Edwin VanCleef by Stagnent

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Edwin VanCleef

By: Stagnent
Last Updated: Oct 17, 2015
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Edwin VanCleef

Leader of the Defias

The leader of the Defias Brotherhood, Edwin Vancleef is the most important criminal that continues to threaten the Kingdom of Stormwind. 

Combat Trait

1
Sneak
Passive
Vancleef is a daring and extremely intelligent criminal. Using his thieving prowess Vancleef is always sneaking up on his foes. Due to this the first basic attack and ability receives that does damage is negated by 50%.

Activated
Vancleef goes stealth when sneak is activated.

Note: If Sneak is activated you do not gain the passive ability of Sneak
2
Agile
Edwin Vancleef passively gains a stack of 3% movement speed for each kill within 5 seconds, this stacks up to 5 times. Every 2 minion kills award a stack of agile.

Primary Abilities

1
Crippling Strike
In Vision
Vancleef cripples the target slowing them by 50%

Sneak
Vancleef surprises his enemy while crippling them and slowing by 50%. Crippling strike also exposes weaknesses granted a 25% increase in damage taken to the target.
2
Venomous Strikes
Vancleef soaks his blades in a venomous concoction. For the next 5 seconds each swing of the blade he inflicts his enemy with a venomous toxin that deals 2% of the targets health every seconds. This is a stacking affect up to 5.

Sneak
Vancleef silently creates a stronger venom which will deal 5% of the targets health stacking up to 3 times. This lasts for 5 seconds.
3
Cloak of Shadows
Vancleef drops in and out of the shadows that surround him. The next three abilities will have their damage reduced by 75% and any crowd control or stuns will be negated.

Heroic Abilities

1
Death From Above
Vancleef instantly appears over and behind his enemy dealing damage and exposing their weaknesses which increases all damage done to the target by 25%.

Sneak
Vancleef instantly appears over and behind his enemy from the shadows. This stuns his enemy and exposes their weaknesses which increases all damage done to the target by 50%!
2
Feint
Van Cleef increases his defensive stats and stops 50% of the incoming damage for the next 10 seconds as well as stopping all forms of crowd control.

Talents

Level 1

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[li]Block - Periodically reduces the damage received from hero Basic Attacks by 50% stores up to 2 charges.[/li]
[li]Regeneration Master - Collecting Regeneration Globes permanently increases Health Regeneration by 1.5 per second.[/li]
[li]Greater Sneak - Activate sneak during combat to vanish off the battlefield[/li]
[li]Seasoned Criminal - For every 6 enemy Minion or captured Mercenary kills near your Hero, gain 1 Basic Attack damage. Hero Takedowns count as 3 Minion Kills.[/li]
[li]Master of Poisons - Your crippling strike now deals damage over time.[/li]
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Level 4

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[li]Focused Attack - Every 10 seconds, your next basic Attack against a Hero deals 75% damage. Basic Attacks reduce this cooldown by 1 second.[/li]
[li]Leeching Poison - Every time you inflict damage with a poison, 25% of the damage dealt by the poison is returned in health[/li]
[li]Bribe -  Kill enemy Minions or captured Mercenaries to gain stacks of Bribe. use 20 stacks to bribe target Mercenary, instantly defeating them. Does not work on Bosses. Maximum stacks available: 50.[/li]
[li]Sprint - Activate to gain 75% movement speed for 3 seconds.[/li]
[li]Shadow Strikes - with each basic attack you deal 3% extra bonus damage.[/li]
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Level 7

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[li]Toxic Fumes - Leaves a trail of poison fumes in a trail behind him. This deals 30 damage per second.[/li]
[li]Cheat Death - Fatal Attacks reduce you to 20% of your maximum health. You also take 75% reduced damage after Cheat Death is activated (Passive)[/li]
[li]Deadly Throw - Vancleef throws his daggers piercing the targets armor reducing their defensives by 10% as well as slowing them by 10%[/li]
[li]Longbow Scout - When Longbow Scout is activated, Vancleef uses his trusty longbow to shoot an arrow to scout the location targeted on the map (This does no damage and does not interrupt turn-ins).[/li]
[li]Energy - Increase your energy pool by 25 points.[/li]
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Level 10

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[li]Death from Above - Vancleef Instantly appears over and behind his enemy dealing damage and exposing their weaknesses which increase all damage taken by 25%[/li]
[li]Feint -  Vancleef increases his defensive stats and stops 50% of the incoming damage for the next 10 seconds as well as stopping all forms of crow control[/li]
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Level 13

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[li]Leadership - Vancleef provides his team with the Leadership they need and motivates them to do 10% more damage when his teammate are around him[/li]
[li]Smoke Bomb - Vancleef throws down a smoke bomb that him and his teammates can stand in to go stealth. If abilities are used within smoke bomb the stealth cancels and they instead take 30% reduced damage within smoke bomb.[/li]
[li]Dispatch - Basic attacks reduce your crippling strike cooldown by 1 second.[/li]
[li]Spell Shield - Upon Taking ability damage, reduce that damage and further ability damage by 50% for 3 seconds. Can only trigger once every 30 seconds.[/li]
[li]Swashbuckler - Activate Swashbuckler to equip a shield and reduce damage taken by 30% and gain the passive ability sword and board! (Bash your opponent with your shield stunning them for 3 seconds)[/li]
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Level 16

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[li]Gnomish Dagger - Stolen and re-engineered use Vancleef uses this dagger to put himself or one of his allies in a shock stasis that lasts for 3 seconds.[/li]
[li]Combat Potency - You passively generate 10 more energy every 2 seconds.[/li]
[li]Sonar - Vancleef uses his sonar machine to send a quick 3 second blip across the entire map that reveals all enemies.[/li]
[li]Evasion - Each time you take reduced damage you gain a stack of Evasion. Evasion grants 5% reduced damage this stacks up to 5 times. (Evasion does not proc Evasion)[/li]
[li]Deadly Momentum - Each time you get a killing blow on an enemy hero Deadly Momentum procs this reduced your Heroic abilities cooldown by 10 seconds.[/li]
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Level 20

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[li]Improved Death from Above - Now when you kill someone that you was your previous target from Death from Above, Death from Above instantly resets the cooldown.[/li]
[li]Improved Feint - Now when being attacked while feinted you have a chance to counter attack your enemy. Each time you counter attack you stun your attacker for 1.5s[/li]
[li]Nexus Blades - Basic Attacks deal 20% more damage and stun the target for 1 second (Internal 10 Second CD)[/li]
[li]Rewind - Activate to reset the cooldowns of your Basic Abilites[/li]
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