E.T.C.

Elite Tauren Chieftain (E.T.C.), the Rock God, is a melee Tank Hero from the Warcraft universe. The Power of the Horde incarnated by brutal rhythms and blistering guitar riffs into the form of the most elite Tauren chieftain to ever headbang across the surface of Azeroth. Don't bother putting on socks. He's just going to rock them off anyways.

E.T.C. is a Tank who supplies his team with a good bit of utility.

Background
(abbreviated as ETC) is an American band comprised of employees of Blizzard Entertainment. The band's virtual alter ego, The Tauren Chieftains, appear in  as a band comprised of members of the, and retain the logo used by the Level 70 Elite incarnation of the real-life band. Their gimmick revolves around writing content that is based on mainly subjects related to the Warcraft universe, though they have more recently extended into StarCraft and Diablo lore as well. The band debuted in 2003 with their first song, "", which was featured in the credits of .

ETC, as he appears in Heroes of the Storm, is the mascot of that band.

Abilities

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

Trivia

 * The tauren made their debut in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (July 2002).
 * E.T.C. represents the Blizzard band . In earlier versions of Heroes of the Storm, L80ETC was present instead.
 * E.T.C. is voiced by Jess Harnell.
 * E.T.C. was one of the 18 heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
 * Many of E.T.C.'s quotes reference various rock and metal bands and their songs.
 * The guitars E.T.C. carries on his back reference the deceased guitar legends Dimebag Darrell, guitarist of Pantera, and Randy Rhoads, guitarist of Ozzy Osbourne.
 * E.T.C.'s pink goatee is also a reference to Dimebag Darrell.
 * Black Metal E.T.C.'s face paint may be a reference to the rock band KISS, the black metal music genre, and/or the tauren.
 * Glam Metal E.T.C. carries a guitar styled after one used by Prince.
 * Guitar Solo's icon depicts a mashup of Prince's Love Symbol and the Horde's logo.
 * One of E.T.C.'s old talents, Rolling Like a Stone, references the popular English rock band The Rolling Stones.
 * Another one of his talents, Pinball Wizard, references a song by the popular English rock band The Who.