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MAELLE, THE PAINTRESS

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agility Hero

by Limitless Libido Dec 24, 2025

MAELLE, THE PAINTRESS

Just finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and I have to say, it's probably my favorite game of all time I also thought that Maelle's change stance, and stance-specific additional effects mechanic would work in Dota's complex gameplay, so I tried to make her character here and tried to balance her damage output. Comments are welcome!
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agility Attribute
melee Attack
Complexity

High skill ceiling

All Preferred Positions

Flexible - can play any position

Abilities

Active and passive powers

PERCÉE
PERCÉE

PERCÉE

active Ability

Maelle rushes to an enemy unit and performs an elegant strike that dispels and damages it. Damage is increased based on how many buffs were dispelled. This ability is affected by attack modifiers e...

mana 100/105/110/115
cooldown 15
RAIN OF FIRE
RAIN OF FIRE

RAIN OF FIRE

active Ability

Maelle summons fiery chromatic daggers that rain upon an area, dealing initial impact damage and as well as burn damage to enemies. If Rain of Fire is cast in Offensive Stance, it additionally bur...

mana 120/130/140/150
cooldown 14/13/12/11
GUARD UP
GUARD UP

GUARD UP

active Ability

Maelle strikes an enemy unit, forcefully knocking them back, dealing damage, and slowing them for a brief duration. Maelle also leaps back a short distance. This ability is affected by attack modif...

mana 80/85/90/95
cooldown 18/16/14/12
PHANTOM STRIKE
PHANTOM STRIKE

PHANTOM STRIKE

ULTIMATE
active Ability

Maelle awakens her Paintress powers, enveloping her rapier with Chroma, and slashes an area multiple times. All enemies are dealt damage equal to 100% of her attack damage per strike and is affecte...

mana 125/145/165
cooldown 60/55/50
SWORD BALLET
SWORD BALLET

SWORD BALLET

passive Ability

Maelle's Innate Ability; gains first level and scales with Phantom Strike: Maelle can enter different stances after casting her abilities. Each stance gives her different bonus effects and last a ...

FACETS
FACETS

FACETS

passive Ability

FLEURET - Guard up can be ground targeted, allowing Maelle to perform only the leap back. PAYBACK - Offensive Stance grants Maelle 12% lifesteal for her attacks and abilities. BREAKING RULES - Pe...

HP

MP

LEVEL

1
6
12
18
25
30

BONUS STATS

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

STRENGTH

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

AGILITY

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

INTELLIGENCE

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

DPS

+

DAMAGE

SPEED

RANGE

ARMOR

MAGIC RES.

SPEED

TURN RATE

VISION

ABILITIES

THIS IDEA CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 6 ABILITIES

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PERCÉE

PERCÉE

Type active Damage physical Target unit
Available at level 1 | Has 4 levels
Maelle rushes to an enemy unit and performs an elegant strike that dispels and damages it. Damage is increased based on how many buffs were dispelled. This ability is affected by attack modifiers except for critical hits. Switches to Offensive Stance. If cast from Virtuose Stance, additionally applies a stun. Damage pierces debuff-immunity, but dispel does not.
CAST RANGE 700/750/800/850
BASE DAMAGE 125/200/275/300
BONUS DMG% PER BUFF 10%
VIRTUOSE STUN 1.0/1.5/2.0
mana 100/105/110/115
cooldown 15
Upgrades with Aghanim's Shard
Casting
Leash/Root Can be casted when the caster is leashed or rooted -
Interruption Goes on cooldown even if cast was interrupted Yes
Blocking
Linken's Sphere Is blocked by Linken's Sphere Yes
Pierces Spell Immunity Pierces spell immunity -
Targeting
Disjoint Can be disjointed, causing it to miss its target -
Illusions Illusion units can be targeted -
Dispel
Dispellable Can be dispelled -
Applies Dispel Applies dispel to the target -
Effects
Break The ability is breakable -
Barrier Applies protective barrier to the target/s -
Debuff Immunity Grants debuff immunity to target/s -

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Stances no longer have durations, and gains a sub-ability to manually revert to Stanceless. Virtuose Stance damage instance is increased by 2.
Upgrades Sword Ballet

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Virtuose Stun pierces debuff immunity.
Upgrades Percée
Upgrades Guard Up
Upgrades Sword Ballet

Talent Tree

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25

+1 Phantom Strike Attack Count

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+1.5s Chroma Linger Duration

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20

+20% Offensive Stance Damage Output/Received

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+10% Defensive Stance Damage Reduc; no longer slows Maelle

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15

+10% Percee damage per buff dispelled

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Guard Up affects enemies in a 350 AoE (Knocks all affected back)

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10

Rain of Fire +2 Burn Duration

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Rain of Fire +2 Effect Duration

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Just finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and I have to say, it's probably my favorite game of all time I also thought that Maelle's change stance, and stance-specific additional effects mechanic would work in Dota's complex gameplay, so I tried to make her character here and tried to balance her damage output. Comments are welcome!

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frenky
frenky commented 4 months ago
Very clever concept. I like how it synergizes with itself as a whole and her stances also have drawbacks for being as powerful as they are. Only thing I would point out is more information like Q rush speed, R stun duration, etc.
Limitless Libido
Limitless Libido Author replied 4 months ago
Thanks! Q is basically just Riki blink, while the first slash of R creates something like Chronosphere, and lasts 0.5s until the last slash