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Morlin - The Gnome Inventor

Created by Brewser on 2008-05-30
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The Gnome’s have always been small intelligent creatures, always fighting from deep within their secure bases creating and inventing new ways and weapons to help their gnome and dwarf allies fight the endless wars of time. As the war rages on between the Sentinel and Scourge, desperate times called upon Gnome’s to take a more active stance on the battlefield and so Morlin was sent, a young but great gnome with generations of intellect and brilliance behind him he uses vast unknown technologies like none ever seen before to lay waste to the dreadful scourge once and for all.

Barrier (b)
Morlin uses special crystals imbedded within building wood to create strong outposts that send a shining barrier between them allowing allies to pass through at will, while enemies cannot.
Level 1 - Each outpost has a total build time of 15 seconds. Health: 350, Armour: 5 Lasts till destroyed.
Level 2 - Each outpost has a total build time of 20 seconds. Health: 425, Armour: 9 Lasts till destroyed.
Level 3 - Each outpost has a total build time of 25 seconds. Health: 500, Armour: 13 Lasts till destroyed.
Level 4 - Each outpost has a total build time of 30 seconds. Health: 575, Armour: 17 Lasts till destroyed.
HOW USED: Cast this spell then place outpost where desired, then cast spell again and place second outpost within a 600 range of first outpost (if in range a metallic blue line will be shown between the 2 outposts). Once the second outpost is completed a blue barrier that seems slightly electric will appear connecting the 2 outposts.
Mana Cost: 160/200/240/280
Cooldown: 30/40/50/60

Framework: Same construction framework as any building being built in warcraft

Notes:  ranged heroes / creeps can still attack over / through this barrier. The barrier simply stops the movement of heroes / creeps.  Outposts can be self-destructed.  Outposts must be within 600 range of each other to create barrier.  Outposts can be repaired with Morlin (3 mana per 1 health restored)  Max of 2 outposts (creating one barrier) can be built at a single time.  If Morlin is interrupted during construction, the outpost does not get destroyed but remains half build until destroyed or finished.

Jet Pack (j)
Morlin always carries one of his best inventions on his back, a Jet Pack. This allows Morlin to fly to an area within a short range very quickly to escape danger.
Level 1 - Can fly to any area within a 800 range of Morlin
Level 2 - Can fly to any area within a 1000 range of Morlin
Level 3 - Can fly to any area within a 1200 range of Morlin
Level 4 - Can fly to any area within a 1400 range of Morlin
HOW USED: Cast this spell then click on an already explored area of the map, if in range Morlin will fly their, if not Morlin will walk until in range then jet off.
Mana Cost: 100/145/190/235
Cooldown: 16/14/12/10

Framework: When used Morlin's jet pack shoots fire from its bottom then Morlin fly up into the air then down on the designated target area

Notes:  Cannot fly to unexplored areas of map

Modification (N/A)
Morlin the great inventor can modify almost anything to increase its useability.
Level 1 - Outposts gain a small attack damage. 10-20 piercing damage at 700 range.
Level 2 - Barrier shocks enemies who tread within 400 range of the barrier slowing their MS by 30% and AS by 15%.
Level 3 - Jetpack gains increased power therefore a further distance can be travelled. Ranges increase 200 each level.
Level 4 - Big-Boom Cannon – Explosion has burning after affect over whole AOE of 10 damage per second for 5 seconds.
HOW USED:
 Each level of this spell provides bonus for his other spells.
Mana Cost: 500
Cooldown: N/A

Framework: After skill has been learnt a lightbulb appears above Morlin's head shining bright for a few seconds

Notes:  Barrier shock does not stack  Jetpack ranged increase by 200. eg – LVL.1 WAS 800, NOW 1000.  Big-Boom Cannon – burning affect does not stack

Big-Boom Cannon (c)
Building yet another powerful tool for his purposes, Morlin operates this cannon from within firing large destructive cannon balls at far distances that explode on impact.
Level 1 - Cannon has a total build time of 120 seconds. Health: 1000, Armour 15 – Lasts till destroyed. Maximum range is 2100. Damage is 100-300 depending on targets range from where cannon ball hits. AOE attack circle is 800.
Level 2 - Cannon has a total build time of 180 seconds. Health: 1400, Armour 20 – Lasts till destroyed. Maximum range is 2550. Damage is 150-350 depending on targets range from where cannon ball hits. AOE attack circle is 700.
Level 3 - Cannon has a total build time of 240 seconds. Health: 1800, Armour 25 – Lasts till destroyed. Maximum range is 3200. Damage is 200-400 depending on targets range from where cannon ball hits. AOE attack circle is 600.
HOW USED: Once cannon has been placed and built Morlin can operate it at his will. To operate Morlin must click on the cannon to get inside and control it (it takes Morlin 2 seconds to get in and out of the cannon). Once inside an AOE circle appears to show where the cannon ball will fall once fired (NOTE it will fall somewhere randomly inside the AOE). Once fired it will take a period of 1-5 seconds (depending on distance to travel) to reach the targeted area. On impact the cannon ball will explode.
Mana Cost: 1000/1500/2000
Cooldown: 300/360/420

Framework: Same construction framework as any building being built in warcraft

Notes:  Morlin takes 2 seconds to get in and out of the cannon  The cannon ball that is fired lands somewhere randomly in the AOE targeted  There is a 3 second delay between each shot fired  If cannon is destroyed and Morlin is inside, he will die  There is a minimum range off 700 on the cannon  If Morlin is interrupted during construction, the cannon does not get destroyed but remains half build until destroyed or finished.  After 6 cannon balls have been fired there is a 10 seconds wait for cannon to be reloaded  Cannot be fired into unexplored terrain  Can be repaired with Morlin (5 mana per 1 health restored)  Can be self destructed

Discussion:

Framework

Id like Morlin to look like a gnome from world of warcraft. They fit the description well. As for his attack, Morlin throwing hammers would do nicely.

Pros

> Unique Gameplay - 1st hero able to build on battlefield

> Good team player

> Escape skill

Cons

> Mana dependent

> Weak - low health, bad farmer

> No active nukes

> Item dependent

Skill Description

Barrier Barrier

Ok this skill is pretty obvious, use it for blocking lanes, key points in map, protecting your ultimate, yourself, team mates etc. This spell is good as their are none like it and it will really piss off the enemy, especially early game. Doesnt take too long to build, mana cost is high but thats why Morlin has alot of intelligence. Cooldown isnt too high considering by the time an outpost has been destroyed, the skill would be ready for use again. Can only have one barrier, any more and this would be way overpowered.

Jet Pack

Morlin is weak so an escape skill seemed neccessary. I think Jet pack suits him well as it is a great escape skill but also not like any other in dota. The distance is alot further than other heroes escape skills but i think this is better as Morlin is very weak and needs as much help as possible. Mana is high, cooldown is low, both is which i think suit Morlin.

Modification

This is really good because it has great bonuses that i couldnt have added to his other skills originally because it would make them too good. Outposts that attack and an electric / slowing barrier were ideas from the beginning but adding them as basics to that skill would have made it very overpowering, especially early game, ur lane would own. Jet pack distance increase is good, like i said, Morlin needs to escape quickly and far away because of him low health. Big-Boom Cannon has exploding cannons, it just makes sense they would set the ground alight with fire. Like Barrier, adding this originally would have been overpowering.

Big-Boom Cannon

Well this is very powerful, longer distance than snipers assasinate and can be fired more often. Deals large damage, has fire effect with modification, basically this is a perfect skill for someone like Morlin who cannot handle melee attackers or to even be close to battle. I tried my best to not make this skill to imbalanced but only allowing the cannon to be shot every 3 seconds and after 6 shots a 10 seconds reload time. This still might need increasing. There is also the large difference is time for cannon ball to reach target and difference is damage depending how close cannon ball lands to target. This means a certain amount of luck is required to kill a hero first time. There is also the 'cannot fire into unexplored terrain note' - this is fairly obvious and expected but means cannon cannot be spammed to creep areas etc. Minimum range is good, basically the cannon is hell strong but get close enough and its useless. Big flaw to an awesome ranged weapon. This also contributes to the timing in shots fired, it forces heroes to try and kill Morlin and the cannon as quickly as possible. All in all this skill may still need buffing.

Skill Synergies

Barrier + Big-Boom Cannon + Jet Pack

This obviously synergie will work well for Morlin and can be done almost anywhere on the map, although your best option would be to do this in a very safe position such as roshans den or next to a cliff etc where there is only one way in and out. Firstly place you outposts over the opening to lock yourself in, with modification this will provide good defence and some slight damage and slow to prevent attacking from coming alone or recklessly. Also tro to place this barrier a distance from the cannon so you can attack enemies who are attacking your outposts. Next place your cannon down and then commence the attacking, you will be very strong and if you need to retreat or go shopping etc your jet-pack will allow this. Its like your own little kick ass base.

Items

Early Game

Null Talisman - Stack up on these early to keep you alive as long as possible. Id surgest heading for arcane ring but because all Morlin's skills require heaps of mana, gaining 125 isnt a big help. These are good at getting alot of intelligence / mana regeneration while also providing some extra hit points / armour which this guy needs badly.

Boots of Speed - Once you have spare cash grab these, they will later be used to make BOT.

Mid Game

Boots of Travel - Upgraded from your early game boots. If a hero come to kill you, run run run!

Perseverance - This provides good regen for both health and mana. You will need 2 of these, one for bloodstone, one for refresher orb.

Ultimate Orb - these are great benifits by themselves but they will be needed for Linkens Sphere and Sheep Stick later on.

Null Talisman - Fill up any spare spaces with these, still very useful.

Late Game

Boots of Travel - Keep on running

Bloodstone - Survival

Linken`s Sphere - This will make living a whole lot easier for Morlin. If he gets stunned, your dead!

Guinsoo`s Scythe of Vyse - Useful in ganks but more so for escaping

Refresher Orb - The cooldown on Morlin's ultimate is massive! this will help greatly

Necronomicon - Handy for escaping enemies and preventing ganks. Use as scouts and make sure invisible units dont sneak up on ya.

Heroes

Allies

Rooftrellen - The Treant Protector - His 'eyes of the forest' will be your best friend for annihilating unsuspecting enemies.

Ezalor - The Keeper of the Light - Keep this guy with you nice and safe in our little base, behind the barrier, next to the cannon. Not only will his 'illuminate' own enemies that get within your minimum range but his 'chakra magic' will keep you at ur strongest.

Squee and Spleen - The Goblin Techies - Once your cannon is built it is most likely youll draw alot of attention in the enemies trying to kill you. Get the techies to place lots of mines with your barrier, then BOOM!

Kardel Sharpeye - The Dwarven Sniper - Assasinate works wonders with your cannon

Black Arachnia - The Broodmother - Place webs in key locations and lay waste to anyone who dare tread there.

Strygwyr - The Bloodseeker - Reveals weak units for you to kill.

Meepo - Geomancer - Net, net, net, die, die, die, let no-one escape

Enemies

Lina Inverse - The Slayer Yurnero - The Juggernaut Tiny - The Stone Giant Boush - The Tinker Rhasta - The Shadow Shaman Bradwarden - The Centaur Warchief Leshrac - The Tormented Soul Kel`Thuzad - The Lich Lion - The Demon Witch Anub`arak - The Nerubian Assassin Akasha - The Queen of Pain Pudge - The Butcher Barathrum - The Spiritbreaker

Morlin has a heap of heroes that can easily kill him. Hes definately not a good battle type but that does suit his skills and the fact hes a gnome, knowing their history. Anyways the worst heroes are ones with lots of nukes, stun, and skills that dont allow movement or escape.

Well thats it, enjoy.

Brewser

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1 By pasa666 2008-05-30

nice hero...unique...u shud add wards to ur inventory nd keep them at max range from the cannon so u can bomb their asses:P

2 By archmagius 2008-05-30

i really like this hero. the late game seems to be weak, kinda like techies. but the fun factor is huge. possible farming potential? cannon + wards + location in the jungle = lots of gold from creeps? cannon might need a little buff since i think it's going to be pretty hard to hit moving heroes with it?

3 By neph66 2008-05-30

Nice hero.. And unique indeed.. But still.. Buildings' armor is different from hero armor.. Great for defending.. Along with techies would be seem impenetrable.. I think you should change the building armor or if not.. Have it self-destruct in case the hero dies..

4 By Tokemus 2008-05-30

Lol... kinda cheap, he's like the perfect counter to those big creeps (ones you get after killing rax). Other than that, awesome hero When he starts becoming food for the opposing team, all you need to do is level up to 16 and stay at your base bombarding the hell out of enemy heroes AWESOME

5 By Squarepant 2008-05-30

5th??lv6 ulti with 1k mana cost,too much, ,but really imba

6 By Counter_Force[X] 2008-05-30

like what toke said

barrier is shit, what if you use it on enemy base to prevent them from pushing, or using it early to create a superwave?

dont nerf it ,CHANGE it

elses are fine

big boom cannon
3200 range?
deploy it outside of the base and GG the throne/tree?

change this too

7 By myieye2 2008-05-31

interesting...., but 1000 mana at level 6? not gonna happen. He's a bit of a cheapo, can just hide and snipe all game behind his allies

8 By cowlickman 2008-05-31

Smart ideas. I had a smiliar ult for a hero I made but changed it because I thought having a buliding on your side is too imba.

Barrier is cool but maybe make whoever walks in it thrown back a certain distance or something, kinda like a vertical trampoline? Give the affected unit some immunity afterwards so that it will stop them initially but not enitrely. That way there will not be as much abuse of this skill

CONT.

9 By cowlickman 2008-05-31

Jet Pack seems fine, just like leap with no bonuses and you can aim where you want to go. But if you can just walk through your barrier, why use it to get out of your 'base'?

Modification is just like Witchcraft from Krobelus. It's fine but I don't think you should make your outposts attack, even if it's minimal damage. Just give them more hp or armor.

Your cannon is good but I don't understand how the cannonball works. It shoots randomly in a 600 AoE but how big is the AoE of the attack?

10 By dupnitzabg 2008-05-31

as weak as this hero is....i think it's way too imba...
just imagine playing against an all melee team...all you have to do is get towers at places where other team cant reach (like right in between the rune location next to rosh) and they will never be able to go through there unless they get a blink dagger or have some way to destroy the trees....
also, what happens if the cannon is destroyed while you're in it? do you die?...needs a bit more explanation...

change 1st skill and ulti...

11 By rambol 2008-05-31

240 build time for maxed ulti? Lane situations change very fast, and where once was a safe build spot will be overrun by enemy creeps, backed up by a hero or 2. And won't work in forest since enemies are probably scouting around. Original ideas, but needs MASSIVE CHANGES.

12 By KawaiiDesuNeh 2008-05-31

Its like playing Red Alert!
Building own fortress to defend?
How many canon could be deployed?(should be couple or two)
Does canon damages buildings(game over)?

13 By dupnitzabg 2008-05-31

nah....building it shouldn't be too hard...since (as i said before) he can simply use the jet pack to reach a usually unreachable location....by doing that other enemies wont get to him...and if he's deep in trees they wont see him either...

14 By DiZ-aSS 2008-06-01

nice hero..but i do think the last skill is jst like... wtf!

Mana Cost: 1000/1500/2000
Cooldown: 300/360/420

i c y it has huge intel gain. nd if im corect..refresher will cool down b4 ulti cools down..

but stil cool.

15 By b_o_g_a_r_t 2008-06-03

That was a cool ulti

16 By KING-MANKIND 2008-06-03

that makes a unique hero but a pretty imbalanced one, and also it changes the concept of dota... in the game called age of mythologie, u have to destruct the VERY BIG building named wonder or the titan... so when u build that canon, everyone must start searching to destroy it and once found u put a barrier around? they al stop farming and hero wars stop to destroy a cannon? but ur allies can still farm and puch like ordinary while u snipe the game from 3200 range? 5/10 just for the originality.

17 By Ndabu 2008-06-03

I like your idea,although it is not exactly balanced.

Nice work tho!

18 By Shimrra_3 2008-06-04

I though this was DotA. Did we change the site?

19 By Ghost 2008-06-04

in your desire to create something unique (well not really unique, there are plenty at the DA site) you have made some serious problems.

bits of it need a complete remake and others need a big buffing.

anyway a passable idea

20 By its07005 2008-06-04

Great hero! Very unique compared to the others. Great partner for techies... XD

21 By Brewser 2008-06-04

1stly LOL at Smimrra_3 - wat u just said pretty much sums up this hero
i truly didnt expect this 2 b approved. as u can prob tell hes so very different and his ideas r kinda wacko. still the synergie between them is gd. at da end of it all hes unique, different and wud b fun 2 play! (not that it wud happen)

22 By buster_blade9 2008-06-04

ultimate is unique cuz u can build it nearly anywhere and out of the sight of the enemies

23 By nwa4life 2008-06-05

o.O original hero. the barrier is um... well i would change it to summon thats better. wat i really loved was the jetpack that helps u escape lik blink and also can be a chasin tool as well. Wat also is good is that the range is very high so he can chase heros and kill them with ease. XD.

24 By momochi28 2008-06-05

it wud be so freakin cool if i had to play dis unique hero...

25 By bloodcraft 2008-06-06

nice hero, like the synergies

26 By bloodcraft 2008-06-06

nice hero, like the synergies

27 By amazingxd 2008-06-07

I think this hero is going to be as fun as playing Techies ^_^. Though the build time on the ultimate is sooo long :(

28 By Kakisho 2008-06-07

For jetpacks, is there travel time? ARe you invulnerable while flying with it? I think you should be able to be hit while flying with jetpack to make it more unique than blink or leap.

Bigboomcannon...who's going to build something for FOUR MINUTES and then afterwards can completely anihalate the enemies? I think tone the scale down for his ulti. Make it one minute build time, and make a little weaker.

PS: you said a refresher orb would help his ulti. How can you man TWO cannons?

29 By pyrokid 2008-06-08

aparantly dear noob u have never played w3 , did u know that buildings in w3 have diffrent building animation depending on the race u play?really hwta is the building animation (undead, nightelf, human ,ord)

30 By Wii<R>venom 2008-06-09

Seems like this would be a fun hero to team up with techies. Although my eyes went the size of teacups when I saw the mana cost for his lvl 3 ulti - 2000!!!!

Not a great idea but not crap either.

31 By dota_amateur 2008-06-10

well kardel has a match now

32 By SlwaBluPhnx 2008-06-10

Build time is immense, no hero would simply allow someone to build for 4 minutes.

33 By Blood Hunter 2008-06-11

decent hero
i thought of a nice strategy for him
build three outposts in a square shape (leave a position open for a fourth), then when a huge gangbang occurs, build another tower, traping enemies inside, and helping allies excape if they must.

34 By nicholasni 2008-06-12

Hmm, isnt the building time too long?.

for ulti:
should be like 90/120/150
and cooldown 150/180/210

also he should start of with less health and more mana, same with stats gain (more int than agi and str)

35 By nicholasni 2008-06-12

also ahgamins scepter would give Morlin what he needs, mana hp and int!
(even better if it increases his ulti)

36 By TheWrathofGod 2008-06-17

build times way to high dude.. 20 seconds is a very long time in dota but u want 240???? no no no.... have the build time like 20 for everything but just make the cooldown high. ide say 15 seconds actually 20 seconds is a long time.

37 By blackchaos3x 2008-06-21

skills are too crazy...especially his ulti...no one would let you build for 240 secs and the mana cost is stupid...but i like the rest of his skills

38 By SteliosrulezGR 2008-06-23

39 By CockapooizAmutt 2008-06-23

awesome idea... needs lots of work... still nice... (abbout the work thing... read everyone else's comment... :P)

40 By 100pct_skillz 2008-06-26

VERY CREATIVE AND UNIQUE.
NICE.

41 By darqling 2008-06-28

i like him but i think hes to upgraded

42 By quangdude 2008-06-30

The only flaw i see is that it seems you can make more than one, since im assuming that you can make them like one for each last base. making mega tower synergy. Or hide at fountain shooting those who attack your world tree/frozen throne. making it wayy too good. The cannons should be able to upgrade when you get the skill because rebuilding is too long

43 By quangdude 2008-06-30

Also make sure you use the a undead style building so you don't have to attend it the entire time

44 By roupen 2008-07-01

how much did you wait for this to get approved??

45 By roupen 2008-07-02

nice idea but 2000 mana and 240 min for his lvl 6!! u got to fix that!!!

46 By roupen 2008-07-02

well u also forgot to put Magina as one of the worst enemies cause he can burn all your mana easily!!

47 By Horkki 2008-07-03

What about if Morlin jumps places like near Rosh? On cliff. There is only melee enemies so cannon cannot be destroyed...

Then he makes barrier in front of Rosh so enemies cannot rosh =)))

It would be fun =))

48 By Horkki 2008-07-03

49 By Open[godlike] 2008-07-05

I will choose this hero if only the animation while dying within jet-pack or the cannon is FUNNEY. Death animation; Make him fly out the cannon with 500 range.

50 By Open[godlike] 2008-07-05

I will choose this hero if only the animation while dying within jet-pack or the cannon is FUNNEY. Death animation; Make him fly out the cannon with 500 range.

51 By gofunkiertti 2008-07-07

with rosh dead you could tower from roshes location witha barrier

52 By Konteskyn 2008-07-12

I Like This Hero He is unique but is very weak but 6/10

53 By yangchew 2008-07-13

i think jet pack needs a buff even with modification. maybe 2000?

54 By yanyan 2008-07-13

Good hero. :)

55 By Kultist 2008-07-14

I like the idea, but it seems like the lack of stuns, and nukes would force a player to try to trap enemies with a wall, and just ulti them; which I doubt would work well.

56 By spo0k1e 2008-07-22

Very cool idea, I've been thinking of a base support hero for a while now. It would be cool if you could turn the barriers on and off, for example to trap a hero. I think the ulti manacost and cast time is way too high, it's a really cool ultimate, but sitting there for 240 seconds would be way too long. Maybe adding more damage to the barriers as well because 20 dmg, even with 5 towers together isn't much at all and I think it would be hard for him to farm until he gets his ulti.Good stuff tho

57 By Breth 2008-07-26

Hmm. Sounds pretty cool but it would be nice if jetpack would deal damage to where it left and where it lands.

58 By Tokemus 2008-07-27

Yeah, make it undead type building so that you can do whatever while you wait for it to build. Not much he can really do since his good skills are defensive only =] Jetpack in, attack a few times then jetpack out? Not fun =/

59 By Onytae 2008-07-30

nice i would use this sorta like technics but like a surportive version

60 By HatesIntelligenceHeros 2008-07-30

World of Warcraft player...*Laughs*

61 By Ginter_05 2008-08-01

i like the idea of building in dota, but the effect of cannon is quite imbalance because of the range and damage specially for defending towers form creeps

62 By [piG]Jenan 2008-08-07

whats this?
buildings?
it doesnt sound good.

63 By dA_hAmburglA 2008-08-12

Ulti build time makes ulti not too useful unless defending base, and even if you could build it its not that over powered, 300 dmg every 3 seconds is like a hero with 100 dmg attacking every second... Not to mention, he would have to be in it.

64 By Vicxlee 2008-08-27

Im srry.. but building things? wth?

65 By slaz3ng3r143 2008-09-04

it some kind of a a new and complex ward goblin techies-like skils...

implants!!!