Heroes of the Storm Wiki
Register
Advertisement


Xul
XulArt

"It is time."

Basic Info
Title Cryptic Necromancer
Role Bruiser Bruiser
Difficulty Medium
Franchise Diablo (franchise) Diablo
Price Gem750 / Money10,000
Release Date March 1, 2016
Base Stats
Attack Type Melee
Health 2080
Health Regen 4.333
Resource 500 Mana
Unit Radius 0.6875
Attack Speed 1.2
Attack Range 1.5
Attack Damage 95
Data Page

Xul, the Cryptic Necromancer, is a melee Bruiser Hero from the Diablo universe.[1] From the recesses of the eastern jungles comes a man cloaked in mystery. As a member of the secretive Priests of Rathma, or the Necromancers, Xul fights to preserve the delicate balance between order and chaos. Using powerful death magic, Xul will sap the strength of his enemies, block their escape, and direct his spectral scythe with lethal accuracy. Those who fall before the Necromancer find no peace even in death, rising again as skeletal servants bound to do their master’s bidding.[2]

Xul is a Summoner who can push multiple lanes with ease.

Background[ | ]

Diablo (franchise) This section concerns content exclusive to Diablo universe.

The necromancer, as his name implies, is an unseemly form of sorcerer whose spells deal with the raising of the dead and the summoning and control of various creatures for his purposes. Though his goals are often aligned with those of the forces of Light, some do not think that these ends can justify his foul means. Long hours of study in dank mausoleums have made his skin pale and corpselike, his figure skeletal. Most people shun him for his peculiar looks and ways, but none doubt the power of the necromancer, for it is the stuff of nightmares.[3]

Xul was the necromancer in the group of Heroes who battled Diablo and his brethren during the events of Diablo II. He survived the journey, and later trained an apprentice named Mehtan.

Abilities[ | ]

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

When a nearby enemy Minion dies, it becomes a Skeletal Warrior with 240 Health that attacks for 21 damage and lasts up to 12 seconds. Upon death, Skeletal Warriors deal 40 damage to nearby enemies. Up to 3 Skeletal Warriors can be active at once when spawned in this way.


Type: Summon
Affects: Enemy Minions
Radius: 12
Skeletal Warrior

Type: Active
Scaling: 4.00% (Health, regen & damage)
Health: 240
Health regen: -20
Basic Attack damage: 21
Attack Speed: 1.0
Attack range: 0.5
Movement speed: 4.0
Sight radius: 8.0
Leash radius: -
Spawn delay: 0.65 seconds
Corpse Explosion

Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Area of Effect
Radius: 1.5

  • This explosion damage will not trigger A Call For Help, i.e. Structure aggro onto Xul, if Xul and an enemy Hero hit by the explosion are in range of that enemy's Fort, Keep or Core.
Spectral Scythe Icon
Q
Spectral Scythe
55 Mana Cooldown: 8 seconds

Summon a scythe that travels to Xul after 1 second, dealing 190 damage to enemies and spawning a Skeletal Warrior when hitting Enemy Heroes. These do not count toward Xul's Raise Skeleton maximum.


Type: Spell Damage / Summon
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point Target
Cast time: 0.125 + 0 seconds
Range: 8.1
Radius: 1.5
Missile speed: 12

  • The scythe persists up to 5 seconds.
Cursed Strikes Icon
W
Cursed Strikes
50 Mana Cooldown: 16 seconds

Xul's Basic Attack deals damage in a wide area and reduces the Attack Speed of Heroes and Summons by 40% for 2 seconds. Lasts 4 seconds once triggered.


Type: Physical Damage / Status effect
Affects: Enemies (damage) / Enemy Heroes and Summons (Attack Slow)
Targeting: No target
Cast time: Instant
Area of Effect: Radial
Radius: 5.75
Arc: 180 degrees

  • Cooldown and duration start once the ability is triggered by attacking an enemy.
  • Partial Basic Attack reset if timed correctly (sets Basic Attack timer to 0.25s).
Bone Prison Icon
E
Bone Prison
70 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

After a 2 second delay, deal 80 damage and root the target enemy Hero for 1.75 seconds. All nearby Skeletal Warriors will fixate on the target for their duration.


Type: Spell Damage / Crowd control
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Targeting: Unit target
Properties: Root, Revealed
Cast time: 0.125 + 0 seconds
Range: 3.5
Radius: 16 (target focus)

  • The target becomes Revealed once the ability is cast until the Root wears off.
Poison Nova Icon
R
Poison Nova
100 Mana Cooldown: 90 seconds

After 0.5 seconds, release poisonous missiles that deal 630 damage to all enemies hit over 10 seconds.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: No target
Properties: Damage over Time, Skillshot (piercing)
Cast time: 0.5 + 0.125 seconds
Range: 16
Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x10)
Damage per Tick: 63
Missile count: 12
Missile speed: 5
Missile radius: 0.625
Skeletal Mages Icon
R
Skeletal Mages
80 Mana Cooldown: 90 seconds

Summon 4 Frost Mages in a line that attack nearby enemies for 47 damage a second and Slow them by 30% for 2 seconds. Lasts up to 15 seconds.


Type: Summon
Targeting: Vector targeting
Range: 10.5
Spawn offset: 3.25

  • First point determines the center point and second the direction of the line of summoned units.
Frost Mage

Type: Active
Scaling: 4.00% (Health & damage)
Health: 700
Basic Attack damage: 46.875
Attack Speed: 1.00
Attack range: 5.5
Movement speed: -
Unit radius: 0.375
Sight radius: 5.5
Bone Armor Icon
1
Bone Armor
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Activate to gain a Shield equal to 25% of Xul's maximum Health for 3 seconds.


Type: Shield
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Cast time: Instant

Talents[ | ]

1
Backlash Icon
Backlash

When Bone Armor expires, nearby enemy Heroes take damage equal to 12% of their maximum Health.


Type: Percent damage
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 3.75
Shackler Icon
Shackler

While Bone Armor is active, nearby enemies are Slowed by 35% for 1 Second. Basic Attacks against Heroes that are Stunned, Rooted, or Slowed reduce the cooldown of Bone Armor by 2 seconds.


Type: Crowd control
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Area of Effect, Attack Modifier (cdr), Slow
Radius: 3.0

  • Cleaving Basic Attacks from Cursed Strikes can also apply the cooldown reduction.
Shade Icon
Shade

While Bone Armor is active, Xul evades all Basic Attacks, but increases the cooldown of Bone Armor by 10 seconds.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Properties: Evade
4
Reaper's Toll Icon
Reaper's Toll

Reduce the cooldown of Spectral Scythe by 2 seconds and its Mana cost by 15.

Grim Scythe Icon
Grim Scythe

Increase Xul's Basic Attack damage by 15%. Each enemy hit by Cursed Strikes reduces its cooldown by 1 second, up to 12 seconds.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Modifier

  • Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Xul's Basic Attack damage.
Trag'Oul's Essence Icon
Jailors

Bone Prison spawns 2 Skeletal Warriors. These do not count toward Xul's Raise Skeleton maximum.

❢ Quest: Spawn 80 Skeletal Warriors.

❢ Reward: While fixating on an enemy, Skeletal Warriors gain 25% Movement and Attack Speed.


Type: Summon / Status effect
Affects: - / Skeletons
7
Harvest Vitality Icon
Harvest Vitality

Cursed Strikes heals for 70% of the damage dealt to Heroes.


Type: Healing
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Modifier (heroes), Lifesteal
Trag'Oul's Essence Icon
Trag'Oul's Essence

Every time a Skeletal Warrior attacks an enemy, restore 0.2% of Xul's maximum Health and 0.5% of his maximum Mana.


Type: Healing, Mana Restoration
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Modifier
Wall Of Bones Icon
Wall Of Bones

Increase the Shield amount of Bone Armor to 35% of Xul's maximum Health, and Xul gains 20 Spell Armor for its duration.


Type: Bonus Shield, Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Properties: Spell Armor

  • Does not stack with other positive Spell Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
10
Poison Nova Icon
Poison Nova

Cooldown: 90 seconds
After 0.5 seconds, release poisonous missiles that deal 630 damage to all enemies hit over 10 seconds.

Skeletal Mages Icon
Skeletal Mages

Cooldown: 70 seconds
Summon 4 Frost Mages in a line that attack nearby enemies for 47 damage a second and Slow them by 30% for 2 seconds. Lasts up to 15 seconds.

13
Echoes of Death Icon
Echoes of Death

Spectral Scythe spawns 2 additional scythes next to the first after 1.5 seconds, dealing 40% damage.


Type: Spell Damage / Offensive damage modifier
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemies / Ability
Offset: 5.0

  • Scythes are spawned on the same y-coordinates as the initial scythe, which makes their range slightly longer.
  • Damage penalty stacks additively with offensive damage modifiers that can affect Spectral Scythe's damage.
Rapid Harvest Icon
Rapid Harvest

Gain 5% Attack Speed for 3 seconds each time Cursed Strikes hits an enemy, up to 75%.


Type: Status effect
Affects: Self
Properties: Attack Speed
Amplify Damage Icon
Amplify Damage

Increase the Root duration of Bone Prison by 0.25 seconds. Enemies Rooted by Bone Prison lose 25 Armor for 2 seconds.


Type: Defensive damage modifier
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Armor reduction

  • Does not stack with other negative Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
16
Decrepify Icon
Decrepify

Enemy Heroes who are damaged by Spectral Scythe or Skeletal Warriors are Slowed by 30% for 2.5 seconds.


Type: Crowd control
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Slow
Weaken Icon
Weaken

Enemy Heroes who are damaged by Cursed Strikes or Skeletal Warriors deal 35% less damage for 3 seconds.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Enemy Heroes

  • Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that affect the target Hero's damage output.
Bone Spear Icon
Bone Spear

Cooldown: 12 seconds
Deal 230 damage to enemies in a line.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point Target
Properties: Skillshot (piercing)
Cast time: 0.125 + 0
Range: 11.9
Hitbox: 1.5 x 1.8
Missile speed: 15
20
Andariel's Visage Icon
Andariel's Visage

Poison Nova heals for 50% of the damage dealt and its duration is increased by 50%.


Type: Healing
Affects: Self
Properties: Lifesteal
Cold Hand of Death Icon
Cold Hand of Death

Increase the Slow of Frost Mages by 20%.

Every 5th Spectral Scythe that hits enemy Heroes spawns a Frost Mage instead of a Skeletal Warrior in their location.


Type: Summon
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Mortal Wound Icon
Mortal Wound

Enemies hit by Spectral Scythe receive 75% less healing for 4 seconds.


Type: Healing received modifier
Affects: Enemies

  • Stacks additively with modifiers that affect healing received and multiplicatively with modifiers that affect healing dealt.
Kalan's Edict Icon
Kalan's Edict

Each time Skeletal Warriors deal damage reduce the cooldown of Bone Armor and Xul's Heroic Ability by 1.5%.

Builds and guides[ | ]

Icy Veins Xul Guide

Xul Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Xul Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins[ | ]

Xul Skins
 
Rare Cryptic Necromancer
Backstory: From the recesses of the eastern jungles comes a man cloaked in mystery. As a member of the secretive Priests of Rathma, or the Necromancers, Xul wields powerful death magic and fights to preserve the delicate balance between order and chaos.
Xul Cryptic Necromancer
Gem750 / Money10,000
Cryptic Necromancer
Xul Poison
Free
Poison
Xul Crimson
Free
Crimson
Xul Frost
Gem120 / Shard75
Frost
Epic Bone Visage
Backstory: In accordance with Mendeln's decrees, the bones inlaid within Xul's armor serve as a symbol of his mastery over death and the helm as a grim reminder that death surrounds us all.
Xul Bone Visage
Gem350 / Shard400
Xul Bone Visage Classic
Gem350 / Shard400
Classic
Xul Bone Visage Royal
Gem350 / Shard400
Royal
Xul Bone Visage Rusted
Gem350 / Shard400
Rusted
Xul Bone Visage Skeletal
Gem350 / Shard400
Skeletal
Rare Necromaster
Backstory: Cloaked in foreign garb, Xul returned from his fight against the Prime Evils as a Master Necromancer. He chose to mentor only a single apprentice, a promising student named Mehtan.
Xul Necromaster
Gem120 / Shard75
Xul Necromaster Bone
Gem120 / Shard75
Bone
Xul Necromaster Golden
Gem120 / Shard75
Golden
Xul Necromaster Reaper
Gem120 / Shard75
Reaper
Rare Serpent King
Backstory: While the Serpent King acted as Pharaoh Ta-sadar's vizier, his true loyalty had always belonged to the Spider Queen. Once he saw his chance, Xul's betrayal was as swift as a serpent's strike.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Luxoria skins.
Xul Serpent King
Gem160 / Shard100
Xul Serpent King Turquoise
Gem160 / Shard100
Turquoise
Xul Serpent King Copper
Gem160 / Shard100
Copper
Xul Serpent King Amethyst
Gem160 / Shard100
Amethyst
Xul Event Skins
 
Legendary Scarecrow Hallow's End
Backstory: Farmer Saldean looked at the empty pole with confusion. Hadn't he hitched up that new Scarecrow? In his bewilderment he missed the words scratched into the dirt, "It's time to harvest."
Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities.
Xul Scarecrow
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Xul Scarecrow Orchid
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Orchid
Xul Scarecrow Crimson
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Crimson
Xul Scarecrow Rotten
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Rotten
Xul Scarecrow Pinstripe
Gem600 / Shard1,200
Pinstripe

Portraits[ | ]

Xul Portraits
 
Bone Visage Xul Portrait
Bone Visage Xul
Gem75 / Shard40
Carbot Xul Portrait
Carbot Xul
Gem120 / Shard75
Ink Xul Portrait
Ink Xul
Gem75 / Shard40
Scarecrow Xul Portrait
Hallow's End Scarecrow Xul
Gem75 / Shard40
Xul Hero Portrait
Xul Hero
Xul Icon Portrait
Xul Icon
Gem75 / Shard40
Xul Mastery Portrait
Xul Mastery

Sprays[ | ]

Xul Sprays
 
Carbot Xul Spray
Carbot Xul
Gem120 / Shard75
Emoji Xul Spray
Emoji Xul
Gem120 / Shard75
Puzzling Necromancer Spray
Toys Puzzling Necromancer
Gem120 / Shard75
Scarecrow Xul Spray
Hallow's End Scarecrow Xul
Gem75 / Shard40
Tattoo Bone Visage Xul Spray
Tattoo Bone Visage Xul
Gem75 / Shard40
With the Fishes Spray
Sun's Out, Guns Out With the Fishes
Gem120 / Shard75
Xul Icon Spray
Xul Icon
Gem75 / Shard40

Emojis[ | ]

Xul Pack 1 Emoji Xul Pack 1 Xul Happy Xul Pack 2 Emoji Xul Pack 2 Xul Angry
Emoji Name Shortcut Emoji Name Shortcut
Emoji Xul Pack 1 Xul Happy Xul Happy :xulhappy: Emoji Xul Pack 2 Xul Angry Xul Angry :xulangry:
Emoji Xul Pack 1 Xul ROFL Xul ROFL :xullol:
:xulrofl:
Emoji Xul Pack 2 Xul Cool Xul Cool :xulcool:
:cool:
Emoji Xul Pack 1 Xul Sad Xul Sad :xulsad:
:sad:
Emoji Xul Pack 2 Xul Oops Xul Embarrassed :xuloops:
:xulembarrassed:
Emoji Xul Pack 1 Xul Silly Xul Silly :xulsilly:
:silly:
Emoji Xul Pack 2 Xul Love Xul in Love :xullove:
:xulinlove:
Emoji Xul Pack 1 Xul Meh Xul Speechless :xulmeh:
:xulspeechless:
Emoji Xul Pack 2 Xul Surprised Xul Surprised :xulwow:
:xulsurprised:
Hallow's End Scarecrow Xul Pack 1 Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 1 Scarecrow Xul Happy Hallow's End Scarecrow Xul Pack 2 Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 2 Scarecrow Xul Angry
Emoji Name Shortcut Emoji Name Shortcut
Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 1 Scarecrow Xul Happy Scarecrow Xul Happy :xulscarecrowhappy:
:xulschappy:
Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 2 Scarecrow Xul Angry Scarecrow Xul Angry :xulscarecrowangry:
:xulscangry:
Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 1 Scarecrow Xul ROFL Scarecrow Xul ROFL :xulscarecrowlol:
:xulscarecrowrofl:
:xulsclol:
:xulscrofl:
Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 2 Scarecrow Xul Cool Scarecrow Xul Cool :xulscarecrowcool:
:xulsccool:
Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 1 Scarecrow Xul Sad Scarecrow Xul Sad :xulscarecrowsad:
:xulscsad:
Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 2 Scarecrow Xul Oops Scarecrow Xul Embarrassed :xulscarecrowoops:
:xulscarecrowembarrassed:
:xulscoops:
:xulscembarrassed:
Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 1 Scarecrow Xul Silly Scarecrow Xul Silly :xulscarecrowsilly:
:xulscsilly:
Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 2 Scarecrow Xul Love Scarecrow Xul in Love :xulscarecrowlove:
:xulscarecrowinlove:
:xulsclove:
:xulscinlove:
Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 1 Scarecrow Xul Meh Scarecrow Xul Speechless :xulscarecrowmeh:
:xulscarecrowspeechless:
:xulscmeh:
:xulscspeechless:
Emoji Xul Scarecrow Pack 2 Scarecrow Xul Surprised Scarecrow Xul Surprised :xulscarecrowwow:
:xulscarecrowsurprised:
:xulscwow:
:xulscsurprised:

Quotes[ | ]

Main article: Xul/Quotes


Trivia[ | ]

  • Xul represents the necromancer class from Diablo II (June 2000).
  • Xul is voiced by Michael McConnohie.
  • Xul is the first necromancer hero in the game.
  • Xul is the first Diablo II hero in the game.
  • During development, there were attempts to make Xul's skeletons follow him. However, the biggest problem was clutter. At the time they developed Xul the game already had Zagara, Nazeebo and Azmodan along with other heroes. They were getting into a trend of putting a lot of summons on the screen at the same time. They tried to keep the fantasy of the Necromancer as much as we could while keeping clarity for the player base. One ability that hit the cutting room floor was that we wanted to get a more active corpse explosion which consisted of using the skeletons as leaping at a target then detonating.[4]
  • Xul had an easter egg line when he was on the home screen where he would say "Hmm, Battle.net is a lot shinier than it used to be".
  • Xul's "I've got your ear" voice line is a reference to players dropping their ears as a loot item when killed in Diablo 2

Gallery[ | ]

General[ | ]

Concept art[ | ]

Abilities[ | ]

Gameplay[ | ]

Videos[ | ]

References[ | ]

External links[ | ]


Heroes
 
Bruiser Bruisers ArtanisChenDeathwingDehakaD.VaGazloweHoggerImperiusLeoricMalthaelRagnarosRexxarSonyaThrallVarianXulYrel
Healer Healers AlexstraszaAnaAnduinAurielBrightwingDeckardKharazimLi LiLt. MoralesLúcioMalfurionRehgarStukovUtherTyrandeWhitemane
Melee Assassin Melee Assassins AlarakThe ButcherIllidanKerriganMaievMurkyQhiraSamuroValeeraZeratul
Ranged Assassin Ranged Assassins AzmodanCassiaChromieFalstadFenixGallGenjiGreymaneGul'danHanzoJainaJunkratKael'thasKel'ThuzadLi-MingLunaraMephistoNazeeboNovaOrpheaProbiusRaynorSgt. HammerSylvanasTassadarTracerTychusVallaZagaraZul'jin
Support Support AbathurThe Lost VikingsMedivhZarya
Tank Tanks Anub'arakArthasBlazeChoDiabloE.T.C.GarroshJohannaMal'GanisMeiMuradinStitchesTyrael
Unknown Mekkatorque
Advertisement