The new hero at Heroes of the Storm is a true troll in 2017 – Zul’jin, the leader of the Amani tribes.
With Varian Wrynn and the Firelord Ragnaros, the two heroes announced at BlizzCon have already joined the Nexus, leading fans to speculate which hero will be chosen next. This speculation has now come to an end, as Blizzard has revealed the next character: Zul’jin will be the new hero in HotS.
Zul’jin – from Raid Boss to New Hero
Zul’jin comes from the Warcraft universe and should be familiar especially to players of Warcraft II and World of Warcraft. He succeeded in uniting the troll tribes and dancing around the long-eared elves of Quel’Thalas for quite a while.
He was captured and escaped by cutting off his own arm. Ultimately, he ended up as a boss in Zul’Aman – one of the popular troll dungeons.
These are Zul’jin’s skills in Heroes of the Storm
In Heroes of the Storm, Zul’jin will be an assassin. Let’s take a quick look at his abilities.
- His trait is the troll ability Berserker. Once activated, each basic attack deals 25% more damage but consumes 2% of Zul’jin’s maximum health. Passively, his attack speed increases by 1% for each 1% of missing health.
- Devastating Throw hurls an axe in the target direction, hitting the first two enemies, dealing damage, and marking them for 8 seconds. Zul’jin’s next 3 basic attacks against marked targets deal 50% more damage.
- Twin Axes throws 2 axes in a circular arc. Enemies hit take damage and are slowed by 15% per hit.
- With Regeneration, Zul’jin heals for 25% of his health over 4 seconds. The spell is channeled, and any damage taken interrupts the spell.
- The first heroic ability is Taz’Dingo! The hero becomes immortal for 4 seconds, and his health cannot drop below 1.
- Guillotine is the second heroic ability. Zul’jin throws an axe into the target area, dealing damage. The lower Zul’jin’s current health, the more damage is dealt.
There is currently no trailer for Zul’jin, but those who want to learn more about the troll should check out this old WoW trailer of him:
There is not yet an exact release date, only “in January” 2017 is the current statement.
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