Vine Staff

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Vine Staff
"Nature prevails!"
Class	Support
Faction	Thieves' Den
Statistics
Health	100
Shield	75
Other
Version added	V0.6.0

Vine Staff is a support Phighter. She was released on 15 July 2023 with v0.6.0 and the Ice Cream vs. Popsicle Phestival.

Overview

Vine Staff is a healing support Phighter that specializes in giving regeneration to her allies. Her primary, allows her to deal consistent damage within its range. The basis of Vine Staff's healing is focused around her passive Death Brings Life which allows her to use her secondary, Beginning Anew. Her five sprout charge limit can fill up quickly with her ability to rack up assists with her projectiles as well as with her other abilities. allows her to leech off damage of, ideally, high DPS teammates, granting her a large number of sprouts as well as base healing. Her E, Root of the Oak is ideal for rooting enemies in an AOE as well as exploding sprouts for burst healing. Lotus of the Den can be deadly as it allows her to automatically set up sprouts at her teammates' locations. In addition, the high regeneration it gives allows for her team to have high health during and after its duration. By herself, Vine Staff will fall due to her poor mobility and damage compared to other Phighters. When she is given the chance with her team, she is dangerous due to her ability to set up her team with consistent group healing.

Abilities

Death Brings Life
	Type Passive	Ability Type Utility
Eliminations and hitting an enemy 12 times grants you a charge to Beginning Anew. You earn 5% haste for each sprout you are nearby.
Healing granted: Stage 1: 10 (5 base + 5 regeneration stacks) Stage 2: 15 (5 base + 10 regeneration stacks) Stage 3: 20 (5 base + 15 regeneration stacks) Explosion: 15 (10 base + 5 regeneration stacks) Range: 60x25x60 Sprout health: Stage 1: 30 Stage 2: 35 Stage 3: 40 Haste per sprout: 5% Sprout haste range: 50 Sprout maximum duration: 30 seconds
Ability Demonstration File:VinePassive.gif

Details:

A Thousand Petals
	Type Primary	Ability Type Projectile
Shoot fast, low damaging petals that spread before reaching its target.
Damage: 3 Max range: 250 studs Projectile speed: Unknown Fire rate: 9 shots per second Reload time: 1 second Ammo: 50
Ability Demonstration File:VinePassive.gif

Details:

Beginning Anew
	Type Secondary	Ability Type Utility
Use a seed to plant a stage 1 sprout that grants healing and regeneration. Every time you deal damage 12 times, it advances to the next stage and heals all allies around it. At its fourth stage, it explodes and roots enemies.
Max charges: 5 Cooldown: 0.75 seconds
Ability Demonstration File:VineM2.gif

Details:

• Sprouts can be placed on the sides or ceilings of terrain.
• Hitscans will pierce through the sprouts. The exception is Echo Execution.
• Damaging a sprout grants Phinisher charge.
• A destroyed sprout will not provide its healing, root and explosion damage.
• Sprouts destroyed via expiry will provide their effects as normal.
• The following on hit/on kill abilities work on sprouts:
  • Ban Hammer's Order and Litigation
  • Biograft's Power of Biograft / Heat
  • Boombox's Charging Blitz
  • Hyperlaser's Eviscerating Ray
  • Sword's Spirit of the Sword
  • Vine Staff's Death Brings Life

Preservation
	Type Q Ability	Ability Type Utility/Lock-On
Heal an ally for 10HP. For the next 8 seconds, 50% of the damage they deal is turned into healing for both you and the ally. For every 50 damage they deal, you gain a seed.
Healing: 10 (on cast only) Heal cap: 50 Life steal: 40% Duration: 8 seconds Projectile speed: Unknown Cooldown: 17 seconds
Ability Demonstration File:VineQ.gif

Details:

• Preservation's effects will not occur until the projectile reaches the targetted ally.

Root of the Oak
	Type E Ability	Ability Type Projectile
Fire three branches which root enemies when hit. Hitting a sprout causes it to activate instantly and create an explosion which roots. Hitting an enemy gives you a seed.
Damage: Direct: 7 Splash: 6 Root duration: Direct: 1 second Splash: 0.4 seconds Number of projectiles: 3 Hitbox: 20x20x20 Cooldown: 12 seconds
Ability Demonstration File:VineE.gif

Details:

Lotus of the Den
	Type Phinisher	Ability Type Utility
Summon a lotus which heals and grants allies regeneration three times before disappearing. All allies in radius of the lotus will activate stage 2 Beginning Anew at their position and your seeds now plant level 2 sprouts.
Range: 150x50x150 Healing per wave: 20 base + 30 regen stacks Waves: 3 Time between waves: 6 seconds Phinisher points: 150
Ability Demonstration File:VineUlt.gif

Details:

• If Vine Staff dies while her Phinisher is active, its effects will prematurely end.
• Vine Staff cannot build Phinisher points until Lotus of the Den's effects end.

Strategy

Pros	Excellent group healing with sprouts and Phinisher. Large range, mag size and fast fire rate on A Thousand Petals. Great self sustain with access to Preservation and sprout regain. Versatile, able to heal any Phighter. Can fight consistently at longer ranges compared to other supports. Not difficult to use for beginners, but requires patience to get the full value.
Cons	No mobility, allows her to get caught out easily by other Phighters if not positioned well. Relies on teammates to perform to her fullest. Vine Staff's healing is not as effective when used as an immediate response to enemy actions. Slow damage, doesn't have bursts of damage besides E, can be difficult to finish off Phighters. Vulnerable at close ranges. Reliant on cooldowns to heal.

When playing as Vine Staff, it is important to have good awareness and ability management. When a Vine Staff pushes too far up, she will quickly get picked off by the opposing team due to her poor mobility and defense on her own. It is best to stay in the midline to backline of the team to allow for her to best support her team. It is ideal to push up when tanks such as Ban Hammer or Katana pushes up. Staying with tanks allows for a mutual benefit for both Phighters — the tank can receive healing while you receive defense. Even if you push up more, Vine Staff should not play in the frontline of the battle. Do not come face to face with opposing melee Phighters. Sticking behind the tank a bit will be most beneficial, allowing you to stay safer yet still being able to heal the tank.

Vine Staff's ability to passively heal large groups at any distance with her sprouts and Phinisher make her a valuable target. Preservation is one of her best abilities for healing large groups due to its leeching capabilities. Use Preservation on high DPS Phighters such as Ban Hammer, Katana Sword, and Biograft to gain sprouts as well as heal both Phighters. Preservation's ability to grant you sprouts is key for quickly setting up mass amounts of sprouts for both regeneration and haste. Using Preservation on Phighters other than these should be reserved for certain scenarios. If Phighters such as Hyperlaser, Rocket, Shuriken or Slingshot have their Phinisher, using Preservation on them will be good for gaining sprouts as well as regeneration. If a teammate urgently needs healing, it is best to use Beginning Anew rather than Preservation. Beginning Anew allows her to both heal the teammate along with any other Phighters in its AOE. In addition, the sprout created by Beginning Anew can be burst with Root of the Oak, granting more regeneration.

Her hitpoint split being 100 health, 75 shield allows her to absorb a decent amount of damage. Having shield gives her the ability to self-sustain outside of her abilities or a Medkit. Vine Staff falls quickly to melee Phighters with a much higher consistent DPS than her. Because of this, it is important you keep track of the battlefield, keeping appropriate distances between you and your opponents yet being in a position to properly heal your teammates. Using Root of the Oak to both stall any Phighters that may be chasing you is effective as it gives you a small window of time to get back to your team, as well as gaining sprouts that can be used for haste. Using Root of the Oak to hit both sprouts and an enemy is highly effective.

Ability usage

Death Brings Life

• Know the ways that you gain sprouts in order to best use them to your benefit.
  • Every time you hit any enemy 12 times with A Thousand Petals.
  • For every 50 damage your teammate does with Preservation active.
  • For every hit on Root of the Oak.
• Each of these can be more ideal depending on the situation.

A Thousand Petals

• Use A Thousand Petals on Phighters with large hitboxes. Phighters such as Ban Hammer or Katana are a farm for gaining sprouts from a distance. Her fast projectile speed allows for her to hit these Phighters consistently.
• On the contrary, do not bother with fast moving Phighters. Phighters such as Skateboard when he is skating are much too fast for your projectiles. Do not waste your time on Phighters that quickly die when faced with your whole team. You are not a one man army.
• Use your primary in between your ability cooldowns to continue to gain sprouts when Root of the Oak and Preservation are unavailable.

Preservation

• Do not be afraid to use on Phighters that are near maximum health. While it can be used in a pinch, Preservation has the potential to quickly gain you sprouts.
• Use your Preservation on tanks or high DPS teammates such as Ban Hammer, Biograft, Katana or Sword Preservation has much synergy when it comes to these Phighters, allowing you to get high amounts of health and sprouts quickly.
• Use Preservation when a teammate is using a Phinisher. Many Phighters have a Phinisher that deals large amounts of damage. Use Preservation to both sustain them in their Phinisher as well as gain sprouts. Biograft's and Katana's Phinisher are both excellent examples of Phighters to use Preservation on when their Phinisher is active.

Root of the Oak

• Do not use Root of the Oak to hit enemies from a distance. It travels much too slowly to be of much use. Use it in close range to yourself and teammates. It can be used for hitting enemies and rooting them as well as exploding sprouts to give regeneration to yourself and teammates.
• Root of the Oak is able to hit enemies and explode sprouts at the same time.

Lotus of the Den

• Use proactively, but make sure to not hold onto it for the whole game. It shines in Conquer where she can place it on the point, as it is a centralized place where your teammates will most likely be within its range.
• Use it as a sustainability tool, not pure healing. Do not rely on the Phinisher to save you and your team instantly when you use it. Regeneration is not ideal as an immediate response to the enemy team. Use it to set up for your teammates with both 50 regeneration and regeneration from the sprouts that grow.
• Keep in mind delay between bursts. You are not immortal because you used your Phinisher. You still need to continue Phighting.

Badge

Name	Icon	Description	Reward
vine staff badge		N/A	N/A

Trivia

General:

• Vine Staff is based on the Vine Staff gear.
• Vine Staff was the first Phighter with she/her pronouns.

Development:

Skins:

Version history

26 November 2022 Vine Staff was revealed to the public. An unobtainable badge titled 'vine staff badge' was added to the game.

References

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Phighters