Byakuya

## About

**Byakuya Kuchiki** is an **agility** hero from the Bleach universe.

## Story

**Byakuya Kuchiki** (朽木 白哉, *Kuchiki Byakuya*) is the 28th head of the Kuchiki Clan, one of the four great noble clans in Soul Society. He is also the captain of the 6th Division in the Gotei 13, and his lieutenant is Renji Abarai.

## Pros and Cons

### Strengths:

* Sustained damage and good burst
* Huge AoE slow.
* Good crowd control
* Fairly tanky.

### Weaknesses:

* Targets must be alone to make his Bankai effective.

## Abilities

### *Ability Hotkey:**R***

**Shunpo**

Teleports the Shinigami for a short distance.

**Cast Animation**: 0.1
**Cast Range**: 600

 **Cooldown:** 5  **Mana Cost:** 60
***Shunpo** (瞬歩, Flash Steps) is a movement technique which allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow.*

**Notes:**

* Shunpo disjoints projectiles upon cast.

* Cannot be cast while rooted.

* Does not teleport for the full distance when targeting closer than its max distance.

* When targeting beyond the max blink distance, Byakuya will teleport for the max distance towards the targeted point.

### *Ability Hotkey:**Q***

**Senbonzakura**

Creates a flurry of sakura petals which attack all
enemies in line.

**Cast Animation**: 0.2
**Cast Range:** 950

**Width:** 250

**Damage:**400/480/560/640/720/800

**Damage Type:** Magical

 **Cooldown:** 10.5/10/9.5/9/8.5/8  **Mana Cost:** 175
*Senbonzakura(千本桜-Thousand Cherry Blossoms) is the Zanpakutō of Kuchiki Byakuya, a thousand sharp petals to cut down his enemies.*

Notes:

* Instantly damages enemies in the targeted line upon cast.
* Cannot be cast if Senkei or Bankai: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi is active.

### *Ability Hotkey:**W***

**Bakudō #61:Rikujo Koro**

Byakuya binds the targeted enemy hero for a short
duration.

**Cast Animation**: 0.2
**Cast Range**: 600

**Duration:**2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3

 **Cooldown:** 22 **Mana Cost:** 200
*As the Captain of 6th Division, Byakuya is a master of Kidou, especially in Bakudou(Way of Binding).*

**Notes:**

* Stuns the targeted enemy for the duration.

### *Ability Hotkey:**E***

**Bankai: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi**

Forms a storm of sakura petals that attack anything
around Byakuya.

**AoE:** 800**Cast Animation**: 0.1
**Petals:**12/14/16/18/22

**Damage:**90/90/150/150/180

**Duration:**10/11.5/13/14.5/16

**Bonus damage:**20/30/40/50/60

**Bonus armor:**8/10/12/14/16

**Damage Type:** Physical

 **Cooldown:** 60  **Mana Cost:** 300
*Bankai! Scatter, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!*

**Notes:**

* Petals will attack enemies nearby in a random way but they will prioritize enemies focused by Byakuya.
* Each petal attacks in 0.5 seconds interval. 2000 maximum distance.
* This ability disables Senbonzakura and Senkei.

### *Ability Hotkey:**D***

**Senkei**

Byakuya creates a ring of blades. Enemies in that area
are slowed down by %30 and have their armor reduced.

Gives Byakuya %20 bonus movespeed and damage.

**Cast Animation**: 0.0
**AoE:** 1350

**Duration:** 35 seconds

**Damage:**800/1000/1200/1400/1600

**Bonus Damage:**100/150/200/250/300

**Minus Armor:**10/12/16/22/30

**Damage Type:**Magical

 **Cooldown:** 75  **Mana Cost:** 350
*Byakuya uses this spell in a single condition: for the enemies he has sworn to cut down with his very own hands.*

**Notes:**

* This ability puts an debuff on enemies which stays on them until they get out of the AoE or Senkei disappears.
* This ability disables Senbonzakura.
* If Byakuya uses Bankai:Senbonzakura Kageyoshi or Shūkei Hakuteiken inside the senkei area, the Senkei explodes dealing damage to nearby enemies.
* If Byakuya leaves the Senkei or dies it vanishes and will not cause any damage.

### *Ability Hotkey:**F***

**Shūkei Hakuteiken**

Byakuya moves forward to dealing damage to enemies
in a line.

**Cast Animation**: 0.2
**Cast Range**: 1000

**Damage:**3000 + (Hero level x 20/40/60/80/100)

**Damage Type:** Physical

 **Cooldown:** 150  **Mana Cost:** 400
*A thousand blades into one last single attack.*

**Notes:**

* Casting this ability after Senkei, causes Senkei to explode.

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