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Glavidus by glavidus

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Glavidus

By: glavidus
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2018
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Glavidus

Thunderous Grip

The Sola Empire, ruled by a vicious and cruel king, was one of many targets ripe for political coup, provided someone pays a high enough price. As one of the best mercenaries in the land, Glavidus was funded by a revolutionary party and tasked with assassinating the king. Infiltrating the royal castle and making it to the King's chamber was no easy task - which is why after the task was carried out, the king's advisors offered Galvidus the throne, and their limitless devotion.

Thus, Glavidus did what any king would do - ordered the killing of the party that originally hired him, thwarted any revolution that was about to break out, and started his reign as the new empreror of the Sola Empire.

i'm not a writer alright, just read the skills jeez

GLAVIDUS, Thunderous Grip | Agility, Meele
STR: 18 +2.5
AGI: 14 +1.9
INT: 20 +2

DAMAGE: 61-66
MS: 300
BAT: 1.7
ARMOR: 1

Explanation after abilities.
I think it goes without saying that the design is the only important part, and numbers are always suggestions/estimates.

Primary Abilities

Q
Appendix
Target a point. Glavidus shifts into a shadow disk, becoming invulnerable, and travels to that point, stunning enemies in his wake and dealing minor damage.
* Has a cast point of 0.3.
ABILITY
DAMAGE TYPE
PIERCES IMMUNITY?		 : Target point
: Magical
: No
Cast Range
Disk AOE
Stun Duration
Disk Travel Speed
Damage
MANA
COOLDOWN		 : 900
: 175
: 0.5/1/1.5/2
: 800
: 60/120/180/240
: 110/120/130/140
: 32/24/16/8
The stealth tool of choice for Glavidus proved to be useful even as a king - anyone could be a potential political threat.
W
Forsaken Legions
Glavidus enlists his inherited armies to guard the land and strike enemies that come across. One target may be attacked by a maximum of 4 soldiers at one time. Soldiers require 4 hero attacks to kill.
* Marks an area. Uncontrollable soldiers appear in the area and attack close enemies.
* Soldiers attack exactly 1 time per second.
* Deals 50% damage to towers
ABILITY
DAMAGE TYPE
PIERCES IMMUNITY?		 : Target Area
: Physical
: Yes
Radius
Cast Range
Soldier Amount
Soldier Damage
Duration
MANA
COOLDOWN		 : 475
: 600/1000/1400/1800
: 6/9/12/15
: 22/28/34/38
: 10/20/30/40
: 110/140/170/200
: 80
Possessing the crown comes with many benefits, one of them being armies of legionnaires ready to fight for their king - and die for their king.
E
Vantage Point
Glavidus' mastery of the lance allows him to outperform his enemies. Grants accuracy and protection from attack slow effects and disarms.
* User's attack speed cannot be reduced in any way. I don't know about the game's coding, but I think the easiest way would be just looking for every attack slowing buff in the game and making them ignore the owner of this ability.
* User cannot be disarmed in any way. This includes roots and being in ghost form (but still cannot attack heroes that are in ghost form).
ABILITY
 : Passive
Accuracy : 25%/35%/45%/True Strike
Sola Mór, a lance told to be created by titans themselves, has been a royal treasure and a centerpiece of the Empire's armory.

Ultimate Abilities

R
Solar Glare
Glavidus activates his prismatic eyesight, obtaining unobstructed flying vision and free movement.
* Turns the map to daytime for the duration.
* Doesn't interrupt channeling.
ABILITY : No Target
Vision Range
Duration
MANA
COOLDOWN		 : 800/1000/1200
: 15/20/25
: 100
: 120/90/60
It is said that old king's cruelty lives on within Glavidus, and surfaces when the sun is out and scorching.

Hero Talents

Pernament Free Movement
25
+2 Appendix Charges

Solar Glare True Sight
20
Solar Glare Detects Illusions

+1s Appendix Stun
15
+30 Movement Speed

+40 Soldiers Duration
10
+20 Agility

Analysis

Appendix (first ability) is the bread and butter. Apart from invulnerability and mobility this skill provides, Glavidus has no natural defenses and thus is prone to being bursted. The cooldown of 8 seconds creates a natural rhythm to fighting Glavidus.
The point is that if Glavidus decides he wants to hit you, he will: apart from Ghost Scepter there is naught a way to stop his assault.

Glavidus' weak point are his limitations. His stat gains are weak, especially agility - the one that makes him hit harder - forcing this hero to itemize in 1 or 2 ways maximum. This is offset slightly by his level 10 talent choice: extended soldiers can farm two creep waves with each cast (provided the soldiers aren't killed), but the juicy 20 agility bonus might be necessary for early clashes.

All in all Glavidus fills a niche for carries when vision is the name of the game, and also as a soft counter to illusion heavy heroes.

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