Li-Ming

Li-Ming
"This realm needs me."
Basic Info
Title	Rebellious Wizard
Role	Assassin
Franchise	Diablo
Price	625 / 7,000
Release Date	February 2, 2016
Base Stats
Attack Type	Ranged
Health	1232
Health Regen	2.57
Resource	500 Mana
Armor	0
Attack Speed	1.00
Attack Range	5.5
Attack Damage	63
Data Page

Li-Ming, the Rebellious Wizard, is a ranged assassin hero from the Diablo franchise.^[1] It’s a generally agreed upon fact of life among the denizens of Sanctuary that wizards and magical mayhem are never far apart. Although she understands people’s concerns, Li-Ming is entirely unapologetic for the destruction in her wake. She delights in unleashing devastating spells on her foes from afar, then teleporting away to frustrate her enemies’ attempts at striking back. Small minds may fear this kind of power, but Li-Ming wields the arcane forces of the universe with confidence and unmatched skill.^[2]

Li-Ming is a burst damage mage who can reset her abilities upon getting a takedown.

Background[edit | edit source]

This section concerns content exclusive to Diablo universe.

Li-Ming was born in Xiansai and brought to the Yshari Sanctum by the sorceress Isendra at the age of seven. Archmage Valthek decided to train her personally after he caught her studying forbidden spells. Li-Ming refused to ignore the needs of people around Caldeum, and saved the city of Lut Bahadur from drought by bringing water back. However, the attention of the Mage Clans was focused on Isendra.

Li-Ming discovered Isendra's mangled body shortly after the sorceress was assassinated in the eastern desert. She concluded that Isendra died unnaturally, and confronted Valthek. Even though he tried to stop Li-Ming, she left the Sanctum after besting him in combat. Li-Ming ventured to New Tristram, pursuing a sighting of a fallen star.

Gameplay[edit | edit source]

Li-Ming is a high burst damage Mage who can reset the cooldowns of her Abilities upon getting a takedown.

Strengths[edit | edit source]

Long-range burst and sustained damage
Strong sieging potential
Good escape
Exceptional poking

Weaknesses[edit | edit source]

Very fragile, especially to melee Assassins
Difficult to play due to all Abilities being skillshots
Very limited team fight utility beyond raw damage

Abilities[edit | edit source]

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

Critical Mass

Getting a Takedown will refresh the cooldown on all of your Abilities.

This includes all Basic, Heroic and Activatable Abilities, unless otherwise noted.

Q

Magic Missiles

20 Mana Cooldown: 3 seconds

Fire three missiles toward an area, each dealing 147 damage to the first enemy hit. These missiles do 50% damage to Structures.

Type:

Scaling

Affects

Targeting:

Clamped

Cast time:

Range

Initial Missile Spacing

W

Arcane Orb

40 Mana Cooldown: 8 seconds

Fire an orb that powers up as it travels, dealing 135 damage to the first enemy hit. The amount of damage dealt is increased the further it travels, up to 405 damage.

Type:

Scaling:

Affects

Targeting:

Clamped

Cast time:

Range

Initial Radius

Max Radius

Damage is calculated from the distance the orb has travelled

E

Teleport

30 Mana Cooldown: 5 seconds

Teleport a short distance instantly.

Type:

Affects

Targeting

Clamped

Cast time:

Range

Can go over terrain.

R

Disintegrate

80 Mana Cooldown: 30 seconds

Channel a powerful beam, dealing 440 (+5% per level) damage over 2.5 seconds to enemies while they are in it. The direction of the beam changes with your mouse cursor position.

Type:

Scaling:

Affects

Targeting:

Clamped

Cast time:

Range

Width:

Damage per tick

R

Wave of Force

80 Mana Cooldown: 20 seconds

Knock away all enemies from an area and deal 160 damage.

Type:

Scaling:

Affects

Targeting:

Clamped

Cast time:

Cast range

Radius:

Impact delay:

Knockback distance

Talents[edit | edit source]

1

Astral Presence

Li Ming's Mana regeneration is increased by 100% while below 25% Mana.

Power Hungry

Regeneration Globes restore 100% more Mana and grant 10% Spell Power for 20 seconds.

Type:

Affects

Subsequent Globes refresh the duration.

Force Armor

When Magic Missiles damages an enemy Hero, gain 50 Spell Armor against the next enemy Ability, reducing the damage taken by 50%. Can only gain 1 charge per cast, up to 4 charges maximum.

Type:

Affects

Aether Walker

If Li Ming hasn't taken damage in the last 4 seconds, Teleport costs no Mana and its cooldown is decreased by 2 seconds.

4

Charged Blast

Basic Attacking a target recently hit by a Magic Missile does an extra 87 damage.

Type:

Scaling:

Affects

Damage is dealt in a separate instance of Spell damage

Triumvirate

If Arcane Orb hits an enemy Hero after traveling at least 50% of its base range, the cooldown is reduced by 50%.

Dominance

Takedowns restore 30% of Li Ming's missing Health.

Type:

Scaling:

Affects

7

Seeker

If three Magic Missiles hit the same target, the third one deals an additional 125 damage.

Type:

Scaling:

Affects

Zei's Vengeance

Arcane Orb does up to 25% more damage to enemies based on distance. Additionally, it's cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.

Type:

Affects

Cooldown reduction is permanent.
Stacks multiplicatively with Spell Power and Arcane Orbit
Currently, only increases damage at max range by ~17% (Bug?)

Calamity

Teleport does 300 damage to enemy Heroes near your destination.

Type:

Scaling:

Affects

10

Disintegrate

Channel a powerful beam, dealing 440 damage over 2.5 seconds to enemies while they are in it. The direction of the beam changes with your mouse cursor position.

Wave Of Force

Knock away all enemies from an area and deal 160 damage.

13

Cannoneer

When you use an Ability, increase your next Basic Attack by 75% and cause it to deal Spell damage instead of Physical. Stacks up to 3 times.

Type:

Affects

Glass Cannon

Increases your Spell Power by 15%, but decreases your maximum Health by 15%.

Type:

Affects

Illusionist

If Li-Ming loses more than 20% of her (max) Health at once, its Cooldown is instantly refreshed.
This effect has 4 second cooldown.
Passive: Increases Teleport range by 50%.

Type:

Bonus range:

This cooldown is not reset by Critical Mass.

16

Fireflies

Drastically increases Magic Missiles speed. Its cooldown is reduced by 1 second and its Mana cost is reduced by 5.

Mirrorball

Magic Missiles fires an additional 2 missiles, but its Mana cost is increased by 5.

Type:

Scaling:

Affects

Arcane Orbit

Arcane Orb travels 25% farther, doing up to 25% more damage.

Type:

Affects

Stacks multiplicatevily with Spell Power and Zei's Vengeance

Diamond Skin

When you Teleport, gain 20% of your maximum Health as a Shield for 4 seconds.

Type:

Scaling:

Affects

20

Temporal Flux

Disintegrate gradually Slows enemies caught in its beam, to a maximum of 60%.

The Slow ends and resets immediately, if target is not getting hit by Disintegrate

Repulsion

Increases Wave of Force knockback distance by 150% and increases its cast range by 100%.

Bonus cast range:

Bonus knockback distance

Knockback duration stays the same.

Tal Rasha's Elements

Using abilities grants 5% Spell Power, up to a maximum of 20%. This bonus is reset when the same ability is used within a chain.

Type:

Affects

Using any Ability twice within a 4 Ability chain resets the bonus.
Upon reaching 20% bonus, the next Ability used resets the bonus.
Spell Power is applied after the Ability has been cast and only the next Ability.
Stacks additively with other sources of Spell Power.

Archon: Pure Power

Cooldown: 10 / 1.0 seconds

Active: Activate to enter Archon form, allowing you to repeatedly use Disintegrate, but be unable to cast other Abilities.

Type:

Affects

Transformation time:

Disintegrate toggle cooldown:

Archon form lasts indefinitely once cast and can be disabled by reactivating the Ability. Cooldown starts upon leaving Archon form.
Entering Archon form replaces Wave of Force and Disintegrate with Archon's Disintegrate, which has no Mana cost and can be freely toggled on and off.
Archon's Disintegrate has separate cooldown from normal Disintegrate and can be used, even if latter is on cooldown.
Li-Ming is unable to mount while in Archon form.

Skins[edit | edit source]

Li-Ming Skins
Li-Ming
Backstory: The derogatory moniker "wizard" is often given to mages with rebellious attitudes or an obsession with power. Li-Ming displays a little of both and she's hardly ashamed of it. After all, who are they to judge a wielder of limitless arcane magic?
625 / 7,000 Rebellious Wizard	Free Crimson	Free Veradani	100 Indigo
Archon
Backstory: Once, only wizards who had spent countless hours braving the inferno were able to attain the fabled archon armor. Those who adorned it were both respected and feared. Then came transmog...
100	100 Lovely	100 Shadow	100 Infernal
Star Princess
Backstory: For eons, Earth has been protected by the magical Star Princesses. Together, they stand against the evil Eternal Empire and its Space Lords in the name of love and friendship.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Superheroes vs. Eternal Empire skins.
400	400 Thunder	400 Magical	400 Dark
Star Queen
Backstory: All seemed lost as the star princesses fell one after the other. But Li-Ming's refusal to give up hope awakened a new power inside her, transforming her into the legendary Star Queen.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Superheroes vs. Eternal Empire skins.
400	400 Neo	400 Eternal
Striker
Backstory: Li-Ming is an avid student of magic, but it was her skills on the court that scored her a scholarship at the Yshari Sanctum. As team captain, she intends to lead the Vizjerei Fireflies to victory.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of sports skins.
400	400 Scarlet	400 Canary	400 Sapphire
Tal Rasha
Backstory: Few sorcerers are as famed as Tal Rasha, who sacrificed himself to imprison Baal during the Sin War. Those wizards who don his armor do so with the intent to live up to his legend.
400	400 Crimson	400 Cobalt
Templar
Backstory: Li-Ming may be strong-willed, but the will of Templar Li-Ming is stronger.
Features: Themed abilities, altered voice-over.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into StarCraft skins.
1,600	1,600 First Ascendant	1,600 Dark	1,600 Onyx	1,600 Void
Nephalem
Backstory: With the Worldstone's destruction, a new generation of Nephalem arose. They were descended from both angels and demons, yet stronger than both. It was not long before the Nephalem's glory was fully realized.
100

Li-Ming Event Skins
Lunar
Backstory: To Li-Ming, the Lunar Festival of the Nexus was not so dissimilar from those of her homeland, Xiansai. Donning her favored finery, she joined in celebration with a nostalgic joy.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of holiday skins.
400	400 Jade	400 Amber	600 Imperial	600 Heavenly
600 Blossom

Portraits[edit | edit source]

Li-Ming Portraits
Carbot Li-Ming 100	Diablo III Li-Ming 40	Li-Ming Hero	Li-Ming Mastery	Lil' Lunar Li-Ming 60	Rockstar Li-Ming 40	Star Princess Li-Ming 40

Stylized Tal Rasha Li-Ming 40	Tal Rasha Li-Ming 40	Templar Li-Ming 40	Toon Lunar Li-Ming 60

Sprays[edit | edit source]

Li-Ming Sprays
Carbot Li-Ming 100	Cartoon Li-Ming 40	Feast-ival Li-Ming 150	Lunar Li-Ming Lantern 150	Paper Li-Ming 40	Psionic Prodigy 40	Star Princess Li-Ming 40

Emojis[edit | edit source]

Li-Ming Pack 1			Li-Ming Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Li-Ming Happy	:liminghappy: :limhappy:		Li-Ming Angry	:limingangry: :limangry:
	Li-Ming ROFL	:liminglol: :limingrofl: :limlol: :limrofl:		Li-Ming Cool	:limingcool: :limcool:
	Li-Ming Sad	:limingsad: :limsad:		Li-Ming Embarrassed	:limingoops: :limingembarrassed: :limoops: :limembarrassed:
	Li-Ming Silly	:limingsilly: :limsilly:		Li-Ming in Love	:liminglove: :liminginlove: :limlove: :liminlove:
	Li-Ming Speechless	:limingmeh: :limingspeechless: :limmeh: :limspeechless:		Li-Ming Surprised	:limingwow: :limingsurprised: :limwow: :limsurprised:

Quotes[edit | edit source]

Main article: Li-Ming/Quotes

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Li-Ming represents the wizard class from Diablo III (May 2012).
Li-Ming is the protagonist of the short story "Firefly".^[3]
Li-Ming is voiced by Grey DeLisle.
Li-Ming is the fourth spellcaster hero in the game.
- She is also the third Diablo Assassin hero in the game.
Li-Ming is the second Diablo spellcaster in the game.
Li-Ming has a habit of poking fun of fellow mages.
One of Li-Ming's quotes references the running joke about Darkness.
Li-Ming is 19 years old.
- This makes her the youngest assassin hero in the game.