Vorazun is an awesome character from the Starcraft series, and one that many say can’t be added to the game due to Zeratul. I think the character is very different in playstyle and personality, with a different stance, weapon, and silhouette. Vorazun was never the greatest stand-alone fighter, preferring subterfuge and assisting her allies as opposed to being in the frontline.
In Hots, Vorazun specializes in pairing with an ally and making them into a lethal stealth assassin. With her Shadow Assault and her Veil of Darkness, Vorazun is incredibly hard to catch, and can become a pest for the enemy team with her Stasis Ward and the damage dealt by Shadow Assault. It is important to note that none of her abilities breaks her out of stealth. As opposed to most stealthed characters, she is much harder to kill, but cannot kill enemies like the others.
Universe: Starcraft
Role: Support
Summon Mount
Z (Mount) – 4 Second CD
Increases your movement speed by 30% while mounted.
Explanation: There is no need for a special mount.
Veil of Darkness
Trait (Passive)
Vorazun shrouds herself in shadows after being out of combat for 3 seconds, stealthing her. While stealthed, she generates a 18 (+4% per level) shield every .5 seconds, maxing at a 288 shield after 8 seconds. Voarazun cannot be revealed by taking damage while her shield is active (damage that breaks the shield will properly reveal her). Her stealth is broken by basic attacking or taking damage to her health.
Explanation: Vorazun’s take on stealth is the key to her kit and probably the thing that will bother people to no end. Unlike other stealthed heroes, Vorazun can stay in stealth for quite a while, and multiple AoE’s are required to break her stealth. An important thing to note is that casting abilities does not break her stealth.
Shadow Assault
Q (12 sec Cooldown)
Vorazun targets a 5 unit radius area within 7 units and creates an invisible ring around that area after .5 seconds, disappearing. Every .5 seconds for 2.5 seconds, Vorazun strikes a 1.5 unit radius area within the ring, based on her current cursor location. Any enemy hit is dealt 110 (+4% per level) damage and is slowed by 50% for .5 seconds. Enemies hit multiple times are dealt 50% damage after the first. Vorazun is untargetable while striking, and reappears at her last strike’s location.
Explanation: Shadow Assault is Vorazun’s signature ability from her campaign, able to shred large groups of enemies and making her untargetable for a short time. The slow allows her to keep enemies pinned down in the area. It is important to know that enemies cannot see the ring.
Enter the Void
W (10 sec Cooldown)
Vorazun copies her Veil of Darkness onto an ally for 10 seconds, placing them into stealth and granting them a shield equal to Vorazun’s. Unlike Vorazun, taking damage or dealing damage breaks the ally from stealth, but as long as they have the shield, they can restealth after not taking or dealing damage for 2 seconds.
Explanation: Enter the Void is how Vorazun supports. She will be constantly bringing allies into stealth with her and shielding them, making it all the more important to keep Vorazun’s shield amount the highest it can be. It is important to note that there is no periods of time where the ally is unrevealable, so any attacks will pop them out of stealth immediately.
Stasis Ward
E (14 sec Cooldown)
Vorazun tosses a stasis ward in a 3 unit long target direction. If it hits an enemy Hero, they are placed into Stasis for 2 seconds.
Explanation: Several characters in the game have ways to stasis the entire enemy team for massive plays, but Vorazun would bring a close-range, skill-shot, single-target stasis on a single enemy to the mix. This helps Vorazun remove dangerous enemies from the battle for a very short time as your team kills the rest of them. The ability has many other uses, such as saving an ally (or yourself), or removing a tank so that you can catch out a squishy.
Abduction
Heroic #1 (25 sec CD)
Vorazun blinks to a target location within 8 units, and after a .5 second duration, return to her original location. All enemy heroes within 3.5 radius of Vorazun after the .5 delay are pulled back to Vorazun’s start location with her.
Explanation: Abduction gives Vorazun a powerful displacement tool that allows her to jump in and grab an important enemy, bringing it back to her allies to quickly kill. This cannot be used as an escape, however.
Void’s Embrace
Heroic #2 (100 sec CD)
Vorazun grants all nearby allies complete invisibility (no shimmer) for 2 seconds. While invisible, allies cannot attack or cast abilities but their movement speed is increased by 50%. During invisibility and for 3 seconds afterwards, allies gain a 400 (+4% per level) health shield.
Explanation: Void’s Embrace instead offers a massive teamfight benefit, allowing your entire team to re-position. The large shield during and after the stealth makes them even harder to kill after they pop out to continue the fight.
Tier 1
• Light-Footed: While an allied hero is effected by Veil of Shadows, both Vorazun and that ally gain 10% increased movement speed.
• Phase Reactor: After finishing Shadow Assault, Vorazun dashes 3 units from her end location, and instantly re-enters Veil of Shadows. If she was already in Veil of Shadows, she gains 72 (+4% per level) shield.
• Shadow Stride: Activate while stealthed to instantly blink 4.5 units in the target direction. 25 sec Cooldown.
Tier 2
• Enveloping Shadows: [QUEST!] Every 3 seconds Vorazun spends at full shield from Veil of Shadows, her maximum shield amount increases by 9 (+4% per level), up to a maximum of 180. Upon reaching 180 (+4% per level) increased maximum shield, Vorazun instantly generates 90 (+4% per level) shield upon entering stealth.
• Scythe of the Void: If Vorazun hits an enemy hero with every blink from Shadow Assault, her last blink stuns all enemies hit for 1 second. [QUEST!] Every time she stuns an enemy Hero with Shadow Assault, her maximum shield amount increases by 18 (+4% per level), up to a maximum of 180.
• Gotta’ Catch ‘Em All: [QUEST!] Every time Vorazun hits an enemy with Stasis Ward, its cast range is increased by 2.5%. [Reward] After increasing the range by 100%, Vorazun’s maximum shield from Veil of Shadows is increased by 180.
Tier 3
• Darkwalker: Shadow Assault now strikes 2 additional times.
• Phase Restoration: Every .5 seconds an ally affected by Enter the Void remains stealthed, they are healed by 18 (+4% per level).
• Chronomancy: Stasis Ward now pierces the first enemy hit.
Tier 4
• Abduction: Vorazun blinks to a target location within 8 units, and after a .5 second duration, return to her original location. All enemy heroes within 3.5 radius of Vorazun after the .5 delay are pulled back to Vorazun’s start location with her.
• Void’s Embrace: Vorazun grants all nearby allies complete invisibility (no shimmer) for 2 seconds. While invisible, allies cannot attack or cast abilities but their movement speed is increased by 50%. During invisibility and for 3 seconds afterwards, allies gain a 400 (+4% per level) health shield.
Tier 5
• Black Hole: Shadow Assault pulls all nearby enemies to its center on initial cast.
• Sabotage: Every 5 seconds, Vorazun can basic attack an enemy without exiting stealth, dealing bonus damage and slowing the enemy by 15% for 2 seconds.
• Void Stasis: Stasis Ward silences and slows the enemy by 50% for 1 second after the stasis.
Tier 6
• Stasis Calibration: Enemies in Stasis by Stasis Ward can be attacked.
• Strike From the Shadows: Upon exiting from stealth, both Vorazun and allies effected by Enter the Void deal 20% increased damage for 4 seconds.
• Shadow Walk: If Vorazun hits an enemy with every blink of Shadow Assault while stealthed, it’s cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds.
Tier 7
• Shadow Dash: After returning to her start location after Abduction, Vorazun instantly activates Shadow Assault at her return location. This Shadow Assault is separate from her normal cooldown.
• Void Becomes Us: Allies invisible by Void’s Embrace become Unstoppable.
• Lingering Shroud: Increases the duration of Enter the Void’s stealth by 10 seconds.
• Shadow Fury: Shadow Assault always deals full damage, even if enemies were hit by other strikes.