Nitori Kawashiro [Touhou hero concept]

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Nitori Kawashiro, the Aquatic Engineer

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HERO SUMMARY: Nitori is a very fun to play hero that boasts high mobility and damage. Specializing in closing the gap between herself and her target. She also revolves around the concept of being in water, whether it's the river or her own flood zones, boosting her capabilities to a powerful degree. Water-Fall is a weak mobility spell when used on dry land but is very fearsome when cast on water, giving her agility in addition to it's added cast range.Hydro Camouflage enhances her prowess further in water by having bonus attack speed and permanent invisibility! When out of the water,_Diluvial Mere summons a flood immediately in an area around her, dealing damage. Other than that, her ultimate,_Exteeeending Aaaarm!, grapples into any unit while flooding the area wherever it goes. She can retract the aaaarm™ to drag herself closer to that unit. The biggest deal is that she's able to attack, cast spells, and use items while being dragged. Constantly dealing damage while ensuring the enemy won't escape. PROS : Naturally good roamer. Excels in ganks and mid-game dominance. 3 escape abilities! From reliable to unreliable. Can attack simultaneously while moving! CONS : Reliant on being in a river or on her flooded zones. No way to control or disable enemies. Vulnerable to disables. Quite squishy.

Stats Str Agi int : 20 + 2.2 : 19 + 2.8 : 25 + 3.2 MORE STATS Health H regen amp Mana M regen amp Armor Spell Dmg. Damage M spd amp : : : : : : : : BASE 200 0% 75 0% -1 0% 24 - 28 0% - Base H. regen Base M. regen Movement Turn rate Vision range Attack range Projectile Spd. Attack Ani. B.A.T. Magic resist Collision Legs : 0 : 0 : 295 : 0.7 : 1800/800 : 400 : 2000 : 0.4 + 0.2 : 1.7 : 25% : 24 : 2

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[Q] Diluvial Mere Damages enemies while flooding in a large area around Nitori. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION EFFECT RADIUS : NO TARGET : MAGICAL : NO : 0.01 + 0 : 425 / 525 / 625 / 725 Damage Flood duration MANA COOLDOWN : 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 : 15 : 140 : 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 When in troubled water, there is no safe direction. NOTES : The wave travels at a speed of 800

[W] Water-Fall Water propels herself to a new location. If she's on the river or on an area flooded by herself, the Water-Fall's cast range is doubled and she gets bonus agility using the excess energies. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET POINT : 0.2 + 0 : Global Max Distance Jump speed Flood Agility Agility Duration MANA COOLDOWN : 600 (1200) : 600 (1200) : 8 / 16 / 24 / 32 (26 / 34 / 42 / 50) : 4 : 50 : 12 / 9 / 6 / 3 Water holds many potential energies. The fuel of both body and machines. NOTES : Nitori remains vulnerable mid-flight, but cannot be stopped. Nitori can attack, cast spells, and use items during the leap but is rooted. Since she's rooted,_Retract Aaaarm's effect pauses, wasting mana. Does not matter whether she landed on a flooded area or not. Bonuses depend on cast location.

[d] Hydro Camouflage Nitori is most efficient when she's surrounded in water from the river or her self-conceived floods, gaining bonus attack speed and permanent invisibility. The invisibility will linger once leaving the waters but not attack speed. ABILITY : PASSIVE Attack Speed Fade Delay Invisibility Linger : 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 (50 / 70 / 90 / 110) : 4.0 / 3.5 / 3.0 / 2.5 : 1.5 / 3.0 / 4.5 / 6.0 Kappa technology are most profound when in their home environment. NOTES : Is not enabled by Torrent, Gush, and other seemingly water abilities. This is not like Cloak and Dagger. Casting abilities and using items puts Nitori out of invisibility. The attack speed will linger for only 0.5 seconds.

[E] Retract Aaaarm Pulls Nitori towards the Aaaarm'ed unit. She can attack, cast spells, and use items while being pulled. Moving automatically toggles the ability off. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION : TOGGLE : 0 + 0.4 Pull speed Mana per sec. MANA COOLDOWN : 475 / 625 / 775 : 15 / 20 / 25 : 25 / 35 / 45 : 0 Sure it does the opposite of what it's intended. But she loved it anyway. NOTES : The ability's effect pauses while rooted, wasting mana during the root duration. Shares levels with_Exteeeending Aaaarm! This ability becomes active when_Exteeeending Aaaarm! gets attached to a unit and turns inactive once the aaaarm™ is detached. Cannot be toggled while silenced. But simply moving will toggle it off even when silenced. Does not pull Nitori closer if the target is within her current attack range. Drags Nitori across impassable terrain.

[R] Exteeeending Aaaarm! Fires a grappling hook powered by water propulsion. Flooding the surrounding lands on flight and during its time attached to its target. At any time, Nitori can toggle "Retract" to pull herself closer to the target. She can attack, cast spells, and use items while being pulled. ABILITY PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET UNIT : YES : 0.4 + 0.2 : 800 / 1200 / 1600 Break Range Grip Duration Flood Width Flood Duration MANA COOLDOWN : 1200 / 1600 / 2000 : 15 : 240 : 15 : 125 / 175 / 225 : 90 / 75 / 60 (50 / 35 / 20) "Aquatic Anti-Anomaly Auto-Retracting Mechanism!" NOTES : The arm's grip is undispellable. Projectile travels at 1200 speed. Can ( cannot) be disjointed. Actually does nothing to the targeted unit. ( applies leashed state) Grip duration begins only upon successful latch. Each segment of the flood have their own independent duration, not like Firefly.

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Talents Level 25 Level 20 Level 15 Level 10 : : : : +60 Health Regen on Water 2 Diliuvial Mere Charges +30 Mana Break on Water +12% Magic Resistance || OR || || OR || || OR || || OR || -40s Exteeeending Aaaarm! CD 22% Evasion on Water +18 Water-Fall Agility +20 Hydro Camouflage Attack Speed

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER Upgrades Exteeeending Aaaarm. Applies leashed state to target. Aaaarm projectile can no longer be disjointed and by-passes trough spell-block.

AGHANIM'S SHARD Upgrades Diluvial Mere and Exteeeending Aaaarm. All created flood zones slow enemies by 18%

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GAMEPLAY / ITEMIZATIONS:

Nitori is so versatile! Able to take many roles from position 2 to position 4. Though she is usually played as a mid-game roamer and ganker.

Her best combo is_Exteeeending Aaaarm! >_Water-Fall >_Diluvial Mere > Non-stop attacks. All she need to focus is to not get focused, which will be challenging for a squishy with 400 attack range. Fortunately, she has talents that help her durability.

Without her aaaarm™, things may get harder for her since Water-Fall becomes a terrible & slow gap closer. She can Diluvial Mere first, but that makes it all the more easier for enemies to walk off of it (since they'll be already by the edge), depriving her the agility bonus. So she still needs to be creative in ganks.

Her Aaaarm™ allows her to attack/cast spells/use items while simultaneously moving. But she will have no control of her position, the enemy has that control. But don't fret! Water-Fall allows her to quickly reposition to better spots.

With +30 agility (+48) with +90 attack speed, Nitori's attacks HURT! Not to mention it also provides her with +6 (+9.6) armor from the bonus agility from Water-Fall alone. Her ultimate splurs water constantly making a trail at the enemy. She's a beast once she got her grip! Even if she can't handle her opponent, remember that trail of water the enemy left trying to run away? That's her escape route and her invisibility's time to shine!

CORE ITEMS:

• Power Treads. Boots of choice.
• Orchid Malevolence solves all her worries. Nitori is a mana intensive hero, so the mana regen and intelligence is most welcome. Also, if an enemy is too moblie, (e.g. Storm Spirit, Anti-Mage) she has the trouble of being led straight to an ambush. Orchid prevents that while still granting her much needed damage.
• Urn of Shadows. A mid-game oriented Nitori will find this a worthy pickup. Healing herself after every kills. Can be upgraded to Spirit Vessel.
• Nullifier. Heroes with high attack speed benefit from this item. She is one of those. Good damage, a mute and powerful slow. It's almost as if it's made for her.
• Black King Bar. Due to the nature of her ult, wrong plays can put her in bad spot for disables. A good pickup once Nitori is getting respectable damage.

SITUATIONALS:

• Linken's Sphere, an alternative replacement to BKB.
• Scythe of Vyse. Totally disables an enemy, keeping them inside floods for longer.
• Blink Dagger. Setting up Diluvial Mere is easier with a blink on most cases without the river nor ultimate. Plus, it's a 4th mean to escape.
• Desolator. She hits hard. and this makes her hit harder.

CARRY ITEMS:

• Daedalus, Monkey King Bar, Butterfly, are all worthy of consideration.

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