- - Version 2 changelog, major reworks to scaling and ultimate - - Usurp HP loss doesnt go down when levelling, instead reduced with purchase of shard 16/14/12/10% to 16% at all levels, 12% with shard Usurp shard creep damage reduced by 50% Infatuate ranged hero range reduction is flat 50% at all levels (better on allies, worse against enemies) Infatuate ranged hero move speed buff increased from 10%/15%/20%/25% to 14%/18%/22%/26% Double Cross is now a toggled ability with downsides when toggled on (6.5s CD) +30% damage received from all sources, and 30/20/10% status resistance loss Damage numbers are increased to compensate for a harder to use ability Levels 6 and 12 are especially risk vs reward for this ability Pure damage now pierces spell immunity New Double Cross scepter brings some of the old passive back Passively grants 25% of pure damage dealt at all times Causes toggle to also slow enemies and increase ally and enemy hero heal amp This makes your spells more impactful to combo with it, especially on enemies Level 20 Double Cross radius talent changed to more damage +25% Min/Max Double Cross Damage Level 20 Tantalize CDR talent from -8s to -6s Increased vision from 1800/800 Day/Night to 1800/1800 Agility rescaled from 17+2.1 to 20+1.8 Attack range reduced from 575 to 525

Very complex hero for sure. Usurp is very strong, but I think the CD limitation and HP cost makes that fair. I think Infatuate is very neat against enemies (though the name doesn't sound too much like a taunt), but I think it's a bit strange for allies. For melee allies, it's too much of a straight buff. Maybe that's enemy only? For tantalize, again, it's really interesting against enemies (this we both heal, but you get stunned if you run thing), but for allies it's very tether-like. For the Ult, that is extremely powerful. So strong that it seems like it would completely control what kind of heroes and items you could use against him (crossing off entire options of play for the enemy). I think it's far too strong to be a passive. So, it would need to be either severally nerfed for numbers or make it a somewhat short duration active. In general, though, very complex, interesting hero. Hard to get a good read on balance.