Sha Lin

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Sha Lin is a Damage Champion in Paladins, added on November 10, 2016.

Sha Lin
Summary
Icon
Title	The Desert Wind
Class	Damage
Cost	30000 or 200
Release Date	November 10, 2016
Affiliation	Resistance
Group	Thousand Hand Guild (former)
Voice Lines	Sha Lin voice lines
Voice Actor	Stephen Fu
Statistics
Base Health	2000
Base Movement Speed	355

Sha Lin is one of the Champions in Paladins.

Lore

Tales of the legendary adventurer Sha Lin have spread far and wide across the Realm, recounting his heroic exploits and death-defying antics. During his short lifetime, he's already helped topple warlords, recovered long-lost artifacts, and betrayed the infamous Thousand Hand Guild.

He's broken as many hearts with his magical longbow as he has with his silver tongue, but even he has a stake in the current conflict between the Magistrate and the Resistance, standing up to the oppressive Magistrate on behalf of the common folk.

Summary

Sha Lin is a damage champion and an oppressive ranged attacker, who fires high damage arrows, dealing more damage the longer they are charged. Their Impaler Arrow allows him to knock enemies away, stunning them if they are thrown into a wall. Planted allows Sha Lin to fire many arrows in a short burst but forces him to stand still, leaving him vulnerable. Withdraw (which lets him backflip away) and his Ultimate skill, Heat Haze, both grant Sha Lin stealth, making him invisible, making him harder to track down and allowing him to slip away when under fire. However, he is very reliant on his skills and will be easily taken out while on cooldown. Player awareness and anti stealth effects are also a harsh counter against him.

Skills

Long Bow

Description

A long bow that draws back an arrow and releases it for up to 1000 damage every 1.5s.

Cooldown

8

Impaler Arrow

Description

Replace your arrow with an Impaler Arrow that knocks enemies back and stuns them for 1s if they hit a wall.

Cooldown

18

Planted

Description

Plant yourself in place, becoming stationary for 3s. While planted, your Long Bow draw time is 200% faster. Re-activating Planted cancels the skill. Acts as a weapon attack.

Cooldown

15

Withdraw

Description

Leap backwards and enter stealth for 2s.

Heat Haze (Ultimate) ▶️

Description

Enter stealth and gain 30% Movement Speed for 8s. While active, you draw your bow 50% faster and reveal yourself each time you fire.

Talents

File:Talent ShaLin DesertShadow.png

Desert Shadow

Default Talent

Your first shot breaking Stealth with Withdraw deals 25% more damage.

Recurve

Unlocks at Mastery Level 2

Draw your bow 15% faster.

Details

• Recurve does not affect draw speed during Panted.
• Recurve stacks additively with Heat Haze, for a total of 65% draw speed increase.

File:Talent ShaLin ExplosiveArrows.png

Explosive Arrows

Unlocks at Mastery Level 8

Impaler Arrow now explodes on contact for an additional 300 damage and knocks back all enemies in the radius, but can no longer stun.

Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Sha Lin:

Name	Image	Description	Cooldown
Bullseye		Reduce your active Cooldowns by {10|10}% when you get an Elimination.
Daring Escape		Increase your Movement Speed by {10|10}% for 3s after Rapid Shot ends.
Grounded		Regenerate {60|60} Health every 1s while using Rapid Shot.
Master Archer		Reduce the Cooldown of Rapid Shot by {0.6|0.6}s.
Mirage		Reduce the Cooldown of Withdraw by {0.6|0.6}.
Oasis		Heal for {80|80} after using Withdraw.
Poise		Reduced the Movement Speed penalty while drawing your Longbow by {20|20}%.
Quick Sand		Reduce the Cooldown of Crippling Arrow by {0.6|0.6}s.
Run Like the Wind		Increase your Movement Speed by {7|7}% for 3s after using Withdraw.
Run Them Down		Increase the duration of the Cripple effect applied by Crippling Arrow by {0.1|0.1}s.
Shimmer		Reset the Cooldown of Withdraw after dropping to or below {15|15}% Health.	15
Skewer		Hitting an enemy with Crippling Arrow reduces the Cooldown of Rapid Shot by {0.6|0.6}s.
Strike True		Hitting an enemy with Crippling Arrow Heals you for {70|70}.
Swagger		Increase your maximum Health by {50|50}.
Wanderlust		Increase your Movement Speed by {3|3}%.
Windwall		Each arrow of Rapid Shot reduces the Movement Speed of any enemy hit by {5|5}% for 2s.

• Oasis applies its effect after 0.5s from using Withdraw

Pre-Built Loadout

All of the following cards are in Sha Lin's pre-built loadout (every card in this deck is set to Level 3):

Desert Wanderer

Poise

Reduced the movement speed penalty while drawing your Long Bow by 60%. {{{enddescription}}}

3

Daring Escape

Gain 30% movement speed for 3s after Planted ends. {{{enddescription}}}

3

Run Like the Wind

After using Withdraw gain 21% Movement Speed for 3s. {{{enddescription}}}

3

Run Them Down

Gain 30% Movement Speed for 4s after hitting Impaler Arrow. {{{enddescription}}}

3

Wanderlust

Gain 15% movement speed. {{{enddescription}}}

3

Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Sha Lin:

Champion Skins

Default

Bravado

(Common)

30000 / 160 /
(Bravado Sha Lin Collection)

Burrito Jersey

(Rare, Exclusive)

(Burrito Collection)

In the bag

(Rare, Exclusive)

Crime Fighter

(Epic, Exclusive)

(Crime Fighter Sha Lin Collection)

Guardian

(Epic)

Vigilante

(Epic)

(Vigilante Sha Lin Collection)

Outlaw

(Epic)

(Outlaw Sha Lin Collection)

Omega

(Epic)

Omega Sha Lin Bundle (400 )
(Omega Sha Lin Collection)

Weapon Skins

Default Long Bow

Bravado Long Bow

(Common)

30000 / 160 /
(Bravado Sha Lin Collection)

Jolly Long bow

(Rare, Exclusive)

Lotus Long Bow

(Rare, Exclusive)

Crime Fighter Compound

(Epic, Exclusive)

(Crime Fighter Sha Lin Collection)

Vigilante Compound

(Epic)

(Vigilante Sha Lin Collection)

Outlaw's Warbow

(Epic)

(Outlaw Sha Lin Collection)

Omega Impaler

(Epic)

Previously: Omega Sha Lin Bundle (400 )
(Omega Sha Lin Collection)

REKT Great Bow

(Epic, Exclusive)

Golden Long Bow

(Legendary, Mastery)

Rewarded at Champion Mastery Level 50

Voice Packs

If you own the default Voice Pack, you can access any Voice Packs for skins you currently own or purchase in the future.

Sha Lin

(Common)

Sha Lin Voice Lines

200 /

Omega

(Epic)

Omega Voice Lines

Outlaw

(Epic)

Outlaw Voice Lines

Vigilante

(Epic)

Vigilante Voice Lines

Emotes

Default

Backflip

(Rare, Exclusive)

Top Rock

(Legendary, Exclusive)

MVP Poses

Default

Desert Breeze

(Rare, Exclusive)

Burrito GG 2017

(Rare, Exclusive)

(Burrito Collection)

Loose

(Rare, Exclusive)

Previously: End Times Event: Collect 15

Changelog

Paladins Release Version 2.4.3113.12 (March 27, 2019)

• Bug Fixes

• Fixed Sha Lin audio getting stuck on when using Impaler Arrow

Paladins Release Version 2.1.3013.12 (January 16, 2019)

• Talents

• Shifting Sands removed

• Cards

• Quick Sand – NEW: Reduced Impaler Arrow’s cooldown by {0.6|0.6}s
• Poise – NEW: Reduced the movement speed penalty while drawing your Long Bow by {20|20}%
• Skewer – NEW: Successful hits with Impaler Arrow reduce the cooldown of planted by {1|1}s

• The Hunt Bug Fixes

• The knockback from Impaler Arrow’s explosion no longer ignores CC immunity.

Paladins Beta Version 0.68.2559 (March 28, 2018)

• Skewer (Card)

• Reveals to Self Only.

• Cards

• Oasis

• After using Withdraw heal for {50|50} ➡ {80|80}.

• Poise

• Gain {10|10}% ➡ {14|14}% Crowd Control Reduction.

• Quick Sand

• [Impaler Arrow] Reduce the cooldown of Impaler Arrow by {5|5}% ➡ {6|6}%.

• Shimmer

• Gain {10|10}% damage reduction during Withdraw's stealth.
• NEW EFFECT: Dropping below {15|15}% health resets the cooldown of Withdraw.

• Strike True

• Heal for {50|50} ➡ {70|70} when striking an enemy with Impaler arrow.

Paladins Beta Version 0.66.2496 (February 21, 2018)

• Withdraw

• No longer leaves an “illusion” of Sha Lin.

• Heat Haze

• Firing during Heat Haze no longer leaves “illusions” of Sha Lin and Instead reveals him for 0.5s.

Paladins Beta Version 0.64.2312 (December 18, 2017)

• Cards

• Poise

• [Armor] Gain {5|5}% Crowd Control Reduction.
• Maximum rank Crowd Control reduction increased from 20% to 50%.

• Run Them Down

• [Impaler Arrow] Gain {5|5}% Movement Speed for 4s after hitting.

• Impaler Arrow

• Updated description to correctly indicate the duration.

• Windwall

• [Planted] Gain {2.5|2.5}% Damage Reduction during Planted.
• Damage Reduction per rank increased from 3% to 5%.

• Legendary Cards

• Explosive Arrows

• New.
• [Impaler Arrow] Impaler Arrow now explodes on contact for an additional {255|15} damage and knocks back all enemies in the radius, but can no longer stun.

• Shifting Sands

• [Planted] Killing an enemy resets the Cooldown of Planted and Planted deals {8.5|.5}% more damage.
• Now also increases the damage of Planted.

Paladins Beta Version 0.62.2219.2 (November 2, 2017)

• Cards

• Run Like the Wind

• Movement Speed reduced from 10/20/30/40% to 7/14/21/28%.

• Legendary Cards

• Desert Shadow

• Additional stealth time reduced from 3s to 2s.

Paladins Beta Version 0.60.2150 (October 4, 2017)

• General

• Fixed Sha Lin able to emote while holding his primary fire.

Paladins Beta Version 0.58.2083 (September 7, 2017)

• Withdraw

• No longer goes on cooldown until Sha Lin exits stealth.

• Legendary Cards

• Desert Shadow

• Only grants increased damage to shots fired during stealth.

Paladins Beta Version 0.56.2014 (August 9, 2017)

• Long Bow

• Reduced the amount Sha Lin is slowed while drawing his bow from 30% to 10%.

Paladins Beta Version 0.55.1992.3 (July 26, 2017)

• Impaler Arrow

• Fixed an issue that caused the knockback and stun of this ability to work inconsistently.

Paladins Beta Version 0.54.1958.1 (July 12, 2017)

• Planted

• Description updated to mention that Planted acts as a weapon attack.

• Legendary Cards

• Desert Shadow

• Also grants 30% damage to shots that break stealth.

• Shifting Sands

• Reworked.
• Reset the Cooldown of Planted when you kill an enemy.

Paladins Beta Version 0.52.1903 (June 14, 2017)

• General

• Increased volume (slightly) for Vigilante Sha Lin Voice pack.

Paladins Beta Version 0.49.1796.2 (May 3, 2017)

• General

• Fixed animation clipping when using emotes in lobby.

Paladins Beta Version 0.48.1768.1 (April 19, 2017)

• Planted

• Increased the time it takes planted to start firing from 0.4 to 0.6s.

Paladins Beta Version 0.47.1740 (April 5, 2017)

• Impaler Arrow

• Updated description to correctly show Direct damage.

• Planted

• Updated description to correctly show Direct damage.

Paladins Beta Version 0.44.1634 (February 22, 2017)

• Legendary Cards

• Desert Shadow

• [Withdraw] Increase the Stealth duration of Withdraw by 3s.

• Recurve

• [Weapon] Draw your bow 15% faster.

• Shifting Sands

• [Heat Haze] Gain 100% Lifesteal during Heat Haze.

Paladins Beta Version 0.43.1585 (February 8, 2017)

• Long Bow

• Fixed an issue where Sha Lin's bow would not get interrupted when pulled back, upon getting disarmed.

• Planted

• Fixed an issue where Sha Lin's animations would get stuck in the planted state during killcam and spectate.

Paladins Beta Version 0.41.1526.1 (January 16, 2017)

• Impaler Arrow

• Fixed issue with immediately being able to draw another Impaler arrow after initial activation.

Paladins Beta Version 0.40.1478.3 (December 20, 2016)

• General

• Fixed an issue where some visual effects were persisting after using abilities before mounting.

• Impaler Arrow

• Added first person camera visual effects when target is stunned.

Paladins Beta Version 0.39.1450.2 (December 7, 2016)

• Cards

• Grounded

• Fixed an issue where this card was healing for 13% less than intended at all ranks.

Paladins Beta Version 0.38.1420 (November 21, 2016)

• Cards

• Bullseye

• Fixed an issue where this card was not working at times.

• Oasis

• Fixed an issue where this card was not working at times.

• Quick Sand

• Fixed an issue where this card was not working at times.

• Run Like the Wind

• Fixed an issue where this card was not working at times.

Paladins Beta Version 0.37.1400 (November 10, 2016)

• Sha Lin has been added to the game.

Removed talents

Shifting Sands Killing an enemy resets the Cooldown of Planted and Planted deals 10% more damage.