Heroes of the Storm Build Concept: Broll Bearmantle (v2.3)

Combat Trait

Thick Fur

After taking any ability damage, Broll gains +15 armor. This armor lasts for 5 seconds. Every time Thick Fur is applied, Broll gains +10 rage. This will not exceed 100 rage. Thick Fur does not stack.

Broll's basic attacks generate 5 rage.

Cooldown: 5 seconds

Primary Abilities

Maul

Broll slams his mighty claws into the target, dealing 100 (+5%/level) damage to the target, and double that to Heroes.

Cooldown: 3 seconds
Rage Generation: 10

Roar

Broll unleashes a mighty roar, increasing his own basic attack power by 25% and lasts for 6 seconds. This ability can stack up to 4 times, refreshing the cool down with every Roar. When Roar is activate, Broll cannot generate any rage.

Rage Cost: 25
Cooldown: 1 Second

Thrash

Broll thrashes about in a wide arc in front of him, slashing deeply into any enemy targets caught by his furious attack. This does 90 (+6%/level) damage and applies a 150 (+6%/level) damage bleed to targets hit. The bleed lasts for 8 seconds and is refreshed for every hit by Thrash, stacking the bleed damage up to 3 times.

Rage Cost: 30
Cooldown: 5 seconds

Heroic Abilities

Shapeshift

Broll shapeshifts into his guardian form, taking 25% reduced damage from all incoming sources. All enemy crowd control will not effect him for longer than 1 second in this form. This excludes Stasis. Broll's movement is increased by 20% while Shapeshift is active and he cannot mount during its duration. Shapeshift lasts for 10 seconds.

Rage Cost: 100
Cooldown: 90 seconds

Ursoc's Favor

Broll summons an Echo of Ursoc, who taunts nearby minions and non-boss mercenaries in a small AoE around it. The Echo of Ursoc is immobile. Whenever Broll casts Thrash, Ursoc will cast Thrash as well in the arc in front of it. Ursoc cannot be destroyed and any damage taken will generate Rage for Broll. Ursoc's Favor lasts for 10 seconds.

Rage Cost: 0
Cooldown: 90 seconds

Talents

Level 1:
Claws of Ursoc- Broll's basic attacks generates an additional 5 Rage with every attack
Crushing Strike- Maul deals double damage to mercenaries in addition to heroes.
Battering Strike- Targets hit by Maul are slowed by 10% for 5 seconds. This stacks up to 3 times.

Level 4:
Feral Affinity- Thrash increases Broll's movement speed by 5% for every target hit for a max of 25% bonus movement speed. This lasts for 5 seconds.
Restoration Affinity- Every time Thick Fur's armor fades, Broll heals for 25% of the total basic attack damage taken during Thick Fur's duration.
Balance Affinity- Increase the AoE radius of Thrash by 50% and it thrashes in a full circle around Broll instead of a wide arc.

Level 7:
Rend Tendons- Thrash slows all targets hit by it by 15%
Canopy Roar- Casting roar will root enemies around you in a small AoE for 1 second.
Inescapable Rampage- Targets hit by Maul that have Thrash bleed damage are rooted for 2 seconds.

Level 10:
Already listed above!

Level 13:
Thick Hide- Increase the armor gained by Thick Fur by 15, for a total of +30 armor. Thick Fur will no longer generate rage every time its applied.
Hibernate- Activate to make Broll fall asleep where he's at and regenerate 50% of his total health in 8 seconds. This cannot be cancelled early and can only be interrupted by taking damage. This has a 60 second cooldown.
Fierce Protector- Increase the duration of Thick Fur by another 3 seconds and increase rage generation by it to 15 every time its applied.

Level 16:
Stampeding Roar- Using Roar will boost the movement speed of Broll and nearby allied Heroes by 25% for 4 seconds.
Ear-Shattering Roar- Using Roar will silence all nearby enemy heroes for 1 second but increases the cooldown of roar by 5 seconds.
Protective Roar- Using Roar while Thick Fur is active will refresh Thick Fur. Roar cannot reapply Thick Fur from the reapplication of Thick Fur by Roar.

Level 20:
Avatar of Ursoc- Using Shapeshift will no long remove all the Rage at once, and instead drains Rage at a slow rate. Shapeshift now lasts until Broll no longer has any rage.
Nature's Guardian- Ursoc's Favor can now be reactivated during its duration to move it. Targeting an enemy will cause the Echo of Ursoc to chase and attack it. Echo of Ursoc's attack is equal to that of Broll's. Echo of Ursoc's basic attacks will generate 5 Rage for every attack. The Echo of Ursoc will not taunt if it is targeting someone. The Echo of Ursoc has 80% normal movement speed.
Displacer Bear- Activate to teleport Broll to a nearby target location, casting Roar once arriving at the target location.
Frenzied Regeneration- Activate to heal Broll for 75% of all the damage he has taken in the last 5 seconds. Costs 75 Rage. Has a 30 second cooldown.

Potential Talent Builds:
Roar Build: Claws of Ursoc, Feral Affinity, Canopy Roar, Shapeshift, Thick Hide, Stampeding Roar, Displacer Bear
Solo Build: Crushing Strike, Restoration Affinity, Rend Tendons/Inescapable Rampage, Ursoc's Favor, Hibernate, Protective Roar, Nature's Guardian/Frenzied Regeneration

In-Game Quotes

Store Greeting - Pre-Purchase: "Oh? Is it time for me to fight?"
Purchase: "Now it is MY time!"
Store Greeting: "What?"
Ready: "Ready or not..."
Intro - Greeting Varian: "Ah, Lo'gosh! It will be great to fight beside you once more, my friend."
Intro - Greeting Malfurion: "I apologize, Malfurion, I overslept..."
Intro - Greeting Rehgar: "Who am I to fight this time, Rehgar?"
Intro - Greeting Anduin: "Are you sure you are your father's son?"
Intro - Greeting Valeera: "Valeera! This brings back old memories, doesn't it?"
Intro - Greeting Murky: "Stand behind me Murloc and I will protect you."
Intro - Greeting Brightwing: "Hold fast Faerie Dragon, and together we'll protect more than the Dream."
Intro - Greeting Lunara: "Child of Cenarius, we will fight as one!"
Intro - Greeting Stukov: "After we're done here, I'll root out your corruption myself..."
Intro - Greeting Zul'jin: "You will not bind me to service like you did Nalorakk."
Intro - Greeting Ragnaros: "What a cruel fate, having to fight alongside the Firelord..."
Intro - Greeting Junkrat: "Why does everything you touch burn?!"
Intro - Greeting Positive: "Are you prepared to fight?"
Intro - Greeting Negative: "I have to fight beside you...?"
Intro - Response Positive: "Stand behind me, I will protect us."
Intro - Response Negative: "Never wake a sleeping bear..."
What 1: "What?"
What 2: "Hmm?"
Humorous 1: "No, I do not dance for the Darkmoon Faire, nor will I ever dance for the Darkmoon Faire."
Humorous 2: *Festive carnival music starts playing* "Argh...can't...stop...dancing!"
Humorous 3: "Ragnaros, Blaze, Diablo...someone needs to prevent forest fires...I suppose it aught to be me."
Humorous 4: "I am going to audition to be Remulous's Next Top Idol. I feel like I have a good chance at it."
Move 1: "At once."
Move 2: "Anu'dora!"
Move 3: "Let's go."
Hearthstone: "Time to take a rest."
Getting Healed: "I can still fight!"
Attack 1: "Victory is at hand!"
Attack 2: "Bear arms!"
Attack 3: "I'll make short work of them."
Killing a Hero 1: "In Nordr***il's Name!"
Killing a Hero 2: "Who's next?!"
Killing Ragnaros: "You will never burn our forests again!"
Killing Stukov: "You are an afront to nature!"
Killing Lunara: "Surely the Daughter of Cenarius wouldn't go easy on me."
Killing Greymane: "The wolf is strong, but the bear is stronger!"
Killing Valeera/Varian/Rehgar: "Get back up and lets go again!"
Death: "One more...round..."
Revived: "I'm awake, I'm awake."
Ping - Kill Hero: "Maul this hero!"
Ping - Capture Mercenaries: "Make these mercenaries see reason!"
Ping - Help Ally: "Help our ally!"
Ping - Help Me: "I need a partner over here."
Ping - Destroy Fort: "Destroy this fort!"
Ping - Defend Fort: "Defend our homeland!"

Updates

v0.10: Created concept, put in basis of abilities, talents, and stats. All are likely to be subject to change. Added quotes and PH Concept Ideas.
v1.0: Changed role to Bruiser due to the 2019 Gameplay Changes, added history, normalized stats, added pros/cons and best pairings/counters, added color scheme names, colored the text up so it'd be easier to read, redesigned the Protective Roar (Lv. 16 talent), added in new quotes, linked other concepts
v1.1: Calculated scaling and adjust numbers accordingly. Changed starting health from 1800 to 2200. Changed Maul damage from 69 to 130 and decreased cooldown from 5 seconds to 3 seconds. Added a limit to Battering Strikes (Level 1 talent) of 3 seconds. Removed the ramping Rage decay from Avatar of Ursoc (Level 20 talent). Buffed the healing from Frenzied Regeneration (Level 20 talent) from 50% to 75%. Added a Potential Talent Build section.
v1.2: Removed structures from Ursoc's Favor taunting. Edited Nature's Guardian (Level 20) to no longer taunt if it is targeting people and made the Echo of Ursoc's movement speed at 80% to balance out it being indestructible.
v2.0: Fixed broken picture links, updated links to my other concepts, adjusted description on Thick Fur for clarity, in addition Thick Fur does not stack, nerfed the damage of maul from 130 damage to 70 (at a 3 second cooldown with large rage generation, the idea is kinda OP against heroes), nerfed Roar's duration from 8 seconds to 6 seconds, clarified the size of taunt in Ursoc's Favor, completely changed Battering Strike (Level 1 talent) to slow enemies instead buffing his own speed (combined talents would make him so fast), changed description of Claws of Ursoc (Level 1 talent) to be more clear, clarified Thrash's description, reworked Canopy Roar (Level 7 talent), Thick Hide (Level 13 talent) no longer generates rage, Hibernate (Level 13 talent) can now be interupted by taking damage and has a 60 second cooldown
v2.1: Health buffed from 2200 to 2650. Attack lowered from 110 to 95. Maul damage buffed from 70 to 75. Inescapable Rampage root duration buffed from 1 second to 2 seconds.
v2.2: Buffed Maul's damage from 75 to 100. Thrash bleed damage buffed from 120 to 150.
v2.3: Shapeshift duration nerfed from 12s to 10s, Ursoc's Favor duration nerfed from 15s to 10s, Battering Strike (Level 1 Talent) slow duration buffed from 3s to 5s, Thick Hide (Level 13 Talent) clarified, Hibernate (Level 13 Talent) heal nerfed from 75% to 50%, Fierce Protector (Level 13 Talent) clarified

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Wait, is he normally in bear form or night elf form? Because I feel like the abilities could kinda be in either.

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Ideally I envision him in night elf form similar to the Druids of the Claw from Warcraft III. His ability set works well (in my eyes) with both his night elf form and his shapeshifted form as the bear, much like you said.

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Woops, did not even see those links broke. They looked good on my end on the editing page. They should be good to go now!

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