Universe
Role
Attack
Melee
Release Date:
July 11, 2017
Stukov, Infested Admiral, is a Melee Support class hero from the Starcraft universe.
Abilites[edit]
Starting Abilities[edit]
Healing Pathogen
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Ability: Heal
Affects: Allies
Infest an Ally with a Healing Pathogen, the Pathogen can spread to each nearby ally once.
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Q 40 10
- Healing Pathogen heal over time (per level):
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Weighted Pustule
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Ability: Skillshot
Affects: Enemies
Hurl a Pustule that impacts all enemy Heroes, dealing damage and slowing them by 5% to 50% over 3 seconds.
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W 50 10
- Weighted Pustule impact damage (per level):
- Weighted Pustule damage over time (per level):
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Lurking Arm
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Ability: Area of Effect Channel
Affects: Enemies
Channel at target location, dealing damage and silencing enemies within. Deals half damage to non-Heroes.
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E 60 8
- Lurking Arm damage (per level):
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Heroic Abilities[edit]
Flailing Swipe
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Ability: Area of Effect
Affects: Enemies
Swipe 3 times in front of Stukov over 1.75 seconds, dealing damage and knocking them away. Each swipe is larger than the previous
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R 100 80
- Flailing Swipe damage (per level):
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Massive Shove
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Ability: Skillshot
Affects: Enemies
Extend Stukov's arm. If it hits an enemy Hero, they are rapidly shoved until they collide with terrain, taking damage. Stukov gains 50 Armor while shoving an enemy.
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R 50 20
- Massive Shove damage (per level):
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Combat Trait[edit]
Bio-Kill Switch
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Ability: Heal/Damage
Affects: Allies and Enemies
Activate to detonate all of Stukov's Viruses. Each Healing Pathogen heals and each Weighted Pustule deals damage and Slows its target by 70% for 2 seconds.
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D 16
- Healing Pathogen heal (per level):
- Weighted Pustule damage (per level):
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Talents[edit]
Talents
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1
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4
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7
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10
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13
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16
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20
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Spine Launcher
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Basic Attacks become ranged and Slow enemies by 20% for 1.5 second, but deal 50% less damage.
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Fetid Touch
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Quest: Hit Heroes with Weighted Pustule. Reward: After hitting 15 Heroes, reduce the cooldown of Weighted Pustule by 2.5 seconds.
Reward: After hitting 30 Heroes, reduce the cooldown of Weighted Pustule by an additional 2.5 seconds and remove its Mana cost.
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Growing Infestation
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Lurking Arm's area expands by 50% over 2.5 seconds but its cooldown is increased by 4 seconds.
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Poppin' Pustules
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Quest: Detonate 10 Weighted Pustules without dying.
Reward: Detonating a Weighted Pustule now applies its damage and Slow in an area.
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One Good Spread...
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After a Healing Pathogen infests 3 targets, restore 40 Mana and reduce the cooldown of Healing Pathogen by 2 seconds.
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Top Off
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Healing Pathogen's healing-over-time on its initial target is increased by 50% while they are above 60% Health.
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Biotic Armor
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Healing Pathogen grants 50 Physical Armor to its initial target while active on them.
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Vigorous Reuptake
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Quest: Detonate 50 Healing Pathogens with Bio-Kill Switch.
Reward: Increase Bio-Kill Switch's healing by 40%.
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The Long Pitch
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Increase the range of Weighted Pustule by 100%.
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Within My Reach
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Increase the range of Lurking Arm by 50%.
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It Hungers
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Each time an enemy Hero is hit by Lurking Arm, reduce its cooldown by 0.5 seconds, up to 6.5 seconds, and restore 5 Mana.
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Targeted Excision
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Detonating exactly 1 Weighted Pustule (but any number of Healing Pathogens) with Bio-Kill Switch reduces the cooldown of Bio-Kill Switch to 5 seconds.
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Flailing Swipe
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Cooldown 80 seconds
Swipe 3 times in front of Stukov over 1.75 seconds, dealing 50 (+4% per level) damage to enemies hit and knocking them away. Each swipe is larger than the previous.
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Massive Shove
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Cooldown 20 seconds
Extend Stukov's arm. If it hits an enemy Hero, they are rapidly shoved until they collide with terrain, taking 200 (+4% per level) damage. Stukov gains 50 Armor while shoving an enemy.
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Reactive Ballistospores
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When taking damage below 50% Health, instantly spread a Weighted Pustule to all nearby enemy Heroes and reset the cooldown of Bio-Kill Switch. This effect has a 10 second cooldown.
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Low Blow
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Lurking Arm deals 150% more damage to enemy Heroes below 25% Health.
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Lingering Spines
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Lurking Arm persists for 1.5 seconds after it is canceled.
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Virulent Reaction
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Detonating a Weighted Pustule on an enemy who is inside of Lurking Arm Roots them for 2 seconds.
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Superstrain
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Whenever an ally with Healing Pathogen is Stunned, they are instantly healed for 250 Health.
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Universal Carrier
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Healing Pathogen can continually spread through Stukov, but its healing is reduced by 60%.
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Pox Populi
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Bio-Kill Switch no longer removes Healing Pathogen but instead sets its duration to 3 seconds.
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Eye Infection
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Increase the final damage of Weighted Pustule by 50%. Additionally, detonating a Weighted Pustule with Bio-Kill Switch Blinds the target for 3 seconds.
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Controlled Chaos
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Flaing Swipe gains 2 additional charges, but each use only swings 1 time, at maximum range. Additionally, its cooldown is decreased to 30 seconds, and its Mana cost is reduced from 100 to 50.
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Push Comes To Shove
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Massive Shove travels 25% faster. If Massive Shove pushes a target for more than 1.25 seconds, its cooldown is reduced by 15 seconds.
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Bio-Esplosion Switch
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Bio-Kill Switch now also detonates Lurking Arm, applying a Weighted Pustule to enemy Heroes inside and Silencing them for 2 seconds.
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Strategy and Role[edit]
Alexei Stukov had a hard life, and an even harder death. He has been betrayed, shot into space, resurrected and infested, almost cured, and then experimented upon as the infestation returned. Now, his infestation spreads within the Nexus...
Lore connections to other heroes[edit]
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