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Pestilence
Pestilence
Hellbourne Hellbourne
Attributes
Strengthlogo 21 Agilitylogo 17 Intelligencelogo 15
(+2.5) (+1.8) (+1.5)
Stats
Level 1 16 25
Health 549 1290 2069
Mana 195 507 923
Damage 51-59 90-98 131-139
Armor 3.2 7.26 12.02
Attack Speed 0.67 0.83 1.05
Movement Speed 300
Magic Armor 5
Base Health Regen 1.00
Attack Range 150 (Melee)
Missile Speed Instant
Base Attack Time 1.7
Attack Animation 0.4/0.8
Turn Rate 450

Pestilence is a melee strength hero in Heroes of Newerth. He is based on Slardar from Defense of the Ancients: All-Stars.

Info[ | ]

Lore: Once a councilor to the Moon Queen, Pestilence betrayed his people -- for as a male, he could never have come to rule them himself. With his own powers augmented by the Hellbourne, he is as strong as the queen he served in the past. But his arts are unholy: mindless, ravenous insects he calls forth, cruel and violent skills he deploys.
 
  Pestilence's Impale is one of the most powerful Stuns in Newerth, so his gameplay is built around it. A Portal Key and Shrunken Head couple with Flight to allow him to initiate fights and remain mobile and alive.

Abilities[ | ]

Flight
[ Q ]
Pestilence Flight
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Self
Pestilence takes limited flight at the risk of taking more damage, increasing his Movement Speed through units and granting an ability to jump on target location.
Mana Cost: 25
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7 seconds
Applies Flight to self for 10 seconds.
Up, up, and away!
 

Flight Effects
+15/30/45/60% Movement Speed
+8% Damage Taken
Unitwalking

Notes
  • Flight gives bonus 7.5/15/27.5/30% Movement Speed for the rest of duration upon Flight (Jump) activation.


Flight (Jump)
[ Q ]
Pestilence Flight (Jump)
Cast Time: 0 / 0 seconds
Target Position
Pestilence jumps to a target location while on flight, halving bonus Movement Speed in process.
Range: 450/700/950/1200
Mana Cost: 25
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Pestilence jumps to a target location once, reducing Flight bonus Movement Speed by 0.5x for the rest of duration. Goes on a 3 second cooldown if damaged by a player-controlled unit.
Up, up, and away!
 
Notes
  • Jump has 1150 leap projectile speed per second


Impale
[ W ]
Pestilence Impale
Cast Time: 0.25 / 0.25 seconds
Self Position Enemy Units
Type - Magic
Pestilence calls on the aid of his underground insect brethren to strike nearby enemies from underground. Enemies are impaled, causing them to be stunned and take damage, followed by reduced Movement Speed.
Radius: 350
Mana Cost: 85/95/105/115
Cooldown: 8 seconds
Stuns targets in radius for 1.25/1.5/1.75/2 second(s), damages them for 75/125/175/225 Physical Damage, and slows their Movement Speed by 20% for an additional two seconds after the stun.
There's more below the surface than you know!
 
Notes
  • Although Impale deals Physical Damage, the stun and slow are blocked by Magic Immunity.
  • Impale applies a 2 second stun and a 4 second slow at the same time when it impacts an enemy.


Gore
[ E ]
Pestilence Gore
Passive
Pestilence gains a chance to stab an enemy unit with his frontal horn when attacking, causing them to take some additional damage and be stunned briefly.
Cooldown: 1.5 seconds
On Attack
25% chance to deal 40/60/80/100 bonus Physical Damage to target and stun for 0.9/1/1.1/1.2 second on heroes, 2 seconds on non-hero units.
Bring 'Raid' if you want to live!
 
Notes
  • This ability contains Bashing properties. Items and abilities with Bashing properties contain a shared cooldown time.
  • Stuns non-hero units for 2 seconds.
  • Illusions deal 33% of Gore's damage when triggered but does not stun.


Swarm (Swarm Wave)
[ R ]
Pestilence Swarm
Cast Time: 0.1 / 0.3 seconds
Target Unit (Target Dual) Enemy Units
Type - Superior Magic
Pestilence releases a swarm of locusts at a target, lowering their Armor and revealing them temporarily.
Range: 700
Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 10 seconds
(Deals 50/100/150 Physical Damage in a cone and) Applies Swarm to target(s hit) for 30 seconds.
They won't bite!
 

Swarm Effects
Revealed
Sighted
-7/-14/-21 Armor

Notes
  • Provides 350 day and night clearvision around units with Swarm.
  • With Staff of the Master Staff of the Master, the wave is a circle that starts at 100 radius, travels at 600 speed for 2 seconds and expands to 300 radius.
    • The cone can hit up to 1200 units away.


Alt Avatars[ | ]

Pestilence Alt Avatars
Ladybug Pestilence
Ladybug Pestilence

250 Gold coins
500 Silver coins
Horseman Pestilence
Horseman Pestilence
Icon Four Horsemen
400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
Queen Serecta
Queen Serecta

390 Gold coins
1500 Silver coins
Swarm Pestilence
Swarm Pestilence

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Invader Pestilence
Invader Pestilence
Icon A.R.M.S. Icon Gold Collection
800 Gold coins

Carrion Beetle
Carrion Beetle
Icon War Effort
Quests Only
Lord Pestilence
Lord Pestilence

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Soccer Pestilence
Soccer Pestilence

400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
Scourge Trooper
Scourge Trooper
Icon Heavy Armor
400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
Plushie Pesti
Plushie Pesti
Icon Plushies and Misfits
700 Gold coins

Misfit Pesti
Misfit Pesti
Icon Plushies and Misfits
700 Gold coins

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Changelog[ | ]

Version 4.8.0

  • Agility gain increased from 1.5 to 1.8.
  • Pestilence Gore Gore
    • Bonus Physical Damage when proccing increased from 20/40/60/80 to 40/60/80/100.
  • Pestilence Swarm Swarm
    • Armor reduction increased from 6/12/18 to 7/14/21

Version 4.7.9

  • Pestilence Flight Flight
    • Mana Cost increased from 0 to 25.
    • Movement Speed bonus is reduced to 0.5x for the remaining duration if Pestilence Flight (Jump) Flight (Jump) is used.

Version 4.7.5

  • Pestilence Flight Flight
    • Leap projectile speed increased from 1000 units per second to 1150 units per second.

Version 4.7.2

  • Pestilence Flight Flight
    • Duration increased from 7 seconds to 10 seconds.
    • Cooldown reduced from 10 seconds to 10/9/8/7 seconds.

Version 4.7.1

  • Pestilence Flight Flight
    • Damage amplification on self while active reduced from 15% to 8%.
  • Pestilence Gore Gore
    • Physical Damage on-proc increased from 15/30/45/60 to 20/40/60/80.
    • Stun duration increased from 0.55/0.7/0.85/1 second to 0.9/1/1.1/1.2 seconds.
    • Cooldown reduced from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds.

Version 4.6.0

  • Pestilence Flight Flight (Reworked)
    • Activate to apply 15/30/45/60% Movement Speed and unitwalking to self but increase damage taken by 15% for 7 seconds.
      • Cooldown: 10 seconds
      • Mana Cost: 0
    • Ability can be activated again for 25 Mana to fly to a target location, once. This goes on a 3 second cooldown when receiving damage from a player-controlled source.
      • 450/700/950/1200 Cast Range, 1000 projectile speed.
    • The full cooldown of the ability starts after the Movement Speed bonus state expires.

Version 4.5.2

  • Pestilence Gore Gore
    • Chance to proc increased from 10/15/20/25% to 25%.
    • Bonus Physical Damage increased from 10/20/30/40 to 15/30/45/60.

Version 4.0.2

  • Magic Armor increased from 3 to 4.

Version 4.0.0

  • Magic Armor decreased from 5.75 to 3.
  • Armor decreased from 4.38 to 3.2.
  • Pestilence Swarm Swarm
    • Now has a Staff of the Master Staff of the Master effect:
      • Action Type changed from Target Entity to Target Dual Position (Cone).
      • Targets hit also take {50/100/150 Physical Damage}.
      Range: 700
      Travel Distance: 1200
      Speed: 600
      Width: 300

Version 3.8.0

  • Pestilence Flight Flight
    • Cooldown reduced from 45 seconds to 45/40/35/30 seconds.
  • Pestilence Swarm Swarm
    • Backswing reduced from 0.9 seconds to 0.3 seconds.

Version 3.7.10

  • Pestilence Impale Impale
    • Physical Damage increased from 50/100/150/200 to 75/125/175/225.
    • Stun duration increased from 1/1.25/1.5/1.75 seconds to 1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds.

Version 3.4.0

  • Pestilence Impale Impale
    • Stun duration lowered from 1/1.5/2.0/2.5 to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75 (Slow still only lasts for 2 seconds after the stun duration)
  • Pestilence Swarm Swarm
    • Mana Cost increased from 25 to 50

Version 3.3.0

  • Strength gain decreased from 2.8 to 2.5
  • Agility gain decreased from 1.9 to 1.5
  • Pestilence Gore Gore
    • Damage decreased from 20/40/60/80 to 10/20/30/40

Version 3.2.0

  • Pestilence Flight Flight
    • Increased duration by 5 seconds
    • Now grants Unitwalking to Pestilence
  • Pestilence Gore Gore
    • Chance increased from 10/15/20/25% to 25% at all levels
    • Damage rescaled from 40/50/60/70 to 20/40/60/80
    • Damage Type changed from Magical to Physical
    • Stun duration decreased from 1 second to 0.55/0.7/0.85/1 seconds
  • Pestilence Swarm Swarm
    • Armor reduction increased from 5/10/15 to 6/12/18

Version 2.6.30

  • Pestilence Flight Flight
    • Removed 10% Damage Amp
    • Duration decreased from 25 to 20 seconds

Version 2.6.10

  • Pestilence Impale Impale
    • Manacost rescaled from 80/95/105/115 to 85/95/105/115

Version 2.5.20

  • Health regen reduced from 1.25 to 1
    • This is a part of a global change to all melee heroes.

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

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

Version 0.1.42

  • Pestilence Swarm Swarm
    • Now target magic immune targets.
  • Pestilence Gore Gore
    • Now goes through magic immunity.
    • Bonus damage changed from a constant 25 to 40/50/60/70.

Version 0.1.35

  • Pestilence Impale Impale
    • Changed to a Physical type skill.
    • Damage goes through magic immunity, stun doesn't.

Version 0.1.28

  • Pestilence Swarm Swarm
    • Reveals target even if it goes invisible before the projectile impacts.

Version 0.1.18

  • Pestilence Flight Flight
    • Typed as buff instead of debuff.



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