Human Hero Guide

Castle Defender



Hero Description:



Stat Distributions:



Pros:
-Insanely powerful tanking machine which gets stronger as game progresses.
-Equipped with an array of highly effective support skills.
-Active skills make decent creep farming skills.
-Highly effective against physical damage based heroes.

Cons:
-Extremely low DPS, especially on the physical side.
-Lacks proficiency in hero killing.
-Slow speed and short ranged spells makes him incapable of effective ambushes.
-Relatively small mana pool compared to spell mana costs.

Skills:

Power Defense



Power Defense is highly variable. It has a relative small chance of activation, but when activated it can block all damage from a damage instance. This may not prove to be of much use at earlier game stages, but as the game progresses on, when heroes have increasingly high damage both on spells and physical attacks, this skill will work wonders. Imagine a Hell's Blast from a Level 4 Soulreaper's Loop triggering this skill, and that totals up to 3600 damage blocked at an instance. Pretty scary, right? A highly recommended secondary skill after learning Seal of Reflection.

Seal of Reflection



Seal of Reflection is an exceptionally powerful defensive support skill. It increases the armor of nearby allies and causes enemies that attack them to have returned damage. This not only makes the whole team less vulnerable to physical attacks, its damage return effect is also highly useful at harrassing, especially against heroes who rely primarily on their physical attacks to deal damage. An essential skill for any build of the Castle Defender.

Lesser Power: Pain Sharing



Pain Sharing is arguably the most effective non-ultimate damaging spell in the whole game. With a damage of 875 at Level 6, there is no other non-ultimate damaging skill that can even come close to compare with it. Plus, with the additional 1.8 second area stunning effect, this skill even works well with ganks and escaping heroes. The only downsides of this skill are the intensive mana cost and the massive life penalty the Castle Defender receives upon casting this skill.

Ultimate: Skin of Steel



Sometimes the most simple skills are the one which are the most effective. The Skin of Steel gives the Castle Defender a significant boost to hit points and armor. It enables the Castle Defender to cast Pain Sharing more frequently with his massive life pool, and when this skill is combined with Seal of Reflection and Power Defense it literally turns the Castle Defender into an ultimate tanking machine. Although Power Defense, Seal of Reflection and Pain Sharing do not complement greatly with each other, they all make excellent synergies with Skin of Steel, and hence this skill is most definitely a must-learn for the Castle Defender.