Overall
Villanelle's kit revolves around Scorpion Venom — a debuff applied by every skill and attack that cuts enemy attack rating and creates an energy-reactive trap. Enemies who gain energy deal progressively less damage; enemies who lose energy take progressively more. Charm targets the top damage dealers, blocking their ultimates and continuously draining energy while reducing their damage against Villanelle. The ultimate repeatedly strips energy from all enemies, petrifying anyone who drops too low — charmed targets lose extra on the first hit. Armor-piercing strikes convert dealt damage and destroyed shields into Villanelle's own barrier. Venomed enemies take health loss proportional to their own damage output, and charmed enemies spread the venom to allies through buffs and healing.
Skills
Enchanted Dance
UltimateReduces all enemies' energy multiple times. Enemies below an energy threshold after any reduction are petrified. Charmed enemies lose additional energy on the first hit. Grants insight while active.
Alluring Charm
ActiveDrains energy from the 2 highest-damage enemies, briefly blocking their ultimates and continuously draining energy. Charms them, heavily reducing their damage to Villanelle.
Sting Needle
ActiveStrikes an enemy with armor-piercing damage. Converts all damage dealt and shields destroyed into a personal shield for Villanelle.
Scorpion Venom
PassiveAll skills and attacks inflict Scorpion Venom, reducing attack. Venomed enemies deal less damage per energy gained and take more damage per energy lost. Early in battle, venom also shreds attack.
Signature Item
Shadow Fan
Venomed enemies lose health proportional to their own damage dealt and healing received. Charmed enemies spread Scorpion Venom to allies through buffs and healing.
Furniture
Furniture
Enhances energy drain. Damage dealt to allies by charmed enemies is partially converted into a shield for Villanelle.
Engravings are not listed here because they upgrade existing skills directly. See the Skills tab for engraving effects alongside each skill.
Villanelle gracefully wields her folding fan, reducing the Energy of all enemies by 100 for 2 times. Enemies whose Energy is less than 250 after each reduction will be petrified for 4 seconds. While this skill is active, Villanelle gains an additional 35 points of Insight. The first reduction also slices 75 off the Energy of charmed enemies.
Villanelle replenishes 100 Energy from the top 2 damage-dealing enemy heroes, rendering them unable to unleash their Ultimate for 2 seconds and continuously draining their Energy by a total of 300. They also fall under Villanelle’s charm for 10 seconds, during which damage and health loss inflicted on her are reduced by 45%.
Villanelle strikes 1 enemy, nullifying their armor and dealing damage for 200% of her Attack Rating. Any inflicted damage and destroyed shields are converted into a protective shield for Villanelle lasting up to 8 seconds which is capable of absorbing damage for at least 300% of her Attack Rating, up to a maximum of 800%.
Villanelle’s skills and Normal Attacks inflict Scorpion Venom, reducing the target’s Attack Rating by 40% for 8 seconds. During this time, for every 50 Energy restored by enemies, their damage output decreases by 3%, up to a maximum of 30%. Conversely, for every 50 Energy lost by enemies, the damage they take increases by 4%, up to a maximum of 40%.
Shadow Fan
Enhances: Violent VenomEach time enemies deal damage while under the influence of Scorpion Venom, they lose health for 35% of their inflicted damage after a brief delay, up to 400% of Villanelle’s Attack Rating every 2 seconds.
Each time enemies are healed while under the influence of Scorpion Venom, they lose health for 35% of their health regeneration after a brief delay, up to 400% of Villanelle’s Attack Rating every 2 seconds.
Each time enemies deal damage while under the influence of Scorpion Venom, they lose health for 50% of their inflicted damage after a brief delay, up to 600% of Villanelle’s Attack Rating every 2 seconds.
When charmed enemies grant healing or most buffs to their allies, the enemy allies will be afficted with Scorpion Venom, with each enemy ally enduring its effects up to 1 times per 4 seconds.
Each time enemies deal damage while under the influence of Scorpion Venom, they lose health for 55% of their inflicted damage after a brief delay, up to 650% of Villanelle’s Attack Rating every 2 seconds.
Enhances Villanelle’s ability to drain the enemy’s Energy by 25%.
At 3-second intervals, when charmed enemies inflict damage on Villanelle’s allies, 50% of the damage will be converted after a short delay into a shield that protects Villanelle for up to 3 of her initial Attack Rating every 800% seconds.
Strikes up to 2 other charmed enemies.
During the first 15 seconds of battle, when Villanelle inflicts Scorpion Venom it reduces enemies’ Attack Rating by 60%.
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