Uncle Sven

Uncle Sven

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Role - Support
Archetype - Healer / Utility
2470.6 EHP
2100 HP
15 armor
630 move speed
112.5 proj base dps
685.0 total dmg over 5s
2s / 4s / 6s AoE polymorph
Baseline effects

Upgrade effects

Playstyle

Uncle Sven is a mid-range healer with modest AoE damage and strong utility and AoE healing.

• Sven throws arcing flasks that allow him to strike enemies hiding behind cover more easily, or attack while behind cover himself.
• His Q is one of the best utility skills in the game, providing a jump pad for team mobility and a push for interrupting or peeling.
• He has great abilities for coordinated teams, as he can crack the armor of an engaged enemy or heal the entire team at once if they group up.
  • On the other hand, he loses a lot of power when his team is uncoordinated or spread out.
• His focus is one of the strongest disabling effects in the game and hits in a large AoE, making it perfect for turning a teamfight in his favor.

Team coordination, decision making, and great aim are all qualities that enable Uncle Sven to boost his team to victory.

Skills

Fire Flask

90
22m

LMB - Fire flask

Throws a fire flask in an arc.

• On impact, explodes in a 1.3m radius.
• Projectile, 0.8s per hit, 112.5 dps.

Acid Flask

10s

30
22m

RMB - Acid flask

Throws an acid flask in an arc.

• On impact, deals initial hit and creates an acid puddle in a 2m radius for 3s.
• Hit and acid puddle apply Cracked armor, -10 armor and 10 dmg/s for 3s.
• 90 total dmg.

Elastic Ooze

14s

75
22m

Q - Ooze flask

Throws an ooze flask in an arc.

• On impact, deals initial hit and creates an ooze puddle in a 2m radius for 5s.
• Initial hit pushes 5m away (interrupts).
  • If the initial hit impacts no enemies, a bubble remains on the puddle which pushes the first enemy to enter.
• Ooze puddle allows Sven and allies to super jump for 0.2s.

Healing Waters

15s

22m

E - Water flask

Throws a water flask in an arc.

• On impact, deals initial hit and creates a water puddle in a 2m radius for 2.5s.
• Initial hit heals +250 HP to Sven or allies.
• Water puddle applies +50 HP/s for 1s.
• 3-4 total ticks of healing over time, depends on the timing of the throw.
• +400-450 total healing.

This skill is currently bugged and always gives Uncle Sven +50 HP/s even when outside of the puddle.

Chaos Quaff

50
25m

F - Golden flask

Throws a golden flask in a faster arc.

• Flask has different trajectory from other skills.
• On hitting an enemy, cancels their current action, bounces off, then falls to the ground.
• On impact with terrain, explodes in a 4.5m radius.
• Polymorphs enemies (cancels, slows, and disables actions other than moving and sprinting) (interrupts).
• Focus increases
  • Polymorph lasts 2s / 4s / 6s.

Upgrades

LMB - Fire Flask

3, 2, 1, Contact

LMB L - Direct hit damage

Fire Flask

On direct hit deals +36 dmg.

• 90 126 total direct hit dmg.
• 112.5 157.5 direct hit dps.

This is not treated as 40% increased damage, but as a separate hit with 36 base damage.

Igniter Fluid

LMB LL - Burns enemies

Fire Flask

On direct hit burns, 40 dmg/s for 3s.

• 126 246 total direct hit dmg.
• 157.5 197.5 direct hit dps.

Burned and Broken

LMB LR - Broken armor

Fire Flask

On direct hit vs enemies with cracked armor, applies broken armor, -25 armor and 15 dmg/s for 3s.

• 126 171 total direct hit dmg.
• 157.5 172.5 direct hit dps.

Cracked armor is not removed when broken armor is applied, so if it has a longer duration armor will still be cracked after broken armor wears off.

Flame Out

LMB R - AoE, damage

Fire Flask

• On impact, explodes in a 1.3m 2.5m radius.
• 90 100 dmg.
• 0.8 1.0s per hit, 112.5 100.0 dps.

Damage falls off from -0% at 1.3m from center to -50% at edge.

Geek Fire

LMB RL - Burning area

Fire Flask

On impact, creates a burning area in a 2m radius for 2s. This effect has a 6s cooldown.

Burning area applies burn, 35 dmg/s for 1s.

105 total burn dmg.

Slow Roasted

LMB RR - Weak burn

Fire Flask

Burns, 15 dmg/s for 6s.

90 total burn dmg.

• 112.5 127.5 dps.

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RMB - Acid Flask

Longevity Catalyst

RMB L - Longer lasting puddle

Acid Flask

• On impact, deals initial hit and creates an acid puddle in a 2m radius for 3s 6s.

Chemical Burn

RMB LL - Fire combo burns

Acid Flask

• When acid puddle is hit by Fire Flask, create a burning area directly on top of the puddle for 6s.
  • This effect can only occur once per acid puddle.
  • Cracked armor, -10 armor and 10 dmg/s for 3s.
  • Burns, 35 dmg/s for 1s.
  • 290 total dmg.

Inversion Reaction

RMB LR - Heal combo immunity

Acid Flask

• When acid puddle is hit by Healing Waters, create swirling vapors directly on top of the puddle for 6s.
  • Applies cracked armor to enemies, -10 armor and 10 dmg/s for 3s.
  • Grants debuff immunity to Sven and allies for 1s.

This does not work if a healing puddle is hit by acid, the acid must be put down first.

A Mean Ole Acid

RMB R - Direct hit damage

Acid Flask

On direct hit, deal +90 dmg (applied after cracked armor).

• 90 180 total dmg.

Rapid Reaction

RMB RL - Debuff damage

Acid Flask

On direct hit, cracked armor deals 10 50 dmg/s for the first 3s.

• 180 300 total dmg.

Acid Reflex

RMB RR - Reduced cooldown

Acid Flask

• 10s 7s cooldown.

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Q - Elastic Ooze

Bounces Off Me

Q L - Armor buff

Elastic Ooze

Ooze puddle grants Sven and allies +20 armor for 3s.

Super Bounce

Q LL - Deflection

Elastic Ooze

On initial hit, closest affected ally to puddle center gains deflection for 2s.

If Sven is the closest to the center, nobody gains deflection.

Absorption Matrix

Q LR - Combo heals longer

Healing Waters

• Vs heroes affected by Elastic Ooze's buff, Healing Waters initial hit applies +50 HP/s for 10s.
• +400-450 +760 total healing.

Despite the tooltip stating otherwise, the proximity of the two puddles is irrelevant. It only matters that a hero has Elastic Ooze's armor buff before Healing Waters' initial hit.

The healing over time from this upgrade counts as a different source than the baseline healing over time, so will be affected by diminishing returns when both are active for a total heal of +55 HP/s.

Sticks to You

Q R - Slow enemies

Elastic Ooze

Slows, -20% move speed for 3s.

Perfect Pitch

Q RL - Combo burns

Fire Flask

• Enemies affected by Elastic Ooze who are hit by Fire Flask are set on fire, creating a burning aura in a 2m radius for 4s.
  • All enemies including the target burn, 60 dmg/s for 4s.
  • 240 total dmg.

The tooltip states that they must be directly hit by Fire Flask, but the explosion radius will also trigger the burn.

Oozing with Confidence

Q RR - Horizontal launch

Elastic Ooze

Launches 5m horizontally (interrupts).

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E - Healing Waters

Double Dose

E L - Longer heal

Healing Waters

• Water puddle applies +50 HP/s for 1s, then +25 HP/s for 9s.
• +400-450 +625-675 total healing.

Precision Prescription

E LL - Low health heal

Healing Waters

On targets below 50% health, initial hit heals +250 +400 HP to Sven and allies.

Healthy Glow

E LR - Healing aura

Healing Waters

• Targets being healed also gain a healing aura in a 2m radius.
  • Aura shares all healing with allies in radius.

Aura shares both instant and over time healing, but does not double dip (if both heroes have healing from the same source, it only counts once).

Purest Ingredients

E R - Initial hit purifies

Healing Waters

Initial hit purifies debuffs on Sven and allies.

Persistent Purgative

E RL - Debuff immunity

Healing Waters

Initial hit applies debuff immunity to Sven and allies for 4s.

This does not apply to crowd control effects.

Bitter Medicine

E RR - Initial hit curses

Healing Waters

Initial hit curses enemies, prevents buff applications.

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F - Chaos Quaff / Passive

Enthusiasm

F L - Focus gain

Passive

Direct flask projectile hits with any skill gain +40% focus.

Chaos Theory

F LL - AoE radius

Chaos Quaff

• On impact with terrain, explodes in a 4.5m 6.8m radius.

The in-game AoE ring indicator does not grow to match the new area, but the effect does.

Powerful Chemistry

F LR - Focus use buffs

Chaos Quaff

On use, gain +15% basic attack damage until death.

Focused Healing

F R - Focus use buffs

Chaos Quaff

On use, gain +20% healing until death.

This buff affects healing done by Sven.

Elusiveness

F RL - Armor on dodge

Passive

On dodge, gain +15 armor for 3s.

Amity

F RR - Heal on kill

Passive

On kill or assist, gain +65 HP/s self healing for 4s.

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Talents

Chemical Imbalance

T RMB - Debuff duration, buff

Acid Flask

• Hit and acid puddle apply Cracked armor, -10 armor and 10 dmg/s for 3s 6s.
• 90 120 total dmg.

This seems to also reduce the duration of armor crack from the RMB LL and RMB LR upgrades from 3s to 1s (needs testing).

Clash

On hit, allies in a 10m radius gain +10% damage for 5s (needs testing).

Ooze and Ahhs

T Q - Reduced cooldown

Elastic Ooze

• 14s 12s cooldown.

Clash

• 12s 10s cooldown.

Potent Medicine

T E - Healing, focus

Healing Waters

+15% healing.

Clash

Gain +5 focus per affected ally, once per use (needs testing).

Notes

• Watch out for enemies that can apply poison, as it will greatly reduce the amount of healing received by allies.
• All of Sven's skills besides his ult throw projectiles in the same trajectory, which means you can adjust your aim with LMB before throwing RMB, Q, or E to land in the same location.
• Elastic Ooze is particularly useful when on attacking rampages, as it allows your team to approach the enemy guardian quickly without taking a lot of damage.
  • It is also great when invading a creature or rotating across the map.
  • Look for places where your team can super jump as a shortcut to their destination.
• A 1 bar focus is good for interruption, but saving up a 2-3 bars focus is very powerful in team fights, and often leads to multikills.
  • In most cases it is correct to aim Sven's focus at the ground near the target(s) instead of at their body, in order to have it explode faster.