Falstad | |
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"Let's fly!" | |
Basic Info | |
Title | Wildhammer Thane |
Role | Ranged Assassin |
Difficulty | Medium |
Franchise | Warcraft |
Price | 625 / 7,000 |
Release Date | March 13, 2014 |
Base Stats | |
Attack Type | Ranged |
Health | 1365 |
Health Regen | 2.8437 |
Resource | 500 Mana |
Unit Radius | 0.8125 |
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 who can fly large distances, excelling on large battlegrounds.
Background[ | ]
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[ | ]
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[ | ]
- Flight offers global map control
- Solid single-target damage output
- On-demand burst damage
- Strong in all phases of the game
Weaknesses[ | ]
- Extremely dependent on good positioning
- Low base Health and weak to dive
- Vulnerable to crowd control
- Lengthy Ability Cooldowns
Abilities[ | ]
- See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.
Talents[ | ]
❢ Quest: Every time Hammerang hits a Hero, increase its damage by 0.5% and refund 6 Mana.
❢ Reward: After hitting 30 Heroes with Hammerang, increase its damage by 15%.
- Hammerang's reactivation also grants stacks and benefits from the damage bonus.
- Continues to gain stacks after the quest reward is achieved.
- Per hit and reward damage bonuses stack additively with themselves and other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Hammerang's damage.
Reduce Lightning Rod's cooldown by 2 seconds.
❢ Quest: After 3 Lightning Rod strikes, subsequent strikes on enemy Heroes increase its damage by 1%, up to 75%.
❢ Reward: After 30 subsequent strikes, further reduce the cooldown of Lightning Rod by 2 seconds.
❢ Reward: After 75 subsequent strikes, Takedowns reset Lightning Rod's cooldown.
- Damage bonus affects both initial and periodic damage instances.
- Damage bonus stacks additively with itself and offensive damage modifiers that can affect Lightning Rod's damage.
Cooldown: 45 seconds
Activate Frequent Flyer to gain 40% Attack Speed and Tailwind for 4 seconds.
❢ Quest: Minion kills grant 0.2 Basic Attack Damage. Hero Takedowns grant 0.5 Basic Attack Damage.
- When Tailwind is activated through this talent, it cannot be interrupted by taking damage.
- Minions that die in any way within 12 radius of Falstad grant quest progress.
Gain a Shield equal to 4% of Falstad's maximum Health after every Lightning Rod strike. Lasts 4 seconds and stacks.
- Duration is refreshed on every consecutive lightning strike.
Increases Barrel Roll's range by 40% and Shield amount by 70% and its Shield now lasts indefinitely.
Basic Attacks heal for 20% of the damage dealt to the primary target.
Increases Hammerang's range by 30% and Basic Attacks deal 75% bonus damage while Hammerang is in flight.
- Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Falstad's Basic Attack damage.
Hammerang's explosion deals 100% additional damage, and hitting enemy Heroes reduces their Spell Armor by 15 for 3 seconds.
- Only Hammerang's explosion applies the Spell Armor reduction.
- Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Hammerang's explosion damage.
- Does not stack with other negative Spell Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
Increases the number of Lightning Rod strikes by 2 and its range by 25%.
- Cast: 1.375
- Active: 2.0
- Increases Lightning Rod's maximum duration to 6 seconds.
Cooldown: 120 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.
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Push enemies away, and Slow their Movement Speed by 40% decaying over 4 seconds.
Lightning Rod deals 25% more damage each subsequent strike.
- Damage bonus is immediately reset every time Lightning Rod is cast.
- Damage bonus is applied 0.5 seconds after the damage is dealt, including the initial damage instance.
- Damage bonus stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers affecting Lightning Rod's damage.
While Tailwind is active, Falstad's Basic Abilities recharge 100% faster.
Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes deal bonus damage equal to 1.5% of the Hero's maximum Health, increased to 2% while Tailwind is active.
Increases Hammerang's Slow from 25% to 50%, and Hammerang's explosion also Slows.
Reduces the activation time for Tailwind from 5 to 3 seconds, and increases the Movement Speed bonus from 15% to 25%.
Barrel Roll increases Movement Speed by 60%, decaying over 3 seconds.
Hinterland Blast has double the range and deals 25% more damage.
- Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Hinterland Blast.
Mighty Gust creates a wind tunnel for 4 seconds. Enemies caught in the tunnel will periodically be pushed back.
- Wind Tunnel's pulses do not Slow.
Increases Attack Speed by 20% and Attack Range by 1.1.
Reduce the cooldown of Flight by 50 seconds, reduce the cast time before flying to 0.5 seconds, and increase the travel speed by 50%.
- Removes the indicator for where Falstad will land after Flight.
Builds and guides[ | ]
Falstad Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire
Falstad Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth
Skins[ | ]
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
625 / 7,000 Wildhammer Thane |
Free Dark Iron |
Free Frostborn |
120 / 75 Ironforge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Themed abilities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Mistharbour skins. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
600 / 1,200 |
600 / 1,200 Salty |
600 / 1,200 Seafoam |
600 / 1,200 Midnight |
900 / 1,800 Spectral | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
120 / 75 |
120 / 75 Crimson |
120 / 75 Sky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
160 / 100 |
160 / 100 Dark |
160 / 100 Frost |
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Buccaneer Falstad |
Carbot Falstad |
Falstad Hero |
Falstad Mastery |
Squeaky Clean Falstad |
Sprays[ | ]
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Buccaneer Falstad |
Carbot Falstad |
Drift Beak |
Falstad Pixel |
Paper Falstad |
Emojis[ | ]
Quotes[ | ]
Trivia[ | ]
- 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[ | ]
References[ | ]
- ↑ 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[ | ]
- Falstad - Heroes of the Storm
- Falstad Wildhammer - Wowpedia
- Falstad Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
- Falstad Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm
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