Imani ▶️ is a Damage Champion in Paladins, added on January 16th, 2019.
Lore[ | ]
This is Imani's official bio currently found in her champion page in-game.
Long ago, there was chaos and war. The dragons ruled the Realm, and everyone else was left to fight over the scraps. But one wise mage learned the dragons' secrets. She became the first Warder, the first to command a dragon. It was that Warder's actions that paved the way for the Paladins' Golden Age of peace. The Warders were thought to be dead and gone, a relic of a bygone age.
Yet, when a beacon was lit in their ancient homeland — an alarm signal that the Warders, or what remained of them, were needed once again — Imani answered that call. Little is known about the Last Warder's past before she appeared in Dredge's treasure trove to recover her stolen relics, but one thing is sure: she will uphold the legacy of her lineage, and stand against the darkness of the future looming over the Realm.
This is an unofficial version of Imani's bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding her. Sources can be found here.
The last known member of the old group called the Warders. When their beacon was lit, Imani was the only one left to answer the call, though she came back late and missed the battle between the Magistrate and Resistance. Using a magical book as well as a few crystals, Imani tracked her gauntlets to Marauder's Port, where they had been stolen by Dredge. She travelled there, easily defeating the shocked Abyssal Lord and reclaiming her gauntlets. Having found traces of the Resistance back at the beacon, Imani traveled to their base, believing them to be the ones who'd lit the call. Once learning who had really lit the beacon and their goals, Imani joined them to prevent the Darkness, which she initially believed to be the Abyss, from destroying the Realm, preventing Corvus from unleashing it during the battle at Bazaar, and later working with various other champions to fight Yagorath.
According to Atlas, in the Lost Future, Imani would end up dying at some point.
This was Imani's in-game bio prior to the The Damned Frontier update. It's no longer considered canon.
Long ago, there was chaos and war. The dragons ruled the Realm, and mankind was left to fight over the scraps. But one wise mage learned the dragon's secrets. She became the first Warder, the first to command a dragon. It was that Warder's actions which paved the way for the Paladins' golden age of peace. The Warders were thought to be dead and gone, a relic of a bygone age. But a beacon was lit in their ancient homeland, an alarm signal that the Warders were needed once again... If there were any left. Imani answered that call. Little is known about the Last Warder's past before she appeared in Dredge's treasure trove to recover her relics, but one thing is sure: She will uphold the legacy of her lineage, and stand against the darkness.
Summary[ | ]
Imani is one of the more complex Damage Champions, capable of excelling at any range and contributing crowd control and zoning to the point. Imani shifts between her Ice Stance and Fire Stance, altering her strengths and weaknesses and allowing players to be very diverse in their playing styles.
Primary Fire[ | ]
Her basic attacks and offensive abilities all generate mana that, when filled, will cause her next primary attack to be faster and stronger than her normal shots. Once mana is capped, the power shot can be performed in either stance regardless of which stance her mana was filled in.
Ice Stance[ | ]
With her Ice Stance, Imani shoots frost bolts act as projectiles, causing average damage, and, with full mana, will shoot out two bolts almost instantaneously. While in Ice stance, Imani can also fire her Frost Bomb, a huge lobbed orb of ice that gradually floats and descends through the air. Upon impact, max range, or when reactivated, the bomb will explode, causing damage and both crippling and rooting all enemies near its explosion.
Fire Stance[ | ]
While in Fire Stance, Imani's primary attack switches to pyreballs, an charging projectile attack that, when immediately released, does a minimum of 135. As pyreball is allowed to charge, its damage increases to a max of 1000. Pyreball can be released at any point during its charge, with its damage output increasing the longer it is charged. Her Fire stance alternative to the Frost Bomb is her Inferno Cannon, a constant billow of fire that significantly slows Imani's movement while causing gradual damage in a direction controllable by the player throughout its duration.
Inferno Cannon will penetrate through enemies to hit others behind them and, if successfully kept on target, will eliminate all but the highest HP champions.
Movement ability[ | ]
Her mobility ability, Frostfire Glide, can be used in any stance and combines the powers of fire and ice to allow her to surf through the air on a piece of ice. This ability has somewhat of a wide turn and a speed higher than the base speed of a champion with maxed Nimble, but can easily be shot down by enemies or chased by the more agile champions.
Ultimate ability[ | ]
Her ult, Dragon's Call, summons a massive dragon to be controlled by the player while Imani's character remains immobile at the casting site. The Dragon can fly throughout the battlefield, breathing a fire and ice blaze that very few champions can survive for longer than a couple of seconds. If Imani is found and killed while she is ulting, both her and the dragon will be defeated. Should the Dragon expire or be killed, there will be a death animation followed by a brief delay before returning control to Imani. Both Imani and her dragon are susceptible to the Bulldozer while ulting.
Effectively playing Imani can lead to incredibly destruction and intimidating control over the entire map, but her complexity is also her weakness, as she is not the best Damage Champion at short nor long range. She can be outsniped by true snipers and bursted at short range by many flanks and other damages.
Skills[ | ]
Talents[ | ]
Cards[ | ]
This is a list with all cards available to Imani:
Name | Image | Description | Cooldown | Category |
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Affinity | Reduce your damage taken by {5|5}% for 2s after activating Elemental Shift. | Elemental Shift | ||
Ancient Duty | Increase your maximum Health by {50|50}. | Armor / Weapon | ||
Arcane Flame | Increase the Mana generation of Inferno Cannon by {15|15}%. | Inferno Cannon | ||
Arcane Ice | Increase the Mana generation of Frost Bomb by {15|15}%. | Frost Bomb | ||
Cooling Runes | Dealing damage with Frost Bolt reduces the Cooldown of Inferno Cannon by {0.5|0.5}s. | Armor / Weapon | ||
Discipline | Elemental Shift reduces the Cooldown of Frostfire Glide by {0.6|0.6}s. | 3 | Elemental Shift | |
Draconic Will | Elemental Shift reduces the Cooldown of Frost Bomb and Inferno Cannon by {0.6|0.6}s. | 3 | Elemental Shift | |
Elemental Barrier | Heal for {50|50} after using Elemental Shift. | 5 | Elemental Shift | |
Elemental Grace | Gain a {100|100}-health Shield for 3s after dropping to or below 50% Health. | 30 | Armor / Weapon | |
Heat Sink | Dealing damage with Pyre Ball reduces the Cooldown of Frost Bomb by {0.8|0.8}s. | Armor / Weapon | ||
Ice in her Veins | Heal for {50|50} every 1s while using FrostFire Glide. | Frostfire Glide | ||
Mystic Fire | Regenerate {5|5}% Mana every 1s while using FrostFire Glide. | Frostfire Glide | ||
Permafrost | Increase the Projectile Speed of Frost Bomb by {6|6}%. | Frost Bomb | ||
Pilgrimage | Increase the duration of FrostFire Glide by {0.5|0.5}s. | Frostfire Glide | ||
Pyretic Momentum | FrostFire Glide travels {5|5}% faster. | Frostfire Glide | ||
Swift Sear | Increase your Movement Speed while casting Inferno Cannon by {20|20}%. | Inferno Cannon |
Pre-Built Loadouts[ | ]
All of the following cards are in Imani's pre-built loadouts:
Cosmetic Items[ | ]
These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Imani:
Champion Skin Collections[ | ]
Default | ||||
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Weapon | Default Dragon | |||
Rarity | Common | |||
Availability | Standard | |||
Release | January 16, 2019 | |||
Cost | Free | |||
Voicelines | Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Free | |||
Voicelines | Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Warder | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Warder's Dragon | |||
Rarity | Uncommon | |||
Availability | Standard | |||
Release | January 16, 2019 | |||
Cost | 60,000 • 300 • • Bounty Store • Season Pass 2019 - 2020 (Warder Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | 60,000 • 300 • • Bounty Store • Season Pass 2019 - 2020 (Warder Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
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Snowdrift | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Snowdrift Dragon | |||
Rarity | Rare | |||
Availability | Limited | |||
Release | January 16, 2019 | |||
Cost | Season Pass 2019 - 2020 (Snowdrift Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Season Pass 2019 - 2020 (Snowdrift Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
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Omega | ||||
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Weapon | Omega Cyberwing | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Unlimited | |||
Release | April 3, 2019 | |||
Cost | 2,400 • End Times Event: Collect 240 (Omega Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Omega Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | 2,400 • End Times Event: Collect 240 (Omega Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Omega Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
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Steel Forged | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Steel Forged Wyrm | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | May 22, 2019 | |||
Cost | • • • Prime Gaming • Steel Forged Battle Pass Level 40 (Steel Forged Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Steel Forged Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | • • • Prime Gaming • Steel Forged Battle Pass Level 40 (Steel Forged Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Steel Forged Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Dragon Forged | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Dragon Forged Wyrm | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Limited | |||
Release | May 22, 2019 | |||
Cost | Steel Forged Battle Pass Level 30 (Dragon Forged Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Steel Forged Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Steel Forged Battle Pass Level 30 (Dragon Forged Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Steel Forged Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Stellar Sorceress (Default) | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Cosmic Griffon | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | July 29th, 2020 | |||
Cost | • • Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 10 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | • • Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 10 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Stellar Sorceress (Yellow) | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Cosmic Griffon | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | July 29th, 2020 | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 11 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 11 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Stellar Sorceress (Green) | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Cosmic Griffon | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | July 29th, 2020 | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 25 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 25 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Stellar Sorceress (Magenta) | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Cosmic Griffon | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | July 29th, 2020 | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 35 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 35 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Stellar Sorceress (Blue) | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Cosmic Griffon | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | July 29th, 2020 | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 46 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 46 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Stellar Sorceress (Black) | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Cosmic Griffon | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | July 29th, 2020 | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 90 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 90 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Stellar Sorceress (Teal) | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Cosmic Griffon | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | July 29th, 2020 | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 107 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 107 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Stellar Sorceress (Inverted) | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Cosmic Griffon | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | July 29th, 2020 | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 118 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 118 (Stellar Sorceress Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Stellar Sorceress Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
E-Mani | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | E-Mani's Dragon.rawr | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | March 31st, 2021 | |||
Cost | 800 • • (E-Mani Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | E-Mani Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | 800 • • (E-Mani Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | E-Mani Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Genesis | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Genesis Dragon.rawr | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | March 31st, 2021 | |||
Cost | 800 • • (Genesis Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | E-Mani Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | 800 • • (Genesis Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | E-Mani Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Yang Xiao Long | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Ember Celica | |||
Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | June 29th, 2022 | |||
Cost | • RWBY Crossover Pass Level 9 (Yang Xiao Long Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Yang Xiao Long Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | • RWBY Crossover Pass Level 9 (Yang Xiao Long Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Yang Xiao Long Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Character Model | ||||
Golden | ||||
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Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Golden Dragon | |||
Rarity | Legendary | |||
Availability | Mastery | |||
Release | January 16, 2019 | |||
Cost | Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
Cost | Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden Imani Collection) | |||
Voicelines | Imani voice lines | |||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
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Emotes[ | ]
Default | ||||
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Rarity | Common | |||
Availability | Standard | |||
Cost | Free | |||
Cost | Free | |||
Character Model | ||||
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Breath Of Fire | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Cost | • • Season Pass 2019 - 2020 | |||
Cost | • • Season Pass 2019 - 2020 | |||
Character Model | ||||
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Chuckle | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Rare | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Cost | • End Times Event: Collect 220 | |||
Cost | • End Times Event: Collect 220 | |||
Character Model | ||||
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Radiant Peace | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Rare | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | July 29th, 2020 | |||
Cost | • Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 10 (Endless Emote) | |||
Cost | • Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 10 (Endless Emote) | |||
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MVP Poses[ | ]
Default | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Common | |||
Availability | Standard | |||
Cost | Free | |||
Cost | Free | |||
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Sovereign | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Rare | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Cost | • • Season Pass 2019 - 2020 | |||
Cost | • • Season Pass 2019 - 2020 | |||
Character Model | ||||
Incarnate | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Legendary | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Cost | • • Battlesuit Battle Pass Level 38 (Animated MVP Pose) | |||
Cost | • • Battlesuit Battle Pass Level 38 (Animated MVP Pose) | |||
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Star Imani | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Rare | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release | July 29th, 2020 | |||
Cost | • Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 73 | |||
Cost | • Radiant Stars Battle Pass Level 73 | |||
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Trivia[ | ]
Lore
- Imani used the crystals kept around her waist and a magical book to locate her gauntlets when they were taken following Dragon's Call.[1]
- Originally, Imani believed the Darkness that Jenos was attempting to stop was really the Abyss, as Jenos similarly believed this.[2] This explains why Imani has lines related to stopping the Abyss (▶️), but not the Darkness.
- It's assumed Imani (and other characters not shown that are involved in the conflict) was present in Yagorath's trailer and assisted in fighting, but wasn't shown due to not being able to show every single character, instead focusing on including the ones they felt would say the most by their presence.[3]
- Imani is well trained in magic, as opposed to characters like Evie and Moji, who are far more chaotic in how they use theirs. Her magic also more or less comes from the same source as Evie, Moji, and Rei's, that being nature.[4]
- Imani being the only known person left with the ability to command dragons makes her one of the most powerful mortals in the entire world; only being less powerful than some of the characters referred to as deities.[5][6]
- Imani's ability to control dragons largely stems from the dragon's own willingness to trust and listen to her, which is the reason Dredge was unable to control one with her gauntlets.[7]
- Imani's gauntlets were created in some of the most extreme conditions before being forged and enchanted in a powerful warden's forge.[8][9]
- 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 Imani would be around 6' or 182cm tall.
Cameos
Imani appears in the following content:
- Cinematics and Trailers
- Cards
- Out Of Time - Yagorath Card*[10]
- Avatars
- Sprays
- Other
- End Times Story
- Hi-Rez Expo 2019 Pin
- Girl Squad! - Merchandise
- Imani Fire and Ice - Merchandise
Notable Characters that appear in Imani's own content includes:
- Cinematics and Trailers
- Dredge - Imani's Teaser Trailer*
References
- Imani's kill taunt towards Jenos "I've felt the shifts in time. Are those your doing, monk?" (▶️) foreshadows Atlas prior to his reveal.
- The line "Warders forever!" (▶️) references a similar quote from Black Panther.
- Imani's opening animation bears some resemblance to a scene from The Legend of Korra.
- The 'Incarnate' emote also bears some resemblance to the opening of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Other
- Prior to lip syncing becoming more common from Octavia's teaser trailer onward, Imani is one of the only champions to ever speak with their mouth visibly moving, as shown here. She shares this trait with Ash, Talus, Tiberius, and Vivian.
- Imani was the first champion released after the fourth talent was removed.
- Imani was in development for around 6 months and came about due to one designer pitching the idea for a stance-switching dragon summoner, which the developers thought sounded incredible.[13][14]
- Imani and Raum are the only champions released in 2019 that are not featured in the 3rd Anniversary Spray.
- Including recolors, Imani is tied with Io for having received the most skins from Battle Passes (10 in total), though most of these skins consist of recolors from the Radiant Stars Battle Pass.
Champion Skins
- Warder
- This skin is likely named after the Warders in Paladins themselves.
- Snowdrift
- A snowdrift is an event where wind causes large amounts of snow to buildup, often blocking paths.
- Omega
- This skin's defeat line "It's like Protocol 64 all over again." (▶️) references OB64, the most infamous Paladins update.
- This skin was originally 'Exclusive', but changed to 'Unlimited' in the Indomitable update.
- Despite this change, the skin would not be made available for purchase until the gen:LOCK update, making it the only Unlimited skin to not be made available right after the associated event ended.
- This skin shares its theme with Omega Sha Lin, Omega Terminus, Omega Dredge, Omega Zhin, Omega Koga, and Omega Makoa, Omega Vivian, and Sigma Vivian.
- Steel Forged / Dragon Forged
- The Steel Forged skin was originally one of Imani's many concept designs; later being made into these skins due to its popularity.[15]
- The line "Haha! Ride the wind!" (▶️) may be a reference to the song Ride the Wind by Poison.
- The Dragon Forged skin appears in the Dragon Queen spray.
- These skins share their theme with Steel Forged Androxus, Steel Forged Barik, Steel Forged Mal'Damba, Steel Forged Terminus, as well as all the Dragon Forged variants for the first three.
- Stellar Sorceress
- On top of being known as the "Star Sisters", the group this skin is part of alongside most of the other Stellar skins, is known as the "Radiant Stars".[16]
- These skins are based on Magical Girl anime, particularly Sailor Moon.
- These skins' appearance may be based on Rose Quartz from Steven Universe.
- These skins contain many fourth wall breaks, with many also referencing tropes in anime.
- The line "I'm blasting off again." (▶️) is likely a reference to Team Rocket from the Pokémon anime; it being the phrase they say almost every time they're defeated, as can be seen here.
- The line "What does your scanner say about MY power level?" (▶️) is a reference to a meme that originated from Dragon Ball Z.
- The line "This isn't even my final form!" (▶️) is a reference to another meme that originated from Dragon Ball Z.
- The default Stellar Sorceress skin appears in the Passion avatar.
- The default Stellar Sorceress skin also appears in the Radiant and Fierce! sprays.
- These skins share their theme with Stellar Protector Io, Stellar Sentinel Inara, Stellar Mender Seris, Stellar Witch Lillith, Gentleman Jenos, and Galactic Conqueror Vora.
- E-Mani / Genesis
- The E-Mani skin may be named after E-girls.
- The Genesis skin may be named after the Sega Genesis.
- These skins Evil Mojo's logo, the developers of Paladins, on their shorts.
- As expected, these skins make many gaming references.
- For example, the line "Another one in the bag! Maybe I'll hit Diamond this season!" (▶️) references Ranked.
- The line "Ah, I'm still working on the blue wall!" (▶️) references match history in Paladins, and how players will attempt to build up enough wins to make their viewable match history a "blue wall".
- The line "What do my friends keep invitin' me to bonfire parties? I like my current save point!" (▶️) is a reference to the bonfires from the Dark Souls series.
- The line "This princess isn't going to be stuck in a castle, nope." (▶️) is a reference to an iconic line from the original Super Mario Bros.
- The line "Thankfully this isn't hardcore mode." (▶️) is a reference to Minecraft's Hardcore Mode.
- The E-Mani skin appears in the Digital Space avatar.
- The E-Mani skin also appears in the Digital, Choose your Champion, and Pixelated sprays.
- These skins share their theme with Avatar Androxus, Modded Androxus, Full Dive Ying, Rezzed Ying, R.O.M. Raum, Heatsink Raum, Defragged Inara, Digitized Inara, Digitized Bomb King, and Digitized Fernando.
- Yang Xiao Long
- This skin is part of the sixth set of crossover content alongside the rest of the RWBY Crossover Pass and skins, following Grover, Team Fortress 2 Barik, the Gen:LOCK Crossover Pass, Rambo Viktor, and the Monstercat Crossover Pass and skins.
- The line "Weiss Weiss, baby." (▶️)) is a reference to both the song of the same name by Vanilla Ice, as well as obviously, the RWBY character Weiss.
- This skin's kill taunt towards Furia, "Trap card, your armies have been destroyed." (▶️) is a reference to the You Just Activated My Trap Card meme, which originated from 'Yu-Gi-Oh!'.
- This skin appears in the avatar of the same name.
- This skin shares its theme with Ruby Rose Vora, Blake Belladonna Saati, Weiss Schnee Furia, Salem Seris, and Qrow Branwen Corvus.
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Ability Breakdown[ | ]
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Behind the Scenes[ | ]
Changelog[ | ]
- Fixed an issue where summoning Dragon’s Call would freeze some PC clients
- Imani has been re-enabled following this fix
- Talents
- Mana Rift
- VFX radius increased from 10 ➞ 30 units
- Mana Rift
- Fixed an issue where enemies could see Imani’s health bar when looking at her dragon.
- Abilities
- Elemental Shift
- Cooldown reduced from 6s ➞ 1s
- Frost Bomb/Inferno Cannon
- Reduced Cooldown 15s ➞ 13s
- Elemental Shift
- Cards
- Affinity
- Original rank 5 effect integrated into the base kit
- Now will reduce damage taken by {5|5}% for 2s after activating Elemental Shift (Internal Cooldown of 5s).
- Discipline and Draconic Will
- Now have internal cooldowns of 3s to account for faster Elemental Shift
- Elemental Barrier
- Now have internal cooldowns of 5s to account for faster Elemental Shift
- Affinity
- Weapon
- Frost Bolt
- Increased Damage from 420 ➞ 440
- Frost Bolt
- Talents
- Pyromania
- Now also increases Mana generated by Pyre Ball
- Pyromania
- Abilities
- Frost Bolt
- Increased Damage from 410 ➞ 420
- Frost Bolt
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Imani’s Pyre Ball weapon VFX would get stuck on her hands if she interrupted the charge of her Weapon Shot with Inferno Cannon or Elemental Shift.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed air control issues with Imani while she was mounted.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Swift Sear card would not function if Imani used her Inferno Cannon ability while in midair.
- Abilities
- Inferno Cannon
- Current: Channel an Inferno Cannon that deals 110 damage every 0.09s over 3s in a 120-unit Piercing column of fire.
- Reduced damage per hit 110 ➞ 100
- Current: Channel an Inferno Cannon that deals 110 damage every 0.09s over 3s in a 120-unit Piercing column of fire.
- Frost Bomb
- Current: Launch a Bomb that deals up to 800 damage within 35 units of detonation, dealing damage based on the duration of travel, and Rooting enemies hit for 1s.
- Increased the minimum damage on detonation by 5%
- Decreased the distance required for maximum damage by 10%
- Current: Launch a Bomb that deals up to 800 damage within 35 units of detonation, dealing damage based on the duration of travel, and Rooting enemies hit for 1s.
- Inferno Cannon
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Imani's Frost Bomb ability and Frost Bolt weapon displayed incorrectly on the Death Recap UI.
- Bugfixes
- Fixed an issue where Imani dying while her Ultimate was active displayed bad information in the Kill Feed.
- Fixed an issue where Frost Bolts with the Splitting Ice talent would bounce to another enemy off of an Ethereal target.
- Abilities
- Frost Bomb
- Reduced Cooldown 18s ➞ 15s
- Inferno Cannon
- Reduced Cooldown 18s ➞ 15s
- Frost Bomb
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Imani’s Dragon could hit enemies with FrostFire Breath through thin walls.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Mana UI was not centered on the UI.
- Fixed an issue where Jenos’ Astral Mark and Corvus’ Mark of Fate would have incorrect visual behavior on the Dragon.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Mana UI was not centered on the UI.
- Talents
- Pyromania
- Pyromania now causes all of your Pyre Balls to deal damage in an area.
- Reduced Damage 1,000 ➞ 800
- Reduced Area 30 unit ➞ 20 units
- Pyromania
- Abilities
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Mana Rift 2D icon would not display on the in-match Scoreboard.
- Fixed an issue where a Player’s screen would fade back in after fading to black on the Victory or Defeat screens when playing Imani.
- Shortened the VFX range of Inferno Cannon to better represent its actual damage range.
- Fixed an issue where the non-Red Stellar Sorceress variants played the incorrect VFX when using the Radiant Peace Emote.
- Fixed an issue where the meteorite VFX would not spawn in Stellar Sorceress Imani’s hands while she was charging Pyre Ball on low Particle Detail settings.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Stellar Sorceress skins hitched in Match Lobby briefly during one of their animations.
- Fixed an issue where Cosmic Griffon variants displayed Temp icons when obtained.
- Fixed an issue where the Star Imani MVP Pose was not on the Battle Pass Track.
- Fixed an issue where the Star Imani MVP Pose was t-posing.
- Abilities
- Frost Bomb
- Reduced Cooldown 20s ➞ 18s
- Inferno Cannon
- Reduced Cooldown 20s ➞ 18s
- Frost Bomb
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where firing two Pyre Ball weapon shots in quick succession while gaining full Mana in between the two weapon shots could cause Mana to be consumed but not grant the second Pyre Ball the correct damage.
- Fixed an issue where Imani’s Snowdrift Weapons and Dragon were invisible in matches.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Imani could not get multi-kills while using Dragon’s Call.
- Abilities
- Frost Bolt
- Removed in-hand offset
- Removed mid-air inaccuracy
- Pyre Ball
- Remove in-hand offset
- Removed mid-air inaccuracy
- Elemental Shift
- Reduced Cooldown 8s ➞ 6s
- Frost Bomb
- Increased projectile speed 40 ➞ 60
- Reduced Root duration 1.5s ➞ 1s
- Frostfire Glide
- Increased Movement Speed by 10%
- Increased duration 3s ➞ 4s
- Increased ability to move vertically during this ability
- Increased base speed of this ability
- Reduced speed reduction while turning with this ability
- Dragon's Call
- Reduced Dragon’s Health 7,500 ➞ 6,000
- Frost Bolt
- Cards
- Discipline
- Reduced Cooldown reduction of FrostFire Glide {1|1}s ➞ {0.6|0.6}s
- Draconic Will
- Reduced Cooldown reduction of Frost Bomb and Inferno Cannon by {1|1}s ➞ {0.6|0.6}s
- Elemental Barrier
- Reduced Healing from using Elemental Shift {100|100} ➞ {50|50}
- Mystic Fire
- Increased Mana regeneration {4|4}% ➞ {5|5}%
- Permafrost
- Reduced the Projectile Speed of Frost Bomb by {12|12}% ➞ {6|6}%
- Heat Sink
- Increased Cooldown reduction {0.5|0.5}s ➞ {0.8|0.8}s
- Discipline
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where playing a game as Imani would not progress the “Cry Havoc!” Daily Quest (Play 2 games as a Damage Champion).
- Fixed an issue where using VGS while playing as the Dragon would play the Default Voice Pack.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where firing fully-charged Pyre Balls in quick succession while using Mana Rift sometimes used the left-offset animation instead of always using the right-offset animation.
- Abilities
- Pyre Ball
- Added in-hand offset for charged Pyre Balls. They will now always release to the right of your reticle instead of potentially releasing to the left, and clipping walls.
- Inferno Cannon
- Players now move during this ability at base. The movement is equivalent to Swift Sear 3.
- Pyre Ball
- Cards
- Swift Sear
- Reduced effectiveness, but provides exactly 100% increased movement of the new base Inferno Cannon. When maxed, this card will provide 20% more movement speed than the previous iteration.
- Swift Sear
- Bug Fixes
- Frost Bomb now correctly detonates when colliding with Inara’s Impasse.
- Bug Fixes
- Imani’s Dragon no longer t-pose and persists in the world after death.
- Imani’s dragon now properly disintegrates and disappears on death in her Golden, Warder, and Snowdrift skins.
- Imani’s portrait now properly displays when targeting her with True Power through a wall.
- Abilities
- Elemental Shift
- Reduced cooldown 10s ➞ 8s
- Frost Bomb
- Reduced projectile Speed 60 ➞ 40
- Elemental Shift
- Cards
- Permafrost
- Now increases projectile speed of frost bomb by {12|12}%
- Permafrost
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that enabled Imani to see enemies through walls if Cassie used her Scout while Imani was controlling her Dragon.
- Addressed an issue where Imani could auto-purchase items for her dragon during the ability.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Imani’s Pyreball was incorrectly charging to full over 1s instead of 1.2s
- Bug Fixes
- Frost Bolt / Pyre Ball now Properly affected by Haven
- Frost Bomb cooldown now properly affected by Chronos
- Fixed an issue where Imani’s “surfboard” would get stuck on her model in the next round if she used Frostfire Glide as the round ended
- Fixed an issue where the Burning debuff icon would persist on screen if Imani’s dragon died while it was burning
- Fixed an issue where Imani would not have a silhouette or a health bar while she was channeling her Ultimate
- Fixed an issue where Imani’s health was not being displayed on her dynamic HUD portrait during her Ultimate
- Fixed Snowdrift Imani skin missing a number of sound effects
- Abilities
- Pyre Ball
- Reduced charge time 1.6s ➞ 1.2s
- Reduced damage 1100 ➞ 1000
- Reduced mana regeneration rate
- Pyre Ball
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed a case where Imani would get locked out of firing her in-hand attacks
- Fixed a case where Imani’s dragon could become unkillable and persist infinitely
- Fixed a case where, upon death, Imani’s Avatar would fail to animate and slowly sink into the ground
- Fixed a case where Imani’s Ice “board” would get stuck on her person
- Fixed an issue where Wrecker / Cauterize / Bulldozer affected Frost Bomb and Inferno Cannon
- Fixed a case where Imani’s dragon’s Frost Fire Breath would persist after death
- Imani’s Emotes & MVP Poses now display the correct icons
- Imani no longer retains Moji’s Magic Marks
- Seris’ Soul Orbs no longer persist if Imani’s dragon dies with active stacks
- Fixed an issue where Imani could appear on the ground to opponents if Inferno Cannon was cast mid-air
- Abilities
- Dragons Call
- Ultimate Charge Rate Reduced
- Using Frostfire Breath now slows the Avatar’s movespeed
- Duration reduced 25s ➞ 20
- Frostfire Glide
- Removed the functionality where flying into an obstacle and coming to a complete stop would cancel the ability.
- Dragons Call
- Imani was added to the game.
Removed Content[ | ]
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Front Line |
Damage |
Support |
Flank |
- ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
- ↑ File:Darkness Arc Timeline.png
- ↑ File:Yagorath Trailer Other Champs.png
- ↑ File:Witch Magic.png
- ↑ File:Imani one of the Strongest Mortals.png
- ↑ File:Imani Power Level.png
- ↑ Paladins 2.02 Patch Notes and Megathread, Reddit
- ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
- ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
- ↑ File:Big Out of Time.jpg
- ↑ File:Imani Concepts.jpg
- ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
- ↑ Time for some Damage Control, Evil Mojo, Reddit
- ↑ Time for some Damage Control, Evil Mojo, Reddit
- ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
- ↑ Radiant Stars will Rise in the Latest Paladins Update, Xbox
- ↑ Jasmine M on ArtStation