Nova by hellobg

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Nova

By: hellobg
Last Updated: Mar 8, 2019
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Nova

Nova is a burst damage mage who can ambush enemies from stealth.

This is a revisit of a rework concept I made in the old forums of Heroes of the Storm, but slightly fixed.

Combat Trait

1
Ghost Cloak
Cooldown: 3 seconds
Gain Stealth when out of combat for 3 seconds. Taking damage, attacking, using Abilities, or Channeling reveals you. Remaining stationary for at least 1.5 seconds grants Invisible.
Passive: Gain 15% Movement Speed, while Stealthed.

Ghost Protocol
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Activate to instantly grant Stealth to Nova. Nova is Unrevealable for the first 1 second, when Stealthed by Ghost Protocol.

Primary Abilities

1
Snipe
Mana 45 / Cooldown: 6 seconds
Deals 315 damage to the first enemy hit and dealing 25% of the primary damage around the target.
2
Pinning Shot
Mana: 50 / Cooldown: 12 seconds
Deal 130 damage to an enemy and Slow it by 40% for 2.25 seconds.
3
EMP Round
Mana 50 / Cooldown: 15 seconds
After 0.65 second, Nova launches an EMP Round that deals 162 damage and reduce enemy Spell Power by 40% for 2 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

1
Triple Tap
Mana 75 / Cooldown: 75 seconds
Lock-in on a Target Hero, Nova can move while locked on, re-activate to fire 3 Rounds that deals 290 (X% per level) damage, shots can pierce through enemy Heroes and Minions but deals 33% less damage per pierce.
2
Precision Strike
Mana 75 / Cooldown: 60 seconds
After a 1.25 second delay, deals 435 damage to enemies within an area. Unlimited range.

Basic Information

Health:
1350
Health Regen:
2.716
Attack Speed
1.00
Attack Range
6.5
Attack Damage
105
Resource
500 Mana

Tier 1

EMP Stabiliser
EMP Round radius increased by 10%, its damage is also increased by 40%.

Precision Sniper
Hitting an enemy Hero with Snipe also grants Nova 5% Spell Power for 2.5 seconds, stacking up to 25%, duration of Spell Power is reset whenever Nova deals Damage using Basic Abilities.

Explosive Rounds
Increase the area damage of Snipe from 25% to 60%.

Tier 2

Snipe Master
?Quest: Enemy Heroes hit by Snipe while they are below 75% Health increases Snipe's damage by 5, up to 200, missing Snipe removes 10 bonus damage.
?Reward: After gaining 200 bonus damage, Snipe cooldown reduced by 1 second.

One in the Chamber
After using an ability, Nova's next Basic Attack within 3 seconds deals 60% additional damage.

Perfect Shot
Hitting an enemy Hero with Snipe reduces its cooldown by 4 seconds and refunds Mana Cost.

Tier 3

Anti-Armor Shells
?Quest: Hit enemy Heroes with Basic Attack 100 times.
?Reward: Basic Attack range increased by 1
Passive: Basic Attack Damage ignores Positive Armor.

Psi Rounds
EMP Round now reduces Damage by 30% instead of Spell Power.

Psionic Efficiency
Hitting an enemy Hero with Snipe increases its range by 4%, up to 20%. Bonus is lost upon missing.

Ionic Force Field
Ghost Cloak also grants 10 Armor and increased to 25 upon exiting Cloak and persists for 2 seconds.

Tier 4

Triple Tap
Mana 75 / Cooldown: 75 seconds
Lock-in on a Target Hero, Nova can move while locked on, re-activate to fire 3 Rounds that deals 290 (X% per level) damage, shots can pierce through enemy Heroes and Minions but deals 33% less damage per pierce.

Precision Strike
Mana 75 / Cooldown: 60 seconds
After a 1.25 second delay, deals 435 damage to enemies within an area. Unlimited range.

Tier 5

Double Tap
Pinning Shot gains a second charge.

Holo Decoy
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Active: Place a Holo Decoy that deals 40% of Nova's Damage that lasts for 4 seconds.

Covert Ops
Pinning Shot cooldown reduced by 4 seconds and increase Nova's Basic Attack Speed by 15%

Apollo Suit
Ghost Cloak cooldown reduced to 1.5 second.

Tier 6

Ocular Visor
Upon gaining Stealth, Basic Ability Range is increased by 15%.

Crippling Shot
Pinning Shot also reduces 15 Armor for the duration of the slow.

Titanic Rounds
Snipe also deals damage equal to 2% of their maximum Health.

Defensive Drone
Cooldown: 90 seconds
Active: Activate to place a Defensive Drone in an area, the Defensive Drone grants 15 Armor for Nova and her Allies, two charges and are all restored upon cooldown.

Tier 7

Fast Reload
If all three shots hits the locked-on Hero, reduce Triple Tap cooldown to 20 seconds.

Precision Barrage
Precision Strike cooldown reduced by 30 seconds and gains a second charge.

Crius Suit
Ghost Protocol cooldown reduced by 40 seconds and unrevealable duration increased by 1 second.

Operational Efficiency
Activating Ghost Protocol grants Nova Shields equal to 10% of her Maximum Health for 2 seconds.

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