Kerrigan

Kerrigan
"Wait 'til they get a load of me!"
Basic Info
Title	Queen of Blades
Role	Melee Assassin
Difficulty	Hard
Franchise	StarCraft
Price	500 / 4,000
Release Date	March 13, 2014
Base Stats
Attack Type	Melee
Health	1764
Health Regen	3.6757
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	0.6875
Attack Speed	1.25
Attack Range	2
Attack Damage	115
Data Page

Sarah Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades, is a Melee Assassin Hero from the StarCraft universe. Once a Terran Ghost with formidable psionic abilities, Sarah Kerrigan was betrayed by her allies and transformed by the zerg into the Queen of Blades. Now freed of the dark one's corruption, Kerrigan faces a threat that could destroy the galaxy itself.

Kerrigan is a combo Assassin who goes all in, diving into the enemy team.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to the StarCraft universe.

Sarah Louise Kerrigan discovered the strength of her latent psionic gift as a young girl. An innocent flash of childish anger at her parents resulted in massive cerebral hemorrhaging and a horrific death for her mother. Her father would only repeat one thing over and over again in the ensuing years: “I saw her head come apart.” This gruesome event alerted the Terran Confederacy to her powers, and she quickly became the focus of the fledgling ghost program. Because she had reached unheard-of scores on psi-evaluation tests, her abilities elicited a complete readjustment of the scoring system so that she could be properly measured. The remnants of her humanity were stripped from her, and Kerrigan was designated Ghost Number 24601.

Following her emergence from the ghost program, she became an unstoppable assassin for the corrupt Confederate government. It was her assassination of the independent senator Angus Mengsk that brought her to the attention of his ambitious son, Arcturus. At first wishing to extract revenge from Kerrigan for his father’s murder, Arcturus soon realized that she was much more useful as a weapon against the Confederacy. After rescuing her from a clandestine experimental facility, he removed her neural inhibitor and used her restored memories to build righteous anger against the government that had abused her. Kerrigan became Mengsk's second-in-command.

She was running a mission on Antiga Prime when she first came across one-time Confederate marshal Jim Raynor, a new recruit to the Sons of Korhal. He disapproved of her lethal dealings with the Confederacy, but the conflict between the two soon grew into mutual respect, admiration, and even attraction. Kerrigan and Raynor ran several secret missions together before Mengsk’s revolutionary movement brought them to Tarsonis. Even Kerrigan’s jaded sensibilities were shocked when she learned what Arcturus had planned for the Confederate capital world: the placement of psi emitters to lure the zerg to one of the most densely populated planets in the sector. It would result in the death of almost every living thing on Tarsonis. Voicing her opposition, she nonetheless set about loyally fulfilling her mission to protect the hive clusters from a mysterious new alien enemy, the protoss. Mengsk would take advantage of that loyalty, abandoning her to die on Tarsonis when the mission was complete. He couldn’t run the risk of having a powerful weapon like Kerrigan running loose in the shadow of his new government, the Terran Dominion, and put her down like an unruly animal.

Little did Arcturus Mengsk suspect that he had just succeeded in arming the zerg against him. The zerg Overmind sensed Kerrigan’s formidable psionic powers and desired to adapt this new weapon for the Swarm. Bringing all of the evolutionary strength of its genetic skill to bear upon the one-time ghost, the Overmind transformed Sarah Kerrigan into an unstoppable combination of psychic ability and biological deadliness: the Queen of Blades was born.

Not wanting to hamper Kerrigan’s intellectual and strategic brilliance, the Overmind left her a degree of individual will that differed from its cerebrates. It was this freedom that allowed her ambitions to rise, and before long, the Queen of Blades conquered her cerebrate kin and took charge of the Swarm when the Overmind was slain. However, she was forced to fight a civil war with the Overmind's remaining cerebrates who sought to make a new Overmind, which was further complicated by the arrival of the United Earth Directorate, who were able to seize control of the second Overmind and the renegade Swarm. Kerrigan rallied the factions of the sector together against the UED while using her consort Samir Duran to manipulate events, including figures such as Raynor, Mengsk, Zeratul, and Fenix, but when the time was right she betrayed them, killing her former allies. After the UED was repelled from Char and the Overmind killed, the forces of the sector attempted a final push to destroy Kerrigan. It failed. Yet after destroying the remnants of the UED, Kerrigan held her broods back, sensing a greater evil on the horizon, and a shadowing presence lingered on the edges of her thoughts, connected to the mysterious disappearance of Duran...

Four years later, Kerrigan unleashed her Swarms on the Terran Dominion, seeing a relic named the Keystone made by the ancient xel'naga. However Raynor, who still thought that his old lover was within the mindless monster, assembled the Keystone himself and launched a joint assault on Char with Arcturus's son Valerian Mengsk. They used that same Keystone on her, purifying her of most of her zerg mutagen, and reverting her back to her human form, without the influence of the zerg. Raynor fled with Kerrigan, but was soon captured by Dominion forces, and Mengsk reported him executed. Wanting revenge and knowing there could be no peace without Mengsk, Kerrigan returned to the Swarm, reforming it from its shattered state with her deinfestation, and reinfesting herself as a primal zerg. She then found and slew Duran, who was breeding protoss/zerg hybrids in service of a xel'naga named Amon, and slew his physical form, knowing Amon had returned and she would need to face him, but would face Mengsk first. She discovered and rescued Raynor, and after some convincing that she was not the same murderess, the two assaulted Mengsk's capital of Korhal, killing him and ending his schemes.

Yet Kerrigan's true enemy, Amon, had awoken and a year later released his forces on the universe. Kerrigan attempted to reach the central xel'naga temple of Ulnar, but her broods were ravaged by Amon's forces. She received aid from Artanis, who despite his hatred for her, the two made it into the center of the temple, only to find the xel'naga dead and a trap sprung for them. The two escaped, but Kerrigan's swarms were ravaged. Nonetheless Artanis was successful at banishing Amon to the Void

Two years later, Kerrigan received a benevolent call coming from the Void portal in Ulnar, and rallied Raynor and Artanis to help her finish Amon once and for all. They plunged into the Void, slaying Duran permanently and releasing the xel'naga Ouros, who gave his essence to allow Kerrigan to become a xel'naga. Kerrigan gifted Zagara leadership of the Swarm, as well as knowledge of how to recover the sector from its devastated state. She then faced down and destroyed Amon, ending a timeless scheme of manipulation and destruction.

Kerrigan vanished upon the defeat of Amon, but a silhouette of her was seen by Raynor in a bar, before he vanished with her as he walked into a bright light, never to be seen again.

Gameplay

Kerrigan is a Melee Assassin who utilizes a devastating combo of Primal Grasp and Impaling Blades to Stun and damage groups of enemies. Assimilation allows Kerrigan to dive deep into team fights and quickly regenerate Health in the form of Shields through her own damage output.

One of Kerrigan's greatest strenghts is her ability to roam the map in search of ganks. Impaling Blades does not only stun all enemies it strikes, but also deals a significant amount of AoE damage to them. There is a noticeable delay between when the ability is cast and when it will actually trigger, making Impaling Blades relatively difficult to land. This is why Impaling Blades should always (for the most part) be used in conjunction with Primal Grasp, as Primal Grasp will pull enemies into Impaling Blades, making it almost impossible to avoid. Newer Kerrigan players are strongly encouraged to spend time practicing her Primal Grasp/Impaling Blades combo in Training; as without it, Kerrigan loses almost everything that makes her such a valuable asset to her team.

Strengths

• Excellent burst damage and crowd control
• Strong inititaition by means of Ravage
• Excels at ganking
• Deceptively tanky due to Assimilation
• Incredible waveclear

Weaknesses

• Incredibly vulnerable to crowd control
• Very reliant on ability cooldowns
• Low sustained damage
• High skill cap/learning curve
• Little to no means of escape (without Psionic Shift)

Abilities

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

Assimilation

Gain 10% of damage dealt from Basic Attacks and Abilities as Shields for 6 seconds. Shield amount gained doubled against Heroes.

Current maximum: 1004

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Type: Shield

Scaling: - (gain) / 4.00% (maximum)

Affects: Self

Properties: Lifesteal (shields)

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• Benefits from all damage from Basic and Heroic Abilities and Talents.
• Duration is refreshed every time more Shields are gained through Assimilation.
• Shields gained are calculated from the final damage dealt after all damage modifiers.
• Hero bonus stacks multiplicatively with all bonuses from talents affecting Assimilation's baseline Shield gain.

Q

Ravage

20 Mana Cooldown: 8 / 0.25 seconds

Leap at a target, dealing 130 damage. If the enemy dies within 1.5 seconds, restore 1 charge and refund 20 Mana.

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Type: Spell Damage / Movement: Launch

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Unit target

Cast time: Instant

Range: 5.5

Missile speed: 21

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Impaling Blades

80 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

After 1.25 seconds, deal 165 damage to enemies within the target area, Stunning them for 1 second.

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Type: Spell Damage / Crowd control

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Stun

Cast time: 0.1 + 0 seconds

Range: 6.0

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 1.5

E

Primal Grasp

65 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

Pulls enemies within the target area towards Kerrigan, dealing 25 damage. After 2.5 seconds, an explosion occurs around Kerrigan, dealing 195 damage to nearby enemies.

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Type: Spell Damage / Crowd control

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping

Cast time: 0 + 0.5 seconds

Area of Effect:
- Pull: Radial
- Explosion: Circle

Radius:
- Pull: 8.2
- Explosion: 2.5

Arc: 35 degrees (pull)

Knockback duration: 0.375 seconds

Knockback speed: 10

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• Both pull and explosion trigger talents affecting Primal Grasp.
• Removes active knockbacks on hit.

R

Maelstrom

80 Mana Cooldown: 90 seconds

Deals 74 damage per second to nearby enemies. Lasts for 7 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 4.5

Tickrate: 2.0 per second (x14)

Damage per tick: 37

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• Kerrigan can't mount while Maelstrom is active.

R

Summon Ultralisk

75 Mana Cooldown: 80 seconds

After 0.5 seconds, summon an Ultralisk that rushes foward upon spawning, dealing 250 damage to the first enemy Hero hit and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds.

The Ultralisk's Basic Attacks deal 50% of their damage in an area around their target. Reactivate to retarget the Ultralisk.

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Type: Summon

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Clamping

Cast time: 0.125 + 0 seconds

Range: 12

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Ultralisk

Type: Active

Scaling: 4.00% (damage & Health)

Targeting: Retargetable

Health: 1369

Basic Attack damage: 100

Attack speed: 1.0

Attack range: 1.5

Movement Speed: 5.5

Unit radius: 1.25

Sight radius: 9.0

Leash radius: -

Splash radius: 2.0

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• Upon summon, Ultralisk spawns in front of Kerrigan and casts Charge to the target direction.
• Kerrigan gains Assimilation Shields from all damage dealt by Ultralisk.

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Charge

Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Movement: Dash

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemy Heroes / Ultralisk

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Skillshot, Stun

Cast time: 0.5 + 0 seconds

Range: 12

Hitbox: 2.25 x 4.5

Missile speed: 19

Talents

1

Siphoning Impact

Hitting an enemy Hero with Ravage grants 100 points of Assimilation Shields.

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Type: Shield

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self

Assimilation Mastery

Regeneration Globe healing grants 50 points of Assimilation Shields per second while active. While Assimilation is active, Kerrigan's Health and Mana regeneration is increased by 150%.

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Type: Shield

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self

Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x5)

Fury of the Swarm

Gain 10% more Assimilation Shields from Basic Attacks. After casting Ravage, Kerrigan's next Basic Attack within 3 seconds splashes for 100% damage around the target.

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Type: Physical Damage / Shield

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemies / Self

Properties: Attack Modifier, Splash

Radius: 2.5 (splash)

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• Stacks additively with other talents affecting baseline Shield gain.

4

Sharpened Blades

❢ Quest: Minions and Heroes that die within 1.5 seconds of being hit by Ravage increase its damage up to a maximum of 75.

Minions grant 1 increased damage and Heroes grant 5 increased damage.

❢ Reward: After reaching a 75 damage increase, Ravage gains 50 additional damage.

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Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Ability

Kinetic Fulmination

Damaging an enemy increases the damage of Kerrigan's next Impaling Blades within 10 seconds by 10%, up to 100%.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers affecting Impaling Blades' damage output.

Psionic Pulse

Primal Grasp explodes a second time 2 seconds after its first explosion.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Area of Effect

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 2.5

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• Secondary explosion interacts with all talents affecting Primal Grasp.

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Queen of Blades

Reduce the cooldown of Ravage by 3 seconds and increase its damage to Minions and Mercenaries by 100%.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier, Cooldown reduction

Affects: Ability

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Ravage's damage.

Boundless Fury

Hitting an enemy Hero with Ravage grants a charge of Ravage. Can only occur once every 10 seconds per Hero.

Bladed Momentum

Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes reduce the cooldown of Kerrigan's Basic Abilities by 0.6 seconds.

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Properties: Attack Modifier, Cooldown reduction

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Maelstrom

Cooldown: 90 seconds
Deals 74 damage per second to nearby enemies. Lasts for 7 seconds.

Summon Ultralisk

Cooldown: 80 seconds
After 0.5 seconds, summon an Ultralisk that rushes foward upon spawning, dealing 250 damage to the first enemy Hero hit and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds.

The Ultralisk's Basic Attacks deal 50% of their damage in an area around their target. Reactivate to retarget the Ultralisk.

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Psionic Barrier

Each enemy Hero hit by Primal Grasp grants 20 Spell Armor and 4% Movement Speed for 4 seconds, stacking up to 20% Movement Speed.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Spell Armor, Movement Speed

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• Armor stacks up to 10 times (cannot bypass the Armor cap of 75 after subtracting the largest Armor debuff active on Kerrigan).
• Both effects stack additively with themselves, but not with other positive Spell Armor or Movement Speed effects.
• Consecutive applications refresh the duration of existing stacks.

Volatile Power

Increase the amount of Assimilation Shields granted from damage dealt by 10%, but reduce duration of Assimilation by 3 seconds.

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Type: Shield

Affects: Self

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• Stacks additively with other talents affecting baseline Shield gain.

Chrysalis

Cooldown: 90 seconds

Activate to place Kerrigan in a Chrysalis with 750 Health for 5 seconds. While inside, Kerrigan regenerates 5% of her maximum Health per second.

Enemies can destroy the Chrysalis to end its effects early.

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Type: Status effect, Healing / Summon

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Stasis

Cast time: Instant

Tickrate: 4.0 per second (x20)

Healing per tick: 1.24%

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• Chrysalis can be reactivated after 0.5 seconds to end its effect early.
• Chrysalis places Kerrigan in Stasis, removing most negative effects from her.

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Chrysalis

Type: Passive

Scaling: 4.00% (Health)

Health: 750

Movement Speed: -

Unit radius: 0.6875

Sight radius: 8.0

16

Mounting Potency

Ravage grants 5% Spell Power for 5 seconds, up to 40%.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier, Healing modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Spell Power

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• Spell Power increase applies after the damage from Ravage is dealt.
• Consecutive applications refresh the duration of existing stacks.
• Spell Power from Mounting Potency stacks additively with itself and other sources of Spell Power as well as other offensive damage and healing modifiers affecting Kerrigan's Spell Damage or healing output.

Painful Spikes

Enemies hit by Impaling Blades take an additional 70 damage the next 6 times Kerrigan damages them within 5 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

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• Damage dealt by Ultralisk does not count as dealt by Kerrigan for the purposes of this Talent.

Unbridled Energy

Damaging a Hero with a Heroic Ability grants 35% Spell Power for 4 seconds.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier, Healing modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Spell Power

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• Does not stack with itself. Subsequent applications refresh the duration of the effect.
• Spell Power from Unbridled Energy stacks additively with other sources of Spell Power and other offensive damage and healing modifiers affecting Kerrigan's Spell Damage or healing output.

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Omegastorm

Maelstrom's duration is increased by 0.25 seconds every time it damages a Hero.

Torrasque

Increase the Health and Basic Attack damage of the Ultralisk by 20%. The Ultralisk morphs into an egg when it dies. If the egg isn't killed within 4 seconds, a new Ultralisk is born.

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Type: Summon

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Torrasque

Type: Passive

Scaling: 4.00% (Health)

Health: 594

Movement Speed: -

Unit radius: 0.75

Sight radius: 6.0

Leash radius: -

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• There is no limit to how many times Ultralisk can respawn this way.
• Egg is spawned regardless of Ultralisk dying from its duration expiring or being killed by the enemy.

Assimilation Blades

Damaging an enemy increases Basic Attack damage by 2% for 5 seconds, up to 40%.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

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• Stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers affecting Kerrigan's Basic Attack damage.
• Consecutive applications refresh the duration of existing stacks.

Psionic Shift

Cooldown: 70 seconds
Active: Activate to teleport to a nearby location, dealing 50 damage to nearby enemies. Generates 300% increased Assimilation Shields from the damage dealt.

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Type: Spell Damage / Shields, Movement: Teleport

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping

Cast time: Instant

Range: 7.2

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 2.0

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• Stacks additively with other talents affecting baseline Shield gain.

Builds and guides

Icy Veins Kerrigan Guide

Kerrigan Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Kerrigan Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins

Kerrigan Skins
Queen of Blades
Backstory: Once a terran ghost with formidable psionic abilities, Sarah Kerrigan was betrayed by her allies and transformed into the Queen of Blades. Now freed of the dark one's corruption, Kerrigan faces a threat that could destroy the galaxy itself.
500 / 4,000 Queen of Blades	Free Toxic	Free Char	120 / 75 Shadow
Cheerleader
Backstory: Unsurprisingly, cheerleading for the Burning Courts can be extraordinarily demanding. As team captain, Kerrigan has little patience for squad members who can't take the heat.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of sports skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Crimson	350 / 400 Azure	350 / 400 Dorm	350 / 400 Fighting
350 / 400 Heartbreaker	350 / 400 Champion	350 / 400 RCHS
Legion Mistress
Backstory: Among all the demons of the Burning Legion, the succubi are the ones who are most delighted by inflicting anguish upon their foes. Mistress Kerrigan is far better at it than most.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into Warcraft skins.
160 / 100	160 / 100 Suffering	160 / 100 Torment
Primal Queen
Backstory: The primal zerg essences within Kerrigan cannot remain static for too long. With every kill, they incorporate their foe's strengths, becoming increasingly deadly... and spikey.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Verdant	120 / 75 Ash
Queen of Ghosts
Backstory: Fully cleansed by the Xel'Naga Artifact, Kerrigan joined forces with Jim Raynor and Prince Valerian. Armed with the latest Umojan tech, they prepare to bring Arcturus to justice once and for all.
Features: Themed abilities, replaced voice-over.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of alternative history skins. All abilities are colored based on the tint chosen.
750 / 1,600	750 / 1,600 Vespene	750 / 1,600 Cruel	750 / 1,600 MEKA	750 / 1,600 Templar
Succubus
Backstory: Kerrigan, the Queen of Suffering, rules over her brood of succubi with a fel iron fist. Warlocks brash enough to summon her risk facing her terrible vengeance.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into Warcraft skins.
160 / 100	160 / 100 Crimson	160 / 100 Cataclysmic

Kerrigan Event Skins
Brood War
Backstory: After being abandoned to face the Zerg Swarm on Tarsonis, Sarah Kerrigan's body and mind were twisted into a weapon by the Overmind. Emerging from her Crystalis, she adopted the title "Queen of Blades" and began a campaign of vengeance against her former allies.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Legends of the Past skins.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Braxis	120 / 75 Char	120 / 75 Korhal	120 / 75 Tarsonis
Countess
Backstory: Countess Sarah von Kerrigan's bloodthirst knew no bounds. It was only a matter of time before the Vampire Slayers of Raven Court rose up against her reign of terror.
Features: Themed abilities, themed mount.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Raven Court skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Emerald	350 / 400 Onyx	350 / 400 Spectral
Cyber Ghost
Backstory: Fully upgraded with the latest cybernetic enhancements, Kerrigan joined forces with the Azure Dragons and Onyx Turtles, Armed with the latest firmware, they prepare to bring the Cyber Oni to justice once and for all.
Features: Themed abilities, replaced voice-over.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Caldeum Complex skins.
1,125 / 2,400

Mounts

Kerrigan Mounts
Bat Transformation (Countess Kerrigan exclusive)
Backstory: It's Heroes of the Storm Trivia Time™! Did you know that the Countess Kerrigan doesn't transform into a vampire bat, but rather a fruit bat instead? Talk about bananas!
Free

Portraits

Kerrigan Portraits
2016 Fall Global Championship	Bracket Challenge 2017	Brood War Kerrigan75 / 40	Carbot Kerrigan120 / 75	Cheerleader Kerrigan75 / 40	Countess Kerrigan75 / 40	Cyber Ghost Kerrigan75 / 40
Ghost Kerrigan75 / 40	Ink Kerrigan75 / 40	Kerrigan Hero	Kerrigan Icon75 / 40	Kerrigan Mastery	Legion Mistress Kerrigan75 / 40	Model KR1-GN Insignia75 / 40
Queen of Blades Kerrigan75 / 40	Queen of Death75 / 40	Queen of Ghosts Kerrigan75 / 40	Queen of Gorgons Kerrigan75 / 40	Remastered Kerrigan

Sprays

Kerrigan Sprays
Bad Romance250 / 300	Carbot Kerrigan120 / 75	Countess Kerrigan75 / 40	Hologram Kerrigan180 / 112	Kerrigan Icon75 / 40	Kerrigan Pixel75 / 40	La Fantasma Kerrigan75 / 40
Model KR1-GN Insignia75 / 40	Old Timey Cheerleader Kerrigan75 / 40	Puppet Kerrigan75 / 40	Queen of Evil Kerrigan75 / 40	Queen of Ghosts75 / 40	Tattoo Ghost Kerrigan75 / 40

Emojis

Kerrigan Pack 1			Kerrigan Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Kerrigan Happy	:kerriganhappy: :kerrhappy:		Kerrigan Angry	:kerriganangry: :kerrangry:
	Kerrigan ROFL	:kerriganlol: :kerriganrofl: :kerrlol: :kerrrofl:		Kerrigan Cool	:kerrigancool: :kerrcool:
	Kerrigan Sad	:kerrigansad: :kerrsad:		Kerrigan Embarrassed	:kerriganoops: :kerriganembarrassed: :kerroops: :kerrembarrassed:
	Kerrigan Silly	:kerrigansilly: :kerrsilly:		Kerrigan in Love	:kerriganlove: :kerriganinlove: :kerrlove: :kerrinlove:
	Kerrigan Speechless	:kerriganmeh: :kerriganspeechless: :kerrmeh: :kerrspeechless:		Kerrigan Surprised	:kerriganwow: :kerrigansurprised: :kerrwow: :kerrsurprised:

Countess Kerrigan Pack 1			Countess Kerrigan Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Countess Kerrigan Happy	:kerrigancountesshappy: :kerrchappy:		Countess Kerrigan Angry	:kerrigancountessangry: :kerrcangry:
	Countess Kerrigan ROFL	:kerrigancountesslol: :kerrigancountessrofl: :kerrclol: :kerrcrofl:		Countess Kerrigan Cool	:kerrigancountesscool: :kerrccool:
	Countess Kerrigan Sad	:kerrigancountesssad: :kerrcsad:		Countess Kerrigan Embarrassed	:kerrigancountessoops: :kerrigancountessembarrassed: :kerrcoops: :kerrcembarrassed:
	Countess Kerrigan Silly	:kerrigancountesssilly: :kerrcsilly:		Countess Kerrigan in Love	:kerrigancountesslove: :kerrigancountessinlove: :kerrclove: :kerrcinlove:
	Countess Kerrigan Speechless	:kerrigancountessmeh: :kerrigancountessspeechless: :kerrcmeh: :kerrcspeechless:		Countess Kerrigan Surprised	:kerrigancountesswow: :kerrigancountesssurprised: :kerrcwow: :kerrcsurprised:

Quotes

Main article: Kerrigan/Quotes

Development

According to Kent-Erik Hagman: "With Kerrigan, we really wanted to capture the powerful force she projects. She's a character who isn't afraid to do her own dirty work. That’s something we felt Heart of the Swarm portrayed quite well. We wanted to capture that "in your face" mentality. So you see abilities like Ravage, which can really get her in the middle of a teamfight, and Sweeping Grasp, which pulls her enemies in close. The art team also really wanted to stress her wings and spiky nature, so Crushing Grip from Heart of the Swarm became Impaling Blades in Heroes to really play up her spikes. Finally, her whole kit is topped off with Maelstrom, which really synergizes with her entire playstyle."

Trivia

• Kerrigan first appeared in StarCraft (March 1998).
• Kerrigan is voiced by Glynnis Talken Campbell in StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War, and Tricia Helfer in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void, and Vanessa Marshall in Heroes of the Storm.
• Kerrigan was one of the 18 heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
• Kerrigan's ghost form was under consideration to be a separate hero in the game. It has since been made an optional tint for Nova.
• Ravage is taken from Kerrigan's "Leaping Strike" ability in Heart of the Swarm.
• Summon Ultralisk spawns an ultralisk, heavily armored living melee tanks used by the Swarm.
• Maelstrom is likely a reference to Kerrigan's "Apocalypse" ability from Heart of the Swarm.
• Kerrigan's level 1 talent "Fury of the Swarm" is likely a reference to her "Fury" ability from Heart of the Swarm and Co-op Missions. "Fury of the Swarm" was also the name of a mission in StarCraft: Brood War.
• The Level 7 talent "Queen of Blades" is a reference to Kerrigan's title of the "Queen of Blades."
• The level 13 talent "Chrysalis" is a reference to the chrysalis that Kerrigan was put within as she was infested by the zerg.
• Formerly the cut talent "Impaling Blades" at Level 7 allowed Kerrigan to spawn two zerglings. This was later removed.
• The level 20 talent Torrasque is a reference to the strain of ultralisk named the Torrasque. After being slain, this advanced strain could be reincarnated to be thrown back at its enemies.
• The Cheerleader Kerrigan skin stemmed from the development of the Azmodunk skin.

Gallery

General

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  Kerrigan's artwork

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  Machines of War

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  Queen of Ghosts

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  Kerrigan fights over an objective.

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  Kerrigan and her allies defeat Arthas and steal his treasure.

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  Kerrigan fights a mercenary camp with Uther.

Concept art

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  Kerrigan (old model)

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  Succubus Kerrigan (old model)

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  Countess Kerrigan (old model)

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  Concept art for Countess Kerrigan

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  Concept art for Countess Kerrigan's bat form

Abilities

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  Q: Ravage

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  W: Impaling Blades

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  E: Primal Grasp

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  R1: Summon Ultralisk

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  R2: Maelstrom

External links

• Developer Insights: The Heart of a Queen
• Kerrigan Hero Week
• Kerrigan - Heroes of the Storm
• Sarah Kerrigan - StarCraft Wiki
• Kerrigan Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes