Dawa, Guardian of the Perpetual Sands

[Habanero]

I noticed Dawa is a hero that gets a lot of hate. She is considered to be among the weakest and least useful heroes among the Classic pool. In my opinion, her artwork doesn't help. Even with her costume, she lacks any detail that could make her interesting.

I tried to give Dawa a whole new look, a little inspired by kitschy works of fantasy art from the 70es and 80es that illustrated so many pocket book covers and science/fantasy movie posters. It got more realistic and colorful than I expected but I was really pleased with the result - it was exactly what I had in mind for her. Photoshop helped a bit with some final touches. 
 

[Shohoku79]

I wouldn't mind if game art for Dawa looked more like this versus her current form.  Guess they never paid much attention to her since she was meant to be just a hold over hero until you move onto someone better.  Her impression lore-wise doesn't help either because she seemed more like a security detail for a royal family, has the stats of a rare, but not versatile enough in abilities.

[Habanero]

Why not give her a chance to have at least a more interesting character design, right?
I'm expecting her stylish costume. Not that it will make her any better. 

[Shohoku79]

On 3/26/2026 at 6:59 AM, Habanero said:

I'm expecting her stylish costume. Not that it will make her any better. 

When you said that, one other character came to mind was Kailani, who (although kind took a secondary seat to Gunnar for similar abilities in their OG forms) was originally billed as a "Healer" but her abilities throughout her existence and costumes did not have any healing aspect (Spirit Link (later changed to Soul Connected), Defense Buff, Attack Buff, Reflect, etc.)), and here comes her Stylish C4, which actually gave her some HoT abilities.  Her Stylish Costume now is probably my favorite one out of all 4 versions because it seemed different and it just made her looks sort of pop.

Here is hoping there would be some head-turning art for Dawa on her stylish costume.  Sure it won't make people use her more, but at least it would make it not as boring to look at.