Ebony Maw

Ebony Maw is a Mystic Champion. Being a Mystic Champion, he has a Class Bonus against Cosmic Champions, but is weak to Science Champions.

Bio[]

A master of manipulation and overall evil genius, Ebony Maw is Thanos’s most trusted lieutenant, never failing him even once. Focusing on his strong telekinetic abilities rather than raw physical strength, Ebony Maw curves and bends the environment around him with ease. Additionally, his superhuman persuasive voice allows him to sway even the strongest minds.

Mechanics[]

Lacking raw physical strength, Ebony Maw uses his telekinetic abilities to strike his Opponent: this can make it quite challenging to parry him, since only his Light 1 makes contact. As well, if given the time to focus on his opponent, Ebony Maw will begin to persuade them, causing them to falter and miss attacks.

If Ebony Maw is able to fully persuade his opponent, he digs even deeper into their mind and begins deteriorating their mental state completely, making him a dangerous foe that can hurt you without a single touch.

Stats[]

Max Rating	Max Health	Max Attack
581	2168	178
-	-	-
1539	5760	472
-	-	-
3864	14444	1182
-	-	-
7775	28960	2369
-	-	-
13260	49414	4042
-	-	-

Abilities[]

Always Active

Ebony Maw's first Light Attack and Heavy Attack are the only Basic hits to make contact with the Opponent.
If the Opponent doesn't have Class Advantage, Ebony Maw causes all guaranteed Critical Hits to Miss.

Missions From Thanos

Ebony Maw has 3 missions to complete. Each mission can only be completed once per fight and when successfull will inflict a Passive Degeneration, dealing X Direct Damage over 4 seconds, this scales with Base Attack only.

Tier	Degeneration Damage
	569.6
	1510.4
	3782.4
	7580.8
	12934.4

Mission 1: Mastermind: Nullify a Buff from the Opponent.
Mission 2: Manipulator: Inflict a Power Steal effect.
Mission 3: Unwavering: Cause the Opponent to Miss.
Completing all 3 missions in a single fight grants 1 Persistent Charge, each increasing the duration of Degeneration effects by 10% and reducing the potency of the Opponent's Fury effects by 25% for the rest of the quest. Persistent Charges stack up to a max of 4.

Heavy Attacks

Landing a Heavy Attack steals all the Opponent's Power Gain Buffs and 10% of their current Power.

Persuasive Voice

Become Focused after 7 seconds, this time is doubled while suffering from a non-damaging Debuff. While Ebony Maw is Focusing, the Opponent's Ability Power Rate is reduced by 60%.
If knocked down by a Heavy Attack or Special Attack 3, Focus is broken and re-focusing begins after 1 second(s).
Once focused, the Opponent gains 1 Persuasion every 0.6 seconds.
Every 20th Persuasion the Opponent gains inflicts a Falter Debuff, giving them a 100% chance to Miss for 3 seconds. This duration is increased to 4 seconds against Cosmic Opponents.
At 100 Persuasion the Opponent is inflicted with Black Tongue for the rest of the fight, reducing their Power Gained from all sources by 40% and increasing Ebony Maw's Attack Rating by +X.

Tier	Attack Rating
	71.2
	188.8
	472.8
	947.6
	1616.8

When Black Tongue is active, inflict the above Falter every 15 seconds.

Signature Ability[]

Deteriorating Mind - Always Active

When the Opponent Misses an attack they are inflicted with a Degeneration Passive, dealing X damage over 1 seconds.

Tier	Degeneration Damage
	12.46 - 62.3
	33.04 - 165.2
	82.74 - 413.7
	397.23 - 947.61
	677.75 - 1616.82

While the Opponent is suffering from a Falter Debuff their Auto-Block Ability Accuracy is reduced by 100% and Ebony Maw gains X% Ability Power Rate.

Tier	Ability Power Rate %
	9 - 35%
	9 - 35%
	9 - 35%
	9.76 - 40%
	9.76 - 40%

Special Attacks[]

Special 1 - Unseen blades
Ebony Maw forms sharp blades from the objects in his vicinity, slashing the opponent with multiple strikes.

When activated and with each hit, Ebony Maw Nullifies 1 Fury, Cruelty, or Precision Buff from his Opponent. This explands to all Buffs if the Opponent is inflicted with Black Tongue.
If no Buffs were Nullified during this attack, the Opponent gains a Fury Buff increasing their Attack Rating by 0 for 10 seconds.

Special 2 - Environmental Manipulation
Ebony Maw manipulates the ground beneath his opponent, knocking them back and forming spikes from nearby debris to hurl at them.

Each hit inflicts a Passive Degeneration, dealing X Direct Damage over 4 seconds. If the Opponent is suffering from a Falter effect, each hit inflicts 2 additional Degenerations.

Tier	Degeneration Damage
	229.62
	608.88
	1524.78
	3056.01
	5214.18

The final hit refreshes any active Falter Debuffs.

Special 3 - Microsurgery Paralysis
Ebony Maw uses his telekinetic abilities to lift his opponent into the air drawing them closer before impaling them with microsurgery needles.

This attack grants no Power to the Opponent.
Steal 100% of the Opponent's Power and gain a Power Gain Buff, granting 40% of the Power stolen over 5 seconds.

Synergy Bonuses[]

Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Lieutenants of The Black Order		All Members of Thanos Army: When the fight starts, gain a True Damage Buff allowing Attacks to bypass Armor and Resistances for 30 seconds. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Cull of The Maw		Ebony Maw: Charging a Heavy Attack for 0.5 seconds grants the Opponent an indefinite Fury Buff, increasing their Attack Rating by 0%. Cull Obsidian: When 1 or more Thanos' Favor Buffs expire, gain a Fury Buff granting 10% Attack for 10 seconds. Fury Buffs gained in this way will not stack. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Incoming Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
The High Ground		Air-Walker: Heavy Charging increases Ability Power Rate by an additional 150%, reduced by 50% for each Persistent Power Cosmic Air-Walker has. Ebony Maw: While the Opponent is suffering from Falter or Black Tongue, Ebony Maw gains +70% Attack Rating. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Display of Strength		Cull Obsidian: New Mission - Show Your Might: Knockout a Champion while the Rout Buff is active. This mission can only be completed once each Quest. Solo: Only affects this Champion and does not stack.
Nemesis - Level 3		All Champions: +9% Attack Rating.
Enemies - Level 3		All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Unphased		Synergy Champions: When the Opponent Misses, generate 10% of a Bar of Power. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Miss Me?		Stryfe: Once per fight after being struck by a Basic Attack the Opponent is inflicted with a Passive Falter for 3 seconds giving them a 100% chance to Miss. Ebony Maw: +15% Attack Rating while the Opponent is suffering from a Falter Debuff. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

Opponents that take awhile to ramp up
- Any opponent that take awhile to ramp up will be a good target for Ebony Maw since it gives him the perfect opportunity to persuade them before they’re able to fully ramp up to their full potential.

Power Control
- Ebony Maw can steal Power Gain buffs by landing a Heavy Attack, making targets such as Hyperion much more manageable. Additionally Ebony Maw’s heavy attack and Special 3 Attack steals some of the opponents power making him a great option for power control.

Non-Contact Nullify
- Ebony Maw’s Special 1 Attack doesn’t have to hit the opponent to Nullify up to 1 buff. This can be great in dangerous situations such as when the opponent has an Unstoppable Buff.

Bypass Guaranteed Critical Hits
- Ebony Maw can be extremely dangerous when brought into the right match-up since all guaranteed critical hits will miss instead, say goodnight Corvus.

Dev Notes: Ebony Maw can be a pretty strong Alliance War and Battlegrounds Defender, especially when placed on a dangerous node, however on offense, he also brings utility that allows him to dominate in a variety of different matchups, especially long lasting fights where he’s given the opportunity to inflict the opponent with Black Tongue.

Weaknesses[]

Buff Immune Champions
- One of the reasons Ebony Maw is dangerous is because he can nullify Buffs without landing a hit, allowing him to inflict Degeneration without making contact, however, this ability falls short when his opponent is immune to Buffs.

Long Reaching Heavy Attacks
- When knocked down by a Heavy Attack Ebony Maw’s focus is broken, this gives opponents with long reaching Heavy Attacks a huge advantage since they can easily keep his focus broken.

Champions Who Inflict Non-Damaging Debuffs
- When suffering from Non-damaging Debuffs Ebony Maw takes double the time to focus. This makes it difficult for him to build persuasion and gives the opponent the opportunity (if played right) to keep his focus broken for the whole fight.
Parry Non-Contact
- Champions who can parry non-contact attacks can easily knock down Maw and cause him to lose focus.

Dev Notes: Ebony Maw is very dangerous when focused, continually breaking his focus is the best strategy to defeating him. Champions with long reaching heavy attacks combined with non-damaging debuffs on their heavy hit are great counters since they will not only break his focus, but double the time it takes for him to focus again.