Mal'Damba

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## Lore

When Wekono, the Mother of Sorrow and Revenge, turns her gaze to the mortal world, she appoints a champion. In this cycle, the island witchdoctor Mal'Damba has been gifted with her powers and sent into the war to evangelize her faith by laying waste to any who would stand before his goddess.

His mastery of dark magic and virulent poisons was already impressive before the insidious goddess imbued him with even greater abilities, rendering him one of the deadliest beings in the Realm, an extension of Wekono's will.

## Summary

Mal'Damba is a great healer with a constant presence in the form of Crowd Control and constant Healing. His Spitting Cobra fires globs of venom that deal damage to enemies. Upon reloading, he tosses his cobra, stunning anyone it hits. Mending Spirits allows him to quickly heal a single ally for a short period of time. Gourd allows him to heal allies and damage enemies within its area of effect. Slither allows him to traverse a short distance while gaining immunity to damage for a short period of time, allowing him to slip out of dangerous situations. His ultimate, Dread Serpent, fires a dark vessel that explodes when it makes contact with a wall, Fearing all enemies caught in the blast, making it very effective in shutting down enemy players.

## Skills

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## Talents

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## Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Mal'Damba:

* Swift Spirits grants movement speed only for the duration of Mending Spirits.

## Pre-Built Loadouts

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

* Spirit's Chosen
* Ripened Gourd
* Wekono's Wrath

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## Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Mal'Damba:

### Champion Skin Collections

* Default
* Cursed
* Defiler
* Na'Vi
* Prickly
* Wickerman
* Chancellor
* Shadow Lord
* Steel Forged
* Dragon Forged
* Obsidian
* Cosmic
* Golden
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### Weapon Skins

* Spitzen
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### Emotes

* Default
* Magic Trick
* Snake Charmer
* Mastery Emote
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### MVP Poses

* Default
* Familiar
* Mastery Pose
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## Trivia

* General
* Champion Skins

* According to some of Ska'drin Ash and Scorned Ash's voice lines, Mal'Damba and Wekono have some connection to the Ska'drin. These voice lines were revealed to be somewhat canon here. This statement also reveals Wekono isn't benevolent, but also not evil.
* According to one of Mal'Damba's jokes "Who's a good girl? (<sm2>MalDamba\_SP\_Joke\_2.ogg</sm2>) Yes you are, yes you are" his snake is female.
* The line "I have such sights to show you!" (<sm2>MalDamba SP Ability3 1.ogg</sm2>) may be a reference to a line from Hellraiser.
* Having been present in the mobile game 'Paladins Strike', Mal'Damba received a unique skin exclusive to Strike. This skin would be Apophis Mal'Damba.

* File:Damba cursed small.png**Cursed**

* You know what cursed means, come on.

* File:Damba defiler small.png**Defiler**

* A defiler is one who causes pollution to the environment or harm to others.

* File:Damba navi small.png**Na'Vi**

* This skin is a reference to the 2017-2018 Paladins World Champions team, Natus Vincere, or Na'Vi for short.

* File:Damba prickly small.png**Prickly**

* It's Mal'Damba with a cactus on his head. You know, those green spiky things you find in the desert? Exciting stuff.

* File:Damba wickerman small.png**Wickerman**

* This skin's personality and voice are based on Jim Carrey, particularly his appearance in The Mask.
* This skin makes several references to the in-game item Deft Hands, an item many consider to be useless in comparison to other more useful items.
* The line "This is Halloween! This is Halloween!" (<sm2>MalDamba\_Skin04\_TR\_Victory\_2.ogg</sm2>) is a reference to a song of the same name from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
* The line "You get some venom! You get some venom! You all get some venom!" (<sm2>MalDamba\_Skin04\_TR\_StandingOnPointAndFiring\_1.ogg</sm2>) is a reference to a line from The Oprah Winfrey Show.

* File:Damba chancellor small.png**Chancellor**

* A chancellor is a title given to various positions in the government.

* File:Damba shadowlord small.png**Shadow Lord**

* The line "They're already dead!" (<sm2>Snek\_Skin04\_VGS\_Other\_G\_G.ogg</sm2>) is a reference to a famous line from Fist of the North Star.
* The line "Enter the viper!" (<sm2>Snek\_Skin04\_VGS\_Emote\_A.ogg</sm2>) may be a reference to the fourth episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.
* This skin was part of the 2nd Battle Pass alongside Dragoncaller Cassie and Akuma Makoa.

* File:Damba steelforged small.pngFile:Damba dragonforged small.png**Steel Forged / Dragon Forged**

* These are the only skins to feature Mal'Damba's snake audibly speak.
* These skins share their theme with Steel Forged Androxus, Steel Forged Barik, Steel Forged Imani, Steel Forged Terminus, as well as all the Dragon Forged variants for the first three.

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