Lilian Voss by LoxRib

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Lilian Voss

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Lilian Voss has finally made into the Nexus!
She is a well rounded hero, able to hold her ground as a solo laner, double soaker, or team fighter.
Her abilities allow for extremely aggressive plays, but pay attention to miscalculations.
Will you fulfill her Vendetta?

Inspiration Lore:

During her life Lilian Voss was trained to fight the plague as a member of the Scarlet Crusade.
She studied stealth, sorcery and many martial arts just to accomplish her father, High Priest Voss, task.

After her death, she was raised as an Undead but she couldn't accept her new state.
After being captured by the Scarlet Crusade, her former friend Gebler was ordered by her father to execute Lilian as she was disowned by him.
Enraged, Lilian instantly kills her friend and begins her plan to exterminate all Scarlet Crusade members, including her own father.

Her plan towards Vendetta begins here.

Stats:

Health	2300
Mana	no mana
Attack Damage	120
Unit Radius	like Valeera

Basic stats and Abilities damage are roughly rounded to twice their value at lvl 20.

Combat Trait

Shadow Explosion

Basic abilities trigger [Shadow Explosion], dealing 75 damage in a small area.

The area is approximately the untalented version of Jaina's [W] Blizzard

Vendetta

Quest! Takedown each enemy Hero.
Reward: Unlock your ultimate ability [Curse of Shadows].

Primary Abilities

Death's Grasp

Cooldown: 9s

Unleash a shadowy wave which slowly expands in a cone-shaped area in front of the cast position.
Each enemy hit suffers 75 damage and is dragged to the cast position.

Once the wave has reached the end position, [Shadow Explosion] at the cast point.

The wave speed is slightly less than the Tomb of the Spider Queen Webweaver's Death Wave one.
The range is roughly the talent-less version of Gul'dan Q, while the size is slightly more than Gul'dan Q with talents.

Shadow Strike

Cooldown: 10s

Command your shadow to raise very close to an enemy's one, striking after 1 second for 150 damage in a small area.

While your shadow is charging its strike, you can reactivate this ability to instantly teleport to its position and casting [Shadow Explosion] but placing this ability on 30 seconds cooldown.

If an enemy hero is killed by this ability, reset its cooldown.

The range is similar to Nova [R] Triple Tap range.
The striking area is approximately the untalented version of Jaina's [W] Blizzard.
The strike counts as a basic attack, and is affected by talents.

Cloak of Shadows

Cooldown: 20s

Enter the shadows realm for 3 seconds, replacing your body with your shadow and make yourself unable to attack and to be hit by direct or aoe damage.
When exiting the shadow realm cast [Shadow Explosion].

This ability can be recast to end its effect prematurely.

You can still be hurt by damage over time effects.
The enemies can still see your movements, as you are basically controlling your shadow.
You cannot Basic Attack enemies but can still cast abilities.

Heroic Abilities

Curse of Shadows

Cooldown: 100

Shadow Curse an enemy Hero and set a Shadow Mark upon every visible enemy Hero for 4s, which stores 15% the damage received by them.

When the Shadow Mark expires from an Hero, command their shadow to rip from them, and attack the Shadow Cursed target for the stored damage amount.

The Shadow Mark has Global range.
Shadows released by Shadow Mark move toward the cursed target at approximately Kael'Thas [R] Phoenix attack projectile speed

Talents

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Level 1

[Trait] Dark Pressure:
Increase Shadow Explosion radius and damage by 50%.

[Trait] Shadow Flurry: Every 2 Basic Attacks against the same enemy Hero cast Shadow Explosion at their location.

[Passive] Lethality: Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes increase your Basic Attack damage by 10% for 5 seconds.

Level 4

[Passive] Swift Assassin: Increase your your Movement and Mount Speed by 2% for each Vendetta stack.

[E] Shadowy Vial: Hitting and enemy with Cloak of Shadows cast of Shadow Explosion gives the effects of Regeneration Globe.

Quest! Gather 25 Regeneration Globes
Reward: Each Regeneration Globe tick reduces the cooldown of Curse of Shadows by 1s.

[Trait] Shadow Mending: Shadow Explosion heals for 50% of the damage dealt to Heroes.

Level 7

[Q] Death's Pity: Death's Grasp direct damage and its Shadow Explosion deal 50% more damage to Minions and Mercenaries.

[Q] Death's Binding: Enemies hit by Death's Grasp are rooted, after being pulled, until the wave expires, and for 1s after

[Q] Death's Affliction: Death's Grasp reduces enemy healing received by 25% until the wave expires, and for 1s after.

Level 10

[Q] Death's Greed: Each enemy hit by Death's Grasp reduces its cooldown by 0.4s.

[W] Take Down: The recast of this ability can be hold, to postpone both your arrival and your shadow attack by up to 2s.
The damage of the strike is increased by up to 200%, based on extra hold time.

The strike still cannot happen before 1s since the initial cast time.

[E] Shadow Assault: Every enemy Hero hit by Cloak of Shadows cast of Shadow Explosion gets basic attacked by your shadow twice, benefiting from talents.

Level 13

[Trait] Revenge: Instantly complete Vendetta quest.

Quest! Get revenge on the last enemy Hero that killed you, Killing them instead.
Reward: Extend Shadow Mark duration by 1s.
Additionally, it Shadow Mark gets released twice, once every 2.5s.

[W] Expose Vulnerability: Teleporting with Shadow Strike reduces the enemies armor by 25% for 3s.

[Passive] Dark Rush: After using an Ability, your next Basic Attack within 6s deals 40% additional damage.

Level 16

[Trait] Avenge: Instantly complete your active Vendetta quest.

Quest! Each Allied Hero has been taken down.
Reward: When an enemy Hero kills an ally Hero, apply Avenge Hero to them, until the killed ally Hero respawns.
Killing an enemy Hero marked with Avenge Hero reduces the avenged allied Hero death timer by 10s.

Hero is just a placeholder for whoever has been killed. "Kill" equals "last-hitting" the target
The active Vendetta quest might be the default trait one or the level 13 talent one

[W] Vendetta is served: Shadow Strike instantly kills minions.

[E] Shadow Dance: Basic attacks reduce Cloak of Shadows cooldown by 1s.
Additionally, you can attack during its effects.

Level 20

[Q/R] Death's Shadow: Heroes hit by Death's Grasp are afflicted by Shadow Mark.
Basic attacks apply Shadow Curse to the last enemy Hero hit.

A single Shadow Curse can be active. Basic attacking an enemy Hero removes the mark from the previously marked Hero.

[W] Queen of Shadows: Shadow Strike has Global range and can be cast on allied Heroes shadow.

[Active] Shadow Embrace
Cooldown: 20s.
Target an enemy Hero to have their vision greatly reduced for 4s.

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Change Log

v2.1

Level 1 talent [Trait] Shadow Flurry activates every 2 auto attacks instead of every each one

Level 4 talent [E] Swift Assassin increases both movement and mount speed, without the need for basic attacks, but cap at 10%
Level 4 talent [E] Shadowy Vial requires an enemy Hero to be hit, and has been merged with Level 13 [E] Dark Rush:[/b] requiring a quest.

Level 7 talent [Q] Death's Pity replaces [Q] Death's Reach
Level 7 talent [Q] Death's Binding adds a root after the initial pull
Level 7 talent [Q] Death's Affliction now instead reduces healing received during and after the initial pull

Level 13 talent [Trait] Avenge is swapped with Level 16 [Trait] Revenge to better adapt with the changes

Moved Level 13 talent [Trait] Revenge now releases only twice, at half point and end of the mark.
Level 13 talent [W] Expose Vulnerability always reduces armor.

Moved Level 16 talent [Trait] Avenge now better reflects its name, no longer slowing but reducing killed allied hero death timers

New Level 20 talent [Active] Shadow Embrace
Removed Level 20 talent [Active] Relentless for overlapping mechanic with Level 16 talent [E] Shadow Dance.

Update some descriptions to be clearer

This update focuses on strengthening her laning capability, adding some new funner talents, removing some unfun ones and allowing more customization when picking talents.

[Trait] Shadow Flurry procced too many times with [E] Shadow Assault, but keeps the intended functionality
[E] Shadowy Vial adds interaction to the talent and merges with the logical choice of reduced [R] cooldown
[Q] Death's Reach was too safe and unfun of a talent pick, while the other choices were not rewarding enough
[R] Revenge frequent mark releases translates to more consistent damage at the cost of less burst. This change aims at restoring some burst damage
[R] Avenge wasn't interesting enough
[Active] Shadow Embrace fits with her aesthetic, while the old [E] Relentless was overlapping with [E] Shadow Dance.

v2

Rework

I felt her potential gameplay would have benefited from a more strategic usage of her abilities, greatly rewarding for good execution but punishing for misplays.
Her [W] Shadow Strike now allows for extremely fast rotation when executing enemy heroes, making her a good laner and a finisher aswell.
Her [E] Cloak of Shadows allows for perfect repositions, both aggressively and defensively, but be careful when you decide to use it.
Her [Q] Death's Grasp maintains the wave management focus, but the slow movement combined with the level 7 talent makes it a great zoning tool.

Her talents should allow for more customization, allowing for more single target damage build, team fight capabilities or splitpushing power while still being able to contribute across the map

v1.3

Minor talents and abilities description edited
Level 20 Heroics Upgrades are removed.

v1.2

Level 7 talent [W] Shadowy Assault not hits the original cast target instead of a specific position.
Level 16 talent [Q] Plague deals its bonus damage in 2 seconds instead of 3
Level 20 talnet [W] Dismantle has been replaced with [W] Cascade.
[R1] Shadow Choke has been reworked. Now it silences a target and all basic attack trigger a shadow to basic attack the target. Its level 20 upgrade hits all enemies in an area.
[R2] Codex of the Crusade has been reworked. Now it stores damage on targets marked and releases it to heal and deal damage. Its level 20 upgrade affects all enemy units.

I thought both her heroics needed a rework, as they were counter intuitive. Now they bring some different opportunities and feel much more powerful. Minor changes help to fit better her play style

v1.1

Health increased from 1300 to 1500
Decreased Phisical Damage done and Basic Attack Speed bonus gained from Vendetta stacks from half to 40% of her stacks
[Trait] Shadow Explosion effect has been simplified, now it behave as an Area Of Effect spell
Fixed some wrong descriptions details
Updated [W] Shadow Strike description to correctly describe its "jump-onto-target" nature
Updated level 1 talent [Trait] Well Rounded Assassin description

With this update I tried to make some ambiguous talent description easier to understand to all. Some minor changes in her talent and abilities kit focus on making her Auto Attack Build less effective and more in line with the other ones. I have addressed this nerf with a little buff to her total health.
I am currently trying to rework her Shadow Choke [R1] ultimate and most of her level 20 talents

v1.0

Lilian Released
Lilian no longer has mana as a resource
Removed all Mana Cost from abilities.
Updated her level 1 talent [Passive] Well Rounded Assassin to stack with her trait instead of gathering regen globes.
Level 1 talent [Passive] Well Rounded Assassin icon has been updated to fit its description
[R2] Codex of the Crusade Icon Updated
Lore and Introduction added
Added the More Concepts Section featuring other concepts.

I think her gameplay might be higly affected by mana which would run low very quickly. The regen globe talent was updated to fit her trait and permit a more dynamic talent build other than the pushing one

v0.3

[E] Shadow Projection Cooldown Beetween Charges has been raised to 2 seconds instead of 1
Level 13 talent [Passive] Echo of Shadows the second cast of Shadow Explosion now deals 75% damage
Fixed level 4 talent [Q] Death's Reach description. Now it correctly shows Mana Cost and Cooldown reduction
Increased level 16 talent [Q] Plague damage over time to 40%
Level 1 talent [Passive] Sinister Strike bonus damage is increased to 5% and also increase your attack speed by the same amount but only activates when hitting enemy Heroes.
The lilian copy of evel 16 talent [Q] Shadowy Emersion now deals 75% damage

This Lilian adjustment focuses on reducing her damage potential on Shadow Projection build and buffing some of her other options, but still sticking with her fast gameplay and continous damage

v0.2

Lilian Voss by LoxRib

Lilian Voss

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