Sonya

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[e][h]Sonya

Wandering Barbarian

Hero Information

Universe

Role

Attack
Melee

Cost:

4,000 

500 

Release Date:

March 13, 2014

Stats

Attack Range:

1.5

Attacks Per Second:

1.25

Level Changed Stats

Initial

Change/Level

Attack Damage:

92

4%

Life:

2435

4%

Life Regen:

5.08

4%

Mana:

100

N/A

Mana Regen:

N/A

N/A

Sonya, the Wandering Barbarian, is a Melee Warrior class hero in Heroes of the Storm. She resembles the female Barbarian from Diablo III (though she remained unnamed during the events of Diablo III).

Abilites

Starting Abilities

Ancient Spear
	Ability: Skillshot Affects: Enemy Throw out a spear that pulls Sonya to the first enemy hit, dealing damage and briefly stunning them. If this hits an enemy, generate 40 Fury.
Q  13 Ancient Spear damage (per level):  180 (+4%)

Seismic Slam
	Ability: Target Affects: Enemy Deals damage to the target enemy, and to enemies behind the target.
W  25 1 Seismic Slam primary damage (per level): Seismic Slam area damage (per level):   183 (+4%)  46 (+4%)

Whirlwind
	Ability: Area of Effect Affects: Enemies Deals damage to nearby enemies over 3 seconds, and heals for 25% of damage dealt. Healing tripled versus Heroes.
E  40 4 Whirlwind damage (per level):  459 (+4%)

Heroic Abilities

Leap
	Ability: Area of Effect Affects: Enemies Leap into the air, dealing damage to nearby enemies, and stunning them for 1.25 seconds.
R  70 Leap damage (per level):  140 (+4%)

Wrath of the Berserker
	Ability: Buff Affects: Self Increase damage dealt by 40%. Reduce the duration of stuns, slows, and roots against Sonya by 50%. Lasts 15 seconds, and extends by 1 second for every 10 Fury gained.
R  60

Combat Trait

Fury
	Ability: Passive Affects: Self Use Fury instead of Mana, which is gained by taking or dealing damage. Using a Basic or Heroic Ability grants 10% Movement Speed for 4 seconds.

Talents

Talents
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War Paint
Basic Attacks heal Sonya for 30% of the damage dealt.

Block
Every 5 seconds, gain 75 Physical Armor against the next enemy Hero Basic Attack, reducing the damage taken by 75%. Stores up to 2 charges.

Shot of Fury
Increases maximum Fury by 50. Sonya's Trait can be activated to gain 50 Fury. Usable while Whirlwinding.

Focused Attack
Every 10 seconds, your next Basic Attack against a Hero deals 60% additional damage. Basic Attacks reduce this cooldown by 1 second.

Shattered Ground
Increases Seismic Slam splash damage to 75% of primary target damage.

Hurricane
Reduces the cooldown of Whirlwind by 1 second and Whirlwind removes all slows and roots on Sonya.

Mercenary Lord
Friendly non-Boss Mercenaries near you deal 50% more damage. Reduces damage taken from Minions and Mercenaries by 50%.

Poisoned Spear
Ancient Spear deals an additional 150% damage over 6 seconds.

Composite Spear
Increases the range of Ancient Spear by 30% and increases Fury generated by 20.

Follow Through
After using an Ability, your next Basic Attack within 6 seconds deals 40% additional damage.

Ferocious Healing
Cooldown: 10 seconds Consume 20 Fury to heal 10% of Sonya's maximum Health. Usable while Whirlwinding.

Leap
Cooldown: 70 seconds Leap into the air, dealing 140 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies, and stunning them for 1.25 seconds.

Wrath of the Berserker
Cooldown: 60 seconds Increase damage dealt by 40%. Reduce the duration of stuns, slows, and roots against Sonya by 50%. Lasts 15 seconds, and extends by 1 second for every 10 Fury gained.

Life Funnel
Increases the healing of Whirlwind to 35%, tripled versus Heroes.

Aftershock
Using Seismic Slam reduces its Fury cost by 50% for 2 seconds.

Mystical Spear
Reduces the cooldown of Ancient Spear by 3 seconds. Sonya is pulled to the target location even if an enemy isn't hit.

Spell Shield
Every 30 seconds, gain 50 Spell Armor against the next enemy Ability and subsequent Abilities for 1.5 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 50%. Can be toggled to allow or prevent this talent from triggering automatically.

Furious Blow
Increases Seismic Slam damage by 50%, but costs 40 Fury.

No Escape
Increases the Movement Speed bonus from using Basic and Heroic Abilities to 25%.

Imposing Presence
Cooldown: 20 seconds Heroes and Summons that attack you have their Attack Speed slowed by 20% for 2.5 seconds. Activate to slow the Attack Speed by 50% and Movement Speed by 20% of nearby Heroes and Summons for 2.5 seconds.

Nerves of Steel
Cooldown: 70 seconds Activate to gain 30% of your maximum Health as a Shield for 5 seconds. Usable while Whirlwinding.

Arreat Crater
Leap leaves behind an impassable crater for 5 seconds. Reduces Leap's cooldown by 20 seconds.

Anger Management
Increases all Fury generated during Wrath of the Berserker by 100%.

Nexus Blades
Basic Attacks deal 20% more damage and slow enemy Movement Speed by 20% for 1 second.

Ignore Pain
Cooldown: 60 seconds Activate to gain 75 Armor for 4 seconds, taking 75% less damage. Usable while Whirlwinding.

Lore

From the frozen Dreadlands of the north come the mighty Barbarian warriors. After surviving the destruction of her home and death of her tribe, Sonya wanders Sanctuary in search of battle and a better life for her people.

Lore connections to other heroes

• Fellow Nephalem of Valla, Nazeebo, Johanna, Li-Ming, and Kharazim
• Enemy of Diablo, Azmodan, The Butcher, and Leoric
• Ally of Tyrael

Balance Updates

Patch Changes
Patch	Changes
May 12 2015	Focused Attack - Bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from 50% to 75%
June 30 2015	*Spell Shield - Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds