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
Armor	0
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

Avoidance (Trait)

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

Q

Lightning Fury

30 Mana Cooldown: 4 seconds

Hurl a lightning javelin that deals 175 (+4% per level) damage to the first enemy hit and splits into two lightning bolts that deal 175 (+4.5% per level) damage to enemies in their path.

• These two bolts do not hit the enemy hit by the javelin.

W

Blinding Light

70 Mana Cooldown: 15 seconds

After 0.5 seconds, Deal 50 (+4% per level) damage and Blind enemies in the target area for 2 seconds.
Passive: Cassia deals 20% increased damage to Blinded targets.

E

Fend

40 Mana Cooldown: 8 seconds

Charge at an enemy, and upon arriving channel for 1.5 seconds, dealing 78 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in front of Cassia every 0.25 seconds.
Deals 50% reduced damage to non-Heroes

• Actually deals ticks of 39 damage every 0.125 seconds to a total of 12 ticks over it's duration
• Maximum damage with untalented Fend is 468 (+4% per level).
• Cannot charge at Structures, though the area damage applies to them.

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 (+4% per level) damage to enemies hit.

• Prioritises enemy heroes 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.

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 (+4% per level) 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.

Talents

1

Thunderstroke

❢ Quest: Hit Heroes with Lightning Fury.
❢ Reward: After hitting 20 Heroes, increase Lightning Fury's damage by 100 (+4% per level).
❢ Reward: After hitting 40 Heroes, Lightning Fury gains a second charge and its Mana cost is reduced from 30 to 15.

• Bonus damage from Thunderstroke is not affected by Scaling.

Seraph's Hymn

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

• This bonus damage stacks additively with Cassia's basic 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.

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%.

• Inner Light casts Blinding Light instantly with no delay.
• Inner Light's cooldown is separate from Blinding Light's.

Ring of the Leech

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

Plate of the Whale

Regenerate 5 Health per second while Avoidance is active.
❢ Quest: For every 8 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%.

• This talent applies healing instead of regeneration and ticks 1 per second.
• This healing is affected by Spell Power but not by Scaling.

7

Impale

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

War Traveler

Cassia gains 4% Movement Speed every 0.5 seconds while Avoidance is active, up to 15%. This bonus is reset when Cassia stops moving or uses an Ability.

Surge of Light

Cooldown: 0.25 seconds
Active: After taking 500 (+4% per level) damage with Avoidance active, Cassia can activate Avoidance to deal 210 (+4% per level) damage to enemies around her.

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 (+4% per level) 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 (+4% per level) 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.

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.

• Increases total damage of Fend to 624 (+4% per level).

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

• Maximum damage increase to an untalented Fend is ~120%.

Martial Law

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

• Martial Law's damage is dealt in Ability Damage, but it is flagged to ignore any type of Armor.

20

Infinite Lightning

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

• It is possible to have multiple Ball Lightings up simultaneously

Imprisoning Light

Upon impaling a Hero, Cassia's Valkyrie creates a wave of light that deals 200 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies and Roots them for 3 seconds.

• The root area is slightly bigger than that of Blinding Light's with the Inner Light Talent.

Titan's Revenge

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

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

Quotes

Main article: Cassia/Quotes

Skins

Cassia Skins
Amazon Warmatron
Backstory: Cpl. Miles "Blaze" Lewis has always been drawn to the flame, but it wasn't until he joined up with Raynor's Raiders that he put his pyromania to good use. He's seen his fair share of battles since then, and has never failed to bring the heat.
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 Cassia 120 / 75	Cassia Emblem 75 / 40	Cassia Hero	Cassia Mastery	Lil' Lunar Cassia 75 / 40	Toon Lunar Cassia 75 / 40	Wondrous Cassia 75 / 40

Sprays

Cassia Sprays
Carbot Cassia 120 / 75	Feast-ival Cassia 120 / 75	Pirate Queen Cassia 75 / 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