Schmiloff
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Character name:
Cephacroot
A blend of cephalopod and croot (small, feeble).
Inspirations:
Character is based on a combination of dwarf and a dwarf octopus, Atlantic pygmy (O. joubini), and Star-sucker (O. wolfi), which is the world's smallest octopus. The idea came from wanting another smaller but vicious character that can be feared by all.
Another small hero that can utilise the tunnel system. Obviously there would have to be ways to balance but I think overall this concept could work.
Dota 2 inspiration:
Some elements are similar and grabbed from: Meepo, Naga, Lifestealer and Tidehunter.
Lore:
Just off the shores of Deadlock’s New York City, there’s a connection to a deep ocean channel that leads towards an underground civilisation. Ruled by a Queen Octopus who was prophesied that for her to pass the mantle, she was to have a son offspring that would take the throne and lead civilisation into the next generation. Having failed several failed the queen consolidated her majestic oracle fish, unaware of the hidden agenda. The fish had lost her family to a fishing crew that came from the city and had been waiting for a moment to get revenge. She cast a spell telling the queen it would guarantee her rightful heir. Out of the 200 eggs came 199 Beautiful daughters and what seemed to be a defective, dwarf like octopus who soon developed differently from the rest.
The soon-to-be heir showed signs of early aggression, lust for life, power and soon became hard to control. The queen consulted the oracle fish, asking what she had done, assuring her the curse would be lifted, and the heir would become normal once he returned. She explained that he must travel to New York town and seek revenge to fulfil the prophecy.
The queen invested in the heir's warrior training and sent him on the journey to remove the curse.
Weapons:
Sharp, shell-like daggers crafted from the civilisation that are agile yet sharp, being used for blades up close or for throwing.
Abilities:
1. Enraged screech
All replicates yell out a loud screech and become immune to attacks and are disabled (unstoppable), gaining move speed but are unable to attack or cast whilst active.
LVL1: Reduce cooldown LVL2: Increase duration LVL3: All replicates can now attack whilst enraged and receive an attack speed boost.
2. Pinning lunge
Leaping forward in the air, if colliding with an enemy Cephacroot expands his body and plants his arms into the ground, rooting the enemy for a short period of time.
LVL1: increased range LFL2: Can be cast on all replicates LVL3: grabs a second enemy if within range.
3. Replicate
Cepacroot replicates himself losing half its health and creating a replicate that cannot use abilities except for Replicate unite. Replicates can be sacrificed to restore Cepacroot’s health and reduce cooldowns.
LVL1: 1 replicate LVL2: reduces the cooldown to be able to case replicate LVL3: adds 2 replicates (4 in total).
4. Replicate unite
Channels the controlled replicates, summoning them all to the one spot, then creating an AOE spike that stuns enemies in a radius (radius and length are increased for each replicate active. All replicates are then united to Cepacroot who returns to max health and items and abilties are off cooldown except for replicate and replicate unite.
LVL1: Reduce cooldown LVL2: Expand AOE Size LVL3: A replicate remains
Visual thoughts:
Cephacroot
A blend of cephalopod and croot (small, feeble).
Inspirations:
Character is based on a combination of dwarf and a dwarf octopus, Atlantic pygmy (O. joubini), and Star-sucker (O. wolfi), which is the world's smallest octopus. The idea came from wanting another smaller but vicious character that can be feared by all.
Another small hero that can utilise the tunnel system. Obviously there would have to be ways to balance but I think overall this concept could work.
Dota 2 inspiration:
Some elements are similar and grabbed from: Meepo, Naga, Lifestealer and Tidehunter.
Lore:
Just off the shores of Deadlock’s New York City, there’s a connection to a deep ocean channel that leads towards an underground civilisation. Ruled by a Queen Octopus who was prophesied that for her to pass the mantle, she was to have a son offspring that would take the throne and lead civilisation into the next generation. Having failed several failed the queen consolidated her majestic oracle fish, unaware of the hidden agenda. The fish had lost her family to a fishing crew that came from the city and had been waiting for a moment to get revenge. She cast a spell telling the queen it would guarantee her rightful heir. Out of the 200 eggs came 199 Beautiful daughters and what seemed to be a defective, dwarf like octopus who soon developed differently from the rest.
The soon-to-be heir showed signs of early aggression, lust for life, power and soon became hard to control. The queen consulted the oracle fish, asking what she had done, assuring her the curse would be lifted, and the heir would become normal once he returned. She explained that he must travel to New York town and seek revenge to fulfil the prophecy.
The queen invested in the heir's warrior training and sent him on the journey to remove the curse.
Weapons:
Sharp, shell-like daggers crafted from the civilisation that are agile yet sharp, being used for blades up close or for throwing.
Abilities:
1. Enraged screech
All replicates yell out a loud screech and become immune to attacks and are disabled (unstoppable), gaining move speed but are unable to attack or cast whilst active.
LVL1: Reduce cooldown LVL2: Increase duration LVL3: All replicates can now attack whilst enraged and receive an attack speed boost.
2. Pinning lunge
Leaping forward in the air, if colliding with an enemy Cephacroot expands his body and plants his arms into the ground, rooting the enemy for a short period of time.
LVL1: increased range LFL2: Can be cast on all replicates LVL3: grabs a second enemy if within range.
3. Replicate
Cepacroot replicates himself losing half its health and creating a replicate that cannot use abilities except for Replicate unite. Replicates can be sacrificed to restore Cepacroot’s health and reduce cooldowns.
LVL1: 1 replicate LVL2: reduces the cooldown to be able to case replicate LVL3: adds 2 replicates (4 in total).
4. Replicate unite
Channels the controlled replicates, summoning them all to the one spot, then creating an AOE spike that stuns enemies in a radius (radius and length are increased for each replicate active. All replicates are then united to Cepacroot who returns to max health and items and abilties are off cooldown except for replicate and replicate unite.
LVL1: Reduce cooldown LVL2: Expand AOE Size LVL3: A replicate remains
Visual thoughts:
