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Hydroplate

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by Pigzit Dec 04, 2025

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Hydroplate

After the rework to Shiva's Guard, many spellcasters who would previously buy it as an armor item for the massive intelligence bonus are no longer purchasing it, and an armor item replacement in games where Lotus Orb is unneeded is sorely wanted. This is an attempt to give those spellcasters an armor item they'd want by providing mana regen, health regen, and a useful active that can reduce lo... View more
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River's Flow

active ABILITY

Grants a buff that reduces the cast time/channel time of the next spell you cast or ability you channel by 33%. Cooldown resets when an enemy unit dies around you.

spell manacost

150

spell cooldown

15

Cascade Aura

passive ABILITY

Grants allies mana regeneration and bonus attack damage. Bonus attack damage increases when you are below 50% mana.

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Recipe Total: 500 gold

MAIN ATTRIBUTES

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CUSTOM ATTRIBUTES

HEALTH REGEN +5
MANA REGEN +2.5
ARMOR +15
3 custom attributes

ABILITIES

THIS IDEA CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 2 ABILITIES

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River's Flow

Cascade Aura

BASIC

River's Flow

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE none

Grants a buff that reduces the cast time/channel time of the next spell you cast or ability you channel by 33%. Cooldown resets when an enemy unit dies around you.

TIME REDUCTION 33.33%

RESET RADIUS 1200

BUFF DURATION 2.5

spell manacost

150

spell cooldown

15

ADVANCED

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

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After the rework to Shiva's Guard, many spellcasters who would previously buy it as an armor item for the massive intelligence bonus are no longer purchasing it, and an armor item replacement in games where Lotus Orb is unneeded is sorely wanted. This is an attempt to give those spellcasters an armor item they'd want by providing mana regen, health regen, and a useful active that can reduce long cast/channel animations like Ice Path, Split Earth, Epicenter, Meteor Hammer, or even TP scrolls. As well as this the damage bonus from Cornucopia is combined with the Basilius aura to buff your attack damage cores. And in order to prevent Tinker from buying it (he would enjoy the cast point reduction and armor) I've given the ability a larger mana cost that would be too prohibitive to cast multiple times at Tinker speed.

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A magical chest piece discovered in a lost ruin deep within the Dark Reef. Art Source: Generated image with Bing AI Image Generator

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Satou the Deus Musco

Satou the Deus Musco commented 1 year ago

I think the passive aura is a little weird. It doesn't fit with the active. I'd suggest maybe giving the active some kind of buff? Like giving you mana regen when it's active or something. Or if you really want to add a passive that doesn't fit with the active, make the passive fit with the flavor of the item. Maybe it gives some buffs when you're standing the river or something?
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Pigzit replied 1 year ago

That's fair, I sort of hoped the high mana cost and incentive to cast big high impact spells would tie in with the passive's bonus to allies when your mana is below 50%, and that the synergy would just come naturally from that. Buffs when in the river is a cool idea, I was always a big fan of Ocean Heart! I'll put an update in when a better idea comes, thanks for the feedback