The upcoming hero Blaze from Heroes of the Storm has unusual abilities. He can set up bunkers for the team!
Hanzo has already been in the Nexus of Heroes of the Storm for a while, so it’s time for a new hero – and this one is already on the start line! Blaze, a Firebat from StarCraft 2, will soon venture into the Nexus. He acts as a ranged tank and has a penchant for blazing infernos. While others avoid flames, he gladly dives into them.
Blaze can reach bunkers
We take a quick look at Blaze’s abilities.
- Blaze’s trait is Pyromania. Upon activation, Blaze gains 25 armor for 4 seconds and deals damage to nearby enemies every 0.5 seconds. Enemy heroes hit by Flame Stream reduce the cooldown by 5 seconds each, up to a total of 90 seconds.
- Flame Stream fires two flames that damage affected enemies and additionally ignite oil trails.
- With Oil Trail, Blaze creates an oily area that lasts for 5 seconds and slows enemies in the area by 40%. If the Oil Trail is ignited by Flame Stream, it no longer slows enemies, but they take damage every 0.3 seconds. If Blaze stays in this fire, he heals every 0.3 seconds.
- The Jet Propel allows Blaze to charge forward after a short delay. Enemy heroes hit are stunned and take damage.
- The first heroic ability is Request Bunker. After a short delay, Blaze creates a bunker that lasts for 10 seconds or until it is destroyed. Allied heroes can enter the bunker to remove debuffs and fire out with a flamethrower from the inside. Upon leaving the bunker, heroes receive 25 armor for a short duration.
- The second heroic ability is Combustion. Blaze channels for up to 2.6 seconds and then damages all nearby enemies and slows them by 60%. The longer Blaze channels, the longer the damage effect and slow lasts. During the channeling, Blaze’s movement speed is halved.
Blaze excels with his area attacks and can perfectly cut off escape routes for enemies. After Rexxar and Zarya, Blaze is the third ranged tank.
What do you think of Blaze? A cool idea taken from StarCraft? Or would you have preferred another hero?
Our Jürgen is quite pleased that Heroes of the Storm is not League of Legends!
