(Please leave any feedback you have! Abilities and talents are completely finished, but I welcome any criticism of balance or design!)
(This guy was formerly Teron Gorefiend, but - as was said in the comments - he really doesn't fit. This is a modern DK.)
Combat Trait
1
Icy Talons
Your attacks apply a stack of Icy Talons on the target for 5 seconds, increasing your Basic Attack damage to them by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times.
Primary Abilities
1
Obliterate
Leap at an enemy within 3 range, striking for 247 damage and slowing them for 30% for 1 second.
Cost:40 Mana Cooldown: 8 Seconds
2
Clawing Shadows
Launches clawing darkness at an enemy to deal 68 damage and an additional 216 damage over 6 seconds. Your basic attacks refresh the duration of the damage over time effect.
Cost:35 Mana Cooldown: 8 Seconds
3
Blood Boil
Deals 121 damage to all nearby enemies, and an additional 8% of enemy Heroes' maximum Health. Deals 300% damage to non-Heroic enemies.
Cost:70 Mana Cooldown: 14 Seconds
Secondary Abilities
1
Vampiric Blood
[Acquired from Vampiric Blood at level 7]
All healing and regeneration effects increased by 50% for 5 seconds.
Passive: Maximum Health increased by 10%.
Cooldown: 60 Seconds
2
Demoralize
[Acquired from Demoralize at level 16]
Reduce nearby enemy Heroes' attack speed by 40% for 4 seconds. Cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds whenever a friendly Hero dies.
Cooldown: 30 Seconds
3
Bonestorm
Deal 514 damage to enemies within 2 range over 4 seconds. During this time, gain 50 Physical Armor.
Cooldown: 60 Seconds
Heroic Abilities
1
Death Grip
Throws a hand of shadow in a direction, latching onto the first enemy hero hit within 6 range. The target is slowly pulled in your direction (which amounts to a 50% slow if they try to run away). The grip lasts 4 seconds.
Passive: Maximum Health increased by 40%. Spell Armor increased by 25.
Cost:75 Mana Cooldown: 40 Seconds
2
Raise Dead
Summons a Ghoul to follow you until it dies. The Ghoul has 1600 Health and a melee attack that deals 88 DPS.
Passive: Obliterate's range increased by 50% and cooldown reduced by 2 seconds.
Cost:80 Mana Cooldown: 80 Seconds
Level 1 Talents
Soul Gorge:(!) Quest: Collect Regeneration Globes to increase Life Regeneration by 1. Reward: After collecting 25 Regeneration Globes, increase your Mana Regeneration by 1.5.
Open Wounds: Blood Boil reduces enemies' Physical Armor by 25 for 2 seconds.
Bone Shield: When you're hit by a Basic Attack, gain 25 Physical Armor for 3 seconds. Can only occur once every 10 seconds.
Defile: Blood Boil leaves behind a patch of shadows that deal 270 damage over 4 seconds to enemies within it.
Level 4 Talents
Killing Machine:Icy Talons affects Obliterate, and Obliterate applies 3 stacks of Icy Talons.
Hungry Shadows:(!) Quest: Hitting enemy Heroes with Clawing Shadows permanently reduces its cooldown by 0.1 seconds. Reward: After reducing its cooldown by 2 seconds, reduce its Mana cost by 15.
Blood Feast: Blood Boil heals you for 100% of damage dealt to Heroes.
Siphon Life: Your Basic Attacks heal you for 10% of damage dealt for each stack of Icy Talons the target has.
Level 7 Talents
Ruthless Efficiency:Icy Talons increases Basic Attack damage by an additional 5% (total of 25%).
Shadow Splash: Clawing Shadows hits all enemies within 2.5 range of the main target for 50% damage.
Vampiric Blood: All healing and regeneration effects increased by 50% for 5 seconds. Passive: Maximum Health increased by 10%. Cooldown: 60 Seconds
Level 13 Talents
Purgatory: When you are reduced below 25% Health, restore 40% of your Maximum Health but prevent that much healing for the next 8 seconds. After this time, you lose the extra Health.
Crippling Shadows: Clawing Shadows reduces the target's Armor by 25 for 3 seconds.
Amplifying Shadows: Clawing Shadows deals 5% more damage each second it's active.
Blood Strike: Obliterate casts a Blood Boil that deals 50% damage.
Level 16 Talents
Blood Mirror: Mark an enemy Hero for 6 seconds. During this time, 25% of the damage you take is also dealt to them.
Demoralize: Reduce nearby enemy Heroes' attack speed by 40% for 4 seconds. Cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds whenever a friendly Hero dies. Cooldown: 30 Seconds
Dark Succor: Obliterate restores 5% of your maximum Health. (!) Quest: Takedowns increase Obliterate's healing by 1%. Reward: After reaching 15% healing from Obliterate, increase its healing by 100% within 5 seconds of a Takedown.
Level 20 Talents
Gorefiend's Grasp: Death Grip affects all enemy Heroes within 5 range.
Dark Transformation: Cooldown of Raise Dead reduced by 40 seconds. Activate while your Ghoul is alive with no Mana cost to increase their movement and attack speed by 60% for 8 seconds.
Bonestorm: Deal 514 damage to enemies within 2 range over 4 seconds. During this time, gain 50 Physical Armor. Cooldown: 60 Seconds
Frost Fever: Your Basic Attacks deal an additional 33 damage for each stack of Icy Talons on the target over 3 seconds.
Shouldn't we save-- -Ehem- -- BOOOONESTOOOORM(sorry but not) for Marrowgar?
It seems fairly iconic for the boss, which could easily make it in with a unique(enough) kit.
What uparrow said. Marrowgar wouldn't really fit in the Nexus. I'm not sure Bonestorm actually fits Darion's playstyle though. Might replace it with something else.
Bonestorm is a Blood Death Knight Talent in World of Warcraft now, and while I would love to see Marrowgar in Heroes of the Storm he just is not as iconic as some of the other Scourge members like Kel'Thuzad and Anub'arak.
I also play a DK, and yeah, a lot of stuff works a lot differently, but some of the core "ideas" - Killing Machine procs from basic attacks, Death Grip pulls, Raise Dead - are the same. MMOs and MOBAs don't work the same way.
But please do tell me what specifically you're referring to, I would like to keep this a bit more accurate to fantasy.
Here's a few things I immediately see that do feel unlike Death Knight in WoW:
Killing Machine: I could change this to improve his Obliterate, I suppose. However I do feel like the trait is quite nice as it is and helps make him more threatening.
Obliterate: Not a leap in WoW, of course, but IIRC the animation is jumping up and then striking downwards.
Clawing Shadows: I can't remember if it's a DoT in WoW but it feels good as it is to me.
Blood Boil: No bonus to minions or % damage in WoW but this makes it more interesting, I feel. The buff to minion damage is to give him waveclear and make up for the lack of the percent-based Hero damage. I think it's alright.
Death Grip: Obviously no passive effect in WoW. It's an instant pull, but I don't want to overlap with Stitches' hook, and this feels more interesting than just a pull anyway.
Bone Shield: It doesn't work like that in WoW but it's the best method of giving him effectively a Block at level 1 that I could find.
Razorice: Maybe I should swap the names of Killing Machine and Razorice. This doesn't really fit how it works in WoW, I'll admit that.
Vampiric Blood: In WoW the buff to Health isn't passive, but that overlaps with Muradin's Avatar, and besides this version feels very nice. If you combine this with a Blood Boil and you have the Blood Feast talent, or if you combine this with Purgatory, it's some crazy healing.
Blood Strike: I can't remember if "Blood Strike" is actually an ability in WoW but anyway the name fits the talent well enough.
Dark Succor: This applies to Death Strike in WoW, but there's no Death Strike here, so it applies to Obliterate. Still roughly the same effect.
Blood Plague: It's just a DoT in WoW but this works better for the hero design.
True, but some names of your kit could simply be renamed to more resemble their Warcraft inspiration. For instance, Icy Talons instead of Killing Machine.
Also just noticed the Hero name change from Teron Gorefiend to Darion Morgraine.
Killing Machine is now Icy Talons. Razorice is now Killing Machine. Blood Plague is now Frost Fever. I think it's much better overall now :) Thank you!
Sounds like fun, I've been hoping Blizz will add a dps DK for a while, Arthas just doesn't do it for me.
Two teensy things though. One, I'd suggest you reclassify him as multi, those talents scream assassin/warrior hybrid to me. Not a huge deal regardless. My other concern, though, is more at the conceptual level: Gorefiend is not a Scourge death knight, he's a Gul'dan Old Horde WC2 death knight. Very different things. None of this is Gorefiend-style death knightery, it's Scourge-style. Change the name to, say, Koltira Deathweaver (or somebody like that) and I'm sold.
I considered classifying him as multiclass, but honestly I make nearly all of my concepts fairly flexible and marking him as the same category as Anduin, who is definitely about as multiclass as it gets, feels a little wrong.
Yes, I also feel a bit weird about making Teron Gorefiend a DK just like those of the Scourge. I'm changing him to Darion Mograine, completely different character but still can fit this ability set.
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It seems fairly iconic for the boss, which could easily make it in with a unique(enough) kit.
Here's a few things I immediately see that do feel unlike Death Knight in WoW:
Killing Machine: I could change this to improve his Obliterate, I suppose. However I do feel like the trait is quite nice as it is and helps make him more threatening.
Obliterate: Not a leap in WoW, of course, but IIRC the animation is jumping up and then striking downwards.
Clawing Shadows: I can't remember if it's a DoT in WoW but it feels good as it is to me.
Blood Boil: No bonus to minions or % damage in WoW but this makes it more interesting, I feel. The buff to minion damage is to give him waveclear and make up for the lack of the percent-based Hero damage. I think it's alright.
Death Grip: Obviously no passive effect in WoW. It's an instant pull, but I don't want to overlap with Stitches' hook, and this feels more interesting than just a pull anyway.
Bone Shield: It doesn't work like that in WoW but it's the best method of giving him effectively a Block at level 1 that I could find.
Razorice: Maybe I should swap the names of Killing Machine and Razorice. This doesn't really fit how it works in WoW, I'll admit that.
Vampiric Blood: In WoW the buff to Health isn't passive, but that overlaps with Muradin's Avatar, and besides this version feels very nice. If you combine this with a Blood Boil and you have the Blood Feast talent, or if you combine this with Purgatory, it's some crazy healing.
Blood Strike: I can't remember if "Blood Strike" is actually an ability in WoW but anyway the name fits the talent well enough.
Dark Succor: This applies to Death Strike in WoW, but there's no Death Strike here, so it applies to Obliterate. Still roughly the same effect.
Blood Plague: It's just a DoT in WoW but this works better for the hero design.
Also just noticed the Hero name change from Teron Gorefiend to Darion Morgraine.
...Well, I do, actually. It's because I ignored Frost abilities while making this Blood/Unholy DK.
Two teensy things though. One, I'd suggest you reclassify him as multi, those talents scream assassin/warrior hybrid to me. Not a huge deal regardless. My other concern, though, is more at the conceptual level: Gorefiend is not a Scourge death knight, he's a Gul'dan Old Horde WC2 death knight. Very different things. None of this is Gorefiend-style death knightery, it's Scourge-style. Change the name to, say, Koltira Deathweaver (or somebody like that) and I'm sold.
Yes, I also feel a bit weird about making Teron Gorefiend a DK just like those of the Scourge. I'm changing him to Darion Mograine, completely different character but still can fit this ability set.