"She has become vengeance itself, bound forever to the hunt. I only pray that in her zeal, she doesn’t cause even more havoc than Illidan." - Malfurion Stormrage
Role: Melee Assassin
Health: 500 (+70 per level) Regen: 1.889 (+0.5 per level) Mana: 600 (+15 per level) Mana Regen: 4 (+0.05 per level) Attack Speed: 1.8 per second Damage: 45 (+5 per level)
Taking damage, dealing damage, or channeling will cancel this effect.
Lasts 3 seconds after moving.
Primary Abilities
1
Sinister Strike
Active Ability (0.5 second cooldown) (Mana Cost: N/A)
Strike the closest enemy for 30 (+5 per level) damage, stores five charges.
Gain 1 charge per nearby enemy minion or mercenary death, and 3 charges on nearby enemy hero deaths.
2
Blink
Active Ability (7.0 second cooldown) (Mana Cost: 45)
Teleport a short distance.
3
Shadow Strike
Active Ability (15.0 second cooldown) (Mana Cost: 60)
Hurls a poisoned dagger which deals 90 (+10 per level) initial damage, and then deals 50 (+5 per level) damage over 3 seconds.
Reduces target's movement speed by 30% for 3.5 seconds.
Heroic Abilities
1
Fan of Knives
Active Ability (80.0 second cooldown) (Mana Cost: 175)
Throw knives in every direction dealing 275 damage, and slowing each enemy hit. Lasts 4.0 seconds.
2
Vanish
Active Ability (60 second cooldown) (Mana Cost: 100)
Maiev vanishes into the shadows.
Instantly gain stealth, removing all damage over time and movement impairing effects. Fully heals Maiev. Lasts 7.0 seconds.
Talents
Tier 1
Quick Recovery: Shadowmeld heals you for 5% maximum health every 10 seconds. Reinforced Strike: Sinister Strike causes your next basic attack to deal 20% extra damage.
Tier 2
Sinister Combo: Sinister Strike now deals 50% extra damage every fifth use. Shadow Stalker: Abilities deal 15% more damage after leaving Shadowmeld.
Tier 3
Heroic Leap: Blink's radius is increased, but its cooldown is also increased to 10.0 seconds. Swift Escape: You gain 30% movement speed for 5.0 seconds after using blink.
Tier 4
Fan of Knives: Throw knives in every direction, dealing 250 damage and slowing all enemies hit. Lasts 4.0 seconds. Vanish: Maiev vanishes into the shadows, gaining stealth and removing all damage over time and movement impairing effects. Lasts 7.0 seconds.
Tier 5
Master of Shadows: Shadowmeld can be used while moving, but movement speed is reduced by 40%. (Negates Quick Recovery) Recovering Blow: Sinister Strike has a 5% chance to interrupt your target.
Tier 6
Blood for Blood: Sinister Strike and basic attacks heal for 2% of damage dealt. Plagued Dagger: Shadow Strike jumps to multiple targets, but damage is decreased.
Tier 7
Unbound: Vanish renders you immune to area of affect abilities. Poisoned Blades: Basic attacks deal 20% more damage, and slow enemies for 1.0 seconds. Hooked Blades: Fan of Knives deals an additional 150 damage to each enemy hit over 5.0 seconds.
Changelog
7/9/15: - added two talents to each tier - reduced Sinister Strike's cooldown to compete with Maiev's basic attacks - removed Vengeance - Moved Plagued Dagger to Tier 6 - Moved Shadow Stalker to Tier 2 7/11/15: - Added Fan of Knives (replaced Vengeance) - Added "Hooked Blades" talent to Tier 7 - Added Notes Section - Increased the damage of "Fan of Knives" - Reduced "Shadow Strike"'s mana cost - Vanish now heals Maiev to full health - Reduced the slow duration of "Poisoned Blades" - Reduced the cooldown of "Shadowmeld" - "Master of Shadows" negates "Quick Recovery" - "Quick Recovery" heals every 8 seconds (down from 10) - Reduced Maiev's health to 500 (+70 per level)
Notes
I realize some of these abilities may be plain, but I tried my best to stem this concept off the original Warcraft 3 units, while still delivering some amount of diversity.
I've put some thought in on how Maiev would compare to similar heroes such as Illidan and Zeratul, but suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
I'd also love some feedback on how to improve Shadowmeld. Coming this far with this concept, it's been looking more and more like a-not so good-copy of Nova and Zeratul's stealth.
A: Sinister Strike is the same thing as Sylvanas's Q
B: Blink is the same as Zeratul's
C: Vanish is too strong. Imagine a Rehgar + Maiev combo? She'd be invincible
Avatar of vengeancee: for x sec nearby killed ally minions change to vengeance spirit. Killed ally heroes become 2 spirits.
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B: Blink is the same as Zeratul's
C: Vanish is too strong. Imagine a Rehgar + Maiev combo? She'd be invincible