Deadwood
Born of the cruelly tainted lands of Newerth, Deadwood is the undead husk of the first Keeper of the Forest. All around him, living things wilt, and he has little hesitation to destroy trees or use them as weapons. Despite seeking the destruction of Newerth, he still commands the incredible strength and natural powers of a forest guardian, thus combining the cruelty of the Hellbourne with the powers that once belonged only to the Beast Horde.
Stats
Attack Type=Melee
Attack Damage=56-61
Attack Range=128
Movementspeed=300
Turnrate=320
Armor=2.74
MagicArmor=5.5
Strength=25
Agility=16
Intelligence=16
Strength per level=2.7
Agility per level=2.0
Intelligence per level=1.5
Spells
Calling upon the deep corruption underground,
Deadwood can root anyone standing in the targeted area after a short delay.
Level 1 : After a 1.5 second delay applies Rotten Grasp to all enemies in 200 radius. Lasts 1 second.
Level 2 : After a 1.5 second delay applies Rotten Grasp to all enemies in 200 radius. Lasts 1.7 seconds.
Level 3 : After a 1.5 second delay applies Rotten Grasp to all enemies in 200 radius. Lasts 2.3 seconds.
Level 4 : After a 1.5 second delay applies Rotten Grasp to all enemies in 200 radius. Lasts 3 seconds.
Mana cost 120
Cooldown 13 seconds
Rotten Grasp Effects
Immobilized
100 Magic damage per second
-1/2/3/4 Armor
Deadwood can turn any tree into a weapon by simply tearing it out of the ground.
While holding a tree, he can throw it at an enemy, mini-stunning and snaring them.
Level 1 : Picks up target tree, getting +15 damage for 5 attacks. Deadwood can then throw the tree at a target dealing 30 Physical damage, mini-stunning and applying Son of a Birch for 1.5 seconds.
Level 2 : Picks up target tree, getting +30 damage for 5 attacks. Deadwood can then throw the tree at a target dealing 60 Physical damage, mini-stunning and applying Son of a Birch for 2 seconds.
Level 3 : Picks up target tree, getting +45 damage for 5 attacks. Deadwood can then throw the tree at a target dealing 90 Physical damage, mini-stunning and applying Son of a Birch for 2.5 seconds.
Level 4 : Picks up target tree, getting +60 damage for 5 attacks. Deadwood can then throw the tree at a target dealing 120 Physical damage, mini-stunning and applying Son of a Birch for 3 seconds.
Mana cost 30
Cooldown 15 seconds
Son of a Birch Effect
75% movement speed slow, decreasing over period.
Deadwood, not known for his love of nature, can gain the ability to destroy
trees he walks through. Empowered by the destruction he has caused,
Deadwood gains movement speed, attack speed, and slow resistance when destroying trees.
Level 1 : Applies Clearcutting to self for 9 seconds. Any tree ran through grants one charge. Max 1 charge.
Level 2 : Applies Clearcutting to self for 10 seconds. Any tree ran through grants one charge. Max 2 charge.
Level 3 : Applies Clearcutting to self for 11 seconds. Any tree ran through grants one charge. Max 3 charge.
Level 4 : Applies Clearcutting to self for 12 seconds. Any tree ran through grants one charge. Max 4 charge.
Mana cost 50
Cooldown 25 seconds
Clear Cutting Effects
+3% Movement Speed per charge
+15 Attack Speed per charge
Treewalking
+25% Slow Resistance per charge
Ultimate
An ageless and powerful force, Deadwood uses his stump arm to punch an enemy,
dealing massive damage.
Level 1 : Deals 350 Physical damage and stuns target for 1.5 second. Willowmaker applied for 5 seconds and slowed for 2 seconds.
Level 2 : Deals 650 Physical damage and stuns target for 1.5 second. Willowmaker applied for 5 seconds and slowed for 2 seconds.
Level 3 : Deals 900 Physical damage and stuns target for 1.5 second. Willowmaker applied for 5 seconds and slowed for 2 seconds.
Mana Cost 100/150/200
Cooldown 85/75/65 seconds
Willowmaker Effect
Lowers total strength by 20%





Oh wow … I just came a little …
You guys do know that here is nobody that’s going to play KotF now right ? I think that’s the long-term plan, replacing all Dota heroes by your own. Still he looks nice but I’m smelling some real OP here. So you just gave KotF ulti to this guy from lvl1 ? K, no dmg but still, its the root that counts. Then +60dmg*8 attacks, oh wait, let me throw that for a 120 dmg, a stun AND 80% movement slow. Oh yeah the movement slow decreases … I especially love clearcutting : +60 AS, +12% MS and treewalking … And the ulti is like witch slayers, 800 dmg !, but with a stun and an AoE effect that reduces your hitpoints by half for 5 seconds :-0. Yeah ima make sure I play this dude every time, dont wanna be up against him.
Omfg hes My favorite right now. Hes so strong
so wait…we have keeper…who has a game breaking ultimate…but…we could just turn that into a spammable ability ? now that sounds like a plan :X at least it should be targetted next to him and render no loss of character
Have u guys thought about the 2sec delay on uproot? It will be harder to hit with and the hero who is hit isent stunned, just slight immobilized and able too defend itself.
But the ulti seems too be a bit strong =/
But does it disarm like the KotF? If only hold in place.. it can’t be that bad. Especially since it’s only 200 range & with delay
The announcement was wrong. THis guy’s 2nd ability where its a delayed stun its very similar to kunhkka, not keeper of the forest’s ability. It worked the same way where you chose a spot and waited like a couple seconds for it to stun but now, instead of shooting them up in the air, it stuns.
I’m not sure, but I think for his ult, willowmaker is applied to the enemies behind the target, not behind Deadwood.
he is not OP
cuz he can slow the enemy
but his second ability is stronger that Kotf
so i think they should remake Kotf to be able to eat tree and regain small about of HP
and his ulti is physical dmg so it get weaker as heroes lvled
Personally, I’m just a fan of the tree jokes.
BUG:
Rotten Grasp effect is not show in this page.
Wrong spelling: Change Rotten Graps into Rotten Grasp found in the details of the 1st skill(Rotten Grasp)
(fixed , thanks)
Er, you realize you typo’d when you spelled “Grasp”, right?
“After a 2 second delay applies Rotten Graps”
I hate those darn Graps…
(now fixed, thanks)
Didn’t seem broken when I played against him. Still prefer regular tree. Great support, much better stat gain, better ult.
I was expecting something like lucifer to be the last strength hero for the hellbourne. Maybe something like a reaper. And by the way, there are no heroes that can create illusions, like phantom lancer or naga siren. What ever happened to that?
He’s stupid good, but everyone who has played him thinks he’s bad, but I have yet to play a bad game with him. You can cut paths to the base from the outside, and come in from the side. I think that’ll be fixed because I’ve done it every game so far and it catches EVERYONE by surprise, and always results in a genocide.
THIS HERO IS BROKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fckin owns
He’s def not op, hes just another gank hero, no better than war beast, blood hunter, or scout.
Not Op. He’s just another gank hero but now, he comes from the jungle and trees. As soon as he hits lvl 6, he can immediately start ranking up skills like blood and warbeast. Recommended items are dps and speed.
Hmmm… I believe I’ve seen his description somewhere before… perhaps in an anime parody of some kind?
but that’s just a guess lol
Hey guys, i love this hero. But i dont know whats good buying for him. Til now ive been buying post haste or ghost marchers and some str bracelets and just gone right for demonic breastplate and after that behes heart / resto stone. But i think thats kinda messed up. Anyone have any good builds for him?
ty, cya
Insane disables and slows and totally OP ultimate. Also 100% survivability. Nerf him fast please.
OMGAWD ITS TREEENT’S LOST BROTHER! SAME SKILLS I WONDER WHOS THAR STRONGAR!?!
pretty obvious on who is stronger..
ridiculous. most op ult of all time. It’s like pyro’s ult, however it does 50 less initial damage, costs FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY less mana, and removes 40% strength… god S2 make less imba heroes (excepting owl guy who isnt imba at all). he also has imba abilities, like +60 damage, slow and damage, stun, and escape/gank/backdoor movespeed ability. how about replacing one of his four actives with a passive? that would be nice…. seems like all S2 original heroes have ridiculous active combos but no passives, resulting in a somewhat odd playing experience. please give someone (panda, deadwood, flying owl dude) a passive.
@bob: im not saying that he is op or not, but you have to factor in that pyromancer and tree are totally different types of heroes. pyromancer has a much bigger int gain, so actually his ultimate affects his mana pool less than tree’s ultimate affects his mana pool. also pyro is a nuker, and tree is not, so different types of heroes deserve different costs for spells. and you can’t look at one ability vs another one ability. you should look at the whole hero.
i think maybe the ult is a little too strong, but not amazingly op to be a game decider
@bob +60 damage is not Op. Are you stupid? Look at any other hero with similar damage abilities and you can see its not op. Is war beast OP becuz he does insane damage with 2 percentage based damage abilities? Is Madman op becuz he has a 2.0 crit? Is puppeteer Op becuz he has a splash and a crit and is also adds a percentage of his base damage? Maybe his ulti needs to be a lil nerfed a bit by increasing mana cost but that’s it since he moves so fast with clearcutting.
first skill is like pit from dota, that root thing. the tree uproot was from.. kotF. 3rd skills no clue. but its sick.
his utli is special. like captain falcons captain punch =O
Honestly I am surprised at all the people claiming OPness
On paper he seems like a decent hero, however his strongest time will probably be mid game ganks, before carries finish their farming and what not.
Personally he doesn’t look like my type of hero, too situational and those rare long teamfights when hell have to rebuff.
He looks fine but Im rather underwhelmed compared to some of the other new heroes.
BTW KOTF still has quite a few uses.
@vincejai Falcon punch not captain punch…
Turns out deadwood has the lowest % win in the game (41.2%). Treant on the other hand is in the top ten with a healthy ~54%.
Doesn’t prove anything, strictly, since a bunch of noobs could just be playing him wrong but it’s decent evidence for my previous argument.
40% of your total strength is pretty insane though.
In the right hands this hero is a machine..
Pretty sure some fixes will follow, nothing wrong about that.
Just r ead s1′s comment on phantom lancer or naga missing.. i’d love to see similar heroes in HoN, too.
As well as the beloved Enchantress <3..
Heroes like lancer and naga will be MORE OP then any other heroe in HoN cause of the illusions who deal 75% of the regular hero ive im not mistaken and 5 illusions or 3 illusions its still OP cause of th orb effects who are stacked together like life steal and chain orb effect shouldnt be stacked cause its 2 overpowered…
Plz dont make heroes liek lancer or NAGA
Lancer and nage deal 35% damage w/ illusions, also the only orb effect that works is mana burn which was nerfed in HoN when compared to DOTA.
umm..you guys are talkin about Lancer and Naga but you didnt even think to mention Meepo he is like redicluious …they should put one of these heroes in… Lancer Naga Meepo …im mean come on.. there classics in dota
u guys do realize that the target of Wilowmaker (the punch) will not be affected by the strength debuff
Hey I dont know where you want me to Post this i couldnt or at least i didnt know how to send a tell…. but the Pharoah link is broken on the charater page and can not be clicked on!!!
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this hero is not over powered but is one of the best single combo pwners in the game after, like tiny or panda..
look for someone in a lane….set the first trap skill..(insane range for that too btw)…run at them clearcutting through trees…Wham ulti…Dead…thats it. 100% hero dead if agi or int, 99% chance hero dead if strength…But then again…u have the + 60 damage and and +60 attack speed from clearcutting….:D
His ulti really has to be nerfed a bit….reduce the damage atleast….i mean..it stuns, slows, reduces ur strength by 40% AND deal 800 PHYSICAL DAMAGE!!!!
Thats just insane!!!
navadrian says:
His ulti really has to be nerfed a bit….reduce the damage atleast….i mean..it stuns, slows, reduces ur strength by 40% AND deal 800 PHYSICAL DAMAGE!!!!
Thats just insane!!!
>< 800 physical damage is just in lvl 3 ulti. And that time, almost every hero got high armor so damage is reduced a lot. And if im right, that 40% strength reduction is only dealt to heroes "in a 90 degree cone 600 units behind Deadwood". And 40% strength is not same as 40% HP. They can have raw hp items like beasthearth. And ulti is melee ranged, when deadwood tried to come and get u, just stun his ass and run away or kill. Rotten Grasp is easily countered thus delay.
This hero is not definetly OP. 800 physic damage is just ridiculous low amount of damage puppet master can deal same amount in one single hit when farmed well.
Bit random, but what does that “song” say when somebody picks up Deadwood?
GUYS! WHAT DONT YOU GET ABOUT “Any enemies in a 90 degree cone 600 units !!!!!!!!!!!BEHIND!!!!!! Deadwood”
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ONLY ENEMIES BEHIND DEADWOOD ARE AFFECTED BY THE -40% DEBUFF!
The hit is so powerful a wave of force echoes behind the TARGET, weakening those it hits.
I tested it and it str debufff behind who gets hit, not behind Deadwood.
Deadwood is pretty much the oppopsed of Keeper of the Forest. While KotF has much support and group disable, Deadwood has strong ganking abilities and little support. Both are great with initiating though with Keeper disabling and Deadwood lowering their max HP.
wooh.. this hero is very strong and though.. I think the developers should lower this hero’s defenses to balance the game
YEEEEAH!!! Great hero, i like the music, but the ulti is POWERFULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is one of my favourites!
“Deadwood, not known for his love of nature, can gain the ability to destroy
trees”
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His ulti can destroy Accursed without its ulti activating. Good or bad thing depending who you are playing.
this guy with pestilence at level 1 can own any1. deadwood sets the hold pest stuns then thye just gank him. thats what me and my buddy to all the time. =]
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