Council of Elders
Official Overview (Blizzard)
The spirit of Gara'jal the Spiritbinder possesses a councillor, empowering their abilities and causing them to generate Dark Energy. The spirit remains in a councillor until they suffer damage equal to 25% of their maximum health. Once the spirit is forced out, it rushes to inhabit a new councillor, resets Dark Energy to 0, and leaves behind the Lingering Presence effect.
Abilities
Frost King Malakk
Frigid Assault
Frost King Malakk imbues his weapons with ice, causing his melee attacks to inflict 0 Frost damage. In addition, each melee attack applies the Frigid Assault effect. The Frigid Assault effect will stun the target for 15 sec if it reaches 15 stacks.
Biting Cold
Frost King Malakk shrouds a player in ice, inflicting 0 Frost damage and afflicting them with Biting Cold. Biting Cold causes the player to inflict 2,856 Frost damage to all allies within 4 yards every 2 sec for 30 sec.
Frostbite
Frost King Malakk uses this ability while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal. Frost King Malakk shrouds a player in ice, inflicting 0 Frost damage and afflicting them with 5 stacks of Frostbite. Frostbite causes the player to inflict 7 Frost damage per stack of Frostbite to all allies within 4 yards every 1 sec for 30 sec. Stacks of Frostbite are reduced by 2 for each player that stays within 4 yards of the player afflicted with Frostbite. The number of stacks of Frostbite cannot be reduced below one.
Body Heat
When a player is hit by an ally's Frostbite, they begin to lose Body Heat over 8 sec. Once Body Heat expires, the player is Chilled to the Bone and no longer able to contribute to reducing the number of stacks of Frostbite an ally has for 8 sec.
Kazra'jin
Reckless Charge
Kazra'jin rushes towards a random player's location, inflicting 0 Nature damage to all players in a line to his target and knocking all players within 5 yards back when he lands.
Overload
Kazra'jin uses this ability after performing a Reckless Charge while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal. Kazra'jin becomes electrified, stunning himself for 20 sec and reflecting 40% of all damage taken as Nature damage.
Discharge
Kazra'jin uses this ability after performing a Reckless Charge while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal. Kazra'jin becomes electrified, stunning himself for 20 sec and reflecting 5% of all damage taken as Nature damage to all players.
Sul the Sandcrawler
Sand Bolt
Sul the Sandcrawler hurls a bolt of sand at a random player's location, inflicting 0 Nature damage to all players within 5 yards of the targeted location.
Quicksand
Sul the Sandcrawler summons a pool of Quicksand at a random player's location, afflicting them with Entrapped. Quicksand inflicts 0 Nature damage every second to all players within 7 yards and causes them to become Ensnared.
Ensnared
Quicksand pools cause players to gain a stack of Ensnared every second they are inside of it. Ensnared reduces movement speed by 15% per stack. If Ensnared reaches 5 stacks, players become Entrapped.
Entrapped
Players at the location of a pool of Quicksand being created or that reach 5 stacks of Ensnared are rooted in place for 30 sec.
Sandstorm
Sul the Sandcrawler uses this ability while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal. Sul the Sandcrawler summons a sandstorm that inflicts 0 Nature damage to all players every second for 8 sec, and animates all existing pools of Quicksand, transforming them into Living Sand.
Living Sand
Living Sand creatures rise from pools of Quicksand whenever a Sandstorm occurs, and remain active until they are killed. When a Living Sand dies, it creates a new pool of Quicksand at their location.
Fortified
Living Sand that are still active when a sandstorm occurs become fortified. This effect heals the Living Sand to full and increases all damage done by 100% until they are killed. This effect stacks.
Treacherous Ground
Quicksand pools that overlap with one another will combine into a single pool of proportionately larger size. Living Sand risen from Quicksand pools that have combined into larger pools have their health and damage increased by 125% for each pool that has combined.
High Priestess Mar'li
Wrath of the Loa
High Priestess Mar'li strikes a player with the Wrath of the Loa, inflicting 0 Holy damage.
Blessed Loa Spirit
High Priestess Mar'li summons a Blessed Loa Spirit at her location. The spirit will move towards Mar'li's ally with the lowest remaining health and heal them for 5% of their maximum health if the spirit is not killed before reaching its target. If the spirit is still alive after 20 sec. it will instantly jump to its target and heal them for 5% of their maximum health.
Wrath of the Loa
High Priestess Mar'li uses this ability while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal. High Priestess Mar'li strikes a player with the Wrath of the Loa, inflicting 0 Shadow damage.
Shadowed Loa Spirit
High Priestess Mar'li uses this ability while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal. High Priestess Mar'li summons a Shadowed Loa Spirit at her location. The spirit fixates on a random player and pursues them for 20 sec, instantly killing them if the spirit comes within 6 yards of the player. If the spirit is still alive after 20 sec it will instantly jump to its target and kill them.
Twisted Fate
High Priestess Mar'li uses this ability while possessed by the spirit of Gara'jal. High Priestess Mar'li rips the souls from two random players and links them together. Each soul pursues the soul it is linked to and inflicts 1,822 Shadow damage to all players every 3 sec. The damage of Twisted Fate is reduced the farther each soul is from the other. When a soul dies, severing the link between the two, the remaining soul begins to inflict 1,822 Shadow damage every 3 sec.
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