Stitches

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Stitches is a Melee Warrior Hero from the Warcraft universe. While being classified as a "Tank" character, he can be customized to take on a siege role, or as a potent "Bruiser".^[1]

Background Edit

Take care when traversing the shadowed trails of Duskwood... Ever since Abercrombie the Embalmer unleashed his abomination upon Darkshire, Stitches has wandered the road aimlessly, hungering for the flesh of low level Alliance players.

Gameplay Summary Edit

Strengths Edit

An excellent team-fight initiator, allowing you to hook and lock down a priority target.

Extremely high health pool and general durability.

Weaknesses Edit

Sub-par waveclear, only passable due to their trait which requires them to take damage to make use of.
No way to close a gap if Hook is on cooldown.

Abilities Edit

Traits Edit

Heroic Abilities Edit

Talents Edit

Tier 1, Hero Level 1 Edit

Tier 2, Hero Level 4 Edit

Tier 3, Hero Level 7 Edit

Tier 4, Hero Level 10 Edit

Tier 5, Hero Level 13 Edit

Tier 6, Hero Level 16 Edit

Tier 7, Hero Level 20 Edit

Talent Builds Edit

Tips Edit

Stitches’ “Hook” [Q] ability provides an opportunity to disrupt enemies from securing objectives. For example, use Hook to pull opponents away from capturing the Shrine on Dragon Shire.

Use “Devour” [E] to keep your Health pool at a safe level.

If the opposing team has multiple melee heroes, consider taking “Putrid Bile” [R] to help slow them down for your team’s assassin to pick them off.

Matchups Edit

Pairings Edit

With enough communication and organization, Stitches a can land a |Hook + Gorge, which can be followed by Stukov's Massive Shove, resulting in a combo that can displace an enemy Hero almost entirely across a map.

Stitches' Hook and Gorge work fantastically with Tyrande's Lunar Flare, creating opportunities to safely take down key targets.

Effective against Edit

Chromie’s limited escape options and low health pool mean that getting caught by a Stitches Hook is a veritable death sentence.

Effective foes Edit

Skins Edit

Terror of Darkshire (base)


Terror of Darkshire	Bruised	Congealed

King 100: Stitches no bozo... Stitches king!


King	Crimson	Toxic

Chef 400: What? Everybody needs a day job... Just don't order the "veal."; _{Features themed abilities.}


Chef	Sous	Head

Bikini 600: Splish-splash! Hot and ready for the summer sun, Bikini Stitches is off to meet the ghoul of his dreams... that and make a sandcastle!; _{This skin is related to the Sun's Out, Guns Out themed-skins. Features themed abilities.}


Bikini	Azure	Fuchsia	Heatwave


Lifeguard	Pink	Verdant	Zebra

Psycho 400 (Hallow's End skin): If putting a little terror into the heart of the Nexus is more your style, check out this alternative skin, complete with working chainsaw!; _{This skin is related to the Hallow's End themed-skins. Features themed abilities.}


Psycho	Pumpkin	Camo

Greatfather Winter 400: The feast of Great-Winter is a magical time of year. It seems like everyone is getting into that Winter Veil spirit! Even if we kinda wish they wouldn't...; _{This skin is related to the Winter Veil themed-skins. Features themed abilities.}


Greatfather Winter	Cold	Festive	Ivory 600

Development Edit

Stitches SC2 DevRend1 — Stitches's good (left) and evil (right) forms in the original build

Stitches was conceived within the first two years of the game's development.^[2]

Stitches was present in the original Blizzard DotA mod. In his backstory in this version, he was summoned from the depths of Azeroth and modified with cybernetics by an unknown necromancer. However, he didn't know how to use most of them, so fell back on a more familiar ability: vomit.^[3] In the 2010 build, he was known simply as "Abomination."^[4]

In this early build, he had a "good" and "evil" version, as did each character in the game. As a "good" hero, he was outfitted with CMC armor, whilst he was clad in ultralisk parts as an "evil" character.^[5] He was under consideration to be given an appearance that bore resemblance to the Butcher.^[6]

A tough hero, Stiches gained benefit from strength items in this build.^[3] He was similar to DotA's Pudge.^[3] He had the following stats:
- Life: 5+
- Attack: 1+
- Abilities: 2+
- Speed: 2+
And the following abilities:
- Devour
- Disease Cloud
- Putrid Bile
- Slam
- Unholy Carapace^[3]

In previous builds, Stitches' hook could grab an enemy and pull them to him. If the enemy moved out of the way, the hook could miss. Stitches could even grab an enemy he wasn't aiming at.^[7]

Stitches was chosen for inclusion by the game's art team. Due to his physique, he would be able to stand out.^[8]

Stitches had a skin that was Diablo-themed, but this was rethought as it was too similar to The Butcher.^[9]

Old skins

Trivia Edit

A Stitches portrait and decal was made available to StarCraft II who attended BlizzCon 2013 (or purchased virtual tickets).^[10]

Stitches spawns after a player completes a long quest chain in Duskwood, ending with the quest "The Embalmer's Revenge". He is taken down by the player—with help of The Night Watch.

Stitches mini-figures will be released in May, 2015.^[11] A 7" figure will also be released.^[12]
The "Bikini" skin used to be avaliable by purchasing the Stitches plush at the Blizzard Store.
Stitches has the second highest health regeneration in the game (6.25), after Murky (29.20).

Patch changes Edit

(Patch April 20, 2017) Note: Health increased from 2900 to 3000; Health Regeneration increased from 6.043 to 6.25.
(Patch January 27, 2017) Note: Health increased from 2738 to 2900; Health Regeneration increased from 5.7 to 6 per second.
(Patch March 29, 2016) Note: Fixed a bug affecting Stitches and The Butcher that could cause performance issues under certain circumstances.
(Patch February 2, 2016) Note: The sand-themed visual effects for Bikini Stitches’s Devour are no longer being used by other Stitches skin variations.; The tree ornament visual effects for Greatfather Winter Stitches’ Putrid Bile are no longer being used by other Stitches skin variations.
(Patch January 20, 2016) Note: Basic Attack damage increased from 74 to 85.
(Patch January 12, 2016) Note: Greatfather Stitches temporarily removed for the season.
(Patch December 15, 2015) Note: Greatfather Stitches added.
(Patch November 17, 2015) Note: Stitches has received additional facial animation polish.
(Patch October 6, 2015) Note: Chef Stitiches has received additional visual polish for certain Abilities and Talents.; Fixed an issue with Stitches’ arm appearing strangely during some animations.; Health increased from 1060 (+230 per level) to 1060 (+260 per level).