Cassia

Cassia
"The wait is over."
Basic Info
Title	Amazon Warmatron
Role	Ranged Assassin
Difficulty	Medium
Franchise	Diablo
Price	750 / 10,000
Release Date	April 4, 2017
Base Stats
Attack Type	Ranged
Health	1840
Health Regen	3.8281
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	0.6875
Attack Speed	1.33
Attack Range	4.0
Attack Damage	130
Data Page

Cassia, the Amazon Warmatron, is a Ranged Assassin hero hero from the Diablo universe. After shattering the Worldstone, the young Amazon Cassia had changed. She had seen hatred, terror, and destruction firsthand. If the Askari were to survive the coming darkness, they needed an army. She would begin their training immediately.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to Diablo universe.

Cassia is one of the amazons of the Askarri tribe at Skovos Isles. Following a prophecy from its oracles about the rise of the Prime Evils, Cassia departed from the isles and joined with several warriors (including Xul) to pursue the Dark Wanderer. Eventually they ended up killing all three of the Prime Evils but had to witness the destruction of the Worldstone by Tyrael to prevent the essence of Baal corrupting it and also the world itself. With her mission done, Cassia returned to the Skovos Isles, changed but still normal, training future amazons to fight against oncoming darkness.

Gameplay

Cassia is a Ranged Assassin who specializes against Physical Attackers and deals increased damage to Blinded enemies.

Strength

• Durable against Basic Attacks any time she is moving, and while stutter stepping.
• Can poke from long range with Lightning Fury
• Good waveclear with Fend if Minions are Blind

Weaknesses

• Has lower Basic Attack range compared to other ranged Heroes
• No escapes
• Fragile against Ability Damage and non-Heroic damage.
• Vulnerable during Stuns and Roots

Abilities

See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.

Avoidance (Trait)

While moving unmounted, Cassia gains 40 Physical Armor against Heroic Basic Attacks, reducing the damage taken by 40%.

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Type: Damage modifier: Physical Armor

Affects: Self

Tickrate: 2.0 per second

Duration: 0.5625 seconds

Q

Lightning Fury

30 Mana Cooldown: 4 / 1.0 seconds

Hurl a lightning javelin that deals 175 damage to the first enemy hit and splits into two lightning bolts that deal 175 damage to enemies in their path.

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Type: Spell damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Bounce, Skillshot

Cast time: 0.125+0 seconds

Range:
- Primary: 11.1
- Secondary: 8.95

Hitbox:
- Primary: 0.6x1.25
- Secondary: 0.6x1.0

Missile speed: 16

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• Primary target cannot be hit by the splitting secondary bolts.

W

Blinding Light

70 Mana Cooldown: 15 seconds

After 0.5 seconds, Deal 50 damage and Blind enemies in the target area for 2 seconds.
Passive: Cassia deals 20% increased damage to Blinded targets.

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Type: Spell damage, Status effect / Damage modifier

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Blind

Cast time: 0.125+0 seconds

Range: 8

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 3

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• Passive bonus stacks additively with other damage modifiers.

E

Fend

40 Mana Cooldown: 8 / 0.5 seconds

Charge at an enemy, and upon arriving channel for 1.5 seconds, dealing 78 damage to enemies in front of Cassia every 0.25 seconds.
Deals 50% reduced damage to non-Heroes.

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Type: Spell damage / Movement: Dash

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Area of Effect, Stationary channel

Cast time: Instant

Range: 5

Area of Effect: Sector

Radius: 6

Arc: 45 degrees

Missile speed: 7

Tickrate: 8.0 per second (x12)

Damage per tick: 39

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• Structures cannot be directly targeted, but can take area damage from Fend.
• Fend is interrupted, if the target moves farther than 12 range from Cassia.
• Fend's channel can be cancelled by reactivating the ability.

R

Ball Lightning

60 Mana Cooldown: 60 seconds

Throw a ball of lightning at an enemy Hero that bounces up to 6 times between nearby enemy Heroes and Cassia, dealing 180 damage to enemies hit.

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Type: Spell damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Bounce

Cast time: 0.125+0 seconds

Range: 5

Radius: 5.5 (bounce)

Tickrate: 2.0 per second (x7)

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• Initial cast is interrupted, if the target moves more than 3 units beyond its maximum range.
• Prioritises the closest enemy Hero and only bounces back to Cassia, if there are no enemy heroes in its bounce range.
• Ball Lightning going through Cassia counsumes a bounce normally.
• Cannot bounce to enemies out of vision.
• Ball Lightning grants vision in radius of 4 around the projectile.

R

Valkyrie

60 Mana Cooldown: 60 seconds

Summon a Valkyrie that rushes to Cassia after 0.75 seconds, pulling the first enemy Hero hit, dealing 225 damage and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds at the end of her path. The Valkyrie knocks back all other enemy Heroes in her way.

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Type: Spell damage, Crowd control

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Knockback, Skillshot, Stun

Cast time: 0.125+0.25 seconds

Range: 12

Hitbox: 3.0x0.75

Missile speed: 12

Knockback duration:
- Primary: 1.0 seconds (max)
- Secondary: 0.1875

Knockback speed:
- Primary: 12
- Secondary: 20

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• Damage is dealt upon impact, stun is applied when the impaled enemy Hero reaches the cast location.
• The impaled enemy is Unstoppable, while being pulled by Valkyrie.
• Secondary targets are knocked away perpendicular to Valkyrie's direction.

Talents

1

Thunderstroke

❢ Quest: Hit Heroes with Lightning Fury.
❢ Reward: After hitting 20 Heroes, increase Lightning Fury's damage by 100.
❢ Reward: After hitting 40 Heroes, Lightning Fury gains a second charge and its Mana cost is reduced from 30 to 15.

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Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Ability

Seraph's Hymn

Reduce Blinding Light’s cooldown and Mana cost by 33%. Basic Attacks against Blinded enemies deal 100% more damage.

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Type: Damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

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• Stacks additively with other damage modifiers affecting Cassia's Basic Attack damage output, including baseline bonus damage against Blinded targets.

Charged Strikes

Cooldown: 20 seconds
Active: Activate to increase Basic Attack damage by 20% for 8 seconds and cause Basic Attacks against non-Structures to bounce to nearby enemy Heroes for 8 seconds.

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Type: Physical damage / Damage modifier

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes / Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Attack Modifier (non-Structures), Bounce

Cast time: Instant

Radius: 3.5

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• Stacks additively with other damage modifiers affecting Cassia's Basic Attack damage output.

4

Inner Light

Whenever Cassia is Stunned or Rooted, Blinding Light is cast at her location.
This effect has a 6 second cooldown.
Passive: Blinding Light's radius is increased by 25%.

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Type: Spell damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Cast time: Instant

Bonus radius: 0.75

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• Inner Light is cast instantly with no delay and its cooldown is separate and unaffected by Seraph's Hymn's cooldown reduction.
• Inner Light has the same radius and properties upon impact as Blinding Light.

Ring of the Leech

Cassia heals for 25% of the damage she deals to Blinded enemies.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Lifesteal

Plate of the Whale

Regenerate 5 Health per second while Avoidance is active.
❢ Quest: For every 5 Basic Attacks absorbed with Avoidance, it regenerates an additional 1 Health per second.
❢ Reward: After absorbing 75 Basic Attacks, increase Cassia's maximum Health by 10%.

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Type: Healing, Bonus Health, Bonus Health Regeneration

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Tickrate: 1.0 per second

Maximum stacks: 15

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• Quest reward also grants a proportional amount of Health Regeneration.

7

Impale

Enemies below 60% Health take 50% increased damage from Fend.

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Type: Damage modifier

Affects: Ability

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• Stacks additively with other damage modifiers affecting Fend's damage output.

War Traveler

Cassia gains 8% Movement Speed every 1 second while Avoidance is active, up to 20%. This bonus is reset when Cassia stops moving or uses an Ability.

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Tickrate: 2.0 per second

Bonus speed per tick: 4%

Duration: 0.5625 seconds

Surge of Light

Cooldown: 0.25 seconds
Active: After taking 500 damage with Avoidance active, Cassia can activate Avoidance to deal 210 damage to enemies around her.

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Type: Spell damage

Scaling: 4.00% (damage & threshold)

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 5.5

10

Ball Lightning

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Throw a ball of lightning at an enemy Hero that bounces up to 6 times between nearby enemy Heroes and Cassia, dealing 180 damage to enemies hit.

Valkyrie

Cooldown: 90 seconds
Summon a Valkyrie that rushes to Cassia after 0.75 seconds, pulling the first enemy Hero hit, dealing 225 damage and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds at the end of her path. The Valkyrie knocks back all other enemy Heroes in her way.

13

Grounding Bolt

Lightning Fury Slows enemies hit by 20% for 1.5 seconds.

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Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Slow

Thundergod's Vigor

Enemy Heroes hit by the primary missile of Lightning Fury reduce its cooldown by 1 second.

Lunging Strike

Increases Fend's range and area by 20% and its duration by 0.5 seconds.

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Bonus range: 1.2

Bonus radius: 1.2

Additional ticks: 4

16

Pierce

The primary missile of Lightning Fury now pierces, but splits only when hitting Heroes.

Penetrate

Enemies take 3% increased damage from Fend each consecutive hit.

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Type: Damage modifier

Affects: Ability

Maximum stacks: 12

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• Each target has a separate stack counter that increases the damage of the ability.
• Bonus lasts for 0.1875 seconds, consecutive hits refreshing its duration. Missing a tick causes the stacks to fully reset.
• Stacks additively with itself and other damage modifiers affecting Fend's damage.

Martial Law

Basic attacks against Stunned, Rooted, or Slowed enemy Heroes deal bonus damage equal to 3% of the Hero's maximum Health.

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Type: Percent damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Attack Modifier

20

Infinite Lightning

Ball Lightning can now bounce indefinitely, and its cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds every time an enemy Hero is hit.

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• It is possible to have multiple Ball Lightings active simultaneously.

Imprisoning Light

Upon impaling a Hero, Cassia's Valkyrie creates a wave of light that deals 200 damage to nearby enemies and Roots them for 3 seconds.

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Type: Spell damage, Crowd control

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Area of Effect

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 4

Delay: 0.0625 seconds

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• Damage and Root affect the primary target as well. Root however is removed by the pull's Unstoppable status, unless very close to the end location.

Titan's Revenge

Cassia's Basic Attacks now ignore Armor, and her Basic Attack range is increased by 2.

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• Titan's Revenge ignores all Armor effects, including increased and reduced Armor.

Quotes

Main article: Cassia/Quotes

Skins

Cassia Skins
Amazon Warmatron
Backstory: After shattering the Worldstone, the young Amazon Cassia had changed. She had seen hatred, terror, and destruction firsthand. If the Askari were to survive the coming darkness, they needed an army. She would begin their training immediately.
750 / 10,000 Amazon Warmatron	Free Wondrous	Free Wild	120 / 75 Soaring
Pirate Queen
Backstory: From their secret hideout in Kraken's Cave, Cassia's fleet of ships unfurl their black sails on a mission to loot and plunder. Mistharbour will soon bow to a new pirate queen.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Mistharbour skins.
250 / 300	250 / 300 Seafury	250 / 300 Bloodsail	250 / 300 Whirlpool	250 / 300 Velvet
Warmatron
Backstory: After her victory against the Prime Evils, Cassia ascended through the ranks of the Askari to become their most legendary commander. The Warmatron's battle armor is a gift from Queen Xaera herself.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Deadwalker	120 / 75 Caldeum	120 / 75 Askari	120 / 75 Aranoch

Abathur Event Skins
Lunar
Backstory: Though Cassia was skeptical of the Nexus's Lunar Festival at first, the act of honoring ancient gods and elders rings true to her Askari roots. She now gladly takes part in the festivities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of holiday skins.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Azure	120 / 75 Jade	120 / 75 Midnight	120 / 75 Honored

Portraits

Cassia Portraits
Carbot Cassia120 / 75	Cassia Emblem75 / 40	Cassia Hero	Cassia Mastery	Lil' Lunar Cassia75 / 40	Toon Lunar Cassia75 / 40	Wondrous Cassia75 / 40

Sprays

Cassia Sprays
Carbot Cassia120 / 75	Feast-ival Cassia120 / 75	Pirate Queen Cassia75 / 40

Emojis

Cassia Pack 1			Cassia Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Cassia Happy	:cassiahappy: :casshappy:		Cassia Angry	:cassiaangry: :cassangry:
	Cassia ROFL	:cassialol: :cassiarofl: :casslol: :cassrofl:		Cassia Cool	:cassiacool: :casscool:
	Cassia Sad	:cassiasad: :casssad:		Cassia Embarrassed	:cassiaoops: :cassiaembarrassed: :cassoops: :cassembarrassed:
	Cassia Silly	:cassiasilly: :casssilly:		Cassia in Love	:cassialove: :cassiainlove: :casslove: :cassinlove:
	Cassia Speechless	:cassiameh: :cassiaspeechless: :cassmeh: :cassspeechless:		Cassia Surprised	:cassiawow: :cassiasurprised: :casswow: :casssurprised:

Trivia

• Cassia represents the Amazon class from Diablo II (June 2000).
• Cassia is a javelin-using Amazon, commonly referred to by Diablo players as a Javazon.
• Cassia is voiced by Jessica Straus.
• Wondrous Cassia is a reference to Wonder Woman.
• Bloodsail Pirate Queen Cassia is a reference to the Bloodsail Buccaneers from World of Warcraft (November 2004).
• A number of Cassia's talents reference items and skills from Diablo II:
  • Cassia's trait, Avoidance, is similar in name to Avoid and similar in function to Evade, both from the Passive and Magic Skills tree.
  • The talent Charged Strikes references Charged Strike from the Javelin Skills tree.
  • The talent Impale references Impale from the Spear Skills tree.
  • The talent Pierce references Pierce from the Passive and Magic Skills tree.
  • The talent Penetrate references Penetrate are a reference to the Skill from the Passive and Magic skills tree.
  • The talent Inner Light may be a variation on Inner Sight from the Passive and Magic Skills tree.
  • The talents Thunderstroke, Seraph's Hymn, War Traveler, Thundergod's Vigor, and Titan's Revenge are references to Unique items of the same names.
  • The talents Plate of the Whale and Ring of the Leech use Diablo II item suffixes. The Whale suffix gives the wearer a bonus to health; the Leech suffix grants lifesteal.

Gallery

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  Cassia's artwork

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  Cassia home screen

Abilities

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  Q: Lightning Fury

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  W: Blinding Light

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  E: Fend

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  R1: Ball Lightning

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  R2: Valkyrie

External links

• Cassia Hero Week
• Cassia - Heroes of the Storm
• Cassia - Diablo Wiki (Wikia)
• Cassia Build Guide on Icy Veins
• Cassia Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Cassia Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm