Nikolai Mover of Mountains
Nikolai punches things. Nikolai smashes things. Nikolai picks enemies up and puts them down.
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Hero Stats (Max Level)
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Hero Abilities
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Relentless Might
Activate to attack faster and dash towards targeted enemies for 3 attacks. Your 3rd attack will knock target into the air.
While active, your attacks deal 80, 90, 100, 110% damage.
Earthen Slam
Target direction to send 3 shockwaves. Each shockwave deals 75, 100, 125, 150 Magic Damage and slows targets. Bonus hits deal 30% damage.
Bolster
Activate to damage all nearby enemies for 6, 8, 10, 12% of their Max HP and gain a shield equal to the attempted damage.
Piledriver
Target direction to lunge, grabbing the first enemy hero you contact - launching you both into the air. While airborn you may continue to move.
Upon landing, you deal 195, 260, 325 Magic Damage in a small area.
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Nikolai Builds
- Raw Damage
- Stoic Initiation
- Utility Ganking
Role Damage, Crowd Control
Playstyle These items will turn Nikolai into a bursty brawler. The crafted Elder Stone provides a cost effective foundation of health, mana and mana regeneration, but once that foundation is layed this build shifts it's focus entirely to damage. Keeping a cadence of ability - attack - ability - attack will ensure you are getting the most from your Mystic Dagger as well as the most from your crowd control intensive kit. Waiting in a bush or letting a team mate initiate ahead of you will put you in a good position to keep an enemy stun-locked inside of a 4 ability combo that will likely result in their demise.
+40 Mana
Each minute, grants an additional 13 Max Health and 6 Mana. Caps after 10 minutes.
+20 Power
Activate: grants 20% resistance penetration for 5 seconds.
Using an ability that costs mana grants 45 bonus damage on your next attack.
Activate: slow nearby enemies and deal 65 Magic damage to them.
Kills and assists restore 25% of your Mana over 2.5 seconds.
Provides Power equal to 0.90% of your Max Health.
Passively deals 25 Magic damage/sec to enemies in a 500 radius.
Pincer
Pincer will provide a moderate amount of sustainability by providing additional armor as well as a crowd control cleanse.
Role Tank, Crowd Control
Playstyle This build culminates at the precipice between an immovable object and an unstoppable force. All of the tanky staple items make a showing here. Slowing enemies with your Earthen Slam is a great way to close the gap for an effective initiation. Once you get your team into the fray find the biggest threat to your back line and use Piledriver to remove them from the fight. Make sure to land on as many enemies as possible when you come back down, it is like a secondary engage!
+15 Resistance
+250 Health
Activate: remove all stuns/slows and provide 50% stun/slow reduction for 2 seconds.
Activate: slow nearby enemies and deal 65 Magic damage to them.
Passively deals 25 Magic damage/sec to enemies in a 500 radius.
Provides Power equal to 0.90% of your Max Health.
+5 Health Regen
+30 Mitigation
Enemies that attack you have their attack speed slowed by 20%.
Topps
Topps' Immolate and Unleashed passive will keep you in the damage game. His Tremble will help keep your enemies closer.
Role Mobility, Damage, Crowd Control
Playstyle Admittedly, this build is a bit micro intensive due to the number of activatable items, but I think it is worth pointing out that the gene responsible for giving humans five digits per limb is recessive. That's right, 6 fingered humans have the dominant gene. If you are dominant then this build will surely work for you.
Activate: dash forward 525 units.
Activate: apply shrouded for 8 seconds. While shrouded, gain 40 Movement Speed and enemies must be within 600 range to see you.
Activate: slow nearby enemies and deal 65 Magic damage to them.
Transfigured enemies cannot attack or use abilities.
+25% Cooldown Reduction
Fitz is great for finishing off targets just out of reach as well as giving vision after you slow them. Roaming is faster and the extra Bounty will be valuable as you will be farming brawlers less.
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Nikolai Lore
Not much is known about Nikolai’s past. He recently emerged from the Central Highlands of Gael leading a savage band of raiders. Never in it for the money, Nikolai strengthened his band for the sole purpose of spreading his infamy by attacking larger and larger garrisons. Eventually, this ran him into trouble at the Tower of Osirio. In a decisive move, The Guard ambushed Nikolai’s band of brigands, scattering them to the winds. Rather than chase down the desperate raiders, LexiKhan offered them safe passage back to the Highlands on one condition: Nikolai, their leader, come with him to the Trials and forswear sedition against Osirio.