Xul
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![]() "It is time." | |
Basic Info | |
Title | Cryptic Necromancer |
Role | ![]() |
Difficulty | Medium |
Franchise | ![]() |
Price | ![]() ![]() |
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.
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Background[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.
Talents[edit | edit source]
- Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Xul's Basic Attack damage.
❢ Quest: Spawn 80 Skeletal Warriors.
❢ Reward: While fixating on an enemy, Skeletal Warriors gain 25% Movement and Attack Speed.
- Does not stack with other positive Spell Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
After 0.5 seconds, release poisonous missiles that deal 630 damage to all enemies hit over 10 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. Last up to 15 seconds.
- 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 Scythes damage.
- Does not stack with other negative Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.
- Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that affect the target Hero's damage output.
Deal 230 damage to enemies in a line.
Every 5th Spectral Scythe that hits enemy Heroes spawns a Frost Mage instead of a Skeletal Warrior in their location.
- Stacks additively with modifiers that affect healing received and multiplicatively with modifiers that affect healing dealt.
Skins[edit | edit source]
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Portraits[edit | edit source]
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Sprays[edit | edit source]
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Emojis[edit | edit source]
Quotes[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
General[edit | edit source]
Concept art[edit | edit source]
Abilities[edit | edit source]
Gameplay[edit | edit source]
Xul fighting the Headless Horseman
Videos[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 2015-01-21, Heroes of the Storm Gets Diablo's Necromancer and Wizard, accessed on 2015-01-21
- ↑ Xul Hero Page
- ↑ The Arreat Summit - Necromancer
- ↑ Heroes of the Storm Design AMA - May 9, 2019
External links[edit | edit source]
- Xul Hero Week
- Xul - Heroes of the Storm
- Xul - Diablo Wiki
- Xul Build Guide on Icy Veins
- Xul Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
- Xul Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm
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