Lunara

Lunara
"The hunt is on."
Basic Info
Title	First Daughter of Cenarius
Role	Ranged Assassin
Difficulty	Medium
Franchise	Warcraft
Price	625 / 7,000
Release Date	December 15, 2015
Base Stats
Attack Type	Ranged
Health	1430
Health Regen	2.9804
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	0.75
Attack Speed	1.11
Attack Range	5.5
Attack Damage	90
Data Page

Lunara, the First Daughter of Cenarius, is a Ranged Assassin Hero from the Warcraft universe. Most dryads are fierce protectors of the forest, preferring to spend their days keeping watch over the trees. Lunara, however, has ventured out of the woodlands she once called home, turning her ferocity—and her spears—toward any who would seek to exploit nature's bounty.

Lunara is an agile ranged attacker who effortlessly bounds in and out of the fray, doling out the fury of the wilds without prejudice. Those who snap even one twig underfoot will quickly be met by a volley of twisted spears and afflicted by deadly, debilitating toxins that will make them easy prey. Once crippled by her poisons, enemies will be left with nothing from their encounter with Lunara but a flash of hooves, the flicker of leaves, and the haunting memory of her distant laughter.

Lunara is a sustained Assassin who can wear down her enemies from afar with her poison.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft universe.

The enchanted dryads are the daughters of the night elf demigod, Cenarius. The playful, frolicking creatures vaguely resemble centaurs (their cursed cousins), but have bodies more akin to woodland fawns. They are swift and sure and are at peace with all of the children of the forest. Though they abhor unnecessary violence, the dryads will defend the wildlands of Kalimdor with their lives if need be.

The dryads watch over the shadowed forests of Kalimdor. Fleet-footed, clever, and playful, they protect their home with tender loving care. But where her sisters are the delicate flowers of the deep forest, the dryad Lunara, first daughter of the demigod Cenarius, is the thorn that guards them. Lunara nimbly strikes from afar, withering her enemies with toxins, then bounds away before anyone can lay a hand on her. Take care if you face her in the Nexus, or Lunara will make an endangered species out of you!

Gameplay

Strengths

• Good poke
• Wide and flexible vision
• Strong damage over time abilities
• Has innate mobility that may outmaneuver many heroes if skillshots are dodged

Weaknesses

• She has no real burst damage outside of Choking Pollen
• She is countered by Heroes with good self-sustain or have decent heal-over-time abilities (such as Lúcio)
• Susceptible to crowd control like blinds, roots and stuns.
• Requires good positioning
• Fairly high learning curve
• No access to mount, which is very punishing on bigger battlegrounds (like Warhead Junction)

Abilities

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

Nature's Toxin

Passive: Lunara's Basic Attacks and damaging Abilities poison their target, dealing 33 damage a second for 3 seconds. Every additional application increases the duration by 3 seconds, up to a maximum of 9 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Attack Modifier, Damage over Time

Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x3)

Q

Noxious Blossom

60 Mana Cooldown: 8 seconds

After 0.5 seconds, cause an area to explode with pollen, dealing 160 damage.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: 0.0625 + 0 seconds

Range: 7.5

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 1.375

W

Crippling Spores

50 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

Enemies currently afflicted by Nature's Toxin have its duration increased by 3 seconds and are Slowed by 40% decaying over 3 seconds.

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Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: No target

Properties: Slow

Cast time: Instant

Range: Global

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• Only activatable if there is an enemy afflicted by Nature's Toxin.
• This cannot increase the duration to longer than 9 seconds.

E

Wisp

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Spawn a Wisp to scout an area. Can be redirected once active. When the Wisp is in a bush for more than 2 seconds, its vision radius is increased by 75%. Lasts 45 seconds.

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Type: Summon

Targeting: Point target

Cast time: Instant

Range: Global

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Wisp

Type: Passive

Scaling: -

Targeting: Retargetable

Health: 2

Basic Attack damage: -

Movement Speed: 8.3593

Unit radius: 0.375

Sight radius: 6.0

Leash radius: -

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• Each instance of damage taken reduces Wisp's Health by 1.
• Only 1 Wisp can be active at a time.
• Cooldown starts when the ablility is cast.

E

Relocate Wisp

Cooldown: 1.0 seconds

Orders your Wisp to move to a new location.

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Type: Move order

Affects: Wisp

Targeting: Point target

Cast time: Instant

Range: Global

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• Replaces Wisp while your Wisp is alive.

R

Thornwood Vine

35 Mana

Charge Cooldown: 15 / 0.5 seconds
Send forth vines that deal 184 damage to all enemies in a line.
Stores up to 3 charges.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping

Cast time: 0.15 + 0 seconds

Range: 12

Hitbox: 1.4 x 1.0

Missile speed: 23.4

R

Leaping Strike

50 Mana

Charge Cooldown: 20 / 0.5 seconds
Leap over an enemy, Slowing them by 80% for 0.35 seconds and dealing 271 damage.
Stores up to 2 charges.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Movement: Launch, Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Slow, Unstoppable

Cast time: Instant

Range:
- Cast: 5.5
- Placement: 7.0 (from target)

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• Lunara is Unstoppable during the leap. Regardless, the Ability cannot be casted while Rooted, as it is a Movement Ability.

Dryad's Swiftness

Lunara moves 20% faster by leaping short distances.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Movement Speed

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• Lunara cannot Mount.
• Dryad's Swiftness grants Lunara +90% Movement Speed that gradually decays to -50% in a repeating cycle of 10 game ticks: +90% > +75% > +60% > +45% > +30% > +15% > +0% > +0% > -50% > -50% (1 tick = 0.0625 seconds), resulting in an average Movement Speed increase of +21.5%.
• Issuing a 'stop' command resets Dryad's Swiftness' Movement Speed cycle and can, with repetition, be used to reach higher average Movement Speed than intended.

Talents

1

Sentinel Wisp

After remaining in a bush for 5 seconds, Wisp's vision radius is increased by 200% and reveals the surrouding area.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Revealed

Bonus vision radius: 12.0

Natural Perspective

Nature's Toxin reveals enemies for its duration.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Revealed

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• The effect is tied to Natures Toxin. If the damage over time is removed, Revealed status gets removed as well.

Hippity Hop

After not Basic Attacking or taking damage for 2 seconds, increase the Move Speed bonus of Dryad's Swiftness by 10%.

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• Increases Dryad's Swiftness' Movement Speed cycle's initial bonus to +120% and the decay rate on the first 6 ticks to -20% per tick.
• Due to cycling, the actual average Movement Speed bonus of Dryad's Swiftness increases to +32%.

4

Blossom Swell

Increases Noxious Blossom's range by 25% and its radius by 20%. Noxious Blossom applies two stacks of Nature's Toxin to enemies hit.

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Bonus range: 2.0

Bonus radius: 0.275

Siphoning Toxin

While at least one enemy is afflicted by Nature's Toxin, heal for 9 per second. When an enemy Hero has 3 stacks of Nature's Toxin, increase this healing by 19 per second.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self

Tickrate: 1.0 per second

Nature's Culling

Increases Nature's Toxin's damage by 125% to non-Heroes.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

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• Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Nature's Toxin's damage.

7

Splintered Spear

Using Noxious Blossom causes Lunara's next Basic Attack to hit up to 4 enemies. These extra attacks can apply Nature's Toxin.

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Type: Physical Damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Attack Modifier

Radius: 11

Arc: 55 degrees

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• Additional Basic Attacks target enemies within the sector in front of Lunara, prioritizing Heroes.
• Target selection is random within the target priority group.

Choking Pollen

Noxious Blossom deals 100% more damage to Heroes afflicted by Nature's Toxin, increased to 175% against enemies with 3 stacks.

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Type: Bonus damage

Affects: Ability

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• Damage bonuses stack additively with themselves and with other offensive damage modifiers.

Wild Vigor

Using Crippling Spores increases the damage of Lunara's next 4 Basic Attacks by 70%.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

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• Stacks additively with other damage modifiers that can affect Lunara's Basic Attack damage.
• Does not affect the damage of Nature's Toxin.

10

Thornwood Vine

Charge Cooldown: 15 / 0.5 seconds
Send forth vines that deal 184 damage to all enemies in a line.
Stores up to 3 charges.

Leaping Strike

Charge Cooldown: 20 / 0.5 seconds
Leap over an enemy, Slowing them by 80% for 0.35 seconds and dealing 271 damage.
Stores up to 2 charges.

13

Endless Spores

Casting Crippling Spores while at least 2 Heroes are afflicted by Nature's Toxin reduces the cooldown by 4 seconds.

Let Them Wither

Increases Crippling Spores's slow by 1 second and causes it to no longer decay.

Greater Spell Shield

Every 30 seconds, gain 75 Spell Armor against the next enemy Ability and subsequent Abilities for 3 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 75%.
Can be toggled to allow or prevent this talent from triggering automatically.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target (toggle)

Properties: Spell Armor

Toggle cooldown: 0.5 seconds

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• Does not stack with other positive Spell Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Abolish Magic

Cooldown: 20 seconds
Active: Target an ally to remove all damage over time and disabling effects from them and Lunara. For 2 seconds afterward, the duration of disabling effects is reduced by 50%.

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Type: CC removal

Affects: Allied Heroes, Self

Targeting: Unit target

Cast time: Instant

Range: 10.0

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• Can be self-cast on Lunara without the need of an ally.
• "Disabling effects" refers to Stuns, Roots, Slows, Silences and their derivative effects.
• Removes Silence and its derivative effects, but does not reduce the duration of Silence-type effects applied post activation.

16

Accelerated Contamination

Reduce the Mana cost of Noxious Blossom from 60 to 40. While at least 1 enemy Hero is afflicted with Nature's Toxin, Noxious Blossom's cooldown recharges 75% faster.

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• While active reduces the cooldown of Noxious Blossom by 0.0468 seconds every 0.0625 seconds.

Star Wood Spear

Increase Lunara's Basic Attack range by 0.5. Using Crippling Spores increases Lunara's Basic Attack Range by 2.25 for 6 seconds.

Invigorating Spores

Crippling Spores grants 30% Attack Speed for 6 seconds. Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes with 3 stacks of Nature's Toxin deal damage equal to 1.5% of their maximum Health.

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Type: Spell Damage, Status effect

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Attack Modifier (heroes), Attack Speed, Percent Damage

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• Damage is dealt in a separate instance.
• Attack Speed bonus stacks additively with other effects that can affect Lunara's Attack Speed.

Unfair Advantage

Nature's Toxin deals 60% more damage to Heroes who are Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other damage modifiers that can affect Nature's Toxin's damage.

20

Forest's Wrath

Thornwood Vine now applies 2 stacks of Nature's Toxin. Increase Thornwood Vine's range by 30% and Lunara's vision radius by 35%.

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Bonus range: 3.5

Bonus vision radius: 4.2

Bonus missile speed: 5.4

Boundless Stride

All Leaping Strike charges are returned every 15 seconds. Leaping Strike can be used on allies.

Intensifying Toxin

At 3 stacks, Nature's Toxin deals 40% more damage.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other damage modifiers that can affect Nature's Toxin's damage.

Galloping Gait

Cooldown: 30 seconds
Activate to increase the Movement Speed bonus of Dryad's Swiftness to 80% for 6 seconds.

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Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Cast time: Instant

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• Increases Dryad's Swiftness' Movement Speed cycle's initial bonus to +252% and the decay rate on the first 6 ticks to -42% per tick.
• Due to cycling, the actual average Movement Speed bonus of Dryad's Swiftness increases to +78.2%.

Builds and guides

Icy Veins Lunara Guide

Lunara Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Lunara Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins

Lunara Skins
First Daughter of Cenarius
Backstory: While her younger sisters frolicked in idyllic forests, Lunara watched as mortals exploited nature's splendor. On Azeroth, her father Cenarius forbade her from retaliating. But this is the Nexus, and it's time for nature to take its revenge.
750 / 10,000 First Daughter of Cenarius	Free Autumn	Free Frost	120 / 75 Emerald
Sentinel
Backstory: Lunara watched as the betrayer Malfurion's fel magic consumed her beloved wilds. When High Priestess Shadowsong called upon the dryads to join the Sentinels, she was the first to volunteer.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Warcraft alternative shared history skins.
160 / 100	160 / 100 Blood	160 / 100 Enchanted	160 / 100 Dark
Warden
Backstory: When the war was finally over, the Betrayer Malfurion sat in chains. Unable to return to an idyllic life in the wilds, Lunara joined the Watchers in order to keep an eye on their accursed prisoner.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Warcraft alternative shared history skins.
160 / 100	160 / 100 Gray
Wild Champion
Backstory: As her power grew, Lunara began to hear the wilds of the Nexus crying out for a champion. They granted her untold power, and she granted them ruthless protection.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Northern	120 / 75 Floral	120 / 75 Harvest

Lunara Event Skins
La Parca
Backstory: It is said that the currently-undefeated La Parca arrived from parts unknown with a look of death in her eyes. This Nexomania, she meets the former champion La Pantera in the ring. It is sure to be the match of the century!
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Nexomania skins.
600 / 1,200	600 / 1,200 La Catrina	600 / 1,200 Los Muertos	900 / 1,800 La Medianoche	900 / 1,800 La Rosa
Winter Veil
Backstory: Lunara, the festive Dryad, has a very pointy spear. And if you ever see it, you should prob'ly run in fear.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of holiday skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Mistletoe	350 / 400 Cold	350 / 400 Starry	350 / 400 Snowfall

Portraits

Lunara Portraits
Carbot Lunara120 / 75	Deadwood Lunara75 / 40	La Parca Lunara	Lunara Hero	Lunara Mastery	Máscara de la Parca	My Friend Lunara75 / 40
Nexomania Lunara75 / 40	Nostalgic Winter Veil Lunara75 / 40	Possessed Lunara75 / 40	Toon La Catrina Lunara75 / 40	Toon Winter Veil Lunara75 / 40	Winter Veil Lunara75 / 40

Sprays

Lunara Sprays
Calavera de la Parca120 / 75	Carbot Lunara120 / 75	Cartoon Lunara120 / 75	Emoji Lunara120 / 75	Ha HA ha HA!250 / 300	Nostalgic Winter Veil Lunara75 / 40	Ojos de la Parca
Old Timey Lunara75 / 40	The Underworld Grip

Emojis

Lunara Pack 1			Lunara Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Lunara Happy	:lunarahappy: :lunahappy:		Lunara Angry	:lunaraangry: :lunaangry:
	Lunara ROFL	:lunaralol: :lunararofl: :lunalol: :lunarofl:		Lunara Cool	:lunaracool: :lunacool:
	Lunara Sad	:lunarasad: :lunasad:		Lunara Embarrassed	:lunaraoops: :lunaraembarrassed: :lunaoops: :lunaembarrassed:
	Lunara Silly	:lunarasilly: :lunasilly:		Lunara in Love	:lunaralove: :lunarainlove: :lunalove: :lunainlove:
	Lunara Speechless	:lunarameh: :lunaraspeechless: :lunameh: :lunaspeechless:		Lunara Surprised	:lunarawow: :lunarasurprised: :lunawow: :lunasurprised:

La Parca Lunara Pack 1			La Parca Lunara Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	La Parca Lunara Happy	:lunaralaparcahappy: :lunalahappy:		La Parca Lunara Angry	:lunaralaparcaangry: :lunalaangry:
	La Parca Lunara ROFL	:lunaralaparcalol: :lunaralaparcarofl: :lunalalol: :lunalarofl:		La Parca Lunara Cool	:lunaralaparcacool: :lunalacool:
	La Parca Lunara Sad	:lunaralaparcasad: :lunalasad:		La Parca Lunara Embarrassed	:lunaralaparcaoops: :lunaralaparcaembarrassed: :lunalaoops: :lunalaembarrassed:
	La Parca Lunara Silly	:lunaralaparcasilly: :lunalasilly:		La Parca Lunara in Love	:lunaralaparcalove: :lunaralaparcainlove: :lunalalove: :lunalainlove:
	La Parca Lunara Speechless	:lunaralaparcameh: :lunaralaparcaspeechless: :lunalameh: :lunalaspeechless:		La Parca Lunara Surprised	:lunaralaparcawow: :lunaralaparcasurprised: :lunalawow: :lunalasurprised:

Quotes

Main article: Lunara/Quotes

Trivia

• Lunara represents the dryad unit from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (July 2002).
• After being introduced in Heroes of the Storm, Lunara went on to appear in World of Warcraft: Legion (August 2016) and Hearthstone: The Witchwood (April 2018).
• Lunara is voiced by Amy Walker.
• Lunara was one of the four heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2015.
• The Enchanted Sentinel Lunara skin might reference the Enchantress from the MOBA Dota 2 (July 2013).
• The Frost Lunara and Northern Wild Champion Lunara skins reference the season of winter.
• The Emerald Lunara and Floral Wild Champion Lunara skins reference the season of spring.
• The Autumn Lunara and Harvest Wild Champion Lunara skins reference the season of autumn.
• One of Lunara's gag quotes references the dryad saying 'I'm so wasted, I'm so wasted' from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.

Gallery

General

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  Lunara's artwork

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  Lunara menu

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  Lunara concept

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  Master Lunara concept

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  Lunara's arena team

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  Master Lunara

Abilities

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  Q: Noxious Blossom

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  W: Crippling Spores

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  E: Wisp

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  R1: Thornwood Vine

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  R2: Leaping Strike

Gameplay

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  Lunara attacks a group of minions

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  Lunara with Cho'gall and Greymane

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  Cho'gall uses Consuming Blaze while Greymane and Lunara attack him

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  Cho'gall, Greymane, Johanna, and Lunara fight the Headless Horseman

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  Lunara, Greymane, and Stitches fight Valla, Malfurion, and Johanna for control of an altar

External links

• Lunara Hero Week
• Lunara - Heroes of the Storm
• Lunara - Wowpedia
• Lunara Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Lunara Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm