Leoric
Build: ( Default: Brawler ) Skeleton King

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20
Combat Trait | ||
'What is dead my never die!' - Leorics's Unique Feature | ||
Basic Abilities | ||
( Q ), ( W ) and ( E ) skills. | ||
Ultimate Abilities | ||
Options for ( R ) | ||
Specific Leoric Talents | ||
Other talents available | ||
General Talents Available to Leoric | ||
Talents shared with other characters |
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Undying( Trait ) | ||
Leoric's trait allows him to remain where he was killed instead of returning to the Nexus for reanimation. He can still roam around and see, but cannot mount. His ultimate and regular abilities are deactivated while he is returning to the mortal plane. In place of ![]() ![]() | |||
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Ghastly Swing( Q ) | Enhanced by: | |
While Undying use Ghastly Swing to slow down enemies and enemy Heroes. You can keep them inside area effect spells longer or delay their advance towards your team mates. Follow and slow them while on their way to objectives. Ghastly Swing profits from
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Drain Essence( W ) | Enhanced by: | |
Keep Drain Essence on cooldown as much as you can! This skill shot must be aimed at enemy Heroes and then Leoric must remain in range for the ability's duration to receive the complete amount of bonus time.
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Note: Leoric cannot mount while undead, however he can use his Hearthstone. Use it to escape reviving amidst the enemy! A timer next to Leoric's portrait keeps track of your effectiveness at respawning. Use it to measure your performance! ( The more time you've cheated from death the better ) |
Leoric is a brawling melee warrior. His abilities allow him to support his team via quick wave clear and area of effect slow in fights. Also he can temporarily increase his sustainability and move into or out-of fights unhindered. | |||
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Skeletal Swing( Q ) | Enhanced by: | |
His first ability, Skeletal Swing, is an aimable area of effect damage skill. All enemies in a half circle are hit by a swing of Leoric's mace. The size is enough to hit all 7 minions of a regular wave. The ability also applies a short slow to enemies struck. This can give an edge in teamfights or to chase runners. When enhanced with level 1 talent ![]() ![]() ![]() At level 7 you get to choose either ![]() ![]() Ghastly Reach can help you chase down nasty ranged heroes, like ![]() ![]() Paralyzing Rage is of more use when teamed-up. Your allies can close gaps or evade being killed when you slow enemies harder. By the time you reach level 16 and get to choose either ![]() ![]() Renewed Swing can help securing kills as you can now slow twice in a row and in different directions. If you feel you are dying too much, Consume Vitality will aid with staying alive longer and also reduces your respawn time, as your ![]() | |||
With
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Drain Hope( W ) | Enhanced by: | |
Drain Hope is Leoric's skill shot. While its main use is to keep Leoric sustained during fights, it also deals a solid amount of damage to its target. In order to get the most out of this skill, Leoric has to remain close to his target for 4 seconds. Choosing ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With ![]() ![]() At level 13 either ![]() ![]() While Crushing Hope helps to break through healthier opponents Drain Momentum finally removes the movement penalty while Drain Hope is active and Leoric can now chase after and run from opponents while draining off their hitpoints. ![]() | |||
In combination with
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You can grab heroes behind walls and towers, or other obstacles. This can enable you to catch an offensive
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Wraith Walk( E ) |
Enhanced by:
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Wraith Walk is a very unique ability. While your Wraith separates from your body, you can move it around while increasingly becoming faster. Meanwhile, your body is left behind but gains unstoppable for the time being. After the effect has ended, your body is teleported to where your Wraith is. Bear in mind, that your body remains damagable all the time. If you land a
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Quirks and Questions:
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Once stunned, you cannot use Wraith Walk, but your immune to stuns while Wraith Walking. Anticipate stuns and hit ( E ) early! | |||
Leoric can choose between
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Entomb( R ) | Enhanced by: | |
Entomb lets you put up a little square cage that has three walls and is open on the side facing you. It is created with a little gap between you and the two side walls, so in order to make sure the captured enemies do not escape ( this is no problem with hulking chars like
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Strong Versus | Weak Versus | ||
Low Mobility, Squishy, Melee | High Mobility, Tanky | ||
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March of the Black King( R ) | Enhanced by: | |
March of the Black King lets you swing your mace 3 times while advancing forward. With every enemy hit you heal a decent amount of hitpoints. Once activated, you become unstoppable and march forward automatically until the third swing or you are out of health. Be careful where you are aiming this. This can be used to initiate team fights. The heal effect will give you with a good sustaining effect while you are marching and the level 20 talent ![]() ![]() | |||
Strong Versus | Weak Versus | ||
Low Mobility, Low Damage -> Warrior, Support | High Mobility, Ranged -> ( Ranged ) Assassin | ||
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Summary: Choose
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Apart from the afore mentioned talents, Leoric also possesses some talents which do not modify or enhance one of his basic or ultimate abilities. They all have to do with healing the Black King in one way or another. These talents are to be discussed in the following section. | |||
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Reanimation( Level 1 ) | ||
Reanimation is a level 1 talent and very similar to the
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Fealty Unto Death( Level 4 ) | ||
Fealty Unto Death is a good laning talent. It not only keeps your health pool filled but also your mana will deplete at a much slower pace and you will be ready for fights while in a lane. While dead, dying minions near you make you respawn faster as well. Your mana will be fully recovered when you respawn, so the mana part of the effect is worhtless while dead. | |||
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Ossein Renewal( Level 7 ) | ||
Ossein Renewal Let's you regenerate 1/5 of your hitpoints over 6 seconds. It's just a little band-aid to patch you up, use it when your team's support is overburdened or focused on healing the main tank. It also regenerates 1/10 when dead, so basically it can reduce your respawn time by almost 1/10 when used when dead. | |||
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Spectral Leech( Level 20 ) | ||
Spectral Leech is a good choice at level 20 when you have picked
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Leoric has access to some of the talents shared with other heroes. These are: | |||
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Block( Level 1 ) | ||
Block can help you stay alive longer. It works best against heroes which deal most of their damage via auto-attacks. | |||
Works best against heroes with strong and slow basic attack. | |||
Great if enemy
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Strong Versus | Weak Versus | ||
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Burning Rage( Level 13 ) | ||
Burning Rage is a solid choise when your team is in the lead and Leoric has to face many minions, be it in lane, at objectives or as enemy heroes' spawns. | |||
Works best against heroes with additional spawns. | |||
Great to burn
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Spell Shield( Level 13 ) | ||
Spell Shield helps Leoric survive an initial burst of damage when initiateing for example. Due to its long cooldown, it is rather ineffective at negating much damage. | |||
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Imposing Presence( Level 16 ) | ||
Imposing Presence does not only work on heroes attacking you. If you are in enemies area of effect spells you will trigger this, too. This way even your teammates benefit from this. | |||
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Hardened Shield( Level 20 ) | ||
Feeling Squishy? Getting killed too often? Hardened Shield helps you out once you have reached level 20. |
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