Vanessa VanCleef [WIP] by Prototypetwo

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Vanessa VanCleef [WIP]

By: Prototypetwo
Last Updated: Nov 1, 2015
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Vanessa VanCleef [WIP]

Defias Kingpin

Vanessa VanCleef, daughter of Edwin VanCleef, took over the Defias Brotherhood after witnessing his death. In the Deadmines, she united the clan and oversaw construction of a ship meant to sail on Stormwind. If you find yourself on her bad side, be careful what you drink.

Basic Statistics: 
Health: 810 (+140 per level)
Health Regen: 1.7 (+0.3 per level)

Mana: 500 (+10 per level)
Mana Regen: 3 (+0.1 per level)

Attack Damage: 46 (+11 per level)
Attacks Per Second: 1.2
Range: 1.5 melee

Intended Difficulty: Hard

Combat Trait

1
Permanent Cloak, Rogue
Gain stealth with out of combat for 3 seconds. Taking damage, attacking, using Abilities, or channeling reveals you.

Vanessa generates combo points on enemies with her basic attacks and abilities, up to 5, and lasting up to 8 seconds.

Effects which generate combo points generate +1 combo point while stealthed.

Primary Abilities

1
Backslash
Vanessa steps through the shadows to slice her foes. Teleports a short range, dealing damage on arrival and entering stealth for 1 second. Generates 1 combo point on each foe struck.

Damage: 45 (+12 per level)
Cooldown: 4 seconds
Mana cost: 20
2
Deadly Blades
Generate 1 combo point on all nearby foes and add additional damage over time to all basic attacks for 5 seconds.

Damage: 15 (+4 per level) over 3 seconds
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Mana cost: 60
3
Eviscerate
Low-range targeted damage ability, consuming combo points on the target. Cooldown is reduced 1 second per combo point consumed.

Damage: 30 (+6.5 per level) per combo point
Maximum damage: 150 (+32.5 per level)
Cooldown: 7 seconds
Mana cost: 45

Heroic Abilities

1
Powder Explosion
Vanessa rigs an explosion in an area, disorienting enemies and reducing their vision. Vanessa evades all damage for 3 seconds. 

Damage: 185 (+24 per level)
Enemies struck are stunned for 1 second, broken if they take damage.
Enemy vision in the area is reduced 50%.
Cooldown: 70 seconds
Mana cost: 80
2
Vengeance of Vancleef
Vanessa disappears for 1 second, then assaults her target hero for heavy damage. Nearby foes take 50% of the damage from clones of Vanessa.

Damage: 290 (+46 per level) [145 (+23 per level) to secondary foes]
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Mana cost: 80

Talent Options

Level 1: 
a) [Q] Backslash range and radius increased 25% if stealthed.
b) [W] Deadly Blades mana cost and cooldown reduced 33%.
c) Seasoned Marksman
d) [D] Active: apply 3 combo points to all nearby enemies. 30 second cooldown.

Level 4: 
a) [Q] Backslash's stealth duration is doubled to 2 seconds if Backslash damaged a hero.
b) Focused Attacks
c) [E] Eviscerate slows the target by 50% movement speed, diminishing over 2 seconds.
d) [W] Crippling Poison: Deadly Blades slows enemy movement speed by 30%.

Level 7: 
a) [W] Instant Poison: Deadly Blades deals immediate area damage around Vanessa.
b) [W] Nightmare Elixir: Deadly Blades causes all nearby foes to miss their next attack.
c) [E] Eviscerate increases the damage of your next basic attack by 100%.
d) [D] Entering stealth increases movement speed and health regeneration for 5 seconds.

Level 13: 
a) [Q] Backslash increases Vanessa's movement speed 60% for 1 second.
b) [Q] Backslash deals 50% increased damage against targets poisoned by Deadly Blades.
c) [E] Eviscerate reduces Backslash and Deadly Blades cooldowns by 0.5 seconds per combo point consumed.
d) [D] increases basic attack damage by 10% per combo point on the target.

Level 16: 
a) [Q] During Backslash's stealth duration, reactivate Q to release a blade flurry, damaging nearby enemies and generating 1 combo point.
b) Executioner
c) [E] Eviscerate deals 50% area splash damage.
d) Stoneskin

Level 20: 
a) [R1] Sets up a second charge of explosives which detonate after 3 seconds or upon reactivation. 
b) [R2] Images of Vanessa persist on all targets, continuing to assault them for 3 seconds.
c) Nexus Blades
d) [Active] For 6 seconds, double all combo point generation, and refill all combo points consumed by Eviscerate.

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Neptune45 (1) | November 1, 2015 9:45am
I don't really like the idea of combo points. If you want her to be more effective from combos you need to make her abilities stronger when chained. Not be able to deal a bunch of damage because you stabbed a bunch of people before hand.

Vengeance says something about clones when she has no way of making any.
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Prototypetwo | November 1, 2015 2:06pm
Thank you for the feedback--I agree the combo points need some work. I intend to keep them, and keep a rewarding play style revolving around chaining 5-point eviscerates. I've changed eviscerate for now to have a base damage, and I'm thinking carefully about how much burst is possible in the build with multiple 5-point eviscerates in a short duration.

Cleaned up the tooltip on Vengeance to state that it summons the clones.
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