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Data Page for Stukov
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name name Stukov
date date July 11, 2017
price price 10000
title title Infested Admiral
role role Healer
franchise franchise Starcraft
info info A Healer who brings high amounts of disruption from long range.
lore lore 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...
difficulty difficulty Medium
melee melee True
health health 1850
healthRegen health regen 3.8554
resource resource 500
resourceType resource type Mana
armor armor 0
attackSpeed attack speed 0.67
attackRange attack range 1.5
attackDamage attack damage 261
healthScaling health scaling 0.04
regenScaling health regen scaling 0.04
adamageScaling attack damage scaling 0.04
unitRadius unit radius 0.6875
skills skills see below
talents talent_<tier>_<column> see below

Skills

Bio-Kill Switch Icon
D
Bio-Kill Switch
Cooldown: 16 seconds

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

Can be cast while channeling Lurking Arm.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd Control / Healing
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemy Heroes / Allied Heroes, Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Slow
Cast time: Instant
Range: Global

  • Healing pathogens and pustules that are in flight when Bio-Kill Switch is used are not affected.
  • Bio-Kill Switch's damage is dealt in addition to Weighted Pustule's expiration damage in a separate instance.
  • Healing Pathogens remain on the target until 0.0625s after casting this Ability.
  • Healing Pathogens placed on Medivh are not detonated by this Ability.
Healing Pathogen Icon
Q
Healing Pathogen
40 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

Infest an allied Hero with a Healing Pathogen that heals the target for 222 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.


Type: Healing
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Allied Heroes, Self
Targeting: Unit target
Properties: Bounce, Heal over Time
Cast time: Instant
Range: 7.0
Missile speed: 18
Tickrate: 1.33 per second (x6)
Heal per Tick: 37
Spread radius: 6.0

  • Can cast on self, and spread to self.
Weighted Pustule Icon
W
Weighted Pustule
50 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

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


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Clamping, Piercing Skillshot
Cast time: 0.125 + 0.125 seconds
Range: 11.5
Hitbox: 1.0 x 0.9
Missile speed: 15

  • Weighted Pustule can hit Unstoppable enemies and is not removed from them by Bio-Kill Switch.
  • In general, the Pustule is cleansed from units by Abilities which specifically remove Slows, but not by Unstoppable or other effects.
Lurking Arm Icon
E
Lurking Arm
60 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

Channel at a target location, creating an area that deals 136 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.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: non-Structure Enemies
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Area of Effect, Silence
Range: 11
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 2.5
Tickrate: 4.0 per second
Damage per tick: 34

  • Each tick applies 0.3 seconds Silence.
Flailing Swipe Icon
R
Flailing Swipe
60 Mana Cooldown: 60 seconds

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


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd Control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point target
Cast time: 0 + CH + 0 seconds
Area of Effect: Radial
Radius:
- First: 5.0
- Second: 8.0
- Third: 11
Arc: 180 degrees (1
Swipe delay:
- First: 0.1875 seconds
- Second: 0.25 seconds
- Third: 0.5625 seconds
Knockback duration: 0.125 seconds
Knockback speed: 42

  • 1) Target search is performed in three rotating 60 degree sections over three successive ticks. First and third swipes rotate clockwise, and second rotates counter-clockwise.
  • Completing the three swipes only takes 1.375 seconds, but Stukov will remain locked in animation for the remaining 0.375 seconds of the 1.75 second channel.
Massive Shove Icon
R
Massive Shove
50 Mana Cooldown: 20 seconds

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


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control, Status effect / Defensive damage modifier
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemy Heroes / Self
Targeting: Point target
Cast time: 0.125 + CH + 0 seconds
Range: 11
Hitbox: 2.0 x 1.0
Missile speed: 22

  • Enemy Heroes are Revealed as long as they are being shoved.
  • Massive Shove is canceled if the arm collides with terrain before hitting a Hero.
  • Does not stack with other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Talents

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Fetid Touch Icon
Fetid Touch

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

❢ 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.


Type: Offensive damage modifier / Crowd control
Affects: Self / Enemies
Properties: Attack Modifier, Slow
Range: 5.5
Reactive Ballistospores 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.


Targeting: No target
Properties: Area of Effect
Cast time: Instant
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 7.0

  • While active, reduces the cooldown of Bio-Kill Switch by 0.1875 seconds every 0.125 seconds.
  • Weighted Pustules created by this Ability apply the Bio-Kill Switch detonation damage immediately upon impacting enemy Heroes (but without actually detonating, hence this is just additional undocumented damage).
  • Dying while the active part is on cooldown increases its cooldown by the amount of seconds equal to the death timer.
  • By activating in rapid succession (with at least one Healing Pathogen already in place) Bio-Kill Switch -> Reactive Ballistospores (active) -> Bio-Kill Switch (in less than 0.0625s), all active Healing Pathogens will detonate twice, for double the healing in total. This is more easily done using the Command Queue system (Shift, by default). This works because Healing Pathogens aren't removed until 0.0625s after using Bio-Kill Switch, as mentioned above.
  • Similarly, if Poppin' Postules is taken (causing Pustules to last 0.0625s after detonation) along with this Talent, the Pustule detonation damage may be dealt 3 times in rapid succession, all at the 150% bonus damage mark, with the exact same preceding combo and at least one Weighted Pustule previous applied (and within 1.5s of expiration), where the 3rd hit is from the additional detonation damage this Talent automatically grants..
Low Blow Icon
Low Blow

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


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Lurking Arm's damage.
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One Good Spread... Icon
One Good Spread...

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


Type: Mana restoration
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Biotic Armor Icon
Biotic Armor

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


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Allied Heroes, Self
Properties: Physical Armor

  • Does not stack with other positive Physical Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
Vigorous Reuptake Icon
Vigorous Reuptake

Bio-Kill Switch heals for 30% more when detonating 3 or more Healing Pathogens.


Type: Healing dealt modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Bonus healing stacks additively with other healing dealt modifiers that can affect Bio-Kill Switch's healing.
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The Long Pitch 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.


Bonus radius: 5.75

  • While active, reduces Stukov's Basic Ability cooldowns by 0.0625 seconds every 0.0625 seconds.
Growing Infestation Icon
Growing Infestation

Lurking Arm's area expands by 50% over 2.5 seconds, but it cannot be channeled for longer than 4 seconds.


Bonus radius: 1.25

  • If Lingering Spines has been picked, the area will continue growing even after Stukov stops channeling if Lurking Arm still hasn't reached its maximum radius.
Targeted Excision 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.

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Flailing Swipe Icon
Flailing Swipe

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Swipe 3 times in front of Stukov over 1.75 seconds, dealing 48 damage to enemies hit and knocking them away. Each swipe is larger than the previous.

Massive Shove 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 damage and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds. Stukov gains 50 Armor while shoving an enemy.

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It Hungers 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.


Bonus range: 2.2

    Stacks toward the reset are retained between casts (if it didn't reach 8 last cast).
Virulent Reaction Icon
Virulent Reaction

Detonating a Weighted Pustule on an enemy who is inside of Lurking Arm Roots them for 1.5 seconds.


Type: Crowd control
Affects: Non-Structure enemies
Properties: Root
Poppin' Pustules Icon
Poppin' Pustules

Detonating a 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.


Type: Offensive damage modifier / Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Ability / Enemies
Properties: Area of Effect, Slow
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 3.75

  • Also causes the Pustule to last an additional 0.0625s after detonation with Bio-Kill Switch.
  • Damage increase only affects the activation damage from Bio-Kill Switch and, if applicable, the impact damage of the Pustule dealt by Reactive Ballistospores.
  • Only the expiration damage from Weighted Pustule is dealt in an area. Bio-Kill Switch's activation damage only affects the targets with an active pustule.
  • Enemies can be damaged by multiple area explosions, but only one instance of Weighted Pustule will be applied to them.
  • A new Weighted Pustule will not be applied to the Hero that was initially carrying the Weighted Pustule before the area detonation. However, they can have one applied to them from the area detonation of other Heroes.
  • Weighted Pustules from Poppin' Pustules interact with other all other Talents affecting Weighted Pustule. However, applying them in this way cannot grant progress toward the Fetid Touch quest.
  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Bio-Kill Switch's pustule detonation damage.
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Superstrain Icon
Superstrain

Whenever an ally with Healing Pathogen is Stunned or Rooted, they are instantly healed for 250 Health.


Type: Healing
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Allied Heroes
Universal Carrier Icon
Universal Carrier

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


Type: Healing dealt modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Only affects Pathogen's heal over time component.
  • Healing penalty stacks additively with other healing dealt modifiers affecting Healing Pathogen's healing.
Pox Populi Icon
Pox Populi

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

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Controlled Chaos 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.


Charge cooldown: 2.0 seconds

  • When picked, Controlled Chaos instantly grants two ready charges, even if the ability was on cooldown at that moment.
  • Controlled Chaos's swipe has the same properties as the third swipe, except its initial delay is reduced to 0.125 seconds and total channel time to 0.75 seconds.
Push Comes To Shove 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.


Type: Crowd Control
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Slow
Top Off Icon
Top Off

Healing Pathogen's heal over time is increased by 30% while its target is above 60% Health.


Type: Healing dealt modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Stacks additively with other Healing dealt modifiers that can affect Healing Pathogen's healing.
Bio-Explosion Switch Icon
Bio-Explosion Switch

Bio-Kill Switch now also detonates Lurking Arm, dealing 230 damage, applying a Weighted Pustule and Silencing enemy Heroes inside for 2.5 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Area of Effect, Silence

  • Detonation instantly removes Lurking Arm, even if affected by the Low Blow Talent.
  • Weighted Pustules from Bio-Explosion Switch interact with other all other Talents affecting Weighted Pustule. However, applying them in this way cannot grant progress toward the Fetid Touch quest.


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