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passive, she’s by no means an auto attack focused an amazing gank initiation tool, especially when
character. The damage provided by ‘Doomsayer’ combined with her third ability ‘Confusion’.
is more meant to supplement her overall damage But we’ll get into that one later, as first we
output instead of being the focus of her kit. Feel have to discuss her second ability ‘Dark Omen’.
free to test build and prove me wrong though! This is a basic line shot that deals damage to all
Back onto the kit, the first active ability is targets hit. It deals immediate bonus damage to
called ‘Deadly Aspects’. The Morrigan manifests minions, making this an excellent wave clearing
her two other forms beside her upon activation, tool. Gods that are hit by ‘Dark Omen’ are marked
which will remain there for a short time. When with an Omen that deals bonus damage the
‘Deadly Aspects’ is activated again The Morrigan next time they are hit by a damaging ability.
deals damage to and stuns all enemies in an This might seem a little bit convoluted of a
inverted cone in front of her. The stun lasts for construction, as you could just as easily up the base
one second and the damage is fairly significant. damage and forget about all the conditional increases,
It’s important to note that the targeted but it does have some advantages and balancing
area is fairly short range. Inverting the cone purposes. First off, the bonus damage differs between
means that the point is on the far end of the gods and minions, with the bonus damage being dealt
character, forcing The Morrigan to be close if she to gods when the Omen triggers being double of that
wants to hit multiple targets. As such, it’s most being dealt to minions. This makes it good for ganks
effectively used as a single target stun in most and wave clearing, as you need all the burst you can
situations. However, ‘Deadly Aspects’ remains muster during a surprise attack. The fact that the
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