Mount

Mounts are a gameplay mechanic which enables Heroes to move quickly through the Battleground. Players choose their Hero's mount before entering the game, and can assign different mounts to different Heroes. There are different types of mounts in the game, with the Horse and Battle Beast mounts being free mounts which are available to players from the start, and other mounts being available either by purchase from the store or by promotional means. Different mounts, however, do not provide any mechanical changes and are purely cosmetic.

A few non-humanoid Heroes cannot use standard mounts and are restricted to hovering mounts, including Alarak, Azmodan, Zagara, Fenix, and Anub'arak.

Ragnaros, Kel'thuzad and Mephisto are limited to use their one Hero specific mount that functions the same as a regular mount.

Gameplay


Heroes mount by pressing the Z key, causing them to channel in place for 1 second. They begin riding their mount afterward. While mounted, Heroes receive a 30% boost to their Movement Speed, which allows them to cross the Battleground or get to objectives quickly; however, taking damage, attacking, or using most Abilities will dismount immediately, preventing the use of mounts in combat. Many active Traits, such as Azmodan's Demon Lieutenant or Gul'dan's Life Tap, and some Abilities, especially toggle abilities like Fenix's Weapon Mode, are exceptions to this rule and do not dismount the Hero on use. Dismounting when a hero is successfully mounted places mount on a 4 second cooldown. Mounting is instant and has no cooldown as long as the hero remains in the Hall of Storms.

Special Mounts
Some Heroes have their mount button function changed. They cannot use any standard mounts (except D.Va, who uses a regular mount while in Pilot Mode).
 * Abathur's "Deep Tunnel" lets him channel to tunnel to any visible location.
 * Brightwing's "Phase Shift" lets her channel to teleport to any allied Hero, healing them on arrival.
 * D.Va's "Mechanized Walker" passively lets her attack while moving but reduces her Movement Speed while attacking or channeling an ability. In Pilot mode, she uses a regular mount.
 * Deathwing's "Dragonflight" lets him channel to fly off the map, recovering lost Health and Armor Plates while flying, and can be reactivated to land in any visible location.
 * Dehaka's "Brushstalker" lets him channel to tunnel to any Bush on the battlefield, and also increases his movement speed whenever he enters one.
 * Falstad's "Flight" lets him channel to fly to a target location within a large range.
 * Gall's "Shove" lets him shove Cho a short distance and grants a brief Movement Speed boost.
 * The Lost Vikings' "Go Go Go!" temporarily increases the speed of every Viking.
 * Lúcio's "Wall Ride" passively increases his Movement Speed while riding on terrain.
 * Lunara's "Dryad's Swiftness" passively increases her Movement Speed at all times.
 * Medivh's "Raven Form" makes him Invulnerable and able to pass over terrain.
 * Probius' "Worker Rush" passively increases his Movement Speed and can be activated to further boost it, but the bonus is lost if he takes damage.
 * Rehgar's "Ghost Wolf" has an instant cast time, cannot be canceled (dismounted) by damage, and also makes his Basic Attack lunge at the target, dealing bonus damage.
 * Sgt. Hammer's "Thrusters" temporarily increases her Movement Speed by a large amount.

Mount-related Talents

 * Cassia's level 13 "War Traveler" makes mounting instant while Avoidance is fully charged.
 * Genji's level 1 "Agile Dismount" increases the range and lowers the cooldown of Cyber Agility while mounted.
 * Hanzo's level 13 "Mounted Archery" grants 25% Movement Speed for 3 seconds when mounting and causes Natural Agility to instantly mount him.
 * Johanna's level 7 "Steed Charge" can be activated to instantly mount and make it unbreakable by damage for 3 seconds.
 * Junkrat's level 20 "I Hate Waiting!" permanently replaces his mount with a rocket that moves at 150% speed, but increases his mount cooldown to 8 seconds.
 * Malthael's level 1 "On a Pale Horse" increases mount speed by 20%.
 * Raynor's level 13 "Giddy-Up" increases mount speed by 10%.
 * Yrel's level 7 "Divine Steed" makes her mount instant and grants 60% bonus movement speed, decaying over 3 seconds, when mounting.

=Mounts=

Skin-specific mounts
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 * Bat Form
 * Useable by Crimson Count Arthas.
 * Marquis Arthas was never one for intensive study. It is little wonder, then, that his mastery over the power of transformation is somewhat... incomplete. Still, it makes for a fearsome visage.
 * Marquis Arthas was never one for intensive study. It is little wonder, then, that his mastery over the power of transformation is somewhat... incomplete. Still, it makes for a fearsome visage.

=See also=
 * Hearthstone

=References=

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