DOTA: Queen of Pain Strategy

Queen of Pain is a Powerful Hero in DOTA, when played right and setup with good strategy - Queen of Pain can be very powerful. Akasha is one of the many souls claimed by the blade, Frostmourne. Raised to serve the Lich King as a Banshee, she desired to become pure substance once more. Driving deep into the forests, she was able to subdue and possess a Succubus minion. Rightly bearing the title, Queen of Pain, she enjoys nothing more than inflicting massive damage on her foes, using both the poisonous strikes of her succubus host and the vicious howls retained from her Banshee nature. Akasha breaks her enemies’ eardrums with torturing screams, some so loud they manifest into powerful waves that ripple across the lands, shattering all in their wake.

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Hero Abilities

Shadow Strike

Hurls a poisoned dagger which deals large initial damage, and then deals damage over time. The poisoned unit has its movement speed slowed for a short duration. Slow quantity increases per level.

Level 1 - 50 strike damage, 10 duration damage.
Level 2 - 70 strike damage, 20 duration damage.
Level 3 - 70 strike damage, 40 duration damage.
Level 4 - 100 strike damage, 50 duration damage.

Cooldown: 22/21/20/16 seconds.

Level 1: 80 mana, 22 sec cooldown.
Level 2: 100 mana, 21 sec cooldown.
Level 3: 120 mana, 20 sec cooldown.
Level 4: 140 mana, 16 sec cooldown.
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Blink

Short distance teleportation that allows one to move in and out of combat.
Costs 60 mana.

Level 1 - 12 second cooldown.
Level 2 - 9 second cooldown.
Level 3 - 7 second cooldown.
Level 4 - 5 second cooldown.

Level 1: 60 mana, 12 sec cooldown.
Level 2: 60 mana, 9 sec cooldown.
Level 3: 60 mana, 7 sec cooldown.
Level 4: 60 mana, 5 sec cooldown.
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Scream of Pain

The Queen of Pain lets loose a piercing scream, damaging nearby enemies.

Level 1 - 85 damage per target.
Level 2 - 165 damage per target.
Level 3 - 225 damage per target.
Level 4 - 300 damage per target.

Cooldown: 10 seconds.

Level 1: 85 mana, 10 sec cooldown.
Level 2: 105 mana, 10 sec cooldown.
Level 3: 120 mana, 10 sec cooldown.
Level 4: 140 mana, 10 sec cooldown.
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Sonic Wave

Creates a gigantic wave of sound which deals heavy damage to all units in a line.

Level 1 - 290 damage.
Level 2 - 430 damage.
Level 3 - 600 damage.

Cooldown: 120/100/75 seconds.

Level 1: 250 mana, 120 sec cooldown.
Level 2: 360 mana, 100 sec cooldown.
Level 3: 500 mana, 75 sec cooldown.

Source: http://www.dota-allstars.com/hero/1454/index.html