Sekhmet has close ties with the sun and the power
for destruction, healing her in the process. If she
it provides. In her case it isn’t the nurturing warmth
picks up her Solar Spear as she lands, she can use
that allows orchards to flourish, but the destructive
the remaining charge of the weapon to deal even
heat of the desert. She can call upon this searing
more grievous wounds to her targets, removing
energy with ‘Solar Spear’, her first active ability.
the need to kill her targets to drink their blood. In
Drawing upon her connection with the sun she
lane, when timed correctly, this can help her to stick
charges her spear until it’s nearly ethereal with raw
around longer, and force an advantage in longer
power before throwing it in a straight line in front of
engagements with minions and low health gods
her. The spear travels through targets, damaging
around. Combining ‘Feral Huntress’ with ‘Solar
them in the process, with each successive enemy hit
Spear’ makes it a lot easier to keep this sustain
dealing less damage. At the end of the trajectory the
up as the timing is less relevant due to no longer
spear bores itself into the ground, waiting to be picked
needing to kill the enemies that are hit for the heal
up. Picking the spear back up gives her a small
to work. This combination can also turn around
damage boost on her next auto attack. This ability is
ganks and fights quickly, as the heal can allow her
her main form of clearing minions, but the reduction
to tank up more damage and re-engage the enemy.
in damage with each successive hit prevents her
Sekhmet is the one that’s responsible for creating
from having too strong and too easy of a presence
the deserts of Egypt, as her breath scorched the
in lane. It can also be used to finish off a fleeing
life out of the once fertile lands and covered it with
enemy, or get to an enemy while team members
lifeless sands. In battle, she can recreate this feat
are body blocking attacks. The damage bonus after
on a smaller scale by using ‘Desert Breath’ and
picking up the spear can be just the difference
exhaling the destructive force of the desert winds.
between killing an opponent or barely missing that
In a vicious burst Sekhmet exhales, damaging and
final bit of damage before they leap or dash away.
slowing all enemies in a cone in front of her as
“
Sekhmet is the one that’s responsible for
creating the deserts of Egypt, as her breath
scorched the life out of the once fertile
lands and covered it with lifeless sands.
Lions are the greatest hunters in Egypt, and
”
the sand chafes and burns in the enemy’s armor.
as the most powerful warrior among the Egyptian
The damage is relatively small, but the slow is
gods Sekhmet has the powerful lower body of a
significant. This allows her to prevent enemies from
lioness. Her second ability, ‘Feral Huntress’, allows
escaping as the rest of the team comes in, or set
her to pounce on enemies and attack them with both
up a kill as she uses her auto attacks to burn them
her claws and her weapon, ravaging their bodies
down. It can also be used to save fleeing allies from
as she lands on them. Any enemy, minion or god
their pursuers, increasing the distance as they
that dies to this attack is left in a bloody mess, and
fall back due to the reduced movement speed.
Sekhmet eagerly drinks this blood to sate her lust
Sekhmet is feared mostly for her rampage
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