Falstad
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Basic Info | |
Title | Wildhammer Thane |
Role | ![]() |
Difficulty | Medium |
Franchise | ![]() |
Price | ![]() ![]() |
Release Date | March 13, 2014 |
Base Stats | |
Attack Type | Ranged |
Health | 1365 |
Health Regen | 2.8437 |
Resource | 500 Mana |
Unit Radius | 0.9375 |
Attack Speed | 1.43 |
Attack Range | 5.5 |
Attack Damage | 104 |
Data Page |
Falstad Wildhammer, the Wildhammer Thane, is a Ranged Assassin hero from the Warcraft universe.[1] He is the High Thane of the Wildhammer clan and a founding member of the Council of Three Hammers that now presides over Ironforge. Despite wild speculation, Falstad has never been dead and anyone who claims such is a liar.
Falstad is an Assassin that can fly large distances, excelling on large battlegrounds.
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Background[edit | edit source]
Falstad Wildhammer first gained notoriety as the leader of a group of gryphon riders that patrolled Lordaeron's shores against dragons after the Second War, earning him the name Falstad Dragonreaver. Despite his skill against the giant creatures, Falstad is also one of the most respected humanoids alive in the eyes of the Red dragonflight due to his participation in the mission to rescue Alexstrasza from the Dragonmaw clan at the fortress of Grim Batol.
Following the presumed death or retirement of High Thane Maz Drachrip of the Wildhammer clan, Falstad became the new High Thane. Ruling from his seat at Aerie Peak in the Hinterlands, Falstad had officially maintained neutrality in the war between the Horde and Alliance, despite his leanings towards the latter. This allowed the Wildhammers to avoid open hostilities with the Revantusk trolls, though isolated skirmishes were not necessarily rare occurrences in the Hinterlands due to limited territory and the natural animosity between the two races. This neutrality would prove to be short lived. With the Revantusk trolls to the east and the Forsaken capital only a short distance to the northwest, as well as the growing threat of the Scourge, Falstad found himself squeezed from three sides and worked to rebuild the relationship between the Wildhammers and the Alliance.
When Magni Bronzebeard, King of Ironforge and head of the Bronzebeard clan fell prey to a curse that turned him to crystal, a council with a representative from each major dwarven clan was formed to succeed him. Falstad, representing the Wildhammer clan, now rules alongside Moira Thaurissan of the Dark Iron clan and Muradin Bronzebeard, King Magni's brother.
Falstad's gryphon mount, Swiftwing, is a minor character from the Hinterlands leveling zone. Said to be the mightiest gryphon living in the Wildhammer dwarven capital of Aerie Peak, Swiftwing has a mate, Keenclaw, and a son, Sharpbeak. Saving Sharpbeak from capture by the Vilebranch forest troll tribe was the focus of a quest in Vanilla WoW, but other than that Swiftwing has no other involvement with the plot.
Gameplay[edit | edit source]
Falstad is a versatile and flexible ranged damage dealer. His strong points are his solid single-target DPS, extreme on-demand area of effect ranged burst damage, and global mobility. However, his relative fragility makes him a high priority target.
Strengths[edit | edit source]
- Flight offers global map control
- Solid single-target damage output
- On-demand burst damage
- Strong in all phases of the game
Weaknesses[edit | edit source]
- Extremely dependent on good positioning
- Low base Health and weak to dive
- Vulnerable to crowd control
- Lengthy Ability Cooldowns
Abilities[edit | edit source]
- See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.
Talents[edit | edit source]
❢ Reward: Upon gaining 40 bonus Attack Damage, you can also activate Seasoned Marksman to increase your Attack Speed by 40% for 4 seconds. 30 second cooldown.
- Continues to gain stacks even after the quest is completed.
Does not work on Elite Mercenaries. Maximum of 80 stacks.
Passive: Reduce Lightning Rod's cooldown by 3 seconds.
- Bosses and Support camps can't be bribed, but the Lightning Rod damage bonus works on them normally.
- Affects both initial and periodic damage.
- Stacks additively with itself and multiplicatively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Lightning Rod.
- Duration is refreshed on every consecutive lightning strike.
- Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Basic Attack damage.
- BOOMerang reactivation doesn't benefit from the bonuses of Gathering Storm, nor gain stacks for it.
- Cast: 1.375
- Active: 2.0
- Increases Lightning Rod's maximum duration to 6 seconds.
After 1 second, deal 475 damage to enemies within a long line. The cooldown is reduced by 30 seconds for every enemy Hero hit.
Push enemies away, and Slow their Movement Speed by 40% decaying over 4 seconds.
- Only affects periodic damage instances.
- If Lightning Rod lasted for its full duration, Thunderstrikes retains 1 stack for the next cast.
- Stacks additively with itself and multiplicatively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Lightning Rod.
- Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Hinterland Blast.
- Wind Tunnel's pulses do not Slow.
Skins[edit | edit source]
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Backstory: Falstad Wildhammer is the High Thane of the Wildhammer Clan and a founding member of the Council of Three Hammers that presides over Ironforge. Despite speculation, Falstad has never been dead and anyone who claims such is a liar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Backstory: To this day, Captain Falstad and the crew of the Wildhammer honor the pirate’s code set by Mistharbour's Council of Three Anchors. Of course, some say those rules are merely guidelines... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Backstory: Much like other clans and races will don warpaint as they head into battle, the Wildhammer Dwarves will adorn themselves with their gryphon's feathers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Backstory: During the War of Three Hammers, no Wildhammer was as feared as the Storm Lords. Their stormhammers forced the Bronzebeards to adopt new weapons and strategies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Portraits[edit | edit source]
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Sprays[edit | edit source]
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![]() Buccaneer Falstad ![]() ![]() |
![]() Carbot Falstad ![]() ![]() |
![]() Drift Beak ![]() ![]() |
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Emojis[edit | edit source]
Quotes[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Gryphon riders first appeared in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (December 1995). Falstad first appeared in the novel Day of the Dragon (February 2001).
- His first game appearance was three years later, in World of Warcraft (November 2004).
- Falstad is voiced by Michael Sorich.
- Falstad was one of the 18 heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
- Falstad is the only Dwarven Ranged Assassin hero in the game.
- He is also the first and only mounted hero in the game.
- Falstad was original designed to be "Broody the Broodlord" and could passively fly over terrain. Both was changed during development.[2]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 2013-11-15, Character List of Heroes of the Storm. Blizzpro, accessed on 2013-12-01
- ↑ Heroes of the Storm AMA - July 16, 2020
External links[edit | edit source]
- Falstad - Heroes of the Storm
- Falstad Wildhammer - Wowpedia
- Falstad Build Guide on Icy Veins
- Falstad Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
- Falstad Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm
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