Not just because Havi is Farideh's twin sister, but because Farideh's damage relies heavily on having additional Tieflings in the formation, and we haven't added another one to the game since.
...until now. It's time for the Havilar Champion Spotlight!
I. Twin Tiefling Sisters
- Havilar's twin sister Farideh has always been 'the smart one' and 'the responsible one'—but that's all right, Havilar is definitely 'the tough one,' 'the funny one' and the 'pretty one' (despite being identical twins). Plus, Havilar has a hellhound! Even if it means she's a sort-of-but-not-quite Chosen of Asmodeus, too, not that anyone asked Havi about that. But he should know her glaive is as good as her right hand, and she can slice a devil just as well as an orc, a zombie, or any other villain!
Havilar is a Tank and Support Champion. She summons four different Imps to buff Champions in different ways. When battling fiends, she gets slower but her buffs grow stronger. When you want to add Havilar to your formation, you can swap her with Tyril (Slot 10).
II. Havilar's Stats
| Race: Tiefling | Alignment: Chaotic Good |
| Class: Fighter (Battlemaster) | Gender: Female |
| Age: 19 | Affiliation: none |
| STR: 18 | DEX: 15 | CON: 13 |
| INT: 9 | WIS: 12 | CHA: 12 |
Eligible for Patrons: Mirt
III. Havilar's Design
The design of Havilar was a fun conversation with Erin M Evans, who gave us a few criteria to describe Havi in a nutshell:- Farideh's sister.
- More athletic and funny than Farideh.
- 'The Pretty One'
- Confident in her physical abilities.
- Not the highest INT score.
- Havi gains a pair of imps that she can summon (Mot, Dembo, Olla, and Bosh).
- She has a Hellhound that she rides.
- She is athletic and acrobatic.
- Her glaive is part of her identity.
Havi's intro starts at 4:03!
We opted for a design around Havi's Imps, Mot, Dembo, Olla, and Bosh, who are summoned using her ultimate, Summon Imps/Heroic Sacrifice, as well as her savant-like skill as a Battlemaster Fighter. Depending on which of these Imps are present, Havi's skills are augmented. She has some similarities with Spurt in this respect, because her effectiveness is changed depending on her ultimate usage.
First, while Havi tanks at the front of a formation, she will buff the two rows behind her with Leadership Summit, with the effect of the buff augmented by which Imps are present.
Mot is always summoned when Havilar casts her ultimate, but the second Imp cycles through a preset list in order: Dembo, then Olla, then Bosh; rinse and repeat. These imps have abilities that make sense to be activated in a specific order: clearing trash/farming, fighting at your wall or fighting boss mobs, and then fighting against a boss itself.
IV. Havilar's Abilities
Base Attacks
Havilar has her base attack, and her summoned Imps also have their own base attack!- Glaive Thrust — Havilar attacks with her glaive, hitting all enemies in a small radius.
- Fire of Asmodeus — Each summoned Imp attacks a random enemy with a fireball, dealing a large amount of AOE damage.
Ultimate Ability
Havilar's ultimate attack changes depending on whether or not her Imps are summoned.- Summon Imps — Mot and another imp (Dembo, Olla, or Bosh, in that order) are summoned. The Imps attack with Fire of Asmodeus. As soon as the Imps appear, Havilar's ultimate attack is replaced with Heroic Sacrifice (with a 10 second cooldown before it can be used). The Imps stay active until Heroic Sacrifice is used.
- Heroic Sacrifice — The Summoned Imp that isn't Mot flings itself at the nearest enemy and explodes, dealing massive damage in a large area and slowing all affected enemies. As soon as not-Mot sacrifices itself, Havilar's ultimate attack reverts to Summon Imps with a 20 second cooldown before it can be used, and halfway through that cooldown Mot despawns.
Formation Abilities
- Leadership Summit — Havilar increases the damage of all Champions in the two columns behind her by 100%. This ability is augmented by which imps are currently assisting her.
- Mot: Increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 400% on Tiefling Champions.
- Dembo: Increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 200%.
- Olla: Increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 50% for each enemy Havilar is tanking.
- Bosh: Increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 400% if there are enemy or boss enrage stacks active.
- Fiendish Resolve — When any Fiend enemies are on-screen, Havilar focuses less on her own attacks and more on buffing the party. Her base attack cooldown is doubled, but the effect of Leadership Summit is increased by 100%. The base attack cooldown increase does not affect her imps if they are summoned. This ability is augmented by which imps are currently assisting her.
- Mot: Increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 25% per Fiend enemy on-screen (stacking additively and then applying multiplicatively).
- Dembo: Fiends have a 50% chance of dropping two quest items or counting for two kills when killed.
- Olla: Fiends take 100% additional damage from ultimate attacks.
- Bosh: Halve the damage Havilar takes from all attacks and triples the damage of Heroic Sacrifice.
- Infernal Fortitude — Increase the max health of other Champions in the formation by 25% of her own.
- Battlemaster — Each time Havilar attacks she increases the damage of all Champions by 10% for each enemy she hit with her attack (stacking additively), up to a max of 20 stacks. This effect lasts for half of Havilar's base attack cooldown, NOT counting the increase from Fiendish Resolve.
Specializations
- Speedy Sacrifice — Decrease the amount of time after you sacrifice a summoned imp until you can summon them again.
- Mastery of Battle — Increase the duration of Battlemaster's effect by 100%.
Champion Rebalance
Havilar received the following changes as part of an update on October 8th 2021:- We've added a new ability - Sister Sister (Havilar)
- Increase the effect of Leadership Summit by 200% when Farideh is in the formation.
V. Havilar's Equipment
| Slot 1: Global DPS |
Slot 2: Global DPS |
Slot 3: Increases Max Health |
| Slot 4: Leadership Summit |
Slot 5: Battlemaster |
Slot 6: Ultimate Damage |