A Ranged Support who prefers to slowly drain and disable enemies to gain from the pain.
A Gilnean noble raised alongside Genn Graymane, Ashbury was a dear friend of the king before the Cataclysm. When the Forsaken attacked and Gilneas became home to the Worgen, Ashbury was part of a trio of nobles who sided with the Forsaken to save his city at the cost of Genn's head. Their failure was followed by being raised to serve again until Godfrey, another of the nobles, struck down Sylvanas Windrunner for their freedom. From there, Ashbury and the others fled to Shadowfang Keep to plot against the Worgen once more.
(This concept was suggested to me a few months ago and I've finally gotten around to it and feel pretty happy with what came up. Hope the user who suggested the Shadowfang Keep bosses sees this and enjoys it at least. I'm looking to update my Godfrey concept soon, expect it in a week or so.
Combat Trait
1
Schadenfreude/Stay of Execution
Passive: Ashbury enjoys the pain of his foes, gaining a Joy stack whenever an enemy Hero is disabled or if damage over time is stacked on them near him, up to 10 stacks.
Mana Cost: 45
Cooldown: 12 seconds
Show mercy, using all of your Joy stacks to heal Allies around you for 200 (+4%) Health plus an additional 10% per Joy stack used.
Primary Abilities
1
Pain and Suffering
Mana Cost: 60
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Agonize an enemy, dealing 150 (+4%) damage and reducing their Armor by 3 per second over 5 seconds. Armor reduction lasts for 2 seconds after the duration.
2
Wracking Pain
Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 12 seconds
After 1 second, wrack an area, dealing 210 (+4%) damage to enemies. Increases the duration of stuns, slows, and roots against enemies hit by 50% for 3 seconds.
3
Asphyxiate
Mana Cost: 65
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Channel for up to 2 seconds to strangle an enemy with shadows, dealing 70 (+4%) damage per second and silencing them. Heroes take an additional 70 (+4%) damage per second and are silenced after the channel equal to the time channeled.
Heroic Abilities
1
Calamity
Mana Cost: 80
Cooldown: 90 seconds
Radiate darkness for 8 seconds, dealing 80 (+4%) damage to enemies near you per second. Casts for free when Ashbury drops below 33% Health.
2
To the Gallows
Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 100 seconds
Finish an enemy spectacularly, dealing 260 (+4%) damage to them, increased by 100% if they are rooted, stunned, or silenced. All damage over time on that enemy is dealt instantly for 3 seconds.
Level 1 Talents
Sadistic Glee (Passive): Heal allied Heroes near you for 2 (+4%) Health per second per Joy stack.
Friend of Death (D): Stay of Execution also gives allied Heroes 2 Armor per Joy stack spent for 3 seconds.
Gallows Humor (Passive): Damage over time from Pain and Suffering and Asphyxiate heal allies near the victim for 30% of the damage dealt.
Level 4 Talents
Weakening Curse (Q): Pain and Suffering reduces the Attack Speed of Heroes affected by 10% per second for its duration, up to 50%.
The 8th Rack (W):Quest (!): Hit 3 or more Heroes with a single cast of Wracking Pain. Reward: Wracking Pain stuns enemies hit for .66 seconds.
Wring the Neck (E):Quest (!): Silence Heroes with Asphyxiate for a total of 80 seconds. Reward: Asphyxiate can be channeled for an additional second.
Level 7 Talents
Cripple (Q): Pain and Suffering slows enemies by 5% per second for its duration, up to 25%.
Cruel and Unusual (Passive): Roots, stuns, and silences grant an additional Joy stack.
Pleasure from Pain (Active): Activate to spend all your Joy stacks to reduce an enemy Hero's damage by 5% per stack for 5 seconds. 60 second cooldown.
Level 13 Talents
Pain Revisited (W): Wracking Pain resets the duration of disabling effects on enemy Heroes hit.
False Hope (Active): Activate to give an enemy Hero a shield equal to 20% of their maximum Health for 5 seconds. If that shield is destroyed, that Hero has their Armor reduced by 30 for 4 seconds. 60 second cooldown.
Off for Good Behavior (D): Stay of Execution can be cast on an enemy Hero to remove all damage over time and disabling effects from them to increase Stay of Execution's healing by 25% per disabling effect or damage over time removed.
Level 16 Talents
Misery Loves Company (Q): Pain and Suffering spreads to non-Heroic, non-Structure enemies.
Last Breath (E): If Asphyxiate is fully channeled on an enemy Hero, their Basic Abilities are set on cooldown.
Gilnean Hospitality (D): Reduce Stay of Execution's cooldown by 1.2 seconds per allied Hero healed.
Level 20 Talents
Dark Archangel (R): Calamity heals Ashbury for 50% of the damage dealt and the duration of the effects of his Basic Abilities are refreshed by the damage.
Mercy Killing (R): Killing a Hero within 3 seconds of using To the Gallows on them grants 10 Joy stacks and reduces To the Gallow's cooldown to 10 seconds.
Overwhelmingly Positive (Passive): Increases Ashbury's maximum Joy stacks to 15. Each stack past 10 increases your Spell Power by 5%.
Almost missed this, good thing I was browsing today! The concept looks great overall, and I like how you took a spin on the mostly shadow priest-y abilities of Ashbury to make him into a support. I don't really have anything in the way of criticism or suggestions right now (maybe I'll come back later). I look forward to (maybe) seeing a Lord Walden concept! (Make it a trilogy?)
Thanks, I was hoping you would! Glad that criticizing is hard, just means I did a good job I suppose. I looked over Walden and right now it seems a little difficult, maybe I'll make him a Specialist or (slight chance) Multiclass Support/Assassin since the cauldron and potions theme seems so unique. If/When I do, I imagine it will look a bit like my Nobundo concept with bits of controlled healing and damage. A trilogy would be fun and satisfying, possibly adding things so they all can work well together. For now though, glad you got to see this.
Just a small followup about Walden, if you do decide to work on him he's got some interesting effects with potions that either force you to move to avoid damage or force you to stay still to avoid damage. That could make an interesting gimmick for the character, alternating between the potions to try to control enemies' movements.
Thanks, that's definitely a good start! Maybe a smaller fear mechanic could work or just more positioning based abilities. I'll do some more research myself, but thanks for that help.
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