Clinkz

Clinkz

The Dire

15 + 1.6 22 + 3 16 + 1.55

Level 1 16 25 Hit Points 435 929 1537 Mana 208 533 949 Damage 37-43 84-90 129-135 Armor 2.08 8.66 14.96 Attacks / Second 0.71 0.99 1.25

Movement Speed 300 Turn Rate 0.4 Sight Range 1800/800 Attack Range 600 Missile Speed 900 Attack Duration 0.7+0.3 Cast Duration 0.5+0.51 Base Attack Time 1.7

Clinkz the Bone Fletcher is a ranged agility carry specializing in ambushing lone Heroes with high physical damage and incredible speed. Fragile but very difficult to take down, this assassin vanishes in thin air and reappears, launching burning arrows that greatly injure enemies and demolish structures. When in need, he can sacrifice a creature to absorb its life for greater damage and health, making him not only able to take more hits, but hit harder as well.

Bio

Clinkz, the Bone Fletcher Play "The arrow of war is loosed." Role: Carry / Escape Lore: At the base of the Bleeding Hills stretches a thousand-league wood—a place called The Hoven, where black pools gather the tarry blood of the uplands, and the king-mage Sutherex sits in benevolent rule. Once a sworn protector of the Hoven lands, Clinkz earned a reputation for his skill with a bow. In the three-hundredth year of the king-mage, the demon Maraxiform rose from sixth hell to lay claim to the forest. In response, the king-mage decreed an unbreakable spell: to any who slew the demon would be granted Life Without End. Unaware of the spell, Clinkz waded into battle, defending his lands against the demon’s fiery onslaught. Clinkz drove Maraxiform back to the gates of sixth-hell itself, where on that fiery threshold the two locked in a mortal conflict. Grievously wounded, the demon let out a blast of hellfire as Clinkz loosed his final arrow. The arrow struck the demon true as hellfire poured out across the land, lighting the black pools and burning Clinkz alive at the instant of the demon’s death. Thus, the mage’s spell took effect at the very moment of the archer’s conflagration, preserving him in this unholy state, leaving him a being of bones and rage, caught in the very act of dying, carrying hell’s breath with him on his journey into eternity. Voice: Michael Gregory (Responses)

Abilities

Strafe Q T Ability Affects No Target Self Clinkz attacks with a barrage of arrows. Dramatically increases attack speed for a short time. Duration: 4/6/8/10 Bonus Attack Speed: 130 60/50/40/30 90 It's hard to say whether the blur around the Bone Fletcher is from his flaming heart or his speed with the quiver.

Notes: Clinkz will get an animation on him for the duration of the spell, showing that it's currently active.

Searing Arrows W R Ability Affects Damage Auto-Cast Enemy units and structures Physical Imbues Clinkz's arrows with fire for extra damage. Range: 600 Bonus Damage: 20/30/40/50 8 Clinkz simply lights his arrows from his flaming essence for quite the destructive effect.

Notes: Searing Arrows will stack with Eye of Skadi if it is Auto-Cast, but not if it is manually cast. Works on mechanical units. Does not work on magic immune units.

Skeleton Walk E W Ability Affects No Target Self Clinkz moves invisibly through units until the moment he attacks or uses an ability. Fade Time: 0.6 Duration: 20/25/30/35 Bonus Movement Speed: 11%/22%/33%/44% 20 75 With a burst of fire and puff of smoke, the Bone Fletcher was nowhere to be seen.

Notes: Clinkz can go through units when under the effects of Skeleton Walk. Will not interrupt most channeling abilities or items upon activation. When attacking, invisibility is broken before the projectile reaches the target.

Death Pact R E Ability Affects Target Unit Units Clinkz consumes the target friendly or enemy creep, gaining a percent of its HP as max health and damage. Range: 400 Duration: 35 Bonus HP and HP Capacity: 50%/65%/80% of the killed unit's HP Bonus Damage: 5%/6.5%/8% of the killed unit's HP 45 100 Sutherex' bond of life and death has become a part of Clinkz, and his old bones are refreshed with repetition of the pact on lesser beings.

Notes: If the target is an enemy or neutral unit, it will count as a creep kill and give Clinkz the correct gold and experience bounty. When the duration ends, the maximum HP returns to normal, but Clinkz's current HP remains the same. If his HP is greater than his normal maximum, it will be set to his maximum.

Recommended items

Explanation: Core: Orchid Malevolence solves Clinkz's mana problem since Searing Arrows constantly drains mana per attack. Its silence ability effectively disables Heroes such as Lion which could otherwise kill Clinkz with their damaging spell combo. Monkey King Bar has a mini-bash ability which could interrupt channeling spells and heroes fleeing via Town Portal Scroll Situational: Daedalus takes advantage of Clinkz's high attack speed to potentially down opponents in seconds, while the Butterfly provides great stats for an Agility carry and the useful Evasion. Eye of Skadi stacks with your Searing Arrows, making you both tanky and hard to escape from. Sheepstick is an alternative to orchid that offers less DPS, but a stronger disable.

Tips

• While he can be an excellent ganker, Clinkz is extremely fragile and puts out huge amounts of DPS, making him a priority target in teamfights. Try to let your teammates start things off while you dance around the edge of the fight dealing damage to distracted or disabled opponents.
• You can use orb-walking with Searing Arrows to harass your opponents. Be wary of the moderate mana cost, however.
• Use Skeleton Walk a good amount of time before you expect to ambush an enemy, or appear in a fight. This will allow you to use Skeleton Walk again soon after, either for a quick escape or to chase down any survivors.
• In most cases, max out Searing Arrows first for the reliable damage increase.
• If you are ganking a lot with Clinkz, take Strafe as your second skill to max as the decreased cooldown makes you a great threat. If you are playing as the team's lategame carry, maxing Skeleton Walk will keep you safe and able to move quickly into untaken lanes and the jungle to farm.
• Always try to use Death Pact on the bosses of the large creep camps, such as the Satyr Hellcaller and Centaur Khan.
• You can deny an enemy jungler some farm by stealing creeps with Death Pact, leaving as little as possible behind so they are forced to clear it for the respawn to trigger. Death Pact may also be used on dominated or controlled neutrals such as those used by Chen or Enchantress to kill them instantly.
• Because of the huge amount of physical damage Clinkz can deal over a short period, he is also excellent at killing towers provided something else is there to take the aggro.

Trivia

• Bone Fletcher's Alternate/Fun name was "Clinkz Eastwood", a pun on the name of famed actor Clint Eastwood.
• The line I've already paid my pound of flesh is most likely a reference to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, in which a pound of flesh is demanded as bond for a debt.

Update history

March 14, 2013 Patch

• Fixed Death Pact healing Clinkz under Ice Blast debuff.

August 02, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Teleport animations for Beastmaster, Bounty Hunter, Broodmother, Clinkz, Lifestealer, Necrolyte and Shadow Shaman.

May 03, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Searing Arrows not stacking with Eye of Skadi.

March 22, 2012 Patch

• Fixed a bug with level 2 Death Pact not gaining the .5% damage buff.

February 16, 2012 Patch

• Added Clinkz to Captain's Mode.
• Fixed not being able to cast Searing Arrows manually on buildings.
• Fixed Death Pact not being castable on Magic Immune units.
• Fixed Searing Arrows autocast working while silenced/doomed.
• Fixed Searing Arrows bonus damage being treated as a seperate damage instance (it could get reduced twice by stout shield).
• Fixed Death Pact being purgeable.
• Fixed Bounty Hunter and Clinkz's invisibility getting dispelled by Tornado.
• [Undocumented] Added injured animations for Clinkz.

January 26, 2012 Patch

• Added Clinkz!

January 19, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated textures for Magnataur, Clinkz.

Balance changelog

6.75

• Strafe attack speed bonus increased from 110 to 130.

6.74

• Death Pact damage bonus increased from 4/6/8% to 5/6.5/8%.
• Death Pact hp bonus increased from 50/60/70% to 50/65/80%.

6.73

• Searing Arrows no longer has a cooldown at level 1.
• Strafe Attack Speed bonus increased from 90 to 110.
• Skeleton Walk movement bonus increased from 10/20/30/40 to 11/22/33/44%.

Gallery

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  Splash artwork

See also

• Clinkz responses