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So with the update 1.23, I was inspired to make this custom hero as an celebration for Blackfeather's new buff and skin (That Love Bites animation is AWESOME). This is my first time doing this, so constructive criticisms are highly welcomed!

Since I'm not good at the nitty gritty numbers, I will just manually describe skill and hero stats.

(Did you know out of all Vainglory hero roles, Assassin and Mage have the least number of heroes?)

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THE HERO

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Devana: Role: Assassin. Position: Jungle. Type: Ranged
That's right! RANGED assassin.

Lore:
Devana is a mysterious bounty hunter, cold, aloof and isolated, she works alone. Her most recent job was to secure a seraphim feather for a wealthy client. After a long journey and countless dangers, she discovers the grand abode of Adagio, but fails to even get close to him to take a feather (I mean cmon, Adagio is practically a god lorewise...). Frustrated but determined, she tries every day with a new strategy to take down the condescending Seraphim (who would've killed her already if he wasn't highly amused by her futile attempts). One day, Devana by chance encounters a boastful vagabond and his giant, (reptile?) but rather polite friend. They were also seeking seraphim feathers, but for very different reasons (something about someone named Malene?). Although she was much annoyed and exasperated by the vagabond's crude and flamboyant nature and dramatic (and sometimes outrageous) remarks, she had no choice but to work with the mysterious duo in order to take down Adagio

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MAIN

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Devana is a crossbow wielding, sneaky, medium ranged assassin. She excels in surprise attacks and ganks. Slippery and deadly, Devana can dish out high burst damage when building crystal, and can slowly whittle enemy down at a safe range when building weapon.

Health/Armor/Shield: Low-Medium, think Taka
Range: Less range than all other ranged heroes (she's not a sniper after all)
Damage: Average weapon and crystal
Movement Speed: Medium-Fast
Energy: Average, I would say around Kestrel's level

Skills:
Passive: Ambush: When Devana stands still for 3 seconds, she will vanish from sight. This is canceled as soon as she moves, takes damage, or uses a skill. Her first attack when leaving invisibility within 1.2 seconds will deal 15% extra crystal damage.

A: Dark Arrow: Passive: Devana's basic attacks on enemies will apply Mortality stacks. Each stack increases the weapon damage the enemy takes from ALL sources by 1.6% per stack. Stacks up to 5 times on heroes and 3 times on minions. Activate: Devana fires a powerful shot at an enemy, detonating all Mortality stacks on that target, dealing additional weapon damage for each stack consumed.
~Type: SINGLE TARGET
~Energy Cost: Average
~Cooldown: 8 seconds
~Damage: Slightly higher than a basic attack + WP Ratio + CP Ratio
~Weapon Ratio: 40%
~Crystal Ratio: 100%
~OVERDRIVE: Passive: Maximum stacks increased by 3 for all enemies.

B: Disengage: Devana throws down a flashbang at her feet and quickly backflips away, slowing and damaging any enemy at her previous location. She also gains bonus movement speed for 3 seconds after a successful execution.
~Type: CLICK ACTIVATE
~Energy Cost: High
~Cooldown: 15 seconds
~Damage: Low + CP Ratio
~Slow Duration/Strength: 1 sec, 50% slow
~Crystal Ratio: 150%
~OVERDRIVE: Slow turns into a stun

C: Storm Barrage: Devana quickly fires three powerful bolts in rapid succession, impacting on the first enemy they hit. Each bolt roots the enemy for 1 second and apply a mortal wound. Mortal wound duration scales with weapon power.
~Type: DIRECTIONAL
~Energy Cost: Average
~Cooldown: 12 seconds.
~Damage: Moderate + CP Ratio + WP Ratio
~Crystal Ratio: 200%
~Weapon Ratio: 100%

General Strategy: Devana is weak early game, having low damage on her skills without any crystal or weapon power to back it up, she should rely heavily on her team to help her farm in the jungle. She should almost NEVER engage first in a team fight early game. Devana becomes much more powerful mid to late game, gaining massive power from her A and C abilities. She should be able to go toe to toe in a 1v1 in the jungle, especially if she surprises the enemy.

Overall, just stick close to your team, but not too close, just close enough to run back if you need to retreat.

Build Paths and Skills:
WP: Attack speed is a must! You must take full advantage of Dark Arrow's passive. It's like Krul's Spectral Smite, except you don't dive into a crowd to lock down an enemy. Harass them from a distance, use Disengage if you need to, then when they start taking a lot of damage from Mortality stacks, finish them off with a Dark Arrow or Storm Barrage. Dark Arrow aims like Ringo's Achilles Shot, single target and large target range. Weapon builds allow for that huge burst damage with full Mortality Stacks. You can also engage first with Storm Barrage in a gank, since your high weapon power allows for a long Mortal Wound duration, making enemy healing much more difficult.

WP lets you build almost support style, since Mortality Stack is applicable to ALL weapon damage, and any WP teammate can take full advantage of this. Your Storm Barrage also helps lock down a target for your team to take out. Remember, your Disengage is costly and has a high CD if you're not building CP and cooldown, so stick by your team!

CP: BURST BURST BURST AND CD! Although your A is much less helpful, your Disengage becomes so much more useful with lowered cost and lower CD (And good for finishing off enemies with that CP ratio damage!). Your Storm Barrage insanely bursty with 200% crystal ratio, not to mention you can probably spam this ulti with that low CD. This style allows for more aggressive plays, take advantage of that bonus damage from your passive! That bonus damage combined with Storm Barrage on an unsuspecting enemy deals HUGE burst. Not to mention you can quickly get away with Disengage if you need it.

CP makes you much more independent and aggressive, but you have to play smart and strategically, having that much burst doesn't mean you can 1v3 the enemy, you MUST coordinate ganks. Depending on the enemy and your own team, you can either lead ganks or come in later as a powerful finisher/carry. Your primary focus as CP Devana is to take out the enemy Carry or Laner first (as typical of most assassins)

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT STORM BARRAGE: This skill will impact on the FIRST enemy it hits, whether it be minions, structures, Kraken, or enemy heroes. So while powerful, its much more than just a skill shot, you have to aim carefully so that it doesn't hit the wrong target. Additionally, the CP ratio and damage applies to EACH arrow. Similarly, the rooting and the mortal wound will renew itself after each hit with this skill.

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Thats all! I really hope I didn't miss anything...

Great Ideas. Buuuuuut, her passive should also de-activate when she basic attacks. Otherwise she will be too op when standing in the bushes firing while standing still. Also, the jungle creeps won't fight her while should be invisible and basic attacking while they rapidly regen making her attacks ineffective unless there is a roam or another jungler to be targeted by the creeps. Same for miners and Kraken. Awesome idea, really wish it was a thing.

Also, her ultimate should have two charges like Blackfeather, not just three shots in rapid succession. Thus making it more effective, and more skill and more timing. When the A ability is overdriven, instead of the max number of mortality stacks going, you should make that 1.6% -> 2%. Most likely a little bit less coding too, lol.