Bukhai Hornbreaker, splash art

Hero

Bukhai Hornbreaker

Bull of the Red Steppe

  • Fighter
  • Melee
  • AoE
  • Debuff

Origin Bull-folk herd-breaker of the Qorun steppe

Bukhai ran with the free herds on the red grass of Qorun until the Herdlord came from the clouds with golden irons to brand the bull-folk as heaven's cattle. Bukhai broke the first iron across his knee and the second across the Herdlord's steward; by nightfall every herd ran with him. Tolai's horses ran in that stampede, her spear beside his horns, and Zefai's storm hid it from the clouds until the Herdlord lost the herds in the rain. Bukhai owes her every head. He fights like a stampede: horns first into the thickest knot, swinging the broken branding iron, tossing captains skyward. The roll marks Herds for him; the Herdlord keeps a brand hot for his arrival.

No god puts a brand upon my hide. I broke their irons, and I will break their throne.

Bukhai Hornbreaker
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Level 1 to 36

Attributes

Health (HP)
690 4190
4190 at level 36 +3,500 from level 1
Mana
280 1260
1260 at level 36 +980 from level 1
Attack (ATK)
62 251
251 at level 36 +189 from level 1
Armor
26 75
75 at level 36 +49 from level 1
Magic Resist
28 59.5
59.5 at level 36 +31.5 from level 1
Attack Speed
0.82 1.25
1.25 at level 36 +0.43 from level 1
Move Speed
3.2 m/s 3.2 m/s
Fixed Fixed
Attack Range
1.2 m 1.2 m
Fixed Fixed

6 skills

Skills

Skill I

Horn Toss

Active
  • Single
  • CC
Cooldown
10s
Cost
55 mana
Cooldown
8s
Cost
85 mana

Level 1

Hook the target on the horns: 60 (+80% ATK) physical damage and it is knocked up for 0.8s.

Next: level 2 at hero level 7

Hook the target on the horns: 90 (+88% ATK) physical damage and it is knocked up for 0.88s.

Level 6

Hook the target on the horns: 210 (+120% ATK) physical damage and it is knocked up for 1.2s.

He learned to fling heaven's stewards when the branding bailiffs cornered him in the stockade. Bukhai lowers his massive bull head and charges into melee, driving his ivory-pale horns under the target's waist. With a vicious snap of his shaggy neck, he hooks the enemy on his chipped horn and tosses them skyward, leaving them battered upon landing.

Skill II

Herdbreaker Leap

Active
  • AoE
  • Debuff
  • Mobility
Cooldown
13s
Cost
70 mana
Cooldown
10.5s
Cost
110 mana

Level 1

Leap onto the densest group within 8m: 60 (+60% ATK) physical damage in 2.4m and 30% slow for 1.5s.

Next: level 2 at hero level 8

Leap onto the densest group within 8m: 90 (+60% ATK) physical damage in 2.4m and 30% slow for 1.5s.

Level 6

Leap onto the densest group within 8m: 210 (+60% ATK) physical damage in 2.4m and 30% slow for 1.5s.

He bounded across the deep gulches of the red steppe while leading the herd away from heaven's fires. Bukhai digs his cloven hooves into the dirt and launches his massive body into the air with a bellow. He crashes down in the center of the enemy ranks, smashing the earth and releasing a concussive tremor that leaves surrounding foes slowed.

Skill III

Gorehorn

Passive
  • Single

Level 1

Passive: every 3rd attack gores for 45 extra physical damage.

Next: level 2 at hero level 9

Passive: every 3rd attack gores for 67.5 extra physical damage.

Level 6

Passive: every 3rd attack gores for 157.5 extra physical damage.

The chipped tip of his left horn remembers every brand that tried to touch his people's hide. In the heat of close combat, Bukhai weaves savage horn thrusts between the swings of his broken branding iron. Every third attack drives the chipped ivory horn straight into enemy armor, ripping flesh and dealing punishing physical trauma.

Earthsplitter Stomp, skill art

Skill IV

Earthsplitter Stomp

Active
  • AoE
  • Debuff
Cooldown
8s
Cost
50 mana
Cooldown
6.5s
Cost
80 mana

Level 1

Stomp: 50 (+70% ATK) physical damage within 2.8m and 35% slow for 2s.

Next: level 2 at hero level 10

Stomp: 75 (+70% ATK) physical damage within 2.8m and 35% slow for 2s.

Level 6

Stomp: 175 (+70% ATK) physical damage within 2.8m and 35% slow for 2s.

He learned to shake the ground to turn stampeding calves away from hidden ravines. Bukhai raises one massive leg and brings his iron-hard hoof crashing down onto the soil. A spiderweb of deep fractures tears through the earth around him, knocking enemies off balance and showering them with flying shale that slows their movement.

Skill V

Bullheaded

Passive
  • Stats

Level 1

Passive: +8 armor and +6% attack speed.

Next: level 2 at hero level 11

Passive: +11 armor and +8% attack speed.

Level 6

Passive: +23 armor and +16% attack speed.

He earned his stubborn endurance by surviving three days of heaven's branding whips without bowing. Bukhai's dense brown-black hide and shaggy neck mane turn aside cuts that would fell an ordinary soldier. The relentless fury burning behind his dark eyes hardens his resolve, granting him tough natural armor and hastening his clubbing strikes.

Skill VI

Skyward Stampede

Ultimate
  • AoE
  • CC
  • Mobility
Cooldown
60s
Cost
180 mana
Cooldown
45s
Cost
330 mana

Level 1

Ultimate: crash down on the densest group within 9m: 240 (+80% ATK) physical damage in 3.2m and everything is knocked up for 1.2s.

Next: level 2 at hero level 12

Ultimate: crash down on the densest group within 9m: 432 (+80% ATK) physical damage in 3.4m and everything is knocked up for 1.3s.

Level 6

Ultimate: crash down on the densest group within 9m: 1440 (+80% ATK) physical damage in 4.2m and everything is knocked up for 1.7s.

This unstoppable rush broke heaven's corral when the bull-folk ran beside Tolai's horses and Zefai's squalls. Snorting hot steam through his brass nose ring, Bukhai raises his broken branding iron and leaps high into the sky. He crashes down onto the densest enemy formation with catastrophic force, throwing entire ranks airborne and crushing their vanguard beneath his hooves.

Four views

Character sheet

Bukhai Hornbreaker from the front, both sides and the back
Bukhai Hornbreaker, character sheet. Select the image to open it full screen.

Appearance

Bukhai is a huge bull-folk man, a head and a half taller than any soldier, with a massive humped neck, a bull's broad head and black muzzle, short brown-black hide, fierce wide-set dark eyes, a brass ring through his nose, and long forward-curving horns, ivory pale with black tips, the left one chipped. A shaggy black mane runs from his crown down his spine. He wears the gear of the Qorun free herds: a sleeveless red felt vest stitched with white herd-knot patterns, an iron-studded belt and wide leather trousers. His weapon is the Herdlord's broken branding iron: a long rod of heaven's gold-plated iron snapped across his knee, one end still bearing the branding head, a golden sun-in-a-ring sigil scorched black on its face, the other end a jagged broken spike. He swings it one-handed like a club. Palette: hide brown-black, red felt, heaven gold. Silhouette hook: a giant bull-headed figure charging with great curved horns lowered.