Skibi (v6.0) by Therson

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Skibi (v6.0)

By: Therson
Last Updated: Dec 3, 2025
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Skibi (v6.0)

Castle Tower Defender

Description

After defending her castle from all sorts of monsters and villains, Skibi lead a life of solitude. Less and less players came to join her and play her games. Was this the end for Skibi? As it turned out, there was one last game for her to play, and it is just on the other side of the Nexus...

Yes! The Nexus is truly a place she can defend and play her games. However she is not alone...followed by a horde of Bun Buns and Crispy Zergs, Cuddletauren and the Shrapnel Trainee, and even Kandy Man, this place, this...Nexus is where the real games begin.
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About

Skibi is a Blizzard-created host of a mini-game in Warcraft III called Skibi's Castle TD. Though she had a similar model to Jaina in it, she was regarded to be the owner of the Castle players so desperately tried to defend with their gold. During each wave of attacks, players played mini-games to try and earn more gold to help defend Skibi's castle. 

As players, we all know there is more to Blizzard than just the Big Three (Diablo, World of Warcraft, and Starcraft). The Lost Vikings are just an example of a non-Big Three game that is making its mark on Heroes of the Storm. I wanted to try and include something that impacted Warcraft III in a way without choosing one of the major campaign characters (because then it'd just be World of Warcraft related instead of other Blizzard games created). Skibi's Castle TD seemed like a perfect choice, not only because it helped lead to the creation of other popular custom games on the Warcraft III Battle.net, but because Blizzard could get away with it. 

The reason I choose Skibi instead of popular custom game advocates because Blizzard created Skibi's Castle TD themselves. For example, I toiled with the idea of adding Duke Wintermaul, from the Wintermaul TD series, but I decided against it simply based on the fact that it was user created instead of Blizzard created. If they were to turn that into an actual character, and the creator decided all of the sudden 'Oh I want royalties for you using my created character!' then they'll just run into an issue as they did with the famous custom map DotA. There is a reason Blizzard doesn't own Dota 2.

Anyhow! I built Skibi to be fairly decent all the way around. Her greatest kicker is being able to help dominate in team fights. With having a combat trait that helps lower her cooldown on abilities, she can help dish out serious damage with her primary abilities on heroes, units, and structures. Think of her as something similar to Nazeebo with an ax to grind.

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Stats

Health: 1600 (+4%/level)
Health Regen: 3.2 (+4%/level)

Mana: 500 (+10/level)
Mana Regen: 4 (+0.975/level)

Attack Damage: 70 (+4%/level)
Attack Speed: 1.11 
Attack Range: 5.5

Difficulty: Easy

Pros:

-Great team fight capability
-Strong siege damage capability
-Decent ability cooldowns
-Powerful lane presence


Cons:

-Poor escape ability
-Constant low mana due to shorter ability cooldowns
-Low basic attack

Synergies With:

-Malfurion
-Arthas
-Maiev


Countered By:

-Tracer
-Fenix
-Valeera


Color Scheme:

-Skibi
-Wintermaul Skibi
-Blackrook Skibi

Combat Trait

1
Catch the Bun Buns!
Defeated enemy units drop a tiny Bun Bun. Defeated enemy Heroes drop a big Bun Bun. The Bun Buns will only last for 10 seconds before running away. Collecting tiny Bun Buns will decrease the cooldown of all non-Heroic cooldowns by 0.10 seconds. Big Bun Buns will decrease the cooldown of all non-Heroic cooldowns by 0.30 seconds.

Primary Abilities

1
Extermination
Skibi sends fourth a little skink followed by Cuddletauren in a straight line. The skink will deal 183 (+4% per level) damage to every enemy unit, mercenary, or hero it crawls under. After 1 second, Cuddletauren will slam the ground stunning nearby enemy units, non-boss mercenaries, and heroes for 0.75 second. Cuddletauren cannot be sent through buildings or walls.

Mana Cost: 75
Cooldown: 14
2
Crispy Zerg
Skibi sends fourth a cone of little Zerglings on fire. Targets hit will take 197 (+4% per level) damage over the course of 6 seconds

Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 12
3
Shrapnel
Skibi sends fourth the Shrapnel Trainee to run to the target location. At the target location, the shrapnel will hit the Trainee, causing the ground to explode, dealing 245 (+5% per level) damage in a medium-sized area of effect. Shrapnel Trainee pushes enemy heroes, mercenaries, and units out of the way and cannot sent through buildings.

Mana Cost: 60
Cooldown: 16

Secondary Abilities

1
Shrapnel (Second Cast)
This can only be used during the first cast of Shrapnel. Make the shrapnel land earlier at the Trainee's current location.

Heroic Abilities

1
Kandy Man
Skibi calls upon the Kandy Man to follow her and support her. Kandy Man will last for 24 seconds or until death. Bun Buns that are created near Kandy Man are taken into his stomach to hold until his death. Kandy Man will prioritize attacking structures and deal 1.35x the damage to structures. Upon death, Kandy Man drops all the Bun Buns he was holding for Skibi to pick up. Kandy Man can hold up to 20 Bun Buns at once time. Kandy Man’s basic attack will be 136 (+4% per level) damage per second. 

Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90
2
Skibi's Castle
Skibi summons her Castle from the depths of her realm to rise up and defend the target area for 10 seconds. Skibi cannot move or attack while this is being channeled. Skibi will gain 20 armor while channeling this. Skibi’s Castle will deal 155 (+4% per level) damage per second. Right-click to change your target. This can be stopped early.   

Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 85

Talents

Level 1

Rabbit Stew: Bun Buns now heals 0.5% health and 0.5% mana every time you pick one up. 

Lane Defender: Activate to give a friendly structure 10% of its total health as a shield that lasts for 10 seconds. This cannot affect the Core. This has a cooldown of 30 seconds.

Build Support: Kill enemy minions to gain stacks of Bribe. Use 20 stacks to bribe target mercenary, instantly defeating them. Each 10 stacks of Bribe makes Skibi drop 3 tiny Bun Buns around her. Does not work on Bosses.

Level 4

War Pig: Extermination now has Cuddletauren chasing a War Pig instead of a little skink. The War Pig does 2x the damage if it runs into a building.

Mercenary Lord: Siege and bruiser mercenaries near your hero deal 50% more damage.

Plagued Rat: Extermination now has Cuddletauren chasing a plagued rat instead of little skink. The plagued rat will also deal an additional 100 (+4% per level) damage to enemy minions, mercenaries, and Heroes over the course of 5 seconds.


Level 7

Burning Oil: Shrapnel now deals 80 (+5% per level) damage per second for 5 seconds to enemy units, heroes, and buildings that are hit by shrapnel's explosion. This damage is doubled on buildings.

Explosive Bun Buns: Any Bun Buns not taken will explode and deal 50 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemy units, heroes, and buildings. Damage against enemy Heroes is reduced by 50%. Bun Buns have a small area of effect around them indicated by a circle on the ground that all players can see.

Hoofing It: Extermination's stun now deals 130 (+4% per level) damage

Level 10
(Already mentioned up above)

Level 13

Ghost of Critter Past: Extermination now enables the critter and Cuddletauren to go through buildings, the critter now dealing damage to any buildings they go through. 

Zerg Rushed: Crispy Zerg now travels twice as wide and twice as far now

Sprint: Activate to gain 75% movement speed for 3 seconds.

Level 16

Bombardment: Shrapnel now fires one more shrapnel shell that hits 1.5 seconds after the initial one lands.

Mini-Game: After collecting 10 Bun Buns, your next spell cast is free and its cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds.

Bun Bun Barrage: After collecting 5 Bun Buns of any type, your next basic ability deals 35% increased damage to Heroes.

Level 20

Kandy Krew: When Kandy Man is summoned, for each three Bun Buns he collects he will spit up a Kandy Krewman which will prioritize attack nearby enemy units and deal half Kandy Man’s amount of basic attack damage. When Kandy Man’s time runs out or he is killed, all Kandy Krewmen will disappear. 

Tower Defense: Skibi’s Castle’s attack now bounce 5 times to nearby enemy units, heroes, and buildings, dealing 20% less damage for each bounce.

Bonus Wave: Activating this and targeting an allied minion clones it at full health, removing one charge. Has 3 charges. Cannot be used on mercenaries or bosses. This has a 15 second cooldown per charge.

In-Game Quotes

Store Greeting - Pre Purchase: "Hello there! Want to play a game?"
Purchase: "Yahooo! Let's do this!"
Store Greeting - Post Purchase: "You've returned!"
Try Mode: "Let me show you what games I play!"
Ready: "Let's go defend!"
Intro - Greeting Jaina: "Hey, I used to have an outfit just like that!"
Intro - Greeting E.T.C.: "Come on, let Skibi rock your world!"
Intro - Greeting Sgt. Hammer: "Hey now, you better not point that thing at my towers, you hear?"
Intro - Greeting Valla: "You look like you need a hug! Do you need a hug, demon hunter?"
Intro - Greeting Brightwing: "Yay! Another fun friend to play games with!"
Intro - Greeting Tracer: "Over-Watch? What is that? Is that some kind of new game!?"
Intro - Greeting Medivh: "Heeyy...I remember you!"
Intro - Greeting Probius: "You are -just- the cutest thing ever!"
Intro - Greeting Hogger: "Awh, why won't anybody play with you big guy?"
Intro - Greeting Positive: "I've got the perfect game to play!"
Intro - Greeting Negative: "I hope you're not out to ruin my fun..."
Intro - Response Positive: "I'll be happy to play with you!"
Intro - Response Negative: "Hmph, you're such a buzz kill..."
What 1: "Yes?"
What 2: "What's up?"
Humorous 1: "Umm...can I help you?"
Humorous 2: "Oh wait I know what this is..."
Humorous 3: "We used to have this back where I came from, now quick Skibi...think of something funny!"
Humorous 4: "Who's your Skibi? *giggle*"
Humorous 5: "Out of mana?! There is no spoon!"
Humorous 6: "Greed is good 10,000. What? Don't look at me like that, I have to pay the players some how!"
Humorous 7: "Yes, I saw that adorable baby Murloc in a bunny outfit...I thought it was a different version of Funny Bunny Egghunt"
Humorous 8: "There are more creeps here than that Monolith game!"
Humorous 9: "I always dreamed I was going to be apart of the Azeroth Grand Prix one day. But then I landed this cushy job!"
Humorous 10: "I'm just towering over the competition huh? Hehe...get it? Tower? Defense? Oh nevermind."
Humorous 11: "*singing tone* Oh Skibi, oh Skibi, rain down that sweet gold..." (A joke similar to the Rapunzel rhyme)
Hearthstone: "I'm gonna head back now, mmkay?"
Move 1: "Over here?"
Move 2: "Let's go!"
Move 3: "Alright!"
Getting Healed: "Thanks for the patch-up!"
Attack 1: "Let's get 'em!"
Attack 2: "Careful, I play rough!"
Attack 3: "Tag! Your it!"
Casting Kandy Man: "Get 'em big guy!"
Casting Skibi's Castle: "I will defend until my very last life!"
Killing a Hero 1: "You should've defended better!"
Killing a Hero 2: "It's okay, you have more lives...right?"
Killing a Hero 3: "Come back and play again!"
Killing Murky: "You are just to young to play this game!"
Killing Jaina: "Ahh! Oh, for a minute I thought I killed myself..." 
Killing E.T.C.: "Rocked a little bit to hard, huh?"
Killing Brightwing: "Come back and play again!"
Death: "Oh no!"
Revived: "Good thing I have more than one life!"
Ping - Kill Hero: "Let's play with this hero!"
Ping - Capture Mercs: "Let's play with these Mercenaries!"
Ping - Help Ally: "Let's defend our friend!"
Ping - Help Me: "I need some extra defense over here!"
Ping - Destroy Fort: "Let's play by this fort!"
Ping - Defend Fort: "Help me defend this fort!"

Skin Concepts

Castle Crasher Skin: Skibi's hair is tied back in one long purple ponytail. She would be wearing a bright purple-pink colored robe, with a matching cloak. On the back of the cloak, there would be a large pint of the outline of her castle. Her staff would be a long, wooden one with a crystal-like ball at the top. What would make this staff unique is a number will always be shown in the box mirroring the number of kills your team has. It does not affect her abilities whatsoever and is merely an ascetic 

Tycoon Skibi: Being the defender of a Castle, Tycoon Skibi is very skilled in negotiating deals for the best of towers. This look will have Skibi dressed in almost a business suit, where is staff is replaced by a fancy looking walking stick. Her hair will be short or tied back in a single ponytail, to help give that 'business professional' look. 

Zookeeper Skibi: Needing to house all the little critters and crispy zergs, Skibi used her excess Gold to help fund a new Zoo, one that...is very capable of defending itself. This look will put Skibi into a Zookeeper-isk costume, where she'd have a single ponytail and a ball cap. She'd wear typical cargo shorts and button up shirts with a few pockets that will help give an iconic Zookeeper look.

Summoner of the Raven Lord: Taking on a more serious role, Summoner Skibi will summon forth all sorts of foul creatures for her master so he can accomplish his dark tasks. Her outfit takes on much more of a look like Disney's Maleficient, where she has dark flowing robes and raven-black hair. Her staff is now replaced with something dark and foreboding, a small raven sitting on top of it.

Updates

v0.02: Adds the beginning stats and added more to her description.
v0.03: Fixed the Talents section so it is easier to read.
v0.04: Added In-Game Quotes and Skin Ideas, make the description prettier.
v0.05: Added in pros & cons
v0.06: Redone quotes and added many more
v1.00: Completely finished the rest of Skibi's information. Put in mana and cooldown for her abilities, made the Talents and Abilities nicer to look at.
v1.01: Added some more quotes 
v1.02: Rounded up her speech (think I have everything they need to say now) and edited her Cons.
v1.03: Edited some of her quotes so it didn't sound 'bland', added more to my notes down below.
v1.04: Edited some of her quotes, added a second skin idea.
v1.05: Added more to her description and added an About section up at the top. Enjoy!
v1.06: Completely redid her talent section, and brushed it up so its nicer to read instead of a jumble of words everywhere.
v1.07: Edited her quotes (again)
v1.08: Added her Master Skin idea.
v1.09: Changed Kandy Man's duration from 45 to 30 seconds.
v1.10: Added new quotes, updates icons to look nicer, removed the Level 20 talent: Bolt of the Storm and replaced it with Bonus Wave.
v2.0: A few updates since Heroes 2.0 came out. Changed the name of her Master Skin to Castle Crasher, decreased the cooldown from Catch the Bun Buns, added in a new quote. Edited a new functionality to Extermination and Sharpnel, and edited the Level 16 Talent: Rocket-Propelled Shrapnel
v2.01: Minor updates on grammar and spelling, edited the cooldown reduction on Catch the Bun Buns!
v3.00: A few more updates since the 2018 Gameplay Changes are live. Reworked her talents a bit (fixed a few spelling errors that were missed), edited Skibi's Castle Level 10 talent so it can be able to recast.
v3.10: Fixed broken links on pictures, added the newest concepts to my other hero concepts at the bottom, edited a few grammar errors added a synergy/counter list.
v3.2: Fixed broken links for pictures, changed her role from Specialist to Ranged Assassin due to the 2019 Gameplay Changes, added a new skin.
v3.3: Added Color Schemes to her base skin and fixed a few spelling errors
v4.0: Balanced her stats a bit, buffed health, basic attack damage, basic attack level scaling, and Extermination baseline damage. Buffed Kandy Man's baseline damage, decreased mana cost and cooldown. Increased Skibi's Castle baseline damage. Changed Calldown: MULE to Repair Structure and Bribe to Build Support for more character personalization. Buffed the Hoofing It damage. Changed the Kandy Krew spawn requirement from 5 to 3 Bun Buns. Added a bounce limit for the Tower Defense talent. Added Possible Talent Builds.
v4.1: Calculated scaling and adjusted accordingly. Buffed Crispy Zerg's damage from 25 to 95.
v4.2: Adjusted how Skibi's Castle targets foes and clarified the ability to cancel it early.
v4.3: Fixed broken picture links
v5.0: Hit 10k views! Big update time! Updated broken picture links (AGAIN). Added a into quote for Hogger. After finding the formula for damage calculation, I realized a lot of the abilities were drastically underpowered. Extermination damage increased from 110 to 183, and scaling decreased from 5% to 4%. Rewrote the damage on Crispy Zerg, instead of doing 95 damage a second for 7 seconds, Crispy Zerg will now deal a total of 197 damage over 7 seconds. Increased Shrapnel damage from 150 to 245 and nerfed scaling from 5.5% to 5%. Additionally, reworded Shrapnel so the damage should be clearer as to how it works. Nerfed Kandy Man's attack from 140 to 136 but buffed scaling from 2% to 4%. Buffed Skibi's Castle damage from 145 to 170. Buffed Plagued Rat (Level 1 talent) damage from 30 to 100 damage and nerfed scaling from 7% to 4%. In addition, Plagued Rat's damage is now in total over 5 seconds, instead of occurring per second. Nerfed Lane Defender (Level 1 talent) from 15% to 10%, it can no longer affect the core, and it now has a 30 second cooldown (where I apparently forgot to add one before). Nerfed Rabbit Stew (Level 4 talent) mana return from 1% to 0.5%. Reworked Explosive Bun Buns (Level 7 talent) so that they cannot be attacked anymore but instead have a visible circle so that enemies can avoid them. Added a 10 second cooldown to Bonus Wave (Level 20 talent) per charge. Added a 30 second cooldown to Rush the Castle! (Level 20 talent) per charge and nerfed the charges from 3 to 2. Fixed links to other concepts.
v5.1: The big 5.0 update for Skibi was actually so large on my end that I didn't publish 5.0 because I didn't feel done with it. So in working on it some more, the 5.0 update consists of the big damage and scaling changes, and the 5.1 update will consist of talent changes for Skibi. Changes: Removed possible talent builds. This will be re-added later. Plagued Rat was moved from Level 1 to Level 7, War Pig was moved from Level 1 to Level 4, Rabbit Stew was moved from Level 4 to Level 1, Repair Building (Level 4 talent) was removed, Build Support was moved from Level 4 to Level 1, BBQ Zerg (Level 7 talent) was removed, Flamestruck Zerg (Level 7 talent) was removed, Mercenary Lord was moved from Level 7 to Level 4, Bombardment was moved from Level 13 to Level 16, Hoofing It was moved from Level 16 to Level 7, Sprint was moved from Level 16 to Level 13, Rush the Castle! was moved from Level 20 to Level 16.
v5.2: Enemy Heroes will now drop three Bun Buns. Increased Catch the Bun Buns! duration before they escape from 7 seconds to 10 seconds and increased ability cooldown per Bun Bun from 0.15s to 0.20s. Increased the cooldown of Crispy Zerg from 6 seconds to 12 seconds. Increased the cooldown of Shrapnel from 8 seconds to 15 seconds. Increased Extermination cooldown from 10 seconds to 14 seconds. Fixed consistency issues in abilities.
v5.5: Rabbit Stew (Level 1 Talent) healing nerfed from 1% per Bun Bun to 0.5%, changed up functionality of Burning Oil (Level 4 Talent), swapped Burning Oil talent with Plagued Rat talent, removed Rocket-Propelled Shrapnel (Level 16 Talent) and replaced it with Mini-Game (Level 16 Talent), Bonus Wave (Level 20 Talent) charges buffed from 4 to 5
v6.0 Rework: Buffed base health, health regen, mana regen, and attack damage. Reworked Catch the Bun Buns to prevent a worrisome snowballing effect in team fights. Removed Extermination's ability to displace heroes and nerfed the stun. Nerfed the DoT on Crispy Zerg from 7 seconds to 6. Nerfed Kandy Man's duration and structure damage bonus. Nerfed Skibi's Castle cooldown and damage, but added armor to Skibi while channeling. Nerfed Lane Defender from 15% to 10%. Clarified Build Support to specify Tiny Bun Buns. Nerfed the damage of Explosive Bun Buns by 50% against heroes. Removed Rush the Castle! talent (Level 16) and replaced it with Bun Bun Barrage. Nerfed Tower Defense and Bonus Wave talents.

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The Mystery | January 24, 2016 5:14am
Very interesting concept with the thing
You did work on this a lot right?
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Therson (4) | March 2, 2016 10:50pm
Indeed so! I'm glad you find it interesting!
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