The Predator

Predator -  [Strength] {melee - short range aoe cone}

The Predator is a secret experiment with Human DNA and Zerg tissue. It looks like the embodyment of an Archon except it has long sweeping arms with a short spike on top of it for hands. It slides over the ground seeking whatever it lieks to kill. The Predator experiment was supervised by Mengsk during the reign of the Dominion. However when kerrigan needed Mengsks aid on Braxis to destroy the Psi Disrupter, she learned of Mengsks secret creation, she decided to recover the creature after the Psi Disrupter was destroyed. The creature felt itself being lured towards the screams of the Zerg, and so it wasn't difficult for Kerrigan to get it to fight for the Swarm.

1) Instant Mutate (self buff, active) - The Predator can instantly command it's own body to mutate into a more harden carapace which gives it +100 HP and + 2 armor. Also it's attackspeed is increased with 10%. The change will last only for 1 minute (and increases with 20 seconds per levelup).

2) Devour (passive) - Besides the active way of becoming a more resilient killer (Instant Mutate) Predators also can harvest DNA from it's slain enemies to increase in strength. By each kill the predator makes, it gets a +1 attack bonus for a short amount of time. When the predator makes consecutive attacks, the bonus is added together. The only drawback of this is that the effects from the harvested DNA wears off after 8 seconds. The bonus damage is equal during each set of 3 levels, time of effect will last 2 seconds longer with each level up.

3) Hammer Strike (150 energy) - It's a rare sight, but Predators can manipulate their own arms to reform into a hammer-shape. when they do, the can inflict 1 strike with their hammer-hands to do tremendous amounts of damage to a target, additionally the ground starts to shake and stuns any enemy in close proximity of the target. the damage received from a hammer strike attack is roughly 3 times that of a normal attack. and increases +0,5 times with each level. (lv1 is times 3 ; lv2 is times 3,5 ; lv 3 is times 4 a.s.o.)

4) Slime Slide (100 energy) - The Predator can perform a slime slide every once in a while. Basically it breaks itself down to a puddle of goo and can slide over the ground. During this state, enemy unitfire misses by 60% of the time. The speed at which it moves is 20% faster. The predator can only engage enemies with a sort of tail-whip attack which does only small damage. The time it can exist as a sliming puddle is 20 seconds and per level it increases with 5 seconds per level.

5) Viral Web (point blank 360 aoe) - In return for energy the Predator can cast a viral web that spreads rapidly from the Predator as a center point. Every ground unit caught in it's path is slowly receiving damage. Additionally, enemies trapped within the web slows their movement down with 30%. the size of a Viral Web increases slightly per level aswell as how long it's in place.

U) Fatal Infestation(150 energy) - By using this spell, the Predator can infest a single target with an agressive virus-like agent which does persistant damage to the target. Any unit which is targetted eventually dies. -Please use the discussion tab if you have any comments about this hero, including specific ideas to make him better.

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