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Armageddon, The Arcane Mistake

agility Hero

by Poppy Dec 25, 2025

Armageddon, The Arcane Mistake

Armageddon is an artillery type carry hero. Similar to sniper in playstyle I think, limited mobility but hard hitting long ranged attacks. I think the hero will end up hitting harder than sniper eventually, but has less cc and less oppressive attack modifiers. Armageddon has what I think is an interesting mechanic with the ultimate abilities where you can scale damage by purchasing attack speed up until a certain point. The numbers are probably not quite there and will either be incredibly overtuned or incredibly undertuned, but you can see how the attack speed interval scales on "chain repeater" here with this link https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=plot+y+%3D+1.2%2B1.2%28%28-x%5E2%29%2F160000%29+where+x%3D0%3A400 There is a small amount of synergy between polaric bolt and target acquisition where you can acquire multiple heroes in the bolt AoE and hit all units with Chain Repeater. Otherwise you'll mostly be relying on team work in order to get free hits off. I will have to wait for my DALL-E tokens to renew so I can finish the ability icons off!
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agility Attribute
ranged Attack
Complexity

Moderate difficulty

All Preferred Positions

Flexible - can play any position

Abilities

Active and passive powers

Polaric Bolt
Polaric Bolt

Polaric Bolt

active Ability

Fires a bolt of energy at the ground that pulls enemies together in an AoE, leashing them for a short duration. Enemies near the centre of impact take damage.

mana 100/130/160/190
cooldown 20/18/16/14

Pulsar Missiles

active Ability

Releases a flurry of missiles that randomly land in a cone in front of Armageddon

mana 120/145/170/195
cooldown 15
Target Acquisition
Target Acquisition

Target Acquisition

active Ability

Locks onto enemy heroes within the AoE. Armageddon can auto attack all locked enemies within range. Pulsar missiles become heat seeking, launching onto enemies that are locked onto at any range. Mi...

mana 75
cooldown 12
Advanced Weaponry
Advanced Weaponry

Advanced Weaponry

ULTIMATE
active Ability

Armageddon gains access to two sub abilities. Chain repeater and Longbow. These abilities change Armageddons auto attack characterisitcs. Activating this ability will set the auto attack characters...

Chain repeater
Chain repeater

Chain Repeater

active Ability

Auto attacking is now a three round burst at a reduced attack damage cost. Increasing attack speed reduces the time between bursts. Additional attack speed over a threashold is added as additional ...

mana 25
cooldown 5

Longbow

active Ability

Equips a long range artillery cannon. Auto attacks are capped at an attack rate. Attacks cannot proc modifiers except lifesteal. Attack speed is converted into additional damage. Additional damage ...

mana 25
cooldown 5

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BONUS STATS

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STRENGTH

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

AGILITY

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

INTELLIGENCE

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

DPS

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DAMAGE

SPEED

RANGE

ARMOR

MAGIC RES.

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VISION

ABILITIES

THIS IDEA CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 6 ABILITIES

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Polaric Bolt

Polaric Bolt

Type active Damage magical Target area
Available at level 1 | Has 4 levels
Fires a bolt of energy at the ground that pulls enemies together in an AoE, leashing them for a short duration. Enemies near the centre of impact take damage.
DAMAGE 75/150/225/300
LEASH DURATION 0.5/1/1.5/2
CAST RANGE 700
DAMAGE AOE 175
MAX LEASH AOE 400
PULL AOE 550
mana 100/130/160/190
cooldown 20/18/16/14
Casting
Leash/Root Can be casted when the caster is leashed or rooted Yes
Interruption Goes on cooldown even if cast was interrupted Yes
Blocking
Linken's Sphere Is blocked by Linken's Sphere -
Pierces Spell Immunity Pierces spell immunity -
Targeting
Disjoint Can be disjointed, causing it to miss its target -
Illusions Illusion units can be targeted -
Dispel
Dispellable Can be dispelled -
Applies Dispel Applies dispel to the target -
Effects
Break The ability is breakable -
Barrier Applies protective barrier to the target/s -
Debuff Immunity Grants debuff immunity to target/s -

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Each subsequent missile on the same target deals an additional +10 damage per missile
Upgrades Pulsar Missiles

AGHANIM'S SHARD

When toggled to autocast Armageddon can move while auto attacking with Chain Repeater. Armageddon can only hit Target Acquisitioned heroes in range while in this mode.
Upgrades Chain Repeater

Talent Tree

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25

Chain repeater +200 range

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Longbow crits for 225%

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20

Chain Repeater hits remove 0.3 armour per hit

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Longbow Rate of Fire decreased by 1

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15

Target Acuisition Gives Vision of Cast Area

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Missile Radius Increased by 100

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10

+30 movespeed

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+0.5s Polaric Bolt Duration

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Armageddon is an artillery type carry hero. Similar to sniper in playstyle I think, limited mobility but hard hitting long ranged attacks. I think the hero will end up hitting harder than sniper eventually, but has less cc and less oppressive attack modifiers. Armageddon has what I think is an interesting mechanic with the ultimate abilities where you can scale damage by purchasing attack speed up until a certain point. The numbers are probably not quite there and will either be incredibly overtuned or incredibly undertuned, but you can see how the attack speed interval scales on "chain repeater" here with this link https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=plot+y+%3D+1.2%2B1.2%28%28-x%5E2%29%2F160000%29+where+x%3D0%3A400 There is a small amount of synergy between polaric bolt and target acquisition where you can acquire multiple heroes in the bolt AoE and hit all units with Chain Repeater. Otherwise you'll mostly be relying on team work in order to get free hits off. I will have to wait for my DALL-E tokens to renew so I can finish the ability icons off!

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Deep beneath the surface of the Violet Plateau, Boush the Tinker and his associates opened a portal to nightmares beyond comprehension. A dark magic flowed from the portal comsuming everything it touched. Leaving the area in total darkness. After the Tinker and Associates had escaped or perished, the magic swept from wall to wall, englufing the contraptions left behind. A simple robot left stranded became engulfed by the Dark Magic breathing new sentience to the machine. The contraption radiated a purple glow as it was now a slave to the horrors that lie beyond the portal's entrance. As the purple mist spread outwards, the Dark Magics sent forth their new acolyte, Armageddon, to do their bidding.

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26 Sep 2022

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frenky
frenky commented 3 years ago
I also forgot to mention how well you've written the lore. Huge respect.
frenky
frenky commented 3 years ago
This is a very creative concept, you can choose to be an artillery or a machine gun. I like it ,though I don't see a point in nerfing javelin as other heroes such as Pangolier also benefit from it without any loss of value. Overall neat.
Poppy
Poppy Author replied 3 years ago
It's just because of how the interval decreases as your attack speed approaches 400. At 400 attack speed you'll be hitting for 65% damage for 10 attacks per second. Having a javelin item like MK bar would be proccing around 540 magic dps (10 att/s * 70 dam * 80% chance) with just the javelin item alone. Just seemed like a little too much to me, but I could be persuaded otherwise. This is in contrast to someone like Pangolier who can get a flurry of procs off quickly, but it's bound by an 8 second cd.
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