An elderly lady approaches the Nexus. Ana is the next playable hero in Heroes of the Storm. We have her abilities.
A few days ago, Blizzard announced that Heroes of the Storm will thematically focus a bit more on Overwatch soon. This will happen not only through the new map Volskaya Industries but also through Ana and Junkrat as new heroes. First, Ana will be sent into the ring – which is why she now has her own spotlight video.
Ana’s Abilities in Heroes of the Storm
This will provide a closer look at the abilities. We will briefly introduce them here.
In Overwatch, Ana is a sniper who can heal and also negate healing on enemies – exactly these traits are also given to her in Heroes of the Storm.
- Ana’s passive ability is Poisoned Bullets. Every basic attack applies a poison effect to the enemy that can stack up to 5 times. Furthermore, Ana has a longer range than most other heroes.
- Healing Arrow is a skill shot that heals the first allied target hit for a moderate amount. The arrow has a short cooldown and pierces all minions and enemy heroes.
- Biotic Grenade works similarly to how it does in Overwatch. Ana throws a grenade at a target area. Allies hit are healed and receive 25% additional healing from all sources for a few seconds. Enemies hit take minor damage and cannot be healed for a few seconds.
- The Stun Arrow also works like in Overwatch. The arrow is fired in a straight line and puts the first enemy hit to sleep for a few seconds. Damage taken ends the sleep prematurely.
- Ana’s first heroic ability is the Nanoboost. This can only be used on allied heroes (not on herself). The target regenerates a large portion of its mana, receives a strong bonus to its ability power for a few seconds, and has drastically reduced cooldowns.
- Eye of Horus is Ana’s second heroic ability. Ana goes into a sniper position right at the spot and can fire multiple shots across the entire map. Enemies hit take damage, allies hit are healed.
Mastering Ana is likely to be a challenging task, as she must always be in a good position to have a clear line of sight to all allies.
What do you think of Ana in Heroes of the Storm? A cool addition, or should Blizzard implement more offensive heroes from Overwatch instead?
Heroes of the Storm is also working on new bots – they are supposed to act much smarter.
