Paladins - Ability Breakdown - Vatu, The Shadow

[@neogalactic1195]

My man looks like a guest character in his own game.

[@garrinhas]

OUR man

[@canth0ldmeback998]

M A N

[@nathejustice5297]

Man

[@iidoughnutholes3087]

Lmao yeah. Look at those eyes

[@andrep.g.490]

What you mean?

[@thegamerwithin1676]

A little bit of Meave and a pinch of Koga

[@hasbac1554]

And little bit andro

[@vyasuna]

and maybe a little talus

[@forsaken6658]

And some makoa

[@itikuekuek]

With Imani firing animation

[@hasbac1554]

@@forsaken6658 lol

[@Malik_Onepiece]

Vatu in trailer looks (boy) Vatu in game looks (Uncle) 😂😂

[@tizioman8943]

Haha, how looks, how is

[@guhbruhmaste4557]

That's always the case with paladins tbh.

[@Mr.Bababooey]

Accurate

[@crysave]

He kinda looking ugly I don't like it. It would've been much better with the trailer version

[@manteiga8053]

koga with mask looks (boy) koga without the mask looks (old)

[@nc11235]

2:23 "Love explosives but hate having to aim them?" Just play Dredge, lol.

[@archlordv3494]

God, but I want this champ to receive a skin based off of The Shredder...

[@papiflame5709]

It could actually happen since smite had a tmnt crossover

[@ImagineCats9339]

yeah an assassin in smite got the shredder skin with TMNT crossover

[@majicdawg2852]

Couldnt that be given to koga

[@facupov]

@@majicdawg2852 That makes more sense, with the Claws

[@JLiger]

I like see video game tenchi mayo too !! Sorry reply difference

[@ofrifurman8274]

imma be honest he seems fun but the main fire seems very unsatisfying to hit

[@femzi]

You can rest assured it is satisfying to hit😂, it might look weird if you haven't used him before, but once you pick him up and play him you'll see he performs just fine

[@suhudude]

@@femzi i don't think he's talking about the performance, more about the feel. You know how maeves knives have this satisfying feel + sound to it? i don't see it in vatu the stiff hand model probably also plays a part

[@0xVENx0]

alt fire too, it looks like hes begging for money, ive seen way better animation from evil mojo

[@gavial1448]

@@femzi no, it is very unsatisfying.

[@nitsuji6705]

I agree, but it is satisfying combo-ing someone with him.

[@atocanboi409]

how generic could you possibly make him? title: "the shadow" ability name: *"dash"*

[@mr.jeffmann376]

Lmao exactly , what they should be doing is fixing theyer existing charaters before adding new ones

[@pkmnproductions7461]

@@mr.jeffmann376 Makoa needs a rework with his canon he fucking sucks lmao

[@monty6338]

And make him wear a mask dark colors like black and purple and kunais

[@CocoCoesCoyer]

he needs to summons turtle ninjas with his ult one thing for sure he looks great without counting the gameplay

[@VeraExora]

Its time to step down, Kitten. There's a new knife wielder in town

[@shadtowa8986]

Maeve 2.0

[@necroLAN]

I hope people dont ruin him and start worshipping him like they did with maeve , the maeve cultists are a blight upon the communtiy .

[@shadtowa8986]

@@necroLAN What?? Lol

[@necroLAN]

@@shadtowa8986 theres a hefty bunch of kids who relegiously worship maeve around the community , they are annoying and unbearable , they keep asking for buffs to her yet deny how broken she is , they beg for nerfs to any remote counter to her [look at lian and strix now] , their presence alone killed off a big chunk of the old playerbase , and for some illogical dumb reason EM seems to keep granting them their wishes , back then through content creators and nowadays through a couple of AOC members who seem like they dont know a single thing about what theyre doing .

[@shadtowa8986]

@@necroLAN Are you interested in the Maeve religion? That's what I'm imagining

[@dweemiesdarkmount]

I just wish they did character ability breakdown with battle scenarios like they did for Smite. so we can get some ideas on how abilities works when fighting other players. it would be nice thing to have though.

[@DN_123]

0:27 Vora lovers favorite part.

[@gerardotarifaskorpian]

YES YES YES YES YES Y E S !

[@Ruffles7799]

Now I know why pucci wanted to reset the universe

[@voratheharbinger2384]

YASS MY WAIFU

[@friendlyfire3412]

ßOOTY

[@thecommentguy9380]

Andro mains be crying with that separate dash charges

[@TheHerooftime796]

I miss dark stalker :(

[@applecold6927]

yeah xDDDD

[@thejourney2451]

Yes we are 🥲

[@jaxsonknight3409]

@@amurderofcrows3713 I mean to be fair at that point give andro the dub cause that would make him so hard to hit at a competitive level lol imagine a kinessa trying to snipe him out of the sky than bam side dash trys again bam side dash

[@jaxsonknight3409]

@@amurderofcrows3713 oh completely right, I would love that

[@dekucake]

Vatu: You're weak! Maeve: I'm you!

[@manteiga8053]

''but, better''

[@hamiltonnavas3442]

Andro: this guy is not you, its me

[@jo-jo1117]

Koga: Guys, hes litteraly me

[@lucahsenuz6024]

Talus: hahaha

[@forsaken6658]

Yagorath son is vatu

[@trevorghalt1881]

0:24 That's a lot of ketchup

[@toby2real]

Vatu- "For the last time, I'm not a Chicken Nugget Vora"

[@baal4958]

@@toby2real lmao 😂😂

[@user-op3db3cy4z]

okay, that animated intro was really good. i like the art style.

[@snappiesnap773]

He looks really ugly ingame, I like the way he looks in the loadout art and in the trailer though. He just seems so off ingame, I kinda really wanna see his face get an update

[@necroLAN]

His skin tone makes him look more like a zombie rather than a skadrin .

[@Greavence420]

oh, its every strong flank rolled up into one. Last original champion: Imani.

[@serginhomonte2299]

You made corvus cry now :| But you are right, they are just mixing champs now and one day we will have a champ with 2 ultis... Im just saying

[@jakebennett9130]

@Aj up to and including Io, also the snake guy was pretty unique, but overall very bland yeah

[@abhinavjain8672]

This is a dream flank for mobility lovers , specially after trying out in PTS Although I just wish his visual design was better considering EM has been nailing that part for previous champions

[@kikikillian1208]

may I introduce you to the champion known as Maeve? You know, that hexa jump (jump, jump,dash,jump,reset,dash,jump) cat assassin?

[@AzulGatos41]

He's the same race as Talus. Neat.

[@CatMoth]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. Thought I was dumb or something lol

[@hawk8898]

Now they just need to throw in some bad puns and it will be the same as League's champion spotlight

[@frogboi8579]

dont give them ideas

[@iidoughnutholes3087]

What? Bad?

[@lydierayn]

Neeko? Neko Neko Needto

[@Gl8Dy]

They already do it though

[@atocanboi409]

if anything league champion spotlights are the same thing but with better music

[@verothix]

The model (specially the low quality face) instantly reminded me of the paladins mobile spinoff that got abandoned. That's not a good thing.

[@Mephedrone66]

I started laughing When I saw the thumbnail.

[@pkmnproductions7461]

Why 😂

[@Mephedrone66]

@@pkmnproductions7461 His face is just 😫

[@memom0]

Developers at Paladins you guys are doing great but I wish you guys would redesign some of the old champions and maps

[@sushio4357]

@IAM MONKEYGOD ngl the meta is so stale rn

[@nicholasvalverde1122]

@@sushio4357 double healerzzzz

[@Woteck]

But, can he challenge Makoa?

[@frogboi8579]

no but hes hot

[@Ruffles7799]

@@frogboi8579 cringe comment

[@garrinhas]

@@frogboi8579 yes

[@derickp2598]

Can he escape the law

[@frogboi8579]

I'm cringe and that's based... I will never be based and that's not cringe... There's no one I'd rather be than me...

[@jaznlova]

Why r they experimenting on torvald.....his current state is already sad enough

[@Mephedrone66]

Ikr

[@J040PL7]

to throw salt in the wound lol.

[@quitegauche]

Look at how they massacred my grandpa qwq

[@nicholasvalverde1122]

His fault for making the game unfun, the shielding ability and silence is not fun to play against, torvald itself is not very hard nor fun anyway, we should be glad he isn't meta.

[@J040PL7]

@@nicholasvalverde1122 then rework him and give him a completely new kit, the way he is right now he simply cannot tank, deals not enough damage and cant support either

[@wholevariety]

ah I see so he has genji’s primary fire,echo’s sticky bombs, genji’s dash but with extra steps, jett’s dash and has a genji dash again

[@Korrupted_dust]

his ult is yone's from league

[@wholevariety]

@@Korrupted_dust do you mean league of legends?

[@wholevariety]

@@Korrupted_dust but his ultimate is still just copied

[@stopsliding8355]

0:27

[@frogboi8579]

ah yes. Culture

[@savvas2991]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@bumba6166]

Vatu In Trailer: *whoa!* Vatu In-game: *whoa?*

[@immarussianspy8042]

ok his kit is cool and all but what about the mustache he hides under his mask? we need to see it on more skins

[@frogboi8579]

hes hotter with the moustache

[@sucesso8967]

ikr he looks just like YongYea

[@KrypticxSaintz]

@@sucesso8967 hell, he's even voiced by yong yea. it's probably one of the reason I wanna buy him

[@Name..........]

His talents And abilities are the only reason I’m saving for him flanks are my favorite but what’s with his outfit ... and character design.

[@carloguerrero6583]

i love the outfit actually. The metal is a bit much but the cloak design is gorgeous

[@ItsTubeTime]

Its a good design sorry that your taste buds are dead

[@ok_listen]

Agree, feels unoriginal at its best, just like many characters in the Paladins roster.

[@necroLAN]

@@ItsTubeTime exactly what i wanted to say 😂

[@necroLAN]

Im sorry mr generic anime pfp , im sorry that he didnt quite meet your expectations of "UwU catgirl flufffy wuffy purr durr foxgirl pow ahhaha UmU nyaaa haha anime brrrr haha otaku hahaaha "

[@LusioEcarts]

God.. Vora looks so good in that trailer. Dunno why the devs or the publisher of this game doesn't let other companies do stuff (merch / products) for them. I collect statues for example.. if they let some company do statues for Skye or Io or Vora (or even Androxus) I will throw money at the screen. Insta buying them (as long as they are good looking / good quality).

[@frogboi8579]

well they have some stufff like shirts, mousepads, posters and bags in fanforge. dont know why they dont make more makoa plushies thou

[@presseagainidareyou4704]

@@frogboi8579 simple, they are a medium-sized company with Paladins being relatively unknown. Commissioning merch would probably be a financial loss for Hi-Rez

[@thespeedtapper4]

Yongyea is the voice of Vatu. Pretty fucking awesome

[@vepm]

I like it so much the reload animation. Idk but it's cool

[@sucesso8967]

would make more sense if his kunais were ammo-less, like Maeve's knives

[@masalano]

vatu with mask: look nice. vatu without mask: dont touch me there uncle!

[@moaadm4620]

1:03 "Detonating with deadly force" barely damages the shield.

[@Majin_Trunky]

2:32 2019 PV?

[@aniketp5329]

hmmm attack like maeve,dash like andro and ulti like jenos

[@RewZes]

Projectile/Dash escape and Dash ult Maybe the dash is similar to Andro except its not vision based ,actually its not like all of them at all

[@brianr.6376]

@@RewZes it's like old andro, wish andro dash still charge based instead of timed

[@RewZes]

@@brianr.6376 oh didn't know you could dash backwards with Andro without looking good to know I guess /s

[@brianr.6376]

@@RewZes no you cannot, i mean the charge thing. Andro used to have 3 charge dash instead of a single one that can be use 3 times

[@RewZes]

@@brianr.6376 I know about that

[@alexidiculamathews7822]

So he has maeve blades, maeve pounce minus the damage, a almost talus ult and sticky Skye smoke bomb minus the smoke

[@azugot432]

Yes yes yes Just another recycled champ

[@ryrybuck1]

Almost. His primary fire is more wide spread than maeve's, making it harder to hit all 3 at a distance, he can go any direction with his movement ability, unlike Maeve who can only go the direction she's looking, the ult really isn't like anything else in the game except for maybe a Koga Screwer that also does damage and goes a lot further, and his bombs aren't like anything else in the game. Maybe like Furia's orbs slightly.

[@forsaken6658]

@@azugot432 what is not a recycled champ Everything is recycled

[@rachetmarvel931]

You're really reaching.

[@rosheacarrington1604]

@@forsaken6658 well its how its recylced that matters

[@todangtall]

Yong did a good VO for this character.

[@stryderlao]

They gave him Pip old Legendary talent, Mischief as his legendary card. That card was the only reason I used to use Pip a few years ago They also gave him Andro old legendary of Dark Stalker but within his base kit

[@tizioman8943]

I LOVE THIS CHAMPION!!

[@colin0974]

I think he might have the best movement ability in the entire game

[@emreuysal9981]

“you cannot kill what you cannot hit “ i get it in hard way

[@stopsliding8355]

Vatu is based of the unknown champion from the first game that was cancelled but he was a female there

[@garrinhas]

What game?

[@frogboi8579]

hes hot, I mean, what game?

[@stopsliding8355]

Aurume i think it was called

[@Ankhaunt]

I'm excited for this new champion. After Tiberius this character is the one that I can enjoy.

[@matthewbailey8588]

He'll get nerfed just give them time

[@snappiesnap773]

@@matthewbailey8588 I feel like he'd rather get buffed. Making it so his shots will deal a little more damage from far away. Considdering his shakras already cant ALL hit from far away

[@necroLAN]

@@matthewbailey8588 if anyone should get nerfed itd be maeve

[@snappiesnap773]

@@necroLAN Makoa needs a nerf tbh. His hook is too broken atm.

[@necroLAN]

@@snappiesnap773 its already been nerfed to oblivion , you shouldve seen it back then when it had a lower cooldown and a talent that allows you to reset its cooldown after every kill....but i still agree with you , it needs a subtle nerf .

[@snarfsnarf6]

Dude I actually really like this Koga skin

[@Scl3rot1c]

Ok but does he escape the law?????

[@alexanh6713]

He can challange Makoa?

[@miguelangelpatinocaicedo2004]

Can he gaze into the abyss?

[@alexanh6713]

Can he feel the Armaggedon aproaching?

[@Stolas9]

Can he handle the "GGAAAAAAAAAAAAH"?

[@castanedaquinterosebastian497]

He can scape from Made in Heaven.

[@felipeayala4629]

So you're mixing Maeve and Androxus basically

[@rubyyxx3746]

Basically Maeve and Androxus

[@runesskater6102]

man i wanna go back to playing this game but now I cant login in paladins using my hi-rez account ffs

[@Brandown02]

Link a steam account to your hirez account, I guess it’ll work my.hirezstudios.com

[@NamelessNathan]

Video: “Vatu’s primary fire is kunai-“ My mind: “-With chain!”

[@inevitableanarchy4203]

Ah, I see you are a man of culture aswell.

[@grimgamer3252]

Wrong game buddy.

[@vulkan1797]

Man GET OVER HERE!

[@gercsa5191]

Voice: *Vatu is badass and can one-shot three people at once* Vatu in game: *Omg pleas help me seris I deal no damage*

[@alexsash1258]

bruh

[@lafosse64]

this game is not more popular just because it doesnt have enoguh publicity, it actually a great game. Haven't played it for years now, but i remember being super cool back in 2017 or 2016 i dont remember. i dont have enough time to play more than one game and ive been playing League of Legends and then Warzone but this game was actually better than Overwatch, and Ovewatch is quite dead now, this game shouldnt die with the genre, its too good.

[@deiondrickdennard]

He has almost every hax for every flank but just does no damage lol.

[@AveryHyena]

0:40 start watching here

[@alexandercabrera]

That last talent, dam.

[@bigshexxy]

Vatu? Should've Vato, Vatos Locos forever

[@nureis9567]

In champion teaser Vatu was blocking Voira attacks few times so I thought he is gonna have ability similar to zhin alternate fire, i'm so disappointed right now

[@circonflexe3658]

Did you see the video ?

[@tommiac3214]

We don't need that. Zhin is terribly designed.

[@onepiecechecker]

Vora looks so badass in every single trailer

[@midowo]

oh so Koga 2 right?

[@kur0nezumi315]

so almost all abilities are dashes

[@DjBarns2077]

Vatu is the name of king of shadows in legends of korra I like your thinking

[@luna-chan4932]

I know it has nothing to do with this but thought Karne and Valera were considered too strong lore wise and that's why they were never introduced as playable characters but now we have Yagorath which is stronger than both of them and canonically killed both of them in atlas' timeline and we already have Zhin, Lian and Grohk who are faction leaders in the realm just like Karne and Valera so why can't we have these two as playable characters? If they're such integral characters to the happenings of the lore, they should have a little bigger part.

[@x-quadtmp611]

It’s like if you mix, Maeve with Talus and added a dab of koga.

[@hudend4233]

it's op i'm going to play this champion

[@ZaikobonAnimation]

every new champion is op in first week or month. dont worry they will nerf soon

[@utkarsh5138]

point isn't whether he's broken or not. he looks extremely fun to play with good mobility

[@derickp2598]

He doesn't seem op at all actually, he might be weak for this meta

[@gavial1448]

IDK, to me it seems like he needs a buff.

[@yeahboi4355]

When will the update come out?

[@davidreynoso8159]

that primary fire animation is like 2 frams

[@notacoder3471]

Needs more dmg or faster fire rate

[@GoronTico]

They actually released the ability breakdown on time

[@zenogaming6053]

Revenant is looking at this guy from afar

[@kingangel1819]

it's kinda like kogas brother

[@eggegg8526]

"Ah, you think darkness is your ally?"

[@uns33nbois81]

didnt know zed and kayn are in paladins now

[@darylwilkinson7230]

Legendaryl can't wait to meet you in the realm

[@legendarygameguys7413]

Character looks pretty good

[@emanuelallinos6903]

it kinda feels like they put very little effort into his animations, they’re so bland

[@sakurahirawa]

No, it looks nice (for me personally) I think it’s just because of the low frame rate that makes it look a bit stiff - they either had a time constraint (like all animation/animators) or money, etc.

[@brupts7297]

@@sakurahirawa Regardless, It looks very bland and clunky

[@galacticpotata8192]

they just gave him androxus old legendary card netherstep that gave him 3 charges to netherstep as a base function to a champion's kit. BRUH

[@Festiv1st]

Vatu should have smite loki skins

[@הוגןאלוהים]

I refuse to reinstall this game until you fix it.

[@alaadx]

You could've just said: I refuse to reinstall the game. It's never going to be fixed. Not by hirez.

[@frogboi8579]

the gae is pretty much fixd at this point. 2018 paladins and 2020 paladins are basically 2 different games in terms of bugs. most of the bugs now are only visual. thou right noow we are dealing with laggy servers, but thats is recent

[@alaadx]

@@frogboi8579 I respectfully disagree, and that's according to hirez. In fact 2018 Paladins and 2020 Paladins are different in term of visuals only, as they are improving that. However, they are creating bugs more than they are fixing. Search for a video called: Paladins glitches of the realm.

[@frogboi8579]

@@alaadx well don't know what to tell you partner, there are bugs but most of the time are only visual. Like Evie block ice, some standing characters when they should be dead, sometimes you can't hear the gun, tiberius doing a T pose. But no game destroyer bugs like terminus infinite it's and so on. I have barely come across any bug in my games, besides some visual ones, and the horse one that is a big produced by lag sometimes. The experience right now is pretty much "friendly" compared to previous years

[@alaadx]

@@frogboi8579 😊 almost every map has spots that you get stuck in. Some characters like Atlas (which is why he was banned in a previous PPC) is still reproducible, and anyone knows about it can exploit it. Bugs like getting out of the spawn room while the count down is still on, is a game breaking. Hooks and commander grabs through walls and obstacles isn't just visual or due to packet loss, but game breaking. Dead vora during ult, but she still executes is game breaking. Grover's vine from the start to the end of the map is game breaking.

[@T.K.F.]

This is great, a good mobile champ in sever that has ice for floor and like the name. It feels like playing underwater

[@DN_123]

Vatu feels like kohga lost brother or relative.

[@fireflyer97]

Does he have anything to do with Talus? I ask this because they both have horns and a set of horns.

[@frogboi8579]

hes the third ska'drin champ in the game. Hes a misterius shadow who punishes those who hurt his people. Hes also super hot

[@splatgreninja4573]

I don’t think ash counts as one

[@derickp2598]

@@splatgreninja4573 i think he meant malbamba who's a skadrin

[@splatgreninja4573]

@@derickp2598 Really? edit: Wow I thought all skadrin have runic teleporting moves, I never considered transformed.

[@jonasvieira4774]

Alguém sabe se tem como mudar o mapa de galeria de tiro e se sim onde e também como muda os personagens?

[@TheNumberB]

So that's where Andros triple dash went

[@Yunun-u]

So your making a new character evil mono so it has meave primary but weaker it has some Tyra in there for the bombs and the rest is just basicly Koga though it's nice for you to add a worse talos (I think that's his name) teleport

[@CFEKOSMOS]

Genji, is that you?

[@Sapov]

It will released same day as update? didnt they said champs and updates will come in different days?

[@drenerd510]

so where rava at? like if u get the refence

[@denisskenderovic3707]

Very original cool ninja assassin character.

[@jerrypark23]

This champ is basically ninja nightcrawler

[@TasyrifIsyraf]

Oh man, he looks good! Too bad SEA servers have been spiking in ping for the past 2 months :D

[@candice3172]

The thing is not everyone is lagging. They just changes the servers so if ur having ping issues its probably coz ur far away from the current server. I used to get 70 ping but now 150 permanent. Its a good excuse to quit the game tho

[@TasyrifIsyraf]

@@candice3172 Honestly, as an established company with a game running for around 5 years, this problem should not have existed without making a PSA to all their product consumers. People have been complaining yet, no action was taken, better yet, the blame is likely to be shifted to us instead.

[@candice3172]

@@TasyrifIsyraf I'm not even surprised. I had been playing since beta. I know this game was gonna die at one point. This is the first step to the death of paladins. Slowly this will happen to other servers as well probably. Its Hirez dude. These guys are nuts in destroying games.

[@TasyrifIsyraf]

@@candice3172 I don’t know if its a actually a Hi-Rez thing you know? Smite is running oerfectly with collabs left and right, while Paladins is just, at this point, purposely making their playerbase furious with their actions. I remember when the ping spike issue happened last year, I knew a few weeks ago it was because they tried merging the new servers with the old ones. They never announced this to us and Romanova even replied to me on Reddit that it was because of things like packets or whatever in our countries. Turns out all this was their fault to begin with. I’m sick of this. I’ve been here since Seris came out and this is the treatment they give to their loyal consumers. Disgusting.

[@akbarnewtonputerakamal_6729]

@@TasyrifIsyraf yeah i got 180 ping playing in sea. i already test every server except EU. NA = 180, Japan =120. Aus = 80.

[@branchcore]

That covers all of vatos abilities. Wait what?

[@owocharlesclavin5399]

Wow this is kinda just reaper, genji and bit of tracer from overwatch

[@adarshvishwakarma1099]

He does a 2600 burst with q+m1+m2+m1 yes END TO THE BURST META

[@vialeph]

Oh, Echo with Yone's ult... that's something new.

[@pkmnproductions7461]

Bro how is he anything like echo? Yall OW fans mad af Paladins got over 50+ characters so you try and Compare all the new ones to shitty OW heros 💀

[@gerardotarifaskorpian]

For those who played in the PTS, I want to consult you, how are Furia, Lex and Zhin with their nerfs? are they still strong? Here they are already saying that Fury is going to die and that it will not be situational, not to mention Zhin who are celebrating that they finally removed the ultimate load, I need to remove my doubts, since I wanted to start playing Fury and do from Zhin my strongest flank. And apparently Vatu will be the most loved flank and the most hated at the same time because of how elusive it will be, well that is the grace of being flank, right?

[@frogboi8579]

all I know is that grohk is gonna fck everyone

[@frogboi8579]

also evie, maeve and vatu are the trinity of high risk gifh gain flanks. If you stand still for more than 2 seconds youre fcked

[@martinmeza9714]

So this is what happened to the dark spirit in TLOK after being beaten

[@minusskydiver5039]

Can someone tell me when he is estimated to be released?

[@minusskydiver5039]

Today?

[@sphinx3749]

0:27 for the boyz i mean uh for the weirdos 😁

[@CRXPTXCXCCXS_NXXFXRMXNS]

Maeve : Who are you ? Vatu : I'm you, but better