Kasumi

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**Kasumi** ▶️ is a Flank Champion in Paladins, added on October 12th, 2022.

## Lore

* Current Official Bio
* Unofficial Updated Bio

This is Kasumi's official bio currently found in her champion page in-game.

Some pains persist beyond our physical existence. The bitterest concoctions pale compared to the taste of betrayal by those you hold dear. Once, by a house meant to protect. Twice, by family with barren hearts. Thrice, by the world. You couldn't imagine such pain...

Thankfully, you won’t have to imagine. Powers from beyond the grave infuse this angry spirit on her path of vengeance, and your pain pleases her. It is your privilege to suffer at her hands. It is your fate to atone for the sins of the world. It is your honor to WRITHE. Now, struggle, and die — and offer your souls to Kasumi, Death’s Howl. For she is coming for you all.

This is an unofficial version of Kasumi's bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding her. Sources can be found here.

Eons ago, Kasumi was originally a regular human, but after three unexplained betrayals, she was filled with such vengeance she persisted after death and became a ghost, haunting forests in the furthest corners of the Realm, where she attacks and kills everyone she comes across until she figures out who she wants vengeance on.

## Summary

Kasumi is a flank champion that is only effective at close range. This has to do with her special primary fire which automatically targets visible enemies nearby. This also means that stealthed enemies cannot be damaged. On the other hand, flankers can hardly escape the auto aim of the Kasumi which makes her a good pick against hypermobile champions. Hitting enemies can apply up to 5 stacks of Curse. Cursed enemies have their damage reduced and moreover Kasumi can inflict more damage on them. This applies to her primary fire, her Savage Tear ability, and her Bitter Betrayal ultimate ability, all of which deal an additional burst of damage. With her ability Spirit Lure she can place traps on the map. When an enemy triggers a trap, Kasumi has the ability to teleport to the victims and scare them to her heart's content. Her movement ability Body and Soul is more suitable for entering fights instead of running away, because she leaves her vulnerable body behind.

## Skills

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Yokai Doll

300 /0.65s

Description
Stab your doll to deal damage to foes and Curse them, increasing the damage they take from you and lowering the damage they deal.

Details

Detailed DescriptionStab your straw doll, dealing 300 damage every 0.65s and applying stacks of Curse to your currently targeted foe. Other targets inflicted with Curse will have up to 2 stacks stripped from them to increase the Curse applied to your target by 1. Deals double damage to Deployables and deployed Shields.

**Passive:** Curse

Your abilities can apply up to 5 stacks of Curse. For each stack, the target deals 2% less outgoing damage and takes 20% increased damage from Yokai Doll and Savage Tear. Cursed enemies are granted a Reveal on you.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Gains 1.05% ultimate charge per attack.
* Does not have ammo or reload.
* Auto-targets enemies in line of sight.
	+ Stealthed enemies cannot be damaged.
	+ Has a targeting cone angle of 2 degrees.
* Curse stacks increase the ultimate charge gain by 25% per stack.
* Missing with Yokai Doll locks Kasumi out from attacking for 0.5 seconds.

Ability Video

Cooldown 7

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Savage Tear

300

Description
Viciously rip through your Yokai Doll, dealing damage and apply 3 stacks of Curse. Deals increased damage and heals you per stack of Curse on your target.

Details

Detailed DescriptionViciously rip through your Yokai Doll, dealing 300 damage and applying 3 stacks of Curse to your target. If the target has stacks of Curse on them already, heal for 80 Health per stack, and an additional 300 Health if the target has 5 stacks of Curse. Deals increased damage per stack of Curse on your target.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Auto-targets enemies in line of sight.
* Gains 2.1% ultimate charge.
	+ Curse stacks increase the ultimate charge gain by 25% per stack.

Ability Video

Cooldown 8

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Spirit Traps

100

Description
Place up to 3 traps. They explode after being triggered, Slowing, damaging, and applying stacks of Curse in an area.

Details

Detailed DescriptionPlace up to 3 vengeful spirit traps. When an enemy walks within 20 units, these traps explode after a 1s delay. Enemies caught in the blast take 100 damage, are Slowed by 20% for 1.5s, and have 3 Curse stacks applied to them. Spirit Traps have 300 Health and are fully Invisible until enemies get within 15 units of them.
* This ability deals Area Damage.
* Traps are invisible to enemies, but become somewhat visible up close.
* Traps are affected by Illuminate.
* Gains ~0.52% ultimate charge per enemy hit.
	+ Curse stacks increase the ultimate charge gain by 25% per stack.

Ability Video

Cooldown 14

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Body and Soul

Description
Project yourself outward, becoming Ethereal and increasing your Movement Speed, but leaving your vulnerable body behind. Reactivate to have your body teleport to you.

Details

Detailed DescriptionProject your essence outward for 2s, leaving your body behind. While traveling you are Ethereal, gain increased Movement Speed, are Invisible, and your body gains 75% damage reduction. On reactivation or when this ability ends, your body will teleport to you.
* Physical manifestation left behind has 75% Damage Reduction.

Ability Video

Ultimate ▶️

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Bitter Betrayal

1520 over 3.2s

Description
Your target Betrays their team, exploding into projectiles to inflict Curse and damage over time to everyone hit. Deals more damage to Cursed targets.

Details

Detailed DescriptionInflict a deadly curse on your target, designating them as a Betrayer. After 1.75s, your target explodes outwards in a series of projectiles. They and any enemy hit will gain 5 stacks of Curse, are Disarmed for 1.5s, and take 42 damage every 0.2s for 3.2s. Damage is increased based on the number of Curse stacks.▶️ “あなたの魂を私のものだよ！” (Self/Enemy)

▶️ “\*laugh\* Are you ready for this?” (Ally)

* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Auto-targets enemies in line of sight.
* Reducing the amount of Curse stacks on afftected targets by attacking other opponents will not cause damage to be recalculated, meaning targets hit will always take 95 damage per tick.
* Each DoT tick gains 0.5% ultimate charge.

Ability Video

## Talents

Empowered CurseDefault Talent

Increase your Ultimate charge rate by 3% and Movement Speed by 5% per stack of Curse currently on enemies.

Haunted GroundUnlocks at Mastery Level 2

When a Spirit Trap is triggered, reactivate to teleport to the most recently activated trap and detonate it, Increase the explosion radius by 25%, Curse stacks applied by 2, and it Fears for 1.5s instead of Slowing.

Unfinished BusinessUnlocks at Mastery Level 8

Extend the duration of your Body and Soul by 1s. After the ability ends, Heal for 70% of the damage your body took (minimum of 15% max health) while traveling, unaffected by Cauterize.

Details

* Unaffected by Anti-Healing Mechanic (Cauterize).

## Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Kasumi:

## Pre-Built Loadouts

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

* Empowered Curse
* Spirit Bombs
* Unfinished Business

Empowered Curse

Deadly Prey

Increase your Movement Speed by 40% for 2s after Body and Soul ends.
4

Sudden Death

Increase the duration of Curse stacks by 1.2s.
2

Sealed Fate

Heal for 140 after an enemy survives being hit With Yokai Doll or Savage Tear at maximum Curse stacks.
4

Cursed Doll

When an enemy dies to Savage Tear, a random enemy within 30 units has 4 Curse stacks placed on them.
4

Folk Tales

Increase your maximum Health by 50.
1

Spirit Bombs

Deadly Trap

Decrease the Cooldown of Spirit Traps' reactivation by 1.8s. Increase Spirit Traps' damage by 60.
3

Unwilling Victim

Increase the area of effect of Spirit Traps' explosion by 15%.
3

Soulfire

Heal for 50 each time one of your Spirit Traps triggers.
1

Blood Mist

Increase your Movement speed by 40% for 2s after one of your Spirit Traps triggers.
4

Surrounded by Fear

Hitting an enemy with Yokai Doll applies one extra stack of Curse once every 15s.
4
30-10

Unfinished Business

Deadly Prey

Increase your Movement Speed by 40% for 2s after Body and Soul ends.
4

Sudden Death

Increase the duration of Curse stacks by 1.2s.
2

Moonlit Haunting

Heal for 68 every 0.25s during Body and Soul.
4

Folk Tales

Increase your maximum Health by 50.
1

Limitless

Decrease the Cooldown of Body and Soul by 2.4s.
4

## Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Kasumi:

### Champion Skin Collections

* Default
* Evil Spirit
* Spirited
* Lovestruck
* Golden

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### Emotes

* Default
* Banshee Wail

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* Possessive

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## Trivia

* General
* Champion Skins

* Lore
* Cameos
* References
* Promotion
* Concepts
* Other

**Lore**

* Similarly to Kasumi herself, the crow on her hat is also a ghost.
	+ It doesn't have an official name.
	+ Kasumi protects it at all costs.
* Following Kasumi's release, a short clip was tweeted showing a Japanese type Ouija board that Kasumi was supposedly using to share a message. The letters hovered over present the message "アイコ のい え", which seems to translate to "Aiko's House". While this points to the theory that the house which betrayed Kasumi was House Aico, this doesn't confirm the connection for various reasons, most notably being that Kasumi has outright admitted she doesn't actually know who betrayed her.

**Cameos**

Kasumi appears in the following content:

* **Avatars**
	+ *Karasu*\*
	+ *Kasumi*

* **Sprays**
	+ *Vengeful Glare*

**References**

* Kasumi's old talent, 'Spirit Bombs', is a reference to the Spirit Bomb attack from Dragon Ball.

**Promotion**

* Kasumi's teasers can be seen here.
	+ (Teaser 1) "In the furthest corners of the Realm, stories tell of something wicked inhabiting the shrouded forests. Its residents have been exchanging rumors of their ancestral home being haunted."
	+ (Teaser 2) "Death is a flittering darkness present within the light of our daily lives. Betrayal, however, is a surprise one rarely accounts for when peering into their future."
	+ (Teaser 3) "The sting of betrayal can last eons, breeding a sense of retribution into one's soul that can persist beyond death itself."
	+ (Teaser 4) "My desire for vengeance will never be quelled. I am Kasumi, Death's Howl. 罪を償って魂を捧げよ"

**Concepts**

* One of the first concepts for Kasumi originally featured her as a "drowned witch", from from the Aico Tundra, though she wasn't a ghost at this stage in development. This early concept also utilized a book as a weapon, which would've seemingly allowed her to summon blue tentacles.
* Another early concept featured Kasumi in a bright green dress wielding a short scythe and bright pink skulls, but most of the developers preferred her darker design.
* Kasumi's weapon seems to have taken awhile to settle on, as concept art featuring Kasumi's final design shows her wielding an old ethereal koto, with her using the strings to summon projectiles such as kunai.
* An alternate version of the card Deadly Trap, which covers Kasumi in shadow, was used for her first teaser.
* Kasumi was the first champion since Ying inThe First Open Beta, to change roles, Kasumi was originally a Damage before becoming a Flank.

**Other**

* Kasumi's placeholder name while in development was "Bird Lawyer".
* Kasumi's ultimate voice line was was changed upon release, with the original, あなたの魂を私のものだよ！ (▶️), having the phrase, だよ ('dayo'), removed, making the line less casual / friendly.
* Kasumi's introduction voice line "つゆのよわ梅雨の様ながらされながら。." ▶️ is a haiku.

**Champion Skins**

* **Evil Spirit**
	+ A spirit of the evil variety. Thrilling stuff.

* **Spirited**
	+ This skin is canon, showing how Kasumi appeared when she was alive.

* **Lovestruck**
	+ Concepts for this skin can be seen here.
	+ As mentioned in two pieces of concept art, this version of Kasumi was childhood friends with Class President Rei, but Rei stopped talking to Kasumi because she was way too into stabbing things. She also found the nails she uses in her hair and for stabbing things in a shop class.
	+ This skin bears some resemblance to Himiko Toga from My Hero Academia.
	+ Class President Rei appears as this skin's doll, while the Valedictorian skin appears as this skin's Spirit Lure.
	+ This skin appears in the Mine Forever avatar, while the Class President Rei doll appears in the Class Puppet avatar.
	+ The Drama Lord spray is also themed after this skin.
	+ This skin shares its theme with Schoolyard Maeve, Study Hall Maeve, Class President Rei, and Valedictorian Rei.

## Changelog

➤ 6.6
Paladins Release Version 6.6.5485.0
* Class
	+ Damage ➞  Flank
* Weapon
	+ **Yokai Doll**
		- Range decreased and effective range increased from 120/80 ➞ 100/100
		- Increased damage from 200 ➞ 300
		- Shortened miss lockout from 1s ➞ .5s
		- Decreased fire rate from 0.6s ➞ 0.65s
* Abilities
	+ **Savage Tear**
		- Decreased damage from 400 ➞ 300
		- Decreased cooldown from 9s ➞ 7s
		- Range decreased from 120 ➞ 100
		- Removed Disarm when cast on enemy with 5 stacks of Curse
		- Now heals Kasumi for 80 per stack of Curse
			* Heals for an additional 300 if the target has 5 stacks of Curse
	+ **Body and Soul**
		- Refiring the ability now teleports her body to her soul instead of back to her body
		- Her spirit form is now Invisible for the duration of the ability
	+ **Spirit Lure**
		- Renamed to Spirit Traps
			* Updated animation
			* Behaves like original Talent Spirit Bombs
		- Fear replaced with a 20% Slow for 1.5s
		- Traps now have 300 Health and can be destroyed
		- Placement is now more responsive, will be placed at location targeter was at when button is released, instead of when the animation finishes
	+ **Bitter Betrayal**
		- Now also Disarms anyone affected by it for 1.5s
* Talents
	+ **Spirit Bombs** ➞ **Haunted Ground**
		- Original effect now in base kit.
		- New effect: Spirit Traps no longer automatically explode. Instead when triggered, it can be reactivated to teleport to the most recently triggered trap, causing it to explode on arrival. Increase the size of the explosion by 25%, the stacks of Curse it applies by 2, and its Slow is replaced by a 1.5s Fear. After reactivation, Spirit Traps will go on Cooldown.
* Cards
	+ **Betrayal**
		- Savage Tear Cooldown reduction reduced from 0.5|0.5 ➞ 0.3|0.3s
	+ **Cursed Doll**
		- Old effect incorporated into Savage Tear
		- New effect: When an enemy dies to Savage Tear, a random enemy within 30 units has {1|1} Curse stacks placed on them.
	+ **Unseen Eyes**
		- Old effect removed
		- New effect: Increase the base heal from Savage Tear by {10{{!}}10} per stack of Curse.
* Fixed an issue where Yokai Doll couldn’t target and fire at Grohk totems
* Fixed an issue where her card cooldowns and descriptions conflicted

➤ March 29th, 2023
Paladins Release Version 6.2.5163.0
* Talents
	+ **Empowered Curse**
		- Now increases Ultimate Charge gain rate by 3% per stack instead of increasing Attack Speed per stack.

➤ February 23rd, 2023
Paladins Release Version 6.1.5079.2
* Abilities
	+ **Yokai Doll**
		- Now requires a target before it can be fired

➤ November 16th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.7.4941.1
* Abilities
	+ **Yokai Doll**
		- Decrease targeting cone angle from 6 ➞ 2 degrees
		- Decreased Curse stack damage bonus from 25 ➞ 20%
		- Now deals double damage to Deployable and deployed Shields
		- Enemies with Curse stacks are now granted a Reveal on Kasumi as long as they have a Curse stack
	+ **Body and Soul**
		- Increased Damage Reduction % from 55 ➞ 75
	+ **Spirit Lure**
		- Kasumi now faces whoever triggered it when arriving after teleporting
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Talents
		- **Unfinished Business**
			* Now properly ignores Anti-Healing
	+ Abilities
		- **Yokai Doll**
			* Fixed an issue where Kasumi’s Yokai Doll weapon could target some map objects.
			* Fixed an issue where Kasumi’s Yokai Doll weapon was applying the Anti-Healing effect to all enemies within her attack cone.
		- **Spirit Lure**
			* Now properly sets Feared opponents to 3rd person for the duration
		- **Body and Soul**
			* Fixed an issue where Kasumi would not gain the effects of Illuminate while her Body and Soul ability was active.
	+ Cards
		- **Essence Drain**
			* Fixed text to properly match the effect. Your Savage Tear deals an additional [{0.2|0.2}% damage ➞ {0.2|0.2}% base damage] per stack of Curse on your target
	+ Addressed issues where some of Kasumi’s abilities would desync between client and server when switching targets quickly.

➤ October 12th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.6.4848.0
* Kasumi was added to the game.

## Removed Content

* Kasumi/Removed Content

1. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
2. ↑ File:Kasumi VA.png
3. ↑ Last Remains Update Show, YouTube
4. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:Kasumi Name and Bird.png
6. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
7. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
8. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
9. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
10. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
11. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Kino Finnegan on ArtStation
13. ↑ Dawnforge Update Show, YouTube