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since Hera would rarely be in direct contact with her
enemies. It also gives her team constant motivation
to use their buff abilities as this Passive affects Hera
anywhere on the map. Keeping the aura on her allows Once she is locked on to the enemy, she deals 1
Hera to slowly chip away at the enemy’s health.
Hera keeps her birth preventing ability in
Aversion. Once activated, Hera may choose a minion-
spouting lane to produce less minions, thus, averting
their creation. Hera would be able to remove up to
3 minions at maximum rank. This provides Hera
with an early game advantage as she would always
have the stronger lane presence with extra minions.
Since she would be able to access any lane, she is
also able to support her team, especially those who
are not able to push forwards in their lane. With the
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removal of minions comes the removal of experience
as well. This move may lead to counterproductivity
for Hera’s team. Therefore, all experience from
missing minions will be transferred to the remaining
ones. Hera would then have less to deal with in
lane without the expense of losing experience.
In her second ability, Serpent Submission,
Hera calls upon her serpents once again. Since the
Herakles event, they have yet to fail her a second time.
Hera throws out two serpents in a ground target. The
serpents encircle the area and deal damage. They
then start to move in closer and closer, making the
area smaller and smaller. If a god is caught within
their grasp, they are stunned for a brief period.
Similar to Hera’s offer to Paris, she offers
her teammates a buff in her third ability, Power
Offering. Hera releases a ray of light from the
heavens in a moderately sized radius. Any ally
under this ray of light would receive a power buff
and small amounts of healing over time. Power
Offering is a simple ability that further accentuates
her role as a support character, working from the
sidelines as she watches others carry out her will.
Finally, Hera’s Ultimate is called Envious Wrath.
Hera stares upon her enemy as her gaze pierces
through her enemy in a straight line in front of her.
of 3 curses to be placed upon her foe. The first is
Echo’s Curse. Very much alike to the actual fable, her
enemy’s speech is now under the control of others,
namely Hera herself. Hera would have full control
over the enemy VGS. This opens up opportunities
for mind games from her team. For example, Hera
may call for help while disguised as the enemy. Once
the enemy teammates appear at her lane to help, it
allows other lanes to push forwards without worry of
the appearance of an enemy. Voice communication
would be able to counter this ability as the enemy
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