Universe
Role
Attack
Melee
Release Date:
March 13, 2014
Arthas Menethil, The Lich King, is a Melee Warrior class hero in Heroes of the Storm that specializes in serving as a damage sponge in fights and in providing strong chasing potential in engagements. He was first introduced in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos where he was a playable Paladin who eventually, while under the influence of the mighty sword Frostmourne, turned into a Death Knight. He returned as a playable character in the expansion, The Frozen Throne during which events he turned into the Lich King. Eventually, he served as a boss in the World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King. He was one of the initial 18 heroes in the Technical Alpha phase of the game.
Abilites[edit]
Starting Abilities[edit]
Death Coil
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Ability: Target
Affects: Self/Enemy
Deals damage to target enemy.
Can be self-cast to heal for Health.
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Q 50 9
- Death Coil damage (per level):
- Death Coil heal (per level):
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Howling Blast
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Ability: Area of Effect
Affects: Enemies
Root enemies within the target area for 1.25 seconds and deals damage.
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W 60 10
- Howling Blast damage (per level):
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Frozen Tempest
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Ability: Area of Effect
Affects: Enemies
Deals damage per second to nearby enemies. Slows enemy Move Speed and Attack Speed by 10% per second, stacking up to 40%.
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E 15 per second 1
- Frozen Tempest damage (per level):
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Cancel Frozen Tempest
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Ability: Cancel
Affects: Self
Cancels the Frozen Tempest ability
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E 1
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Heroic Abilities[edit]
Army of the Dead
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Ability: Summon
Affects: Summons
Summons Ghouls that last 15 seconds. Sacrifice Ghouls to heal for Health.
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R 80 80
- Army Of The Dead Sacrifice heal (per level):
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Summon Sindragosa
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Ability: Area of Effect
Affects: Enemies
Deals damage and slows enemies by 60% for 3.5 seconds. Also disables non-Heroic enemies and Structures for 20 seconds.
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R 100 100
- Sindragosa damage (per level):
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Combat Trait[edit]
Frostmourne Hungers
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Ability: Buff
Affects: Self
Activate to make Arthas's next Basic Attack strike immediately, do 99 increased damage, and restore 30 Mana.
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D 12
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Talents[edit]
Talents
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4
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7
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10
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13
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16
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20
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Eternal Hunger
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Quest: Use Frostmourne Hungers on an enemy Hero.
Reward: Increases the Mana it restores by 4, to a maximum of 40, and its damage by 4.
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Rime
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Every 5 seconds, gain 60 Physical Armor against the next enemy Hero Basic Attack, reducing the damage taken by 60%. Stores up to 3 charges.
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Frozen Wastes
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Frozen Tempest Mana cost reduced by 4 per second.
Quest: Damage enemy Heroes with Frozen Tempest.
Reward: After damaging enemy Heroes 150 times with Frozen Tempest, the Movement and Attack Speed slows of Frozen Tempest last an extra 1.5 seconds against enemy Heroes.
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Icy Talons
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Gain 3% Attack Speed for 1.5 seconds every time a Hero is damaged by Frozen Tempest, to a maximum of 60%.
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Deathlord
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Reduces Death Coil's cooldown by 3 seconds and increase its range by 30%.
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Rune Tap
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Every 3rd Basic Attack heals Arthas for 4% of his max Health.
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Immortal Coil
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Gain the healing effect of Death Coil even when used on enemies. If Death Coil is used on Arthas, it heals for an additional 50% bonus healing.
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Icebound Fortitude
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Cooldown: 35 seconds
Activate to gain 25 Armor, reducing damage taken by 25%, and reduce the duration of Stuns, Slows, and Roots against Arthas by 75% for 3 seconds.
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Army of the Dead
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Cooldown: 80 seconds
Summons Ghouls that last 15 seconds. Sacrifice Ghouls to heal for 278 (+4% per level) Health.
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Summon Sindragosa
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Cooldown: 100 seconds
Deals 239 (+4% per level) damage and slows enemies by 60% for 3.5 seconds. Also disables non-Heroic enemies and Structures for 20 seconds.
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Shattered Armor
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Enemy Heroes hit by Howling Blast have their Armor reduced by 15 for 4 seconds.
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Frost Strike
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Reduces Frostmourne Hungers' cooldown by 2 seconds. Frostmourne Hungers also slows the enemy by 50% for 1.5 seconds.
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Biting Cold
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Each second an enemy is damaged by Frozen Tempest, it deals 12.5% bonus damage, up to a 50% bonus.
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Remorseless Winter
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Enemy Heroes that remain within Frozen Tempest for 3 seconds are rooted for 1.25 seconds. This effect can only happen once every 10 seconds
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Frostmourne Feeds
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Increases the amount of Basic Attacks empowered by Frostmourne Hungers to 2.
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Embrace Death
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Death Coil deals more damage and heals more the lower Arthas's current health is, to a maximum of 100% bonus damage and healing.
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Legion of Northrend
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3 additional Ghouls are created. Ghouls heal for an additional 50% and last 5 seconds longer.
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Absolute Zero
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Sindragosa flies twice as far. Enemy Heroes are rooted for 2 seconds, and then slowed by 60% for 3.5 seconds.
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Death's Advance
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Cooldown: 50 seconds
Activate to increase Movement Speed by 30% for 3 seconds.
Passive: Increases Movement Speed by 10%.
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Anti-Magic Shell
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Cooldown: 60 seconds
Activate to make Arthas immune to Spell Damage for 3 seconds and heal Arthas for 25% of the damage prevented.
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Strategy and Role[edit]
Once the crown prince of Lordaeron and the protégé of the legendary paladin Uther the Lightbringer, Prince Arthas fell to darkness. In a desperate bid to save his people he was corrupted by the cursed blade Frostmourne, its hatred consuming him. Now he serves the Lich King as a death knight eternally bound to his terrible destiny...and always a little cold.
Lore connections to other heroes[edit]
Balance Updates[edit]
Patch Changes
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Patch
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Changes[1]
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June 30 2015 |
- Regeneration Master - Initial +4.0 Health Regeneration removed. Each Health Globe now grants +1.5 Health Regeneration
- Spell Shield - Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds
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References[edit]