Sylvanas

Sylvanas Windrunner, The Banshee Queen, is a Ranged Assassin Hero from the Warcraft universe. She was not always the Dark Lady of the Forsaken. In another life, Sylvanas was the Ranger-General of Silvermoon. But that was before the death knight Arthas slew her and her people and raised her as the first banshee.

Sylvanas is an Assassin who can shut down enemy Forts and Keeps.

Background
As the Queen of the Undead Forsaken, seeks a higher purpose for a people who have already died once.

Sylvanas was once the ranger-general of Silvermoon, a commander charged with defending the elven kingdom of. She perished during the Third War, when her homeland was ravaged by Arthas Menethil and the undead, but her death was not the end. Cruelly, Arthas ripped her soul from her body, subjugating her as a banshee, a hate-filled agent of the Scourge. When the Lich King was weakened by an assault from Illidan Stormrage, Sylvanas and other willful undead broke free from his control and built a new home beneath the fallen kingdom of Lordaeron. They called themselves the Forsaken, and vowed to exterminate the Lich King at all costs.

After fighting for their right to join the Horde, Sylvanas led her "people" to the continent of Northrend to destroy the Lich King. Before they could succeed, an uprising among the Forsaken killed members of the Horde and Alliance, casting a shadow of mistrust over Sylvanas. She came to dwell on the Forsaken's dim prospects for the future; they were despised and unable to procreate. Ultimately, the Banshee Queen made a pact with the, nightmarish creatures capable of creating more undead, to give the Forsaken a chance to persist on Azeroth.

Gameplay
Sylvanas is a mobile Ranged Assassin with very high sustained damage and waveclear. Her mobility and the long range and instantaneous nature of her Abilities makes her a very safe Hero that is difficult to shut down. Sylvanas also boasts extremely strong utility in her unique ability to stun most Structures, Minions, and Mercenaries (save for Bosses and Cores).

Strengths

 * High sustained damage
 * Powerful waveclear
 * Able to stun most Structures, Minions, and Mercenaries
 * Very mobile, with a strong gap-closer

Weaknesses

 * Low maximum Health and weak against burst damage
 * Highly vulnerable to Crowd Control
 * Rather weak early game
 * Less effective in teamfights

Abilities

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

Trivia

 * Sylvanas first appeared in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (July 2002).
 * Her book debut was five years later, in (August 2007).
 * Piera Coppola voiced Sylvanas in Warcraft III. Patty Mattson voices Sylvanas in World of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm.
 * She was under consideration for inclusion as early as 2011.
 * Sylvanas was one of the heroes announced at BlizzCon 2014.
 * Woodland Sylvanas may have been inspired by the disguise Oliver Queen wore in the first season of Arrow (October 2012).
 * One of Sylvanas' gag quotes references her signature song, the . This music is played when Sylvanas uses her ultimate, "Mind Control".