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Uther
Uther

"The Light abandons no man."

Basic Info
Title The Lightbringer
Role Healer Healer
Difficulty Easy
Franchise Warcraft Warcraft
Price Gem500 / Money4,000
Release Date March 13, 2014
Base Stats
Attack Type Melee
Health 1975
Health Regen 4.1093
Resource 500 Mana
Unit Radius 0.75
Attack Speed 1
Attack Range 1
Attack Damage 75
Data Page

Uther the Lightbringer is a melee Healer Hero from the Warcraft universe.[1] The first paladin and founder of the Order of the Silver Hand, Uther is a faithful servant of the Light. Dispensing justice with the swing of his hammer, Uther is a bastion of truth and an unflinching symbol of the Alliance.

Uther is a Healer who can negate high bursts of damage.

Background[ | ]

Warcraft This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft universe.

The sobriquet "Lightbringer" is not softly won, nor softly maintained beyond death. The legend of noble Uther guides the Alliance years after his passing.

Many devout followers of the Light were killed during the First War, unprepared for the sheer brutality of warfare against the Horde. The leader of the Clerics of Northshire, Alonsus Faol, believed that the Light could protect the faithful and devoted, and thus began training the most virtuous knights of Lordaeron to wield the Light in battle.

The first knight to be named a paladin was Uther, who helped found the Knights of the Silver Hand alongside Archbishop Faol and became a legend among his order. When the Second War began, Uther fought alongside his brother-in-arms, Turalyon, to fend off the forces of Horde commander Orgrim Doomhammer and lead the Alliance in a final, successful attack on the Dark Portal. In the wake of the Horde's defeat, Uther helped rebuild Stormwind City and cared for the sick and injured.

Uther remained in a leadership role with the Silver Hand for years, eventually taking Lordaeron's prince, Arthas Menethil, as his apprentice. The two forged a close relationship as teacher and student, and together they enforced justice throughout the land... until the Scourge struck Lordaeron. Arthas's growing anger at the spreading plague of undeath led him to horrific acts—such as the culling of Stratholme—and his thirst for vengeance drove him to madness. After the prince became a champion of the Lich King and killed his own father, Uther decided to personally guard the urn of the slain king. Arthas and Uther fought in Andorhal, and when the battle ended, the legendary paladin lay dead.

Today, followers of the Light pay their respects to Uther at Stormwind's cathedral, where a statue of the revered paladin was built. A dedicated few trek to his tomb in the Western Plaguelands, where the Lightbringer's memory is an unyielding gleam in a land of death.

Abilities[ | ]

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

Uther's Basic Abilities grant 25 Armor to allied Heroes, and 15 to Uther, for 2 seconds.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Allied Heroes, Self
Properties: Armor

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

Eternal Vanguard
Upon dying, Uther becomes an Invulnerable spirit for up to 8 seconds. While in spirit form, Uther can heal allies with Flash of Light.

Type: Special death state
Affects: Self

  • Eternal Vanguard can pass through enemy gates.
Holy Light Icon
Q
Holy Light
80 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

Heal target ally for 362 Health. When used on a target other than Uther, also heal Uther for 181 Health.


Type: Healing
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Allied Heroes, Self
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: Instant
Range: 7.0
Flash of Light Icon
Q
Flash of Light
Cooldown: 1.5 seconds

Heal an ally for 242 Health.


Type: Healing
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Allies
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: Instant
Range: 7.0

  • Flash of Light applies Devotion.
  • Flash of Light is a separate ability from Holy Light and thus does not interact with any talents affecting it.
Holy Radiance Icon
W
Holy Radiance
55 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

Heal allied Heroes and Minions in a line for 194 Health, dealing 177 damage to enemies.


Type: Spell Damage / Healing
Scaling: 4.00% (both)
Affects: Enemies / Allied Heroes & Minions, Self
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Clamping, Piercing Skillshot
Cast time: 0.15 + 0 seconds
Range: 10
Hitbox: 2.5 x 2.5
Missile speed: 20

  • Also hits Uther.
Hammer of Justice Icon
E
Hammer of Justice
40 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

Deal 109 damage and Stun the target for 1 second.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Non-Structure enemies
Targeting: Unit target
Properties: Stun
Cast time: 0.15 + 0 seconds
Range: 3.0

  • Cast is interrupted without putting the ability on cooldown if the target moves more than 1.5 units past its maximum range.
  • Unstoppable enemies can be targeted, but they will only be damaged upon being hit by Hammer of Justice.
Divine Shield Icon
R
Divine Shield
80 Mana Cooldown: 90 seconds

Make an allied Hero Invulnerable and increase their Movement Speed by 20% for 3 seconds.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Allied Heroes, Self
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: 0 + 0.3 seconds
Range: 10
Divine Storm Icon
R
Divine Storm
80 Mana Cooldown: 80 seconds

Deal 170 damage and Stun nearby enemies for 1.75 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: No target
Properties: Area of Effect, Stun
Cast time: 0.1 + 0.1 seconds
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 3.5

Talents[ | ]

1
Holy Light Icon
Silver Touch

❢ Quest: Reduce damage from Heroic sources with Devotion.

❢ Reward: After reducing damage 40 times, Holy Light's Mana cost is reduced from 80 to 60.

❢ Reward: After reducing damage 80 times, Holy Light's Mana cost is reduced to 40, and its range is increased by 50%.


Bonus range: 3.5
Holy Radiance Icon
Wave of Light

❢ Quest: Damage or heal Heroes 60 times with Holy Radiance.

❢ Reward: Increase the duration of Devotion by 0.5 seconds.

Passive: Damaging or healing Heroes with Holy Radiance refunds 5 Mana and reduces its cooldown by 0.75 seconds.


Type: Mana restoration
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Hammer of the Lightbringer Icon
Hammer of the Lightbringer

❢ Quest: Basic Attack enemies 75 times.

❢ Reward: Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of Hammer of Justice by 1.5 seconds.

Passive: Basic Attacks restore 1.5% of Uther's maximum Mana.


Type: Mana restoration, Cooldown reduction
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Modifier
4
Holy Light Icon
Holy Shock

Holy Light can be used on an enemy to do 40% of its healing amount as damage. When used this way, Uther receives its self-healing benefits, its cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds, and it refunds 45 Mana.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Unit target
Range: 10

  • Benefits from all talents affecting Holy Light.
Hammer of Justice Icon
Pursuit of Justice

Hammer of Justice increases Uther's Movement Speed by 25% for 3 seconds.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Properties: Movement speed
Holy Fire Icon
Holy Fire

Deal 13 damage per second to nearby enemies. Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes increase this damage by 20% for 3 seconds. This can stack up to 3 times.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 3.5
Tickrate: 1.0 per second

  • Holy Fire is inactive while Mounted.
  • Holy Fire does not affect unaggroed neutral Mercenaries.
  • Damaging enemy Heroes with Holy Fire does not trigger tower aggro.
  • Damage from Holy Fire is unaffected by external offensive damage modifiers and lifesteal effects. Damage bonus from itself stacks additively.
7
Holy Light Icon
Armor of Faith

Being Stunned, Rooted, or Silenced grants Uther 90 Mana and causes Holy Light's cooldown to recharge 200% faster for 6 seconds. This effect has a 20 second cooldown.

Eternal Devotion Icon
Guardian of Ancient Kings

Healing a Hero with a Basic Ability that is Stunned, Rooted, or Silenced grants them 50 Armor for 3 seconds.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Allied Heroes, Self
Properties: Armor

  • Does not stack with other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
Cleanse Icon
Hand of Protection

Cooldown: 90 seconds
Activate to make target ally Unstoppable for 1 second. Cannot be cast on Uther. Basic Attacks reduce Hand of Protection's cooldown by 5 seconds.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Allied Heroes
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: Instant
Range: 10
10
Divine Shield Icon
Divine Shield

Cooldown: 90 seconds
Make an allied Hero Invulnerable and increase their Movement Speed by 20% for 3 seconds.

Divine Storm Icon
Divine Storm

Cooldown: 80 seconds
Deal 170 damage and stun nearby enemies for 1.75 seconds.

13
Blessed Champion Icon
Blessed Champion

For the next 5 seconds after using Holy Light, Uther's Basic Attacks heal him and nearby allies for 15% of the total amount healed by Holy Light.


Type: Healing
Scaling: -
Affects: Allies, Self
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 6.5

  • Healing from Blessed Champion does not apply Devotion.
  • The healing amount is calculated from the sum of Holy Light's allied and self-heal after modifications (bonuses and reductions). Healing past target's maximum Health does not count toward this amount.
Hammer of Justice Icon
Well Met

When used against Heroes, Hammer of Justice reduces the target's Movement Speed and damage dealt by 25% for 3 seconds.


Type: Offensive damage modifier, Crowd control
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Slow

  • Stacks additively with other damage modifiers affecting the target's damage output.
Spell Shield Icon
Spell Shield

Every 30 seconds, gain 50 Spell Armor against the next enemy Ability and subsequent Abilities for 3 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 50%.

Can be toggled to allow or prevent this talent from triggering automatically.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target (toggle)
Toggle cooldown: 0.5 seconds
16
Holy Light Icon
Beacon of Light

Uther receives 125% more self-healing when targeting others with Holy Light. This bonus is increased to 250% while he is below 50% Health.


Type: Healing dealt modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Beacon of Light will trigger whenever Uther himself is not the primary target of the cast, meaning that damaging enemies with Holy Shock also grants increased self-healing.
  • Stacks additively with healing modifiers that affect self-healing dealt by Holy Light and multiplicatively with modifiers that affect healing received by Uther.
Holy Radiance Icon
Tyr's Deliverance

Increase the damage and healing of Holy Radiance by 10%. Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes cause Uther’s next cast of Holy Radiance to have its damage and healing increased by an additional 10%, stacking up to 7 times.


Type: Healing dealt modifier, Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Bonus from Basic Attack stacks up to 7 times, making the maximum bonus from the talent 80% with the base percentage.
  • Damage bonus stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Holy Radiance's damage.
  • Healing bonus stacks additively with other healing dealt modifiers that can affect healing from Holy Radiance.
Benediction Icon
Benediction

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Activate to reduce the Mana cost of your next Basic Ability by 50 and its cooldown by 10 seconds.


Type: Active
Targeting: No target
Properties: Primed
Cast time: Instant

  • Cooldown starts after the ability is triggered by casting a Basic Ability.
20
Bulwark of Light Icon
Bulwark of Light

Divine Shield is also applied to all nearby allied Heroes and lasts 1 second longer.


Properties: Area of Effect
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 3.0
Divine Hurricane Icon
Divine Hurricane

Divine Storm's radius is increased by 50% and its cooldown is reduced by 40 seconds.


Bonus radius: 1.75
Redemption Icon
Redemption

After Eternal Devotion ends, Uther revives at the spirit's location with 50% of his maximum Health.

This effect has a 180 second cooldown.


Type: Resurrection

  • If Redemption goes off cooldown when Uther is in Eternal Vanguard, it will trigger.
Divine Protection Icon
Divine Protection

Increase Devotion's Armor to 50 and its duration by 0.5 seconds.


  • Affects Armor bonuses for both allied Heroes and Uther.

Builds and guides[ | ]

Icy Veins Uther Guide

Uther Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Uther Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins[ | ]

Uther Skins
 
Rare The Lightbringer
Backstory: The first paladin and founder of the Order of the Silver Hand, Uther the Lightbringer is a faithful servant of the Light. Dispensing justice with the swing of his hammer, Uther is a bastion of truth and an unflinching symbol of the Alliance.
Uther The Lightbringer
Gem500 / Money4,000
The Lightbringer
Uther Silver Hand
Free
Silver Hand
Uther Black Hand
Free
Black Hand
Rare Grand Marshal (PvP paladin set)
Backstory: It's common for the longest serving paladins in the Alliance to still wear their Grand Marshall's Aegis with pride. After all, it takes a lot of honorable kills to purchase that thing.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Warcraft tier sets skins.
Uther Grand Marshal
Gem120 / Shard75
Uther Grand Marshal Silver
Gem120 / Shard75
Silver
Uther Grand Marshal Black
Gem120 / Shard75
Black
Legendary Judgment (tier 2 paladin set)
Backstory: Despite surviving Arthas's brutal assault, Uther was unable to prevent Lordaeron's fall. Now under Varian's banner he leads the Silver Hand into Northrend to mete out justice.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Warcraft tier sets skins.
Uther Judgment
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Uther Judgment Blessed
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Blessed
Uther Judgment Penance
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Penance
Rare Lumberjack
Backstory: Arthur Light of British Columbia had barely sipped his coffee when he was dragged into a Nexus portal. Now, he fights alongside the greatest of heroes, hoping to find his way home.
Uther Lumberjack
Gem160 / Shard100
Uther Lumberjack River
Gem160 / Shard100
River
Uther Lumberjack Forest
Gem160 / Shard100
Forest
Epic Medic
Backstory: It is said any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Medical Corps officer Uther Lightbringer tends to agree.
Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into StarCraft skins.
Uther Medic
Gem350 / Shard400
Uther Medic Dominion
Gem350 / Shard400
Dominion
Uther Medic Delta Squadron
Gem350 / Shard400
Delta Squadron
Uther Medic Angelic
Gem525 / Shard600
CraftWarsAngelic
Legendary Sulfuron (tier 2 paladin set)
Backstory: With the Firelord extinguished, the mighty Sulfuras has found a new champion to wield its molten power. When the new Firelord arises, Uther intends to smite it with its own hammer.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Warcraft tier sets skins.
Uther Sulfuron
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Uther Sulfuron Felfuron
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Felfuron

Portraits[ | ]

Uther Portraits
 
Carbot Fountain Portrait
Carbot Fountain
Gem120 / Shard112
Carbot Uther Portrait
Carbot Uther
Gem120 / Shard75
Hearthstone Uther Portrait
Hearthstone Uther
Gem75 / Shard40
Medic Uther Portrait
Medic Uther
Gem75 / Shard40
Sepia Uther Portrait
Sepia Uther
Gem75 / Shard40
Uther Hero Portrait
Uther Hero
Uther Mastery Portrait
Uther Mastery
Uther the Frightbringer Portrait
Fall of King's Crest Uther the Frightbringer
Gem75 / Shard40
Uther-O'-Lantern Portrait
Hallow's End Uther-O'-Lantern
Gem75 / Shard40

Sprays[ | ]

Uther Sprays
 
Beachcomber Spray
Sun's Out, Guns Out Beachcomber
Gem75 / Shard40
Carbot Fountain Spray
Carbot Fountain
Gem120 / Shard112
Carbot Uther Spray
Carbot Uther
Gem120 / Shard75
Uther-O'-Lantern Spray
Hallow's End Uther-O'-Lantern
Gem75 / Shard40
Uther Pixel Spray
Uther Pixel
Gem75 / Shard40
You're in Rough Space Spray
You're in Rough Space
Gem250 / Shard300

Emojis[ | ]

Uther Pack 1 Emoji Uther Pack 1 Uther Happy Uther Pack 2 Emoji Uther Pack 2 Uther Angry
Emoji Name Shortcut Emoji Name Shortcut
Emoji Uther Pack 1 Uther Happy Uther Happy :utherhappy:
:uthhappy:
Emoji Uther Pack 2 Uther Angry Uther Angry :utherangry:
:uthangry:
Emoji Uther Pack 1 Uther ROFL Uther ROFL :utherlol:
:utherrofl:
:uthlol:
:uthrofl:
Emoji Uther Pack 2 Uther Cool Uther Cool :uthercool:
:uthcool:
Emoji Uther Pack 1 Uther Sad Uther Sad :uthersad:
:uthsad:
Emoji Uther Pack 2 Uther Oops Uther Embarrassed :utheroops:
:utherembarrassed:
:uthoops:
:uthembarrassed:
Emoji Uther Pack 1 Uther Silly Uther Silly :uthersilly:
:uthsilly:
Emoji Uther Pack 2 Uther Love Uther in Love :utherlove:
:utherinlove:
:uthlove:
:uthinlove:
Emoji Uther Pack 1 Uther Meh Uther Speechless :uthermeh:
:utherspeechless:
:uthmeh:
:uthspeechless:
Emoji Uther Pack 2 Uther Surprised Uther Surprised :utherwow:
:uthersurprised:
:uthwow:
:uthsurprised:

Quotes[ | ]

Main article: Uther/Quotes


Trivia[ | ]

  • Uther first appeared in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (December 1995).
  • Uther is voiced by Michael McConnohie.
  • Uther was one of the 18 heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
  • Uther was added to the game because the designers wanted a healing-orientated character [citation needed].
  • Uther is the first paladin hero in the game, the second being Yrel.
  • All of Uther's basic abilities and ultimates share a name and at least some of their function with actual paladin abilities in World of Warcraft. Many, though not all, of his talents do as well.
    • Placeholder icons for his abilities and talents during the game's beta similarly came from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos or World of Warcraft before dedicated icons were later made for Uther's abilities and talents.

Gallery[ | ]

General[ | ]

Abilities[ | ]

Prerelease[ | ]

References[ | ]

  1. StarCraft. 2011-10-20. Blizzard DOTA Trailer. Youtube. Accessed 2011-10-22.

External links[ | ]


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