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BRAD, THE BARD

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by Limitless Libido Dec 04, 2025

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BRAD, THE BARD

In this reality, Bram becomes Brad and is actually a Bard!

intelligence HERO

melee

unspecified

Preferred role

Position not specified.

COMPLEXITY

SONOROUS RIFF
SONOROUS RIFF

SONOROUS RIFF

active ABILITY

Upgrades Sonorous Riff
Upgrades Sonorous Riff

Bard blasts a chord in a cone in the targeted direction, healing allies and damaging enemies. Interrupts Crescendo. Cannot be cast during Battle Chorus.

spell manacost

85/90/95/100

spell cooldown

18/16/14/12

CRESCENDO

active ABILITY

Upgrades Crescendo

CHANNELING - Bard plays a melody that deals increasing damage per second as well as disorient enemies and increasingly cause them to miss their attacks. Effects linger for 2 seconds. Bard can stil...

spell manacost

120

spell cooldown

18

MENDING HUM
MENDING HUM

MENDING HUM

passive ABILITY

Upgrades Mending Hum

Bard continuously hums a tune, that allows nearby allied heroes who hear it to be less susceptible to status effects, as well as grant bonus HP and MP regen. Mending Hum is temporarily disabled du...

BATTLE CHORUS
BATTLE CHORUS

BATTLE CHORUS

ULTIMATE

active ABILITY

Upgrades Battle Chorus

Brad brings out his lute and prepares for his best performance yet, strong dispelling himself and gaining bonus movement speed and cannot be slowed but also cannot attack, use items, or cast other ...

spell manacost

130/150/170

spell cooldown

100/90/80

BARD'S TUNE
BARD'S TUNE

BARD'S TUNE

passive ABILITY

Brad's Innate Ability: When not being attacked by enemy heroes or when not damaging enemy heroes within the attack range of buildings, Bard is ignored. Attacking or being attacked by enemy heroes ...

FACETS
FACETS

FACETS

passive ABILITY

DISCORDANT - Crescendo grants an 8%/12%/16%/20% chance for affected enemy heroes to miss single-target spells, as long as the enemy and targeted ally are within the range of Crescendo. HARMONY - M...

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LEVEL

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18
25
30

BONUS STATS

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

STRENGTH

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

AGILITY

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

INTELLIGENCE

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

DPS

+

DAMAGE

SPEED

RANGE

ARMOR

MAGIC RES.

SPEED

TURN RATE

VISION

ABILITIES

THIS IDEA CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 6 ABILITIES

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SONOROUS RIFF

SONOROUS RIFF

CRESCENDO

MENDING HUM

MENDING HUM

BATTLE CHORUS

BATTLE CHORUS

BARD'S TUNE

BARD'S TUNE

FACETS

FACETS

BASIC

SONOROUS RIFF

SONOROUS RIFF

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE area

Bard blasts a chord in a cone in the targeted direction, healing allies and damaging enemies. Interrupts Crescendo. Cannot be cast during Battle Chorus.

MAX RANGE 500/550/600/650

STARTING AOE 300

ENDING AOE 600

HEAL/DAMAGE 100/160/220/280

Aghanim's Scepter
Upgrades Sonorous Riff

Aghanim's Scepter grants Brad the ultimate cure for his weakness: Multitasking! Brad can now cast Sonorous Riff during Battle Chorus, and no longer interrupts Crescendo.

Aghanim's Shard
Upgrades Sonorous Riff

Additionally stuns affected enemies for 1 second.

spell manacost

85/90/95/100

spell cooldown

18/16/14/12

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

1

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

4

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Aghanim's Scepter grants Brad the ultimate cure for his weakness: Multitasking! Brad can now cast Sonorous Riff during Battle Chorus, and no longer interrupts Crescendo.

Upgrades Sonorous Riff

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Additionally stuns affected enemies for 1 second.

Upgrades Sonorous Riff

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+0.5s Battle Chorus Taunt Duration

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25

+80HP/s Battle Chorus Ally Heal

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+2s Battle Chorus Max Duration

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20

+3s Crescendo Max Duration

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+60 Sonorous Riff Heal/Damage

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15

+15% Crescendo Initial and Max Miss Chance

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+200 Sonorous Riff Range

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10

+4%/+2/+0.75 Mending Hum Stat Res/HP/MP Regen

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In this reality, Bram becomes Brad and is actually a Bard!

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