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Yagorath

Yagorath ▶️ is a Front Line Champion in Paladins, added on February 3rd, 2021.

Lore

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


Your joys and hopes. Your fears and doubts. All your petty conflicts. Utterly devoid of meaning.

She is Yagorath, the Devourer. She is what it is to consume – absolutely. Everything that is not already her is assimilated, spreading her being across the universe in a never-ending hunger. Momentarily weakened by the futile actions of a broken goddess, she now emerges to bring an end to what was started – the only end that could possibly be. Even though Azaan has delayed this, it is only a matter of time. She is the Maw & it will consume all.

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


A separate, yet small piece of the universe-subsuming threat known as the Darkness, Yagorath arrived in the Realm centuries ago, shattering the moon to pieces and destroying all surrounding life where she landed in the Realm, but also being imprisoned within shards of the moon by its goddess Io.

For centuries, Yagorath remained sealed deep in the Shattered Desert, with a martial order of guards composed of Io's followers being created to protect the seal. However, over time, Yagorath slowly began to leak out.

Eventually, Yagorath had emerged enough to begin slowly and painfully killing the guardians, with only one of them, Vora, remaining alive. As a nearby battle between the Magistrate and Resistance unfolded, Yagorath made an offer to the now broken Vora, transforming the former guardian into Yagorath's own personal harbinger. As Vora left to cause chaos, Yagorath finally emerged from her seal after centuries of confinement.

Though the time-traveler Atlas would gather a group of champions to fight the beast before it could leave the Shattered Desert, despite their best efforts, Yagorath would still manage to leave, growing larger and attacking Crosswind Hold, leaving behind a massive trail of destruction, battling characters such as Atlas and Octavia numerous times, while attacking others like Barik and Rei.

After over a year of her rampage, during another battle with Octavia, this time joined by Furia, Yagorath appeared to be winning once again, until Azaan, the Eternal, descended into the Realm, having arrived to deal with the growing influence of the Abyss, decided to deal with the other threat of the Darkness, easily defeating Yagorath and resealing the monster.

Summary

Yagorath is a large and exotic Frontline champion with a very big health pool, as well as an eccentric and long list of abilities. Her main focus is swapping between Planted Form; a stationary, highly defensive/damage-focused form, and Travel Form; a high mobility/utility-focused form. She is, however, incredibly vulnerable to focused fire and percentage-based damage when Planted, due to her large size and lack of mobility, and when mobile, Yagorath loses out on her defensive capabilities.

Skills

With her Passive, "Immovable", Yagorath has significant damage resistance when in her immobile Planted Form, while in her mobile Travel Form, she is one of the fastest Champions. Regardless of form, Yagorath is immune to knockbacks while also converting more exotic forms of Crowd Control into Stuns.
Yagorath's primary fires are Planted's Caustic Spray, which fires acid and creates acid pools, and Travel Form's Trail of Acid, which leaves behind acid pools as she travels. These pools deal damage over time and slow enemies within.
Yagorath's secondary fires are Planted's Piercing Quills, which fires a quill that pierces enemies and shields, and also explodes for additional damage, and Travel Form's Acceleration, which has her charge forward at dramatic speed, knocking back and damaging enemies in the way.
Her primary abilities are Planted's Hardening, which makes Yagorath hunker down for a few seconds, granting her Stun immunity, and creating a growing acid pool beneath her that can grant teammates damage resistance. The ability deals damage in a sizeable area after it's over. In Travel Form, she activates Primal Vision, which sends out pulses that reveal enemies nearby.
Her secondary ability, Form Swap, lets her actively switch forms, changing her capabilities and size.
Devour, Yagorath's Ultimate Ability, which is only usable when in Planted form, has her swap to a different health pool, and begins to pull an enemy slowly towards her. If the enemy is pulled close, Yagorath eats them, requiring the attention of the entire enemy team to save their teammate.

Talents and Cards

Yagorath's talents provide her with the following:

  • Provide Yagorath more damage from Caustic Spray and her acid pools as well as increasing the Movement Speed of allies within them, with Corrosive Acid.
  • Yagorath's Primal Vision provides allies temporary shielding and increased Movement Speed, with Sight Begets Strength.
  • Give Yagorath increased healing from others while in Hardening, with Unnatural Persistence.

Most of Yagorath's cards provide her further durability, self-healing, or further augmentations to her abilities.

Skills

Cooldown
-/8

Caustic Spray / Trail of Acid

Damage (each/per tick)38 /0.1s — 33 /0.25s  
Description

Planted: Spray acid, dealing 38 damage every 0.1s and leaving behind pools of acid.
Travel: Leave a series of acid pools behind as you roll. Each pool damages and Slows enemies.

Details

Detailed Description
Caustic Spray (Planted Form): Spray acid from your Maw, dealing 38 damage every 0.1s. Hitting the ground leaves behind a pool of acid. Has a range of 105 units and a maximum of 6 pools placed at once.

Trail of Acid (Travel Form): Drop a series of 5 acid pools behind you as you roll. Has an 8s Cooldown.

Acid Pools: Each pool lasts 4s, deals 33 damage every 0.25s, and Slows enemies affected by 15%.
  • This ability deals Area Damage.
  • Acid pools do not stack damage.
  • Uses a resource instead of ammo which recharges over time when not being used.
  • After shooting, there is a 0.525s delay before Caustic Spray begins to recharge, and it takes ~2.1s to fully recharge.
Ability Video

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Cooldown
.5/12

Piercing Quills / Acceleration

Damage (each/per tick)200 /0.5s + Additional 75
500  
Description

Planted: Fire Piercing Quills that deal 200 damage and explode in a small area.
Travel: Charge forward through enemies, dealing 500 damage and Knocking them back.

Details

Detailed Description
Piercing Quills (Planted Form): Fire a Piercing Quill every 0.5s, dealing 200 damage on hit and exploding for 75 damage in a 20-unit area shortly after impact with a surface.
Acceleration (Travel Form): Charge forward for 4s. Hitting an enemy will deal 500 damage and apply a Knockback. Cannot be canceled. Has a 12s Cooldown.
  • This ability deals Area Damage.
  • Piercing Quills
    • Has a universal .5s cooldown.
    • Passes through shields and enemy champions.
  • Acceleration
    • She can reach speeds of more than 80 Units/s with Acceleration.
    • You can turn using your camera (by aiming to the left or right), but not using movement keys (A & D). Yagorath will try to move somewhat straight relative to your aim.
Ability Video

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Cooldown
15/11

Hardening / Primal Vision

Damage (each/per tick)300 - 1100  
Description

Planted: Reduce the damage you take for up to 4s and deal damage to nearby enemies based on ability duration.
Travel: Pulse 5 times, briefly Revealing nearby enemies to allies.

Details

Detailed Description
Hardening (Planted Form): Hunker down for up to 4s, increasing your base Damage Reduction by 25% and spawning a growing Acid Pool under you. Allies within this Acid Pool gain 12.5% DR. After this ability ends, deal damage to enemies within 25 units based on the duration of the ability. Base damage is 300 and maximum damage is 1100. You cannot be stunned while this ability is active. Can be refired to cancel early.
Primal Vision (Travel Form): Let out a series of 5 pulses that briefly Reveal enemies within 150 units to yourself and your team. Has a 11s Cooldown.
  • Hardening
    • Deals Area Damage.
    • Increasing your total damage reduction to 55%.
Ability Video

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Cooldown
-

Form Swap

Description

Swap between Planted and Travel forms, gaining access to new abilities.

Details

Detailed Description
Swap between your Travel and Planted forms, gaining access to a new set of abilities. In Planted form, you are unable to move. Swapping forms cannot be prevented by Cripple.

Passive - Immovable

Yagorath has a base Damage Reduction of 30% while Planted and is immune to most forms of Crowd Control, instead having a portion of the Crowd Control duration converted into a Stun.
  • Swapping forms doesn't count as movement ability and cannot be prevented by Cripple.
  • Form Swap can't be affected by Silence either.
  • This ability has no cooldown for either Planted form to Travel form and viceversa, essentially making it possible to spam this ability.
Ability Video

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Devour

Damage (each/per tick)100%  
Description

Target an enemy to pull in and devour them, gaining a new Health pool while doing so. If their team breaks your Health, they are released.

Details

Detailed Description
Target an enemy to start pulling them towards you, swapping your current Health for a new 3750-Health pool. Your target is immune to damage and Crowd Control and cannot move during this process, but can still fire their weapon at you. If your Health pool is depleted before they are devoured, you drop your target; otherwise, they are Executed. Can only be used in Planted form and has a minimum activation range of 30 units.

▶️ “This Realm will be consumed!” (Self/Enemy)

▶️ “The Maw hungers!” (Ally)

  • This ability Executes.
  • Swaps into a new stance, replacing the current Health for a new 3750-Health pool.
  • Depleting new Health does not kill Yagorath, but plays a unique animation and drops the enemy, before reverting to her normal Health pool.
  • When the new health pool is used up, the ultimate is canceled. Yagorath health value is set to her old health value before using the ultimate.
  • Enemies can still damage Yagorath and reduce the new health pool, even if Yagorath is immune to damage from external factors (like Fernando's ultimate).
  • Yagorath cannot be healed while using this ability.
  • If an enemy gets stuck and can't move towards Yagorath for a set amount of time, they will be stunned and receive 1000 damage.
  • Yagorath is Crowd Control Immune for the duration.
  • Refunds 35% ultimate charge if Yagorath fails to pull in and execute a target.
    • Has a lock-out time of 2s after Ultimate breaks.
    • The "fail animation" duration can be reduced if Yagorath has any kind of CC reduction (Resilience, Extermination) which makes the animation go faster.
  • Has a time of 0.9s until pulling the enemy starts.
  • Has a time of 2.75s time after reaching Yagorath until the enemy is eaten.
  • Has a base pull speed of 370.
Ability Video

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Talents

Corrosive Acid

Default Talent

Increase the damage done by Caustic Spray to 42, and your acid pools to 40. Allies within your acid pools have their Movement Speed increased by 20%.


Details

N.B: The in-game description incorrectly states an increase in acid pools' damage to 42 alongside Caustic Spray. In reality, only Caustic Spray's damage is increased to 42, while acid pools' damage is increased to 40.
Sight Begets Strength

Unlocks at Mastery Level 2

Allied players within range of your Primal Vision gain a stackable 100-Health Shield and 15% increased Movement Speed for 5s each time you pulse.


Details

Unnatural Persistence

Unlocks at Mastery Level 8

While in Hardening, increase your Healing received from others by 50%.


Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Yagorath:

Name Image Description Cooldown Category
Ancient Wounds Generate {1.5|1.5}% of your maximum acid after hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills. Piercing Quills
Collateral Damage Gain {10|10}% Lifesteal with Caustic Spray for 3s after swapping into Planted Form. Form Swap
Deadly Predator Increase your maximum acid capacity by {7|7}%. Armor / Weapon
Deadly Pursuit Increase your Movement Speed by 20% for {1|1}s after swapping into Travel Form. Form Swap
Dreadful Compact Reduce the Cooldown of Hardening by {0.25|0.25}s after hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills. Piercing Quills
End Of An Era Increase the efficacy of Hardening by {20|20}% but reduce its duration by {10|10}%. Hardening
Extermination Reduce the duration and effectiveness of Crowd Control by {5|5}%. Armor / Weapon
Futile Efforts Increase the radius of Piercing Quills' detonation by {10|10}%. Armor / Weapon
Last Efforts Hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills grants 20% Lifesteal for {0.6|0.6}s. Piercing Quills
Out Of Time Halve the efficacy of Hardening. For {0.5|0.5}s after using Hardening, gain its benefits. Hardening
Raze and Burn Heal for {50|50} after hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills. Piercing Quills
Spreading Domain Heal for {100|100} if you do not cancel Hardening before it ends. Hardening
The Great Worm Gain a {80|80}-Health Shield for 2s after swapping into Travel Form. Form Swap
Towering Presence Increase the Health of your Ultimate Health pool by {200|200}. Armor / Weapon
Triumphant Return Reduce your acid consumption by 90% for {0.4|0.4}s after swapping into Planted Form. Form Swap
Violent Birth Reduce the Cooldown of Acceleration by {0.8|0.8}s after activating Hardening. 8 Hardening
  • Extermination's Crowd Control reduction value stacks on top of your actual bonus

Pre-Built Loadouts

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

Corrosive Acid


The Great Worm
Rare


Gain a 240-Health Shield for 2s after swapping into Travel Form.
3




Towering Presence
Legendary


Increase the Health of your Ultimate Health pool by 1000.
5




Deadly Pursuit
Rare


Increase your Movement Speed by 20% for 3s after swapping into Travel Form.
3




Triumphant Return
Uncommon


Reduce your acid consumption by 90% for 0.8s after swapping into Planted Form.
2




Violent Birth
Uncommon


Reduce the Cooldown of Acceleration by 1.6s after activating Hardening.
2
8

Primal Vision


Triumphant Return
Uncommon


Reduce your acid consumption by 90% for 0.8s after swapping into Planted Form.
2




Towering Presence
Epic


Increase the Health of your Ultimate Health pool by 800.
4




Spreading Domain
Epic


Heal for 400 if you do not cancel Hardening before it ends.
4




End Of An Era
Common


Increase the efficacy of Hardening by 20% but reduce its duration by 10%.
1




Last Efforts
Epic


Hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills grants 20% Lifesteal for 2.4s.
4


Unnatural Persistance


Deadly Predator
Uncommon


Increase your maximum acid capacity by 14%.
2




Extermination
Uncommon


Reduce the duration and effectiveness of Crowd Control by 10%.
2




Futile Efforts
Uncommon


Increase the radius of Piercing Quills' detonation by 20%.
2




End Of An Era
Epic


Increase the efficacy of Hardening by 80% but reduce its duration by 40%.
4




Out Of Time
Legendary


Halve the efficacy of Hardening. For 2.5s after using Hardening, gain its benefits.
5


Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Yagorath:

Champion Skin Collections

Default
Icon Character Model
Weapon
Rarity Common
Availability Standard
Release February 3rd, 2021
Cost Free
Voicelines Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost Free
Voicelines Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Grave Worm
Icon Character Model
Weapon
Rarity Uncommon
Availability Exclusive
Release February 3rd, 2021
Cost 60,000  •  300  •   •  Item can no longer be obtained by this. Bounty Store  •  Item can no longer be obtained by this. Season Pass 2021
(Grave Worm Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost 60,000  •  300  •   •  Item can no longer be obtained by this. Bounty Store  •  Item can no longer be obtained by this. Season Pass 2021
(Grave Worm Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Caustic
Icon Character Model
Weapon
Rarity Epic
Availability Exclusive
Release February 3rd, 2021
Cost Item can no longer be obtained by this. Season Pass 2021
(Caustic Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost Item can no longer be obtained by this. Season Pass 2021
(Caustic Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Leviathan
Icon Character Model
Weapon
Rarity Epic
Availability Exclusive
Release November 10th, 2021
Cost 800  • 
(Leviathan Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines Leviathan Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost 800  • 
(Leviathan Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines Leviathan Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Cuddly
Icon Character Model
Weapon
Rarity Epic
Availability Exclusive
Release August 17, 2022
Cost 800  • 
(Cuddly Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines Cuddly Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost 800  • 
(Cuddly Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines Cuddly Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Golden
Icon Character Model
Weapon
Rarity Legendary
Availability Mastery
Release February 3rd, 2021
Cost Rewarded at Mastery Level 50
(Golden Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Cost Rewarded at Mastery Level 50
(Golden Yagorath Collection)
Voicelines Yagorath voice lines
Voice Pack Preview ▶️  •  ▶️  •  ▶️
Character Model

Emotes

Default
Icon Character Model
Weapon {{{weapon}}}
Rarity Common
Availability Standard
Release February 3rd, 2021
Cost Free
Cost Free
Character Model

Hello Darlings
Icon Character Model
Weapon {{{weapon}}}
Rarity Rare
Availability Exclusive
Release February 3rd, 2021
Cost Item can no longer be obtained by this. Season Pass 2021
Cost Item can no longer be obtained by this. Season Pass 2021
Character Model

Carnage Dance
Icon Character Model
Weapon {{{weapon}}}
Rarity Epic
Availability Exclusive
Release August 17, 2022
Cost Item can no longer be obtained by this. Starforged Event Pass Level 19 Paid Reward - Event Pass Level
(Endless Emote)
Cost Item can no longer be obtained by this. Starforged Event Pass Level 19 Paid Reward - Event Pass Level
(Endless Emote)
Character Model

MVP Poses

Default
Icon Character Model
Weapon {{{weapon}}}
Rarity Common
Availability Standard
Release February 3rd, 2021
Cost Free
Cost Free
Character Model

Tempest
Icon Character Model
Weapon {{{weapon}}}
Rarity Rare
Availability Standard
Release February 3rd, 2021
Cost Item can no longer be obtained by this. Season Pass 2021
Cost Item can no longer be obtained by this. Season Pass 2021
Character Model

Trivia


Lore

  • Although Yagorath looks and acts incredibly evil, she doesn't consider herself evil, as she views the other characters as food, or as though she's stepping on ants.[2]
  • Though it seems Vora's responsible for letting Yagorath free, it's implied that Yagorath was slowly breaking out regardless. It's also implied that Yagorath was the one responsible for Vora's fellow warriors dying.[3]
  • Every champion that was involved against Yagorath, even those not shown in her teaser trailer, were indeed canonically present during the battle (including characters such as Io, Jenos, Imani, Furia, and even Valera), while those with followings brought foot soldiers and grunts to aid them as well. The reason these soldiers and not every champion was shown was due to simply not being able to include everyone in a single trailer, so the developers instead attempted to pick characters whose presence would "say something". The soldiers, meanwhile, were claimed to be absent due to the focus being on the playable characters, though it's likely other reasons include no soldiers actually being modeled at the time, as well as including them likely resulting in even more champions being visibly excluded.[4][5]
  • While it may appear Yagorath fled from Rei and Khan after attacking them in the former's trailer, she really just left to attack others on the battlefield.[6]
  • Yagorath is currently defeated and sealed away once more following her encounter with Azaan, but not completely dead. At the very least, Azaan's appearance marks the end of the "Darkness Arc".[7][8][9][10]
  • Yagorath's rampage lasted for over a year.[11]
  • Despite seeming as if Yagorath herself is the Darkness, Yagorath is both separate, but also only a piece of this larger threat from beyond the Realm.[12][13]
    • Yagorath's separate nature from the Darkness is also implied in her spawn chatter line with Raum (▶️).
  • Yagorath has consumed other worlds prior to the Realm.[14]
  • Yagorath grows larger and more powerful as she consumes mass, with the Yagorath in-game being a sort of "stage-0".[15][16]
  • It's been implied that when Yagorath grows large enough, she may be able to create creatures such as the ones that attacked Atlas in his teaser trailer.[17]
  • It's been implied there's more than one Yagorath in the Realm, though whether this refers to multiple different Darkness creatures, or if Yagorath managed to grow large enough to spawn additional monsters was never clarified.[18][19]
  • Azaan wouldn't be able to defeat the future version of Yagorath from the Lost Future by himself.[20]
  • Yagorath doesn't physically speak with her mouth, but instead uses some form of thought projection, though Yagorath may not be projecting words in particular.[21]
  • Yagorath's body is composed of a material beyond understanding.[22]
  • Yagorath's Primal Vision reveals nearby enemies via their heartbeats, though how this works on champions that lack literal working hearts (such as Bomb King, Grover, Dredge and possibly others) was never explained.[23]
  • 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 Yagorath's in-game "stage-0" appearance would be around 26'5 or 8m long, while adding her horns brings Yagorath to around 29'6 or 9m long; though Yagorath's idle animation usually only has her standing at a height of around 12'5 or 3.8m, while adding her horns brings Yagorath to around 15'4 or 4.6m. Despite this, as can be seen in trailers after and including Octavia's teaser trailer, Yagorath has grown far larger in lore.


Cameos

Yagorath appears in the following content:

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


References

  • The joke "I find your lack of limbs... disturbing." (▶️) references a line spoken by Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode IV.
  • Yagorath's kill taunt against Koga "Yes, I am going to eat that; after you." (▶️) references Koga's line "You gonna eat that?" (▶️).
  • The joke "What? You don't like the spikes?" (▶️) may be a reference to Paladins artist ThunderBrush and his fondness of spikes, which occasionally leads to annoyance from some of the Paladins community.
  • The "Carnage Dance" emote is a reference to the song Caramelldansen.
  • Yagorath design closely resembles the Hydralisks from StarCraft.
  • Yagorath's nature of moving from planet to planet, devouring them all in an effort to satiate her endless hunger is reminiscent of the Marvel character Galactus.
  • Yagorath is also reminiscent to the Tyranids from Warhammer 40k for similar reasons.
  • Cho'Gath from League of Legends is yet another character Yagorath shares similarities with, such as some design similarities and focus on eating, which allows them to grow stronger and larger.


Promotion

  • As with previous champions, in order to promote Yagorath, Paladins artist Thunderbrush would change his Twitter profile picture and banner a number of times. The first change occurred on October 2nd, 2020 (prior to Vora releasing) where he would change his profile picture to this image, which seems to be the image used in the reflection of Octavia's scope in her splash art.
    • The next change would come on December 1st, 2020, where he would change his banner to this image, which would later be revealed as the lower portion of Yagorath's default splash art.
    • The final change would occur on December 15th, 2020, which featured his banner being changed once again to this image, which would later be revealed as being an edited version of Yagorath's card Dreadful Compact.
  • Yagorath would also be teased in other manners. A special piece of artwork was posted on the official Paladins Twitter on December 25th, 2020 in order to celebrate Christmas. In the image, there are various teasers of Yagorath, including a number of spiked red tentacles, a partially obscured stocking that appears to have Yagorath's name, as well as a picture of Yagorath above the fireplace.[26]
  • Another part of Yagorath's promotion was influencer packages. From January 3rd, 2020 to January 6th, 2020, packages were sent to various Paladins influencers. These packages were sent by Atlas from his original timeline, as revealed in said promotions, and each contained a satchel, inside of which were unique letters, as well as an object relating to the specific character discussed in the letter.
    • AndrewChicken's package can be viewed here, while the letter specifically can be viewed here. This package came with a torn piece of cloth, most likely belonging to Viktor.
      • The letter reads as follows: "Viktor found himself prey to an unrelenting hunger. Like an inexorably grinding millstone, the beast tore through every obstacle set before it in pursuit of its quarry. There was no escape for the Lone Wolf."
    • KewneDragon's package can be viewed here, while the letter specifically can be viewed here. This package came with three feathers, most likely belonging to Strix.
      • The letter reads as follows: "Strix fired upon the mountain of hate that was the Maw made manifest. The creature reeled back as it rained down a grim ichor. Everything the ravenous vile touched was burned away in an instant, and Ghost Feather was no more."
    • Syberbolt's package can be viewed here, while the letter specifically can be viewed here. This package came with a ring encrusted with a red gem, most likely belonging to Karne.
      • The letter reads as follows: "Karne stood his ground before the monstrosity as it unfurled, its cavernous maw festooned with jagged outcrops and cruelly shaped bones. Beyond those gnashing teeth, there was only darkness: the last thing the Magister would ever see."
    • Kreeper's package can be viewed here, while the letter specifically can be viewed here. This package came with a small portion of blonde hair, most likely belonging to Valera.
      • The letter reads as follows: "Valera, who tamed mountains and felled dragons, rose up once again to defend the Realm. She met the beast in battle, trading blow for blow with the behemoth, but to no avail. Even she was overwhelmed by the endless maw."
  • Yagorath's standard teasers can be seen here:


Concepts

  • Yagorath's design was originally slightly different, featuring a more insect-like design and only one set of claws near her mouth.[27][28]
    • She was also originally meant to fire projectiles from her claw arms.[29]
  • Yagorath was originally going to move by digging through the ground, but it was decided she should roll around instead due to potential odd interactions with thin platforms.[30]


Other

  • Vora was initially more monstrous in appearance, but it was decided to split this side of Vora away into a "spin-off" champion, which became Yagorath, supposedly so Vora could shine more as a character.[31] Initially, the idea was that Vora would eventually transform into Yagorath herself.[32]
  • Yagorath was initially intended to launch during 2020, but ended up pushed into 2021, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33]
  • Vora and Yagorath had their voice packs recorded at the same time.[34]
  • Yagorath has by far the most cameos of other champions in her cards and teaser trailer, with a total of 20 champion appearances (as well as Octavia); nearly half the playable roster of the time Yagorath released.
  • Though Yagorath is the only champion with lines related to New Years and Valentines Day publicly available (▶️ ▶️), it was mentioned that all champions have lines related to these and many other holidays in the event a trailer involving a champion is released around one of these holidays.[35]
  • Yagorath's model and abilities makes creating skins for her a lot of work.[36]
  • Two alternate versions of the card Extermination were created. One of them features a slightly different sky, and also doesn't feature Yagorath's wings, while the other version is the same as the original, but doesn't feature Yagorath, as the image was used for promotional material prior to her reveal.
  • An alternate version of the card Dreadful Compact was created and features Vora covered in shadows.
  • An alternate version of Yagorath's icon can be seen featured on the official Paladins champion site. The image can be seen here and noticeably is an image of Yagorath's in-game model in a different pose.
  • Yagorath originally had a different splash art that showed her in space.[37]
  • Yagorath's sound effects apparently incorporate the usage of chicken salad and macaroni.[38]
  • Yagorath is currently the only champion that can't ride a mount. She sort of shares this trait with extremely early versions of Ruckus, who initially had Bolt transform into a flying vehicle rather than mount, though this functioned the same as regular mounts.[39]
  • Yagorath, Nyx, and Rei are the only champions who do not have weapons.
    • Despite this, Yagorath still has icons of what would appear to be her "weapons" for her base skins. These images can be seen here.
  • Yagorath's internal name was "Worm Momma".[40]


Champion Skins

  • Grave Worm
    • This skin may be named after a heavy metal band of the same name.
    • The name and coloration of the skin may also be a reference to the Gravemind from the Halo series and the Flood in general, a very similar entity that travels between planets with an endless hunger for biomass.


  • Caustic
    • Caustic is the ability to burn or corrode organic tissue via chemicals.
    • Though marked as 'Exclusive' in-game, this skin is intended to be 'Limited', as has been mentioned various times.[41]



Videos

Champion Teaser

Embedded media: //www.youtube.com/embed/SWd22fkhQlU?

Ability Breakdown

Embedded media: //www.youtube.com/embed/Gj4Oc_qZzd4?

Changelog


  • Ultimate
    • Devour
      • Reduced pull speed from 390 ➞ 370
  • Fixed an issue where Yagorath could apply infinite damage over time by stacking Caustic Spray and Trail of Acid.
  • Abilities
    • Form Swap
      • Decreased cooldown from 2s ➞ 1s (In practice, this makes Form Swap instant)
  • Abilities
    • Form Swap
      • Reduced cooldown from 4s ➞ 2s
      • In practice, this will make her form swaps take ~1s for each form
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Golden skin would not display properly in game.
  • Talents
    • Sight Begets Strength
      • Reduced Shield per pulse from 125 ➞ 90.
  • Abilities
    • Devour
      • Reduced minimum distance from 45 ➞ 30.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Carnage Dance emote was missing audio.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Addressed an issue where Yagorath could miss her Ultimate, Devour, more often than expected.
  • Talents
    • Corrosive Acid
      • Increased Caustic Spray damage 40 ➞ 42
  • Abilities
    • Caustic Spray
      • Increased damage 36 ➞ 38
    • Form Swap
      • Reduced Cooldown 5s ➞ 4s
    • Devour
      • Increased base Ultimate Health 3500 ➞ 3750
      • Reduced time after Ultimate breaks 2.5s ➞ 2s
      • Reduced time before the pull begins 1.1s ➞ 0.9s
      • Reduced minimum distance 50 ➞ 45 units
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Sight Begets Strength talent was not increasing the cooldown of Primal Vision when equipped.
  • General
    • Reduced base Health 6000 ➞ 5750
  • Talents
    • Sight Begets Strength
      • Now increases the Cooldown of Primal Vision by 2s
  • Abilities
    • Devour
      • This ability now has a minimum range of 50
      • This ability can no longer miss under normal circumstances
      • Decreased time until target starts getting pulled 1.5s ➞ 1.1s
      • Increased base pull speed 335 ft/s ➞ 350 ft/s
      • Decreased time after reaching Yagorath until you are eaten 3s ➞ 2.75s
      • Increased base Ultimate Health 3300 ➞ 3500
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Graveworm skin was not purchasable for Gold or Crystals.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s passive Damage Reduction was listed incorrectly on her ability description page.
  • Abilities
    • Devour
      • Increased time until pulling the enemy starts from 0.5s ➞ 1.0s
      • Reduced the speed of pulling the target towards Yagorath by 5%
      • Reduced Yagorath’s Health while in Ultimate form from 3500 ➞ 3300
    • Hardened Carapace
      • Reduce the benefits of Damage Reduction 35% ➞ 30%
  • Abilities
    • Caustic Spray
      • Current: Spray acid from your Maw, dealing 36 damage every 0.1s. Hitting the ground leaves behind a pool of acid that lasts 4s.
        • Increased Range and Effective Range 90 ➞ 105 units
    • Piercing Quills / Acceleration
      • Current: Fire Piercing Quills that deal 170 damage and explode in a small area.
        • Removed the increased damage taken by enemies hit with Piercing Quills after being affected by Caustic Spray
    • Primal Vision
      • Current: Pulse 5 times, briefly revealing nearby enemies to allies.
        • Reduced the interval between pulses by 10%
        • Reduced the overall duration of Primal Vision by 10%
        • Reduced the duration enemies are Revealed by 15%
  • Cards
    • Last Efforts
      • Current: Increased the duration of the Damage Amplification of her Quill and Acid Combo
        • NEW: Hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills grants 20% Lifesteal for {0.6|0.6}s.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue where the effects provided by Yagorath to her teammates from the Sight Begets Strength talent incorrectly affected non-player allies.
    • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s base health would scale after each instance of using her Ultimate when she had any rank of the Veteran item equipped.
    • [Live] Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Triumphant Return card would not function.
  • Bugfixes
    • Fixed an issue where Khan throwing an Overpowered enemy at a Planted Form Yagorath would incorrectly knock back Yagorath.
    • Fixed an issue where Cooldown Reduction would not reduce the cooldown of Trail of Acid.
    • Fixed an issue where Corvus and Talus could teleport out of Devour with their respective teleporting abilities in certain circumstances.
  • Health
    Base health 6500 ➞ 6000
  • Talents
    • Corrosive Acid
      • Reduced Caustic Spray initial hit damage 48 ➞ 42
  • Passive
    • Armored Carapace
      • Base Damage Reduction decreased 40% ➞ 35%
  • Abilities
    • Caustic Spray
      • Reduced initial hit damage 42 ➞ 36
    • Devour
      • Reduced base Ultimate Health pool 4000 ➞ 3500
      • Ultimate % refund on miss or break 50% ➞ 35%
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue where Yagorath could swap from Travel Form to Planted Form while Banished.
    • Fixed an issue where Chronos and other Cooldown-reducing effects would not reduce the Cooldown of Travel Form abilities.
    • Fixed some map collision issues with Yagorath on Brightmarsh.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue where the Towering Presence card did not scale past the first rank.
    • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s ability names were cut off on the Advanced screen in the Champions menu.
    • Fixed an issue where Yagorath could use Weapon Inspect while in Travel Form and get locked out of actions temporarily.
    • Fixed an issue where Yagorath’s Emote and MVP icons were missing their 2D art in Match Lobby.
  • Yagorath was added to the game.
  • PTS Changes - Balance
    • Talents
      • Sight Begets Strength
        • 100 shield ➞ 125 shield
    • Abilities
      • Primal Vision
        • 10s CD ➞ 11s


Removed Content


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  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/PaladinsGame/status/1139910621485555712
  2. ↑ File:Yagorath Isn't Evil.png
  3. ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
  4. ↑ File:Yagorath Trailer Other Champs.png
  5. ↑ File:Champions Brought Soldiers.png
  6. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
  7. ↑ File:Yago after Azaan.png
  8. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  9. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
  10. ↑ A Conflict Reignited Lore Cinematic, YouTube
  11. ↑ File:Future Vora Not Vora and Yago 1 Year.png
  12. ↑ Hi-Rez Showcase 2021, YouTube
  13. ↑ File:Yagorath and the Maw.png
  14. ↑ Yagorath's second taunt and kill taunt towards Grover
  15. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  16. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  17. ↑ File:Darkness Minion Creation.png
  18. ↑ Evil Mojo Podcast: Exploring the Lore (Hi-Rez Showcase 2022), YouTube
  19. ↑ Evil Mojo Podcast: Exploring the Lore (Hi-Rez Showcase 2022), YouTube
  20. ↑ File:Azaan vs Future_Yago.png
  21. ↑ File:How Yagorath Speaks.png
  22. ↑ Yagorath Ability Breakdown, YouTube
  23. ↑ Yagorath Ability Breakdown, YouTube
  24. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  25. ↑ File:Big Out of Time.jpg
  26. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
  27. ↑ File:Yagorath Concept.jpg
  28. ↑ ThunderBrush on ArtStation
  29. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  30. ↑ The Making of Yagorath (Hi-Rez Showcase 2020 Panel), YouTube
  31. ↑ Hi-Rez Showcase 2021: The Making of Yagorath
  32. ↑ File:Vora Transformation and Yagorath.png
  33. ↑ File:Vora and Yagorath Kill Taunt.png
  34. ↑ File:Vora and Yagorath Recorded at the same time.png
  35. ↑ File:Holiday Voice Lines.png
  36. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
  37. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
  38. ↑ File:Champion Sound Effects.png
  39. ↑ Pre-Alpha Ruckus Gameplay, YouTube
  40. ↑ File:Yagorath Worm Momma.png
  41. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
  42. ↑ Jeff Bellio on ArtStation