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Hydroplate

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by Pigzit Dec 25, 2025

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 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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Artifacts Category

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Abilities

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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.

mana 150
cooldown 15

Cascade Aura

passive Ability

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

RECIPE

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Recipe Total: 500 gold

MAIN ATTRIBUTES

No attribute bonuses

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

Type active Damage none Target 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
mana 150
cooldown 15
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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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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31 Mar 2024

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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 Author 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
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