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Hey there!
The name is
Cam. I'm a WoW player of 8 years, professionally if you count PvP rating services, although the current state of the game has lead to my recent withdrawal of subscription. However, this lead me to Heroes! I dove quickly into the game, and thought I'd begin publishing guides on the ways I've established success in my gameplay. I take great joy in helping others better themselves, build confidence in their playing, and develop their own strategies to maximize their gameplay! I encourage people to toy with Heroes and find what build works for them - this is purely what works for me. Feedback, of course, is encouraged!
I'm currently rank 22 for Hero League's preseason ranks, with a 2300+ MMR.
This guide is for
Kael'thas, the lord of Tempest Keep.... and EXPLOSIONS. This build emphasizes Kael's incredible team fight capability, and insane duel damage. I'll cover the pros and cons, and cover the basic combo that will allow you to decimate whole teams in a flash of fire.
HIS DAMAGE IS NOT A SETBACK, FRIENDS.
Here we'll cover the pros and cons of this build!
PROS
- Insane team fight damage.
- Easily overpowers other assassins in 1v1's.
- Perhaps the most powerful combo in the game.
- Good group CC.
- Good wave clear to counter specialists.
CONS
- Very, very squishy.
- NO escape at all.
- Relies very heavily on landing his combo.
- Often easy to be mana starved early-game. Go figure. Blood Elves, right?
This combo is
ESSENTIAL for this
Kael'thas build. Directly below is a video that shows what the combo can do to even the largest of tanks in the blink of an eye, and it's even worse when you put it into a team fight. However, learning to land and execute the combo is not a simple task, but very rewarding when you do so.
THE COMBO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xnggpBvmdU
HERO LEAGUE RANKED FOOTAGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmDLrWev8MU
Now, to explain it in depth:
Kael'thas has the ability to empower one of his basic abilities by activating his trait about every 5 seconds or so. I prefer, when engaging in a team fight, to empower my E to stun up to 3 members of their team. Once this is done, you'll
immediately begin casting your Q on the knocked up area of your victims. This can do a crazy amount of damage to those affected by the empowered knock-up (not to mention the Ability Power increase by
Gathering Power). Right after that, get the closest target you can, and throw
Living Bomb onto them. Not only will the victims of your Q be passively affected by Living Bomb due to
Ignite but now you'll have a fresh target for a whole other bomb trigger. The best part?
These bombs will explode, and bounce right back on to every other target in the team fight except for the original target. Meaning, you'll have their entire team exploding within seconds! As you consume more Regeneration Globes throughout the game, your total mana pool will increase thanks to
Mana Addict, allowing you to perform the combo with less mana punishment in those critical late game team encounters.
To finish it off, throw your
Phoenix right into the middle of the fray for even crazier AoE damage, at an insanely low cooldown. At level 20, you'll even be allowed to move your Phoenix from it's original cast location using
Rebirth to apply the most AoE pressure possible.
Once again, this is merely a suggestion and recommendation on how to play Kael'thas! Perhaps you'll find it useful, perhaps you won't! Either way, I appreciate you taking the time to read through this guide, and hope it helps your gameplay with the lord of Tempest Keep,
Kael'thas!
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Now get out there, and lay waste to your foes!
THANKS!
Cam, of Clan Murray
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