Howitzer

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

**Difficulty**: Advanced

**Base Stats Overview**:

**Basic Damage** - 2

**Ability Damage** - 8

**Durability** - 3

**Mobility** - 4

**Base Stats**:

**Base Health**: 606 (+64)

**Health Rege**n: 1.01 (+0.11)

**Base Mana**: 390 (+27)

**Mana Regen**: 1.7 (+0.09)

**Ability Defense**: 30

**Basic Defense**: 14.3 (+2.3)

**Basic Attack Damage**: 52.9 (+2.1)

**Attacks Per Second**: 1.05

**Movement Speed**: 655

Howitzer
Traits
Release Date
December 12, 2015 (OT1)
Codename HyperBreach
Difficulty
Advanced

Basic Atk

Ability Atk

Durability

Mobility

Base Stats

Base Health

Health Regen

Base Mana

Mana Regen

Movement Speed

606 (+64)

1.01 (+0.11)

390 (+27)

1.7 (+0.09)

655

Ability Defense

Basic Defense

Basic Attack Damage

Attacks per Second

30

14.3 (+2.3)

52.9 (+2.1)

1.05

**Howitzer** is a ranged Caster with an explosive arsenal at his disposal. Using Rockets, Land Mines and Slow Grenades, Howitzer is able to deal area of effect damage, control large areas and even disrupt and slow down his enemies. When in teamfights use your abilities to rain heavy artillery down on your enemies or your Slow Grenades to control the fight. Late game, Howitzer can easily take out minions, making it difficult for enemies to push in to your base or push you out of theirs. Use your abilities to disrupt the enemy team and zone out the enemy damage dealers.

## Abilities

* LMB
* RMB
* Q
* E
* R

 **Splash Damage**: 10%

 **Ability Damage**: 117/175/234/293**Mana Cost**: 100/110/120/130**Movement Speed Slow**: 25/30/35/40%

 **Ability Damage**: 140/240/339/439**Mana Cost**: 110/120/130/140**Range**: 1950

 **Ability Damage**: 94/140/187/234**Mana Cost**: 110**Range**: 1250

 **Ability Damage**: 445/638/831**Mana Cost**: 125/200/275**Duration**: 2.8

## Background

* Published an article on grenades: theory, practice, and aesthetics.
* Charged with destruction, mayhem, and defacing public property.
* Installed a humidor in his mech.

### Emotes quotes

* Fueled by (liquid) courage, Howitzer springs from the safety of his Mech to shake a taunting fist at his foes.
* "Not everything works right the first time!" – Howitzer
* "Need a target? Feast your eyes!" – Howitzer

### Extra lore

*“Howitzer was one of Dr. Maximov’s earliest bioweapon creations. After stealing a mech, Howitzer and his fellow lab creatures escaped from Tryon Industries’ bioweapons division. He used his mech to cause chaos in Omeda City and was eventually arrested by Murdock and Belica.”*

## Trivia

Howitzer's Wasteland skin, when it was first revealed looked like this, however it was changed to the current version due to it's resemblance to the Challenger skin.

## Gallery

### Skins

* Default Skins
* Tier I Skins
* Tier II Skins
* Special Skins

* Default
* Challenger
* Rival
* Master

* Default
* Onyx Default
* Sky Default

*Howitzer in classic uniform and paint-job.*

**How to Unlock:** Unlocked by default

*Howitzer in classic uniform and paint-job.*

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

*Howitzer in classic uniform and paint-job.*

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

*A new game ahead, Howitzer sports the black and blue of his favorite team - the Omeda City Shockwaves.*

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

*This shiny paint job lasted a day before Howitzer ruined it.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain rank 6 in Howitzer's Master Challenge

*"This seat's starting to get a little warm, here. Is it me?" - Howitzer*

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

* Wasteland

* Wasteland
* Chrome Wasteland
* Tropic Wasteland

*Nothin' wrong with a little wear-and-tear.*

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

*Nothin' wrong with a little wear-and-tear.*

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

*Nothin' wrong with a little wear-and-tear.*

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

* Hardcase

* Hardcase
* Orchid Hardcase
* Crimson Hardcase
* Solar Hardcase

*Fond of firepower and allergic to bullets, Howitzer likes a little extra hardware.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store for 1000  or obtain as a Rare Loot Crate drop

*Fond of firepower and allergic to bullets, Howitzer likes a little extra hardware.*

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

*Fond of firepower and allergic to bullets, Howitzer likes a little extra hardware.*

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

*Fond of firepower and allergic to bullets, Howitzer likes a little extra hardware.*

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

* Hot Rod
* Love Machine

**How to Unlock:** Exclusive reward for purchasing the Challenger and Master Founders Pack on Early Access

*If you can't kill 'em with kindness, try an air strike!*

**How to Unlock:** Carnival of Hearts 2017 event. Purchasable from February 7 2017 to February 27 2017 for 1,200
### Images

* Howitzer main picture
* Howitzer concept art
* Another concept art
* Original stats
* Former in-game avatar
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## Videos

* Howitzer Overview
* Howitzer Skins
* Howitzer Voice Lines

## Change Log

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

* R2000 Missile
	+ Range increased from 1750 to 1950.
* Make it Rain
	+ Damage increased from 410/556/702 to 445/638/831.
	+ Scaling increased from 5.22 to 6.89.

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

* Slow Grenades
	+ Movespeed Slow increased from 15% / 20% / 25% / 30% to 25% / 30% / 35% / 40%.
* Land Mine
	+ Corrected an issue which would cause Howitzer to remove his own Spell Shield or damage himself with Spell Burn.
	+ Cooldown decreased from 13s to 11s at all levels.
* Make it Rain
	+ Cooldown decreased from 105/95/85 to 100/85/70.
* General Balance
	+ Base Basic Defense decreased from 20.2 to 14.3.
	+ Basic Defense per level increased from 2 to 2.3.
	+ Movement Speed decreased from 695 to 655.

 **Update V43.3 - October 10, 2017**

* Land Mine
	+ Cooldown reduced from 16s to 13s
* General Balance
	+ Base health increased from 578 to 606
	+ Health per level increased from 62.4 to 63.6
	+ Base Health regen increased from 0.96 to 1.01
	+ Health regen per level increased from 0.1 to 0.11
	+ Base Basic Defense increased from 19.2 to 20.2

 **Update V39 - April 4, 2017**

* Slow Grenade
	+ Howitzer's Slow Grenades now become active .1 seconds once they hit the ground, down from .5 seconds.
* Make it Rain
	+ Howitzer post-ultimate directional leap is now more forgiving.

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

* Land Mine
	+ Base damage reduced to 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 from 75 / 125 / 175 / 225
	+ Card Scaling reduced to 0.5 from 0.625
	+ Duration reduced to 3 seconds from 5 seconds
* Make it Rain
	+ Cooldown increased to 105 / 90 / 75 from 90 / 70 / 50

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

* Added “Shoot This!” emote to in-game store.

**Update V38 - February 21, 2017**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Improved timing of **Make it Rain** so that the FX more closely matches the damage application.
	+ Howitzer's dome now correctly opens and closes during emote animations.
	+ Fixed bug stopping Howitzer's **Slow Grenades** from being canceled with the Esc key
	+ Fixed bug stopping Howitzer from using abilities after knocking back himself with **Land Mine**.

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

* Polish/Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed bug causing Howitzer's Make it Rain visuals not matching the damage intervals.

**Update V35.1 - December 13, 2016**

* Slow Grenades
	+ Decreased arc to 0.625 from 0.825
	+ Decreased base damage to 60/110/160/210 from 75/135/195/255

**Update V35 - December 6, 2016**

* R2000 Missile
	+ Damage type adjusted from “Energy” to “Ability.”
	+ Projectile speed has been increased.
	+ Cooldown adjusted from 12/11.5/11/10.5 to 8 seconds at all levels.
* Land Mine
	+ Damage type adjusted from “Energy” to “Ability.”
	+ Projectile speed has been increased.
	+ Cooldown adjusted from 17/16/15/14 to 22/19/16/13 seconds.
* Slow Grenade
	+ Damage type adjusted from “Energy” to “Ability.”
	+ Projectile speed has been increased.
	+ Cooldown reduced from 20 to 12 seconds at all levels.
* Make it Rain
	+ Damage type adjusted from “Energy” to “Ability.”
	+ Animation speed has been increased.
	+ Projectile speed has been increased.
	+ Can no longer be cancelled by Howitzer.
	+ Cooldown reduced from 115/105/95 to 90/70/50 seconds.

**Update V31 - September 6, 2016**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed Slow Grenades not being able to re-queue during a blocking ability such as Make it Rain.

**Update V29 - July 26, 2016**

* Added Hardcase Howitzer to the in-game store.
* R2000 Missile
	+ No longer reduces the cooldown if interrupted after firing.

**Update V28 - June 30, 2016**

* Slow Grenades
	+ Now correctly refreshes the slow duration when an enemy hero hits multiple grenades over time.
	+ No longer disappears if Howitzer is silenced after casting.
* Polish/Bug Fixing:
	+ Updated tooltip of some abilities.
	+ Added Howitzer suit start-up sound.
	+ Audio adjustments on Make it Rain sounds to be louder on explosion, quieter on shot.

**Update V27 - June 14, 2016**

* **Passive - Fast Reload**
	+ This ability has been removed.
* **Land Mine**
	+ Range increased from 1000 to 1250.
* **R2000 Missile**
	+ Range increased from 2000 to 2200.
* **Make it Rain**
	+ Range increased from 1500 to 1750.
	+ Cooldown increased from 100 to 115.
	+ Damage duration is 4.2 seconds at all levels.
* Polish / Bug Fixing:
	+ Jetpack sounds updated.
	+ Audio added to emote, “Why I Oughta”!

**Update V24 - April 21, 2016**

* Updated Select Screen animations for Sparrow, Grux, Howitzer and Gideon.

**Update V23 - April 6, 2016**

* Removed Twinblast, Howitzer and Muriel as recommended Heroes.
* If the Rocket ability is cancelled or replaced by another ability during the targeting state, it will now go on a short cooldown.
* Added new targeting infor into the Rocket ability reticle. It now changes color to "red" when placed over an enemy target.

**Update V21 - March 21, 2016**

* Updated details on the character model.
* The Slow Grenade ability can no longer be interrupted by Howitzer's other abilities.

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

**Patch 1:**

* Increased the bounds of Gadget’s Primary and Howitzer’s Muzzle Flash.

**Patch 2:**

* Corrected issue where Howitzer's projectile was spawning before muzzle flash.

**Update OT7 - February 13th, 2016**

* Rocket ability now properly highlights the targets it will hit.

**Update OT5 - January 29, 2016**

* Fixed issue with Howitzer continuing upward if Make It Rain (R) was cancelled at just the right moment at the top of his leap.
* Cannon (LMB) reduced scaling slightly.

**Update OT4 - January 23, 2016**

* Increased card scaling of Rocket (Q).

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

**R - Make It Rain**

* Reduced the targeting hang time for by 1.5 seconds.