Vine Staff
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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 support Phighter that specializes in healing, mainly in the form of regeneration, to her allies. Her primary fire, A Thousand Petals, deals reliable damage at close to mid range. Death Brings Life coupled with Beginning Anew allows Vinestaff to quickly regenerate bursts of health, regardless of her position. Preservation gives Vinestaff and a teammate good passive healing, encouraging damage. Her Phinisher, Lotus of the Den, can quickly heal all teammates and turn the tides of a one sided battle. All of her abilities allow Vinestaff to be incredibly self sustainable, and, left unchecked, she can be very tricky to deal with.
Abilities
| Death Brings Life | ||
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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 |
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Details:
| A Thousand Petals | ||
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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 |
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Details:
| Beginning Anew | ||
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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 |
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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:
| Preservation | ||
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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 |
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Details:
- Preservation's effects will not occur until the projectile reaches the targetted ally.
| Root of the Oak | ||
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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 |
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Details:
| Lotus of the Den | ||
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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 |
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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
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When playing as Vine Staff, it is important to have good awareness and ability management. Many of her abilities have high cooldowns, making it easy to be caught in the open without an escape. Always be aware of your position and availible cover, and keep an eye on the distance between you and opponents.
Vinestaff's increcible ability to passively heal large groups at any distance with her sprouts and Phinisher make her a valuable target. With Preservation, she can leech off of high DPS Phighters to keep both herself and the target afloat. Phighters such as Sword, Banhammer, and Katana are high priority targets for this, but realistically, any Phighter can benefit in a pinch. Be aware of targets with low health pools like Biograft, as they may not be able to utilize the healing to their full potential. However, their high output of damage can quickly heal you. In addition, if a teammate needs healing, it is ideal to save Preservation and instead use Beginning Anew. This will grant both the teammate that needs urgent healing, yourself, and potentially any other Phighters in the immediate area regeneration.
Her large reserve of hitpoints (75 Shield, 100 Health) allow her to absorb a decent amount of damage. Having good shields gives her more room to tank damage, as she can regenerate the shield over time instead of relying on a Medkit or her ability cooldowns.
Vine Staff can struggle against the short range of melee Phighters, as these Phighters have quicker damage bursts and aren't as reliant on aim. Because of this, it is important you keep track of the battlefield, keeping appropriate distances between you and your opponents. Use your Root of the Oak to stall Phighters who are pressuring you and Beginning Anew to heal yourself if needed.
Ability usage
Death Brings Life
- Prioritize mid health targets and quickly whittle away their health. If needed, unload your primary onto large targets like Banhammer to level up your sprouts for more healing.
A Thousand Petals
- Contrary to popular belief, it is better to be closer rather than farther with your primary. This will make it easier to reliably hit your targets and output high damage. Of course, be on the lookout for stationary Phighters from long distances, who will often not expect a barrage of fast moving projectiles.
Preservation
- Use proactively. Keep an eye on teammates health, and save it for when it's needed. There's a window of usage, make sure the Phighter you're using it on isn't too low of health, as they risk dying quickly and negating the value. Can be used in a pinch if you are low hp and without sprouts.
Root of the Oak
- This ability has a very long travel time, it is best to use it at closer ranges to ensure it hits. Try to use it on low hp opponents to ensure they can't escape. Is especially valuable when used on sprouts, as the sprout explosion is much larger and quicker.
Lotus of the Den
- Use proactively, but don't hold onto it for the whole game. It charges fairly quickly. Make sure you use it around multiple teammates for the max effectiveness. Use it as a sustainability tool, not pure healing. Don't stand right on top of it, the delay between bursts makes you a prime target, and it has a large radius of effect. You are more valuable alive so your ultimate can continue to heal your teammates.
Counterplay against Vine Staff
Badge
| Name | Icon | Description | Reward |
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| 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:
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Version history
26 November 2022
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References
| Phighters |
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| Melee | Sword • Skateboard • Biograft • Katana • Ban Hammer |
| Ranged | Rocket • Slingshot • Hyperlaser • Shuriken • Scythe |
| Support | Medkit • Boombox • Subspace • Vine Staff |
| Related | Badges • Status Effects • Phinisher |
