Wisp

[e][h] Wisp

Unit Information

Built From:

Tree of Life

Cost:

 60  14  1

Hotkey:

W

Hit Points:

120

HP Regeneration:

0.5 at Night

Armor:

0 (0)

Race:

Nightelf

Classification:

• Peon

Sleeps:

no

Formation Rank:

4

Sight:

1000 / 750

Level:

1

Selection Priorty:

1

Movement

Speed:

270

Turn Rate:

0.6

Move Type:

hover

Collision Size:

16

Cargo Size:

1

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Wisps are ancient spirits of nature that inhabit the forestlands of Kalimdor. Legends say that Wisps are actually the disembodied spirits of the Night Elves themselves, but these rumors have yet to be proven. The Wisps act in unison with the Night Elves and serve to strengthen the demigod like trees known as the Ancients. Beckoned by the Night Elves, Wisps are capable of animating various trees and expanding themselves into rough-hewn structures of living wood and stone.

Wisps do not have an attack so it is best to run away when attacked. While Wisps do not have an attack and may appear weak, they can kill the most powerful Demon in large numbers.

To mine Gold Wisps must be placed inside an Entangled Gold Mine. They cannot mine Gold from a Gold Mine until it is entangled.

Wisps are useful in battle to repair mechanical units or as a last resort to cast Detonate.

Wisps do not use up trees when they harvest which gives Night Elves the advantage of not having to seek out additional Lumber.

Because Wisps do not use up Lumber, you may find it useful to hide Wisps away from your town where the enemy is unlikely to look. If the enemy attacks your main town they won't be able to attack those Wisps harvesting Lumber.

If an Ancient is destroyed while a Wisp is constructing it, the Wisp will also be killed. If a Wisp is creating a non Ancient building such as a Moon Well it will survive if the building is destroyed while it is being constructed.

Use Wisps around the map to scout. Place several a bit outside of your town at the start of the game to watch for offensive towering. Using this method the enemy will often start building towers in your line of sight. Your Wisps will alert you to the towers because the enemy expects your town to be much further inland. The Wisps are great scouts because they can harvest Lumber while they are watching an area.

Place a Wisp in an enemy Night Elf Town. Sometimes the enemy won't even see them giving you a look into their town. This won't work against good players however.

Spell and Abilities

Detonate
	Cast Type : Active  Ability Type:  Magical Target Type : Area Target Destroys the Wisp, dispelling all magical buffs and draining 40 mana from each unit in an area around the Wisp. 225 damage to summoned units.
Range : 100 Targets Allowed : Air, Ground, Ward, Invulnerable, Vulnerable, Tree Area of Effect : 300 Damage to summons : 225 Mana Loss : 40 Notes : Since Patch 1.25b Detonate no longer drains mana from invulnerable units. The dispelling effect still affects invulnerable units. Hotkey : D

Renew
	Cast Type : Autocast Target Type : Unit Target Renews friendly Night Elf buildings, allied buildings, and friendly mechanical units.
Range : 50 Targets Allowed : Mechanical, Friend, Ground, Air, Structure, Invulnerable, Vulnerable Repair Cost Ratio : 0.35 Repair Time Ratio : 1.5 Hotkey : R

Gather
	Cast Type : Active Target Type : Unit Target Mines gold from Entangled Gold Mines and harvests lumber from trees.
Gold Per Interval : 10 Gold Interval : 5 seconds Lumber per Interval : 5 Lumber Interval : 8 seconds Hotkey : G

Upgrades

Ultravision

Gives Night Elves the ability to see as far at night as they do during the day. Researched at : Hunter's Hall  Hotkey : U  Cost : 50 50  Research Time:  45 Requires : Tree of Ages

Version History

Balance Patch History
Version	Release	Balance Changes
1.32.9	2020-10-21	Wisp Mana drained on Detonate reduced from 50 to 40.
1.25b	2011-03-08	Wisps Detonate ability will no longer drain mana from Heroes while under the effects of Potion of Invulnerability.
1.17	2004-09-20	Harvesting, building, and repairing workers are the only units left behind by a teleport. Repairing an upgrading building now uses the repair time and cost of the original building.
1.15	2004-05-10	Fixed an issue that allowed Banished worker units to build, Repair, and harvest. Note that Detonate and Unsummon will remain unaffected by Banish since they're considered "magical".
1.13	2003-12-16	Detonate mana drain reduced to 50 from 100.
1.10	2003-07-03	Undead Acolytes and Night Elf Wisps that are rallied to an incomplete Entangled or Haunted Gold Mine will now automatically begin to mine once the structure is completed.
1.03	2002-10-09	Detonate now does 225 damage against summoned creatures, up from 150. Wisp's sight radius increased by 25%.

References

http://classic.battle.net/war3/nightelf/units/wisp.shtml