Heroes of the Storm Build Concept: Aessina

Combat Trait

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RECHARGE (D)

CD: 3 seconds
Cost: 30 mana per second

Activate to increase your health regeneration by 4000%. Uppon taking damage gain a shield for 3 seconds, which returns 50% received damage as health. Can trigger every 15 seconds, while Recharge (D) is active.

Usabe while channeling any of your abilities.

Primary Abilities

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Tether (Q)

CD: 1 second
Cost: 10 mana per second

Connect to an ally increasing their health regeneration by 2000%. While tethered Aessina and the target gain 20% additional movement speed. Reactivate to cancel the Tether or switch a target.

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Glimpse of Nightmare (W)

CD: 8 seconds
Cost: 60 mana

Spin quickly around Tethered allied hero and become able to move through units dealing 187(+ 4% per level) damage and silencing them for 1 second. Reactivate to stop the spin prematurely.

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DETONATE (E)

CD: 16 seconds

Sacrifice 1/4th of your max HP and deal it as damage to all nearby enemies. Heroes take extra 100% damage over 5 seconds. Usable while casting Glimpse of Nightmare (W).

Heroic Abilities

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Emerald Dream (R1)

CD: 120 seconds
Cost: 100 mana

After channeling for 1 second Tether to all nearby allied heroes and immediately shift them and yourself into Emerald Dream becoming invisible and untargetable, while removing all negative status effects and healing them for 30% of their maximum HP. Reappear in a nearby targeted location after 3 seconds.

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Mother's Embrace (R2)

CD: 70 seconds
Cost: 90 mana

Merge into an allied hero becoming untargetable and increasing their health regeneration by 4000%, attack damage and ability power by 20% and granting Unstoppable for 5 seconds. Aessina remains Tethered to this ally after effect expires.

If targeted ally dies during this effect Aessina dies as well.

Special Mount

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Forest Breeze (Z)

Does not use ordinary mount. Gains 20% movement speed when not receiving damage for 3 seconds.

Activate to gain 60% movement speed for 2 seconds.
CD: 20 seconds

TALENTS

TIER 1 (Level 1):

1. Nature's Connection (PASSIVE): QUEST: Gathering Regeneration Globes increases your Mana regeneration by 0.102 per second up to 2.538 per second. REWARD: After gathering 25 Globes, also increase your maximum Mana by 100. Your Tethered (Q) ally's basic attacks grant them 5 mana per attack.

2. Eternal Bond (Q): Increase Thether (Q) range by 20%.

3. Bond of Swiftness (Q): Casting Tether on an ally who is out of range quickly pulls you a short distance towards them until Tether (Q) connects.

4. Ray of Disruption (Q): Enemies who pass through Tether (Q) get slowed by 20% for 2 seconds. Refreshes every time they pass through Thether (Q).

TIER 2 (Level 4):

1. Spirit's Protection (D): Recharge protective shield lasts one more second.

2. Whispers of the Forest (Z): When out of combat and when using Forest Breeze increase your sight range by 30%.

3. Winds of Haste (Z): Increase Forest Breeze duration for 1 second.

TIER 3 (Level 7):

1. Glimpse of Discord (W): Reduce CD of Glimpse of Nightmare (W) by 1 second for every enemy Hero hit.

2. Glimpse of Intrusion (W): Reduce CD of tethered ally Hero basic abilities by 1 second for every enemy Hero hit by Glimpse of Nightmare (W).

3. Glimpse of Deception (W): QUEST: Hitting enemy Heroes with Glimpse of Nightmare (W) increases it's damage by 5 up to 100. Lose all bonuses if you die. REWARD: When reaching maximum damage bonus Glimpse of Nightmare (W) heals you and your tethered ally for damage dealt and you don't lose your bonuses if you die.

TIER 4 (Level 10): HERIC TIER

TIER 5 (Level 13):

1. Last Resort (E): Reduce all damage taken by 25% after using Detonate (E) for 2 seconds.

2. Magician's Aura (D): Recharge (D) grants 2 charges of spell block reducing all ability damage by 50% for 2 seconds. Can trigger every 15 seconds.

3. Warrior's Aura(D): Recharge (D) grants 2 block charges reducing damage from next 2 basic attacks by 75%. Can trigger every 15 seconds.

4. Soul Connection (D): Additionally increse your Tethered (D) ally's Health Tegeneration by amount of Recharge (D) for 3 seconds but also increase Mana cost by 5 per second. Can trigger every 10 seconds while Recharge (D) and Tether (Q) are active.

TIER 6 (Level 16):

1. Dawn of Dream (W): Glimpse of Nightmare (W) grants Unstoppable for it's duration.

2. Inverse Fortune (W): Damage dealt by Glimpse of Nightmare (W) is returned as shield to you and your thetered ally for 3 seconds.

2. Cataclysm (E): Detonate (E) damage over time is now dealt instantly to enemy Heroes.

3. Astral Bond (Q): When using Tether (Q) connect to 2 additional closest allied Heroes who receive 50% of all primary target bonuses but increase mana cost by 50%.

TIER 7 (Level 20):

1. Manifest Destiny (R1): Emerald Dream (R1) now has global range and it's CD is reduced by 20 seconds.

2. Mother's Fury (R2): Detonate (E) is not usable while casting Mother's Embrace (R2) and it's CD is instantly refreshed on takedowns.

3. Storm Shield (Active): Activate to give all your nearby allies Shield for 20% of their max Health for 3 seconds.

4. Supernova (Active): Sacrifice all but 10 of your Health and Mana and deal eqal amount of damage to all nearby enemies after 1 second. If you get a takedown instantly gain back sacrificed health and mana. 60 seconds CD.

CHANGE LOG

Update 20th of August 2016:
- Corrected exact values for Recharge (D), Tether (D) and Mother's Embrace (R2)
- Improved tooltip description for Glimpse of Nightmare (W)
- Corrected description of Supernova talent.

Aessina by PwdByTofu

Aessina