The next hero in Heroes of the Storm will be the infected terran Alexei Stukov. Although he is a supporter, he has really bad abilities!
Blizzard has finally revealed who the next hero of Heroes of the Storm will be. For the sake of all involved, Jürgen was wrong with his “Dronius” guess – instead, the infected terran Alexei Stukov joins the Nexus!
Alexei Stukov is a rather well-known figure from StarCraft and its sequel StarCraft 2. As an important leader of the terrans, he was betrayed and died, only to be infected and resurrected by the Zerg. This granted the Zerg great knowledge about the terrans and allowed them to coordinate attacks better.
Although he was healed by the Protoss and became a human again, his people experimented on him to find a cure for the infection. During this, he was infected again and subsequently was taken into the swarm by Kerrigan, whom he still serves today.
Stukov is an unusual healer in HotS
In Heroes of the Storm, Stukov will be a supporter who heals allies and slows down and silences enemies. Let’s take a closer look at Stukov’s abilities:
- Healing pathogen is cast on an ally and provides a healing over time. Healing pathogen jumps to other nearby allies every second who are not already affected.
- Viral pustule is its counterpart. Stukov launches a projectile that pierces enemies and infects them with a virus. The virus deals damage over time and slows down enemies with increasing effect.
- The trait Immune response can be activated at will and causes all active viruses and pathogens to explode, instantly ending their effect. Exploded heals heal for a large amount, exploded viruses deal damage and massively slow the victims.
- With Deep Arm, Stukov thrusts his hand into the ground, which reappears elsewhere and creates an area effect. Enemies in the area effect take ongoing damage and are silenced. The spell can be channeled indefinitely.
- Stukov’s first heroic ability is Massive Charge. Upon activation, Stukov gains a large amount of armor and thrusts his arm in the targeted direction. The first enemy hero hit is pushed back in a straight line until they hit a wall or other impassable terrain and then takes damage.
- Arm Swing is the second heroic ability. Stukov strikes three times, with the cone of the attack becoming larger each time. Hit enemies are knocked back and take minor damage.
Stukov is now being tested on the PTR. As soon as he is available in the Nexus, we will inform you.
Currently, there is a pool party event in HotS – with special loot boxes!
