Baal by kid-karma

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Baal

By: kid-karma
Last Updated: Jan 29, 2017
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Baal

Lord Of Destruction

Baal is one of the three brothers who make up the Prime Evils, along with Mephisto and Diablo. In his existence before being imprisoned in the body of Tal Rasha, he was described to be brutish, but seems to indeed have taken on some of the powerful Horadric mage's intelligence after the imprisonment. On encounters with both Marius and the Barbarians, he acts rather playful and sly with a dry sense of humour.

Baal is a ranged specialist that is most comfortable behind the front lines. His trait, 'Sow The Seeds', applies a stacking vulnerability that allows his allied minions, mercenaries, and summoned units to deal increased damage to affected targets. Baal orchestrates this chaos as an overseer; The Lord of Destruction.

Combat Trait

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Sow The Seeds
Damage that Baal deals against enemy structures, minions, and mercenaries applies a stacking 5% vulnerability; up to 25%. Lasts 5 seconds after being refreshed.

Only friendly non-heroic units benefit from this debuff.

Primary Abilities

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Festering Appendages
Summon a Festering Appendage at the target location that will attack nearby enemies once every second. Lasts 3 seconds. 3 charges. 12 second cooldown.

Festering Appendages block enemy movement (about the same size as a minion). Multiple Festering Appendages can quickly be applied in a line by using click and drag.

                                                                   
                                                     Above: Three Festering Appendages
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Ruination
Corrupt the ground at a small target location, dealing damage every second to enemies on top of it over 3 seconds. 15 second cooldown.

Enemy minions killed by Ruination turn into Suicide Minions. The '1' key can be used to assign a target for these minions, instructing them to run towards the target and explode on contact. Suicide Minions last for 8 seconds.

                                                                                                                                
                                                              Above: Suicide Minion
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Vile Effigy
Summon a copy of yourself that will mimic your basic attacks and basic abilities for 5 seconds. Vile Effigies do not move from the location they were summoned to. 20 second cooldown.

While active, 50% of all damage dealt to you is redirected to your Vile Effigy while you remain nearby.

Heroic Abilities

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Lister The Tormentor
Summon Lister The Tormentor to attack your enemies. Lasts 12 seconds. 60 second cooldown.

Lister's basic attacks knock the target back slightly and apply a stacking 8% slow.
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Hoarfrost
Slow the attack and movement speed of all enemy minions and mercenaries by 25% per second for 4 seconds. After reaching 100% they will freeze solid for 4 seconds. 70 second cooldown. Global range.

Special Mount

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Baal mounts in the same manner as Azmodan.

Talents

Level 1:
Distend: Increase the attack range of Festering Appendages by 25%.
Touch Of Destruction: Festering Appendages slow enemy heroes by 20% for 0.5 seconds.
Fervent Appendages: The duration of a Festering Appendage is increased by 0.75 seconds when it damages an enemy hero.

Level 4:
Thrive On Chaos: Attacks that friendly minions and mercenaries deal against targets marked with Sow The Seeds heal them for a percentage of the damage done equal to the damage bonus from Sow The Seeds on that target.
Proliferate: Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of your next Festering Appendage charge by 0.5 seconds.
Devastation: Reduce the size of Ruination by 50% and its duration by 0.5 seconds, but it deals damage every 0.5 seconds.

Level 7:
Vehement Strikes: Increase you basic attack speed by 0.5% for every stack of Sow The Seeds you have on your enemies.
Parasitic Growth: Festering Appendages that land a killing blow will persist for 5 seconds after their duration expires. They do not benefit from other talents during this extended duration.
Vestigial Growth: Festering Appendages immediately gains 1 charge if you have no remaining charges. This effect has a 12 second cooldown.
Chaotic Spawn: Ruination summons a Suicide Minion every third time it damages a hero.

Level 10:
See above section.

Level 13:
Beserk: Increase the speed of Suicide Minions by 20% and the cooldown of Ruination is reduced by 1 second for each unit it kills.
Conjoined: Ruination gains a charge while you have an active Vile Effigy.
Dead Ringer: Increase the damage redirected to your Vile Effigy to 75%. If your Vile Effigy is killed before its full duration its cooldown is reduced by 8 seconds.

Level 16:
Foment: Increase the damage dealt by Suicide Minion's explosions by 5% for each second they've been alive.
Sinister Hands: Festering Appendages attack every 0.5 seconds while you have an active Vile Effigy.
Doppelganger: Ruination will spawn two Suicide Minions when it kills an enemy minion or mercenary if you have an active Vile Effigy.

Level 20:
Twisted Lister: Lister's attacks apply an 8% stacking vulnerability to enemy heroes.
Rime: The effect of Hoarfrost fades over 4 seconds instead of instantly ending, and its cooldown is reduced by 0.2 seconds for each enemy minion or mercenary it affected.
Obliteration: Sow The Seeds can now stack to 35% and lasts 15 seconds after being refreshed.
Wake Of Destruction: Increase your movement speed by 1.5% for each enemy unit or structure currently marked with Sow The Seeds.

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Vic1ouS (1) | February 2, 2017 3:58am
HOARFROST has quite a weird implementation, kinda feels like off for a heroic IMO. Sylv had even more effective ult than this one and ppl still didn't use. Guess you don't like the V-shaped progressing ice he uses (also called Hoarfrost) but guess could use the ice mechanic in a different manner, perhaps activate it and have your festering freeze/slow targets hit or sth, but usually PvE-only ults don't quite work
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Crs Grim (33) | July 13, 2016 10:22am
Vile effigy does damage doesn't it?
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kid-karma (2) | July 13, 2016 10:34am
It does, but it's a bit of a gamble to use it offensively because it is your only defensive ability and is on a long cooldown.
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Crs Grim (33) | July 13, 2016 10:50am
ahh interesting!
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Aslo | July 13, 2016 6:21am
Really cool concept, but what is his basic attack speed since some of his abilities and talents are affected by it.
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kid-karma (2) | July 13, 2016 10:58am
Not sure what his basic attack speed would be. I'm more into the general feel of concepts and not so much into the hard numbers.
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Koetetsu (4) | July 12, 2016 1:55am
A couple of questions for your concept:
1. does vile effigy deal damage?
2. if you don't assign a target to the suicide minions do they just attack or auto-suicide on the nearest target?
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kid-karma (2) | July 12, 2016 11:19am
Vile Effigy does deal damage. If you cast Ruination while you have a Vile Effigy up it will also cast Ruination on the exact same spot. You have to find a balance between summoning a Vile Effigy offensively (to deal more damage) and holding on to it in case you need it defensively (to absorb damage dealt to you and let you escape).

Suicide minions would probably just auto attack targets near them if you didn't assign them a target and then just explode where they are standing when their duration expires. Their much more useful if you send them all at a tower or something.
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Koetetsu (4) | July 12, 2016 9:15pm
I see. and how much damage does the Effigy deal? 100%? Also, that's a good implementation of the suicide minions.
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