Lady Vashj (v2.1) by Therson

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Lady Vashj (v2.1)

By: Therson
Last Updated: Jul 31, 2023
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Lady Vashj (v2.1)

Lieutenant of Illidan

"Cursed, transformed... we have waited ten thousand years to retake our rightful place in the world. And now, with Lord Illidan's help, we shall!"


Lady Vashj was born in the city of Vashj'ir, where her mother, Lestharia Vashj, was the high leader and matron. She somehow left her homeland, and came to the city of Zin-Azshari, capital of the night elves, sometime before the War of the Ancients. Once chief among Queen Azshara's handmaidens, Vashj became one of the serpentine naga when Azshara and her followers were sent to the bottom of the sea during the Great Sundering.

Ten thousand years later, Vashj answered Illidan Stormrage's call and followed him first to Lordaeron, where she met up with Kael'thas Sunstrider and rallied his blood elves to Illidan's cause, and then to Outland when Illidan deposed Magtheridon as lord of the shattered world. As the leader of Illidan's naga, Vashj and her followers set up a shop in Coilfang Reservoir in Zangarmarsh, where the naga began to pump the lakes into their underground lair. During the invasion of Outland, adventurers invaded the Serpentshrine Cavern where Vashj made her lair and slew the Coilfang matron, her dying breath an apology to her master.

Health: 1700 (+4%/level)
Health Regen: 12.5%


Mana: 500 (+10/level)
Mana Regen: 3 (+0.0975%/level)


Attack: 96 (+4%/level)
Attack Speed: 1.15
Attack Range: 5


Difficulty: Medium

Pros:
Potential for high spell damage
Harder to kill than other mage-style heroes
Ultimates with decent AoE/Damage

Cons:
Heavily mana-reliant, survival can depend on it
No mobility
Easily picked off

Best Paired with:
-Ana
-Maiev
-The Butcher

Countered By:
-Junkrat
-Brightwing
-Tychus

Initial Recolor Skins:

1. Lady Vashj
2. Vashj'ir Lady Vashj
3. Coilfang Lady Vashj
4. Azsharan Lady Vashj

Combat Trait

1
Static
Basic Attacks and damaging abilities apply Static to enemy Heroes. Static can stack 3 times. Upon reaching a third stack, further applications of Static refresh the Static duration.

Static causes those affected to take 10%/15%/20% more ability damage from Vashj. Static lasts 4 seconds.

Primary Abilities

1
Forked Lightning
Vashj fires jolts of electricity in a cone in front of her, dealing 221 (+4%/level) damage to all targets hit.

Mana Cost: 70
Cooldown: 8 seconds
2
Mana Shield
Vashj uses her magic to shield herself from all attacks. Any damage she takes while this is taken drains her mana instead of her health. Activate again to turn off. This cannot be used below 10% mana and will automatically shut off if it hits that threshold.

Mana Cost: 0
Cooldown: 1 second
3
Lightning Tether
Vashj fires an electric lasso at a target, channeling for 3 seconds and dealing 120 (+4%/level) damage per second to the target and rooting them in place during the duration. This only applies Static once.

Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 12 seconds

Heroic Abilities

1
Monsoon
Vashj channels for 6 seconds, calling upon a powerful Monsoon to cause chaos and destruction, dealing 158 damage (+4%/level) per second to all targets within a large area of effect. This does double damage to all non-Hero targets.

Mana Cost: 150
Cooldown: 120 seconds
2
Crushing Wave
Vashj calls upon a wave to crash down at a medium-sized target area, dealing 406 (+4%/level) damage. Crushing Wave does not apply Static. Targets affected by 3 stacks of Static that take damage from Tidal Wave are stunned for 3 seconds.

Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Special Mount

1
Serpent's Speed
This is the baseline mount for Lady Vashj. Like Anub'arak, Zagara, and Ragnaros, she is limited in the actual mounts that she can ride due to her body shape.

Talents

Level 1:
Static Shocked- QUEST: Apply Static 150 times. REWARD: Static lasts 2 seconds longer and all applications of Static refresh its duration.
Naga Pool- Activate to create a Naga Pool. Vashj can sit in the Naga Pool to restore 1% of her mana every second. Naga Pools last 15 seconds. This has a 60 second cooldown.
Electricity Shield- Melee basic attacks by Enemy Heroes against Vashj applies Static to them.

Level 4:
Lightning Arc- Increase the the cone width of Forked Lighting by 50%.
Long-Range Tether- Increase the range to cast Lightning Tether by 50%.
Toy With Your Prey- As long as there as an active Static, Vashj's attack range is increased by 1.0.

Level 7:
Current Rush- Hitting enemy Heroes with Forked Lightning reduces the cooldown of it by 1 second for each enemy hero hit.
Painful Leash- Increase the channel time and root duration for Lightning Tether by 2 seconds.
Electric Pools- Any enemy Hero with Static that touches the Naga Pools turns them into Electric Pools. Eletric Pools give enemy Heroes that touch it maximum stacks of Static. [This can only be taken if Naga Pool was taken.]

Level 10:
Already listed above!

Level 13:
Shocked and Awe- Enemy heroes hit by Forked Lightning reduce the mana cost of Vashj's next spell cast by 15 per enemy hero.
Power Lines- Any enemy Heroes coming into contact with the tether between Vashj and her target in Lightning Tether are stunned for 1 second.
Overloaded- Enemy heroes with 3 stacks of Static are slowed by 5% every time Static is refreshed on them maxing out at 40%.

Level 16:
Dragged Through the Mud- Vashj can now move during Lightning Tether. If Vashj reaches the max range for Lightning Tether she now drags the target in the direction that she is moving.
Doused In Water- Lightning Tether now makes the target vulnerable during its duration.
Restorative Shields- 25% of the damage taken while Mana Shield is active heals Vashj.

Level 20:
Hurricane-Force Winds- Slow all enemy movement speed within Monsoon by 50%.
Tidal Frenzy- Crushing Wave will now stun any hero affected by Static, no matter the amount of stacks. Reduce Crushing Wave's cooldown by 30 seconds.
Tidal Guardian- While sitting in a Naga Pool, any application of Static reduces Vashj's heroic cooldown by 3 seconds. [This can only be taken if Naga Pool was selected.]

In-Game Quotes

Store Greeting - Pre-Purchase: "What have we here?"
Purchase: "A wise choice!"
Store Greeting: "Welcome back..."
Ready: "To battle then."
Intro - Greeting Illidan: "I will forever serve by your side, Lord Illidan."
Intro - Greeting Murky: "A murloc? Come, servant, we have work to do."
Intro - Greeting Probius: "You're a little busy worker, aren't you?"
Intro - Greeting Kael'thas: "Ah, young prince. How fitting to see you here."
Intro - Greeting Maiev: "You've come far enough, little warden. Your vaunted night elf justice has no jurisdiction here."
Intro - Greeting Kerrigan: "A Queen of Blades, hmm? You look like you have the...caliber...to serve alongside Lord Illidan."
Intro - Greeting Abathur: "You are just the little architect Lord Illidan is searching for!"
Intro - Greeting Li-Ming: "You remind me much of myself, before I became...this."
Intro - Greeting Gul'dan: "I believe you have something that belongs to Lord Illidan..."
Intro - Greeting Yrel: "Well, little Draenei? Here to free your kin?"
Intro - Greeting Positive: "Lets wash away these...vermin, shall we?"
Intro - Greeting Negative: "I suppose sometimes we have to unlikely allainces..."
Intro - Response Positive: "To the tides, with them!"
Intro - Response Negative: "Your courage is commendable, but it shall avail you nothing!"
What 1: "Yesss?"
What 2: "Mmm?"
Humorous 1: "Lord Illidan...Kael'thas...Maiev...it seems we really are getting our little...band...back together."
Humorous 2: "Would you like to feel the ocean's spray in your face? *Vashj spits*"
Humorous 3: "I am over 10,000 years old, and I can never keep up with this younger generation. I'm not sure what a 'tide pod' is, but I am of the understanding that these do not have to do with the ocean and you're not supposed to eat it."
Move 1: "On the way."
Move 2: "Ssslithering over there."
Move 3: "As you command."
Hearthstone: "I'm returning to the fountain."
Getting Healed: "Serviceable healing. You have my thanks."
Attack 1: "Seek your mark!"
Attack 2: "Straight to the heart!"
Attack 3: "Your time ends now!"
Killing a Hero 1: "Pathetic!"
Killing a Hero 2: "Be'lemer an-delei!"
Killing Illidan: "Lord Illidan, I... I am... sorry."
Killing Maiev: "Where is your justice now, little warden?"
Killing Arthas: "You will not harm Lord Illidan any longer!"
Killing Tyrande: "You had no chance, Little Priestess!"
Killing Malfurion: "The Queen's revenge upon you!"
Killing Scourge character: "Victory for Lord Illidan!"
Killing Demon character: "Lord Illidan doesn't need all of you."
Death: "I'm not...done...yet."
Revived: "I have returned!"
Ping - Kill Hero: "Slay this champion!"
Ping - Capture Mercenaries: "Recruit these brutes to our cause!"
Ping - Help Ally: "Assist our ally!"
Ping - Help Me: "Lend me your aide!"
Ping - Destroy Fort: "Destroy this fort!"
Ping - Defend Fort: "Protect this fort!"

Skin Concepts

[Placeholder Skin] - Medusa

[Placeholder Skin] - Mermaid

[Placeholder Skin] - Cyber

Updates

v1.0: Created concept. Did level scaling calculations. Added talents, quotes, skin concepts, updates, and other concepts.
v1.1: Crushing Wave no longer applies Static. Mana Shield mana threshold changes from 10% to 15%. Lightning Tether now only applies Static once instead of three times. Changed Electricity Shield (Level 1) to only pop on melee basic attacks from enemy heroes. Added color for easier readability.
v1.5: Updated broken picture links, clarified Mana Shield so that it shuts off when Vashj hits 15% or less Mana, buffed Electric Pools (Level 7 talent) by making Electric Pools apply max stacks of Static to enemy heroes touching it, added more to initial description (under stats), updated links to my other concepts, updated quotes
v2.0: Health buffed from 1365 to 1700. Basic attack damage nerfed from 115 to 96 and scaling buffed from 3% to 4%. Forked Lightning damage buffed from 170 to 221. Lightning Tether damage increased from 75 to 120. Monsoon damage buffed from 140 to 192. Crushing Wave damage buffed from 300 to 406.
v2.1: Mana Shield mana threshold reduced from 15% to 10%. Monsoon damage reduced from 192 to 158. Static Shocked (Level 1 talent) quest requirement increased from 100 to 150. Power Lines (Level 13 talent) stun nerfed from 2 seconds to 1 second. Completely reworked Overloaded (Level 13 talent).

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