Probius - Ranged Specialist - Protoss Hero

[Ryme]

Spotlight video

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PTR is up, still waiting on notes.

[Keile]

http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/...-2017-3-6-2017

Patch notes here.

[TheLimonTree]

I was concerned he'd turn out to just be gazlowe 2.0, but he at least seems to play a little different. Will have to wait and see though.

[Tenjen]

Idea for a probius skin: Eye of Guldan Probius!

[Xyonai]

Toyed with him a bit on the Try Mode in PTR (As I do with every new non-support hero) and he seems really darn good at lane pushing between the turrets and his explosion combo. I can't speak for how easy the explosion combo will be to land on live, because the Try Mode Bot is brain dead, but I might end up buying the character outright and toy with them in some matches (Since I'm gonna buy him on live anyway).

[FelPlague]

there, the "him being the one in the cinematic" was heavily hinted at, but with the spotlight video its confirmed

[Treeskee]

Messed around with him on Try for awhile myself. I like his potential so I grabbed him as a screw around hero, pretty excited for release.

[Ryme]

PTR stats via reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthe...c5&sh=345884d7

• Ranged Specialist
• Health: 1866 (Chromie - 1958, Li-Ming - 1824)
• Health regen: 3.86 per second (8 minutes to regenerate full health, just like almost every other hero in the game)
• Mana: permanently 600, doesn't scale (other heroes have 500 at level 1, +10 per level, 600 mana at level 11)
• Mana regen: 0
• Mana regen: 100 per second in a Pylon's Power Field, doesn't scale - 6 seconds to regenerate all mana (other heroes need around 2 and a half minutes)
• Attack range: 3.00, can't compare everyone now but I'm pretty sure it's the lowest for a ranged hero in the game (melee Kerrigan has 2.00, Zarya can target heroes at 4.5 range but it does splash damage in 6.25 range, most ranged heroes have 5.5, melee usually have 1.5)
• Attacks per second: 1.11 (same as for example Kael'thas, Lunara, Zeratul, Brightwing, Nazeboo)
• Attack damage: 49 (one of the lowest in the game but pointless to compare without attack speed)
• Attack damage per second: 54.39 (lowest in the game! - Abathur has 54.98, Tass has 59.21, Misha has 76.48, Jaina has 88.81)
• Move Speed: baseline 110% but can't mount; activate Z to have 170% for 5 second but taking damage interrupts, 40 seconds cooldown
• Spell/Physical Armor: 0 baseline
• [Q] Disruption Pulse: 244 damage to all enemies in a line, 3 seconds cooldown, 75 mana (a single Li-Ming's [Q] Magic Missile does 198 damage to a single target, Medivh's [Q] Arcane Rift does 296 to all enemies in a line, Thrall's Basic Attack does 244)
• [W] Warp Rift: area looks slightly larger than Tassadar's [W] Psionic Storm; takes 1.25 seconds to arm (not a channel), lasts 9 seconds, slows everyone in it for 20%; has two charges on a 6 seconds cooldown, costs 150 mana
• [Q+W]: armed Warp Rift explodes when hit by Disruption Pulse, deals 425 damage to "nearby enemies", area looks the same as the slow from Warp Rift (Li-Ming's [W] Arcane Orb does 181 damage at minimum and 544 at maximum range, Gul'dan's [Q] Fel Flame does 311 damage, Ragnaros' [Q] Empower Sulfuras does 298 damage, Kael'thas's [Q] Flamestrike does 474 damage); edit Warp Rifts can't be placed at the same place, but can be pretty close to each other and a single Disruption Pulse can explode both of them
• [E] Photon Cannon: 15 seconds cooldown, lasts 11 seconds, unknown health, must be placed in a Power Field, deactivates if the Pylon is destroyed; does 141 damage per second (around the amount of damage an average Warrior can deal per second, Tyrael does 141 dps, Medivh 131 dps, Nazeboo 144 dps - just Basic Attacks, without abilities); edit 1 attack per second, 141 damage, attacks prioritise Heroes, multiple cannons can be active if you manage to get some cooldown reductions (talents, Malfurion, time stops on Cannons)
• [D] Warp In Pylon: 14 seconds cooldown, 2 Pylons can be active at the same time, makes a Power Field around it in a big area (not sure what to compare it to), gives vision in an area slightly smaller than the Power Field, but it's normal line of sight vison - doesn't see into bushes and doesn't reveal stealth; infinite duration, unknown amount of health; edit Pylons need a moment to arm, but exact time is not specified, looks like around 1.25 just like a Photon Cannon
• [R] Pylon Overcharge: 100 mana, 80 seconds cooldown; for 10 seconds Pylons have increased range of their Power Field (looks like roughly 50% radius increase) and can attack enemies in that huge range for 163 damage per second (2 attacks per second, 81 damage each), attacks prioritise Heroes; passive: Pylons get permanent shields equal to 50% of their max health which regenerate over time if not attacked for a while; cooldown starts ticking at activation, not expiration
• [R] Null Gate: 100 mana, 40 seconds cooldown; vector targeting; creates a stationary barrier which slows everyone touching it by 80% and take 95 damage per second (4 tick per second, 24 damage each); lasts 4 second; needs time to warp in, probably around the same time as Cannons and Pylons; can go through terrain, but can't begin on it
• literally unplayable: you don't hear "You must place that in a Power Field" when trying to place a Cannon outside of a Power Field

[pharix]

Idea for a probius skin: Eye of Guldan Probius!

you mean Eye of Kilrogg?

[De Lupe]

He's got SO MUCH BURST at level 20. Between his increased W talent at 1 and 20, with the vulnerability, and having 4 fields up, I took out a Mauradin at 20 from full health. He was there and then he was gone. DELETED!

Yea, it takes some setup, but it can be devastating! Good Probius setup with an ETC mosh or a Malf root will decimate the enemy team.

[Treeskee]

He's got SO MUCH BURST at level 20. Between his increased W talent at 1 and 20, with the vulnerability, and having 4 fields up, I took out a Mauradin at 20 from full health. He was there and then he was gone. DELETED!

Yea, it takes some setup, but it can be devastating! Good Probius setup with an ETC mosh or a Malf root will decimate the enemy team.

This is exactly what I've been seeing with him too. Sure the set up that is needed is huge, but the play making potential is great with him, especially with Nul Gate.

[De Lupe]

This is exactly what I've been seeing with him too. Sure the set up that is needed is huge, but the play making potential is great with him, especially with Nul Gate.

Definitely prefer Null Gate. People see Pylons, they kill/avoid them. Can't do either with that Gate.

Although, with enough time, setting three pylons in a bush can do some nice burst. Just much more set up with a higher fail chance and a longer cooldown.

[Baelic]

I'm glad everyone else is happy, but I am totally underwhelmed.

Every party needs a pooper that's why they invited you~

[Ryme]

Preferred builds on him?

Not done much in game testing, but so far I'm leaning toward this: https://psionic-storm.com/en/calcula...1-2-2-1-2-1-3/

At 1, I take echo pulse because it allows you to rethink the W into a "reliable" combo ability. Warp Resonance feels like it could be good on zone control maps like Braxis or Dragon Shire, but I'm not convinced the damage is either necessary or reliable enough. Cannon build is trash.

At 4, Turbo Charged feels the nicest but I think photon barrier is cool and makes the ability worth using. Comp dependant. Shield Capacitor is very weak and the delay on it before it regenerates is too long imo.

At 7, Rift Shock feels like the easiest one to get results from and gets more benefit from your level 10 and 20. Particle Accelerator is close, but I like building a bit more blow up. Cannon builds are trash.

At 10, I want to love Pylon Overcharge and I think it has a place on certain maps but Null Gate is just too good in general to pass up. Offensive and defensive uses with a fairly short 40s cooldown, it's on demand too rather than requiring setup before it's useful.

At 13, I think Shield battery is probably the best, but for greedy reasons I take Power Overflowing.

At 16, enemy comp dependent. I like Quantum in the general case.

At 20, Shoot'Em Up is bonkers. It works like old Diablo flames in that the enemy is hit by all of them on detonation. Paired with Rift Shock at 7 and Power Overflowing at 13 you do seriously scary damage.

[De Lupe]

Personally, I prefer the talent at level 1 for the added 100 damage/extra charge.

I love the burst more than the returned projectile. I love seeing tanks go from full to almost dead in two seconds. ^_^

[Deleted]

Might be the first hero I will purchase at 15k. I hate goblins, but a probe can indeed actually get me into this

[Deleted]

Probius is going to be one of those heroes that deals tons of damage. But, its trade-off is that he's a bit squishy. I am interested to see how he fits in the current meta, though.

[breadisfunny]

looks like a robotic fish...how boring.

[FelPlague]

im kinda disapointed in probius... his current settup makes his abilities stronger then his pylon/cannon combo, and he seems like the kinda guy who you will be scared to run into in a 1v1, where you think probe you would think "that probe, anything gets near it, it runs, but it sets up a nest, good luck cracking that"

i was hoping the probe would have abathur level health, and act allmost like abathur but you actually move around the map, building defences, and maybe even rebuilding defences, once of his ultimates would be to rebuild a base

(using on keep will do keep, tower, and healing fountain, using on frontal towers will rebuild walls, gate, and towers, aswell as having a 25% reduced cooldown) and these buildings would be like nexsus and the monoliths, would be super cool

and his pylons and photon cannons last forever but hes limited, 4 photons, 2 pylons

and the other ultimate allows probius to switch places with a pylon, and all the buildings hes placed around it, imagine finding a probius, and running at him he does a 1 second cast (unstoppable during it, just so you have time to kill/run away), then suddenly he teleports away, and a pylon and 4 photon cannons appear where he was



TL : DR probius should feel like a probe... weak and pathetic but an awesome builder, rebuilding protoss buildings in place of keeps and towers, teleporting structures around, and building small nests

cause right now he just seems to be gazlowe with a probe skin...
wombo combo+ limited duration turrets

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looks like a robotic fish...how boring.

have you never seen a probe before?

[Mutthearkin]

im kinda disapointed in probius... his current settup makes his abilities stronger then his pylon/cannon combo, and he seems like the kinda guy who you will be scared to run into in a 1v1, where you think probe you would think "that probe, anything gets near it, it runs, but it sets up a nest, good luck cracking that"

I agree, I like Probius due to his design and that he has an awesome skill set, but it doesn't fit what he was supposed to be. I would have prefered a hero with his Q+W combo (no idea who) and have a Probius the way you described him.