Ea, The Living Forge BEST OF November 2023

strength Hero

created by by Augrunga | Last update: Dec 06, 2025

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strength HERO

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COMPLEXITY

Molten Spill

active ABILITY

Ea spills molten metal out of him, creating a line of slag that heavily damages any enemies in it with a stacking damage over time debuff. By default, it will fizzle out at short range. However, i...

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20/19/18/17

Thermal Cage

active ABILITY

Upgrades Thermal Cage

100/110/120/130

Eruption

active ABILITY

Upgrades Eruption

Ea supercharges the forges of his body, giving himself 6 stacks of heavy magic resistance for a brief period. Should the enemy attack or cast a spell on him, a stack will be removed. At the end of...

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Forge of the Gods

ULTIMATE

active ABILITY

15/10/5

Forge Weapon

active ABILITY

0.1

Forge Infusion

active ABILITY

0.1

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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 6 ABILITIES

Showing abilities of Ea, The Living Forge

Molten Spill

Thermal Cage

Eruption

Forge of the Gods

Forge Weapon

Forge Infusion

Active

Molten Spill

Active

Thermal Cage

Active

Eruption

Active

Forge of the Gods

ULTIMATE ABILITY

Active

Forge Weapon

Active

Forge Infusion

BASIC

Molten Spill

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE area

Ea spills molten metal out of him, creating a line of slag that heavily damages any enemies in it with a stacking damage over time debuff. By default, it will fizzle out at short range. However, if Ea is standing in the slag radius, it will continue forward indefinitely, dealing damage all along the way. While moving in the slag, Ea's movespeed will always be fixed to be 15% faster than the slag's movement, ignoring all current slows. If Ea walks off the slag, it will continue its base distance from where he walked off before fizzling out.

DAMAGE PER SECOND 20/25/30/35

DEBUFF DURATION 4/5/6/7

DEBUFF APPLICATION INT 0.3

SLAG BASE DISTANCE 500

SLAG RADIUS 400

SLAG SPEED 360

SELF SPEED ON SLAG 414

80/90/100/110

20/19/18/17

BASIC

Thermal Cage

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE unit

Ea shrouds the enemy in magical superheated armor that heats up and deals damage over time. If they move or attack, the damage becomes more intense. If they do not move or attack, the armor will quickly cool off. Should the armor reach its coolest state, it will root and disarm the enemy in place before disintegrating.

MIN DAMAGE OVER TIME 8/10/12/14

MAX DAMAGE OVER TIME 50/70/90/110

DAMAGE INTERVAL 0.1

TIME TO COOL 2

ROOT/DISARM DUR. 1.75/2.25/2.75/3.25

MAX DURATION 10

100/110/120/130

Aghanim's Scepter

Upgrades Thermal Cage

Pierces debuff immunity. Damage over time is now dealt in a 700 radius around the victim. When cooled fully, all enemies within 700 radius will be rooted and disarmed along with the original target.

BASIC

Eruption

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE none

Ea supercharges the forges of his body, giving himself 6 stacks of heavy magic resistance for a brief period. Should the enemy attack or cast a spell on him, a stack will be removed. At the end of the duration, for each stack of Eruption Ea has on him, he will expel a massive ring of molten slag in all directions, dealing heavy damage over time and slowing any enemies in it.

RING DAMAGE PER SECOND 50/70/90/110

RING LINGER DURATION 6

RING SLOW LINGER 0.1

RING SLOW 60%

RING EXPEL INTERVAL 1.25

RING WIDTH 140

RING RADIUS 650

MAGIC RES PER STACK 10%/20%/30%/40%

STACK DURATION 3

MAX STACKS 6

60/75/90/105

32/30/28/26

Aghanim's Shard

Upgrades Eruption

Max stacks increased by 1. Every stack that is successfully kept during the expulsion now creates a second outer ring of slag of 1000 radius.

BASIC

Forge of the Gods

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE unit

Ea creates a weapon from his internal forge based on the infusion from Forge Infusion, as well as the weapon type chosen from Forge Weapon. He can give the resulting item to an ally or himself, placing it in their inventory. Each ally can have a maximum of 1 forged item, while Ea can have more depending on the level of the ability. If the limit is reached when granting a forged item to an ally, the newer item will replace the older one with a 6 second downtime before it's enabled, similar to moving the item from the backpack. Should the ally want to get rid of their forged weapon, they can drop it on the ground. After 5 seconds, it will be destroyed if not picked up again. Enemies cannot pick up forged items. When an infusion and weapon type are chosen, the ability icon will change and the chosen weapon's name will be added to this ability name and the item's stats will be added to the description and ability stats. The forged items are as follows: Strong Sword Agile Sword Cunning Sword Ambidextrous Sword Strong Spear Agile Spear Cunning Spear Ambidextrous Spear Strong Axe Agile Axe Cunning Axe Ambidextrous Axe Strong Bow Agile Bow Cunning Bow Ambidextrous Bow

RANGE global

MAX WEAPONS FOR SELF 1/2/3

MAX WEAPONS FOR ALLY 1

REPLACEMENT GRACE TIME 6

DROP GRACE PERIOD 5

15/10/5

BASIC

Forge Weapon

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE none

Can choose a weapon type that can be combined with an infusion from Forge Infusion to be created using Forge of the Gods. Toggles between Sword, then Spear, then Axe, then Bow, then back to Sword. Each weapon type gives different basic properties that are affected further by the infusions. Sword: Grants attack speed and an attack modifier with a proc chance. Spear: Increases attack range of both melee and ranged heroes. A line shaped splash area of effect will be created behind the target, if the wearer is melee, or between the wearer and the attack target, if the wearer is ranged. Axe: Attacks will cause an area of effect radius around the attack target every few seconds. In addition, all Axes come with an active ability. Bow: Total attack damage is heavily reduced, and each attack causes a physical damage over time stacking debuff that equals half of the wearer's attack damage, as well as extra flat damage over time. Stacks do not refresh themselves.

SWORD ATK SPEED BONUS 30/45/60

SWORD PROC CHANCE 30%/40%/50%

SPEAR RANGE BONUS 100/150/200

SPEAR SPLASH RADIUS 200

SPEAR SPLASH RANGE 800

AXE ATK RADIUS 250/350/450

AXE ATK COOLDOWN 5/4.75/4.5

AXE COOLDOWN 22/20/18

AXE MANA COST 50

BOW STACK ATK DMG 50%

BOW STACK FLAT DOT 3/5/7

BOW STACK DURATION 10

BOW ATK DMG REDUCTION 60%/55%/50%

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BASIC

Forge Infusion

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE none

Can choose an infusion for the weapon type chosen in Forge Weapon to be used in the creation of an item in Forge of the Gods. Can choose between Strong, Agile, Cunning, and Ambidextrous, then back to Strong. The weapon's base stats will change depending on the Infusion. Each infusion also does a different effect depending on the weapon type. Strong: All weapons will grant Strength, Health Regeneration, and Status Resistance Sword: Attack modifier heavily slows enemy movespeed and attack speed. Spear: Splash deals damage based on current health. Axe: Attack radius causes taunt towards the wearer. Active ability creates a superheated wave that deals magical damage and lowers enemy damage output. Bow: When an allied hero within a certain range of the wearer is attacked, that attacker will have a bow stack placed on them. Agile: All weapons will grant Agility, Movement Speed, and Slow Resistance Sword: Attack modifier increases wearer's movement speed and slow resistance Spear: Splash reduces armor Axe: Attack radius deals damage based on a fraction of the wearer's attack damage. Active ability teleports the wearer to the target after a cast delay, dealing a singular attack to them with the axe attack radius. Bow: After a certain number of stacks is reached, all stacks immediately end, dealing physical damage equal to the total amount the stacks would've done. Also has increased flat damage over time per stack. Cunning: All weapons will grant Intelligence, Magic Resistance, and Spell Amplification Sword: Attack modifier causes the next spell hit by the target to deal extra damage based on the enemy's max health. Spear: Splash lowers enemy status resistance and slow resistance. Axe: Attack radius steals mana from all enemies hit. Active ability creates a falling axe on the ground after a short channel, dealing damage as well as extra damage over time based on the amount of debuffs enemies hit had on impact. Bow: Every spell the wearer casts will cause them to instantly attack all enemies within their attack range + 200 buffer range once, dealing reduced damage and giving them a bow stack. Ambidextrous: All weapons will grant Strength, Agility, and Intelligence Sword: Attack modifier increases the wearer's attributes. Stacks, but doesn't refresh itself. Spear: Splash deals physical damage based on a percentage of the total attributes of the wearer, and the total attributes of the attack target combined. Axe: Attack radius heals the wearer based on the hit enemies' max health. Active ability lowers base attack time and removes the attack radius cooldown. Bow: Each stack will reduce the enemy's secondary attributes. Universal enemies will have a smaller portion of all attributes reduced.

STRONG STRENGTH 6/12/18

STRONG HEALTH REGEN 2/4.5/7

STRONG STATUS RESIST 8%/11%/14%

AGILE AGILITY 6/12/18

AGILE MOVESPEED 7%/10%/13%

AGILE SLOW RESIST 12%/16%/20%

CUNNING INTELLIGENCE 6/12/18

CUNNING MAGIC RESIST 10%/16%/22%

CUNNING SPELL AMP 5%/7%/9%

AMBI STRENGTH 4/7/10

AMBI AGILITY 4/7/10

AMBI INTELLIGENCE 4/7/10

STR SWORD SLOW 30%/35%/40%

STR SWORD ATK SPD SLOW 40/60/80

STR SWORD DURATION 2

STR SPEAR CUR HEAL DMG 14%/17%/20%

STR AXE TAUNT DURATION 0.8/1/1.2

STR AXE WAVE DAMAGE 40/60/80

STR AXE DMG REDUCTION 20%/25%/30%

STR AXE DURATION 8

STR AXE WAVE RADIUS 220

STR AXE WAVE DISTANCE 750

STR BOW DETECT RANGE 400/600/800

AGI SWORD SLOW RESIST 30%/40%/50%

AGI SWORD MOVESPEED 20%/30%/40%

AGI SWORD DURATION 4

AGI SPEAR ARMOR RED. 4/6/8

AGI SPEAR DURATION 4

AGI AXE RADIUS DAMAGE 30%/45%/60%

AGI AXE TELEPORT DELAY 1

AGI AXE RANGE 500/650/800

AGI BOW STACK DOT 4/6/8

AGI BOW ATK THRESHOLD 12/11/10

CUN SWORD DAMAGE 10%/13%/16%

CUN SWORD DURATION 4

CUN SPEAR SLOW RES RED 24%/36%/48%

CUN SPEAR STAT RES RED 12%/18%/24%

CUN AXE MANA STEAL 75/100/125

CUN AXE BASE DAMAGE 80/120/160

CUN AXE DMG PER DEBUFF 15/30/45

CUN AXE DOT DURATION 6

CUN BOW DMG REDUCTION 70%/60%/50%

AMB SWORD ATTR BONUS 3/4/5

AMB SWORD DURATION 10/11/12

AMB SPEAR ATTR DMG 40%/55%/70%

AMB AXE MAX HEAL 3%/4%/5%

AMB AXE ABILITY DUR. 6

AMB AXE BAT REDUC. 0.1/0.2/0.3

AMB BOW ATTR REDUCT. 0.75%

AMB BOW UNI ATTR REDUC 0.5%

0.1

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SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no valid targets selected.

SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no valid targets selected.

SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

ULTIMATE ABILITY

This ability has no valid targets selected.

SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no valid targets selected.

SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

This ability has no valid targets selected.

SPELL RULES

castable when leashed

blocked by Linken's Sphere

can be disjointed

works on illusions

is breakable

goes on CD when cast interrupted

applies barrier

gives debuff immunity

is soft-dispellable

is strong-dispellable

applies soft dispel

applies strong dispel

Pierces Spell Immunity

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Pierces debuff immunity. Damage over time is now dealt in a 700 radius around the victim. When cooled fully, all enemies within 700 radius will be rooted and disarmed along with the original target.

Upgrades Thermal Cage

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Max stacks increased by 1. Every stack that is successfully kept during the expulsion now creates a second outer ring of slag of 1000 radius.

Upgrades Eruption

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+100 Forged Sword attack speed

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-50% Forged Axe ability cooldown

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+1.25s Thermal Cage supercooled duration

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Forged Weapons can be put in Neutral Item Slot

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+200 Molten Spill radius

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+30% Forged Spear radius/range

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+10 Molten Spill damage per second

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+2 Thermal Cage max duration

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A hero who, much like Rubick, has 3 regular spells that do sorta okay when put together in terms of utility. The ultimate is the real big deal though, where you can share items with allies, and there are 16 different combos you can do. Because of the low mana cost and cooldown, you're expected to change your allies loadouts depending on the situation. Because of how different all 16 items are, I'd imagine that, like Invoker, Ea would have a special tab to show all 16 items in the UI. Changelog: Bow total attack damage penalty reduced from 50% to 60%/55%/50% Bow stack flat damage over time reduced from 10/15/20 to 3/5/7 Agile Bow burst damage changed from Pure to Physical Agile Bow stack now does an increased 4/6/8 damage over time

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Ea is a Mesopotamian god thought to be the god of artisans. Hephaestus was too easy a choice, and this allows for Dota to have a cool Sumerian or Assyrian aesthetic hero.

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