The Butcher is the definition of feast or famine. His dependence on the trait reward makes him very unstable.
The goal of this rework is to make the Flesh Carver more consistent and less reliant on finishing his "meal" as soon as possible.
Stats
Health increased from 2154 to 2366
Health scaling decreased from 4.49% to 4%
Health Regen increased from 4.4882 to 4.93
Health Regen scaling decreased from 4.49% to 4%
Attack Speed increased from 1.11 to 1.25
Attack Damage increased from 130 to 150
Combat Trait
1
Fresh Meat (Reworked Trait)
Upon dying, nearby enemy Minions and Heroes drop Fresh Meat that you can pick up to gain 1 Attack Damage per Meat. Minions drop 1 Fresh Meat and Heroes drop 10. Lose 20 Fresh Meat upon dying. Stacks up to 100 Attack Damage. The Butcher can keep collecting Fresh Meat even after reaching the maximum bonus.
Damage increased from 110 to 120
Slow decreased from 50% to 40%
Slow duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds
2
Butcher's Brand (W)
Cooldown reduced from 14 to 12 seconds
Damage increased from 37 to 54
Duration decreased from 4 to 3 seconds
3
Ruthless Onslaught (E)
Mana reduced from 50 to 40
Cooldown increased from 15 to 16 seconds
Damage increased from 119 to 160
Heroic Abilities
1
Furnace Blast (R1)
Mana reduced from 75 to 60
Cooldown reduced from 60 to 30 seconds
Damage decreased from 500 to 300
2
Lamb to the Slaughter (R2)
Mana increased from 75 to 90
Now attaches to the lowest Health target instead of the nearest one
LEVEL 1
Chop Meat
Unchanged.
Flail Axe
Moved from Level 4.
Unrelenting Pursuit (Moved from Level 4)(Reworked)
Ruthless Onslaught recharges 200% faster while active.
LEVEL 4
Cheap Shot
Unchanged.
Cleaver (Moved from Level 13)(Reworked)
Increase Hamstring's damage by 25% and its width by 20%.
Victuals (Moved from Level 7)(Reworked)
Picking up Fresh Meat heals The Butcher for 1% of his maximum Health per Meat.
LEVEL 7
Invigoration (Moved from Level 1)
Now says "If Hamstring hits a Hero, reduce its cooldown by 1 second and refund 20 Mana".
Insatiable Blade
Now also reduces the cooldown of Butcher's Brand by 3 seconds.
Meat Shield (Reworked)
Ruthless Onslaught grants 40 Spell Armor while charging and for 2 seconds after impacting an enemy Hero.
LEVEL 13
Brutal Strike
Unchanged.
Flesh Carver (New)
The Butcher's Basic Attacks against Branded Heroes drop 1 Fresh Meat, up to 10 Fresh Meat per Brand.
Savage Charge
Unchanged.
LEVEL 16
Crippling Slam (Reworked)
Increase Hamstring's Slow to 50%.
Heroes hit by Hamstring deal 25% less damage for 3 seconds.
Blood Frenzy (Reworked)
Picking up Fresh Meant grants 4% Attack Speed per Meat for 3 seconds, up to 40%.
Basic Attacks against Heroes refresh the duration of Blood Frenzy.
Enraged
Attack Speed bonus increased from 40% to 50%.
Cooldown now starts once the effect ends.
LEVEL 20
Fires of Hell
Unchanged.
Slaughterhouse (Reworked)
Chained Heroes are Branded and Slowed by 40%. Passive: Takedowns of Branded enemy Heroes reset the cooldown of Lamb to the Slaughter.
Ruthless Rampage (New)
Fresh Meat now increases Ruthless Onslaught's damage by 1% per Meat.
Takedowns reduce Ruthless Onslaught's cooldown by 12 seconds.
Abattoir (New?)
Enemy Minions and Heroes now drop twice as much Fresh Meat.
Increase the maximum Attack Damage bonus from 100 to 200.
A very simple change i would really like on Butcher is for Fresh Meat damage bonus to affect Hamstring. I don't like Hamstring functioning more as an auto reset than a damaging ability. (currently Hamstring resets Butcher's Basic Attack for an instant auto, Q, auto burst)
Other more complicated ides include:
1. Butcher's Brand being a short distance single target pull, adding slightly more utility to Butcher's kit.
2. 16/20 LvL Talent giving Butcher Unstoppable & self taunt against Ruthless Onslaught's target for a few seconds after completing the charge.
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Other more complicated ides include:
1. Butcher's Brand being a short distance single target pull, adding slightly more utility to Butcher's kit.
2. 16/20 LvL Talent giving Butcher Unstoppable & self taunt against Ruthless Onslaught's target for a few seconds after completing the charge.