Raynor

Raynor
"Anytime you're ready."
Basic Info
Title	Renegade Commander
Role	Ranged Assassin
Difficulty	Easy
Franchise	StarCraft
Price	300 / 2,000
Release Date	March 13, 2014
Base Stats
Attack Type	Ranged
Health	1450
Health Regen	3.0195
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	0.8125
Attack Speed	1.25
Attack Range	6.5
Attack Damage	98
Data Page

Jim Raynor, the Renegade Commander, is a Ranged Assassin Hero from the StarCraft universe. The Ex-Confederate Marshall has stood against whatever the universe can throw at him and survived. He stands as a bright beacon of hope among enigmatic aliens and monsters, still fighting for justice in a cold uncaring universe.

Raynor is a Physical Damage Assassin who can keep enemies away.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to the StarCraft universe.

Jim Raynor was a former soldier of the Terran Confederacy, who abandoned the sector-wide conflict of the Guild Wars to turn to banditry alongside his comrade Tychus Findlay. However, soon he began to see the dark path he was following, and after Tychus was captured it turned a new leaf, becoming marshal on Mar Sara. Years later, the alien zerg invaded the world. Despite bravely fighting the alien aggressors and saving many lives, he was arrested by Confederate forces on the pretext of destroying zerg-infested Confederate property at Backwater Station. When he was subsequently liberated by Arcturus Mengsk's Sons of Korhal, an anti-Confederate revolutionary group, Raynor chose to fight alongside them.

Mengsk’s hunger for power and his growing lack of scruples soon began to trouble Raynor. Eventually Mengsk’s betrayal of his own lieutenant Sarah Kerrigan and his ruthless manipulation of the zerg to attack Confederacy-held worlds showed Raynor that Mengsk was no better than the oppressors he sought to overthrow. Raynor led a revolt within the ranks of the Sons of Korhal and seized Mengsk’s personal flagship, the Hyperion, and a small fleet of ships, forming Raynor's Raiders. While attempting to rescue Kerrigan from the zerg planet Char, Raynor was forced to fight against the now zerg infested Kerrigan, but allied with the protoss forces there and gained the respect of the valiant Executor Tassadar. Raynor’s frank honesty enabled him to forge a bond between Tassadar and the dark templar Zeratul.

Raynor and his troops went on to fight alongside the protoss in several campaigns and played a key role in battling the United Earth Directorate incursion that followed. A twist of fate found Raynor temporarily allied with Arcturus Mengsk and the Queen of Blades, the being reforged from Sarah Kerrigan by the zerg Overmind. Although these two tyrants fought against a common foe, it was only a matter of time until their tenuous alliance collapsed. In the end Kerrigan was the one who turned against her erstwhile allies and struck the first blow, and many of Jim Raynor’s comrades died to her treachery, including his protoss ally Fenix.

Raynor escaped the massacre and vowed vengeance. Even so, against the full strength of the zerg Swarm and the vast psionic powers of the Queen of Blades, his chances seemed slender at best, and his retaliatory attempts failed. Eventually, exhausted and disillusioned, Raynor returned to terran space to lead a resistance movement against the spreading power of Arcturus Mengsk’s Terran Dominion. Over the years this fight hasn’t gone well. Arcturus Mengsk has used his greatest weapons – oratory, the media, and propaganda – to marginalize Raynor’s efforts. Raynor’s Raiders remained public enemy number one to the powerful Terran Dominion. Mengsk sees Raynor’s continuing existence as a challenge to his authority. However, Mengsk is also wary of creating a martyr by having Raynor assassinated, and so he has taken steps to keep Raynor and his followers constantly hunted and harried, denying them any chance to gain a respite and build their strength.

After years of losing skirmishes against the Dominion, Raynor fell into a depression until the return of Tychus Findlay, who came with an offer of funding from a science group named the Moebius Foundation if the Raiders helped find pieces of an artifact. However, not long after the zerg returned to invade Dominion space, and Raynor used his forces to help civilians against the zerg, rally forces and strike against the Dominion, and gather the artifacts as he could. During his war, Raynor received a prophecy from Zeratul showing that a fallen xel'naga, progenitor race of the universe, was returning, and Kerrigan was the key to stopping them. He also discovered the Arcturus's son, Valerian Mengsk, was behind the Moebius Foundation, and wanted Raynor to help him use the artifact to save Kerrigan. Raynor agreed, and the two's forces attacked her core hive on Char, purifying her and reverting her to human.

Raynor escaped with Kerrigan to the nation of the Umojan Protectorate, but they were followed by Mengsk. During the raid Raynor was captured by Nova Terra and imprisoned, but months later was freed by a now reinfested Kerrigan who once again lead the zerg. Raynor was first appalled she returned to the Swarm, but soon saw she was not the same murderess, and helped her attack Mengsk on Korhal and kill Arcturus once and for all. Raynor then helped install Valerian as the new emperor of the Dominion, and aided in establishing a new fairer rule for the nation.

A year later the xel'naga from Zeratul's prophecy, Amon, returned, leading terran thralls and protoss/zerg hybrids on an attack on Korhal. Raynor rallied a defense of the planet, but was only victorious when aided by the protoss under Artanis. When Amon was pushed back into his home dimension, Raynor, Artanis and Kerrigan assaulted the realm, finally slaying the alien. In the aftermath of the battle, Raynor was never seen again, with the only sign of his departure being a marshal's badge left on the counter of a Mar Sara bar.

Gameplay

Raynor is a Ranged Assassin who relies on his hard-hitting Basic Attacks and long range to fight his enemies from a safe distance. He combines plain abilities with simple mechanics, however, he requires good positioning and map awareness in order to unfold his true strength. Since Raynor lacks any form of innate escape mechanism, like teleports or dashes, knowing when to take a fight and when to retreat is crucial to achieve good results when playing this Hero.

Strengths

• Strong Basic Attacks with long range
• Low learning curve
• Adrenaline Rush makes him quite durable compared to other Assassins

Weaknesses

• Blinds
• Lack of escape and engage
• Weak early game

Abilities

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

Give 'Em Some Pepper

Every 4th Basic Attack splashes in a small area and deals 125% more damage to the main target.

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Type: Physical Damage / Offensive damage modifier

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemies / Self

Properties: Attack modifier, Splash

Radius: 2.25

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

Q

Penetrating Round

60 Mana Cooldown: 9 seconds

Deal 205 damage, knock back, and Slow enemies in a line by 20% for 2 seconds. Enemies close to Raynor are knocked back farther.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd Control

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Knockback, Slow

Cast time: 0.1 + 0 seconds

Range: 9.5

Hitbox: 0.8 x 1.0

Missile speed: 40

Knockback duration:
- Range 0 - 3.0: 0.3125 seconds
- Range 3 - 5.5: 0.1875 seconds
- Range 5.5+: 0.125 seconds

Knockback speed: 15

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• Effects are applied in this order: damage, Slow, Knockback.

W

Inspire

50 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

Raynor and all nearby allied Minions and Mercenaries gain 30% Attack Speed and 10% Movement Speed for 4 seconds.

Casting Inspire resets Raynor's Basic Attack cooldown.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Allied Minions & non-Elite Mercenaries, Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect, Attack Speed, Movement Speed

Cast time: Instant

Range: 50

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 8.0

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• Does not affect Elite Mercenaries, such as Bosses.
• Attack Speed from Inspire stacks additively with other effects that affect Attack Speed.

E

Adrenaline Rush

75 Mana Cooldown: 45 seconds

Heal Raynor for 25% of his maximum Health over 1 second. Raynor's Basic Attacks lower the cooldown of this by 0.5 seconds, doubled against Heroes.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Heal over Time

Cast time: Instant

Tickrate: 4.0 per second (x4)

Healing per tick: 6.25% (of maximum Health)

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• Disabled while Raynor is at full Health.

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Hyperion

100 Mana Cooldown: 100 seconds

Order the Hyperion to make a strafing run for 12 seconds, hitting up to 4 enemies for 66 damage every second. Every 4 seconds, it can fire its Yamato Cannon at a Structure, dealing 794 damage.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Structures (cannon)

Targeting: Point target

Cast time: 0.1 + 0 seconds

Range: 24

Radius:
- Weapon: 8.75
- Yamato Cannon: 12.0

Missile speed: 2.0

Tickrate:
- Weapon: 1.0 per second (x13)
- Yamato Cannon: 0.25 per second (x3)

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• Targets are chosen at random from all visible targets in the area.
• Yamato Cannon does not target Walls.
• Hyperion grants vision in 8 radius.

R

Raynor's Raider

Cooldown: 45 seconds

Summon a Banshee that assists Raynor. The Banshee deals 84 damage per second and regenerates 75 Health per second if it hasn't taken damage in the last 4 seconds. Can reactivate to retarget or move the Banshee.

The Banshee respawns automatically after 45 seconds.

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Type: Summon

Targeting: Point target, Unit target

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Banshee

Type: Active

Scaling: 4.00% (damage,health & regen)

Targeting: Retargetable

Health: 1000

Basic Attack damage: 21

Attack speed: 4.00

Attack range: 6.5

Movement Speed: 6.6015

Unit radius: 1.0

Sight radius: 7.0

Leash radius: 14.0

Health regeneration: 75 per second

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• The Banshee Hearths back to base with Raynor.
• Issuing orders to the Banshee interrupts channeling Mount, but once Mounted it can be given commands without dismounting.
• Self-casting the Ability leashes the Banshee, causing to attempt to follow Raynor within 3 range. Issuing a Basic Attack in this state causes the Banshee to focus the same target as Raynor.

Talents

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Exterminator

Basic Attacks deal 50% more damage to Minions, Mercenaries, and Monsters. This is increased to 125% while Inspire is active.

Passive: Inspire does not expire on friendly Minions and Mercenaries.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other damage modifiers that can affect Raynor's Basic Attack damage.

Veteran Marksman

❢ Quest: Every time the primary target of Give 'Em Some Pepper is a Hero, permanently increase its damage bonus by 0.75%.

❢ Gambit: Gain 60% bonus Give 'Em Some Pepper damage. Every death reduces this bonus by 15%.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Maximum Quest bonus: 6,750.75% (x9,001)

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• Damage bonuses stack additively with themselves, baseline damage bonus and other offensive damage modifiers.
• Bonus damage loss on death only affects the bonus gained from the Gambit.

Ace in the Hole

Deal 12% more damage to Stunned or Slowed Heroes.

Enemy Heroes hit by Give 'Em Some Pepper are Slowed by 10% for 2.5 seconds.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier / Crowd control

Affects: Self / Enemy Heroes

Properties: Attack modifier, Slow

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• Slow is applied after damage is dealt.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that affect Raynor's damage.

4

Fight or Flight

Reduce Adrenaline Rush's cooldown by 10 seconds. Casting Adrenaline Rush grants 25 Armor for 3 seconds.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Armor

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

Sustaining Rounds

Give 'Em Some Pepper heals Raynor for 3% of his maximum Health, increased to 6% if the primary target is a Hero.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

Behemoth Armor

Gain 200 bonus maximum Health.

❢ Quest: Every time Give 'Em Some Pepper's primary target is a Hero, gain an additional 8 maximum Health.

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Type: Bonus Health

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Maximum bonus: 390,000 Health (x48,750)

7

Heavy Slugs

Increase Penetrating Round's Slow by 15% and its duration by 2 seconds.

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• Slow increase stacks additively with baseline Slow.

Fuel the Rush

Reduce the Mana cost of Adrenaline Rush from 75 to 45. While Inspire is active, increase Adrenaline Rush's cooldown reduction from Basic Attacks by 300%.

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• Cooldown reduction against non-Heroes is increased to 2.25 seconds and against Heroes to 4.5 seconds, making the actual increase 350%.

Unstable Compound

Increase the area of Give ‘Em Some Pepper by 15%. Each enemy Hero hit by Give 'Em Some Pepper grants Raynor 10 Mana and reduces the cooldown of Penetrating Round by 1.5 seconds.

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Bonus radius: 0.3375

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• Radius increases by 15%, therefore the Area actually increases by 32.25%.

10

Hyperion

Cooldown: 100 seconds
Order the Hyperion to make a strafing run for 12 seconds, hitting up to 4 enemies for 66 damage every second. Every 4 seconds, it can fire its Yamato Cannon at a Structure, dealing 794 damage.

Raynor's Raider

Cooldown: 45 seconds
Summon a Banshee that assists Raynor. The Banshee deals 84 damage per second and regenerates 75 Health per second if it hasn't taken damage in the last 4 seconds. Can reactivate to retarget or move the Banshee.

The Banshee respawns automatically after 45 seconds.

13

Line 'Em Up

Reduce the cooldown of Penetrating Round by 3 seconds. Penetrating Round hitting two or more enemy Heroes reduces its cooldown by an additional 3 seconds.

Giddy-Up

Gain 10% Movement Speed while mounted and unmounted. Inspire grants 10% more Movement Speed.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Movement Speed

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• Inspire Movement Speed bonus stacks additively with itself.
• Mounted Movement Speed bonus stacks additively with itself.
• Inspire bonus, passive bonus and Mounted bonus do not stack with each other or other Movement Speed bonuses.

Give Me More!

Increase Adrenaline Rush healing by 50%. While Inspire is active, gain 1 Basic Attack range.

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• Bonus healing is achieved by increasing the base duration of Adrenaline Rush by 0.5 seconds.

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Paint Them Red

Increase the damage of Penetrating Round by 50% and heal for 90% of the damage Penetrating Round deals to Heroes.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier / Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Ability / Self

Properties: Lifesteal (heroes)

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Penetrating Round's damage.
• Lifesteal from Paint Them Red stacks additively with other lifesteal effects that can affect Penetrating Round.

Rallying Cry

Increase the Attack Speed bonus of Inspire by 20%.

Passive: After every 12 Basic Attacks, cast Inspire for free.

Bounty Hunter

Cooldown: 40 seconds
If Give 'Em Some Pepper's target is a Hero, it deals an additional 3% of their maximum Health as damage and grants Raynor 10 Armor for 3 seconds.

Activate Give 'Em Some Pepper to apply it to Raynor's next Basic Attack.

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Type: Spell Damage / Defensive damage modifier

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes / Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Armor, Percent Damage

Cast time: Instant

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• Only affects the primary target of the Basic Attack.
• Does not stack with itself or other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
• Disabled while Raynor's next Basic Attack is going to be affected by Give 'Em Some Pepper.

20

Cavalry's Arrived

Give 'Em Some Pepper lowers the cooldown of Hyperion by 5 seconds if the primary target is a Hero. These Heroes are targeted by Hyperion for 100% increased damage for 6 seconds.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

Mark duration: 2.5 seconds

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• Does not stack with itself, but stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Hyperion's damage.

Dusk Wing

Increase the Health and leash range of Raynor’s Raider by 100%. Its Basic Attack lowers enemy Hero Armor by 3 for 1 second, stacking up to 30.

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Type: Bonus Health / Defensive damage modifier

Scaling: -

Affects: Banshee / Enemy Heroes

Properties: Armor reduction

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• Armor reduction stacks additively with itself but not with other negative Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Raiders Roll

Adrenaline Rush grants Unstoppable and continues healing for an additional 2 seconds. The additional duration ends upon reaching 70% Health.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Unstoppable

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• Reaching 70% maximum Health during the base duration of Adrenaline Rush does not remove the effect.

Sergeant Pepper

Give 'Em Some Pepper now activates every 3 Basic Attacks.

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• If Talent is selected while at 0 Give 'Em Some Pepper stacks, does not take effect until after that passive is triggered one time.

Execute Orders

When Raynor is killed, the Hyperion is cast toward the closest enemy Hero. It lasts 12 seconds, hitting up to 4 enemy Heroes of the lowest Health in the area for 66 damage every second. Every 4 seconds, it will also fire its Yamato Cannon at the lowest Health enemy Hero, dealing 395 damage.

Passive: Reduce Raynor's death timer by 35 seconds.

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• Does not require selecting Hyperion at level 10.
• Ability searches for the closest visible Hero within 20 range.
• Multiple Hyperions may be active simultaneously.

Builds and guides

Icy Veins Raynor Guide

Raynor Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Raynor Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins

Raynor Skins
/ Renegade Commander
Backstory: Ex-Confederate Marshall James Raynor has stood against whatever the universe can throw at him and survived. He stands as a beacon of hope among enigmatic aliens and monsters, fighting for justice in a cold uncaring universe.
Notes: Raynor is free for players recruited by Recruit a Friend.
300 / 2,000 Renegade Commander	Free War Pig	Free Dominion	375 / 450 Green Army
Commander
Backstory: Some days it's good to get out of the CMC Powered Combat Suit and into something a bit more comfortable.
Features: Altered voice-over, themed animations.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of character's pre-change skins.
250 / 300	250 / 300 Jungle	250 / 300 Desert	250 / 300 Urban	250 / 300 Amphibious
Marshal
Backstory: Once the Confederacy mined Mar Sara dry of resources, the colonists became desperate. Marshal James E. Raynor found himself alone, trying to keep the peace on a world in chaos.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Riksville skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Dominion	350 / 400 Old
Roadraider
Backstory: Legends say that Roadraider was once a Marshal who fought to establish law and order in the Warchrome Wastes. What remains of that man within this ghostly apparition may never be known.
Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities, themed animations.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Warchrome Wastes skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Ghostly	350 / 400 Nameless	350 / 400 Daredevil
Special Ordnance
Backstory: A small yellow note stuck to the inside says, "Hey, cowboy. Thought that suit of yours could use an upgrade or two, you can thank me later. -Swann"
120 / 75	120 / 75 Crimson	120 / 75 Brass
Stars and Stripes
Backstory: While the United States Space Force successfully rescued their colonists from the Koprulu sector, Colonel James Raynor worried those monsters might find their way to Earth.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Guardian	120 / 75 Agent

Portraits

Raynor Portraits
Braxis Outpost	Carbot Fountain120 / 112	Carbot Raynor120 / 75	Commander Raynor75 / 40	Green Army Team	Green Marine75 / 40	Heroes of the Stars
Marshal Raynor75 / 40	Raynor Hero	Raynor Mastery	Recruit A Friend	Remastered Raynor75 / 40	Roadraider Raynor75 / 40	Rockstar Raynor75 / 40
Yamato Board Game75 / 40

Sprays

Raynor Sprays
Bad Romance250 / 300	Carbot Fountain120 / 75	Carbot Raynor120 / 75	Cartoon Raynor120 / 75	Condor Commander Raynor75 / 40	Cute Green Army Raynor	Plastic Commander120 / 75
Raynor Pixel75 / 40

Emojis

Raynor Pack 1			Raynor Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Raynor Happy	:raynorhappy: :rayhappy:		Raynor Angry	:raynorangry: :rayangry:
	Raynor ROFL	:raynorlol: :raynorrofl: :raylol: :rayrofl:		Raynor Cool	:raynorcool: :raycool:
	Raynor Sad	:raynorsad: :raysad:		Raynor Embarrassed	:raynoroops: :raynorembarrassed: :rayoops: :rayembarrassed:
	Raynor Silly	:raynorsilly: :raysilly:		Raynor in Love	:raynorlove: :raynorinlove: :raylove: :rayinlove:
	Raynor Speechless	:raynormeh: :raynorspeechless: :raymeh: :rayspeechless:		Raynor Surprised	:raynorwow: :raynorsurprised: :raywow: :raysurprised:

Quotes

Main article: Raynor/Quotes

Trivia

• Raynor first appeared in StarCraft (March 1998).
• Raynor is voiced by Robert Clotworthy.
• Raynor was one of the 18 heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
• Coloration is the main thing that distinguishes Raynor's default skin from Tychus's.
• “Until his rework in July 2018, Heroes of the Storm players have been crying out for a Raynor rework. The character was added early in the game’s development, and at the time, was considered something of a tutorial character. His abilities were all straightforward, easy to manage, and even had fewer buttons to press compared to other characters, with some of his abilities triggering automatically. Raynor was originally the character in the game with the longest attack range, allowing newer players to play safe with him, but additions like Chromie and Hanzo have that range, too — without sacrificing their Trait for it, like Raynor did. The running gag became Raynor wasn’t a hero so much as he was an oversized lane minion, marching down a lane and autoattacking until his inevitable demise and respawn.”
• During Raynor's rework in July 2018, Blizzard was originally going to stick with term "Acquire Weak Spot" for his passive trait. The community simply asked that it get a more flavorful name, something more inline with Raynor's personality - and what better suggestion than "Give 'Em Some Pepper,' a popular catchphrase of his.
• Raynor's "War Pig" tint references the War Pigs, a group of former convicts that were first hired to kill Raynor, but later joined his revolution against the Terran Dominion.
• Raynor's "Dominion" tint is a reference to the Terran Dominion Raynor sought to overthrow and later helped rebuild. The tint puts the symbol of the Dominion on his shoulder.
• The Penetration Round ability is a reference to the Mk. 12 penetrator rounds Raynor uses in the Wings of Liberty "Belly of the Beast."
• Hyperion is Raynor's battlecruiser flagship, and serves as one of his hero units in StarCraft. It reappeared as the central hub area in Wings of Liberty and a hero unit in Heart of the Swarm and Co-op Missions.
• Raynor's Raider is a reference to the cinematic "A Card to Play," where Raynor calls down Banshees to rescue General Horace Warfield. The cut level 20 talent "A Card to Play" also referenced this cinematic. The ability is also a reference to Raynor's rebel group Raynor's Raiders.
• The level 20 talent Dusk Wings is a reference to the Banshee mercenary group from Wings of Liberty.
• The removed level 7 talent "Revolution Overdrive" is a reference to Raynor's quote from the beginning of Wings of Liberty, "'bout time we kick this revolution into overdrive."
• Jim Raynor's Stars and Stripes skin made an appearance in the 2018 film Ready Player One.

Gallery

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  Raynor's artwork.

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  Jim Raynor.

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  The Blizzard DOTA models of Raynor and various other heroes.

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  Patriot Raynor.

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  Marshal Raynor on the Marshal's Outrider.

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  Q: Penetrating Round.

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  W: Inspire.

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  E: Adrenaline Rush.

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  R1: Hyperion.

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  R2: Raynor's Raider.

External links

• Raynor - Heroes of the Storm
• Jim Raynor - StarCraft II
• Jim Raynor - StarCraft Wiki
• Raynor Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Raynor Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm