VII ▶️ is a Flank Champion in Paladins, added on January 26th, 2022.
Lore[]
This is VII's official bio currently found in his champion page in-game.
Since the very beginning, the Realm has been in peril. Be it calamitous threats rivaling the Scourges of old, or the unbridled ambitions of evil men, fate has always conspired against Realmkind.
It was in defiance of this injustice that the Outer Tribunal was formed. But for true justice to prevail, the order would need more than pious Judges. They'd need an Executioner. Someone unburdened by the trappings of mercy who would ensure that judgements cast were judgements kept.
VII is one whose past is chronicled upon the gravestones of the wicked. He is the grim reaper; a collector of tithes made in guilty blood. Like a phantom, he undertakes missions that would break most men, employing ruthless force and deadly precision. But then again, whose to say he is even a man?
This is an unofficial version of VII's bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding him. Sources can be found here.
A merciless assassin of the Outer Tribunal who seemingly lost everyone close to him in the past.
At some point, he would attack Corvus in a camp set up near Serpent Beach, killing many of his men and leaving Corvus for dead.
Summary[]
Seven (VII) is a mobile flank character with a heavy reliance on accuracy, decision making, active play and cooldown management. He has three different fire modes available that can be switched in battle. The mode used has an influence on the accuracy and the effective distance, which usually reaches medium ranges. Seven can grapple to walls with his Grappling Hook and stick to them becoming stealthed. Thus, he can overcome long distances, hold out at the wall and surprise enemies from ambush. In close combat, he uses his Explosive Dodge to avoid enemy attacks and lure them into his explosive trap. He can also pull lightweight opponents (non-Frontlines) into the trap with his Grappling Hook. His ultimate ability can help him out of a pinch by scaring away enemies.
Skills[]
Heavy SMG Fire off six 150-damage shots every 0.65s. |
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Heavy SMG Direct Damage |
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Trigger Discipline Swap between the 3 fire modes on activation, starting on burst mode. |
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Trigger Discipline |
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Explosive Dodge Dodge in 8 different directions while leaving behind an explosive trap for your enemies. |
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Explosive Dodge Area Damage |
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Grappling Hook Grapple to walls and stick to them for up to 5s becoming stealthed for the duration. |
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Grappling Hook Direct Damage |
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Direct Damage
Target up to 5 enemies, fearing them and dealing damage. |
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Direct Damage | ||
Talents[]
Cards[]
This is a list with all cards available to VII:
Name | Image | Description | Cooldown | Category |
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Aggressive Dodge | ![]() |
Increase the distance traveled by Explosive Dodge by {5|5}%. | ![]() | |
Equivocate | ![]() |
Heal for {100|100} after hitting an enemy with Grappling Hook. Heal for {200|100} if the enemy is a Frontline. | ![]() | |
Fragments | ![]() |
Heal for {10|10}% of your maximum Health over 5s after latching to a wall with Grappling Hook. | ![]() | |
Latch and Fire | ![]() |
Reduce the Cooldown of Grappling Hook by {1|0.5}s after activating Explosive Dodge. | ![]() | |
My City | ![]() |
Reduce your damage taken by {10|10}% while latched to a wall after using Grappling Hook. | ![]() | |
Nasty Surprise | ![]() |
Generate {10|10} Ammo after activating Explosive Dodge. | ![]() | |
Never Look | ![]() |
Increase your maximum Health by {50|50}. | ![]() | |
Night Watch | ![]() |
Generate {4|4} Ammo when you activate Trigger Discipline. | ![]() | |
Pop Off | ![]() |
Increase the Area of Effect of Explosive Dodge bombs by {10|10}%. | ![]() | |
Rapid Response | ![]() |
Decrease the recoil of Mag Dump by {10|10}%. | ![]() | |
Red Room | ![]() |
Increase your Movement Speed by {4|4}% while in Automatic fire mode. | ![]() | |
Terror | ![]() |
Increase the pull strength of Grappling Hook by {5|5}%. | ![]() | |
The Fear | ![]() |
Reduce your active Cooldowns by {1|1}s after getting a Killing Blow while in Burst Mode. | ![]() | |
The Night | ![]() |
Reduce the Cooldown of Explosive Dodge by {1|0.5}s after activating Grappling Hook. | ![]() | |
Tick Tock | ![]() |
Reset the Cooldown of Grappling Hook after falling to or below {10|10}% Health. | ![]() |
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Unknown Caller | ![]() |
Increase your Reload Speed by {5|5}%. | ![]() |
Pre-Built Loadouts[]
All of the following cards are in VII's pre-built loadouts:
Cosmetic Items[]
These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for VII:
Champion Skin Collections[]
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Weapon | Default Heavy SMG | ||||
Rarity | Common | ||||
Availability | Standard | ||||
Release Date | January 26th, 2022 | ||||
Cost | Free | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | Free | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Crimson Guard | |||||
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Loading Art | Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Crimson Guard's Heavy SMG | ||||
Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Exclusive | ||||
Release Date | January 26th, 2022 | ||||
Cost | 60,000 ![]() ![]() (Crimson Guard VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | 60,000 ![]() ![]() (Crimson Guard VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Ivy Sentinel | |||||
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Loading Art | Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Ivy Sentinel's Heavy SMG | ||||
Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Exclusive | ||||
Release Date | January 26th, 2022 | ||||
Cost | 60,000 ![]() ![]() ![]() (Ivy Sentinel VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | 60,000 ![]() ![]() ![]() (Ivy Sentinel VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Death Orchid | |||||
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Loading Art | Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Death Orchid's Heavy SMG | ||||
Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Exclusive | ||||
Release Date | March 16th, 2022 | ||||
Cost | ![]() Ascension Peak (Death Orchid VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | ![]() Ascension Peak (Death Orchid VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Biting Wind | |||||
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Loading Art | Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Biting Wind's Heavy SMG | ||||
Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Exclusive | ||||
Release Date | January 26th, 2022 | ||||
Cost | Bounty Store • ![]() (Biting Wind VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | Bounty Store • ![]() (Biting Wind VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Deadly Pallor | |||||
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Loading Art | Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Deadly Pallor's Heavy SMG | ||||
Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Limited | ||||
Release Date | January 26th, 2022 | ||||
Cost | Season Pass 2022 (Deadly Pallor VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | Season Pass 2022 (Deadly Pallor VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Pandemonium | |||||
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Loading Art | Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Pandemonium's Heavy SMG | ||||
Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Exclusive | ||||
Release Date | March 23rd, 2022 | ||||
Cost | 800 ![]() ![]() (Pandemonium VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Pandemonium VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | 800 ![]() ![]() (Pandemonium VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Pandemonium VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Golden | |||||
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Loading Art | Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Golden Heavy SMG | ||||
Rarity | Legendary | ||||
Availability | Mastery | ||||
Release Date | January 26th, 2022 | ||||
Cost | Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden VII Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | VII voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Emotes[]
Default | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Common | |||
Availability | Standard | |||
Release Date | January 26th, 2022 | |||
Cost | Free | |||
Cost | Free | |||
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Silencer | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Rare | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release Date | January 26th, 2022 | |||
Cost | Season Pass 2022 | |||
Cost | Season Pass 2022 | |||
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MVP Poses[]
Default | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Common | |||
Availability | Standard | |||
Release Date | January 26th, 2022 | |||
Cost | Free | |||
Cost | Free | |||
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Scouting | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Epic | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Release Date | January 26th, 2022 | |||
Cost | Season Pass 2022 | |||
Cost | Season Pass 2022 | |||
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Trivia[]
- As VII himself mentions, (▶️), VII isn't his real name, with said real name currently not being known.
- VII's true face is currently planned to never be revealed.[2]
- 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 VII would be around 6' or 182cm tall.
- VII appears in the Target Acquired avatar.
- Corvus appears in the card Nasty Surprise.
- Lex appears in the card Rapid Response.
- Corvus also appears in VII's teaser trailer.
- Betty La Bomba appears in VII's splash art on a newspaper in the background marked as "Realm News", with the title of the article being "Infamous Warlord Rises!"
- The line "Hello death... my old friend..." (▶️) is a reference to the song The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel.
- The line "Operation 140.15 completed." (▶️) references one of the frequencies used on the radio in the Metal Gear franchise.[3]
- The card Red Room may be a reference to rumored "Red Rooms" on the Dark Web, which are supposedly livestreams featuring horrible acts of violence being inflicted on individuals.
- The name of VII's ultimate ability "Decree 77" may be a reference to Order 66 from Star Wars.
- VII's promotion was slightly different from usual champion promotion of the time. VII's first teaser featured a link to the official Paladins Discord server, where typing in !seven would give out the message "Tribunal".
- Following this, heading to this site would bring you to a restricted access page featuring a login. Inputting "VII" as the username and "Tribunal" as the password would allow one to access some of the Schism update patch notes, though information regarding VII is absent.
- Influencer packages would also continue to be used to promote VII. From December 31st, 2021 to January 2nd, 2022, packages were sent to several Paladins influencers. These packages included VII's mask, as well as a small card, which on one side, had the date "01.05.22" (which was the date for that year's Hi-Rez Showcase event, and by extension, the Schism update show), while the other side generally featured a short message.
- ReninX's package can be seen here, with the message on the card reading "As the law is written".
- MekaXKitty's package can be seen here, with the message on the card reading "Tithes made in guilty blood that I alone collect...".
- frogcap's package can be seen here, with seemingly no message being on the card.
- Though while only three packages were shared on the official Paladins Twitter, according to a special video uploaded following VII's release, there were actually seven of these packages in total, each with their own message. According to the video, the influencers and messages are as follows.
- ReninX's message read "As the law is written..."
- Apxche's message read "So shall it be..."
- NTBees' message read "As executioner of the Outer Tribunal..."
- frogcap's message read "It falls upon me..."
- Gloozi's message read "To ensure that judgements cast..."
- Tarden's message read "Are judgements kept..."
- MekaXKitty's package read "Tithes made in guilty blood that I alone collect..."
- VII's standard teasers can be found here:
- (Teaser 1) "For true justice to prevail, the order requires more than pious Judges. They need an Executioner."
- (Teaser 2) "Some try to bargain with me. But justice cannot be bought."
- (Teaser 3) "If it needs to be done, I will get it done. You will not leave this battlefield."
- (Teaser 4) "The Outer Tribunal has no room for mercy - the Realm must be kept in check at all costs."
- (Teaser 5) "I am VII, the Right Hand of the Tribunal. And I am your final sentence."
- VII had many early unused designs prior to his final appearance being settled on. Some with huge differences, others with only minor adjustments.[4][5][6]
- VII also had several additional unused recolor skins.[7]
- Salt was originally intended to become a champion rather than a skin, but was eventually either replaced or changed into VII.[8]
- VII is the first champion to lack any Top Play lines following the removal of the system in the Sands of Myth update, as other champions prior to VII following the removal of the system still had lines for Top Play recorded, though they went unused. Champions prior to the system being added had other lines reworked for the system, making VII one of the only characters in the entire game to have no lines used in any form for Top Play.
- Prior to VII's official reveal, the artwork that appeared when loading the PTS of the Schism update initally featured a crudely drawn low effort version of VII's actual splash art.
- VII's the first champion to release with more than 2 recolors.
- An alternate version of the artwork for Night Watch with the mirror in the background removed was used for one of VII's teasers.
Crimson Guard
- This skin is meant to represent a former assassin of the Outer Tribunal prior to VII, making it a Semi-Canon Skin.[10]
Ivy Sentinel
- This skin is meant to represent a former assassin of the Outer Tribunal prior to VII, making it a Semi-Canon Skin.[11]
Death Orchid
- This skin is meant to represent a former assassin of the Outer Tribunal prior to VII, making it a Semi-Canon Skin.[12]
Biting Wind
- This skin is meant to represent a former assassin of the Outer Tribunal prior to VII, making it a Semi-Canon Skin.[13]
Deadly Pallor
- This skin is meant to represent a former assassin of the Outer Tribunal prior to VII, making it a Semi-Canon Skin.[14]
- This skin appears in the card The Fear, making it one of the few skins to appear in card art.
Pandemonium
- This skin had many hugely different designs prior to its final look being settled on.[15]
- This skin shares its theme with Mayhem Vatu.
Videos[]
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Ability Breakdown[]
Changelog[]
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where VII’s Grappling Hook ability would not activate properly if there was an ally between VII and the wall to which they were attempting to grapple.
- Updated several of VII’s cards to fix typos and make their text more consistent with other cards in the game.
- Abilities
Heavy SMG / Mag Dump
- Damage change to the Mag Dump fire mode
- 475 ➞ 450
Explosive Dodge
- Change the deployed time for VII’s bombs
- 15s ➞ 6s
Decree 77
- Change the timing on the initial mark for Decree 77
- Timing change Reduced time to mark enemies while Ulting by 50%
- Bug Fixes
- Reduced the amount of VFX on screen for enemies hit by the Ice-infused Automatic firing mode from VII’s Heavy SMG weapon when he had the Tribunal Upgrades talent equipped.
- Fixed an issue where VII’s Pandemonium skin played a very loud bang sound when previewed on the Home screen.
- Updated the description for VII’s Tribunal Upgrades talent to make it more concise.
- Talents
Tribunal Upgrades
- The Reveal on Burst mode has been increased to 2.25s.
- Abilities
Heavy SMG
- Burst Fire - DMG has been decreased to 150 per shot - Range has been increased slightly to 150 effective range (300 max).
- Mag Dump - DMG has been reduced to 475 from 500 - Effective Range has been reduced from 15 to 10.
- Automatic Mode - DMG has been increased from 175 to 200 - Effective Range has been increased to 115 from 90.
Trigger Discipline
- Changed the Post Fire Reload time from 1s ➞ .65s (time between being able to refire the RMB ability).
Decree 77
- Mark range has been increased to 130 (substantially further).
- Cards
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- [Explosive Dodge] Reduce the cooldown of Grappling Hook by {scale=1|0.5}s after using Explosive Dodge.
- Changed the scaling values from 1s ➞ 0.5s.
- [Grappling Hook] Reduce the cooldown of Explosive Dodge by {scale=1|0.5}s after using Grappling Hook.
- Changed scaling values from 1s ➞ 0.5s.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where VII’s reload animation did not speed up properly when affected by effects that increase Reload Speed.
- Fixed an issue where VII’s Golden skin was listed at the incorrect Rarity.
- Fixed an issue where VII’s Biting Wind skin did not display its 2D art in the Bounty Store.
- Fixed an issue where VII’s Grappling Hook ability could attach to some invisible collisions on Ice Mines.
- Updated several of VII’s ability descriptions to correct outdated number values.
- Updated the text for VII’s Equivocate card to clarify functionality.
- VII was added to the game.
- PTS Changes - Bug Fixes
- Fixed several issues related to VII’s Heavy SMG weapon getting into bad firing states when swapping firing modes with Trigger Discipline.
- Updated several of VII’s cards for readability and consistency.
- Fixed an issue where VII’s firing mode UI did not display correctly when using a Controller.
- Fixed an issue where the bombs from VII’s Explosive Dodge ability would not display their explosion VFX at the correct time.
- Fixed an issue where VII’s Heavy SMG weapon did not play reload SFX after firing Weapon Shots using the Mag Dump mode.
- Fixed an issue where VII’s Grappling Hook ability could hit allies and enemies inside their respective Spawn Rooms.
- Fixed an issue where VII’s Golden skin was not able to be obtained through Mastery levels.
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