Heroes of the Storm Build Concept: Atramedes

Combat Trait

Sonar

Atramedes has no vision radius and does not have access to his allies' vision. The entire map appears to Atramedes as though it is under the fog of war.

Atramedes has his own unique vision that is three times larger than other heroes. Units (heroes, minions, etc.) appear as colored nodes while within range of Atramedes' Sonar. Enemies appear red, allies appear blue. Even cloaked heroes are visible to Atramedes this way.

Atramedes cannot differentiate between heroes until they cast an ability within Sonar's radius, in which case Atramedes gains vision of them for 3 seconds. This effect is tripled for allies.

Primary Abilities

Roaring Flame

Breathe fire in a narrow line, damaging all enemies hit and dealing low damage every second for 4 seconds. 6 second cooldown.

Enemies taking damage from Roaring Flame are visible to Atramedes.

Echolocation

Send out a slow moving circle of sound. Once it reaches its maximum range it will begin to pulse, dealing damage in a large area every two seconds for 8 seconds. Can be reactivated to detonate before reaching its maximum range. 14 second cooldown.

Each pulse from Echolocation reveals the area to Atramedes and his allies for 1.5 seconds.

Sonic Boom

Burst forward, knocking back all enemies near your casting point and gaining 60% movement speed, decaying rapidly over 1.5 seconds. 15 second cooldown.

Heroic Abilities

Hide & Seek

Causes all enemy heroes to glow (that distinct 'glow-n-the-dark' green color) until they have traveled X distance or for 20 seconds. Glowing enemies are visible to your allies as well. 80 second cooldown.

Glowing enemies are visible in the fog of war but not on the minimap.

Cacophony

Unleash a deafening roar that damages and silences nearby enemies. In addition Cacophony will also remove the vision of ALL nearby heroes. 90 second cooldown.

Cacophony lasts 2 seconds on allies and 4 seconds on enemies.

Special Mount

Pale White Dragon

After a short channel Atramedes takes flight, increasing his movement speed by 20% and allowing him to fly over obstacles.

Dealing damage or being dealt damage ends Pale White Dragon.

Talent Tree

Level 1:
You Cannot Run: Enemies are slowed by 20% for 2 seconds when they first become visible to Atramedes. This effect has a 15 second cooldown per hero.
You Cannot Hide: Increase the duration of enemy heroes being visible after casting an ability to 6 seconds.
Resonance Frequency: Non-heroic units and structures take 15% increased damage from Atramedes for 4 seconds after taking damage from Echolocation. This effect stacks.
Cruise Control: The decaying effect of Sonic Boom is paused while passing through the radius of Echolocation.

Level 4:
In Sync: Damage you deal to a target is increased by 1% for every second they are visible to you, up to 10%. This effect is lost if you lose sight of them for 1 second.
No Need For Eyes: Damage dealt to you is reduced by 4% for each visible hero.
Searing Flame: Enemies that were already visible before being hit by Roaring Flame take 25% increased damage from Roaring Flame.
Tuned Up: Roaring Flame heals you for 15% of your health if it reveals an enemy hero.

Level 7:
Little Hearts Beating: Any enemy hero with less than 25% health is revealed to you.
Stoke The Flames: Your basic attacks refresh the damage over time portion of Roaring Flame.
Reverberate: Basic attacks against targets that are within the radius of Echolocation will chain to nearby enemies, dealing 50% damage.
The Haunter In The Dark: The radius of Sonar is increased by 20% while Pale White Dragon is active.

Level 10:
See above section.

Level 13:
Blast Of Silence: Echolocation will instead deal all of its damage instantly upon detonation. The area will be revealed every two seconds as normal.
Echo, Echo, Echo: Echolocation releases three circles of sound in an arc, but their size is reduced by 35%.
Gotta Go Fast: Increase the duration of Sonic Boom by 0.5 seconds and reduce the duration of Stuns, Roots, and Slows by 75% while it is active.
Sound Barrier: Pale White Dragon cannot be interrupted by taking damage while within the radius of Echolocation or for 1 second after leaving the radius of Echolocation.

Level 16:
Kindling: Roaring Flame's range and width is increased by 10% for every visible enemy hero.
Mr. Magma-Goo: Enemies taking damage from Roaring Flame will spread it to their nearby allies. Allies that received Roaring Flame this way will not spread it further.
Surround Sound: Echolocation gains a second charge. The damage from two Echolocations does not overlap.
Wing Buffet: Sonic Boom also knocks targets back when the effect ends.

Level 20:
Ready Or Not: Allied heroes receive a 20% movement speed increase while at least 1 enemy hero is glowing from Hide & Seek.
Vertigo: Enemies hit by Cacophony are slowed by 40% for 4 seconds.
Loud And Thunderous: Sonar's radius is increased by 30%, and enemy "pings" in the fog of war are visible to your allies.
Ghost Rider In The Sky: Pale White Dragon grants stealth while it is active.

Atramedes as a Scout

Atramedes, although blind, would likely be one of the best scouts in the game. Any unit within the radius of his Sonar is able to be tracked by him. This information is not shared with his allies however.

In the above image we see Atramedes and Sonya moving in to contest a Garden Terror. Sonya is visible to him because she has recently cast an ability, but the three enemies nearby are not. However, unlike Sonya, Atramedes knows exactly where they are and has pinged the area as dangerous. It would be wise to listen to Atramedes.

In this image we can also see Atramedes flying with Pale White Dragon; he is in the process of passing over a wall. For purposes of targeting Atramedes we can see that half of his hitbox has remained on one side of the wall as he passes over it while the other half appears on the opposite side.

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Incredible! I rally like this! I do't have something specifictosaybut I find him marvelous

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thanks, i appreciate that

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A bad part of this concept is that if blizzard were to make Atramedes a hero, there is not much variety for skins which is usually how people make money from MOBA games unfortunately. It's a good concept though and all of his abilities make sense so good job anyway.

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Thanks! Off the top of my head for skins: one that makes him look like a bat, and one called "Synesthesia Atramedes" where he's colorful and all his abilities are rainbow colored.

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how u did this second picture

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Wowhead model viewer and MS paint :)

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MS paint?

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It made me think about something (a totally different hero) that could be funny : a blind but powerful hero that can only see MOVING ennemy in front of him. So when he his near us, we could stop moving and hopping he didn't "see" us :D

Like in movie ...

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Yea that could be interesting. I briefly considered making that occur for Atramedes but I don't think it would work in this kit; just too many issues with how he sees units then.

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i was actually just thinking about how he would be rad, i love his look. as for the concept, do you think it would be better to have his trait pulse? a constant vision might be a bit too powerful. but other than that, i love the ideas for his blindness.

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This is actually a reworked version of an older Atramedes concept I'd done that functioned in a sort of similar way, and in that concept his Sonar did go out in pulses. I felt it got a little too messy so I reworked it as it is. I tried to balance how large is vision is with a few factors: 1. His team can't see what he sees (until level 20 if he picks Loud And Thunderous), 2. He isn't able to tell which heroes he's seeing until they use an ability or he attacks them, and 3. he isn't even able to tell which allies are near him until they cast an ability as well. So yes, his "vision" is very powerful, but it comes with a lot of drawbacks. I felt this was necessary to really make the feeling of controlling a blind hero unique.

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that's understandable, I think I just took the name "sonar" too literally haha. but if they add a dragon this should be the first one, very unique. luckily they can't use the excuse he's too big because the added a siege tank. also i've noticed you're pretty good at these concepts and was wondering if you could give me some constructive criticism on some of my stuff.

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I think people would be pretty mad if such a small lore figure like Atramedes showed up before another dragon, but I do think he'd be the most unique.

As far as your concepts go you've got some good stuff. Everything you've put together so far is really well done and solid, but maybe a little vanilla. You've picked some interesting characters; might as well have some fun with their concepts. We aren't designing stuff that's actually going to make it into the game, so get adventurous with their abilities. I generally find the best way to do this is to come up with a flavorful trait - - something that seperates that hero from everyone else - - and design around that. For example, your Hemet Nesingwary concept is a solid hunter concept, but where's that specific Hemet Nesingwary flavor? He's all about bagging big game; perhaps a trait that is centered around hero takedowns. You can cheat a little and still keep the Focus mechanic; that's just his resource. Don't need to use that as the entire trait.

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A funny intro quote he could have is when he is in the same team as Stitches and he says "MY LORD, what is that smell?"

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Nice concept. Really like the trait.

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Thank you! Not sure if it would make him really strong or really weak, but he'd definitely be interesting.

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Atramedes

Atramedes

The Blind Dragon

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Special Mount

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Atramedes as a Scout

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