Movement Speed Amp
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Zet, the Arc Warden[edit]
Before the beginning of all, there existed a presence: a primordial mind, infinite, awesome, and set to inscrutable purpose. As the universe thundered into being, this mind was fragmented and scattered. Two among its greater fragments—who would come to be named Radiant and Dire—found themselves locked in vicious opposition, and began twisting all of creation to serve their conflict.
As war and cataclysm threatened the nascent cosmos, the will of a third fragment made itself known. Naming itself Zet, this intellect sought to resolve the disharmony and return all to perfect unity. Appalled by its kin's conflicting nature, Zet gathered the sum of its power. In a sudden flash, it overwhelmed its siblings, and fused the warring aspects into a stellar sphere before hurling them into the darkness to orbit a nondescript world. Harmony was restored, though only the barest fraction of Zet's strength remained. Setting its gaze on the prison, Zet chose to use its weakened power to serve as watchful warden until time's end. For uncounted aeons, this vigil stood.
Life flourished upon the world below, oblivious to the dangers imprisoned within the softly glowing moon, or of Zet's struggles to contain them. As the captives' eternal clash reverberated within, the surface of the prison shuddered, over time beginning to crack. Ultimately, Zet's depleted power proved insufficient to contain the breach, and at last the moon was shattered. The prison's ancient inhabitants had escaped to sow their conflict anew.
Flung to the farthest reaches by the prison's explosion, Zet was transformed by the dissonant energies of its former captives. No longer of single form and thought, its presence had become split among many—some lesser, some greater—each connected by a fleeting arc of consciousness. Struggling to suppress its own disunity, Zet sped toward the burgeoning conflict of its siblings, bending its fractured wills toward a singular conclusion: the aspects of the primordial mind must be made to reunite, or all must be destroyed lest the conflict spread further...
Abilities[edit]
Flux
Infuses a lone enemy unit with swirling, volatile energy, slowing its movement speed and dealing damage over time. The effect is inactive if another enemy unit is near the target.
| Damage Per Second | 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 |
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| Movement Speed Slow | 20% / 30% / 40% / 50% |
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| Cast Range | 500 / 600 / 700 / 800
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| Does not pierce Spell Immunity. |
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| Blocked by Linken's Sphere and echoed by Lotus Orb. |
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| Dispellable. |
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An infinitesimal fraction of the power which imprisoned the Ancients.
Notes
- Total damage:
- Deals damage in 0.5 second intervals. One damage instance is dealt immediately on cast.
- The debuff fully stacks with itself when cast multiple times. Each stack operates independently.
- Enemy units and neutrals will disable the debuff if the target comes within range of them. Ancients will not disable it.
- If the target no longer has any enemy units within range, the debuff resumes dealing the damage and slow.
- The debuff still counts down its duration while it is disabled.
Magnetic Field
Affects
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Buildings
Generates a circular distortion field of magnetic energy that grants evasion and attack speed bonuses to allied heroes and buildings within.
| Attack Speed Bonus | 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 |
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| Duration | 3.5 / 4.5 / 5.5 / 6.5 |
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Time and space are of little consequence to one as old as Zet.
Notes
- Units must remain within the area to receive the buff.
- Only evades attacks done from outside of the field.
Spark Wraith
Summons a Spark Wraith that slowly materializes and patrols a targeted area until an enemy comes within its range. Once a target has been found the wraith fuses with them, dealing magical damage.
| Damage | 100 / 160 / 220 / 280
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| Slow Duration | 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.7 |
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| Does not pierce Spell Immunity. |
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| Cannot be disjointed. |
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Lesser fragments of Zet's original self.
Notes
- The Spark Wraith has 400 movement speed and provides 300 ground vision.
- Attacks the closest unit in its search area. Ignores spell immune units.
Tempest Double
By vibrating at extreme speeds, Arc Warden is able to create a perfect electrical incarnation of himself for a short time, at the cost of his current health and mana. This incarnation can use any spells or items he has, and spawns with his health and mana after the cast.
Warped by the power of its peers, Arc Warden becomes what it despises most: disharmony.
Talent Tree[edit]
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General Strategy[edit]
A splintered fragment of the same primordial power as the Ancients themselves, Zet the Arc Warden has pledged to see the clash between Radiant and Dire finally end, by reunification or annihilation. Assault lone enemies with fluxing energy, or distort space to generate a protective field around allies. Summon a Spark Wraith to patrol an area for enemies to infuse with harmful magic, then create a double of Zet, items and all, to overwhelm your foes.
Arc Warden (In-Game Description)
Overview
Skill Build
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Early Game
Arc Warden's early game should be focused on farming up his Hand of Midas. Flux is used to pressure and potentially kill enemy heroes. Spark Wraith is used for vision to prevent ganks, and controlling the enemy heroes movement. Magnetic Field is a powerful defensive spell if the enemy attempts to kill you and can often turn ganks around in your favour. Flux along with a support can easily result in a kill if the enemy hero gets caught with no friendly units nearby. When attempting to kill a hero, Spark Wraith should be positioned behind the enemy hero such that they have to either take the Spark Wraith damage or turn around and fight your hero. Once Arc Warden reaches level 6, his ability to kill out of position heroes on his own is greatly increased with the ability to use Flux 2 times and spam Spark Wraiths. Tempest Double also provides sustain through a Healing Salve and an Enchanted Mango allowing liberal use of Spark Wraith and Flux. Once Hand of Midas has been purchased, Tempest Double should be used as soon at it is off cooldown due to the gold and experience gain it provides.
Starting Items
A Wraith Band helps Arc Warden last hit as his base damage is relatively low. Tangos provide lane sustain for any early harassment or creep damage taken.
Laning Items
With one of the highest attack ranges in the game, an Orb of Venom allows Arc Warden to harass the off-lane effectively. Boots should be purchased either first or second, after the Orb of Venom, depending on the lane. A Healing Salve and an Enchanted Mango, in conjunction with Tempest Double, provides copious amounts of sustainability along with alleviating the health and mana costs from using his ultimate, and thus should be purchased as soon as level 6 is reached. A Hand of Midas provides a massive boost in both gold and experience gain and should be purchased as soon as possible.
Core Items
Necronomicon greatly boosts Arc Wardens ability to farm, push, and fight along with providing the ability to de-ward with Spark Wraith and True Sight once upgraded to level 3. Boots of Travels allow both Arc Warden and his Tempest Double to be anywhere on the map and should be purchased immediately after the fully upgraded Necronomicon. The items purchased following this greatly differ and numerous builds are available depending on play-style and the game.
Mid Game
Late Game
Version History[edit]
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| 7.16
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 Increased Base HP regen to 1.75- Base damage increased by 2
- Magnetic Field mana cost reduced from 80/90/100/110 to 50/70/90/110
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| 7.14
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- Magnetic Field cooldown reduced from 35/30/25/20 to 20
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 Level 15 Talent changed from +3s Flux Duration to +400 Flux Cast Range
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| 7.12
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- Flux cooldown reduced from 18 to 16
- Magnetic Field AoE increased from 275 to 300
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| 7.10
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- Level 10 Talent changed from +5 Armor to 8% Cooldown Reduction
- Level 15 Talent increased from +2s Flux Duration to +3s
- Level 20 Talent increased from +100 Attack Range to +125
- Level 20 Talent changed from +10% Cooldown Reduction to -1.5s Spark Wraith Cooldown
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| 7.07
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 Base movement speed reduced from 285 to 280
- Reworked Talent Tree
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| 7.06e
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- Turn rate improved from 0.4 to 0.6
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| 7.04
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- Strength gain increased from 2.3 to 2.7
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| 7.03
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- Magnetic Field mana cost rescaled from 110 to 80/90/100/110
- Tempest Double duration increased from 12/14/16 to 14/16/18
- Level 25 Talent increased from +175 Spark Wraith Damage to +250
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| 7.02
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- Level 10 Talent from +125 Health to +20 Flux DPS
- Level 15 Talent from +8 Strength to +200 Health
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 Added to Captains Mode
- Spark Wraith vision type changed from flying to ground
- Flux cast range reduced from 600/700/800/900 to 500/600/700/800
- Tempest Double no longer copies consumables (includes Bottle)
- Tempest Double cooldown increased from 40/35/30 to 60/50/40
- Tempest Double gold/XP bounty increased from 160 to 180
- Tempest Double now decrements its BKB charges when it uses it
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| 6.88f
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- Spark Wraith no longer dispels (still slows)
- Movement speed reduced from 295 to 285
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- Tempest Double gold and XP bounty increased from 140 to 160
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| 6.88d
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- Flux slow reduced from 35/40/45/50% to 20/30/40/50%
- Tempest Double now gives a 140 Gold/XP bounty when killed
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| 6.88
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- Flux cooldown reduced from 20 to 18
- Tempest Double duration increased from 12/13/14 to 12/14/16
- Tempest Double cooldown reduced from 50/40/30 to 40/35/30
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- Base damage improved from 30 to 34
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- Flux no longer slows magic immune units
- Flux is now purgeable
- Flux slow reduced from 50% to 35/40/45/50%
- Magnetic Field cooldown reduced from 50 to 35/30/25/20
- Magnetic Field duration increased from 3.5/4/4.5/5 to 3.5/4.5/5.5/6.5
- Magnetic Field now only evades attacks done from outside of the field
- Spark Wraith mana cost reduced from 100/110/120/130 to constant 80
- Spark Wraith activation delay reduced from 3 to 2
- Spark Wraith now applies a 0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7 second purge
- Spark Wraith damage rescaled from 150/200/250/300 to 100/160/220/280
- Tempest Double no longer has an HP/Mana cost
- Tempest Double ability/item cooldowns now persist on the unit
- Tempest Double no longer replicates items that drop on death
- Tempest Double cooldown reduced from 65/60/55 to 50/40/30
- Tempest Double duration reduced from 20 to 12/13/14
- Tempest Double cast point increased from 0 to 0.15
- Strength gain increased from 1.9 to 2.3
- Intelligence gain increased from 2.1 to 2.6
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- Spark Wraith mana cost increased from 50 to 100/110/120/130
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| 6.78
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- Magnetic Field AoE decreased from 325 to 275
- Tempest Double unit is now visible to the enemy players as the fake
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| 6.76
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- Magnetic Field no longer affects units other than heroes and structures
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- Magnetic Field aoe reduced from 375 to 325
- Tempest Double cooldown from 55 to 65/60/55
- Magnetic Field gives half the AS bonus for non-hero units
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- New Hero
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See also[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
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