Bwonsamdi - Hero Concept

Bwonsamdi - Hero concept

Bwonsamdi is a healer hero, who heavily relies on his allies to use his abilities to fruition, and can also protect himself from any damage.

Ability description:

Trait [D]:

  1. Bloodline Bond

Bwonsamdi can choose an allied hero to be bound to him, this allied hero receives bonus armor, spell power and attack damage. Every time they kill an enemy hero, this bonus increases.

Resets on death. Resets when changing heroes.
Gains [PROTECTED] until the bound hero dies.

  1. Mojo

Every time an enemy is killed by Bwonsamdi or his bound ally or the ally he is bound to dies, bwonsamdi gains stacks of Mojo. Used to empower his basic abilities. Puts the ability used with on cooldown.

Ability 1 [Q]: Mojo Infusion

Bwonsamdi infuses heroes in a small area with his mojo, healing them. Healing amount & area increases based on stack of mojo.

Ability 2 [W]: Raise the dead

Bwonsamdi raises dead Zandalari. These fight the closest enemy, prioritizing non-hero enemies and structures. They last indefinitely. They are strong but very brittle.
The number of undead and their strength depends on how many stacks of mojo.

Ability 3 [E]: Empower Bond

Bwonsamdi empowers the bond between him and his ally, giving the affected ally a temporary health and armor bonus for 5 seconds.
Effects increase based on mojo stacks.

Active ability [1]: Use Mojo

Bwonsamdi consumes all his mojo to empower his next basic ability.

Heroic 1 [R]: March of the souls

Bwonsamdi teleports to a selected location and after a short wind up, summons a wave of souls around him which expand in a circle. The longer bwonsamdi channels, the more the souls expand.
Whenever a soul hits an enemy hero, the affected hero is slowed and has reduced armor for 3.5 seconds.

Heroic 2 [R]: Loa of death

Bwonsamdi makes a deal with his bound hero, causing that hero to turn into a ghost the next time they die and respawn after a short time in the same place. The ghost cannot move. Killing the protected hero will not award kill XP This effect has a cooldown.

Mount [Z]: Death’s swiftness

After not receiving any damage, CC or using any abilities for 5 seconds, movement speed is increased by 50%.

Ability stats:

Trait [D] 1. Bloodline bond

Maximum bonus: 10 kills

Bonus armor value: +0 (+2 for every kill)

Bonus spell power: +5% (+1% for every kill)

Bonus attack damage: +0% (+2.5% for every kill)

Cooldown: 120 seconds

Cooldown when Bound hero dies: Resets to 30 seconds

  1. Mojo

Mojo gained from minions: 10

Mojo gained from mercs: 25

Mojo gained from boss type enemies: 50

Mojo gained from enemy heroes: 50

Ability 1 [Q]: Mojo Infusion

Healing value: 75 (+3 for every point of mojo)

Cooldown (without mojo): 1 second

Cooldown (with mojo): 5 seconds

Radius: 3

Cast Range: 5.5

Ability 2 [W]: Raise the dead

HP: 200 (+2 [1%] for every point of mojo)

Damage: 60 (+0.6 [1%] for every point of mojo)

Attack speed: 1.5

Number: 4 (+1 for every 25 points of mojo)

Cooldown (without mojo): 2 seconds

Cooldown (with mojo): 10 seconds

Cast Range: 6

Ability 3 [E] Empower Bond

Bonus HP: +5% (+0.25% for every point of mojo)

Bonus armor: 5 (+1 for every 5 points of mojo)

Duration: 4 seconds

Cooldown (without mojo): 3 seconds

Cooldown(with mojo): 15 seconds

Heroic 1 [R]: March of the souls

Radius: 3 expanding to 8

Channel time: 3 seconds

Slow value: 65%

Armor reduction: 20

Duration of effect: 2.0 seconds

Cooldown 80 seconds

Heroic 2 [R]: Loa of Death

Time before the hero respawns: 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 120 second

Talents:

Level 1:

  • Increase the amount of mojo gained from minions by 5
    Get me back me mojo! [Quest]: Gather a total of 3000 mojo.
    [Reward]: Increase maximum mojo by 50.
  • Mojo drain [W]: Every time an undead hits an enemy hero, gain 5 mojo.
  • Mojo absorption [D]: Every time you or your bound hero kills an enemy hero, gain 50 bonus mojo.

Level 4:

  • Mojo Master [Q]: Increase the radius and cast range of Mojo Infusion by 30%
  • Dark Mojo [Q]: Mojo infusion also reduces enemy healing received by +1% for every point of mojo.
  • Lingering disease [W]: Undead attacks reduce enemy heroes’ damage by 5%, stacking to 75%.

Level 7:

  • Death’s Protection [E]: Bound hero gains shields equal to 1% of their health for every 6 points of mojo.
  • Cloak of Death [E]: Grants 1% bonus movement speed for every 3 points of mojo.
  • Death’s Bargain [E]: Increases the duration by 1 seconds, reduces the cooldown by 0.5 seconds every time the bound ally takes damage from an enemy hero.

Level 10:

  • March of the Souls [R1]: see above
  • Loa of Death [R2]: *see above.

Level 13:

  • Greater Mojo Infusion [Q] Using Mojo Infusion on a single target increases its effectiveness by 50%.
  • Dark Bond [W/D]: Bwonsamdi heals the bound hero for 35% of the damage dealt from Raise Undead
  • Death’s Advance [Active]: Bwonsamdi gains 25% movement speed, passes through enemies, grants 15% movement speed to his allies and slows nearby enemies by 50% for 2.5 seconds for 5 seconds. (40 second cooldown)

Level 16:

  • Death’s Due [W]: Undead deal an additional 50% damage over 5 seconds.
  • Loa Resilience [Passive]: Crowd control duration reduced by 20% every time Bwonsamdi is rooted/slowed/silenced/stunned/slept for 3 seconds, stacks up to 5 times.
  • Master of Death [Passive]: Mojo can now be used on basic attacks. (Increases damage by +2% for every point of mojo and slows the enemy by 0.5% for every point of mojo). Lasts for 3 basic attacks.

Level 20:

  • Vicious souls [R1]: Souls now continuously apply slows and armor debuff so long as enemy heroes are touched by them. Cooldown reduced by 40 seconds
  • The true god of death [R2]: Additionally, can use Loa of Death to “protect” an ally hero from death for the next 5 seconds, applying the same effects to them. Still goes on cooldown.
  • Come spend some quality time with Bwonsamdi [Active]: Puts the selected hero in time stop for 5 seconds, and is only able to see Bwonsamdi. Unable to use other abilities for the duration. (100 second cooldown)
  • To serve in life and death [D]: Bonuses gained from Bloodline Bond are no longer lost upon death or changing heroes. (When reaching maximum stacks, gain a bonus +5 armor, +5% spell power, and +5% attack damage.)

(Any and all stats are open to change and balance)

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Wait, Bwonsamdi is permanently protected as long as he’s bound to an ally? That sounds rather OP :joy:

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When you think about it it really isn’t because he’s very dependent on his allies. If you kill the ally he’s bound to he has 0 means of escape and very little CC.
I thought of making someone that’s very good at supporting their allies but very poor at escaping. His health pool is also very low (like li ming).

Edit: Also his damage and waveclear are very poor. So he wouldn’t be able to split push very well. Also his undead are like glass cannons.
Edit 2: Also if you think once he reaches level 20, the protected can last forever since you can change heroes or the stacks aren’t lost or whatever. Remember that at level 20, death timers are very long. And the cooldown for his trait only starts when he either changes heroes, or the bound hero dies. So he’ll be vulnerable for quite some time and will be easy to snipe.

add this to cho’gall with abathur hatting cho’gall and cho’gall can rise to the ranks of s tier >_>

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