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This is a rare blade from Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
A resilient tank, who defends allies with ease and becomes increasingly tough in combat.

Difficulty: Medium

Main Theme: Mor Ardain - Roaming the Wastes -

Stats:
Damage: 4 / 10
Utility: 7 / 10
Survivability: 8 / 10
Complexity: 5 / 10

Pros:
Has a baseline taunt
Game-changing heroics
Good waveclear

Cons:
Weak to crowd control
Low health for a warrior, relies heavily on her trait to gain durability

Combat Trait

D - Forward-Looking Woman

Using a basic ability grants you 8% movement speed and 10 Armor for 5 seconds. This effect stacks up to 3 times.

Your trait can be activated to instantly gain 3 stacks of Forward-Looking Woman, but halving the movement speed buff for 5 seconds. This active has a 90 sec cooldown.

Primary Abilities

Q - Sentimental Burst

Condense dark ether in a medium-sized area (around the same size as Kael'thas' traited Flamestrike), which explodes after 1.25 seconds, dealing medium damage. You gain 25% movement speed towards enemies within 3 seconds of being hit by Sentimental Burst.

8 sec cooldown. Medium mana cost. Around the same range as Kael'thas' Flamestrike.

W - Calamity

Imbue dark energies into your shield hammer, causing your next basic attack within 3 seconds to deal bonus medium damage, silence its target, and force them to attack you for 1.5 seconds.

13 sec cooldown. Medium mana cost. Self-cast.

E - Iron Wall

Raise your shield hammer in a defensive motion, gaining Protected for 2 seconds. Each time you block damage with this, your other basic abilities' cooldowns are reduced by 0.5 seconds, up to 5 seconds. Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1.25 seconds.

Quest!: Prevent damage with Iron Wall. Reward!: After preventing 7500 damage with Iron Wall, Iron Wall now also prevents damage done to allies in a medium area around you (around the same size as Azmodan's Globe of Annihilation).

15 sec cooldown. High mana cost. Self-cast.

Secondary Abilities

1 - Rattle, Rattle

Requires Tier 5 Talent

Activate to pulse bad luck at enemies in a large area near you, lowering their attack speed and movement speed by 10% and Armor by 7 for each stack of Forward-Looking Woman you currently have. The bad luck lasts 4 seconds. Forward-Looking Woman cannot trigger for the next 15 seconds after using this.

60 sec cooldown. Self-cast.

2 - One Lucky Gal

Requires Tier 7 Talent

Activate to reset the cooldown on your heroic ability, but lower your Armor by 1 for every 4 seconds reduced. This curse lasts 20 seconds.

80 sec cooldown. Self-cast.

2 - Hidden Emotion

Requires Tier 7 Talent

Activate to heal all nearby allies for 50% of their missing health, then grant them a shield for 150% of all damage healed for 5 seconds.

90 sec cooldown. Self-cast.

Heroic Abilities

R1 - Melancholic Break

Release bandages in a large area around you, dealing medium damage and rooting enemies for 2.25 seconds. Each enemy hero rooted by Melancholic Break grants you 5 Armor, up to 25, for 10 seconds.

60 sec cooldown. High mana cost. Self-cast.

R2 - Secret Desire

Succumb to the mask's true power, gaining 20% movement speed, 75% attack speed, and healing yourself for 100% of all damage dealt. Lasts 8 seconds.

90 sec cooldown. High mana cost. Self-cast.

Talents

Tier 1:
D - Block Rate Up V: Every 20 seconds, the next hero basic attack taken is prevented, heals you for a medium amount, and causes you to move 20% faster towards them for 6 seconds. Taking damage from a hero basic attack reduces the cooldown of this effect by 3 seconds.
D - Affinity MAX Barrier V: Being near an allied hero for at least 3 seconds grants you a shield equal to 30% of your maximum health over 30 seconds as long as you remain near them. The shield lasts until destroyed.
Q - Specials Lv 1 Plus V: Quest!: Hit enemy heroes with Sentimental Burst. Reward!: After hiting 15 enemy heroes with Sentimental Burst, enemies at the center of Sentimental Burst take 100% increased damage from it, refund the mana cost of Sentimental Burst and reset its cooldown.

Tier 2:
E - Impregnable Shield: Iron Wall now grants Unstoppable for 2 seconds, but its cooldown is increased by 4 seconds.
D - Draw Aggro: Every 3rd basic attack deals bonus medium damage and reduces the cooldown of Calamity by 5 seconds.
D - Our Daily Bread: Quest!: Collecting Regen Globes increases your health regen by 1.5, up to 30. Reward!: After collecting 20 Regen Globes, each stack of Forward-Looking Woman increases your total health regeneration by 75%.

Tier 3:
D - Hammerhead: Upon getting three stacks of Forward-Looking Woman, your next basic attack will knock the enemy back a short amount, grant you 20 Armor for 2.5 seconds, and refresh the duration of Forward-Looking Woman.
W - Detonation Blow: Calamity's basic attack deals 250% increased damage if you're below 50% health.
Q - Negative Zone: Sentimental Burst now leaves an area that deals 100% of its damage over 5 seconds.

Tier 4:
R1 - Melancholic Break
R2 - Secret Desire

Tier 5:
1 - Rattle, Rattle: Activate to pulse bad luck at enemies in a large area near you, lowering their attack speed and movement speed by 10% and Armor by 7 for each stack of Forward-Looking Woman you currently have. The bad luck lasts 4 seconds. Forward-Looking Woman cannot trigger for the next 15 seconds after using this. 60 sec cooldown.
E - Resolve: Iron Wall is now usable while crowd controlled.
D - Stability: You deal 30% increased damage and heal for 50% of damage dealt to enemies facing you.

Tier 6:
Q - Dark Matter: Sentimental Burst now silences enemies for 1.75 seconds and its range is increased by 100%.
W - Brawl Swing: Calamity's basic attack now hits all enemies in an arc in front of you.
D - Fortune: Basic attacks refresh the duration of Forward-Looking Woman.

Tier 7:
R1 - Topple: Basic attacking enemies affected by Melancholic Break stuns them for the remainder of the root and for 0.75 seconds longer.
R2 - Karma's a *****!: During Secret Desire, enemies hit by your damaging abilities have their Armor lowered by 25 for 3 seconds.
2 - One Lucky Gal: Activate to reset the cooldown on your heroic ability, but lower your Armor by 1 for every 4 seconds reduced. This curse lasts for 20 seconds. 80 sec cooldown.
2 - Hidden Emotion: Activate to heal all nearby allies for 50% of their missing health, then grant them a shield for 150% of their damage healed for 5 seconds. 90 sec cooldown.
D - Positive Outlook: Forward-Looking Woman can now stack up to 5 times. Your active trait's cooldown is halved.

Skins

Selfless Kasandra
Kasandra with Godfrey's colors.
Childish Kasandra
Kasandra with Electra's colors.
Forgetful Kasandra
Kasandra with Finch's colors.
Kasandra MK. II
Kasandra with Poppi MK. II's colors and the little antenna on top.

Luxorian Queen Kasandra (legendary)
Kasandra in an egyptian ruler-esque outfit.
For Sentimental Burst, the detonation summons a plague of either mosquitos, frogs, or blood that dissipates after a short while.
For Calamity, upon hitting the enemy, sand falls on them.
For Iron Wall, when the quest is finished, the shield is golden.
For Melancholic Break, Luxorian Queen Kasandra summons quicksand around her.
For Secret Desire, Luxorian Queen Kasandra gains a golden tint.
Her Hearthstone consists of her sitting on her throne and drinking from a golden cup.

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Calamity Witch

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