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can just tell his teammates to disregard the VGS.
However, that also opens up to a few problems. As
an example, if Hera were to call out ‘Enemies at
the Fire Giant’ and the player tells his teammates
to disregard the VGS since Hera has control of it, it
allows Hera’s team to get a sneaky Fire Giant buff
from right under their noses. As mentioned before,
with this ability, it’s all about the mind games.
The second curse is the Transformation Curse.
Like many of her prior victims, Hera transforms
the enemy into a minion for a short period. During
this time, the enemy will not have excess to the
abilities and would only be able to perform basic
attacks. A straightforward ability to render her
enemy nearly powerless for a few seconds.
Tiresias makes his appearance here in Tiresias’
Curse. Hera’s locked target will be rendered blind
for a short duration, incapacitating them. During
this period, they are still able to attack. Therefore,
Hera would still need to avoid being in predictable
positions as more experienced players would still
be able to play through this moment of darkness.
Hera offers good early laning presence,
especially from Aversion. It allows her team to get
ahead faster compared to the opposing team when
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used in tandem with Power Offering. As the game
progresses and minions become less important,
this ability would start to falter. So, it’s important to
get a good lead and maintain it for the win. Serpent
Submission offers some damage output and utility
from Hera as a Mage and allows her to play out
1v1 situations while waiting for help to arrive.
In teamfights, Power Offering ensures that
her team is able to constantly stay in a fight for an
extended length of time from the healing. Hera is also
ideally paired with gods that provide buffs to their
teammates to fuel her Passive. With correct timing,
Hera would be the owner of a powerful Mystical Mail
on her at all times. Her Transformation and Tiresias’
Curses enables her to take out the damage dealer
of the enemy team to either keep them at bay or
to be killed before the curse is over. On the other
hand, Echo’s Curse may provide some interesting
plays provided that it is used with correct timing.
Just like that, another In Theory is over!
With Hera’s addition to the battleground
of the gods, Zeus’ days of infidelity are
numbered, possibly much to his dismay.
By Timothy Tian
The GameOn Magazine 29