Falstad

Falstad Wildhammer, the Wildhammer Thane, is a Ranged Assassin Hero from the Warcraft universe. He is the High Thane of the and a founding member of the  that now presides over. Despite wild speculation, Falstad has never been dead and anyone who claims such is a liar.

Falstad is an Assassin who can fly large distances, excelling on large battlegrounds.

Background
first gained notoriety as the leader of a group of gryphon riders that patrolled 's shores against dragons after the, earning him the name Falstad Dragonreaver. Despite his skill against the giant creatures, Falstad is also one of the most respected humanoids alive in the eyes of the due to his participation in the mission to rescue Alexstrasza from the  at the fortress of.

Following the presumed death or retirement of High Thane of the Wildhammer clan, Falstad became the new High Thane. Ruling from his seat at in the, Falstad had officially maintained neutrality in the war between the  and , despite his leanings towards the latter. This allowed the Wildhammers to avoid open hostilities with the, though isolated skirmishes were not necessarily rare occurrences in the Hinterlands due to limited territory and the natural animosity between the two races. This neutrality would prove to be short lived. With the Revantusk trolls to the east and the only a short distance to the northwest, as well as the growing threat of the, Falstad found himself squeezed from three sides and worked to rebuild the relationship between the Wildhammers and the Alliance.

When, King of Ironforge and head of the fell prey to a , a council with a representative from each major dwarven clan was formed to succeed him. Falstad, representing the Wildhammer clan, now rules alongside Moira Thaurissan of the and Muradin Bronzebeard, King Magni's brother.

Falstad's gryphon mount,, is a minor character from the leveling zone. Said to be the mightiest gryphon living in the Wildhammer dwarven capital of, Swiftwing has a mate, , and a son,. Saving Sharpbeak from capture by the Vilebranch forest troll tribe was the focus of a quest in Vanilla WoW, but other than that Swiftwing has no other involvement with the plot.

Gameplay
Falstad is a versatile and flexible ranged damage dealer. His strong points are his solid single-target DPS, extreme on-demand area of effect ranged burst damage, and global mobility. However, his relative fragility makes him a high priority target.

Strengths

 * Flight offers global map control
 * Solid single-target damage output
 * On-demand burst damage
 * Strong in all phases of the game

Weaknesses

 * Extremely dependent on good positioning
 * Low base Health and weak to dive
 * Vulnerable to crowd control
 * Lengthy Ability Cooldowns

Abilities

 * See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.

Trivia

 * Gryphon riders first appeared in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (December 1995). Falstad first appeared in the novel  (February 2001).
 * His first game appearance was three years later, in World of Warcraft (November 2004).
 * Falstad is voiced by Michael Sorich.
 * Falstad was one of the 18 heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
 * Falstad is the only Dwarven Ranged Assassin hero in the game.
 * He is also the first and only mounted hero in the game.
 * Falstad was original designed to be "Broody the Broodlord" and could passively fly over terrain. Both was changed during development.