Aurora

**Release Date**: January 31, 2017

**Difficulty**: Intermediate

**Base Stats Overview**:

**Basic Damage** - 7

**Ability Damage** - 6

**Durability** - 3

**Mobility** - 8

**Base Stats**:

**Base Health**: 702 (+68)

**Health Rege**n: 1.17 (+0.12)

**Base Mana**: 337 (+24)

**Mana Regen**: 1.52 (+0.08)

**Ability Defense**: 30

**Basic Defense**: 23.4 (+2.2)

**Basic Attack Damage**: 66.7 (+2.7)

**Attacks Per Second**: 1.11 (+0.8%)

**Movement Speed**: 680

Aurora
Traits
Release Date
January 31, 2017
Codename Ice
Difficulty
Intermediate

Basic Atk

Ability Atk

Durability

Mobility

Base Stats

Base Health

Health Regen

Base Mana

Mana Regen

Movement Speed

702 (+68)

1.17 (+0.12)

337 (+24)

1.52 (+0.08)

680

Ability Defense

Basic Defense

Basic Attack Damage

Attacks per Second

30

23.4 (+2.2)

66.7 (+2.7)

1.11 (+0.8%)

**Aurora** is an elusive Crowd-Control Specialist, whose abilities allow her to manipulate the cold. A powerful frontline initiator, Aurora uses the cold to freeze her enemies and take what she pleases.

Aurora's abilities make her a powerful laner, allowing her to farm more safely and aggressively than others. But do not get too aggressive without a team to back you up. Use her mobility to remain elusive and set up powerful initiations. Get ready to give your enemies the cold shoulder with Aurora.

## Abilities

* LMB
* RMB
* Q
* E
* R

 **Cleave Damage**: 20%

 **Duration**: 7**Cooldown**: 14/12/10/8

 **Cooldown**: 22/20/18/16**Duration**: 7

 **Ability Damage**: 87.75/117/146.25/175.5**Root Duration**: 0.75/1/1.25/1.5**Radius**: 440**Cooldown**: 10

 **Ability Damage**: 158/207/256**Non-Hero Shatter Ability Damage**: 24/31/38**Radius**: Initial 850, chain 500**Slow Duration**: 1.5**Stun Duration**: 1 (chain stun 0.5)**Cooldown**: 140/125/110

## Background

* Her right arm doesn't belong to her.
* Insists that each visitor drink tea, exchange gossip and then fight her.
* Once capsized the High Sorcerer's pleasure barge to see if he could swim.

### Emotes quotes

* Aurora summons a frosty victim just to give it the boot.
* Aurora always laughs at her suitors' jokes... before she freezes them.
* Dispensing with pleasantries, Aurora demands her due.
* Alone in her ice fortress, Aurora finds a variety of ways to practice her swordsmanship - and her decorating skills.

### Extra lore

* Aurora grew up in Changdi on Letha and was ruling a gang with Yin.
* Winter is her favorite season. *(said by Epic on Twitter)*
* She was born in the cold. *(said by Epic on Twitter)*

*“Aurora is a thief and pirate who grew up with her best friend, Yin, on the streets of Changdi. While sailing the Frozen North, Aurora caught the Freezing Sickness, Everfrost, and miraculously survived. Her ordeal left her with ice powers.”*

## Gallery

### Skins

* Default Skins
* Tier I Skins
* Tier II Skins
* Special Skins

* Default
* Challenger
* Rival
* Master

* Default
* Aqua Default
* Purple Default

*Aurora in her favorite silks, armor, and ice.*

**How to Unlock:** Unlocked by default

*Aurora in her favorite silks, armor, and ice.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Aurora in her favorite silks, armor, and ice.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*"You've got fire in you, girl. You probably won't survive it." - Mother Magus*

**How to Unlock:** Begin Aurora's Master Challenge

*As a girl, Aurora saw the High Queen dressed in splendid white - an inspiration for her first trip back to the south.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain rank 6 of Aurora's Master Challenge

*"Mother Magus, eat your damned heart out." - Aurora*

**How to Unlock:** Earn the title of *Master* with Aurora

* Moon Crystal
* Spring Ceremony

* Moon Crystal
* Blue Moon Crystal
* Green Moon Crystal

*The Ashur discovered many treasures buried within the moons - exotic elements refined for countless applications.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store for 500  or obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*The Ashur discovered many treasures buried within the moons - exotic elements refined for countless applications.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*The Ashur discovered many treasures buried within the moons - exotic elements refined for countless applications.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

* Spring Ceremony
* Gilded Spring Ceremony
* Royal Spring Ceremony

*Each year, the tea tasting and finely-crafted merchandise of the Spring Ceremony draw Aurora back to Changdi.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store for 700  or obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Each year, the tea tasting and finely-crafted merchandise of the Spring Ceremony draw Aurora back to Changdi.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Each year, the tea tasting and finely-crafted merchandise of the Spring Ceremony draw Aurora back to Changdi.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

* Glacial Empress
* Emerald Empress

* Glacial Empress
* Topaz Glacial Empress
* Ultra Glacial Empress

*Deep beneath the Crystalline Woods of Sorvukk awaits a glacial force beyond reckoning.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase at the Store

*Deep beneath the Crystalline Woods of Sorvukk awaits a glacial force beyond reckoning.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Deep beneath the Crystalline Woods of Sorvukk awaits a glacial force beyond reckoning.*

**How to Unlock:** Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

*Even frozen leaves can prove deadly when sharpened to a point.*

**How to Unlock:** Found in the September 2017 Mega Vault

* Frozen Heart

* Frozen Heart
* Jade Frozen Heart
* Earthen Frozen Heart

*Aurora's band of pillagers dragged the ancient throne before the fire. She sat upon it, toasting to new treasures and great adventures. Yet there was an unnerving chill in the air.*

**How to Unlock:** Winterfest 2017 event. Obtain in the winterfest chest after 20 games during the Dec. 19th week or purchase the Winterfest Mega Bundle (available Jan. 2nd to Jan. 9th 2018)

*Aurora's band of pillagers dragged the ancient throne before the fire. She sat upon it, toasting to new treasures and great adventures. Yet there was an unnerving chill in the air.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase the Winterfest Mega Bundle (available Jan. 2nd to Jan. 9th 2018)

*Aurora's band of pillagers dragged the ancient throne before the fire. She sat upon it, toasting to new treasures and great adventures. Yet there was an unnerving chill in the air.*

**How to Unlock:** Purchase the Winterfest Mega Bundle (available Jan. 2nd to Jan. 9th 2018)
### Images

* *A heart as cold as ice.* (teaser picture)
* Aurora's main picture.
* Glacial Empress Aurora
* *She wants all your loot, and she's going to get it.* (concept art)
* Aurora designs
* Aurora by Harrison Moore
* Spring Ceremony Aurora
* Former in-game avatar
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## Videos

* Aurora Announce
* Aurora Overview
* Aurora Skins
* Aurora Voice Lines

## Change Log

 **Update V44.6 - December 12, 2017**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Minor visual improvements to the Ultra Glacial Empress skin variation.
	+ Minor visual improvements to Frozen Simulacrum’s icy statue.

 **Update V44.3 - November 20, 2017**

* "Hoarfrost"
	+ Cooldown increased from 8s to 10s.
* "Cryoseism"
	+ Primary explosion Base Damage reduced from 187/246/304 to 158/207/256.
	+ Primary explosion Power scaling reduced from 2.09 to 1.76.
	+ Secondary explosion (Hero) Base Damage reduced from 75/98/122 to 63/83/102.
	+ Secondary explosion (Hero) Power scaling reduced from 0.84 to 0.7.
	+ Secondary explosion (non-Hero) Base Damage reduced from 37/49/61 to 24/31/38.
	+ Secondary explosion (non-Hero) Power scaling reduced from 0.42 to 0.26.
* General Balance
	+ Base Basic Defense decreased from 33.1 to 23.4.
	+ Basic Defense per level increased from 1.8 to 2.2.

 **Update V44.1 - November 7, 2017**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed an issue where the Core was not switching target to Aurora’s statue after using Frozen Simulacrum.

 **Update V44 - November 1, 2017**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Cryoseism is now cleansable by cards and gems.

 **Update V43.3 - October 10, 2017**

* Glacial Charge
	+ Range reduced from 1200/1300/1400/1500 to 900/1000/1100/1200
* Cryoseism
	+ Cooldown increased from 130/110/90 to 140/125/110
	+ Slow magnitude reduced from 250 to 150
* General Balance
	+ Basic Defense per level reduced from 2.2 to 1.9
	+ Base Basic Defense reduced from 38.3 to 33.1

 **Update V43 - September 21, 2017**

* Glacial Charge
	+ Cast speed has been increased
	+ No longer briefly delays before beginning the dash
* Hoarfrost
	+ Cast speed has been increased
	+ Radius increased from 400 to 440
* Cryoseism
	+ Cast speed has been increased
	+ Initial Application Radius increased from 700 to 850
		- Secondary Explosions are the same size

 **Update V42.1 - August 15, 2017**

* Glacial Empress Aurora Skin
* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Aurora’s mastery skin was previously lacking the fiery animation other master skins possessed
		- Aurora’s master skin now possess the appropriate fiery animation

 **Update V42 - August 8, 2017**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Cryoseism
		- Damage from this ability did not show in the death screen damage recap
			* Cryoseism will now display damage numbers in the death screen damage recap

 **Update V41 - June 27, 2017**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Improved collision upon finishing her Glacial Charge animation

 **Update V40 - May 16, 2017**

* Cryoseism
	+ Corrected an issue which could cause Cryoseism to deal unintended additional damage.

 **Update V39 - April 4, 2017**

* Hoarfrost
	+ Ice spikes will now correctly show team color.
* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ FX polish for Frozen Simulacrum.
	+ Fixed an issue which caused Aurora to somtimes be launched into the air.
	+ Fixed an issue with Aurora’s ice stairs animation.
		- Ice stairs will now appear correctly.

 **Update V38.3 - March 14, 2017**

* Base health reduced to 506 from 550
* Health per level gain reduced to 68 from 74
* Frozen Sword
	+ Card Scaling reduced to 0.5 from 0.6
	+ Base damage reduced to 58 from 59
	+ Base damage per level reduced to 1 from 1.5
* Glacial Charge
	+ Cooldown increased to 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 from 20 / 18 / 16 / 14
* Hoarfrost
	+ Duration of effect reduced to 4 seconds from 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6
	+ Root duration reduced to 0.75 / 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 seconds from 2 seconds at all levels.
	+ Mana cost increased to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65
* Cryoseism
	+ Base damage reduced to 160 / 200 / 240 from 180 / 230 / 280
	+ Now deals varying shatter damage based on whether the shattering unit is a hero or not.
		- Hero shatter base damage increased to 56 / 86 / 116 from 40 / 62 / 84
		- Non-hero shatter base damage reduced to 28 / 43 / 58 from 40 / 62 / 84
		- Non-hero Card Scaling reduced to 0.1 from 0.2

**Update V38 - February 21, 2017**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Updated **Glacial Charge** tooltips to include ability range.
	+ Fixed bug where Aurora's momentum was inconsistent after using **Glacial Charge**.
	+ Fixed a bug where Aurora's **Frozen Simulacrum** would not have an outline during Kallari's ult targeting phase.

**Update V37.2 - February 14, 2017**

* Polish/Bug Fixing
	+ Glacial Charge
		- Adjusted camera positioning.
		- Fixed some issues around Glacial Charge stopping Aurora from moving after activating the ability.
		- Fix for “Ability not Ready” text appearing if you activate the ability to manually destroy ice wall.
	+ Cryoseism
		- Improved FX performance.

**Update V37.1 - February 7, 2017**

* Glacial Charge
	+ Recasting Glacial Charge or attempting to attack with Frozen Sword no longer stops Aurora mid-dash.
	+ Recasting Glacial Charge while dashing should now correctly bring the wall down.
	+ Using an ability (Frozen Simulacrum, Hoarfrost, or Cryoseism) will stop the dash and combo out as before.
* Polish/Bug Fixing
	+ Fix for Hoarfrost occasionally causing damage twice in a row.
	+ Hoarfrost is now team colored.
	+ Updated FX for Frozen Simulacrum.

**Update V37 - January 31, 2017**

* Aurora added to Paragon.
* Added Moon Crystal Aurora to in-game store.
* Added “Time to Pay” emote to in-game store.