Gazlowe

• Overview
• Skins

[e][h]Gazlowe

Boss of Ratchet

Hero Information

Universe

Role

Attack
Melee

Cost:

2,000 

Release Date:

March 13, 2014

Stats

Attack Range:

1.25

Attacks Per Second:

1.25

Level Changed Stats

Initial

Change/Level

Attack Damage:

99

4%

Life:

1899

4%

Life Regen:

3.96

4%

Mana:

500

10

Mana Regen:

3

0.098

Gazlowe, the Boss of Ratchet, is a Melee Specialist class hero in Heroes of the Storm. He appeared briefly for the first time during the events of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos as a goblin engineer. During the events of World or Warcraft he has been promoted to the leader and chief engineer of Ratchet, one of the most important goblin towns.

Abilites

Starting Abilities

Rock-It! Turret
	Ability: Summon Affects: Summons Creates a turret that deals damage. Lasts for 30 seconds. Stores up to 2 charges.
Q  70 15 Rock-It! Turret attack damage (per level):  64 (+4%)

Deth Lazor
	Ability: Skillshot Affects: Enemies Charged attack that deals damage to enemies in a line. Damage and range increase the longer the Ability is charged, up to 100% after 3 seconds. Deth Lazor can be channeled indefinitely.
W  60 12 Deth Lazor damage (per level):  142 (+4%)

Xplodium Charge
	Ability: Area of Effect Affects: Enemies Places a bomb that deals damage to enemies within target area after 2.5 seconds, stunning them for 1.75 seconds.
E  60 14 Xplodium Charge damage (per level):  242 (+4%)

Rock-It! Turret Secondary Abilities

Focus Turrets!
	Ability: Target Affects: Turrets Orders any nearby Rock-It! Turrets to focus the target.
1  1

Heroic Abilities

Robo-Goblin
	Ability: Buff Affects: Self Activate to gain 30 Armor and 30% Movement Speed for 4 seconds. Passive: Basic Attacks deal 100% bonus damage.
R  60

Grav-O-Bomb 3000
	Ability: Area of Effect Affects: Enemies After a 2 second delay, pull enemies toward the center of an area and deal damage.
R  100 110 Grav-O-Bomb damage (per level):  261 (+4%)

Combat Trait

Salvager
	Ability: Scrap Affects: Turrets Destroyed enemy Structures and Rock-it! Turrets drop Scrap. Collecting Scrap restores 30 Mana and causes Abilities to recharge three times as fast over 3 seconds. Activate Salvager to dismantle a target Rock-it! Turret and turn it into Scrap.
D

Talents

Talents
1
4
7
10
13
16
20

Extra TNT
Increases Xplodium Charge damage by 10% per target hit, up to 100%.

Scrap-o-Matic Smelter
Increases the Mana restored from Scrap by 100%.

Break it Down!
Scrap causes Abilities to cooldown four times as fast for 3 seconds.

Goblin Repairs
Quest: Gathering a Regeneration Globe increases Health Regeneration by 1 per second, up to 25. Reward: After gathering 25 Globes, gain an additional 15 Health Regeneration per second.

Clockwerk Steam Fists
Quest: Basic Attacks increase the duration of active Rock-It! Turrets by 1.5 seconds. Reward: After increasing turret duration by 600 total seconds, reduce the charge cooldown of Rock-It! Turret by 3 seconds.

ARK Reaktor
Reduces Xplodium Charge's cooldown by 2 seconds. If Xplodium Charge hits an enemy Hero, gain 2 charges of Rock-It! Turret.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Enemy Minions that die nearby have a 15% chance to drop Scrap.

Hired Goons
Friendly non-Boss Mercenaries near Gazlowe deal 50% more damage. Rock-it! Turrets gain 50 Armor against Minions and Mercenaries, reducing their damage taken by 50%.

Rock-It! Turret XL
Rock-It! Turrets attack up to 2 additional enemies for 60% damage.

Engine Gunk
Rock-It! Turret attacks slow enemies by 20% for 2 seconds.

Hyperfocus Coils
The mana cost of Deth Lazor is reduced by 30 and it charges twice as fast.

Robo-Goblin
Activate to gain 30 Armor and 30% Movement Speed for 4 seconds. Passive: Basic Attacks deal 100% bonus damage.

Grav-o-bomb 3000
Cooldown: 110 seconds After a 2 second delay, pull enemies toward the center of an area and deal 261 (+4% per level) damage.

EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper
Deth Lazor slows Heroes by 50% and freezes non-Heroes for 3 seconds.

Goblin Fusion
Deth Lazor can be charged for 1 additional second to increase its damage bonus by an additional 100%.

X-Tra Large Bombs
Increases Xplodium Charge radius by 30%. Being stunned or rooted causes an Xplodium Charge to drop at Gazlowe's feet. This effect has a 10 second cooldown.

Turret Storage
Increases Rock-It! Turret maximum charges from 2 to 3.

Superior Schematics
Gazlowe's Rock-It! Turrets have 25% increased range while he is within their attack range.

Kwik Release Charge
Xplodium Charge gains a second charge.

Mecha-Lord
Basic Attacks deal an additional 100% damage. Passive: Gain 25 Armor.

Miniature Black Hole
Increases Grav-O-Bomb radius by 25% and damage by 50%.

Firin' Mah Lazorz
Firing Deth Lazor causes all of Gazlowe's Rock-It! Turrets to fire a Deth Lazor of their own that deals 142 (+4% per level) damage.

It's Raining Scrap
Cooldown: 60 seconds Activate to create 5 Scrap around Gazlowe over 5 seconds.

Strategy and Role

Gazlowe is great at space control. Using his Rock-It! Turret and Xplodium Charge he is able to zone enemy heroes while dealing damage with the turrets. To take full advantage of this in a team fight it does take a bit of foresight, however. He can also be used in a team to set up a great combo if Grav-O-Bomb 3000 is selected as his Heroic Ability. Another great usage of Gazlowe is soloing mercs, or the boss; he is also particularly skillful at pushing a lane solo. The trick with playing Gazlowe can be learning when it is appropriate to go after mercs, while still being able to get set up for a successful team fight. While Gazlowe can very successfully push a lane solo and do a great amount of siege damage, it is important as a Gazlowe player to not overlook your role in a team fight, and to have the map awareness to sense when you should be leaving the lanes or mercs and heading to the team fight.

Lore

Upon first glance, few would think of the diminutive Gazlowe as a fighter, but what he lacks in height, he more than makes up for in mechanical cunning. The newest mechanical exoskeleton he's been working on for example is an especially effective war machine—when it's working.

Lore connections to other heroes

• Refounder of the Orc Horde with Thrall, Rexxar, Chen, Samuro

Balance Updates

Patch Changes
Patch	Changes
May 12 2015	Promote - Buff duration increased from 15 to 30 seconds. Rock-it! Turret (Q) - Mana cost decreased from 70 to 60. Rock-It! Turret XL (Talent) - Now acquires targets in a cone rather than a circle. Turret Storage (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13. Maximum Turret charges reduced from 4 to 3. Long-Ranged Turrets (Talent) - Turret attack range bonus increased from 25% to 40%. Deth Lazor (W): Damage gained per level reduced from 14 to 12. Mana cost decreased from 75 to 60. Cooldown decreased from 15 to 12 seconds, and now begins once Deth Lazor is fired. Damage now increases at 1.5 second, rather than 2 second, intervals while channeling, and reaches maximum damage at 3 seconds. Maximum channel time decreased from 8 to 6 seconds. Goblin Fusion (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 4. Damage bonus reduced from 50% to 25%. EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper (Talent) - Slow amount increased from 35% to 40%. Xplodium Charge (E) - Mana cost increased from 60 to 70. Kwik Release Charge (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 16.
June 30 2015	Promote - Minions no longer gain 300% increased Health and 100% increased damage. Instead, the targeted Minion now takes 75% reduced damage from non-Heroic targets, and deals 100% bonus damage to non-Heroic targets. Regeneration Master - Initial +4.0 Health Regeneration removed. Each Health Globe now grants +1.5 Health Regeneration