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Balphagore
Balphagore
Hellbourne Hellbourne
Attributes
Strengthlogo 25 Agilitylogo 17 Intelligencelogo 17
(+2.7) (+1.2) (+1.9)
Stats
Level 1 16 25
Health 625 1423 2221
Mana 221 611 1066
Damage 56-58 98-100 140-142
Armor 3.1 5.9 9.82
Attack Speed 0.67 0.8 0.95
Movement Speed 295
Magic Armor 5
Base Health Regen 1.00
Attack Range 150 (Melee)
Missile Speed Instant
Base Attack Time 1.7
Attack Animation 0.45/0.55
Turn Rate 450

Balphagore is a melee strength hero in Heroes of Newerth.

Info[ | ]

Lore: Balphagore's gluttonous love of corpses draws him to wherever the Hellbourne's atrocities are at their worst. Armed with an array of dark powers, this daemon is not to be trifled with when hungry -- and Balphagore is always hungry.
 
  Balphagore is a flexible, tanky hero able to push and teamfight with his summons and area-of-effect abilities. Hell on Newerth allows him to react to spell-heavy opposition by turning their mana against them with cataclysmic results.

Abilities[ | ]

Regurgitate
[ Q ]
Balphagore Regurgitate
Cast Time: 0 / 0.1 seconds
Self Position Enemy Units
Balphagore vomits burning demonic bile on all enemies in front of him, damaging and slowing them. Some of the corpses of his previous victims are regurgitated as well, which Balphagore may choose to feast on a second time.
Mana Cost: 100/110/120/130
Cooldown: 12 seconds
Deals 40/60/85/110 Magic Damage per second to enemies in a 120 degree cone in front of self, up to 400 units away.

Enemies caught in the cone have Bile applied to them, which lingers for 0.5s when it applies to the target. Regurgitates a total of 6 corpses over its duration. Lasts 3 seconds.

You make me sick.
 

Bile Effects
20% Movement Slow

Notes
  • Regurgitate deals damage in a 120 degree arc with 400 radius in front of Balphagore.
  • Corpses are regurgitated every 0.5 seconds after cast.
  • Deals up to 105/192.5/280/367.5 Magic Damage.


Demonic Pathogen
[ W ]
Balphagore Demonic Pathogen
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.5 seconds
Target Unit Organic Enemy Units
Type - Magic
One of the many pathogens festering in Balphagore infects an enemy. The pathogen robs its victim of any spellcasting ability and damages them as the disease runs its course. It then spreads to any of the victim's nearby allies.
Range: 500
Mana Cost: 105/110/115/120
Cooldown: 12 seconds
Applies Contagion to target for 2/2.5/3/3.5 seconds. Upon expiration or on use, Contagion is applied to enemies in a 300 radius around the original target for the same duration. Contagion will also transfer to nearby enemies if the original target dies while under its effects.

Every 0.5 seconds the debuff is on an enemy, it will grant 1 charge to Hell on Newerth or reduce its cooldown by 1 second if it is not yet ready.

Beats the hell out of swine flu.
 

Contagion Effects
Silenced
40/50/60/70 Magic Damage per second

Notes
  • Contagion will not spread if the initial debuff is dispelled.
  • You can cast this ability again to prematurely spread the Contagion.
  • Deals a total of 80/125/180/245 Magic Damage.
  • If a hero is silenced for the full duration, Demonic Pathogens adds 4/5/6/7 charges per hero affected.


Spread Pathogen
[ W ]
Balphagore Spread Pathogen
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
No Target
Instantly spreads the Contagion
On use, expires the silence off the main target and instantly spreading it to those around him.
Beats the hell out of swine flu.
 


Corpse Conversion
[ E ]
Balphagore Corpse Conversion
Cast Time: 0.2 / 0.4 seconds
Self Position
The decaying flesh and bones stored in Balphagore's gut fuse into small demonic minions, which Balphagore regurgitates to do his bidding. He produces more minions if he has eaten more corpses.
Mana Cost: 95
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Spawns one Minion for every three charges. First three charges spawn two Minions instead. Maximum of 3/6/9/12 charges.

Gains 3 charges whenever the ability is learned or leveled besides through corpse consumption.

Minions apply a stacking 1/2/3/4% Movement Speed slow for 2 seconds when attacking, maximum of 6 stacks.

Say hello to my little friend(s).
 
Notes
  • Consumes non-hero corpses within 100 radius of Balphagore, even at full charges and Health, healing 15/20/25/30 Health.
  • Minions have a lifetime of 35 seconds.
  • Minions cannot slow Magic Immunity units.


Volatile Minion
Volatile Minion
Stats
Duration 8 seconds
Combat Type Melee
Health 300/450/600
Health Regen 0.25
Damage 25/45/85-30/50/90
Armor 0
Magic Armor 0
Movement Speed 400
Sight Range 1200/800
Attack Range 100 (Melee)
Missile Speed Instant
Base Attack Time 1.25
Attack Animation 0.35/0.65
Turn Rate 450

Hell on Newerth
[ R ]
Balphagore Hell on Newerth
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Self Position Enemy Units
Type - Magic
After gaining enough power from nearby enemy spell casts, Balphagore unleashes the infernal power stored inside his gut in an explosive ring of hellfire.
Radius: 600 (1000)
Mana Cost: 100/150/200
Cooldown: 90 (70) seconds
Activate to deal 200/250/300 Magic Damage, apply Demonic Pathogen to enemy heroes for 1.5 seconds, and apply Hell Snare to enemies for 4 seconds in a 600 radius ring. Each charge increases damage by 1/2/3 (2/3/4) up to a max of 300/450/600 (500/650/800) Magic Damage.

Spawns a Volatile Minion on each enemy hero hit for 8 seconds that deals 30/50/90 Physical Damage per attack, and deals 200/275/350 Magic Damage in a 200 radius on death. At max charges, Volatile Minions will be killed instantly.

Charges: Gains charges equal to 0.5 times the percentage of Mana spent by enemy units within 1000 units up to a max of 100 charges. After not gaining charges for 30 seconds, loses 1 charge per second. While on cooldown, cooldown decreases by 1 second for every 50 mana spent by enemy units. Enemies affected by Demonic Pathogen also grant charges and reduce the cooldown.

.em llik tsum uoy emag eht niw oT
 

Hell Snare Effects
Reduces Movement Speed by 50% initially, recovering to full speed over 4 seconds.

Notes
  • Gathers charges from Player-Controlled Enemy Units within 1000 radius.
  • Gains charges equal to 0.5 times the percentage of Mana used. For example, spending 200 Mana with 1000 Max Mana will grant 10 charges.
  • The ring expands to 600 (1000) radius over 0.7 seconds and is centered around Balphagore.
  • Does not damage or slow Magic Immune units, but will summon Volatile Minions to attack Magic Immune heroes.
  • Volatile Minions are immune to the same abilities that Bosses are immune to, including Dominate and Transfigure.
  • Demonic Pathogen from this ability (as result of Staff of the Master effect) doesn't reduce cooldown of this ability as oppose to original Demonic Pathogen.
  • Demonic Pathogen from this ability (as result of Staff of the Master effect) spreads with 1.5 seconds duration, only to enemy heroes in same radius indicator as original Demonic Pathogen after the initial effect expires.

Minion[ | ]

Minion
Balphagore Corpse Conversion
Stats
Duration 35 Seconds
Combat Type Melee
Health 250/325/400/475
Health Regen 0.25
Damage 20/28/39/48
Armor 0
Magic Armor 4
Movement Speed 400
Sight Range 1200/800
Attack Range 100 (Melee)
Missile Speed Instant
Base Attack Time 1.25
Attack Animation 0.35/0.65
Turn Rate 450
Gold 10/13/18/20 Gold
Experience 20


Crippling Strike
[ Q ]
Minion Crippling Strike
Passive
Balphagore's minion slows its foe by harassing it with debilitating strikes.
Applies Crippled to target for 2 seconds, adding one charge. Maximum of 6 charges.
 

Crippled Effects
1/2/3/4% Movement Slow

Notes
  • Crippling Strikes is blocked by Magic Immunity.

Alt Avatars[ | ]

Balphagore Alt Avatars
Crematorium Balph
Crematorium Balph
Icon Rise of the Clockworks
400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
Garbagore
Garbagore
Icon Community Avatar
390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Baker Balphagore
Baker Balphagore
Icon Candy World
400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
Balphagore
POG Balphagore

100 Gold coins
750 Silver coins
Seasick Balphagore
Seasick Balphagore

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
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Changelog[ | ]

Version 4.9.3

Version 4.8.5

Version 4.8.4.1

Version 4.8.4

  • Balphagore Hell on Newerth Hell on Newerth
    • New Staff of the Master Staff of the Master effects:
      • Bonus Magic Damage per charge increased from 1/2/3 to 3/4/5 (max total Magic Damage increased from 300/450/600 to 500/650/800).
      • Decreased cooldown from 90 seconds to 70 seconds.
      • Radius increased from 600 to 1000.
      • Applies Balphagore Demonic Pathogen Demonic Pathogen for 2 seconds to affected enemy units.
        • The expiration of this state will only spread to other nearby enemy units within 300 radius & be applied for 2 seconds.

Version 4.7.6

Version 4.7.5

  • Balphagore Corpse Conversion Corpse Conversion
    • Balphagore Corpse Conversion Minion Attack Damage increased from 19/28/37/46 to 20/28/39/48.
    • Balphagore Corpse Conversion Minion Max Health increased from 250/325/400/475 to 275/350/425/500.
    • Balphagore Corpse Conversion Minion automatically levels up if they are already summoned and the skill is leveled up, without having to re-summon the units.

Version 4.7.4

Version 4.7.3

Version 4.7.2

  • Balphagore Regurgitate Regurgitate
    • Magic Damage per second increased from 30/55/80/105 to 40/60/85/110.
  • Balphagore Corpse Conversion Corpse Conversion
    • Attack Damage increased from 17/27/34/43-18/30/40/49 to 20/30/40/50.
    • Max Health increased from 250/325/400/475 to 275/350/425/500.
    • Movement Speed Slow per charge increased from 1/2/3/4% to 2/3/4/5%.
    • Minions no longer become Immobilized or Disarmed for 0.5 seconds when spawned.
  • Balphagore Hell on Newerth Hell on Newerth
    • Base Magic Damage increased from 200/250/300 to 250/300/350.

Version 4.0.0

  • Magic Armor decreased from 5 to 4.
  • Armor increased from 2.38 to 3.1.

Version 3.7.0

  • Balphagore Regurgitate Regurgitate
    • Cone angle for hitting enemies in front of self increased from 100 to 120 degrees
  • Balphagore Demonic Pathogen Demonic Pathogen
    • Now grants 1 charge to Hell of Newerth every 0.5 seconds for every enemy hero affected
      • If Hell of Newerth is on cooldown, reduces its cooldown by 1 second in the same interval instead
  • Balphagore Corpse Conversion Corpse Conversion
    • Cast action time lowered from 300 to 200 ms
  • Balphagore Hell on Newerth Hell on Newerth
    • Amount of charges given for nearby enemy spell casts reduced from 0.75 times the percentage of mana spent to 0.5 times the percentage of mana spent
    • Now has a static 90 second cooldown at all 3 stages instead of 35/60/120
    • Now always slows and spawns Volatile minions regardless of charges (instead of in stages)
    • Now deals a base amount of 200/250/300 Magic Damage
    • Charges now increase the damage by 1/2/3 per charge up to a maximum of 300/450/600 total Magic Damage (100 charges max)
    • While on cooldown, now reduces the cooldown by 1 second for every 50 mana spent by nearby enemy heroes
    • Volatile Minion health changed from 350 to 300/450/600

Version 2.6.26

  • Balphagore Demonic Pathogen Demonic Pathogen
    • Duration rescaled from 1/2/3/4 to 2/2.5/3/3.5
    • Damage rescaled from 60 to 40/50/60/70
      • (Total Damage: 60/120/180/240 -> 80/125/180/245)

Version 2.6.2

  • Balphagore Corpse Conversion Corpse Conversion
    • Minions Magic Armor increased from 3 to 4
    • Minions can no longer attack towers when Balphagore is not near them

Version 2.2.4

  • Balphagore Regurgitate Regurgitate
    • Given a linger time of 0.5s on the damage portion (the slow part already had it)
    • Damage decreased from 40/65/90/115 to 30/55/80/105
      • (the total amount of damage becomes roughly the same total damage because of the linger)
  • Balphagore Demonic Pathogen Demonic Pathogen
    • Manacost reduced from 115/125/135/145 to 105/110/115/120
  • Balphagore Corpse Conversion Corpse Conversion
    • Corpses required reduced to 3/6/9/12
    • 3 gives you 2 minions

Version 2.5.20

  • Health regen reduced from 1.25 to 1
    • This is a part of a global change to all melee heroes.
  • Balphagore Hell on Newerth Hell on Newerth
    • Charges gained from enemy spellcasts increased from 60% to 75% of the enemy Manacosts

Version 2.2.0

  • Health regen increased from 0.25 to 1.25 health per second
    • This is a part of a global change to all melee heroes.

Version 2.0.34

  • Attach Range now 128 units
    • This is a part of a global change to all melee heroes.

Version 2.0.14

  • Balphagore Demonic Pathogen Demonic Pathogen
    • can now be clicked again to immediately spread silence, but the original target becomes unsilenced
  • Balphagore Hell on Newerth Hell on Newerth
    • Exploding Minions will now explode when they expire naturally

Version 1.0.13

  • Strength Gain decreased from 3.1 to 2.72.7
  • Balphagore Hell on Newerth Hell on Newerth
    • Damage:
      • (Lvl 1) decreased from 200/300/400 to 175/250/325
      • (Lvl 2/3) decreased from 350/450/550 to 300/375/450
    • Effects:
      • (Lvl 2/3) Hell Snare decreased from 6s to 4s.
      • (Lvl 3) Volatile Minions Damage decreased from 150/225/300 to 125/200/275
    • When ultimate is in cd you no longer gain charges when enemies cast spells near you, instead you decrease the cd of your ultimate by 1s per spell cast

Version 1.0.7

  • Movement Speed increased from 290 to 295
  • Balphagore Hell on Newerth Hell on Newerth
    • Will no longer reset to zero after dying with Token of Life

Version 1.0.5

  • Balphagore Corpse Conversion Corpse Conversion
    • Will no longer consume gadgets. Om nom nom.
  • Balphagore Hell on Newerth Hell on Newerth
    • Cast time reduced to 0s
    • Expanding ring now moves with Balphagore
    • Expansion time to max distance reduced by 300ms

Version 1.0.1

  • Base Armor lowered by 2.
  • Balphagore Demonic Pathogen Demonic Pathogen
    • Silence Duration increased from 1/1.5/2/2.5 to 1/2/3/4.
    • Magic Damage decreased from 100/s to 60/s.
  • Balphagore Corpse Conversion Corpse Conversion
    • Cooldown reduced from 30 to 20s.
    • Gold bounty from minions reduced from 21/26/36/41g to 10/13/18/20g
    • Magic armor increased to 3.
  • Balphagore Hell on Newerth Hell on Newerth
    • Now starts to lose charges after 30s of not receiving any charges.
    • Charge gain per 1% enemy mana increased from 50% charges to 60'%' charges

Version 1.0.0

Version 0.3.6

  • Hero Added


Legacy Abilities[ | ]

Hell on Newerth (Pre-3.7.0)
[ R ]
Balphagore Hell on Newerth
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Self Position Enemy Units
Type - Magic
After gaining enough power from nearby enemy spell casts, Balphagore unleashes the infernal power stored inside his gut in an explosive ring of hellfire.
Radius: 600
Mana Cost: 100/150/200
Cooldown: 35 seconds
Deals 175/250/325 Magic Damage to enemies within a 600 radius. Gains additional effects with more charges:

40+ charges: Damage increases to 300/375/450. Applies Hell Snare to each enemy hit. Cooldown increases to 60 seconds.

80+ charges: Spawns Volatile Minions on each enemy hero hit. Volatile minions can be killed by either team. When killed, they explode doing 125/200/275 Magic Damage to enemies in a 200 radius. Cooldown increases to 120 seconds.

Charges are gained based on mana spent by nearby enemies. After 30 seconds without a nearby enemy casting a spell, one charge is lost per second.

Does not gain charges while in cooldown, instead the cooldown is lowered by 1s per spell cast in the radius.

.em llik tsum uoy emag eht niw oT
 

Hell Snare Effects
Reduces Movement Speed by 50% initially, recovering to full speed over 4 seconds.

Notes
  • Gathers charges from Player-Controlled Enemy Units within 1000 radius.
  • Gains charges equal to 0.75 times the percentage of Mana used. For example, spending 200 Mana with 1000 Max Mana will grant 15 charges.
  • The ring expands to 600 radius over 0.7 seconds, and is centered around Balphagore.
  • Does not damage or slow Magic Immune units, but will summon Volatile Minions to attack Magic Immune heroes.
  • Volatile Minions are immune to the same abilities that Bosses are immune to, including Dominate and Transfigure.


Trivia[ | ]

  • Balphagore was one of two Dev Heroes ever released, the other hero being Gauntlet.


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