Symone and Calder, the Arachnopath

Symone (and Calder), the Arachnopath Str 20 + 2.5 Agi 16 + 2.9 Int 25 + 3.6 COMPLEXITY ◆◆◇ Carry ◆◆◇ Support ◆◇◇ Nuker ◆◆◇ Initiator ◆◇◇ Disabler ◆◇◇ Escape ◆◆◇ 310 0 RANGED 575 MORE STATS Health H regen Mana M regen Atk speed Armor Damage Dmg Sprd BASE : 200 : 0 : 75 : 0 : 110 : 0 : 29 : ±4 LVL 1 : 600 : 2.0 : 375 : 1.25 : 126 : 2.67 : 54 : ±4 Movement Magic res Turn rate Vision range Attack range Projectile Spd. Attack Ani. B.A.T. Collision Legs : 310 : 25% : 0.7 : 1800/800 : 575 : 900 : 0.5 + 0.2 : 1.7 : 24 : 8

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A witch? An inventor? A spider enthusiast? A maniacal lady? Symone is all of them and more! Symone, the Arachnopath, is a ranged intelligence hero who is mostly seen carried around by a GIANT canopy spider named Calder, her partner (appearance based on a long-legged ceiling spider). Together, their strange assortment of abilities wrecks havoc among enemy ranks as every attack covers them in modified spidersilk, tightening and tightening the more they experience suffering.
Such is the work of Symone's ultimate: Hexweave Blossom. After a significant delay, a web blossom envelops a large area. As long as enemies are inside, being attacked makes them move slower and slower until they are fully rooted. With how small the numbers are, it would almost appear as just a minor inconvenience. However, once you realize how large and how spammable the ability is, it's guaranteed that there'll be a web blossom every fight.
Symone's kit contributes in delivering more attacks to more enemies. Hex Breather attacks all enemies in a large area with added cursed DPS, instantly adding a stack to all enemies. Calder Flings Symone away, in which he becomes a summoned unit. With Calder at the front and Symone at the back, enemies take twice as many attacks, stacking up more of web blossom's debuff.
Delirium Venom is Symone's straight-forward spell, dealing damage to a target but causes them to be unable to see, target, or attack Symone and all of her summons. Think of Shadow Dance but for a single enemy only. It's a rather unique way of protection that Symone is rather proud to have concocted.

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[Q] Delirium Venom Symone fires a neurotic venom at a target enemy. dealing magic damage and slow. Symone and her summons appear hidden and undetectable against that one envenomed enemy and from that enemy only. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET UNIT : MAGICAL : NO : 0.2 + 0.6 : 800 Damage Slow Duration MANA COOLDOWN : 50 / 125 / 200 / 275 (/35010) : 30% : 3.0 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 : 130 : 26 / 22 / 18 / 14 Symone's special cocktail of Calder's venom enhanced with arcanery.

NOTES / ADVANCED COMMENTS: Delirium Venom – Dispellable (basic) Similar to Shadow Dance, but only for the envenomed enemy. All other enemies can see, attack and target Symone and her summons just fine. For the venomed enemy, Symone and her summons appear extremely blurry and transparent. Darts projectile at 1200 speed.

[W] Hex Breather Symone's unique gun allows her attack to spread in a cone-shaped area at a 90° arc, cursing enemies hit to take damage over time based on her attack. Can be set to auto-cast; casting it alongside her normal attack. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET POINT / AUTO CAST : Magical : YES / NO : 0.4 + 0 : 700 Radius Circle Sector Angle Symone's Attack as DPS Duration MANA COOLDOWN : 700 : 90° (360°25) : 30% / 40% / 50% / 60% (/80%20) : 5 : 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 : 4 More than just a witch, she can also integrate her curses to engineering.

NOTES / ADVANCED COMMENTS: DPS - Dispellable (basic) This spell applies instant attacks to all hit enemies for ZERO damage (just to apply attack modifiers once, including Hexweave Blossom triggers). Then the debuff is placed. Debuff does not stack, but refreshes the previous debuff. It takes the spell 0.4 seconds to travel the full distance. Calder's Hex Breather does not benefit from Symone's Hex Breather talents..

[E] Fling! Symone commands her spider Calder to toss her in or out of enemies' reach, leaving the spider behind as a summoned unit. While the two are detached, Calder can walk through units and terrain while Symone moves slower. If the spider dies, it'll automatically respawn to her after 20 seconds. This ability is disabled meanwhile. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TOGGLE : 0.3 + 0 : Global Fling max distance Self-Slow Spider Health Spider Attack Int as Bns Calder Atk Spider Respawn MANA COOLDOWN : 600 / 800 / 1000 / 1200 (/140015) : 10% : 400 / 550 / 700 / 850 (/1250) : 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 : 40% : 20 (1410) : 100 : 6 In her years in Fellstrath, Symone had learned to tame her favorite beasts -- the canopy spiders. And among them is Calder, whom she grew a great partnership with. Their communication is almost telepathic.

NOTES / ADVANCED COMMENTS: Self-Slow — UNDISPELLABLE. Dispelled only when Calder returns. Flings Symone at a speed of 1200. While Calder is carrying Symone, Calder heals 8% of his max health per second.

[E] Call Calder Replaces Fling! when her spider is summoned and is alive. Symone calls Calder to come back and get her. Once Calder reaches her, he is unsummoned and Symone's slow is removed. ABILITY CAST ANIMATION : NO TARGET : 0 + 0 MANA COOLDOWN : 0 : 1 "Here boy!"

[R] Hexweave Blossom Symone lobs a hexed spool of spidersilk in an area, blossoming into a spiderweb after a 2 second delay. Deals minor initial damage on bloom. Every time an enemy unit inside the web is attacked by an allied hero or creep-hero, they will gain a stack of webbed debuff that slows movement the more stacks they have. Upon the 10th stack, the enemy will be rooted after which the counter resets. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET AREA : Magical : NO : 0.1 + 0.3 : 1000 Blossom Delay Damage Web Blossom Duration Web Blossom AoE Slow per stack Stack Duration Root Trigger Stack Count Root Duration Root Proc Damage Damage AoE MANA COOLDOWN : 2.0 : 125 / 175 / 225 : 20 : 800 : 3% / 4% / 5% (/8%25) : 5 : 10 : 2.0 / 2.4 / 2.8 : 250 : 400 : 120 / 180 / 240 : 25 Calder's spider silk, along with Symone's witchcraft and science makes for a strange entrapment that only tightens and even crystallizes the more their victims struggle.

NOTES / ADVANCED COMMENTS: Root – Dispellable (basic) Slow – Dispellable (basic) Lobs projectile at 1200 speed. New stacks refreshes all previous stack's duration. A unit cannot gain new stacks while rooted by this spell's effect.

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Talents Level 25 Level 20 Level 15 Level 10 : : : : Radial Hex Breather +20% Hex Breather Attack as DPS +100 Attack Range +75 Delirium Venom Damage || OR || || OR || || OR || || OR || +3% Hexweave Blossom slow per stack +40 Symone and Calder Attack Speed +200 Fling! Distance -6s Calder respawn time

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER Upgrades Hexweave Blossom. Applies an initial root on bloom. Every time a root is triggered, the enemy is dispelled of buffs and also trigger a 400 AoE, 250 magic damage burst centered on them.

AGHANIM'S SHARD Upgrades Fling! Calder gains +400 Health and bonus attack damage equal to 40% of Symone's Intelligence and gains its own independent and separate Hex Breather ability.

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Calder

Category Duration Health HP Regen Mana Mana Regen : Creep-hero : permanent : 400 / 550 / 700 / 850 : 1 : 450 : 0.5 Armor Resistance Attack Atk Range B A T Move Speed : 4 : 20% : 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 ± 3 : 150 (melee) : 1.1 : 365 Day Vision Night Vision Bounty Experience Notes : 1350 : 600 : 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 : 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 : Unobstructed Pathing.

[q] Venom Bite Calder's attacks induces a mild movement slow and leaches life. ABILITY PIERCES IMMUNITY? : PASSIVE : NO Movement Slow Lifesteal Duration : 5% : 10% : 7 Smaller toxins to catch smaller preys.

[W] Hex Breather Calder's unique chelicerae allows his attack to spread in a cone-shaped area at a 90° arc, cursing enemies hit to take damage over time based on his attack. Can be set to auto-cast; casting it alongside his normal attack. ABILITY DAMAGE TYPE PIERCES IMMUNITY? CAST ANIMATION CAST RANGE : TARGET UNIT / AUTO CAST : Magical : YES / NO : 0.4 + 0 : 700 Radius Circle Sector Angle Calder's Attack as DPS Duration MANA COOLDOWN : 700 : 90° : 60% : 5 : 25 : 4 More than just a spider, Calder has been subject to Symone's masterful bioengineering.

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• Hero concept done in dual collaboration by u/delta17v2 and u/ezr4ch!
• Concept art by u/delta17v2.
• Icons from Game-icons.net

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