Chaos Knight

Chaos Knight
Chaos Knight
The Dire
The Dire
Movement Speed	325
Turn Rate	0.5
Sight Range	1800/800
Attack Range	Melee
Missile Speed	Instant
Attack Duration	0.5+0.5
Cast Duration	0.4+0.2
Base Attack Time	1.7

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Chaos Knight is a melee strength Hero famous for his unorthodox disables and is most commonly played as a semi-carry and ganker. His core abilities all have effects that are based on randomness: Reality Rift, for example, pulls Chaos Knight and his target to a randomly chosen point along the line between the two at the time of casting. The random factor of these abilities mean that they can be extremely powerful if the random number generator is in your favor. This is especially true for Chaos Bolt, which at max rank has a chance to be a 4 second targeted stun, which in turn is almost a guaranteed kill early in the game (4 seconds is equivalent to Black Hole). This ability makes Chaos Knight into a very strong roamer in the early-mid game. At the same time, Chaos Knight's Chaos Strike and Phantasm abilities both scale well with items, giving the Chaos Knight presence even in the late stages of the game.

[edit] Bio

Chaos Knight
Play "All creation is order which must be scattered to the wind."
Role:	Carry / Disabler / Durable / Pusher
Lore:	The veteran of countless battles on a thousand worlds, Chaos Knight hails from a far upstream plane where the fundamental laws of the universe have found sentient expression. Of all the ancient Fundamentals, he is the oldest and most tireless—endlessly searching out a being he knows only as “The Light.” Long ago the Light ventured out from the progenitor realm, in defiance of the first covenant. Now Chaos Knight shifts from plane to plane, always on the hunt to extinguish the Light wherever he finds it. A thousand times he has snuffed out the source, and always he slides into another plane to continue his search anew. Upon his steed Armageddon he rides, wading into battle with maniacal frenzy, drawing strength from the disorder of the universe. A physical manifestation of chaos itself, in times of need he calls upon other versions of himself from other planes, and together these dark horsemen ride into battle, as unstoppable as any force of nature. Only when the last Light of the world is scoured from existence will the search be ended. Where rides the Chaos Knight, death soon follows.
Voice:	Barry Dennen (Responses)

[edit] Abilities

Chaos Bolt

Ability	Affects	Damage
Target Unit	Enemies	Magical

Throws a mysterious bolt of energy at the target unit. It stuns for a random duration and deals random damage.

Range: 500
Stun Duration: 1-2/1-3/1-4/2-4
Damage: 1-200/50-225/75-250/100-275
Projectile Speed: 1000

10

140

Even Chaos Knight cannot predict this manifest of unholy energy.

Notes:

Stun duration and damage appears above targeted unit's head (visible to allies and enemies).

Reality Rift

Ability	Affects	Damage
Target Unit	Enemies	Magical

Teleports you, any images you have and the target unit to a random point along the line between the two of you. Gives you bonus attack damage for one attack.

Range: 550/600/650/700
Bonus Damage: 25/50/75/100
Bonus Duration: 1.2

24/18/12/6

70

Illusions belonging to Chaos Knight within a range of 1400 will be teleported to the same position as the original. Illusions will not gain the bonus damage.

Armageddon rides between the planes, bringing Chaos Knight to his victim wherever he may hide.

Notes:

Teleports Chaos Knight to a random point on the line between the units (between 30% and 80% of the distance).
Teleports the target unit to the same location as Chaos Knight, offset by 25 units towards Chaos Knight's original position.
Chaos Knight and the target unit are made to face each other, and Chaos Knight and all teleported illusions are issued an attack order against the target unit.

Chaos Strike

Ability	Affects
Passive	Self

Chaos Knight's mojo gives him a chance to deal bonus damage.

Critical Chance: 10%
Critical Damage: 150% / 200% / 250% / 300%

Red critical numbers are before illusion and armor reduction.

Chaos Knight's unwieldy power bludgeons those who stand before him, crushing the thickest of armors.

Phantasm

Ability	Affects
No Target	Self

Summons several copies of the Chaos Knight from alternate dimensions. The illusions deal full damage, but take double damage.

Duration: 24
Number of Illusions: 1/2/3

140	125/200/275

Drawing on his battles fought across many worlds and many times, phantasms of the Chaos Knight rise up to quell all who oppose him.

Notes:

This ability removes most buffs from Chaos Knight.

[edit] Recommended items

Explanation:
Core:

Power Treads are easily the strongest boot on CK, as they provide tankiness, which transfer to his illusions, and allow him to tread switch if he has a source of regeneration.
Drum of Endurance provide a nice set of cheap stats, which is nice as it helps increase Chaos Knight's tankiness and bolster his weak mana pool. It also provides extra mobility which helps Chaos Knight move around between uses of Reality Rift.
Armlet of Mordiggian provide a very large amount of strength, which will transfer to his illusions if it is activated before Phantasm is used. As Chaos Knight's main source of damage is his illusions, this allows them to stick around much longer.

Situational:

Heart of Tarrasque is probably the strongest item to get after you have your core, as it makes your illusions close to unkillable and gives them a nice damage boost.
Assault Cuirass is a very strong pickup as well, giving Chaos Knight much needed armor and attack speed. It is, however, best when picked up when it will also bolster other physical damage heroes on the team.
Black King Bar provides a bit of tankiness and a bit of damage on top of much prized magic immunity. However, as magic immunity does not transfer to illusions and it doesn't buff illusion damage as much other other items, this is best when picked up against teams that can easily isolate the real CK and either lock him down for a long period of time or burst him down with single target magical damage.
Heaven's Halberd is a strong pickup for Chaos Knight if there's only a single strong right-click hero on the enemy team, or when it's picked up after CK has started to fall off and another carry on his team is the primary damage dealer.
Manta Style is only a strong pickup on Chaos Knight if the enemy team does not have a way to clear out your illusions. They take more damage and deal less damage than the illusions made by Phantasm.
Sange and Yasha is a decent item to pick up on Chaos Knight if it is finished early and you intend to build both Heaven's Halberd and Manta Style by disassembling this item.
Satanic is not a very strong pickup on Chaos Knight, as illusions don't lifesteal, but it is an item that builds out of a Reaver and has armor, which does help make Chaos Knight tankier, so it would not be a terrible 6th item pickup.

Unmentioned:

While Diffusal Blade offers only agility and intelligence to Chaos Knight, his illusions will also be given Feedback. Like Phantom Lancer, an army of Chaos Knights can deplete enemy's mana very quickly. Its active ability can also be used to ensure that enemies do not escape Chaos Knight's army after Reality Rift, if Chaos Bolt is unavailable.

[edit] Tips

While ganking in the early-mid game, use Reality Rift to get close to the enemy, then hit him once with your bonus damage and use Chaos Bolt to stun. If you're lucky, you could even get more than 2 hits while he's stunned.
In most situations, max Chaos Bolt and Reality Rift first, since the critical damage from your Chaos Strike is negligible in the early game, and you won't have enough mana to summon the Phantasm(s) with your ultimate.
Always activate your Armlet of Mordiggian before using your ultimate, since the illusions also gain bonuses from it.
By buying a Sange & Yasha, you'll be able to disassemble it later and build a Heaven's Halberd and a Manta Style. You may buy the first item if you need more survivability, since it gives you more health, some evasion and a reliable disarm; buy Manta Style first if you farmed really well, and you wish to confuse your enemies even more. It grants you better stats, too.

[edit] Trivia

Chaos Strike's skill icon bears a similar appearance to a D20 dice, commonly used in table-top RPG games, where a full 20 usually results in a critical. This is representative of the chance that comes with the skill.
Chaos Knight's lore and dialogue lines draw many references to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.