Heroes of the Storm Build Concept: Bishibosh & Rakanishu

Combat Trait

Rakanishu/Lightning Enchanted(Trait)

Bishibosh is a ranged hero with a Fireball auto attack. He has a slow attack speed but the auto attack does moderate damage and explodes in an area. Bishibosh is worth .75 kills.

Rakanishu is a fast attacking, low damage, melee hero with 10% increased movement speed and is Lightning Enchanted. When Rakanishu takes damage he releases 3 lightning bolts (equidistant from each other, one bolt will always fire the direction Rakanishu is facing), dealing low damage. Bolts travel a medium distance and stop at the first enemy hit. 2 sec cooldown. Rakanishu is worth .25 kills.

Activate trait(D) to resurrect Rakanishu at full HP. 10-15 second cooldown.

Primary Abilities

Fire Chains(Q)

Chains of fire link Bishibosh and Rakanishu. All enemies caught in the chain take low-moderate damage per second. Lasts 5 seconds. 10 second cooldown.

Molten(W)

Gain 20% movement for 3 seconds speed and leave a trail of lava which damage opponents for a low amount of damage per second. Lava remains for 2 seconds from when it was created. Castable on either Bishibosh or Rakanishu. 10 second cooldown.

Health Link(E)

Damage Rakanishu or Bishibosh take is split 50/50. Lasts for 4 seconds. 12 sec cooldown.

Heroic Abilities

Maniac(R1)

Command Rakanishu to move to a location at an increased speed and explode for a high amount damage in a small AoE after 1 second. Killing Rakanishu this way does not grant the opponent experience. 30 second cooldown.

Fallen Enchanted(R2)

Activate to empower the next cast of each of your basic abilities.

Fire Chains - Fire Chains will now also link with one additional hero within a medium range and deals 25% more damage.

Molten - Applies to both Bishibosh and Rakanishu and grants an additional 10% movement speed to its current value.

Health Link - Lasts 1 second longer and Bishibosh and Rakanishu gain 35 additional armor for the duration.

60 second cooldown. Cooldown begins once all effects are used.

Talents

Level 1
Eternal Burn(Q) - Quest - For each hero damaged by Fire Chains permanently extend its duration by .05 seconds up to 2 seconds. Upon completion of the quest Fire Chains will now link to the nearest allied Hero.

Electrified(Trait) - Quest - Each time Lightning Enchanted is activated its damage is permanently increased by a small amount. After 25 activations the number of bolts released is increased by 1. After 50 activations the number of bolts is increased by 1.

Avenger(Trait) - When Rakanishu dies Bishibosh gains a 20% increase to movement speed, attack speed, and attack damage.

Level 4
Illusory Boots(W) - You can now move through targets while Molten is active. Lava remains for 1 additional second.

Focused Efforts - Increase Rakanishu's attack damage by 10%. Every 4 auto attacks performed by Rakanishu will cause Bishibosh to fire a Fireball at the nearest enemy, preferring heroes.

Shocking Surprise(Trait) - Lightning Enchanted activates upon death and resurrection. Lightning Enchanted gains 1 additional bolt.

Level 7
Shockronization(E) - Damage transferred to Bishibosh will now cause Lightning Enchanted to activate at his location as well. Gain 25 armor during Health Link.

Juggernaut (Active) - Activate to remove all roots and slows from Bishibosh and Rakanishu and gain the Molten effect. 60 second cooldown.

Embers (Q) - Auto attacks received during Fire Chains will cause embers to fire back at the target dealing a small amount of damage over 3 seconds and reduce their auto attack damage by 15% for the duration.

Level 10
Maniac(R1) - See above.

Fallen Enchanted(R2) - See above.

Level 13
Burning Chains(Q) - Bishibosh and Rakanishu gain a fiery aura while Fire Chains is active, dealing a small amount of damage per second in a small area around them.

Eruption (W) - When the Molten effects ends an explosion occurs dealing medium damage and knocking enemies back a short distance.

Lightning Blade (Active) - For 5 seconds all of Rakanishu's auto attacks will cause Lightning Enchanted to activate. 40 second cooldown.

Level 16
Desecrator(Trait) - If Bishibosh auto attacks a hero currently affected by Fire Chains or a Molten trail they will take additional damage equal to 10% of their max HP.

The Weakest Link (E) - The first enemy within a medium range to damage Bishibosh or Rakanishu during Health Link will have a link extended to them causing them to receive 25% of all damage dealt to Bishibosh and Rakanishu.

Lasting Lightning(Q) - Quest - Hit heroes with Lightning Enchanted. After 20 hits lightning bolts will travel 25% further. After 40 hits lightning bolts will travel an additional 25% further. After 60 hits lightning bolts will now pierce through 1 target.

Level 20
Maniacally Unleashed(R1) - Rakanishu casts Maniac on death as well.

Rewind Enchanted(R2) - Upon activation of Fallen Enchanted reset all cooldowns of basic abilites.

Surging Lightning (Trait) - The damage and size of each bolt grows the further it travels, up to 50%.

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Good idea, a lot of details, nice concept :D

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I really like idea to combine these two.

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Thanks! I've updated the kit a bit more. I needed to add more interaction to the kit between the two heroes. I'm still fleshing out the talents.

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