Valeera Sanguinar is a master Rogue, and could be a great Hero to represent the Rogue class in the Nexus. Valeera, like any good Rogue, focuses on high single-target damage and utilizing her mobility to duck in and out of fights, making windows of opportunity for her to strike quickly and chain together Combos with high speed and efficiency.
NOTE: I'm not well-versed enough in HOTS to create numbers that would be fair and balanced, as I do not fully understand the math behind abilities in this game. This concept is mostly an outline of the abilities and how they'd function.
Additionally, I'm still figuring out the Talents, putting in new ideas at the bottom as I think them up. I hope to organize them into tiers once I have enough ideas.
Combat Trait
1
Poisonous Arsenal
Valeera has access to a variety of wonderful poisons that she can switch between to adapt to the situation.
Each poison is applied whenever Valeera deals damage with her Basic Attacks or Abilities to an enemy Hero.
1 Key: Deadly Poison: Deals an additional 20% damage over 3 seconds. Activated by default at the start of each match.
2 Key: Crippling Poison: Slows enemies by 15% for 1 second.
3 Key: Leeching Poison: Heals Valeera for 12% of damage done.
The poisons have a shared 3 second Cooldown when switching from one poison to another.
Primary Abilities
1
Deadly Throw
Valeera throws one of her two Daggers forward in a line that collides with the first enemy Hero, minion, or structure hit.
Daggers stick into enemies that they hit, marking them as a Target for six seconds before the blade disappears. When Valeera Basic Attacks a marked enemy, she tears her Dagger out of them, dealing bonus damage and removing the mark.
If the Dagger doesn't hit an enemy, it sticks to the ground at the end of its trajectory for six seconds.
Cooldown: 8 seconds (per Charge, maximum 2) Cost: 25 Mana
2
Sinister Strike
Passively causes Valeera to build up Combo points whenever an Ability or Basic Attack deals damage to an enemy Hero, up to five points.
When activated, Valeera performs a short dash and slashes into a target enemy, dealing damage.
When Valeera has five Combo points built up, she can instead cast Eviscerate.
Cooldown: 4 Seconds Cost: 40 Mana
3
Eviscerate
Valeera lunges in and strikes a target enemy, dealing heavy damage that increases based on the target's missing health.
When Eviscerate is used on an enemy, it resets the Combo points back to zero.
Cooldown: 4 Seconds Cost: 40 Mana
4
Shadowstep
Valeera blinks to a targeted Dagger, wherever it is.
Cooldown: 12 Seconds Cost: 45 Mana
Heroic Abilities
1
Shadow Reflection
Valeera briefly summons a Shadow that mimics the most recent offensive Ability she cast.
The Shadow deals slightly reduced damage, and its damage does not apply poisons.
If the Shadow deals damage to an enemy, it builds up Combo points.
If Eviscerate was the most recent Ability used, the Shadow casts Sinister Strike instead.
Daggers thrown by the Shadow disappear immediately after impact and do not mark enemies as Targets. Cooldown: 15 seconds Cost: 50 Mana
LEVEL 20 TALENT
True Shadowcaster: The Shadow applies all three poisons when it damages an enemy. Additionally, the Shadow remains on the battlefield for six seconds after it attacks, and Valeera can Shadowstep to it.
2
Fan of Knives
Valeera throws knives into all nearby enemies, instantly damaging them.
All damaged enemies are marked as Targets, but the knives cannot be torn out like the Daggers can.
Cooldown: 60 seconds Cost: 75 Mana
LEVEL 20 TALENT
Flurry of Blades: Gain 1 Combo point for every enemy Hero damaged by Fan of Knives. Additionally, this extends the radius of Fan of Knives significantly.
Possible Talents
Vanish: Whenever Valeera kills an enemy Hero, she enters stealth after a 1 second delay. This stealth can last for up to 8 seconds.
Bloody Blades: Talent for Deadly Throw. Whenever Valeera rips a Dagger from an enemy, reduce the cooldown of Deadly Throw by 4 seconds.
Shadowsprint: Talent for Shadowstep that increases Valeera's movement speed after the blink.
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