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Stukov Stukov

A Healer that brings high amounts of disruption from long range.

Identity

Title
Infested Admiral
Type
Melee
Role
Healer
Difficulty
Medium
Life
Health
Shield
Shields
Energy
Mana
Franchise
Starcraft
Gender
n/a
Rarity
Legendary

Tags

AllyHealer EnergyImportant Helper RoleSupport SelfHealer
Alexei Stukov had a hard life, and an even harder death. He has been betrayed, shot into space, resurrected and infested, almost cured, and then experimented upon as the infestation returned. Now, his infestation spreads within the Nexus...

Stats

Released
July 11, 2017
Size
0.6875
Speed
4.8398
Vision
12
Life
1850 (+4% per level)
Regen
3.8554 (+4% per level)
Range
1.5
Damage
261 (+4% per level)
Attacks
0.7 per second

Abilities

Healing Pathogen
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Infest allies with a spreading healing Virus

  • Type: Basic (Q)
  • Cooldown: 10 seconds
  • Mana: 40

Infest an allied Hero with a Healing Pathogen that heals the target for 222 (+4% per level) Health over 4.5 seconds. Healing Pathogens can spread to a nearby allied Hero every 0.75 seconds.

Each cast of Healing Pathogen can only spread to each allied Hero 1 time.

Weighted Pustule
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Damage enemies and infest them with a Slowing Virus

  • Type: Basic (W)
  • Cooldown: 10 seconds
  • Mana: 50

Hurl a pustule that impacts all enemy Heroes in its path, dealing 20 (+4% per level) damage and Slowing by 5%, increasing to 50% over 3 seconds. Deals an additional 88 (+4% per level) damage upon expiring or being removed.

Lurking Arm
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Continually damage and Silence enemies in an area

  • Type: Basic (E)
  • Cooldown: 10 seconds
  • Mana: 60

Channel at a target location, creating an area that deals 136 (+4% per level) damage per second to non-Structure enemies and Silences them. Deals 50% reduced damage to non-Heroes.

Does not cost Mana while Channeling, and lasts until canceled or interrupted.

Massive Shove
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Shove an enemy until they collide with terrain

  • Type: Heroic
  • Cooldown: 20 seconds
  • Mana: 50

Extend Stukov's arm. If it hits an enemy Hero, they are rapidly shoved until they collide with terrain, dealing 190 (+4% per level) damage and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds. Stukov gains 50 Armor while shoving an enemy.

Flailing Swipe
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Knock back enemies in front of Stukov

  • Type: Heroic
  • Cooldown: 60 seconds
  • Mana: 60

Swipe 3 times in front of Stukov over 1.75 seconds, dealing 48 (+4% per level) damage to enemies hit and knocking them away. Each swipe is larger than the previous.

Bio-Kill Switch
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Detonate Viruses for immediate effects

  • Type: Trait
  • Cooldown: 16 seconds
  • Mana: n/a

Activate to detonate all of Stukov's Viruses. Each Healing Pathogen heals its target for 450 (+4% per level) Health, and each Weighted Pustule does 100 (+4% per level) damage and Slows its target by 70% for 2 seconds.

Can be cast while Channeling Lurking Arm.

Summon Mount
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n/a

  • Type: Mount (Z)
  • Cooldown: 4 seconds
  • Mana: n/a

After Channeling for 1 second, gain 30% Movement Speed.

Hearthstone
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n/a

  • Type: Hearth (B)
  • Cooldown: n/a
  • Mana: n/a

After Channeling for 6 seconds, teleport back to the Hall of Storms, instantly restoring 1125 Health and 150 Mana.

Quick Spray Expression
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n/a

  • Type: Spray
  • Cooldown: 3 seconds
  • Mana: n/a

Express yourself to other players by marking the ground with your selected spray.

Quick Voice Line Expression
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n/a

  • Type: Voice
  • Cooldown: 7 seconds
  • Mana: n/a

Express yourself to other players by playing your selected Voice Line.

Unsummon Mount
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n/a

  • Type: Mount (Z)
  • Cooldown: n/a
  • Mana: n/a

Dismounts you.

Lurking Arm Cancel
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n/a

  • Type: Basic (E)
  • Cooldown: n/a
  • Mana: n/a

Cancel Lurking Arm.

Talents

Talent Icon Fetid Touch

Basic Attacks become ranged and Slow enemies by 15% for 1.5 seconds, but deal 50% less damage. This effect can be toggled.

❗Quest: Hit Heroes with Weighted Pustule.

❗Reward: After hitting 20 Heroes, reduce the cooldown of Weighted Pustule by 5 seconds and remove its Mana cost.
Talent Icon Reactive Ballistospores

While below 50% Health, the cooldown of Bio-Kill Switch refreshes 150% faster.

Activate to instantly spread a Weighted Pustule to all nearby enemy Heroes and reset the cooldown of Bio-Kill Switch.

This effect has a 60 second cooldown.
Talent Icon Low Blow

Lurking Arm deals 100% more damage to enemy Heroes below 50% Health and persists for 1 second after it is canceled.
Talent Icon One Good Spread...

After a Healing Pathogen infests 3 targets, restore 10 Mana and reduce the cooldown of Healing Pathogen by 2 seconds.
Talent Icon Biotic Armor

Healing Pathogen grants 10 Physical Armor to targets while active on them. Detonating Bio-Kill Switch increases this bonus to 50 for 2.5 seconds.
Talent Icon Vigorous Reuptake

Bio-Kill Switch heals for 30% more when detonating 3 or more Healing Pathogens.
Talent Icon The Long Pitch

Increase the range of Weighted Pustule by 50%. Detonating 2 or more Weighted Pustules causes Stukov's Bio-Kill Switch and Basic Ability cooldowns to recharge 100% faster for 3 seconds.
Talent Icon Growing Infestation

Lurking Arm's area expands by 50% over 2.5 seconds, but it cannot be Channeled for longer than 4 seconds.
Talent Icon Targeted Excision

Detonating exactly 1 Weighted Pustule (but any number of Healing Pathogens) with Bio-Kill Switch reduces the cooldown of Bio-Kill Switch to 8 seconds and other Basic Abilities by 1.5 seconds.
Talent Icon Flailing Swipe

Cooldown: 60 seconds

Swipe 3 times in front of Stukov over 1.75 seconds, dealing 48 (+4% per level) damage to enemies hit and knocking them away. Each swipe is larger than the previous.
Talent Icon Massive Shove

Cooldown: 20 seconds

Extend Stukov's arm. If it hits an enemy Hero, they are rapidly shoved until they collide with terrain, dealing 190 (+4% per level) damage and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds. Stukov gains 50 Armor while shoving an enemy.
Talent Icon It Hungers

Increase the range of Lurking Arm by 20%. If Lurking Arm damages enemy Heroes 8 times, its cooldown is reset and its Mana cost is refunded.
Talent Icon Virulent Reaction

Detonating a Weighted Pustule on an enemy who is inside of Lurking Arm Roots them for 1.5 seconds.
Talent Icon Poppin' Pustules

Detonating Weighted Pustule with Bio-Kill Switch within 1.5 seconds of its expiration increases its damage by 150% and applies its damage and Slow in an area. Enemy Heroes hit have a Weighted Pustule applied to them.
Talent Icon Superstrain

Whenever an ally with Healing Pathogen is Stunned or Rooted, they are instantly healed for 250 (+4% per level) Health.
Talent Icon Universal Carrier

Healing Pathogen can continually spread through Stukov, but its healing is reduced by 40%.
Talent Icon Pox Populi

Bio-Kill Switch no longer removes Healing Pathogen but instead sets its duration to 3 seconds.
Talent Icon Controlled Chaos

Flailing Swipe gains 2 additional charges, but each use only swings 1 time, at maximum range. Additionally, its cooldown is decreased to 25 seconds, and its Mana cost is reduced from 60 to 25.
Talent Icon Push Comes To Shove

Massive Shove Slows its target by 50% for 4 seconds upon colliding with terrain. If Massive Shove pushes a target for more than 1.25 seconds, its cooldown is reduced by 15 seconds.
Talent Icon Top Off

Healing Pathogen's heal over time is increased by 30% while its target is above 60% Health.
Talent Icon Bio-Explosion Switch

Bio-Kill Switch now also detonates Lurking Arm, dealing 230 (+4% per level) damage, applying a Weighted Pustule, and Silencing enemy Heroes inside for 2.5 seconds.
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