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Data Page for Illidan
Parameter Variable Value
name name Illidan
date date March 13, 2014
price price 4000
title title The Betrayer
role role Melee
franchise franchise Warcraft
info info A mobile, sustained damage Assassin who pairs well with Heroes who can enable him.
lore lore Illidan Stormrage, the first Demon Hunter, betrayed his people and created a new Well of Eternity after the demonic invasion of

Azeroth. Now Illidan lords over Outland, slaying unsuitably prepared Heroes who venture into his domain.

difficulty difficulty Medium
melee melee True
health health 1725
healthRegen health regen 3.5898
resource resource 0
resourceType resource type None
armor armor 0
attackSpeed attack speed 1.82
attackRange attack range 1.2
attackDamage attack damage 78
healthScaling health scaling 0.04
regenScaling health regen scaling 0.04
adamageScaling attack damage scaling 0.04
unitRadius unit radius 0.625
skills skills see below
talents talent_<tier>_<column> see below

Skills

Betrayer's Thirst

Basic Attacks heal for 30% of damage dealt and reduce Ability cooldowns by 1 second.


Type: Healing
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Modifier (enemies), Lifesteal

  • Cooldown reduction affects both Heroic and Basic Abilities, but not active Abilities gained from Talents.
  • Getting Blinded makes you unable to hit enemies and gain cooldown reduction or lifesteal.
Q
Dive
Cooldown: 6 seconds

Dive at the target, dealing 66 damage and flipping to the other side of the target.


Type: Spell Damage / Movement: Launch
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: Instant
Range: 6.5
Missile speed: 150

  • The damage is dealt upon first reaching the target. If the target dies, Illidan does not get flipped to the other side.
W
Sweeping Strike
Cooldown: 8 / 1.0 seconds

Dash toward target point, dealing 119 damage to enemies along the way. Hitting an enemy increases Illidan's Basic Attack damage by 35% for 3 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage / Offensive damage modifier, Movement: Dash
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies / Self
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Area of Effect
Cast time: Instant
Range: 5.5
Hitbox: 3.0 x 2.55
Missile speed: 14.4

  • Does not stack with itself. Consecutive applications refresh the duration.
  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Illidan's Basic Attack damage.
E
Evasion
Cooldown: 15 seconds

Evade enemy Basic Attacks for 2.5 seconds.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Evasion
Cast time: Instant
R
Metamorphosis
Cooldown: 120 seconds

Transform into Demon Form at the target location, dealing 46 damage in the area. Temporarily increases maximum Health by 220 for each Hero hit by the initial impact. Lasts for 18 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage / Status effect, Bonus Health, Movement: Teleport
Scaling: 4.00% (damage, Health)
Affects: Enemies / Self
Targeting: Point target
Cast time: Instant
Range: 12
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 4.125

  • Can be cast while Rooted.
  • While phased out, Illidan is put in Stasis. In addition to usual effects of Stasis, Illidan is removed from ground plane (disjoints certain projectiles) and has no collision, but does not get the initial expanded debuff removal.
  • Bonus Health is calculated and damage is dealt when the transformation period ends and Illidan reappears on the battlefield.
  • Illidan's current Health is increased by the same flat amount as his maximum Health. Once Metamorphosis ends, only maximum Health is reduced.
R
The Hunt
Cooldown: 100 seconds

Charge to target unit, dealing 251 damage on impact and Stunning for 1 second.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control, Status effect / Movement: Launch, Status effect
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Non-Structure enemies / Self
Targeting: Unit target
Properties: Channeled cast (stationary), Revealed, Stun, Unstoppable
Cast time: 1.0 (ch) + 0 seconds
Range: 45
Missile speed:
- Initial: 25
- Maximum: 200
- Acceleration: 75

  • Interrupting the cast puts the Ability on a 10 second cooldown.
  • Cast is interrupted if the target moves more than 5 units past its maximum range.
  • The target is Revealed instantly upon cast until Illidan hits the target.
  • After the cast period, Illidan is Unstoppable until he hits the target.

Talents

1
Immolation

After using Sweeping Strike, burn nearby enemies for 22 damage a second for 4 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Area of Effect
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 3.125 (1
Tickrate: 1.0 per second

  • 1) Extended by Illidan's unit radius.
  • Does not draw tower aggro when damaging Heroes under their Structures.
  • Damage from Immolation is unaffected by offensive damage modifiers.
  • Disabled while Illidan is Mounted or in Stasis.
Battered Assault

Increase Sweeping Strike's Basic Attack damage bonus duration from 3 to 5 seconds. If Sweeping Strike hits 2 Heroes its damage bonus is increased from 35% to 125%.


  • Does not stack with itself.
  • Damage bonus increase always lasts 5 seconds: If the next Sweeping Strike hits only a single enemy Hero while Battered Assault is still active, the baseline bonus of the new cast is overridden with the higher value until previous cast's Battered Assault bonus ends.
Unending Hatred

❢ Quest: Every Minion you kill gives you 0.2 Basic Attack damage. Every Takedown gives 1 Basic Attack damage.

❢ Reward: Once you reach 20 Basic Attack damage, receive an additional 20 Basic Attack damage.


Type: Bonus damage
Scaling: -
Affects: Self

  • Continues to gain stacks even after the quest is completed.
  • Grants credit if within 13.125 range of an enemy Minion as it dies.
4
Reflexive Block

Using Dive grants 75 Physical Armor against the next 3 Hero Basic Attacks for 4 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 75%.


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

    Illidan can have a maximum of 4 Block stacks from this Talent, and the duration of all existing Block stacks from the Talent is refreshed if he gains more from it.
Thirsting Blade

Betrayer's Thirst's healing from Basic Attacks is increased from 30% to 50% while Sweeping Strike's damage bonus is active.

Hunter's Onslaught

Basic Abilities heal for 35% of the damage they deal. Double this bonus versus Heroes.


Type: Healing
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Properties: Lifesteal

  • Benefits from bonus damage from Marked for Death and Immolation's burn damage.
7
Rapid Chase

Dive grants 20% Movement Speed for 2 seconds. If the target is an enemy Hero, reduce its cooldown by 1 second.

Friend or Foe

Increases the range of Dive by 20% and allows it to be used to dive to allied Heroes.


Affects: Enemies, allied Heroes
Bonus range: 1.3

  • Using Dive on an allied Hero does not damage them nor flip Illidan over them.
Unbound

Sweeping Strike can go over walls and terrain.

❢ Reward: After hitting 15 Heroes with Sweeping Strike, gain a second charge.


Type: Movement: Launch
Affects: Self
Charge cooldown: 1.0 second

  • Original animation of Sweeping Strike becomes broken when this talent is picked (adds extra frames of delay durning end animation).
10
Metamorphosis

Cooldown: 120 seconds
Transform into Demon Form at the target location, dealing 46 damage in the area. Temporarily increase your maximum Health by 220 for each Hero hit. Lasts for 18 seconds.

The Hunt

Cooldown: 100 seconds
Charge to target unit, dealing 251 damage on impact and Stunning for 1 second.

13
Nimble Defender

If Sweeping Strike hits an enemy Hero, gain 25 Armor for 2 seconds, reducing damage taken by 25%.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Properties: Armor

  • Does not stack with itself or other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
Elusive Strike

Sweeping Strike reduces the cooldown of Evasion by 3 seconds every time it damages an enemy Hero.

Sixth Sense

Evasion grants Illidan 75 Spell Armor against the next 2 sources of Spell Damage, reducing their damage by 75%.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self

  • Charges expire when Evasion ends.
16
Marked for Death

Dive deals an extra 180 damage if used consecutively on a target within 10 seconds.


Type: Bonus damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Ability

  • Does not stack with itself.
Fiery Brand

Every 3rd attack against the same Hero deals an additional 7% of their maximum Health as damage.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Attack Modifier (Heroes), Percent Damage

  • The counter is reset if Illidan has not attacked the enemy Hero for 3 seconds.
  • Attacking a different enemy does not reset the counter.
  • Counter continues through the cycle even if Illidan is Blinded or the target is Evading, although it cannot do the percent damage to such a target as the attack misses.
Blades of Azzinoth

Active: Hitting 5 Heroes with Sweeping Strike allows Blades of Azzinoth to be activated, increasing Basic Attack damage by 75% for 8 seconds.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Attack Modifier (enemies)
Cast time: Instant
Maximum stacks: 5

  • Each Hero hit counts as 1 stack. After gathering 5 stacks the ability can be activated, consuming all stacks.
  • Starts with full 5 stacks.
  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Illidan's Basic Attack damage.
20
Demonic Form

Permanently remain in Demonic Form. Metamorphosis also increases Attack Speed by 20% and reduces the duration of Stuns, Roots and Slows by 50%. Illidan can now mount in Demonic Form.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Speed, CC reduction

  • The bonuses are applied the next time Illidan casts Metamorphosis.
  • Metamorphosis and its bonuses are removed upon death.
  • The Health bonus is still temporary.
  • Attack Speed bonus stacks additively with other effects that affect Illidan's Attack Speed.
  • In Demonic Form, Illidan's Mount is limited to a special Ability-specific one.
Nowhere to Hide

The Hunt gains unlimited range. Illidan passively Reveals enemy Heroes below 25% Health anywhere on the Battleground.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Revealed
Range: Global

  • The Hunt cannot be used to travel into or out of the underground level in Haunted Mines. Passive Reveal still applies everywhere.
Nexus Blades

Basic Attacks deal 20% more damage and Slow enemy Movement Speed by 20% for 1 second.


Type: Crowd control / Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Enemies / Self
Properties: Attack Modifier (enemies), Slow

  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Illidan's Basic Attack damage.
Bolt of the Storm

Cooldown: 70 seconds
Active: Activate to teleport to a nearby location.


Type: Movement: Teleport
Affects: Self
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Clamping
Cast time: Instant
Range: 7.2

  • Can be used to extend active frames of Sweeping Strike (note: this is not possible anymore if Unbound is picked level 7).