This was a very fun but at the same time challenging hero to design. I just had so many different ideas what this hero could do that I had some hard time deciding how this hero should work. His Trait especially was very hard to decide. But in the end this is what I have decided to go with for now. This Hero Concept is still far from finished, the stats and the abilities' mana costs, cooldowns, damage will most likely be changed many times in the near future and I need to make up the Talents too as well.
Naturally I wanted to avoid making this hero too similar to Techies hero from Dota 2. But still I wanted to make The Suicide Squad similar to Techies in a sense that he's a very chaotic hero who not only does great AoE damage but is also dangerous and risky to kill despite the hero being very weak and easy to kill because they can just blow themselves up taking their enemies with them if they think their end has come. Even destroying the Dynamite Barrels themselves is risky for the enemy because they will explode even then. But I also wanted to add other abilities that are not just about bombs and so I made up abilities such as Oil Spray that can be used to escape or zone out enemies and make more effective by making the oil burn by using your Dynamite Barrels. Similar to Chen's Keg Smash + Breath of Fire combo.
The Suicide Squad is of course a very suicidal hero who plants bombs they can detonate at will as his Trait. There are three goblin sappers in the squad but they work as one unit so you're not controlling each of them separately as their own individual heroes like you do with The Lost Vikings. I classify this hero as a Ranged Specialist because I could imagine this hero being very good at pushing lanes, zoning out enemies, use bombs to ambush enemies or do siege damage and of course sacrifice themselves in team fights for greater good so there's many things you could do with this hero. Melee heroes would be better to stay away from this hero unless you know that the Bomb Vest ability is on cooldown. The best way to kill The Suicide Squad is with ranged attacks done by heroes, such as Nova, Jaina, Valla etc..
So that's it! I hope to see lots of feedback and especially criticism from you folks!
Tier 1 (Level 1) Talents: 1. Regeneration Master Collecting Regeneration Gloves permanently increases Health Regeneration by 1.5 per second.
2. Sturdier Barrels The Dynamite Barrels' health is increased by 50%.
3. Long Range Rocket The radius of Heat Seeking Rocket ability is increased by 20%.
4. Bribe Kill enemy Minions to gain stacks of Bribe. Use 20 stacks to bribe target Mercenary, instantly defeating them. Does not work on Bosses.
5. Demolitionist Basic Attacks against Structures destroy 1 ammo and deal an additional 10% damage.
Tier 2 (Level 4) Talents: 1. You're Coming with Me The radius of Bomb Vest ability's explosion is increased by 30% and damage is increased by 25%.
2. Bigger Oil Barrels The size of the Oil Spray's oil pools are increased by 30%.
3. Double Dynamite The radius of Dynamite Barrels' explosion is increased by 30% and damage is increased by 25%.
4. Promote Activate to cause an allied lane Minion to take 75% reduced damage from non-Heroic targets and deal 100% bonus damage to non-Heroic targets for 30 seconds. Has 2 charges (does not work on Fallen Grunts). Tier 3 (Level 7) Talents: 1. Mercenary Lord Siege and Bruiser Mercenaries near your hero deal 50% more damage.
2. Land Mines The Dynamite Barrels will now be dug into the ground making them invisible to the enemy Heroes, Minions, Mercenaries and Structures.
3. First Aid Activate to heal 35.49% of your max Health over 6 seconds.
4. Mule Activate to calldown a Mule that repairs Structures, one at a time, near target point for 40 seconds, healing for 100 Health every 1 second. Grants 1 ammo every 3 seconds.
Tier 4 (Level 10) Talents: 1. Suicide Squad Attack! Cooldown: 120 Seconds Cost: 250 Mana The Suicide Squad will start rushing towards the targeted enemy hero becoming unstoppable exploding when run into on an enemy Hero or Structure dealing 500(+50/level) damage to enemy Heroes and Minions and 250 (+25/level) damage to Structures. The enemy won't get any experience from The Suicide Squad's death caused by this ability.
2. Cannon-in-a-Box Cooldown: 60 Seconds Cost: 200 Mana Summon a Cannon from a box to shoot 5 cannon balls to the direction of your choosing dealing 125 (+25/level) damage to the first enemy Hero, Minion or Structure hit by each cannon ball.
Tier 5 (Level 13) Talents: 1. Target Lock-On Heat Seeking Rocket will now fly towards the targeted enemy Hero and won't switch targets during the flight this time also stunning the target for 1.5 seconds on impact.
2. Fiery Speed Boots Activate to gain 75% Movement Speed for 3 seconds.
3. Stunning Dynamites The Dynamite Barrel explosions will now also stun all the enemy Heroes, Minions and Mercenaries caught in for 1 second.
4. Dying with Style Bomb Vest will now also stun all enemy Heroes, Minions and Mercenaries caught in the explosion for 1.5 seconds.
Tier 6 (Level 16) Talents: 1. Blow it all! Now you can press S to blow up all the remaining Dynamite Barrels at the same time.
2. Extra Volatile Once the oil pools are lit by a Dynamite Barrel's or Bomb Vest's explosion the pools connected will blow up dealing 100 (+45/level) damage as well as stunning all the enemies in the pools for 1.5 seconds but the pools will disappear right away after that.
3. Extra Flammable The oil pools' burning damage caused by Dynamite Barrels' and Bomb Vest's explosion will deal 30% more damage to all enemies in the pools. The movement speed of enemy Heroes, Minions and Mercenaries is decreased by 15% and will receive 10% more damage from all sources for 2 seconds after leaving the oil pools.
4. Blood for Blood Activate to deal 10% of target enemy Hero's Max Health and heal for twice that amount.
Tier 7 (Level 20) Talents: 1. Get the Backups! The Suicide Squad's death timer is decreased by 5% for each enemy Hero hit and 10% for each enemy Hero killed by Suicide Squad Attack! ability.
2. Blow 'em up! Each cannon ball will explode on impact dealing 50% of their normal damage to nearby enemy Heroes, Minions and Structures.
3. Fury of the Storm Every 5 seconds, your next basic attack will deal an additional 20 (+9/level) damage to the target, and 20 (+24/level) damage to all nearby Minions and Mercenaries.
4. Bolt of the Storm Activate to teleport to a nearby location.
Yes I know that and I said that The Suicide Squad would also have three goblins in it. But moving as one unit and not separately like The Three Lost Vikings do so it's still only one individual hero and not three.
Thank you for the positive feedback, folks! I start to work on the Talents soon so stay tuned!
cool characters to make a hero out of them. I like how oil spray and explosive barrel making a killer combo. Also i wanted to ask this: Does the suicide squad attack deal damage to the goblins? or does it just kill them?
Looking forward to the talents :)
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Heroes of the Storm Build Guides
1. Regeneration Master
2. Sturdier Barrels
3. Long Range Rocket
4. Bribe
5. Demolitionist
1. You're Coming with Me
2. Bigger Oil Barrels
4. Promote
1. Mercenary Lord
3. First Aid
4. Mule
1. Suicide Squad Attack! 
2. Cannon-in-a-Box 
2. Fiery Speed Boots
1. Blow it all!
4. Blood for Blood
3. Fury of the Storm
4. Bolt of the Storm
Also i wanted to ask this: Does the suicide squad attack deal damage to the goblins? or does it just kill them?
In W3 there were 3 goblin sappers in squad. Look: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/JEsqmVyMDjI/hqdefault.jpg
Thank you for the positive feedback, folks! I start to work on the Talents soon so stay tuned!
And maybe master skin with adamantium armor.
Looking forward to the talents :)