Hero Push 4.1

Heroes: - Fire Lord game crashes FIXED - Removed Centaur Khan from the Hero pool - Reduced the stun duration of Freezing Potion - Changed the scaling of Sleep - Reduced the duration of Chemical War Fare - Increased the mana cost of Lightning Shield and Nourish - Set maximum stack of Shell Cracker to 4 - Dancing Shadows creates 2 on all Levels, increased cooldown Main units: - Buffed Crushing Wave of Naga Royal Guards Mercenaries: - Kobold Geomancer -1 armor, +50 life points - Draenei Darkslayer use Fan of Knives insteat of Immolation (controllables do not cast automaticly!) - Improved Immolation and Infernal Shot of Infernal Dragons Creeps: - Buffed the splash damage of tier 2 Ships Upgrades: - Adjusted upgrade costs for summons, mechanical units and War Mill spawn upgrades Items: - Buffed the damage over time of Orb of Venom and Chitin Blades - Wand of Necromancy now spawns 2 smaller Skeletons per kill (->dispel is more effective), it also requires Claws of Attack and grants more intelligence (less powerful on agility heroes) - Reduced the lifesteal of Mask of Death and Weapon of the Dragonslayer Game Mechanics & more: - Instead of the Hero Soul refund, you get 10 Hero Souls per game - Uncontrolable units are controled by the AI - The playable map area size has been increased. Reminder: If units try to cross the outer black line, they die

Heroes (total of 96): Strength: Wendigo Shaman, Stonemaul Leader, Wildkin, Shadow Ogre Magi, Mud Golem, Tauren Commander, Ancient Protector, Naga Royal Guard Agility: Arachanthid Overlord, Kabal Courier, Mortar Team, Faerie Dragon, Daughter of Cenarius Intelligence: Ancestral Shaman, Archdruid Creeps: - The Summoning Stone is now available with 16 unique hero creeps Mercenaries&Upgrades: - Obsidian Statue Contract, each controlable unit can be turned into Destroyer Form for 475g - Gnoll Brute Contract, can be upgraded to the Gnoll Overseer contract - Replaced the Power Upgrade with 4 new upgrades for Creeps and Summons Items: - Secret Items: Crown/Scalelegguards of the Dragonslayer - Added multiple Hidden Items, recipes and tooltips can be found in the Quest Log Game Mechanics & more: - Added cinematic Intro and Outro and reduced loading time - Heroes are unique now (no more duplicates in and across teams) and Single Draft will now offer 2 heroes of each attribute - Limited each kind of upgraded Fountain to 4 - Writing on a lore for Hero Push, preview is in the Quest Log and inside more information about a win reward mechanic! - On defeat, you recieve a Shade of Observation to watch the game

...Invisible Units: Ways to reveal them : Gyrocopter, Dust of Appreance, Crytsal Ball, (Arcane) Tower(s), Sentry Ward of a Tuskarr Trapper ...Summoned Units: Orb of Lightning, Wand of Negation, Troll High Priest (Dispel Magic), Voidwalker (Devour Magic) and Dark Wizard (Purge) deal huge damage to them. Note that units created by Animate Dead can be dispelled aswell. ...a base with Fire Orb/Searing Blade: The Gyro Copters Cloud can be used to significantly slow down the attackspeed of the base. With the way fire splash works, try to make few strong units instead of many small and try to split thier positioning. ...Air Units: Nether Dragons deal splash damage to air units. Tuskarr Trapper can ensnare them so they can be killed. ...a Hero with Items: Slow him down with the Voidwalker's spells and try to kill his base with a Masterscroll. Make sure that you kill his items after! ...a Hero with an Arcane Spellbook: If you destroy his Arcane Spellbook he can't use the skills until he builds a new one. Another way to stop him is the Silence skill of a Dark Wizard. Also you can protect your hero from his nuke with Runed Bracers/Mystical Diamond. Note that Armor Upgrades give your units 5% resistance to spell damage.

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From Hartog: Thanks to : Clan wTc for helping me play and test this map, and especially Compit for explaining the basics of the editor long, long time ago. Thanks to : Misha, Kwaliti, PeeKay, lelyanra Frankster at Hiveworkshop for your models or icons. Thanks to : Hylko for helping me with some of the more advanced functions in the editor. And thanks to anyone else i might have forgotten :/ From wTc[Dragon aka Spyro#2622]: I want to thank all the people that supported me keeping this game alive and developing the map. Hartog, wTc[Compit] and of corse the entire Hero Push community, you guys are awesome! Special thanks to wTc[hex] and wTc[VenDetTa] for their work as proofreaders, WTii for making the awesome youtube videos with me about this map, to my friend Christopher for the loading screen and to childoftree aka twitch.tv/HoofStomp for the hours we spend making the new terrain!

-cam XXXX (for ex. 3000) Sets camera distance -info Shows your current mercenary spawns and the total supply of your non-controllable units -afk Gives/removes your mate total control over your units and buildings Emotes: There is a number of sound files of unit quotes that can be played with -e + XXX. When an emote is played, the function is disabled for 15s in order to prevent spam. hello / gn8 / lol / haha / happy / trouble / sorry / nana / taunt / amuse / work / plan / crew / peace / doom / games / end / last / speak / wtii

Welcome to Hero Push! Income and XP for kills are evenly shared with your ally. Sell your Boots of Speed --> upgrade to tier 1 OR Buy a worker at the Creep Camp --> build a mercenary center --> purchase the Outlaw contract. Then start upgrading damage, armor and life before tier 2. Continue by mixing upgrading units, base and getting contracts. Later you should check out the other quests and tooltips(!) to discover all the different aspects of this game!

Your Hero is your most important tool to kill units--> make gold and push the enemy base. To get the maximum value out of your Hero make sure it has synergy with your units! For example : Brilliance Aura with Naga or Bloodelf race / Death Coils with Undead or Demon race. If your hero has skills like Cleaving Attack, Critical Strike or Pulverize u may choose to win the game with items (--> Item Quest). Another way to improve the power of Strength and Agility based Heroes is discovering the secrets in the Altar of Elders, meanwhile Intelligence based hero can use the Arcane/Frozen Spellbook. Hotkey system : Q W E R / (D for Attribute Bonus and special abilities, Shadow Meld is on default hotkey)

Main Base Units 20% of your units are under your control. The Unit Cap for all controllable Units is 500 (non-controllable 500) and each unit uses 4-6 food. The top right corner shows the total supply of your controlable units and the -info command of your total non-controlables. Collect a decent sized army to push for the win. Support from Creeps and Items will increase your chance to succeed! Mercenary Units There are 28 different mercenary units of which you can add 4 to your basic unit spawn. The Stolen Contract upgrade can increase the limit by 1 (max. +2). Unless you specifically need an ability, make sure that the unit fits in your race upgrade! Creeps These can be hired at the Creep Camp which you can find next to the item shops (--> Creep Camp Quest). Summoned Units Creeps and Summoned Units can be upgraded with multiple upgrades from the Research Center. Intelligence based Heroes can use the Arcane Spellbook (--> Items Quest) to create an army of Summoned Units. Hotkey system : Q W E R Mechanical Units The Ship Factory allows you to construct powerful ships to support your forces. Note that Mechanical Units are immune to a fair amount of spells!

There are 8 different races, each has 5 tiers and it's own race upgrade. When your main base dies you lose the game so make sure it's well protected because basefocus is a valid strategy to win the game. In order to do so use the 2 Item slots in your base (for ex. with a Potion of Invulnerabitily) and workers with autorepair on. An Orb of Fire will cause your base to deal splash damage that will help you defend in the early/mid game. Notice that your main base gives an aura that restores the mana and life points of your hero and increases the armor of all nearby friendly units by 5. Remember towers are a great way to defend your base but they are not going to help you to push the enemy base and win! You can gain an advantage by observing the damage and armor types of your and the enemy units. In that sense sometimes it's better to stick on a tier and invest more gold into upgrades. Make a balance between tier upgrades, additional units and general upgrades. Tier one with 12 damage upgrades or tier 4 with almost no upgrades won't work well!!! More Upgrades can be found in the Research Center and War Mill.

Here you can hire powerful units that can handle every situation. Important creeps are : Worker : This units most important quest is to build you the different centers in order to buy additional mercenary units and more upgrades! It also builds the shop with the most powerful items! Troll High Priest : Use him to dispel buffs and summoned units and also support your army with healing wards. Dark Mage : Purge can be used to deal with buffs/debuffs of your enemies like Hex and Lightning Shield. Silence might save your day when you can't stop other heroes from channeling with your own. Storm Reaver : This caster is made to support a hero that goes for items. Heal your hero with Rejuvenation while it deals damage with Lightningshield. Kodo Beats, Ice Troll Warlord and Battle Tank support your army with auras while defending or pushing.

The Summoning Stone contains powerful hero creeps to help you win the game. A worker can build this after the timer in the top right corner expired. Khan Gragtor and the Bloodelf Artifact have strong Auras to support your unit play style. All units are yet to be optimized, the goal is to make them good at supporting or countering specific strategies.

Army Support The 2 most important items to support your army are the Orb of Perserverance and the Masterscroll. The recipes for these and more powerful items can be found in the Goblin Laboratory. Later in the game the Orb can be upgraded (check the recipe). Wand of Negation grants your Hero a way to dispell debuffs and Summoned Units. List of other useful items : Healing Wards, Moon Shard, Arcane Shard, Beast/Ghost/Speed Scroll, Dust of Appearance/Crystal Ball, Amulet of Spell Shield, Runed Bracers (tooltips!). Hero Support Another way to play the game is to go for items. Strength Heroes should start with Merizid's Fiery Cloak and Agility Heroes with Charm of the Wind. A Crown of Life can increase the survivability of your Hero. After these you may want to look for one of the legendary weapons/magical wands and the powerful items of the Blue Dragon Roost. Intellience Heroes should use the Arcane Spellbook (constructed by a worker) to either go for an army of Summoned Units or multiple damage spells. A Crown of Lore will give your Hero the necessary mana. There is even some items like the Scythe of Elune that generate more summons. All summons can be upgraded in the Research Center. The tooltips of the magical wands, legendary weapons and hidden items can be found in the following quests.

Chitin Blades : Increases damage by 240, armor by 15, attack rate by 75% when carried. The poisonous attacks slow down attack rate and movement speed by 30% and deal 110 damage per second. Lasts 6 seconds. Frostguard : Increases damage by 265, attack rate by 50%, armor by 15 and has a frost attack with a chance to deal critical damage. Searing Blade : Increases damage by 270, armor by 15, attack rate by 75% and has 110 fire splash damage. Doomhammer : Increases damage by 275, armor by 8, attack rate by 50% and has a chance to purge and bash the target. The Fire Reaper : Increases damage by 300, armor by 10, attack rate by 100% and reduces armor of the target by 15. Weapon of the Dragonslayer : Increases the attack damage of the Hero by 420 , armor by 15, attack rate by 50% and gives 25% lifesteal when worn.

Staff of Blessings: Grants the hero 15 agility, 15 strength and 30 intelligence. Nearby melee units will also recieve the Aura of Blessings which grants 15% lifesteal. Atiesh, Highstaff of the Guardian: Increases all stats by 20 and mana regeneration by 175%. Also grants the Rune of the Guardians ability, which increases the armor of nearby friendly units within 500 range by 12 and grants them 1500 points spell damage protection. Archus, Greatstaff of Antonidas: Increases the mana regeneration by 175% and intelligence by 20 when worn. Can be used to banish a target unit, making it 66% more vulnerable to spells and magic attacks and slowing it's movement speed by 45%. Lasts 16(8) seconds (30 seconds cooldown). The Storm Bringer: Increases intelligence by 30, attack rate by 50% and the mana regeneration by 250%. In addition each attack deals 75 bonus lightning damage and has a 30% chance to unleashe a Chain Lightning. (This is an orb effect and requires mana.) Staff of the Phoenix: Increases intelligence by 20, attack rate by 50% and mana regeneration by 175%. Nearby enemy units will be damaged by phoenix fire. Wand of Necromancy: Increases intelligence by 30, mana regeneration by 175%, attack rate by 50% and damage by 40. When an attacked enemy unit is killed 2 skeletons will raise from its corpse. The Dark Minions last 30 seconds. Warning: Your base cannot use this effect! Wand of Weakening: Increases the intelligence of the hero by 40 and mana regeneration by 175%. Has the Curse of Weakness ability, causing nearby enemy units wihtin 800 range to take 30% more magic damage for the next 10 seconds. Skull of the Man'ari: This powerful wand can Devour Magic, restoring 50 life and 20 mana points per consumed buff (1000 damage to summons). Also increases intelligence by 30 and mana regenration by 175%.

Since there has been a lot of confusion about Orb Effects and other attack buffers, i decided to explain those specifically for Hero Push. There is three different kind of attack buffers: Orb Effects obtained by certain items and then Legendary Weapons and abilities split in active (Frost Arrow, Exploding Arrow) and passive (Cleaving Attack). Active abilities have the highest priority. Out of the Orb effects, which are the second priority, Lifesteal provided by Mask of Death and Weapon of the Dragonslayer have the highest. The other orbs have the same and their position in the inventory determinates which one is active (top left = prio 1, bottom right = prio 6). Passive abilities have the lowest priority. Last but not least i want to mention that if Naisha the Huntress of Elune uses any Orb effect without Lifesteal she will still display an attack animation but no missile/damage will be done. The Dark Ranger without Lifesteal will lose the additional attacks of multi shot and apply the Orb effect on the target.

Preview: Four teams of explorers finally managed to reach this lost island, where the Temple of Tides was build milleniums ago. They play short battle games to obtain the right to do researches in the temple to restore ancient weapons and armor. Win a game with 8 players (no computers) and you/your team will recieve a hint to discover the secret items, allowing you to use them in future games! Please do not share those hints so other players can have fun finding them on their own!

Hidden Items : Mystical Diamond: 2x Runed Braces + Amulet of Spellshield Reduces magical damage dealt to the Hero by 50% and blocks a negative spell that an enemy casts on the Hero once every 50 seconds. Ring of Superiority: 2x Ring of Regeneration + 2x Potion of Invulnerability Increases the Hero's hit point regeneration by 10 hit points per second and makes the hero invulnerable for 1,25s when used (18 seconds cooldown). Khadgars Gem of Health: 5x Periapt of Vitality Increases the hit points of the hero by 4000 when worn. Khadgars Pendant of Mana: 5x Pendant of Mana Increases the mana capacity of the Hero by 3000 when worn. Khadgars Whisker: Ring of Regeneration + Sobi Mask + Replenishment/Health/Mana Potion Increases the life regeneration by 6 points per second and the mana regeneration by 100% when worn. Has the Replenish ability which regenerates 2500 hit points and 1500 mana over 20 seconds (not in combat). Khadgars Pipe of Insight: Apprentice Staff + Khadgars Whisker + Crystal Ball Increases the mana regeneration of then Hero by 250% when worn and grants nearby allies a 4.5 point mana regeneration aura and True Sight. Secret Items: Armor of the Dragonslayer: 3 materials required Gauntlets of the Dragonslayer: 5 materials required Shield of the Dragonslayer: 2 materials required Crown of the Dragonslayer: 5 materials required Scale Legguards of the Dragonslayer: 5 materials required Stalkers Cloak: 2 materials required