Why include him into the Nexus?
He would be included mainly for the nostalgia of Diablo 1 and 2.
What defines Deckard Cain?
He is an NPC that helps the player out with lore (quest) and identifying items. He has a vast knowledge and is the Last Horadrim. He does not possess any combat abilities (in Diablo series) but has faced dangers before so he is not particularly afraid, but he is very weak (as weak as Abathur in health).
Combat Trait
1
Scholar
Deckard Cain's superior knowledge lets him capture objectives faster. Deckard Cain channels and captures map points 200% faster.
Primary Abilities
1
Horadric Seal
Deckard has some basic knowledge of Hodradric magic. Place a Horadric Seal on target area that last 1 seconds. If an ally stands on the seal it will block enemy pathing and extend it's duration until there are no allies standing on the seal. Does not work with Deckard. Does very low damage to enemies if cast on them. If there isn't an ally on the seal, enemies can walk freely through.
Only 1 seal can be active at a time.
3 second cooldown.
It's basically a Holy Ground if an ally stands on it. To be fun to play he needs some way to impact the battle field in some way that feels engaging.
2
Health Potion
Drop a Health Potion on the ground that allied and enemy heroes except Deckard Cain can pick up. Dropped Health Potions last 30 seconds. Works the same as a neutral Regen Globe, except it only gives health.
5 second cooldown
3
Horadric Protection
Channel on an ally, giving them 15% damage reduction and you 90% damage reduction.
Switching targets has a 2 second cooldown.
This is Deckard Cain's main way of staying alive while also staying in the battlefield and helping his team. Counter play is to displace either Deckard or the target, so that the link is broken and Deckard can be quickly killed.
Secondary Abilities
1
Stay a While and Listen
Becomes available as a level 1 Talent
Channel for 4 seconds (after trait) to reveal 1 enemy hero for 6 seconds for each ally that stayed close to Deckard Cain during the whole channel. The reveal is global, reveals the closes enemy heroes first and can only reveal a maximum of 2 enemy heroes.
60 second cooldwon
2
Identiy
Becomes available as a level 4 Talent
Change friendly Regen Globe or Health Potion to Gem. Effects of gems last 5 seconds.
No cooldown.
Deckard Cain has a choice between 4 talents that give different types of Gems:
Identify Sapphire: Basic Attacks slow movement speed.
Identify Skull: Basic Attacks have life steal.
Identify Topaz: Every x Basic Attacks stun the target.
Identify Diamond: Basic Attacks deal x% bonus damage to non heroic targets.
3
Horadric Cube
Becomes available as a level 7 Talent
Change enemy or neutral Regen Globe so that only your team can get it. Refreshes the disappear timer.
No cooldown.
Heroic Abilities
1
Waypoint
After a 5 second channel (after trait), create a set of Waypoints between Deckard Cain's location and the target location, allowing allies and enemies to teleport between both. Waypoints can not be placed near Keeps or undestroyed Forts. Waypoints last until another pair is placed and are always visible on the minimap, to allies and enemies. Has global range.
Placing Waypoints: 60 second cooldown.
Using Waypoints: no cooldown (similar to Portal of Medivh).
2
Town Portal
After a 3 second channel (after trait), send target hero (ally or enemy) to their Hall of Storm. If used on an ally a return portal will be created at the Hall of Storm. The return portal will disappear if they leave the Hall of Storm.
40 second cooldown
Has a short range.
Talents
Level 1 Talents
Stay a While and Listen
Level 4 Talents
Identify Sapphire: See above.
Identify Skull: See above.
Identify Topaz: See above.
Identify Diamond: See above.
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