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bonus damage is conditional means that you can’t When used as an initiation tool on the other hand,
just fire and forget ‘Dark Omen’ and either need to it is amazing. Because you can send the phantom
coordinate with your teammates or run in and trigger around a corner to distract the enemy it’s easy to loop
it yourself with ‘Deadly Aspects’. The Omen lasts for around their backs and initiate with either ‘Deadly
eight seconds, so while it is technically possible to Aspects’ to set up for your team or a quick ‘Dark
trigger it with another casting of ‘Deadly Aspects’ (the Omen’ into ‘Deadly Aspects’ combo for maximum
cooldown is 7 seconds), that is a long time to wait damage (and still setting up for your team).
and opponents can often retreat in that time span. Her ultimate, which is called ‘Changeling’,
The Morrigan’s mobility, if you can even truly introduces an entirely new dynamic into the game:
call it that, comes in the form of ‘Confusion’. Upon the capability of copying any, yes any, god that is
activation, The Morrigan creates a phantom of currently in the match. The Morrigan gains all
herself that runs towards the targeted area, deals no stats and abilities of the god, but retains her own
damage, and dies as soon as it takes damage. The actives and consumables. The flexibility and utility
Morrigan herself is stealthed and gets a bonus to her this provides is nearly indescribable and would
movement speed. The stealth and movement speed easily result in a series of articles all of its own.
are lost the moment she attacks or takes damage. However, it’s easy to imagine the power of two
Yes, the increased movement speed does Ares ults chained back to back, or the turnaround
grant the Morrigan some mobility, but it’s still fairly potential of Thor ulting the enemy Thor that
limited in it’s uses in that regard. Using it as an just Thor ulted you. That’s a lot of Thor ults!
escape ability is almost always a waste of mana, There are two things to keep in mind when
as the chance of receiving any sort of damage, and using ‘Changeling’: The Morrigan uses her own skill
thus losing both the stealth and speed increase, is levels for the abilities she copies and if the copied
incredibly high when you’re ganked or in a team fight. ultimate has a longer cooldown than ‘Changeling’
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