Maiev Shadowsong by Naust

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Maiev Shadowsong

By: Naust
Last Updated: Jun 9, 2017
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Maiev Shadowsong

Warden

Maiev Shadowsong is a night elf Warden and personally volunteered to act as Illidan's jailer. After nearly 10,000 years, Illidan escaped and Maiev took it upon herself to hunt Illidan down and return him to his cell in the name of justice. Maiev's anger and lust for vengeance grew as she pursued the Betrayer across Kalimdor and Outland.

My design goal for Maiev was to create a flexible melee assassin that could either be a strong lane pusher, have high single target damage or bring good utility to help her team win team fight. With a focus on being able to move around a fight quickly, she shines when using a hit-and-run strategy, though she can gain sustain through some talent choices.

Any numbers I included for damage, cooldowns, etc. are there purely as place holders and to give you an idea of my design intent.

Combat Trait

1
Shadowmeld
Activate to become invisible for 5 seconds. 12 second cooldown. Abilities cast while shadowmelded have an additional affect:
Blink - Incease movement speed by 20% for 3 seconds.
Fan of Knives - Targets have -10 spell armor for 3 seconds.
Shadow Strike - Target has -10 physical armor for 3 seconds.

Primary Abilities

1
Fan of Knives
Throw 9 knives evenly distributed at up to 4 enemies (prioritizing Heroes). A single target cannot be hit by more than 5 knives. Each knife does light damage.
2
Shadowstrike
Strike at a single target, dealing high damage followed by light damage over 3 seconds and slowing the target by 20% for the duration.
3
Blink
Teleport to the target location. Short range, 6 second cooldown.

Heroic Abilities

1
Vengeance
Creates a powerful avatar that summons invulnerable spirits when a friendly minion dies to attack your enemies. When the Avatar of Vengeance dies, the spirits vanish. Avatar has high health and lasts 10 seconds.
2
Imprison
Create a magical prison centered on Maiev. Enemy heroes will not be able to enter or leave the prison while it is active. Lasts 10 seconds or until Maiev leaves the prison. Maiev's basic ability cooldowns recharge 100% faster while inside the prison.

Talents

Level 1
Enough for Everyone - Fan of Knives now throws a total of 14 knives at up to 6 enemies, but only up to 4 knives can be thrown at a single target.
Iron Hand of Justice - Gain attack damage on minion or hero deaths. Upon gaining 40 attack damage, activate to root a target hero for 2 seconds. 45 second cooldown.
Single Mindedness - Removes limit from Fan of Knives on number of knives that can be thrown at a single target.

Level 4
Justice has come! - Gain 15 spell armor for 3 seconds after using Blink.
They shall not escape! - Shadowstrike resets Blink's cooldown.
Taste Their Fear - Blink resets cooldown for Shadowmeld.

Level 7
The guilty will suffer! - Lowers initial damage of Shadowstrike, but increases duration by 1 second and slightly increased poison damage.
Held in Contempt - Removes damage over time from Shadowstrike, but target is now silenced for 2 seconds.
Executioner - Increases initial damage of Shadwostrike, removes damage over time effect.

Level 10
Vengeance
Imprison

Level 13
Now is the time! - While Shadowmelded, Fan of Knives now reduces targets spell armor to -15.
Watchers, strike! - While Shadowmelded, Shadowstrike now reduces targets physical armor to -20.
The Hunt - Reduces cooldown of shadowmeld by 2 seconds. Blink no longer breaks stealth and the movement speed bonus if cast while shadowmelded is increased to 30%.

Level 16
Bladed Cloak - Activate to gain 20 physical armor for 4 seconds and throw a knife back at the attacker for each auto-attack received.
Leeching Shadows - Gain health equal to 3% of basic attack damage dealt to heroes. Bonus is increased to 6% if target is affected by Shadowstrike.
Blessing of Elune - Gain 15% of max health after not taking damage for 5 seconds. This can only happen once between combats.

Level 20
Vengeance shall be mine - Gain 5 armor, 5% cooldown reduction and 5 damage for each active spirit.
I am the law! - Killing an imprisoned enemy hero restores you to full health.
We're wasting time - Auto-attacks reduce basic ability cooldowns by .5 seconds.
Blade of Elune - Abilities cause your next auto-attack to deal 50% more damage.

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