Ancient of Wind

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[e][h]Night Elf Ancient of Wind
Building Information
Cost:
 150 15}px 140  60
0.5 at Night
2 (3)
Requirements:
Built From::
Wisp
0
Sleeps:
no
Formation Rank:
4
900 / 600
Acquisition Range:
500
Selection Priorty:
3
Uprooted Movement
40 (80)
Turn Rate:
0.4
Move Type:
foot
Collision Size:
144
Cargo Size:
0
Pathing Map
Icon
Combat
Requirement:
Rooted
Uprooted
38 - 47
38 - 47
128
128
normal
normal
2.5
2.5
  • ground
  • structure
  • debris
  • item
  • ward
  • ground
  • structure
  • debris
  • item
  • ward

Keeper of aerial assault units and spellcasters. Trains Hippogryphs, Druids of the Talon, and Faerie Dragons. Also contains the upgrades for Druids of the Talon and Mark of the Talon.

Attacks land units.

Spells & Abilities[edit]

Blight Dispel Small
Cast Type : Passive
Target Type : No Target
Removes nearby Blight once the building finishes construction.
Area of Effect : 768
Notes : Only blight that was created by buildings and has no source buildings nearby can be removed with this ability.
Eat Tree
Cast Type : Active  Ability Type:  Physical
Target Type : Tree Target
Consume a tree to restore 500 hit points over 30 seconds.
Targets Allowed : Tree
Duration : 30 s
Hit Points Restored : 500
Hotkey : E
Uproot
Cast Type : Active  Ability Type:  Physical
Target Type : No Target
Allows the Ancient to pull itself up out of the ground so that it can move and engage units in melee combat. Also gives the Ancient Heavy armor.
Animation Duration : 2.5 seconds
Hotkey : R

Upgrades[edit]

Nature's Blessing
Upgrades all Ancients' and Treants' movement speed and armor.
Researched at : Tree of Life
 Hotkey : N
Cost : 150 200  Research Time:  60
Requires : Tree of Ages
Armor Bonus : 2 for Ancient Protectors, 5 for other Ancients and Treants.
Movement Bonus : 50 movement for Treants, 40 for Ancients.

Version History[edit]

Balance Patch History
VersionReleaseBalance Changes
1.36.12023-11-20
1.32.62020-06-02
1.30.22018-11-30
1.30.02018-08-08
1.132003-12-16
  • Neutral Eating trees now heals 500 hit points over 30 seconds, up from 200 hit points over 10 seconds.
1.062003-06-03
  • Neutral Ancients temporarily lose their fortified armor when they uproot, becoming medium armor units.
1.032002-10-09
  • Neutral Eating trees now gives a constant, non-stacking healing effect for 10 seconds.
1.10
  • Buff Ancients now attack while rooted.