The closest comparable SS I can think of is Marie-Therese and her zombies, except this isnāt caused by death and is not permanent.
Example (used in PvP attack)
She changes defenders to Cursed Paintings. (Not sure what this does to stacks and elemental links)
Each Cursed Painting has 70% attack and 70% def of original hero. The lower defense will make them easier to kill.
In the next 5 turns, each Cursed Painting gains mana at VF speed.
If the mana bar is full while in Cursed Painting form, defender will snipe one of the attackers for 250% damage, and have 60% chance of changing back to original hero.
Interesting synergy. I guess it should work.
But if you were able to charge 2 slow and very slow heroes in two different colours you are probably winning the battle regardlessā¦
Not every hero is made for all modes. She will be devastating in very fast environments. In war where everything already is very fast of course I want to nullify every special my opponent has if they canāt resist this. I rather take a weak 250% single hit than a Nautica Heal or 400% AoE to all.
Iām actually struggling to understand how everyone says sheās underpowered, when sheās Alfrike on steroids.
She is going to be a nightmare in Rush wars and tourneys because you donāt get to play the game ever again if she fires (unless you resist the debuff, of course).
Dodge has always had the chance to dodge the dispel, nothing new here. And as for Toons, choose a different War target? There are lots of heroes I donāt use against Toon heavy teams.
I think itās closer to AoE Mindless, because thatās what it essentially is, except it lasts either 5 turns or when successfully released from paining upon Special Skill execution, and that the Special Skill is beneficial (though not by much obviously) instead of outright hindering. She has dispel before, so nothing barring Aramis, Dancers, Grilka (needs 9 yellow tiles) or Taunt + Debuff Blocker combo, Taunt behind Dispel Preventer and passives (mainly Toons) will stop her. Depending on how the skill is programmed, the passive from heroes such as Cupido and co. may or may not prevent it (I say not because itās not Special Skill blocking debuff). Of course targetās attack and defense is dropped to 70%, making them easier to kill and making those 250% from placeholder Special Skill not really 250% in the first place.
I think sheās better Alfrike that also lowers stats for quite a bit longer and has priority dispel. I think sheās okay, at least for VF format. Plus she looks fun to play.
Here I was all excited about maybe an actual bear hero that I could look forward to swapping my Graymane avatar for but nooooooo ā¦ still stuck as the faux-bear werewolf Shardik.
Oh well.
Special looks, um, interesting. With my luck I will get her and then have no clue how to figure out best use for her.
I do say the cursed painting are at least well designed. The negative effects are stat drops instead of status effect drops. Because if itās only DD/AD. Any hero with passives that resists DD/AD will be able to resist the entire effect. Now itās only limited to monk resist and undispellable ailment shields. And also ahmose with his red reflect
Was trying a few single pulls to see if I am lucky with getting the Secret Hero, but I got the following. Guess I cannot complain, even though Cecilia is a duplicate for me.
