Jaina

 Jaina Proudmoore, the Archmage, is a Ranged Assassin Hero from the Warcraft universe. She is a master spellcaster, trained by the legendary Archmage himself. Brilliant, courageous, and wise, it was Jaina who led the survivors of the to safety. But don’t mistake her graciousness for weakness, or she will gladly demonstrate to you the folly of picking a fight with a sorceress.

Jaina is a frost mage who can slow the entire enemy team.

Background
The daughter of - the king of the coastal kingdom of  and grand admiral of the  during the  and her mother  - the queen of the coastal kingdom of Kul Tiras and sister of  and  - the two princes of the coastal kingdom of Kul Tiras - Princess  was a brilliant student of the ways of magic from childhood. She first studied under Antonidas, the archmage who led the Kirin Tor, a council of magi living and working in the mystic city of. During her early adulthood, Jaina struggled to prevent the spreading of a mysterious plague of undeath that would initiate the Third War and send her longtime friend and romantic interest, Prince Arthas Menethil, down a path of unmitigated darkness. As the war escalated, Jaina gained the trust of Thrall, the warchief of the reformed, and became a key player in uniting the races of to work together and stop the.

At the war's end, Jaina governed Theramore Isle, focusing her efforts on improving Horde-Alliance relations. She was an assiduous peacemaker, particularly during the, when she struggled to defuse tensions between Garrosh Hellscream and Varian Wrynn, and then tried to appeal to the humanity of Prince Arthas after he had truly become the Lich King. Jaina's stance on peace changed when Garrosh Hellscream, who'd become warchief of the Horde in Thrall's absence, obliterated Theramore with a.

Gameplay
Jaina is combo-oriented Ranged Assassin with outstanding Area of Effect crowd control and burst damage potential. Befitting her Frost Mage theme, her trait Frostbite passively causes Jaina's Abilities to also affect their targets with Chill, Slowing them and causing any Ability that hits an enemy already afflicted by Chill to deal increased damage. Chill affects all entities in the game for the purpose of inflicting bonus damage. This allows for easy-to-pick-up burst mage gameplay, but plenty of depth to her kit in the way she can engage enemies.

Strengths

 * Outstanding burst damage
 * All Abilities apply a strong Slowing effect on hit
 * Excellent waveclear

Weaknesses

 * Very fragile, especially to Melee Assassins
 * Long Cooldowns that must be managed with care
 * Limited mobility

Abilities

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

Trivia

 * Jaina was mentioned in (February 2001 novel), and made her first appearance in  (July 2002 game).
 * Her first book debut nearly three and a half years later, in (February 2006),
 * Jaina is voiced by Laura Bailey. In Warcraft III, she was voiced by Carrie Gordon Lowrey.
 * Jaina was one of the heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2014.
 * When it came to including Jaina, the art team looked at her ' version, then combined elements from her ' form.
 * One of Jaina's gag quotes is a reference to Raven from Teen Titans (July 2003), who uses the incantation "Azarath Metrion Zinthos".
 * Jaina's gag quote "Do you believe in magic in young girl's heart? Because you're encased in ice, so you probably should start" is a reference to The Lovin' Spoonful song "Do You Believe in Magic".
 * Jaina's gag quote "I put a spell on you because you're mine" is a reference to the song "I Put a Spell on You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
 * Jaina's gag quote "Let's just be clear, these aren't magic tricks, they are illusions, tricks are something you do during Hollow's End for candy" is a reference to a Gob Bluth quote from the TV show Arrested Development (November 2003).
 * Whenever Jaina kills a Jaina from the opposing team, she will say "The cold never bothered me anyway" which is taken from the song "Let It Go" from Disney's Frozen (November 2013).
 * One of her gag quotes also refers to the movie. "By the way, if you're holding on for a Frozen reference, just let it go... Oh no, what have I done?!"
 * Jaina's old level 16 talent, Snow Crash, was a reference to the novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
 * Jaina's level 20 talent, Wintermute, is a reference to the AI Wintermute in William Gibson's book Neuromancer (July 1984).