Valeera Soft Rework (2025) by SMILE

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Valeera Soft Rework (2025)

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Valeera has always been infuriating for both her allies and enemies, as most of her utility comes from applying debuffs rather than dealing damage, requiring her to play very precisely and always be in the right place at the right time.
The goal of this rework is to improve the Shadow of the Uncrowned in terms of both gameplay and build variety.

Stats
Health decreased from 2047 to 1920
Health Regen decreased from 4.2656 to 4
Attack Damage increased from 79 to 84

Combat Trait

1

Vanish (D)

Entering Deep Shadows now takes 2 seconds instead of 3

Primary Abilities

1

Sinister Strike (Q1)

Energy reduced from 25 to 20

2

Ambush (Q2)

Armor reduction increased from 10 to 15
Armor reduction duration decreased from 5 to 3 seconds

3

Blade Flurry (W1)

Energy reduced from 40 to 20

4

Cheap Shot (W2)

Energy reduced from 30 to 20
Stun duration decreased from 0.75 to 0.5 seconds

5

Eviscerate (E1)

Energy increased from 25 to 50
1 Point damage increased from 85 to 120
2 Points damage increased from 170 to 180
3 Points damage decreased from 255 to 240
Now has a Crit Kicker at 3 Combo Points

6

Garrote (E2)

Damage over time duration changed from 7 to 4 seconds
Silence duration decreased from 2.5 to 2 seconds

Heroic Abilities

1

Smoke Bomb (R1)

Cooldown now starts when Smoke Bomb ends instead of when cast

2

Cloak of Shadows (R2)

Cooldown increased from 15 to 20 seconds
Duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds

LEVEL 1

Relentless Strikes (Moved from Level 4)(Reworked)
Hitting an enemy with Sinister Strike refunds 5 Energy, doubled against targets with reduced Armor.
Passive: Basic Attacks restore 1 Energy, doubled against targets with reduced Armor.

Subtlety
Duration decreased from 5 to 3 seconds.

Thistle Tea (Moved from Level 16)(Reworked)
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Activate to instantly restore 20 Energy.
Gathering a Regeneration Globe increases the amount of Energy restored by 10, up to 50 Energy total.
Resets with each use.

Wanted List (New)
❢Quest: Participate in Hero Takedowns.
❢Reward: After 4 Takedowns, gain an additional 10% Movement Speed while Vanished.
❢Reward: After 8 Takedowns, reduce the cooldown of Vanish by 2 seconds.
❢Reward: After 12 Takedowns, increase your maximum Energy to 120.

LEVEL 4

Vendetta (New)
Sinister Strike generates an additional Combo Point when hitting enemies with reduced Armor.

Exsanguinate (New)
Blade Flurry deals 25% more damage against enemies affected by damage over time effects.
Passive: Reduce Garrote's Energy cost by 10.

Shiv (New)
Eviscerating Blinded enemies awards 1 Combo Point.
Passive: Increase Cheap Shot's damage by 50%.

Initiative
Movement Speed bonus increased from 15% to 20%.
Combo Point bonus removed.

LEVEL 7

Sprint (New)
Increase the range of Sinister Strike by 25%.
Sinister Strike heals Valeera for 75% of the damage dealt.

Combat Readiness (Moved from Level 1)(Reworked)
Eviscerating an enemy restores 100 Health per Combo Point consumed.
Eviscerating an enemy with 3 Combo Points also grants 75 Physical Armor for 1.5 seconds.

Hemorrhage (Reworked)
Valeera's Basic Attacks deal 25% more damage to enemies affected by Garrote and heal her for 50% of the damage dealt.

Leeching Poison (New)
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Activate to make Valeera's next damaging ability and subsequent abilities within 4 seconds heal her for 25% of the damage dealt.
Activating Leeching Poison does not break Stealth.

LEVEL 13

Assassinate (Moved from Level 16)
Damage bonus decreased from 50% to 30%.
Armor reduction bonus increased from 10 to 15.

Blind
Bonus decreased from 2.5 to 2 seconds.

Strangle (Reworked)
Enemies affected by Garrote have their Spell Power reduced by 40%.

Wound Poison
Moved from Level 4.

LEVEL 16

Death From Above (Reworked)
Ambush no longer costs Energy.
Teleporting with Ambush generates an additional Combo Point and reveals the target for 3 seconds.

Fatal Finesse (Moved from Level 7)(Reworked)
Hitting only one Hero with Blade Flurry reduces its cooldown by 2 seconds and restores 5 Energy.

Slice and Dice (Moved from Level 7)
No longer passively makes Basic Attacks restore Energy.
Now passively grants 0.25 bonus Attack Range.

Crippling Poison (Moved from Level 1)
Slow increased from 20% to 25%.

LEVEL 20

Adrenaline Rush
Unchanged.

Enveloping Shadows
Unchanged.

Rupture
Unchanged.

Preparation Master (New)
Reduce the cooldown of all Poisons by 5 seconds and increase their duration by 1 second.
Requires at least 1 Poison.

Removed Talents

Vigor

Mutilate

Seal Fate

Elusiveness

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