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Hero Discussion of the Day: Chen, the Holy Knight (5th June 2013)

Discussion

As requested via PM, Chen.

I haven't forgotten about all the other requests, I just want to wait some time after the 6.78 update so that everyone is familiar with the changes (for the heroes without changes, the reason for skipping them is the last discussion not being older than 4 months)

You can expect heroes with (significant) changes in 6.78 to come from next Monday (2013-6-10) on.

###Chen, the Holy Knight

Aaall are healed.

Chen the Holy Knight has gameplay that is different than most other heroes. Holy Persuasion lets him convert creeps to his side, including powerful neutral creeps. As a result, Chen is usually found in the forest searching for creeps to convert. When he finds a strong creep or two, he descends on his unwary enemies, using both his own spells and the abilities of his persuaded creeps to take them out. When ambushing enemies, Chen generally uses his Penitence ability, which slows the target and causes them to take extra damage from Chen's flock. Test of Faith can be used to finish off enemies and also teleport any ally to the fountain after a short delay with a subability. Chen's support abilities are rounded out by Hand of God, a healing spell which instantly restores a set amount of HP to all allied Heroes and fully heals his controlled creeps across the battlefield.

####Lore

Born in the godless Hazhadal Barrens, Chen came of age among the outlaw tribes who eked out an existence in the shimmering heat of the desert. Using an ancient form of animal enthrallment, Chen’s people husbanded the hardy desert locuthi, a stunted species of burrowing dragon that melted desert sands into tubes of glass where twice-a-year rains collected. Always on the edge of starvation and thirst, fighting amongst their neighbors and each other, Chen’s clan made the mistake, one fateful day, of ambushing the wrong caravan.

In the vicious battle that followed, Chen’s clan was outmatched. The armored Knights of the Fold made short work of the enthralled locuthi, who attacked and died in waves. With their dragons dead, the tribesmen followed. Chen struggled, and slashed, and clawed, and perished—or would have. Defeated, on his knees, he faced his execution with humility, offering his neck to the blade. Moved by Chen’s obvious courage, the executioner halted his sword. Instead of the blade, Chen was given a choice: death or conversion. Chen took to the faith with a ferocity. He joined the Fold and earned his armor one bloody conversion at a time. Now, with the fanaticism of a convert, and with his powers of animal enthrallment at their peak, he seeks out unbelievers and introduces them to their final reward.

####Roles:

Support, Jungler, Pusher

####Attributes / Stats

Strength: 20 + 1.6

Agility: 15 + 2.1

Intelligence: 21 + 2.8

Damage: 48 - 53

Armour: 1.1

Movement Speed: 300

Attack Range: 600

Missile Speed: 1100

Base Attack Time: 1.7

Sight Range: 1800 (Day) / 800 (Night)

Turn Rate: 0.6

###Spells

####Penitence

Forces an enemy unit to move slower and take more damage from attacks and spells.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	100	14	600	-	7	Slows the target by 8% and causes it to take 8% increased damage from attacks and spells
2	100	14	600	-	7	Slows the target by 16% and causes it to take 16% increased damage from attacks and spells
3	100	14	600	-	7	Slows the target by 24% and causes it to take 24% increased damage from attacks and spells
4	100	14	600	-	7	Slows the target by 32% and causes it to take 32% increased damage from attacks and spells

Damage type: Physical

Although Chen's brand of animal enthrallment isn't quite strong enough to control the minds of enemy heroes, it still tests their resolve in combat.

####Test of Faith

Deals random damage to test an enemy unit's faith.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	175	24	600	-	-	Deals 50-100 damage
2	175	24	600	-	-	Deals 100-200 damage
3	175	24	600	-	-	Deals 150-300 damage
4	175	24	600	-	-	Deals 200-400 damage

Damage type: Pure
Despite being two parts of the same ability, Test of Faith and the Teleport component don't share cooldown.

Knights of the Fold possess a fanatical form of magic that is considered quite unwieldy by most other users of arcane arts.

####Test of Faith (Teleport)

Teleports a friendly unit back to the base. Creeps are teleported instantly, Heroes have a delay before teleporting.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	200	24	600	-	-	Teleports target allied unit back to base. Heroes have a 6 second delay before teleporting
2	200	24	600	-	-	Teleports target allied unit back to base. Heroes have a 5 second delay before teleporting
3	200	24	600	-	-	Teleports target allied unit back to base. Heroes have a 4 second delay before teleporting
4	200	24	600	-	-	Teleports target allied unit back to base. Heroes have a 3 second delay before teleporting

The wiki did not state the range of this spell, 600 was my guess since that's the nuke's range. Would highly appreciate someone confirming/correcting me.
Despite being two parts of the same ability, Test of Faith and the Teleport component don't share cooldown.
Using on a friendly Pudge while he's hooking an enemy will drag them all the way to the fountain, killing them nigh instantly.
Under certain circumstances, Sand King won't be teleported back to the base while using Burrowstrike.

####Holy Persuasion

Gives control of an enemy or neutral creep, and gives it bonus hit points.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	100	30	900	-	-	Gives control of the target enemy or neutral creep. The creep gets additional 75 hitpoints. You can only have one creep at a time
2	100	26	900	-	-	Gives control of the target enemy or neutral creep. The creep gets additional 150 hitpoints. You can only have one creep at a time
3	100	22	900	-	-	Gives control of the target enemy or neutral creep. The creep gets additional 225 hitpoints. You can only have two creeps at a time
4	100	18	900	-	-	Gives control of the target enemy or neutral creep. The creep gets additional 300 hitpoints. You can only have three creeps at a time

You can take control of any neutral creep except Mud Golems and Ancient-type neutrals (Dragonspawn, etc.).
When persuading a new creep above your max unit count, the oldest persuaded creep will die.
With the help of Rubick , a creep can be infinitely juggled , thus every time the creep is converted it gains more maximum health.
If a enemy has dominated a creep with the item Helm of the Dominator , you can use Holy Persuasion on it , thus gaining control over it.

Although they may not be knights, Chen incorporates beasts into the Fold in the same way he himself was converted.

####Hand of God

Ultimate

Fully regenerates any creeps under Chen's control and heals all allied heroes on the map.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	200	140	-	-	-	Heals all creeps under Chen's control to full health and all allied heroes by 200
2	300	130	-	-	-	Heals all creeps under Chen's control to full health and all allied heroes by 300
3	400	120	-	-	-	Heals all creeps under Chen's control to full health and all allied heroes by 400

Aghanim's Scepter reduced the cooldown to 30 seconds at all levels.
Heals magic immune units.
Global

Using the mental link with his thralls, Chen calls down restoration and well-being to those who share his fanaticism.

###Recent changes

####6.76

Hand of God cooldown increased from 120 to 140/130/120.
Penitence damage amplification increased from 7/14/21/28% to 8/16/24/32% (matches the slow values now).

####6.75

Holy Persuasion no longer has the ability to teleport allied units.
Test of Faith grants you a secondary ability to teleport allied units:
Teleports heroes to fountain after a delay. Instant teleport for persuaded creeps.
Delay: 6/5/4/3
Cooldown: 24
Manacost: 200
Cast Range: 600

###Fluff

If you guys want a specific hero to be discussed, please feel free to post or PM me.

Though bear in mind that it won't be the immediate next discussion since I already got some requests I will go through. (List here)

Posted Jun 5, 2013, 6:18 PM UTC · edited

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