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               momentum you have built up until you land                           Now it’s time to dive into those pros and cons

               or use Pounce (which resets your momentum  I mentioned at the start. Well, cons mostly,

               after casting). Regardless of the little clause,                    as we’ve covered the pros with the ability

               it’s safe to say that nowhere is safe from this                     descriptions. Maeve’s speed can be hard to

               scrappy little girl.                                                control at times, and she’s most effective

                                                                                   when played aggressively and frantically. This

               Maeve’s ultimate, or E, Midnight is a new and  results in a near constant overload of info

               interesting mechanic ‘inspired’ by Hi-Rez’                          that’s being dropped on your screen, making

               SMITE. If the phrase ‘non-global Xbalanque                          it easy to lose track of people, terrain and

               utl sans stun’ makes sense to you, you can                          positioning. I can promise you more than one

               skip to the next paragraph right here. If not:                      Maeve has accidentally suicided herself off of

               Midnight shrouds all enemies within 300ft in                        a cliff due to a missed Pounce.

               a bubble of darkness, limiting their vision to

               30ft around them for 4 seconds. The vision                          She’s also at the bottom end of the health

               range is indicated to allies by a pinkish circle                    pool totals with a measly 1800, meaning

               around the enemies, so you know whether                             Sha Lin just needs to sneeze in her general

               or not they can see you. Midnight is an                             direction to get her down. Catching her, while

               amazing ganking or ‘run away with your                              tricky, almost guarantees her death, as does

               tail between your legs’ tool, as the vision is                      any form of CC (crowd control).

               extremely limited and makes it hard to track

               any character, let alone a Prowling Maeve                           If your Need For Speed is real, Meave is your

               zooming around at 180% base speed.                                  girl of choice. I’m not sure she’s old enough

                                                                                   to drive though.

                                                                                                                                    By Jorg van der Velden
       18      Paladins Community Magazine Issue 3                                                                             The Game On Magazine
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