Mastering Paine: Unleash the True Power of the Grand Blade in Valor of Garena

Inflict devastating burst damage within seconds with his deceptive combo of skills, making Paine a grim reaper against squishy foes. His ability to shock with damage and agility, coupled with slippery maneuvers, gives Paine a significant edge over other Assassins. 

Paine is currently on fire, consistently banned in ranked matches. In the new season, players are leveraging this ace to swiftly conquer victories within 5 minutes. With the implicit buff from the Grand Blade costume, Paine gains even more popularity and attention from gamers. According to Mytour's observation, whenever there's a Paine donning this dirty buff skin, it's practically like waving goodbye to the enemy's hopes, while your team celebrates. So, what's the most effective way to play Paine in S4 2023? 

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Paine's Arsenal of Skills

Inner Power - Soul Reaping

Paine's inner strength is the most crucial aspect to focus on, as it serves as his primary source of damage after each skill usage. The initial strike effect as well as the reinforced attack will swiftly finish off enemy heroes. The hidden stream of this inner strength will enhance Paine's power every time he defeats an enemy hero.

Skill 1 - Soul Summon

With skill 1, Paine separates his soul from his body during the skill activation. The crowd control immunity of this skill is crucial in Paine's skill set because when used properly, it can avoid the crowd control effects from enemies. This is also the skill that helps Paine escape and engage in combat effectively with a rather miraculous mechanism.

Skill 2 - Shadow Soul Field

This is the only skill in the skill set capable of causing silence effects. Shadow Soul Field will be the key point that helps Paine activate hits on enemy heroes within the skill range to deal damage. The internal line of the skill has the ability to greatly restore internal power if able to stand within the skill range after 2s of activation. Using the combo of skills 2-1 or 3-2-1 will help optimize internal power when the guy activates skill 1 within the influence range of skill 2.

Skill 3 - Soul Hunt

This is the skill that has made a name for him in the Assassin world with extremely large usage range. Every time the mark of this skill is seen, the main force of the enemy team will have to break out in a cold sweat and faintly see the figure of a reaper flying towards them to take their lives. In addition to the ability to engage in combat quickly, you can also use this skill to disengage from combat after completing your mission. 

Rune Page, Support Items, Enchantments

Rune Page

• 10 Red Runes III Magic Attack/Magic Penetration
• 10 Purple Runes III Attack Speed/Movement Speed
• 10 Green Runes III Magic Penetration/Attack Speed

This will be the most suitable rune page for Paine when using this hero. He's a magical Assassin with tremendous burst damage so I'll prioritize a rune page that buffs his magical damage significantly. With a high amount of magic penetration combined with attack speed, Paine will optimize his damage output right from the early stages of the game. 

Support Items

• Breakthrough
• Subjugation

Paine is a hero in Arena of Valor who deals magic damage and is often prioritized for jungle due to his tremendous burst damage potential. Therefore, Subjugation is the necessary support when picking him for the jungle role. However, you can also creatively play Paine in the Mid or Top lane with Breakthrough support, which is quite stable if desired.

Enchantments

• Main Branch (Chaos Rift): Blightfire - Attack Damage - Hex
• Sub Branch (Luminous Tower): Counterstrike - Penetration

Paine is an Assassin with an extremely devastating one-shot damage capability. So, I'll build enchantments around his ability to deal damage. These will be the suitable enchantments for Paine, with the ability to increase magic penetration significantly, deal additional damage based on percentage of damage dealt, and pin the magical damage mark when dealing enough damage to enemy heroes three times.

Equipment

As a high burst damage Assassin with great mobility, Paine can alternate between multiple positions instead of just jungling. Below are some equipment options for you to consider for Paine.

• Jungling: Loki's Curse - Enchanted Kicks - Chaos Staff - Hecate's Diadem - Frost Cape - Frostguard.

• Top/Mid Lane: Enchanted Kicks - Chaos Staff - Omni Arms - Hecate's Diadem - Frost Cape - Frostguard.

Paine is an Assassin with significant burst damage after using his skills, so I'll prioritize items that provide substantial damage like Hecate's Diadem or Staff of Nuul. Next is an item that offers both armor and defense like Skadi's Frostguard. Finally, a survivability item is Frostcape. You can also quickly sell items to increase survivability in the match.

If you want to play in a full damage style and not worry too much about being too squishy, you can replace Skadi's Frostguard with Rhea's Blessing to help sustain constant life steal and easily return to combat early.

Most Effective Way to Play Paine

Paine is a very strong Assassin in the early stages of the match. So, prioritize clearing the jungle on the Abyssal Dragon side then head to the Dragon lane to reach level 4. Try to contest targets early in the match to gain an advantage and start pressuring the enemy's lane early. Prioritize ganking the Dragon lane or catching solo enemies early to prevent the enemy's main force from gaining strength. Then, work with the team to push one lane strongly to gain an advantage in towers.

The mid-game is the golden period for Paine when this Assassin starts to have big items, and at the same time, the enemy's main force may not have enough magic resist items yet. Take full advantage of mobility and high damage during this phase for Paine players to aggressively pressure opponents and take down big targets to increase the gap and snowball the match. If you can secure an early win during this time, it's even better because Paine is not a strong late-game hero.

As the game transitions to late game, Paine starts to weaken significantly because by this stage, the enemy team has equipped enough magic resist items. At this point, Paine should prioritize split pushing and pushing lanes rather than hunting down targets. Utilize appropriate positions for engagements to avoid being burst down. In this stage, prioritize staying alive to avoid losing the Abyssal Dragon and potentially losing the match.

Conclusion

Above is a detailed analysis of how to play Paine most effectively in season 4, 2023. Hopefully, these insights can be helpful for everyone during their gaming experience.