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Probius is the next hero, and here are his abilities and talents.

Despite all guesses pointing towards iconic Protoss characters, a simple probe will be warping in first.

It's not Karax, or Fenix, but Probius who was announced during the Western Clash. Probius is a specialist from the Starcraft universe who looks to bring a unique play style to the Nexus. Let's have a look at what they will bring:

Trait - Warp in Pylon

  • Warp in a Pylon that generates a Power Field and Grants vision of the surrounding area. Probius only regens mana while inside a power field
  • Up to 2 Pylons can be active at a time

Basic Abilities:

Worker Rush (Z)

  • Activate to gain an additional 50% movement speed for 5 seconds. Taking damage ends this early.
  • Passive: Probius moves 10% faster by hovering over the ground.

Disruption Pulse (Q)

  • Fire a burst of energy forward, dealing 150 damage to all enemies it passes through. Hitting the center of a Warp Rift will cause it to explode, dealing additional damage.

Warp Rift (W)

  • Open an unstable Warp Rift at a location that takes 1.25 seconds to arm, which then slows nearby enemies by 20%, lasting 9 seconds.
  • Armed Warp Rifts explode when hit by a Disruption Pulse, dealing 261 damage to nearby enemies.

Photon Cannon (E)

  • Warp in a Photon Cannon that deals 95 damage per second. Lasts 11 seconds.
  • Must be placed within a Pylon's Power Field. Deactivates if it doesn't have a nearby Pylon.

Heroic Abilities:

Pylon Overcharge

  • Increases the size of Pylon power fields and allow them to attack enemies within it for 110 damage per second for 10 seconds.
  • Passive: Pylons gain permanent shields equal to 50% of their max health.

Null Gate

  • Project a barrier or negative energy in the target direction that lasts 4 seconds. Enemies who touch the barrier take 64 damage per second and are slowed by 80% for as long as they remain in contact with it.

Talents

Level 1:

  • Echo Pulse (Q) - Disruption Pulse now returns to Probius 1.25 seconds after reaching its target, dealing 75% damage on the way back
  • Warp resonance (W) - Quest: Hit Heroes with Warp Rift explosions. Rewards: After hitting 10 heroes, increase damage by 100. After hitting 20 heroes, Warp Rift has an additional charge.
  • Gather Minerals (E) - Quest: Enemy Heroes and minions drop minerals when killed. Collect them to increase the health of Photon Cannons by 8, up to 560. Reward: After collecting 70 minerals, Photon Cannons deal 25% more damage, can see over obstacles, and reveal nearby cloaked units.

Level 4:

  • Photon Barrier (E) - While a Photon Cannon is alive and powered, Probius gainst 30 spell armor.
  • Turbo Charged (Z) - Worker Rush grants an additional 10% passive movement speed while in a power field, and its cooldown is reduced by 20 seconds.
  • Shield Capacitor - Probius gains permanent shields equal to 10% of his max health. Shields regen quickly as long as he hasn't taken damage recently.

Level 7:

  • Particle Accelerator (Q) - Disruption Pulse deals 10% more damage for each enemy or warp rift hit, up to 40%.
  • Rift Shock (W) - Hitting an enemy with Warp Rift explosions increase Probius' damage against them by 20% for 10 seconds.
  • Tower Defence (E) - When Photon Cannon damages an enemy hero, its cooldown is reduced by 1.25 seconds.

Level 13:

  • Aggressive Matrix - Pylon's Power Field grants allied heroes 20% increased Attack damage.
  • Power Overflowing - Pylon's Power Field grants allied heroes 10% increased spell power and 2 mana per second.
  • Shield Battery - Pylon's Power Field grants allied heroes 30 shields per second, up to 120. Shields persists for 4 seconds after leaving the field.

Level 16:

  • Quantum (W) - Enemies continue to be slowed for 3.5 seconds after their last contact.
  • Gravity Well (W) - Enemies are slowed more the closer they are to the center of the Warp Rift, up to a max of 60%
  • Repulsor (W) - Enemies hit by Warp Rift explosions are knocked away from the center.Interference (W) - Enemy Heroes hit by detonations have their spell power reduced by 35% for 3 seconds.

Level 20:

  • Construct Additional Pylons (R1) - Probius can now have up to 3 active pylons, ande increase the damage of Pylon Overcharge by 25%.
  • Gate Keeper (R2)  - Null Gate lasts indefinitely if either end is within a Power Field. Only one Null Gate may be active at a time.
  • Shoot 'Em up (Q) - Hitting a Warp Rift with Disruption pulse causes 4 additional pulses that deal 50% damage to be fired from the impact location in different locations. Additional pulses do not benefit from Echo Pulse or Particle Accelerator.
  • Probius Loop (W) - Whenever a Rift explosion hits 2 or more enemy heroes, create a new warp rift in the same location.

 

Probius shall be hitting the PTR very soon, and I for one am very excited to try out this proactive probe.

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