Blitz

**Blitz** is a ranged agility hero in *Heroes of Newerth*.

## Abilities

 Target Unit
 **Type** - Magic
 Faster than lightning.

* With Level 4 Quicken and at maximum movement speed difference, Blitzkrieg deals 200/300/401/501 Magic Damage.

 Target Unit
 **Type** - Magic
While linked, the target is Revealed & takes 18/24/30/36 Magic Damage, and 15/25/35/45 Movement Speed is stolen and applied to you every second (with a time interval of 0.2 seconds). The link breaks after 5 seconds or if target moves more than 150 units away from max Cast Range.
Once the link is broken, a charge is removed every 0.1 seconds.
 Anywhere you can move, I can move faster.

* Pilfering cannot be transferred while Blitz is linked to the target. It can be transferred once the link is broken.
* Deals up to 115/170/225/280 damage and steals up to 75/125/175/225 Movement Speed.

 Target Unit
Applies *Quicken* to target for 2.5/3.25/4/4.75 seconds.
 Better, Stronger, Faster

+100/150/200/250% Movement SpeedUnitwalking

 Target Unit
 **Type** - Superior Magic
 You can't do a barrel roll.

## Changelog

**Version 4.10.0**

* **Attack Range** reduced from 475 to 450.

**Version 4.9.4**

* **Attack Range** reduced from 500 to 475.

**Version 4.9.3**

* **Attack Range** is increased from 450 to 500.
* Staff of the Master effect addition (new):
	+ All abilities no longer have a cast time.
* Quicken
	+ Staff of the Master effect addition (new):
		- Applies  Quicken on self for 1 second whenever using an ability (regular duration if  Quicken is the ability that was cast).

**Version 4.8.1**

* Lightning Shackles
	+ Staff of the Master effect changes (to pre-existing):
		- Attack Slow increased from 100 to 200
		- Sights & Reveals affected targets for the duration

**Version 4.8.0**

* Pilfering
	+ Reveals the target while active

**Version 4.7.6**

* **Strength gain** reduced from 1.8 to 1.7

**Version 4.7.3**

* **Strength gain** increased from 1.6 to 1.8

**Version 4.4.4**

* Quicken
	+ Bypasses Magic Immunity in ally heroes

**Version 4.0.0**

* **Base Intelligence** increased from 18 to 21
* **Base Strength** increased from 17 to 19
* **Base Damage** increased from 43-49 to 47-51
* **Magic Armor** increased from 5.75 to 6
* **Armor** increased from 2.58 to 3.58
* Quicken
	+ Now grants Unitwalking to the affected target

**Version 3.6.0**

* Pilfering
	+ Movement Speed steal from 15/25/35/45 to 3/5/7/9 per charge
	+ Maximum charges from 5 to 25
	+ Time between procs from 1 to 0.2 seconds
		- Decay time for loss of charges also rescaled properly to fit new mechanics while maintaining the same timepoint benchmarks as before
* Quicken
	+ Cast Time removed

**Version 3.2.3**

* Lightning Shackles
	+ Staff of the Master functionality added
		- Slow duration increased from 3 to 4 Seconds
		- Now also applies -100 Attack Speed Slow for the duration
		- Increases damage from 225/325/425 to 325/425/525

**Version 3.2.0**

* Increased Base **Movement Speed** from 315 to 330
* Quicken
	+ Now passively increases the Movement Speed cap for Blitz by 20/40/60/80
* Pilfering
	+ Lowered Cast Time from 1 second to .6 seconds

**Version 3.1.0**

* Quicken
	+ Movement Speed increased from 100% to 100/150/200/250%

**Version 2.6.24**

* Base **Magic Armor** increased from 5.5 to 5.75
* **Movement Speed** increased from 300 to 315
* Quicken
	+ Mana Cost reduced from 40/45/50/55 to 35/40/45/50

**Version 2.6.28**

* **Turnrate** increased from 360 to 450

**Version 2.6.12**

* Pilfering
	+ Clearvision now lingers for the entire duration of a target being slowed
	+ Increased the Movement Speed draining from 10/20/30/40 to 15/25/35/45
* Quicken
	+ Cast time reduced from 0.3 to 0.2
* Lightning Shackles
	+ Increased the radius from 200/300/400 to 300/350/400

**Version 2.6.4**

* Lightning Shackles
	+ Cooldown reduced from 150/100/50 to 100/75/50

**Version 2.5.17**

* Hero Added