In Heroes of the Storm the new hero Cassia is now live. The wild Amazon throws spears and is unusually tanky.
We were live in Paris at Blizzard at the end of March to check out Heroes of The Storm 2.0 (which will be released on April 25) and to play the new hero Cassia. The latter is already live and playable. Read here what she can do and what else is changing in Blizzard’s MOBA.
Heroes of the Storm – Javazone Cassia – Tracers Nightmare!
Cassia is an assassin ranged character who throws spears at her enemies. However, she is also unusually tanky, as her passive trait “Evasion” reduces the damage taken from auto attacks by a whopping 65 percent as long as she is moving. Heroes that – like Tracer – rely on auto-attacks have a hard time against Cassia.
However, those who hold her down with CC deny her this defense and can easily take her out. So Cassia should always keep her distance and be wary of CC monsters like Arthas or Malfurion.
Cassia’s Skills in Detail
We have played Cassia with great joy in Paris and introduced her skills in an earlier article. Now the German translations and all the details are known:
- Hero Trait – Evasion: Cassia takes 65 percent less damage from auto attacks as long as she is moving.
- Q – Lightning Spear: Throws a lightning spear that deals 175 damage to the first enemy hit and then splits into two lightning bolts that deal 175 damage to enemies in their path.
- W – Blinding Light: Blinds enemies in the target area after 0.5 sec for 2 sec. Passive: Cassia deals 15% more damage to blinded targets.
- E – Repulsion: Cassia charges towards an enemy and then channels a series of thrusts for 1.5 sec, dealing 78 damage to enemies in front of her every 0.25 sec. Deals 50% less damage to non-heroic targets.
- R1 – Lightning Ball: Throws a lightning ball at an enemy hero that bounces up to 6 times between Cassia and nearby enemy heroes, dealing 200 damage to the enemies hit. Through a talent at max level, the lightning ball can bounce indefinitely!
- R2 – Valkyrie: Summons a Valkyrie that charges towards Cassia after 0.75 sec. She pulls the first enemy hero hit with her, deals 190 damage to him, and stuns him for 0.5 sec at the end of her path. She also knocks back all other enemy heroes hit.
Skins for Cassia, including a pirate costume, are available in the item shop.
HotS – The Highlights of the Cassia Patch
In addition to Cassia, the update for Heroes of the Storm also brought some other new features and bug fixes. These include:
- With the Alt key, you can tell your teammates how much meat you have when playing the Butcher
- T.C. now increases the armor of his friends with “Rockstar” instead of their attack speed. This is intended to make E.T.C. more versatile and fit better into the concept of the “standard warrior”.
Additionally, there are a bunch of smaller bug fixes for heroes, maps, and the user interface. For example, Valeera now works as intended with Abathur’s symbionts, and in the Hellscreams, a Punisher no longer immediately destroys Lt. Morales’ Medevac.
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