Queen of Pain

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Queen of Pain 18 + 2.4 22 + 2.5 25 + 3.4
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 516 1242 2034 2342 +0 +1.8 +5.16 +8.76 +10.16 Mana 75 375 939 1491 1719 +0 +1.25 +3.63 +5.93 +6.88 Armor 0 3.67 9.5 15.67 18.08 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block - Damage 21 27 46 52 93 99 139 145 158 164 Attack Rate 0.67/s 0.81/s 1.05/s 1.29/s 1.39/s Attack Range 550 (800) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.5s BAT) Attack Animation 0.56 + 0.41 Projectile Speed 1500 Move Speed ▶️ 290 ( 320) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

Akasha, the Queen of Pain, is a ranged intelligence hero who uses her abilities to close in and deal huge area damage to the enemy. She is typically played in the middle lane as a ganker and semi-carry, with her ability to appear in battle and deal damage in quick succession, as well as hunt down fleeing heroes with ease. Her Blink ability is the lynchpin of her skill set, allowing her to enter and leave fights at her whim. Once in position to attack, Akasha can unleash her Scream of Pain and Sonic Wave, able to devastate an entire team at once. Chasing down straggling prey is another of her fortes, with Shadow Strike crippling their ability to escape. Akasha is very adept at getting kills early in the game, and transitions very well into a semi-carry if she acquires the proper items.

Bio

Akasha, the Queen of Pain

▶️ "They say pain is all in the mind, but they're wrong: It's all in my hands."

Lore:

The Ecclesiast-King of Elze nursed a desire for pain — forbidden pain. In a less prominent political figure, such desires might be considered unwise, but in a monarch of his stature, to satisfy such thirsts would have threatened the virtue of the Divine Throne itself. Therefore he turned to his dungeon full of demonologists, promising freedom to whoever could summon a personal succubus of torment and bind it entirely to his service. The creature who arrived, Akasha by name, visited upon him such exquisite torments that he named her his Secret Queen, and he began to spend all his spare moments submitting to her clever torments—eventually abdicating all his responsibilities in his pursuit of the painful pleasures that only she could bring. Queen of Pain could bring him to the brink of death, but she was rune-bound to keep him alive. At last the King's neglect of state brought on an uprising. He was dragged from his chamber and hurled from the Tower of Invocations, and at the moment of death, Queen of Pain was let loose into the world, freed from servitude—freed to visit her sufferings on anyone she deigned to notice.

Voice:

Linda K. Morris (Responses)

Abilities

Shadow Strike

▶️QD

Ability
Target Unit / Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Hurls a poisoned dagger which deals large initial damage, and then deals damage over time. The poisoned unit has its movement speed slowed for 15 seconds. An instance of damage is dealt every 3 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.67

Cast Range: 450/500/550/600

Initial Damage: 30/60/90/120

Number of Instances: 5

Damage per Instance: 30/50/70/90

Move Speed Slow: 20%/35%/50%/65%

Duration: 15

 Radius: 45

 16/12/8/4 ( 15.888/11.916/7.944/3.972)

 110/120/130/140

Modifiers [?]

modifier_queenofpain_shadow_strike

Any

Akasha's envenomed dagger allows her to delight in the drawn out suffering of her victims.

• The dagger travels at a speed of 900.

• The slow decreases in 1-second intervals. This is how much Shadow Strike slows on each level at each second:
  • Level 1: 20.0% / 16.3% / 13.1% / 10.3% / 8.1% / 6.2% / 4.7% / 3.5% / 2.5% / 1.8% / 1.3% / 0.9% / 0.6% / 0.4% / 0.3%
  • Level 2: 30.0% / 24.5% / 19.6% / 15.5% / 12.1% / 9.3% / 7.0% / 5.2% / 3.8% / 2.8% / 2.0% / 1.4% / 1.0% / 0.6% / 0.4%
  • Level 3: 40.0% / 32.6% / 26.2% / 20.7% / 16.1% / 12.4% / 9.3% / 7.0% / 5.1% / 3.7% / 2.6% / 1.8% / 1.3% / 0.9% / 0.6%
  • Level 4: 50.0% / 40.8% / 32.7% / 25.9% / 20.1% / 15.5% / 11.7% / 8.7% / 6.4% / 4.6% / 3.3% / 2.3% / 1.6% / 1.1% / 0.7%

• A unit with less than 25% of its maximum health can be denied when it has the Shadow Strike debuff on.

• Deals the initial damage upon impact and the damage over time in 3 second intervals, resulting in overall 6 damage instances.
  • Can deal up to 180/310/440/570 damage to the target (before reductions).

• Successive casts on the same target remove the debuff from the previous cast and place a new one.
  • This means the initial damage is dealt again, and the slow value and tick interval are effectively reset.

• The level 20 talent adds a 45 radius to this ability. The targeting reticule must be centered over an enemy unit.
  • Upon cast, Queen of Pain sends daggers towards every enemy within the radius.
  • These behave just like a regular cast, and can be disjointed normally.
  • Also targets units inside the Fog of War and invisible units. However, invisible targets instantly disjoint it.

Blink

▶️▶️▶️▶️▶️▶️WB

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Self
( Enemies)

Damage
 Magical

Short distance teleportation that allows Queen of Pain to move in and out of combat.

Cast Animation: 0.33+0.07

Cast Range: Global

Max Blink Distance: 1075/1150/1225/1300

 Radius: 300

 Damage: 150

 Silence Duration: 1.75

 12/10/8/6 ( 10/8/6/4)

 60

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

Releases a sonic boom when Queen of Pain blinks, at both her starting and ending locations. Deals 150 damage in a 300 AoE and silences for 1.75 seconds.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_silence

Any

The Secret Queen lives up to her title, making her Pain impossible to escape.

• Disjoints projectiles upon cast.

• Does not blink for the full distance when targeting closer than the max distance.
  • When targeting beyond the max blink distance, the caster will blink for the max distance towards the targeted point.

• Only the flat cooldown reduction talent is displayed.
  • With the level 15 talent, the cooldown is reduced to 11.916/9.93/7.944/5.958.
  • With both talents, the cooldown is reduced to 9.93/7.944/5.958/3.972.

• With Aghanim's Shard, Blink applies the damage, then the silence debuff.
  • The damage fully stack, so enemies within 300 radius of the starting and end location are hit twice.
  • The silence however cannot be applied twice for double the duration.

Scream of Pain

▶️EF

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

The Queen of Pain lets loose a piercing scream around her, damaging nearby enemies.

Cast Animation: 0+0.63

Search Radius: 525

Damage: 75/150/225/300

 7 ( 6.951)

 80/100/120/140

The sultry voice of Akasha beckons her opponents while stealing their souls.

• Scream of Pain interrupts Queen of Pain's channeling abilities upon cast.

• The projectiles travel at a speed of 900.

• Affects invisible units and units in the Fog of War.

• Does not affect invulnerable or hidden units.

Sonic Wave

▶️RW

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Pure

Creates a gigantic wave of sound in front of Queen of Pain, dealing heavy damage to all enemy units in its wake and pushing them back.

Cast Animation: 0.452+0.9

Cast Range: 700

Starting Radius: 100

Travel Distance: 900

End Radius: 450

Damage: 340/450/560 ( 420/560/680)

Knockback Distance: 350

Knockback Duration: 1.4

 125 ( 124.125) ( 40,  39.72)

 250/400/550

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Increases damage and decreases cooldown.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_queenofpain_sonic_wave_effect

Death

modifier_queenofpain_sonic_wave_delay

Death

modifier_knockback

Any

modifier_queenofpain_arcana_kill_effect

Undispellable

Her most exquisite of all of torments, Akasha's Sonic Wave puts her poor foes out of their misery.

• Sonic Wave travels at a speed of 900, taking 1 second to travel the full distance.

• Can hit units up to 1350 range away (travel distance + end radius).
  • Fully affects Couriers.

• The complete area is shaped like a cone.

• The knockback angle depends on the angle between the hit target and Queen of Pain's cast location.
  • This means the knockback direction does not equal the cast direction. Very close enemies may get pushed to the sides.
  • Knocks hit enemies 350 range back over 1.4 seconds, resulting in a speed of 250.
  • Units are not disabled during the knockback. They can still turn, attack, cast abilities and use items. Channeling abilities are not interrupted.

• The knockback destroys trees around the units while being moved.

• Sonic Wave first applies its damage, then the knockback debuff.

Spell Block

▶️

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

There is no description for this ability.

 250 ( 248.25)

Modifiers [?]

modifier_special_bonus_spell_block

Undispellable

• Does not block abilities cast by allies onto Queen of Pain.
  • The following abilities are not blocked: Ion Shell, Toss and Snowball.
  • The following items are not blocked: Urn of Shadows, Spirit Vessel, Medallion of Courage and Solar Crest.

• For a list of blocked spells, see Spell Block.

• Fully stacks with the Spell Block of Linken's Sphere, with the one acquired first also proccing first.

• Cooldown reductions fully affect the cooldown, but cooldown resets do not.

• Does not stack with the effects of Mirror Shield; if procced, Mirror Shield will reflect the ability back but both cooldowns will occur.

Talents

Hero Talents
+250 Sonic Wave Damage	25	-2s Blink Cooldown
-45s Sonic Wave Cooldown	20	+100 Scream of Pain Damage
+30 Attack Speed	15	-0.7s Shadow Strike Damage Interval
+10 Shadow Strike Heal Per Tick	10	+20 Damage

Notes:

• Grants bonus attack damage.
  • Does not benefit illusions and is not affected by most percentage-based damage increasing or reducing effects.

Recent Changes

Main Article: Queen of Pain/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.35

• Rescaled Scream of Pain mana cost from 100/110/120/130 to 120 on each level.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Reduced Shadow Strike radius from 400 to 375.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +8 strength ➜ +10 Shadow Strike heal per instance.

  LVL 10

   

  +15 attack damage increased to +20.

  LVL 20

   

  -40s Sonic Wave cooldown increased to -45s.

  LVL 25

   

  +200 Sonic Wave damage increased to +250.

7.34

• Reduced Shadow Strike cooldown from 16/12/8/4 to 13/10/7/4.
• Increased Scream of Pain radius from 550 to 600.
• Sonic Wave
  • The knockback debuff is now dispellable.
  • CHANGED
    from applying 1 instance of damage to applying damage over the 1.4-second knockback duration.
    • EXPR
      ΣSonicWaveDamage / Instances
  • Now deals damage in 0.1-second intervals, starting immediately upon cast, resulting in 14 instances.
  • Increased total damage from 310/430/550 to 350/500/650.
  • Reduced cooldown from 110/100/90 to 110/95/80.

7.33d

• Increased Blink mana cost from 60 to 65.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Reduced Shadow Strike initial damage bonus from 80 to 50.

• Talents:
• LVL 10

   

  +11 strength reduced to +8.

  LVL 10

   

  +20 attack damage reduced to +15.

  LVL 20

   

  +120 Scream of Pain damage reduced to +100.

Gameplay

Summoned in secret to fulfill a forbidden desire, Akasha performed the most exquisite torments—until her client was thrown to his death for neglecting his royal duties. Released from her contract, the Queen of Pain was now free to bring agony to whomever she pleased. She Shadow Strikes, hurling a poisoned dagger that draws out the suffering over time. Running is futile. Akasha Blinks past defenses, wracking her victims with Scream of Pain. There is only one release from such torture. The Queen flexes her membranous wings, then delivers an earpiercing Sonic Wave that will put an end to all misery.
Roles:	Carry Nuker Escape
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Legs ( 2 )

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Equipment

Queen of Pain Equipment (expand sets) Sets Adornments of Blight Set Bindings of Enduring Torment Set Bloodfeather Finery Bonds of Vincere Set Chained Mistress Set Dark Angel Delightful Affliction Lineage The Arch Temptress Obsidian Nightmare Raiments of Twilight Shade Raptures of the Abyssal Kin Regalia of the Parasol's Sting Sanguine Royalty The Arch Temptress The Eminence of Ristul Bundle Throes of Anguish Set Wicked Succubus Set Weapon Bloodfeather Feast Golden Bloodfeather Feast Tear of Agony Head Tormentor's Diadem Back Bloodfeather Wings Sinner's Embrace Wings of Searing Pain Wings of the Ruby Web Kinetic Gems Kinetic: Allure of the Succubus

Trivia

• Akasha is the name (or variant of the name) of the fifth element in many religions such as Hinduism, Wicca (or other Neopaganism), with its roots deriving from ancient Paganism. "Akasha", when translated to English (from Sanskrit), means "aether" (air/spirit, depending on context). This element is seen/represented as the top point of a pentagram, a symbol sometimes misused as one of evil (there is no devil-esque figure in Paganism), and could have been intended to show or derive from Queen of Pain's sadistic nature. Doom's Doom skill icon is a regular pentagram, so it might be a misconception held by the DotA staff and reasoning for her name. A regular pentagram on someone, ignoring misconceptions, is actually protective.
  • The name Aether is one of the many references Dota 2 makes to Greek mythology, as it is derived from a Greek deity of the same name.
  • Akasha is also the name of the Queen of the Damned from Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles novel series, which could have inspired Queen of Pain's name, who, in turn, could have derived her name from the above roots.
• Scream of Pain's and Sonic Wave's sounds are based on some voice lines of Queen of Pain. Scream of Pain is based on this ▶️, while Sonic Wave uses a part of this ▶️.
• Queen of Pain's dying line "Your queen is dead" is possibly a reference to The Smiths' album, The Queen is Dead.
• Most of Queen of Pain's abilities were derived from the Warcraft III Night Elf hero, the Warden, with Sonic Wave being the only new ability introduced, replacing Vengeance. Fan of Knives was also substituted for Scream of Pain with the same effect, though an older version of Queen of Pain did have the Fan of Knives ability.
• Queen of Pain's response for killing Phantom Assassin "Blink! You're dead." likely refers to the popular Dr. Who episode "Don't Blink" in which the Doctor says, referring to Weeping Angels, "Don't blink, don't even blink. Blink, and you're dead."
• This line ▶️ "The Queen is dead, long live the Queen." is a reference to the saying "The King is dead, long live the King" which has been used throughout the centuries in the UK.

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