Chen by Thinhead

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Chen

By: Thinhead
Last Updated: Nov 12, 2017
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Chen

Talent Rework

I've been a huge Chen fan for a long time now and I love the character design in general but he feels a bit bad since Elusive Brawler got nerfed. Having only one overpowered talent keep the character afloat was sub-optimal design anyway and contrary to the developers' stated goal of promoting build diversity. Here's a rework concept.

Combat Trait

1
Fortifying Brew (D)
Trait
Cooldown: 5 seconds

Chen drinks from his keg, instantly gaining 25 Brew. While drinking, Chen continues to gain 30 Brew and 212 (+4% per level) temporary Shields per second, up to a maximum of 636 (+4% per level) while drinking. Shields persist for 2 seconds after he stops drinking.

Primary Abilities

1
Flying Kick (Q)
Brew: 10
Cooldown: 5 seconds

Kick through target enemy, dealing 112 (+4% per level) damage.
2
Keg Smash (W)
Brew: 20
Cooldown: 5 seconds

Smash Chen's keg, dealing 50 (+4% per level) damage and drenching affected enemies in Brew, slowing them by 25% for 3 seconds.
3
Breath of Fire (E)
Brew: 30
Cooldown: 5 seconds

Breathe a cone of flames, dealing 96 (+4% per level) damage. Enemies soaked in Brew are Ignited, dealing 96 (+4% per level) additional damage over 3 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

1
Wandering Keg (R)
Heroic Ability
Cooldown: 70 seconds

Roll around inside an Unstoppable barrel with 60% increased Movement Speed, dealing 59 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in the way and knocking them back. Lasts for 5 seconds.
2
Storm, Earth, Fire (R)
Heroic Ability
Cooldown: 100 seconds

After 1 second, Chen splits into three elemental spirits for 12 seconds, each with 75% of Chen's maximum Health and a unique ability. If all three spirits are killed, Chen will die as well.

Storm can grant the spirits Movement Speed.
Earth can leap to an area and slow enemies.
Fire can grant the spirits Attack Speed.

Talents

Level 1


Notes

Level 1


More consistency between choices. Pick your quest.

Level 4


Pick your survivability/mobility. Small buff to Elusive Brawler cooldown reduction so it doesn't feel quite as bad. Moving while drinking should be able to mitigate some of Chen's familiar problems relating to being stuck in place.

Level 7


Brewmaster's Balance was always overpowered.
Keg Toss looks a little pale but good synergy with other talents should make it a strong pick.

Level 10


I think both Chen's Heroics are fine.

Level 13


For the price of needing to combo W->Q instead of Q->W, Pressure Point would feel good if it was a stun.
Moderate buff to the Shield amount for Enough to Share. Good synergy with Drinkin' Stagger.
Added AOE buff to Ring of Fire to compensate for putting at at level 13 instead of level 4. Good synergy with Keg Toss.

Level 16


I was going to put Deadly Strike here with a smaller (10) Armor debuff but felt like piling too many effects into one talent so I put it at level 7 in its original form instead. Chen burst was already pretty good for a warrior so I would watch Exploding Stomach Kick closely.
On the other hand I think the other options here are also pretty compelling.

Level 20


Stormstout Secret Recipe is pretty bad in its current incarnation. I still don't think 1.5% Health per second is real strong for level 20 but it could be a compelling option for a defensive/heal deficient setup.
Drinkin' Brawler should enable a more aggressive playstyle by allowing Chen to "drink" at a slightly reduced rate with his auto attacks. Great synergy with Elusive Brawler.
Heroic upgrades unchanged.

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