Yagorath

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Yagorath ▶️ is a Front Line Champion in Paladins, added on February 3rd, 2021.

Yagorath
Summary
Icon
Title	The Devourer
Class	Front Line
Cost	60,000 or 300
Release Date	February 3rd, 2021
Release Version	4.2
Affiliation	Darkness
Race	Darkness
Age Estimate	200+
Gender Expression	Female
Voice Lines	Yagorath voice lines
Voice Actor	Keri Tombazian
Statistics
Base Health	5750
Base Movement Speed	585 ~45 Units/s
No Dmg Falloff	90 Units

Lore

• Current Official Bio
• Unofficial Updated Bio

This is Yagorath's official bio currently found in her champion page in-game.

Your joys and hopes. Your fears and doubts. All your petty conflicts. Utterly devoid of meaning.

She is Yagorath, the Devourer. She is what it is to consume – absolutely. Everything that is not already her is assimilated, spreading her being across the universe in a never-ending hunger. Momentarily weakened by the futile actions of a broken goddess, she now emerges to bring an end to what was started – the only end that could possibly be. Even though Azaan has delayed this, it is only a matter of time. She is the Maw & it will consume all.

This is an unofficial version of Yagorath's bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding her. Sources can be found here.

A separate, yet small piece of the universe-subsuming threat known as the Darkness, Yagorath arrived in the Realm centuries ago, shattering the moon to pieces and destroying all surrounding life where she landed in the Realm, but also being imprisoned within shards of the moon by its goddess Io.

For centuries, Yagorath remained sealed deep in the Shattered Desert, with a martial order of guards composed of Io's followers being created to protect the seal. However, over time, Yagorath slowly began to leak out.

Eventually, Yagorath had emerged enough to begin slowly and painfully killing the guardians, with only one of them, Vora, remaining alive. As a nearby battle between the Magistrate and Resistance unfolded, Yagorath made an offer to the now broken Vora, transforming the former guardian into Yagorath's own personal harbinger. As Vora left to cause chaos, Yagorath finally emerged from her seal after centuries of confinement.

Though the time-traveler Atlas would gather a group of champions to fight the beast before it could leave the Shattered Desert, despite their best efforts, Yagorath would still manage to leave, growing larger and attacking Crosswind Hold, leaving behind a massive trail of destruction, battling characters such as Atlas and Octavia numerous times, while attacking others like Barik and Rei.

After over a year of her rampage, during another battle with Octavia, this time joined by Furia, Yagorath appeared to be winning once again, until Azaan, the Eternal, descended into the Realm, having arrived to deal with the growing influence of the Abyss, decided to deal with the other threat of the Darkness, easily defeating Yagorath and resealing the monster.

Summary

Yagorath is a front line champion with a very big health pool. She is a stance switching champion swapping between two forms with her ability Form Swap: her Planted form, where she is unable to move, and her Travel form, with less damaging capability, but higher mobility. This mobility can be further expanded with Acceleration in Travel form. Her passive ability Armored Carapace grants her damage reduction while she is in planted form. Due to her massive size, she is also immune to some forms of Crowd Control, instead having them converted into a stun. Her primary fire creates acid pools in both stances at low to medium ranges. Enemies that contact the acid pool will be slowed and damaged over time. Her alternate fire in Planted form, Piercing Quills, shoots out Piercing Quills that deal damage and explode in a small area. Her ability Hardening in Planted form grants her great survivability. It gives damage reduction and deals damage to nearby enemies based on ability duration. With Primal Vision in Travel form, she can reveal nearby enemies to allies. Her ultimate, Devour, is only usable in Planted form and gives her a new health pool. Yagorath selects an enemy to pull in and devour them, executing them in the process. If Yagorath's Health pool is depleted before they are devoured, she will drop the enemy and be momentarily stunned.

Skills

Cooldown

-/8

Caustic Spray / Trail of Acid

38 /0.1s — 33 /0.25s  

Description

Planted: Spray acid, dealing 38 damage every 0.1s and leaving behind pools of acid.
Travel: Leave a series of acid pools behind as you roll. Each pool damages and Slows enemies.

Details

Detailed Description

Planted (Caustic Spray): Spray acid from your Maw, dealing 38 damage every 0.1s. Hitting the ground leaves behind a pool of acid that lasts 4s. Has a range of 105 units and a maximum of 6 pools placed at once.

Travel Form (Trail of Acid): Drop a series of 5 acid pools behind you as you roll. Has an 8s Cooldown.

Acid Pools: Each pool deals 33 damage every 0.25s and Slows enemies hit by 15%.

• This ability deals Area Damage.
• Enemies that contact the acid pool will be damaged for 33 damage every 0.25s.
• Acid pools do not stack damage and last for 4s each.
• Uses a resource instead of ammo which recharges over time when not being used.
• After shooting, there is a 0.525s delay before Caustic Spray begins to recharge, and it takes ~2.1s to fully recharge.

Ability Video

• First
• Second

Cooldown

1/14

Piercing Quills / Acceleration

170 + Additional 50 /0.15s
500 /4s  

Description

Planted: Fire Piercing Quills that deal 170 damage and explode in a small area.
Travel: Charge forward through enemies, dealing 500 damage and Knocking them back.

Details

Detailed Description

Planted (Piercing Quills): Fire a Piercing Quill every 0.15s, dealing 170 damage on hit and exploding for 50 damage in a small area shortly after. Has a maximum of 8 charges.
Travel Form (Acceleration): Charge forward for 4s. Hitting an enemy will deal 500 damage and apply a Knockback. Cannot be canceled.

• This ability deals Area Damage.
• Piercing Quills
  • Has a cooldown of 3s after all 8 shots are fired.
  • Passes through shields and enemy champions.
• Acceleration
  • She can reach speeds of more than 80 Units/s with Acceleration.
  • You can turn using your camera (by aiming to the left or right), but not using movement keys (A & D). Yagorath will try to move somewhat straight relative to your aim.

Ability Video

• First
• Second

Cooldown

15/11

Hardening / Primal Vision

300 - 1100  

Description

Planted: Reduce the damage you take for up to 4s and deal damage to nearby enemies based on ability duration.
Travel: Pulse 5 times, briefly revealing nearby enemies to allies.

Details

Detailed Description

Planted (Hardening): Hunker down for up to 4s, increasing your base Damage Reduction by 25%. After this ability ends, deal damage to enemies within 25 units based on the duration of the ability. Base damage is 300 and maximum damage is 1100. You cannot be stunned while this ability is active. Can be refired to cancel early.
Travel Form (Primal Vision): Let out a series of 5 pulses that briefly Reveal enemies within 150 units to yourself and your team.

• This ability deals Area Damage.
• Hardening
  • Increasing your total damage reduction to 55%.

Ability Video

• First
• Second

Cooldown

1

Form Swap

Description

Swap between Planted and Travel forms, gaining access to new abilities.

Details

Detailed Description

Swap between your Travel and Planted forms, gaining access to a new set of abilities. In Planted form, you are unable to move. Swapping forms cannot be prevented by Cripple.

Passive Armored Carapace

Yagorath has a base Damage Reduction of 30% while Planted and is immune to most forms of Crowd Control, instead having a portion of the Crowd Control duration converted into a Stun.

• Swapping forms doesn't count as movement ability and cannot be prevented by Cripple.
• Form Swap can't be affected by Silence either.
• This ability has 2 cooldowns, one from Planted form to Travel form and viceversa, this prevents players from spamming this ability.

Ability Video

Ultimate ▶️

Devour

100%  

Description

Target an enemy to pull in and devour them, gaining a new Health pool while doing so. If their team breaks your Health, they are released.

Details

Detailed Description

Target an enemy to start pulling them towards you, swapping your current Health for a new 3750-Health pool. Your target is immune to damage and Crowd Control and cannot move during this process, but can still fire their weapon at you. If your Health pool is depleted before they are devoured, you drop your target; otherwise, they are Executed. Can only be used in Planted form and has a minimum activation range of 30 units.

▶️ “This Realm will be consumed!” (Self/Enemy)

▶️ “The Maw hungers!” (Ally)

• This ability deals Execute Damage.
• Swaps into a new stance, replacing the current Health for a new 3750-Health pool.
• Depleting new Health does not kill Yagorath, but plays a unique animation and drops the enemy, before reverting to her normal Health pool.
• When the new health pool is used up, the ultimate is canceled. Yagorath health value is set to her old health value before using the ultimate.
• Enemies can still damage Yagorath and reduce the new health pool, even if Yagorath is immune to damage from external factors (like Fernando's ultimate).
• Yagorath cannot be healed while using this ability.
• If an enemy gets stuck and can't move towards Yagorath for a set amount of time, they will be stunned and receive 1000 damage.
• Yagorath is Crowd Control Immune for the duration.
• Refunds 35% ultimate charge if Yagorath fails to pull in and execute a target.
  • Has a time time of 2s after Ultimate breaks.
  • The "fail animation" duration can be reduced if Yagorath has any kind of CC reduction (Resilience, Extermination) which makes the animation go faster.
• Has a time of 0.9s until pulling the enemy starts.
• Has a time of 2.75s time after reaching Yagorath until the enemy is eaten.
• Has a base pull speed of 350 units/s.

Ability Video

Talents

Corrosive Acid

Default Talent

Augment your acid, increasing the damage done by Caustic Spray to 42, the damage of acid pools to 40, and increase the Movement Speed of allies within your acid pools by 20%.

Details

• Adds an Acid Pool during Hardening.

Sight Begets Strength

Unlocks at Mastery Level 2

Allied players within range of your Primal Vision gain a stackable 90-Health Shield and 15% increased Movement Speed for 4s each time you pulse, but your Primal Vision has its Cooldown increased by 2s.

Details

• It can shield all Deployables except for Grohk's Healing Totem.

Unnatural Persistence

Unlocks at Mastery Level 8

Heal for 110 every 1s while on an objective and for 1s after leaving the objective. This effect increases the longer you maintain it, up to 275 every 1s.

Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Yagorath:

Name	Image	Description	Cooldown	Category
Ancient Wounds		Generate {2|2}% of your maximum acid after hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills.		Piercing Quills
Collateral Damage		Gain {10|10}% Lifesteal with Caustic Spray for 3s after swapping into Planted Form.		Form Swap
Deadly Predator		Increase your maximum acid capacity by {8|8}%.		Armor / Weapon
Deadly Pursuit		Increase your Movement Speed by 20% for {1|1}s after swapping into Travel Form.		Form Swap
Dreadful Compact		Reduce the Cooldown of Hardening by {0.3|0.3}s after hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills.		Piercing Quills
End Of An Era		Increase the efficacy of Hardening by {20|20}% but reduce its duration by {10|10}%.		Hardening
Extermination		Reduce the duration and effectiveness of Crowd Control by {5|5}%.		Armor / Weapon
Futile Efforts		Reduce the Cooldown of Piercing Quills by {0.05|0.05}s each time you hit an enemy with Caustic Spray.		Armor / Weapon
Last Efforts		Hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills grants 20% Lifesteal for {0.6|0.6}s.		Piercing Quills
Out Of Time		Halve the efficacy of Hardening. For {0.5|0.5}s after using Hardening, gain its benefits.		Hardening
Raze and Burn		Heal for {50|50} after hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills.		Piercing Quills
Spreading Domain		Heal for {100|100} if you do not cancel Hardening before it ends.		Hardening
The Great Worm		Gain a {80|80}-Health Shield for 2s after swapping into Travel Form.		Form Swap
Towering Presence		Increase the Health of your Ultimate Health pool by {200|200}.		Armor / Weapon
Triumphant Return		Reduce your acid consumption by 90% for {0.4|0.4}s after swapping into Planted Form.		Form Swap
Violent Birth		Reduce the Cooldown of Acceleration by {0.8|0.8}s after activating Hardening.	8	Hardening

• Extermination's Crowd Control reduction value stacks on top of your actual bonus

Pre-Built Loadouts

All of the following cards are in Yagorath's pre-built loadouts:

• Corrosive Acid
• Primal Vision
• Unnatural Persistance

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Corrosive Acid

The Great Worm

Gain a 240-Health Shield for 2s after swapping into Travel Form.

3

Towering Presence

Increase the Health of your Ultimate Health pool by 1000.

5

Deadly Pursuit

Increase your Movement Speed by 20% for 3s after swapping into Travel Form.

3

Triumphant Return

Reduce your acid consumption by 90% for 0.8s after swapping into Planted Form.

2

Violent Birth

Reduce the Cooldown of Acceleration by 1.6s after activating Hardening.

2

8

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Primal Vision

Triumphant Return

Reduce your acid consumption by 90% for 0.8s after swapping into Planted Form.

2

Towering Presence

Increase the Health of your Ultimate Health pool by 800.

4

Spreading Domain

Heal for 400 if you do not cancel Hardening before it ends.

4

End Of An Era

Increase the efficacy of Hardening by 20% but reduce its duration by 10%.

1

Last Efforts

Hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills grants 20% Lifesteal for 2.4s.

4

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Unnatural Persistance

Deadly Predator

Increase your maximum acid capacity by 16%.

2

Extermination

Reduce the duration and effectiveness of Crowd Control by 10%.

2

Futile Efforts

Reduce the Cooldown of Piercing Quills by 0.1s each time you hit an enemy with Caustic Spray.

2

End Of An Era

Increase the efficacy of Hardening by 80% but reduce its duration by 40%.

4

Out Of Time

Halve the efficacy of Hardening. For 2.5s after using Hardening, gain its benefits.

5

Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Yagorath:

Champion Skin Collections

• Default
• Grave Worm
• Caustic
• Leviathan
• Cuddly
• Golden

Default
Loading Art	Icon		Character Model
	Weapon
	Rarity	Common
	Availability	Standard
Release	February 3rd, 2021
Cost		Free
Voicelines		Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview		▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Trivia
Cost	Free
Voicelines	Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview	▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Character Model
Trivia

Grave Worm
Loading Art	Icon		Character Model
	Weapon
	Rarity	Uncommon
	Availability	Exclusive
Release	February 3rd, 2021
Cost		60,000  •  300  •   •  Bounty Store  •  Season Pass 2021 (Grave Worm Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines		Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview		▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Trivia
Cost	60,000  •  300  •   •  Bounty Store  •  Season Pass 2021 (Grave Worm Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines	Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview	▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Character Model
Trivia

Caustic
Loading Art	Icon		Character Model
	Weapon
	Rarity	Epic
	Availability	Exclusive
Release	February 3rd, 2021
Cost		Season Pass 2021 (Caustic Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines		Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview		▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Trivia
Cost	Season Pass 2021 (Caustic Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines	Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview	▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Character Model
Trivia

Leviathan
Loading Art	Icon		Character Model
	Weapon
	Rarity	Epic
	Availability	Exclusive
Release	November 10th, 2021
Cost		800  •  (Leviathan Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines		Leviathan Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview		▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Trivia
Cost	800  •  (Leviathan Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines	Leviathan Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview	▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Character Model
Trivia

Cuddly
Loading Art	Icon		Character Model
	Weapon
	Rarity	Epic
	Availability	Exclusive
Release	August 17, 2022
Cost		800  •  (Cuddly Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines		Cuddly Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview		▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Trivia
Cost	800  •  (Cuddly Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines	Cuddly Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview	▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Character Model
Trivia

Golden
Loading Art	Icon		Character Model
	Weapon
	Rarity	Legendary
	Availability	Mastery
Release	February 3rd, 2021
Cost		Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines		Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview		▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Trivia
Cost	Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines	Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview	▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Features
Character Model
Trivia

Emotes

• Default
• Hello Darlings
• Carnage Dance

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	Availability	Standard
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Cost	Free
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Hello Darlings
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	Weapon	{{{weapon}}}
	Rarity	Rare
	Availability	Exclusive
Release	February 3rd, 2021
Cost		Season Pass 2021
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Carnage Dance
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	Rarity	Epic
	Availability	Exclusive
Release	August 17, 2022
Cost		Starforged Event Pass Level 19 (Endless Emote)
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Trivia
Cost	Starforged Event Pass Level 19 (Endless Emote)
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Trivia

MVP Poses

• Default
• Tempest

Default
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	Rarity	Common
	Availability	Standard
Release	February 3rd, 2021
Cost		Free
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Cost	Free
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Tempest
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	Rarity	Rare
	Availability	Standard
Release	February 3rd, 2021
Cost		Season Pass 2021
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Cost	Season Pass 2021
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Trivia

• General
• Champion Skins

• Lore
• Cameos
• References
• Promotion
• Concepts
• Other

Lore

• Although Yagorath looks and acts incredibly evil, she doesn't consider herself evil, as she views the other characters as food, or as though she's stepping on ants.
• Though it seems Vora's responsible for letting Yagorath free, it's implied that Yagorath was slowly breaking out regardless. It's also implied that Yagorath was the one responsible for Vora's fellow warriors dying.
• Every champion that was involved against Yagorath, even those not shown in her teaser trailer, were indeed canonically present during the battle (including characters such as Io, Jenos, Imani, Furia, and even Valera), while those with followings brought foot soldiers and grunts to aid them as well. The reason these soldiers and not every champion was shown was due to simply not being able to include everyone in a single trailer, so the developers instead attempted to pick characters whose presence would "say something". The soldiers, meanwhile, were claimed to be absent due to the focus being on the playable characters, though it's likely other reasons include no soldiers actually being modeled at the time, as well as including them likely resulting in even more champions being visibly excluded.
• While it may appear Yagorath fled from Rei and Khan after attacking them in the former's trailer, she really just left to attack others on the battlefield.
• Yagorath is currently defeated and sealed away once more following her encounter with Azaan, but not completely dead. At the very least, Azaan's appearance marks the end of the "Darkness Arc".
• Yagorath's rampage lasted for over a year.
• Despite seeming as if Yagorath herself is the Darkness, Yagorath is both separate, but also only a piece of this larger threat from beyond the Realm.
  • Yagorath's separate nature from the Darkness is also implied in her spawn chatter line with Raum (▶️).
• Yagorath has consumed other worlds prior to the Realm.
• Yagorath grows larger and more powerful as she consumes mass, with the Yagorath in-game being a sort of "stage-0".
• It's been implied that when Yagorath grows large enough, she may be able to create creatures such as the ones that attacked Atlas in his teaser trailer.
• It's been implied there's more than one Yagorath in the Realm, though whether this refers to multiple different Darkness creatures, or if Yagorath managed to grow large enough to spawn additional monsters was never clarified.
• Azaan wouldn't be able to defeat the future version of Yagorath from the Lost Future by himself.
• Yagorath doesn't physically speak with her mouth, but instead uses some form of thought projection, though Yagorath may not be projecting words in particular.
• Yagorath's body is composed of a material beyond understanding.
• Yagorath's Primal Vision reveals nearby enemies via their heartbeats, though how this works on champions that lack literal working hearts (such as Bomb King, Grover, Dredge and possibly others) was never explained.
• Based on a dev statement revealing Viktor to be around 5'9 or 175cm tall and comparing it to model sizes in-game and out of game, it was discovered that Yagorath's in-game "stage-0" appearance would be around 26'5 or 8m long, while adding her horns brings Yagorath to around 29'6 or 9m long; though Yagorath's idle animation usually only has her standing at a height of around 12'5 or 3.8m, while adding her horns brings Yagorath to around 15'4 or 4.6m. Despite this, as can be seen in trailers after and including Octavia's teaser trailer, Yagorath has grown far larger in lore.

Cameos

Yagorath appears in the following content:

• Cinematics and Trailers
  • A Conflict Reignited - Cinematic
  • Azaan's Teaser Trailer
  • Octavia's Teaser Trailer
  • Rei's Teaser Trailer
  • Vora's Teaser Trailer*

• Cards
  • Fire and Maneuver - Octavia Card
  • Getting Jumpy - Octavia Card
  • Vantage Point - Octavia Card
  • Vicious Circle - Octavia Card
  • Threat and Subject - Rei Card

• Avatars
  • Birthday Party Yagorath
  • The Maw

• Sprays
  • Paladins' 3rd Birthday
  • Terrible Fate
  • No Escape*
  • Swallowed Whole*

• Other
  • Vora's Voice Pack*
  • Corrupted / Vile Atlas Splash Art
  • Legionnaire Atlas Splash Art*

Notable Characters that appear in Yagorath's own content includes:

• Cinematics and Trailers
  • Atlas, Ash, Cassie, Lex, Sha Lin, Strix, Viktor, Vora, and Zhin - Yagorath's Teaser Trailer*

• Cards
  • Atlas - Out Of Time and Towering Presence
  • Barik and Strix - Collateral Damage
  • Corvus, Seris, and Terminus - The Great Worm
  • Io, Furia, and Imani - Out Of Time*
  • Karne - End Of An Era
  • Octavia - Last Efforts*
  • Pip, Moji, and Remix Pepper - Deadly Pursuit
  • Viktor - Futile Efforts*
  • Vora - Dreadful Compact

• Other
  • Vora - Yagorath Splash Art

References

• The joke "I find your lack of limbs... disturbing." (▶️) references a line spoken by Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode IV.
• Yagorath's kill taunt against Koga "Yes, I am going to eat that; after you." (▶️) references Koga's line "You gonna eat that?" (▶️).
• The joke "What? You don't like the spikes?" (▶️) may be a reference to Paladins artist ThunderBrush and his fondness of spikes, which occasionally leads to annoyance from some of the Paladins community.
• The "Carnage Dance" emote is a reference to the song Caramelldansen.
• Yagorath design closely resembles the Hydralisks from StarCraft.
• Yagorath's nature of moving from planet to planet, devouring them all in an effort to satiate her endless hunger is reminiscent of the Marvel character Galactus.
• Yagorath is also reminiscent to the Tyranids from Warhammer 40k for similar reasons.
• Cho'Gath from League of Legends is yet another character Yagorath shares similarities with, such as some design similarities and focus on eating, which allows them to grow stronger and larger.

Promotion

• As with previous champions, in order to promote Yagorath, Paladins artist Thunderbrush would change his Twitter profile picture and banner a number of times. The first change occurred on October 2nd, 2020 (prior to Vora releasing) where he would change his profile picture to this image, which seems to be the image used in the reflection of Octavia's scope in her splash art.
  • The next change would come on December 1st, 2020, where he would change his banner to this image, which would later be revealed as the lower portion of Yagorath's default splash art.
  • The final change would occur on December 15th, 2020, which featured his banner being changed once again to this image, which would later be revealed as being an edited version of Yagorath's card Dreadful Compact.
• Yagorath would also be teased in other manners. A special piece of artwork was posted on the official Paladins Twitter on December 25th, 2020 in order to celebrate Christmas. In the image, there are various teasers of Yagorath, including a number of spiked red tentacles, a partially obscured stocking that appears to have Yagorath's name, as well as a picture of Yagorath above the fireplace.
• Another part of Yagorath's promotion was influencer packages. From January 3rd, 2020 to January 6th, 2020, packages were sent to various Paladins influencers. These packages were sent by Atlas from his original timeline, as revealed in said promotions, and each contained a satchel, inside of which were unique letters, as well as an object relating to the specific character discussed in the letter.
  • AndrewChicken's package can be viewed here, while the letter specifically can be viewed here. This package came with a torn piece of cloth, most likely belonging to Viktor.
    • The letter reads as follows: "Viktor found himself prey to an unrelenting hunger. Like an inexorably grinding millstone, the beast tore through every obstacle set before it in pursuit of its quarry. There was no escape for the Lone Wolf."
  • KewneDragon's package can be viewed here, while the letter specifically can be viewed here. This package came with three feathers, most likely belonging to Strix.
    • The letter reads as follows: "Strix fired upon the mountain of hate that was the Maw made manifest. The creature reeled back as it rained down a grim ichor. Everything the ravenous vile touched was burned away in an instant, and Ghost Feather was no more."
  • Syberbolt's package can be viewed here, while the letter specifically can be viewed here. This package came with a ring encrusted with a red gem, most likely belonging to Karne.
    • The letter reads as follows: "Karne stood his ground before the monstrosity as it unfurled, its cavernous maw festooned with jagged outcrops and cruelly shaped bones. Beyond those gnashing teeth, there was only darkness: the last thing the Magister would ever see."
  • Kreeper's package can be viewed here, while the letter specifically can be viewed here. This package came with a small portion of blonde hair, most likely belonging to Valera.
    • The letter reads as follows: "Valera, who tamed mountains and felled dragons, rose up once again to defend the Realm. She met the beast in battle, trading blow for blow with the behemoth, but to no avail. Even she was overwhelmed by the endless maw."
• Yagorath's standard teasers can be seen here:
  • (Teaser 1) "An awakening... And a hunger for destruction."
  • (Teaser 2) "My precious harbinger began what I will finish. I cannot be stopped."
  • (Teaser 3) "The outcome will always be the same, no matter the timeline. I am the beginning of the end."
  • (Teaser 4) "Many have united against me... Only to be consumed together."
  • (Teaser 5) "The Maw hungers. Let us feast."

Concepts

• Yagorath's design was originally slightly different, featuring a more insect-like design and only one set of claws near her mouth.
  • She was also originally meant to fire projectiles from her claw arms.
• Yagorath was originally going to move by digging through the ground, but it was decided she should roll around instead due to potential odd interactions with thin platforms.

Other

• Vora was initially more monstrous in appearance, but it was decided to split this side of Vora away into a "spin-off" champion, which became Yagorath, supposedly so Vora could shine more as a character. Initially, the idea was that Vora would eventually transform into Yagorath herself.
• Yagorath was initially intended to launch during 2020, but ended up pushed into 2021, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Vora and Yagorath had their voice packs recorded at the same time.
• Yagorath has by far the most cameos of other champions in her cards and teaser trailer, with a total of 20 champion appearances (as well as Octavia); nearly half the playable roster of the time Yagorath released.
• Though Yagorath is the only champion with lines related to New Years and Valentines Day publicly available (▶️ ▶️), it was mentioned that all champions have lines related to these and many other holidays in the event a trailer involving a champion is released around one of these holidays.
• Yagorath's model and abilities makes creating skins for her a lot of work.
• Two alternate versions of the card Extermination were created. One of them features a slightly different sky, and also doesn't feature Yagorath's wings, while the other version is the same as the original, but doesn't feature Yagorath, as the image was used for promotional material prior to her reveal.
• An alternate version of the card Dreadful Compact was created and features Vora covered in shadows.
• An alternate version of Yagorath's icon can be seen featured on the official Paladins champion site. The image can be seen here and noticeably is an image of Yagorath's in-game model in a different pose.
• Yagorath originally had a different splash art that showed her in space.
• Yagorath's sound effects apparently incorporate the usage of chicken salad and macaroni.
• Yagorath is currently the only champion that can't ride a mount. She sort of shares this trait with extremely early versions of Ruckus, who initially had Bolt transform into a flying vehicle rather than mount, though this functioned the same as regular mounts.
• Yagorath, Nyx, and Rei are the only champions who do not have weapons.
  • Despite this, Yagorath still has icons of what would appear to be her "weapons" for her base skins. These images can be seen here.
• Yagorath's internal name was "Worm Momma".

Champion Skins

• Grave Worm
  • This skin may be named after a heavy metal band of the same name.

• Caustic
  • Caustic is the ability to burn or corrode organic tissue via chemicals.
  • Though marked as 'Exclusive' in-game, this skin is intended to be 'Limited', as has been mentioned various times.

• Leviathan
  • This skin had many unused concepts before the final design was settled on, notably featuring designs based on lobsters. More concepts reveal potential recolors this skin could've received.
  • Viktor's modern design appears in this skin's teaser.
  • This skin shares its theme with Mermaid Ying, Siren Ying, Mernos Jenos, Ripjaw Buck, Great Orange Buck, Marauder Tyra, Royal Mark Tyra, Sea Queen Saati, and Crimson Tide Saati.

• Cuddly
  • Plush versions of Ash, Atlas, Io, Lex, Sha Lin, Viktor (new design), and Vora all appear in this skin's splash art.
    • Io and Vora also appear on the skin itself.
  • This skin appears in the Feeling Cute, Io Love You, and A-Vora-Ble avatars, with the plush versions of Io and Vora appearing in the latter two respectively.
    • The latter two avatars noticeably feature the plush Io and Vora on the wrong arms.
  • The Big Smile loading frame is also based on this skin.
  • This skin shares its theme with Cuddly Makoa, Plushy Makoa, Prosperous Makoa, and Cuddly Moji.

Changelog

➤ 6.6
Paladins Release Version 6.6.5485.0

• Fixed an issue where Yagorath could apply infinite damage over time by stacking Caustic Spray and Trail of Acid.

➤ August 16th, 2023
Paladins Release Version 6.5.5375.0

• Abilities
  • Form Swap
    • Decreased cooldown from 2s ➞ 1s (In practice, this makes Form Swap instant)

➤ May 17th, 2023
Paladins Release Version 6.3.5218.1

• Abilities
  • Form Swap
    • Reduced cooldown from 4s ➞ 2s
    • In practice, this will make her form swaps take ~1s for each form

➤ February 23rd, 2023
Paladins Release Version 6.1.5079.2

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Golden skin would not display properly in game.

➤ October 12th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.6.4848.0

• Talents
  • Sight Begets Strength
    • Reduced Shield per pulse from 125 ➞ 90.
• Abilities
  • Devour
    • Reduced minimum distance from 45 ➞ 30.
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Carnage Dance emote was missing audio.

➤ August 17th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.5.4747.1

• Bug Fixes
  • Addressed an issue where Yagorath could miss her Ultimate, Devour, more often than expected.

➤ June 29th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.4.4675.4

• Talents
  • Corrosive Acid
    • Increased Caustic Spray damage 40 ➞ 42
• Abilities
  • Caustic Spray
    • Increased damage 36 ➞ 38
  • Form Swap
    • Reduced Cooldown 5s ➞ 4s
  • Devour
    • Increased base Ultimate Health 3500 ➞ 3750
    • Reduced time after Ultimate breaks 2.5s ➞ 2s
    • Reduced time before the pull begins 1.1s ➞ 0.9s
    • Reduced minimum distance 50 ➞ 45 units
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Sight Begets Strength talent was not increasing the cooldown of Primal Vision when equipped.

➤ May 11th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.3.4597.1

• General
  • Reduced base Health 6000 ➞ 5750
• Talents
  • Sight Begets Strength
    • Now increases the Cooldown of Primal Vision by 2s
• Abilities
  • Devour
    • This ability now has a minimum range of 50
    • This ability can no longer miss under normal circumstances
    • Decreased time until target starts getting pulled 1.5s ➞ 1.1s
    • Increased base pull speed 335 ft/s ➞ 350 ft/s
    • Decreased time after reaching Yagorath until you are eaten 3s ➞ 2.75s
    • Increased base Ultimate Health 3300 ➞ 3500

➤ March 23rd, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.2.4520.0

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Graveworm skin was not purchasable for Gold or Crystals.

➤ February 16th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.1.4433.0

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s passive Damage Reduction was listed incorrectly on her ability description page.

➤ January 26th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.1.4424.0

• Abilities
  • Devour
    • Increased time until pulling the enemy starts from 0.5s ➞ 1.0s
    • Reduced the speed of pulling the target towards Yagorath by 5%
    • Reduced Yagorath’s Health while in Ultimate form from 3500 ➞ 3300
  • Hardened Carapace
    • Reduce the benefits of Damage Reduction 35% ➞ 30%

➤ July 21st, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.5.4175.5

• Abilities
  • Caustic Spray
    • Current: Spray acid from your Maw, dealing 36 damage every 0.1s. Hitting the ground leaves behind a pool of acid that lasts 4s.
      • Increased Range and Effective Range 90 ➞ 105 units
  • Piercing Quills / Acceleration
    • Current: Fire Piercing Quills that deal 170 damage and explode in a small area.
      • Removed the increased damage taken by enemies hit with Piercing Quills after being affected by Caustic Spray
  • Primal Vision
    • Current: Pulse 5 times, briefly revealing nearby enemies to allies.
      • Reduced the interval between pulses by 10%
      • Reduced the overall duration of Primal Vision by 10%
      • Reduced the duration enemies are Revealed by 15%
• Cards
  • Last Efforts
    • Current: Increased the duration of the Damage Amplification of her Quill and Acid Combo
      • NEW: Hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills grants 20% Lifesteal for {0.6|0.6}s.
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where the effects provided by Yagorath to her teammates from the Sight Begets Strength talent incorrectly affected non-player allies.
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s base health would scale after each instance of using her Ultimate when she had any rank of the Veteran item equipped.
  • [Live] Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Triumphant Return card would not function.

➤ May 26th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.4.4098.0

• Bugfixes
  • Fixed an issue where Khan throwing an Overpowered enemy at a Planted Form Yagorath would incorrectly knock back Yagorath.
  • Fixed an issue where Cooldown Reduction would not reduce the cooldown of Trail of Acid.
  • Fixed an issue where Corvus and Talus could teleport out of Devour with their respective teleporting abilities in certain circumstances.

➤ March 31st, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.3.4031.2

• Health

  Base health 6500 ➞ 6000

• Talents
  • Corrosive Acid
    • Reduced Caustic Spray initial hit damage 48 ➞ 42
• Passive
  • Armored Carapace
    • Base Damage Reduction decreased 40% ➞ 35%
• Abilities
  • Caustic Spray
    • Reduced initial hit damage 42 ➞ 36
  • Devour
    • Reduced base Ultimate Health pool 4000 ➞ 3500
    • Ultimate % refund on miss or break 50% ➞ 35%
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath could swap from Travel Form to Planted Form while Banished.
  • Fixed an issue where Chronos and other Cooldown-reducing effects would not reduce the Cooldown of Travel Form abilities.
  • Fixed some map collision issues with Yagorath on Brightmarsh.

➤ February 18th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.2.3984.3

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where the Towering Presence card did not scale past the first rank.
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s ability names were cut off on the Advanced screen in the Champions menu.
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath could use Weapon Inspect while in Travel Form and get locked out of actions temporarily.
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Emote and MVP icons were missing their 2D art in Match Lobby.

➤ February 3rd, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.2.3983.0

• Yagorath was added to the game.
• PTS Changes - Balance
  • Talents
    • Sight Begets Strength
      • 100 shield ➞ 125 shield
  • Abilities
    • Primal Vision
      • 10s CD ➞ 11s

Removed Content

• Yagorath/Removed Content