Assassin
Melee hero · Backline
Normal attackarmor from the armour: Heavy, Light or Normal
Melee hero, the backline hunter. Every third blow is a crit through any armour; it vanishes and opens with a stun.
Melee: fights at the front with Normal attacks (strong against Normal armour). Moves 15% faster.
- Health
- 680
- Damage
- 37–45
- DPS
- 34.2
- Attack every
- 1.2s
- Range
- 2.5
- Speed
- 4.8
- Bounty
- 20 gold
- Mana
- 100 (+1.5/s)
- Stuns and slows
- 50% duration
Abilities
Critical StrikeEvery 3rd hit deals x2.5, ignoring armour
Vanish 30 mana 20s cooldownHides for 10s or until it attacks, moving 20% faster; the first hit from hiding stuns for 1s (0.5s on a hero)
HomegroundRegenerates 20 HP per second, the hero only, on its own half
Plus the armour's passive, the aura and one of the kit's three profession skills picked at the hall: see each faction's hero.
Melee: cannot hit flying units unless they are netted.
Profession skills
Pick one of the kit's three profession skills at the hall. Each faction's hero has it under its own name and look.
Backstab 30 mana 14s cooldownJumps behind an enemy within 10 and stuns it for 0.5s (0.2s on a hero)
Escape passive 30s cooldownBelow 30% health jumps 10 back toward its side, at most once per 30s
Sabotage 40 mana 20s cooldownOnly while hidden by Vanish, plants a charge on the nearest ranged enemy within 10; after 0.4s it bursts for 150 at the centre down to 50 at 2.5; slows attacks to 70% for 3s
Matchups
- Its Normal attack deals, by armor
Light90%
Normal130%
Heavy90%
Fortified90%
Unarmored105%
Divine40%
- In Plate (Heavy armor, 8 armour) it takes, by attack
Normal90%
Pierce70%
Magic130%
Siege70%
Chaos100%
- In Leathers (Light armor, 4 armour) it takes, by attack
Normal90%
Pierce130%
Magic70%
Siege70%
Chaos100%
- In Robes (Normal armor, 2 armour) it takes, by attack
Normal130%
Pierce100%
Magic100%
Siege100%
Chaos100%
Gold: at least 130%. Red: 70% or less.
Where it comes from
Champion's Hall 500 gold · assembles one hero: Vanguard hero
Warchief's Lodge 500 gold · assembles one hero: Grove hero
Hellforge 500 gold · assembles one hero: Ember hero