Dani Moonstar

Dani Moonstar is a Mutant Champion. Being a Mutant Champion, she has a Class Bonus against Skill Champions, but is weak to Tech Champions.

Bio[]

Dani is a prominent member and occasional leader of the New Mutants. She’s a proud member of the Cheyenne people and a Mutant who manifested powers of illusions as a teenager. Originally she struggled with her illusion-based powers because they would only manifest as other people’s greatest fears. Now she has mastered her abilities by channeling them into powerful Neural Arrows as she fights for Mutantkind with the X-Men.

Mechanics[]

Dani Moonstar is a slippery, yet heavy hitting, Mutant attacker who wants to Falter her Opponent, build up her Prowess, and unleash powerful Special Attacks. These Special Attacks come with potent Energy Damage opportunities thanks to Energy Vulnerability, Neuroshock, and Overload giving plenty of damage potential outside of her Specials as well. Her Special 3 also allows her to further raise her damage potential by increasing her Prowess effect cap until she throws her next Special Attack.

Stats[]

Max Rating	Max Health	Max Attack
600	2624	190
-	-	-
1589	6972	503
-	-	-
3995	17484	1261
-	-	-
8057	35056	2527
-	-	-
13740	59817	4311
-	-	-
34900	151936	10950
-	-	-

Abilities[]

Illusion

When either Champion’s Combo Meter passes a multiple of 10, gain a non-stacking indefinite Illusion. The Illusion is lost when Knocked Down.
Gain an Illusion when inflicted with Disorient, Fragility, or Intimidate. Dani will attempt to regain illusion every 10 seconds if illusion is consumed while suffering from these effects.
Blocking a Basic Attack consumes an Illusion to inflict a 150% Falter Passive. This Falter lasts 2.5 seconds, is not affected by Ability Accuracy Reduction, and is paused during Dani’s Special Attacks.

Dev Notes: Dani’s powers of Illusion do more than allow her to avoid damage, she builds one of two resources each time she or the Opponent attacks while the Falter is up.

Neural Arrows - Max Stacks: 5

When the Opponent Misses, gain an indefinite Neural Arrow. As a Defender, hitting the Opponent’s Block while Dani has an Illusion also grants a Neural Arrow.
For each Neural Arrow, the final hit of Dani’s Special Attacks inflicts a Neuroshock Debuff dealing X Energy Damage over 8 seconds. All Neural Arrows are removed at the end of Dani’s Special Attacks.

Tier	Neuroshock Damage
	152
	402.4
	1008.8
	2021.6
	3448.8
	8760

While Neuroshock is active, Skill Champions cannot Heal.

Dev Notes: Each Neural Arrow allows Dani to increase her damage potential throughout the rest of her kit. Additionally, on top of the Energy Damage, her Neuroshock Debuffs prevent Dani from Missing.

Prowess Effects – Max Stacks: 5

Unless otherwise stated, Dani’s Prowess effects are indefinite and have 15% potency. If her Prowess effects fail to trigger or are removed by the Opponent, gain a Neural Arrow.
Gain a Prowess Buff when Faltering the Opponent, and one more each time Dani strikes a Faltered Opponent. As a Defender, striking the Opponent while Dani has an Illusion also grants a Prowess Buff.
Activating a Special Attack with Neural Arrows removes all personal Prowess Buffs and replaces them with Prowess Passives. All personal Prowess effects are removed at the end of the Special Attack.
All personal Prowess Passives gained during Special Attacks gain 80% potency for each Neural Arrow.

Dev Notes: Each Neural Arrow Dani has allows her to increase the potency of her Prowess effects dramatically when they are converted into Passives. Try throwing a Special while the Opponent is Faltered to build extra Prowess Buffs on each hit of the attack.

Signature Ability[]

Barbed Arrows - Passive

If a Neuroshock or Stun Debuff is removed for any reason other than expiry, X% chance to inflict a Neuroshock Passive dealing X Energy Damage over 8 seconds. This is not affected by Ability Accuracy Reduction.

Tier	Neuroshock Chance %	Neuroshock Damage
	20 - 100%	152
	20 - 100%	402.4
	20 - 100%	1008.8
	23.33 - 100%	2021.6
	23.33 - 100%	3448.8
	23.33 - 100%	8760

When the Opponent’s Health is at or below 10%, inflict an indefinite Marked Passive.

Dev Notes: Dani’s Signature Ability was largely designed around the idea of negating Cheat Death Mechanics like Nick Fury’s L.M.D. ability. Her Marked Passive reduces the Ability Accuracy of Immortality, Indestructible, and Regeneration effects by 100% allowing her to negate the Cheat Death Mechanics of Champions like Hercules, Immortal Hulk, and Black Widow (Claire Voyant).

Special Attacks[]

Special 1 – Psyche
Dani beats down her Opponent and follows up with a blast of Neural Arrows.

On the first hit, inflict a Slow Passive for 20 seconds.
Just before the final hit, gain an Unblockable Passive lasting 1 second for each Neural Arrow.
The final hit inflicts a non-stacking X Energy Vulnerability Passive for 30 seconds.

Tier	Energy Vulnerability
	1700
	1850
	2000
	2100
	2250
	2750

Dev Notes: This Slow Passive is great for dealing with slippery Skill Opponents who would normally be Purifying the effect if it were a Debuff. Watch out for that Unblockable on the last hit, it can be tricky to avoid if you’re not ready for it. The Energy Vulnerability inflicted on the final hit is key to getting the most damage out of Dani’s loop by throwing her Special 2 while it is still active.

Special 2 - Mirage
After a vicious shoulder charge, a barrage of bullets locks Dani's foe in place as Neural Arrows fall from the sky.

Each hit grants a 10% Impact Passive for 5 seconds. This can trigger through Block.
Activating this Special Attack with 5 or more Neural Arrows inflicts a 70% Overload Passive for 25 seconds.

Dev Notes: Each Impact Passive increases Dani’s Block Penetration so be careful blocking this attack when fighting Dani on Defense. Her Overload Passive allows you to deal 70% of recent damage dealt as bursts of Energy Damage and really lay into your Opponent.

Special 3 - Dark Angel
Dani casts a powerful illusion and hunts her prey from the shadows.

This Special Attack costs 6% less power, and costs an additional 6% less for each Neural Arrow.
After this attack, gain 6 Prowess Buffs. The limit for personal Prowess Buffs is increased to 10 until the end of the next Special Attack.

Dev Notes: This Special Attack is great for accelerating Dani’s attack loop and increasing her damage potential significantly at the same time.

Synergy Bonuses[]

Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
The Flight Of The Valkyries		Synergy Champions: Gain an indefinite 50% Pierce Buff while the Opponent is at or below 20% Health. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Arch-Rivals		Synergy Champions: Projectile hits gain 25% Critical Damage Rating. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
The Illusionists		Synergy Champions: Dodging an attack with the Dexterity Mastery grants a non-stacking 20% Physical Resistance Passive for 10 seconds. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Like A Book		Synergy Champions: Well-Timed Blocks grant a non-stacking 20% Energy Resistance Passive for 10 seconds. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Teammates - Level 3		All Champions: +5% Perfect Block Chance.
Incoming Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
In The Name Of The Moon		Moondragon: When Psionic Transcendence ends, gain 5 Psionic Charges. Dani Moonstar: Deal 20% of Base Attack as a burst of Energy Damage each time the Opponent Misses. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

Big Juicy Specials
- The combination of Prowess and Neural Arrows allows Dani to build up some really impactful Specials, and the Energy Damage that follows from Neuroshock, Energy Vulnerability, and Overload is just the icing on the cake.
Block Proficiency Debuff Counter
- While suffering from Disorient, Fragility, or Intimidate Dani starts to regularly gain Illusion charges allowing her to circumvent these effects by just Faltering the Opponent.
Dead Means Dead
- Her Signature Ability allows her to negate death cheating effects, such as Nick Fury’s L.M.D., and her Marked Passive counters the Immortality, Indestructible, and Regeneration effects on Champions like Hercules or Immortal Hulk.

Weaknesses[]

Power Control
- To get the most out of Dani you need to be throwing her Special Attacks, which she can’t do if she is being Power controlled or Special Locked. Block off this avenue of damage and she can’t capitalize on her Prowess or Energy Damage effects at all.
Prowess Removal
- The removal of Dani’s Prowess effects causes her to struggle to get her damage. But watch out, removing her Prowess grants her a Neural Arrow instead, allowing her to deal big Energy Damage after her Special Attacks.
Miss Counters
- Almost all of Dani’s kit relies on getting her Falter on the Opponent and having them trigger Miss, if this is negated she really struggles to get her resources and therefore her damage.

Recommended Masteries[]

Assassin
- With this Mastery, the Pierce Buff Dani can get from her Flight of the Valkyries Synergy, and the Marked Passive from her Signature Ability, Dani will be poised to finish fights quickly.
Recoil
- The extra Attack Rating gained from this Mastery will better allow Dani to finish off her Opponents in one or two Special Attacks, but watch out for the Recoil Damage.

References[]

↑ CHAMPION SPOTLIGHT – DANI MOONSTAR

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