Overall
Hodgkin revolves around soul siphoning — a debuff applied by his ultimate's ghost ship crash and his dual cannons that cuts enemy damage, healing efficiency, and stacks permanently increasing damage against the target. Siphoned enemies feed his self-healing, and hitting an already-siphoned target stuns them. His Jolly Roger flag buffs nearby allies with increased attack and defense, strengthening further when siphoned enemies are in range to add bonus haste. Frontal damage blocking with control immunity lets him absorb hits and retaliate based on the attacker's max health. Once siphoned, the debuff persists until Hodgkin dies, and re-siphoning the same enemy deals additional burst damage. The whole loop rewards him for staying alive and cycling through siphon applications.
Skills
The Immortal
UltimateCrashes a ghost ship into the most concentrated enemy area, dealing AoE damage and siphoning all enemy souls. Siphoned enemies deal reduced damage, have reduced healing efficiency, and are terrified.
Soul Devourer
ActiveFires at a single target with life leech while siphoning their soul. If the target is already siphoned, they are additionally stunned.
Jolly Roger
ActiveSummons a flag that deals AoE damage and buffs nearby allies with increased Attack and Defense Ratings. If siphoned enemies are in range, the flag is strengthened, extending its duration and granting allies bonus Haste.
Reviler's Defiance
ActiveBlocks frontal damage with control immunity until a damage threshold is reached. Retaliates afterward with damage based on the attacker's max health, scaling with block duration. Block time can be bypassed to always deal max-health-based damage.
Signature Item
Soul Devourers
Hodgkin heals himself and his most injured ally each time a soul is siphoned. Each siphon also permanently increases his damage against that enemy, stacking up to 4 times.
Furniture
Furniture
Soul siphon persists until Hodgkin dies. Re-siphoning a target deals burst damage and reduces their healing efficiency and damage.
Engravings are not listed here because they upgrade existing skills directly. See the Skills tab for engraving effects alongside each skill.
Hodgkin summons a ghost ship that crashes into the most concentrated area of enemies, dealing 330% AoE damage to enemies, simultaneously siphoning the souls of all enemies on the battlefield for 7 seconds. Enemies that have their soul's siphoned also have their damage and healing efficiency reduced by 25%.
Hodgkin raises both of his Soul Devourer cannons and deals 240% damage to his target, also siphoning their soul in the process. The effects of the soul siphoning are the same as “The Immortal”. This skill has an additional 35% Life Leech effect when damage is dealt.
Hodgkin summons down a Jolly Roger flag that deals 230% AoE damage to nearby enemies. Allied heroes that are within range have their Defense Ratings increased by 20% and their Attack Ratings increased by 20% for the following 10 seconds. If an enemy within range has had their soul siphoned, the flag shall be strengthened, with its duration being extended to 3 seconds. After the flag has been strengthened, any allied heroes within range shall have their Haste additionally increased by 35 points.
Hodgkin starts blocking frontal damage and is immune to control effects for up to 3 seconds, or until he blocks an amount of damage equal to 25% of his max health. After Hodgkin finishes blocking damage, he immediately retaliates against the attacker, dealing up to 15% of the attacker's max health as damage. The amount of damage dealt is determined by the duration of time Hodgkin blocks damage for, but shall not exceed 550% of Hodgkin's own Attack Rating.
Soul Devourers
Enhances: Pirate's GreedHodgkin immediately recovers 10% of his max health for every enemy hero that has their soul siphoned. This effect can be triggered 3 times every 4.5 seconds.
Hodgkin immediately recovers 15% of his max health for every enemy hero that has their soul siphoned.
Hodgkin’s 1 most injured allies shall also recover 15% of their max health values.
Each time an enemy has their soul siphoned, the damage Hodgkin deals to that enemy is permanently increased by 20%. This effect can be stacked against every enemy a maximum of 3 times.
Each time an enemy has their soul siphoned, the damage Hodgkin deals to that enemy is permanently increased by 20%. This effect can be stacked against every enemy a maximum of 4 times.
When an enemy has their soul siphoned, the effect shall continue up until Hodgkin’s death.
Enemies that have their souls siphoned shall have their healing efficiency and damage reduced by 35%. If the same enemy has their soul siphoned again, they will be dealt damage equal to 290% of Hodgkin’s Attack Rating.
Damage is increased to 280%.
Blocking time is ignored, Hodgkin shall always deal damage equal to 20% of the target's max health.
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