Dronella by WinekChan

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Dronella

By: WinekChan
Last Updated: Jan 18, 2018
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Dronella

The Smartest Princess Drone

Lore


Dronella is a Drone whose birth was sparked from massive Psi energy from Protoss attacks. This resulted in a massive amount of intelligence in the Drone. It quickly grew a unique personality, identifying itself a girl and finding interest for accessories. She slowly began to become quite the bragger, and while being massively intelligent at the same time, she would brag about it a lot, as she was able to master terran language very quickly. She created engines herself to collect minerals without forcing herself. Dronella now roams the battlefield with her not-so-smart twin brother (who hatched at the same time as her), who is seemingly immortal and loves mutating into hatcheries, in hope to use her intelligence for a better cause. And also to be called a princess with her new bestie, a virulent virus.

Gameplay


A summoner which excels at defending lanes while pushing them.

Stats


Health - 1400 (+4% per level)
Resource - None
Physical Armor - 0
Spell Armor - 0

Combat Trait

1
D - Hatchery

Active


~s Cooldown

Dronella uses her Not-So-Smart drone brother to place a Hatchery at the location, spawning in 10 seconds. It spawns an egg every 6 seconds, which spawns a Zergling after a small 0.5 second delay. While the Hatchery is up, it can be reactivated to use 5 Minerals and create an egg instantly. Hatchery's cooldown is the same as Dronella's death timer level, the time her brother respawn.

Zerglings have 1.25 attack speed, have 120 (+3% per level) health, are melee, and their attacks deals 26 (+4% per level) damage. They move at 160% movement speed.

Passive


Minions drops 1 Mineral on death, while Heroes drops 10 Minerals. Dronella can pick them up, and must bring it back to her Hatchery, or will be dropped upon death and not be usable. Dronella also doesn't gain talents per level. Instead, she has to pay 75 Minerals for all talents except the level 1 talent, which is free, and the level 4 talent, who costs 50 Minerals.
2
A - Basic attack
Dronella spits out acid on a single enemy.

Attack Type - Ranged
Attack Speed - 1.25
Attack Range - 3.5
Attack Damage - 65 (+4% per level)

Primary Abilities

1
Q - Wet Spit

Active


1 Mineral
6s cooldown

Dronella spits a projectile forward, hitting the first enemy it encounters for 156 (+4.5% per level) damage, and making them Soggy for 5 seconds. It creates a puddle of wet spit for 4 seconds on the ground at the end of its path or at the feet of the enemy hit, which makes enemies walking over it Soggy for 2 seconds, except for the primary target. Soggy enemies takes 50% more damage from Zerglings attacks. Minerals gathered by Dronella but not dropped at an Hatchery can still be used to cast Wet Spit.
2
W - Zerg Wall

Active


10 Mineral
14s cooldown

Dronella creates a small wall in front of her that has 25% of her health. It grabs in absolutely any projectile, even if it wasn't targeted at it. It stands indefinitely until destroyed. Allies can pass through the wall.
3
E - Dronella Mines

Active


15 Mineral
14s cooldown

Dronella puts up her own invention, the mine. It instantly harvest Minerals left by minions in its range, while dealing 45 (+4% per level) damage every second in the same area. It can also be used by Dronella to deposit Minerals currently on her.

Secondary Abilities

1
1 - Command Zergs

Active


1s cooldown

Order all Zerglings to attack the target or move to location.

Heroic Abilities

1
R1 - Heart Of The Lone Swarm

Active


90s cooldown

Dronella sacrifice all nearby Zerglings. Each Zerglings grants her a 235 (+4% per level) point shield, and add 1 second to its duration. The full duration cannot exceed 12 seconds
2
R2 - Zerg Rush

Active


80s cooldown

Calls down an army of Zergs based on the target.

On a hatchery, spawns 8 Zerglings immediately.

On an ally, spawns an Infestor that lasts for 30 seconds and follow the ally, using Fungal Growth on nearby enemies every 5 seconds (prioritizing heroes), which deals 126 (+4% per level) damage over 3 seconds and slow them by 30% in this duration.

On an enemy, spawns 3 roaches that each deal 45 (+3% per level) damage per seconds, and last for 12 seconds. They only focus the primary target, and once the enemy killed, they vanish.

On the ground, it creates 3 drones that seeks the nearest lanes, grabbing Minerals and bringing back to the nearest Hatchery. They can attack minions with Dronella's same untalented offensive stat, except dealing 50% less damage, and will only do so if there are no minerals nearby. They last for 60 seconds.

Special Mount

1
Z - Hovering Drone
Dronella always moves 10% faster while not damaged for at least 5 seconds. She does not mount.

Tier 1 Talents

(1 D?) Hatchery Connection


Dronella no longer needs to bring back the Minerals she collected to the hatchery, and can use them instantly upon collection.

(2 D?) Battle Drone


Minions no longer drops Minerals, and heroes drops 25 instead. Every talent Dronella has increase her basic attack's damage by 5%, including this one.

(3 D?) Rich Mineral Source


Dronella passively creates one Mineral every 4 seconds which does not need to be dropped at a Hatchery.

(4 D?) Mineral Fields Depleted


Dronella no longer obtain talents with Minerals, and instead mutate slowly, gaining a new talent every 2.5 minutes.



Tier 2 Talents

(1 Z?) Fast Drone


Hovering Drone's speed boost out of battle is increased to 20%, and make it so the bonus is not lost by recieving minions damage.

(2 A?) Goopy Spit


Basic attacks splash behind the target for 50% of the damage. Additionally, they apply Soggy for 1.5 seconds.

(3 D?) Zergling Swarm


Zergling eggs spawns ever 5 seconds instead. Whenever a zergling die, reduce by one second the remaining timer to spawn a zergling egg.
Quest: Spawn a total of 150 zerglings.
Reward: Zerglings move 20% faster and deal 20% more damage.



Tier 3 Talents

(1 Q?) Corrosive Spit


Wet Spit deals 50% additional damage over 4 seconds.
Quest: Hit enemy heroes with Wet Spit.
Reward: After hitting 10 hero, Wet Spit's range is increased by 20%.

(2 A?) Zergling Essence


Quest: Use basic attacks on Soggy enemy heroes.
Reward: After 50 basic attacks, Dronella's basic attacks' damge on Soggy targets is increased by 10%.
Reward: After 100 basic attacks, Dronella's basic attacks' damage on Soggy targets is increased by another 10%.
Reward: After 200 basic attacks, Dronella's basic attacks' range on Soggy targets is increased by 1.5.

(3 W?) Infested Walls


When a Zerg Wall dies, it liberates 3 Zerglings.

(4 W?) Watch Wall


Dronella can hide inside a wall for as long as it is alive. She can still use basic attack inside of it, which all have 0.5 more range, and slow enemies by 10% for 2 seconds. She cannot use other abilities.



Tier 4 Talents

(1 R1?) Heart of the lone Swam


Unlocks the ability Heart Of The Lone Swarm.

(2 R2?) Zerg Rush


Unlocks the ability Zerg Rush.

(3 D?) My Second Not-So-Smart Drone Brother


Dronella's R button is replaced by another hatchery, so she can summon another one on the field. Similar to the D button, if there is already an R Hatchery on the field, it can be reactivated to create a Zergling Egg.



Tier 5 Talents

(1 E?) Upgrade to Smashing Mine


Dronella Mines deals 200% more damage, but no longer collects Minerals in its area. (Can still be used to drop minerals)

(2 E?) Upgrade to Mine Network


Dronella can enter inside a Mine and come out from another. Both mine are then put on cooldown for 30 seconds, dealing 50% less damage, and not being usable to teleport again.

(3 E?) Upgrade to Breeding Mine


Dronella Mines no longer deals damage. Instead, every 60 seconds, if there is none, it spawns a Braggy Queen. Braggy Queens have the same untalented stats as Dronella, and try to push lanes, as they ignore all heroes.

(4 E?) Upgrade to Working Mine


Dronella can hide inside her mines for as long as they are alive. While she is hidden inside, Minerals collected by it are worth double.



Tier 6 Talents

(1 Q?) Sticky Spit


Soggy slows enemies down by 25% for the duration. If Wet Spit hits an enemy hero, its cooldown is reduced to 2 seconds.

(2 Passive) Mineral Saver


Quest: Collect Regen Globes to lower by one the cost in minerals of all of Dronella's basic abilities.
Reward: After collecting 15 Regen Globes, additional Regen Globes are worth 5 minerals.

(3 Passive) "Borrowed" Protoss Technology


While not being damaged for at least 5 seconds, Hatcheries, Zerg Walls, Dronella Mines and Dronella herself gains a 25 (+4%) point shield. This maxes out at 250 (+4%).

(4 W?) Crypted Walls


Zerg Wall gains a second charge. Once destroyed, Zerg Walls refund 5 minerals.



Tier 7 Talents

(1 R1?) Zergling Genes


Every Zergling that Dronella sacrifies with Heart of the lone Swarm grants her 10% additional damage on her basic attack and increase the damage of Wet Spit by 10% for the duration.

(2 R2?) Zerg Rush Rush


Zerg Rush gains two additional charges. Its cooldown is increased to 100 seconds, but gives all charge back.

(3 Passive) Regenerating Tissues


Dronella, while her Hovering Drone bonus is active, regenerates rapidly 10% of her health each second. Allies who are close to her have their health regeneration tripled. This also affects Zerg Walls. Can be toggled on and off.

(4 D?) Toughest Zerglings


Zerglings are unable to die before doing at least 3 attacks. This effect does not apply to turrets.

(5 Passive) ZERG CHICKEN POX!


Dronella let herself be infected by her bestie, and her body takes 26 (+6%) damage per seconds. While she is near a hatchery, she regenerate that same amount of health instead. Dronella's death experience is now worth only 50%. Touching enemies infect them with the Zerg chicken pox for 5 seconds, structures not being affected. Her Zerg Wall and Dronella Mine also infects for 5 seconds on touch. Dronella loses 1.2 attack range, but her attacks become sneezing, which infects enemies in a cone.


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