Heroes of the Storm Build Concept: Lyndon

Combat Trait

Favorable Trade

Depending on Lyndon's Percent Health, Basic Attacks against Heroes have different effects.

Basic Attacks grant 15% attack speed for 1.5 seconds against targets with lower percentage health than Lyndon.
Basic Attacks grant 15% move speed for 1.5 seconds against targets with higher percentage health than Lyndon.

Primary Abilities

Impale

Mana: 60
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Lyndon throws a knife in a straight line that deals 215 (+4% per level) damage to the first target hit, slowing the target by 50% decaying over 1 second.

Dirty Fighting

Mana: 50
Cooldown: 12 seconds

Lyndon kicks up dust in a small, half circle in front of him dealing 75 (+4% per level) damage and blinding enemies for 1.5 seconds.

Vanish

Mana: 75
Cooldown: 18 seconds

Lyndon immediately enters stealth for 3 seconds.

Passive: While Stealthed, Lyndon heals for 4% Maximum health per second.

Heroic Abilities

Hysteria

Mana: 55
Cooldown: 100 seconds

Activate to increase all nearby friendly Heroes' Basic Attack damage by 5% every 0.5 seconds for 6 seconds.

Evasive Fire

Mana: 65
Cooldown: 40

Become Unstoppable and leap away from the target, dealing 355 (+4% per level) damage to the primary target, and 30% damage to all targets in a narrow cone surrounding the target.

Talents

Level 1:

[Q] Longshot: (Quest) Hitting an enemy Hero increases Impale damage by 1% up to 20%. (Reward) Upon damageing 20 Heores increase range of Impale by 25%.
[W] Dirt Cloud: Dirty Fighting affects the full circle around Lyndon.
[Passive] Fortuitous: (Quest) Hero Takedowns permanently increases Mana regeneration by 0.25. (Reward) Upon 10 Hero Takedowns, Basic Attacks reduce Basic Ability Cooldowns by 0.5 seconds.
[Active] Greasing Palms: Landing a Basic Attack on an enemy Hero grants 1 stack of bribe. Use 20 stacks to bribe a Mercenary, instantly defeating them. Does not work on Bosses. Maximum of 80 stacks. If a camp is entirely bribed, mercenaries deal 25% increased damage to enemy Heroes.

Level 4:

[Q] Second Guess: Refunds mana cost if Impale damages a non-heroic unit and lowers cooldown by 4 seconds.
[W] Fighting on Gravel: Increase damage of Dirty Fighting by 150%.
[E] "Tactical" Retreat: Increases move speed by 20% while Stealthed.
[Trait] Notorious: (Quest) Hero Takedowns grant 1% bonus to Favorable Trade, up to 15%. All stacks are lost on death.

Level 7:

[Q] Impact: Instead of slow, Impale now stuns the target for 0.5 seconds.
[Q] Chemical Burn: Impale deals an additional 40% damage over 4 seconds.
[Q] Grievous Wounds: Impale causes Basic Attacks to deal 25% increased damage for 3 seconds.
[Passive] Ace Up the Sleeve: While stuned and rooted, Lyndon evades all incoming Basic Attacks.

Level 10:

Hysteria
Evasive Fire

Level 13:

[Trait] Fortune Favors the Bold: While at a higher percent health than the target, Basic Attacks deal an additional 1% of a Hero's maximum health.
[Trait] Fold the Hand: While at a lower percent Health than the target, Basic Attacks grant a shield worth 5% maximum health for 1.5 seconds, up to a maximum of 20%.
[W] Cheap Shot: Enemies blinded by Dirty Fighting receive 40% more damage from Impale.
[E] "Courageous" Maneuver: Heal increased to 8% while Stealthed from Vanish.

Level 16:

[Q] Overpenetration: Impale pierces the first target hit.
[W] Smoke Bomb: Increase range of Dirty Fighting by 50% and reduce cooldown by 4 seconds.
[E] "Heroic" Withdrawal: While Stealthed, gain 25 Armor.
[Passive] Repeated Offense: Basic attacks against Heroes increases Basic Attack range by 0.2 for 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 1. Bonus is lost upon damaging a non-heroic target.

Level 20:

[R] Mass Hysteria: Increases active time by 3 seconds.
[R] Surge: Increase leap distance by 50%. Gain 2 charges.
[Trait] Pocket Aces: Activate to gain both benefits of Favorable Trade for 5 seconds. 60 second cooldown.
[Passive] Stolen Time: Upon receiving fatal damage, stay at 1 hp and enter unbreakable Stealth for 5 seconds. 120 Second Cooldown.

Change Log

(2/4/2016)
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Versions 1.0 to 1.3 were bad.

(11/29/2016)
2.0:
Base Kit Rework:
Basic Statistics: Attack Damage increased to 118, attack speed lowered to 0.85
Trait: 'Lucky Strike' removed, added 'Favorable Trade'. Completely removed RNG. Now follows more the lore of Lyndon as a Scoundrel.
Impale: Lowered damage from 280 to 215. Now increases auto attack damage for 3 seconds.
Dirty Fighting: Blind Duration reduced to 1.5 Seconds.
Vanish: No longer is unbreakable, now grants a passive that heals 5% maximum health per second while stealthed.
Heroics:
Hysteria: No longer a flat buff, now a incremental buff over 6 seconds.
Chakram removed, Evasive Fire added.

Talents:
Level 1: 'Longshot' Added Quest functionality
'Fortuitous' Now Mana regen, reward is Battle Momentum
Level 4:'Fighting on Gravel' Damage increased from 50% to 150%
'"Tactical" Retreat' now benefits all forms of invisibility.
'Playing the Odds' Added
Level 7: 'Vampiric Luck', 'Heavy Bolt' Removed
'Impact', 'Grievous Wounds' Added
'Element of Surprise' Moved to Level 16
Level 13: 'Giant Killer', 'Spell Shield', 'Quick Shot' Removed.
'Fortune Favors the Bold', 'Fold the Hand', '"Courageous" Maneuver' Added.
Level 16: 'Double Bolt' Removed.
'Overpenetration' Added.
Level 20: 'Nexus Frenzy', 'Twin Chakram' Removed.
'Surge', 'Pocket Aces', 'Stolen Time' Added.

(12/22/2016)
2.1 "Ace up the Sleeve" added to Level 7.

(7/26/2017)
2.2 Basic Abilities
Impale no longer buffs Basic Attacks, now slows.
Vanish passive heal reduced to 4% maximum health.
Level 1:
Longshot now increases damage upon damaging heroes.
Fortuitous quest progression changed to takedowns, rather than Globes.
Greasing Palms: Added Functionality.
Level 7
Chemical Burn bonus damage reduced to 40%.
Level 13:
"Courageous" Maneuver heal reduced to 8% of maximum health.
Level 16:
Element of Surprise removed, added Repeated Offense.

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I realy like this concept. Hysteria would be really strong with Tracer/Tychus/Zarya, but would do almost nothing for ability based heroes. Would Vanishes passive stack with say Shadowstalk? Could you sync Hysteria with AAS, to get a spike of 200 (her passive attack) + 250% + 120% for a whopping 1340 damage?

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Yes, since Shadowstalk has a set heal amount, it wouldn't be fair for the Tyrande player to not get the healing credit. (Don't worry I already thought of that synergy :D). As for the second question, since hysteria is incremental increases, that is hypothetically extremely hard to pull off, needing to time that at the very end of it's duration. Even with the 20 Upgrade, Hysteria maxes at 90% for the last 0.5 seconds. Additionally, Blinds such as Suppression Pulse, Shield Glare, and Blinding Winds will nullify 100% of the damage, as well as things like Parry, Elusive Brawler, and Evasion.

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Clean, properly presented, has a design in mind, I really like this.
Feel like he could use Nexus Frenzy for level 20, as mentioned by other comments maybe a lower CD on Hysteria, but unlike other comments, I like his passive. It's not an increasing chance to get double damage like other games' crits, instead it's technically a every fourth basic attack deal 25%, which is in line with a trait/basic ability. The blind on Dirty Fighting could be shorter though. A 2+ seconds CC is usually not present in basic kits.
Anyways, awesome job, keep it up!

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Read the changes, like the new Ult, and will be interested to see the new trait. Would like to talk about balance though, so here are a few things about it;

HP / Regen: Good hp number, however, HP regen looks a bit high, e.g, Valla has 2.7, Tychus has 3.35,
MP / Regen: Just wanted to say that every hero has 500 mana and 3 regen :P

Impale - Feel like the damage can be increased a bit,

Auto-Attack - Damage can also be increased a bit

Hysteria: For a 100 second cooldown, the duration should be greatly increased, probably from 3 - 8 seconds, look at Rehgar's Bloodlust for an example, also, is it cast in an area? Or Global? Also, if you want to keep the short duration, then reduce the CD, so it's like a quick CD, short burst.

Talents: Like most of the talents, however a few too many generic talents, need to change a few, specifically First Aid and Scouting Drone, as they don't really fit the long-range assassin vibe, look at Tychus and Valla for talent examples

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considering how extremely hypothetical everything is, I'm not really too concerned with specifics involving numbers, but for the talents I was always kinda bored with what I have. and honestly I prefer the fact that his trait is RNG, he's completely unique in that matter.

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Some nice ideas here, really like it, however.... his trait. I don't like the RNG of it, HoTS doesn't exactly have RNG abilities, and it should stay that way, lest it become hearthstone. I think you should change the trait to instead be an active that increases AA damage for a short time, and come up with a new ultimant. Apart from that, awesome job

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