Spirits born of the elements, Tempests howl
across the land raining fire and ice alike, indeed
even calling great meteors from the heavens.
Summoned of old by the Beast Horde, these
ethereal beings now are summoners themselves,
bringing elementals and even shadows of themselves
onto the battlefield. Even their allies view these
strange beings with awe bordering on fear.
Stats
Attack Type=Ranged
Attack Damage=42-48
Attack Range=500
Movementspeed=300
Turnrate=320
Armor=3.96
MagicArmor=5.5
Strength=17
Agility=14
Intelligence=20
Strength per level=2.1
Agility per level=1.0
Intelligence per level=3.4
Spells
Glacial Blasts
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The Tempest blasts a target enemy with
icy winds, chilling it every two seconds.
Being chilled causes the target to take
damage and be stunned briefly.
Level 1 : Deals 30 magic damage, stuns for 0.6 seconds, 1 impact
Level 2 : Deals 40 magic damage, stuns for 0.6 seconds, 2 impact
Level 3 : Deals 65 magic damage, stuns for 0.6 seconds, 2 impact
Level 4 : Deals 80 magic damage, stuns for 0.6 seconds, 3 impact
Mana cost 110/130/150/160
Cooldown 15 seconds
Thoughts: A decent stun spell. Mostly just annoying early game, but very important late game for assisting in chase downs.
Elemental
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The Tempest sacrifices a target unit
and extracts from it the very elements
that composed its being. With these
elements, the tempest creates three
Elementals under his control.
Level 1 : Elemental 200 health, 2 armor, deals 16-24 damage
Level 2 : Elemental 225 health, 3 armor, deals 24-32 damage
Level 3 : Elemental 225 health, 4 armor, deals 34-42 damage
Level 4 : Elemental 275 health, 5 armor, deals 43-51 damage
Mana cost 170
Cooldown 35 seconds
Elemental effects
Kills target giving gold and spawns 3 elementals in its place
After each Elemental has attacked 6 times it spawns a duplicate of itself
Thoughts: Easily one of the best farming abilities early game. As long as you’re smart with your choice of creep to use it on, they’ll usually spawn 8-10 of themselves before they run out. Excellent for denying early game and making sure you get last hit on almost all of their creeps, letting you focus on denying.
Meteor
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Attuned to all things natural and cosmic,
the Tempest calls down a meteor that ignites
a target area, causing units within to take
damage over time.
Level 1 : Damages targets in radius, 3% maximum health per second for 7 seconds
Level 2 : Damages targets in radius, 4% maximum health per second for 7 seconds
Level 3 : Damages targets in radius, 5% maximum health per second for 7 seconds
Level 4 : Damages targets in radius, 6% maximum health per second for 7 seconds
Mana cost 95/110/125/140
Cooldown 20 seconds
Thoughts: Difficult to land properly, as the cast range is quite short, but if you can, it is a devastating spell to have on a group of enemies. Combined with your ult or several other stuns/slows, it’s a very mana efficient way to pump out the damage.
Ultimate
Elemental Void
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The Tempest uses his power over the
elements to create an extremely low
pressure system at target location,
causing fierce winds to drag all enemy
units toward that target location, dealing
damage over time.
Level 1 : Deals 30 magic damage per second in 500 radius, Applies Elemental Void to targets in 400 radius, Deals 60 magic damage to targets in 150 radius.
Level 2 : Deals 50 magic damage per second in 500 radius, Applies Elemental Void to targets in 400 radius, Deals 100 magic damage to targets in 150 radius.
Level 3 : Deals 70 magic damage per second in 500 radius, Applies Elemental Void to targets in 400 radius, Deals 140 magic damage to targets in 150 radius.
Mana Cost 200/300/400
Cooldown 200/190/180
Channeling Time 4 seconds
Elemental Void effects
Silence
Perplexed
Disarmed
Immobilized
Thoughts: Possibly the most dangerous ult in the game. With a solid team, good timing and a certain item, this can give your team a near unbeatable advantage.
Item Build
Typically I go fairly standard at the start:
2xImage Mark of the Novice
1xImage Pretenders Crown
1xImage Runes of the Blight
Thoughts: It’s very important to be defensive with tempest for the first 6-8 levels. He’s extremely squishy and not very fast. Remember to constantly keep track of your money and to buy while you’re fighting so you don’t lose much money if you do get ganked.
Eventually you’ll be buying:
2xImage Talisman of Exile
1xImage Marchers
At this point you can decide if you want to buy Image Steam Boots or Image Post Haste
Thoughts: Either will work. The stats of the Steam Boots are hard to give up, but the mobility provided by Post Haste is sometimes too good to ignore. If you find you’re constantly out of position and need the portal, go with Post Haste, but if your team calls ganks/help early enough for you to get across the map, Steam boots will be better in the long run.
Here is where you can branch off from what I suggest – I’ve just found that these items are great in situations that I’ve come across:
1xImage Restoration Stone
Thoughts: My favourite item in the game for Tempest. After level 16, you should have enough mana to drop every spell you have, pop the Restoration Stone (refreshes the cool down on all your spells) then drop every spell again. Absolutely deadly when you can meteor-ult-stone-ult in rapid succession. No hero will survive this (team dependent obviously), and with good use, you can get off 4 ult’s off in the time it would take for 2.
1xImage Totem of Kuldra
Thoughts: The sheep is good fun, but really, this is just another high stat piece. With this and the Restoration Stone, you should almost never have to run back to base to fill up.
1xImage Portal key
Thoughts: A fantastic little tool to get in quick and fire off your ult in the middle of a battle. Very helpful if you didn’t get Post Haste boots.
1xImage Assassin’s Shroud
Thoughts: Another way to get in close without getting mass-targeted. Pop the invis and run to the highest density of enemies and pop your ult. Or pop your ult, then run and invis to escape after everyone tries to retaliate.
There are numerous other item combinations, but I’ve never had a game go longer than this point, so I can’t really say what I would get after this (and I was never a DOTA player, so I’m still rather new to this whole HoN business). If anyone would like to add to this just message me or post in the comments!
Level Guide
1. Elemental
2. Glacial Blasts
3. Elemental
4. Glacial Blasts
5. Meteor
6. Elemental Void
7. Elemental
8. Glacial Blasts
9. Meteor
10. Meteor
11. Elemental Void
12-25. Whatever you’d like!
Thoughts: I might be slightly off on the levels, but typically I like to get Elemental to level 3 asap. It’s simply too good as a farming tool to not do it. Glacial Blasts is a decent save ability, so getting that up second is a pretty good idea, and Meteor doesn’t usually come into play until late game (for me anyway). Ult at 6/11/16 and you’re all set.
I hope this guide was helpful, as I’ve found all the guides here very informative as I try to learn all the different characters. Tempest has quickly become my favourite character, and I hope this guide might convince you to give him a try!
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