Human Hero Guide

Elder Wizard



Hero Description:



Stat Distributions:



Pros:
-Highly damaging magic skills with relatively fast cooldown times.
-Effective at farming creeps and harressing enemy heroes.
-Decent supporting skills.
-Massive mana pool for mana demanding spells.

Cons:
-Highly vulnerable against both physical and magical attacks.
-Highly incapable of commencing stealth attacks.
-Effectiveness decreases as game progresses.

Skills:

Fireball



Fireball is the basic nuking spell of the Elder Wizard. Its damage is somewhat below average compared to most nuking spells, but it has a nice 2 second stun effect, which gives the Elder Wizard a fair amount of offensive support capability. Moreover, the stun and damage effects have an area of effect of 300, which means it can be used to farm creeps, counter ganks, support allies, making Fireball one of the most versatille spells available. Definitely a must-have skill for the Elder Wizard.

Fire Orbs



Fire Orbs is a damage enhancing spell which adds fire damage to your attacks, and that's it. It seems to be quite a mundane skill compared to the other skills of the Elder Wizard, and does not complement greatly with them either. However, it has an extremely low mana cost to damage ratio, which makes it a great harrassing/farming skill at early game. Moreover, it is one of the few spells in game which can actually affect buildings, making it also act as an effective pushing skill. Learning this skill is optional, but it is good to have it at moderately high levels in early game.

Lesser Power: Blaze Armor



Blaze Armor is the signature skill of the Elder Wizard. It greatly increases the armor of a target allied unit, and makes nearby enemy units burn at take duration damage. With an effective area of 350, it is one of the best possible pushing and harressing skills in the game. Combined with Fireball and Eternal Fire, it can deal a ton of damage to an attacking hero, or even rout a full-scale assault. Furthermore, the massive armor bonus it gives also makes it a highly effective defensive support skill. An essential skill for the Elder Wizard.

Ultimate: Eternal Fire



Eternal Fire is the strongest DPS skill in the Elder Wizard's array of spells. At early-mid game stages, it is capable to take away a major portion of hit points even from a Strength based attacker. The additional 20% slow effect of the skill can be also useful against escaping heroes. Moreover, the DPS affects an area around the target enemy, which makes it capable of killing multiple units. It is an excellent spell to have, if your mana pool permits you to use it.