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After three weeks the Winners are now proclaimed of IC#1, Congratulations! See 'ya on the next contest!
Judges' Scores
Emotion, the Nameless
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTALIs there a synergy between abilities? 15 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 0/15 This hero has no synergy whatsoever. The abilities almost seem random, because none of them share any similarities. They can be used in a combo, but none of them provide any synergy benefits. There is no damage/healing/anything leveling amount that would say that leveling this ability increases its damage or makes its effect last longer. They are described as static, level 1 abilities. Most of them don't even have a damage amount on them. I think the jungle creeps have more synergy in their abilities than this hero has. This hero needs complete reworking if it were to be viable for the chosen map. Does the hero comply with the balancing of the chosen Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 0/20 This hero's mechanics and spells aren't even described in any manner for he to be in the map. If this hero were to be in the map, I'd think its some sort of a joke hero. Was the hero original and creative? Did the author use appropriate icons or graphics? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 7/10 The author did make a relatively original hero. I can somewhat see the creativity behind it. The author used icons, but no graphics to display the hero in a reasonable fashion. Can the concept be fully implemented in a Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 5/20 Not to repeat myself, but this hero concept would be either: broken or useless if it was made into the map. With that being said, I think there is a decent level of complexity behind the hero to say it would take some effort to make its abilities. Mostly because his ultimate Mind State is described as "By using this ability his mind state switch from Dark to Light and vice versa..." Because of the UI and the command card with the warcraft engine, this hero would require an elegant solution because it would need a way to keep cooldowns active on abilities while other abilities are displayed while others are hidden. Its theme is both complex and unusable at this time. Did the hero represent the contest theme? 25 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 22/25 The lore about the hero has many grammatical errors and in a way, is way too long to describe a hero but its at least clear in what it is. To some extent, it gives a sort of "irrational" explanation to "why this hero has both dark/light" powers. Its not very descriptive, even though it has decent amount of details in it. I however think that "the Nameless" doesn't fit with the hero, especially since his name is Emotion. Emotions are not nameless. Its kind of cool that each ability is based around an emotion and in some way, does the effect you think an emotion would do. How was the concept presented? Are the abilities well understood? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 4/10 The concept was presented in a mediocre way. The abilities just have their hotkey as the description in the table and the text is all the same everywhere around the UI design. I'd think that a hero named Emotion would be presented in many, many colors but I guess not. Disregarding all that, the abilities were presented in barely working state. No details about the amounts of ability effects were given, no levels were described and the abilities themselves look like they have been chosen by a broken bingo machine on random. Synergy (0/15 Points) Balance (0/20 Points) Creativity (7/10 Points) Blizzard Feeling (5/20 Points) Theme (22/25 Points) Presentation (4/10 Points) TOTAL POINTS (38/100) [sentrywiz] |
Ausfang : The Lightguard
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTALIs there a synergy between abilities? 15 POINTS PROS All the spells of the hero are more or less exact opposites of their light counterparts. Meaning that while light spells heal, dark spells deal damage. Light increases speed, dark decreases speed. The hero's ultimate not only completely changes the hero's tactics but it changes the hero and its spells -- transforming it into a completely different hero type. CONS While the spells of this hero are two sides of the same coin, that is the same weakness. All the spells are basically copy paste with negative values. Not to undermine the effort of the author, but while I do consider simplicity to be the best solution, dumbing down every light/dark spell to be just the opposite of each other makes it a little too simple. Also this hero is lacking a scaling passive that also might be used while in normal or demonic form. Some interesting idea, not mandatory POINTS GIVEN: 8/15 There is nothing wrong with the hero spells besides what I believe about the spells being too simple. But the hero spells don't have any synergy whatsoever. They are okay spells, most of them either heal, increase speed or deal damage and decrease speed. Does the hero comply with the balancing of the chosen Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 20/20 This hero is balanced and would fit great in the chosen map. I can see this hero being both useful and balanced in the chosen map. Because of its counterpart nature, the hero's spells literally change the playstyle of the hero completely once it hits level 6 and gains the use of his ultimate. He would start to lane as a support, healing allies and providing them with beneficial support. But then at level 6, he would literally become a support nuker, turning the tide in the lane and causing chaos among the enemies. Its simplicity will allow anyone to quickly grow accustomed to this hero with little or no previous expertise. Was the hero original and creative? Did the author use appropriate icons or graphics? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 3/10 The hero's creativity is okay. Not too bright, not too bad. I like its simplicity and duality. However, the author did a poor job of presenting the hero. Only 2 icons were used. The colors chosen are either too flashy or too dim and barely readable. The overall UI design choice is ghastly at best. Can the concept be fully implemented in a Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 20/20 The concept can be fully implemented in a warcraft 3 map. All of the abilities are straightforward and can be easily made and/or modified to fit with the hero. Did the hero represent the contest theme? 25 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 5/25 The hero is a mixture of light and dark in fairly obvious ways. I can say this much that makes it okay so far. The hero lore is laughable. It attempts to link itself to the Warcraft Universe with a fictional story that is not only illogical but is poorly written as well. I cannot commend any poorly written lore that is a grammatical mess of words, because spell check is so readily available anywhere on the internet. Anyways back to the lore.. First of all, they are described as half demons and half worgen that can use dark magic. Even the term Worgen is a Warcraft term. Ausfang is described as a ferocious warrior of the Razorclaw that was mentored by a paladin to protect the light and bring peace to the world. A half demon, half werewolf that wields dark magic was mentored by a paladin?... yeah okay. Its like saying that after Arthas became a death knight, he was mentored by murlocs and became a pirate. Cuz you know, why not. How was the concept presented? Are the abilities well understood? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 0/10 The concept was presented in a horrible manner. The design is barely readable, the grammar is beyond horrible and with the colors used, you have to squint your eyes to read it. Some abilities have icons, others don't. Some abilities are straight out copy-pasted and the author even forgot to change the text of the copy-pasted text. Like Abyssal Aura, Abyssal Summoning. The lore is a comical at best. Synergy (8/15 Points) Balance (20/20 Points) Creativity (3/10 Points) Blizzard Feeling (20/20 Points) Theme (5/25 Points) Presentation (0/10 Points) TOTAL POINTS (56/100) [sentrywiz] |
Jollinar, the tainted Zealot
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTALIs there a synergy between abilities? 15 POINTS PROS There is a very clear synergy between abilities of this hero. This hero also uses the theme as a duality to represent the strengths and weaknesses of the hero in the Light/Dark theme, allowing the reader to instantly notice the synergy and the contrast of various spells. CONS The hero has no inherent non-leveling passive and is entirely reliant on his spells. Even though the hero's ultimate is a passive, the hero doesn't have any other passive effect. I think her Light from Above [Q, Active] and her Darkness Below [Also Q, Active] are maybe too good in synergy and need a slight nerf. Because of the stacking damage of Light from Above and the snaring ability of Darkness Below, this hero could deal lots of damage with her Q spell on level 6. POINTS GIVEN: 13/15 The synergy is very clear. The spell effects are for the most part, balanced. Other than nerfing the damage of Light from Above and adding another non-leveling passive, this hero has perfect synergy. Does the hero comply with the balancing of the chosen Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 19/20 IMO, this hero is almost perfectly balanced. As a support dps, her spells have a duality in nature that allows double-casting spells with different effects that synergize with each other and provide a myriad of buffs/debuffs and other effects. The only downside I can think of is that the hero doesn't have a scaling passive that grows stronger over time. That might be the only con, since this hero's true power comes after learning her ultimate passive Dark Heritage and the passive itself only unlocks the darkness counterpart spells after she is below some health threshold. I think that the addition of a scaling passive will make this hero perfectly balanced (provided that this passive isn't some broken overpowered crap) Was the hero original and creative? Did the author use appropriate icons or graphics? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 10/10 The author did a superb job of using icons and graphics to display the hero, and the interface of the abilities, stats and other hero information is displayed in a clear manner. The hero is a unique blend of two seeminglty opposing sides. The hero's lore is decent, except for the occasional letter swallowing and broken words. Can the concept be fully implemented in a Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 12/20 The concept can be implemented in a warcraft 3 map but with decent amount of complexity involved. Intentional or not and as fun as the hero's abilities are, most of the spells activate additional spells that can be cast and will take extra space from the command card from the UI. All the spells do a health deficit check to measure if the hero is below the health threshold in order to be able to cast darkness spells and further conditioned to be only as active as the light counterpart of that spell. The biggest problem I see here is the effect of replacing any active light spell with a darkness spell and measuring the cooldown of the light spell, since the darkness spell is only given AFTER the light spell has been cast and lasts as long as the light spell is in effect. Since there isn't a way to affect cooldowns in warcraft separately, this will be a huge hurdle. Sadly, making this hero in warcraft will require amounts of patience, rather complex solutions and the benefits of several systems. Nothing too grim however, as it is doable -- it is only burdensome and will have interface problems. Did the hero represent the contest theme? 25 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 25/25 The hero represents the contest theme with flying colors. Even though it is hard to decide which side to put her in, since she is both sides in one hero, this is no problem. How was the concept presented? Are the abilities well understood? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 5/10 The concept of the hero is decent in presentation. However I've struggled to re-read parts of the abilities and the lore which had some broken words. I cannot commend the author for not running a spell check to filter through those broken words that make reading difficult The abilities have a rather unpleasant feel about the amount of text that is provided at first sight. This is as good as it is bad, hence the abilities have for the most part straightforward effects, but the huge chunks of text make reading them a... challenge. Even though the colors used for the text make it more clear which parts of the ability are which, reading through a big hill of text for one ability is mediocre. I think the author could of done a better job at describing his or her abilities, that would make easier to understand not just here for this contest, but possibly in-game. Synergy (13/15 Points) Balance (19/20 Points) Creativity (10/10 Points) Blizzard Feeling (12/20 Points) Theme (25/25 Points) Presentation (5/10 Points) TOTAL POINTS (84/100) [sentrywiz] |
Dr. Aether : Electromagnetic Radiation Controlling Machine
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTALIs there a synergy between abilities? 15 POINTS PROS All of the spells regarding this hero are based around evasion from melee combat and dominating from long range via attacks, point and line spells CONS The hero doesn't have a clear synergy between abilities. While important, most of the spells are based around dealing damage from range and do not qualify as genuine synergy effects. While all the spells have a combo potential, they are not synergetic between each other. All damage spells are long range. The passive feels almost random, because the point of this hero is to fight from a clear distance and not get hit while the passive allows more damage to be dealt if the hero is hit POINTS GIVEN: 5/15 There is nothing wrong with this hero via the active and passive spells. They are well thought out and relay a simple message that this hero best works from long distance combat. However with that being said, there is no synergy either and some spells are in conflict with one another. Both stun and blind effects can overlap and deny an effect, casting abilities would waste mana that would give away the cloak earlier and easier. The passive barely works for this type of hero, since the point of it is not getting hit by the enemy. I would suggest few things: - Making the spells both affective in long/short range by changing the damage/effect ratio. Long distance would cause more damage and short range would cause effects to last longer like Blind and Stun - Making the Mobile and Siege mode available at all times, so that this hero can use all spells at all points of the game by choice, either in short or long range - The Photothermal Deflection [Q, Active] does too little to be called a valid spell. It could have some extra effect like increasing damage from the first attack fired from stealth Does the hero comply with the balancing of the chosen Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 20/20 This hero is balanced and would fit great in the chosen map. I can see a bright future for this hero, because of his his long distance nuking power via attacks and abilities. I assume most item builds would revolve around getting extra mobility and mana. All that this hero really needs is lot of mana regeneration and mana points to be able to rule both lane defense and team fights. A very scary opponent if not countered properly Was the hero original and creative? Did the author use appropriate icons or graphics? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 2/10 Unfortunately, this hero is neither original nor creative. Its a Siege Tank from the Starcraft Universe with some shady backstory and interesting abilities. Its what you would expect from a Siege Tank. A slow powerful nuker that devastates from long range. I cannot commend the author for being original and creative with choosing this model and slapping a DC Universe name on it. However, the author did develop the creativity with the abilities of the hero, and those are the ones I can commend on. Can the concept be fully implemented in a Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 20/20 The concept can be fully implemented in a warcraft 3 map. For the most part, the abilities are relatively straightforward. I'd assume the tough part would be to copy all abilities between the Siege and Mobile unit and fix all glitches and bugs that might occur from both. Did the hero represent the contest theme? 25 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 0/25 This is the most horrible aspect of the hero I'm afraid. It doesn't at all fit the theme. The only tie this hero has with the Dark is his backstory, which isn't really descriptive of his malice, sadism, agony, pain or hatred. At best, its shady for all the wrong reasons. Not to mention that this hero's power is a machine that does complex things like deflecting light, firing lasers, refraction and using radiation as a weapon. It belongs to some space-cybernetic age, and I don't feel that this map has that. It would all be good if the story would somehow connect his knowledge for these powerful and complicated things... but sadly it doesn't. The lore shoots itself in the foot by saying "As with the name, Dr. Aether was fascinated with the aspect of light and in its manipulation". Yeah, he was so fascinated with the light that he butchered cattle and was driven by bloodlust. A person fascinated by the light doesn't build contraptions to butcher cattle or terrorize villagers. Nor names himself something out of a comic book. Aether doesn't have any connection with the light or the dark, so even the name doesn't belong here. How was the concept presented? Are the abilities well understood? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 10/10 The concept was presented top-notch. The author took his time with relaying all information in a very descriptive, clear manner. The constant use of the same colors, valid icons, hero details and even the hero attributes are well laid out in a simple UI. Synergy (5/15 Points) Balance (20/20 Points) Creativity (2/10 Points) Blizzard Feeling (20/20 Points) Theme (0/25 Points) Presentation (10/10 Points) TOTAL POINTS (57/100) [sentrywiz] |
Lafos, Blood Knight
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTALIs there a synergy between abilities? 15 POINTS PROS Hero is a singing dancing synergy fest. His scaling Blood Stash passive is the "blood" of this hero, enhancing ability effects. Some abilities generate stacks, others spend which is a great combo within itself. CONS Masochism is an unnecessary OP spell. It literally has no drawback, since the % max health amount you pay for it is so low that either: fountain heals you right up or the Vital Fluids [E, Passive] heals you up. POINTS GIVEN: 0/15 This hero would have a perfect balance if there wasn't the Masochism spell. It ruins all of the hero's great potential -- and sadly this hero has great potential. I'd given 15/15 points if this hero didn't have the Masochism spell or if it wasn't broken OP crap like it is. I also think that maybe changing Vital Fluids to also somehow generate stacks for the passive would be great then his Q, W spells would generate stacks and E, R spells would spend stacks. Does the hero comply with the balancing of the chosen Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 0/20 This hero is broken. Hero deals 47 - 50 damage on level 1. Hero has 1.7 attack rate. Deep Wounds [E, Passive] has a 17% chance to grant 60/45/30/15% damage increase based on how many stacks you have in your passive. For each stack below 4, you get reduced damage increase. That means with the 60% damage this hero deals 75 - 80 damage on level 1. Yes, level 1. The saddest part is... this hero theoretically kills you without the ultimate. And his ultimate deals lots of damage. This hero can be abused as it is right now. Masochism allows that. Was the hero original and creative? Did the author use appropriate icons or graphics? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 10/10 The author did a splendid job or using both icons and graphics to display valuable information about the hero. Some extra stats like attack range, attack rate, movement speed, hero projectile made it easy to read and understand just what kind of hero it is. The abilities were for the most part easy to understand, despite most of them having unnecessary complex mechanics behind them. I think the wording could of been improved, but this is not a complaint because the author did a good job of explaining the hero. The idea behind the hero is for the most part original, even though I can see from where some the ideas came. Can the concept be fully implemented in a Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 20/20 The concept can be fully implemented in a warcraft 3 map. There is some complexity towards building this hero, like the Vital Fluids [W, Passive] would take a DDS system to be made and the Crimson Dagger [Q, Active] would take around 2-3 missile triggers to be made, since it retracts back to the hero. Did the hero represent the contest theme? 25 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 20/25 The hero represented the contest theme with overall success. I would give it a 75% Dark / 25% Light ratio, but the lore isn't completely descriptive of how he gained the knowledge to manipulate blood and it doesn't explain how the title Blood Knight came to be. Still, the hero represents the theme well. How was the concept presented? Are the abilities well understood? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 8/10 The concept behind the hero is for the most part easily understood. The synergy behind the abilities is simple and complex enough that any reader would realize that. However, some of the abilities are unnecessary complex and others are just plain simple. This might cause any reader to have doubts about why this is so. Nevertheless, they are clearly explained with all the details and can be copied as they are directly into a map and there would be little to no confusion. Synergy (0/15 Points) Balance (0/20 Points) Creativity (10/10 Points) Blizzard Feeling (20/20 Points) Theme (20/25 Points) Presentation (8/10 Points) TOTAL POINTS (58/100) [sentrywiz] |
Daniela, the Holy Mage
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTALIs there a synergy between abilities? 15 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 7/15 There is barely synergy between abilities of this hero. However, with that being said the abilities do combo with each other, like combining Heaven's Curse [Q, Active] with the passive Gleaming Body and Holy Protection [W, Active] can cripple an attacker to the point where little to no damage is being dealt to this hero. Does the hero comply with the balancing of the chosen Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 20/20 I think this hero is balanced and is completely viable for the chosen map. The abilities do enough on their own to make each of them useful in some way. The hero is a perfectly suited support nuker with disabling abilities and some healing potential. Was the hero original and creative? Did the author use appropriate icons or graphics? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 8/10 The author made a creative hero. Original, not so much. The author did a great job of using both graphics, icons and displaying valuable information about the hero. Can the concept be fully implemented in a Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 17/20 Ther hero can be fully implemented into the chosen map. The only spell that would require some thought is her ultimate that is a complex spell in itself, even more since the hero both damages enemies and heals allies with it. Did the hero represent the contest theme? 25 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 10/25 The hero represents the contest theme well. With that being said, the lore is again based on a fictional story in the Warcraft Universe. It has tons of grammatical errors and barely skims on the details of the hero. It gives a very vague explanation of why the hero is a holy mage, only that she found it very natural to her. Why? These two lines of the lore really bother my questionable intelligence: "after the fallen prince devour the city, she was one of the few survivors of the onslaught" I'm guessing this is the Culling of Stratholme... "Now, she will use her magics against her most hated enemy the Undead" If this is the purging of Stratholme, Arthas didn't command any undead here. On the contrary, he wanted to stop his people turning into the undead. If this is part of the main storyline, the lore just keeps making holes in its plots. If its not what I suspect, then my apologies, but the lore did a mind crush on me and now I descend into madness. How was the concept presented? Are the abilities well understood? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 10/10 The concept was presented in a great way. The abilities are easy to understand and displayed in a very clear manner. The colors used in the UI are of great choice and there is all, even more info displayed about the hero. I commend the author for making a simple choice and making everything easy to read and understand Synergy (7/15 Points) Balance (20/20 Points) Creativity (8/10 Points) Blizzard Feeling (17/20 Points) Theme (10/25 Points) Presentation (10/10 Points) TOTAL POINTS (72/100) [sentrywiz] |
Thero, the Undefined
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTALIs there a synergy between abilities? 15 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 15/15 This hero screams synergy. Its abilities are so full of synergy and all of the abilities are synergetic and combo so well with each other. Most abilities synergize with both enemies and allies making each level of each spell very useful Does the hero comply with the balancing of the chosen Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 15/20 This hero has perfect synergy. Even though I am worried for once that his synergy might even be TOO GOOD for the chosen map, because every spell literally becomes better when used with other spells or under other spell conditions. I also think his ultimate is too powerful. It literally creates too many effects at once and can cause a penta kill because enemies cannot run from the illusion, it has tons of HP even at higher levels, it reflects some of the damage dealt to it and with his Presence Aura [E, Passive] he gets a big chance to deal 100 true damage with spells. Sounds too good to be true. Was the hero original and creative? Did the author use appropriate icons or graphics? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 10/10 The author made a superb hero. The author used both icons and graphics to the point I think he/she is a perfectionist. All the stats, attributes and abilities are well presented. Even the spell stats like cooldown, mana cost, range and target type are shown in a separate table. Can the concept be fully implemented in a Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 18/20 The concept can be fully implemented into the chosen map. However his ultimate, Malevolent Illusion is kind of a complex spell in itself that goes too much into complexity with all the insane synergy this hero has. This would require loops, DDS, special effects and what not to make it as powerful as it is described. Did the hero represent the contest theme? 25 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 5/25 The hero represents the theme in a reasonable fashion. However, the lore... is in another castle. (yes! super-mario reference) Its horrible, with butchered sentences, grammar-less and has little to no logic in itself. The story is laughable and ghastly. I don't think I can imagine how this hero was created in the first place by picturing all the events the author tried to fuse together using this... pudge of a lore. (yes! even a pudge reference. i'm just too good) The hero is supposedly a priest that was stabbed by a demon who also possessed him and made his body into what he is right now. The most unbelievable fact is the author saying that: "Luckily, Thero's mind is still present and has a full control to his movements, because of being a priest." and "Even with this form, Thero didn't changed his path and career" So the hero looks like a lich, has darkest of auras, is possessed by a demon, but his mind is still his and he wants to pursue the same goals as before? Kind of sad that this hero has really amazing abilities that are so well explained and yet the lore itself is trashy at best. How was the concept presented? Are the abilities well understood? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 10/10 The concept was presented so well I shed a tear Of course there are minor letter-swallowing and some broken words but I'm fine with small mistakes. We all make them. Except for the lore, which is the thorn in the beautiful mirage of this hero -- everything else is well explained, amazingly put into a stylish and cool looking UI table, with everything explained to a dot. Synergy (15/15 Points) Balance (15/20 Points) Creativity (10/10 Points) Blizzard Feeling (18/20 Points) Theme (5/25 Points) Presentation (10/10 Points) TOTAL POINTS (73/100) [sentrywiz] |
Svernos, The Sky Forger
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTALIs there a synergy between abilities? 15 POINTS PROS There are a whole variety of different spells and effects that this hero can do. Overall he has 8 spells that he can use and 3 other spells that his summons can cast for a total of 11 spells. He has lot of choice. Also this hero is kind of unique. You can pick a light or a dark side of the hero for which you gain access to totally different spells which makes this hero take two roles at once and then you decide which role to play by choosing its passive. Kind of cool. CONS The hero's synergy is barely existent. There are only two spells that have a synergy, in fact its not just a synergy they are required in order for them to actually do something relevant and useful. His Haunt [W, Active] and Embrace the Darkness [E, Passive] synergize between each other, but are both almost unusable if you don't have both. But let's leave that aside. The abilities are broken on design because some of them don't even have a damage/healing amount and/or their effects make them seem overpowered. This might not have been the intention of the author, but hey I'm not telepathic. POINTS GIVEN: 0/15 The hero has some synergy, even though its not a big one. But some of the abilities appear broken and overpowered so no matter how cool the abilities are if they don't have at least some form of information that EXACTLY relays what they do, the hero is broken on design. A cool idea though. Does the hero comply with the balancing of the chosen Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 0/20 This hero is either: broken or overpowered. Probably both. Some of its spells have no amount given to how much healing/damage he deals or the effects are not well explained. For example, both of his ultimates are broken and overpowered: Redemption [Passive] I guess, says that upon death, Svernos will turn into a Seraphim Archangel and then the Seraphim will die. And then after 20 seconds Svernos will be resurrected from death.... what? So he becomes an angel, and then he dies and he is respawned again? So he is basically immortal and can never be killed? This ability is broken beyond repair. Betray Light [Active] says that his damage will increase and enemies around him will be cursed by a debuff that makes them decay. There is nowhere a mention for how much does it decay them or when does it decay them. For all I know, it can deal 100% of max health every 0.01 second. And the levels grant this "shady" ultimate duration for: Level 1 - 120 seconds (without a timer) ... ???? Level 2 - 120 seconds (can decay buildings/mechanical too) Level 3 - 175 seconds I don't know, you tell me what does this all mean. Was the hero original and creative? Did the author use appropriate icons or graphics? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 10/10 The author made a very creative and original hero. The author used the appropriate icons for each spell. Can the concept be fully implemented in a Warcraft 3 map? 20 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 20/20 The concept can be fully implemented into a warcraft map. Did the hero represent the contest theme? 25 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 20/25 The lore isn't bad, but I believe in some ways its a total rip-off from the Warcraft Universe. The titans are an example. But okay, I'll go along with it -- its one of the better lores I've read. The hero represents the contest theme in great fashion. Its a very unique hero that lets you pick its alignment. How was the concept presented? Are the abilities well understood? 10 POINTS POINTS GIVEN: 0/10 No. Just no. The author did a very poor job of describing his/her hero concept. The abilities are the ones that took the heavy hit. I had to re-read the entire table at least 10 times and change my score at least 3 times in order to fully grasp what the author had in mind. Endless confusion and despair made me cry. The text colors are decent, even though the dark abilities could of used a lighter version of purple. The grammar however... is the work of the Canadian Devil (south-park reference here derp derp). The wording is horrible and the sentences are broken in many ways. This I think not even a spell check could fix. I am sorry for trashing the author's grammar, but these sentences made my brain skip a function. I had to patch them together myself in order to understand how did the author wanted them to sound. Synergy (0/15 Points) Balance (0/20 Points) Creativity (10/10 Points) Blizzard Feeling (20/20 Points) Theme (20/25 Points) Presentation (0/10 Points) TOTAL POINTS (50/100) [sentrywiz] |
Ausfang - Lightguard
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTAL - 76/100Over-time buffs, summons, auras and passives that either heal or deal or empower or weaken. As I see, the idea is to be a tank within the early stages of a fight (or the game itself, before level 6) and heal/strengthen allies with your abilities, then cleaning up the fight with your ultimate that makes you slow-immune. The synergy is really good, especially for the Demonic Form. Slow a target with Abyssal Flame, summon Mephits, and Abyssal Aura will further slow your target. 11/15 It's pretty powerful for an unstoppable permaslow with high damage summons, but I'll give this a 14/20. Some icons aren't well-made (Transformation passives) and though the first icons correspond to what they do, they have little common style. 4/10 Fully doable. 20/20 It did represent the theme, well I should say. Since light is mostly (unless it's retribution) tied with protection, the tanky aspect of Ausfang's early game and the damaging abyssal demonic form makes the cut. 21/25 I have a slightly hard time understanding the wording at some points, namely the second skill's description (how does the Light Spirit heal allies?) 6/10 |
Daniela - The Holy Mage
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTAL - 92/100I like the idea of a support-damage dealer with extra protection. The interaction with hitting an enemy using Light Burst while it's slowed by Heaven's Curse is also a plus. 13/15 Her potential is high but is restricted by high mana costs. Well balanced. 18/20. Good job on gathering the icons, I love them. They may not fully match as if they were made as a set, but concepts rarely do. 9/10 Fully doable. 20/20 Great theme of protection and retribution. 23/25 Great job on the presentation. There are some grammar mistakes and uncoined terms, but the words are understandable. 8/10 |
Dr. Aether - Electromagnetic Radiation Controlling Machine
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTAL - 85/100Damage output is high but requires skill to land. The ultimate generally works well with Photothermal Deflection, along with its long range nukes. 13/15 The potential of the hero at late game is very high. It's a great anti-carry, be it physical or magical. Rather too great, hurts enemies too much with Refraction - and too many enemies, at that. So if health is built and the enemy team gangs up on Dr. Aether, the losses to their health will be devastating. The Deflection Cloak costs rather too much less at late. Two area blinds on top of that is a bit too strong. 9/20. The color of the icons don't match much, but the hero is creative. 8/10 Fully doable. 20/20 Very unique theme - I rarely see machine-oriented heroes wielding light. 25/25 Great presentation. I didn't notice any grammar mistakes! 10/10 |
Emotion - The Nameless
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTAL - 63/100Synergy is rather good. Throw them into the air with Hatred, hit them with Rage but take increased damage; - not that they can damage you while airborne - very nice. The E, though, gives durability and damage, which doesn't really synergize much with his other abilities, aside from Love which is in his alternate form. Light Form is pretty defensive, and Peace has some synergy with Love. 9/15 Fittingness; the hero's ability structure is suited for a melee map, not for DotA. Numerical damage amount is also unspecified, making it hard to weigh. Peace is a one-point wonder, since its heal does not scale with levels. And Love is too strong, its cooldown and cost are too low (not that the values are specified, though). Humility is rather very situational - it can only be cast on very low enemies (preferable damage dealers) who've already dealt their share of damage to the enemy team. 5/20. The icons could use some re-coloring to make them match with the alternate sets. 6/10 Fully doable. 20/20 Emotion is a pretty good theme. 18/25 Abilities are well understiood, but there are grammar mistakes/typos. 5/10 |
Jollinar - The Tainted Zealot
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTAL - 95/100This is a great carry. Her light abilities intertwine well with her dark side. She can sacrifice health- only to shield from further incoming damage. That's some neat synergy. 13/15 Good balancing. She trades health for power with Zealot's Sacrifice... but I fear for that at late game when she can lifesteal the cost off with one or two attacks, thus making the duration theoretically infinite. I love the counter play choices though, with 100->50% scaling bonuses. 18/20. The icons could use more style adjustments, but the choices are very good. 9/10 Though this has a LoL feel to it, it's still fully doable. 20/20 She carries a very good theme.. standing before light and death. 25/25 |
Lafos - The Blood Knight
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTAL - 81/100The ult is really what holds his abiltiies together. Cast it, follow with a Crimson Dagger (to negate the attack downtime) and rely on your procs to decimate the enemy. 12/15 Since the innate active only consumes Current Health - at the cooldown of one second - Lafos can just farm it up in the fountain, getting 20 stacks of Blood Stash before going to lane. It's a bit OP. The Crimson Dagger is like a Stifling Dagger that has a slight drawback, but deals more damage and slows much better at early game. Passives are well-balanced though, along with the ult. 14/20. I don't know if it's intended, but the passives have active icons. Hero is creative though. 7/10 Fully doable. 20/20 An indirect addition to the forces of darkness. 20/25 Some parts are not worded very well. The attribute icons however have a style I only see in PlayDotA... good job. 8/10 |
Svernos - the Sky Forger
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTAL - 57/100Though the benefits for the team are nice, Seraphim Angels don't really synergize with Svernos' abilities - other than healing and purging enemies of buffs. Wretches also serve the same purpose; healing and damaging. 6/15 Numbers are specified... but the Seraphim Angel in particular seems to last forever. Then it would just be about sitting in base and waiting for the ability's cooldown. At late game the summon duration for Embrace the Darkness is infinite as well, so it's just strength in numbers and body blocks. In my opinion the potential increase for Embrace the Darkness should be not in Duration, but more in creep healing. And Redemption basically makes him unkillable. 3/20. Icons are okay, but don't match in color scheme (at least for icons of the same set). 5/10 Fully doable. (For those who question, Engineering Upgrade can make Holy Light auto-cast) 20/20 Theme is neat. 20/25 While the hero sounds neat, no picture, or portrait at least, is included in the pastebin. It's also not specified if Svernos can switch stances anytime he wants, or only at the beginning of the game. 3/10 |
Thero - the Undefined
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SynergyBalanceCreativityBlizzard FeelingThemePresentationTOTAL - 92/100I like how the dark and light sides intertwine in the numbers game. At late game he can land an ult in the middle of the enemy team, watching as the enemies helplessly struggle to get free while having his allies hit the illusion. The benefits? Single-target things such as crits work much better on the illusion. 14/15 I'm a bit unsure about if the ult illusion dies to blows, but the rest of the kit is well balanced. 16/20. Very creative, how the effects change solely based on targets. 10/10 In terms of coding this hero is fully doable. However, I am not sure how you would like the additional icons to be displayed. They can be made only tool tip info though. 20/20 Theme is good. 22/25 Minor thing; the attribute icons' black backgrounds can be seen. Hero is easy to understand. I love the fact that a GIF is here from the source model. Those, and the decently re-colored ability icons make this a 10/10 |
The Leaderboard
Author | Entry Name | Status | Poll Votes | Judge #1 - Mythic | Judge #2 - sentrywiz | Average Score | Placement | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
jopi[TD]Jollinar, the Tainted Zealot | FINISHED | 5 | 95/100 | 84/100 | 89.5/100 | 1st Place | ~Nightmare[TD]Thero, the Undefined | FINISHED | 9 | 92/100 | 73/100 | 82.5/100 | 2nd Place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sclammerz[TD]Daniela, the Holy Mage | FINISHED | 7 | 92/100 | 72/100 | 82/100 | 3rd Place | Green!x[TD]Dr. Aether, Electromagnetic Radiation Controlling Machine | FINISHED | 9 | 85/100 | 57/100 | 71/100 | 4th Place | Razer!x[TD]Lafos, Blood Knight | FINISHED | 4 | 81/100 | 58/100 | 69.5/100 | 5th Place | Templassassin[TD]Svernos, the Sky Forger | FINISHED | 4 | 57/100 | 50/100 | 53.5/100 | 6th Place | Chaosy[TD]Emotion, the Nameless | FINISHED | 4 | 63/100 | 38/100 | 50.5/100 | 7th place | dhika_axe | Ausfang, Lightguard | FINISHED | 3 | 76/100 | 56/100 | 66/100 | 8th Place (6th place to be D |
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Congratulations to all the winners!
1st - jopi + 20 rep
2nd - ~Nightmare + 15 rep
3rd - Sclammerz + 10 rep
Others - + 5 rep
2nd - ~Nightmare + 15 rep
3rd - Sclammerz + 10 rep
Others - + 5 rep
Comment on my entry:
That shit lore -_-
jopi really deserved the win! Congrats!
Also great job on your entries! You all did hardwork.