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Heroes of the Storm Reveals Dehaka

by Jaime Skelton
@jaimeskelton

NEWS

Mar 16, 2016

Heroes of the Storm has confirmed that Dehaka, from the StarCraft universe, will be the 50th hero entering the Nexus.

Dehaka plays the role of a melee warrior and has a unique mount feature with a zerg-based kit. Find out more with the abilities and screenshots below.

Mount

Brushstalker (Z)
- You cannot use Mounts. Instead, you may burrow to any bush or vent on the Battleground. 40 second cooldown

Trait

Essence Collection (D)
- You collect 10 Essence per Hero Takedown, and 2 per enemy Minion killed nearby, storing up to a maximum of 50 Essence.
- Activate to consume all stored Essence and regenerate Health over the next 5 seconds for each stack consumed.
- Can be cast during Drag and Burrow.

Basic Abilities

Drag (Q)
- Lash out with your tongue, dealing light damage to the first enemy hit, and dragging them with you for 1.75 seconds.
Dark Swarm (W)
- Over the next three seconds, you gain the ability to move through units and deal damage in an area around yourself. Deals double damage to Heroes.
- Can be cast during Drag and Burrow.
Burrow (E)
- Burrow into the ground, entering Stasis and becoming Invulnerable for 2 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

Isolation (R)
- Launch biomass that deals damage, silences, and slows the first enemy Hero it hits by 30% for 3 seconds. For the next 6 seconds, the affected enemy loses sight of allied Heroes, and has greatly reduced vision.
Adaptation (R)
- After a 5 second delay, 60% of all damage taken during this time will be returned to you as Health.