DOTA IDEAS
Sign in
Sign In Register

Snafu, the Bolt Engineer

agility Hero

by ptcruisn Nov 27, 2025

1.0

version

Snafu, the Bolt Engineer

Snafu is meant to be a sort of replacement for the unique mining playstyle that pre-7.31 Techies provided, but without the ability to make a game last forever. Spring Traps are her bread and butter, allowing her to disrupt enemy positioning or catch fleeing heroes with the right preparation. Magnetic Chip and its subability Magnetize can be used in various ways, but my thought was that the true... View more

agility HERO

ranged

unspecified

Preferred role

Position not specified.

COMPLEXITY

Spring Trap

active ABILITY

Vector targeted. Plants a springboard at the target location which will both arm and become invisible after a 1 second delay. Once armed, flings any enemy unit in the direction targeted when plante...

spell manacost

100

spell cooldown

36/32/28/24

Magnetic Chip

active ABILITY

Upgrades Magnetic Chip

Augment's Snafu's bolt gun to fire a chip that latches onto an enemy hero, giving true sight for a short time. Once latched, the chip can be destroyed remotely using subability Magnetize,...

spell manacost

90/100/110/120

spell cooldown

30/24/18/12

Efficient Engineering

passive ABILITY

Snafu's devices are automatically scavenged and repurposed once destroyed. Spring Traps and Magnetic Chips reduce the cooldowns of their respective abilities and grant Snafu a brief burst ...

Bolt Propulsion

ULTIMATE

active ABILITY

Upgrades Bolt Propulsion

Snafu augments her bolt gun and fires it downward, propelling her with flying movement in a straight line in the target direction. Deals damage in an area directly under Snafu every 0.2 seconds for...

spell manacost

180

spell cooldown

70/60/50

Magnetize

active ABILITY

Detonates all Magnetic Chips attached to enemy units. Multiple units can be Magnetized to a single Spring Trap, but only the closest unit will be flung.

spell cooldown

1

Traits unselected

HP

MP

LEVEL

1
6
12
18
25
30

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

Unit portrait

Showing abilities of Snafu, the Bolt Engineer

Spring Trap

Magnetic Chip

Efficient Engineering

Bolt Propulsion

Magnetize

BASIC

Spring Trap

TYPE active

DAMAGE magical

TARGET MODE vector

Vector targeted. Plants a springboard at the target location which will both arm and become invisible after a 1 second delay. Once armed, flings any enemy unit in the direction targeted when planted. Upon landing, enemy units take minor damage and are briefly slowed. Magic immune units are still flung, but are immune to the damage and slow.

FLING LENGTH 330/400/450/500

CAST RANGE 250

HITS TO KILL 1

SPRING TRAP DURATION 180

TRIP RADIUS 225

SLOW DURATION 1

MOVEMENT SLOW (%) 15/25/35/45

DAMAGE 40/80/120/160

spell manacost

100

spell cooldown

36/32/28/24

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

1

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

4

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

Loading hero modifiers...

HERO´S MODIFIERS

MODIFIERS THAT ALTER THE GAMEPLAY OF THE HERO

• •
No Facets

This hero does not have any facets configured.

AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Magnetizes all enemy heroes in a 400 radius to Yaboo and applies the Electrify debuff to them upon casting Bolt Propulsion.

Upgrades Bolt Propulsion

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Magnetic chips are automatically Magnetized once the duration expires, if not already done manually.

Upgrades Magnetic Chip

Talent Tree

Tap anywhere to toggle notes

Electrify Damage Ministuns

No notes

25

-11s Spring Trap Cooldown

No notes

2 Magnetic Chip Charges

No notes

20

+40 Electrify Damage per Second

No notes

+2s Efficient Engineering Speed Duration

No notes

15

+1s Spring Trap Slow Duration

No notes

-10s Bolt Propulsion Cooldown

No notes

10

+1.5 Mana Regen

No notes

Loading voice lines...

VOICE LINES

Hero's voice lines at every medal.

No Voice Lines

This hero does not have any voice lines configured.

Loading hero guides...

ITEM & SKILL BUILDS

Optimized item & skill guides for Snafu, the Bolt Engineer.

No Item Builds

This hero does not have any item builds configured.

Loading descriptions...

IDEA DESCRIPTION

Explained by the author.

Snafu is meant to be a sort of replacement for the unique mining playstyle that pre-7.31 Techies provided, but without the ability to make a game last forever. Spring Traps are her bread and butter, allowing her to disrupt enemy positioning or catch fleeing heroes with the right preparation. Magnetic Chip and its subability Magnetize can be used in various ways, but my thought was that the true sight would allow you to catch and fling a hero who has disengaged, so long as you've thought ahead and put a trap or two in their path that you can pull them to. Efficient Engineering is kinda boring, but I think its fairly thematic and the speed boost allows you to more quickly reach any hero who has tripped a Spring Trap to finish them off. The ultimate, Bolt Propulsion, is intended to be kind of like Magnus' Skewer but limited to one attached hero and considerably slower. This ability is powerful, and you can carry heroes directly to your spring traps, but it is also easily punishable. Enemies could even dispel your target to detach them from you, basically taking you out of the fight until flight ends. The Aghanim's Shard effect is designed to make using W more reliable and easier, and the Scepter effect allows you to set up nice ults that 1. position heroes right around you so R will pick one up, 2. deal initial damage to targets in the area and punish them for chasing in melee range and 3. apply the electrify debuff to every hero magnetized, dealing damage and slowing. It might be too powerful. Let me know.

LORE & HISTORY

Unveil the backstory and characteristics of this idea.

I don't know. I have no artistic ability and don't wanna use other people's work for a portrait so I'll just describe how I imagine her appearance. She's either Keen or a dwarf, about the same size as Clockwerk, but moves more similarly to Sniper's waddle. She wears a rudimentary helmet that looks like it doubles as an eye shield for welding and has a shiny tool belt around her waist. She holds a bolt gun in one hand which fires high-velocity bolts of energy, and in her other hand is the detonation device which she uses to Magnetize Magnetic Chips. Her armor otherwise looks somewhere between Dawnbreaker's body texture and Clockwerk's. I added a 2 min MSPaint drawing because I couldnt publish without a photo. Apologies for it being so horrible.

Loading changelogs...

CHANGELOGS

WE MAKE HISTORY BY RECORDING OUR EVENTS

No Changelogs

This idea has no changelog entries yet.

Loading author info...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SOMEONE WONDERFUL MADE THIS WONDERFUL IDEA

ptcruisn
Old Friend
Old Friend - Migrated from DotaIdeas v3
ptcruisn
10
0
Last seen a long time ago Feb 2022
View profile

14

Ideas Created

1

Immortals Won

0

Forges Won

499

Tangos Farmed

0

Quests

0

Unlocked Items

Lvl 1

Tip Level

0

Tips Received

0

Tips Given

Lvl 1

Voting Level

0

Votes Received

0

Votes Given

—

Fav Hero 1

—

Fav Hero 2

—

Fav Hero 3

Latest ideas from this author

ABOUT THE IDEA

INFORMATION ABOUT THIS POST

01 Mar 2022

Created 3 years ago

2

Comments

1975

Views

0

Tips

0

Bookmarks

BOOKMARK

Save this idea in your favorites!

Spread this idea in your socials!

Download this idea on pdf forever!

Loading voting section...

SIGN IN TO VOTE

Sign in to cast your vote and earn rewards!

VOTING GUIDELINES

  • Score Range: Vote from 1 to 5. Use 1 to flag spam or low-quality content. Give 2+ to encourage refinement. Scores of 2 or lower negatively impact the author if not updated after revisions.
  • High Rated Ideas: Ideas scoring 4+ are featured prominently. Vote count also affects visibility.
  • Immortal State: The top three ideas each month become Immortal and receive special recognition.
  • Fair Voting: Base your score on relevance, quality, originality, and feasibility. Vote constructively.
  • Update Votes: Adjust your score when ideas are updated.
  • Originality: Innovative ideas score higher. Ideas should at least be interesting.
  • Content Quality: Detailed descriptions and well-explained concepts deserve higher scores.
  • Images: Quality images improve the score.
  • Updates: Frequent, meaningful updates show dedication and refinement.
  • Completeness: Consider completed sections and explanation quality.
  • AI Content: AI-generated content is acceptable. Focus on the idea's quality.
  • Voting Rewards: Both Author and Voter earn tangos based on Voting Bounty level. Use tangos in the Sideshop.
  • Score-Independent: Reward amount is the same regardless of score. Authors get nothing for scores below 2 (flagged).
  • One-Time Reward: Updating your vote doesn't grant additional tangos. Bounties are claimed once per idea.

Move the slider to select your vote score value

Use scores of 1 to flag ideas that are not suitable for the site, such as spam, memes, or low-quality content. Consider giving a higher score to encourage the author to refine this idea.

VOTING REWARDS

Voting Modifier For Author For You
Voting Bounties Level 1
+3
+3
User Skills active
+0
+0
Consumables used
+0
+0

Author Gets

+3 +0

No tangos on updates

Flagged ideas get nothing

You Get

+3 +0

No tangos on updates

Sign In to Vote

Loading comments...

COMMENTS

SAY YOUR THOUGHTS

Log in to join the discussion

FlyDoomer

FlyDoomer commented 3 years ago

A for Affort
Pigzit

Pigzit commented 3 years ago

Legendary hero art no need to apologize for it
Modifiers Voice Lines Guides Lore Gallery Related Changelog Author
Main Abilities Vote Comments