New hero Nomad, umad? Rundown of skills

I can see it now, all the fucking time people screaming UMAD UMAD UMAD playing as the new hero Nomad.

• Sandstorm: When Sandstorm is activated, the Nomad conjures a whirling cyclone of dust around him that envelops himself and nearby allies in a shroud of invisibility. In addition, they receive a significant movement speed bonus, while enemies within the sandstorm lose movement speed. This duality allows for Sandstorm to be a very useful tool for both chasing and escaping. An ally in need can be hidden from opponents and escorted to safety, or the skill may be used to initiate upon the opposing team. Because the enemy cannot see under the Sandstorm, they never know how many of you are approaching.
• Mirage Strike: Leveling up Mirage Strike grants two sub-abilities: True Strike and Mirage Strike. True Strike will cause the Nomad to charge recklessly at an opponent, dealing high physical damage and increasing his attack speed. Mirage Strike will cause the Nomad to become invisible and send an illusion to perform the charge in his stead. Proper use and a mixture of True Strike and Mirage Strike is what will keep your opponents on their toes. By never allowing them the luxury of knowing whether you’re really charging at them, you can take the opportunity to deal extra damage.
• Wanderer: The Nomad’s passive ability charges his sword with the sand around him as he moves. With each 100 distance traveled, his next attack gains a significant boost to attack damage. This ability allows him to deal very high damage when coupled with Mirage and True Strike. It also means that when he chases an opponent, he is constantly charging up Wanderer for his next attack.
• Edge Counter (Ultimate): Edge Counter is the Nomad’s greatest asset in a large-scale battle, as it can often be the difference between winning or losing an encounter. When activated, Edge Counter puts the Nomad in a one-second state of stasis. If he is attacked, damaged, or spell casted upon by an enemy hero during this state, the Nomad shrugs the attack off and counters his assailant with a massive wave of sand, dealing high magic damage and stunning anyone in its wake. His stunned opponents then become vulnerable to a volley of attacks from True Strike.

 

Pre-lims of Grimms Crossing Tournament

Had to change things around to make it work a bit better but here it is!

Matchups can be found here

List of the team rosters & captains along with the rules can be found here. Use ctrl+F for a quick find

Remember to use the HoN Private Message System to set up your matches

Post your match results in the comments linking all games with the HoN Replay Site

For any disputes post in the comment sections

The round deadline for this will be January 12th

3v3 Grimm’s Crossing Tourney to kick-off HoN 2.0: 300$ Prize Pool Sponsored by Dotally Rad and S2

If all goes well and expected on Dec 13th, HoN 2.0 will be ready to go and along with it the new map.  And the best fucking HoN website on the internet, Dotally Rad, is going to be hosting a 3v3 tournament.
Prizes

• 1st: 150$
• 2nd: 100$
• 3rd: 50$
  • Mode will be BD (Make sure that tournament mode is hosted to ensure no mods are enabled)
  • Teams will be of 3, you are allowed 2 substitutes but their names must be submitted as well.
  • Game will be played until either side has conceded or the main structure (ie. World Tree or Sacrificial Shrine) goes down
  • Each team will designate a captain as a messenger to set-up matches, use the HoN forums private messaging system to set-up match dates or the default time will be 7:00pm PST on the day of the round deadline (to come).  If your opponents to do not show on the agreed time, or at the default time they will be disqualified.  Provide appropriate screen shots with time.
  • Matches will be Best-of-3.  Rolls will be used to determine Game 1 & 3 servers (with Game 2 favoring whoever did not win the roll in Game 1).  Note it is up to the team to roll for servers, if you ignorantly make the match without rolling then too bad princess, it’s your own fault.
  • Games must be reported by posting in the comment section of the relevant round post, Find your games using the HoN Replay Site, it is up to the winning team’s captain to post the game regardless if Game 1/2/3.  If results are not posted by 12am PST the following day of the round deadline (ex. Round deadline is 7pm Dec 8th, results must be posted by Dec 9th 12am) the winning team may face disqualification as I will probably flip a coin to see who advances.
  • Brackets will be seeded based upon teams combined public PSR on the day of sign-up deadline and then standard tourney style.
  • The higher seeded team will start on the legion side, however teams are required to alternate sides for games 1/2 & 3 respectively.
  • Players must have at least 20 games played in HoN to participate in this tournament
  • Any disputes should be screenshotted, uploaded to imageshack and reported in the comments.
  • Prize payments will be made via Paypal so if you don’t have Paypal, don’t expect to get paid. YOU HAVE BEEN FOREWARNED

Tournament Rules

Sign-up Deadlines will be January 1st 2011 12:00AM

Any questions/comments can be directed in the comments, will there be a KingRaven cameo if BreakyCPK casts a game? possibly.

Sign up your team in the comments and designate the captain by putting a (C) next to their name

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Update, Deadline set & rules tweaked a bit.

HoN 2.0 KingRaven/Daggius Announcer pack?

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=189197

Weigh in your opinion, would you buy this announcer pack? Look forward to it?

What would you want to hear from Daggius/KingRaven for the announcer moments?

• Denied
• Bloodlust
• Hat Trick
• Quad Kill
• Annihilation
• Bloodbath
• Immortal
• Genocide
• Smackdown
• Humiliation
• Nemesis (* This is getting multiple kills on the same person without them getting a kill or assist on you.)
• Payback (* This is when you get a kill or assist on someone who is your Nemesis)
• Rage Quit
• Victory
• Defeat

HoN Myrmidon Hero Guide

Myrmidon

Starting Attributes

Str – 19 + 1.8 per lvl

Agi – 15 + 1.2 per lvl

Int – 24 + 3.2 per lvl (Primary Attribute)

Range – 450

Damage – 42-50

Armor – 1

Movement Speed – 300

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Spells

Weed Field

Myrmidon calls forth a line of seaweed from the ground to entangle and bind his enemies.

Weeded Effect
Revealed
125 Magic damage per second

Type – Magic

Range – 1000

Mana Cost – 90/100/110/120

Cooldown – 20 seconds

Video to come

Throws out a line nuke that disables a unit after a 1 second delay, think of Jakiro’s Ice Path from DoTA.  Pretty useful nuke and easy to hit.

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Magic Carp

Myrmidon unleashes his underwater companion on his enemies! The magical carp will chase down Myrmidon’s unfortunate target, impacting them with tremendous force and even stunning unprepared foes.

Activation
Deals 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 Magic damage to target enemy unit. If the target is moving at the time of impact, it is stunned for 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 seconds.

Type – Magic

Range – 750

Mana Cost – 85/95/105/115

Cooldown – 10 secods

Video to come

Good spell, its a disable either way because it forces a hero to stand still, or it stuns them if they run.

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Waveform

Myrmidon manifests the sea’s rage and turns into water, surging forward with incredible speed and slowing everything in his path.

Type – Magic

Range – 1000

Mana Cost – 70/75/80/85

Cooldown – 24/20/16/12 seconds

Video to come

Morphling’s waveform without the damage but it slows the enemies and -magic armor.  Pretty good when ulted since it puts you next to the enemy when used properly

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Forced Evolution

Myrmidon can transform himself at will into a terrifying monstrosity, capable of besting even the hardiest warriors in melee combat.

Waterlogged Effects
15 / 25 / 35% Movement Slow

Mana Cost – 100/150/200

Cooldown – 60 seconds

image to come

Not sure how I feel about this skill since it statics your damage to this ability so any +damage items are useless….

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Skill Builds

1. Weed Field

2. Waveform

3. Magic Carp

4. Weed Field

5. Weed Field

6. Forced Evolution

7. Weed Field

8-10. Magic Carp

11. Forced Evolution

12-14. Waveform

15. Attribute Bonus

16. Forced Evolution

17-25. Attribute Bonus

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Item Recommendations

With the 2 disables and  the slow, Puzzlebox minions have a lot of chances to attack the enemy.

Hex adds another disable to Myrmidons already awesome arsenal.

Frostfield plate adds another slow  to Myrmidons arsenal of disables, nuke damage as well as EHP via armor

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Early Game

Myrmidon should be played aggressively with his slow and dual disable, throw in any other hero that has a nuke or disable in his lane and its a huge aggressive harassing lane with potential kills every time an initiation is done properly.  Grab an early chalice/bottle for regeneration to spam your abilities in lane which are decently low mana cost.

Middle Game

Myrmidon plays to the role of ganker due to his skillset, wards and homecoming stones are a necessity for Myrmidon to take off for vision and able to gank/counter gank. Roll around with a few heroes since most likely the enemies will be noticing more often that you are MIA from the mini-map after a few well-placed ganks, for team fights try to lineup your waveform and weed field so that it hits multiple heroes.

Late Game

By now you should be roaming with the team and unloading spells in every teamfight, focusing the ideal enemy hero whether its an intiator or a carry or a huge CC style hero.  There’s really nothing more that could be said other then don’t get picked off due to your heroes disables and they are huge in teamfights if executed properly.