Garrondel; Infernal Machine

Backline, Ranged

A lumbering armoured shell; Garrondel can wield immense power if given the time to summon it.

For patient players who enjoy siege and defensive roles.

Innate: Bombard [Autocast]

Passively: Garrondel's basic attacks do not home, and hit after a short delay.

Active: Convert Garrondel's attack to a bombard, damaging enemies in a small line segment at the target point, or on the target unit after a short delay.

Shock Cannon [Channeling]

Charge for a short time, before releasing a shockwave which damages enemies in a line. Upon reaching the target point, it deals more damage, and knocks all units out of the target area.

Flare

Causes Garrondel's attacks to damage enemies along a line segment centered on the targeted unit.

Diversion

          Passive: Delays all incoming damage directed at Garrondel for 2-5 seconds.

          Active: Nullify 90% of the damage in-transit.

Velocither [Channelling]

A giant laser beam which deals huge damage per second to enemies standing in it. Deals half damage to Garrondel as well.

Notes:

• The weakest hero design in RoW.
• Garrondel is slow, and has a lot of delayed effects which don't allow for creativity or planning. He hits hard and can be fun in his effectiveness, but is otherwise a bore.
• The intent behind Diversion was that enemy players would have to space out their damage rather than burst him, since the active component can nullify incoming burst. In practice, players just saved it for the last possible moment, so it was changed not to nullify all incoming damage.
• Flare gives true sight, which makes Garrondel a helpful hero to have against Assassin or Mineslayer.
• Diversion can counteract the substantial life cost from Velocither. It's also possible to buy resistance to reduce it, as the self-damage is magical.
• Diversion confused a lot of new players, as it seemed like he was taking no damage (he was: just delayed).
• Trivia: Velocither is named after one of the strongest weapons in Iji.