Heroes of the Storm Build Concept: Gnarl

Combat Trait

Root / Uproot

D - Root: After channeling for 1.5 second, root yourself in place, becoming immune to displacement effects and increasing health and mana regeneration by 2% max per second.
D - Uproot: After channeling for 1 seconds, regain normal mobility.

Primary Abilities

Hurl Boulder / Hurl Enemy

Q - Hurl Boulder: Throw boulder a medium distance at target area, dealing Heavy damage.
Q - Hurl Enemy: Throw enemy a medium distance forward, dealing Moderate damage on impact. A hit with another enemy or terrain will stun and damage both targets for 1 second.

Grasping Roots / Earth Stomp

W - Grasping Roots: After a 1 second delay, root all enemies in a small area for 1.2 seconds.
W - Earth Stomp: Damage and Slow enemies by 50% in a medium radius, decaying over 2 seconds.

Repelling Roots / Limb Smash

E - Repelling Roots: Knockback enemies a medium distance in a narrow arc in target direction, dealing light damage.
E - Limb Smash: Deal moderate damage and stun enemies in an area in front of you for 1 second.

Heroic Abilities

Bramble Eruption

R2 - Bramble Eruption: Create a rapidly expanding patch of bramble that deals light damage, and slows enemies who pass through it by 50%. Every 1% movement speed point above 50% increases damage by 2%. Lasts 6 Seconds. Only usable while Rooted.

Trample

R2 - Trample: Become Unstoppable and charge forward a medium distance, passing through enemies, dealing moderate damage and Stunning them for 1.5 seconds. Only usable while Uprooted.

Talents

Quest
Passive
Active

Level 1
Catch: After hitting 15 enemies with Hurl Boulder, gain 20% damage on impact, and boulder will continue to roll for a short distance dealing 50% damage.
Fling: After throwing 10 enemies, Hurl Enemy gains 20% range and becomes a vector based ability, allowing you to choose throw direction.
Fertile Soil: After collecting 20 regen globes, Rooting increases health regeneration by another 2% HP per second for 5 seconds.

Level 4
Starwood: Gain 20% spell armor for 4 seconds after [color=#ff00001Rooting.[/color]
Ironwood: Gain 20% physical armor for 3 seconds after Uprooting.
Snatch: Reduce the cast delay and area of Grasping Roots by 60%

Level 7
Violent emergence: Uproot channel time reduced by 0.5 seconds and gains knockback.
Deep Roots: Root channel time reduced by 0.5 seconds and also roots enemies in a small radius for 1 second.
Earth Shatter: Remove the decay of Earth Stomp, and creates a slowing area for 3 seconds.

Level 13
Root Network: Increase knockback distance of Repelling Roots and range of Grasping Roots by 25%.
Long Limbs: Increase the radius of Limb Smash and grab distance of Hurl Enemy by 25%
Shed Bark: Convert 10% of your max HP to shields that decay over 6 seconds. Health lost this way will regenerate over 4 seconds. 30 second CD.

Level 16
Force of Nature: Uprooting grants Unstoppable for 3 seconds.
Ancient Protector: Gain a ranged attack while Rooted.
Groan: Reduce enemy attack speed by 50% for 4 seconds. 40 second CD.
Seedling: Plant a seedling with 100 hp at target location. Upon death, re-spawn at seedling with 20% size and stats, slowly building back up to normal over the course of your original death timer.

Level 20
Warpath: Increase the range and damage of Trample by 20% and also roots enemies hit for 3 second.
Thicket: Increase the Radius and speed of Bramble Eruption by 20%, and slows by an extra 10%.
Gigantic: Increase size and max HP by 20%. Movement speed is capped at 90%
We are Gnarl: Convert 80% of you max HP into a shield that is divided among every other ally in range. Size and stats are reduced by 80% slowly returning to normal over 20 seconds. 80 second CD.

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Disclaimer: Admittedly I went too heavy on the CC for him, which would probably facilitate some long-ish cooldowns. I've spent long enough working on it that at this point I'd really just like to use it as a launch point for a discussion on having an Ancient as a hero for HotS. I think it would be a cool addition and fill a viable niche, however poorly I may have conceptualised that role.

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Gnarl by 0z1k