Rafaam by MagolorTheGreat

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Rafaam

By: MagolorTheGreat
Last Updated: Sep 30, 2016
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Rafaam

The Arch-Thief

Many adventurers and historians go deep into unexplored territory in order to find rare artifacts that expand our knowlege of our forefathers. Rafaam, self proclaimed "Supreme Archeologist", however, is more content on simply searching the many worlds for the strongest artifacts to appropriate. After attempting to permanently borrow the staff of origination from the League of Explorers, the ethereal ventures into the nexus to further his quest for power

Combat Trait

1
"Discover"
replace your Shadow of Nothing ability with an untalented version of the last non-heroic ability the target enemy hero has used. This ability persists until Rafaam is killed.

Cooldown: 20 Seconds

Does not work on Gall

Primary Abilities

1
Shadow of Nothing
This ability could be anything, even a Shadow of Nothing!
2
Lantern of Power
Give an allied hero a moderate shield and a boost to attack speed for 4 seconds.

Cooldown: 12 Seconds
3
Mirror of Doom
Summon a group of 5 mummy zombies around Rafaam, mummy zombies will attack the nearest enemy and deal minor damage for 8 seconds.

Prioritizes enemy heroes.

Cooldown: 18 seconds

Secondary Abilities

1
Discard
Set ability 1 back to Shadow of Nothing.

Cooldown: 1 second

Heroic Abilities

1
Timepiece of Horror
Slows down all enemy heroes on the map by 15% for 3 seconds

Cooldown: 100 seconds
2
Staff of Origination
Rafaam gathers power for 3 seconds, locking himself into Stasis, then unleashes a blast dealing massive damage around him and knocking enemies back.

Rafaam then exhausts the Staff, slowing himself by 30% for 3 seconds

Cooldown: 90 seconds

Talents

I don't have enough ideas for a full list, but here is some ideas that i can currently think of.

Void Lantern: Lantern of Power loses its attack speed bonus, but gains ability power.

Empty board: Mirror of Doom summons 7 mummy zombies.

Animated Armour: Lantern of Power gives 2 stacks of Block.

Lamp Oil: Lantern of Power lasts 2 more seconds.

Turncoat: Rafaam gains 1 stack of Special offer for every nearby minion death. At 20 stacks, Rafaam can spend them to instantly kill a neutral mercenary, Rafaam can also spend 10 stacks to instantly kill an enemy mercenary instead.

Maximum 80 stacks

Set Up Lethal: Lantern of Power now gives a 10% damage boost against enemies who are 25% health or lower.

Cursed Hands: Mummy zombies now slow for 10% on attack.

Face is the Place: Mummy zombies now prioritize enemy structures and deal 20% increased damage to structures.

Mummy Mania: Mirror of Doom cooldown reduced by 3 seconds.

Tank Up!: Lantern of Power shield increased.

Spare Power: Casting Lantern of Power on an ally gives Rafaam an untalented shield as well.

Burglar: Lowers the cooldown of "Discover" by 10 seconds.

Charge: Mummy Zombies move 20% faster.

Find of the Century!: Discover can now copy heroic abilities (Level 20 Talent).

Aggro Metagame: Timepiece of Horror also gives your allies across the map 20% movespeed (Level 20 Talent).

Rafaam Unleashed: Staff of Origination now charges for 2.5 seconds and gives rafaam 20% resistance for 3 seconds afterwards (Level 20 Talent).

Other

Rafaam is a specalist that can take on both the role of a splitpusher and a secondary support as needed. His ability thief mechanic is obviously based on Dota's Rubick, but considering hots already has dota clones (Stitches = Pudge, Rexxar = Lone Druid etc.) I think this game can get away with using a fun idea like that.

Timepeice of horror's effect is nothing like the card, but I don't think hots has any RNG mechanics and changing how it targets would probably just lead to a Jug of 1000 Cups that damages instead of heals.

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