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Nova (Update/rework of previous post)

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by Caldwell Zimmerman Dec 14, 2025

Nova (Update/rework of previous post)

Flexible hero that can play almost any position, but should excel at mid and 4. With a wide range of both physical and magical builds should be viable. The core concept of this hero is using your equipment switch to get access to the key spells at key times as well as amp your farming and fighting ability. Projectile speed 3000.
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intelligence HERO

ranged

unspecified

Preferred role

Position not specified.

COMPLEXITY

Snipe/Pen Blast

active Ability

Snipe in stealth mode, Penetrating Blast in combat mode. Snipe: After a 1 second cast, fire a high density projectile at a single target for large damage. Penetrating Blast: Fires a shotgun blast...

mana 90/100/110/120
cooldown 20/17/14/11

EMP Round/Shield Blink

active Ability

EMP Round in stealth mode, Shield Blink in combat mode. EMP Round: Fires a projectile that explodes draining mana and dispelling enemies in an aoe around the target location. Shield Blink: A shor...

mana 50
cooldown 20/18/16/14

Cloak/Phase Reactor

passive Ability

Cloak in stealth mode, Phase Reactor in combat mode. Cloak : Nova is permentantly cloaked. She becomes visible when attacking, casting a spell, or using an item. The fade duration decreases with l...

Equipment Swap

ULTIMATE
active Ability

Nova switches between her stealth and combat suits changing all of her abilities and passives. While in combat mode, Nova's attack range is reduced by 300 units, damage is reduced by 33 percent, an...

mana 80
cooldown 15/10/5

Tac Nuke/Holo Decoy

active Ability

Tac Nuke Missile in stealth mode, Holo Decoy in combat mode. Tac Nuke Missile: Channel target location for 5 seconds after which a nuclear missile will strike doing EXTREME amounts of damage in an...

mana 200
cooldown 180

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HP

MP

LEVEL

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25
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BONUS STATS

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

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 5 ABILITIES

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Snipe/Pen Blast

EMP Round/Shield Blink

Cloak/Phase Reactor

Equipment Swap

Tac Nuke/Holo Decoy

BASIC

Snipe/Pen Blast

active

magical

unit

DESCRIPTION
Snipe in stealth mode, Penetrating Blast in combat mode. Snipe: After a 1 second cast, fire a high density projectile at a single target for large damage. Penetrating Blast: Fires a shotgun blast in a cone in front of Nova.

PEN BLAST RANGE 550

PEN BLAST DAMAGE 80/140/200/260

SNIPE RANGE 600/800/1000/1200

SNIPE DAMAGE 120/220/320/420

spell manacost 90/100/110/120
spell cooldown 20/17/14/11

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

1

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

4

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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

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HERO´S MODIFIERS

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

DESCRIPTION
Grants new ability: Tac Nuke/Holo Decoy
Grants Tac Nuke/Holo Decoy

AGHANIM'S SHARD

DESCRIPTION
EMP Round reveals invisible units for 8 seconds in the aoe. Shield Blink +1 charge.
Upgrades Emp Round/Shield Blink

Talent Tree

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switching to stealth mode gives damage invulnerability for 2 seconds

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switching to combat mode give 100% bonus damage for 2 seconds

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snipe fires 3 projectiles prioritizing heros

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20

penetrating blast stuns for 1 seconds

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50% mana and cooldown refunded on snipe that kills target

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15

+200 range to penetrating blast

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+20 attack speed

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10

+8 hp regen

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Flexible hero that can play almost any position, but should excel at mid and 4. With a wide range of both physical and magical builds should be viable. The core concept of this hero is using your equipment switch to get access to the key spells at key times as well as amp your farming and fighting ability. Projectile speed 3000.

LORE & HISTORY

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Nova from sc2 reworked as a dota2 hero.

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