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Arthas Arthas

A Tank who is proficient against melee Physical Attackers, slowing them.

Identity

Title
The Lich King
Type
Melee
Role
Tank
Difficulty
Medium
Life
Health
Shield
Shields
Energy
Mana
Franchise
Warcraft
Gender
n/a
Rarity
Epic

Tags

BodyBlocker EnergyImportant Ganker Overconfident RoleTank
Once the crown prince of Lordaeron, and protégé of Uther the Lightbringer, Arthas was corrupted by the cursed blade Frostmourne in a bid to save his people. Now he rules over the damned as the Lich King and all shall know his wrath.

Stats

Released
March 13, 2014
Size
0.8125
Speed
4.8398
Vision
12
Life
2860 (+4% per level)
Regen
5.957 (+4% per level)
Range
2
Damage
95 (+4% per level)
Attacks
1 per second

Abilities

Death Coil
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Deals damage to a target or heal Arthas

  • Type: Basic (Q)
  • Cooldown: 9 seconds
  • Mana: 50

Deals 164 (+4% per level) damage to target enemy.

Can be self-cast to heal for 262 (+4% per level) Health.

Howling Blast
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Root and damage enemies in an area

  • Type: Basic (W)
  • Cooldown: 10 seconds
  • Mana: 60

Root enemies within the target area for 1.25 seconds and deals 68 (+4% per level) damage.

Frozen Tempest
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Damage and slow nearby enemies. Drains Mana while active

  • Type: Basic (E)
  • Cooldown: 1 second
  • Mana: 13 per second

Deal 40 (+4% per level) damage per second to nearby enemies and Slow their Movement Speed by 10% per second, stacking up to 40%. Heroes hit also have their Attack Speed Slowed by 10% per second, stacking up to 40%. Frozen Tempest's effects last for 1.5 seconds.

Army of the Dead
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Raise ghouls that fight enemies, heal Arthas

  • Type: Heroic
  • Cooldown: 80 seconds
  • Mana: 80

Summons Ghouls that last 15 seconds and atttack for 20 (+4% per level) damage. Sacrifice Ghouls to heal for 267 (+4% per level) Health.

Summon Sindragosa
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Disables enemies and Structures

  • Type: Heroic
  • Cooldown: 100 seconds
  • Mana: 100

Deals 230 (+4% per level) damage and Slows enemies by 60% for 4 seconds. Also disables Minions, Mercenaries, Monsters and Structures for 20 seconds.

Frostmourne Hungers
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Activate to empower the next attack and restore Mana on hit

  • Type: Trait
  • Cooldown: 10 seconds
  • Mana: n/a

Activate to make Arthas's next Basic Attack strike immediately and deal 99 (+4% per level) increased damage. Dealing damage restores 30 Mana.

Summon Mount
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n/a

  • Type: Mount (Z)
  • Cooldown: 4 seconds
  • Mana: n/a

After Channeling for 1 second, gain 30% Movement Speed.

Hearthstone
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n/a

  • Type: Hearth (B)
  • Cooldown: n/a
  • Mana: n/a

After Channeling for 6 seconds, teleport back to the Hall of Storms, instantly restoring 1125 Health and 150 Mana.

Quick Spray Expression
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n/a

  • Type: Spray
  • Cooldown: 3 seconds
  • Mana: n/a

Express yourself to other players by marking the ground with your selected spray.

Quick Voice Line Expression
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n/a

  • Type: Voice
  • Cooldown: 7 seconds
  • Mana: n/a

Express yourself to other players by playing your selected Voice Line.

Unsummon Mount
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n/a

  • Type: Mount (Z)
  • Cooldown: n/a
  • Mana: n/a

Dismounts you.

Sacrifice
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Sacrifice a Ghoul to heal

  • Type: Heroic
  • Cooldown: 2 seconds
  • Mana: n/a

Sacrifice a Ghoul to restore 267 (+4% per level) Health.

Cancel Frozen Tempest
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n/a

  • Type: Basic (E)
  • Cooldown: 1 second
  • Mana: n/a

Cancels the Frozen Tempest ability.

Frostmourne Hungers Primed
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n/a

  • Type: Trait
  • Cooldown: n/a
  • Mana: n/a

The next basic attack deals 99 (+4% per level) increased damage and restores 30 Mana.

Talents

Talent Icon Frost Presence

❗Quest: Root enemy Heroes with Howling Blast.

❗Reward: After Rooting 5 Heroes, Howling Blast's cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.

❗Reward: After Rooting 10 Heroes, Howling Blast's range is increased by 20%.

❗Reward: After Rooting 20 Heroes, Howling Blast also Roots enemies in its path.
Talent Icon Eternal Hunger

❗Quest: Use Frostmourne Hungers on an enemy Hero.

❗Reward: Increases the Mana it restores by 4, to a maximum of 40, and its damage by 4.
Talent Icon Rime

Every 5 seconds, gain 75 Physical Armor against the next enemy Hero Basic Attack, reducing the damage taken by 75%. Stores up to 3 charges.
Talent Icon Deathlord

Increase the range of Death Coil by 30%, reduce its cooldown by 3 seconds, and if Death Coil is used on an enemy Hero, its Mana cost is refunded.
Talent Icon Frozen Wastes

Frozen Tempest Mana cost reduced by 2 per second.

❗Quest: Damage enemy Heroes with Frozen Tempest.

❗Reward: After damaging enemy Heroes 150 times with Frozen Tempest, the Movement and Attack Speed Slows of Frozen Tempest last an extra 1.5 seconds against enemy Heroes.
Talent Icon Icy Talons

Gain 3% Attack Speed for 1.5 seconds every time a Hero is damaged by Frozen Tempest, to a maximum of 60%.
Talent Icon Immortal Coil

Gain the healing effect of Death Coil even when used on enemies. If Death Coil is used on Arthas, it heals for an additional 50% bonus healing.
Talent Icon Rune Tap

Every 3rd Basic Attack heals Arthas for 5% of his max Health.
Talent Icon Icebound Fortitude

Cooldown: 35 seconds

Activate to gain 25 Armor, reducing damage taken by 25%, and reduce the duration of Stuns, Slows, and Roots against Arthas by 75% for 3 seconds.
Talent Icon Army of the Dead

Cooldown: 80 seconds

Summons Ghouls that last 15 seconds and atttack for 20 (+4% per level) damage. Sacrifice Ghouls to heal for 267 (+4% per level) Health.
Talent Icon Summon Sindragosa

Cooldown: 100 seconds

Deals 230 (+4% per level) damage and Slows enemies by 60% for 4 seconds. Also disables Minions, Mercenaries, Monsters and Structures for 20 seconds.
Talent Icon Shattered Armor

Enemy Heroes hit by Howling Blast have their Armor reduced by 15 for 4 seconds.
Talent Icon Biting Cold

Each second an enemy is damaged by Frozen Tempest, it deals 12.5% bonus damage, up to a 50% bonus.
Talent Icon Frost Strike

Reduces Frostmourne Hungers' cooldown by 2 seconds. Frostmourne Hungers also Slows the enemy by 50% for 1.5 seconds.
Talent Icon Embrace Death

Death Coil deals more damage and heals more the lower Arthas's current Health is, to a maximum of 100% bonus damage and healing.
Talent Icon Remorseless Winter

Enemy Heroes that remain within Frozen Tempest for 3 seconds are Rooted for 1.25 seconds. This effect can only happen once every 10 seconds.
Talent Icon Frostmourne Feeds

Increases the amount of Basic Attacks empowered by Frostmourne Hungers to 2.
Talent Icon Legion of Northrend

3 additional Ghouls are created. Ghouls deal 50% more damage, heal for an additional 50%, and last 5 seconds longer.
Talent Icon Absolute Zero

Sindragosa flies twice as far. Enemy Heroes are Rooted for 2.5 seconds, and then Slowed by 60% for 4 seconds.
Talent Icon Death's Advance

Increases Movement Speed by 10%. Frozen Tempest's maximum Movement Speed Slow and Attack Speed Slow increased from 40% to 60%
Talent Icon Anti-Magic Shell

Cooldown: 60 seconds

Activate to make Arthas immune to Spell Damage for 4 seconds and heal Arthas for 25% of the damage prevented.
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