‘A Mighty Sword!’ in the form
passive that is triggered by basic
sneak peak to his abilities. When
of his 3rd ability, Wild Storm. A
attacks and this ability will lend
that 4 button was pressed and Ao
straightforward cone ability, there
itself to triggering those passives.
Kuang revealed his true form, I
is nothing much to say here. Ao
The second thing to note is that
just awed in stare… I mean stared
Kuang will release a storm of
the cooldown of this ability is a
in awe. What I saw before my eyes
lightning from his sword dealing
mere 5 seconds! Use this to your
was probably the most visually
damage of 90/140/190/240/290
advantage by constantly poking
magnificent sight I have seen in
+50% of your magical power. Two
your enemy whenever possible.
the game thus far but I’ll let you
important things to note here is
The recharge time of your passive
find out on your own. Right now,
that this ability is considered a
(5 seconds) would complement
I’ll go over the statistics of the
basic attack and will therefore
this ability quite nicely if you run
ability. When activated, Ao Kuang
activate item effects. Being a basic
out of mana on the battlefield.
will grab the enemy in front of
attack, his dragons will also be
Now, we move on to Ao
him at melee distance and deal
triggered. Core items usually built
Kuang’s ultimate and what an
damage while knocking them up
on Ao Kuang such as Demonic
ultimate it is! There was a video
into the air. No, not a Bacchus
Grip or Hastened Fatalis has a
prior to his release providing a
‘Belly Flop’ knockup. More like
a Kumbhakarna ‘Epic Uppercut’
knockup. Now, this is where it gets
interesting. If the target is under
a health threshold (35% at max
rank), Ao Kuang will reveal his
true form of a dragon, the ’King
of the Eastern Seas’, and execute
them very much like a reverse
version of Thanatos’ ultimate.
While in the air, he will then be
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