Overview
I love Alani. She is, by far, my favorite character by an incredibly wide margin. She’s also very different from pretty much any support character you will ever play.
First things first, the biggest difference between Alani and the other support characters is that she must be played aggressively to be played effectively. If you aren’t in the thick of it, dishing out almost as much damage as you are healing, you’re under-serving your allies. Because Torrent hits are how she stacks Osmosis, the more Alani hits, the more she’s able to heal. On top of that, all of Alani’s other healing is attached to abilities that also deal damage. She is, quite literally, designed to heal and dealing damage and work best when doing both.
Secondly, you cannot focus on a single aspect of Alani and succeed. If you focus on her healing like you would Miko, you’re going to have worse healing and terrible damage. If you focus on her control like you would Kelvin, you’re going to have worse control. If you focus on her damage like you would any attacker, you’re going to have worse control and terrible healing. Alani is a generalist that gets better at each of her roles when you’re doing all of them simultaneously. Each of her functions synergizes with the others.
Alani’s greatest weaknesses are her slow movement speed (not as bad as it used to be, but she’s still on the slow end) and her low hp. The only character with a shorter TTK than her is, I believe, Mellka. And Mellka is ridiculously mobile so she’s harder to hit. Alani goes squish very easily. Thankfully, you can still be pretty durable since she can heal herself with Wellspring.
Index
Abilities
Let’s go over Alani’s skills and abilities.
Torrent:
Alani’s basic attack. It’s fast, hits pretty hard considering its speed and her role(s), doesn’t reload, and, very importantly, has no recoil or reduced accuracy. If you line up your reticle on a target’s crit spot, you can just leave it there and continually crit. It’s ranged, but only mid-range so you’re going to have to be reasonably close to the action. Also, the projectile speed isn’t stellar so you’ll have to lead a bit on shots at the far end of your range.
Osmosis:
Passive. Has 3 charges max, each of which require 3 hit with Torrent. Hits against invulnerable targets and immune locations on enemies (like Brute/Beastmaster shield) still generate Osmosis stacks even though they don’t deal damage. All that matters is that you hit the target, not that you deal damage.
Wellspring:
alt-attack. Can be used with no Osmosis stacks whatsoever for an absolute pittance (50-70 depending upon level, which is a joke when you consider that it’s not a continuous effect like Miko’s heals). Should really only be used at max Osmosis because that’s when it’s truly efficient and effective (660-800). If you do 9 attacks then use Wellspring, you’ll actually have better healing/sec than if you just spam Wellspring (which aligns with what I said earlier about attacking making you a better healer). If you don’t have a target, it heals Alani for half as much as it normally would and gives her the benefits of anything that Wellspring normally provides the target. Very importantly, it does not have the same range as Torrent and is, in fact, shorter.
Riptide:
Skill 1. Does a bit of damage, pushes back enemies a little bit (not that much; you’ll barely notice it on players, especially if they’re running at you), and leaves a puddle that speeds up you and your allies. The duration of the puddle begins when it’s first created so the full size puddle you see doesn’t last as long as you think it will. Also, the puddle starts beneath your feet so, unless you’re using it while moving backwards, it will automatically give you the move speed buff.
Geyser:
Skill 2. Used to be amazing; now it’s crap. The bind only applies to enemy players so, in PvE, it’s basically a knock up. The damage is pathetic and the size is pretty insignificant. It also has about a 2 second delay from when you place it and when it activates.
Emergence:
Ultimate. Alani’s only pure damage ability. Throws a great big water snake; wherever or whoever (it can hit both allies or enemies) it hits gets a little mark and, a few seconds after marking, a water snake explodes up to deal initial damage and leaves a great big puddle that continues to deal damage. When you’re throwing the snake, it’s a big, slow, and heavy projectile that follows a ballistic arc; if you have melee friends or people are about to run past you, it will often mark them instead of who you actually wanted to, so make sure you’re clear before using it.
Helices
Level 1: Soothing Mist v. Splash Zone
Recommendation: Any
Both of them make your skills heal. Both of them are legitimate choices. Soothing Mist gives your already very useful and most often used skill a bit more; the value of this gets better when you get your level 9 helix too. Splash Zone makes Geyser not suck so much and provides more healing in a burstier way; it can make Geyser useful in PvE and help out when a melee jumps you in PvP.
Level 2: Pressure Gradient v. Surface Tension
Recommendation: Surface Tension (but only barely, and both of them suck)
This is basically a wasted level. Pressure Gradient does nothing unless you’ve got 2 targets bound (and only players can be bound by this and only for 1 second); Surface Tension does actually apply an effect to enemies that aren’t bound but the effect only lasts 1 second and counts down from when they start coming down. In PvE, it’s so short it’s pretty much impossible to see unless you’re looking. Take Surface Tension because that will at least allow you and your allies to get a tiny bit of AoE when they attack someone you just hit with Geyser.
Level 3: Pressure Wash v. Kinetic Diffusion v. Overflow
Recommendation: Any
Pressure Wash increases the range of your Torrent, which is very nice, though not as nice as you might think because all of Alani’s skills are mid-range so, with this, your Torrent ends up extending further than your skills do, which can be bad. It’s decent in PvP when you’re trying to engage a melee as far away as possible to get as much time attacking them as you can before they start on you or when you’re trying to take care of a runner.
Kinetic Diffusion makes you way faster. Probably one of the fastest characters in the game (based just off of movement speed), but only when you’re at max Osmosis. So you’re either quick like a bunny or using your heal. If you’re good about attacking, you’re going to be at max Osmosis most of the time anyway, but it’s still something to consider.
Overflow makes your Wellspring stronger. Even though it says it increases the minimum healing amount of Wellspring, it really just increases your Wellspring overall. Boring but effective.
All 3 of these are very legitimate choices and highly useful; this is, quite possibly, the most balanced helix level in the game. Pressure Wash is for universally better offense; Kinetic Diffusion is for conditionally better avoidance and/or gap closing; Overflow is for straight up healing.
Level 4: Wet Blanket v. Wave Shock v. Ride the Wave
Recommendation: (PvP, Meltdown or Incursion) Wave Shock; (PvP, Face-Off or Capture) Wet Blanket or Wave Shock; (PvE) Wave Shock
Let me start by saying that Ride the Wave is terrible. It gives you a bit more mobility, but the fact that it’s forced mobility with really weird and unreliable collision detection means that you’re liable to end up using Riptide less efficiently and less often or putting yourself in danger every time you use it. Take it once just to goof around (it looks really cool) but never touch it again.
Wet Blanket and Wave Shock is a decision between damage and control. Personally, I side with Wave Shock because it’s really good damage (that only gets better at level 9): awesome in PvE and does great wave clear in PvP (especially if you take Soothing Mist as well, which will heal your minions while killing theirs).
Wet Blanket is purely for PvP (since slows in PvE are kinda worthless and enemies are liable to stand in your puddle the entire time) and is what you want when fighting players because players aren’t liable to stay in your little doom puddle for long; it’s not as good since they nerfed slow to no longer affect attack speed.
Level 5: Karakafruit Express v. Extremophile v. Full Saturation
Recommendation: Full Saturation
Karakafruit Express is total junk since you’re liable to spend most of your time either trying to get full Osmosis stacks to heal (at which point you don’t really care about damage) or at full Osmosis (at which point KE does nothing).
Extremophile is irrelevant compared to Full Saturation because of math. First off, both of them are only really useful at full Osmosis; in fact, at low Osmosis, Full Saturation is actually better, but that’s kind of irrelevant. Secondly, in combat, when you really need to heal someone because they might die, Full Saturation is way better: 30% DR means that the target’s TTK is increased by ~43% for 3 seconds (which is fast enough for you to get another full stack of Osmosis if you’re quick and they’re still in danger); 43% > 33% so FS wins on that count. Furthermore, Full Saturation doesn’t waste anything on overheal: if they’ve only taken 600 damage and your Wellspring would heal them for 900, Extremophile would beef that up to 1200 and waste even more while FS would just make them take less damage. 30% DR is always useful if the target is in combat (since, if you’re out of combat, you can just spam your crappy non-Osmosis Wellspring until they’re topped off).
The only reason to take Extremophile instead of Full Saturation is if you’re trying to finish off Alani’s Wellspring lore. Once that’s complete, it’s always Full Saturation.
Level 6: Channeling v. Refresher
Recommendation: Refresher
Channeling requires you hit an enemy with Geyser so you have to be in combat and you have to be accurate. Also, Geyser is on a longer CD.
Riptide can be used out of combat for healing/buffing so you don’t need to be in combat to benefit from Refresher. Refresher provides 1.5 stacks of Osmosis when you initially get it. At level 9, you’ll be able to get all 3.
Level 7: Whitewater v. Go With The Flow
Recommendation: Any
Let me start this by saying that, personally, I go for Whitewater every time, but it’s not because it’s outright better than GwtF; it’s because that’s how I prioritize Alani’s capabilities.
Whitewater makes you Torrent faster, which means more single target damage (since a majority of Alani’s ST damage is through Torrent now) and more healing (since a majority of Alani’s healing is through Wellspring). GwtF gives you skills back faster (super fast, in fact), which means more control and better AoE damage. Both are truly excellent choices.
Level 8: Aquifer v. Pressure Valve v. Ol’ Trustworthy
Recommendation: Aquifer or Ol’ Trustworthy
Pressure Valve is a joke. No one uses Geyser for damage because the damage it deals is pitiful.
Aquifer means that you don’t wait as long for the knockup to happen, so players have less time to notice it and you don’t have to lead/predict as much. Ol’ Trustworthy means that you don’t have to aim as precisely and can get more targets. Take it based on how you use Geyser. Neither is particularly game changing though so, if you can’t decide, don’t worry: it won’t matter much.
Level 9: Stagnant Pools v. Water Proof
Recommendation: Stagnant Pools
Water Proof barely changes anything. Unless you’re fighting at really long ranges or underestimate distance a lot, it’s not going to do anything. Stagnant Pools, on the other hand, makes every aspect of Riptide better: you have longer to speed up your allies (and slow your enemies with Wet Blanket), Wave Shock will do twice as much damage, Soothing Mist will heal twice as much, and Refresher provides twice as much Osmosis. There’s no question here.
Level 10: Undertow v. Transpiration v. Deepsong
Recommendation: Any
This is going to be kind of controversial. Many people will say that Transpiration is the automatic and only choice to make here. I don’t see much use in it because Alani is way less skill based than she used to be and her skills are now much more conditional than they used to be so you’re not liable to need them back to back, but some people swear by it and I can see their argument. Personally, I do Undertow for screwing with enemy players (Incursion/Capture) and Transpiration for PvE and Meltdown (the healing is significant on minions and can give them a nice 4 second window of drastically increased survival since it’s healing over time).
Undertow and Deepsong are both legitimately useful. The area for Emergence is really big. Undertow means you can slow down a bunch of players and keep them in Emergence’s damage patch for longer (and make them easier to hit and harder for them to run away). Transpiration heals a lot of people for lot of hp: 150/sec is 600, and it is extremely easy for your entire party to be in it.
Gear Stats
Alani is an attacking healer so it behooves you to have both offensive and support stats. She’s also super squishy, so she gets a lot of benefit from certain defensive stats and negligible from others. I’ll go over all of those here, based on how I personally categorize them, and provide a priority list for each category.
Offensive:
(Attack Speed>Attack Damage=Skill Damage>Critical Damage>Cooldown>Shield Pen>Recoil=Reload)
Because attack speed makes Alani both a better attacker, better supporter, and, with GwtF, better controller, attack speed is the absolutely best stat for Alani to stack. This should be your #1 priority for any traditional loadout.
Attack damage is valuable as well, but not as much as attack speed, because a vast majority of Alani’s damage comes from Torrent.
Skill Damage is interesting. I recently learned that, in addition to augmenting the damage of Alani’s skills, it also (counterintuitively) increases the strength of Alani’s heals, both Wellspring and through her attacks. As an offensive stat, skill damage is meh because Alani’s damage is so heavily loaded on Torrent but the fact that it does double duty as heal power and skill damage pushes up its utility.
Crit damage is almost as good as attack power because the values got beefed up so that, if you’re extremely good about getting crits (which is very easy since Alani has no recoil), crit damage will contribute more.
If you take GwtF, cooldown is next to worthless but, if you use Ww, cooldown has some worth. Still, not much.
Shield pen is utterly rubbish. It’s only useful in PvP because most enemies in PvE don’t have shields (and no bosses have them; Rendain’s shield doesn’t care about shield pen). Still, it actually does something unlike recoil and reload. Recoil and reload are only useful as penalties to take on gear since they do absolutely nothing to her.
Defensive:
(Max Health<Max Shield<Healing Received<Damage Reduction<Shield Recharge=Shield Regen=Health Regen<CC duration)
Max health is the empress of Alani’s defensive stats because she has so little hp that, unlike everything else here, it has an extremely noticeable impact on her TTK. Max shield is a close second and has its advantages and disadvantages: while shield is up, you cannot be crit (though you can’t really stack enough shield to make it withstand more than a couple blows); max shield values are way lower than max health values so they don’t add to TTK as much and the fact that they regenerate is irrelevant considering Alani can self heal and has natural regen.
Healing received is worse than either of the true TTK improvements because it only works when she’s healing herself. However, because she can heal herself easily and for impressive amounts, it’s still very good.
Just like for every other non-tank, damage reduction is terrible for Alani. For DR to be worth it, you need to have an extremely large hp + shield. Alani does not. Even if you assume that she’ll self heal, she doesn’t have enough.
Shield recharge and regen are only useful to Alani if she’s got other gear with max shield on it. You’ve pretty much got to be building for shield for it to be useful, it’s more of a gimmick stat to take. If you don’t have shield, these are complete and total junk stats that you can ignore.
Health regen is on par with the shield support stats because Alani already has health regen (thanks to being an Eldrid) and can self-heal extremely well. Health regen is also absolutely tiny, so you’ll never really notice it in combat (and, when out of combat, non-Osmosis Wellspring spam is going to give you more than you could ever get with gear).
CC duration is functionally worthless. CCs don’t last that long so the minute values of CC duration on gear basically mean nothing.
Support:
(Heal Power=Attack Speed>Skill Damage>Cooldown)
Alani’s primary and most useful support is as a healer, so heal power is awesome; attack speed is basically on par, however, because attack speed equates to healing more often, which is better given that Alani has really big heals by default so you’re liable to end up wasting some on overheal.
Skill power increases the size of your heals as much as attack speed increases the speed of your Wellspring; speed wins out over potency though for previously mentioned reasons.
Cooldown time will give you a bit better support but not that much. If you really want to help by spamming abilities, take GwtF and a bunch of attack speed gear.
Mobility:
(Move speed>Sprint speed>CC duration)
Move speed is useful in combat and out of combat and is increased by sprint speed. Sprint speed is only really useful outside of combat. CC duration reduces the duration of slows and stuns but is still absolutely terrible.
Economy:
(Shards>Buildable)
Getting shards helps you buy gear as well as construct buildables. Buildable reduction makes them way cheaper, however. Something to consider is that I only find these stats remotely useful in PvP. PvE gives you shards like candy; unless you’ve got someone who bogarts all of the shards, every mission should provide a surplus of shards even if you have a triple legendary loadout (like I do for pretty much everyone). In PvP, however, these are absolutely amazing and can actually be the foundation of an effective strategy.
Legendaries
These are some specific legendaries to keep in mind for Alani.
Gloves (attack damage):
Symbiotic Gauntlet (sentinel), Pacifier (algorithm)
Attack damage beefs up Torrent, which is good. Both of them also contribute to your survivability with her best defensive stats. SG is great because it’s pretty trivial to keep her at max health and double that attack damage increase while Pacifier gives a nice little attack damage debuff whenever she damages an enemy, which she should be doing all the time. Personally, I err on the side of Symbiotic Gauntlet because I like hp more than shield and the attack damage debuff is kind of weak (only 10%).
Vow of Vengeance should probably be mentioned because it’s one of the most popular legendaries out there. Do not use it on Alani. The stacks only apply with her quick melee and the stacks fall off very quickly (matter of seconds). VoV is for melee, and, while Alani likes to get close, she is not a melee character.
Swords (attack speed):
Stolen Edge of Arcvynorr (sentinel), Orbital Tracking Spike (llc)
SEoA is the gold standard of attack speed legendaries: the stacks are permanent and relatively easy to acquire, and it provides an good stat in addition to the attack speed. It’s also dropped from the Sentinel mission, which has 4 of the best legendaries in the game in its loot table.
Orbital Tracking Spike is only mentioned because it’s got useful stats (attack speed and shield) though the additional attack speed is conditional upon you not moving around… which can easily get you killed and you’re not liable to do often. This is more of a sniper legendary though I can see some people liking it (or using it until they get SEoA).
Vow of Zealous Fury used to be absolutely amazing but it was gutted in the Winter Update. Don’t use it.
Watches (cooldown):
Aria’s Encore (thrall ops), Chrono Key (sentinel), Firmware Update (algorithm)
Aria’s Encore can provide the most skill damage of any item in the game, but it’s only useful in Ops and only when you’ve got a lot of ops points. It’s worthless in PvP and story PvE, but it’s absolutely devastating in Ops; the primary stat is basically an afterthought.
Chrono key has good stats and used to be absolutely amazing before they increased the 500 damage to 2000 damage, but, while Alani has good damage, she doesn’t have nearly enough for this to make a huge impact; heal power is nice though so, if you’re going for a pure heal power loadout, this could have a place. Firmware Update is absolutely amazing after the WU and, if you take GwtF, you might actually be spamming your skills enough for this to have an impact, especially if you want to use Emergence a lot (good way to minion clear in PvP).
Goggles (crit damage):
Vigilant Power Scouter (sentinel), Poor “M-Pulse” Controller (algorithm), Eye of the Storm (eldrid)
VPS gives you a lot of hp in addition to that crit damage and gives you a big bonus to your next attack’s damage when you do crit. If you chain crits, it’s a truly impressive increase to damage. PMC gives you move speed (nice but not stellar) and turns kills into explosions. The damage isn’t too impressive but it can be nice for wave clear since it applies to both skill and attack damage kills. If you’re in PvP, you can get some surprised burst damage if an opponent is in the middle of a minion wave when you kill them all. Eye of the Storm provides crit damage in addition to some regen as well as move speed. None of them are stellar stats but the ability to get all 3 of them on a single piece of gear makes it potentially worthwhile.
Med Kits (heal power):
Emulan Tincture (lore), Solar Sustainer (jennerit), Dr. Fist’s Medic Bag (upr)
Emulan Tincture is probably the best med kit for Alani since it makes her a better healer (heal power and a HoT on Wellspring), not to mention it also has the best of all stats: attack speed. Solar Sustainer is excellent as well, though, because heal power, attack damage (good, but not as much as attack speed), and allies who stand in your Riptide heal puddle gets you both a nice little damage boost. Dr. Fist’s works best in sync with your Riptide, especially after you get GwtF and are able to spam Riptide in less than 10 seconds (the Dr. Fist stacks only last 10 seconds so you need to use Riptide within that time frame to maintain them).
Armor (max hp):
Vigilance Link (sentinel), Vampiric Vestment (jennerit), Pain-2-Gain Re-Knitter (upr), Squad Goals BDU (mike ops)
Vigilance Link gives you 2 excellent survivability stats and makes your team more durable as well. Excellent for team players and more support minded people. Vampiric vestments will give you hp, more hp when you kill things, and more attack damage so that it’s easier to kill things. However, because you lose them when you die, I wouldn’t recommend VV for PvP since dying is relatively common (and Alani is a popular focus target). Since Alani doesn’t have a shield and does have strong self heals, P2G is probably the best single survivablity item (if you’re not doing ops): you’ll be able to double the hp contribution easier than with VV and it brings some DR with it to boot. If you’re running ops, SG BDU is better because it provides more hp than P2G with the exact same DR contributions: if you’ve got at least 56 ops points, SG BDU is better than P2G.
Batteries (max shield):
Modernista (saboteur), Voxis Core (jennerit), SKNK-WRK Decoherence Refractor (montana ops)
Modernista is a good anti-ranged shield with a decent secondary stat. A good way to discourage snipers in PvP since you can avoid the first crit and might be able to hurt them in the process. Voxis Core is amazing for dealing skill damage since it makes AoEs deal 15% more damage, in effect, and skill damage is a secondary stat. While DR isn’t a particularly impressive stat for Alani, SKNK provides the most DR possible on any single item (19.2%) if you’re running for 100 ops points, which definitely makes it a good choice if you’re looking to bolster your survivability and already have a powerful +hp item: 19.2% DR is a 23% increase in max hp, which means that it’ll provide more survivability than anything except for a double stat max hp item.
Skill Damage (pins):
Bola’s Target Finder (experiment), Lorrian Skill Spike (archive)
Bola’s is the gold standard of skill damage legendaries: Attack speed (amazing) in addition to skill damage and a bonus effect that makes enemies take more damage after being damage by your skills. It was amazing before the Winter Update and the Winter Update just made it even more amazing by improving the already excellent legendary effect. If you don’t have a Bola’s, LSS can be a viable replacement until you do: the legendary effect will boost your skill damage a mere 10.5% on average (which is a pittance compared to the 12.6% increased damage taken from all sources for 10 secs that Bola’s provides).
Non-Legendary Gear
Since legendaries generally require extensive PvE to acquire (even the loot pack legendaries are easier to get via PvE due to the ease at acquiring commander packs via the ops), most PvP players won’t have ready access to many of them. Of course, because they require so many shards to activate, many PvPers don’t bother using them in the first place (they’d rather activate cheaper gear and use spare shards on buildables). It should also be mentioned than many newbies won’t have ready access to a full spread of gear either so this provides them some stuff to look out for.
Keep in mind that all of these items can be acquired from Core loot packs; each item also has a relevant faction listed; if you’re looking for a specific item, your best bet is to open faction or commander packs of that type so that the loot table is smaller.
This list will not be comprehensive. I’m only mentioning those items that I feel are most relevant/important. I’ll also be labeling them based upon faction, rarity, and if you want the version with a penalty if possible (items with penalties are cheaper to activate; in general, only use gear with a penalty that doesn’t affect your character since it’s basically a free cost reduction).
Gloves (attack damage):
LLC (epic), Eldrid (all, penalized), Rogue (rare)
First and foremost, the Eldrid gloves are all awesome because max hp is absolutely amazing and the conditional effect on the rare and uncommon versions are extremely easy to activate. Alani doesn’t have a shield naturally so reducing her max shield means nothing to her.
The LLC epic glove is good because it provides shield (and with it a modicum of crit resistance) though the other LLC gloves aren’t worth it because of bad conditional requirements.
The Rogue rare glove is good because Alani is extremely accurate and can land crits effectively. Do not use the penalty because Alani doesn’t have the hp to sacrifice.
Swords (attack speed):
LLC (epic), Eldrid (all, penalized), Rogue (rare)
The exact same stuff here as with the gloves, with a different primary stat. Same rules apply, though these tend to be better because Alani likes attack speed more than attack damage.
Wrenches (buildable cost):
Jennerit (common, penalized)
Excellent for PvP building loadouts, this is the only free wrench that doesn’t penalize Alani at all. The higher rarity wrenches tend to not be worth it because you’re spending shards to save the same amount on later purchases.
Med Kits (heal power):
Eldrid (rare, penalized)
If you want heal power, this is what you want. You may be tempted to consider the LLC variant because Alani doesn’t have a shield but the conditional there doesn’t work with the Eldrid. You need to have a shield before it can be considered depleted so the LLC “while shield is depleted” triggers never function for Alani.
Armor (max hp):
Eldrid (rare, penalized)
The exact same stuff here as with the med kits, with a different primary stat. Same rules apply. This is probably the single most important item for Alani in PvP, since it is cheap and provides her with an absolutely huge increase to her survivability.
Shard Gen (free shards):
Jennerit (common, penalized)
Virtually required for most PvP loadouts, this is the only free shard gen that doesn’t penalize Alani at all. The higher rarity shard gens tend to not be worth it because you’re having to wait to activate it before starting to generate shards, effectively doubling the cost.
Pins (skill damage):
LLC (epic), Eldrid (all, penalized), Rogue (rare)
The exact same stuff here as with the gloves and swords, with a different primary stat. Same rules apply, though remember that skill damage improves both Alani’s healing and her skill damage so you’re getting a lot of mileage out of this.
Loadouts
General PvE:
Emulan Tincture, Symbiotic Gauntlet, Stolen Edge of Arcvynorr
A nice blend of everything. Lots of attack speed and attack damage, a bit of +hp and +healing.
Pure healing:
Emulan Tincture, Chrono Key, Bola’s Target Finder
Lore legendary with the best of the heal power legendaries that aren’t med kits. Because Skill Damage improves your healing, Bola’s Target Finder gives you more healing than another heal power legendary and it even comes with some attack speed (and increases damage dealt to make Chrono Key more viable).
Pure damage:
Bola’s Targeting Finder, Symbiotic Gauntlet, Stolen Edge of Arcvynorr
Replace that pansy heal power with skill damage and additional damage upon dealing damage with a skill. You’ll still be healing well because Alani is like that, but you’re gonna be pretty beastly on damage.
Non-Mike Operations Skill Damage:
Aria’s Encore, Bola’s Targeting Finder, Stolen Edge of Arcvynorr
This is all about skill damage. It’s not necessarily better than the pure damage or general PvE loadouts for running ops (since Alani’s damage and healing is primarily due to her basic attack), but it’s worth considering.
Mike Operations / Legendary PvP:
Erratic Shard Extractor (-reload), two of (Emulan Tincture, Symbiotic Gauntlet, Bola’s Target Finder, Stolen Edge of Arcynorr, or others)
Shard extractor so that you can afford the legendaries (the Mike ops is short and doesn’t have a lot of shards). Pick the two legendaries that best work with your goals.
Fast Leveling PvP:
Erratic Shard Extractor (-reload), Erratic Tempestian Cred-Stick (-reload), Emulan Tincture
Build as much as possible to get easy xp and level up as quickly as possible. Make sure you stick around the fights as well so that you’re not sacrificing minion xp for build xp. Emulan Tincture is there for when you hit level 10 and don’t need to build for xp any more.
Cheap and Functional PvP:
Drained Survivor’s Eldrid Bio-Weave (-shield), Antiquated Stout Ekkuni Wristguard (-shield), Antiquated Stout Aelfrin Warblade (-shield)
Since there aren’t any legendaries, you don’t really need a shard generator; the entire loadout only costs 1470 shards to activate (less than a single legendary item, in fact). You’ll get a lot of hp (910), almost doubling your total hp as well as a fair amount of attack speed and attack damage. Be careful not to die, however, because the condition on all 3 pieces of gear is remaining alive for 3 minutes straight (it shouldn’t be too hard with all of the +hp you’re getting). If you want to avoid that risk, you can go with the epic versions of the sword and glove (increases the activation cost by 336 each), but you can’t do it with the chest piece (since the epic version gets diff stats instead of doubling up on max hp).
Quick Tips
- Alani is a slower character, don’t over extend, stay near your teammates.
- Alani is not like Miko, while you have healing capabilities you are more of an attacker with a risk reward mechanic.
- Most of the time its better trying to obtain osmosi stacks by shooting minions or buildables before healing since it makes her healing much more potent.
- Alani’s riptide can be a great disruption tool since it provides a mini knockup stoping the momentum of targets hit.
- Alani’s geyser is extremely powerfull when it hits a enemy player but hard to hit due to its long eruption time try to predict where your target will be when it erupts.
- Alani’s ult is great for zoning off areas/chokes especially in incursion.
- Your ult can stick also stick to allies. This is great for pouncing type characters (Attikus) which can bring your ult directly into a fight.
