Alice Margatroid


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Allegiance: Hakurei

Alice is a Tacticist hero, meaning that to use her correctly, one must micro and use her dolls wisely, as Alice herself is really vulnerable to attacks. Like in the fighting games, Alice needs strategy to survive. With her Doll Train that's useful in team fights, Kamikaze Dolls that greatly damage targets, and Hourai Dolls that can heal and is useful for defending, she's almost unstoppable if you know what to do.

Attributes
Strength: 21 + 1.8/level Agility: 15 + 1.25/level Intelligence:  28 + 3.2/level Movement Speed: 275 Range: 450 (ranged)

Skills
"Shanghai Doll" (D) Summons a Shanghai doll to assist Alice in combat. Each point of Intelligence increases 5HP, every 2 points of Agility increases 1 Attack. Shanghai will disappear if it leaves too far away from Alice. Spirit Cost: 80/80/100/120 Cooldown: 6/4/2/0s

Level 1: Maximum number of Shanghai Dolls is 3. Level 2: Maximum number of Shanghai Dolls is 4. Level 3: Maximum number of Shanghai Dolls is 5. Level 4: Maximum number of Shanghai Dolls is 6.

=Shanghai Doll's skills=

Doll Defense (D) (toggle)

Level 1 skill. Puts Shanghai in defensive mode, -20% atk speed, -40% movement speed, Receive 33% less magic damage, 50% chance to block 30/40/50/60 damage.

Sword Sign "Lancer Storm" (F)

Level 2 skill. Deals damage to opponents all around Shanghai. Deals 45/60/75/90 damage per second. Lasts 5 seconds. Area of Effect: 135 Spirit Cost: 100MP Cooldown: 12 seconds.

Doll Assault (R)

Level 3 skill. Movement Speed +100%, Attack Speed +50%. Shanghai receives 66% more damage. Lasts 12 seconds. Disables Doll Defense when activated.

War Command "Sonic Rush" (W)

Level 4 skill. Lines up Shanghai dolls in a train to charge at high speed. Lead Shanghai can command other Shanghais to follow the army’s direction of charge. The target receives 40/48/56/64 damage and 0.9 second stun for every Shanghai Doll that collided with it. Only one Sonic Rush can be used at a time. Spirit Cost (Alice): 600MP Requires minimum 6 Shanghai dolls.

"New England Doll" (F) Summons a flying New England Doll to assist in battle. Each point of Intelligence increases 4HP, every 2 points of Agility increases 1 Attack. New England will disappear if it leaves too far away from Alice. Spirit Cost: 80/90/100/100 Cooldown: 6/4/2/0s

Level 1: Maximum number of New England Dolls is 3. Level 2: Maximum number of New England Dolls is 4. Level 3: Maximum number of New England Dolls is 5. Level 4: Maximum number of New England Dolls is 6.

=New England Doll's skills=

Magic Sign "Artful Sacrifice" (E)

Level 1 skill. Immediately detonates itself, dealing 100/120/140/160 flame damage to all nearby enemies. Area of Effect: 135

Doll Ground Battalion (F) (toggle)

Level 2 skill. New England Doll switches to battalion mode using a rifle. Armor +2 Range: 520, Attack Speed: 80%. Use the skill again to revert to aerial mode.

Anti-Fortress Gunpowder (passive in Aerial mode)

Level 3 skill. Deals 150/200/250/300% more damage to structures.

Head Shot (passive in Battalion mode)

Level 3 skill. Has a 15% chance to deal 200/300/400/500% damage on enemies when attacking.

Magic Sign "Straw Doll Kamikaze" (W)

New England Doll turns itself into a rocket and detonates on an enemy target. While flying, as long as the target enemy is within 60 degrees of New England Doll’s Sight Range, impact is guaranteed! When New England Doll detonates, it deals 30 damage to all nearby enemies and the target enemy receives 60 more damage. 800 Lock-On Range, 3 seconds maximum Flying Time and 750 Average Projectile Speed.

"Hourai Doll" (R) Summons a Hourai Doll to assist Alice. Hourai cannot move or attack. Each point of Intelligence increases 4HP. Hourai will disappear if it leaves too far away from Alice. Spirit Cost: 80/80/120/150 Cooldown: 6/4/2/0s

Level 1: Maximum number of Hourai Dolls is 3. Level 2: Maximum number of Hourai Dolls is 4. Level 3: Maximum number of Hourai Dolls is 5. Level 4: Maximum number of Hourai Dolls is 6.

=Hourai Doll skills=

Spy Sign "Seeker Dolls" (T)

Level 1 skill. Cuts connection with Alice, becomes a invisible scout. Disappears after 180 seconds.

Anti-Invisibility Detector (F)

Level 2 skill. Reveals any invisible enemy units within 500 Radius, lasts 24 seconds. Spirit Cost: 200MP Cooldown: 30s

Doll Medic (R)

Heals all nearby allies within range by 50HP. Every ally unit healed requires 20MP, can heal at a maximum of 6 units at a time. Can be toggled to auto-cast.

Focus Power "Tripwire" (W)

Fires at the selected position. Does 48/56/64/72 damage. Cast Range: 850/900/950/1000 Spirit Cost: 100MP Cooldown: 0s

War Command "Dolls of War" (passive) Greatly increases the combat capabilities of Alice’s Dolls.

Level 1: All Dolls’ population limit is increased by 2, certain skills from some dolls is upgraded to Level 2. Level 2: All Dolls’ population limit is increased by 4, certain skills from some dolls is upgraded to Level 3. Level 3: All Dolls’ population limit is increased by 6, certain skills from some dolls is upgraded to Level 4.

Analysis
Brief overview of the hero's strengths and weaknesses.

"Shanghai Doll"
Shanghai dolls are useful dolls that can defend to tank physical damage and spin to tank magic damage. The spin can greatly hurt creeps, especially if there are alot of Shanghai dolls around, and it's especially useful for farming. At level 3 of the skill, Shanghai can go into berserk mode, which is useful to push and attack towers when there's no hero around, because Shanghai will have lesser defense in that mode. At level 4 of the skill, Shanghai can use Sonic Rush, which needs to be aimed carefully to get the full effect. It can kill glasscannons easily, and the stun helps greatly in team battles.

"New England Doll"
New England dolls are dolls used mostly in early-mid game (aerial) or late (ground) or to push towers (aerial). Their 3rd skill in Aerial mode enables them to do extra damage to towers, and their Ground mode has critical, which is really useful if you have alot of AGI on Alice. Their 4th skill can easily kill INT heroes from afar, and is mostly unavoidable.

"Hourai Doll"
Hourai dolls are dolls usually used in mid-late game. They have activatable true sight and heal at levels 2 and 3 respectively, turning Alice into a fortress if used correctly. Their 4th skill, if massed, can deal way more damage than Kamikaze dolls, making it formidable in fortress Alice. Their main drawback is that the spirit cost to summon them is high.

Doll Command "Dolls of War"
Increases Alice's maximum dolls, self explanatory.

Team Options
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Item Options
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