00:05You know how that road to dark places is paved with good intentions?
00:09In the case of The Apprentice, it's just a road to explosions and mayhem.
00:14But there are definitely good intentions in there, too.
00:17Unrestrained and unpredictable, it wasn't until she booknapped the Chaos Tome from the Master's private study
00:23that the War Mage agreed to teach her,
00:25though probably out of respect for her gutsy display more than anything else.
00:30The Chaos Tome and The Apprentice were a good match for each other.
00:33The book allows her to gain some measure of control over her powers
00:36and, subsequently, allows her to be helpful without also destroying things in the process.
00:43Chaos randomly selects a school of magic for Apprentice to wield at the start of the match for her primary
00:48attack, Chaotic Prism.
00:50Fire, Frost, Arcane, or Lightning will be chosen for Apprentice to use as her ranged attack.
00:56For her secondary attack, Book Bash, Apprentice will swing her Chaos Tome with the strength of 10 Hogars,
01:02dealing physical damage and knocking her enemies back when pressing right-click.
01:07Apprentice's darling baby firebat, Phoebe, comes to her aid for Apprentice's passive ability.
01:12Phoebe attacks nearby enemies using Apprentice's current magical school and cannot be damaged or killed.
01:18Oh, and Phoebe also changes color based on what magic you're using.
01:23Cute!
01:24Spell swap is Apprentice's primary ability.
01:28Pressing Q will make Apprentice randomly flip through the pages of the Chaos Tome
01:31and cast whatever spell she finds.
01:34Like Chaotic Prism, the resulting spell will be either Fire, Frost, Arcane, or Lightning.
01:40Additionally, Apprentice will fire a powerful area-of-effect blast of the resulting magic type.
01:47Explosions!
01:48They're kind of Apprentice's thing.
01:51Pressing E will make Apprentice cast Exploding Touch on a friendly or enemy minion.
01:56No touching required.
01:58The target will move faster and explode on death,
02:01doing area-of-effect damage based on Apprentice's current magic type.
02:05In the field, Apprentice is an explosive hero that's just a bit random.
02:10As a defender, she can handle anything thrown at her,
02:13with smart use of Exploding Touch on easier minions,
02:17and then using Spell Swap to clear the rest of the wave quickly.
02:20On offense, being able to swap her magic school
02:23to exploit the elemental weaknesses of other heroes
02:26can give her team an easy edge.
02:28Be careful with your mana, though,
02:30and maybe think about taking a Mage's Clover,
02:33because Spell Swap uses a lot of mana.
02:37Her book bash is great on offense and defense,
02:39as it lets Apprentice knock enemies around,
02:42or off bridges, cliff sides, waterfalls, etc.
02:47Or to use it as a way to escape a nasty rushdown.
02:50Don't forget Phoebe.
02:52Phoebe just loves to attack, well, everything.
02:55The Unchained won't know what hit them, literally.
02:59Firebat arcane baby puke?
03:01Gross and awesome.
03:06Remember back when boys were more important than books?
03:10Go check out the Apprentice's School Day skin,
03:13available now in the store.
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