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Johanna
Crusader

"The Crusade calls."

Basic Info
Title Crusader of Zakarum
Role Tank Tank
Difficulty Medium
Franchise Diablo (franchise) Diablo
Price Gem500 / Money4,000
Release Date June 2, 2015
Base Stats
Attack Type Melee
Health 2625
Health Regen 5.4687
Resource 500 Mana
Unit Radius 0.75
Attack Speed 0.91
Attack Range 1.5
Attack Damage 99
Data Page

Johanna, the Crusader of Zakarum, is a melee Tank Hero from the Diablo universe. There have been many women who have borne the name Johanna in service of the crusade, and each has given her life to purify her faith. Johanna carries on their legacy as she searches the kingdom of Khanduras for the fallen star.[1]

Johanna is a Tank who shines against Physical Attackers and can effectively clear groups of minions.

Background[ | ]

Diablo (franchise) This section concerns content exclusive to Diablo universe.

Johanna represents the Crusader class added to Diablo III in the Reaper of Souls Expansion Pack.

Crusaders are unbending champions of faith and law. These living fortresses use impenetrable plate and towering shields to wade through scores of foes, leaving demonic bodies smoldering in their wake.

The thick of battle is unforgiving, but crusaders rush in without hesitation, relying on holy magic and heavy armor to guarantee victory. Well-trained crusaders are adept at deflecting attacks entirely, often shrugging off massive blows that would fell lesser combatants. If pressed, they can sacrifice speed and mobility for pure staying power.

Bone-crunching flails and wicked shields are perfect for melee, but crusaders are hardly limited to extinguishing evil at close range. When one of these divinely empowered warriors joins battle, blazing fire and blinding light follow, smiting entire packs of enemies who dare to resist judgment.

Gameplay[ | ]

Johanna is a low-mobility, extremely resilient Tank, capable of Blinding, Slowing, Stunning, and pulling enemies. She excels at creating chaos and disruption in the midst of the enemy team for extended periods of time, rather than peeling for her allies, as is typical of other Tanks. Her disruptions are all AoE and therefore more effective when used against multiple enemies.

Strengths[ | ]

  • Extremely resilient
  • Condemn provides very good waveclear
  • Iron Skin absorbs a significant amount of damage and provides with Unstoppable, preventing crowd control from affecting you

Weaknesses[ | ]

Abilities[ | ]

See Data Page for a table of scaled values at key levels.
Iron Skin Icon
D
Iron Skin
Cooldown: 22 seconds

Activate to grant Johanna a Shield that absorbs 810 damage for 4 seconds. While this Shield is active, Johanna is Unstoppable.


Type: Shield, Status effect
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Unstoppable
Cast time: Instant

  • If the Shield breaks, Johanna loses Unstoppable and any other benefits that come with it.
Punish Icon
Q
Punish
40 Mana Cooldown: 8 seconds

Step forward dealing 113 damage and Slowing enemies by 60% decaying over 2 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point target
Cast time: 0 + 0.125 seconds
Area of Effect: Radial
Radius: 3.5
Arc: 160 degrees

  • Using Punish causes Johanna to minidash into the target direction. Roots prevent the dash behavior, but do not disable the Ability altogether.
Condemn Icon
W
Condemn
50 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

After 1 second, Johanna pulls nearby enemies toward her, Stunning them for 0.25 seconds and dealing 55 damage. Deals 200% increased damage to Minions and Mercenaries.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: No target
Properties: Area of Effect, Pull, Stun
Cast time: Instant
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 5.0
Pull duration: 0.1875 seconds
Pull speed: 19

  • Enemies hit by Condemn are in order first pulled, then damaged, and once the pull ends Stunned.
  • Damage bonus to Minions and Mercenaries stacks additively with offensive damage modifiers that can affect Condemn's damage.
Shield Glare Icon
E
Shield Glare
45 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

Deal 59 damage to enemies and Blind them for 1.5 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point target
Cast time: 0.125 + 0.125 seconds
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 12
Arc: 35 degrees
Missile speed:
- Initial: 50
- Final: 40
- Acceleration: -10
Falling Sword Icon
R
Falling Sword
60 Mana Cooldown: 50 seconds

Johanna leaps into the air for 2 seconds and she can steer the landing location by moving. While in the air, allies below Johanna are Unstoppable. Upon landing enemies hit take 225 damage and are Stunned for 0.25 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Movement: Teleport, Status effect / Status effect
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies / Self / Allied Heroes
Targeting: Point target
Cast time: 0.5 + 0.625 seconds
Range: 10
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 4.0

  • The cast is uninterruptible.
  • The initial teleport can be used to cross over terrain or Structures, but the Ability cannot be targeted on top of them or steered into them, except for allied and enemy Gates.
  • Immediately upon activating the Ability and while in the air, Johanna is put in Stasis. In addition to usual effects of Stasis, Johanna has no collision and after the initial delay removed from the ground plane.
  • While targeting the landing area, Johanna moves at regular Movement Speed subject to allied and her own Movement Speed buffs applied beforehand.
  • While in the air, Johanna gains vision over the target area.
  • The range indicator for the Ability's initial cast shown in game is incorrect.
Blessed Shield Icon
R
Blessed Shield
90 Mana Cooldown: 60 seconds

Deal 114 damage and Stun the first enemy hit for 1.5 seconds. Blessed Shield then bounces to 2 nearby enemies, dealing 57 damage and Stunning them for 0.75 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Bounce, Clamping, Skillshot
Cast time: 0.1 + 0 seconds
Range: 11.0
Hitbox: 2.0 x 1.75
Missile speed:
- Initial: 25
- Bounce: 30
Bounce search radius: 5.5

  • Bounces prioritize Heroes and then the closest enemy to Johanna.
  • Each bounce originates from the previous target.
  • Enemies that are immune to skillshots cannot be hit by the initial projectile, but can be targeted by bounces as long as they are not also immune to AoE (Invulnerable targets therefore cannot be targeted by or hit by either).

Talents[ | ]

1
Zealous Glare Icon
Zealous Glare

Shield Glare gains 1 additional charge, and deals 75% more damage.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability
Charge cooldown: 0.5 seconds

  • Damage bonus stacks with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Shield Glare's damage.
Divine Fortress Icon
Divine Fortress

Basic Attacks grant 10 Physical Armor for 4 seconds, stacking up to 40.

❢ Gambit: Gain 20% bonus maximum Health. Every death reduces this bonus by 5%.


Type: Bonus Health, Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self

  • Bonus loss is additive and the loss per death stops when 0% is reached.
Laws of Hope Icon
Laws of Hope

Cooldown: 40 seconds
Activate to heal 20% of Johanna's max Health over 5 seconds.

❢ Quest: Every 10 Regeneration Globes gathered increases this heal amount by 5% of Johanna's max Health.


Type: Healing, Bonus Health Regeneration
Scaling: - (healing) / 4.00% (regen)
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Heal over Time
Cast time: Instant
Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x5)
Healing per tick: 4.0%
Maximum healing bonus: 32,500 (x6,500)
4
Subdue Icon
Subdue

Hitting 2 or more Heroes at the same time with Punish increases the Slow to 80% and the Slow amount does not decay.

❢ Quest: Hit 4 or more Heroes at the same time with Punish.

❢ Reward: Punish always Slows by 80%.


Type: Crowd control

  • Slow amount also does not decay after completing the Quest.
Eternal Retaliation Icon
Eternal Retaliation

Mark enemies hit by Condemn for 10 seconds. Johanna's next Basic Attack against them removes the mark, lowering the cooldown of Condemn by 1 second, refunding 10 Mana, and killing Minions.


Type: Mana restoration / Instant kill / Cooldown reduction
Scaling: -
Affects: Self / Enemy Minions
Properties: Attack modifier
Hold Your Ground Icon
Hold Your Ground

Increases Iron Skin's Shield by 40% and its cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.


Type: Bonus Shield, Cooldown reduction
Scaling: -
Affects: Ability
7
Sins Exposed Icon
Sins Exposed

Punish reduces healing received by 35% for 3 seconds. Basic Attacks against them refresh this duration.


Type: Healing received modifier
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Attack modifier

  • Does not stack with itself. Reapplying refreshes the duration.
  • Healing reduction stacks additively with other healing received modifiers affecting the target Hero.
Conviction Icon
Conviction

Gain 10% Movement Speed, increased to 20% while Condemn is charging up.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Properties: Movement Speed
Steed Charge Icon
Steed Charge

Cooldown: 20 seconds
Activate to instantly Mount for 3 seconds, unhindered by damage.

Passive: Increase the duration of Iron Skin by 2 seconds.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Movement Speed
Cast time: Instant

  • Cannot be activated while Rooted.
  • Johanna is automatically dismounted when the effect ends, placing Mount on cooldown.
  • Attacking, using Abilities or getting Rooted, Stunned, Polymorphed, Dazed or put in Stasis instantly ends the effect.
10
Falling Sword Icon
Falling Sword

Cooldown: 50 seconds
Johanna leaps into the air for 2 seconds and she can steer the landing location by moving. While in the air, allies below Johanna are Unstoppable. Upon landing enemies hit take 225 damage and are Stunned for 0.25 seconds.

Blessed Shield Icon
Blessed Shield

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Deal 114 damage and Stun the first enemy hit for 1.5 seconds. Blessed Shield then bounces to 2 nearby enemies, dealing 57 damage and Stunning them for 0.75 seconds.

13
Roar Icon
Roar

Increases Punish's damage by 50%. This bonus is increased to 150% whenever Punish hits 2 or more Heroes.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Multihit bonus does not stack with base bonus.
  • Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Punish's damage.
Holy Fury Icon
Holy Fury

Deal 15 damage per second to nearby enemies. Each Hero hit by Condemn increases this damage by 40% for 5 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 3.5
Tickrate: 1.0 per second

  • Holy Fury is inactive while Mounted.
  • Holy Fury does not affect unaggroed neutral Mercenaries
  • Damaging enemy Heroes with Holy Fury does not draw tower aggro.
  • Damage from Holy Fire is unaffected by external offensive damage modifiers and lifesteal effects.
  • Holy Fire's damage bonus stacks additively with itself.
Blessed Hammer Icon
Blessed Hammer

Cooldown: 30 seconds
Activate to create 2 hammers that spiral outward from Johanna, dealing 74 damage to enemies hit. Damaging enemies with Basic Abilities reduces the cooldown of this Ability by 2 seconds.

Passive: Every 3rd Basic Attack against enemy Heroes releases a Hammer.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: No target
Cast time: Instant
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius:
- Spiral (max): 15
- Hitbox: 0.75
Duration: 3.5 seconds

  • Actually 2.5s of cooldown reduction per enemy hit by Basic Abilities, despite the tooltip.
  • The Ability is interrupted if Johanna dies or is put in Stasis.
  • Hammers spiral clockwise around Johanna, always starting from 10 o'clock and making 2.25 revolutions before reaching maximum radius and disappearing. The second hammer appears 1 second after the first.
  • Enemies can be hit by Blessed Hammer multiple times, but not more often than once per 0.5 seconds.
16
Shrinking Vacuum Icon
Shrinking Vacuum

Condemn reduces enemy Heroes' damage by 25% and Slows by 25% for 2 seconds.


Type: Crowd control, Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Area of Effect, Slow

  • Damage reduction stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect the target Hero's damage output.
Holy Renewal Icon
Holy Renewal

Hitting enemy Heroes with Shield Glare reduces its cooldown by 1.5 seconds and heals for 5% of Johanna's maximum Health.


Type: Healing, Cooldown reduction
Scaling: -
Affects: Self

  • Each enemy Hero hit applies the cooldown reduction.
Blessed Momentum Icon
Blessed Momentum

Basic Attacks grant 10% increased Attack Speed for 4 seconds, stacking up to 40%. They also reduce Johanna's Basic Ability cooldowns by 0.5 seconds.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack modifier, Attack Speed, Cooldown reduction

  • Attack Speed from Blessed Momentum stacks additively with itself and other Attack Speed effects.
20
Heaven's Fury Icon
Heaven's Fury

Falling Sword rains down holy bolts, dealing 50 damage to enemies, healing allied Heroes for 68, and reducing its cooldown by 1 second for each Hero hit.


Type: Spell Damage / Healing, Cooldown reduction
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies / Allied Heroes
Radius: 4.0
Tickrate: 4.0 per second (x8)
Initial delay: 0.25 seconds

  • Can target up to 3 enemies and 3 allied Heroes per tick, chosen at random within the target area.
  • Allied Heroes healed and enemy Heroes damaged both grant cooldown reduction.
  • Invulnerable allies are not healed by this Ability.
Radiating Faith Icon
Radiating Faith

Increase the number of enemies hit by Blessed Shield by 2. Its Stun duration is increased to 1.75 seconds and all targets hit are Stunned for the maximum duration.

Indestructible Icon
Indestructible

Upon taking fatal damage, Johanna gains a Shield equal to her maximum Health for 4 seconds. This effect has a 120 second cooldown.


Type: Shield
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Blinded by the Light Icon
Blinded By The Light

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Activate to grant nearby allied Heroes a Shield for 25% of their maximum Health for 3 seconds.

Hitting Heroes with Shield Glare reduces the cooldown of this Ability by 8 seconds.


Type: Shield
Scaling: -
Affects: Allied Heroes, Self
Targeting: No target
Properties: Area of Effect
Cast time: Instant
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 8.0

Builds and guides[ | ]

Icy Veins Johanna Guide

Johanna Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Johanna Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins[ | ]

Skins
 
Rare Crusader of Zakarum
Backstory: There have been many women who have borne the name Johanna in service of the crusade, and each has given her life to purify her faith. Johanna carries on their legacy as she searches the kingdom of Khanduras for the fallen star.
Johanna Crusader of Zakarum
Gem500 / Money4,000
Crusader of Zakarum
Johanna Onyx
Free
Onyx
Johanna Ivory
Free
Ivory
Johanna Scarlet
Gem120 / Shard75
Scarlet
Johanna Shakuras
Gem120 / Shard75
Shakuras
Rare Centurion
Backstory: At Emperor Severus's command, an entire legion marched against the portal of the gods. All but one returned home, a single centurion taken as punishment for man's hubris.
Johanna Centurion
Gem160 / Shard100
Johanna Centurion Amaranth
Gem160 / Shard100
Amaranth
Johanna Centurion Royal
Gem160 / Shard100
Royal
Epic Enforcer
Backstory: To join the Specialized Tactical Operations and Rescue Missions (STORM) Unit, prospective agents must meet drill sergeant Johanna's daunting requirements. Her family's long legacy as STORM officers makes it hard to impress her.
Features: Themed abilities, themed animations.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Enforcer skins.
Johanna Enforcer
Gem350 / Shard400
Johanna Enforcer Arctic
Gem350 / Shard400
Arctic
Johanna Enforcer Vigilante
Gem350 / Shard400
Vigilante
Johanna Enforcer Bionic
Gem525 / Shard600
Bionic
Rare Nephalem
Backstory: With the Worldstone's destruction, a new generation of Nephalem arose. They were descended from both angels and demons, yet stronger than both. It was not long before the Nephalem's glory was fully realized.
Johanna Nephalem
Gem120 / Shard75
Rare Sacred Oath
Backstory: The crusader's armor is an emblem of their identity. Over the centuries it is constantly molded and reshaped to fit the needs and personality of its current master.
Johanna Sacred Oath
Gem120 / Shard75
Johanna Sacred Oath Crimson
Gem120 / Shard75
Crimson
Johanna Sacred Oath Azure
Gem120 / Shard75
Azure
Epic Spellbreaker
Backstory: While most spellbreakers serve in defense of Quel'thalas, Johanna has embarked on a crusade to purify the lands of Lordaeron, instead. She will not rest until her homeland is restored.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into Warcraft skins.
Johanna Spellbreaker
Gem350 / Shard400
Johanna Spellbreaker Iron
Gem350 / Shard400
Iron
Johanna Spellbreaker Kaldorei
Gem350 / Shard400
Kaldorei
Johanna Spellbreaker Holy
Gem350 / Shard400
Holy
Legendary Warsong
Backstory: It is said that to face a Warsong Commander in battle is to experience the might of the Horde first-hand. Despite years of constant warfare, Jo'Hanna still charges into battle with a warcry that shakes the heavens.
Features: Replaced voice-over, themed abilities, themed animations.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into Warcraft skins.
Johanna Warsong
Gem750 / Shard1,600
Johanna Warsong Frostwolf
Gem750 / Shard1,600
Frostwolf
Johanna Warsong Mag'har
Gem750 / Shard1,600
Mag'har

Portraits[ | ]

Johanna Portraits
 
Carbot Johanna Portrait
Carbot Johanna
Gem120 / Shard75
Ivory Tiger Johanna Portrait
Caldeum Complex Ivory Tiger Johanna
Johanna Hero Portrait
Johanna Hero
Johanna Mastery Portrait
Johanna Mastery
Spellbreaker Johanna Portrait
Spellbreaker Johanna
Gem75 / Shard40

Sprays[ | ]

Johanna Sprays
 
Carbot Johanna Spray
Carbot Johanna
Gem120 / Shard75
Enforcer Johanna Spray
Enforcer Johanna
Gem75 / Shard40
Gingerbread Johanna Spray
Winter Veil Gingerbread Johanna
Gem120 / Shard75
R.I.P. Johanna Spray
Fall of King's Crest R.I.P. Johanna
Gem75 / Shard40
Serve and Protect Spray
Serve and Protect
Gem75 / Shard40
Technosteel Enforcer Johanna Spray
Technosteel Enforcer Johanna
Gem75 / Shard40
The Lifeguardian Spray
Sun's Out, Guns Out The Lifeguardian
Gem75 / Shard40

Emojis[ | ]

Johanna Pack 1 Emoji Johanna Pack 1 Johanna Happy Johanna Pack 2 Emoji Johanna Pack 2 Johanna Angry
Emoji Name Shortcut Emoji Name Shortcut
Emoji Johanna Pack 1 Johanna Happy Johanna Happy :johannahappy:
:johappy:
Emoji Johanna Pack 2 Johanna Angry Johanna Angry :johannaangry:
:joangry:
Emoji Johanna Pack 1 Johanna ROFL Johanna ROFL :johannalol:
:johannarofl:
:jolol:
:jorofl:
Emoji Johanna Pack 2 Johanna Cool Johanna Cool :johannacool:
:jocool:
Emoji Johanna Pack 1 Johanna Sad Johanna Sad :johannasad:
:josad:
Emoji Johanna Pack 2 Johanna Oops Johanna Embarrassed :johannaoops:
:johannaembarrassed:
:jooops:
:joembarrassed:
Emoji Johanna Pack 1 Johanna Silly Johanna Silly :johannasilly:
:josilly:
Emoji Johanna Pack 2 Johanna Love Johanna in Love :johannalove:
:johannainlove:
:jolove:
:joinlove:
Emoji Johanna Pack 1 Johanna Meh Johanna Speechless :johannameh:
:johannaspeechless:
:jomeh:
:jospeechless:
Emoji Johanna Pack 2 Johanna Surprised Johanna Surprised :johannawow:
:johannasurprised:
:jowow:
:josurprised:

Quotes[ | ]


Gallery[ | ]

General[ | ]

Concept art[ | ]

Talents[ | ]

Trivia[ | ]

  • Johanna represents the crusader class from Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (March 2014).
  • Johanna is voiced by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn.[2]
  • Johanna was confirmed as a hero in a video with new skins and mounts.[3]
  • Johanna was released on June 2, 2015.[4]
  • Her name may be a reference to Joan of Arc.
  • The Onyx Johanna skin resembles the Abyssal Dye pigment minus the shield, tabard, and symbol.
    • The Crimson Sacred Oath skin uses the same dye pigment.
  • The Ivory Johanna skin resembles the Pale Dye/Bottled Cloud dye pigment minus the shield, tabard and symbol.
    • The Azure Sacred Oath skin used the same dye pigment.
  • The Scarlet Johanna skin resembles the Scarlet Crusade, hence the eye shadow makeup, silver mane, and grey eyes.
    • It also resembles the Cardinal Dye pigment, minus the shield, tabard and symbol.
  • All three variants of Johanna's Centurion skin resemble a soldier of the ancient Roman empire.
  • The Holy Spellbreaker skin resembles a knight in the Argent Crusade minus the tabard.

Videos[ | ]

References[ | ]

  1. Johanna. Battle.net. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.. Retrieved on 2015-07-26.
  2. Crusader Voice Acting Interview with BlizzPro
  3. In Development: Skins for Kael'thas, Johanna, Sonya, Gazlowe, and more.
  4. Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes – June 2, 2015. Battle.net. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (2015-06-02). Retrieved on 2015-07-26.

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