Deckard Cain by Zyver

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Deckard Cain

By: Zyver
Last Updated: Jun 16, 2015
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Deckard Cain

Last mage of the Horadrim

Deckard Cain is the first true support character. His skills focus on debuffing enemies, buffing allies and healing allies, he cannot compete as a fighting hero, yet must remain in danger to benefit his team.

His abilities require close proximity to the enemies, and require long period of remaining stationary to accrue Knowledge. This makes Deckard very vulnerable to offset the power of his buffs and debuffs.

He has low health, normal speed, and use Knowledge instead of focus. Knowledge only accrues via remaining stationary, and has a maximum of 100. Deckard starts with 0 Knowledge.

Combat Trait

1
Stay a while and listen
Deckard's presence compels enemies to stay a while and listen, their movement and attack speed are reduced by 25% when in melee range of Deckard. Effect continues for 1 second after leaving melee range.
2
Bookworm
Deckard pulls out a book and starts reading whenever he is stationary. Gains 10 knowledge every second that he is stationary after waiting 2 seconds. Channeling, attacking, or receiving damage halts the gain of knowledge and resets the 2 second wait.

Primary Abilities

1
Greetings!
Deckard warmly greets all companions in range healing them for 10% of their max health, and a further 15% channeled over 3 seconds if they stay stationary. 

Knowledge cost of 10. 
Cooldown of 5 seconds.
2
Identify Equipment
Deckard examines the opponent's equipment to identify any weakness - Increases their damage taken from friendly heroes by 25% for 3 seconds.

Knowledge cost of 20.
Cooldown of 10 seconds. 
Cannot be used on the same hero twice in a row.
3
Horadric Cube
Deckard transmutes the gear of opponents to create a new item for a friendly hero -

Opponents:
5% permanent damage output reduction to all opponents in range of the targeted friendly hero. 
Damage reduction only expires on death of the effected opponent, or death of the friendly hero. 
Damage reduction can be stacked indefinitely, each stack is represented as a separate icon corresponding to the friendly hero that must be killed to remove the debuff.

Friendly hero:
5% permanent damage output increase to targeted friendly hero per opponent that was debuffed. 
Damage increase only expires on death of the effected opponent, or death of the friendly hero. 
Damage increase can be stacked indefinitely, each stack is represented as a separate icon corresponding to the opponent that will strip the buff on their death.

Knowledge cost of 50.
Cooldown of 15 seconds. 

Heroic Abilities

1
Town Portal
Creates a portal that lasts 15 seconds. Portal allows any hero from either side that clicks it to travel to between the shrine and core on Deckard Cain's team's side. Can be cast again after 1 second cooldown to close the portal early. 

Knowledge cost of 75.
Cooldown of 45 seconds. 
2
Lecture
Boosts a friendly hero's damage by 25% until their death. Can not be cast on the same hero again until that hero has died and lost the buff. 

Knowledge cost of 100.
Cooldown of 90 seconds.

Talents - 1

Greater Horadric Cube 
- Reduction and boost are increased to 7.5%

Tome of Identify
 - Damage boost increased by a further 5%

Public speaking
 - Trait effects last a further second after leaving the range

Scholar
 - Increases Knowledge regeneration by 5 per second spent stationary. Every 3 Regeneration globes gathered increases this bonus by 1.

Light robes
 - Deckard Cain's movement speed is permanently boosted by 20%

Talents - 4

Stay much longer
 - Opponents are stunned once for 1 second upon entering the melee range of Deckard. Resets once they leave melee range

Listen intently
 - Opponents are silenced once for 1 second upon entering the melee range of Deckard. Resets once they leave melee range

Warm Greeting
 - Teammates are healed an additional 10% via the channel

Awe-inspiring
 - Reduces damage taken from non-heroes by 50%

Talents - 7

Blessed Greeting
 - Teammates are restored focus alongside health, in the same manner.

Burning Rage
 - Deal 10 (+2 per level) damage per second to nearby enemies.

Free Identifies
 - Tome of Identify can now be used on friendly heroes to increase their damage output for the same value and same duration.

Horadric Mage
 - Horadric cube has global range to be targeted on a friendly hero. The range around that hero is boosted by 30%.

Talents - 13

Blood for blood 
 - Activate to steal 15% of target enemy Hero's Max Health and slow its Movement Speed by 30% for 3 seconds.

Town Visit
 - All nearby teammates have their health and focus regeneration boosted by 150% when near both Deckard and between the Keep towers and the core

Horadric Research
 - Horadric Cube effects are doubled, but now have a duration of 15 seconds before resetting

Speed Lecture
 - Stay a while and listen now gives Deckard a 10% movement buff per opponent effected. Lasts the same duration as their debuff when they leave the range.

Talents - 16

I won't ask you twice
 - Range of stay awhile and listen boosted to same range as Tychus auto attack

Let me take a closer look
 - Identify Equipment stuns the opponent for 2 seconds

No time to chat
 - Greetings heals the full 25% instantly without channeling. Cooldown increased to 8 seconds.

Rewind
 - Activate to reset the cooldowns of your Basic Abilities.

Talents - 20

Cow Level
 - Portal now points to the opponent's core. Opponent's minions resemble cows for the duration of the portal, and take 25% extra damage.

Apprenticeship
 - Boosts friendly hero's damage by 25%, attack rate by 25% and movement speed by 25% until death. Can not be cast on any other hero until that hero dies or buff is cancelled by pressing R again.

Martydom
 - Deckard now stuns and silences all opponents in a large range for 2 seconds on death. Each hero in range reduces respawn time by 10 seconds, this cannot be reduced below 5 seconds.

Bolt of the storm
 - Activate to teleport to a nearby location.

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Arionic (1) | June 17, 2015 1:51pm
This is an awesome idea!
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