Brands Proposed Changes

Intro

As the name implies, this post suggests the changes on Brand variants (i.e., Firebrand, Icebrand, proposed Shadowbrand, and Lightbrand).
This post won't discuss other items in detail outside the Brand variants so they will be discussed in detail on next post.
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Lightbrand (and its line of items)

Besides the current state of Lightbrand (and its line of items), there are proposed changes:

Replace magic lifesteal with shield generation per percentage of mana cost (30% to Lightbrand, 35% to Frozen Light & Searing Light, 40% to Dawnbringer, and 45% to Grimoire of Power)
Replace Searing Modifier with bonus mana regeneration by 0.5 per charge, up to 4 charges. A charge is reduced per 225 distance closer to a visible enemy hero.
The generated shield per percentage of mana cost is capped at 325 to Lightbrand, 400 to Frozen Light & Searing Light, 475 to Dawnbringer, and 550 to Grimoire of Power.
The shield decays over 3 seconds if there is no shield reapplication for 7 seconds.
Grimoire of Power no longer passively reduces cooldown.
Grimoire of Power activation is changed to a toggle with no mana cost, no cooldown, and no duration; increasing spell damage by 30% and reducing cooldown by 30% but taking 25% more mana cost.

Thought process:

Current Lightbrand and its line of items have too many modifiers so they feel like convoluted item in design.
Brand's design is proposed to help hunting the enemy, as Icebrand does to slow down enemy's escape and as Firebrand does to outrun escaped enemy.
In conclusion, this proposed suggestion gives Lightbrand a Brand's design to alert enemy's presence.
Shield generation on mana usage is more suitable than magic lifesteal for Lightbrand and its line of items because they have static mana regeneration.
Proposed bonus mana regeneration gives the desired intention to redesign the Brand general concept.
Searing modifier is removed from Lightbrand and its line of items so it can be used by Shadowbrand, a new Brand item.
Magic lifesteal on Lightbrand and its line of items is proposed to be moved to Nome's Wisdom to fit its counterpart, Abyssal Skull.
Grimoire of Power activation is changed completely to accommodate overall suggestion.

Shadowbrand (and its line of items) - New Item

Non-Returned, non-DoT Damage applies a stacking Spotted modifier, dealing 8 Magic Damage per second per stack for 3 seconds by a maximum of 3 stacks.
Enemy unit affected by Spotted effect is sighted within 325 radius to the bearer.

Passives (+ active) on Shadowbrand's line of items:

Tier 2: Iceshade - Shadefire - Dimlight (comparable to Frostburn, Frozen Light, & Searing Light)

Non-Returned, non-DoT Damage applies a stacking Spotted modifier, dealing 12 Magic Damage per second per stack for 3 seconds by a maximum of 3 stacks.
Enemy unit affected by Spotted effect is sighted within 400 radius to the bearer.

Tier 3: Duskbringer (Lightbrand + Icebrand + Shadowbrand) - Noonbringer (Firebrand + Lightbrand + Shadowbrand) - Evebringer (Firebrand + Icebrand + Shadowbrand)

Stats: 30 Damage (and other stats comparable to Dawnbringer)
Non-Returned, non-DoT Damage applies a stacking Spotted modifier, dealing 18 Magic Damage per second per stack for 3 seconds by a maximum of 3 stacks.
Enemy unit affected by Spotted effect is sighted within 550 radius to the bearer.

Non-Returned, non-DoT Damage applies a stacking Spotted modifier, dealing 30 Magic Damage per second per stack for 3 seconds by a maximum of 3 stacks (spotted effect application is superior magic).
Enemy unit affected by Spotted effect is sighted within 475 radius to the bearer.

Self - Enemy Unit (Physical)
Radius: 500 | Cooldown: 25 seconds
Effect: Deals 25% bearer's attack damage + 75% bearer's attack damage per Spotted stack as physical damage to enemy units in radius to bearer, consuming the charges in process.

Thought Process

Shadowbrand is proposed to have components identical to Riftshards because other brands have their equivalent components are fairly close to what Riftshards' components are.
Riftshards' current component is same as Shadowbrand's so Halberd is proposed to replace Punchdagger as a component for Riftshards.
Shadowbrand's passive is a reminiscence of Searing modifier and a personal thought about Brands' design should be, to track down enemy hidden through fog of war or/and stealth effect.
Shadowbrand could use Branded Sabre icon because it matches the visual art of the other Brands.
Tier 3 is proposed to focus on tracking device while tier 4 is proposed to focus on damage.
Doom Bringer is chosen to be a tier 4 of Shadowbrand because it is currently a risky item less players willing to buy.

Icebrand (and its line of items)

Besides the current state of Icebrand (and its line of items), there are proposed changes:

Replace static bonus attack damage to percentage bonus base attack damage (16% to Icebrand, 17% to Frozen Light & Frostburn, 18% to Frostwolf's Skull, and 20% to Dawnbringer)

Thought Process:

Shadowbrand as new brand item will takeover the static damage Icebrand (and its line of items) currently offers so percentage bonus base attack damage is suggested to replace it.

Geometer's Bane

Besides the current state of Geometer's Bane, there are proposed changes:

Change Geometer's Bane's bonus attack speed to 21 and bonus movement speed to 14%.

Thought Process:

Geometer's Bane change is proposed to be slightly better stats and passive wise to its other variants.

Dawnbringer

Besides the current state of Dawnbringer, there are proposed changes:

Thought Process:

Dawnbringer is proposed to have inferior passive than its standalone version because it already gets overall superior stats than its standalone version.

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