Violet vs Silver

How to beat Silver

• Watch the bloodlust meter and disengage before it fills. Damaging her without killing her builds it faster, so a half-committed trade hands her the transformation
• Fight the wolf at range. The transformed kit is melee — Go For The Throat and Tail Whack both require adjacency, and Mauling Leap is a single committed gap-closer on a cooldown
• Buy healing reduction before the transformation window. 40% Lifesteal plus missing-health healing is the only sustain she has, and anti-heal removes it entirely
• Hold your dash and stamina through Entangling Bola Entangling Bola 23s Cooldown Silver throws a bola that deals spirit damage, slows the target, and prevents them from using movement abilities, stamina or jumping for the duration. Crowd Control Slow plus a complete lockout on movement abilities, stamina use and jumping… Damage 40 spirit damage; -45% move speed for 1.5s at base with an additional -25%… Defensive Stopping a diver's dash mid-approach is her main defensive use 1 1 AP: additional -25% movement speed 2 2 AP: -8s cooldown (23s to 15s) 5 5 AP: bola ricochets to a second target 's ~1.5s lockout rather than burning them into it, or cleanse it to restore movement immediately

Bait these first

• Entangling Bola Entangling Bola 23s Cooldown Silver throws a bola that deals spirit damage, slows the target, and prevents them from using movement abilities, stamina or jumping for the duration. Crowd Control Slow plus a complete lockout on movement abilities, stamina use and jumping… Damage 40 spirit damage; -45% move speed for 1.5s at base with an additional -25%… Defensive Stopping a diver's dash mid-approach is her main defensive use 1 1 AP: additional -25% movement speed 2 2 AP: -8s cooldown (23s to 15s) 5 5 AP: bola ricochets to a second target first. It is her setup for everything, it is her only answer to a diver, and at 23s base (15s at 2 AP) an empty bola is the window to commit a dash-based engage that she cannot stop
• Then Boot Kick Boot Kick 10.6m Range21s Cooldown Silver dashes forward and kicks the first enemy she hits, dealing melee damage while pushing herself backward off them and leaving a mark. Crowd Control none, but the kick displaces Silver herself away from the target Damage 45 mark damage and 25 bonus spirit damage on the marked shot; Mobility A forward dash that ends in a backward push off the target — net… 1 1 AP: -6s cooldown (21s to 15s) 2 2 AP: restores stamina on hero hits 5 5 AP: applies enemy damage reduction to the target . It is both her mark and her escape; a Silver who has kicked cannot disengage from your frontliner for 21s (15s at 1 AP), and dodging it denies the 2 AP stamina refund
• Slam Fire Slam Fire 0m Range5s Duration25s Cooldown Silver instantly reloads and gains a large fire rate bonus for a limited number of shots, with bonus weapon damage scaled to the target's health. Damage 3 shots at 300% fire rate, dealing 4% of the target's current health as… 1 1 AP: -4s cooldown 2 2 AP: damage boost with further cooldown reduction 5 5 AP: additional health-scaling damage is worth draining in lane specifically: force her to use it on a wave and her burst is gone for 25 seconds

What Silver does to you

• Entangling Bola Entangling Bola 23s Cooldown Silver throws a bola that deals spirit damage, slows the target, and prevents them from using movement abilities, stamina or jumping for the duration. Crowd Control Slow plus a complete lockout on movement abilities, stamina use and jumping… Damage 40 spirit damage; -45% move speed for 1.5s at base with an additional -25%… Defensive Stopping a diver's dash mid-approach is her main defensive use 1 1 AP: additional -25% movement speed 2 2 AP: -8s cooldown (23s to 15s) 5 5 AP: bola ricochets to a second target into Boot Kick Boot Kick 10.6m Range21s Cooldown Silver dashes forward and kicks the first enemy she hits, dealing melee damage while pushing herself backward off them and leaving a mark. Crowd Control none, but the kick displaces Silver herself away from the target Damage 45 mark damage and 25 bonus spirit damage on the marked shot; Mobility A forward dash that ends in a backward push off the target — net… 1 1 AP: -6s cooldown (21s to 15s) 2 2 AP: restores stamina on hero hits 5 5 AP: applies enemy damage reduction to the target into Slam Fire Slam Fire 0m Range5s Duration25s Cooldown Silver instantly reloads and gains a large fire rate bonus for a limited number of shots, with bonus weapon damage scaled to the target's health. Damage 3 shots at 300% fire rate, dealing 4% of the target's current health as… 1 1 AP: -4s cooldown 2 2 AP: damage boost with further cooldown reduction 5 5 AP: additional health-scaling damage : the bola removes your dash, stamina and jump for ~1.5s, the kick marks you, and Slam Fire Slam Fire 0m Range5s Duration25s Cooldown Silver instantly reloads and gains a large fire rate bonus for a limited number of shots, with bonus weapon damage scaled to the target's health. Damage 3 shots at 300% fire rate, dealing 4% of the target's current health as… 1 1 AP: -4s cooldown 2 2 AP: damage boost with further cooldown reduction 5 5 AP: additional health-scaling damage empties 3 boosted shots into a target that cannot strafe
• Slam Fire Slam Fire 0m Range5s Duration25s Cooldown Silver instantly reloads and gains a large fire rate bonus for a limited number of shots, with bonus weapon damage scaled to the target's health. Damage 3 shots at 300% fire rate, dealing 4% of the target's current health as… 1 1 AP: -4s cooldown 2 2 AP: damage boost with further cooldown reduction 5 5 AP: additional health-scaling damage deals 4% of your current health per shot, so being at full health does not make you safe from it — high-HP frontliners take the most from it, not the least
• Transformed Tail Whack disarms everyone around her for 2.5s; if your gun carry is inside that radius the fight is over before it starts

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What Valve has shown of Violet

Abilities not shown yet. Valve's words for Violet: ambitious, nimble, creative. A painter. Likely a zoning or terrain-painting kit; nothing confirmed yet.

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