I see a number of suggestions and I feel like this hero is… close to something. Perhaps if the passive prevented all minion removal? That would be a new and interesting mechanic.
At the moment, the big selling point here will be the HotM raw stats creep. Otherwise, I’d say Eiora & Fluffy (Average sniper, removes minions from one, deals 600%, punishes other minion-ed heroes with max health reduction) looks better…
but, of course
Eiora & Fluffy 4/80 has stats 786/751/1400
Bo & Runt 4/80 listed with stats 1021/887/1528
So maybe Eiora has better Special, but is kinda like a 4* hero by base stats comparison… and maybe B&R don’t look so bad when you take the base numbers into consideration.
(Yeah, sure, B&R aren’t going to compete with the latest ConstructOwlElfOpera whatever, but that’s arguably not the job of HotM anyway.)
These days, at least for some players, HotM might seem to fill a role of “if you have a roster full of old heroes, you maybe want a bunch of current HotM even with kinda rando Specials, because the stats are getting hilariously better than the 2-3yr old heroes you have built up.”
