HoN Rampage Hero Guide
Rampage
Starting Attributes
Str – 23 + 2.5 per lvl (primary attribute)
Agi – 17 + 1.7 per lvl
Int – 15 + 1.8 per lvl
Damage – 45-55
Range – 100 (melee)
Armor – 5.4
Movement Speed – 295
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Spells
Stampede
Rampage points out a target to his rhino, starting a Stampede that slowly builds in speed and power until reaching the target, stunning them.
Issues an Order to attack the targeted Unit. Applies Stampede to self, gaining 1 charge every 4 seconds. Gains Magic immunity at 3 charges.Applies Watch Out! to target when Rampage is within 2500 units.
When Rampage reaches his target, he stuns him for 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 seconds.
10 / 15 / 20 / 25% Movement Speed
Movement Speed Per Charge: 0.10 / 0.15 / 0.20 / 0.25
Revealed
Cast Range – 25,000
Cast Time – 1.0 seconds
Mana Cost – 120
Cooldown – 40 seconds
This skill is what I like to call the “Fountain Gank” ability, because basically you can cast this from anywhere on the map & it will chase down the unit you targeted giving you movespeed and damage if you have your second ability, and also magic invulnerability after 12 seconds. This is also very useful against units that can go invisible via Assassin’s Shroud or their own innate ability and also stuns the unit allowing for some beatdown to occur.
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Might of the Herd
The rhino Rampage rides is a born leader, enhancing the movement of any nearby allies and giving Rampage more damage the faster he is moving.
Activation
Grants 4 / 8 / 12 / 16% of Rampage’s movespeed in damage.
Aura Effects
Radius: 900
Target: Ally Units
Passive Ability
This little gem of an ability increases not only Rampage’s movespeed, but ally units nearby which is beneficiary when chasing units down. It also adds damage to Rampage based on his movespeed thus, it is only natural to get items which increase his movement speed, attack speed (get to this later) and damage at the same time.
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Horned Strike
There is a chance Rampage’s rhino unleashes a devastating Horned Strike when he begins an attack, doing bonus damage and pushing then enemy backwards.
17% chance on attack to stun and push back the target 140 / 180 / 220 / 260 units over 0.95 / 1.15 / 1.35 / 1.55 seconds, dealing 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 bonus Magic damage.
This ability contains Bashing properties. Items and abilities with Bashing properties contain a shared cooldown time.
Cooldown – 1.5 seconds
Passive Ability
This ability is fun, you can stop command abuse this ability. Basically pushes units in the direction that you’re facing and causes the unit to be “bashed” to a degree, is probably one the best 1v1 isolation skill in the game.
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Favor of Sol
Rampage, favored by Sol, calls upon his power to move so quickly he instantly appears next to an enemy hero of his choosing, dealing damage and pushing them back.
Activation
Moves Rampage next to his target after a 1 second delay, dealing 100 / 200 / 300 bonus Magic damage and triggering a level 4 Horned Strike on the target.
This ability can be boosted by Staff of the Master.
Staff Effect: Decreases cooldown time from 75 to 20 seconds.
Type – Physical
Range – 400/550/700
Cast Time – 0.5 seconds
Mana Cost – 200/250/300
Cooldown – 75 seconds (20 seconds with Staff of the Master)
His ultimate basically gives you a free level 4 horned strike and places you next to the hero allowing for an easier time attacking the hero. It knocks down trees however so it is not possible to trap other heroes this way.
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Skill Build
1. Stampede
2. Horned Strike
3. Might of the Herd
4.-5 Stampede
6. Favor of Sol
7. Stampede
8-10. Might of the Herd
11. Favor of Sol
12-14. Horned Strike
15. Attribute Bonus
16. Favor of Sol
17-25. Attribute Bonus
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Item Recommendations
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Ghost Marchers give the ability to increase movement speed and allows you to move through units, which is useful for chasing. Steamboots give a +10 to an attribute of your choice and gives movement speed and attack speed as well. The choice entirely is up to you, if you don’t like to micro as much I would suggest steamboots. Post-Haste while giving more movespeed, costs too much and is negligible since it is fairly simple to obtain maximum movespeed with this hero without that item.
Elder Parasite is a GREAT item for this hero if you are going for isolation, gives Rampage a huge increment in attack speed, and fairly decent movespeed which also increases damage. Not only do those both contribute but he also gains 17% lifesteal which with the increased attackspeed and damage is great. It also creates a better chance to “permabash” a hero with horned strike.
Staff of the Master reduces the cooldown from your ultimate from 75 seconds to 20 seconds, essentially allowing Rampage to cast his ultimate twice in a team fight. Not only that, it also gives a decent chunk of health/mana and +10 to all attributes.
Frostburn gives movement speed (and damage along to boot with that), a slow for easier chasing, standalone damage, strength and agility, and attack speed. This item screams GET ME NOW for Rampage pretty much.
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Early Game
If you are laned with a stunner or slower versus a weaker lane or a melee lane then play aggressively, if you have Horned Strike leveled up you may get lucky and are able to nab a few kills early. You should be focusing on hitting level 7+ ASAP. Once you hit level 7+ you can either continue farming if you are the team’s only carry or you can do what I call “fountain charging” for the pseudo gank-carry build. Which is from the fountain you charge a hero, let your teammates know ahead of time by stating who you are charging or pinging etc. and once the target dies, either farm the lane until you need to back or go back to the fountain. rinse and repeat.
Middle Game
By now you should have farmed AT LEAST Steamboots/Ghost Marchers and Elder Parasite or Icebrand or Firebrand. Either way you should start focusing on the oppositions carry hero if they have been doing great or even OK, farming well and getting kills here and there. Rampage is somewhat of a suicidal hero the way his abilities are set-up so do not be afraid of dying in favor of the enemy carry dying. If the enemy carry has successfully been held down until this point, make sure to keep an eye on them but for the meantime you can start picking on those pesky INT heroes that fall to a charge/ult and a few whacks. Regardless you shouldn’t be farming at this point unless you kill a hero and the lane is freed up with a good potential of farming.
Late Game
By now you should be pumped up, continuously ganking is Rampages best asset. In team fights you should focus on either the carry, or an enemy who plays a huge role in the fight (IE. Demented Shaman, Behemoth etc.) Regardless if you have Staff of the Master or not, you should not be waiting to pop your ultimate, it is a free disable and can be used to push enemy heroes into the fray that would normally stay back and support. Remember that Horned Strike works on Kongor, so don’t be afraid to Kongor if the time and situation is right.
HoN Banning Draft (BD) Hero Picking and Bans Guide
Overview
Banning Draft (BD) is a new game mode in HoN where two captains first ban four picks from a pool of 24 random heroes, then alternate 10 picks from the remaining pool of 20 (in 1-2-2-2-2-1 fashion). BD is generally regarded as the most balanced game mode available (least amount of luck involved), so the better team of players should win in this mode more than in any other mode. This, of course, is only true if your captain makes the right picks and bans. This process can be rather complicated, but if you understand the concepts of premium heroes and counters, it becomes simple to make the best possible choices.
Premium Heroes
It is important to understand that there are certain heroes in HoN that captains will try to first pick every single game. These “premium” heroes are generally dominating AOE heroes that can turn the tide of any team battle. In BD, the team that gets to ban the first hero also gets the first pick after bans. If you don’t have the first pick, then realize that the other team will get one of these heroes with their first pick if you don’t ban it. These heroes are (in rough order of importance): Tempest, Jereziah, Behemoth, Demented Shaman, and Magmus.
Second Bests
Here are some versatile heroes that are going to be in high demand after the premium choices are gone:
- Plague Rider: dominates team battles and ganking with a slowing, splash nuke and slowing, splash nuke ultimate, and gets a free deny and mana every time Extingiush is up. Statistically the winningest hero in HoN.
- Pestilence: incredible ganking power with speed boost and stun abilities; dominant late game with a bash and armor-reducing, invis-revealing ultimate.
- Sand Wraith: dominant late-game carry with two escape mechanisms that make it extremely difficult to gank.
- Hellbringer: massive AOE ultimate stun that can break up any team formation.
- Magebane: another dominant late-game carry that is nearly impossible to gank.
- Puppet Master: versatile disabler carry that can fill many roles and has a crushing early game harass.
Counter Picks
Often it is okay to let the other team have a premium or other great hero if you know there is a counter pick in the pool that you can make directly afterward. For example, if you have second pick, you can not ban Tempest, and then pick Hellbringer right after the other team gets it (Hellbringer’s ultimate stops Tempest’s ultimate, even if he has a Shrunken Head). If they see this coming and don’t first pick Tempest, then you can pick Tempest and Hellbringer with your 2nd and 3rd pick, thus getting both the premium hero and it’s counter out of the pool in one picking round. Here are some examples of good counters:
- Hellbringer, Pharoah counter Tempest (their ultimates stops Tempest’s ultimate from long range)
- Electrician counters Jeraziah, Hammerstorm (Electrician’s ultimate removes Protective Charm aka Repel and Hammerstorm’s ultimate)
- Vindicator counters Magmus, Tempest, Torturer, any channeling heroes (Vindicator’s ultimate silences all heroes)
- Pestilence, Rampage counter any heroes with invisibility (Pestilence’s ultimate exposes invisible heroes, Rampage’s Charge does as well)
- Thunderbringer counters heroes that initiate with blink (Behemoth, Tempest, Magmus, etc.) (must have good timing with ultimate and vision)
Other Guidelines
Make sure you pick a solo hero. In general, don’t have more than one melee hero per lane. Make sure you pick at least one carry hero and not too many.
