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1!Character Skillset
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3This is based on a concept on how the hero performs as a MOBA character, they have specific quirks on their skillset to fulfill a certain role or element in their respective games. This focuses more on the 'gameplay feel' of the character.
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5|| '''The Stealth Character''' ||||||||||||
6|| Stealth is one of the main recurring elements of MOBA. Characters with this cannot be seen by normal means unless they are attacking. The drawback is that they end up very squishy and often reliant with their stealth, and stealth detection items are basically their AchillesHeel. The more common type of this has one skill to activate stealth while giving other benefits in the meantime, but there are at least two variations after this: The permanent one, where their stealth are natural without any skill activation (where their stealth will be activated again when they walk out of combat, thus they have a harder time to disengage), and the idle one, where they need to stand still to maintain stealth, any movement on their own will break stealth, but if they do, they get some sort of bonus, encouraging them to use the stealth for other purposes. ||||||||||||
7|| '''''Normal Stealth Character''''' ||||||||||||
8|| Gondar\
9Clinkz\
10Nyx Assassin || Shaco\
11Twitch || Loki\
12Ao Kuang\
13Izanami\
14The Morrigan\
15Jormungandr || Samuro\
16Valeera ||||||
17|| Batman\
18Quillien\
19''Ah Ke''\
20''Lanling Wang'' || Natalia\
21Miya\
22Lesley || N/A || N/A ||||||
23|| Fayde\
24Grinex || Leon Chameleon\
25Ksenia || Taka\
26Kestrel\
27Flicker || Kallari ||||||
28|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
29|| The Spy || N/A || Skye\
30Strix\
31Sha Lin || Sombra ||||||
32|| '''''Permanent Stealth Character''''' ||||||||||||
33|| Riki || Evelynn || N/A || Zeratul\
34Nova ||||||
35|| Kaine[[labelnote:*]]Technically, he's a revamped Batman, in which his stealth becomes automatic like Riki[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
36|| Night Hound\
37Scout[[labelnote:*]]Requires mana upkeep[[/labelnote]]\
38Geomancer || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
39|| '''''Idle Stealth Character''''' ||||||||||||
40|| Templar Assassin || Akali[[labelnote:*]]variation: She can move around while stealthing, but only in a certain fixed area[[/labelnote]]\
41Teemo || Serqet || All stealth heroes[[labelnote:*]]To clarify, stealth is semi-visible in [=HotS=]. Standing still long enough will instead make you completely invisible[[/labelnote]]\
42Erik (Lost Vikings)[[labelnote:*]]Only if Spy Games talent is picked up[[/labelnote]] ||||||
43|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
44|| Goldenveil[[labelnote:*]]Requires trees[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
45----
46|| The '[[CriticalStatusBuff Gets More Dangerous At Low Health]]' Hero ||||||||||||
47|| ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. This hero gains a lot of advantages the closer they are to death (either they have an ability to literally not die for a certain period of time, or they gain massive stat boosts, usually increased defense or lifesteal the closer they are to death. [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Or both.]]), so a lot of their gameplay revolves around getting them close enough to death and then turning the tables while still on low health. ||||||||||||
48|| Huskar\
49Terrorblade[[labelnote:*]]only if his opposition is in high health, if both are in low health the advantage is put meaningless[[/labelnote]] || Tryndamere\
50Olaf || Hercules[[labelnote:*]]Pre-rework of his Passive when he gets more damage the lower his HP is, right now, not so much.[[/labelnote]]\
51Izanami || Zul'jin\
52Mal'Ganis[[labelnote:*]]same as Terrorblade[[/labelnote]] ||||||
53|| Taara\
54''Cheng Yaojin'' || Gatotkaca || Wolverine || N/A ||||||
55|| Maliken\
56Martyr\
57Amun-Ra || Ayla || N/A || N/A ||||||
58----
59|| [[MageKiller The Anti-Mage]] ||||||||||||
60|| These characters either specialize in countering mages or are better suited against them through silences, extra protection against magic, draining mana, or punishing spell-casting (sometimes by sheer mobility or whatever to get close to those spellcasters who like to hang in the backline or dodge their AOE spell). Either assassins or [[HunterOfHisOwnKind mages]] themselves. ||||||||||||
61|| Anti-Mage\
62Silencer\
63Omniknight\
64Nyx Assassin\
65Pugna || Kassadin || Nox\
66Ah Puch\
67Isis || Anub'arak\
68Stukov\
69Valeera ||||||
70|| N/A || Natalia || Psylocke || N/A ||
71|| Magebane\
72Vindicator\
73Jeraziah\
74Balphagore\
75Moira || Ksenia\
76Genji || N/A || Lt. Belica ||||||
77|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
78|| N/A || N/A || Torvald || N/A ||||||
79
80----
81|| The Overspecced Healer ||||||||||||
82|| A support hero usually comes with the expectations that for the most part they would be healing or buffing, but has only few manners of healing. Well, this is a healer/support hero that takes the CripplingOverspecialization route: Their healing/buff is very lethal and sometimes reaches Global level, but they offer ''very minimal'' offensive capabilities. They might not carry the team, but considering the very important role a support has in a match, this can also become one potent quality for these heroes. Of course, anti-healing methods becomes an even bigger AchillesHeel than other supports that could be versatile. ||||||||||||
83|| Omniknight\
84Chen || Soraka || N/A || Lt. Morales ||||||
85|| Peura/Helen\
86''Cai Wenji'' || Estes\
87Floryn || N/A || Blissey\
88Eldgeoss ||||||
89|| Jeraziah\
90Ophelia || Voltar || N/A || Muriel ||||||
91|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
92|| N/A || N/A || Ying || Mercy ||||||
93----
94|| TheTurretMaster ||||||||||||
95|| A character whose gameplay revolves around creating mini-turrets that fire whenever an enemy is close by. It will take extra effort to push on a lane with this character. While a SentryGun is the most common form of these turrets, there has been other kinds of biological turrets. ||||||||||||
96|| Venomancer\
97Clinkz || Heimerdinger || Vulcan || Gazlowe\
98Probius ||||||
99|| N/A || Zhask || N/A || N/A ||||||
100|| Engineer || Gnaw || N/A || Iggy and Scorch ||||||
101|| [[VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis Lex Luthor]] ||||||||||||
102|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
103|| The Engineer || N/A || Barik || Torbjorn\
104Symmetra ||||||
105----
106|| [[MasterOfIllusion The Illusionist]] ||||||||||||
107|| A character that has the ability to fool the enemy into thinking that they're attacking them, only for them to reveal that they're somewhere else. Aside from trickery, it can be used for various juking. Smart players can spot the illusion easily, such as which one is moving awkwardly, which one has their attack power reduced or dealing no damage at all, or which one is running away instead of blindly attacking them nonstop. Of course, the hero can also fool the enemy with even better mind games, pretending that they're the illusion and making the enemy think that the illusion is the real deal, only to reveal that they're actually chasing the illusion. [[ConfusionFu Confused yet?]] ||||||||||||
108|| Phantom Lancer\
109Terrorblade\
110Naga Siren\
111Chaos Knight[[labelnote:*]]Although his illusions are more about damage than subterfuge[[/labelnote]] || [=LeBlanc=]\
112Wukong\
113Neeko\
114Fiddlesticks || Sun Wukong\
115The Morrigan || Nova\
116Samuro ||||||
117|| ''Dongfang Jing'' || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
118|| Circe\
119Silhouette\
120Xemplar || Leon Chameleon || N/A || N/A ||||||
121|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
122|| N/A || N/A || Ying || N/A ||||||
123----
124|| The Melee-Ranged Switcher ||||||||||||
125|| This hero uses a StanceSystem in which they modify whether their normal attacks becomes melee or ranged. They tend to be carries and have their own way to deal with enemies that get too close. Their skillset usually changes as their mode changes. One of the oft-used practices of this is by having the hero be a shapeshifter into an animal, since their beast form allows them to have a skill set that their human forms couldn't have and vice versa. ||||||||||||
126|| Troll Warlord\
127Lone Druid || Jayce\
128Elise\
129Nidalee || Artio\
130Tiamat\
131Ullr || Greymane ||||||
132|| Liliana || Roger || N/A || N/A ||||||
133|| Wildsoul || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
134|| [[VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis Blue Beetle]]\
135[[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Faris]] ||||||||||||
136----
137|| Temporary Ranged Switcher ||||||||||||
138|| A lesser version of the Melee-Ranged Switcher. They tend to be melee heroes, but they have a skill that enables them to attack at range for a short period of time, before reverting back to melee. For this, it's often to mind attack speed when using this character, even if they used to be a mage archetype. ||||||||||||
139|| Terrorblade\
140Dragon Knight || Kayle\
141Gnar[[labelnote:*]]Reversed: a ranged champion with a melee super-mode[[/labelnote]] || Freya || Genji[[labelnote:*]]Reversed: a ranged hero with a melee super-mode[[/labelnote]] ||||||
142|| Bright\
143''Sikong Zhen''[[labelnote:*]]A variant for both: their stance change is dependant not on their skill, but the range between their positions and their target's. If they're close to the target, they use melee attack (sword for Bright, lightning punch for Sikong Zhen), if they're further, they use ranged attack (javelin for Bright, lightning projectile for Sikong Zhen).[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
144|| Maliken\
145Myrmidon\
146Shadowblade || Admiral Swiggins || Idris || N/A ||||||
147|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' [[labelnote:*]]For HeroShooter, it's always Reversed[[/labelnote]] ||||||||||||
148|| N/A || N/A || Makoa\
149Tiberius || Winston ||||||
150----
151|| The Ranged-Ranged Switcher ||||||||||||
152|| Yet another variant on the StanceSystem, this is a hero who changes between two different auto attack modes, but both are ranged. Usually one attack is fast but low damage while the other is slower, deals more damage, and might have inherent drawbacks. Unlike its Melee-Ranged cousin, changing the actual skills is much less common. ||||||||||||
153|| N/A || Jinx\
154Aphelios[[labelnote:*]]he has ''five'' ranged guns[[/labelnote]] || N/A || Fenix\
155D.Va ||||||
156|| Capheny || Beatrix[[labelnote:*]]Similar to Aphelios, she has multiple guns and styles of shooting. Take your pick between the rapid-fire machine gun or single-shot powerful sniper rifle or grenade launcher or what have you...[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A ||||||
157|| Master of Arms || Ted [=McPain=]\
158Chucho Krokk\
159Derpl Zork || N/A || N/A ||||||
160|| [[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Kensu]] ||||||||||||
161|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' [[labelnote:*]]For HeroShooter, it's always Reversed[[/labelnote]] ||||||||||||
162|| N/A || N/A || Imani\
163Strix\
164Koga || N/A ||||||
165----
166|| The Cavalry Switcher ||||||||||||
167|| A slightly unorthodox switcher type. For the most part, this hero does look like they only walk on foot and has one skillset. Then suddenly, they call for help: A horse that they get on. You are probably thinking that this is just temporary and they're stuck with one type of attack (See the Rider Charge in the other page). But they're not. This is where by riding a mount, the hero gains another skill set to use normally while being able to attack normally as if they weren't mounted. Therefore, the mount does make a difference. Usually, speed bonus will always be the benefit of riding a horse, giving them chasing potentials. The horse may even act like an extra meat shield, increasing the hero's inherent HP. ||||||||||||
168|| N/A || Kled\
169Rell || Lancelot || N/A ||||||
170|| ''Guan Yu''[[labelnote:*]]A variant. He's attached with his horse, but he still has two stances based on how long his horse has walked continuously. This is his trait that doesn't get translated well to Superman in ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor''. Even if he has a similar kit in spirit, Superman does not ride a horse.[[/labelnote]] || Leomord || N/A || N/A ||||||
171|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
172
173----
174|| The Newbie Hero ||||||||||||
175|| This ''hero'' isn't a newbie, but is very beginner friendly and usually is the hero to guide new players in case they enter the Tutorial. Don't mistake them as weaklings though, because in the hands of expert player, they can be just as deadly as the harder heroes. May also serve as a 'poster boy/girl' for the games. ||||||||||||
176|| Sniper\
177Lich\
178Lion\
179Ursa || Ashe\
180Annie\
181Garen\
182Sona || Neith || Raynor\
183Li Li ||||||
184|| Valhein || Miya\
185Layla || N/A || Cinderace\
186Pikachu ||||||
187|| Swiftblade\
188Blood Hunter\
189Glacius\
190Solstice || Sheriff Lonestar\
191The Scoop of Justice || N/A || Lt. Belica\
192Twin Blast ||||||
193|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' [[labelnote:*]]For HeroShooter, this refers to the 'VideoGame/CallOfDuty guys', AKA the people who has a mundane assault rifle for weapon and can sprint[[/labelnote]] ||||||||||||
194|| N/A || N/A || Viktor || Soldier: 76 ||||||
195|| [[VideoGame/{{Battleborn}} Oscar Mike]] ||||||||||||
196----
197|| The Linker ||||||||||||
198|| A hero whose gameplay revolves around linking themself to an allied hero, usually granting them bonus attributes. This can lead into DifficultButAwesome because their effectiveness is affected by how good their linked allies' are. It could spell total disaster if you get separated from your linked ally, but if the hero is already self-sufficient on their own, that might be only a minor hindrance. There is a sub-archetype of this where the character instead becomes untargetable and attaches themselves into the character they choose to link and then not just buffing their partner, they're using the partner as a platform to cast their own spells, they can only die if they expose themselves open in search for a new partner or their partner dies first. This fixes their mobility problems, as well as becoming utterly nightmarish in case they link with a particularly agile character (or if the character is more MightyGlacier or StoneWall, they become even more unkillable). ||||||||||||
199|| '''''Normal Linker Character''''' ||||||||||||
200|| Io || Kalista\
201Taric\
202Rell || Aphrodite || Abathur\
203Auriel ||||||
204|| Rouie\
205''Da Qiao'' || Estes || N/A || N/A ||||||
206|| Empath || Ix the Interloper || N/A || N/A ||||||
207|| [[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Mina]] ||||||||||||
208|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
209|| The Medic[[labelnote:*]]Linking for a time not only just heals, but also activates the powerful ÜberCharge buff.[[/labelnote]] || N/A || Rei || N/A ||||||
210|| '''''Attacher Character''''' ||||||||||||
211|| N/A || Yuumi || N/A || N/A ||||||
212|| Aya\
213''Yao'' || Angela || N/A || Comfey ||||||
214|| Empath || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
215----
216|| The Recruiter ||||||||||||
217|| These heroes can quickly convert neutral mercenaries. If the neutrals are controllable, then they become something of DifficultButAwesome hero because you have to learn what each neutral does what to optimize their combat capabilities. ||||||||||||
218|| Chen\
219Enchantress || N/A || N/A || Any Hero with a Bribe-like talent[[labelnote:*]]Do X to get stacks of Bribe which instantly convert non-Elite Mercenaries[[/labelnote]] ||||||
220|| ''Ah Gu Duo'' || N/A || Moonstar || N/A ||||||
221|| Ophelia\
222Parasite[[labelnote:*]]Possesses them; overlaps with the Devourer[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
223----
224|| Frontline Mage Tank ||||||||||||
225|| Typically as a mage, you would stay the hell away from the frontline. However, when using these mages, you might feel better if you are in the front, maybe because this mage is naturally tanky or has skills that encourage them to be in the frontline, either through debilitating debuffs or great sustain. They most likely would be a mage version of MightyGlacier. ||||||||||||
226|| Necrophos\
227Ogre Magi\
228Leshrac\
229Void Spirit || Swain\
230Ryze\
231Vladimir\
232Annie[[labelnote:*]]Her Flash-Tibbers combo is a powerful teamfight initiation that encourages her to stay in the frontline waiting for the right time to initiate the fight[[/labelnote]] || Hades\
233Zhong Kui\
234Baron Samedi || Cho'Gall\
235Orphea ||||||
236|| Jinna\
237Marja\
238''Gao Jianli''\
239''Mi Yue'' || Alice\
240Esmeralda || N/A || N/A ||||||
241|| Soul Reaper\
242Oogie || Genji || N/A || N/A ||||||
243|| [[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Fenmore]] ||||||||||||
244----
245|| Dash-Spamming Mage Assassin ||||||||||||
246|| A {{Foil}} of the Frontline Mage Tank. These mages might not have the range compared to other nukers and may want to be in front, but they're still squishy. Their solution is the ability to dash/teleport multiple times (mostly via charges or very short cooldown) in a short time (and usually short range) while still maintaining their damage output. With that, they put up damage as much as their more long range mage compatriots, and their dash abilities makes them harder to be caught. Of course, if they're caught, [[GlassCannon they pop out MUCH quicker than the frontline mage tank]]. This may make them actually an Assassin in disguise (indeed, if the game uses multiple class assignment, the Assassin sub-class is often given to them). ||||||||||||
247|| Storm Spirit || Ahri || N/A || Li-Ming[[labelnote:*]]Especially if she specs for close range combat and makes her Teleport much more spammable[[/labelnote]] ||||||
248|| Lauriel\
249''Diao Chan'' || Harith || N/A || N/A ||||||
250|| Dr. Repulsor || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
251----
252|| The Devourer ||||||||||||
253|| These heroes have a tendency to make a unique use to their creeps/minions: Eat them. Why smack them dead when they can become nutrition or sorts for possibly extra abilities? Sometimes, though, it would be just an instant kill for these creeps/minions. While the usage of these consumed beings vary per hero, the basic idea is the same: This hero can be portrayed as a BigEater that feasts on creeps/minions. This kind of hero usually falls onto the evil side of the alignment axis. ||||||||||||
254|| Doom\
255Night Stalker || Tahm Kench\
256Cho'gath || Bakasura || Stitches ||||||
257|| N/A || Hanzo || N/A || N/A ||||||
258|| Cthulhuphant\
259Parasite[[labelnote:*]]Possesses them; overlaps with the Recruiter[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
260----
261|| Kill Cooldown Resetter ||||||||||||
262|| Some heroes have a way to decrease their own cooldown, but only partially by only decreasing it per seconds or decreasing its max cooldown timer. These guys take the concept up to eleven: They have ways, usually by killing someone or assisting, to completely reset or massively decrease the cooldown of one or all of their abilities, enabling them to kill one hero, refresh their skill(s), then repeat, creating a chain of killing that with enough skill, executes a TotalPartyKill. ||||||||||||
263|| Axe[[labelnote:*]]limited to Culling Blade[[/labelnote]]\
264Phantom Assassin[[labelnote:*]]requires Aghanim's Scepter[[/labelnote]] || Katarina\
265Master Yi[[labelnote:*]]reduces all basic ability cooldowns by 70% of the remainder[[/labelnote]]\
266Tristana[[labelnote:*]]limited to Rocket Jump[[/labelnote]]\
267Darius[[labelnote:*]]limited to Noxian Guillotine[[/labelnote]]\
268Kha'Zix[[labelnote:*]]limited to Evolved Leap[[/labelnote]]\
269Pyke[[labelnote:*]]limited to Death from Below[[/labelnote]]\
270Samira[[labelnote:*]]limited to Wild Rush[[/labelnote]]\
271Vex[[labelnote:*]]limited to Shadow Surge[[/labelnote]] || Scylla[[labelnote:*]]limited to I'm a Monster[[/labelnote]]\
272Achilles[[labelnote:*]]limited to Fatal Strike[[/labelnote]] || Li-Ming\
273Greymane[[labelnote:*]]limited to Go For the Throat[[/labelnote]]\
274Genji[[labelnote:*]]limited to Swift Strike[[/labelnote]] ||||||
275|| Butterfly || Karina\
276Martis || N/A || N/A ||||||
277|| Berzerker[[labelnote:*]]limited to Mark for Death and Chain Spike[[/labelnote]]\
278Legionaire[[labelnote:*]]Must be upgraded with Staff of the Master[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
279|| [[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Kindra\
280Basko]][[labelnote:*]]limited to Uprising[[/labelnote]]\
281[[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Zalgus]][[labelnote:*]]limited to Final Chapter[[/labelnote]] ||||||||||||
282|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
283|| N/A || N/A || Lian[[labelnote:*]]The cooldown reduction amount depends on the situation, but it's spread throughout her kit and cards that she had to be nerfed and still standing okay with it.[[/labelnote]] || N/A ||||||
284----
285|| One True Pet Master ||||||||||||
286|| Summon magic is pretty common in this genre. But sometimes, there are heroes that only settle with one pet. They are directly controllable, and instead of being summoned, they stick to the hero like glue; it's like you control two heroes at once, but only one is a full hero. This pet is more durable than other summons, and sometimes they cannot be hit at all, just following you and attacking. [[DecapitatedArmy Kill the hero, and usually the pet will follow in death]], kill the pet (if you can), then the hero will be severely crippled until the pet comes back. ||||||||||||
287|| Lone Druid\
288Dark Willow || Kindred\
289Orianna\
290Quinn || Skadi\
291Erlang Shen\
292Hera || Rexxar\
293Raynor[[labelnote:*]]With Raynor's Raider[[/labelnote]] ||||||
294|| Ishar\
295''Ah Gu Duo'' || Popol and Kupa || N/A || N/A ||||||
296|| Wildsoul\
297Tremble[[labelnote:*]]Has a AI-controlled pet by default, gains a 2nd controllable pet with Staff of the Master[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
298|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
299|| N/A || N/A || Moji\
300Io || N/A ||||||
301----
302|| The Micromanagement Heavy Gimmick Hero ||||||||||||
303|| This hero will stick out a lot among the others because they have one gimmick that affects how they are managed by the player, which can be radically different than every other hero, either needing to memorize a lot of things, demanding extremely good split-second positioning or needing to control many non-creep, precious units. They also form a core of their gameplay too, so micromanagement is a ''must'' to play this hero. Basically, this hero is ''the'' essential DifficultButAwesome; master the gimmick and do the micromanagement well, and you've got yourself a powerful hero. ||||||||||||
304|| Invoker[[labelnote:*]]memorizing spell combinations[[/labelnote]]\
305Meepo[[labelnote:*]]controlling 5 clones of him, one clone dies, all of them die[[/labelnote]] || Draven[[labelnote:*]]heavy positioning to keep his spinning axe damage on top[[/labelnote]]\
306Kalista[[labelnote:*]]timing her basic attacks to jump effectively and learning to use her champion linkage[[/labelnote]]\
307Azir[[labelnote:*]]controlling his soldiers[[/labelnote]]\
308Aphelios[[labelnote:*]]switching between two of five different guns with that all have different passive and active abilities[[/labelnote]] || Merlin[[labelnote:*]]Has three kits that are switchable manually only by using his Ultimate that does not have a short cooldown[[/labelnote]]\
309King Arthur[[labelnote:*]]Has two stances and constantly shifts between them after every normal ability cast, has cleaving basic attacks, and has all his abilities always set to Instant Cast[[/labelnote]] || Abathur[[labelnote:*]]non-combat hero that assists allies globally[[/labelnote]]\
310The Lost Vikings[[labelnote:*]]controlling all 3 Vikings and having to gain abilities as talents[[/labelnote]]\
311Samuro with Illusion Master[[labelnote:*]]controlling two clones of yourself and doing ConfusionFu by changing places between them[[/labelnote]]\
312Deathwing[[labelnote:*]]unable to be healed or buffed by allies, needs to manage health using his Z ability[[/labelnote]] ||||||
313|| N/A || Gusion[[labelnote:*]]Skills possess multiple forms depending on the situation, can reset the cooldown manually, generally requires extreme precision and fast hands of the player to maximize his burst potential.[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A ||||||
314|| Circe[[labelnote:*]]can spam illusions of any hero for massive ConfusionFu and can become a perfect copy of an enemy hero[[/labelnote]]\
315Gemini[[labelnote:*]]can split into two or three pets with weaker abilities[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
316----
317|| '''The Poisoner''' ||||||||||||
318|| A hero that specializes in poisons and damage-over-time. A very powerful hero that can kill you [[TakingYouWithMe even if they die]]. Comes in two flavours; The first applies a flat poison, usually a large base amount, the second applies a stacking poison that can become quite high with enough focus-fire. ||||||||||||
319|| '''''Flat Poison examples''''' ||||||||||||
320|| Venomancer\
321Viper\
322Jakiro || Teemo\
323Cassiopeia\
324Singed\
325Lillia || Martichoras || Nazeebo\
326Malthael\
327Stitches ||||||
328|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
329|| Slither || Gnaw || N/A || N/A ||||||
330|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
331|| N/A || N/A || Skye || N/A ||||||
332|| '''''Stacking Poison examples''''' ||||||||||||
333|| Dazzle\
334Shadow Demon || Twitch || Serqet || Lunara\
335Ana\
336Qhira ||||||
337|| Mganga\
338''Bai Que'' || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
339|| Bushwack || Qi'Tara || N/A || N/A ||||||
340----
341|| Corpse Manager ||||||||||||
342|| These heroes makes great use of corpses, usually raising them as friendly minions and/or gathering them as resources. They either bring out their stack of corpses somewhere, or just use the corpses lying on the battleground. Also for bonus points, they sometimes blow those corpses up. ||||||||||||
343|| Wraith King || Yorick || Ah Puch || Xul ||||||
344|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
345|| Gravekeeper || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
346|| [[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Desecrator]][[labelnote:*]][[His ultimate summons up to 3 decaying corpses that generate damaging miasma to all nearby enemies. Thematically, he's also a living graveyard.]][[/labelnote]] ||||||||||||
347----
348|| Aura Dancer ||||||||||||
349|| These heroes possess multiple auras that mostly buff their teammates, but only one may be active at a time. To facilitate with this, either their whole gameplay or one of their skills involve switching what aura they will use for the time, and can be used until they switch again, fitting the aura to what the team needed at the moment. ||||||||||||
350|| Doom[[labelnote:*]]While lacking auras in his base kit, Doom can ''Devour'' creeps to gain their abilities, generally a wide variety of Aura buffs.[[/labelnote]] || Sona || Amaterasu\
351Hel[[labelnote:*]]Shares half the benefits of her Passive buffs from her Switch Stances[[/labelnote]] || Lucio ||||||
352|| ''Yang Yuhuan'' || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
353|| Kane || N/A || N/A || Narbash ||||||
354----
355|| [[CastFromHitPoints HP Spender]] ||||||||||||
356|| This is a hero with a key skill in their kit which is cast using health, either alongside or instead of mana. Some heroes have an entire kit that can only be cast with health. Users of this almost always have ways of recovering their lost HP, making them not ''totally'' suicidal. ||||||||||||
357|| Pudge\
358Huskar\
359Phoenix\
360Centaur Warrunner || Zac\
361Dr. Mundo\
362Soraka\
363Vladimir\
364Mordekaiser || Thanatos || Gul'dan\
365Zul'jin\
366Alexstrasza ||||||
367|| Taara\
368''Cheng Yaojin'' || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
369|| Amun-Ra || Ayla\
370Clunk || N/A || N/A ||||||
371|| [[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Fenmore, Viyana]] ||||||||||||
372|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
373|| N/A || N/A || Koga[[labelnote:*]]with the Dragon Fangs talent[[/labelnote]] || N/A ||||||
374----
375|| BountyHunter ||||||||||||
376|| Though not always possessing the job description, there's usually a hero with a bounty mechanic put on the enemy. Basically, these heroes mark an enemy globally and they either receive bonus when fighting the marked enemy, or when killing them. The bonuses vary between games, but the hunter and the hunted know who's got the bounty on whose head. The marks are either put on manually or automated depending on the character. ||||||||||||
377|| Bounty Hunter || Old!Garen[[labelnote:*]]Used to have a 'Villain' mechanic on which enemy champion has the most kills. However, it has been removed.[[/labelnote]]\
378Kindred || Kali || Alarak[[labelnote:*]]with Rite of Rak'Shir[[/labelnote]] ||||||
379|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
380|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
381|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
382|| N/A || N/A || Lex || N/A ||||||
383----
384|| Furious Enrager ||||||||||||
385|| Sometimes, mana gets an alternate resource bar, and the most common one is Fury. These characters use the concept of Fury as their alternative to mana, gained by either dealing or taking damage, encouraging them to fight a lot to utilize their skills. Fury will usually max out at 100, but if that state is reached, the character basically becomes a bigger force to be reckoned with. The BarbarianHero is a common user of this archetype. ||||||||||||
386|| N/A || Tryndamere\
387Shyvana\
388Renekton\
389Gnar || Cu Chulainn || Sonya\
390Hogger ||||||
391|| ''Zhang Fei''[[note]]Cresht used to follow Zhang Fei's model, but he's reworked to no longer use Rage.[[/note]] || Minotaur || N/A || N/A ||||||
392|| N/A || Nibbs || Rona || N/A ||||||
393|| [[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Freia, Viridian]] ||||||||||||
394----
395|| Aerial Combatant ||||||||||||
396|| In every MOBA, expect one or more characters to fly above the ground. The most popular way is a propeller-powered flying machine, but flying creatures or mounts are also common. Oh, and their flight is always totally cosmetic: [[GameplayAndStorySegregation you won't have any difficulty walking up to them and hitting them with your sword]], unless you're in a HeroShooter, to which [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration their flight isn't just for show]]. And they won't even use their flight to get out of being stuck unless they have a skill to bypass terrain. ||||||||||||
397|| Gyrocopter[[labelnote:*]]Flying machine (the gyrocopter)[[/labelnote]]\
398Batrider[[labelnote:*]]Giant bat rider[[/labelnote]]\
399Viper[[labelnote:*]]Flying snake[[/labelnote]]\
400Jakiro[[labelnote:*]]Flying two-headed dragon[[/labelnote]]\
401Visage[[labelnote:*]]Gargoyle[[/labelnote]] || Corki[[labelnote:*]]Flying machine[[/labelnote]]\
402Aurelion Sol[[labelnote:*]]Flying dragon[[/labelnote]]\
403Kayle[[labelnote:*]]Flying WingedHumanoid[[/labelnote]] || Kukulkan[[labelnote:*]]Flying serpent[[/labelnote]] || Falstad[[labelnote:*]]Gryphon rider[[/labelnote]]\
404Brightwing[[labelnote:*]]Flying "dragon"[[/labelnote]]\
405Tyrael[[labelnote:*]]angel humanoid[[/labelnote]]\
406Auriel[[labelnote:*]]angel humanoid\
407has a level 20 talent that allows her to fly long distances[[/labelnote]]\
408Malthael[[labelnote:*]]humanoid fallen angel[[/labelnote]] ||||||
409|| Preyta[[labelnote:*]]Wyvern rider[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
410|| Klanx[[labelnote:*]]One-handed flying device[[/labelnote]] || Vinnie & Spike[[labelnote:*]]Flying pufferfish (Spike)[[/labelnote]]\
411Chucho Krokk[[labelnote:*]]Flying bike[[/labelnote]]\
412Yuri[[labelnote:*]]Flying monkey (jet pack)[[/labelnote]]\
413Max Focus[[labelnote:*]]Flying robot[[/labelnote]] || N/A || Muriel[[labelnote:*]]Flying robot\
414usually floats\
415flies with her ultimate[[/labelnote]] ||||||
416|| [[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Dibs]][[labelnote:*]]during ultimate; gains wings and the ability to fly across the map once[[/labelnote]] ||||||||||||
417|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
418|| N/A || N/A || Drogoz\
419Willo\
420Evie\
421Grohk[[labelnote:*]]Jetpack, fairy wings, magic staff, and cloud, respectively. In Willo and Grohk's cases, they can only fly during their ultimates.[[/labelnote]] || Pharah\
422Mercy[[labelnote:*]]Flyers but in Mercy's case, only during her ultimate.[[/labelnote]] ||||||
423
424----
425|| Obstacle Bypasser ||||||||||||
426|| There are various natural obstacles that surround the MOBA field. Either trees, just lumps of rocks or walls. There's no absolute way to bypass this except of pure teleportation, some abilities that allowed temporary bypassing, or sometimes jump... Or these characters. These characters have their way to stay within the obstacle and then surprises the enemy with it, or using it as a mere shortcut on their walking path, and suddenly getting through the enemy with a surprise, with less mana spent. An ultimate ParanoiaFuel that makes others be very wary around their surroundings. Of course, the bypasser needs to be wary and not stay in the obstacle for too long. There will be penalized if they stayed too long, the most common penalty being that they'll be stuck and unable to get out of that solid obstacle. ||||||||||||
427|| Spectre\
428Batrider\
429Winter Wyvern\
430Treant Protector\
431Lina\
432Hoodwink\
433Visage\
434Night Stalker || Nocturne\
435Kayn || Cliodhna || N/A ||||||
436|| Keera\
437''Yun Zhongjun''\
438''Fei'' || Ling\
439Novaria || N/A || N/A ||||||
440|| Sand Wraith || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
441----
442|| Obstacle (Trees) Swingers ||||||||||||
443|| Another case of using the obstacle to one's advantage, though most commonly taking form of trees. These heroes have the ability to attach themselves to said obstacle/trees from afar and then utilize various effects on it, usually by zipping to said tree/obstacle like traveling through a grappling hook. Coming in contact with these heroes while they're on the way to the obstacle may result damage or they can just simply attack you en route, making for a stylish finisher. This can make them a feared hero in the jungle (even if they're not necessarily junglers), because the obstacles are very condensed there, which means more places to put a swinging hook on. ||||||||||||
444|| Timbersaw || Akshan || N/A || N/A ||||||
445|| Aoi || Fanny || N/A || N/A ||||||
446|| Silhouette || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
447----
448|| Extremist Escapeless Marksman ||||||||||||
449|| Hard carries are one thing in MOBA, the type of heroes that start out really weak or useless and then they become utterly powerful in the end. And then there's these kind of carries: Always taking form of a ranged hero, they have extreme damage output with their normal attacks, and sometimes they can boost it even further. However, they're very very defenseless if someone ever gets close to them, because they have extremely limited escape option (usually either just a minor speed boost, or soft crowd control or an unreliable hard crowd control). If you find any internet guides, you'll almost always find 'No mobility' listed as their flaw. This makes positioning and retreat timing really vital for these kind of characters, and the more mobile heroes will find them easy foods or bully targets even moreso than other carries, especially when they're trying to farm somewhere far from the team in trying to make up for lost resources. If they have their way, however, then they will become a devastating carry that simply shoots the enemy to death before they even get close. And some of them are even classified as 'newbie hero', which might be good for teaching the players the importance of positioning and decision making on when to retreat which will carry on once the player try out marksmen that actually had mobility. ||||||||||||
450|| Sniper\
451Drow Ranger || Ashe\
452Miss Fortune || Artemis || N/A ||||||
453|| Tel'Annas\
454Yorn || Hanabi || N/A || N/A ||||||
455|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
456----
457|| Roaming-Support Hooker ||||||||||||
458|| [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant ... Not]] [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold that kind of hooker.]] This is an archetype of heroes with skillset that makes them dangerous pub-stompers and usually played at either a roamer or support, they're never carries. They have a [[YouWillNotEvadeMe long skillshot chain-hook that drags people to them]] (refer to the GET OVER HERE skills in the skill and items page, but not all who possess this skill can be this), but in the same time, they also have a skill that implements crowd control on them, putting the enemy in place (most commonly a rooted beatdown, but that's not always the case). So you are not just being hooked onto them, you're staying there with very small chance to escape, hoping you can press your escape button quicker than they press their disable onto you, which also allows their teammates to beat the hell out of you. And that is why they're considered extreme dangers to mostly pub stompers, an expert player usually would mind their positioning and map vision so they know they won't get dragged. These heroes tend to be modeled after [[VideoGame/{{Dota 2}} Pudge the Butcher]] who goes to become an iconic character amongst the genre, so often as a ShoutOut, they can get [[TheButcher a butcher skin]]. Characterization-wise, it also follows Pudge as well: these characters are mostly on the lower scale of alignment. If they're not downright evil, they are at best neutral (but still manages to be creepy and terrifying). ||||||||||||
459|| Pudge || Blitzcrank[[labelnote:*]]He actually has two disables to replace the rooted beatdown: An area Silence and an uppercut[[/labelnote]] || Sylvanus || Stitches ||||||
460|| Grakk\
461''Zhong Kui'' || Franco[[labelnote:*]]An aversion of the characterization basis: Franco is the BigGood of his region, making him the TokenGoodTeammate of the whole archetype.[[/labelnote]] || N/A || N/A ||||||
462|| Devourer || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
463|| Grom (''Heroes Evolved'') ||||||||||||
464|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES'''[[note]]Those from this examples tend to downplay the rooted beatdown part, their crowd control tend to be lesser than most[[/note]] ||||||||||||
465|| N/A || N/A || Makoa || Roadhog ||||||
466----
467|| Loner Punisher ||||||||||||
468|| A MOBA is a team game, therefore it's very impudent that you stick together with your team. But sometimes, you split up at any time. Maybe the game has just begun and you have to go to separate lanes, sometimes alone. Maybe [[LetsSplitUpGang you want to split-push.]] Or maybe you get too cocky and think that you alone will be enough. And these heroes are the ones to capitalize that situation and makes you think twice to split. Because they have certain skills or innate passive within them which will punish [[IneffectualLoner any heroes who think they're well off alone]], isolated without any fellow heroes or even lane minions nearby. Usually, it translates to them dealing even bigger damage when attacking a loner. In mobile games, this is modified with how all basic attacks are basically SplashDamage with no room for accurate 'point and click': In order for the punisher to work, they have to make sure that their attacks only hits one enemy, otherwise they just deal normal damage. This kind of hero is almost always damage-dealer (either fighters or assassins) by nature. Sticking together tends to be this hero's AchillesHeel. ||||||||||||
469|| Spectre || Kha'Zix || N/A || N/A ||||||
470|| Amily\
471''Kai'' || Alucard || N/A || N/A ||||||
472|| Sand Wraith || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
473|| '''HERO SHOOTER EXAMPLES''' ||||||||||||
474|| N/A || N/A || N/A || Soldier: 76[[note]]His ultimate is far more effective if he encounters a lone hero rather than when grouped together, since he cannot concentrate his bullet barrage to just one person[[/note]] ||||||
475----
476|| Interactive Object Mage ||||||||||||
477|| A peculiar variant of mage where their gameplay revolve around putting an object that can stay in the map and they can interact with. Unlike the pets, these objects do not move on their own will, the caster must manually relocate them. However, these objects can be interacted with, usually damaging enemies as they're moved from another path or become the conduit of their spellcasting. They're also not allowed to move too far from their object, otherwise the object teleports back to their hand, waiting to be thrown to the field again. These heroes tend to be difficult and unfitting for newbies, but expert players can certainly utilize and interact with these objects, making them a lot more versatile and deadly than a standard mage. ||||||||||||
478|| N/A || Orianna\
479Syndra || N/A || N/A ||||||
480|| Lorion\
481''Yi Xing'' || Kagura || N/A || N/A ||||||
482|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
483----
484|| The Avenger ||||||||||||
485|| Combining with the thematic archetype, there's usually a character who has one theme: ''Vengeance''. They seek revenge on someone, and can be very nasty and persistent in battle. And you better beware if you happen to pick the character they're taking revenge on, [[SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration because they're usually tailor-made to counter that type of hero.]] Another way to represent this is how their skills may have some effect to make the attacker ever ''regret'' attacking them, there will be a form of retribution on the attacker (the most common form is [[AttackReflector a type of return-damage]]), which might not always kill them, but still debilitating. Those who do not have such direct vengeance mechanic, but their story still revolving around vengeance will be marked with a *. ||||||||||||
486|| Vengeful Spirit || Kalista* || Nemesis\
487Ishtar || Maiev* ||||||
488|| Mina || Pharsa* || N/A || N/A ||||||
489|| N/A || Deadlift || N/A || N/A ||||||
490|| [[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} Freia]][[labelnote:*]]"WHERE'S FENMORE?!"[[/labelnote]] ||||||||||||
491----
492
493|| The OptionalBoss ||||||||||||
494|| Almost always unplayable[[note]]The trend is only broken first at 2023, with ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}[='=]s'' Fire Giant PromotedToPlayable as Surtr, but aside of that, everyone else is unplayable[[/note]], each MOBA usually has a super monster that is very tough to beat and is almost impossible to solo, especially at low levels. At high levels, it may be possible to solo them, but will take a lot of effort, so it's better to group up against it. It usually yields a big reward. Occasionally a lesser version can appear, it'll be called 'Bonus Sub Boss' and the reward is usually global money for the team. Certain bosses have the ability to be summoned as an NPC that will help greatly for lane pushing, which is usually called 'Siege Bonus Boss', this usually doubles as the default normal bonus boss. ||||||||||||
495|| Normal Optional Boss ||||||||||||
496|| Roshan || Baron Nashor\
497Vilemaw || Fire Giant[[labelnote:*]]Up until he is PromotedToPlayable as Surtr[[/labelnote]]\
498Apep/Apophis || Headless Horseman ||||||
499|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
500|| Kongor || Solar Boss || N/A || N/A ||||||
501|| [[VideoGame/StrifeMOBA Chandara]]\
502[[VideoGame/{{Dawngate}} The Parasite]] ||||||||||||
503|| Bonus Sub Boss ||||||||||||
504|| Tormentor || Dragon || Gold Fury || N/A ||||||
505|| Kraydus/Abyssal Dragon || Turtle || Avatar of Bast || N/A ||||||
506|| N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A ||||||
507|| [[VideoGame/StrifeMOBA Baldir]] ||||||||||||
508|| Siege Optional Boss ||||||||||||
509|| N/A || Rift Herald[[labelnote:*]]The only one that's temporary, after awhile, it gets replaced by Baron Nashor.[[/labelnote]] || Siege Beast || Various Boss Mercs ||||||
510|| Dark Slayer/Lord Caesar || Lord || Surtr || N/A ||||||

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