"Predecessor" - Kira Trivia Quiz

Answer: Carry

Kira boasts peerless single target damage output, as once she gets going, she can be extremely difficult to stop. However, her biggest weakness is exactly that: getting going. She is rather weak early on, and may be the Carry who needs an effective Support the most out of all Carries as a result.

Because Kira is frail and rather weak early, she is very, very easy to harass and ultimately overpower if left on her own in the early going of a match. Because of this, while any player can succeed in theory doing anything in this game, Kira's true power can typically only be tapped into if used as a Carry, where an allied Support can watch her back.

Answer: Basic Attack Power

Kira has nasty single target potential with her very powerful basic attacks. In particular, this character takes "R2 builds" to the next level, as her entire kit even down to her Abilities aims to play into and around her basic attacks.

Thankfully, Kira does have some decent mobility with an above average score of 4. Players tend to use this to aggressively approach an opponent with as opposed to escape a nasty situation, but Kira can somewhat achieve the latter in a dire situation.

Answer: Added damage output

Kira can apply a maximum of six stacks of Vengeance to a target, achieved by hitting them with a basic attack. Each stack will cause the target to take slightly more damage from Kira for a brief period of time. Once the maximum 6 stacks are reached, this added damage crucially will be dealt as True damage, meaning it cannot be resisted by any armor. This is what gives Kira the firepower and anti-tank to make the game's sturdiest walls, such as Steel, Rampage and Riktor, killable for her.

Helpfully, if Kira manages to apply six stacks to one hero, for a brief period, she will apply the max stacks on a single hit to anyone else immediately on hitting them once. This gives the Passive wings in a team fight situation.

Answer: Mercy

Kira's crossbow that she uses her basic attacks for is 'Wrath', while her hand cannon-esque pistol is named 'Mercy'.

Conveniently, Mercy will apply basic Attack effects upon use. Most Abilities don't do this, making it out to be unique.

Given that Mercy does basically the same damage as Wrath, gains basic attack benefits and even applies Vengeance on hit, it would not be improper to suggest that Kira essentially has two basic attacks between Wrath and Mercy.

Answer: More Vengeance stacks = more Dusk damage

Upon activating Dusk, anybody whom Kira applied Vengeance to will have their stacks immediately removed. In return, they will take Physical damage which predictably worsens the more Vengeance stacks they had. They will also have the Slow status applied to them briefly.

Dusk has an infinite range, meaning Kira can escape a nasty situation, then potentially activate this to finish off a low health target from anywhere on the map. Vengeance stacks only stay attached for a few seconds though, so the player has to make haste to use Dusk before they fade away.

This Ability in particular has caused a lot of rage over the years, as players who do not know what Kira is capable of can simply witness their character appear to take a lot of damage or die from what appears to be thin air.

Answer: Prevent enemies from using lock-on Abilities against Kira

Certain characters, such as Kallari, Khaimera and Serath, have lock-on Abilities that let them home in on a target. While amidst Shadow Glide, Kira's Unselectable essentially gives her very brief immunity to these Abilities, as lock-on Abilities simply won't be able to lock on to a Shadow Gliding Kira.

In particular, because Kallari's access to a lock-on skill is highly time sensitive, Kira can completely block her from doing this with a well-timed Shadow Glide.

Answer: Tainted

Upon activating Purge, Kira will chuckle sinisterly and spin in a 360 degree angle several times, simultaneously firing off both Wrath and Mercy in all directions. The area of effect is a small circle around Kira.

Tainted reduces the target's incoming healing by 45%. Certain characters, such as Khaimera and Boris, are notorious for their ability to heal themselves by hitting other characters, giving them a distinct leg up in trying to brawl down enemies. Tainted removes this advantage from them entirely and, since Kira will be simultaneously dealing a motherlode of damage to them, they will be forced to flee or quickly kill Kira, lest they be swiftly eliminated themselves.

Kira shouldn't necessarily seek these two out with the intended purpose of trying to Ultimate them down. But it can be an effective way to remove them from team fights, as well as giving Kira a "break glass in emergency" option should they appear to fight her 1 on 1 in a situation where fleeing isn't possible or likely to work out.

Answer: Lifesteal

Specifically, a quarter of the damage Purge deals will be converted into health for Kira. Combined with the Tainted status it applies, this can make it even harder to try and outslug Kira; Purge will likely do excellent damage if used properly, so Kira will heal for a fairly significant chunk in the process.

Answer: Target's missing health

This gives Dusk what is referred to by the community as a "psuedo-Execute", as Dusk would now deal more damage the less health the target has. This makes Dusk better at finishing off foes from a lengthy distance, but also forces the player to be stingy on applying max Vengeance in order to get any value out of the Augment.

Answer: Cooldown reduction

Kira's Dusk does have a hefty cooldown which this Augment can potentially alleviate. Mercy itself also has a fairly unwieldy cooldown in the early game, so this Augment can be helpful when Kira is at her weakest- the early game. After that, once Kira has some Ability Haste built, this Augment becomes less useful. But it can be good for players who want a bit of an early game boost.