STATS 1140 Health
500 Mana
Health Regen: 2.71
Attack Speed: 1.45
Attack Range: 5.5
Attack Damage: 63
Collision Radius: .6875
Inner Radius: .6875
Legend: Personal debuff, weakness, or cooldown. Reserved for Mana. Indicates additive effect or resource. Indicates Status Effect. Reserved for ability stats and/or functions. Calls back to an ability.
Combat Trait
1
Emperor's Shadows (D)
Gain stacks whenever Mengsk is in a 15m radius of a killed Minion, Mercenary, or Hero.
Spend 15 stacks to summon 2 Emperor's Shadows that attack based on Mengsk's targeting, otherwise prioritizing the closest Hero. They deal an additional 50% damage to Minions and Mercenaries, and will put themselves between Mengsk and revealed enemy Heroes, attempting to stay in a ring formation within 7m of Mengsk.
While Emperor's Shadows are alive in a 7m radius, Mengsk gains 10 Physical and Spell Armor per Emperor's Shadows. Allied Heroes in a 7m radius gain 5 Spell Armor per 2 Emperor's Shadows.
6 Emperor's Shadows may exist at any given time.
Maximum 60 stacks.
Base Health: 525
Base Damage: 38
Base Attack: 1
Attack Range: 6
Unit Radius: 0.6875
Sight Radius: 8.0
Kill XP: 60
CD: 3 Seconds
Primary Abilities
1
Chain of Command (Q)
Mengsk rushes at an allied unit or structure, sticking an explosive on them.
Units move at 15% additional speed before they explode. The explosion deals 120 to 60 damage depending on distance from the targeted unit and Slows enemies in the vicinity. (1/3rd Phoenix range, 15%)
The unit takes 50% of this damage. Non-Heroic units affected run toward the nearest enemy.
Type: Spell Damage / / / Movement: Launch
Scaling: 4%
Targeting: Enemy Heroes, Allied Unit Target
Properties: Area of Effect, Splash
Cast Time: .20 + .15
Range: 5
Radius: 4
Mana: 25 CD: 5 Seconds
2
Sky Fury (W)
Summon a slow-moving drone that moves in a single direction, providing an AoE.
Allied heroes and summons gain a 180 Shield for 3 seconds, refreshing every 1.67 seconds. Sky Fury ends after 5 seconds (3 waves).
Destroying Sky Fury automatically ends its duration.
After a short windup, deal 95 damage to all units in an area. Slows Attack Speed of all non-structure enemies by 20% for 3 seconds. Deals 50% additional damage to Minions.
Type: CC, Spell Damage
Scaling: 4%
Targeting: Point Target
Cast Time: .8 + 1
Range: 16
AoE: Circle
Radius: 3.5
Mana: 60 CD: 12 Seconds
Heroic Abilities
1
Propaganda Stations
Place down speakers on towers. Up to 3 can exist at a given time.
When allied units are within 15m, grant +10% movement speed and +15% Attack Speed. This persists for 8 seconds outside of the radius or until the speaker is destroyed.
Speakers may be targeted separate from towers. Destroying an active tower with a speaker destroys it.
After 1 second, drop a Supply Bunker that continually spawns minions every 4 Seconds, up to 12 Seconds. the amount per wave dependent on all Heroes in a 10m Radius, spawning at least 2 and a max of 8.
Minions spawned this way cannot deal Structure damage and do not drop XP. They deal 50% their usual damage but can be affected by all Minion-related abilities.
Cruel Layout - Nearby Minions gain 10% movement speed and attack speed while Mengsk or an Emperor's Shadow is in a 10m radius, but receive 15 burning damage. This damage is nullified when 2 Emperor's Shadows are active.
Rally to Me! - If 4 Emperor's Shadows are active, Sky Fury grants 20% Attack Speed to them.
Emperor's Vision - Mengsk's Vision radius is increased by 1m for each active Emperor's Shadow.
Level Four - Synergizing Abilities
Memorialized Sacrifice - When Chain of Command is used in Sky Fury's radius, Sky Fury's cooldown is reduced by 2 Seconds.
Crackling Pressure - If an Allied Hero is in Earthsplitter Ordinance's range, Mengsk and his Emperor's Shadows gain an extra 18 physical attack damage for 3 seconds.
Earthen Fury - When Earthsplitter Ordinance is within Sky Fury's range, Sky Fury gains its own shield and grants an additional 35 shields.
Level Seven - Support
Knowing the Cost - If an ally dies due to the explosion caused by Chain of Command, drop an additional explosion in the area which deals 60 additional damage after .5 seconds. PASSIVE: The targeted Minion or Mercenary is guaranteed to die. This target can no longer be affected by allied Hero abilities and damage to other units remains unaffected.
Front Line Support - If an ally is in Earthsplitter Ordinance's radius, increase Mengsk's ability ranges by 4m.
Unwavering Faith - Activate to grant an Ally Unstoppable for 1 Second. If an enemy hero is within 4m of this Hero, Emperor's Shadows gain unlimited range and target them for the next 3 seconds. 50 second CD.
Level Ten
Propaganda Stations - Chooses Propaganda Stations as the Heroic.
Forced Conscription - Chooses Forced Conscription as the Heroic.
Level Thirteen - Support
Destruction Compound - If any of Mengsk's summons are selected with Chain of Command, increase their movement speed by 30%. Chain of Command's falloff is reduced to 75% at the furthest radius.
Quaking Payload - Increases Earthsplitter Ordinance's radius to 4.5. Reduces wind-up to .5.
Aerial Reconnaissance - If an enemy is in Sky Fury's radius, they lose 5 Physical Armor.
Level Sixteen - Emperor's Shadow Buffs 2
Law and Order - Mengsk summons one additional Emperor's Shadow, but the average shields per Ghost for Mengsk are reduced to 5.
Advanced Movements - Activate to order Emperor's Shadows to a nearby area in a 10m radius. When Mengsk leaves this radius or reactivates, all Emperor's Shadows return. Targeting: Point Target Cooldown: 20 seconds.
Incendiary Rounds - Minions killed by Emperor's Shadows explode, dealing an additional 60 damage to nearby non-structure enemies. Enemies killed by the explosion count as being killed by Emperor's Shadows.
Level Twenty
Nexus Takeover - Propaganda Stations now provides its effects permanently to affected Minions.
Propagandized Fervor - Using Chain of Command on a minion summoned by Forced Conscription refreshes Chain of Command's cooldown.
Imperial Mandate - When using your abilities in the range of another one of your abilities, gain 5 Stacks.
Corrosive Strike - Earthstriker Ordinance lingers in the area for 3 seconds, continually applying its effects every .5 seconds. Increase its range by .5.
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