Velen by beboptimusprime

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Velen

By: beboptimusprime
Last Updated: Aug 4, 2017
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Velen

Eredar Prophet

Velen has been the leader of the draenei people since their flight from Argus 25,000 years before the first orcish invasion of Azeroth. Known by his people as the Prophet, he has been granted the gift of Sight, and — aided by the Light — rejected offers of dark power from Sargeras and has guided his people as they fled from, and later fought against, the Burning Legion and their former eredar brethren. He is first among the draenei and is the arch-nemesis (formerly best friend) of Kil'jaeden.

In designing Velen I opted to focus on the Vision and Prophecy aspect of his power and character, rather than fully focusing on his priest side, to leave design space for characters like Moira and Anduin. I also wanted to play with the idea of him as a Prophet because it seemed more interesting. His trait and abilities reward him for correctly predicting the flow of teamfights and games, and the more correct predictions he makes the more powerful he will become. Velen is encouraged to scout for his team, and maintaining vision of enemies is also the best path to consistent damage output.

Velen's ultimates embrace his Light-Empowered side, and are his biggest damage and potential healing abilities. They also benefit from his trait's stacks, so a Velen making good predictions can pack a serious punch. Velen has limited supportive capabilities, and while he has high potential damage if played very well, he generally will be more of a sustained DPS and Utility hero, like a Medivh with more focus on control and vision and less on protection and mobility. He is a difficult character to learn, but with a high potential to impact the game if played well.

Combat Trait

1
Prophecy
Velen reads the future, making a prediction about an enemy hero. If this hero dies within 4 seconds of Velen's prediction, he gains a permanent 1% Ability Power bonus.

This trait is an Active Ability used with D. Its target is revealed for its duration.

Cooldown: 20 seconds.

Primary Abilities

1
Predict Conflict
Velen selects an Allied Hero to make a Prophecy. This hero is healed for 100 Health. If this hero takes more than 10% of their Life in damage over the next 5 seconds, the damage is reversed. The Prophecy reveals the Allied Hero to the enemy.

Cooldown: 10 Seconds.

Mana Cost: 40 Mana.
2
Predict Healing
Velen marks an Enemy Hero, revealing them for 5 seconds and dealing 100 damage. If this hero receives healing or shielding totaling more than 10% of their life, they receive half that value in damage when this ability expires.

Cooldown: 10 Seconds.

Mana Cost: 40 mana.
3
Eredar Vision
Velen deals 75 damage to all currently revealed Enemy Heroes, and heals all currently revealed Allied Heroes for 75 Health.

This ability effects Heroes on a global range. Heroes revealed by sources other than Velen are effected.

Cooldown: 8 seconds.

Mana Cost: 25 Mana.

Secondary Abilities

1
Foresight
Reveal a large area of the map on a near-global scale (Abathur mine range). Reveals the area for 6 seconds.

Cooldown: 20 seconds.
2
Predict Damage
Toggle the armor provided by Predict Damage/Predict Conflict between Physical and Spell Armor. No cooldown.

Heroic Abilities

1
Holy Nova
Velen radiates a pulse of Holy Light from his body, that moves slowly outward. Enemy Heroes hit are dealt 200 Damage. Allied Heroes Hit are Healed for 100 Health. Range is about half of vision range.

Cooldown: 50 Seconds.

Mana Cost: 60 Mana.
2
Holy Blast
Velen blasts a single Enemy Hero with Holy Light, dealing 150 damage and knocking them back.

Cooldown: 10 Seconds.

Mana Cost: 40 Mana.

Talents

Level 1:



Knowledge is Power (Quest):



Maintain revealed status on Enemy Heroes for a collective 400 seconds.

At 200 seconds, Velen's vision radius expands by 20%.

At 400 seconds, Velen's Auto-Attacks reveal enemy heroes for 3 seconds.

One True Prophet:



Gain the Active Ability, Foresight.

Passive: Enemy heroes who reveal Velen receive 50 damage per second he is revealed.

Omniscience:



Increase the duration of Velen's trait by 2 seconds, and its cooldown by 5 seconds.

Level 4:



Shared Faith:



Whenever Velen heals an ally, their movement speed is increased by 10% for 4 seconds.

Burden of Prophecy:



If Predict Healing's Prediction is successful, the Healer receives the same damage taken by its target.


Prophet's Conviction:



Successful predictions grant Velen a shield equal to 7.5% of his life that lasts until destroyed. The total value of this shield cannot exceed 30%.


Level 7:



Time's Arrow:



Successful predictions lower the cooldown of Velen's basic abilities by 1 second.

Knowledge of Self:



Casting Predict Conflict on an ally casts it on Velen as well.

Light's Arbiter:



Whenever Velen receives healing, the source of that healing receives healing equal to 50% of that heal's value.

Level 10:



Holy Nova


Holy Blast


Level 13:



Lingering Vision:



Eredar Vision
refreshes the duration of reveal effects on enemies within Velen's vision range.


Vision of Hope:



All allies in Velen's vision range are healed, regardless of their reveal status.

Eredar Legacy:



Combat Roll grants 15 armor for 2 seconds. Stacks.

Level 16:



Fate's Fury:



Successful predictions grant 2% Ability Power. This bonus decays over 5 seconds, but a second prediction resets the decay and adds a stack.

Gift of Prophecy:



Eredar Vision's cooldown is reduced by 1 second for each effected hero. (In cases of Vikings, Samuro, etc this cannot reduce below 2 seconds)

Predict Damage:



Predict Conflict
grants its target either 50 Spell Armor or 50 Physical Armor. This armor lasts until the opposite damage type is received. Adds a Secondary Ability to select damage type to predict. Receiving the correct damage type counts as a successful prediction.

Level 20:



Blessed Nova:



Holy Nova leaves a lingering area that persists 4 seconds, healing allies for 50 Health per Second and damaging enemies by 75 damage per second.


Condemnation:



Holy Blast
reduces its target's armor by 25.

Blind Prophet:



Velen's Autoattacks Blind enemies for 2 seconds.


Eredar Vengeance:



Eredar Vision
grants Velen's current Ability Power Bonus from his Trait to Allies effected.

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