Bristleback

Rigwarl, the Bristleback, is a melee strength hero who excels at stomping pubs, easy to control, and huge tanking capabilities.

Difference to vanilla

• Quill Spray from passive has cooldown.

Abilities

Q: Viscous Nasal Goo

Ability: Target Unit (Aghanim's Scepter: No Target)
Affects: Enemies
Pierces Spell Immunity: No
Dispellable: Yes
25 mana || 1.5 cooldown

Covers a target in snot, causing it to have reduced armor and movement speed. Multiple casts stack and refresh the duration.

Cast Range: 600 (Aghanim's Scepter: 0)
Cast Point: 0.3
Radius: 0 (Aghanim's Scepter: 750)
Max Stacks: 4 (Talent 10)
Base Armor Reduction: 2
Armor Reduction per Stack: 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6/4/5
Base Move Speed Slow: 20%
Move Speed Slow per Stack: 3%/6%/9%/12%/16%/20%
Hero Duration: 5
Creep Duration: 10

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W: Quill Spray

Ability: No Target
Affects: Enemies
Damage Type: Physical
Pierces Spell Immunity: Yes
Dispellable: No
35 mana || 3 cooldown

Sprays enemy units with quills dealing damage in an area of effect around Bristleback. Deals bonus damage for every time a unit was hit by Quill Spray in the last 14 seconds.

Cast Point: 0
Radius: 700
Base Damage: 20/40/60/80/100/120
Stack Damage: 30/32/34/36/46/56 (Talent 55/57/59/61/71/81)
Damage Cap: 550/550/550/550/825/1100
Stack Duration: 14

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E: Bristleback

Ability: Passive
Affects: Enemies
0.5 cooldown

Bristleback takes less damage if hit on the sides or rear. If Bristleback takes 210 damage from the rear, he releases a Quill Spray of the current level.

Rear Damage Reduction: 16%/24%/32%/40%/45%/55%
Side Damage Reduction: 8%/12%/16%/20%/30%/40%
Rear Angle: 70°
Side Angle: 110°
Damage Threshold: 210

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R: Warpath

Ability: Passive
Affects: Self

Bristleback works himself up into a fury every time he casts a spell, increasing his movement speed and damage.

Attack Damage Bonus per Stack: 18/24/30/60/90 (Talent 48/54/60/90/120)
Move Speed Bonus per Stack: 3%/4%/5%/6%/7%
Max Stacks: 5/7/9/11/13
Stack Duration: 14
Note:

• Each stack has its own duration, successive spell casts do not refresh the duration of previous stacks.

Talents

	Talents
+30 Warpath Damage Per Stack	25	15% Spell Lifesteal
+25 Quill Spray Stack Damage	20	+20 Health Regen
+6 Max Goo Stacks	15	+250 Health
+2 Mana Regen	10	+20 Movement Speed

Trivia

• Bristleback's Bristleback will create lots of issues with the game, hence the cooldown added to spray the quills.