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Goddess of the Moon, Selemene by Firefrog

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Goddess of the Moon, Selemene

By: Firefrog
Last Updated: Jun 16, 2023
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Goddess of the Moon, Selemene

Hero Title

SELEMENE a Ranged, Intelligence Hero, wide area magic dealer, smiting those who oppose her with Lunar Power and absorbs their life sparks to gain divinity.


The Goddess of the Dark Moon, Selemene has control over the Moon, bless her allies with it's power but demands faith and worship from them, punish those who would dare oppose her with Moonstrikes, curse them with Lunar Blight that slowly drain their life sparks. striking enemies with lunar energies wherever they are as long as the Moon shines upon them, and with her divinity Selemene can be wherever she wants, aid her worshippers whenever they are in need.

The Moon has three phases, the New, Full and Waning Moon, each represented by a persona, currently Selemene was the known Goddess of the Moon, the brightest phase, while the Waning or the Old Moon, that symbolizes death and end phase, was represented by the late Goddess Mené, who may be dead physically but still lives in the hearts of her faithfuls, the persona of the New moon was now rising, her radiance was still young and growing, she was a she-elf from the enclave of Coedwigs, starts her journey and now fulfilling her destiny.

Primary Abilities

Moonblast
Selemene calls upon the Moon to shower rapid succession of laser-like Moon energies to linear direction where she is facing, the beams travel very fast from the very front of Selemene towards the end of it's max range, deals damage to all enemy units caught as the beams progress, stun and knocks them to short distance, stun duration and damage is base on how far the beams had traveled.

•Base Damage: (100/150/175/200)
•Max Range Bonus Dmg: (80/125/150/200)
•Max Range: (2000Us)
•Width: (100Us)
•Travel Speed Per Sec: (500Us)
•Minimum Stun Dur: (.5sec)
•Max Stun Dur: (1.5/1.75/2/3sec)
•Knockback Dur: (.5/1/1.25/1.5sec)
•Knockback Range: (150Us)
•Cooldown: (25/20/18/16sec)

ABILITY TYPE: Active
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES SPELL IMMUNITY: No


Stun Duration countdown starts soon as the Knockback begin.
Similar to Mirana's Sacred Arrow combined with Magnus' Shockwave but knocks and stuns enemies instead.
Base on Anime scene where Selemene struck her possessed worshippers with Moonbeams.




************(AGHANIM'S SCEPTER UPGRADE)************

Night time upgrade, release 2 more diagonal linear rays at each side, dealing 50% Dmg and effects of the main wave.
Celestial Projection
Selemene lights up and instantly teleport to short distance, the Teleportation burst deals dmg and blind effect to enemies caught within the Burst radius, the radius may overlap each other and the damage stacks but not the Blind effect.

•Max Range: (1200Us)
•Teleportation Burst Radius: (300Us)
•Teleportation Burst Dmg: (50/75/100/150)
•Blindness Dur: (2sec)
•Blind Miss Rate: (100%)
•Cooldown: (16/14/10/8sec)

ABILITY TYPE: Active
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES SPELL IMMUNITY: No

************(AGHANIM'S SCEPTER UPGRADE)************

Grants 1 more charge & allows her to cast it globally on visible areas when it is Night Time with 2sec teleportation delay, and removes basic debuffs on allies within the radius, burns 2 charges if used this way.
Lotus of the Moon
Spawns a magical lotus that blooms spores every 6sec, the Spore cloud slows the affected enemy units.

•Lotus Bloom Radius: (400Us)
•Lotus Bloom DPS: (25/30/40/60)
•Lotus Bloom Dur: (5sec)
•Lotus Bloom Slow: -(25%/30%/40%/60%)
•Lotus Bloom Slow Duration:(2sec)
•No. of Hit to Destroy: (2/3/4/5)
•Lotus Max Count: (5)
•Lotus Bounty: (10/15/20/25Gold)
•Cast Range: (2000Us)
•Lotus Duration: (30sec)
•Cooldown: (15sec)

ABILITY TYPE: Active
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES SPELL IMMUNITY: No

Shares lvl with a Passive Ability:
PRESENCE OF THE GODDESS

Lotus Bloom radiuses cannot overlap each other.
Lotus does not provide vision.

************(AGHANIM'S SCEPTER UPGRADE)************

During the Night the lotus applies Lunar Blight to nearby enemies, Aura Effect does not stacks, doubles lotus Bloom radius.
PRESENCE OF THE GODDESS
Selemene's power rises whenever she's with her faithfuls, gaining temporary Int points for every ally units within her radius.
Hero Units: +(2/3/4/5)
Non Hero Units: +(1/1/2/2)

Her presence affects all units near her, buffs allies increasing their attack capabilities, while her brightness blinds her enemies, making some of their attacks miss.

All units who dies near Selemene will burst of life sparks that deals area damage to nearby enemy units, then the spark particles will travel towards Selemene and absorbs them, healing her HP and Mana minimally, also granting temporary Int points.
Hero units will release greater spark particles that deals more dmg and provide permanent Int points.


•Ally Bonus Attack: +(10/15/20/25 Magical Dmg.)








************(AGHANIM'S SCEPTER UPGRADE)************

During Night time, the attack buff on allies become global and effects all allies within the map, while enemy units within Selemene's radius will be affected by Lunar Blight.

LUNAR BLIGHT

Affects those who oppose the Moon, mysterious purple skin disease appears. their Life sparks slowly wither.
Deals damage per second base on her Int points.

•Lunar Blight Aura Radius: (800Us)
•Lunar Blight DPS: (8%/10%/12%/15% Of Int. Points.)

Ultimate Abilities

Lunar Catastrophe
Selemene enchants a wide ranged spell ring, that emulates the destruction of the Mad Moon, showing the devastation it would bring to the entire universe.
Selemene's Moon prevents the shattering of the Mad Moon, responsible for holding back this inevitable cataclysm.

Cast a spell ring, then the Moon blast off multiple Moonstrikes around Selemene while wrapping her with moonshell that reduces incoming magical dmg. One controllable Greater Moonstrike remain for the entire duration, it follows your target enemy unit within the radius while dealing dmg greater than other Moonstrikes, has its own movement speed, the Greater Moonstrike will explode multiple times, stunning enemy units caught within the explosion area.
Surging with power, Selemene will levitate granting her unobstructed vision and allowing her to pass through obstructions.

The Greater Moonstrike can be controlled while the other beams move in random directions inside the AoE until they explode.

Spell Ring Radius: (1000/1200/1400Us)
Duration: (10/12/15sec)
Moonshell Magical Dmg Reduction: (20%/30%/50%)
Ring Cast Delay: (1sec)
Lesser Moonstrike Counts Per Pulse: (3/4/6)
Pulse Interval: (3sec)

Lesser Moonstrikes
Int Pts. as Damage Per Sec: (50%)
Movement Slow: -(50%/55%/60%)
Moonstrike Radius: (100Us)
Moonstrike Duration: (4sec)
Moonstrike Explosion Radius:(250Us)
Moonstrike Explosion Dmg: (200/250/300)
Explosion Stun Duration: (1.25/1.5/1.75sec)

Greater Moonstrike DPS: (75%)
Cooldown: (180/150/120sec)

Similar to Wukong's Command but Magical damage.
Selemene can freely move around the AoE, click the cursor to the ground to move, click the cursor to enemy unit to strike them with Moonstrike.

The Spell immediately ends soon as she steps out the ring.



************(AGHANIM'S SCEPTER UPGRADE)************

MOONLIGHTS
Passive
Once the Night comes, the Moon luminates and aid the Goddess, Moonlights randomly scatter around the Map, harm those who oppose Selemene, while providing allies with vision, tranquility and elusivity shroud that grants invisibility. activates when a unit would step on its radius, last for certain duration, fades for short time then reappears to random area again, reoccurs all night.


"The Goddess of the Moon has sight on what the Moon shines upon."

•Moonlight Radius/Vision Radius: (150Us)
•Moonlight Dur: (12sec)
•Moonlights Count Per Set: (6/8/12)
•Interval to Reappear : (2sec)
•Moonlight HPS/DPS: (25 Pure)
•Moonlight HPS/DPS Linger Duration: (2sec)
•Moonlight Root Duration: (2sec)
•Moonlight Root DPS: (50)
•Invisibility Delay: (1.5sec)

Invisibility last as long as they remain inside the radius.
GODDESS OF THE NIGHT
**********AGHANIM'S SCEPTER BONUS ABILITY*********


Selemene is at her highest might during night time, granting her advantages, upgrades her abilities.

Other Abilities

MOONSTRIKE
**********(AGHANIM'S SHARD BONUS ABILITY)**********

Channels a single powerful Moonbeam that continuously damage & slow enemies within the target area, then it explodes at the end of its duration dealing damage & stun to greater area, the beam has its own Movement Spd, follows the cursor and can be cast globally.

Int Pts. as Damage Per Sec: (40%)
Slow: (-50%)
Moonstrike Radius: (100Us)
Moonstrike Spd: (250)
Duration: (5sec)
Explosion Radius:(300Us)
Explosion Dmg:(300)
Stun Dur: (2sec)
Cooldown: (30sec)

ABILITY TYPE:Active
DAMAGE TYPE:Magical


If the channeling is disrupted the beam would remain at its last location until it explode.
Spell inspired by Command & Conquer: Generals Particle Uplink Cannon.

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