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Hero Discussion of this Day: Brewmaster, Mangix (22 March 2014)

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Mangix, the Brewmaster

Drink and be bleary, for tomorrow we die.

The Brewmaster uses the ancient art of drunken fighting to bash his enemies to a bloody pulp while surviving even the most deadly attacks with ease. Thunder Clap deals a lot of damage to nearby enemies while slowing them significantly, giving the Brewmaster time to bash their skulls in with his drunken brawling skills. If an enemy seems too dangerous the Brewmaster douses them with Drunken Haze, which causes the majority of the target's physical attacks to miss their mark. Heroes who rely on physical attacks will find the Brewmaster nearly impossible to damage when he uses Drunken Haze and Drunken Brawler. In addition, even if the Brewmaster does seem to be in danger, he can split into three powerful elemental aspects with Primal Split. Each individual elemental spirit is a dangerous fighter with their own unique abilities. The Brewmaster is a difficult enemy to defeat, and should be engaged only with overwhelming force.

Lore

Deep in the Wailing Mountains, in a valley beneath the Ruined City, the ancient Order of the Oyo has for centuries practiced its rites of holy reverie, communing with the spirit realm in grand festivals of drink. Born to a mother’s flesh by a Celestial father, the youth known as Mangix was the first to grow up with the talents of both lineages. He trained with the greatest aesthetes of the Order, eventually earning, through diligent drunkenness, the right to challenge for the title of Brewmaster—that appellation most honored among the contemplative malt-brewing sect. As much drinking competition as mortal combat, Mangix for nine days drank and fought the elder master. For nine nights they stumbled and whirled, chugged and struck, until at last the elder warrior collapsed into a drunken stupor, and a new Brewmaster was named. Now the new, young Brewmaster calls upon the strength of his Oyo forebears to speed his staff. When using magic, it is to his spirit ancestors that he turns. Like all Brewmasters before him, he was sent out from his people with a single mission. He wanders the land, striving toward enlightenment through drink, searching for the answer to the ancient spiritual schism—hoping to think the single thought that will unite the spirit and physical planes again.

Roles: Carry, Durable, Initiator, Pusher

Strength: 23 + 2.9

Agility: 22 + 1.95

Intelligence: 14 + 1.25

Damage: 52-59

Armour: 3.24

Movement Speed: 300

Attack Range: 128 (Melee)

Missile Speed: N/A

Base Attack Time: 1.7

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

Turn Rate: 0.6

Spells

Thunder Clap

Slams the ground, dealing damage and slowing the movement speed and attack rate of nearby enemy land units.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	90	12	N/A	400	4.25 (hero), 8 (Creep)	Slows attack speed by 25 and movespeed by 25%, also damaging enemies hit by 100
2	105	12	N/A	400	4.25 (hero), 8 (Creep)	Slows attack speed by 35 and movespeed by 35%, also damaging enemies hit by 175
3	130	12	N/A	400	4.25 (hero), 8 (Creep)	Slows attack speed by 45 and movespeed by 45%, also damaging enemies hit by 250
4	140	12	N/A	400	4.25 (hero), 8 (Creep)	Slows attack speed by 55 and movespeed by 55%, also damaging enemies hit by 300

Magical damage

A slam of Mangix' mighty keg starts the festivities.

Drunken Haze

Drenches an enemy unit in alcohol, causing his movement speed to be reduced, and causing his attacks to have a chance to miss.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	50	8	850	200	8 (heroes), 12 (creeps)	Slows the enemy's movespeed by 14% and causes them to have a 45% chance to miss
2	50	8	850	200	8 (heroes), 12 (creeps)	Slows the enemy's movespeed by 18% and causes them to have a 55% chance to miss
3	50	8	850	200	8 (heroes), 12 (creeps)	Slows the enemy's movespeed by 22% and causes them to have a 65% chance to miss
4	50	8	850	200	8 (heroes), 12 (creeps)	Slows the enemy's movespeed by 26% and causes them to have a 75% chance to miss

Drunken Haze cannot be disjointed
Affects the target unit as well as enemy units in a 200 area around the target

The Order of the Oyo's solution to all problems - another round!

Drunken Brawler

Passive

Gives a chance to avoid attacks and to deal critical damage.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	-	-	-	-	-	Causes Brewmaster to have a 10% evasion chance and a 10% chance to critical strike for 2x damage
2	-	-	-	-	-	Causes Brewmaster to have a 15% evasion chance and a 15% chance to critical strike for 2x damage
3	-	-	-	-	-	Causes Brewmaster to have a 20% evasion chance and a 20% chance to critical strike for 2x damage
4	-	-	-	-	-	Causes Brewmaster to have a 25% evasion chance and a 25% chance to critical strike for 2x damage

Stacks with evasion from items diminishingly

When Mangix won his title as the Brewmaster of the Order of Oyo, he also claimed his place in the mastery of inebriation.

Primal Split

Ultimate

Splits the Brewmaster into elements, forming 3 specialized warriors, adept at survival. If any of them survive until the end of their summoned timer, the Brewmaster is reborn.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	125	140	N/A	N/A	15	Splits Brew into three mighty Spirit Pandas
2	150	120	N/A	N/A	17	Splits Brew into three even mightier Spirit Pandas
3	175	100	N/A	N/A	19	Splits Brew into three really freaking mighty Spirit Pandas

This Ultimate can be upgraded via Sceptre; Sceptre gives Thunder Clap to Earth, Drunken Haze to Storm, and Drunken Brawler to Fire, at the same level as the original Brewmaster and with independent cooldowns from the original Brewmaster.
When the spell ends, the Brewmaster takes Earth's place. If Earth is dead he takes Storm's place, and if Storm is dead he takes Fire's place.
All of the warriors possess the Resistant Skin passive ability. Skills that have separate effects for heroes and creeps (such as Enchantress' Enchant) will use the hero effects when targeting the warriors. Skills that affect only creeps (such as Doom Bringer's Devour) or only heroes (such as Witch Doctor's Death Ward) will not affect the warriors.
The Earth warrior has every aura of the Brewmaster (Such as Vlads or Assault Cuirass). If the Earth warrior dies, the auras will move to Storm, then Fire. This is true for all items with an area of effect (such as Gem or Magic Wand)
Warriors are not considered summons. Thus, it does not take summon bonus damage
Warriors are affected by Black Hole
The Earth warrior can cast 'Hurl Boulder' which stuns a targeted player from 800 range away for 2 seconds and damages them for 100 magic damage. The Earth Spirit has a passive, 'Pulverise' which gives the Earth Spirit a 20% chance to deal 40 physical damage in an area of 150 and 20 physical damage in an area of 250 with each of his attacks
The Storm warrior can cast: 'Dispel Magic' which dispels certain buffs/debuffs in a 200 area around the targeted area 500 range away, also dealing 200 damage to illusions (does not work on Doom Spell), 'Cyclone' which can remove a targeted enemy from play for 6 (hero) or 20 (creep) seconds from a 600 distance away, and 'Wind Walk' which causes the warrior to become invisible for 20 seconds and have 50% increased movespeed (on his next attack, he will deal 100 bonus damage).
The Fire warrior has a passive called, 'Permanent Immolation' which causes him to damage all enemies in a 220 radius around him by 15/30/45 per second

It isn't clear whether Mangix is consciously aware of his potent bond with nature, as it often occurs in the midst of a drunken stupor.

Recent Changes from 6.80

Primal Split cooldown reduced from 180/160/140 to 140/120/100

Recent Changes from 6.79

Base agility increased from 16 to 22
Drunken Haze affects a 200 AoE around the target
Thunder Clap is now dispellable
Primal Split selection order is now Earth/Storm/Fire
Reworked Aghanim's upgrade: No longer upgrades any stats, cooldown, duration, etc on Aghanim. Grants Thunder Clap to Earth, Drunken Haze to Storm, and Drunken Brawler to Fire. The skills granted are at the same level as Brewmaster's skills. Cooldowns are independent of the original Brewmaster.

Tips:

Don't forget to use Drunken Haze in teamfights. Typically, you should use it on the main right-clicker the mitigate their damage output.

The previous Brewmaster discussion (6.78).

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No Alchemist tips from the last thread.

Posted Mar 22, 2014, 5:45 PM UTC

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