Ulrezaj by Maximus Ultima

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Ulrezaj

By: Maximus Ultima
Last Updated: Oct 25, 2022
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Ulrezaj

Dark Archon Hero Concept

Ulrezaj is an exceptionally powerful Dark Archon born from the merging of 7 Dark Templar, and is controlled by and named after the dominant and most powerful personality.

Ulrezaj is one of the single most potent combatants in Starcraft history. Even among the already immensely powerful Dark Archons, Ulrezaj's power is unmatched, and unlike other Dark Archons, who tend to burn out quickly, Ulrezaj was able to sustain himself through the sacrifice of his cult followers and the absorption of energies on Ehlna. However, despite his longevity and power, he was still very much driven mad by the constant agony all Dark Archons are afflicted with and the emotional turmoil of being multiple people at once.
As a Dark Archon, Ulrezaj drew much of his power from the Void, so much so that he actually leaked Void energies into his surroundings, resulting in the corrosion and scorching of normal matter in close proximity to him. His very presence was lethal.
Due to his immense power, many of his opponents find that evading him and wearing him down over time was more effective than attempting to stand firm against him.

Ulrezaj takes the role of a Bruiser, but is himself designed to counter Bruisers. He is a fearsome foe in CQC and extended fights, but struggles against more flighty foes. Taking him head-on is extremely dangerous. Kiting him out or poking him down is a much safer and more effective alternative.



Void Corrosion is Ulrezaj's Trait. Each time Ulrezaj damages an enemy, he applies a stack of Void Corrosion. Enemies with Void Corrosion take damage over time, and additional stacks increase the amount of time they take damage for. Ulrezaj also gains Shields from the damage dealt to enemy Heroes by Void Corrosion.
Ulrezaj is largely balanced around this mechanic. Many of his talents revolve around having stacks of Void Corrosion on his targets.

Obliterate resets Ulrezaj's Attack Period and empowers his next Basic Attack, causing it to deal double damage in an area and deal Spell Damage instead of Physical Damage.
Since Obliterate is essentially a modified Basic Attack, it also applies all effects Ulrezaj's normal Basic Attacks would.

Chaotic Torrent shocks an enemy with Void lightning, electrifying them and dealing additional damage over time for up to 3 seconds. If there is another enemy nearby, the lightning will instead jump to that enemy, and can spread to any enemy it has not already hit.
Because Chaotic Torrent lingers on its target if there are no eligible targets nearby, it will deal more damage to a single target if that target is isolated.

Ablating Presence passively creates a damaging AoE around Ulrezaj that also Slows enemies based on how many stacks of Void Corrosion they are afflicted with. Activating this ability increases its radius significantly for 4 seconds.

Maelstrom is Ulrezaj's first Heroic Ability. It places an AoE at Ulrezaj's location that Silences and deals damage in an area for 6 seconds.

Confusion is Ulrezaj's second Heroic Ability. It deals damage in an area and Stuns Heroic enemies and their Summons, but Confuses most other enemy units, causing them to become hostile to everything on the map and attack each other and things around themselves for 5 seconds.

Finally, Voidwalk is Ulrezaj's Special Mount. This teleports Ulrezaj a short distance, dealing damage in an area. This ability has a low cooldown, but its cooldown only recharges while Ulrezaj is out of combat, so he cannot Blink around a teamfight like a beefy Zeratul. This is primarily meant to aid in map traversal, not in-combat mobility.

Combat Trait

1
[Trait] Void Corrosion
Maximum Stacks: 10
Stack Decay Rate: 1/sec.
Stack Decay Damage: 20
Shield: 100% of Damage Dealt
Shield Duration: 3 sec.
Damaging enemies afflicts them with 1 stack of Void Corrosion, stacking up to 10. Void Corrosion stacks decay at a rate of 1 per second and deal 20 damage whenever they decay.
Any additional stacks of Void Corrosion applied to an enemy already afflicted by 10 decay instantly and reset the decay duration timer.

Void Corrosion Shields Ulrezaj for 100% of the damage it deals to Heroes for 3 seconds. Gaining more Shields from Void Corrosion does not refresh the duration of existing Shields.
2
[D] Reconstitution
Cooldown: 15 sec.
Healing: 50% of Shields Consumed
Activate Void Corrosion to consume all Shields granted by it, healing Ulrezaj by 50% of the Shields consumed.

This ability requires the level 4 talent Reconstitution.
3
[Basic Attack] Void Blast
Damage: 80
Attack Speed: 1/sec.
Range: 4.5
Basic Attacks heal Ulrezaj for 10% of the damage they deal, increased to 25% against Heroes.

Primary Abilities

1
[Q] Obliterate
Cooldown: 5 sec.
Mana Cost: 40
Damage: 160
Radius: 6
Arc: 90°
Ulrezaj's next Basic Attack deals 100% additional damage, hits all enemies in a 90° cone out to 6 range, and deals Spell Damage instead of Physical Damage. This attack applies all of Ulrezaj's Basic Attack's effects.

Casting Obliterate resets Ulrezaj's Attack Period, causing his next Basic Attack to occur immediately.
Obliterate scales multiplicatively with other modifiers affecting Attack Damage.
2
[W] Chaotic Torrent
Cooldown: 12 sec.
Mana Cost: 50
Initial Damage: 120
Periodic Damage: 20
Tickrate: 2/sec.
Duration: 3 sec.
Cast Range: 6
Radius: 4
Blast an enemy with an arc of Void lightning, dealing 120 damage instantly and afflicting them with Chaotic Torrent, dealing an additional 20 damage every 0.5 seconds for up to 3 seconds. If any enemy comes within a radius of 4, the Chaotic Torrent immediately jumps to them, dealing 120 damage, and is removed from the previous target.

Chaotic Torrent can spread indefinitely to any enemies it has not already spread to, and its duration is refreshed each time it spreads.
3
[E] Ablating Presence
Passive
Damage: 20
Tickrate: 2/sec.
Radius: 3
Enemies within 3 range of Ulrezaj take 20 damage every 0.5 seconds and are slowed by 1% for every stack of Void Corrosion afflicting them.



Active
Cooldown: 16 sec.
Mana Cost: 60
Radius: 6
Duration: 4 sec.
Activate to increase the radius of Ablating Presence by 100% for 4 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

1
[R1] Maelstrom
Cooldown: 75 sec.
Mana Cost: 80
Damage: 40
Tickrate: 2/sec.
Radius: 6
Duration: 6 sec.
Summon a roiling mass of energy at Ulrezaj's location. The Maelstrom has a radius of 6 and lasts for 6 seconds, and enemies within the area take 40 damage every 0.5 seconds and are Silenced as long as they remain in the area.
2
[R2] Confusion
Cooldown: 90 sec.
Mana Cost: 100
Damage: 200
Radius: 5
Cast Time: 1.5 sec.
Stun Duration: 1 sec.
Slow: 50%
Slow Duration: 2 sec
Confusion Duration: 5 sec.
Channel for 1.5 seconds, then blast an area with disorienting psionic energy, dealing 200 damage in a radius of 5. Enemy Heroes and Summoned units hit are Stunned for 1 second, then slowed by 50% for 2 seconds. Enemy or neutral non-Elite Minions, Mercenaries, and Monsters become Confused and will begin attacking a random target near themselves for 5 seconds.

While Confused, units become hostile to all units in the game, and can attack or be attacked by all other units in the game, including other Confused units.

Special Mount

1
[Z] Voidwalk
Cooldown: 4 sec.
Damage: 120
Range: 5
Base Radius: 3
Expanded Radius: 6
Ulrezaj teleports to a target location, dealing 120 damage to all enemies within a radius of 3 upon arrival. If Ablating Presence is active, this radius is increased by 100%.

Voidwalk's cooldown timer is paused if Ulrezaj has been in combat (taken damage, cast other Abilities, or made Basic Attacks) within the last 6 seconds.

Talents



Level 1


[Basic Attack/Q] Eradicate
Obliterate can now store 2 charges.
Killing an enemy with Obliterate refunds its Mana cost and that charge's cooldown.

[W] Fulminate
Every sixth tick of Chaotic Torrent's periodic damage against the same target deals an additional 120 damage and applies an additional stack of Void Corrosion.
? Quest: Damaging enemy Heroes with Fulminate 3 times increases Chaotic Torrent's maximum duration by 0.5 seconds, up to 3 seconds.

[Passive] Chaos Comes
Whenever a stack of Void Corrosion afflicting a Hero decays, Ulrezaj's Basic Ability cooldowns are reduced by 0.25 seconds.
Whenever an enemy afflicted with Void Corrosion dies, Ulrezaj's Basic Ability cooldowns are reduced by 0.5 seconds.



Level 4


[Basic Attack/Q] Consume
Basic Attacks now heal for 50% of the damage dealt to enemy Heroes and restore 5 Mana per Hero hit.
Increases the width of Obliterate by 50%.

[Trait] Reconstitution
Activate Ulrezaj's Trait to sacrifice Ulrezaj's current Shields, healing him for 50% of the Shields lost.

[E] Phase Shift
While it is active, Ablating Presence grants 20 Physical Armor, increased by 4, up to 20, for every enemy Hero within its radius.

[Passive] Energies of Ehlna
? Quest: Collecting Regeneration Globes increases Ulrezaj's Health Regeneration by 2, up to 40.
? Reward: After collecting 20 Regeneration Globes, Ulrezaj's Health Regeneration is doubled after being out of combat with Heroes for 6 seconds.



Level 7


[Basic Attack/Q] Annihilate
Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes grant 20% increased Attack Speed, up to 100%, for 2 seconds.
Consecutive Basic Attacks against the same enemy Hero increases Obliterate's bonus damage against them by 5%, up to 50%, for 2 seconds.

[Trait/W] Galvanic Decomposition
Damaging an enemy with Void Corrosion or Chaotic Torrent reduces their armor by 1, down to a minimum of -10, for 2 seconds.

[E] Turbulence
Ablating Presence's Slow is increased to 3% per stack of Void Corrosion they are afflicted with.



Level 13


[Basic Attack/Q] Vaporize
Basic Attacks deal 75% additional damage to non-Heroes.
Basic Attacks deal 75% additional damage to enemies below 50% Health.
These bonuses stack additively with each other.

[W] Forked Lightning
Chaotic Torrent is not removed when it spreads from an enemy Hero afflicted with 10 stacks of Void Corrosion, and continues to spread from them until it expires.

[E] Oblivion Awaits
While active, Ablating Presence steals 33% of all self-applied Healing and Shielding from enemies within its radius.



Level 16


[Trait] The Void Burns
Void Corrosion deals 200% damage to enemies afflicted with 10 stacks.

[Q] Decimate
Obliterate deals additional damage to Heroes equal to 0.5% of their maximum Health for every stack of Void Corrosion they are afflicted with.

[W] Catalyze
Chaotic Torrent deals 10% additional damage to enemies for each stack of Void Corrosion afflicting them.

[E] Endless Rage
While Ablating Presence is active and an enemy Hero within its radius is afflicted with 10 stacks of Void Corrosion, its duration timer is paused.



Level 20


[Trait] Violent Decay
When Void Corrosion decays, it deals its damage in a radius of 3 around the target. This does not apply Void Corrosion.
Whenever an enemy afflicted with Void Corrosion dies, their remaining Void Corrosion stacks spread to all enemies within a radius of 4 around them.

[E] We Roil
Ablating Presence deals 50% less damage but deals its damage 100% faster.

[R1] Darkstorm
Enemies within Maelstrom's radius are Blinded and Slowed by 10% every second, up to 50%.

[R2] Madness
Confused units now gain 100% additional Attack Damage and Speed.
Whenever the target of a Confused unit dies, Confusion's duration is refreshed on that unit.

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