Mephisto by Demolij

10 Votes

Mephisto

By: Demolij
Last Updated: Feb 25, 2018
Quick Share

Mephisto

Hatred Manifest

Mephisto is released, so this concept is outdated.

As the eldest of the Prime Evils, Mephisto the lord of Hatred has accomplished much. He is the father of Lilith, the first mother of the Nephilem. Upon discovering their existance him and his brothers were able to begin corrupting humanity, and although they later made a pact with the angels to leave Sanctuary alone, upon being exiled from hell they formed a plot to take over hell and Sanctuary all at once, and almost succeeded but were foiled by heroes and trapped in the Black Soulstone. When Malthael broke the Soulstone however, his whereabouts are unknown...
l
HEALTH: 1682 + 4%lvl
REGEN: 3.5 + 4%lvl
DAMAGE: 91 + 4%lvl
ATTACK SPEED: 1.11 per second
RANGE: 2
l
Mephisto is a unique support designed to shut down enemy damage dealers while assisting his own. Head on, Mephisto is rather weak, but his ability to indirectly support his allies can be very strong in certain circumstances. Animosity is excessively powerful, reducing the effectiveness of enemies when you fight them, but you actually need to deal damage for it to have any effect and your attacks have very short range. Luckily you can be decent at defending yourself if need be, and have potent cc for handling divers. He works best as a support alongside a single strong damage dealer and likely another support, or against the same. Also, since Mephisto has a very strong base kit all of your talent selections have a trade-off of some kind, but also have a strong benefit involved to make up for it.

Ghastly Skull can be a little hard to land since it isn't very fast moving but the retargeting feature is really effective for sneaking it past the frontline to land a punishing blow on their backline, all the while applying Animosity at range. It's also a potent peeling tool and can surprise juking Illidans with a turnaround shot. Evil Force is a very very spammable skill that deals damage and heals, but needs to be used smartly especially due to the fact that the spirits move very very slowly. The healing and shields are rather small but are one of your only healing tools, but if it hits enemies it also slows their attack speed substantially. Soul Pact is really strong, providing a large damage boost and lifesteal for all kinds of damage the target can put out, but it also reduces their durability slightly so don't be frivolous with it. Place it on someone that's unlikely to get bursted down, such as on a mobile carry that could use the lifesteal, or on a safe mage that you can quickly remove it from if they get dived. It's also really good for capturing mercenary camps and can be self cast for some soloing benefit.

Dark Covenant is a versatile ability that denies the enemy in every way. The shield lasts a long time and isn't a massive thing, so if the enemy wants to they can focus someone else in the meantime, but if they decide to burn through the shield they will be surprised by a chunk of damage and disable. It's excellent against burst comps. Demonic Possession is a weirder ability that might seem less competitive, but given how weak you are to dive being able to become intangible is pretty good. You can cast abilities and basic attack with impunity, and you will deal free damage to the Host passively and with Evil Force (you can't basic attack the host though). This comes with the downside that you are at the mercy of the host meaning they can put you out of position, but you can instantly escape a pretty sizeable distance away from them if necessary. Both heroics have quite short cooldowns so use them often!

Combat Trait

1
Animosity
Damage dealt by Mephisto applies a debuff for 2 seconds that reduces their damage by 20%, halved vs non-heroes.

Primary Abilities

1
Ghastly Skull
45 mana - 7s cooldown

Launches a skull in the target direction, dealing 293 (+4% per level) damage and silencing the first enemy hero hit for 1 second. Can be reactivated once to change direction, and the skull flies up to 3 seconds.
2
Evil Force
20 mana - 3s cooldown

Release spirits to slowly pursue all nearby allied or enemy heroes. On impact enemy heroes take 28 (+4% per level) damage per second and have their attack speed slowed by 40% for 3s. Allied heroes gain a shield equal to 5% of their max health and are healed for 28 (+4% per level) per second for 3s.
3
Soul Pact
75 mana - 8s cooldown (starts at end of effect)

Target ally or enemy hero gains 10% increased damage and 10% lifesteal on spells and attacks but have their armor reduced by 10 for 5 seconds. Can be reactivated to cancel.

Heroic Abilities

1
Dark Covenant
80 mana - 50s cooldown

Grant the target ally a 460 (+4% per level) shield for 6 seconds. If the shield is destroyed then after .5 seconds all enemies in a large AoE take 230 (+4% per level) damage and are blinded for 3 seconds.
2
Demonic Possession
80 mana - 55s cooldown

After a 1s delay enter inside the target enemy hero becoming untargetable while dealing 58 (+4% per level) damage per second for 6 seconds. Can cast abilities but must follow the host. Can be reactivated after 1s to exit, teleporting to the target location around the host.

Talents

[Level 1]
- (Trait) Hateful Gaze:

Notes

Ballin' looks, a mastermind, and a pretty influential guy. Mephisto is one cool Prime Evil. This design took less time but a lot of creativity since there was only so many reference points for abilities. I like where I ended up at though. Personally I'd rather have more angels since we're lacking there, but if we need another demon this is the dude.

Quick Comment

You need to log in before commenting.

[-] Collapse All Comments

Sort Comments By
Loading Comments...
Load More Comments

HeroesFire is the place to find the perfect build guide to take your game to the next level. Learn how to play a new hero, or fine tune your favorite HotS hero’s build and strategy.

Copyright © 2019 HeroesFire | All Rights Reserved