Kel'Thuzad by Suppenritter

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Kel'Thuzad

By: Suppenritter
Last Updated: May 20, 2015
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Kel'Thuzad

Lich

Founder of the Cult of the Damned and one of the principal agents of the Lich King responsible for the spreading of the plague of undeath across Lordaeron.
Following Arthas' departure for Northrend, Kel'Thuzad was left to command the Scourge of Lordaeron from his necropolis, Naxxramas.

Combat Trait

1
Dark Ritual
If minions die around Kel'Thuzad there is a 15% chance that a skeleton warrior is summoned,
moving down the closest lane.


Using Dark Ritual sacrifices a target friendly unit to recover 40 mana for the Lich.

Sacrificing a skeleton increases mana recovered by 50%.

Cooldown:20 seconds

Primary Abilities

1
Frost Nova
Blast target enemy for 70(+16 per level) damage and create an wave of frost, slowing enemies and dealing 50% of the damage in an area around the target.

Mana: 70
Cooldown: 8 seconds
2
Raise Skeletons
Summons 2 Skeleton Warriors and 1 Skeleton Mage at target location to attack enemies.

The cooldown time of Raise Skeletons is lowered by 0.5 seconds each time a non-skeleton unit dies around Kel'Thuzad.

Mana:80
Cooldown:16 seconds
3
Icy Blast
Deal 50(+14 per level) damage and root target enemy for 1 second.

Nearby skeletons will focus their attack on an enemy hit by Icy Blast.

Mana:40

Cooldown:6 seconds

Heroic Abilities

1
Death and Decay
Create a large zone of Death and Decay in target area, dealing 10(+3 per level) damage per second for 21 seconds. Structures take double damage and lose 1 ammo every 3 seconds.

While Death or Decay is active Dark Ritual will always summon a Skeleton if a nearby minion dies.

Mana:120
Cooldown:80 seconds
2
Frozen Coffin
Encase target enemy in Ice, making them Invulnerable but unable to move or act for 4 seconds, and deal 100(+16 per level) damage.

After the Effect ends the target is slowed.

Mana:100
Cooldown:70 seconds

Statistics

Health 730 (+130)
Regen 1.5 (+0.26)

Mana 500(+10)
Regen 3(+0.09)

ATK Speed 0.89 per second
Damage 47(+8)

Talents

Tier 1

Necromantic Studies (D)
Increase the chance of spawning a skeleton warrior each time a minion dies by 15%.

Cold Grasp (Q)
Increase the range of Frost Nova by 20%.

Lasting Ritual (D)
Using Dark Ritual permanently increases your mana by 2.

Conjurer's Pursuit
Increases Mana Regeneration by 0.5 per second. Every 3 Regeneration Globes gathered increases this bonus by 0.25 .

Tier 2

Ice Burn (E)
The target of Icy blast takes 25% bonus damage from skeleton attacks.

Undying Apprenticeship (W)
Raise Skeletons summons an extra Skeleton Mage. Skeleton Mage attacks now slow it's target by 15%.

Winds of Northrend (Q)
Frost Nova's AoE is increased by 15% and the AoE part of the damage is doubled.

Mercenary Lord
Siege and Bruiser Mercenaries near your hero deal 50% more damage.

Promote
Activate to give target allied lane Minion +300% Health and +100% damage for 30 seconds. Has 2 charges.

Tier 3

Unholy Bond (D)
Your skeleton's attacks heal you for 7% of their damage.

Sudden Winter (Q)
Frost Nova's Cooldown is reduced by 0.5 for every enemy hit.

Arcane rites (D)
Every 3rd skeleton summoned by Dark ritual is a skeleton mage.

Mindfreeze (E)
Icy Blast silences it's target for 0.5 seconds.

Tier 4

Heroics

Tier 5
Army of the Dead (D)
Skeleton's Hitpoints are increased by 40% and they now last twice as long.

Regicide (W)
Raise Skeletons now summons a Skeleton King, whose attacks cleave for 50% of the damage.

Ice Block
Activate to place yourself in Stasis and gain Invulnerability for 3 seconds.

Spell Shield
Upon taking Ability Damage, reduce that damage and further Ability Damage by 50% for 2 seconds. Can only trigger once every 30 seconds.

Tier 6

Chain Frost (Q)
When Frost Nova hits a target bounces to a second target in range, preferring heroes.

Unyielding Assault (D)
Every 4th attack by a skeleton on one enemy stuns the enemy. This stun can only occur once on a target every 10 seconds.

Ice and Dice (E)
The first 5 basic attacks from any source on a target hit by Icy Blast deal X damage.

Sprint
Activate to gain 75% Movement Speed for 3 seconds.

Tier 7

Doom, Death and Decay (R)
Increase the damage of Death and Decay by 50%
Enemies in the area of Death and Decay take 10% extra damage.
Death and Decay summons skeletons periodically.

Frozen Bones (R)
Your skeletons can attack the target of your Coffin.
After thawing the target will be vulnerable and take 25% increased damage.

Bolt of the Storm
Activate to Teleport to target location.

Fury of the Storm
Every 5 seconds, your next basic attack will deal an additional 20 (+9 per level) damage to the target, and 20 (+24 per level) damage to all nearby Minions and Mercenaries.

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