Heroes of the Storm will get duo of new Diablo-inspired characters
Two new heroes have been revealed for the popular MOBA, both of which are inspired by the Diablo universe.
Heroes of the Storm game director Dustin Browder has announced two new characters will be joining the Nexus, both of which have been inspired by the Diablo universe.
Browder revealed the two new characters in an interview with MetaBomb. The first of the two, named Xul, is a necromancer from Diablo 2 that can summon up four skeletons from the corpses of minions, reduce attack speeds with the power of curses, can poison using AoE attacks and even imprison enemy heroes.
The second hero, Li Ming, is Diablo 3’s wizard that can attack using magic missiles and her Arcane Orb, which increases in damage the farther she is from it. If things get a little too hectic, she can use her power of teleportation to save her from taking any more damage.
Browder didn’t reveal when we’d get an official reveal of either character, but we’re sure they’ll be coming sooner rather than later.
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replyDaniel Perez posted a new article, Heroes of the Storm will get duo of new Diablo-inspired characters
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necromancers are always awesome, i wish they were in more things
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This is starting to worry me a bit. They're turning out heroes at a pretty steady clip. Great to add variety to the game, but they're going to run out of named heroes (or have they already in some games?). BUT, this also makes me think they'll start adding in more named heroes going forward just to have them crossover into Heroes.
idk, maybe that's not really a big deal. Just kinda irritates me when studios start making decisions for marketing purposes rather than what's best for the game. I blame marketing for what happened with Age of Ultron.-
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The Tracer was already confirmed as part of the preorder bonus of the expensive Overwatch bundle
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Their three main franchises are fairly large and they have a fourth coming up.
At Blizzcon they mentioned having a list with over 200 heroes on it.
Plus, they already showed they don't have to stick to existing named heroes. Sgt. Hammer and Lt. Morales are Starcraft units given an identity for HotS.-
I keep waiting for a melee specialist Firebat hero. I really want that. PBAE fire dmg with tons of armor/health, but wouldn't have an escape kinda like Morales. Firebat & Morales combo would be difficult to counter w/o CC.
I didn't know about the 200 heroes thing. But it makes sense they would have a goal like that since Dota/lol have large roasters.-
Warcraft probably has more than 200 named by itself before you throw in the RTS units that can easily fit but don't have a big named lore presence (like Dryad -> Lunara).
Starcraft is smaller, but those units add up. Hell, they made a Siege Tank work, so I'm sure they can find a clever way to make a Reaver work as well.
Then Diablo has the other Prime & Lesser Evils, the angels, plus the heroes from both Diablo 1 & 2, plus the other named bosses (Summoner, Maghda, Greed, Izual), and beyond that they could flesh out random low level trash if they ever wanted.
Basically, I doubt they'll have to get desperate with hero concepts until they're well into the 200-300+ range.
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They need to keep pumping out heroes. Just like League there is a large chunk of people who drop cash to have the latest and greatest hero on release. So Making a new hero every ~2 weeks is some nice guaranteed income.
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