Octavia

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**Octavia** ▶️ is a Damage Champion in Paladins, added on March 31st, 2021.

## Lore

* Current Official Bio
* Unofficial Updated Bio

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

Conflict is ancient, war is perspective, but survival is the only real objective. For those who survive, there is a better life somewhere past that conflict; that is what Octavia is fighting for: a better life for us all.

The crucible of war has sharpened her battlefield instincts to a razor’s edge, but she had long left that life behind. However, after an attack against the Magistrate from Furia took her leg; Octavia's unwavering determination to the Magistrate reignited, and she re-enlisted to lead. If there is hope, she will find that spark and fan it into a roaring blaze, inspiring her troops with unwavering loyalty. The greatest threats to the Realm will have to survive meeting Octavia, the Indomitable.

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

Octavia joined the Magistrate's forces when she was young; though following Furia's emergence and subsequent attack on the Magistrate, Octavia suffered severe injuries, most notably the loss of one of her legs. However, this wouldn't stop her from serving, as she reenlisted as soon as she got a prosthetic. Coupled with this, she now serves as a commander in the Magistrate's army, one outfitted with advanced and classified technology.

When Yagorath began to cause trouble, Octavia sent letters to various higher ups in the Magistrate to convince them of the threat, and would also fight the beast on the battlefield numerous times herself, seemingly assisting in the battle against Yagorath in the desert, fighting Vora, and later being present at another battle alongside Furia where Azaan would appear to effortlessly defeat the monster.

Following Yagorath's defeat, Octavia would be present while Grand Magister Karne decided to step down and entrust leadership of the Magistrate to House Aico, with Octavia seemingly not being fond of the decision.

## Summary

Octavia is a damage champion who is equipped with a Marksman Rifle which is effective in medium to high ranges when Designated Sights is used. With her Commanding Leap she leaps into the air to gain control of the battlefield. Aiming down sights will cause Octavia to levitate in air. Moreover she can create an opaque dome that hides allies and disorients enemies inside of it. Octavia stands out with her tactical finesse to lead her team. Therefore she can select passive abilities which will support all her teammates in the fight. With her ultimate Creeping Barrage, she rains down a laser barrage on enemies.

## Skills

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Marksman Rifle

415 /0.3s — 250 /0.2s

Description
An automatic marksman rifle that deals 415 damage every 0.3s.

Details

Detailed DescriptionAn automatic marksman rifle that deals 415 damage every 0.3s, has a maximum Ammo count of 12, and is fully effective up to 150 units.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Has a reload time of 1.85s and can be animation canceled after 1s.
* Has damage falloff with a maximum reduction of 55%.
* When unscoped, damage is decreased to 250 and fire rate is increased to 0.2s.
* It can do headshots - dealing 375 damage. Does 623 damage while scoped.

Ability Video

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Designated Sights

Description
Look down your sights and gain increased accuracy; stopping in air when looking down your sights.

Details

Detailed DescriptionLook down your sights and gain increased accuracy; your Movement Speed is reduced by 50%. Using this ability while you are in the air stops your movement, allowing you to fire for up to 2.5s. While active, this ability allows you to see enemies within friendly and enemy Distortion Field.
* Increases Marksman Rifle's damage per shot to 415 and decreases its fire rate to 0.3s.
* Can be used while jumping.
* Takes 0.3s to bring up the scope.
* While scoped, gains 2% ultimate charge per attack. Gains 3% on headshots.

Ability Video

Cooldown 18

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Distortion Field

Description
Create an opaque dome that hides allies and disorients enemies while inside of it – lasts for 3.5s.

Details

Detailed DescriptionCreate an opaque dome that hides allies and prevents from seeing outside of it while inside; ability lasts for 3.5s. Enemies caught within the Distortion Field will have their Movement Speed reduced by 15%.
* Allies and Octavia can see into, out of, and through the allied Distortion Field at all times.
* Has a radius of 20 units.
* The projectile bounces off of walls and activates on contact with the floor.
* Damage abilities, that require line of sight, won´t work (like Lex's The Law or Lian's Grace) unless the champions in the dome are revealed.
* Players inside the dome can be revealed with global and local reveals, but the local AoE reveals like Strix's Flare or Vivian's Sensor Drone must be placed in the dome.
* Players inside the dome can be healed.
* Cooldown starts when the ability is activated.

Ability Video

Cooldown 12

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Commanding Leap

Description
Leap into the air to gain control of the battlefield.

Details

Detailed DescriptionLeap into the air to gain control of the battlefield. Aiming down sights with your rifle will cause you to levitate in air for up to 2.5s.
* Has a range of ~110 units.
* Octavia can jump ~40 units high.
* Players can use the “Jump” keybind to stop in the air.

Ability Video

Ultimate ▶️

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Creeping Barrage

Description
Rain down a laser barrage upon your enemies that deals 850 damage per beam.

Details

Detailed DescriptionRain down a laser barrage upon your enemies that deals 850 damage per beam – the Creeping Barrage is cast out in a devastating line in front of Octavia. The beam cluster is setup into two parts: a smaller targeting beam that deals 100 damage and destroys shields, if it makes contact, and the large damaging beam that deals 850 damage.▶️ “This, is *our* battlefield!” (Self/Enemy)

▶️ “Push. Them. Back!” (Ally)

* This ability deals Area Damage.
* Has a range of ~300 units.
* Fires 12 lasers in the chosen area.
* Each laser covers a radius of 10 units.

Ability Video

## Passive Abilities

Octavia can select passive abilities for herself and her team in addition to talents before the start of the match. Like talents and loadouts, these cannot be changed during the match. An icon in the scoreboard indicates the selected passive ability.

Commander's CooldownDecrease ability cooldowns by 10% for your team for the entire match.

Commander's CreditFor every 6 champions eliminated by your team, each member gains 100 credits.

Commander's ShieldYour team receives a 575 health shield upon respawning.

Commander's UltimateYour team gains a 15% increased ultimate rate charge for the entire match.

## Talents

Hell or High WaterDefault Talent

Upon landing with the ability Commanding Leap create a small pool underneath you that will heal both you and allies for 600 health over 1.5s. Octavia’s ammo is not consumed while standing inside of this field.

Details

* The small pool has a radius of 20 units.

Display of ForceUnlocks at Mastery Level 2

Enemies are rooted in place when they are hit by the pre fire beam and the Creeping Barrage deals 1450 damage.

Details

* Creeping Barrage deals 600 extra damage.
* Enemies are rooted in place for 1.5s.

Asymmetric WarfareUnlocks at Mastery Level 8

Distortion Field now damages enemies for 200 every .5s for the duration of Distortion Field and heals allies for 125 every .5 seconds while inside of the field.

## Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Octavia:

## Pre-Built Loadouts

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

* Hell or High Water
* Display of Force
* Asymmetric Warfare

Hell or High Water

Vantage Point

Reduce the Cooldown of Commanding Leap by 1.2s every 1s while standing inside of your Distortion Field.
4

Getting Jumpy

Reset the Cooldown of Commanding Leap after dropping to or below 30% Health.
3
20

Determined Defense

Increase your maximum Health by 150.
3

Air Supremacy

Reduce damage taken by 20% for 2.5 s after activating Commanding Leap.
4

High Ground

Increase the jump strength of Octavia’s Commanding Leap by 5%.
1

Display of Force

Overwhelming Force

Generate 3% Ultimate charge after getting Killing Blow or Eliminations while Designated Sights is active.
3

Fire and Maneuver

Increase your Movement Speed by 30% for 2.5 s after getting a Killing Blow or Elimination.
5

Tactical Fire

Generate 2 Ammo after getting a Killing Blow or Elimination while Designated Sights is active.
2

Clean Shots

Reduce your weapon recoil by 60% while using Commanding Leap.
3

Snap To It

Reduce the time it takes to bring up Designated Sights by 20%.
2

Asymmetric Warfare

Priority Requisition

Reduce the Cooldown of Distortion Field by 2s.
4

Vicious Circle

Reduce the Cooldown of Distortion Field by 2.4s after activating Commanding Leap.
4

Dominant Dome

Increase the size of Distortion Field by 12%.
3

Interdiction

Increase your maximum Ammo by 4.
2

Entrenched

Reduce damage taken by 10% while standing inside of the Distortion Field.
2

## Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Octavia:

### Champion Skin Collections

* Default
* Commander
* Maverick
* Beachside
* Freedom Fighter
* Golden

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### Emotes

* Default
* Hip Fire

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### MVP Poses

* Default
* Unfazed
* Flex On 'Em

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## Trivia

* General
* Champion Skins

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

**Lore**

* Octavia lost her leg following Furia's emergence, as the latter attacked the Magistrate. Octavia later re-enlisted once she got her prosthetic leg, which was somewhat recently.
	+ Despite Furia being responsible, Octavia doesn't hold anything against her, as she knows it wasn't personal, with Octavia always focusing on the greater good.
* Octavia didn't have her Distortion Field back when Furia attacked, though if she did, she'd most likely still have her leg. It's because of this event that Octavia likes having her Distortion Field.
* Though Octavia doesn't appear in Yagorath's teaser trailer, she's implied to have participated in the battle shown regardless.
* While one of Octavia's influencer teasers mentions "Active Service Abroad", Octavia hasn't traveled overseas.
* Octavia serves as both a soldier and commander in the Magistrate's army.
* Octavia's weapon is equipped with advanced scoping technology.
* Her Distortion Field is highly classified technology.
* Octavia's ability to temporarily pause midair was a request from 'Research and Development'.
	+ This is accomplished with some form of magic.
* Octavia's prosthetic leg in-game is for combat, while she has other legs for different situations.
* Torvald is the one who created her leg.
* Octavia isn't related to any other playable characters at all.
* Based on a dev statement revealing Viktor to be around 5'9 or 175cm tall and comparing it to model sizes in-game and out of game, it was discovered that Octavia would be around 5'10 or 179cm tall. This is also officially confirmed by one of Octavia's influencer teasers.

**Cameos**

Octavia appears in the following content:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ *A Conflict Reignited* - Cinematic
	+ *Azaan's Teaser Trailer*

* **Cards**
	+ *Seek* - Saati Card

* **Sprays**
	+ *Women's Day 2022*

Notable Characters that appear in Octavia's own content includes:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ Yagorath - *Octavia's Teaser Trailer*

* **Cards**
	+ Ash and Fernando - *Air Supremacy*
	+ Cassie - *Vantage Point*
	+ Karne and Valera - *Interdiction*\*
	+ Torvald - *Priority Requisition*
	+ Viktor - *Clean Shots* and *Dominant Dome*\*
	+ Vora - *Tactical Fire*
	+ Yagorath - *Fire and Maneuver*, *Getting Jumpy*, *Vantage Point*, and *Vicious Circle*

* **Other**
	+ Yagorath - *Octavia Splash Art*\*

**References**

* Octavia's kill taunt towards Vora, "*Don't poke me.*" (▶️), may be a reference to in-game poking, a tactic involving shooting from a distance without committing to a full fight; something many players often find incredibly annoying.
* The line "Never give up, never surrender." (▶️) is a reference to a line from the movie Galaxy Quest.
* The line "War. War never changes... Except... when it does." (▶️) is a reference to the line most Fallout games start with.
* Octavia's default emote and "Flex On 'Em" MVP pose reference the "We Can Do It!" American World War II-era poster.

**Promotion**

* Octavia was featured as a silhouette for Black History Month on the official Paladins Twitter, this being prior to her reveal as a champion.
* In order to promote Octavia, packages were sent to various Paladins influencers between March 1st, 2021 and March 3rd, 2020.
	+ The first package was sent to Swindy; it consisted of Octavia's initial application to join the Magistrate. This can be viewed here.
	+ The second package was sent to AliveARG; it consisted of a blueprint for Octavia's leg. This can be viewed here.
	+ The third package was sent to PWNDotcom; it consisted of a letter from Octavia to the Grand Tactician of the Crosswind Magistrate Legion, as well as one of Yagorath's teeth. These can be viewed here. and here.
		- The letter reads as follows:

“
To: The High War Council & the Grand Tactician of the Crosswind Magistrate Legion.

”

“
We need to confront this at the source before it spreads. Sections of the desert have already been consumed.

”

“
If we wait for this to reach Crosswind Hold, we will have been months too late already.

”

“
This is not a threat to the Magistrate - This is a threat to the Realm.

”

“
Octavia

”

* Octavia's standard teasers can be found here.
	+ (Teaser 1) "We all have a duty to protect this Realm. We all have a duty to come together when it needs us most."
	+ (Teaser 2) "War has always pulled us apart. But the Harbinger ripped our Realm to shreds."
	+ (Teaser 3) "Our Realm cannot stand against this monster. Not alone. But together? I can lead us to victory."
	+ (Teaser 4) "Do not fear the Devourer. We've got a job to do, and I intend to see all of us through it."
	+ (Teaser 5) "We've got the numbers. Resolve. Firepower. What does she have? We stand and fight today!"

**Concepts**

* Concepts for Octavia show a number of differences for various aspects of Octavia, from her leg, hair, and weapon, to alternate concepts for her Distortion Field and Creeping Barrage abilities, with the former featuring concepts such as the dome being covered in electricity, being a standard cloud of smoke, or being a cloud of smoke charged with electricity; the latter meanwhile, featured concepts such as a missile burying itself in the ground before shooting lasers back up, a missile exploding just before hitting the ground and sending shrapnel flying everywhere, or a missile breaking up before hitting the ground and turning into an electrically charged smoke cloud that would then create a massive explosion.
* There were some discussions about Octavia using her sword in-game, but this obviously didn't end up going anywhere.
* Concepts of Octavia's cards show some differences from the final product. This includes the artwork for Dominant Dome featuring two generic Magistrate soldiers, rather than the two Viktors, while the artwork for the card Entrenched being flipped and showing Octavia looking towards the doorway, rather than the Ska'drin mother.
* Octavia originally had a different splash art prior to the final design being settled on.
* A concept of a Corrupted skin exists for Octavia, which could possibly become a reality one day, but for now, hasn't gained enough traction.

**Other**

* Yagorath's fang from the third influencer package was made using EVA foam clay.
* While somewhat similar-looking, Corvus is not present in Octavia's trailer, with the soldiers present being generic Magistrate soldiers; though Corfvus did serve as their base.
* Octavia has a unique reload animation that plays when she runs out of ammo.
* Octavia is apparently similar to another champion that was cut and initially intended to open off 2021, this being either Karne or Valera.
* Unlike other champions, Octavia's default emote is not listed in her champion page and can't be equipped, though the emote can still be used if no other emotes are equipped. It's suspected this is due to the emote, which involves Octavia performing a fist pump after placing her other hand on her bicep, being reminiscent of an obscene gesture in certain parts of the world.
* Octavia's voice actress, Jeanie Brown, also voices Nyx.

**Champion Skins**

* **Commander**
	+ A commander is someone who leads armed forces. Imagine that.

* **Maverick**
	+ A maverick is an unorthodox or independent-minded person.
	+ Concepts for this skin originally referred to it as the "Young Magistrate" skin, and also featured both of Octavia's legs, implying this skin may have initially been intended to represent a younger version of Octavia.
	+ Though marked as 'Exclusive' in-game, this skin is intended to be 'Limited', as mentioned various times.

* **Beachside / Freedom Fighter**
	+ The Beachside skin is mistakenly referred to as "Shore Patrol Octavia" in the Shadows patch notes.
	+ The Beachside skin appears Ripjaw and Great Orange Buck's teaser.
	+ The Beachside skin appears in the Down the Barrel spray.
	+ These skins share their theme with Longboard Lex, Sarrada Lex Sun Kissed Cassie, Copacabana Cassie, Shore Patrol Kinessa, Shore Patrol Koga, Shore Patrol Fernando, Shore Patrol Lian, Lifeguard Tiberius, and the Beach Bash variants of the Shore Patrol skins.
	+ The Freedom Fighter skin also shares its theme with Ameri-Khan, Freegle Drogoz, and Lady Liberty Inara.
	+ The sword these skins wield shares their theme with the REKT Weapons.

## Changelog

➤ 6.6
Paladins Release Version 6.6.5485.0
* Weapon
	+ **Marksman Rifle**
		- Can now be fired full-auto
		- Damage reduced while scoped from 435 ➞ 415

➤ August 16th, 2023
Paladins Release Version 6.5.5375.0
* Abilities
	+ **Distortion Field**
		- Increased cooldown from 16s ➞ 18s
		- Cooldown now begins when Distortion Field is thrown
			* This is to address a bug involving deployment of the Field
	+ Fixed an issue where Distortion Field wouldn’t recognize its ability has ended, causing players to be unable to use it again.

➤ October 12th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.6.4848.0
* Abilities
	+ **Creeping Barrage**
		- Ultimate no longer stops on death.
	+ **Distortion Field**
		- Cooldown now starts when the ability ends.
		- Reduced Cooldown from 18s ➞ 16s.

➤ July 20th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.4.4683.1
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Octavia’s Marksman Rifle weapon did not have its balance changes implemented.

➤ June 29th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.4.4675.4
* Abilities
	+ **Marksman Rifle**
		- Decreased damage 450 ➞ 435
		- Increased effective range 125 ➞ 150
		- Increased minimum damage done at maximum range 50 ➞ 55%
	+ **Distortion Field**
		- Decreased radius 25 ➞ 20
		- Reduced duration 4s ➞ 3.5s
	+ **Commanding Leap**
		- Players can now use the “Jump” keybind to stop in the air.

➤ March 23rd, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.2.4520.0
* Talents
	+ **Asymmetrical Warfare**
		- Change the healing to allies and damage to enemies while inside of the distortion field
			* Healing 100 ➞ 125
			* Damage 125 ➞ 200
* Abilities
	+ **Distortion Field**
		- Enemy Ground Speed Debuff Increase
			* 10% ➞ 15%
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Octavia’s Commander skin was not purchasable for Gold or Crystals.

➤ November 10th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.7.4327.0
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ An exploit that allowed players to gain extra zoom with Octavia (and other ADS Champions) has been fixed.

➤ September 15th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.6.4252.6‎
* Abilities
	+ **Designated Sights**
		- Increased damage per shot while aiming down sights 425 ➞ 450
		- Increased maximum effective range 110 ➞ 125
		- Slightly increased accuracy

➤ May 26th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.4.4098.0
* Abilities
	+ **Marksman Rifle**
		- **Using Designated Sights**
			* Reduced Damage 500 ➞ 425
			* Reduced bullet spread and recoil
			* Reduced damage falloff at extended ranges
		- **Hipfire**
			* Increased Damage 200 ➞ 250
			* Increased Accuracy 89% ➞ 94%
			* Increased damage falloff
* Cards
	+ Overwhelming Force
		- Ultimate charge rate {2|2} ➞ {1|1} (not on the patch notes)
* **Bugfixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the reticle in all Marksman Rifle scopes was not completely centered on screen when using Designated Sights.
	+ Fixed an issue where the Golden Marksman Rifle would not play Golden VFX when Octavia killed an enemy with that weapon equipped.
	+ Fixed a typo in the Air Supremacy card text.

➤ March 31st, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.3.4031.2
* Octavia was added to the game.

## Removed Content

* Octavia/Removed Content

1. ↑ File:OctaviaMedicalExamination.jpg
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/PaladinsGame/status/1367131620101279756
3. ↑ File:indomitablevoiceactors.PNG
4. ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
5. ↑ File:Octavia Rejoining the Magistrate.png
6. ↑ File:When Octavia Lost Her Leg.png
7. ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
8. ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
9. ↑ Vantage Point
10. ↑ File:Octavia Overseas War.png
11. ↑ File:Boats.png
12. ↑ File:Octavia is a Magistrate Soldier.png
13. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
14. ↑ Octavia Ability Breakdown, YouTube
15. ↑ Octavia Ability Breakdown, YouTube
16. ↑ Octavia Ability Breakdown, YouTube
17. ↑ File:How Octavia Floats.png
18. ↑ Indomitable Update Show, YouTube
19. ↑ File:OctaviaPatent2.jpg
20. ↑ File:Octavia and Lex.png
21. ↑ HiRezRomanova on Twitter
22. ↑ File:Octavia not Related to Other Champions.png
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Jasmine M on ArtStation
24. ↑ File:Octavia Concept Art Legitimate.png
25. ↑ Rayph Beisner on Twitter
26. ↑ Casey Edwards on ArtStation
27. ↑ Rayph Beisner on Twitter
28. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
29. ↑ HiRezRomanova on Twitter
30. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
31. ↑ File:Cut 2020 Champions.png
32. ↑ File:Karne and Valera Playable.png
33. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter