The sneaky Valeera is now on the PTR – we reveal what the new heroine of HotS can do.
The next heroine of Heroes of the Storm will be the blood elf rogue Valeera Sanguinar. Historically, she comes from the Warcraft universe and was a good friend of the late King Varian Wrynn, as she fought alongside him in the arena for a long time. Nowadays, she can be found in the rogue’s order hall, where she assists the “Uncrowned” in achieving their goals. A first impression of the rogue is provided by the “Valeera in the Spotlight” video:
Heroes of the Storm: Valeera’s Skills
Let’s take a look at Valeera’s abilities:
- Shadow Strike lets Valeera dash a short distance forward, damaging all enemies in her path. If she hits an enemy hero, she stops there, generates a combo point, and the cooldown of the ability is significantly reduced.
- Blade Flurry deals damage to all enemies in the immediate vicinity of Valeera. Each enemy hero hit generates a combo point.
- Gutting consumes all combo points, dealing more damage the more combo points she uses.
- Valeera’s active trait is Vanish. This puts her into stealth mode and grants her new abilities. Using a stealth ability ends the stealth mode.
- Ambush (Stealth) deals high damage to an enemy.
- Devious Trick (Stealth) deals low damage and stuns the target for a short time.
- Strangulate (Stealth) deals low damage, silences the target, and deals additional damage over a few seconds.
- The first heroic ability is Smoke Bomb. Valeera creates a smoke field around her. While she is in it, she takes reduced damage and cannot be revealed, even when using abilities.
- Valeera’s second heroic ability is Cloak of Shadows. Upon activation, Valeera becomes unstoppable. She takes reduced damage from abilities and removes all DOT effects.
Currently, all interested players can try Valeera on the PTR.
That there were 5 Warcraft assassins in a row is, by the way, a mistake by Blizzard.
