Our HotS boost team is thrilled to see the new champions announced in action. Blizzard informed for the future two new characters and they both come from the Diablo world. As a fan of the game we are extremely interested in the Necromancer Xul skillset and playstyle. There is not a lot of information around the new arrivals, but we managed to find Xul’s abilities.
Raise the Dead (Trait): Raise skeletons from dead minions, each skeleton lasts 15 seconds. Effective at pushing lanes and can absorb Heroes of the Storm boost skill shots.
Spectral Scythe (Q): Xul creates a Scythe at a target point and the Scythe returns to him, dealing damage to all enemies in its path. Xul can move about, allowing him to curve the trajectory of the scythe.
Curse Strike (W): Turns Xul’s basic hots account attacks into an AoE attack and curses all enemies hit. The curse reduces attack speed of all enemies by 50%.
Bone Prison (E): A close ranged targeted ability that roots the selected enemy hero for 2 seconds after a short 2 second delay. Not an AoE skill shot like Malfurion’s Entangling Root. There will be a visible cue under the enemy hero.
Poison Nova (R): Poison Nova is an AoE ability released from Xul which spreads and inflicts very high DOT damage.
Skeleton Mages (R): Xul summons Heroes of the Storm account several stationary Skeleton Mages in a line. Skeleton Mages’ basic attacks slow enemy heroes. Acts similarly to Tassadar’s Force Wall, but does not block movement.
Bone Armor (1): Grants a shield equal to 25% of Xul’s total HP for 3 seconds.
Spectral Scythe (Q): Xul creates a Scythe at a target point and the Scythe returns to him, dealing damage to all enemies in its path. Xul can move about, allowing him to curve the trajectory of the scythe.
Curse Strike (W): Turns Xul’s basic hots account attacks into an AoE attack and curses all enemies hit. The curse reduces attack speed of all enemies by 50%.
Bone Prison (E): A close ranged targeted ability that roots the selected enemy hero for 2 seconds after a short 2 second delay. Not an AoE skill shot like Malfurion’s Entangling Root. There will be a visible cue under the enemy hero.
Poison Nova (R): Poison Nova is an AoE ability released from Xul which spreads and inflicts very high DOT damage.
Skeleton Mages (R): Xul summons Heroes of the Storm account several stationary Skeleton Mages in a line. Skeleton Mages’ basic attacks slow enemy heroes. Acts similarly to Tassadar’s Force Wall, but does not block movement.
Bone Armor (1): Grants a shield equal to 25% of Xul’s total HP for 3 seconds.
A traditional Necromancer abilities overall, but we are yet to figure out how they will pay out in the NEXUS.
The other new hero is Li Ming, there is even a brief ability introduction in the official video. She looks like a high damage, crowdcontrol mage but that is as far as our observations have reached.
Once the new heroes hit the battlefield our Heroes of the Storm boostingsquad will inform you about the character insights. How they work and we’ll mix up an examplary build for them. Fingers crossed for a beast Necromancer in the Nexus.
LOTS OF NEW SKINS AND A BRAND NEW MOUNT
Although this is not exactly a HotS boost related topic, the new visuals are important for the game in general and we know many of the fans out there are excited to see their favourite heroes in an OP clothes and crazy animations. The video shows all the varieties of the new skins and lets be fair – they look awesome as always.
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