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Kasumi ▶️ is a Flank Champion in Paladins, added on October 12th, 2022.

Lore[]

This is Kasumi's official bio currently found in her champion page in-game.


Some pains persist beyond our physical existence. The bitterest concoctions pale compared to the taste of betrayal by those you hold dear. Once, by a house meant to protect. Twice, by family with barren hearts. Thrice, by the world. You couldn't imagine such pain...

Thankfully, you won’t have to imagine. Powers from beyond the grave infuse this angry spirit on her path of vengeance, and your pain pleases her. It is your privilege to suffer at her hands. It is your fate to atone for the sins of the world. It is your honor to WRITHE. Now, struggle, and die — and offer your souls to Kasumi, Death’s Howl. For she is coming for you all.

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


Eons ago, Kasumi was originally a regular human, but after three unexplained betrayals, she was filled with such vengeance she persisted after death and became a ghost, haunting forests in the furthest corners of the Realm, where she attacks and kills everyone she comes across until she figures out who she wants vengeance on.


Summary[]

Kasumi is an unusual flank champion who relies on applying beneficial stacks before picking off enemies. Her abilities give her ample opportunity to catch enemies off guard and make fights asymmetrical. However, she has limited range, an unusual movement ability, as well as needing to apply Curse stacks to keep up with enemies.

Skills[]

Kasumi has a passive system called "Curse", which lets her weapon and all her abilities apply Curse stacks on enemies. The more stacks they have, the more damage they take from Kasumi's Non-Ultimate sources, while also reducing the damage affected enemies dish out.
Kasumi's primary is her Yokai Doll that allows her to damage enemies and apply a single stack of Curse, or transfer already existing ones between enemies per attack.
Savage Tear is her secondary fire, which can do more damage than her primary and applies 3 Curse stacks on targets, while healing Kasumi depending on the amount of Curse stacks they already have.
Kasumi's Primary Ability, Spirit Traps, allows her to place up to 3 invisible traps. If an enemy gets close, the trap explodes in an area of effect, damaging and slowing enemies, and applying 3 stacks of Curse.
Her Movement Ability is Body and Soul, which has her send forth her invisible soul at increased speed and jump height, leaving her body behind as it takes reduced damage, and teleporting her body to her soul when the ability is over or upon reactivation.
For her Ultimate Ability, Kasumi has Bitter Betrayal that applies a mark on an enemy which - after a short delay - sends out several large projectiles in all directions. Enemies hit by said projectiles, as well as the initial target are Disarmed, inflicted with 5 stacks of Curse, and take a large chunk of damage over time.

Talents and Cards[]

Kasumi's talents provide her with the following:

  • Increase Kasumi's movement speed and ultimate charge gain with each active Curse stack, with Empowered Curse.
  • Spirit Traps allow Kasumi to teleport to them when enemies trigger them, manually detonating them when she teleports, Fearing enemies, and applying full stacks of Curse on them, with Haunted Ground.
  • After Body and Soul is over, Kasumi true-heals for at least 15% of her health and an additional percentage based on the damage she's taken, with Unfinished Business.

Most of Kasumi's cards focus on self-healing, increasing movement speed, cooldown reduction, augmentation of abilities, and stack application.

Skills[]

Yokai Doll

Damage (each/per tick)Min: 300 — Max: 600 /0.65s  
Description

Stab your doll to deal damage to foes and Curse them, increasing the damage they take from you and lowering the damage they deal.

Details

Detailed Description
Stab your straw doll, dealing 300 damage every 0.65s and applying stacks of Curse to your currently targeted foe. Yokai Doll deals an additional 60 damage per stack of Curse on a target. Other targets inflicted with Curse will have up to 2 stacks stripped from them to increase the Curse applied to your target by 1. Deals 400% to Deployables and deployed Shields. Has a range of 100 units.


Passive - Curse

Your abilities can apply up to 5 stacks of Curse. For each stack, the target deals 3% less outgoing damage and takes 20% increased damage from Kasumi's non-Ultimate Abilities. Curse stacks last for 5s unless reapplied or refreshed.
  • This ability deals Direct Damage.
  • Gains 1.05% ultimate charge per attack.
  • Does not have Ammo or reload.
  • Has a targeting cone angle of 2 units.
  • Curse stacks increase the ultimate charge gain by 25% per stack.
  • Kasumi cannot buy Wrecker, as her Yokai doll already deals significantly increased damage to deployed Shields.
Ability Video

Cooldown
7

Savage Tear

Damage (each/per tick)Min: 300 — Max: 750  
Description

Viciously rip through your Yokai Doll, dealing damage and apply 3 stacks of Curse. Deals increased damage and heals you per stack of Curse on your target.

Details

Detailed Description
Viciously rip through your Yokai Doll, dealing 300 damage and applying 3 stacks of Curse to your target. If the target has stacks of Curse on them already, heal for 80 Health per stack, and an additional 300 Health if the target has 5 stacks of Curse. Deals 30% increased damage per stack of Curse on your target.
  • This ability deals Direct Damage.
  • Has a targeting cone angle of 2 units.
  • Gains 2.1% ultimate charge.
    • Curse stacks increase the ultimate charge gain by 25% per stack.
Ability Video

Cooldown
8

Spirit Traps

Damage (each/per tick)Min: 200 — Max: 400  
Description

Place up to 3 traps. They explode after being triggered, Slowing, damaging, and applying stacks of Curse in an area.

Details

Detailed Description
Place up to 3 vengeful spirit traps. When an enemy walks within 20 units, these traps explode after a 1s delay. Enemies caught in the blast take 200 damage, are Slowed by 20% for 1.5s, and have 3 Curse stacks applied to them. Traps deal 20% more damage per stack of Curse on a target.

Spirit Traps have 300 Health and are fully Invisible until enemies get within 40 units of them, then become fully Visible within 20 units.
  • This ability deals Area Damage.
  • Holding down the ability input will create a marker showing where a trap will be placed when the input is released, or Primary-Fire is pressed. Secondary-Fire cancels the placement.
  • Can be placed as far as 100 units away.
  • Gains ~0.52% ultimate charge per enemy hit.
    • Curse stacks increase the ultimate charge gain by 25% per stack.
  • Traps are Deployables and can be destroyed.
Ability Video

Cooldown
14

Body and Soul

Description

Project yourself outward, becoming Ethereal and increasing your Movement Speed, but leaving your vulnerable body behind. Reactivate to have your body teleport to you.

Details

Detailed Description
Project your essence outward for 2s, leaving your body behind. While traveling you are Ethereal and Invisible, you gain 70% increased Movement Speed and 500% jump height, and your body gains 60% damage reduction. On reactivation or when this ability ends, your body will teleport to you.
  • If the body gets stunned, the soul will keep going the direction it was going at the moment of getting stunned.
  • The soul is unable to go through any spawn doors.
Ability Video

Bitter Betrayal

Damage (each/per tick)1344 over 3.2s  
Description

Your target Betrays their team, exploding into projectiles to Disarm, inflict Curse and apply a damage over time effect to everyone hit.

Details

Detailed Description
Inflict a deadly curse on your target, designating them as a Betrayer. After 1.75s, your target explodes outwards in a series of projectiles. They and any enemy hit will gain 5 stacks of Curse, are Disarmed for 1.5s, and take 84 damage every 0.2s for 3.2s.

▶️ “あなたの魂を私のものだよ！” (Self/Enemy)

▶️ “*laugh* Are you ready for this?” (Ally)

  • This ability deals Area Damage.
  • Has a targeting cone angle of 2 units.
  • Each tick of damage gains 0.5% ultimate charge.
Ability Video


Talents[]

Empowered Curse

Default Talent

Increase your Ultimate charge rate by 3% and Movement Speed by 5% per stack of Curse currently on enemies.


Haunted Ground

Unlocks at Mastery Level 2

When a Spirit Trap is triggered, reactivate to teleport to the trap and detonate it. Increase the explosion radius by 25%, Curse stacks applied by 2, and it Fears instead of Slowing.


Details

  • Fear lasts for 1.5s.
  • Traps will no longer automatically detonate. Instead, they have to be manually detonated once triggered.
    • When triggered, a very distinct sound effect is played, and an on-screen indicator for the triggered trap will appear.
    • A triggered trap will last ~4.3s before disappearing if not detonated.
  • Once teleported, Kasumi will automatically turn to face the enemy that initially triggered the trap.
  • Traps can be placed every 1s, and every 6s after teleporting and detonating a trap.
Unfinished Business

Unlocks at Mastery Level 8

After Body and Soul ends, Heal for 70% of the damage your body took (minimum of 15% max health) while traveling, unaffected by Anti-Healing.


Cards[]

This is a list with all cards available to Kasumi:

Name Image Description Cooldown Category
Betrayal Reduce the Cooldown of Savage Tear by {0.3|0.3}s. Savage Tear
Blood Mist Increase your Movement speed by {10|10}% for 2s after one of your Spirit Traps triggers. Spirit Lure
Cursed Doll When an enemy dies to Savage Tear, a random enemy within 30 units has {1|1} Curse stacks placed on them. Savage Tear
Deadly Prey Increase your Movement Speed by {10|10}% for 2s after Body and Soul ends. Body and Soul
Deadly Trap Increase the duration of Spirit Traps' Crowd Control effects by {0.2|0.2}s. Spirit Lure
Essence Drain Increase your Movement Speed by {6|6}% for 3s after using Savage Tear. Savage Tear
Folk Tales Increase your maximum Health by {50|50}. Armor / Weapon
Limitless Decrease the Cooldown of Body and Soul by {0.6|0.6}s. Body and Soul
Moonlit Haunting Heal for {17|17} every 0.25s during Body and Soul. Body and Soul
Sealed Fate Heal for {35|35} after an enemy survives being hit With Yokai Doll or Savage Tear at maximum Curse stacks. Armor / Weapon
Soul Siphon Increase the duration of Body and Soul by {0.3|0.3}s. Body and Soul
Soulfire Heal for {50|50} each time one of your Spirit Traps triggers. Spirit Lure
Sudden Death Increase the duration of Curse stacks by {0.6|0.6}s. Armor / Weapon
Surrounded by Fear Hitting an enemy with Yokai Doll applies one extra stack of Curse once every {30|-5}s. 30-10 Armor / Weapon
Unseen Eyes Increase the base heal from Savage Tear by {10|10} per stack. Savage Tear
Unwilling Victim Increase the area of effect of Spirit Traps' explosion by {5|5}%. Spirit Lure

Pre-Built Loadouts[]

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

Empowered Curse


Deadly Prey
Epic


Increase your Movement Speed by 40% for 2s after Body and Soul ends.
4




Folk Tales
Common


Increase your maximum Health by 50.
1




Cursed Doll
Epic


When an enemy dies to Savage Tear, a random enemy within 30 units has 4 Curse stacks placed on them.
4




Sudden Death
Uncommon


Increase the duration of Curse stacks by 1.2s.
2




Sealed Fate
Epic


Heal for 140 after an enemy survives being hit With Yokai Doll or Savage Tear at maximum Curse stacks.
4


Haunted Ground


Deadly Trap
Rare


Increase the duration of Spirit Traps' Crowd Control effects by 0.6s.
3




Unwilling Victim
Rare


Increase the area of effect of Spirit Traps' explosion by 15%.
3




Soulfire
Common


Heal for 50 each time one of your Spirit Traps triggers.
1




Surrounded by Fear
Epic


Hitting an enemy with Yokai Doll applies one extra stack of Curse once every 15s.
4
30-10



Blood Mist
Epic


Increase your Movement speed by 40% for 2s after one of your Spirit Traps triggers.
4


Unfinished Business


Deadly Prey
Epic


Increase your Movement Speed by 40% for 2s after Body and Soul ends.
4




Folk Tales
Common


Increase your maximum Health by 50.
1




Moonlit Haunting
Epic


Heal for 68 every 0.25s during Body and Soul.
4




Sudden Death
Uncommon


Increase the duration of Curse stacks by 1.2s.
2




Limitless
Epic


Decrease the Cooldown of Body and Soul by 2.4s.
4


Cosmetic Items[]

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Kasumi:

Champion Skin Collections[]

Default
Icons Character Model
Weapon Default Yokai Doll
Rarity Common
Availability Standard
Release October 12th, 2022
Cost Free
Voicelines Kasumi voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost Free
Voicelines Kasumi voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Evil Spirit
Icons Character Model
Weapon Haunted Doll
Rarity Uncommon
Availability Standard
Release October 12th, 2022
Cost 60,000  •  300  •  Season Pass 2022
(Evil Spirit Kasumi Collection)
Voicelines Kasumi voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost 60,000  •  300  •  Season Pass 2022
(Evil Spirit Kasumi Collection)
Voicelines Kasumi voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Spirited
Icons Character Model
Weapon Spirited Doll
Rarity Epic
Availability Exclusive
Release October 12th, 2022
Cost Season Pass 2022
(Spirited Kasumi Collection)
Voicelines Kasumi voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost Season Pass 2022
(Spirited Kasumi Collection)
Voicelines Kasumi voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Lovestruck
Icons Character Model
Weapon Beloved Doll
Rarity Epic
Availability Exclusive
Release November 16th, 2022
Cost 800  • 
(Lovestruck Kasumi Collection)
Voicelines Lovestruck Kasumi voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️ •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost 800  • 
(Lovestruck Kasumi Collection)
Voicelines Lovestruck Kasumi voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️ •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Golden
Icons Character Model
Weapon Golden Yokai Doll
Rarity Legendary
Availability Mastery
Release October 12th, 2022
Cost Rewarded at Mastery Level 50
(Golden Kasumi Collection)
Voicelines Kasumi voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost Rewarded at Mastery Level 50
(Golden Kasumi Collection)
Voicelines Kasumi voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Emotes[]

Default
Icon Character Model
Weapon {{{weapon}}}
Rarity Common
Availability Standard
Release October 12th, 2022
Cost Free
(Roaming Emote)
Cost Free
(Roaming Emote)
Character Model

Banshee Wail
Icon Character Model
Weapon {{{weapon}}}
Rarity Epic
Availability Exclusive
Release November 16th, 2022
Cost Season Pass 2022
Cost Season Pass 2022
Character Model

MVP Poses[]

Default
Icon Character Model
Weapon {{{weapon}}}
Rarity Common
Availability Standard
Release October 12th, 2022
Cost Free
Cost Free
Character Model

Possessive
Icon Character Model
Weapon {{{weapon}}}
Rarity Rare
Availability Exclusive
Release October 12th, 2022
Cost Season Pass 2022
Cost Season Pass 2022
Character Model

Trivia[]


Lore

  • Similarly to Kasumi herself, the crow on her hat is also a ghost.[3]
    • It doesn't have an official name.[4]
    • Kasumi protects it at all costs.[5]
  • Following Kasumi's release, a short clip was tweeted showing a Japanese type Ouija board that Kasumi was supposedly using to share a message. The letters hovered over present the message "アイコ のい え", which seems to translate to "Aiko's House". While this points to the theory that the house which betrayed Kasumi was House Aico, this doesn't confirm the connection for various reasons, most notably being that Kasumi has outright admitted she doesn't actually know who betrayed her.[6]


Cameos

Kasumi appears in the following content:


References

  • Kasumi's old talent, 'Spirit Bombs', is a reference to the Spirit Bomb attack from Dragon Ball.


Concepts

  • One of the first concepts for Kasumi originally featured her as a "drowned witch", from from the Aico Tundra, though she wasn't a ghost at this stage in development. This early concept also utilized a book as a weapon, which would've seemingly allowed her to summon blue tentacles.[7]
  • Another early concept featured Kasumi in a bright green dress wielding a short scythe and bright pink skulls, but most of the developers preferred her darker design.[8]
  • Kasumi's weapon seems to have taken awhile to settle on, as concept art featuring Kasumi's final design shows her wielding an old ethereal koto, with her using the strings to summon projectiles such as kunai.[9][10]
  • An alternate version of the card Deadly Trap, which covers Kasumi in shadow, was used for her first teaser.
  • Kasumi was the first champion since Ying inThe First Open Beta, to change roles, Kasumi was originally a Damage before becoming a Flank.


Other

  • Kasumi's placeholder name while in development was "Bird Lawyer".[5]
  • Kasumi's ultimate voice line was was changed upon release, with the original, あなたの魂を私のものだよ！ (▶️), having the phrase, だよ ('dayo'), removed, making the line less casual / friendly.
  • Kasumi's introduction voice line "つゆのよわ梅雨の様ながらされながら。." ▶️ is a haiku.


Champion Skins

  • Evil Spirit
    • A spirit of the evil variety. Thrilling stuff.


  • Spirited
    • This skin is canon, showing how Kasumi appeared when she was alive.[11]


Videos[]

Champion Teaser[]

Ability Breakdown[]

Changelog[]


  • Class
    • Damage ➞ Flank
  • Weapon
    • Yokai Doll
      • Range decreased and effective range increased from 120/80 ➞ 100/100
      • Increased damage from 200 ➞ 300
      • Shortened miss lockout from 1s ➞ .5s
      • Decreased fire rate from 0.6s ➞ 0.65s
  • Abilities
    • Savage Tear
      • Decreased damage from 400 ➞ 300
      • Decreased cooldown from 9s ➞ 7s
      • Range decreased from 120 ➞ 100
      • Removed Disarm when cast on enemy with 5 stacks of Curse
      • Now heals Kasumi for 80 per stack of Curse
        • Heals for an additional 300 if the target has 5 stacks of Curse
    • Body and Soul
      • Refiring the ability now teleports her body to her soul instead of back to her body
      • Her spirit form is now Invisible for the duration of the ability
    • Spirit Lure
      • Renamed to Spirit Traps
        • Updated animation
        • Behaves like original Talent Spirit Bombs
      • Fear replaced with a 20% Slow for 1.5s
      • Traps now have 300 Health and can be destroyed
      • Placement is now more responsive, will be placed at location targeter was at when button is released, instead of when the animation finishes
    • Bitter Betrayal
      • Now also Disarms anyone affected by it for 1.5s
  • Talents
    • Spirit Bombs ➞ Haunted Ground
      • Original effect now in base kit.
      • New effect: Spirit Traps no longer automatically explode. Instead when triggered, it can be reactivated to teleport to the most recently triggered trap, causing it to explode on arrival. Increase the size of the explosion by 25%, the stacks of Curse it applies by 2, and its Slow is replaced by a 1.5s Fear. After reactivation, Spirit Traps will go on Cooldown.
  • Cards
    • Betrayal
      • Savage Tear Cooldown reduction reduced from 0.5|0.5 ➞ 0.3|0.3s
    • Cursed Doll
      • Old effect incorporated into Savage Tear
      • New effect: When an enemy dies to Savage Tear, a random enemy within 30 units has {1|1} Curse stacks placed on them.
    • Unseen Eyes
      • Old effect removed
      • New effect: Increase the base heal from Savage Tear by {10{{!}}10} per stack of Curse.
  • Fixed an issue where Yokai Doll couldn’t target and fire at Grohk totems
  • Fixed an issue where her card cooldowns and descriptions conflicted
  • Talents
    • Empowered Curse
      • Now increases Ultimate Charge gain rate by 3% per stack instead of increasing Attack Speed per stack.
  • Abilities
    • Yokai Doll
      • Now requires a target before it can be fired
  • Abilities
    • Yokai Doll
      • Decrease targeting cone angle from 6 ➞ 2 degrees
      • Decreased Curse stack damage bonus from 25 ➞ 20%
      • Now deals double damage to Deployable and deployed Shields
      • Enemies with Curse stacks are now granted a Reveal on Kasumi as long as they have a Curse stack
    • Body and Soul
      • Increased Damage Reduction % from 55 ➞ 75
    • Spirit Lure
      • Kasumi now faces whoever triggered it when arriving after teleporting
  • Bug Fixes
    • Talents
      • Unfinished Business
        • Now properly ignores Anti-Healing
    • Abilities
      • Yokai Doll
        • Fixed an issue where Kasumi’s Yokai Doll weapon could target some map objects.
        • Fixed an issue where Kasumi’s Yokai Doll weapon was applying the Anti-Healing effect to all enemies within her attack cone.
      • Spirit Lure
        • Now properly sets Feared opponents to 3rd person for the duration
      • Body and Soul
        • Fixed an issue where Kasumi would not gain the effects of Illuminate while her Body and Soul ability was active.
    • Cards
      • Essence Drain
        • Fixed text to properly match the effect. Your Savage Tear deals an additional [{0.2|0.2}% damage ➞ {0.2|0.2}% base damage] per stack of Curse on your target
    • Addressed issues where some of Kasumi’s abilities would desync between client and server when switching targets quickly.
  • Kasumi was added to the game.


Removed Content[]


v · d · e
Champions
Front Line
Damage
Support
Flank
  1. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
  2. ↑ File:Kasumi VA.png
  3. ↑ Last Remains Update Show, YouTube
  4. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:Kasumi Name and Bird.png
  6. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
  7. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  8. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  9. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  10. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  11. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Kino Finnegan on ArtStation
  13. ↑ Dawnforge Update Show, YouTube
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