Rakanoth by Porco

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Rakanoth

By: Porco
Last Updated: Aug 16, 2026
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Rakanoth

Healer hunter

Rework of an old concept.

Rakanoth is a anti heal assassin, very good against double support comps. His passive makes ennemies healers less efficient, and his execution is good to kill backlane.
He also has a lot a tricks, like the ability to steal ennemy health globes, summon lickers to harass backlane, slow heroic skills cooldowns, lifesteel... Each of his heroic skills have two improvement options instead of usual one, and the fifth level 20 talent is also and heroic upgrade.

STATISTICS
HEALTH 1,800
MANA 500
ATK SPEED 1.00
DAMAGE 140
RANGE 2.5

Combat Trait

1
Mark of despair
Everytime rakanoth deals damages to an ennemy, this ennemy is affected by mark of despair for one second.
Ennemy affected by mark of despair receive 40% less heal from any sources. Every new aplication refresh its duration

Primary Abilities

1
Blades of despair
CD 8s , Mana 30 , radius 3

Your next basic attacks cleaves on a medium half circle and deals 70 additional damages every second for 3 seconds.
2
Wind of decay
CD 8s , Mana 50, range 7

After 0.25 seconds, throw 5 bolts in spread pattern. Each of those bolts deals 90 damages to the first ennemy hit, and slow him by 20% for 2 seconds.
3
Execution
CD 16s , Mana 70 , range 14 , radius 2.5

Creates a small circle on targeted enemy hero location. After 1 second, Teleports to that circle and deals 420 damages to the target if he stand in the circle

Heroic Abilities

1
Sorrow
CD 60s , Mana: 70 , radius 7.5

Create a large pool of decay at rakanoth's location for 6 seconds. This aera deals 30 damages per seconds and slow by 10% for one second.
2
Perv link
CD 60s , Mana 50 , range 6.5

Creates a link between you and an ennemy. This link is broken when the enemy go out of range.
An enemy affected by perv link is silenced and suffer 20 damages per second. Those damages apply mark of despair.
Last a maximum of 6 seconds.

LEVEL 1 - quest

Total despair
Quest: apply mark of despair on enemy heroes
Reward: after spending 60 seconds applying mark of decay, its heal reduction is increased up to 50%
Reward: after spending 120 seconds applying mark of decay, its heal reduction is increased up to 60%

Poisoned blades
Quest: hit enemy heroes with blades of despair.
Reward: after hitting 15 heroes, increases duration by one second
Reward: after hitting 30 heroes, increase damages by 100%

Decay tornado
Quest: hit enemy heroes with wind of decay
Reward: after hitting 10 heroes, add 2 more bolts.
Reward: after hitting 20 heroes, add again 2 more bolts
Reward: after hitting 40 heroes, wind of decay throw a total of 16 bolts in nova around rakanoth

LEVEL 4 - misc

Crushing blades
Blade of decay decrease physical armor by 25 for 3 seconds.
Its cooldown is decreased by one second for each hero hit

Spiritual execution
Enemies in execution's aera have -40 spell power for 3 seconds

Hope stealer.
Basic attacks deals 75% more damages to non heroic non structure
Rakanoth can pick red healing globes. Red healing globes effects are increased by 20%.

level 7 - damages

Pinning winds.
Increases wind of decay range by 25% and damages 20%. Wind of decay pierces through the first enemy hit.

Hauting winds.
Winds of decay slow the enemies for 40%. In addition, one second after been hit, enemies suffers an additionnal 60 damages.

Devour
Cooldown 60 seconds
Activate to deal 8% of target enemy Hero's Max Health and heal for that amount.
If enemy were affected by mark of despair, doubles the damages.

level 13 - despair

Mark of weakness
Enemies affected by mark of despair have -5 armor per second. Up to -25 armor.

Mark of deny.
Enemies affected by mark of despair have theyr heroic ability's cooldown running 50% slower.

Grief
Mark of despair last 3 seconds

level 16 - backlane hunt

Insidious strike
Increases execution's range and radius by 50%. Execution can also be launched on ally, dealing no damages.

Murder
If execution kills an ennemy hero, its cooldown is decreased by 13 seconds and its mana cost is refund.

Summon lickers
Secondary - 60 seconds cooldown
Summon two fast-moving lickers that will attack targeted ennemy.
Each leecher last a maximum of 5 seconds, have 400 hp, and deals 50 damages per second, applying mark of despair

level 20

Tears fest
All heals canceled by mark of despair during sorrow heals rakkanoth for 120% of the canceled amout.
Increases sorrow's slow effect up to 20%.

Pain
Sorrow's aera is extended to the whole map, revealing enemies for its duration.

Perv chain
Increases perv link range by 50% and duration by 2 seconds.

Suffering link
Increases perv link damages by 300% and heals rakanoth for the amount of damages dealt.

Mark of agony
heroic ability cooldown runs 20% faster for each enemy hero affected by mark of despair.
Activate trait to create a medium-radius aura of decay around rakanoth for 3 seconds.
Apply mark of despair to enemies in the aura - 60 seconds cooldown.

Skins : zerg / pirate / transformer

Pyramid head / egyptian / construction robot

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DiabloHunter | August 31, 2026 4:13am
I hate Rakanoth from the actual game, because every time I get charged at he slashes me once and if I don't have one of those life-save things I die, but I love the concept idea - it's a very cool melee assassin idea, like Ana but a damage dealer. I also like the images for skins
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Porco (1) | September 1, 2026 6:22am
Thanks!
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matrix123mko (8) | July 25, 2019 1:27am
I hate this monstrosity.
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Porco (1) | July 25, 2019 4:33am
the character or my concept?
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