The problem with beginning with too short a range is that you're exacerbating the issue of his weakness to rotations, he's essentially got a timer until he can actually be useful in that lane, and it's too easy to stop him before he can do anything, especially if he's not going to be tanky. In saying that however, a "graduating range" based hero concept is one I had considered for Neptulon, and maybe still, but it would require a bigger rework to Rag to make it work I think. My...

I'd like to reiterate before anything that these Heroes are meant to explore different variations on a theme. I mention this only because several of the ideas you've suggested have been used by other of the heroes in the set; the aim is definitely to provoke the kind of suggestions you are describing, so it's appreciated, but much of the flexibility in hero design of my heroes are sacrificed for variation between them. No offense, but I do not see the difference between the Ragnaros...

I like the principle, I would certainly enjoy playing a character with these ideas, however I think some of the details are not very viable in their current state. Working off Dreadnaught's principle that the best supports fix their teammates mistakes; Healing Spray having a limited cast range means your not flexible at all in teamfights. If you're wanting to heal the tank, say a muradin, during the engagement, you have to pre-cast healing spray while he's in range. This means that you're...

Thanks for you're feedback, I'm really glad someone took their time to think about this. I made Executus thinking he would function like a single viking control-wise, he has the standard movement of a normal hero and is just a controllable permanent summon. My thinking is that ingame he would be sent to sit behind a tower closer to where the Rag player thinks he'll likely move next, closer to the objective say, or another lane to push, and Rag's range should allow Executus to get into...

Thanks for your feedback, the aim isn't necessarily to create the most viable heroes as it is to mess around with different concepts of a stationary hero and see what might work.