Sylvanas

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[e][h]Sylvanas

The Banshee Queen

Hero Information

Universe

Role

Attack
Ranged

Cost:

10,000 

Release Date:

March 24, 2015

Stats

Attack Range:

5.5

Attacks Per Second:

1.67

Level Changed Stats

Initial

Change/Level

Attack Damage:

88

4%

Life:

1514

4%

Life Regen:

3.15

4%

Mana:

500

10

Mana Regen:

3

0.098

Sylvanas Windrunner, The Banshee Queen, is a Ranged Specialist class hero in Heroes of the Storm.

Abilites

Starting Abilities

Withering Fire
	Ability: Damage Affects: Enemy Shoot the closest enemy for damage, preferring Heroes. Stores 5 charges. Gain 1 charge on nearby enemy Minion or Mercenary deaths, and 3 charges on nearby enemy Hero deaths.
Q  2 Withering Fire damage (per level):  50 (+4%)

Shadow Dagger
	Ability: Target Affects: Enemies Deals damage and an additional damage over 2 seconds to target unit. The effect spreads to nearby targets.
W  75 10 Shadow Dagger Initial damage (per level): Shadow Dagger damage over time (per level):   38 (+4%)   154 (+4%)

Haunting Wave
	Ability: Area of Effect/Teleport Affects: Enemies/Self Send forth a wave of banshees dealing damage to all targets. Reactivate to teleport to the banshees' location.
E  75 11 Haunting Wave damage (per level):  119 (+4%)

Heroics Abilities

Wailing Arrow
	Ability: Skillshot Affects: Enemies Shoot an arrow that can be reactivated to deal damage and silence enemies in an area making them unable to use Abilities for 2.5 seconds. The arrow detonates automatically if it reaches maximum range.
R  100 90 Wailing Arrow damage (per level):  237 (+4%)

Mind Control
	Ability: Target Affects: Enemy After a 1 second cast, take control of an enemy Hero's movement and prevent them from doing anything else. Channel lasts 2.5 seconds.
R  75 60

Combat Trait

Black Arrows
	Ability: Passive Affects: Enemies Basic Attacks and Abilities stun Minions, Mercenaries, and Structures for 1 second.

Talents

Talents
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Overflowing Quiver
When a nearby enemy Minion dies, a free Withering Fire is shot. This cannot hit Heroes.

Dreadful Wake
Increases the effect of Black Arrow on Minions and Mercenaries to 7 seconds. Restores 5 Mana per Minion or Mercenary hit.

Mercenary Queen
Friendly non-Boss Mercenaries near you deal 50% more damage.

Withering Barrage
Increase Withering Fire charges by 1. Charges can be fired 33% faster.

With the Wind
Increases Withering Fire's range by 25%.

Lost Soul
Reduce Shadow Dagger's cooldown by 1.25 seconds each time it spreads to a Hero.

Barbed Shot
Withering Fire deals 200% bonus damage to Minions, Mercenaries, and Monsters.

Unstable Poison
Minions that die under the effects of Black Arrows explode, dealing 120 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies. Does not damage Heroes or Structures.

Possession
Cooldown: 8 seconds Force an enemy Minion to fight for Sylvanas's team. Stores up to 3 charges.

Wailing Arrow
Cooldown: 90 seconds Shoot an arrow that can be reactivated to deal 237 (+4% per level) damage and silence enemies in an area making them unable to use Abilities for 2.5 seconds. The arrow detonates automatically if it reaches maximum range.

Mind Control
Cooldown: 60 seconds After a 1 second cast, take control of an enemy Hero's movement and prevent them from doing anything else. Channel lasts 2.5 seconds.

Life Drain
Shadow Dagger heals you for 38 (+4% per level) each time it spreads to an enemy.

Windrunner
Teleporting with Haunting Wave fully recharges your Withering Fire. Haunting Wave can be cast a second time for free within 5 seconds after teleporting.

Will of the Forsaken
Cooldown: 60 seconds Activate to become Unstoppable and gain 40% Movement Speed for 3 seconds.

Spell Shield
Every 30 seconds, gain 50 Spell Armor against the next enemy Ability and subsequent Abilities for 3 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 50%. Can be toggled to allow or prevent this talent from triggering automatically.

Evasive Fire
When you hit an enemy with Withering Fire, gain 10% Movement Speed for 2 seconds, stacking up to 30%.

Cold Embrace
Shadow Dagger lowers the Armor of the initial enemy by 25 for 2 seconds, causing them to take 25% more damage.

Overwhelming Affliction
Black Arrows now also applies to Heroes, slowing their Movement Speed by 6% for the duration. Stacks up to 5 times.

Remorseless
After using an Ability, your next Basic Attack within 3 seconds deals 40% additional damage.

Deafening Blast
Enemies at the center of Wailing Arrow's explosion take 50% more damage and are silenced for twice as long.

Dark Lady's Call
Mind Controlled enemies gain 100% Movement Speed for the duration.

Fury of the Storm
Every 5 seconds, your next Basic Attack will deal an additional 95 (+4% per level) damage to the target, and 237 (+4% per level) damage to all nearby Minions, Mercenaries, and Monsters.

Bolt of the Storm
Cooldown: 70 seconds Activate to teleport to a nearby location.

Lore

As ranger-general of Silvermoon, it was Sylvanas Windrunner's sworn duty to defend her home against all who would threaten Quel'thalas. She was an accomplished commander and a deadly archer, yet even Sylvanas could not stop the Scourge. Denying her a clean death, the Death Knight Arthas turned Sylvanas into a banshee. After Sylvanas regained her freedom, the Dark Lady rose to power as the Banshee Queen of the Forsaken undead. In the Nexus, Sylvanas haunts the battlefield, raining death on her opponents from afar and using her dark powers to twist and torment her enemies.

Lore connections to other heroes

• Turned into a Banshee by Arthas
• Is generally against Jaina as she leads the Alliance
• Archenemy of Genn Greymane

Balance Updates

Patch Changes
Patch	Changes
May 12 2015	New Talent (Level 7): Remorseless - After using an Ability, the next Basic Attack within 3 seconds deals 25% additional damage. This is a Sylvanas-specific replacement for the Follow Through Talent.
June 30 2015	Blood for Blood no longer slows the target, damage decreased from 15% damage to 10%, and heal amount increased from 100% to 200% of damage dealt. Envenom duration increased from 5 to 10 seconds, but damage has not been changed Spell Shield - Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds Possession (R) and Dark Lady’s Call (Talent) functionality changed.