•   Deflection - Vanessa deflects all melee attacks, ranged attacks and spells for 10 seconds. She will only use this ability while her remaining health is greater than 25%. |
•  Deadly Blades - Vanessa begins to rapidly leap from enemy to enemy, appearing behind and inflicting the Backslash effect on a random enemy target every 1 sec. for 5 seconds. |
•  Backslash - Vanessa slices into the back of an enemy target, inflicting 288 Physical damage every 2 seconds for 10 seconds. |
•   Fiery Blaze - After Vanessa has been wounded below 50% of her total health, she will leap to the top of the ship and detonate preplaced explosives around the ship. These explosives will create Fiery Blazes across the deck. Players within 5 yards of a fire will be dealt 1442 Fire damage every second. Players may avoid the worst of the fires on the deck by using a nearby rope on the side of the deck. |
•  Vengeance of VanCleef - After Vanessa detonates the first set of explosives at 50% health, she will repeatedly cast Vengeance of VanCleef until re-engaged in combat. Each application of this effect increases her Physical damage by 4%, melee attack speed by 4%, and size by 3%. The effect may stack up to 40 times. Once Vanessa has detonated the second set of explosives at 25% health, she will use this ability repeatedly until killed. |
•  Powder Explosion - When Vanessa has only 1% of her total health remaining, she will pull out a final keg of black powder and light it. The explosion kills her, and also deals 3654 Fire damage to any enemy target within 10 yards. |
| • Defias Enforcer - While Vanessa VanCleef's remaining health is above 50%, she will periodically call on a Defias Enforcer to aid her from the nearby cabin. |
| | •  Charge - The Enforcer charges out into battle to join the fray. |
| | •  Bloodbath - The Enforcer begins to rapidly attack its current enemy target with a series of six quick attacks over 3 seconds., each dealing 25% of normal melee damage. |
| | •  Recklessness - The Enforcer becomes immune to fear effects and his or her chance to deal a critical is increased by 100% for 15 seconds., but the Enforcer's armor is also reduced by -35%. The Enforcer can use this ability if his or her remaining health is below 20%. |
| • Defias Shadowguard - Shortly after calling a Defias Enforcer, Vanessa will then call on a Defias Shadowguard to join the fight if her remaining health is still above 50%. |
| | •  Sinister Strike - The Shadowguard inflicts 100% of normal melee damage to the current enemy target. |
| | • Shadowstep - The Shadowguard will periodically step through shadows and reappear behind the enemy target. |
| | •  Whirling Blades - The Shadowguard surrounds the enemy target with a set of whirling blades for 10 seconds. The blades deal 1 Physical damage to all nearby units within 5 yards every second. |
| | •  Evasion - The Shadowguard increases his chance to dodge by 35% for 10 seconds. The Shadowguard may use Evasion if his remaining health is below 30%. |
| • Defias Blood Wizard - Shortly after calling a Defias Shadowguard, Vanessa will then call on a Defias Blood Wizard to join the fight if her remaining health is still above 50%. |
| | •  Bloodbolt - Inflicts 4 Physical damage and reduces the current enemy target's movement speed by -20% for 4 seconds. |
| | •  Ragezone - The Blood Wizard creates an unstable field of magic at the location of a random enemy target that lasts 30 seconds. The field has a radius of 5 yards, and all units located within have their damage dealt increased by 25%. |
Heroic Difficulty Only
Vanessa VanCleef is only available in Heroic Difficulty. |
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