The next hero for HotS has received his own spotlight video. What the lich Kel’Thuzad can do, you can see here in moving images.
At Gamescom 2017, the next hero for Heroes of the Storm was announced. This is none other than Kel’Thuzad, one of the most popular characters in Warcraft 3, who has long been on the players’ wishlist. Soon, Kel’Thuzad will enter the Nexus. Accordingly, the developers have now released Kel’Thuzad in the spotlight so that you can see his abilities in detail.
Here’s another look at his abilities:
- Kel’Thuzad’s passive ability is Master of the Frozen Darkness and a passive quest. Whenever Kel’Thuzad hits an enemy with Frost Nova or Chains of Kel’Thuzad, he gains a stack of Plague. Reward: At 15 stacks, the cooldown of all basic abilities is reduced by 2 seconds. At 30 stacks, Kel’Thuzad’s ability power is increased by 75%.
- Death and Decay creates a sphere that is thrown after 0.5 seconds and explodes on the first enemy hit, dealing damage. It leaves a damage area that deals additional damage over 2 seconds.
- The Frost Nova triggers after a 1 second delay, dealing medium damage and slowing affected enemies. Targets in the center of the Nova are rooted for an additional second.
- Chains of Kel’Thuzad is a powerful control ability. The hero throws a chain that deals damage to the first enemy hero or structure hit. Then, the chain can be thrown at another target within 4 seconds. Both enemies are then pulled together and briefly stunned.
- The first heroic ability is Frost Strike. An ice meteor is thrown at an enemy hero. The target takes low damage, but all enemies in the area take high damage (essentially a reversed Pyroblast). All affected targets are briefly rooted.
- The second heroic ability is Shadow Rift. Kel’Thuzad creates a rift somewhere with infinite range that explodes after 1.5 seconds and deals high damage.
And obviously, Kel’Thuzad has also watched a little too much Game of Thrones. Because why else would one call oneself the Lich of Naxxramas, Lich Lord of the Plaguelands, Commander of the flying Necropolis, Head and Founder of the Cult of the Damned, Former Member of the Council of Six, Creator of the Abomination, Summoner of Archimonde the Defiler, Traitor to Humanity, Hearthstone Grandmaster, and Majordomo of the Lich King?
The Resurrection of Kel’Thuzad – Blizzard Documentary on the Making Of
By the way: Blizzard plans a documentary on “The Making of Kel’Thuzad” – here is a trailer for the docu-series.
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