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Thunderbringer
Thunderbringer
Legion Legion
Attributes
Strengthlogo 16 Agilitylogo 11 Intelligencelogo 23
(+2.5) (+1.2) (+3.0)
Stats
Level 1 16 25
Health 454 1195 1974
Mana 299 910 1495
Damage 47-49 94-96 139-141
Armor 1.5 4.3 8.22
Attack Speed 0.65 0.77 0.91
Movement Speed 300
Magic Armor 5
Base Health Regen 0.25
Attack Range 400 (Ranged)
Missile Speed 1100
Base Attack Time 1.7
Attack Animation 0.4/0.5
Turn Rate 540

Thunderbringer is a ranged intelligence hero in Heroes of Newerth. He is based on Zeus from Defense of the Ancients: All-Stars.

Info[ | ]

Lore: Unlike the wild lightning he commands, the Thunderbringer is marked by his calm patience and careful adherence to the ancient Beast protocols and etiquette. Though considered a bit of a fogey by others, he is an undeniable master of shamanic lore and a powerful wielder of mystic energies.
 
  Although the Thunderbringer is a ranged hero, his primary form of damage is not his attack, but continued usage of his Chain Lightning and Blast of Lightning. Lightning Storm allows the Thunderbringer to strike globally, while Lightning Rod will slowly melt even the toughest enemies.

Abilities[ | ]

Chain Lightning
[ Q ]
Thunderbringer Chain Lightning
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.7 seconds
Target Unit Enemy Units
Type - Magic
Thunderbringer zaps a target enemy unit with volatile lightning. The lightning then bounces to additional nearby enemy units.
Range: 850
Mana Cost: 65/70/75/80
Cooldown: 1.75 seconds
Chains between the successively closest 3/5/7/9 targets, dealing 85/100/115/130 Magic Damage to each target.
Creeps are great conductors.
 
Notes
  • Chain Lighting bounces to the closest visible enemy unit within 500 radius in 0.2 second intervals.
  • Bounces do not trigger Lightning Rod.


Blast of Lightning
[ W ]
Thunderbringer Blast of Lightning
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.7 seconds
Target Unit All Units
Type - Magic
Thunderbringer blasts a target enemy unit with lightning, dealing moderate damage and very briefly stunning it. The area around the target is lit up briefly, giving vision and revealing nearby stealthed units.

Can target an ally to instead grant bonus Movement Speed.

Range: 700
Radius: 450
Mana Cost: 90/105/120/135
Cooldown: 6 seconds
Deals 110/180/260/340 Magic Damage to target and stuns for 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4 seconds. Gives 1000 day Clearvision, 700 night Clearvision, and reveals stealthed units at the target's initial position for 5 seconds. Ward reveal radius is shown in the tooltip.

Can target an ally to instead grant 60/75/90/105 Movement Speed for 5 seconds.

A billion volts of electricity.
 
Notes
  • Vision is centered around where the target unit was hit, not the unit itself.


Lightning Rod
[ E ]
Thunderbringer Lightning Rod
Passive (No Target)
Enemies near Thunderbringer act as lightning rods, taking damage every time he casts a spell. The damage is proportional to their current Health.
Radius: 900
Cooldown: 0.2 seconds
Activate to change Lightning Storm to Thunder Storm (and vice-versa).

Lightning Storm globally damages all enemy heroes on the map once, while Thunder Storm globally summons a Thunder Cloud that damages enemies multiple times at a location for 9 seconds.

On Dealing Ability Damage
Deals 2/4/6/8% of each enemy hero's current Health as Magic Damage, 0.5x damage is dealt if the enemies hit by Ability Damage are outside 1100 radius around you.

Some would say I am shocking!
 
Notes
  • Lightning Rod damage is dealt before the ability's damage.


Lightning Storm
[ R ]
Thunderbringer Lightning Storm
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.7 seconds
Global Non-Illusion Enemy Heroes
Type - Magic
Thunderbringer strikes every enemy hero on the map with lightning, dealing damage and revealing the area around them briefly.
Mana Cost: 225/325/425
Cooldown: 100 seconds
Deals 250/350/450 Magic Damage to each target. Gives 1000 day Clearvision and 700 night Clearvision around each target, and Reveals stealthed units (excluding Wards) around each target's initial position for 5 seconds.
Always be prepared, wear rubber soles!
 
Notes
  • Vision lingers around where each hero was hit, not the heroes themselves.


Thunder Storm
[ R ]
Thunderbringer Thunder Storm
Cast Time: 0.3 / 0.7 seconds
Target Position Enemy Units
Type - Magic
Thunderbringer calls upon a Thunder Storm Cloud to smite and invigorate every hero on the its reach with lightning, dealing damage and slowing the enemy while boosting ally movement speed. The cloud reveals the area around it briefly.
Range: 99999
Radius: 600
Mana Cost: 225/325/425
Cooldown: 140/130/120 seconds
Globally target a location to spawn a Thunder Cloud there for 9 seconds.

Every 3 seconds, a lightning strike occurs and hits all enemy units in an 600 radius, dealing 150/200/250 Magic Damage and slowing the Movement Speed by 30% for 1.5 seconds. Allies in radius receive a bonus 30% Movement Speed.

Always be prepared, wear rubber soles!
 
Notes
  • Grants 1000 day Clearvision and 700 night Clearvision and reveals stealthed units and Wards in a 900 radius around the area for 9 seconds.


Alt Avatars[ | ]

Thunderbringer Alt Avatars
Thor Thunderbringer
Thor Thunderbringer

200 Gold coins
500 Silver coins
Syrrus the Lightning Caller
Syrrus the Lightning Caller
Icon Community Avatar
390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Lightningbringer
Lightningbringer

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Asgard Thor
Asgard Thor

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Fluffybringer
Fluffybringer
Icon Holiday Edition
450 Gold coins
3500 Silver coins
Thunderbringer
POG Thunderbringer

100 Gold coins
750 Silver coins
The Five Thunder Emperors
The Five Thunder Emperors
Icon Ultimate Avatar
975 Gold coins

ALPHA Thunderbringer
ALPHA Thunderbringer
Icon ALPHA
400 Gold coins
3000 Silver coins
Dark Lightninglord
Dark Lightninglord

390 Gold coins
2500 Silver coins
Raijin
Raijin
Icon Yokai Icon Limited Edition
450 Gold coins
3500 Silver coins
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Changelog[ | ]

Version 4.10.1

  • Thunderbringer Blast of Lightning Blast of Lightning
    • Reveal effect from this ability: reveal radius that reveals enemy Wards now only has a radius of 450 units (from 900 units).
      • Still grants vision in a large area and reveals other stealthed enemy units.
  • Thunderbringer Lightning Storm Lightning Storm
    • Reveal effect from this ability no longer reveals enemy Wards.
      • Still grants vision in a large area and reveals other stealthed enemy units.

Version 4.9.3.1

  • Attack Range reduced from 450 to 400.
  • Base Movement Speed reduced from 310 to 300.
  • Thunderbringer Chain Lightning Chain Lightning
    • Cooldown increased from 1.5 seconds to 1.75 seconds.
  • Thunderbringer Blast of Lightning Blast of Lightning
    • Cast Range reduced from 800 to 700.
    • Magic Damage reduced from 125/200/275/350 to 110/180/260/340.
    • Mana Cost changed from 75/95/115/135 to 90/105/120/135.
  • Thunderbringer Lightning Rod Lightning Rod
    • Distance for dealing 0.5x damage with this ability increased from 1000 units to 1100 units (to account for Jade Spire Jade Spire).
    • Now properly deals 0.5x damage to enemies farther than 1100 units from  Thunderbringer.
      • This is technically a bugfix, but it affects his balance with regards to  Thunderbringer Lightning Storm Lightning Storm in many situations.

Version 4.9.3

  • Attack Action Time reduced from 0.5 seconds to 0.4 seconds.
  • Attack Range increased from 350 to 450.
  • Base Movement Speed increased from 300 to 310
  • Thunderbringer Chain Lightning Chain Lightning
    • Cooldown reduced from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
  • Thunderbringer Blast of Lightning Blast of Lightning
    • Cast Range increased from 700 to 725/750/775/800.
    • Magic Damage increased from 100/175/250/325 to 125/200/275/350.
    • Stun duration increased from 0.1 seconds to 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4 seconds.
    • Clearvision and True Sight duration increased from 4.5 seconds to 5 seconds.
  • Thunderbringer Lightning Storm Lightning Storm
    • Clearvision and True Sight duration increased from 4.5 seconds to 5 seconds.

Version 4.8.4

Version 4.8.3

  • Thunderbringer Lightning Rod Lightning Rod
    • Procs occur when dealing Ability Damage to a target, rather than when casting a spell.
    • Bonus Magic Damage based on the target's Current Health now deals 0.5x damage if the target is farther than 1000 units.

Version 4.5.2

Version 4.3.3

Version 4.2.4

Version 4.2.3

  • Base Strength reduced from 17 to 16.
  • Strength gain per level increased from 1.8 to 2.5.
  • Base Intelligence increased from 20 to 23.
  • Intelligence gain per level increased from 2.7 to 3.0.
  • Base Damage rescaled from 21-29 to 24-26.
    • Starting Damage increased from 41-49 to 47-49.
  • Thunderbringer Chain Lightning Chain Lightning
    • Cast Range increased from 750 to 850.
    • Cooldown reduced from 2.5 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
    • Number of targets affected reduced from 6/9/12/15 to 3/5/7/9.
  • Thunderbringer Blast of Lightning Blast of Lightning
    • Revelation time increased from 3 to 4.5 seconds.
    • Cooldown reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.
  • Thunderbringer Lightning Rod Lightning Rod
    • No longer deals the Magic Damage around the target.
    • Now deals the Magic Damage to all enemy heroes within 1500 radius of Thunderbringer.
    • Magic Damage reduced from 4/6/8/10% to 2/4/6/8% of target's Current Health.
  • Thunderbringer Lightning Storm Lightning Storm
    • Cooldown reduced from 140/130/120 seconds to 90 seconds.
    • Magic Damage changed from 215/335/460 to 250/350/450.
    • New Staff of the Master Staff of the Master effect:
      • Globally target a location to spawn a Thunder Cloud there for 9 seconds. Every 3 seconds, a lightning strike occurs and hits all enemy units in a 600 radius, dealing 250/350/450 Magic Damage.
      • Also grants 1000 Day Clearvision and 700 Night Clearvision for its duration.
      • Lightning Rod is now activatable to swap between Lightning Storm (non-boosted skill) and Thunder Storm.

Version 4.0.0

  • Base Strength decreased from 19 to 17.
  • Armor reduced from 2 to 1.5.
  • Magic Armor decreased from 6.5 to 6.
  • Thunderbringer Lightning Rod Lightning Rod
    • Radius decreased from 650 to 400.

Version 3.8.5

  • Thunderbringer Lightning Storm Lightning Storm
    • Cooldown increased from 120/110/100 to 140/130/120 seconds

Version 3.6.0

Version 3.3.0

  • Movement Speed increased from 295 to 300
  • Starting Armor increased from 1.54 to 2.0
  • Thunderbringer Blast of Lightning Blast of Lightning
    • Now can cast on yourself or any ally to grant them +75 bonus Movement Speed for 5 seconds
      • The Truesight and Clearvision that Blast of Lightning creates around an enemy will be around the targeted Ally as well

Version 3.2.0

Version 3.0.1

  • Thunderbringer Lightning Rod Lightning Rod
    • Now damages enemies around the target of your spell instead of around you
    • Radius reduced from 800 to 650
  • Thunderbringer Lightning Storm Lightning Storm
    • All enemies hit will now also be hit by Thunderbringer Lightning Rod Lightning Rod
      • This effect will not hit a target multiple times

Version 2.6.10

Version 2.5.14

Version 2.0.30

Version 2.0.8

Version 2.0.0

Version 1.0.18

Version 1.0.5

Version 0.3.0.2

  • Cast time of all abilities lowered from 400ms to 300ms
  • Thunderbringer Chain Lightning Chain Lightning
    • Now instantly damages first target
  • Thunderbringer Lightning Rod Lightning Rod
    • AoE increased from 800 to 1000.

Version 0.1.63

  • Attack Animation Impact Point reduced from 633(ms) to 500(ms).
  • Projectile Speed increased from 900 to 1100

Version 0.1.45

  • Base Agility decreased from 15 to 11.
  • Agility Gain decreased from 1.7 to 1.2

Version 0.1.42

  • Corrected cast point on abilities from 300ms to 400ms.

Version 0.1.35



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