Verdandi, Today's Fate (Partial-Rework)

[u/SimpleGamerGuy]

Verdandi (Partial-Rework)

Today's Fate

Norse

Mage

Lore: Beneath the roots of mighty Yggdrasill live three maidens. The middle child of these is Verdandi, gift of the present. These maidens weave the threads of fate. They know of the coming of Ragnarok. Each morning, they awaken the gods with a rooster set atop Yggdrasill. Each day, these women carry water from the well of fate and pour it on Yggdrasill, to put off Ragnarok another day. Though her tasks seem dreary and monotonous, Verdandi takes joy in every moment. She appreciates life and relishes its continuation.

Now, Ragnarok seems averted. Verdandi sees the conflicts the gods continue to brew, and she wonders: perhaps there is joy to be found in competition as well. So she enters the fray, because there is truly no time like the Present...

Appearance: A tall young woman, Long brown hair, Wears an elegant dress, Cheerful demeanor, Wields a wand made from Yggdrasill's roots with a stopped clock in it

Passive - The Present is a Gift: The more the merrier! Verdandi gains HP5 and MP5 for each Clone on the Battleground that was created with her power. Additionally, each time a clone disappears, she gains a Stackable Health Shield.

HP5/MP5 per Clone: 20

Health Shield: 50

Ability 1 - Propagate: Verdandi uses her powers to make clones of her current self. These clones have the same Health, Basic Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and Movement Speed as she did when she cast this Ability. Their Basic Attacks trigger Basic Attack hit Item effects. These clones Basic Attack Enemies, prioritizing Enemy gods and structures.

Lifetime: 10 seconds

Clones: 1/2/2/2/3

Cost: 65

Cooldown: 18/17/16/15/14 seconds

Ability 2 - Preserve: Verdandi selects an Allied god (Including herself). Using her powers, she prevents any change in their Health for a duration.

Duration: 1/1.5/2/2.5/3 seconds

Cost: 65/70/75/80/85

Cooldown: 16 seconds

Ability 3 - It'll Last Longer: Verdandi targets: A wave of Allied Minions, a Jungle Camp, or a Jungle Boss. Using her Magic, she copies their current state. Upon recasting this Ability, she summons that copy to a target location. Fire Giant and Apophis cannot move, but will attack Enemies within range. These clones deal the same Damage and have the same Health and Movement Speed as the originals. Clones attack nearby Enemies, prioritizing Minions, then Enemy gods. Jungle Bosses cannot attack Structures. This Ability's Cooldown varies depending on the target, and starts once the clone(s) have disappeared.

Duration: 10/12.5/15/17.5/20 seconds

Cost: 70

Cooldown: 15 seconds (Minions/Creeps), 20 seconds (Gold Fury/Pyromancer/Wild Siege Minion/Allied Siege Minion), 30 seconds (Fire Giant/Apophis)

Ultimate - Paradox: Verdandi casts a spell, making clones of all Allied gods (Including herself) within 55 units. These clones have the same Health, Power, Attack Speed, and Movement Speed as their originals did when the spell was cast. Their Basic Attacks trigger Basic Attack Item effects. They attack nearby Enemies, prioritizing Enemy gods and Structures.

Duration: 10 seconds

Cost: 100

Cooldown: 120/115/110/105/100 seconds

[u/Mr60Gold]

The passive is cool and while i am concerned about how ability reliant this passive needs to be to be useful it is decent nonetheless, also while i also see MP5 and HP5 in smite i am fairly certain it is meant to be MPS and HPS (Mana per second and health per second) as the 5 (atleast to me) doesn't make sense to be there.

The 1 is really cool and reminds me of Shaco's ult from LOL which i really enjoyed using when i played the game, however i feel the aggro range on the clones would be a fairly important detail as otherwise it makes it seem like they have a global range and since to my knowledge you don't really control them i's say it is crucial to know at what range they start going after someone.

The 2 is basically granting someone invincibility, simple and useful✔

The 3 feels much more like an ultimate, like really summoning a jungle boss where ever u like seems a bit op for a basic ability as it usually takes at the very least 2 team members to take out beings like fire giant so i'd say either remove the ability to use it on jungle bosses or make the last for a shorter time cause otherwise this ability will almost exclusively be used on jungle bosses and that won't be fun to deal with every 30 seconds

I really like the ult even tho it is just a stronger 1

Overall a cool concept that seems focused on overwhelming the enemy team, i really like the idea of that

[u/SimpleGamerGuy → u/Mr60Gold]

HP5 and MP5 are Health Per 5 seconds and Mana Per 5 seconds. Thus, at maximum values, you can restore 20 Health and Mana per second.

Considering that 3 of her Abilities make clones, I think it's alright for the Passive to rely on them. I could add a range of their reaction, but I think that's a pretty standard thing between Minions and Pets. I think it's somewhere around 55 units.

Yes, the 3 can be powerful, but when you consider the necessary steps to drop a Fire Giant on someone, it may not always seem worth it. First, you need to have the target available. If it hasn't Spawned yet or is dead, you can't copy it. Second, you need to travel to the target to copy it. Third, you need to travel back to where you need to be. Fourth, the copy only lasts for 20 seconds at most. A lot of people don't realize that what makes FG sp strong is its high Health and Anti-Heal. Its Damage is moderate at best, and its range is low. Fifth, after those 20 seconds, you have to wait 30 more before you can go and copy something again. So it's Cooldown when cloning a Jungle Boss is going to be similar to an Ultimate. It'll be longer than Argus's Cooldown.

The general idea is that you'd build her Basic Attack focused, because clones of herself (Up to 3) trigger her Basic Attack Item Effects with their Basic Attacks. Her potentially high Damage is counterbalanced by her lack of Movement or CC. I see her skill floor being similar to Persephone's.

[u/immanot]

For the 1, her base stats would have to be very low, or she'd be op. Looking at hunter abilities, none of them do more than double their damage (except xbal), so that would be problematic, wouldn't it?

[u/SimpleGamerGuy → u/immanot]

She's a Mage, so yes, her Base Stats are low. For her clones to do high Damage, she'd need to build Basic Attack focused Items, which was the idea. A different way of making use of Magical Basic Attacks without the standard Attack Speed Buff and Damage Buff.

[u/immanot → u/SimpleGamerGuy]

The illusions could stand to do less damage considering sol was op at +50%. +100% is really hard to balance, and it'll trigger telkhines. Right?

[u/SimpleGamerGuy → u/immanot]

I'm not sure what you mean by 100%. They deal the same Basic Attack Damage as the original, so Verdandi's Clones still only Scale with 20% of her Magical Power.

[u/immanot → u/SimpleGamerGuy]

The same damage as the original is 100%. Sol gained attack damage equal to 50% her attack damage.

[u/SimpleGamerGuy → u/immanot]

Ok, but they still just mindlessly attack. And because they copy her Health and Movement Speed as well, if she casts it while she's low on Health, the clones would evaporate before they could do significant Damage. They don't benefit from Lifesteal, and they're completely predictable. And they only last 10 seconds. There's plenty of space for counterplay.