Li-Ming, the sorceress from Diablo 3, approaches the Nexus of Heroes of the Storm. We look at her abilities.
Spellcasting Without Pause!
After Greymane in recent weeks, Li-Ming, the cheerful and overzealous sorceress from Diablo 3, will next enter the battlefields of the Nexus of Heroes of the Storm. As befits a powerful arcanist, she is an assassin and prefers to eliminate her foes in seconds.
Let’s take a look at her abilities:
- The Critical Mass trait ensures that each kill of an enemy hero drastically reduces the cooldowns of her abilities. This also applies to heroic abilities.
- Magic Missiles fires three projectiles that all fly to a point – this point can be variable based on the range of the ability.
- The Arcane Orb fires a slow projectile that deals damage in an area upon colliding with a target. The longer the projectile flies, the higher the damage and the larger the area.
- Teleportation, as the name suggests, allows Li-Ming to teleport a few meters in any direction. The ability has a short cooldown and can therefore be used frequently.
- The first heroic ability is Disintegration. A powerful beam of arcane energy is channeled in a straight line, damaging all enemies it touches. The beam can be quickly rotated to hit new targets. However, Li-Ming cannot move while doing so.
- The second heroic ability Wave of Force deals less damage, but knocks all enemies away from a certain point – for example, into the abilities of teammates. This can also effectively interrupt other abilities, such as ETC’s Mosh Pit.
Her passive ability is excellent for using heroic abilities multiple times in a row and taking entire teams down. This will be particularly noticeable against enemies that have a “numerical advantage,” such as the Lost Vikings or Rexxar, when she channels her death laser without pause.
There is currently no fixed release date for Li-Ming. However, as she was announced alongside the Moon Festival, a release around February 9 is likely.
