Mutator: Heroes from the Storm

Every attack wave will be led by Heroes of increasing power.

Difficulty points	10
Available in custom	Yes
Rollable in Chaos Studios	No

Detailed Mutator Information

Heroes will be added to attack waves as the mission goes on using a "Hero Pool" system which keeps track of how many heroes can spawn. The Hero Pool starts at 1. Every time a hero spawns, the Hero Pool gets reduced by 1. At particular mission times, the current value of the Hero Pool is increased as per the following table:

On Dead Of Night, Nydus unloads are regarded as attack wave spawns and will therefore also spawn Amon heroes.

Time	Count
5:00	2
6:30	1
8:00	1
9:30	1
11:00	1
12:30	1
14:00	1
15:00	1
16:00	1
17:00	1
18:00	1
19:00	1
20:00	1

Every 30 seconds past 20:00, the counter goes up by 1.

Every attack wave, the Hero Pool will attempt to be depleted and summon the number of heroes in the Hero Pool, subject to the following constraints:

• Maximum allowable heroes per attack wave: 6
• On Mist Opportunities, maximum heroes in a harass wave: 1
• On Temple of the Past, maximum heroes in side ramp attack wave: 1
• On Temple of the Past, maximum heroes in North drop attack wave: 0
• Attack Wave is not an Air Drop attack wave

Note that heroes will not spawn at the attack wave spawn location, but at the attack wave gather location.

Heroes are spawned in a particular order for the first 9 spawns as follows:

1. Raynor
2. Tychus
3. Dehaka
4. Karax
5. Nova
6. Zagara
7. Zeratul
8. Artanis
9. Kerrigan

After the 9th spawn, a random hero will be selected from each set of three heroes (1-3, 4-6, 7-9). For example, spawn #10 will contain either Raynor, Tychus or Dehaka. Spawn #11 will contain either Karax, Nova or Zagara, etc.

Information on the available heroes is shown below.

Artanis

HP/Shields: 2000/2000

Passives:

Passive	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Resurgence	Grants Artanis invulnerability for 3 seconds upon taking lethal damage, preventing death and replenishing his Shields and Life. Also releases a large blast of energy that knocks back and deals 100 damage to all nearby enemies. This effect cannot occur more than once every 60 seconds.	60 seconds

Abilities:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Lightning Dash	Artanis charges forward, unleashing a blast of energy that deals 100 damage to nearby enemies and stuns them for 2 seconds.	5 seconds
	Astral Wind	Heals Artanis and all nearby friendly units for 300 life and 200 shields.	15 seconds

Dehaka

HP: 1500

Passives: None

Abilities:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Drag	Pulls the target to Dehaka's location and temporarily stuns it (5 seconds).	10 seconds
	Generate Spawns	Generates two Spawns of Dehaka that deal 100% normal damage but have 50% life. Spawns last 30 seconds.	45 seconds
	Mend	Heals Dehaka for 150, and heals nearby friendly units for 50. An additional 50% of the amount healed regenerates over 15 seconds.	10 seconds

Karax

HP/Shields: 750/750

Passives:

Passive	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Master Phase-smith	Karax generates a power field similar to a Pylon. Structures within the power field gain 100% attack speed and 900% production speed.	0 seconds

Abilities:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Reclamation	Permanently takes control of target enemy robotic unit or Protoss structure. Robotic units include Sentries, Immortals, Reavers and Colossi.	5 seconds
	Phase Cannon	Phases in a Photon Cannon that lasts for 30 seconds before leaving the battlefield. The Photon Cannon must be placed within a power field.	10 seconds
	Warp In Khaydarin Monolith	Extremely powerful defensive structure. Has superior range and damage, but is very expensive and attacks slowly. Can attack ground and air units.	10 seconds

Kerrigan

HP: 5000

Passives: None

Abilities:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Leaping Strike	Kerrigan leaps to her target and deals 150 damage. Can be used without a target to travel quickly.	0 seconds
	Psionic Shift	Kerrigan dashes through enemies, dealing 50 damage to all enemies in her path.	0 seconds
	Apocalypse	Deals 300 damage to enemy units and 700 damage to enemy structures in a large area.	60 seconds

Nova

HP: 2250

Passives: None

Abilities:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Snipe	Deals 200 damage to target enemy ground or air unit from long range. Can target biological and mechanical units.	0 seconds
	Nuke	Calls down a Nuclear Strike at a target location. Nukes take 5 seconds to land, but they deal up to 600 damage to enemies in a large radius.	60 seconds

Raynor

HP: 1000

Passives: None

Abilities:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Penetrator Round	After carefully aiming, Raynor fires a Penetrator Round that strikes enemies along its path, dealing 80 damage.	20 seconds

Tychus

HP: 1000

Passives:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Hail of Lead	Tychus' Chaingun deals splash damage (50%) in a small area (1.25 range) around the target.	0 seconds

Abilities:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Toss Shredder Grenade	Tosses a grenade that explodes for 80 damage in a small radius (2 range). Does not harm friendly units.	20 seconds

Zagara

HP: 2250

Passives: None

Abilities:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Baneling Barrage	Launches 4 Banelings towards the target point. Each Baneling explodes for 40 damage (80 vs structures).	10 seconds
	Spawn Hunter Killers	Spawns 4 Hunter Killers at the target point that last 20 seconds.	30 seconds
	Mass Frenzy	Grants all friendly units on the map 25% attack speed and 25% movement speed for 15 seconds.	120 seconds
	Infested Drop	Calls down 10 drop-pods onto the target area, dealing 50 damage with each drop-pod and spawning a total of 10 Roaches that last 30 seconds.	60 seconds

Zeratul

HP/Shields: 2000/2000

Passives:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Permanently Cloaked	Zeratul is permanently cloaked.	0 seconds

Abilities:

Skill	Name	Description	Cooldown
	Blink	Teleports Zeratul to a nearby location.	3 seconds
	Void Armor	Grants nearby friendly units +100 shields for 10 seconds.	10 seconds
	Shadow Blade	Slashes an enemy unit for 500 damage. Can only target ground units.	6 seconds

Commander-specific Tips

• Dehaka: Dehaka can Devour Amon's Dehaka (with an Easter Egg voice line). He cannot Devour other heroes.
• Dehaka: Dakrun's knockback can cancel Kerrigan's Apocalypse and Nova's Nuke.
• Tychus: Crooked Sam's Moebius Restraint Matrix upgrade can be used to stun Amon Heroes with his Demolition Charge.
• Vorazun: Oracle Stasis Wards can be used to disable Heroes. Combine with the Stasis Calibration upgrade to be able to attack them while in stasis.

Mutator Interactions

Aggressive Deployment	Aggressive Deployment drops do not contain Amon Heroes.
Alien Incubation	Amon Heroes spawn Broodlings when they die.
Avenger	Amon Heroes can give out (1 stack)/receive Avenger stacks.
Barrier	Amon Heroes get the Barrier buff.
Black Death	Amon Heroes can carry Plague.
Concussive Attacks	Amon Heroes apply the Concussive Attacks debuff.
Evasive Maneuvers	Amon Heroes do not get the Evasive Maneuvers buff.
Fatal Attraction	Amon Heroes trigger Fatal Attraction when they die.
Fear	Amon Heroes can apply the Fear effect.
Fireworks	Amon Heroes do not launch Fireworks when they die.
Gift Exchange	Gift spawns do not spawn an Amon Heroes with the capturing attack force. Amon Heroes can capture gifts.
Hardened Will	Amon Heroes can get the Hardened Will buff.
Inspiration	Amon Heroes can provide the Inspiration buff.
Just Die	Amon Heroes respawn when they die.
Life Leech	Amon Heroes have Life Leech.
Long Range	Amon Heroes do not get the Long Range buff.
Moment of Silence	Amon Heroes trigger Moment of Silence when they die.
Naughty List	Amon Hero kills increase the Naughty List count.
Photon Overload	Amon's Karax's spawned structures will have Photon Overload applied when damaged.
Polarity	Amon Heroes all have Polarity applied to them.
Power Overwhelming	Amon Heroes can cast abilities other than the ones they already have.
Scorched Earth	Amon Heroes set the ground on fire when they die.
Self Destruction	Amon Heroes create an explosion when they die.
Speed Freaks	Amon Heroes move faster with Speed Freaks.
Transmutation	Amon Heroes do not Transmute after killing a unit.
Void Reanimators	Void Reanimators do not resurrect Amon Heroes.
Walking Infested	Amon Heroes spawn Infested when they die.
We Move Unseen	Amon Heroes are cloaked.

Note: All data generated on this site is based on Brutal difficulty. Timings, compositions and other elements may differ on easier difficulty levels.

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