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Q ABILITY
Endurance Rerouter
Shield target allied Hero for 591 (+4% per level) for 3 seconds. While Endurance Rerouter is active, the first subsequent Stun or Root inflicted on the Shielded ally is transferred to Warfield instead. Upon breaking or expiration, all damage absorbed is dealt to Warfield. This damage does not interrupt Vitality Accelerator, and if it would kill Warfield, it reduces his Health to 1 instead.
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Mana: 40
Charge Cooldown: 10 seconds
Charges: 2
Range: 9
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After a lot of thought, this is what I settled on to serve as Warfield’s main tool for soaking damage and peeling for allies. Redirecting damage from allies to Warfield is exactly what he’d want to do, and it encourages him to keep his allies at range, as well (as the damage he takes from Endurance Rerouter is reduced by Kinetic Barrier’s Armor, as long as they’re outside of it), which also is easier if your allies are melee attackers. Transferring Stuns and Roots from the ally to Warfield is another way that lets him indirectly peel, letting his more fragile teammates get away while he takes the hit.
As mentioned in the Trait description, this allows for Armor double dipping: putting Armor on an Ally while they are Shielded by Endurance Rerouter means they take reduced damage, which gets reduced again by Kinetic Barrier as long as Warfield is at range. Just a bit of a minor throwback to the old days ;D
Two clarifications: (1) If the ally is Stunned or Rooted when Warfield casts Endurance Rerouter, that ally remains Stunned or Rooted; it only transfers the first Stun or Root that is inflicted after the Shield is gained, and (2) when a Stun or Root gets transferred that has additional mechanics (such as Dehaka’s Drag or Imperius’s Celestial Charge), it will act as though its target died the moment the Stun was applied. For example, if Warfield Shields an ally, and Dehaka lands a Drag on that ally, Warfield is stunned for the full 1.75 second duration, but Dehaka’s initial target is neither Stunned nor moved, and Dehaka is not able to drag anyone around, simply continuing on about his business. Another example: if Warfield Shields an ally and Diablo casts Overpower on that ally, Warfield is stunned for 0.25 seconds (but is not moved), and the ally also is not moved. Big thanks to Reddit user Senshado for requesting those clarifications!
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