The Pyromancer

Ardeos

An exceptional pyromancer too powerful for the academies and too reckless to leave to his own devices. Ardeos joins the Fellowship to prove his flame will forge him into a hero, not an omen of apocalypse.

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Playstyle

Ardeos is a cocky Spellcasting Damage Dealer who utilizes powerful Damage over Time effects. The fact that others have struggled to utilize such raw power doesn't concern him, he's found it to be a snap! Ardeos utilizes a system called Embers and Burning Embers. When he uses his basic abilities he collects the remaining Embers of the spellcast. When enough Embers have been collected they are set ablaze as Burning Embers. The Burning Embers can be spent to cast Detonate, causing your fiery Damage over Time effects to contribute to instantanous burst damage.

Spirit Ability

Increases the chance to trigger a "Spirit Refund" whenever you use an ability that costs Burning Embers, causing you to refund any Burning Embers spent when using that ability. You also gain "Rising Spirit" for 10 seconds, increasing your Intellect by 5%. Each time you trigger the "Spirit Refund" you gain 1 Spirit Point toward your Spirit Ability charge.

Talents

Slow Burn Icon 2
Slow Burn
Frog Squad Icon 2
Frog Squad
Great Balls of Fire Icon 2
Great Balls of Fire
Backdraft Icon 1
Backdraft
Flare up Icon 1
Flare up
Apocalyptic Surge Icon 1
Apocalyptic Surge
Agonizing Blaze Icon 2
Agonizing Blaze
Firestarter Icon 2
Firestarter
Undying Flame Icon 2
Undying Flame
Cascading Inferno Icon 1
Cascading Inferno
Crash and Burn Icon 1
Crash and Burn
Crackling Inferno Icon 1
Crackling Inferno
Rolling Flames Icon 3
Rolling Flames
Pyrophibian Frenzy Icon 3
Pyrophibian Frenzy
Reign of Fire Icon 3
Reign of Fire
Burning Initiative Icon 1
Burning Initiative
Intensifying Inferno Icon 1
Intensifying Inferno
Spontaneous Combustion Icon 1
Spontaneous Combustion

Abilities

Detonate Icon
Detonate
Power

Instantly Detonate all active fire damage over time effects from Ardeos abilities on enemies, dealing damage equal to 3.0 seconds of average ticking damage to each enemy.

All damage over time effects from your hero abilities tick 30% faster for 9 sec.

Can be used during Global Cooldown

Conjure a fiery wave to cascade toward your target, dealing 180 - 220 fire damage.

Generates 40 Cinders.

CINDERS
For every 100 Cinder you generate, you gain 1 Burning Ember, shown in the UI below your character as four orbs. Your Burning Embers are used to cast your powerful Detonate ability.

Throw a ball of fiery devestation at the targeted area, dealing 526 - 643 fire damage to all enemies in the radius and setting them on fire, dealing an additional 20% of the initial damage dealt over 12 seconds.

Fire Ball's damage over time can not critically strike.

Your Haste is also applied as Cooldown Acceleration on Fire Ball.

Each tick of Fireball has a 50% chance to generate 2 Cinders.

CINDERS
For every 100 Cinder you generate, you gain 1 Burning Ember, shown in the UI below your character as four orbs. Your Burning Embers are used to cast your powerful Detonate ability.

Interrupt the target's spellcasting and prevent it from casting for 4 sec.
Must interrupt a spell, or it will have no effect.

Can be used during Global Cooldown

Instantly teleport forward a short distance.

Can be used during Global Cooldown

You take 40% reduced damage for 4 seconds.

Can be used during Global Cooldown

A jet of fire erupts from your hands as you channel for 2.5 seconds, dealing 288 - 352 fire damage every 0.5 seconds to all enemies in a cone in front of you.

Each hit extends the duration of your active damage over time effects by 1.5 seconds on the targets and applies a stacking damage over time to them dealing 35 - 42 fire damage every 3 seconds for 12 seconds. The damage over time portion is increased by +30% for each stack that is applied to an enemy.

SPIRIT ABILITY
When you activate your Spirit ability you gain Spirit of Heroism, granting +30% Haste for 20 sec.

Conjure five Fire Frogs to leap at your enemies dealing 77 - 94 fire damage and burning them for an additional 100% of the initial damage dealt over 12 seconds.

Fire Frogs' damage over time can not critically strike.

Each Fire Frog will perform 3 attacks before dissipating.

Conjure a bright flash of fire in front of the target's eyes, causing them to become Disoriented for 30 seconds.

Disorient
Disoriented enemies are incapacitated, left to wander around aimlessly for the duration. Any damage dealt to a disoriented enemy will break the effect.

Can be used during Global Cooldown

Conjure a major eruption of fire in the targeted area, dealing 2166 - 2647 fire damage and applying Searing Blaze to all enemies in a large radius.

For the next 7 seconds, your Engulfing Flames is instant cast and also applies Searing Blaze to the target.

When used on an enemy that already has both Engulfing Flames and Searing Blaze active on them, you instantly deal an additional 203% intellect damage to the target and generate 45 Embers.

Can be used during Global Cooldown and while Casting

Target enemy burns for 58 - 71 fire damage every 2 seconds for 30 seconds

Generates 12 Cinders over its full duration.

CINDERS
For every 100 Cinder you generate, you gain 1 Burning Ember, shown in the UI below your character as four orbs. Your Burning Embers are used to cast your powerful Detonate ability.

Engulf your target in flames, dealing 169 - 207 fire damage every 1.5 seconds for 9 seconds.

REKINDLED FLAME
Each stack of Engulfing Flames that is active on an enemy as it dies, grants you 10 seconds reduced cooldown on your Engulfing Flames.

Generates 30 Cinders over its full duration.

CINDERS
For every 100 Cinder you generate, you gain 1 Burning Ember, shown in the UI below your character as four orbs. Your Burning Embers are used to cast your powerful Detonate ability.

Instantly adds an Engulfing Flames effect on the target, and apply it to up to 2 other nearby enemies. Enemies without an already active Engulfing Flames and with the highest amount of health will be highest priority.

Can be used during Global Cooldown

Inflicting fire damage every 2 seconds.

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