Garrosh

Garrosh
"Lok'tar ogar!"
Basic Info
Title	Son of Hellscream
Role	Tank
Difficulty	Medium
Franchise	Warcraft
Price	750 / 10,000
Release Date	August 8, 2017
Base Stats
Attack Type	Melee
Health	2060
Health Regen	4.293
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	0.875
Attack Speed	0.83
Attack Range	1.2
Attack Damage	137
Data Page

Garrosh, Son of Hellscream, is a melee Tank hero from the Warcraft franchise. As the new warchief of the Horde, Garrosh is a proud and vicious warrior who rules with an iron fist. His hatred for the Alliance burns like wildfire, and he will stop at nothing to destroy them. By his axe, the orcs will reclaim their rightful glory.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft universe.

Garrosh Hellscream was born on the orcish homeworld of Draenor, and grew up untainted by the demonic blood that twisted the orcs who invaded Azeroth. Though he wasn't demonically influenced himself, Garrosh was haunted by his family's legacy: his father, Grommash Hellscream, was the first orc to embrace corruption by drinking the blood of the pit lord Mannoroth. Garrosh lived in the shadow of his father's acts until he met Warchief Thrall, founder of the renewed Horde, who explained to the younger Hellscream how Grommash ultimately gave his life to lift the demonic blood-curse, and freed his race from servitude to dark forces.

Uplifted, Garrosh joined Thrall in Azeroth and quickly became a hero of the Horde by leading a successful offensive against the Lich King. When Deathwing shattered the world, Thrall was forced to leave his throne to stop the destruction, and left Garrosh as his successor. Looking for ways to gather more resources and new territory for his people, Hellscream has initiated several brutal strikes against the Alliance, razing Jaina's city of Theramore and later clashing over the continent of Pandaria. As warchief, Garrosh's controversial actions - among them claiming the heart of an Old God named Y'Shaarj and ravaging Pandaria's Vale of Eternal Blossoms - fueled rebellion, leading Horde dissidents and a vengeful Alliance to besiege Orgrimmar and depose him.

Victorious, Orgrimmar’s liberators dragged Hellscream to trial in Pandaria, where they recounted each of his crimes against Azeroth. The former warchief was unapologetic; worse, he escaped his captors, vanishing with the aid of the bronze dragon Kairozdormu to an alternate Draenor in the past. There, he was able to confront Gul'dan and witness his transformation into one of the first green orcs, corrupted by the influence of the fel powers, and slowly change the course of events leading to the birth of the Iron Horde. Garrosh also managed to give an idea to create a gateway between the alternate timeline and the current one in order to return to exact his vengeance on Azeroth, in a form of the Iron Horde's Dark Portal and then sent the Iron Horde in order to conquer the world. During this conflict he was eventually defeated and killed by Thrall in a mak'gora.

Gameplay

Garrosh is a frontline Tank that enters the fray, trying to isolate a single opponent for elimination.

Strength

• Solo Tank
• Initiation
• Crowd Control

Weaknesses

• Escape
• Siege Damage
• Burst Damage

Abilities

See Data Page for a table of scaled values at key levels.

Armor Up

Garrosh gains 1 Armor for every 2% of maximum Health missing.

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Type: Damage modifier: Armor

Affects: Self

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• Garrosh's trait stacks with other sources of Armor.

Q

Groundbreaker

40 Mana Cooldown: 8 seconds

Deal 81 damage to enemies in an area. Heroes hit on the outer edge are Stunned for 0.5 seconds and then Slowed by 40% for 2 seconds.

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Type: Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping, Slow, Stun

Cast time: 0.5+0.125 seconds

Radius: 7.25

Inner radius: 6.25

Arc: 45 degrees

W

Bloodthirst

55 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

Deal 156 damage to an enemy and heal for 10% of Garrosh's missing Health. Healing is increased by 100% against Heroes.

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Type: Damage / Healing

Scaling: 4.00% / -

Affects: Non-Structure enemies / Self

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: -

Cast time: 0.125+0 seconds

Range: 2.5

E

Wrecking Ball

65 Mana Cooldown: 16 seconds

Throw a nearby enemy Hero, Minion, or Mercenary to the target location, dealing 91 damage to enemies near the impact and Slowing them by 30% for 2.5 seconds.

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Type: Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target / Automatic

Properties: Clamping
Impact - Area of Effect, Slow
Throw - Displacement, Stun

Cast time: Instant

Range: 5.5

Target search radius: 2.5

Impact radius: 2.5

Throw duration: 0.3125 seconds

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• Automatically selects the enemy closest to Garrosh to be thrown. Does not prioritise Heroes.
• Enemy Structures and summons (that are not Heroic Pets) can be damaged, but not thrown.
• The thrown enemy is briefly Stunned, interrupting channeled abilities, and then Dazed for the remainder of the flight.

R

Warlord's Challenge

40 Mana Cooldown: 50 seconds

Silence nearby Heroes and force them to attack Garrosh for 2 seconds.

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Type: Debuff

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Targeting: No target

Cast time: 0.125+0 seconds

Radius: 3.5

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• The effect ends immediately, if Garrosh dies.

R

Decimate

25 Mana Cooldown: 8 / 1.0 seconds

Deal 50 damage to nearby enemies and Slow them by 40% for 1.5 seconds. Deals 100% more damage to Heroes, and each Hero hit reduces the cooldown by 1 second. Stores up to 3 charges.

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Type: Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect, Slow

Cast time: Instant

Radius: 5

Talents

1

Warbreaker

❢ Quest: Stun Heroes with Groundbreaker.
❢ Reward: After Stunning 5 Heroes, Groundbreaker deals an additional 150 damage over 3 seconds to Heroes.
❢ Reward: After Stunning 15 Heroes, permanently reduce Groundbreaker's cooldown by 2 seconds.

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Type: Damage over time
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies

Unrivaled Strength

Increase Wrecking Ball's throw range by 25% and its damage by 125%.

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Bonus range: 1.375

Body Check

Cooldown: 15 seconds
Active: Activate to deal 111 damage to a target enemy and Slow them by 35% for 3 seconds. Enemy Heroes hit receive 30% reduced healing for 3 seconds.

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Type: Spell damage, Crowd control, Healing modifier
Scaling: 4.00% / -
Affects: Non-Structure enemies
Targeting: Unit target
Properties: Slow
Cast time: 0.125+0 seconds
Range: 3

4

In For the Kill

Increase Bloodthirst's damage against non-Heroes by 70%. Killing enemies with Bloodthirst resets its cooldown and refunds its Mana cost.

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Type: Damage modifier

Affects: Ability

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• Cooldown gets reset if the enemy dies within 0.5 seconds after being affected by Bloodthirst being killed by damage of whatever source (summon timed life expiration does not apply cooldown reset).

Thirst for Battle

Basic Attacks against Heroes reduce the cooldown of Bloodthirst by 2 seconds.

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Type: Attack modifier
Affects: Ability

Indomitable

Cooldown: 40 seconds
Active: Activate to become Unstoppable for 1.5 seconds.

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Type: Buff
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Unstoppable
Cast time: Instant

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Intimidation

Groundbreaker reduces the Attack Speed of Heroes hit by 40% for 4 seconds.

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Additional properties: Attack Slow

Oppressor

Basic Attacks against Heroes reduce the target's Spell Power by 40% for 2.5 seconds.

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Type: Attack Modifier / Damage modifier: Spell power
Affects: Enemy Heroes

Into the Fray

Cooldown: 45 seconds
Active: Activate to throw a nearby ally and grant them 25 Armor for 3 seconds. Deals 91 damage to nearby enemies upon impact and Slows them by 30% for 2.5 seconds.
While in flight, allied Heroes are Unstoppable.

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Type: Damage / Damage Modifier: Armor
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies / Allied Heroes, Minions & Mercenaries
Targeting: Point target / Automatic
Properties: Clamping
Impact - Area of Effect, Slow
Throw - Displacement, Stun, Unstoppable
Cast time: seconds
Range: 8
Target search radius: 2.5
Impact radius: 2.5
Throw duration: 0.3125 seconds

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• Automatically selects the ally closest to Garrosh to be thrown. Does not prioritise Heroes.
• The thrown ally is Dazed during the flight, interrupting stationary channeled abilities.
• Into the Fray cannot target Unstoppable or Invulnerable allies, structures or summons that are not Heroic Pets.
• Into the Fray does not benefit from any talents affecting Wrecking Ball.

10

Warlord's Challenge

Cooldown: 50 seconds
Silence nearby Heroes and force them to attack Garrosh for 2 seconds.

Decimate

Cooldown: 8 seconds
Deal 50 damage to nearby enemies and Slow them by 40% for 1.5 seconds. Deals 100% more damage to Heroes, and each Hero hit reduces the cooldown by 1 second. Stores up to 3 charges.

13

Defensive Measures

If Groundbreaker Stuns a Hero, Garrosh gains a 350 Shield for 6 seconds.

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Type: Shield
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Self

Bloodcraze

When hitting a Hero, Bloodthirst heals for an additional 15% of Garrosh's maximum Health over 3 seconds.

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Type: Heal over time
Scaling: -
Affects: Self

Double Up

Cooldown: 30 seconds
Active: Armor Up can be activated to increase its Armor bonus by 100% for 3 seconds.

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Type: Damage modifier: Armor
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Cast time: Instant

16

Mortal Combo

Hitting a Hero with Groundbreaker's Stun and throwing them with Wrecking Ball within 3 seconds reduces Wrecking Ball's cooldown by 10 seconds, regardless of order.

Earthshaker

Wrecking Ball Stuns enemies near the impact area for 0.5 seconds.

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Additional properties: Impact - Stun

Seasoned Soldier

Gain 5% maximum Health, increase Groundbreaker's Slow duration by 1 second, and Bloodthirst gains an additional charge.

20

Death Wish

Increase the duration of Warlord's Challenge by 0.5 seconds. If an enemy Hero is killed while affected by Warlord's challenge, its cooldown is reduced by 45 seconds.

Deadly Calm

Heroes hit by Decimate deal 40% less damage for 3 seconds.

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Type: Damage modifier: Debuff
Affects: Enemies

Titanic Might

Wrecking Ball now throws the 2 closest enemies.

Inner Rage

Active: Body Check gains an additional charge and its healing reduction is increased by an additional 45%.

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Charge cooldown: 1.0 seconds

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• Requires Body Check.

Skins

Garrosh Skins
Son of Hellscream
Backstory: As the new warchief of the Horde, Garrosh is a proud and vicious warrior who rules with an iron fist. His hatred for the Alliance burns like wildfire, and he will stop at nothing to destroy them. By his axe, the orcs will reclaim their rightful glory.
750 / 10,000 Son of Hellscream	Free Shattered Hand	Free Deadly	120 / 75 Blackrock
High Warlord
Backstory: After decades of dutiful service to his warchief Thrall, Garrosh was appointed High Warlord and given a mission of vital importance to his mentor and friend: secure Alterac for the Horde once and for all.
250 / 300	250 / 300 Chaos	250 / 300 Frostwolf
Mad Axe
Backstory: Of all the biker gangs marauding the wastelands, none are as feared as the Warsong Outriders. Led by the mutant warlord Garrosh, the roar of their engines is the sound of death on wheels.
Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Warchrome Wastes skins.
600 / 1,200	600 / 1,200 Frozen	600 / 1,200 Mutant	600 / 1,200 Horde	600 / 1,200 Biohazard

Garrosh Event Skins
El Jefe
Backstory: Hailing from Orgrimmar Beach, Azeroth, El Fuego was the first to unite the belts, both figuratively and literally. Now, as the champion of the Nexus he has thrown aside his old mask and taken up a new identity... El Jefe!
Features: Themed abilities, themed animations.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Nexomania skins.
600 / 1,200	600 / 1,200 Underworld Jefe	600 / 1,200 El Fuego	900 / 1,800 El Festejo	900 / 1,800 El Jefe Amarillo

Portraits

Garrosh Portraits
Carbot Garrosh120 / 75	Cutie Pie Garrosh75 / 40	Garrosh Emblem75 / 40	Garrosh Hero	Garrosh Mastery	Garrosh The Stranger75 / 40	Gingerbread Garrosh75 / 40
Hearthstone Garrosh75 / 40	Mad Axe Garrosh75 / 40	Nexomania Garrosh75 / 40	Warchief Garrosh75 / 40	WoW Garrosh75 / 40	Toon El Jefe Garrosh75 / 40

Sprays

Garrosh Sprays
Carbot Garrosh120 / 75	Cartoon Garrosh75 / 40	Flipping Tables75 / 40	Gingerbread Garrosh120 / 75	Mad Axe Garrosh75 / 40	Máscara del Jefe120 / 75	R.I.P. Garrosh75 / 40

Emojis

Garrosh Pack 1			Garrosh Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Garrosh Happy	:garroshhappy: :garrhappy:		Garrosh Angry	:garroshangry: :garrangry:
	Garrosh ROFL	:garroshlol: :garroshrofl: :garrlol: :garrrofl:		Garrosh Cool	:garroshcool: :garrcool:
	Garrosh Sad	:garroshsad: :garrsad:		Garrosh Embarrassed	:garroshoops: :garroshembarrassed: :garroops: :garrembarrassed:
	Garrosh Silly	:garroshsilly: :garrsilly:		Garrosh in Love	:garroshlove: :garroshinlove: :garrlove: :garrinlove:
	Garrosh Speechless	:garroshmeh: :garroshspeechless: :garrmeh: :garrspeechless:		Garrosh Surprised	:garroshwow: :garroshsurprised: :garrwow: :garrsurprised:

El Jefe Garrosh Pack 1			El Jefe Garrosh Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	El Jefe Garrosh Happy	:garrosheljefehappy: :garrejhappy:		El Jefe Garrosh Angry	:garrosheljefeangry: :garrejangry:
	El Jefe Garrosh ROFL	:garrosheljefelol: :garrosheljeferofl: :garrejlol: :garrejrofl:		El Jefe Garrosh Cool	:garrosheljefecool: :garrejcool:
	El Jefe Garrosh Sad	:garrosheljefesad: :garrejsad:		El Jefe Garrosh Embarrassed	:garrosheljefeoops: :garrosheljefeembarrassed: :garrejoops: :garrejembarrassed:
	El Jefe Garrosh Silly	:garrosheljefesilly: :garrejsilly:		El Jefe Garrosh in Love	:garrosheljefelove: :garrosheljefeinlove: :garrejlove: :garrejinlove:
	El Jefe Garrosh Speechless	:garrosheljefemeh: :garrosheljefespeechless: :garrejmeh: :garrejspeechless:		El Jefe Garrosh Surprised	:garrosheljefewow: :garrosheljefesurprised: :garrejwow: :garrejsurprised:

Quotes

Main article: Garrosh/Quotes

Trivia

• Garrosh made his debut in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (January 2007).
  • His book debut was a year later, in World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal (June 2008).
• Garrosh is voiced by David Patrick Seitz.
• Garrosh's name is Orcish for "warrior's heart".
  • He is also the the fifth orc hero in the game.
• Garrosh's dance animation has him sticking his index and pinkie fingers upwards and thrashing his head wildly up and down as if he were playing an electric guitar.
• One of Garrosh's gag quotes references the 1927 song "Ice Cream".

Gallery

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  Garrosh's artwork

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  Garrosh home screen

Abilities

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  Q: Groundbreaker

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  W: Bloodthirst

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  E: Wrecking Ball

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  R1: Warlord's Challenge

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  R2: Decimate

External links

• Garrosh Hero Week
• Garrosh - Heroes of the Storm
• Garrosh Hellscream. Wowpedia.
• Garrosh Build Guide on Icy Veins
• Garrosh Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Stories – Hellscream. World of Warcraft.
• Lore – Garrosh Hellscream. Battle.net.