Level Talent Name Description Cooldown
1 En Pointe Shadow Waltz deals an increased 90% damage to enemies hit by its end and grants 1 additional Chaos.
1 Growing Nightmare Increase Dread's damage by 50%. Quest: Hit 3 enemy Heroes with a single cast of Dread's eruption. Reward: Permanently increase Dread's eruption damage by 50% and increase the Slow amount of Dread's eruption by 15%.
1 Ancestral Strength Non-Heroic Abilities deal 15% more damage to Stunned, Rooted, Silenced or Slowed enemies. Enemy Heroes who are hit with Overflowing Chaos are Slowed by 20% for 2.5 seconds.
4 Allegrissimo Reduce the cooldown of Shadow Waltz by 1 second. Hitting Heroes with the end of Shadow Waltz sets its cooldown to 0.75 seconds.
4 Backbiter If Chomp hits a Hero, Orphea immediately dashes a short distance backwards. Passive: Gain 15% maximum Health.
4 Chaotic Assault Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes while having 3 stacks of Chaos deal an additional 75% bonus damage.
7 Insatiable Hitting a Hero with Chomp sets its cooldown to 2 seconds.
7 Ravenous Hunger Quest: Minions that die within 1.5 seconds of being hit by Chomp permanently increase its damage by 2 and heal Orphea for 60 (+4% per level). Heroes that die increase its damage by 40 and heal Orphea for 25% of her maximum Health.
7 Mind Devourer Quest: Hitting Heroes with Dread increases its damage by 5, up to 150. Reward: After hitting 30 Heroes, hitting an enemy Hero with Dread's eruption sets its cooldown to 6 seconds and refunds 50 Mana.
10 Eternal Feast After 1.5 seconds, deal 210 (+4% per level) damage in an area. Eternal Feast repeats every 1 second as long as it hits an enemy Hero. 50
10 Crushing Jaws After 1.25 seconds, pull enemies in an area towards the center, dealing 250 (+4% per level) damage and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds. 70
13 Determination After dashing with Shadow Waltz, Orphea gains 50 Spell Armor against the next enemy Ability, stacking up to 2 times. While Orphea has Determination, her Physical damage is increased by 15%.
13 Abyssal Symbiosis Hitting a Hero with Chomp instantly grants Orphea maximum Chaos and a 170 (+4% per level) Shield for 3 seconds.
13 Invasive Miasma Activate to deal 150 (+4% per level) damage to all nearby enemies after 2 seconds. For each Hero hit, heal for 182 (+4% per level) and gain 1 Chaos. 10
16 Bond of Anguish Shadow Waltz deals bonus damage to Heroes equal to 3% of their maximum Health, healing Orphea for 50% of damage dealt.
16 Dead Magic Basic Attacks that consume Chaos ignore Armor and deal 90 (+4% per level) Spell Damage to the target and all enemies around them.
16 Lurking Terror After Dread erupts and for 2 seconds after, activate to cast Chomp from the eruption area. Enemy Heroes hit by this Chomp are Slowed by 70% for 1.5 seconds. 10
20 Monster Within Eternal Feast grants 1 Chaos each time it hits a Hero. While Eternal Feast is active and for 5 seconds afterwards, Orphea's Basic Abilities recharge 150% faster.
20 Engulfing Oblivion Crushing Jaws reduces the Armor of Heroes hit by 50 for 3 seconds. Takedowns set its cooldown to 5 seconds.
20 Eldritch Conduit Each Chaos consumed increases Orphea's Spell Power by 3%, up to 30%. After reaching the maximum bonus, the Spell Power is increased by an additional 30%. Lasts 10 seconds.
20 Final Toccata Activate to instantly reset the cooldown of Shadow Waltz. For the next 5 seconds, dashing with Shadow Waltz resets its cooldown and increases the duration of Final Toccata by 1 second. 20
Shortcut Ability Name Description Cooldown Mana Cost
Q Shadow Waltz After 0.5 seconds, deal 165 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in a line. Hitting a Hero with Shadow Waltz sets its cooldown to 2 seconds, refunds 35 Mana, and causes Orphea to dash a short distance upon moving. 5 35
W Chomp After 0.625 seconds, deal 305 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies in front of Orphea. 10 60
E Dread Release a wave of dread that deals 85 (+4% per level) damage to enemies hit. Dread erupts 0.75 seconds after reaching the end of its path, dealing 175 (+4% per level) damage. Enemies hit by Dread's wave or eruption are Slowed by 25% for 2 seconds. 14 50
R Crushing Jaws After 1.25 seconds, pull enemies in an area towards the center, dealing 250 (+4% per level) damage and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds. 70 75
R Eternal Feast After 1.5 seconds, deal 210 (+4% per level) damage in an area. Eternal Feast repeats every 1 second as long as it hits an enemy Hero. 50 75
Overflowing Chaos Hitting an enemy Hero with a Basic Ability grants 1 Chaos. Chaos can stack up to 3 times. While Orphea has Chaos, her Basic Attacks against Heroes consume all Chaos, dealing 50% increased damage per stack, and healing for 100% of the damage dealt.

Orphea

2024-08-12 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Invasive Miasma updated to heal Orphea for its amount as a singular combined effect.

2024-05-21 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 16
    • Lurking Terror [Active]
      • Added an activation timer.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused weapons to fire multiple times when used in conjunction with select abilities.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Chaotic Assault to not apply while Orphea has 3 stacks of Chaos.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Invasive Miasma to hit dead Heroes.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Eldritch Conduit's visuals to persist after death.

2024-02-06 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Ravenous Hunger to stack off of Possessed minions.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Shadow Waltz to refund mana multiple times per cast.

2023-11-16 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Difficulty increased from Medium to Hard.

Talents

  • Level 16
    • Dead Magic [Trait]
      • Dead Magic now reveals the area for 0.75 seconds.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Eldritch Conduit to not be empowered when gaining the 10th stack.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Eldritch Conduit's empowered to be lost when slain.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Eternal Feast to search for dead units.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Dead Magic to deal damage if the splashed to target is Evading.

2023-09-20 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that allowed Orphea to have her Shadow Waltz be fired at an enemy without aiming in their direction.

2021-06-15 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • En Pointe [Q]
      • Additional functionality: Hitting Heroes with the end of Shadow Waltz grants an additional 1 Chaos.
    • Growing Nightmare [E]
      • Changed functionality: Initial damage bonus changed from Dread's eruption to both Dread's wave and eruption.
      • Initial damage bonus increased from 40% to 50%.
      • Quest reward damage bonus increased from 25% to 50%.
  • Level 20
    • Monster Within [R1]
      • Additional functionality: Cooldown reduction continues for 5 seconds after Eternal Feast ends.
    • Engulfing Oblivion [R2]
      • Armor reduction increased from 25 to 50.
    • Final Toccata [Active]
      • Duration reduced from 6 to 5 seconds.
      • Additional functionality: Dashing increases Final Toccata's duration by 1 second.

Developer Comment: Orphea players have correctly recognized the power of both Ancestral Strength (level 1) and Eldritch Conduit (level 20). Therefore, we're buffing their competitors and seeing what happens.

2020-11-04 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Allegrissimo [Q]
      • Additional functionality: Reduce the cooldown of Shadow Waltz by 1 second.
  • Level 7
    • Insatiable [W]
      • Cooldown on successful Chomp hit changed from 1.5 to 2 seconds.
  • Level 20
    • Monster Within [R1]
      • New functionality: Eternal Feast grants 1 Chaos each time it hits a Hero. While Eternal Feast is active, the cooldowns of Orphea's Basic Abilities recharge 150% faster.
    • Engulfing Oblivion [R2]
      • Armor reduction duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
    • Final Toccata [Active]
      • Cooldown reduced from 30 to 20 seconds.

Developer Comment: We're taking a look at Orphea's Level 20 talents and adding some power to them to make them more fun to choose between. While doing this pass, we saw a couple places to improve her overall talent picks, so we adjusted Allegrissimo and Insatiable as well.

2020-09-08 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Ancestral Strength [Trait]
      • Bonus damage reduced from 20% to 15%.
  • Level 7
    • Mind Devourer [E]
      • Damage per enemy Hero hit increased from 4 to 5.
      • Maximum bonus damage reduced from 160 to 150.
      • Heroes hit required for quest completion reduced from 40 to 30.
  • Level 13
    • Abyssal Symbiosis [W]
      • Shield amount reduced from 180 to 170.
  • Level 16
    • Dead Magic [Trait]
      • Damage reduced from 95 to 90.

Developer Comment: Our last round of buffs have done a lot to bring Orphea into the meta. A few of her talents are simply too powerful compared to their alternatives, so we're toning them down as well as trying to incentivize players to try building around her Dread ability by making its key quest easier to complete.

2020-06-03 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Shadow Waltz now refunds mana cost equal to its cast.

2020-05-06 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Shadow Waltz [Q]
    • Cooldown reduced from 6 to 5 seconds.
    • Mana cost reduced from 40 to 35.
  • Chomp [W]
    • Damage increased from 285 to 305.
  • Dread [E]
    • Additional functionality: Enemies hit by Dread's wave are Slowed by 25% for 2 seconds.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Growing Nightmare [E]
      • New functionality: Increase Dread's eruption damage by 40%. Quest: Hit 3 enemy Heroes with a single cast of Dread's eruption. Reward: Permanently increase Dread's eruption damage by an additional 25% and increase the Slow amount of Dread's eruption by 15%.
  • Level 4
    • Chaotic Assault [Trait]
      • Bonus damage increased from 50% to 75%.
  • Level 13
    • Abyssal Symbiosis [W]
      • Additional functionality: Hitting an enemy Hero with Chomp grants Orphea a 180 Shield for 3 seconds.
  • Level 16
    • Dead Magic [Trait]
      • Damage reduced from 115 to 95.
      • Now also does damage to the primary target.
    • Lurking Terror [Active]
      • Slow duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds.

Developer Comment: We haven't given Orphea many changes since her release, and we're giving her some pretty massive amounts of love in this patch. She should now be a great addition to most teams, with all of her base abilities getting a buff as well as many of her talents.

2020-04-14 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Ravenous Hunger would not grant quest progress when a target of Chomp died within 1.5 seconds Undocumented

2020-01-22 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Growing Nightmare [E]
      • Additional functionality: Increase the damage of Dread's explosion by 25%.
      • Now shows Crit kickers when hitting 2 or more enemy Heroes.
    • Ancestral Strength [Trait]
      • No longer grants additional Chaos when hitting Stunned, Rooted, Silenced, or Slowed enemy Heroes.
      • Additional functionality: Enemy Heroes who are hit with Overflowing Chaos are Slowed by 20% for 2.5 seconds.
  • Level 4
    • Fright [E]
      • Removed.
    • New talent: Chaotic Assault [Trait]
      • Basic attacks against enemy Heroes while having 3 stacks of Chaos deal an additional 50% bonus damage.
  • Level 16
    • Lurking terror [Active]
      • Additional functionality: If Chomp is cast in this way, then it Slows enemy Heroes hit by 70% for 1 second.

Developer Comment: We're trying to solve a few issues with Orphea's current talent tree. Firstly, we're getting rid of the necessary synergy between Ancestral Strength and Fright, opting to instead bake a more reliable way to Slow enemies into Ancestral Strength. We're also buffing Growing Nightmare so that it's the premier E talent in an E build, as well as giving Lurking Terror some love. Ideally, Lurking Terror can now be used as a more unique way to set up Q and W hits on enemies who are far away from Orphea, particularly when combined with Insatiable for quick double W combos.

2019-09-24 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Orphea: Orphea is now granted Mana when she uses Shadow Waltz.

2019-07-10 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • En Pointe [Q]
      • Bonus damage increased from 75% to 90%
    • ​​Growing Nightmare [E]
      • Adjusted functionality: If at least 2 enemy heroes are hit by Wave of Dread, then its eruption damage is increased by 60%
  • Level 4
    • Allegrissimo [Q]
      • Shadow Waltz cooldown when hitting enemy Heroes at its end changed from 1 second to 0.75 seconds
    • ​Backbiter [W]
      • Bonus maximum Health increased from 10% to 15%
  • Level 7
    • Insatiable [W]
      • Chomp's cooldown when hitting enemy Heroes changed from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds

Developer Comment: The combination of Ancestral Strength and Fright is both powerful and currently too attractive compared to other options, so we're beefing up alternatives to promote Orphea's other playstyles.

2019-04-30 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Orphea's Eternal Feast tooltip data reference for repeat duration was not functioning
  • Fixed an issue where Orphea's Eternal Feast would continue bouncing if an Abathur Ultimate Evolution clone expired in the area

2019-02-27 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Mind Devourer (E)
      • Damage bonus reduced from 5 to 4 per stack

Developer Comment: Orphea has been performing very well as of late, with Mind Devourer in particular overshadowing other talents on its tier. We're slightly reducing its power to reduce her overall effectiveness while hopefully motivating players to try out her other Level 7 talents more often.

2018-12-19 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Maximum Health reduced from 1662 to 1525
  • Health Regen reduced from 3.46 to 3.18

Abilities

  • Crushing Jaws (R)
    • Damage reduced from 275 to 250
    • Stun duration reduced from .75 to .5 seconds

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Ancestral Strength (Trait)
      • Damage bonus reduced from 25 to 20%
  • Level 4
    • Fright (E)
      • The slow effects no longer stack
    • Backbiter (W)
      • Added functionality:
        • Passively increase your maximum Health by 10%

2018-11-28 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack Damage increased from 80 to 88

Abilities

  • Shadow Waltz (Q)
    • Damage increased from 150 to 165
  • Crushing Jaws (R)
    • Cooldown increased from 50 to 70 seconds

Talents

  • Level 1
    • En Pointe (Q)
      • Damage bonus increased from 50 to 75%
  • Level 16
    • Lurking Terror (W/E)
      • Now shares a cooldown with Chomp (W)

Developer Comment: The first Nexus-born Hero has arrived and is showing a bit of teeth, especially in the burst department. The combination of a high- stacked Ravenous Hunger combined with double-Chomps with Lurking Terror was a bit over-the-top, especially since she could set everything up fairly safely with Crushing Jaws. We have taken the bite out of that combo by linking the cooldowns of Chomp and Lurking Terror. We are offsetting this loss of burst by increasing her sustained damage potential and will continue to closely monitor. We realize that the loss of her blow-up potential will make Lurking Terror a much less exciting talent to pick and have future design ideas on how to spruce it up.

2018-11-13 Patch Notes

New Hero

Rejecting the dark power her father had begun to consort with, Orphea tried to run away from the Raven Lord's influence. But after witnessing King's Crest fall to his machinations, she was convinced she needed to stand and fight. She now vows to protect the innocent – as a Hero of the Nexus.

Trait

  • Overflowing Chaos (Trait)
    • Hitting an enemy Hero with a Basic Ability grants 1 Chaos. Chaos can stack up to 3 times.
    • While Orphea has Chaos, her Basic Attacks against Heroes consumes all Chaos, dealing 50% increased damage per stack, and healing for 100% of the damage dealt.

Basic Abilities

  • Shadow Waltz (Q)
    • After 0.5 seconds, deal 150 damage to enemies in a line.
    • Hitting a Hero with Shadow Waltz sets its cooldown to 2 seconds and causes Orphea to dash a short distance upon moving.
  • Chomp (W)
    • After 0.6 seconds, deal 285 damage to nearby enemies in front of Orphea.
  • Dread (E)
    • Release a wave of dread that deals 85 damage to enemies hit.
    • Dread erupts 0.75 seconds after reaching the end of its path, dealing 175 damage and Slowing enemies in the area by 25% for 2 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

  • Eternal Feast (R)
    • After 1.5 seconds, deal 210 damage in an area.
    • Eternal Feast repeats every 1 second as long as it hits an enemy Hero.
  • Crushing Jaws (R)
    • After 1.25 seconds, pulls enemies in an area towards the center, dealing 275 damage and Stunning them for 0.75 seconds.

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Maximum Base Health reduced from 1750 to 1662
  • Health Regen reduced from 4.09 to 3.46

Abilities

  • Shadow Waltz (Q)
    • Base cooldown increased from 5 to 6 seconds
    • Mana cost increased from 25 to 40
    • Mana refund on hit increased from 25 to 40

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Ravenous Hunger (W)
      • Damage per Minion kill reduced from 3 to 2
      • Damage per Hero kill reduced from 60 to 40
  • Level 20
    • Eldritch Conduit (Trait)
      • Spell Power per stack reduced from 5 to 3%
      • Spell power max stack bonus reduced from 50 to 30%