Overview
Marcel is 132nd hero released in the land of dawn on season 40. He is the member of paxley family. With Clemar, Marcel developed the ability to freeze moments in time. Melissa is his half sister whereas Gusion and Aamon are his distant relatives from the Paxley family. Passive : Platinum Snap ->Marcel's split soul, Clemar, enters the camera to freeze the moment. Clemar automatically snaps photos of enemy heroes near Marcel, causing a brief frozen moment and dealing true damage. It also grants a shield to nearby allies. Skill 1: Framed Moment -> Clemar focuses on an area around Marcel, slowing enemy heroes in range. After 2.5 seconds he completes the shot, dealing physical damage to enemies within range and immobilizing them for 1seconds. Skill 2: Tracking Shot -> Artist inspiration time! Marcel enters the Tracking Haste state for 3s, gaining movement Speed.This bonus increases to 75% when moving toward an enemy hero.If used again, Marcel dashes in the target direction, leaving a framing phantom behind. If framed movement is active, Clemar remains at the original location to continue shooting. Skill 3: Golden Hour -> Marcel and Clemar perform a joint shoot. After a short delay, Clemar takes a wide-angle shot of a designated area for 3s. During this time, Marcel enter the Tracking Haste state while inside the area. All other units in the area are put into a frozen moment and are immune to all effects except from Marcel. All ranged basic attacks and projectiles are also frozen and will resolve after a delay. It also resets the cooldown of Platinum Snap for each enemy hero.
Strengths
1. Extremely powerful crowd control: Marcel ultimate creates a zone that freezes all units and projectiles inside the area.During this time, enemies cannot move or attack while Marcel can reposition or prepare combos. 2. Provides shield to teammates: When his passive triggers, Marcel and a nearby ally gain a shield which provides extra survivability in team fights. 3. Good against high hp tanks: As his passive deals true damage, he is good against tanky heroes. 4. Constant immobilization: His passive automatically snaps nearby enemies, briefly immobilizing them. If we combine it with his ultimate then it will create chained crowd control. 5. Tank items increases his damage: His skills scale with defense stats, meaning building tank items like thunder belt makes him both tankier and stronger.
Weaknesses
1. Vulnerable to high burst damage: Although he builds tank items, burst assassins or high-damage mages can still delete him if he is not careful. 2.Long skill cooldowns: His most powerful abilities (especially his ultimate) usually have long cooldown. If he misses it, he will be less useful in fights for a while. 3. Low damage output: Since he is a support type of hero, his damage is very low. 4. Team dependent hero: Marcel is very team dependent hero. He requires high team coordination which makes him very hard to use in solo queue. 5. Difficulty in positioning: His abilities rely on proper positioning and timing. If used incorrectly, enemies can easily avoid or disengage from his control effects.
Best build (Survivability Focus)
1. Magic boots for cooldown reduction and extra hp. 2. Thunder belt is his core item as his passive helps him to stack it just by getting closer to enemies. So purchasing thunder belt early can help him gain more stacks. 3. Dominance Ice helps to increase his physical and magic defense. It also reduces shield and hp regeneration of nearby enemies. 4. Antique Cuirass for reducing physical damage even more. 5. Guardian Helmet for increasing his survivability in late game even more (especially against burst damage).
Tank Emblem
1. Tank emblem with vitality for increasing his Max HP. 2. Tenacity is for survivability. 3. Concussive Blast is for wave clear and damage.
Battle Spell
1. Revitalize helps in increasing the survivability for him and his teammates in team fights. 2. Since Marcel needs to tank damage in front line, Revitalize helps him to sustain damage for longer duration and also increase the chances for survival.
Gameplay Tips
1. Early game (Level 1-3): Use 2nd skill to run up to enemies and caste his 1st skill. While the enemies are immobilized, hit them with basic attacks 2. Mid game (Level 4-12): Activate his 2nd skill followed by his 1st skill the run into the enemies then use his 2nd skill again to dash away then use his ultimate once the enemies are immobilized. 3. Late game(Level 12 and above): Position him correctly. Give vision on map. Check bushes. Help in team fights by making a proper set that can turn the game on his favor.
Best With Beatrix
Marcel freezes enemies with his ultimate then beatrix uses any of her ultimate (rocket launcher or shot gun or nibiru passion or sniper rifle) dealing massive damage on the area.
Watch Out For Ling
Ling can bypass Marcel crowd ****** as ling can become untargetable with his ultimate.