Maiev Shadowsong by Drevo

Level 1 - Awareness tier

Active - Warden Owl
Global range, 40 sec cd
Summon an Owl to fly over a target area, granting Vision. Owl lasts for 40 sec or until hit with 2 basic attacks.

(basically flying version of Lunaras Wisp that flies fast but can't be retargeted)

Q - Blessed Glaive
Glaive leaves trail of light on its way, granting Vision over it. Also enemies hit by Q are Revealed for 4 sec.

Active - Can't Hide From Me
15 sec cd
Activate to see over obstacles and detect stealth. Lasts for 5 seconds. Mounting will cancel the ability.

Active - Motivational Speech
Using D on a Hero gives a stack of Motivational Speech.
Use 2 stacks to Bribe a mercenary. Max 8 stacks.

Level 4 - Shadowmeld tier

E - Shadowy Ambush
Shadowmeld lasts indefinitely as long as you don't move.

E - Deep Shadows
Gain 75 spell armor while Shadowmeld is active.

E - Displacement
Gain 25% movement speed while Shadowmeld is active and remove all snares and roots upon casting it.

E - Elune's Embrace
Heal for X each second in Shadowmeld.

Note: also make it 1 sec longer?

Level 7 - Damage tier

Q, W - Poisoned blades
Q and W deal X additional damage over 3 sec.

Q - Glaive Thrower
Q damage is increased by X and range increased by Y, but it doesn't come back.

E - From the Shadows
Gain 50% attack speed for 4 sec after Shadowmeld ends.

D - Verdict
Active, range 5, 30 sec cooldown.
Target a Hero to consider them as Guilty (even if they aren't).

Level 13 - CC tier

W - Harpoon
W duration is increased for 1 sec. Recast W to pull the target slightly (1-2 yards) in your direction.

The knife becomes harpoon!

W - Chains of the Warden
W slow is increased to 35%. W duration extends up to 6 sec unless the target moves more than 4 yds from Maiev.

The knife becomes chain!

D - Heavy Punishment
D now silences enemy for 1 sec instead of rooting them.

E - Blinding powder
Upon using E, blind all nearby enemies for 4 sec.

Note: stun for 1 instead?

16 - Takedown tier

D - You Picked The Wrong Side
Killing a Guilty hero makes all enemy Heroes in 5 range Guilty and resets cooldown of D.

D - Guilty Killer
Basic attacks on Guilty targets deal additional 3% of their Max health as Damage

Q - Fan of Knives
After launching the Q, deal X damage in a short radius around Maiev.

Note: After using D instead?

Warden's Bait
Active, range 3, 2 charges, 30 sec cooldown
Places a trap on the ground. Enemy Heroes caught lose 25 Armor for 4 sec and receive a Guilty mark. Max 2 traps.

Note: Some damage as well? Some cc?

Level 20

R1 - Vengeance Incarnate
Avatar moves 15% faster. Avatar and all ally heroes in range of the Avatar deal 15% more damage.

Note: also transform Maiev into an Avatar when she dies?

R2 - You're not going anywhere
After Imprison ends, all enemy heroes in range 3 become Imprisoned.

D - Noone Goes Unpunished
D has global range and enemies are revealed for 3 sec whenever they get a Guilty mark.

D - I Will Have My Vengeance!
After using D, gain Unstoppable for 2 seconds. D cooldown reduced by 2 sec.

So Maiev becomes what she really is in Warcraft: an unrelenting justicar that sticks to those who trespass the 'Law' (though the Law is like Maiev gonna win this game :P) and punishes enemies for every advantage they get during the game. The intent is to make her a real threat when enemy gets an upper hand, but weaker if they dont.

Here's some behind-the-scenes of the design:

1. Her iconic Fan of Knives and Poison Dagger were moved to talents because I really wanted some refreshing Basic abilities on the Hero.
2. Also, things like Throw Glaive (and Imprison and even the trap talent) are acutally Maiev's abilities in WoW so I think it'll be fine.
3. She still has Shadowmeld, but its more of repositioning / disengage tool like Dehaka's E. Still with a talent option to become good ol' night elf racial.
4. And of course she still has blink, but it may used only offencively (which also grants sume surprise effect if used from bushes or from Shadowmeld).
5. All her CC is point-and-click just to make her a good counter to high mobility heroes (and Illidan ofc).
6. And hell yeah her talents were fun to work on! Pity there's no more tiers left.


So that's it for one of my favorite Heroes! Any feedback will be much appreciated :)