Blackfeather
Information
Hero’s Stats
| Health | Health Regeneration | ||
| Energy | Energy Regeneration | ||
| Weapon Damage | Attack Speed | ||
| Armor | Shield | ||
| Attack Range | Move Speed |
Hero Abilities
A
Description
| Attack Cooldown | Attack Cooldown (Rounded)* |
Attack Delay |
Attack Delay (Rounded)* |
No Stutter Step Penalty |
Attack Speed Modifier |
Perfect Stutter Step Damage Boost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 100% | 18.18% |
*Vainglory servers run at 10 tickrate; thus, all numbers related to time are rounded up to the nearest tenth. Client-side, time is tracked precisely, so any time lost by rounding will be made up for with an extra basic attack once enough lost time accumulates.
Blackfeather CP Jungle
Credits
This guide was created by Swan, T10 Silver, EU, and Emoxen, T10 Silver, EU.
This guide is meant for the 5V5 game mode.
General
Difficulty: Medium
Strengths
High poke damage
B
Sustain
B (barrier), C (Fortified Health)
Mobility (A, C 2 charges)
Blackfeather has 3 dashes with relatively short cooldown
Negative Status Effect Immunity (C, 2 charges)
Area Of Effect Damage (A and C)
Sticky (A and C)
Weaknesses
Top Blackfeather needs a highly skilled player who can consistently land his B, clear waves, and survive until he reaches his B overdrive at 8 to be able to out trade carries
Falls off late game
Power Spikes
CP - Stormcrown, Spellfire, Halcyon Chargers, Shatterglass, Broken Myth, Aftershock, Aegis/Slumbering Husk
Skills: 1 B, 2 A, 3 B, 4 B, 5 A, 6 C, 7 B, 8 B, 9 C, 10 A, 11 A, 12 C
Start with Stormguard Banner, sell it later.
You can replace Aftershock with Eve of Harvest if you will mainly poke and want some extra sustain, or another Shatterglass (which will do more damage if you are just going to poke, rather than using your normal attacks/A/C to trigger Aftershock's passive)
Blackfeather is countered by
Do not engage him directly. He will answer with his A, then B to dodge your B and A again for enormous burst damage. When he has no bullets he gain move speed, making easier for him to dodge Blackfeather's B. Caine can burst Blackfeather down very quickly, so try to engage him with a tank body blocking his A.
When you use A on her, she can place her trap and stun you, so hit her with B first, as she can not use her B right after she got hit (that is, until she has 150 WP), then A and basic attacks so that she does not have a chance to use her invisibility. She can burst down Blackfeather very quickly, so try to engage her with a tank body blocking the Weapon Power portion of her A damage for you (the crystal portion can not be body blocked).
She can stop your whole engage with A by using her B. You can avoid this by always engaging with your C against Lyra. C goes over the wall due to the status effect immunity.
She can either avoid your whole combo with her shadow B or root you point blank and then burst you down.
Her mobility lets her easily dodge your B, her A can hit you from outside your B range. If she has frostburn you will not be able to chase her, even with 2 charges on B
Weak Against
Blackfeather is a counter to
All heroes except the ones in the counters list
Blackfeather is strong against
All compositions cause he is very flexible
Blackfeather CP Top Lane
Credits
This guide was created by Swan, T10 Silver, EU, and Emoxen, T10 Silver, EU.
This guide is meant for the 5V5 game mode.
General
Difficulty: Medium
Strengths
High poke damage
B
Sustain
B (barrier), C (Fortified Health)
Safe laning phase due to the B's barrier and negative status effect immunity from C
Mobility (A, C 2 charges)
Blackfeather has 3 dashes with relatively short cooldown
Negative Status Effect Immunity (C, 2 charges)
Area Of Effect Damage (A and C)
Sticky (A and C)
Weaknesses
Falls off late game
Slow wave clear
Good Junglers can abuse this and push with their Bot Laner, making you lose turret very early and also limiting your ability to rotate.
Top Blackfeather needs a highly skilled player who can consistently land his B, clear waves, and survive until he reaches his B overdrive at 8 to be able to out trade carries
Power Spikes
CP - Spellfire, Halcyon Chargers, Shatterglass, Broken Myth, Aftershock, Aegis/Slumbering Husk
Skills: 1 B, 2 A, 3 B, 4 B, 5 A, 6 C, 7 B, 8 B, 9 C, 10 A, 11 A, 12 C
Start with Book Of Eulogies and Crystal Bit, or Light Armor in place of the Crystal against Caine and Kestrel.
You can replace Aftershock with Eve of Harvest if you will mainly poke and want some extra sustain, or another Shatterglass (which will do more damage if you are just going to poke, rather than using your normal attacks/A/C to trigger Aftershock's passive)
Blackfeather is countered by
When against Caine your objective is to survive until level 8 because he has way more poke damage and longer range than you, so just stay behind minions and do not try to trade much since you will always lose before level 8. Do not engage him directly. He will answer with his A, then B to dodge your B and A again for enormous burst damage. When he has no bullets he gain move speed, making easier for him to dodge Blackfeather's B. Caine can burst Blackfeather down very quickly, so try to engage him with a tank body blocking his A.
When against Kestrel your objective is to survive until level 8 because she has way more poke damage and longer range than you, so just stay behind minions and do not try to trade much since you will always lose before level 8. When you use A on her, she can place her trap and stun you, so hit her with B first, as she can not use her B right after she got hit (that is, until she has 150 WP), then A and basic attacks so that she does not have a chance to use her invisibility. She can burst down Blackfeather very quickly, so try to engage her with a tank body blocking the Weapon Power portion of her A damage for you (the crystal portion can not be body blocked).
She can stop your whole engage with A by using her B. You can avoid this by always engaging with your C against Lyra. C goes over the wall due to the status effect immunity.
She can either avoid your whole combo with her shadow B or root you point blank and then burst you down.
Her mobility lets her easily dodge your B, her A can hit you from outside your B range. If she has frostburn you will not be able to chase her, even with 2 charges on B
Weak Against
Blackfeather is a counter to
All heroes except the ones in the counters list
Blackfeather is strong against
All compositions cause he is very flexible
Start with either Crystal Bit and Book of Eulogies, or Book of Eulogies and Light Armour when against Caine or Kestrel.
Blackfeather WP Bot Lane
Credits
This guide was created by Swan, T10 Silver, EU, and Emoxen, T10 Silver, EU.
This guide is meant for the 5V5 game mode.
General
Difficulty: Medium
Strengths
Sustain
B (barrier), C (Fortified Health)
Safe laning phase due to the B's barrier and negative status effect immunity from C
Mobility (A, C 2 charges)
Blackfeather has 3 dashes with relatively short cooldown
Negative Status Effect Immunity (C, 2 charges)
Area Of Effect Damage (A and C)
Sticky (A and C)
Weaknesses
Can be out sustained
Power Spikes
CP - Serpent Mask, Halcyon Chargers/War Treads, Bonesaw, Breaking Point, Aegis & Slumbering Husk
Skills: 1 B, 2 A, 3 A, 4 A, 5 B, 6 C, 7 A, 8 A, 9 C, 10 B, 11 B, 12 B
Max B first against ranged top laners, then A.
Blackfeather is countered by
Due to his base damage and sustain he can easily bully Blackfeather in lane in the early game.
When against Caine your objective is to survive until level 8 because he has way more poke damage and longer range than you, so just stay behind minions and do not try to trade much since you will always lose before level 8. Do not engage him directly. He will answer with his A, then B to dodge your B and A again for enormous burst damage. When he has no bullets he gain move speed, making easier for him to dodge Blackfeather's B. Caine can burst Blackfeather down very quickly, so try to engage him with a tank body blocking his A.
Grumpjaw massive damage reduction and base damage make him a very hard opponent to deal with in the early game.
When against Kestrel your objective is to survive until level 8 because she has way more poke damage and longer range than you, so just stay behind minions and do not try to trade much since you will always lose before level 8. When you use A on her, she can place her trap and stun you, so hit her with B first, as she can not use her B right after she got hit (that is, until she has 150 WP), then A and basic attacks so that she does not have a chance to use her invisibility. She can burst down Blackfeather very quickly, so try to engage her with a tank body blocking the Weapon Power portion of her A damage for you (the crystal portion can not be body blocked).
She can stop your whole engage with A by using her B. You can avoid this by always engaging with your C against Lyra. C goes over the wall due to the status effect immunity.
She can either avoid your whole combo with her shadow B or root you point blank and then burst you down.
Her mobility lets her easily dodge your B, her A can hit you from outside your B range. If she has frostburn you will not be able to chase her, even with 2 charges on B
Due to his enormous attack range and escape (perk and A), he can easily bully Blackfeather in lane
Blackfeather is a counter to
All heroes except the ones in the counters list
Blackfeather is strong against
All compositions cause he is very flexible
Patch History
Vainglory Version 4.11
HEARTTHROB (PERK)
- Bonus Crystal Damage
- 15% → 18%
ROSE OFFENSIVE (C)
- Damage
- 100 / 150 / 200 → 120 / 170 / 220
- Crystal Power Ratio
- 50% → 60%
4.6
ROSE OFFENSIVE (C)
- Focus Cost
- 60 / 40 / 20 → 45 / 30 / 15
4.5
Blackfeather hasn’t seen a lot of success in recent days. These changes should help him get into back the fight and stay there assuming that he is, uhhhh ‘On Point’ about landing his B Ability.
FEINT OF HEART (A)
- Base Damage
- 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 → 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240
ON POINT (B)
- Barrier Strength
- 125 / 175 / 225 / 275 / 325 → 125 / 200 / 275 / 350 / 425
4.3
ON POINT (B)
- Barrier Duration
- 1.2 → 2
4.2
In conjunction with changes to the Blackclaw Rush speed boost and all boot items, we are buffing up Hero base movement speed to keep things crisp and let your skills take center stage.
3.5 → 3.9