Wilfred is a gnome with little to no known backstory - He proclaimed to be a master summoner and was even hired by the Argent Crusade to call forth a fearsome Doomguard which champions of the Horde and Alliance was suppose to defeat in order to prove their worth as champions who could go up against the Lich King - So some prominence and knowledge over Demonic arts is something Wilfred held and knew for sure; And the Argent Crusade did not seem to just have "happened upon" this Warlock as he was around and prepared for the grand summoning months in advance for the event tok place.
Unfortunately when attempting to summon forth the Doomguard; Fizzlebang seemed to use a tad too much of his powers and instead of calling in a powerful Doomguard, he managed to call forth the Eredar Lord Jaraxxus. Attempting to take control over the situation, Wilfred seemed to try and place or force the Eredar Lord under his command but ultimately failed as Jaraxxus killed Wilfred mere moments later - Thankfully the champions present for the challenge was able to defeat Jaraxxus and no further harm was caused by the Eredar Lord.
As a Warlock however: Wilfred had a strong tie in with Souls and their way of working, allowing him to seemingly remained somewhat linked with the world even after his death. Every now and then his ghost has been seen roaming around Azeroth as well, proving that despite his accidental summoning - He was still a Gnome with fearsome powers.
As the Nexus called upon Wilfred - He tok a step back and tempered his abilities and would make sure to utilizes only what he truly could control when it came down too calling inn and commanding demons, making his title as Master Summoner more relevant now than ever before.
Role description:
Wilfred takes up the role as the "Assassin version of Rexxar" - Meaning that Wilfred has a Demon under his control baseline via his Trait (D) and will utilize it alongside other spells; spells which mostly summons more demons in combat. Wilfred's strength unlike a good amount of other casters may not lie in burst but instead he holds a strong sustain and his demons can with ease block the path of enemy skill shots.
Wilfred can store up to 5 Soul Shards; An extra type of resource he can generate trough specific Talents, Abilities and his Trait in order to give his abilitiesbonus effects.
Baste stats:
- Base Health: 1300 (+4 % per level)
- Health regen: 2.9 (+4 % per level)
- Mana: 500 (+ 4% per level)
- Mana regen: 3.68 (+ 4% per level)
- Movement speed: 100%
Basic attack:
Wilfred attacks by casting small bolts of shadow magic from his hands.
- Base damage 65 (+4 % per level)
- Attack speed 1
- Attack range 5.5
Combat Trait
1
D - Soulsoaked Grimoire
Wilfred commands a Felguard named Felcular which he summoned from the Twisting Nether. Felcular moves 15% faster than the regular base hero movement speed. Use this trait to command Felcular to attack a specific enemy or move to a point and wait. Targeting Wilfred commands Felcular to retreat to his position, gaining 30% move speed until he reaches Wilfred. Targeting Felcular commands him to hold his current position.
Cooldown: 0.25 Seconds. Mana: 0
Passive:Each basic attack Felcular lands will generate a quarter of a Soul Shard for Wilfred, these are an extra resource which Wilfred can use to grant his abilitiesbonus effects.
Felcular takes 90% reduced damage from Area of Effect abilities. (Flamestrike, Blizzard, Globe of Anahilation, etc) Felcular will heal for any damage dealt by Wilfred and his summons and starts regenerating 150 (+ 4% per level) health per second after not having taken damage for 3 seconds.
Killing Felcular rewards a Takedown credit and 0.25 Hero kills/XP.
Killing Wilfred rewards a Takedown credit and 0.75 Hero kills/XP, when Felcular is dead.
If Felcular is alive while Wilfred is killed, he dies as well, totaling a full Hero kill/XP.
Wilfred becomes unable to control Felcular while he is unable to act (Stunned, Dazed or put in Time Stop or Stasis or Silenced.
If Wilfred enters a vehicle or is some other way removed from the battleground, Felcular will be removed from the Battleground as well.
Issuing Move and Attack commands to Felcular doesn't break channels, using abilities will.
Wilfred and Felcular share the effects of Healing Fountains and Regeneration Globes.
Felcular scaling: 4%
Primary Abilities
1
Q - Shadow Bolt
Launch a Shadow Bolt down your chosen path which will deal 135 (+ 4% per level) damage to the first hostile target it hits. Hitting an enemy hero with this abilitygenerates a Soul Shard.
Mana: 35 Cooldown: 5 Seconds.
Compared to Jaina's Frost bolt:
Ability width: Equal.
Travel speed: A tad slower.
Travel distance: A tad longer.
2
W - Hand of Gul'dan
Call down a large bolt of Shadow at the targeted location which will land 1 second after initial cast. The bolt will deal 183 (+ 4% per level) damage to all units hit.
Using this ability while having Soul Shards active will consume 1-3 Soul Shards upon cast; each souls shard consumed will increase the damage of this ability by 10% per Soul Shard and will cause one Wild Impper Soul Shard consumed to spawn near the point of impact.
Wild Imps will start casting bolts of fire at any nearby hostile unit, prioritising heroes.
Mana: 80
Soul Shards: 0-3 Cooldown: 11 Seconds.
Area of impact is just a bit bigger than Kael'thas's Flamestrike. Cast range is equal to Flamestrike.
Sight raius: 7
Scaling: 4%
Movement speed: Hero base speed.
Duration: 10 Seconds.
3
E - Call Dreadstalkers
Summon forth 2 Dreadstalkers which will leap toward your selected target, attacking the selected target when in range and chasing after them otherwise.
Sight radius: 7
Scaling: 4%
Movement speed: 15% Faster than base hero speed.
Duration: 7 Seconds.
Cast Range: 10
Secondary Abilities
1
Axe Toss
(Only available if Grimoire Chapter: Demonic Fortitude is selected at level 1)
Command Felcular to toss his axe at the selected target, stunning it for 1.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 60 Seconds.
Range: 6.5
2
Felstorm
(Only avalible if Grimoire Chapter: Demonic Fortitude is selected at level 1)
Command Felcular to spinn around for 4 seconds, causing him to deal 130 (+ 4% per level) damage each second to nearby hostile units. Damage dealt to heroes with this ability will generate a quarter soul shard per hero hit.
Cooldown: 60 Seconds.
Effective area: Felcular hitbox + 2 range.
3
Demonic Charge
(Only available if Grimoire Chapter: Demonic Fortitude is selected at level 1)
Command Felcular to charge down the selected target, causing 45 (+ 4% per level) damage upon impact and slowing the targets movement speed by 50% for 2 seconds. Basic attacks Felcular does to the charged target will refresh the slow effect.
Cooldown: 60 Seconds.
Range: 6.5
Charge Speed: 20
Heroic Abilities
1
R - Demonic Tyrant
Transform Flecular into a Demonic Tyrant, empowering his stats by 45% for 15 Seconds and granting him 50 Armor for the duration of this transformation.
Upon transformation of Felcular: All other Demon summons Wilfred has active will have their time-span increased by 10 seconds.
If Grimoire Chapter: Sacrifice is selected at level 1: Wilfred will instead gain the bonuses Felcular was suppose to gain.
Mana: 100 Cooldown: 120 Seconds.
2
R - Nether Portal
Spawn a Nether Portal besides you which lasts for 10 Seconds.
While the Portal remains active; All abilities that summons Demons will summon an additional Demon of the same cast. Each Soul Shard generated while the Portal is active will increase the poral's duration by 2,5 seconds and the duration of any active summons by 1.5 second.
Mana: 110 Cooldown: 110 Seconds.
Taltens
Level 1
Grimoire Chapter: Imps
Quest: Each Wild Imp spawned increases future Imps' health and damage by 1% up to a maximum of 30%
15 Imps spawned:Increase the duration of Imps by 5 seconds.
30 Imps spawned:Hand of Gul'dan now spawns 1 Imp baseline regardless of Soul Shard count.
Grimoire Chapter: Sacrifice
Sacrifice Felcular - Causing part of his powers to be transfered to Wilfred. Wilfred will now generate a quarter of a Soul Shard per basic attack he lands on enemy heroes in addition to gaining 33% of Felcular's Health, basic attack damage and attack speed added onto his own stats.
You can now use your Grimoire (Trait - D)once every 2 minutes to invoke the full presence of Felcular, granting Willfred 1428 (+ 4% per level) health and a 90% reduction to Area of Effect attacks for 5 seconds. When this effect ends; Wilfred can not be killed by losing his current bonus health and will be set to 1 health when this effect ends should his bonus health be all that remains upon expiration.
Grimoire Chapter: Dreadstalkers
Quest: Each Dread Stalker spawned will reduce the cooldown on Call Dreadstalkersby 0.1 seconds up to a maximum of 4 seconds reduced cooldown.
20 Dreadstalkers spawned:Increase the cast range of Call Dreadstalkers by 35% and reduce it's mana cost by 75%
40 Dreadstalkers spawned: Increase Dreadstalkerduration by 3 seconds and cause for them to deal double damage VS any hostile unit with armor active.
Grimoire Chapter: Demonic Fortitude
Empower Felcular, granting him 15 Armor baseline, 20% more health and basic attack damage and cause for his basic attacks to cleave in a small frontal cone - Yet he now only generates quarter soul shard fragments when his basic attacks hits enemy heroes. You also get to select 1 of 3 abilities to be placed on your 1 slot which Felcular will cast on your command.
Level 4
Implosion
When Imps are slain or their time expires; they explode, dealing 82 (+ 4% per level) damage to nearby enemies.
Dark Pact:
Each active imp increases your ability power by 10%
Blind Focus:
Dreadstalkers can now be cast upon a location rather than just at a hostile unit. Doing this will cause the Dreadstalkers too remain stationary at their landing position until something hostile comes within sight radius. Dreadstalkers can now attack different targets.
Mana addiction:
Dreadstalkers drains 10 mana per second from nearby hostile heroes. Each 50 mana Drained will increase the Dreadstalker's duration by 1 second.
Level 7
Summon Felstalker
Spawn a Felstalker at your side which lasts for 15 seconds. The Felstalker will attack nearby hostile units as it sees fit unless you damage a hostile hero with Sahdow Bolt or a basic attack; doing this will cause the Felstalker to prioritize that hero until the Felstalker dies or expires. Once a Felstalker sets its focus on a hostile hero; it's mind can't be changed. The Felstalker deals 10% more damage per consecutive attack it lands VS a target, this effect stacks til the target dies or the Felstalker dies / expires.
Sight radius: 7
Scaling: 4%
Movement speed: Base hero speed.
Cooldown: 1 Minute.
Summon Annihilator
Summon an Annihilator at your targeted location which after having been summoned: Will remain still and guard the area around himself for 15 seconds. The Annihilator can not be moved by any means, is immune to crowd controlling effects and does a cleaving strike at nearby hostile units which does a knockback after dealing damage.
Sight radius: 10
Scaling: 4%
Movement speed: 0% - Rooted in place.
Cooldown: 1 Minute.
Summon Wrathguard:
Summon a Wrathguard which when summoned will run down your selected path, flailing it's flame-halberds around in order to damage any units caught in it's path. The Wragthguard deals damage each 0.5 seconds as long as it charges forward. When the Wrathguards reaches the end of it's path or gets stunned, it will take a second to reorient itself before rather; charging onward down the initial selected path - Or if an enemy hero is within sight radius; it will charge toward the closest enemy hero. The Wrathguard lasts for 15 seconds.
Wrathguard stats:
Health: 843
Attack damage: 61
Attack speed: Set doing damage each 0.5 seconds around itself when charging.
Attack range: 4.5
Summon a Darkglare which will hoover above Wilfred for 15 seconds, effectively covering his hitbox. The Darkglare will fire an eyebeam each 1.8 seconds in the direction Wilfred is facing - anything hostile hit by the eyebeam will take 110 (+ 4% per level) damage.
Sight radius: Equal to Hero sight radius.
Scaling: 4%
Movement speed: 0%
Cooldown: 1 Minute.
Level 10 (R - Ultimates)
Demonic Tyrant
Nether Portal
Level 13
Hellfire Aura
All of your summons are shrouded by a blazing aura - Causing them to deal 25 (+ 4% per level) damage per second to nearby hostile units.
Siphon Life essence
Wilfred heals for 50% of the damage dealt by his summons.
Demonic Warding
Every 30 seconds - Wilfred gains 30 Spell Armor and his Summons gains 60 Spell Armor which reduces ability damage taken by 30% / 60% from the next ability damage taken and by subsequent abilities for 3 seconds. If Wilfred's summons trigger their spell Armor function - Wilfred's spell armor can still be active and vice-versa.
Level 16
Hand of Doom
If Hand of Gul'dan consumes any Soul Shards when used; It's impact damage also deals damage equal to 4.5% of a heroes total health.
Tyrannical Demons
Imps's fireball attacks deals splash damage and Dreadstalkers cleaves in a frontal cone.
Nether Shroud
Wilfred becomes immune and rooted in place for 5 seconds. During this time you can still control Felcular.
Cooldown: 90 Seconds.
Splitting Shadows
Shadow Bolt now pierces enemies. Hitting a Hero with Shadow Bolt will cause for 2 additional Shadow Bolts to be launched to each adjacent side of the stricken hero. Adjacent spilt Shadow Bolts also pierces and can cause for another set of adjacent Shadow Bolts to spawn should they connect with a hostile hero.
Level 20 (Storm Talents)
Gift of Sargeras
Demonic Tyrant now lasts for 25 seconds and causes for all active spawns to have their timer extended by an additional 10 seconds.
Anchor of the Twisting Nether
Nether Portal now lasts for 15 seconds and spawns an additional Portal.
Tome of Forbidden Powers
Select 2 additional Tomes from your level 1 Bracket and gain their powers with any quests becoming auto completed. The power of all 3 Selected tomes and their benefits is boosted by 25% - Selecting Sacrifice and Fortitude at the same time simply grants Wilfred the perks combined. He also gains access to a number 1 Ability with an alternate name / appearance.
Master Summoner
Instantly summon all level 7 Bracket Demons. They will spawn from a selected point which will be the anchor point for the Annihilator. The Wrathguard will run in the exact opposite direction of which where Wilfred is standing when spawned. These version of the level 7 Demons lasts for 25 seconds and has their health / damage increased by 25%
Skin suggestions
This is Wilfred's base appearance (With Jaraxxus behind him)
Seen as he wears the Tier 8 Warlock Set from World of Warcraft - I figured he'd have base skins with it's original look as he has equipped (Minus the helm and Wilfred wears an Alliance tabard) - So his other skin tints would just be other variants of this set.
The "Red" one comes to mind as an obvious candidate + perhaps a Fel-green tinted one.
I also figured he could have an alternat skin variant that utilizes the Voidheart appearance from WoW which would alter all of his spells to have a more Void thematic focus too them.
Other concepts & more
I will list here once more of my concepts is made. Some of these concepts may also look familiar but that is because I am also "Rexx" whom has posted some hero concepts on the EU and US side forums for Heroes of the Storm.
This Wilfred concept was started during late February 2019 and finished during the end of March 2019.
Other hero concepts I have made: (Please take note of their "Numbers" - The lower the number the older the concepts and thus; They are worse and may by now lack images as a result of broken links - I plan to re-visit them in the future and update them)
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