by JR Cook - 7 years ago     show comments

Cassia, Amazon Warmatron, will soon be entering the Nexus. This high damage ranged Assassin will be at her best when on the move. Her Trait, Avoidance (D), gives her 65 Physical Armor while moving, making a well played Cassia the bane of auto-attack Heroes. Her Trait, combined with the fact that she has a shorter range than most other ranged Assassins should keep Cassia constantly on the move.

Lightning Fury (Q) is her primary poke ability. Cassia hurls a javelin that damages the first enemy hit and then splits into two lightning bolts that deal damage to targets on either side of the primary target. Blinding Light (W) is an AOE Blind with a slight delay. It also gives Cassia a 15% passive damage bonus to Blinded targets. Fend (E) allows Cassia to charge an enemy and then channel a flurry of javelin strikes for 1.5 seconds.

For Heroics, Cassia has the choice between Ball Lightning (R1) and Valkyrie (R2). Ball Lightning throws a ball of lighting at an enemy Hero that bounces up to six times between nearby enemy Heroes, damaging enemies hit. If there are no other enemy Heroes nearby, the ball will bounce between the one enemy Hero and Cassia, but will only damage the enemy Hero. Valkyrie calls down a Valkyrie that impales the first enemy Hero hit and pulls them in towards Cassia. This enemy Hero is briefly stunned and other Heroes in the path of the charging Valkyrie are knocked to the side.

Here is a quick look at Cassia’s Talents.

Level 1

Thunderstroke (Q): Quest: Hit Heroes with Q. Reward(1): 20 Heroes hit = 60 damage. Reward(2): 40 Heroes hit = 2 Charges.

True Sight (W): Increases the damage dealt to Blinded enemy heroes by 10%. Quest: Deal Basic Attack damage to Blinded enemy heroes. Reward: 80 Heroes hit = Blind duration +1 second.

Charged Strikes (Active): Activate to cause your basic attacks to bounce to a nearby enemy for 8 seconds and increase their damage by 40%. 20s CD.

Level 4

Ring of the Leech (Passive): Cassia heals for 35% of the damage dealt to enemies affected by Blind.

Inner Light (W): Increases Blinding Light radius by 25%. Upon being Rooted or Stunned, Blinding Light pulses around Cassia. This can only occur every 6s.

Plate of the Whales (Trait): Gain 5HPS while Avoid is active. Quest: Every 5 Attacks reduced by Avoid grants 1 additional HPS. After 15 bonus HPS, cap it and gain 10% max Health.

Level 7

Impale (E): Increases Charged Strikes damage by 50% to enemies below 40% health.

War Traveler (Trait): Gain 3% movement speed every 0.5 second Avoid is active. Stacks up to 5 times. The bonus is reset when Cassia stops moving.

Lightning Surge (Trait): Cassia stores blocked damage and upon reaching X damage her trait can be activated to deal Y damage in an area around you.

Level 10

Ball Lightning (R1): Throw a ball of lightning at the target enemy Hero that deals damage and bounces to other nearby Heroes.

Valkyrie (R2): Summon a Valkyrie that pulls an enemy hero toward your location.

Level 13

Grounding Bolt (Q): Lightning Fury slows enemy Heroes by 20% for 1.5 seconds.

Thundergod’s Vigor (Q): Hitting an enemy hero with the initial Lightning Fury missile reduces the cooldown by 1s.

Seraph’s Hymm (W): Reduce Blinding Light’s Mana cost from 70 to 40. Basic Attacks against Blinded enemies reduce the cooldown of Blinding Light by 3 seconds.

Lunging Strike (E): Increases Fend’s duration by .5 seconds and the area of effect by 20%.

Level 16

Pierce (Q): Lightning Fury’s primary missile now pierces. Perpendicular bolts are now only spawned from Heroes.

Penetrate (E): Enemies take 3% increased damage from Fend each consecutive hit.

Martial Law (Passive): Basic attacks against Stunned, Rooted, and Slowed enemy heroes deal bonus damage equal to 3% of their maximum health.

Level 20

Infinite Lightning (R1): Ball Lightning can now bounce infinitely.

Imprisoning Light (R2): Upon initial impact, Valkyrie deals additional damage to nearby Heroes and roots them for 4 seconds.

Titan’s Revenge (Passive): Increases Basic Attack range by 2 and your Basic Attacks now ignore armor.

Cassia is expected to be released in the coming weeks and she will be playable on the PTR once the Heroes 2.0 Beta goes live later today. As always, this information is based on preliminary PTR information and is subject to change before going live.

Learn more about Cassia in this spotlight video: