C'thun, like Abathur, is an unorthodox play style hero. Rather than acting through other heroes, he acts through summoned appendages, which he can use to act as a proxy for his other ability casts. C'thun has immense maximum health, but appendage damage hurts him also, and he has no regeneration or healing outside of a channelled ability, so multiple appendage deaths will kill your core body if you're not careful!
He is a specialist because he is capable of taking out lane minions quite easily, and the wide reach and vision of his appendages grants him secure lane control. His teamfight presence is limited to his second heroic unless he can relocate his appendages in time.
C'thun has his "true" body located near the team's nexus at the back of the base. This body cannot move or attack, but is the default proxy for ability casts if no tentacles are empowered by Eye of the Master. This body always retains the Dark Aura, irrespective of empowered Tentacles.
Statistics
Statistic
Level 1 Value
Growth
Level 25 Value
Health
2500
+500
15000
Health Regen (HPS)
0
-
0
Mana
0
-
0
Attack Speed (APS)
0
-
0
Attack Damage
0
-
0
Combat Trait
1
Eye of the Master
“C’thun radiates a Dark Aura of up to 8 range around his body. This aura indicates where his abilities may influence and grants vision of the area.
Activate this trait upon a Slave Tentacle to empower it so long as this trait isn’t cast upon another Tentacle or C’thun, causing it to radiate a similar Dark Aura and causing Dark Glare and Corruption to be cast from this tentacle’s position instead of the primary body. Once cast upon a tentacle, this trait goes on cooldown for 4 seconds.” C'thun's "true" body takes 100% more damage from attacks and abilities if targeted directly."
2
Undying Form
This is C'thun's Z ability, he has no mount.
“Activate to begin channeling over 100 seconds, healing 1% of C’thun’s maximum health per second. Tentacles are also healed for 1% of their maximum health a second. Eye of the Master is removed from any Tentacles once this ability is activated. Casting any of your other abilities will cancel the channel of this ability.”
Primary Abilities
1
Slave Tentacle
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Global Range
“Cast at the visible location to cause a Slave Tentacle to surface after 2 seconds. The Tentacle will attack nearby enemies every second for 21 (+6 per hero level, including level 1) damage. Whenever the Tentacle takes damage, C’thun takes a similar amount of damage himself. The Tentacle lasts until destroyed. You may have 3 Tentacles active at any one time. Basic attacks from Tentacles reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1 second.
Casting Slave Tentacle within a Dark Aura causes the Tentacle to surface in half the time and reduces the ability cooldown instantly by 10 seconds.
Minion and hero deaths near the Tentacle cause it to grow granting it a stack of 2.5% increased attack damage and health, stacking up to 30 times.
Tentacles can be healed and targeted by any beneficial ability that would ordinarily target a hero. Tentacles are healed by Regeneration Orbs. Tentacles empowered by Eye of the Master can contribute towards capturing objectives if they are placed within the capture zone. You can direct the attacks of Tentacles using the Strike ability. Alternatively the attacks of any Empowered Tentacles can be directed by right clicking targets within range.
Health: 500 (+100 per level beyond level 1) Attack Damage: 21 (+6 per level, including level 1) Attack Range: 5 Health Regeneration: 0”
2
Dark Glare
Cooldown: 9 seconds
“Activate to cause C’thun or your empowered Tentacle to begin channelling a beam at the targeted location within your Dark Aura. The beam deals 40 (+10 per hero level, including level 1) damage to enemies within the impact zone per second. You can use your cursor right clicks to move the beam once channelling has begun, but it cannot move outside of your Dark Aura. Lasts up to 6 seconds.”
3
Corruption
Cooldown: 4 seconds
“All enemies within the Dark Aura take 30 (+10 per hero level, including level 1) damage. Enemies damaged are marked for up to 8 seconds, increasing the damage they take from Corruption by 10%, stacking up to 10 times.”
Secondary Abilities
1
Strike
“Commands all Tentacles within attack range to focus on the chosen target, until it moves out of range or dies.”
2
Submerge
“The selected Tentacle will burrow over 2 seconds. Once burrowed it is stored as a charge, and the next cast of Slave Tentacle will resummon the first stored Tentacle at the selected location. Stored tentacles retain all passive attack damage and health bonuses they have accumulated. For every second a Tentacle is stored, it will be healed for 5% of its maximum health. There is no limit to how many Tentacles you may store. Successfully storing a Tentacle will instantly refresh the cooldown of Slave Tentacle. 8 second cooldown.”
Heroic Abilities
1
March of the SIlithid
Cooldown: 60 seconds
“Transform a Slave Tentacle into a Silithid hive. The Tentacle can no longer use basic attacks but may still be used to cast Dark Glare or Corruption if empowered by Eye of the Master. Transforming a Tentacle into a Hive increases it’s health by 25% and fully heals it. The Hive contributes towards your Tentacle count, and cannot be recalled using Submerge. The Hive will release Silithid Ravagers every 8 seconds, which move down the lane. Every fifth Ravager released will also release a Qiraji Warrior, Qiraji Warriors deal 50% more damage to structures. When empowered by Eye of the Master, the Hive releases Ravagers in half the time. You can recast this ability upon a living Hive to fully heal it. Doing so puts this ability on cooldown for 50% of the original duration.
Silithid Ravager Attack Damage (1.00 attack speed): 10 (+2.5 per hero level, including level 1) Health: 175 (+60 per hero level post level 1)
Qiraji Warrior Attack Damage (0.85 attack speed): 57 (+12 per hero level, including level 1) Health: 525 (+180 per hero level post level 1)”
2
Voice of C'thun
Cooldown: 60 seconds
“Causes C’thun or an Empowered Tentacle to channel on the target enemy hero for 1 second, stunning them whilst this channel occurs. Once finished, the enemy hero is corrupted with a malevolent growth for up to 10 seconds. This disempowers any active Tentacle. The Growth has health equal to 50% of the maximum health of the host, the host is damaged for an amount equal to 50% of any damage taken by the Growth. Your vision is centred on the corrupted hero. You can use new abilities from their location and issue auto attacks by right clicking targets within 6 range of the host. Executing abilities or attacks does not interfere with the ability casts, attacks or movement of the host hero unless the ability stipulates otherwise. You can still use the Strike and Submerge commands on targeted Tentacles whilst this ability is active.
Auto Attacks: 49 (+14 per hero level, including level 1) per second.
Flay: Q 2 second cooldown 6 range Flails appendages at the target and two nearby enemies for 35 (+10 per hero level, including level 1) damage.
Shadow Crash: W 10 second cooldown 8 range After channeling for 1 second, sends a slow moving mass of dark energy towards the target location. Impact deals 91 (+26 per hero level, including level 1) damage to all targets and stuns them for 1 second.
Siphon: E 6 second cooldown 8 range Target an ally to channel for up to 4 seconds, damaging your host for 100 (+20 per level, including level 1) over the duration and healing the targeted ally for an amount equal to 200% of any damage dealt by this ability. You can issue auto attacks whilst this ability channels but any other ability casts will cancel this ability.”
Dark Burden: R 15 second cooldown Stuns your host for 1 second.
Release: Z Leave the host and end the effects of this ability.”
Talents - Level 1
Eye of C’thun - [Generic Active] “Reveal the targeted area for 4 seconds. This detects all stealthed heroes. 60 second cooldown.”
Misery - [Corruption Augment] “Corruption deals 50% more damage to minions and mercenaries.”
Wide Gaze – [Dark Glare Augment] “The impact zone of Dark Glare is increased by 30%”
Crushing Limbs – [Slave Tentacle Augment] “Tentacle basic attacks deal 10% more to structures and remove 1 ammo.”
Dark Regrowth – [Generic Passive] “Whenever any of your tentacles benefits from the healing of a Regeneration Globe, the Health per Second regeneration of all Tentacles you control and create is permanently increased by 2.”
Talents - Level 4
Flailing Wrath – [Slave Tentacle Augment]
“The basic attacks of Tentacles now splash, dealing 50% damage to enemies near the primary target.”
Dark Empowerment – [Eye of the Master Augment] “When empowered, the first basic attack of a Tentacle is increased by 150% and has 3 bonus range.”
Roving Eye – [Dark Glare Augment] “The speed at which Dark Glare’s beam moves is increased by 25%.”
Cancerous Revival – [Corruption Augment] “All Tentacles within the Dark Aura of where Corruption is cast are healed for 30% of any damage dealt by Corruption.”
Talents - Level 7
Putrid Might – [Slave Tentacle Augment]
“Every third consecutive attack against a target, a Tentacle will deal 75% more damage and slow the target by 40% for 0.5 seconds.”
Omnimalevolence – [Generic Active] “Cast upon a friendly hero, minion or mercenary. This causes them to emit your Dark Aura for up to 6 seconds and causes your Dark Glare and Corruption to be cast from their location. Casting Omnimalevolence will cancel Eye of the Master on any Tentacles.”
Dominion – [Slave Tentacle Augment] “Tentacles take 75% less damage from Minions and Mercenaries and deal 100% more damage with their basic attacks against Minions and Mercenaries.”
Inner Eye – [Undying Form Augment] “For every second you channel Undying Form, the vision range of your Tentacles increases by 0.5, up to a maximum of 4 additional vision range. This bonus vision persists for up to 4 seconds after Undying Form is cancelled.”
Revivify – [Generic Active] “Disempower all Tentacles and causes them to remain idle as you channel for up to 5 seconds, healing your Tentacles for 8% of their maximum health per second channelled. 40 second cooldown.”
Talents - Level 10
March of the Silithid – [Heroic Ability]
Voice of C’thun – [Heroic Ability]
Talents - Level 13
Endless Appendages – [Slave Tentacle Augment]
“You may now have 4 active Tentacles at any one time.”
Dazzling Blast – [Dark Glare Augment] “Upon taking damage from Dark Glare, the target is blinded, causing them to miss their next 3 basic attacks made within 4 seconds. This effect can only apply once every 6 seconds.”
Pervasive Influence – [Generic Passive] “The radius of your Dark Aura is increased by 1.5 range, increasing the potential range of Dark Glare and Corruption by proxy.”
Frenzied Limbs – [Corruption Augment] “For each target damaged by Corruption, any Tentacles within the Dark Aura have their attack speed increased by 10% for 4 seconds. Attack speed can stack up to 150% bonus.”
Talents Level 16
King of Limbs – [Slave Tentacle Augment] “Tentacle attack damage increased by 30%.”
Unfathomable Gaze– [Dark Glare Augment] “Each time a target is damaged by Dark Glare, damage they take from subsequent ticks is increased by 15%. This effect stacks continually and lasts up to 3 seconds.”
Black Blood – [Corruption Augment] “Corruption now slows damaged targets by 30% for 1.5 seconds.”
Grasp – [Generic Active] “The empowered Tentacle will grab the chosen target, pulling them to its location. Can be used on allies or enemies. 45 second cooldown.”
Talents - Level 20
Dark Swarm – [March of the Silithid Augment]
“Each time your Hive releases a Qiraji Warrior, it reduces the number of Ravagers required for a Qiraji Warrior to be released by one. This effect keeps stacking up to a maximum of one Qiraji Warrior per two Ravagers. When recasting this ability upon a Hive, not only is the Hive healed, but for the next 4 seconds Ravagers are summoned three times as quickly.”
Echoes of Evil – [Voice of C’thun Augment] “The duration of Voice of C’thun is increased by 50%. The growth now has maximum health equal to 100% of the host’s maximum health.”
Wrath of the Old Ones – [Generic Passive] “When casting an ability from C’thun or an empowered Tentacle, all other Tentacles within the Dark Aura will replicate your Dark Glare and Corruption casts for 50% of the original ability damage.”
The Dark Below – [Submerge Augment] “Submerge no longer has a channel time for Tentacles to bury, and the cooldown is reduced to 2 seconds. Additionally stored Tentacles heal three times as quickly.”
This is a clone of Dvice's C'thun. Word for word and identical abilities with different names.
Yours was published June 17
His was published May 26th, a full 3 weeks before this.
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