item that turns you into a cockroach for sewer access

[iuyhcdfs]

Metamorphosis
when purchased turns you into a large cockroach. cockroaches can enter the sewers. cockroaches are stunned for a second when jumped on. cockroaches receive friendly fire from teammates. cannot be sold at the cursed shop.

probably a 1600 purple item, to tempt all heroes into the rumored cursed item shop. the stun probably needs a cooldown to avoid stunlocks.

the game is already rather faustian so a pinch of kafkaesque should fit right in yes?

 

[lordbeanthev]

that is cool, i like it
kinda reminds me of pig pole from dota

 

[iuyhcdfs]

oh i forgot to propose other things about "being a cockroach" because i've dumped some walls of text already recently in other posts and felt a little guilty

• you gain increased movespeed out of combat but you lose dashes, midair jumps, and wall jumps
• you have an unparryable melee attack that does very little damage but gives a 10% slow but you can cast while moving. typically to break boxes, but theres a 1/1000 chance that slow secures a kill
• you have good hearing for some reason. you SHOULD hear mo+krill in the sewers crisply at a distance, and maybe hear dulled sfx from the surface above.

if you die to friendly fire, your team does not get souls but you can deny the enemy.

i think it'd be hilarious to make cockroach a viable option to deliver urns and also spy on enemy positions with your advanced hearing. urn delivery should be difficult because you get friendly fire crowd controlled.

your movespeed should be enough to escape calico-ava in the sewers. if you ignore the mo's footsteps and lose your out of combat speed, great job you are dead.

this also means maybe when you are at your secret shop, 6 large cockroaches that were listening to you drop in, sell metamorphosis and gank you. if this is too powerful, there needs to be a not-instant transformation into your original form.