Paciscor, the Politician

strength Hero

created by by Pigzit | Last update: Dec 04, 2025

1.0

version

strength HERO

ranged

unspecified

Preferred role

Position not specified.

COMPLEXITY

Usurp

autocast ABILITY

Upgrades Usurp

Paciscor sacrifices a portion of their current HP to deal bonus magic splash damage on their next attack. This damage is based on the enemy heroes current HP, and the total damage dealt after reduc...

12/10/8/6

Infatuate

active ABILITY

60/75/90/105

Tantalize

active ABILITY

35/30/25/20

Double-Cross

ULTIMATE

active ABILITY

Upgrades Double-Cross

6.5

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LEVEL

BONUS STATS

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 4 ABILITIES

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Usurp

Infatuate

Tantalize

Double-Cross

Autocast

Usurp

Active

Infatuate

Active

Tantalize

Active

Double-Cross

ULTIMATE ABILITY

BASIC

Usurp

TYPE autocast

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE unit

SPLASH RADIUS 200/225/250/275

SELF HP COST 16%

ENEMY HP TO DMG 16%

DAMAGE TO HEAL 60%

Aghanim's Shard

Upgrades Usurp

Causes Usurp to splash on non hero targets for 50% damage, reduces self HP cost to 12%, and reduces cooldown by 2 seconds.

12/10/8/6

BASIC

Infatuate

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE unit

Target enemy hero is taunted to attack Paciscor, but is granted bonus lifesteal for the duration of the taunt. Ranged heroes have reduced attack range for the duration, and gain a movement speed boost. May be cast on allies for double the duration, without taunting them (range reduction still applies). This lifesteal comes in the form of healing when on allies.

RANGED REDUCTION 50%

MOVESPEED BOOST 14%/18%/22%/26%

BONUS LIFESTEAL 25%/30%/35%/40%

DURATION 1.75/2/2.25/2.5

CAST RANGE 400/450/500/550

60/75/90/105

BASIC

Tantalize

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE unit

Creates a link between Paciscor and target hero. The hero and Paciscor are healed a percentage of Paciscors max HP per second when within range of the link. The link breaks if the heroes stretch too far apart, and can run out over time without breaking. If the link breaks, both heroes are stunned.

STUN DURATION 2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8

HEAL PER SECOND 2%/3%/4%/5%

DURATION 10

BREAK DISTANCE 1200

CAST RANGE 600

35/30/25/20

BASIC

Double-Cross

TYPE active

DAMAGE pure

TARGET MODE none

TOGGLED: Causes all enemies in a radius around Paciscor to take pure damage for a percentage of all regeneration, lifesteal, and healing they receive, before reductions. The further they are from Paciscor, the less damage they take, and vice versa. During this time, Paciscor takes increased damage from all sources, and has reduced status resistance.

MIN % DAMAGE 20%/25%/30%

MAX % DAMAGE 80%/100%/120%

STATUS RES LOSS 30%/20%/10%

SELF DMG AMP 30%

RADIUS 500/750/1000

Aghanim's Scepter

Upgrades Double-Cross

Passively causes all enemies in half of the double cross radius to receive 25% of the actively toggled pure damage. When toggled on, causes all enemies in the radius to be slowed by 20%, and grants all ally and enemy heroes 35% heal and regen amplification.

6.5

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

is breakable: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

blocked by Linken's Sphere: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

blocked by Linken's Sphere: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

ULTIMATE ABILITY

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

is breakable: YES

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Upgrades Double-Cross

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Causes Usurp to splash on non hero targets for 50% damage, reduces self HP cost to 12%, and reduces cooldown by 2 seconds.

Upgrades Usurp

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450 AOE Infatuate

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-4s Usurp Cooldown

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-6s Tantalize Cooldown

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+25% Min/Max Double Cross Damage

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+12% Debuff Duration Amplification

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+8% Heals and Regen Amplification

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+75 Cast Range

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+50 Usurp Splash Radius

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VOICE LINES

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bronze tier

Rank 1

Hmm! Amusing.

bronze tier

Rank 2

*maniacal laugh*

silver tier

Rank 3

Thats going to the council for review.

silver tier

Rank 4

Embarrassing.

gold tier

Rank 5

Have a sip!

gold tier

Rank 6

Awfully rude of you.

platinum tier

Rank 7

It might not have looked it, but that was the best case scenario for you.

master tier

Rank 8

What made you think I would negotiate?

grandmaster tier

Rank 9

This relationship is not two way.

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ITEM & SKILL BUILDS

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Backline Healer & Disabler

soft support

Support teamplay build that primarily uses Tantalize to buff up allies, and disable enemy heroes. Holy Locket is a must have, amping the healing from Tantalize and the lifesteal from Infatuate. Your taunt is a risky spell to cast without items to bolster your HP pool, and your ult is only so good from a range, so items like Glimmer Cape, Ghost Scepter, and Force Staff should be considered based on matchups to give you the most effective spellcasts without suicide.

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Right Click Manfighter

hard carry

Core manfighting build primarily reliant on access to enemy heroes and maneuverability. Armlet gives great damage and sustain in combination with Usurp and Infatuate, and can be combined with MoM to man up to nearly any hero early game. BKB and Dragon Lance will soon become necessities as enemies gain kiting tools in the mid game, and items like Silver Edge and Overwhelming Blink keep you on top of enemies even longer.

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The Politician is a strength ranged hero with a kit that walks the line between farming and feeding. Their primary mechanic is the ult, which turns enemy regen against them in the form of pure damage. This makes the rest of the kit, which comprises mostly of buffs that affect both allies and enemies, vary wildly based on the second to second decision making in teamfights or lane engagements. I've composed two primary builds which can be seen above, that vary not just wildly in itemization, but in the minute to minute gameplay and ability usage from your hero. This hero looks to benefit wildly from extreme specialization, and each of the four abilities can have entire builds centered specifically around one of their mechanics, likely to great effect should you use your spells properly. This hero will likely be a divisive one in terms of balance, particularly the ultimate and the fact that he is a ranged hero. Let me know what you think of the design, and what I could possibly change while keeping the core design intact. Thanks!

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Hero Art: Josh Calloway Ability Icons: CrAIyon

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Pigzit commented 3 years ago

- - 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

TinFoil commented 3 years ago

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.

Pigzit replied 3 years ago

Made a bunch of changes in response to this feedback. Mainly the ultimate is reworked into a toggled ability, with more damage than before but with the downsides of increasing all damage the Politician takes and causing status effects he receives to last longer. The Aghs brings back some of the passive and the old Aghs, but is more involved now. Infatuate is also now better on ranged allies, while still being a dangerous spell against enemies. And I think Tantalize will be more than just a "Tether bot" spell now that the ult is toggled and risk vs reward. You can see the specifics of each change in my above comment, many other things got minorly tweaked that I didn't touch on here. Thanks for your feedback!

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