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Hero Discussion of this Day: Dragonus, Skywrath Mage (4 May 2014)

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Dragonus, the Skywrath Mage

If my death can help restore Her to the Eyrie, it is worth every sacrifice.

Dragonus will do anything for his love, Shendelzare. But unable to go against the hierarchy or lose his magic, he must find another way to help and restore her. At his current disposal, he is able to send Arcane Bolts of energy to deal massive damage depending on the amount of intelligence Dragonus has. As a guard of the Skywrath Scion, he also has somewhat defensive spells such as a Concussive Bolt to slow enemies and a Seal to silence them. These, of course, all help land and aggravate the ultimate ability, Mystic Flare. Which deals enormous amounts of energy summoned from the City itself.

Lore

A highly placed mage in the court of the Ghastly Eyrie, Dragonus lives a troubled existence. Sworn by birth to protect whoever sits within the Nest of Thorns, he hates the current Skywrath queen with all his soul. As a youth, high-born, he was a friend and companion to the eldest Skywrath princess, Shendelzare, first in line for the Nest. He had loved her warmly and unshakably, but as his studies took hold, his mind turned to arcane learning and the mastery of Skywrath sorcery.

Obsessed with matters aetherial, he missed the mundane signs of courtly treachery that hinted at a plot against Shendelzare, and lost his chance to foil it. When the court was shaken by a swift and violent coup, he emerged from his studies to discover his oldest and dearest friend had been lost to him. The Nest of Thorns now belonged to Shendelzare's ruthless younger sister, and Dragonus could do nothing. The magic of the Skywrath Mage serves only the sworn protector of the Skywrath scion, so to act against the Nest would render him helpless. He clings to his post, believing it to be the best hope of one day restoring his true love to her rightful place. Meanwhile, his secret is known only to the goddess Scree'auk, whose magic it was transformed Shendelzare from a crippled physical creature into an embodiment of pure vengeful energy. While he dreams of restoring his beloved queen to the Ghastly Eyrie, he dreams even more desperately of restoring Shendelzare herself to a fully healed physical form. The duplicity of his role at court tortures him, for he is a noble and good-hearted creature; but the worst torture of all is imagining the hatred that Vengeful Spirit must hold in her heart for him.

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Roles: Nuker

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Strength: 19 + 1.5

Agility: 18 + 0.8

Intelligence: 27 + 3.6

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Damage: 39-49

Armour: 0.52

Movement Speed: 325

Attack Range: 600

Missile Speed: 1000

Base Attack Time: 1.7

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

Turn Rate: 0.5

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Spells

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Arcane Bolt

Skywrath launches a slow-moving bolt of arcane magic, dealing damage to an enemy unit based on Skywrath's intelligence.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	70	5	800	N/A	N/A	Deals 60 damage + 1.6x Dragonus' current intelligence
2	70	4	800	N/A	N/A	Deals 80 damage + 1.6x Dragonus' current intelligence
3	70	3	800	N/A	N/A	Deals 100 damage + 1.6x Dragonus' current intelligence
4	70	2	800	N/A	N/A	Deals 120 damage + 1.6x Dragonus' current intelligence

Magical Damage
The projectile moves very slowly (500 movement speed)
The projectile gives 325 vision around itself
Cannot be evaded by blinking, going invisible, etc

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Concussive Shot

Skywrath sets off a long range shot that hits the closest hero within a long range. Upon impact, it deals damage and slows in an area of effect.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	110	20	1600	200	4	Sends a bolt that targets the nearest hero in visible range which deals 60 damage and slows the target and enemies in the radius by 40%
2	110	18	1600	200	4	Sends a bolt that targets the nearest hero in visible range which deals 120 damage and slows the target and enemies in the radius by 40%
3	110	16	1600	200	4	Sends a bolt that targets the nearest hero in visible range which deals 180 damage and slows the target and enemies in the radius by 40%
4	110	14	1600	200	4	Sends a bolt that targets the nearest hero in visible range which deals 240 damage and slows the target and enemies in the radius by 40%

Magical Damage
Does not work when no heroes are in range or heroes are in fog.
Damages creeps around the impact area
Has no effect when no visible heroes are in range
Projectile gives 400 flying vision around itself while traveling
Cannot be evaded by blinking, going invisible, etc
Becoming magic immune will not remove the slow debuff. It cannot be purged.
Upon impact, it reveals the target area for 3.34 seconds
It will not target illusions

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Arcane Seal

Skywrath seals the targeted unit with an ancient rune, silencing it and causing it to take additional damage from spells.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	80	11	700	N/A	3	Silences the enemy target and causes them to take 18% more magical damage
2	90	11	700	N/A	4	Silences the enemy target and causes them to take 24% more magical damage
3	100	11	700	N/A	5	Silences the enemy target and causes them to take 30% more magical damage
4	110	11	700	N/A	6	Silences the enemy target and causes them to take 36% more magical damage

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Mystic Flare

Ultimate

Skywrath uses his ultimate magical ability to conjure a precise and violent mystical field that lays waste to his adversaries. Deals massive damage distributed evenly among any heroes in the area over 2 seconds.

Level	Mana Cost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	350	60 (20*)	1200	170	2	Causes 600 total damage to be dealt over the duration in the target area. This damage is spread across heroes and only damages heroes
2	575	40 (10*)	1200	170	2	Causes 1000 total damage to be dealt over the duration in the target area. This damage is spread across heroes and only damages heroes
3	800	20 (0*)	1200	170	2	Causes 1400 total damage to be dealt over the duration in the target area. This damage is spread across heroes and only damages heroes

Magical Damage
This ultimate can be upgraded via Sceptre, (*) shows the upgraded effects
Mystic Flare selects from only real heroes to divide damage among its targets (illusions aren't harmed and don't soak any of the damage)
If it hits 1 enemy, it will deal the full 600/1000/1400 damage
If it hits 2 enemies, it will deal 300/500/700 damage
If it hits 3 enemies, it will deal 200/333/467 damage
If it hits 4 enemies, it will deal 150/250/350 damage
If it hits 5 enemies, it will deal 120/200/280 damage
Pulses once every 0.1 seconds (20 pulses at 30/50/70 damage each, each divided as described above

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Recent Changes from 6.81

Base movement speed increased from 315 to 325
Concussive Shot damage increased from 50/100/150/200 to 60/120/180/240

Recent Changes from 6.80

Mystic Flare damage increased from 600/900/1200 to 600/1000/1400

Tips:

Since Arcane bolt has a long range, you can chase someone without vision to finish them off if you previous fired Arcane Bolt on them, just quickly cast it again when the previous Bolt gains vision on the enemy target (and it's not too dangerous).

Some skywrath tips by Skymallow

MileLorus talks about what to do mid-late game

The previous Skywrath discussion (6.78).

If you want a specific hero to be discussed next, feel free to message me. Request list

Posts are every two or four days.

Good Centaur tip from last thread by tokamak_fanboy:

"If you use stampede, the stampede animation covers up any other animations (like hoof stomp) that you are doing. You can use this to stop heroes like puck from evading it with phase shift."

Posted May 4, 2014, 6:37 PM UTC

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