Heroes of the Storm Artanis Spotlight
Blizzard Entertainment's Cross-Over MOBA, Heroes of the Storm, released Artanis yesterday for players who have pre-ordered the StarCraft II expansion. Today they've released a spotlight video for all to experience... even those of us that have to wait it out a week until he is fully released. The Protoss' passive automatically raises a barrier once his health drops below 50%, and each autoattack lowers the cooldown on the barrier. This is a great ability for a Melee Warrior Tank, as it allows him to thrive in sustained fights where he can continually take advantage of his passive.
His first ability, Blade Dash, charges to a location then back to his original location and deals significantly higher damage on the return. Once in striking range, he can take advantage of Twin Blades, which causes his next autoattack to strike twice. His engagement ability is called Phase Prism and it fires a linear skillshot that causes him to swap places with an enemy it hits.
Both of his Heroic Abilities offer him global control as they both have no maximum cast range. Suppression Pulse is a supportive ability that deals damage in a wide area and blinds all targets for 4 seconds. Purifier Beam rains down an orbital laser that deals massive damage and chases enemies down... best used when well timed with crowd control.
