Steel

**Release Date**: December 12, 2015 (OT1)

**Difficulty**: Easy

**Base Stats Overview**:

**Basic Damage** - 3

**Ability Damage** - 4

**Durability** - 10

**Mobility** - 6

**Base Stats**:

**Base Health**: 741 (+83)

**Health Rege**n: 1.23 (+0.14)

**Base Mana**: 262 (+15)

**Mana Regen**: 1.27 (+0.05)

**Ability Defense**: 30

**Basic Defense**: 19.7 (+2.3)

**Basic Attack Damage**: 70.2 (+2.7)

**Attacks Per Second**: 1.11 (+0.8%)

**Movement Speed**: 670

Steel
Traits
Release Date
December 12, 2015 (OT1)
Codename Steel
Difficulty
Easy

Basic Atk

Ability Atk

Durability

Mobility

Base Stats

Base Health

Health Regen

Base Mana

Mana Regen

Movement Speed

741 (+83)

1.23 (+0.14)

262 (+15)

1.27 (+0.05)

670

Ability Defense

Basic Defense

Basic Attack Damage

Attacks per Second

30

19.7 (+2.3)

70.2 (+2.7)

1.11 (+0.8%)

**Steel** is a melee tank who uses his shield to protect his allies. Steel can use his shield defensively to block incoming damage or offensively as a means of crowd control. Late game your ability to lock enemies down is crucial. When initiating a fight, target the enemy damage dealers and don't forget Bulwarks block enemy projectiles.

## Abilities

* LMB
* RMB
* Q
* E
* R

 **Movement Speed Slow**: 25%**Mana Cost**: 100

**Notes**

* The shield blocks also enemy tower projectiles.

 **Ability Armor per stack**: 20/40/60/80 (Total 80/160/240/320)**Stack Recharge Duration**: 8/7/6/5

 **Stun Duration**: 1.5/2/2.5**Power Scaling**: 2.51**Cooldown**: 90/75/60**Radius**: 550

## Background

* Understands the concept of mercy, just not as it applies to him.
* First memory is the bay doors opening in low orbit.
* Though many follow, denies being a leader.

### Emotes quotes

* Steel slams his shield furiously and bellows a challenge to his enemies.
* When Steel is amused, he claps. Just be careful to cover your ears.
* "You may proceed. This is not a deception." - Steel
* "I once displayed this routine for my unit. It did not go well." - Steel

### Extra lore

*“Steel is a cyborg created for the Omeda City military. After Steel raised his shield to defend a Wasteland settlement instead of destroying it as he had been ordered, he became a rogue soldier without a cause or a home. His self-directed mission is to protect as many people as he can.”*

## Gallery

### Skins

* Default Skins
* Tier I Skins
* Tier III Skins
* Special Skins

* Default
* Challenger
* Rival
* Master

* Default
* Desert Default
* Lavender Default

*Steel in his original rig, armor, and carbon-flesh.*

**How to Unlock:** Unlocked by default

*Steel in his original rig, armor, and carbon-flesh.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Steel in his original rig, armor, and carbon-flesh.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Steel dons white armor, first worn in solidarity with Muriel's cause.*

**How to Unlock:** Begin Steel's Master Challenge

*This is the armor that Steel wore while on biohazard missions.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain rank 6 on Steel's Master Challenge

*"I have become war." - Steel*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain the title of *Master* with Steel

* Diesel
* Aegis

* Diesel
* Ocean Diesel
* Blush Diesel

*Stomp on the gas and brace for impact.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store for 500  or obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Stomp on the gas and brace for impact.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Stomp on the gas and brace for impact.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

* Aegis
* Gilded Aegis
* Military Aegis

*Reforged in time-honored metals, Steel is fit to guard the highest temple.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store for 500  or obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Reforged in time-honored metals, Steel is fit to guard the highest temple.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Reforged in time-honored metals, Steel is fit to guard the highest temple.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

* Doomsday
* Warpaint Doomsday
* Ancient Doomsday

*The stars have aligned and the way is open. Doomsday is upon us.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store for 1500  or obtain through Diamond Chests or as a Ultra Rare Loot Crate drop

* Warpaint Doomsday
* Onyx Warpaint Doomsday
* Molten Warpaint Doomsday

*When it is time to bring doom down upon the mortals, Doomsday Steel streaks himself in warpaint.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase the Diamond Pack

*When it is time to bring doom down upon the mortals, Doomsday Steel streaks himself in warpaint.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*When it is time to bring doom down upon the mortals, Doomsday Steel streaks himself in warpaint.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

* Ancient Doomsday
* Fossil Ancient Doomsday
* Desert Ancient Doomsday

*Ancient craftsmen augured the end of time, and carved their vision of doomsday into stone. Little did they know it would come to life.*

**How to Unlock:** Found in the November 2017 Mega Vault

*Ancient craftsmen augured the end of time, and carved their vision of doomsday into stone. Little did they know it would come to life.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Ancient craftsmen augured the end of time, and carved their vision of doomsday into stone. Little did they know it would come to life.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

* Carbon Fiber
* Cobalt

*A single thread accomplishes little. Woven together, they're stronger than steel.*

**How to Unlock:** Awarded by liking the official Paragon Facebook page

* Cobalt
* Military Cobalt

*A true leader keeps his alloy strong...and his finish, bold.*

**How to Unlock:** Awarded through participating in the Total XP Community Event in July 19 - July 25, 2016. Link to event here

*A true leader keeps his alloy strong...and his finish, bold.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop
### Images

* Steel main picture
* Steel concept art
* Steel fighting Gideon
* Steel stats
* Former in-game avatar
* Current in-game avatar
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## Videos

* Steel Teaser Reveal
* Steel Overview
* Steel Skins
* Steel Voice Lines

## Change Log

 **Update V44.6 - December 12, 2017**

* Shield Bash
	+ Damage decreased from 111/158/205/252 to 111/152/193/234
	+ Scaling decreased from 1.67 to 1.46
* Ablative Armor
	+ Recharge duration increased from 6/5/4/3s to 8/7/6/5s

 **Update V44.3 - November 20, 2017**

* Bulwark
	+ Now gains collision instantly, instead of after the visual effects have finished drawing.
* Shield Bash
	+ Damage increased from 88/117/146/176 to 111/158/205/252.
	+ Scaling increased from 1.04 to 1.67.
	+ Stun duration from .5s at all levels to .6/.8/1/1.2s.
* Shield Slam
	+ Stun duration adjusted from 2s at all levels to 1.5/2/2.5s.
* General Balance
	+ Base Basic Defense decreased from 27.8 to 19.7.
	+ Basic Defense per level increased from 2 to 2.3.
	+ Base Basic Attack Damage increased from 67.5 to 70.2.
	+ Basic Attack Damage per level decreased from 2.8 to 2.7.
	+ Movement Speed decreased from 710 to 670.

 **Update V43 - September 21, 2017**

* Bull Rush removed
* New Ability - Shield Bash
	+ Steel strikes out with his shield, causing 88/117/146/176 damage in a localized area in front of him.
	+ Enemies hit by the shield are stunned for 0.5 seconds
	+ Costs 70 mana
	+ 9/8/7/6 second cooldown
* Shield Slam
	+ Reduced range from 900 to 850
	+ Increased area of effect from from 500 to 550
* Bulwark
	+ Reduced cooldown from 18s to 14s
* General Balance
	+ Reduced base mana from 276 to 262
	+ Reduced base mana regen from 1.32 to 1.27

 **Update V41 - June 27, 2017**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Bull Rush
		- Collision smoothed out
		- Will now appropriately knockback enemies who are standing directly in front of Steel when ability activates

 **Update V40.3 - June 6, 2017**

* Ablative Armor
	+ Armor Stack counters can no longer be seen through Fog Walls.

 **Update V40.1 - May 26, 2017**

* Bulwark
	+ Polish and Bug Fixing
		- Ability activates after Steel puts up his wall
		- No longer activates if it is canceled/interrupted before the wall appears

 **Update V40 - May 16, 2017**

* Force Shield
	+ Has been removed.
* Bulwark
	+ Has been reworked:
		- Steel now deploys a smaller, attached Force Shield as an extension of his shield while channeling Bulwark.
		- Duration increased to 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 from 4 seconds at all levels.
* New Ability: Ablative Armor (E / Circle)
	+ Passive: Grants Steel four stacks of 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 Ability Armor (For a total of 200 / 260 / 320 / 380 Ability Armor).
	+ Taking Ability Damage removes one stack.
	+ Steel gains one stack every 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 seconds. This timer is reset whenever he takes new instances of Ability Damage.

 **Update V38.5 - March 28, 2017**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ “Proceed” emote now plays the correct audio.

 **Update V38.4 - March 21, 2017**

* Added “Proceed” emote to in-game store.

 **Update V38.3 - March 14, 2017**

* Bulwark
	+ No longer occasionally blocks the pull of Grux’s Smash & Grab
* Force Shield
	+ Force Shield builds and becomes active .5 seconds faster

**Update V38.2 - March 7, 2017**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Steel's Bulwark ability no longer blocks damage from Shinbi's All-Kill!

**Update V38.1 - February 28, 2017**

* Shield Slam
	+ Reduced range to 900 from 1500.
	+ Reduced radius to 450 from 500.

**Update V38 - February 21, 2017**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed a bug where Steel could fly off ledges by using **Bull Rush**.
	+ Potential fix for **Bull Rush** not always fully knocking back people.

 **Update V37.1 - February 7, 2017**

* Polish/Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed an issue where Steel could maintain his velocity and fly off edges with Bull Rush.

 **Update V36.2 - January 24, 2017**

* Polish/Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed various clipping, mesh and animation issues.

 **Update V36.1 - January 17, 2017**

* Shield Slam
	+ Base damage reduced to 210/320/430 from 230/350/470.
	+ Card scaling reduced to 0.9 from 1.2

 **Update V36 - January 10, 2017**

* Bulwark
	+ No longer reduces burn or poison damage.

 **Update V35 - December 6, 2016**

* “Bull Rush” (Previously Charge)
	+ Damage type adjusted from "Physical" to "Ability."
	+ Animation speed has been increased.
	+ Range reduced from 2000 to 1600.
	+ Cooldown reduced from 15 to 12 at all levels.
* Force Shield
	+ Projectile speed has been increased.
	+ Cooldown reduced from 23.8/22.8/21.8/20.8 to 24/20/16/12 seconds.
* “Bulwark” (Previously Shield Block)
	+ Redesigned: Now blocks 60/70/80/90% of all non-AoE damage that passes through the shield.
	+ Now lasts 3 seconds at all levels.
	+ While deployed, Steel cannot turn, but can move normally otherwise. Attacking or reactivating will allow normal movement again.
	+ Cooldown reduced from 18/17/16/15 to 12 seconds at all levels.
* Shield Slam
	+ Damage type adjusted from "Physical" to "Ability."
	+ Animation speed has been increased.
	+ Cooldown reduced from 100/90/80 to 110/90/70 seconds.

 **Update V34.3 - November 29, 2016**

* Added Aegis Steel to the in-game store.

 **Update V34 - November 8, 2016**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Changed Steel's Shield Block tool tip so that it shows the correct value when an ability point is available.
	+ Steel's Shield Block ability now plays a sound effect when the ability ends.
	+ Updated FX on Doomsday Steel.
		- Force Shield.
		- Shield Bang Emote.
		- Shield Slam impact.
		- Tattoos.

 **Update V33 - October 18, 2016**

* Polish/Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed an issue where Steel’s Ultimate caused no damage to towers.
	+ Steel will now always play a vocal effort during his ultimate.
	+ Shield Block’s tooltip now has the correct mana cost.

**Update V32.1 - October 4, 2016**

* Shield Slam
	+ Yell added to ability.
* Polish/Bug Fixing
	+ VFX tweaks for Shield Slam.

**Update V32 - September 27, 2016**

* Added Doomsday Steel to in-game store.
* Shield Slam
	+ Adjusted targeting from a Sphere to a Cylinder.
* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Various tooltips have been updated for clarity.

**Update V31 - September 6, 2016**

* Charge
	+ This ability can now be queued up while in the air.

**Update V29 - July 26, 2016**

* Bug Fix / Polish
	+ Fixed some interaction issues with Force Shield and other Heroes’ shields.

**Update V28.2 - July 19, 2016**

* Fixed an issue where Steel’s Force Shield start-up audio was not being affected by master volume slider.

**Update V28 - June 30, 2016**

* Added Diesel Steel Skin

**Update V27 - June 14, 2016**

* Now scales as a Fighter.
* **Passive - Unstoppable Force**
	+ This ability has been removed.
* **Force Shield**
	+ Force Shield now removes enemy targets from the Shadowplane when slow is applied.
* Polish / Bug Fixing:
	+ Audio added to Steel’s emote, “Bring it On!”.

**Update V26 - May 24, 2016**

* Shield Block - Changes made to Shield Block were meant to increase the usefulness in combat, especially for body blocking and blocking enemy projectiles.
	+ Increased collision size to help body blocking enemies and blocking enemy shots to protect teammates.
	+ Increased Physical and Energy Armor granted to 25/40/55.
	+ Fixed a bug that was causing a progressively increased slow to apply as levels were added.
* Force Shield - The intent of these changes is to reduce the overloaded functionality of the ability and to decrease the distance the ability could be thrown.
	+ Shortened casting range from 1500 to 750 units.
	+ Removed the ability to grant shields for allies and himself.
* Fix for camera occasionally flipping when using Shield Slam.

**Update V25 - May 10, 2016**

* Added Steel Shield impact sound.

**Update V24 - April 21, 2016**

* Extended Recall animations for Kallari, Muriel Gideon, Sparrow and Steel to prevent them from popping back into idle before teleporting.
* Fixed a bug with Charge ability where you would hit enemy players directly behind you when dashing.
* Fixed a bug with the Force Shield ability where the slow from his shield was applying multiple times.

**Update V23 - April 6, 2016**

* Updated lobby animations for Sparrow, Gideon, Grux and Steel.

**Update OT10 - March 5th, 2016**

**Patch 2:**

* No longer can confirm Steel’s Charge ability while in the air.
* Corrected misdirected material which could leave Feng Mao and Steel with default materials in decals.

**Update OT9 - February 26th, 2016**

* Steel has been disabled for OT9 due to an exploit.

**Update OT6 - February 4th, 2016**

**LMB - Basic Attack**

* Increase base cleave damage.
* Increased card scaling.

**Q - Charge**

* Reduced Cooldown.

**R - Shield Slam**

* Increased Cooldowns.

**Update OT5 - January 29, 2016**

* Fixed a bug where Steel Slam (R) still had VFX trigger if Steel died while performing the move.
* Adjusted timing of Shield Slam.

**Update OT4 - January 23th, 2016**

* Grux, Howitzer, Muriel, Steel, and Twinblast are recommended for now.

**Update OT3 - January 15th, 2016**

* Decreased Base Health and per-level Health Scaling.
* Increased Base Resistances.

**Update OT2 - January 9th, 2016**

* Fixed a bug where his RMB was blocking damage from all directions and not just front.

**E - Force Shield**

* Fixed for Steel’s shield occasionally taking too long to spawn if thrown in the wrong spot.