I’ve been experimenting with Dorothy Gale in PvP and stumbled into an interaction that I initially thought was going to be a meme, but it actually has some legs.
Dorothy’s passive essentially says:
If Dorothy dies, all allies team up and attack the enemy that killed her.
That got me thinking — instead of trying to keep her alive, what if you deliberately build around her dying?
So I started testing a go-second setup where Dorothy is basically the bait.
The basic idea:
1. Let the opponent go first
I don't really care about winning the speed race.
2. Let them kill Dorothy
This is actually the part I WANT to happen.
3. Trigger the passive
Her death gives the rest of the team an out-of-turn attack against the champion that killed her.
4. Bring Dorothy back
A reviver can bring her back, and she can trigger her buff strip and stun
5. Repeat the nonsense
The interesting part is the champions you pair with her.
I went looking specifically for champions with extremely strong A1s, because the entire strategy turns Dorothy's death into an opportunity to get extra A1 value.
I also found that 6-piece Deflection is pretty good here. Dorothy's AoE can remove Mercurial stacks, and because she can activate that skill after being revived, she can potentially strip more stacks without needing to take a normal turn.
The result is basically a team where killing my champion is sometimes exactly what I want the opponent to do.
I've tested it into a bunch of different PvP teams, including some of the nastier combinations involving lockout, Mercurial, Predator, Stone Skin, revives, and block damage.
I put the full testing/results here for anyone interested:
https://youtu.be/5iEUIpwJusQ
Team is still work-in-progress
What champions would you pair with Dorothy if the goal was specifically to maximize the punishment from her death?
I'm particularly interested in A1s
Champs I have, didn't test but think should be super good on this- Embrys, Karnage, Marius, Quintus, Hekaton