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Arthas
Arthas
Basic Info
Title The Lich King
Role Tank Tank
Difficulty Medium
Franchise Warcraft Warcraft
Price Gem625 / Money7,000
Release Date March 13, 2014
Base Stats
Attack Type Melee
Health 2860
Health Regen 5.957
Resource 500 Mana
Unit Radius 0.8125
Attack Speed 1
Attack Range 2
Attack Damage 95
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Arthas Menethil, the Lord of the Scourge, is a warrior hero from the Warcraft franchise.[1] Once the crown prince of Lordaeron, and protege of Uther the Lightbringer, Prince Arthas was corrupted by the cursed blade Frostmourne in a desperate bid to save his people. Now he rules over the damned as the Lich King and all shall know his wrath.

Arthas engages with his enemies directly, freezing and slowing them, and uses the power of Frostmourne to empower his attacks. He is a slow moving hero, capable of dealing and withstanding massive amounts of damage.

History

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Arthas Menethil was the son of Terenas Menethil II, King of Lordaeron and was the Prince of Lordaeron and Knight of the Silver Hand led by Uther the Lightbringer. He was trained as a paladin by Uther. Even though he was a promising knight, he went down a path of vengeance.

Stratholme was one of the first cities to be struck by the Plague. Upon discovering this, Arthas ordered Uther and a Kirin Tor mage by the name of Jaina Proudmoore to help him purge the city to prevent the plague from spreading further. Uther and Jaina did not follow his demands so he went on to purge the city himself which is where his downfall began. After the Culling of Stratholme, he encountered a dreadlord by the name of Mal'Ganis. Mal’Ganis and Arthas fought briefly. Then after the fight, Mal'Ganis told him to go to the frozen wastes of Northrend where he should fulfill his destiny.

Arthas then gathered an army and set sail for Northrend. While on Northrend, he went on a search for the ancient runeblade Frostmourne; as he heard it contained the power to slay Mal'Ganis. Accompanied by an old friend Muradin Bronzebeard he found the sword. Despite Muradin's warning, he took the sword which caused Muradin to go out cold, then his downfall was coming to a climax.

He searched for and found Mal’Ganis who told him that the voice he was hearing was the Lich King, but Arthas replied saying that the voice was instructing him to destroy Mal'Ganis. Mal'Ganis was very surprised and ultimately destroyed by Arthas. After the fight, he abandoned his men and wandered the frozen wastes losing every last bit of his sanity. Once Arthas returned to the Eastern Kingdoms, he killed his father King Terenas Menethil II and everyone in Lordaeron; raising them after death to add to his undead army.

With his new army, he marched through Quel'thalas where he encountered Sylvanas Windrunner. He killed her and raised her as a banshee while also destroying the High Elf capital city Silvermoon. After the destruction he caused in Azeroth he made his way to the Frozen Throne in Icecrown where he had a confrontation with Illidan Stormrage. Once Illidan was defeated, he climbed the Frozen Throne where he put on Ner'Zhul's helmet to fuse their souls, thus becoming the Lich King.

Skills

Frostmourne Hungers Active Icon
D
Frostmourne Hungers
Cooldown: 10 seconds

Activate to make Arthas's next Basic Attack strike immediately and deal 99 increased damage. Dealing damage restores 30 Mana.


Type: Bonus damage, Mana restoration
Scaling: 4.00% (damage) / - (mana)
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: No target
Properties: Attack Modifier, Primed
Cast time: Instant

  • The damage is added to Arthas's Basic Attack damage and dealt in a single instance.
  • Cooldown starts once the Ability is triggered by attacking an enemy.
Death Coil Icon
Q
Death Coil
50 Mana Cooldown: 9 seconds

Deals 164 damage to target enemy.

Can be self-cast to heal for 262 Health.


Type: Spell Damage / Healing
Scaling: 4.00% (both)
Affects: Enemies / Self
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: 0.15 + 0 seconds
Range: 6.0
Missile speed: 18
Howling Blast Icon
W
Howling Blast
70 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

Root enemies within the target area for 1.25 seconds and deals 68 damage.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point Target
Properties: Area of Effect, Root, Clamping, Self-castable
Cast time: 0.15 + 0 seconds
Range: 9.0
Radius: 2.0
Missile speed: 17
Frozen Tempest Icon
E
Frozen Tempest
Cooldown: 1 seconds

13 Mana per second
Deal 40 damage per second to nearby enemies and Slow their Movement Speed by 10% per second, stacking up to 40%. Heroes hit also have their Attack Speed Slowed by 10% per second, stacking up to 40%. Frozen Tempest's effects last for 1.5 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Status effect
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies / Enemy Heroes
Targeting: No target (toggle)
Cast time: Instant
Radius: 3.5
Tickrate: 2.0 per second
Damage per tick: 20
Slow per tick: 5%

  • Debuff can be fully removed with Invulnerable and friendly Stasis effects. Unstoppable and CC removal effects only remove the Slow and not the Attack Slow debuff.
  • Slow stacks with itself, but not with other sources of Slows.
  • Attack Slow stacks additively with itself and other effects that affect the target's Attack Speed.
Army of the Dead Icon
R
Army of the Dead
80 Mana Cooldown: 80 seconds

Summons Ghouls that last 15 seconds and attack for 20 damage. Sacrifice Ghouls to heal for 267 Health.


Type: Summon
Targeting: No target
Cast time: 0.15 + 0 seconds
Summoned Ghouls: 6

  • The cooldown starts immediately when the Ability is activated.
  • While active, the ability is replaced by Sacrifice.

Ghoul
Type: Active
Scaling: 4.00% (damage & Health)
Targeting: Automatic
Health: 1060
Basic Attack damage: 20
Attack speed: 1.0
Attack range: 1.0
Movement Speed: 5.0
Unit radius: 0.6875
Sight radius: 7.0
Leash radius: 10

  • Ghouls are unable to move for the first 1.3 seconds after being summoned.
  • Ghouls are summoned at random positions within 5 radius around Arthas, but will reorganize around Arthas at 2.5 range at 60 degree intervals once they are able to move.
  • Ghouls will follow Arthas in this formation until he issues an attack move on an enemy. Each of the Ghouls will then attack this target until they or the target dies or the Ghoul is leashed and returns to the formation.
  • Ghouls persist even after Arthas's death.
Sacrifice Icon
R
Army of the Dead - Sacrifice
Cooldown: 2 seconds

Sacrifice a Ghoul to heal for 267 Health.


Type: Healing
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Area of Effect
Cast time: 0 + 0.15 seconds

  • Replaces Arthas's Heroic Ability slot while Army of the Dead is active.
  • Sacrifice starts on a 1.5 second cooldown when Army of the Dead is activated.
  • Arthas cannot activate the Ability to sacrifice a Ghoul if he is at full Health.
  • The Ghoul with the lowest Health will be sacrificed first.
Summon Sindragosa Icon
R
Summon Sindragosa
100 Mana Cooldown: 100 seconds

Deals 230 damage and Slows enemies by 60% for 4 seconds. Also disables Minions, Mercenaries, Monsters and Structures for 20 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Clamping, Piercing Skillshot, Slow (vs. Heroes and Summons), Stun (vs. non-Heroic)
Cast time: 0.6 + 0.15 seconds
Range: 38
Hitbox: 8.0 x 4.0
Missile speed:
- Initial: 6.0
- Maximum: 15
- Acceleration: 56
Initial delay: 0.75 seconds

Talents

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1
Frost Presence Icon
Frost Presence

❢ Quest: Root enemy Heroes with Howling Blast.

❢ Reward: After Rooting 5 Heroes, Howling Blast's cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.

❢ Reward: After Rooting 10 Heroes, Howling Blast's range is increased by 20%.

❢ Reward: After Rooting 20 Heroes, Howling Blast also Roots enemies in its path.


Type: Crowd control
Affects: Enemies
Hitbox: 1.5 x 1.25
Bonus range: 1.8
Bonus missile speed: 5.1015

  • Actually gains a stack per Hero hit even if they are not Rooted (due to Unstoppable).
  • Howling Blast's projectile speed is increased if it is cast beyond 8 range.
Eternal Hunger Icon
Eternal Hunger

❢ Quest: Use Frostmourne Hungers on an enemy Hero.

❢ Reward: Increases the Mana it restores by 4, to a maximum of 40, and its damage by 4.


Type: Bonus damage
Scaling: -
Affects: Ability
Maximum bonus damage: 5000 (x1250)
Block Icon
Rime

Every 5 seconds, gain 75 Physical Armor against the next enemy Hero Basic Attack, reducing the damage taken by 75%. Stores up to 3 charges.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Properties: Block, Physical Armor

  • Does not stack with itself or other positive Physical Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
4
Deathlord Icon
Deathlord

Increase the range of Death Coil by 30%, reduce its cooldown by 3 seconds, and if Death Coil is used on an enemy Hero its Mana cost is refunded.


Bonus cast range: 1.8
Frozen Wastes Icon
Frozen Wastes

Frozen Tempest Mana cost reduced by 2 per second.

❢ Quest: Damage enemy Heroes with Frozen Tempest.

❢ Reward: After damaging enemy Heroes 150 times with Frozen Tempest, the Movement and Attack Speed Slows of Frozen Tempest last an extra 1.5 seconds against enemy Heroes.


Bonus duration: 1.5 seconds

  • Every Hero hit counts toward quest progress.
Biting Cold Icon
Icy Talons

Gain 3% Attack Speed for 1.5 seconds every time a Hero is damaged by Frozen Tempest, to a maximum of 60%.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Speed

  • Attack speed stacks additively with itself and other effects that can affect Arthas's Attack Speed.
7
Immortal Coil Icon
Immortal Coil

Gain the healing effect of Death Coil even when used on enemies. If Death Coil is used on Arthas, it heals for an additional 50%.


Type: Healing dealt modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Healing on enemy cast is applied when the missile returns to Arthas.
  • Bonus healing stacks additively with other healing dealt modifiers that can affect Death Coil's healing.
Rune Tap Icon
Rune Tap

Every 3rd Basic Attack heals Arthas for 5% of his max Health.


Type: Healing
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Modifier
Icebound Fortitude Icon
Icebound Fortitude

Cooldown: 35 seconds
Active: Activate to gain 25 Armor, reducing damage taken by 25%, and reduce the duration of Stuns, Slows, and Roots against Arthas by 75% for 3 seconds.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Properties: Armor

  • Does not stack with other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
10
Army of the Dead Icon
Army of the Dead

Summons Ghouls that last 15 seconds and attack for 20 damage. Sacrifice Ghouls to heal for 267 Health.

Summon Sindragosa Icon
Summon Sindragosa

Deals 230 damage and Slows enemies by 60% for 4 seconds. Also disables Minions, Mercenaries, Monsters and Structures for 20 seconds.

13
Trail of Frost Icon
Shattered Armor

Enemy Heroes hit by Howling Blast have their Armor reduced by 15 for 4 seconds.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Armor reduction

  • Does not stack with other negative Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
Frigid Winds Icon
Biting Cold

Each second an enemy is damaged by Frozen Tempest, it deals 12.5% bonus damage, up to a 50% bonus.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Damage bonus is tracked independently for every affected unit.
  • Damage bonus stacks additively with itself and multiplicatively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Frozen Tempest's damage.
Frost Strike Icon
Frost Strike

Reduces Frostmourne Hungers's cooldown by 2 seconds. Frostmourne Hungers also Slows the enemy by 50% for 1.5 seconds.


Type: Crowd control
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Attack Modifier, Slow
16
Embrace Death Icon
Embrace Death

Death Coil deals more damage and heals more the lower Arthas's current Health is, to a maximum of 100% bonus damage and healing.


Type: Healing dealt modifier, Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Bonus damage and healing percentage equates to the percentage of Health Arthas is missing.
  • Bonus damage stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Death Coil's damage.
  • Bonus healing stacks additively with other healing dealt modifiers that can affect Death Coil's healing.
Remorseless Winter Icon
Remorseless Winter

Enemy Heroes that remain within Frozen Tempest for 3 seconds are Rooted for 1.25 seconds. This effect can only happen once every 10 seconds.


Type: Crowd control
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Root

  • Cooldown is per enemy Hero.
Frostmourne Feeds Icon
Frostmourne Feeds

Increases the amount of Basic Attacks empowered by Frostmourne Hungers to 2.

20
Legion of Northrend Icon
Legion of Northrend

3 additional Ghouls are created. Ghouls deal 50% more damage, heal for an additional 50% and last 5 seconds longer.


Type: Offensive damage modifier / Bonus healing
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Ghouls / Ability

  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Ghouls' Basic Attack damage.
  • Healing bonus increases the base healing of Sacrifice to 400.5, causing the given percentage to stack multiplicatively with healing dealt modifiers that can affect Sacrifice's healing.
Absolute Zero Icon
Absolute Zero

Sindragosa flies twice as far. Enemy Heroes are Rooted for 2.5 seconds, and then Slowed by 60% for 4 seconds.


Type: Crowd control
Affects: Enemy Heroes & Summons
Properties: Root
Bonus range: 38
Death's Advance Icon
Death's Advance

Increases Movement Speed by 10%. Frozen Tempest's maximum Movement Speed Slow and Attack Speed Slow are increased from 40% to 60%.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self

  • Also increases the Slow's amount per tick from 5% to 7.5%.
Anti-Magic Shield Icon
Anti-Magic Shell

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Active: Activate to make Arthas Immune to Spell Damage for 4 seconds and heal Arthas for 25% of the damage prevented.


Type: Status effect, Healing
Affects: Self

  • Anti-Magic Shell absorbs all incoming Spell Damage, similar to Protected status.
  • The amount of damage absorbed, and thus also healing done, is calculated after damage modifiers, such as Armor.
  • Healing does not benefit from Arthas's Spell Power or other healing dealt modifiers.
  • Note that Percent damage in all its forms is a type of Spell Damage, therefore Arthas fully benefits from this Talent when applied to it.

Skins

Lich King

  • Once the crown prince of Lordaeron, and protege of Uther the Lightbringer, Prince Arthas was corrupted by the cursed blade Frostmourne in a desperate bid to save his people. Now he rules over the damned as the Lich King and all shall know his wrath.
    • Price: Gem5,500 / Money7.49

Master

  • As Frostmourne devoured more and more souls, the Lich King's dominion over the damned grew ever stronger. It wasn't long before his armor began to manifest changes.
    • Price: Gem10,000 / Money (requires Hero Level 10)

Crown Prince

  • As his hands gripped the hilt of the cursed blade Frostmourne, a dimensional gateway erupted from the icy pedestal dragging the young prince Arthas into the Nexus.
    • Price: $9.99 / 8.99€

Frost Wyrm

  • After the death of the Ashen Verdict's champions none could halt the Lich King's advance. As an eternal reminder of his victory he grafted the bones of his fallen allies onto his armor.
    • Price: $7.49 / 6.49€

Removed skins

Death Knight

  • As the victorious Arthas ascended the Frozen Throne the Lich King's voice echoed through his mind... Without warning, the words pulled away as he found himself in the heart of the Nexus.
    • Price: N/A (no longer available)

Trivia

  • Arthas was one of the 18 heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
  • Uniquely, his art was designed first, and his role in the game came later.[2]

Gallery

Videos

External links

References

  1. StarCraft. 2011-10-20. Blizzard DOTA Trailer. Youtube. Accessed 2011-10-22.
  2. 2011-10-23, BlizzCon 2011 - Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm and Blizzard DOTA - Art & Technology Panel (Full). YouTube, accessed on 2011-11-07


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