Heroes of the Storm Build Concept: Tychus

Primary Abilities

Overkill

60 Mana
Cooldown: 14 Seconds
Activate to have your Basic Attacks deal 15% additional damage to the target and 50% damage to nearby targets for 4 seconds.

Frag Grenade

50 Mana
Cooldown: 10 Seconds
Lob a grenade that deals 192 (+4% per level) damage, knocking enemies away.

Run and Gun

50 Mana
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Dash a short distance.

Heroic Abilities

Commandeer Odin

100 Mana
Cooldown: 100 Seconds
Call down an Odin to pilot. The Odin deals increased Damage, has 100% increased Basic Attack range, and uses different Abilities. The Odin has 15 Armor and lasts 23 seconds.

Drakken Laser Drill

100 Mana
Cooldown: 80 seconds
Call down a Laser Drill to attack nearby enemies, dealing 224 (+4% per level) damage every second. Reactivate to assign a new target. Lasts 16 seconds.

Level 1 Talents

Walk the Walk
Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of Run and Gun by 0.5 seconds
[*] !Quest: Use Basic Attacks to reduce the cooldown of Run and Gun 100 times.
[*] !Reward: Run and Gun and Odin's Thrusters gain an additional charge and removes Run and Gun's Mana cost.

Whatever it Takes
[*] !Quest: Hit 25 Heroes with Frag Grenade. Increases the range of Frag Grenade by 25%.
[*] !Reward: Increases Frag Grenade's radius and damage by 25%.

It's Killing Time!
[*] While Overkill is active it increases Tychus's Basic Attack range by 1.5.

Shut Up and Die
[*] Run and Gun increases the damage of Tychus's basic attacks to minions by 75%. Lasts 3 Seconds.

Level 4 Talents

The Bigger They Are...
[*] Increases the damage bonus of minigun to 4% while enemy Heroes are above 35% Health, but Minigun must now be activated. Lasts 2.5 seconds. 12 second cooldown.

Full-Auto
[*] While Overkill is active Tychus's Attack Speed is increased by 15%.

Dash
[*] Run and Gun increases Tychus's Movement Speed by 15% Lasts 2 seconds.

Level 7 Talents

Relentless Soldier
[*] Taking damage grants 1 Armor for 3 seconds, reducing damage taken by 1%. Stacks up to 10 times.

Neosteel Coating
[*] Activate to gain 45 Spell Armor for 3 seconds, reducing Ability Damage taken by 45%. Cooldown: 24 seconds.
Passive: Permanently gain 15 Spell Armor, reducing Ability Damage taken by 15%.

That's the Stuff!
[*] Minigun heals Tychus for 50% of the bonus damage dealt.

Level 13 Talents

Flashbang
[*] Upon being hit by Frag Grenade, Heroes are Blinded for 1.5 seconds, but Frag Grenade no longer has knockback.

Concussion Grenade
[*] Increases Frag Grenade's knockback distance by 100%.

Stun Grenade
[*] Upon being hit by Frag Grenade, enemies are stunned for 0.75 seconds, but Frag Grenade no longer does damage.

Level 16 Talents

Spray 'n' Pray
[*] Every secondary target hit by Overkill reduces it's cooldown by 0.75 seconds.

Grenadier
[*] Each Hero hit by Frag Grenade reduces the cooldown of your next Frag Grenade by 1.25 seconds, up to a maximum of 6.25 seconds.

Combat Tactician
[*] Run and Gun removes Slows and Roots from Tychus.

Level 20 Talents

Big Red Button
[*] Odin lasts 50% longer and Ragnarok Missiles also launches a Nuclear Missile.

Focusing Diodes
[*] Increases the range of the Drakken Laser Drill by 50%. Deals increased damage the longer it remains on a single target, up to 100% extra damage.

Sizzlin' Attacks
[*] While Overkill is active your Basic Attacks deal bonus damage to Heroes equal to 1.5% of their maximum Health. Miniguns' damage now applies to secondary targets.

Titan Grenade
[*] Frag Grenade gains an additional charge and deals bonus damage to Heroes equal to 5% of their maximum Health.

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I very much like your concept, although I think that I would change Overkill to deal a set amount of Spell Damage and that after being activated, duration triggers upon first basic attack.

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[*] Tychus can now attack while moving.

NO GOD PLEASE NOOOO, NOOO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Please don't want this cancer mechanic from OW universe, so much cancer heroes with that.

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I appreciate the comment. The only reason I would implement it is because A. very low range for a ranged assassin and B. to keep up with current high tier heroes. Mura stun, lili/jo blind, or any burst hero would easily be able to counter it, on top of low base damage that only really effects high hp heroes (most of which have either solid defensives or good mobility) I think it would be okay considering that most assassins could easily kill him with very minimal issue. I do agree that it is a hard mechanic to deal with in HoTs, but it is what it is. If tracer/genji were not already high tier, impactful assassins then this would not even be mentioned. Just my take of an assassin in the current meta.

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I'm a tychus fan and like the rework, but 2 questions:
1. How does Overkill work with Minigun on secondary targets? Do they take 1% health damage, .5% health damage, or a flat 50% of the primary target damage?
2. Does Titan Grenade still do damage if you take Stun Grenade? Seems overtuned if it does, especially when you throw Grenadier on top.
Other than that, seems really good and balanced.

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Hi DoctorFoxman,
First I wanted to say thank you for your questions, I really appreciate it! Secondly, I apologize for being unclear as to whether or not Overkill stacks with minigun. It does not. The idea was that while Overkill is active, minigun would not be activated and picking Sizzlin' Attacks at 20 would make overkill work like minigun and also have the splash deal an additional 1.5% max health as damage to the main target and secondary target. As far as the Stun Grenade talent goes the 5% bonus damage would not apply, but you could always pick up the Titan Grenade talent with it to gain an additional charge.

I hope I answered your questions in a way that made sense, lol. Thanks again for your feedback!

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