Sgt. Hammer

Sgt. Hammer
"Ready to roll out!"
Basic Info
Title	Siege Tank Operator
Role	Ranged Assassin
Difficulty	Hard
Franchise	StarCraft
Price	625 / 7,000
Release Date	March 13, 2014
Base Stats
Attack Type	Ranged
Health	1720
Health Regen	3.582
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	1.1875
Attack Speed	1
Attack Range	5.5
Attack Damage	140
Data Page

Sergeant Alabama "Bama the Hammer" Kowalski, the Siege Tank Operator, is a Ranged Assassin Hero from the StarCraft universe. She has served some of the toughest tours around the Koprulu sector. The thunderous roar of her siege tank's shock cannon strikes fear right into the heart of the toughest of warriors... including some of her allies.

Sgt. Hammer is a long-range Physical Damage dealer who needs protection from allies.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to the StarCraft universe.

Alabama Kowalski, also known as "Sgt. Hammer," is a famed Crucio-siege tank pilot of the Terran Dominion. Her ability to deliver her shells within inches of her allies has earned her a reputation among the Dominion Marine Corps, with some marines remarking "never trust a women who paints her tank red."

Siege tanks are terran vehicles that can be configured to fulfill both the armored support and the long-range artillery support roles. The dual-mode siege tank concept was a Terran Confederacy response to the Guild Wars and the Goliath. Prior to the war, work had progressed on a static "final defense" cannon. However, the conflict demonstrated the need for mobility and as a result an effort was made to make the cannon more mobile. The solution was creative. An existing tank design was modified so that it could operate as a conventional tank in addition to being able to deploy the cannon and become a static artillery emplacement at will. Mobile siege tanks were in existence by 2480, several years before the official beginning of the Guild Wars. Two primary variants of the siege tank exist the Arclite, in service during the Great War, and the Crucio, which remained the core siege tank of the Dominion in the Second Great War and beyond.

Siege tanks function in two modes. First is the "tank" or "assault mode" in which the vehicle may be used in the familiar armored support role using relatively light weapons. The second is the more radical "siege mode" in which the vehicle becomes a static emplacement able to deploy a much more powerful and longer ranged weapon.

Gameplay

Sgt. Hammer is a Ranged Assassin who excels at dealing large amounts of sustained damage from a very long range. Sgt. Hammer has the ability to alternate between Tank Mode (where she is mobile and has a shorter range and less powerful damage) and her Siege mode (where she is immobile yet has a longer range and more damage compared to her mobile counterpart). In general, Sgt. Hammer does well against team compositions that lack hard-engages, and as part of teams that can properly protect her, allowing her to freely decimate her foes and safely take down Structures.

Strengths

• Very high single-target and area of effect sustained and burst Physical Damage
• Excellent duelist
• Excels at fixed Objectives (like Battlefield of Eternity)
• Outstanding Siege Damage and waveclear
• Good poke

Weaknesses

• Exceedingly dependent on proper positioning
• Vulnerable to skillshots, displacements and crowd control while in Siege Mode
• Relies on her team to protect her
• Very limited mobility

Abilities

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

D

Siege Mode

Cooldown: 2 seconds

Activate to enter Siege Mode. While in Siege Mode, Basic Attacks deal 20% more damage, have 100% increased range, and deal 25% of their damage as splash damage around the target.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target (toggle)

Properties: Attack Modifier, Splash

Cast time: 0 + 1.0 seconds

Bonus attack range: 5.5

Splash radius: 2.0

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• Sgt. Hammer cannot use her Abilities while switching into or out of Siege Mode.
• During Siege Mode, the casts of all Abilities are clamped at max range.
• Damage bonus from Siege Mode stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Sgt. Hammer's Basic Attack damage.
• Splash damage penalty stacks multiplicatively with other offensive damage modifiers, including Siege Mode damage bonus, that can affect Sgt. Hammer's Basic Attack damage.

Q

Spider Mines

50 Mana Cooldown: 14 seconds

Create 3 mines that arm after 1.25 seconds. Mines detonate when an enemy comes in range, dealing 96 damage to nearby enemies and Slowing them by 25% for 1.5 seconds.
Siege Mode: Cast range increased by 100%.

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Type: Spell Damage / Summon

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Range:
- Tank Mode: 5.5
- Siege Mode: 11.0

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: <br/- Acquisition: 4.0
- Damage: 1.75

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Spider Mine

Type: Active

Scaling: 4.00% (damage & Health)

Targeting: Automatic

Health: 25

Movement Speed: 6.0

Unit radius: 0.3125

Sight radius: 3.0

Leash radius: -

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• Spider Mines are Unstoppable and immune to Skillshots and AoE.
• Mines are placed at the same (~1.2) distance from each other regardless of range.

W

Concussive Blast

80 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

Deal 141 damage to enemies in front of Sgt. Hammer and knock them back.
Siege Mode: Radius increased by 50%.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd Control

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping

Cast time: Instant

Area of Effect: Radial

Radius:
- Tank Mode: 6.0
- Siege Mode: 9.0

Arc: 45 degrees

Knockback duration: 0.375 seconds

Knockback speed: 14.0

E

Neosteel Plating

60 Mana Cooldown: 16 seconds

Gain 25 Armor for 2 seconds.
Siege Mode: Grants 100% more Armor.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Armor

Cast time: Instant

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

R

Napalm Strike

35 Mana Cooldown: 6 seconds

Deals 164 damage on impact, and leaves a napalm area that deals 50 damage per second. Lasts for 4 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Range: 12.0

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 2.5

Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x4)

R

Blunt Force Gun

100 Mana Cooldown: 70 seconds

Fire a missile across the battlefield, dealing 500 damage to non-Structure enemies in its path.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 3.00%

Affects: Non-Structure enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Channeled cast (stationary), Piercing Skillshot

Cast time: 0.75 + 0 seconds

Range: Global

Hitbox: 4.0 x 4.0

Missile speed: 20

Z

Siege Thrusters

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Increase Movement Speed by 60% for 4 seconds. Thrusters are always active while at the Altar. Activating Thrusters cancels Siege Mode.

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• There is no cast time when using Siege Thrusters to leave Siege Mode.

Talents

1

Ambush

Gain Stealth when entering Siege Mode or after not taking or dealing damage for 3 seconds while in Siege Mode. Basic Attacks while Stealthed deal 100% more damage.
Remaining stationary for at least 1.5 seconds while Stealthed grants Invisible.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier, Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier, Stealth

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• Ambush has a 0.1875 second grace time after leaving Stealth to benefit from the damage bonus.
• Does not benefit from other sources of Stealth.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Sgt. Hammer's Basic Attack damage.

Advanced Artillery

Increase Siege Mode's splash damage to 50% of Basic Attack damage, and increase its splash radius by 25%.

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Bonus radius: 0.5

Maelstrom Rounds

Cooldown: 100 / 5.0 seconds
Activate to increase Basic Attack damage dealt by 30% for 5 seconds. Hitting Enemy Heroes or Structures with Basic Attacks while in Siege Mode reduces the cooldown of Maelstrom Rounds by 5 seconds.

Stores up to 3 charges.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Attack Modifier

Cast time: Instant

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• Splashing Basic Attacks also generate cooldown reduction.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Sgt. Hammer's Basic Attack damage.

4

Barricade

Reduce Concussive Blast's cooldown by 4 seconds, its Mana cost by 40, and when cast create an impassable wall in front of Sgt. Hammer for 4 seconds.

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Type: Pathing blocker

Affects: Units

Targeting: Point target

Range: 5.0

Width: 5.75 ⁽¹

Height: 1.75 ⁽¹

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• ¹⁾ Wall consists of five circular blocking units with 0.875 radius.
• Concussive Blast can be reactivated after 1.5 seconds to end the effect early.

Siege Tactics

Using Neosteel Plating while in Siege Mode grants Unstoppable for 2 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Unstoppable

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• The effect is removed immediately upon leaving Siege Mode.

Regenerative Bio-Steel

Basic Attacks while in Siege Mode heal for 10% of the damage dealt.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier, Lifesteal

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• Also benefits from the damage of splashing Basic Attacks.

7

Pulse Detonation Core

Spider Mines detonate 3 times over 3 seconds. Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes grant 5 Mana and reduce the cooldown of Spider Mines by 1.5 seconds. Increase this bonus to 2.5 seconds while in Siege Mode.

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• Splashing Basic Attacks in Siege Mode also grant cooldown reduction and Mana.

Hover Siege Mode

Sgt. Hammer can move at 40% Movement Speed while in Siege Mode.

Graduating Range

While in Siege Mode, Basic Attack range is increased by 1 every 2 seconds, up to 3.

10

Blunt Force Gun

Cooldown: 70 seconds
Fire a missile across the battlefield, dealing 500 damage to non-Structure enemies in its path.

Napalm Strike

Cooldown: 6 seconds
Deals 164 damage on impact, and leaves a napalm area that deals 50 damage per second. Lasts for 4 seconds.

13

Tactical Mine Deployment

Moving while Thrusters is active leaves a trail of up to 5 Spider Mines. Additionally, increase the Slow of Spider Mines by 15%.

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• Mines are dropped at 0.5 second intervals, if Sgt. Hammer is moving at the time.

Entrenched

While in Siege Mode, Concussive Blasts's damage and knockback distance are increased by 75%.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

Bonus knockback speed: 10.5

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

Hyper-Cooling Engines

While in Siege Mode, hitting Heroes with Basic Attacks reduces the cooldown of Thrusters by 5 seconds.

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Properties: Attack Modifier

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• Also benefits from Siege Mode's splashing Basic Attacks.

16

Mechanical Know-how

Neosteel Plating grants 20% maximum Health as a Shield for 2 seconds and increases Basic Attack damage by 30% for 5 seconds.

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Type: Shield, Offensive damage modifier

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Sgt. Hammer's Basic Attack damage.

Executioner

Attacking a Hero who is Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned increases your Basic Attack damage by 30% for 3 seconds.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Sgt. Hammer's Basic Attack damage.

Giant Killer

Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes deal bonus damage equal to 1.5% of the Hero's maximum Health.

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Type: Percent damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Attack Modifier

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• Only affects the primary target of the attack.

20

Orbital BFG

Blunt Force Gun's missile orbits the planet every 5 seconds. Only the last missile fired orbits.

Advanced Lava Strike

Napalm Strike's range is increased by 75% and its impact does 50% more damage.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

Bonus range: 9.0

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Napalm Strike's damage.

Shrapnel Mines

Upon detonating, Spider Mines reduce the Armor of enemy Heroes hit by 10, up to 30, for 4 seconds.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Armor reduction

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

Ultra Capacitors

Hitting enemy Heroes with Basic Attacks while in Siege Mode grants 5% Attack Speed for 5 seconds, up to 40%.

Skins

Sgt. Hammer Skins
Siege Tank Operator
Backstory: Sergeant Bama "the Hammer" Kowalski has served some of the toughest tours around the Koprulu sector. The roar of her siege tank's shock cannon strikes fear right into the heart of the toughest of warriors... including some of her allies.
625 / 7,000 Siege Tank Operator	Free Raider	Free Umojan
Master
Backstory: With as many kills as she'd racked up on the battlegrounds of the Nexus, Sgt. Hammer deserved her promotion to Master Sergeant... even if she promoted herself.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Renegade	120 / 75 Moebius
Sgt. Doomhammer
Backstory: The Iron Demolisher is the pride of the orcish war machine. Sgt. Grimina Doomhammer was given the honor of piloting it in recognition of her years of service in the Arathi Basin battlefield.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into Warcraft skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Fel	350 / 400 Shadow
War World
Backstory: The battle has raged across War World III for years. No one remembers who fired the first shot, but Sgt. Bama the Hammer is fully confident she'll be the one firing the last.
Features: Themed abilities.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Camo	350 / 400 Tech	350 / 400 Neon

Sgt. Hammer Event Skins
Big Shot
Backstory: Bama "The Hammer" Kowalski and her crew of heavily armed mobsters take a direct, guns-blazing approach to heists, often bulldozing straight through the wall of the bank vault they intend to rob.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of The Scarlet Heist.
900 / 1,800	900 / 1,800 Untouchable	900 / 1,800 Hot Shot	900 / 1,800 Cabbie	900 / 1,800 Dragster

Portraits

Sgt. Hammer Portraits
Carbot Sgt. Hammer120 / 75	Grimina Doomhammer75 / 40	Hammer Time	Hitmobile Crew75 / 40	Hot Shot Sgt. Hammer75 / 40	Rag Doll Hammer75 / 40	Sgt. Hammer Hero
Sgt. Hammer Mastery	Sgt. Hammer MugshotReward	Wind-Up Crucio75 / 40

Sprays

Sgt. Hammer Sprays
Carbot Sgt. Hammer120 / 75	Cartoon Hitmobile75 / 40	Cartoon Hotshot Sgt. Hammer	First Mate Hammer75 / 40	Getaway Queen Sgt. Hammer75 / 40	Hitmobile Crew180 / 112	Major Hammer75 / 40
Old Timey Sgt. Hammer75 / 40	Sgt. Hammer-O'-Lantern75 / 40

Emojis

Sgt. Hammer Pack 1			Sgt. Hammer Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Sgt. Hammer Happy	:hammerhappy: :hamhappy:		Sgt. Hammer Angry	:hammerangry: :hamangry:
	Sgt. Hammer ROFL	:hammerlol: :hammerrofl: :hamlol: :hamrofl:		Sgt. Hammer Cool	:hammercool: :hamcool:
	Sgt. Hammer Sad	:hammersad: :hamsad:		Sgt. Hammer Embarrassed	:hammeroops: :hammerembarrassed: :hamoops: :hamembarrassed:
	Sgt. Hammer Silly	:hammersilly: :hamsilly:		Sgt. Hammer in Love	:hammerlove: :hammerinlove: :hamlove: :haminlove:
	Sgt. Hammer Speechless	:hammermeh: :hammerspeechless: :hammeh: :hamspeechless:		Sgt. Hammer Surprised	:hammerwow: :hammersurprised: :hamwow: :hamsurprised:

Quotes

Main article: Sgt. Hammer/Quotes

Trivia

• Sgt. Hammer represents the siege tank unit from StarCraft (March 1998). After being introduced in Heroes of the Storm, she went on to appear in the Co-op Missions mode of StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void (November 2015) and the StarCraft Field Manual (November 2015).
• Sgt. Hammer is the first Heroes of the Storm original character to later appear in a canon source in her home universe, and the only StarCraft original character to have done so, having appeared in the StarCraft Field Manual in November 2015. While she, Lt. Morales and Blaze would show up in the Co-op Missions mode, the mode has been declared to be non-canon by Blizzard.
• Sgt. Hammer is voiced by Courtenay Taylor.
• She is a replacement for the characters of Horace Warfield and Edmund Duke from previous builds.
• Hammer's rank of sergeant reflects the rank of siege tank units in the first StarCraft, which were "master sergeants."
• Hammer's talents "Maelstrom Rounds," "Regenerative Bio-Steel," and "Ultra Capacitors" are names of upgrades for the siege tank in the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty campaign.
  • Graduating Range originated in Heroes of the Storm, but was later added as an upgrade for the Heavy Siege Tanks of Nova in StarCraft II's Co-op Missions.

Gallery

General

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  Sgt. Hammer's artwork

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  Big Shot Sgt. Hammer Skin

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  Big Shot Sgt. Hammer Skin

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  Big Shot Sgt. Hammer Concept art

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  Big Shot Sgt. Hammer abilities concept art

Abilities

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  Q: Spider Mines

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  W: Concussive Blast

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  E: Siege Mode

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  R1: Blunt Force Gun

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  R2: Napalm Strike

Pre-release

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  General Warfield, from Blizzard DOTA

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  Sgt. Hammer, as seen at BlizzCon 2013

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  Sgt. Hammer, Siege Tank Operator (old model)

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  Master Sgt. Hammer (old model)

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  Warworld III Sgt. Hammer (old model)

External links

• Sgt. Hammer - Heroes of the Storm
• Bama Kowalski - StarCraft Wikia
• Sgt. Hammer Build Guide on Icy Veins
• Sgt. Hammer Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Sgt. Hammer Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm