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Professor Putricide

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Professor Putricide is the Scourge genius behind the development of all forms of blight, plague, ooze, scourge, and death delivery.

Combat Trait

Mix Flask

Low mana cost, no cooldown.
(D): Active: Adds the current material to Throw Flask.

Passive: Offers a new material for mixing every 0.66 seconds.
Passive: Using Mix Flask within 1 second of receiving any form of damage or negative effect will cause the mixture to explode, inflicting its negative effect on all allied heroes within 5 yards.

Ingredients List:

1. Lichbloom: Heal/damage heroes for 2%/1% of their maximum health per second.
2. Adder's Tongue: Reduce/increase heroes' next basic ability cooldown by 15%.
3. Icethorn: Increase/reduce heroes' spell armor by 10%.

Primary Abilities

Volatile Ooze

Medium mana cost, 15 second cooldown, cannot be interrupted.
(Q) Active: Summon a Volatile Ooze which accelerates towards the target, exploding on contact with any enemy hero. Affected targets are slowed by 20% for 3 seconds. Has X (small) health and is immune to Basic and Heroic Abilities.

(note: not dangerous to an enemy who can see it coming and has the freedom to retreat - very dangerous when emerging from a bush or moving into a team fight -- immunity to abilities promotes ranged basic attackers as a counter)

Throw Flask

No mana cost, 2 second cooldown, cannot be interrupted.
(W) Active: Throw an unstable mixture a short distance, causing it to smash on the floor. Allied and enemy heroes hit will be affected by opposite effects, lasting 5 seconds.

(note: splashes in a small area, does not leave a pickup item or pool at the point of impact, icon for the ability changes depending on the composition of the mixture, with different fill levels and colours)

Unbound Plague

Medium mana cost, 10 second cooldown, can be interrupted.
(E) Active: After 1 second, launch a projectile which infects any enemy hero hit with a contagious disease lasting 8 seconds. Every 2 seconds, the target takes X (moderate) damage and the disease will jump to another enemy hero within 10 yards. When Unbound Plague jumps to a new target, its duration is reset to 8 seconds.

(note: straight-line skillshot -- not particularly dangerous in isolation, but can provides noticable damage over time during prolonged team fights if not managed well by the enemy team)

Heroic Abilities

Vile Gas

Active: Silences and slows the targeted enemy hero by 80% for 3 seconds while they vomit uncontrollably. When the effect ends, it spreads to any enemy heroes within 10 yards. This can only occur once.

Bad News, Everyone!

Passive: Upon death, become immune to damage and stunned instead, for 1 second. When the effect ends, all health is restored and Professor Putricide mutates into a deadly melee combatant for 10 seconds. Grants +90 Armor, +25% movement speed and +500% attack damage. Professor Putricide suffers 7.5% of his maximum health as damage every second until the effect ends. All abilities are disabled while this effect is active.

Passive: Each Basic Attack against an enemy Hero reduces their healing received by 25%. This effect stacks.

Hero Overview

Professor Putricide is a ranged healer who augments his allies and hinders his enemies in equal measure. His mechanics are designed to interfere with the enemy's Basic Ability cooldowns and positioning. He is most effective against players who are stacked together and/or rely on Basic Abilities to function. He is countered by heroes with strong basic attacks. Professor Putricide has no engage or escape abilities and his healing output requires set-up time.

Talents

Level 1
+ Toxic Residue: Enemy heroes hit by Volatile Ooze radiate damage (small) to other nearby enemies for 5 seconds.
+ Flash Point: Enemy heroes affected by Throw Flask have their attack speed reduced by 20%.
+ Choking Fumes: Enemy heroes affected by Unbound Plague have their spell power reduced by 20%.

Level 4
+ Chain Reaction: Hitting an enemy hero with Volatile Ooze resets its cooldown.
+ High Quality Herbs: Every third flask thrown is immediately refunded with 3 stacks of the last material added to it.
+ Mutating Strain: Increases the distance Unbound Plague can jump to 15 yards. Reduces the target's armor by 10, increasing by 5 each time it jumps.

Level 7
+ Flubber: Volatile Ooze radiates healing (small) to nearby allies.
+ Waste Not, Want Not: Basic Attacks against heroes affected by Unbound Plague heal the attacker for 50% of the damage inflicted.
+ Happy Hour: Hitting an allied and an enemy hero with the same cast of Throw Flask immediately refunds and resets its cooldown.

Level 10
As above.

Level 13
+ Happy Accident: Mix Flask explosions now apply positive effects.
+ Appliance of Science: Volatile Ooze now costs 50% less mana and its cooldown is halved.
+ Multiple Resistance: Professor Putricide's Basic Attacks against enemy heroes affected by Unbound Plague add 2 seconds to its remaining duration.

Level 16
+ Snakey P.: The effectiveness of flasks containing two or more materials is doubled.
+ Tastes Like Cherry: Mix Flask restores 1% mana.
+ Better Stand Back: The radius of Throw Flask impacts is increased by 50%.

Level 20
+ Great News, Everyone!: Bad News, Everyone! can now be cast on allied heroes and its cooldown is reduced to 60 seconds.
+ Acid, Heartburn, Indigestion: Vile Gas can spread indefinitely.
+ Perfect Plague: Unbound Plague lasts indefinitely on targets below 25% health.
+ Dances with Oozes: Volatile Ooze slows its target by 25%, increasing to 100% over 3 seconds.

Professor Putricide by Vext

Professor Putricide

Professor Putricide

Scourge Alchemist

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Professor Putricide by Vext

Professor Putricide

Professor Putricide

Scourge Alchemist

Combat Trait

Primary Abilities

Heroic Abilities

Hero Overview

Talents

Quick Comment

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