Azaan

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Azaan ▶️ is a Front Line Champion in Paladins, added on November 10th, 2021.

Azaan
Summary
Icon
Title	The Eternal
Class	Front Line
Cost	60,000 or 300
Release Date	November 10th, 2021
Release Version	4.7
Affiliation	The Eternal Pyre
Race	Pyre Creature
Age Estimate	200+
Gender Expression	Male
Voice Lines	Azaan voice lines
Voice Actor	Kamran Nikhad
Statistics
Base Health	4500
Base Movement Speed	370 ~22.76 Units/s
No Dmg Falloff	110 Units

Lore

• Current Official Bio
• Unofficial Updated Bio

This is Azaan's official bio currently found in his champion page in-game.

Once the king of a long-forgotten kingdom, the Eternal has existed to see countless reigns end. Forged in the crucible of the Pyre’s flames as the embodiment of all that Persists, Azaan is tasked with maintaining the existence of a Realm kept free from Abyssal influence.

Few still alive have ever had cause to engage with the one of the oldest of the Pyre Lords, but those who have know that his purifying flames care not for friend or foe, only for the complete eradication of the Abyss. Events in the Realm have upset the balance, leading to the Abyss’ influence creeping ever closer, and so the Eternal descends from on high to deliver a final warning to the Realm: deal with the Abyss, or have it be dealt with, by any means deemed necessary — even if that means others may suffer.

This is an unofficial version of Azaan's bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding him. Sources can be found here.

One of the oldest and most powerful of the Pyre Lords, Azaan has existed for centuries and seen countless reigns end, even once being king himself of a now long-forgotten kingdom.

Azaan is tasked with keeping the Realm free from Abyssal influence, and after centuries of not stepping foot into the Realm, recent events have upset the balance and allowed the Abyss to begin gaining power in the Realm. Azaan descended into the Realm, easily dispatching the other threat of Yagorath before giving the Realm their final warning: deal with the Abyss, or have it be dealt with, by any means deemed necessary.

Despite warning the Realm to deal with the Abyss themselves, Azaan proceeded to battle Dredge and Raum, though what occurred to the two remains unclear. Following these battles, Azaan began to feel the walls of reality start breaking down, with something even worse than Yagorath preparing to emerge from the other side. Looking back at how the Realm failed to stop Yagorath without him, Azaan determined they were incapable of protecting themselves should the Abyss ever launch a full-scale invasion. Both of these ultimately led Azaan to summon Dawnforge into the Realm, which is now in the process of creating a tear in reality between the Pyre and the Realm. Azaan plans to use the power of Dawnforge to stop this looming threat, but is also prepared to destroy the Realm itself if he must in order to prevent the Abyss from corrupting it.

However, as Dawnforge arrived in the Realm, the fortress was attacked by Nyx, with Azaan being easily defeated and restrained to watch what Nyx planned to do to the Realm.

Summary

Azaan is a frontline Champion with remarkable capabilities to control a fight. With his kit being centered around his hard Crowd Control and well-timed ability usage. However, Azaan has somewhat poor range on his primary fire, and defense can be awkward to maintain at times.

Skills

Azaan has a passive called Ire, which is charged by dealing or taking damage and grants Azaan damage resistance and modifies his abilities in various ways. He also has a passive "float" that decreases his fall speed slightly and gives him slippery movement.
His primary fire, Judgement, throws a large, slow-moving hammer that comes in a light→light→heavy chain of attack, with the heavy throw having a noticeable Pre-Fire delay and dealing more damage. When above the Ire threshold, hammers gain increased damage and explode in an area.
His Secondary fire is Reckoning, which throws out a projectile that spreads horizontally, lifting up enemies, and interrupting their movement abilities, stopping escapes or evasive movement. When above the Ire threshold, the ability deals more damage and has decreased Cooldown.
Sanctuary is Azaan's Primary ability, placing a semi-circle of 5 walls that block attacks and movement of enemies. The walls have increased health when above the Ire threshold.
His movement ability is Conviction, which allows him to take flight in any direction, and can grab opponents and slam them against walls for a solid amount of damage, while also stunning them. Azaan can increase the damage and stun duration by slamming enemies against his own Sanctuary walls. This ability is used faster when above the Ire threshold and deals more damage.
Azaan's Ultimate Ability, Deliverance, sends him upwards, letting him float and granting him CC immunity and damage resistance. He can then throw down his hammer, dealing damage and knocking enemies backwards, then teleporting down and dealing further damage and knockback.

Talent and Cards

Azaan's talents provide him with the following in order:

• Gain passive Lifesteal on Judgement, with Persistence.
• In exchange for an increased cooldown on all his abilities, they are granted additional augmentation, with Tempering.
• In exchange for losing the Ire Threshold damage, his Ire no longer decays, with Eternal.

Most of Azaans cards focus on providing Azaan with healing, cooldown reductions, increasing his durability, and increasing his abilities' potency.

Skills

Judgement

Light: 525 — Heavy: 630
Ire bonus: +12%  

Description

Throw your hammer in an attack chain, dealing 525, 525, 630 damage. Dealing and taking damage increases your Ire, which can augment your abilities and provide passive benefits.

Details

Detailed Description

Throw your hammer in an attack chain of light, light, heavy, dealing 525 damage on light hits and 630 on heavy hits. Hammers deal damage in an area of effect on impact if above the Ire threshold. Has a range of 300 units and an effective range of 110.

Passive - Ire

Taking and dealing damage increases your Ire, reducing the damage you take by up to 12% at 100% Ire. While you are above 85% Ire, you deal 12% increased damage. Using an ability above the Ire threshold of 85% augments that ability and consumes Ire. Ire starts decaying after 3s of not damaging an enemy at a rate of 9% per second.

• This ability deals Direct Damage.
• Has damage falloff with a maximum reduction of 59%.
• The post-fire time between the light projectiles is 1.1s and the heavy projectile is 1.3s.
• When above the Ire threshold, hammers deal 588 damage in light attacks and 706 damage in heavy attacks, and will explode in a 10-unit radius.
  • Explosions from light attacks deal 168 damage while heavy attacks deal 202.
  • Targets directly hit by the hammer will not take additional damage from the explosions. Explosions will only deal damage to those around its radius.
• Gains 3% ultimate charge per attack.
• Even if an ability uses Ire, if it does damage, it will recharge Ire respective to the amount of damage done.
• Passive:
  • Increased bonus damage also applies to Azaan's abilities as well, including his Ultimate.

Ability Video

Cooldown

9

Reckoning

300
Ire bonus: +12%  

Description

Send out a projectile that explodes in an area. Enemies hit take 300 damage and are Lifted. Using above Ire threshold reduces the Cooldown.

Details

Detailed Description

After a brief windup, send out a projectile that explodes into an area in front of you, dealing 300 damage and Lifting enemies hit for 0.25s. This ability consumes 15% Ire.

Ire threshold: Reduce the Cooldown of this ability by 3s.

• This ability deals Area Damage.
• Will strike in an area of 50x30 units in front of you.
  • The area consists of 2 rectangles, starting with a small rectangle.

Ability Video

Cooldown

12

Sanctuary

Description

Create a series of Deployable wall segments, each with 2500 Health. Using Sanctuary above the Ire threshold increases the Health of segments.

Details

Detailed Description

Create a series of 5 Deployable wall segments in a semi-circle, each with 2500 Health. This ability consumes 20% Ire. Can be refired to destroy currently active walls.

Ire threshold: Increase the Health of each segment by 50%.

• 5 walls will spawn in a 20 units radius around your placement marker.
  • The open side of the formed semicircle points to Azaan.
• Has a deployment range of 80.
• The walls have 2500 health each and can be destroyed.
  • Will have 3750 Health when above Ire threshold.
• Pushes enemies slightly when deployed underneath them.
• Anyone can stand on top of the walls and use it as a platform.
• Damage blocked by the walls will count towards shielding.
  • Affected by Bulldozer.
  • Does not benefit from Guardian.
• Won't go into cooldown until the walls go down.
• Walls stay up for 8 seconds.
• Walls block your own shots, but they also block friendly and enemies as well.
• Walls also block physical movement of all players.
• Walls are immediately destroyed if they would obstruct the payload in any way.
• Certain wall segments will not spawn if the map's environment is in the way.

Ability Video

Cooldown

9

Conviction

Contact: 150 — Wall Hit: 350

Sanctuary Hit: 500

Ire bonus: +12%  

Description

Dash forward, carrying an enemy with you. Deals damage and Stuns on hitting any wall. While above the Ire threshold, this ability is used faster.

Details

Detailed Description

Dash forward, dealing 150 damage and carrying up to one enemy with you. Slamming an enemy into a wall will deal 350 damage and Stun them for 0.75s. Hitting them into your own Sanctuary walls deals 500 damage and Stuns for 1.5s. Has a range of 45 units. This ability consumes 15% Ire.

Ire threshold: This ability is used faster.

• This ability deals Area Damage.
• All three variations of damage can be amplified when above the Ire threshold.
  • Initial contact will deal 168 damage.
  • Normal wall collision will deal 392 damage.
  • Sanctuary wall collision will deal 560 damage.
• Can be used to fly when looking up.
• Has a velocity multiplier of 0.5.

Ability Video

Ultimate ▶️

Deliverance

Initial Hit: 725 — Second Hit: 250
Ire bonus: +12%  

Description

Rise up and throw your hammer, dealing damage and Knockback, before teleporting to the impact, dealing more damage and Knockback.

Details

Detailed Description

Rise into the air for up to 6s, becoming immune to Crowd Control and reducing the damage you take by 50%. Fire at the ground to throw your hammer, dealing 725 damage and applying Knockback on hit. Shortly after your hammer lands, teleport to it, dealing 250 additional damage and applying a large Knockback in an area.

▶️ “BE PURGED FROM THIS REALM!” (Self/Enemy)

▶️ “Their time has come!” (Ally)

• This ability deals Area Damage.
• Activating the skill only consumes 70% of Azaan's ultimate charge. Throwing the hammer consumes the remaining 30% ultimate charge.
• The landing area has a radius of 35 units.
• Has a postfire-time on the Ultimate landing of 1.3s.
• Can be canceled early by re-activating the skill.
• Can't move while aiming this Ultimate ability.

N.B: The in-game description only mentions 50% Damage Reduction while channeling when, in reality, Azaan is also immune to Crowd Control.

Ability Video

Talents

Persistence

Default Talent

Gain 30% Lifesteal on your hits with Judgement.

Tempering

Unlocks at Mastery Level 2

Reckoning's damage and size, Sanctuary's health, and Conviction's range and stun duration are increased by 50%, but their Cooldown is increased by 25%.

Details

Exact augmented values:

• Reckoning's Damage: 300 ➞ 450 (1.5x increase); Cooldown: 12.5s (10s above the Ire threshold).
• Sanctuary's: Health 2500 ➞ 3750 (1.5x increase); Cooldown: 17.5s.
  • Health above the Ire threshold: 6375 (Ire multiplier is increased to 1.7x with this talent)
• Conviction's Distance (Units): 50 > 75 (1.5x increase without using Solemn Watch); Cooldown: 12.5s
  • Longer Stun:
    • 2.35s for into your own wall (Sanctuary).
    • 1.175s for into collision that is not your own wall.
      • 0.7s for hitting Yagorath.

Eternal

Unlocks at Mastery Level 8

Your Ire no longer decays due to not taking or dealing damage, but you no longer gain the passive damage increase while above Ire threshold.

Details

• Hammers' explosions from Ire threshold will deal 150 damage from light attacks and 180 from heavy attacks.

Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Azaan:

Name	Image	Description	Cooldown	Category
Ad Eternum		Reduce the damage you take by {3|3}% while at least one wall segment of Sanctuary is active.		Sanctuary
Deadly Edict		Reduce the Cooldown of Conviction by {0.3|0.3}s after using Reckoning.		Reckoning
Depths of Despair		Reduce the damage you take by {4|4}% for 2s after activating Conviction.		Conviction
Duty is a Mountain		Increase the time until Ire starts to decay by {0.25|0.25}s.		Armor / Weapon
Eternal Strife		Using an ability above Ire threshold Heals you for {75|75}.		Armor / Weapon
Flames of Wrath		Increase the duration of the Lift applied by Reckoning by {20|20}%.		Reckoning
Forged in Battle		Reduce the Cooldown of Sanctuary by {0.6|0.6}s.		Sanctuary
Gathering Power		Heal for {70|70} for each enemy hit with Reckoning.		Reckoning
Grim Deliverance		Heal for {5|5} for every percentage point of Ire consumed by abilities.		Armor / Weapon
Indignation		Reduce the Cooldown of Conviction by {0.4|0.4}s.		Conviction
Overwhelming Presence		Heal for {12|12} every 0.5s while at least one wall segment of Sanctuary is active.		Sanctuary
Piety		Heal for {75|75} after activating Conviction.		Conviction
Righteous Fury		Reduce the Cooldown of Sanctuary by {0.6|0.6}s after using Reckoning.		Reckoning
Solemn Watch		Increase the distance traveled by Conviction by {6|6}%.		Conviction
Tools of Salvation		Increase your maximum Health by {150|150}.		Armor / Weapon
True Conviction		Reduce the damage your other allies take by {5|5}% while they are within 35 units of the middle wall segment of your Sanctuary.		Sanctuary

Pre-Built Loadouts

All of the following cards are in Azaan's pre-built loadouts:

• Persistence
• Tempering
• Eternal

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Persistence

Depths of Despair

Reduce the damage you take by 12% for 2s after activating Conviction.

3

Forged in Battle

Reduce the Cooldown of Sanctuary by 1.8s.

3

Grim Deliverance

Heal for 25 for every percentage point of Ire consumed by abilities.

5

Ad Eternum

Reduce the damage you take by 6% while at least one wall segment of Sanctuary is active.

2

Tools of Salvation

Increase your maximum Health by 300.

2

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Tempering

Grim Deliverance

Heal for 20 for every percentage point of Ire consumed by abilities.

4

Eternal Strife

Using an ability above Ire threshold Heals you for 225.

3

True Conviction

Reduce the damage your other allies take by 10% while they are within 35 units of the middle wall segment of your Sanctuary.

2

Ad Eternum

Reduce the damage you take by 9% while at least one wall segment of Sanctuary is active.

3

Depths of Despair

Reduce the damage you take by 12% for 2s after activating Conviction.

3

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Eternal

Tools of Salvation

Increase your maximum Health by 150.

1

Gathering Power

Heal for 140 for each enemy hit with Reckoning.

2

Eternal Strife

Using an ability above Ire threshold Heals you for 300.

4

Grim Deliverance

Heal for 20 for every percentage point of Ire consumed by abilities.

4

Ad Eternum

Reduce the damage you take by 12% while at least one wall segment of Sanctuary is active.

4

Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Azaan:

Champion Skin Collections

• Default
• Kingdom's End
• Forgemaster
• Dark Drake
• Golden

Default
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	Weapon	Default Pyre Hammer
	Rarity	Common
	Availability	Standard
	Release	November 10th, 2021
Cost		Free
Voicelines		Azaan voice lines
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Cost	Free
Voicelines	Azaan voice lines
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Kingdom's End
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	Weapon	Kingdom's Mettle
	Rarity	Rare
	Availability	Standard
	Release	November 10th, 2021
Cost		60,000  •  300  •  Season Pass 2021 (Kingdom's End Azaan Collection)
Voicelines		Azaan voice lines
Voice Pack Preview		▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
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Trivia
Cost	60,000  •  300  •  Season Pass 2021 (Kingdom's End Azaan Collection)
Voicelines	Azaan voice lines
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Forgemaster
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	Weapon	Forgemaster's Warhammer
	Rarity	Rare
	Availability	Limited
	Release	November 10th, 2021
Cost		Season Pass 2021 (Forgemaster Azaan Collection)
Voicelines		Azaan voice lines
Voice Pack Preview		▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
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Trivia
Cost	Season Pass 2021 (Forgemaster Azaan Collection)
Voicelines	Azaan voice lines
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Dark Drake
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	Weapon	Dark Drake's Driver
	Rarity	Epic
	Availability	Exclusive
	Release	January 26th, 2022
Cost		800  •  (Dark Drake Azaan Collection)
Voicelines		Dark Drake Azaan voice lines
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Cost	800  •  (Dark Drake Azaan Collection)
Voicelines	Dark Drake Azaan voice lines
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Golden
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	Weapon	Golden Pyre Hammer
	Rarity	Legendary
	Availability	Mastery
	Release	November 10th, 2021
Cost		Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden Azaan Collection)
Voicelines		Azaan voice lines
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Cost	Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden Azaan Collection)
Voicelines	Azaan voice lines
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Emotes

• Default
• Adjudicator

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MVP Poses

• Default
• Forceful Landing

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Trivia

• General
• Champion Skins

• Lore
• Cameos
• References
• Promotion
• Concepts
• Other

Lore

• Despite arriving to save the Realm and possessing an angelic appearance, Azaan isn't as as righteous as he appears. However, this doesn't mean him or the Pyre are evil; they are neither good nor evil, but absolute, a type of lawful neutral.
• The only reason Azaan even appeared in the Realm was because of recent events, most notably the summoning of Raum,causing The Abyss'influence in the Realm to grow. His defeat of Yagorath was largely just because she happened to be destroying the Realm when he showed up.
  • Naturally, this is the reason him and the Pyre never appeared in Lost Future, as Corvus was never attacked by Io, leading him to find and unleash the Darkness without ever summoning Raum. With no notable Abyssal threat in the Realm, the Pyre didn't care to appear.
• Though Azaan easily defeated the present day Yagorath, he'd be unable to defeat the lost future version of her by himself.
• Azaan and Raum are around the same hierarchy level "in a sense", though who would win in a fight was unclear.
  • Azaan has been stated to be stronger than Nyx and that she only in one specific situation can get the better of Azaan, being via voicelines Nyx stronger than Raum this makes clear that Azaan is stronger than Raum.
• Being an embodiment doesn't mean they are the thing, but that they carry the spirit and idea of what it is, meaning Azaan carries spirit and idea of all that persits told on his biography.
• Azaan was born from the Pyre itself.
• Azaan may or may not be is using a mortal body as a host similarly to Furia,though it hasn't been confirmed one way or the other.tough, we know due He Who Persists that Azaan is above Furia as she obeys him and she is not tempered.
  • This is a debate inside community because old bot commands on official discord and most people didn't readed well and carefully, he was an old king from a Forgotten-Kingdom.
• Azaan has existed for an incredibly long time, being one of the oldest of the Pyre entities, with it implied he's existed for at least several centuries.
• Azaan and Nyx were seemingly once in a romantic relationship.
• Azaan is somewhat like a boss to other Pyre entities such as Furia.
• Though Azaan has been referred to as "Lord of the Pyre", he's not the ruler of the Pyre, just a Pyre Lord. Nevertheless, he's still an incredibly powerful one, being more powerful than Furia and Magnus, though Magnus isn't canon.
• Similarly to how other Pyre characters represent something, such as Furia representing vengeance or Magnus representing balance (though Magnus is non-canon, of course), Azaan represents eternity.
• The character that appears on Azaan's Sanctuary walls appears to be the Queen of the Pyre. Regardless, they will be fully revealed eventually.
  • At the very least, they're not Wekono, Seris or a skin.
• While Azaan may somewhat resemble Atlas, the two have no connection whatsoever.
• In He Who Persists there are plotholes and doubts that got answered into official Palcord.
  • Azaan could be transformed into a Biscuit because Nyx weakened him enough using him as a battery for the Forge, so Moji is not stronger than any divine being she polymorphed him for few seconds and secondly Azaan strength factors doesn't help in scenarios where the threat doesn't tries to harm him, capturing and shapeshifting can affect him temporarily.
  • Even being weakened, Moji who was stated previously to be the most strongest magic user could only affect him for few seconds because of various factors.
    • Moji could only polymorph him, but Azaan kept his immortality and physical traits, so even transformed, he was still divine.
    • There was a mistake that an EvilMojo accepted, Moji magic doesn't erase anything and so on, she didn't erased the "mouth" or any part of Azaan like Chronicles said, they got simply transformed.
• Like Furia in a general being conversation context speaking about both Azaan and Furia, when the Pyre Creatures has no way to enforce what they embody MAYBE they will cease to exist.
• 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 Azaan would be around 7'3 or 222cm tall when measuring to the top of his head, while adding his halo brings him up to 7'7 or 234cm, and finally adding his wings brings his height to around 8'2 or 249cm tall.

Cameos

Azaan appears in the following content:

• Cinematics and Trailers
  • A Conflict Reignited - Cinematic
  • Emergence - Cinematic
  • Nyx's Teaser Trailer
  • Omen's Teaser Trailer

• Avatars
  • Lovely Azaan*

Notable Characters that appear in Azaan's own content includes:

• Cinematics and Trailers
  • Furia, Octavia, and Yagorath - Azaan's Teaser Trailer

• Cards
  • Furia - Ad Eternum, Duty is a Mountain, and Solemn Watch
  • Raum - Eternal Strife and Overwhelming Presence
  • Dredge - True Conviction*

References

• The line "In a dress? Perhaps you're thinking of some other imposing hammer wielder." (▶️) is likely a reference to the Norse God Thor, specifically a story in which he ends up wearing a bridal gown.
• The line "How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks?" (▶️) is a reference to a quote from the book Gaudy Night.
• The line "Hammer throw? This is no time for discus, we must stop the Abyss!" (▶️) references the sport Discus Throw.

Promotion

• One of the first potential hints towards Azaan came with the Forged Destiny Death Card that came with the Eternal Pyre Battle Pass. This card featured a unique version of Solfire Furia wielding a hammer.
• The next explicit hint at Azaan's existence came with the release of Stone Keep's visual rework, where a large stained glass window with Pyre and hammer symbols, as well as a forge were visible within a room off the side of the spawn room on one side of the map.
• As with other champions of the time, influencer packages were sent out to several Paladins content creators in order to promote Azaan. These packages were sent out from October 6th, 2021 to October 8th, 2021. Each one consisted of a black box, inside of which was black stuffing, several gold tipped feathers, and a small device that when activated, would light up a symbol of the Pyre. Each package also contained pieces of a larger paper that served as a translation for Pyre runes used in other teasers.
• These other teasers ran alongside the influencer packages and consisted of messages being written in these Pyre runes. A complete translation of the Pyre runic alphabet can be viewed here. When translated, the teasers read the following.
  • Teaser 1:
    “

    
    Pray the Realm does not become vulnerable to corruption.

    ”

  • Teaser 2:
    “

    
    For when balance is lost, the eternal will descend, and flames will envelop all.

    ”

  • Teaser 3:
    “

    
    From the ashes of corruption, the world will rise again.

    ”

• The various influencer packages can be seen here:
  • Phon
  • I_Dodge_Bulletz
  • PWNDotcom
• Azaan's standard teasers can be seen here:
  • (Teaser 1) "Legend tells of the Eternal."
  • (Teaser 2) "For centuries, it has been said that one day he would rise from his throne. While some hoped for his return, others feared what was to come."
  • (Teaser 3) "What harbors Evil, he shall reclaim, with holy metal and Pyre's flame. Like a falling star he shall descend, and bring about the Darkness' end."
  • (Teaser 4) "His flames will smother the Corruption's afflicted. But the enveloping blaze does not choose what remains."
  • (Teaser 5) "They call him "Azaan, Lord of the Pyre." And he has arrived in our darkest hour, to stop an even greater evil from seizing power... But at what cost to the Realm?"

Concepts

• Various early concepts show several incredibly different designs for Azaan, from designs featuring much larger wings and weaponry, to wearing a mask and hood, to even being considered as being made into a Dragon, some designs with armor, some without. Though ultimately, these early designs were scrapped due to coming too much out of left field, and also not being animation and hitbox friendly.
  • The dragon concept would soon be revisited with the Dark Drake skin.
• A concept for a type of skin that "leveled up" over time, progressing from a relatively simple design to a more complex skin was thrown around, with a concept design intended for Azaan being created to demonstrate the idea. While the "level up" aspect was deemed "too costly", this specific skin design could be brought back as a regular skin someday.

Other

• Alternate versions of several of Azaan's cards were used for some of his teasers. This includes Deadly Edict, Depths of Despair, Tools of Salvation, and Ad Eternum, with Azaan himself being removed from the first three, while Furia was removed from the latter.
• Oddly, every card artwork featuring Azaan's weapon notably uses a different design from the one present in-game. It's assumed this was a near final design that was mistakenly used.
• According to AOC member Hyu, Azaan's codename was apparently "Pyre Lord".

Champion Skins

• Kingdom's End
  • This skin appears in the card Solemn Watch, making it one of the few skins to appear in card art.
    • This also makes it one of the few skins to be canon.

• Forgemaster
  • This skin, similarly to the Kingdom's End skin, appears in the card Flames of Wrath, making it one of the few skins to appear in card art.
    • This also makes it one of the few skins to be canon.

• Dark Drake
  • This skin is meant to show an "unholy union" of the Pyre and Abyss, known as "Dark Pyre".
  • The line "*growl* I'm not angry... just disappointed." (▶️) is a reference to an old meme of the same name.
  • The line "This isn't even my final form." (▶️) is a reference to a popular meme from Dragon Ball Z.

Changelog

➤ March 29th, 2023
Paladins Release Version 6.2.5163.0

• Abilities
  • Deliverance
    • Reduced lock out time after landing from 1.6s ➞ 1.3s.

➤ February 23rd, 2023
Paladins Release Version 6.1.5079.2

• Talents
  • Tempering
    • Increase their base Cooldown by 50% ➞ 25%.
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where rejuvenate was healing for incorrect amounts
    • Healing for 8-12-20 instead of 10-20-30

➤ May 11th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.3.4597.1

• General
  • Base Health
    • Reduced 4500 ➞ 4250
• Abilities
  • Ire (Passive)
    • Reduced max Damage Resistance at 100% from 15% ➞ 12%
  • Conviction
    • Reduced range 50 ➞ 45
    • Reduced Stun duration
      • Non-talented
        • Against Sanctuary walls 1.7s ➞ 1.5s
        • Against other surfaces 0.85s ➞ 0.75s
      • Talented
        • Against Sanctuary Walls 2.55s ➞ 2.35s
        • Against other surfaces 1.275 ➞ 1.175
  • Reckoning
    • Reduced lift duration 0.3s ➞ 0.25s
  • Deliverance
    • Increased damage on landing 150 ➞ 250
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Azaan’s Ultimate, Deliverance, would allow him to teleport to locations outside of the playable map space on certain maps.

➤ March 23rd, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.2.4520.0

• Abilities
  • Judgement
    • Added damage falloff. Now fully effective up to 105 units.
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Azaan’s Ultimate, Deliverance, could apply its knockback effect to enemies who were immune to Crowd Control.
  • Fixed an issue where Azaan’s Judgement weapon was dealing more than its intended maximum damage at a specific distance from his target.

➤ January 26th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.1.4424.0

• Talents
  • Persistence
    • Current: Reduce the damage you take by 5% and gain 40% Lifesteal on your hits with Judgement.
    • Removed the 5% Damage Reduction granted by this talent.
    • Decreased Lifesteal 40% ➞ 30%
• Abilities
  • Judgement
    • Reduced maximum Range from 450 ➞ 300
  • Sanctuary
    • Players can now refire this ability to destroy all of the currently active walls
  • Conviction
    • Removed Crowd Control immunity and Debuff immunity during the Dash
    • Decreased duration of stun without Tempering 2s ➞ 1.7s | 1s ➞ 0.85s
    • Decreased duration of stun with Tempering 3s ➞ 2.55s | 1.5s ➞ 1.275s
  • Ire
    • The maximum Damage Reduction gained at max ire has been reduced from 20% ➞ 15%
• Cards
  • Eternal Strife
    • Current: Using an ability above Ire threshold Heals you for {85|85}.
    • Reduced scaling {85|85} ➞ {75|75}
  • Grim Deliverance
    • Current: Heal for {6|6} for every percentage point of Ire consumed by abilities.
    • Reduced scaling {6|6} ➞ {5|5}
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Azaan’s Ultimate, Deliverance, could deal the second instance of damage and knockback if he was killed while in the hammer throw animation of his Ultimate.

➤ December 1st, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.7.4331.1

• Abilities
  • Conviction
    • Increased Cooldown 8s ➞ 10s
    • Increased Tempering-affected Conviction Cooldown 12s ➞ 15s
    • Decreased Velocity multiplier 0.7 ➞ 0.5
• Cards
  • Solemn Watch
    • Decreased scaling 7|7% ➞ 6|6%
  • Eternal Strife
    • Decreased scaling 100|100 ➞ 85|85

➤ November 10th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.7.4327.0

• Azaan was added to the game.
• PTS Changes - Balance
  • Talents
    • Tempering
      • Increase the bonus damage on Reckoning 50 ➞ 150
      • Increased the effect on Stun for Conviction
        • Into your own wall
          • 2.6s ➞ 3s
        • Into collision that is not your own wall
          • 1.3s ➞ 1.5s
        • Hitting Yagorath
          • 0.65s ➞ 0.7s
      • Sanctuary Ire threshold multiplier increase 1.5x ➞ 1.7x
  • Abilities
    • Judgement
      • Heavy hit
      • Reduced the postfire 1.5s ➞ 1.3s
    • Reckoning
      • Added a stun when hitting Yagorath
    • Conviction
      • Increased the damage on just hitting an enemy 100 ➞ 150
      • Increased the velocity multiplier after using Conviction so that players maintain some velocity after the ability ends
    • Sanctuary
      • Increased the benefit for using this above Ire threshold 1.25x ➞ 1.5x
    • Deliverance
      • Reduced the postfire on the Ultimate landing 2s ➞ 1.6s
  • Cards
    • Ad Eternum
      • Reduced scaling {4|4} ➞ {3|3}
    • Grim Deliverance
      • Reduces scaling {10|10} ➞ {6|6}
    • Solemn Watch
      • Increased scaling {6|6} ➞ {7|7}
    • Duty is a Mountain
      • Increased scaling {0.2|0.2} ➞ {0.25|0.25}
• PTS Changes - Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Azaan could not trigger stuns with his dash when aiming between two of his walls.
  • Fixed an issue where Azaan bot ulting could crash the game.
  • Azaan’s wall placement for height differences has been improved.
  • Fixed an issue where Azaan’s attacks did not apply cauterize correctly.
  • Fixed an issue on gamepad and console where Azaan would not reach full height correctly when his Ultimate was activated unless gamepad controls were touched.
  • Fixed an issue where Azaan’s Ad Eternum & Tempering were granting infinite stacks of damage reduction.
  • Fixed an issue where Azaan’s ire bar was not displayed for gamepad players.
  • Fixed an issue where Tempering caused Azaan’s Conviction to receive an increased cooldown when above ire threshold.
  • Fixed an issue where Azaan’s abilities did not receive an augmentation if he was just past the ire threshold.
  • Improved timing to the landing of Azaan’s ult and its locking of abilities.
  • Fixed several instances where Azaan had out-of-bounds exploits.

Removed Content

• Azaan/Removed Content