Imani

Imani is a playable hero in Gigantic. She is a far ranged shooter who utilizes her giant crossbow to snipe her enemies. She was first announced at PAX 2014.

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Imani

Sneaky sniper

Even among the renowned Tahiri mercenaries, Imani is famed for uncommon skill and leadership.
HEALTH One full segment of in-game health bar represents 500 health points. 1500     ARMOR Reduces incoming DAMAGE by 1% to 1 point of armor. Heroes with light armor have 15 points of FRONT ARMOR and 7 points of BACK ARMOR. Heroes with heavy armor have 25 points of FRONT ARMOR and 18 points of BACK ARMOR. 15     SPEED Base speed value. Heroes can move faster by SPRINTING, JUMPING or DODGING, sometimes at the cost of STAMINA. 650
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Abilities

AUTOBOLTS LMB / RT Basic attack
	Base DAMAGE value, per bolt, on close and middle distance. Against heroes with LIGHT ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? Against heroes with HEAVY ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? 55 Base RANGE value. 80m	Fires bursts of 3 shots.
Fires bursts of 3 shots.

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Left path Heavy Cable			Hit and Run
Unscoped shots deal more DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage. (+10%)			Each unscoped shot hit gives you a small SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.speed boost. (Maximum: +10%, 3s)
Quick Loader	Steel-Tipped Bolts		In the Groove	Stopping Power
Reload and fire unscoped shots 20% faster.	Unscoped shots pierce through enemies and build FOCUS Special resource that is accumulated and stored throughout every match, and can be used to unleash a FOCUS ABILITY, or upgrade young creatures to powerful adults. Focus requires to build up FOCUS CHARGES (maximum 3) before it can be used. They can be accumulated by dealing damage to enemies, healing allies, taking damage, and sometimes after being defeated and sent to the Airship.Focus faster.		Hits increase your SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.movement speed even more. (Maximum: +30%, 3s)	[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: With [Q/LB] SPECIAL AMMO, unscoped shots PUSH Knocks enemies back. This does not stop them from using skills.push enemies from close range.

Right path Hit and Run
Each unscoped shot hit gives you a small SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.speed boost. (Maximum: +10%, 3s)
In the Groove	Stopping Power
Hits increase your SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.movement speed even more. (Maximum: +30%, 3s)	[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: With [Q/LB] SPECIAL AMMO, unscoped shots PUSH Knocks enemies back. This does not stop them from using skills.push enemies from close range.

SILENT SCOPE RMB / LT
	Base DAMAGE value, per shot, on charge levels 1/2. Against heroes with LIGHT ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? Against heroes with HEAVY ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? 135/270 Base RANGE value. 150m	Zoom in for single shots. (100% CRITICAL HITS Every Hero's crit chance defaults to 0.01%. Landing hits with primary attack will increase crit chance up to a maximum of 100%. Primary attacks are the only attacks that build and benefit from crit damage, though certain upgrades will allow some secondary skills to help build or modify your crit chance. Failing to land hits with primary attack will cause crit chance to rapidly decay back to its default value.crit chance) Wait for increased DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage.
Zoom in for single shots. (100% CRITICAL HITS Every Hero's crit chance defaults to 0.01%. Landing hits with primary attack will increase crit chance up to a maximum of 100%. Primary attacks are the only attacks that build and benefit from crit damage, though certain upgrades will allow some secondary skills to help build or modify your crit chance. Failing to land hits with primary attack will cause crit chance to rapidly decay back to its default value.crit chance) Wait for increased DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage.

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Left path On The Mark			Snapshot
[RMB/LT],[LMB/RT]: After a scoped 2x charged hit, DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage bonus starts at 2x. (Can charge up to 3x)			[RMB/LT],[LMB/RT]: +50% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage for 1x charged shots. (Scope does not zoom in as far)
Vital Organs	Dialed In		Combat Sniper	Sniper Superiority
[RMB/LT],[LMB/RT]: Scoped shots have 50% ARMOR PIERCE Deals DAMAGE while ignoring target's ARMOR on certain percentage.armor penetration.	[RMB/LT],[LMB/RT]: After a scoped 3x charged hit, DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage bonus starts at 3x.		[RMB/LT],[LMB/RT]: After a scoped shot, reload and fire 20% faster. Increased SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.movement speed while scoped.	[RMB/LT],[LMB/RT]: After a scoped shot using [Q/LB] SPECIAL AMMO, gain front DEFLECTION Deflects incoming projectiles away in random directions from the source of deflection.deflection. (1s)

Right path Snapshot
[RMB/LT],[LMB/RT]: +50% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage for 1x charged shots. (Scope does not zoom in as far)
Combat Sniper	Sniper Superiority
[RMB/LT],[LMB/RT]: After a scoped shot, reload and fire 20% faster. Increased SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.movement speed while scoped.	[RMB/LT],[LMB/RT]: After a scoped shot using [Q/LB] SPECIAL AMMO, gain front DEFLECTION Deflects incoming projectiles away in random directions from the source of deflection.deflection. (1s)

SPECIAL AMMO Q / LB
	Default ability COOLDOWN. 15s Base DAMAGE value, per arrow, on close and middle distance (unscopped). Against heroes with LIGHT ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? Against heroes with HEAVY ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? 55? BURN Deals damage over time.65	Boom Bolts add 20% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage and apply BURN Deals damage over time.burning to your next 3 [LMB/RT] AUTOBOLT attacks.
Boom Bolts add 20% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage and apply BURN Deals damage over time.burning to your next 3 [LMB/RT] AUTOBOLT attacks.

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Left path Die in a Fire			Frosted Tips
[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: Burning lasts twice as long. (2s)			[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: Your next 3 attacks inflict FREEZE Reduces movement speed by 20% and damages enemies over time. DEEP FREEZE and FULL FREEZE are more powerful.freeze. (2s)
Blast Radius	All In		Chill to the Bone	Freeze Tag
[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: On hit, shots affect foes near your target. Gain FOCUS Special resource that is accumulated and stored throughout every match, and can be used to unleash a FOCUS ABILITY, or upgrade young creatures to powerful adults. Focus requires to build up FOCUS CHARGES (maximum 3) before it can be used. They can be accumulated by dealing damage to enemies, healing allies, taking damage, and sometimes after being defeated and sent to the Airship.Focus for each enemy hit.	[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: Get only one shot, but deals +60% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage and PUSH Knocks enemies back. This does not stop them from using skills.pushes enemies.		[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: Hitting a frozen foe inflicts FREEZE Reduces movement speed by 20% and damages enemies over time. DEEP FREEZE and FULL FREEZE are more powerful.deep freeze (3s). Hitting a deep frozen foe inflicts FREEZE Reduces movement speed by 20% and damages enemies over time. DEEP FREEZE and FULL FREEZE are more powerful.full freeze (3s of SLOW Reduces movement speed by 20%. MAJOR SLOW (30%) and MASSIVE SLOW (60%) are more powerful.extreme slow)	[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: Increases freeze duration by 1s. Enemies hit also FREEZE Reduces movement speed by 20% and damages enemies over time. DEEP FREEZE and FULL FREEZE are more powerful.freeze nearby.

Right path Frosted Tips
[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: Your next 3 attacks inflict FREEZE Reduces movement speed by 20% and damages enemies over time. DEEP FREEZE and FULL FREEZE are more powerful.freeze. (2s)
Chill to the Bone	Freeze Tag
[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: Hitting a frozen foe inflicts FREEZE Reduces movement speed by 20% and damages enemies over time. DEEP FREEZE and FULL FREEZE are more powerful.deep freeze (3s). Hitting a deep frozen foe inflicts FREEZE Reduces movement speed by 20% and damages enemies over time. DEEP FREEZE and FULL FREEZE are more powerful.full freeze (3s of SLOW Reduces movement speed by 20%. MAJOR SLOW (30%) and MASSIVE SLOW (60%) are more powerful.extreme slow)	[Q/LB],[LMB/RT]: Increases freeze duration by 1s. Enemies hit also FREEZE Reduces movement speed by 20% and damages enemies over time. DEEP FREEZE and FULL FREEZE are more powerful.freeze nearby.

SMOKE BOMB E / RB
	Default ability COOLDOWN. 13s Base DAMAGE value. Against heroes with LIGHT ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? Against heroes with HEAVY ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? 25 Base TARGET RANGE value; base RADIUS of impact: ?m. 15m	Lobbed projectile: Creates a cloud that STEALTH Makes hero invisible to enemies, creatures, and Guardians. Damage indicators and debuffs will still display when striking a stealthed hero. Invisible heroes also will be shown on the minimap by anything that reveals enemies, such as the vision radius of the Cerberuses.stealths you and nearby allies and WEAKNESS Reduces outgoing damage by 25%. MAJOR WEAKNESS (50%) and EXTREME WEAKNESS (75%) are more powerful.weakens enemies. (-25% damage, 2s)
Lobbed projectile: Creates a cloud that STEALTH Makes hero invisible to enemies, creatures, and Guardians. Damage indicators and debuffs will still display when striking a stealthed hero. Invisible heroes also will be shown on the minimap by anything that reveals enemies, such as the vision radius of the Cerberuses.stealths you and nearby allies and WEAKNESS Reduces outgoing damage by 25%. MAJOR WEAKNESS (50%) and EXTREME WEAKNESS (75%) are more powerful.weakens enemies. (-25% damage, 2s)

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Left path Choking Gas			Vertical Evasion
Enemies hit are DAZE Interrupts and prevents skill usage for the duration of the daze.dazed.			JUMP,[E/RB]: While jumping, JUMP HIGHER Increases the height of all jumps when affected by the skill.launch yourself through the air. (+5s cooldown if you launch yourself.)
Debilitating Haze	Smoke Screen		Leave Your Problems Behind	Adrenaline Rush
WEAKNESS Reduces outgoing damage by 25%. MAJOR WEAKNESS (50%) and EXTREME WEAKNESS (75%) are more powerful.Weakness is even stronger. (-50% damage, 2s)	You and your allies inside the cloud gain 100% CRITICAL HITS Every Hero's crit chance defaults to 0.01%. Landing hits with primary attack will increase crit chance up to a maximum of 100%. Primary attacks are the only attacks that build and benefit from crit damage, though certain upgrades will allow some secondary skills to help build or modify your crit chance. Failing to land hits with primary attack will cause crit chance to rapidly decay back to its default value.crit chance.		JUMP,[E/RB]: Gain CLEANSED Removes any debuffs and prevents debuffs from being reapplied for a period of time (up to 4 seconds).cleanse when launching through the air.	JUMP,[E/RB]: Launch farther and gain +50% SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.move speed. (3s)

Right path Vertical Evasion
JUMP,[E/RB]: While jumping, JUMP HIGHER Increases the height of all jumps when affected by the skill.launch yourself through the air. (+5s cooldown if you launch yourself.)
Leave Your Problems Behind	Adrenaline Rush
JUMP,[E/RB]: Gain CLEANSED Removes any debuffs and prevents debuffs from being reapplied for a period of time (up to 4 seconds).cleanse when launching through the air.	JUMP,[E/RB]: Launch farther and gain +50% SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.move speed. (3s)

KILL SHOT F,LMB / LS+RT,RT  Focus ability
	Base DAMAGE value, on first bolt; FOCUS POINTS determinate bonus damage for second bolt: +162/216/270; third bolt gets doubled amount of said bonus damage. Against heroes with LIGHT ARMOR: Front:      Back: Against heroes with HEAVY ARMOR: Front:      Back: 540 Base RANGE value. 150m	Zoom and load 3 fully charged rounds. (6s) Press [LMB/RT] to fire. Focus Tiers: +30/40/50% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage per hit.
Zoom and load 3 fully charged rounds. (6s) Press [LMB/RT] to fire. Focus Tiers: +30/40/50% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage per hit.

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Left path Battle Fury			Acrobatics
Gain 10% FOCUS Special resource that is accumulated and stored throughout every match, and can be used to unleash a FOCUS ABILITY, or upgrade young creatures to powerful adults. Focus requires to build up FOCUS CHARGES (maximum 3) before it can be used. They can be accumulated by dealing damage to enemies, healing allies, taking damage, and sometimes after being defeated and sent to the Airship.Focus for each kill or death.			DODGE Gives character a chance to completely avoid incoming attack and gain invulnerability for a brief moment (does not apply to damage from ground effects or debuffs). One dodge always costs 25 points of STAMINA. When stamina bar reaches 0, hero still can dodge, but will lost chance to gain invulnerability. Melee Heroes also gain a special attack by using their primary attack after dodging at the cost of additional stamina, but charging forward and deal damage.Dodging costs 20% less STAMINA Special resource which allows hero to sprint, dodge, jump, and utilize powerful dodge and sprint attacks. By default all heroes have 100 points of stamina. While SPRINT and JUMPS consume stamina gradually when player is IN COMBAT, DODGE always cost 25 points (one segment of blue bar). Heroes OUT OF COMBAT slowly regenerate their stamina when they don't move actively.stamina.
Concentration	Shredder		Fringe Benefits	Tactical Awareness
Gain FOCUS Special resource that is accumulated and stored throughout every match, and can be used to unleash a FOCUS ABILITY, or upgrade young creatures to powerful adults. Focus requires to build up FOCUS CHARGES (maximum 3) before it can be used. They can be accumulated by dealing damage to enemies, healing allies, taking damage, and sometimes after being defeated and sent to the Airship.Focus 20% faster.	[F/LS+RT],[LMB/RT]: After hitting with your FOCUS, basic attacks have 30% ARMOR PIERCE Deals DAMAGE while ignoring target's ARMOR on certain percentage.armor penetration. (Lasts until you die)		+10 ARMOR Reduces incoming DAMAGE by 1% to 1 point of armor. Each hero has a base amount of armor that can be increased temporarily through skills and upgrades. Armored heroes have 25 Armor, while other heroes have 15 Armor.armor when you are hit from long or medium range.	+10% back DAMAGE REDUCTION Reduces incoming DAMAGE by a certain percentage, as determined by the skill that applies the reduction.damage reduction. +10% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage from BACK ATTACK Doing DAMAGE to an enemy from behind will deal an additional 10% damage. For melee heroes, a JUMP attack that hits an enemy in the back will deal even MORE DAMAGE and apply CRIPPLE to the target.behind.

Right path Acrobatics
DODGE Gives character a chance to completely avoid incoming attack and gain invulnerability for a brief moment (does not apply to damage from ground effects or debuffs). One dodge always costs 25 points of STAMINA. When stamina bar reaches 0, hero still can dodge, but will lost chance to gain invulnerability. Melee Heroes also gain a special attack by using their primary attack after dodging at the cost of additional stamina, but charging forward and deal damage.Dodging costs 20% less STAMINA Special resource which allows hero to sprint, dodge, jump, and utilize powerful dodge and sprint attacks. By default all heroes have 100 points of stamina. While SPRINT and JUMPS consume stamina gradually when player is IN COMBAT, DODGE always cost 25 points (one segment of blue bar). Heroes OUT OF COMBAT slowly regenerate their stamina when they don't move actively.stamina.
Fringe Benefits	Tactical Awareness
+10 ARMOR Reduces incoming DAMAGE by 1% to 1 point of armor. Each hero has a base amount of armor that can be increased temporarily through skills and upgrades. Armored heroes have 25 Armor, while other heroes have 15 Armor.armor when you are hit from long or medium range.	+10% back DAMAGE REDUCTION Reduces incoming DAMAGE by a certain percentage, as determined by the skill that applies the reduction.damage reduction. +10% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage from BACK ATTACK Doing DAMAGE to an enemy from behind will deal an additional 10% damage. For melee heroes, a JUMP attack that hits an enemy in the back will deal even MORE DAMAGE and apply CRIPPLE to the target.behind.

Talents

Stay on Target
	BATTLE	BATTLE [RMB/LT]: SILENT SCOPE shots have no recoil.
	CLASH	CLASH Gain FOCUS Special resource that is accumulated and stored throughout every match, and can be used to unleash a FOCUS ABILITY, or upgrade young creatures to powerful adults. Focus requires to build up FOCUS CHARGES (maximum 3) before it can be used. They can be accumulated by dealing damage to enemies, healing allies, taking damage, and sometimes after being defeated and sent to the Airship.Focus boost for consecutive hits. (Maximum: 2x after 10 hits)

Secret Stash
	BATTLE	BATTLE [Q/LB]: Use SPECIAL AMMO more often. (-2s cooldown)
	CLASH	CLASH Additional -2s cooldown.

Fog of War
	BATTLE	BATTLE [E/RB]: SMOKE BOMB STEALTH Makes hero invisible to enemies, creatures, and Guardians. Damage indicators and debuffs will still display when striking a stealthed hero. Invisible heroes also will be shown on the minimap by anything that reveals enemies, such as the vision radius of the Cerberuses.stealth is increased to 2s.
	CLASH	CLASH Gain 50% DAMAGE REDUCTION Reduces incoming DAMAGE by a certain percentage, as determined by the skill that applies the reduction.damage resistance from stealth.

Strategy

Imani is easily one of the most powerful heroes in Gigantic, but she requires a player who knows how to best utilize her to unlock her true power. While on paper she is untouchable in terms of damage, she dies extremely quickly even with good support. Accordingly, as long as you keep Imani moving, snipe from different locations, and do your best to control the crowd, she's super powerful. Her [RMB/LT] SILENT SCOPE skill increases damage the more time you stayed zoomed in, which leads to some pretty dramatic damage if used properly and with someone who has good aim.

Tips and Tricks

• Once you reached at least 75% HEALTH
  Special resource which represents hero's or creature's life pool, measuring for how long they are able to remain in fight.
  The amount of health is varied between characters. One segment of green bar represents 500 health points. Additional to it resources are TEMPORARY HEALTH (dark green) and SHIELD (light green).
  Taking DAMAGE and using some of the skills reduce health. When health bar reaches 0, hero is defeated and returned to the Airship, while creature just dies.
  Health can be recovered from various sources, while being OUT OF COMBAT slowly regenerates it.health, escape as Imani has little movement.
• Preserve your STAMINA
  Special resource which allows hero to sprint, dodge, jump, and utilize powerful dodge and sprint attacks.
  By default all heroes have 100 points of stamina.
  While SPRINT and JUMPS consume stamina gradually when player is IN COMBAT, DODGE always cost 25 points (one segment of blue bar).
  Heroes OUT OF COMBAT slowly regenerate their stamina when they don't move actively.stamina as best you can, because you're going to need it as the fast moving unit of your team.
• Use [LMB/RT] AUTOBOLTS instead of [RMB/LT] SILENT SCOPE, as your scope limits your vision and movement. Only using your scope when you need the distance is a great way to make yourself more useful.
• Your attacks are all based on line of sight, so get right into the fray as soon as you can.
• Imani can be taken out really easily by assassins and other shooters, so use Frost Bolt (upgrade of [Q/LB] SPECIAL AMMO) and [E/RB] SMOKE BOMB whenever you see the threat coming.
• [F/LS+RT],[LMB/RT] KILL SHOT, FOCUS
  Special resource that is accumulated and stored throughout every match, and can be used to unleash a FOCUS ABILITY, or upgrade young creatures to powerful adults.
  Focus requires to build up FOCUS CHARGES (maximum 3) before it can be used. They can be accumulated by dealing damage to enemies, healing allies, taking damage, and sometimes after being defeated and sent to the Airship.Focus ability, allows you to shoot 3 massive shots so make all three hit and do not wait as well as her focus has a timer.

• [Q/LB] SPECIAL AMMO
  • Special bolts could deal small area damage which could take out multiple enemies at the same time.
  • BURN
    Deals damage over time.Burning is super useful, and can really keep pressure on enemies over time. You can also use it to augment damage against tanks, because as they see their health moving, they're going to move further out from the center.

• [E/RB] SMOKE BOMB
  • Smoke bomb actually WEAKNESS
    Reduces outgoing damage by 25%.
    MAJOR WEAKNESS (50%) and EXTREME WEAKNESS (75%) are more powerful.weaken enemies if made contact so use that in the heat of combat to give your team an advantage.
  • JUMP
    Lets hero to get up platforms, over ledges, across gaps, and away from enemies.
    OUT OF COMBAT jumping is free, but after entering COMBAT it begins to consume STAMINA by portions.
    When stamina bar reaches 0, hero will perform short-hops instead of jumps.
    Melee Heroes also gain a special attack by using their primary attack after jumping, which consumes additional stamina, but hitting an enemy IN THE BACK will apply CRIPPLE.Jump before using the upgraded Smoke Bomb for better survivability.