Hero - Cadence (REWORK)

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Hero Fantasy - Earthshaker from Dota 2 but reimagined as an assassin, with terrain shifting reserved for the ultimate while wielding a skillshot Echo Slam as a basic laning nuke.

Gun - Stolen Glance - .22 silenced pistol. Fire Rate increases slightly with every 3 successive hits up to 4 stacks and then decays. Lasts until you switch targets. Suffers slight fire rate decrease briefly on switching targets.

1 - Rhapsody

Launch a wave projectile towards your crosshairs. On impact with an enemy hero all enemies in the path the projectile traveled release damage pulses.

Upgrades

1 - Increased Radius.

2 - Enemy Heroes Pulse +1 Times and Main Target Pulses +2 Times.

5 - Reduced Cooldown and Gun Passive Stacks Reduce Cooldown Further.

2 - Crescendo

Hold to glide around your starting position then release to increase your Weapon Damage greatly for a Duration based on Channel time. Enemies have a debuff build up on them while in range that Stuns them based on build up when you release.

Upgrades

1 - Free Reload and up to 30% Bonus Ammo based on Channel Time.

2 - Faster Stun Build Up.

5 - Gun Passive Stacks increase Weapon Damage gained from Crescendo and decrease its Cooldown.

3 - Fatal Attraction

Send a projectile forward. Can use Charges while active to pull yourself and the projectile towards each other while dealing damage over time to nearby enemies.

Upgrades

1 - +1 Charges

2 - You launch a damage projectile at the nearest enemy on Charge Use.

5 - Charge Use Removes debuffs and T2 gets bonus damage per debuff removed.

4 - Soundwave

Create a wall of music in front of you. If it collides with a wall it bounces in a new direction until it reaches its full length. Acts as a Cosmic Veil to allies but impassable to enemies. Damages and stuns enemies around it while extending and when abilities and items are used near it afterwards.

Upgrades

1 - Increased Damage.

2 - Allies get Resists when near wall and the damage and stun pulses also are dealt around them.

5 - You can enter the wall and become Unstoppable while inside the wall.

 

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New Ult

4 - Soundwave

Launch a tracer projectile that bounces off walls then reactivate to create a Cosmic Veil wall along the path it traveled. The wall constantly launches damage projectiles at nearby enemies.

Upgrades

1 - Tracer projectile Damages and Knocks Back enemies.

2 - Wall heals allies that move through it and fires additional projectiles at enemies that move through it.

5 - Increased Damage per projectile.

 

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final

 

[nathanieljbrill]

I quite like 1 and 2, a couple notes:

If the extra pulse damage is for every time your wave hits them, the damage is quite high to start. If they only send off that pulse once no.matter how many waves hit them, I think the damage is good.

2. This should probably be the 3 and the movement ability that is the 3 should be made into the 2, because it's standard for movement abilities to be in the 2 slot.
That said, I would reduce the movement speed a lot, to like 5m/s. The cool think about this ability is as a shield that blocks targeting effects from enemies on the other side of you. It should be easy to stay behind and stick around.

 

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I quite like 1 and 2, a couple notes:

If the extra pulse damage is for every time your wave hits them, the damage is quite high to start. If they only send off that pulse once no.matter how many waves hit them, I think the damage is good.

2. This should probably be the 3 and the movement ability that is the 3 should be made into the 2, because it's standard for movement abilities to be in the 2 slot.
That said, I would reduce the movement speed a lot, to like 5m/s. The cool think about this ability is as a shield that blocks targeting effects from enemies on the other side of you. It should be easy to stay behind and stick around.

1. you can slow and redirect the 2 with your 3 and items like vortex web and rescue beam due to the way it is worded. one funny interaction is the 1 also triggers the echo slam on the 2 projectile since you can target it for abilities and bodyblock also means it can be redirected an additional time with 3 and semi counter intuitively can be used to feed your own spirit power to your ultimate

2. swing is a 3 because it is your primary damage tool and sets up your other abilities, getting enemies very far out of position or just going crazy fast (at say 200 spirit power endgame you can go up to 28m/s) around corners to burst people in enclosed spaces is your real damage tool. its not a full stun either as enemies can still use abilities or jump and dash to break the forced movement.

its set up so theres a secret combo where you can hold the spirit heart from 2 in place by catching it with 3 during ultimate to feed it your spirit power and using charges lets you keep it range - paying the price and getting a big reward

 

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the 2 essentially is like having one of those running training dummies on the map briefly and can be targeted as both an ally or enemy hero. you can even use knockdown on 2 to keep it in place and deny an area, or scourge for a damage over time factor, or use phantom strike on it to escape

 

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https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1p1eqau

 

[riskiace]

I want to note this character would be horrible to lane as. -15% resist and you have no health and you have basically no regen? I get some of the abilities gives a lot of health on AP but that's an AP tax and as it stands rn the pocket you're laning against kills you instantly once they reach 1.6k souls and any poke hero will safely have you dead by 3 mins.

 

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final version w/ edited art

 

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Select Lines

“You saw my posters around town, didn’t you?”

“The Requiem Boys and I are going to be headlining this show.”

“You’ve got to hit that note!”

“You feel the rhythm?”

“Come on boys, time to put on a show!”

“Great talent never comes without paying the price.”

“[Sings Paying the Price]”

“[hums a jazz melody]”

“[sings to the jazz melody from Bebop’s Hyperbeam and then laughs]”

“I’ve got friends in dark places, and scores to settle.”

“Nothing like a little street music.”

“Been a long time since we played an outdoor gig.”

“Hope they brought their dancing shoes.”

“I’ll break their hearts with my song.”

Unselect Lines:

“Guess me and The Boys will be playing the blues.”

“Guess I’ll be tearing out a few hearts to repay those debts.”

“I’ll be singing your dirge.”

“I’m writing a song about this.”

“If I see you at my next show you’re getting dragged out.”

“[a capella angry reprise of Paying The Price chorus sung in a way to imply she wants to sacrifice you]”

“[band plays march of the gladiators] You’re such a damn clown!”

“[band plays badum tss] Loser.”

“[band pulls out a tuba and plays womp womp] Go play someone easier like that basic bitch Mina.”

Upgrading Ability 1:

“A good song can steal your heart away.”

“You need to work the crowd.”

“Tuning the mic.”

“Don’t act like you can’t hear me in there, Mikey, you better help me today. Maybe you can go free if we win.”

“These lyrics will slay them.”

“My voice will enrapture them.”

“I like to turn it up at the end for the people in the back.”

“They’ll all sing along to this new beat.”

Using Ability 1:

“[sings a jazz chorus]”

“[sings start of Paying The Price chorus]”

 

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Ability 1 Multi Hero Hit:

“They’re screaming for an encore!”

“A little louder for the folks in the back!”

Upgrading Ability 2:

“Gotta put your all into it.”

“I put my heart on the line.”

“The right song can steal your heart.”

“Just keep it to the beat of your heart.”

“They can run as far as they want, it only makes it easier.”

“My heart’s racing.”

“Can you feel the beat?”

Using Ability 2:

“Soiree!”

“Menage a Trois!”

“Folie a Deux!”

“Heart to Heart!”

“A Duet!”

Spending Ability 2 Charges:

“Play it back!”

“Change the Tempo!”

“Come back my heart!”

“Play it again from the heart.”

“Let’s put on a show.”

“Haha, playing with my own heart.”

“It’s time to break a heart or two.”

 

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Upgrading Ability 3:

“I’ll work these hips.”

“Time to turn some heads.”

“Care for a dance?”

“Kickin’ up the pace.”

“You feelin’ it in your feet?”

“This scene needs some swing.”

Using Ability 3:

“Swing to the beat!”

“Feel it in your feet!”

“Move to the rhythm!”

“Come dance with me!”

“Quick on my feet.”

“Dance around and put those guns away.”

Upgrading Ability 4:

“Check your instruments, boys!”

“They’ll never get the ringing out of their ears.”

“Me and my band are here to put on a show.”

“Love to put on some jazz.”

“Cadence and The Requiem Boys play for keeps.”

“Not the best venue for live jazz, calls for improv.”

“They’ll be begging for an encore.”

“Me and The Boys are here for their hearts.”

“[hums a jazz tune]”

“[hums a jazzy version of mars by gustav holtz (mars ultimate) as band plays along]”

“[hums a jazzy version of the kecak chant (monkey king ultimate) as band plays along]”

Using Ability 4:

“Come on, boys! [band plays faster version of Paying The Price intro]”

“Requiem Boys, put on a show! [band plays faster version of Paying The Price chorus]”

“This song will steal your heart! [band plays faster version of Paying The Price bridge]”

 

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Ability Interaction Lines

Hero hit by all 1 hits:

“Enraptured.”

“Listen to my voice.”

“My new fan.”

1 Final Wave Multi Hero Hit:

“And the crowd goes wild!”

“That’s my kind of bass drop.”

“I love a bug crowd.”

“Hit a higher note.”

“You know the words, sing along!”

“My song reached their souls.”

1 Solo Hero Kill:

“Blew out your ears.”

“My song stole your heart.”

“You don’t need to beg for an encore, baby.”

1 Multi Hero Kill:

“Where’s my applause?”

“This crowd couldn’t handle my sound.”

“Bunch of hicks who never heard good jazz.”

“Don’t forget to buy some merch after the show.”

“They all fall down!”

“Nothing left but the echoes.”

“Echo slam poetry!”

2 Body Block:

“Don’t play with my heart!”

“My heart aches for you.”

“You caught my heart.”

2 Surprise Hero Kill (not in your line of sight):

“I’m a heartbreaker.”

“Heart broken.”

“Can’t run faster than the sound of my heart.”

2 Used Abilities And Items On Heart:

“A heart to heart soiree!” (Use 3 to slow and redirect Spirit Heart)

“My heart sings!” (Use 1 final wave to get Hero area damage off on Spirit Heart)

“My heart must stay behind.” (Use Knockdown or Slowing Items to slow Spirit Heart)

“I go where my heart calls.” (Use Phantom Strike to jump to Spirit Heart position)

3 Hero Kill During Or After Dance:

“You had two left feet.”

“Left your dancing shoes at home.”

“Gotta snap in tune to the rhythm!”

“That beat was too fast for you.”

“You’d be trampled underfoot at the clubs I go to.”

“If you went to my club with those moves, you’d be dead even faster.”

4 Steal Over 100 Spirit Power:

“Come on, boys!”

“Now we’re in the big time!”

“I already stole your souls, now give me your hearts!”

“Turn up the volume!”

“Let’s leave them breathless, boys!”

“This show doesn’t stop until I have their hearts!”

4 Steal Own Spirit Power Using 2:

“Laying my heart on the line!”

“Gotta give my boys a hand!”

4 Hero Kill:

“Couldn’t stick around for an encore?”

“Free tickets to the next show!”

“I got a free shirt for you when I win.”

“Now to claim their hearts.”

“My debts will be repaid.”

“I have deep debts only a sacrifice like yours can settle.”

“My soul wasn’t up for sale, so now it’s you Paying The Price!”

“I could barely hear the music over your beautiful screams!”

“You can’t handle the sound of my generation.”

“What’s wrong, never heard good jazz?”

“Knocked ‘em flat, boys!”

“Good show, boys!”

 

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Hero Kill Lines:

“Your heart is mine!”

“My soul was never up for sale.”

“[singing along to Paying The Price] There’s no turning back now.”

“[band plays a mocking version of the revive theme]”

“[band plays a mocking version of the death stinger]”

“Poser.”

“No taste.”

“That ain’t jazz.”

“[singing along to Paying The Price] The candles are lit, they walked in through the door..”

“[singing along to Paying The Price] It bleeds and it screams cries that you will ignore, the pursuit of power has far worse in store.”

“Easier than ripping some innocent’s chest open.”

“That heart of yours beats for me now.”

“Go home now and I’ll do a private solo.”

“An unforgettable duet.”

“You need singing lessons.”

“Too bad the shop doesn’t sell ear plugs.”

“The shop won’t sell you better taste in music.”

“The Curiosity Shoppe doesn’t have any records from me, it won’t help.”

“I’m writing a song about this.”

“I have a song just for you, baby: [band starts playing along] Oooh I caught you out of place, and I’ll never forget that scared look on your face…”

“Come back for an encore!”

“There’s always an encore after the last song, baby, that’s show biz!”

Rival Kill:

Abrams

“Asked too many questions.”

“Never told me about your kid.”

“I thought we were special.”

“I broke my horn for you, baby, but you were playing.”

“The ones I’m in debt to wanted your book.”

“I know the people after your book, who do you think keeps tipping them off?”

Bebop

“Miss Shelley’s got good taste, I recognize my own music.”

“Quit riffing off my tune.”

“So you’re that shy boy buying my records for your momma!”

“I like you, Bebop. Maybe I’ll wish for you to be a real boy.”

“Let me take care of Miss Shelley and her big sweet heart, she won’t feel a thing.”

Ivy

“You were too sweet for one of my shows.”

“Ivy, oooh if you knew the real Sofia you’d be twice as shocked as you are now.”

“I don’t tune my songs down for anyone’s sensitive ears!”

“Tried playing hero all your life, never realizing you were being played.”

“You’re a heart wrenching song set to a sappy feel good tune, Ivy.”

“Sofia’s a big fan.”

Haze

“Woke you up.”

“Say hi to Rem.”

Wraith

“My debts to you ain’t in any currency that matters to me.”

“Hands off Sofia, that girl’s heart belong to me.”

“Think you can keep your sweet baby girl from being another number?”

“You really think I’d ever let you sing with me on stage? Never, not even if you comped me for life!”

“I’m never ever playing your damn casino or your Bear Pit, Wraith!”

 

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Additional Rival Kill Lines:

Billy

“Try me.”

“Your taste in music… Sucks!”

“No more smashing up my club, jackass!”

“Your sound is garbage, Billy!”

“Billy, be very glad nobody else here knows where you get your taste in ‘music’ from.”

“I can’t listen to that new crap.”

“Go back to heckling in the crowd.”

“Where’s the bouncer when you need him?”

“I’m having The Requiem Boys pay you a private visit after this is done, Billy.”

The Doorman

“This is what happens to guys who like locking women in closets!”

“The Baroness has been cutting into my supply of sacrifices, Doorman.”

“Creep!”

“I’ll never play The Baroness again!”

Infernus

“Finally wiped that grin off your face.”

“You think that hat makes you one of them?”

“Had it coming for watering down my drinks.”

“When I win, I’ll be wishing to get me and The Requiem Boys free drinks for life at your bar.”

“Jezebel’s couldn’t ever pay enough to host my shows.”

“How can you betray your own heritage?”

“Who’d you break both your horns for?”

“You can make yourself a fake human for them all you want, but they’ll never see you as one of them!”

Abrams Jr.

“Your father’s a scumbag!”

“Who’s next, Abrams III?”

Chickenwing

“This city’s gone crazy.”

“I’m definitely writing a song about killing you.”

Ted

“Who told you to take a day off from bouncing at my club, Ted? Sure wasn’t me.”

“Shitty Bouncer.”

Build Suggestions

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