Kaldalis by Maximus Ultima

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Kaldalis

By: Maximus Ultima
Last Updated: Oct 26, 2022
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Kaldalis

Purifier Zealot Concept

Kaldalis served as one of the first Protoss Zealots to land on Aiur during the Daelaam's invasion to recapture it from the Zerg. His task force was entrusted with defending a probe and the Pylon it warped in to establish a beachhead for the rest of the invasion force. He was the only member of the group to survive until the Pylon fully formed, and joined in the charge as additional forces warped in to retake their homeworld. He fell in battle sometime thereafter.

A Purifier personality construct of Kaldalis reappeared as a Legionnaire alongside Praetor Talandar's forces in the End War.

Kaldalis is designed to be a hero who excels at fighting multiple enemies, but is weaker in a 1v1 situation. His trait temporarily grants him a small amount of armor for every enemy he deals damage to, meaning he gains armor quickly in teamfights but is slower to gain that durability against fewer enemies.

Combat Trait

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[Trait] Zealous Resolve
Passive
Armor per Stack: 1
Maximum Stacks: 25
Duration: 5 sec.
Kaldalis gains stacks of Zealous Resolve from damaging enemies with Basic Attacks or Abilities, depending on the target and source of the damage, stacking up to 25.
Each stack of Zealous Resolve grants Kaldalis 1 Armor and lasts for 5 seconds.
Hitting enemies with Basic Attacks or Abilities refreshes the duration of Zealous Resolve stacks.



Active
Cooldown: 30 sec.
Duration: 4 sec.
Armor: 25
Activate Zealous Resolve to instantly increase Kaldalis' Armor by 25 for 4 seconds.
This stacks with Zealous Resolve's passive Armor.
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[Basic Attack] Purifier Blades
Damage: 90
Attack Speed: 1/sec.
Range: 1.7



Stacks vs Heroes: 2
Stacks vs Non-Heroes: 1
Basic attacks grant 2 stacks of Zealous Resolve per Hero hit and 1 stack per non-Hero unit hit.

Primary Abilities

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[Q] Leaping Strike
Cooldown: 8 sec.
Damage: 140
Range: 5
Radius: 3
Kaldalis leaps at an enemy, dealing 140 damage to the target and all enemies within a radius of 3 on impact.



Stacks vs Heroes: 4
Stacks vs Non-Heroes: 1
Leaping Strike grants 4 stacks of Zealous Resolve per Hero hit and 1 stack per non-Hero unit hit.
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[W] Energized Blades
Cooldown: 12 sec.
Damage: 40
Radius: 3
Duration: 4 sec.
Empower Kaldalis' Basic Attacks for 4 seconds, causing him to release a pulse that deals 40 damage to enemies within 3 range every time he makes a Basic Attack.
Casting Energized Blades resets Kaldalis' Basic Attack period.

❢ Quest: Hit 25 enemies with Energized Blades.
❢ Reward: Kaldalis' gains 5% increased Attack Speed while Energized Blades is active, up to 100%.



Stacks vs Heroes: 2
Stacks vs Non-Heroes: 0
Energized Blades grants 2 stacks of Zealous Resolve per Hero hit.
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[E] Body Slam
Cooldown: 10 sec.
Damage: 150
Maximum Range: 4
Knockback Distance: 4
Kaldalis charges forward a short distance towards a target location, dealing 150 damage to enemies in his path. If he collides with an enemy Hero, he stops moving immediately and knocks them back a short distance in the direction he was traveling.
If the enemy collides with terrain or another Hero, they stop moving immediately and all involved Heroes are Stunned for 1.5 seconds and take an additional 150 damage.

Body Slam buffers any movement impairing CC applied to Kaldalis until the end of the charge.



Stacks vs Heroes: 5
Stacks vs Non-Heroes: 1
Body Slam grants 5 stacks of Zealous Resolve per Hero hit and 1 stack per non-Hero unit hit.

Secondary Abilities

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[Active] Phasing Armor
Cooldown: 60 sec.
Duration: 2 sec.
Attacks Blocked: 6
Activate to ignore the next 6 instances of damage within 2 seconds.
Taking damage causes this ability to cooldown 100% faster for 1 second, increased to 200% faster while at full stacks of Zealous Resolve.

This ability requires the level 16 talent Phasing Armor.

Heroic Abilities

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[R1] Remote Repair/Remote Reconstruction
Remote Repair
Cooldown: 60 sec.
Healing: 100% max Health
Duration: 20 sec.
While Kaldalis is alive, activate this ability to heal him for 100% of his maximum Health over 20 seconds.



Remote Reconstruction
Cooldown: 120 sec.
Health Restored: 50% max Health
Duration: 3 sec.
While Kaldalis is dead, activate this ability to rebuild his body where he was last killed over 3 seconds, reviving him and restoring 50% of his maximum Health.
Kaldalis is Invulnerable while being rebuilt.

Remote Reconstruction can only be used while both it and Remote Repair are off cooldown. Remote Repair goes on cooldown if Remote Reconstruction is cast.
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[R2] Akhundelar
Cooldown: 90 sec.
Duration: 10 sec.
Range: 8
Shield Health: 250
Armor Bonus per Hero: 5
Damage Bonus per Hero: +5%
Kaldalis and all allied Heroes within 8 range gain 250 Shields, 5 Armor, and 5% additional damage for 10 seconds.
If an ally dies while under the affect of Akhundelar, all other allies affected by Akhundelar gain an additional 250 Shields, 5 Armor, and 5% damage for the remainder of Akhundelar's duration, stacking up to 4 times.

Talents

Level 1


[Q] Ballistic Leap
Increases Leaping Strike's range by 50%.
Kaldalis becomes Unstoppable while traveling.

[W] Purifier Directive
While Energized Blades is active, Kaldalis deals 300% damage to Minions, Mercenaries, and Monsters.
Killing an enemy Hero hit by Energized Blades within the last 3 seconds grants 25 attacks worth of additional progress towards its quest.

[E] Forward!
Increases Body Slam's charge range by 2.
Kaldalis gains 30% movement speed for 3 seconds after hitting an enemy Hero with Body Slam.

[Passive] Autorepair Module
? Repeatable Quest: Collecting a Regeneration Globes increases Kaldalis' Health Regeneration by 1.5 per second.
? Reward: After collecting 20 Regeneration Globes, Regeneration Globes heal Kaldalis for 100% more.



Level 4


[Q/W] Commence Purification
If Leaping Strike hits at least 2 enemy Heroes or 5 enemies total, Energized Blades' cooldown is reset.

[Q] Pile Driver
Leaping Strike deals 100% more damage to the primary target and Roots them for 1.5 seconds.

[W] Static Pulse
Energized Blades Slows enemies by 10%, stacking up to 40%, for 2 seconds.

[W] Combat Analysis
Basic Attacks refresh the duration of Energized Blades by 0.5 seconds.



Level 7


[Q] Earthshaker
Leaping Strike Slows enemies by 50% for 2 seconds.
? Quest: Hit enemy Heroes with Leaping Strike.
? Reward: Increases the damage of Leaping Strike by 4, up to 100.

[Q] Cratering Impact
Increases Leaping Strike's radius by 1.
Leaping Strike pulls enemies towards Kaldalis.

[W] Power Surge
Energized Blades deals additional damage to Heroes equal to 0.75% of their maximum Health.
Hitting an enemy Hero with Energized Blades grants Kaldalis 20% additional Movement Speed for 3 seconds.

[E] Bulldoze
Body Slam no longer stops upon impacting a Hero, and instead pushes that Hero forward the remainder of the charge distance, then knocks them back 4 range.



Level 13


[Q] Engage
Hitting 2 or more Heroes with Leaping Strike grants twice as many stacks of Zealous Resolve.

[E] Shoulder Smash
Body Slam deals additional damage to Heroes equal to 5% of their maximum Health and reduces their damage by 50% for 3 seconds.

[Passive] Tactical Data Web
Each allied Hero within 6 range of Kaldalis grants him 10% additional Attack Damage. 50% of this bonus is shared with contributing Heroes.



Level 16


[Trait] Battle Hardened
? Quest: Mitigate 10,000 damage with Zealous Resolve, including all damage mitigated so far.
? Reward: Kaldalis permanently gains 5 stacks of Zealous Resolve, up to 25.

[Trait] Strength in Unity
Kaldalis gains 4 stacks of Zealous Resolve if an allied Hero is within 6 range, and an additional 2 stacks for every additional allied Hero nearby.
Kaldalis grants allied Heroes within 6 range half of his own current Armor value.

[Passive] Zealous Fury
Kaldalis' Basic Ability cooldowns recharge 2% faster and heal Kaldalis for 1% of the damage they deal for every stack of Zealous Resolve he has.
Kaldalis' Basic Ability cooldowns recharge 50% faster and heal Kaldalis for 25% of the damage they deal while Zealous Resolve is active.
These effects do not stack with each other.

[Active] Phasing Armor
Activate to ignore the next 6 instances of damage within 2 seconds.



Level 20


[Trait] Last Stand
Zealous Resolve is permanently active while Kaldalis is below 33% Health.

[Trait] Indomitable Resolve
Activating Zealous Resolve while Kaldalis has 25 stacks makes him Unstoppable for 4 seconds.

[R1] Rapid Orbital Repair
Remote Repair now heals Kaldalis for 100% of his maximum Health over 10 seconds, and its cooldown is reduced to 45 seconds.

[R1] Avenger Protocol
Remote Reconstruction now deploys a fully constructed body with full Health for Kaldalis to take control of over 1.5 seconds.
Kaldalis gains 30% additional Attack Damage and 25 stacks of Zealous Resolve for 6 seconds after using Remote Reconstruction.

[R2] My Life for Aiur!
If an ally dies while under the effects of Akhundelar, its duration is refreshed on all remaining allies.
Allies that die while under the effects of Akhundelar have their death timers reduced by 50%.

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Murraythehuman (2) | September 4, 2020 8:40am
I rather like this moveset. The mechanics are basic, but I already know essentially how they're supposed to play, and where the nuances lie. Kaldalis fits neatly into a dive comp, and is rewarded when punishing clumped up enemies.

However, I do think what you've made here fits better into the Bruiser role than the Tank role, as while he has superb engage, a qualifying attribute of Tanks is their ability to peel. The knockback on Body Slam is definitely a good start, but a ten second cooldown that only impacts one enemy isn't enough to protect a team, and while Leaping Strike could help body block, it doesn't quite fit the bill.

I do think you could keep things almost exactly as they are, and just reclassify them to a bruiser, but if you want a tank, I'd suggest adding a slow to the Q, maybe at the cost of some power elsewhere. The 50% slow on his Level 7 seems about right, though perhaps decaying over 2.5 seconds given that it's now a baseline stat.

Also, as a side note, but the level 10 R1 heroic, at least the self-revive part, is potentially overpowered. Most self-revive talents of its ilk are level 20 talents. The closest comparison would be Auriel, though unlike Auriel, Kaldalis has the tools to survive if the enemy team immediately pounces him, and a reasonably effective escape option in his E, leaving little counterplay.

Otherwise though... I gave this one a thumbs up.
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Plazma | July 23, 2019 11:36pm
Amazing concept! :D
Though imo, I think Zealous Resolve should be re-named to something like Battle Frenzy
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Marrossi (1) | July 14, 2018 9:19am
Interesting concept and it is a purifier so you have my vote :-)
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