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Garrosh
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"Lok'tar ogar!"

Basic Info
Title Son of Hellscream
Role Tank Tank
Difficulty Medium
Franchise Warcraft Warcraft
Price Gem750 / Money10,000
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[ | ]

Warcraft 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[ | ]

Weaknesses[ | ]

Abilities[ | ]

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

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


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Properties: Armor

  • Only updates every 187.5ms (3 server ticks).
  • Armor Up stacks with other sources of Armor.
Groundbreaker Icon
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.


Type: Spell damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Cast time: 0.5 + 0.125 seconds
Radius:
-Inner: 6.25
- Outer: 7.25
Arc: 45 degrees
Bloodthirst Icon
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.


Type: Spell damage / Healing
Scaling: 4.00% / -
Affects: Non-Structure enemies / Self
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: 0 + 0.125 seconds
Range: 2.5

  • Healing bonus to Heroes directly increases the base healing amount, causing the given percentage to stack multiplicatively with healing modifiers.
Wrecking Ball Icon
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.


Type: Spell damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies (impact) / Enemy Heroes, Minions & Mercenaries (throw)
Targeting: Point target (impact) / Automatic (throw)
Properties: Clamping
Impact - Area of Effect, Slow
Throw - Displacement, Daze, Stun
Cast time: Instant
Range: 5.5
Throw search radius: 2.5
Impact radius: 2.5
Throw duration: 0.3125 seconds

  • Automatically selects the enemy closest to Garrosh to be thrown, indicated by a red marker above the unit. Does not prioritize Heroes.
  • Enemy Structures and Summons (that are not Heroic Pets) and Monsters can be damaged, but not thrown.
  • The thrown enemy is briefly Stunned, interrupting channeled abilities, and then Dazed for the remainder of the flight.
  • The thrown enemy also receives the impact effects upon landing.
Warlord's Challenge Icon
R
Warlord's Challenge
40 Mana Cooldown: 50 seconds

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


Type: Crowd control
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Targeting: No target
Properties: Area of Effect, Taunt
Cast time: 0.125 + 0 seconds
Radius: 3.5

  • The effect ends immediately if Garrosh dies.
  • Taunt counts as a Silence.
Decimate Icon
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.


Type: Spell damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: No target
Properties: Area of Effect, Slow
Cast time: Instant
Radius: 5.0

  • Damage bonus to Heroes stacks additively with offensive damage modifiers that can affect Decimate's damage.
Into the Fray Icon
1
Into the Fray
Cooldown: 45 seconds

Activate to throw a nearby ally and grant them 20 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.


Type: Spell damage, Crowd control (impact) / Crowd control, Defensive damage modifier, Status effect
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies (impact) / Allied Heroes, Minions & Mercenaries (throw)
Targeting: Point target (impact) / Automatic (throw)
Cast time: Instant
Range: 8.0
Throw search radius: 2.5
Impact radius: 2.5
Throw duration: 0.3125 seconds

  • Automatically selects the ally closest to Garrosh to be thrown, indicated by a blue marker above the unit. Does not prioritize 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.

Talents[ | ]

1
Warbreaker Icon
Warbreaker

❢ Quest: Stun Heroes with Groundbreaker.

❢ Reward: After Stunning 5 Heroes, Groundbreaker deals an additional 165 damage over 3 seconds to Heroes.

❢ Reward: After Stunning 15 Heroes, permanently reduce Groundbreaker's cooldown by 2 seconds.


Type: Spell damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Damage over Time
Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x3)
Damage per tick: 50

  • Actually gives Quest stacks any time it hits a Hero, even if the Hero is Unstoppable (including but not limited to Deathwing and Vehicles).
Unrivaled Strength Icon
Unrivaled Strength

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


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability
Bonus range: 1.375

  • Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Wrecking Ball's damage.
Body Check Icon
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.


Type: Spell damage, Crowd control / Healing received modifier
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies / Enemy Heroes
Targeting: Unit target
Properties: Slow
Cast time: 0.125 + 0 seconds
Range: 3.0

  • Healing reduction stacks additively with other healing received modifiers affecting the target.
4
In For The Kill Icon
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.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Cooldown is reset if the target enemy is killed within 0.5 seconds of being affected by Bloodthirst.
  • Summon timed life expiration does not apply the cooldown reset.
Thirst for Battle Icon
Thirst for Battle

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


Properties: Attack Modifier
Indomitable Icon
Indomitable

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


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Unstoppable
Cast time: Instant
7
Intimidation Icon
Intimidation

Groundbreaker reduces the Attack Speed of Heroes hit by 30% for 4 seconds.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Attack Slow
Oppressor Icon
Oppressor

Basic Attacks and Bloodthirst against Heroes reduce the target's Spell Power by 30% for 2.5 seconds.


Type: Healing dealt modifier, Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Attack modifier, Spell Power reduction

  • Does not stack with itself. Subsequent applications refresh the duration.
  • Spell Power debuff from Oppressor stacks additively with other sources of Spell Power as well as other offensive damage modifiers and healing dealt modifiers affecting the target Hero.
Lok-tar Ogar! Icon
Lok-tar ogar!

Increase Into the Fray's Armor by 20. Hitting enemy Heroes with Into the Fray reduces its cooldown by 12 seconds.


  • Cooldown reduction may trigger multiple times per cast.
10
Warlord's Challenge Icon
Warlord's Challenge

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

Decimate Icon
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 Icon
Defensive Measures

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


Type: Shield
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Self
Properties: Area of Effect

  • Does not stack with itself. Subsequent applications refresh the Shield and duration.
Bloodcraze Icon
Bloodcraze

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


Type: Healing
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Properties: Heal over Time
Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x4)
Healing per tick: 3.75%

  • Heal over Time from Bloodcraze does not stack with itself. Subsequent applications refresh the duration.
Double Up Icon
Double Up

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


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Armor

  • Stacks additively with other sources of Armor.
16
Mortal Combo Icon
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.


  • Comboing multiple units with the level 20 talent Titanic Might allows an immediate full cooldown reset on Wrecking Ball, since the 10 second CDR is per Hero affected.
Earthshaker Icon
Earthshaker

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


Type: Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Stun
Seasoned Soldier Icon
Seasoned Soldier

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


Type: Bonus Health
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
20
Death Wish Icon
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 Icon
Deadly Calm

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


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Enemy Heroes

  • Damage reduction stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting the target hero's damage output.
Titanic Might Icon
Titanic Might

Wrecking Ball now throws the 2 closest enemies.

Inner Rage Icon
Inner Rage

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


Charge cooldown: 1.0 seconds

  • Requires Body Check.

Builds and guides[ | ]

Icy Veins Garrosh Guide

Garrosh Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Garrosh Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins[ | ]

Garrosh Skins
 
Rare 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.
Garrosh Son of Hellscream
Gem750 / Money10,000
Son of Hellscream
Garrosh Shattered Hand
Free
Shattered Hand
Garrosh Deadly
Free
Deadly
Garrosh Blackrock
Gem120 / Shard75
Blackrock
Epic 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.
Garrosh High Warlord
Gem250 / Shard300
Garrosh High Warlord Chaos
Gem250 / Shard300
Chaos
Garrosh High Warlord Frostwolf
Gem250 / Shard300
Frostwolf
Legendary 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.
Garrosh Mad Axe
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Garrosh Mad Axe Frozen
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Frozen
Garrosh Mad Axe Mutant
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Mutant
Garrosh Mad Axe Horde
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Horde
Garrosh Mad Axe Biohazard
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Biohazard
Garrosh Event Skins
 
Legendary El Jefe Nexomania
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.
Garrosh El Jefe
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Garrosh El Jefe Underworld Jefe
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Underworld Jefe
Garrosh El Jefe El Fuego
Gem600 / Shard1,200
El Fuego
Garrosh El Jefe El Festejo
Gem900 / Shard1,800
El Festejo
Garrosh El Jefe El Jefe Amarillo
Gem900 / Shard1,800
El Jefe Amarillo

Portraits[ | ]

Garrosh Portraits
 
Carbot Garrosh Portrait
Carbot Garrosh
Gem120 / Shard75
Cutie Pie Garrosh Portrait
Toys Cutie Pie Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40
Garrosh Emblem Portrait
Garrosh Emblem
Gem75 / Shard40
Garrosh Hero Portrait
Garrosh Hero
Garrosh Mastery Portrait
Garrosh Mastery
Garrosh The Stranger Portrait
Garrosh The Stranger
Gem75 / Shard40
Gingerbread Garrosh Portrait
Winter Veil Gingerbread Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40

Hearthstone Garrosh Portrait
Hearthstone Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40
Mad Axe Garrosh Portrait
Mad Axe Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40
Nexomania Garrosh Portrait
Nexomania Nexomania Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40
Warchief Garrosh Portrait
Warchief Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40
WoW Garrosh Portrait
WoW Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40
Toon El Jefe Garrosh Portrait
Nexomania Toon El Jefe Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40

Sprays[ | ]

Garrosh Sprays
 
Carbot Garrosh Spray
Carbot Garrosh
Gem120 / Shard75
Cartoon Garrosh Spray
Cartoon Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40
Flipping Tables Spray
Nexomania II Flipping Tables
Gem75 / Shard40
Gingerbread Garrosh Spray
Winter Veil Gingerbread Garrosh
Gem120 / Shard75
Mad Axe Garrosh Spray
Mad Axe Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40
Máscara del Jefe Spray
Nexomania Máscara del Jefe
Gem120 / Shard75
R.I.P. Garrosh Spray
Fall of King's Crest R.I.P. Garrosh
Gem75 / Shard40

Emojis[ | ]

Garrosh Pack 1 Emoji Garrosh Pack 1 Garrosh Happy Garrosh Pack 2 Emoji Garrosh Pack 2 Garrosh Angry
Emoji Name Shortcut Emoji Name Shortcut
Emoji Garrosh Pack 1 Garrosh Happy Garrosh Happy :garroshhappy:
:garrhappy:
Emoji Garrosh Pack 2 Garrosh Angry Garrosh Angry :garroshangry:
:garrangry:
Emoji Garrosh Pack 1 Garrosh ROFL Garrosh ROFL :garroshlol:
:garroshrofl:
:garrlol:
:garrrofl:
Emoji Garrosh Pack 2 Garrosh Cool Garrosh Cool :garroshcool:
:garrcool:
Emoji Garrosh Pack 1 Garrosh Sad Garrosh Sad :garroshsad:
:garrsad:
Emoji Garrosh Pack 2 Garrosh Oops Garrosh Embarrassed :garroshoops:
:garroshembarrassed:
:garroops:
:garrembarrassed:
Emoji Garrosh Pack 1 Garrosh Silly Garrosh Silly :garroshsilly:
:garrsilly:
Emoji Garrosh Pack 2 Garrosh Love Garrosh in Love :garroshlove:
:garroshinlove:
:garrlove:
:garrinlove:
Emoji Garrosh Pack 1 Garrosh Meh Garrosh Speechless :garroshmeh:
:garroshspeechless:
:garrmeh:
:garrspeechless:
Emoji Garrosh Pack 2 Garrosh Surprised Garrosh Surprised :garroshwow:
:garroshsurprised:
:garrwow:
:garrsurprised:
Nexomania El Jefe Garrosh Pack 1 Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 1 El Jefe Garrosh Happy Nexomania El Jefe Garrosh Pack 2 Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 2 El Jefe Garrosh Angry
Emoji Name Shortcut Emoji Name Shortcut
Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 1 El Jefe Garrosh Happy El Jefe Garrosh Happy :garrosheljefehappy:
:garrejhappy:
Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 2 El Jefe Garrosh Angry El Jefe Garrosh Angry :garrosheljefeangry:
:garrejangry:
Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 1 El Jefe Garrosh ROFL El Jefe Garrosh ROFL :garrosheljefelol:
:garrosheljeferofl:
:garrejlol:
:garrejrofl:
Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 2 El Jefe Garrosh Cool El Jefe Garrosh Cool :garrosheljefecool:
:garrejcool:
Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 1 El Jefe Garrosh Sad El Jefe Garrosh Sad :garrosheljefesad:
:garrejsad:
Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 2 El Jefe Garrosh Oops El Jefe Garrosh Embarrassed :garrosheljefeoops:
:garrosheljefeembarrassed:
:garrejoops:
:garrejembarrassed:
Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 1 El Jefe Garrosh Silly El Jefe Garrosh Silly :garrosheljefesilly:
:garrejsilly:
Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 2 El Jefe Garrosh Love El Jefe Garrosh in Love :garrosheljefelove:
:garrosheljefeinlove:
:garrejlove:
:garrejinlove:
Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 1 El Jefe Garrosh Meh El Jefe Garrosh Speechless :garrosheljefemeh:
:garrosheljefespeechless:
:garrejmeh:
:garrejspeechless:
Emoji Garrosh El Jefe Pack 2 El Jefe Garrosh Surprised 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).
  • 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".

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