Retribution/Chaos Lord/Abilities

Default abilities


Unit(s)	Heroes and most melee units	This unit always takes 40% less damage from melee weapons. Does not affect damage from ranged weapons.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	Always active


Unit(s)	Chaos Lord	Strike out at all nearby enemies, doing 20 melee damage and weapon knockback in radius 5. The Chaos Lord drains the life force of his victims, healing himself for 75 health per target. 25 second cooldown.
Requires	Default ability
Cost	50


Unit(s)	Chaos Lord	Reduces all enemy units' sight range to 10% of normal for 15 seconds. 120 second cooldown.
Requires	Tier 1
Cost	125


Unit(s)	Chaos Lord	Fills your forces with a lust for killing. For 25 seconds, every time your infantry units attack in close combat, allied infantry in radius 25 have their damage increased by 5% for 15 seconds. 70 second cooldown.
Requires	Tier 2
Cost	175


Unit(s)	Chaos Lord	Sacrifices a friendly infantry model to spawn a squad of temporary Bloodletters that do 50 dps heavy melee damage. These daemons will remain so long as they have energy, which drains over time. 60 second cooldown.
Requires	Tier 2
Cost	200


Unit(s)	All Chaos heroes	After a 4 second delay, creates a horrific rift to the Warp for 15 seconds. Units in radius 12 of the rift are subject to 25 heavy melee damage every second, while those in radius 5 trapped within the Warp itself take an additional 200 heavy melee damage per second. Every second there is an 80% chance an infantry unit in radius 30 of the rift will be lashed by unholy chains, pulled into the abyss with ability knockback. Those escaping the profane circle are not yet safe, as the tainted shards that erupt from the ground around the rift also do 7 heavy melee damage every second to non-building targets in radius 5. 120 second cooldown.
Requires	Tier 3
Cost	500


Unit(s)	Chaos Lord	Ignites an area in flames, dealing 12 ability flame damage in radius 10 every second. 45 second cooldown.
Requires	Combi-Flamer
Cost	35


Unit(s)	Chaos Lord	Performs a sweeping strike, doing 20 melee damage and weapon knockback to all enemy infantry surrounding the Chaos Lord in radius 10. 30 second cooldown.
Requires	Blood Maul
Cost	50


Unit(s)	Chaos Lord	Lashes out in the specified direction with a destructive strike, dealing 30 piercing damage and weapon knockback in radius 5 along a line of length 12.5. 40 second cooldown.
Requires	Lightning Claws
Cost	30


Unit(s)	Chaos Lord	Looses 5 orbs of empyreal flame at the target area. These orbs detonate on impact, doing 45 flame damage and weapon knockback, leaving smoldering residue that deals 3 flame damage per second for 15 seconds in radius 10. 60 second cooldown.
Requires	Armor of the Inferno
Cost	55


Unit(s)	Chaos Lord	Grips an enemy infantry model with an invisible force for 6 seconds, draining the life from them and doing 60 piercing damage while healing the Chaos Lord for 120 health. The Chaos Lord is immobile while the target is held with weapon knockback for the duration. 30 second cooldown.
Requires	Mantle of Hate
Cost	40


Unit(s)	Chaos Lord	Raises a shield of unholy energy that causes damage to reduce energy instead of health. Shield strength is 5 damage taken per 1 energy drained.
Requires	Dark Halo
Cost	0