blaze of chaos.
-Very well.
-Upon the winds of agony.
-To further my torment.
-Ha ha ha ha ha!
-The threads converge.
-Ozh dur izh. (I am you.)
-What is real? What is not?
-Alatho. (Forward.)
-The forest is dark. Eyes watch along its paths.
-Along fading lines.
-Ashen grey.
Attacking
-Scream forever.
-You are nothing!
-My madness enraptures!
-I watch from within.
-I see you.
-The window opens.
-Underneath the edge even life dies.
-Izh safras kal ozh. (You suffer as me.)
-Sol afal vo'hollom. (Hope falls to oblivion.)
-Have you had the dream?
-It rises to the surface.
-Eyik ozh irush! (Witness my plague!)
Casting Mind Spike
-Melt away into nothingness.
-How can you think� without a mind.
Casting Thought Shear
-Your madness is me!
-Hide not your psyche.
-Cast off the second skin!
-Already dead inside.
Casting Psychosis
-It WAS your fault�
-I. Release. You.
-Gaze into the mirror.
-Under my shadow, nothing shall move.
-Alone in the darkness�
Killing a Hero
-And all that is left is the laughter of a dying chorus.
-Your thread snaps.
-Oh, hah hah hah hah hah!
-Welcome to the psychic waste.
-YES! I AM A GOD!
-I have become death, the destroyer of worlds.
-Pathetic.
-Freed from the real.
-Close your eyes. Forever.
-Take a look to the sky. It is the last thing you will see.
-The tapestry weaves itself without you.
-A war your mind could never win.
-Join me in Hell.
Killing a Rival
Shadow Fiend
-I. Hate. You.
-Poetic justice, you shadow born bastard.
-Without vengeance, all is empty.
-May you rot in Seven Hells for all you've done.
-Not even the deepest pits of hell can convey the wrath I feel for you.
-Nevermore to haunt my thoughts. Pudge
-Too slow. Too stupid. Omniknight / Chen
-Your ideologies were as worthless as your lives. Invoker
-For all the good your vaunted intellect did you. Bane
-I am the beast under your bed.
-Your nightmare� is me. Queen of Pain (Few kappas here)
-I warned you I was the dominant one.
-That was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Terrorblade
-We could have been brothers. But now, you're dead. Weaver
-You weave reality. I weave your sanity.
-I tired of your running around. Phantom Lancer
-I broke all of you. Timbersaw
-And they thought I was crazy.
-If you'd seen the tapestry, the pattern would have been clear to you. Templar Assassin
-You were looking for the threads all along.
-Lanaya, you put too much thought into existence. Abaddon
-Behind the veil is a thread made of mist, that coils and now uncoils and fades away.
Meeting an Ally
Shadow Fiend
-Still you haunt me?!
-I am your minion for now� but not much longer.
-One day, it will be I across the field from you. Make sure you tremble. Doom
-Izh val ozh, Lucifash. (You and me, Lucifer.)
-Wreathed in flame and havoc we stride. Shadow Demon
-Let us both ascend to godhood. Terrorblade
-Let the gates of Hell swing wide. Rubick
-You take their spells while I take their minds. Templar Assassin
-The mystery is all in your mind, Assassin. Here, let me show you. Abaddon
-Just like the good old days, eh? Legion Commander (with equipped Blades of Voth Domosh)
-You are not yet lost.
-Do not succumb to His will!
Getting First Blood
-This first death is but the last as a world heaves in dying throes!
Last Hitting
-Delectable.
-Another thread snaps.
-Mine.
-Snap.
-Eclipsed under my shadow.
-Total psychosis.
-Worse to come.
Denying
-You wish.
-Thought you had a chance?
-As if.
-Hahaha!
-Impotent and ineffective.
There are two kinds of people in the world; those who can count, and those who can't.
So I think I hit a word limit and lost half the post. Here it goes continuing.
Dying
-Thank… you.
-I leave the mortal coil.
-Still unbroken.
-My concentration shatters with my body.
-Am I… where… am I?
-Death, my old friend…
-Ozh uln. (I come.)
-For the first time in memory, I finally sleep.
-It… was… worth it.
-They know the cold. They know the dark.
-The road is long, the end unknown.
-Tear out my eyes… so I never see another day.
Respawning
-Not again!
-No! NO!
-I return to this broken reality.
-I wake from my lucid dream.
-It was but a brief nightmare. Yours shall last longer.
-I have not yet found my vengeance.
-You cannot kill what is intrinsically part of you.
-The eyes are windows to the soul. The soul is a window to the mind. The mind is a window… to me.
-Bow to the god I was meant to be.
-When a life becomes a thread you will find me in the lonely window.
-Is there no escape? No rest?
-There are no happy endings.
Gaining a level
-I ascend!
-Now beyond your comprehension.
-Your mind will explode.
-Brainless compared to me!-The tapestry weaves itself even clearer now.
-All shall bow.
-Even life is insane.
-The thread meets the needle.
-Something inside, picking the skin.
-Muahahahaha!
-A laugh spills from the window to pierce through the fading light.
-Ahm'sol miskath ozh. (All hope fails me.)
-The eye sees all, if it would but open.
-And so comes the dark.
Taking Aegis
-Immortality!
-You can't kill that which is already dead.
Using Aegis
-Where one falls, another rises to take its place!
-I am outside your little cycle!
Rare
-Ozh icha safras ahm'icha ozh greesh Nevermore lieyev. (I will suffer until my debt to Nevermore is paid.)
-The voices say I'm crazy. But what do they know?
Victory
-And now I ascend.
Defeat
-Just a setback.
-Nevermore to be free from him.
Think that's it now. As for items, I'm thinking Travels, BKB, AC/Orchid, Octarine Core, Sheepstick, Mjollnir. Attack speed and Intelligence.
Guess the moral is I have too much time.
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