Earlier today we reported that Blizzard had announced a new hero in the form of Kael’Thas Sunstrider, who for those unfamiliar is from the Warcraft and World of Warcraft titles where he was the leader of the Blood Elves, but ultimately perished as one of the killable bosses in one of The Burning Crusades raids.
For those wondering how the hero will play, Blizzard has since released a trailer which shows off the character and potentially some of his abilities. Like we mentioned in our previous post, Kael’Thas is a mage character which means that his attacks are most likely ranged and the trailer above proves it.
He can be seen hurling balls of fire at his enemies and at one point, even summons a phoenix although we can’t be 100% of what that does yet. That being said Blizzard did mention that they will be hosting a Reddit Q&A come 12th of May where they will be answering some of your questions regarding the character, so check back with us then for more details.
Heroes of the Storm will be released on the 2nd of June which is less than a month away. It will be interesting to see if Blizzard can leverage their brand and their titles to convince LoL or DotA 2 players to jump ship – anyone else excited by this?