Fræʃir by delta17

Shadow Zone is Fraeshir's signature spell. A unique spell that has the potential to give every abilities an equivalent of a massive cast range boost. This ability combos with technically everything! It functions as a very unique enabler!
In fact, you HAVE to combo at least "something". It's useless on its own. 275 AoE is actually quite small by AoE standards, so make your combos count while the enemies are still there.


Nightwatchers are Fraeshir's most versatile ability and a worthy contender for his 'signature spell'. It's flying vision with impressive reach allows the Nightwatchers to be reliable scouting tools. Furthermore, it can only trigger on real heroes, making them great to single out the real hero among their illusions while dealing damage in an area to clear them off! Just make sure you hit, it won't start dealing damage unless it found a root target.
The Nightwatchers can also latch on to a silhouette made by Shadow Zone. They will still be fully affected by the damage and root from the Nightwatchers while making it impossible for them to attack the critter! (provided they're not ranged enough)
Nightwatchers was born on the idea that I need an ability designed to give reliability to Shadow Zone, it guarantees that at least one enemy will stay on its area. Long ranged vision and root is really all it takes to make Shadow Zone a very potent ability. I gave Nightwatchers a health pool to give enemies a chance to break free from the ridiculous 1300 ranged 5 seconds long root...



...But they don't have that chance! Blasted Chainpath is an ability that disarms enemies, making them unable to attack the shackling Nightwatchers. There's also merit in casting this ability first before Nightwatchers, The path pretty much creates chokepoints on demand, with a narrower range in which to aim the Nightwatchers, landing one is close to a guarantee.
It also synergizes extremely well with his ultimate, Executioner's Wrath. Imagine the horror of being stuck between walls as a massive blade swings for your flesh ala medieval execution method. Enemies can run away, but to your grin, a Shadow Zone has been set at their only path to escape! Going back only puts them in front of you!
Be reminded that this ability has relatively long cast point. It also has to travel for 1 second for the path to reach max distance, 1.7s total. Yep, this is a skillshot.


His ultimate, Executioner's Wrath, is pretty straightforward. Except for the part that it ALSO DAMAGES ALLIES!? This spell is madness, absolute madness! Where else can you get 650 pure damage and 3.25 seconds stun in an AoE?^{*cough*Enigma*cough*} It's cooldown is massive, and can seriously hurt allies! Be very careful upon using this,
Executioner's Wrath has a very long cast time but respectable range. His only bet is to cast this behind the treelines or when under ally/self set-ups.

Fraeshir is oddly a melee agility hero, which makes him among the rare agility spell-casters out there (There are quite some agility heroes that deals significant magic damage, but a lot of them can transition into right-clicking cores, which Fraeshir cannot do). While he does possess high armor and base attack damage, his low strength makes him susceptible to long ranged magic damage. He still has some form of durability thanks to Blasted Chainpath's disarm.

As a spell-caster, Fraeshir needs mana. While his intelligence growth is actually really, really good, intelligence is NOT his primary attribute! 20 + 3.2 intelligence for a non-intelligence hero is equivalent to 16 + 2.56 intelligence for an int hero! Now imagine Zeus or Death Prophet having this low intelligence! As of 7.21, the 25% attribute perk was removed so this paragraph is now invalid.

Adhering to the lore, Fraeshir counters Terrorblade! His arsenal of strong magic and pure damage nukes constantly sweeps his vulnerable illusions. Disarm is also a very powerful crowd control against him. Shadow Zone + Nightwatchers allows Fraeshir to deal his powerful spells while remaining virtually out of reach from Sunder.

COMBOS:
#1 Nightwatchers + Shadow Zone
#2 Nightwatchers + Blasted Chainpath
#3 Blasted Chainpath + Nightwatchers
#4 Blasted Chainpath + Shadow Zone
#5 Any of the first 4 combos + Executioner's Wrath
#5 Nightwatchers + Executioner's Wrath
#6 Blasted Chainpath + Executioner's Wrath
#7 Nightwatchers + Blasted Chainpath + Shadow Zone + Executioner's Wrath


ITEMIZATIONS :
Early Game Options ▼

• Infused Raindrops - He's weak against magic harass. And being melee doesn't help. Its mana bonus is alao helpful.
• Clarity / Healing Salve / Tango / Enchanted Mango
• Null Talisman - A little more intelligence and spell amp wouldn't hurt.

Mid-game options ▼

• Arcane Boots - CORE ITEM. Pretty much the only boots he wants
• Aether Lens - CORE ITEM. Massive boosts to ALL of his spells!
• Kaya - He have really big damage burst in his spells, which compliments from the percentage spell amp increase. He can also make great use from the mana loss reduction.
• Rod of Atos / Eul's Scepter of Divinity / Shadow Blade - These items allow Fraeshir to set-up a devastating Executioner's Wrath without set-up from his other spells.
• Veil of Discord - Good stats for its price. Its active is useful for the team and Fraeshir's own AoE magic damage.
• Observer Ward / Sentry Ward - Fraeshir works as a support hero because of he has less item-dependence overall.

Late-game options ▼

• Bloodstone - A very situational item to be bought only when position 1.
• Scythe of Vyse - A powerful disable that works with Shadow Zone and/or Nightwatchers. Especially Executioner's Wrath
• Octarine Core - All of Fraeshir's spells have long cooldowns.
• Aghanim's Scepter - Coming soon?

• Head image illustrated by DiegoGisbertLlorens, DeviantArt, copyright of Applibot Inc. | Legends of the Cryptids.
• Ability icons drawn by me, delta17(dotafire) | delta17v2(reddit) .
• Hero concept done by yours truly.

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