Illidan

Illidan
Basic Info
Title	The Betrayer
Role	Melee Assassin
Difficulty	Medium
Franchise	Warcraft
Price	500 / 4,000
Release Date	March 13, 2014
Base Stats
Attack Type	Melee
Health	1725
Health Regen	3.5898
Resource	None
Unit Radius	0.625
Attack Speed	1.82
Attack Range	1.2
Attack Damage	78
Data Page

Illidan Stormrage, the Betrayer, is a melee assassin hero from the Warcraft universe. The first Demon Hunter betrayed his people by creating a new Well of Eternity after the demonic invasion of Azeroth. Now Illidan lords over the realm of Outland slaughtering unsuitably prepared Heroes who venture into his domain.

Illidan is a mobile, sustained damage Assassin who pairs well with Heroes that can enable him.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft universe.

Illidan Stormrage is known as the Betrayer, as throughout the millennia of his life he has deceived friends and family alike for power.

The night elf Illidan Stormrage was born before the War of the Ancients, a conflict that erupted over 10,000 years prior to the Third War, when the chaotic Burning Legion invaded Azeroth. Driven by his thirst for power (and his desire to impress Tyrande Whisperwind), Illidan made a pact with the Legion to secure the entrance of its leader, Sargeras, into Azeroth through the might of an artifact called the Demon Soul. The efforts of Malfurion Stormrage, Illidan's twin brother, disrupted the Legion's plot; the demons were defeated, and Illidan was imprisoned.

During the Third War, Tyrande released Illidan from millennia of imprisonment, hoping that the Betrayer would redeem himself by battling a returned Burning Legion. Though Illidan fought to defend his people, he soon slipped into darkness: after absorbing the energies of the demonic Skull of Gul'dan, Illidan became a demon, an act for which he was banished by Malfurion. Fleeing the wrath of the night elves, the twice-condemned Illidan allied himself once again with the only entity that would accept him - the Legion. Illidan's demonic masters sent him to destroy the Lich King, who had broken free of their influence, but Illidan failed to do so. To protect himself from the Legion's vengeance, Illidan hid on Outland, a destroyed world that he would eventually seek to rule.

Abilities

Betrayer's Thirst

Basic Attacks heal for 30% of damage dealt and reduce Ability cooldowns by 1 second.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier (enemies), Lifesteal

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• Cooldown reduction affects both Heroic and Basic Abilities, but not active Abilities gained from Talents.
• Getting Blinded makes you unable to hit enemies and gain cooldown reduction or lifesteal.

Q

Dive

Cooldown: 6 seconds

Dive at the target, dealing 66 damage and flipping to the other side of the target.

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Type: Spell Damage / Movement: Launch

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Unit target

Cast time: Instant

Range: 6.5

Missile speed: 150

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• The damage is dealt upon first reaching the target. If the target dies, Illidan does not get flipped to the other side.

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Sweeping Strike

Cooldown: 8 / 1.0 seconds

Dash toward target point, dealing 119 damage to enemies along the way. Hitting an enemy increases Illidan's Basic Attack damage by 35% for 3 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage / Offensive damage modifier, Movement: Dash

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Range: 5.5

Hitbox: 3.0 x 2.55

Missile speed: 14.4

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• Does not stack with itself. Consecutive applications refresh the duration.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Illidan's Basic Attack damage.

E

Evasion

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Evade enemy Basic Attacks for 2.5 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Evasion

Cast time: Instant

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Metamorphosis

Cooldown: 120 seconds

Transform into Demon Form at the target location, dealing 46 damage in the area. Temporarily increases maximum Health by 220 for each Hero hit by the initial impact. Lasts for 18 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage / Status effect, Bonus Health, Movement: Teleport

Scaling: 4.00% (damage, Health)

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Special Stasis

Cast time: Instant

Range: 12

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 4.125

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• Can be cast while Rooted.
• While phased out, Illidan is put in Stasis. In addition to usual effects of Stasis, Illidan is removed from ground plane (disjoints certain projectiles) and has no collision, but does not get the initial expanded debuff removal.
• Bonus Health is calculated and damage is dealt when the transformation period ends and Illidan reappears on the battlefield.
• Illidan's current Health is increased by the same flat amount as his maximum Health. Once Metamorphosis ends, only maximum Health is reduced.

R

The Hunt

Cooldown: 100 seconds

Charge to target unit, dealing 251 damage on impact and Stunning for 1 second.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control, Status effect / Movement: Launch, Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Non-Structure enemies / Self

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Channeled cast (stationary), Revealed, Stun, Unstoppable

Cast time: 1.0 (ch) + 0 seconds

Range: 45

Missile speed:
- Initial: 25
- Maximum: 200
- Acceleration: 75

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• Interrupting the cast puts the Ability on a 10 second cooldown.
• Cast is interrupted if the target moves more than 5 units past its maximum range.
• The target is Revealed instantly upon cast until Illidan hits the target.
• After the cast period, Illidan is Unstoppable until he hits the target.

Talents

1

Immolation

After using Sweeping Strike, burn nearby enemies for 22 damage a second for 4 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Area of Effect

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 3.125 ⁽¹

Tickrate: 1.0 per second

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• ¹⁾ Extended by Illidan's unit radius.
• Does not draw tower aggro when damaging Heroes under their Structures.
• Damage from Immolation is unaffected by external offensive damage modifiers and lifesteal effects.
• Disabled while Illidan is Mounted or in Stasis.

Battered Assault

Increase Sweeping Strike's Basic Attack damage bonus duration from 3 to 5 seconds. If Sweeping Strike hits 2 Heroes its damage bonus is increased from 35% to 125%.

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• Does not stack with itself.
• Damage bonus increase always lasts 5 seconds: If the next Sweeping Strike hits only a single enemy Hero while Battered Assault is still active, the baseline bonus of the new cast is overridden with the higher value until previous cast's Battered Assault bonus ends.

Unending Hatred

❢ Quest: Every Minion you kill gives you 0.2 Basic Attack damage. Every Takedown gives 1 Basic Attack damage.

❢ Reward: Once you reach 20 Basic Attack damage, receive an additional 20 Basic Attack damage.

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Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

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• Continues to gain stacks even after the quest is completed.

4

Reflexive Block

Using Dive grants 75 Physical Armor against the next 3 Hero Basic Attacks for 4 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 75%.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Block, Physical Armor

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Illidan can have a maximum of 4 Block stacks from this Talent, and the duration of all existing Block stacks from the Talent is refreshed if he gains more from it.

Thirsting Blade

Betrayer's Thirst's healing from Basic Attacks is increased from 30% to 50% while Sweeping Strike's damage bonus is active.

Hunter's Onslaught

Basic Abilities heal for 35% of the damage they deal. Double this bonus versus Heroes.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Lifesteal

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• Benefits from bonus damage from Marked for Death, but not from Immolation's burn damage.

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Rapid Chase

Dive grants 20% Movement Speed for 2 seconds. If the target is an enemy Hero, reduce its cooldown by 1 second.

Friend or Foe

Increases the range of Dive by 20% and allows it to be used to dive to allied Heroes.

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Affects: Enemies, allied Heroes

Bonus range: 1.3

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• Using Dive on an allied Hero does not damage them nor flip Illidan over them.

Unbound

Sweeping Strike can go over walls and terrain.

❢ Reward: After hitting 15 Heroes with Sweeping Strike, gain a second charge.

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Type: Movement: Launch

Affects: Self

Charge cooldown: 1.0 second

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• Original animation of Sweeping Strike becomes broken when this talent is picked (adds extra frames of delay durning end animation).

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Metamorphosis

Cooldown: 120 seconds
Transform into Demon Form at the target location, dealing 46 damage in the area. Temporarily increase your maximum Health by 220 for each Hero hit. Lasts for 18 seconds.

The Hunt

Cooldown: 100 seconds
Charge to target unit, dealing 251 damage on impact and Stunning for 1 second.

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Nimble Defender

If Sweeping Strike hits an enemy Hero, gain 25 Armor for 2 seconds, reducing damage taken by 25%.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Armor

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• Does not stack with itself or other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Elusive Strike

Sweeping Strike reduces the cooldown of Evasion by 3 seconds every time it damages an enemy Hero.

Sixth Sense

Evasion grants Illidan 75 Spell Armor against the next 2 sources of Spell Damage, reducing their damage by 75%.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Spell Armor, Spell Block

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• Charges expire when Evasion ends.

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Marked for Death

Dive deals an extra 180 damage if used consecutively on a target within 10 seconds.

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Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Ability

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• Does not stack with itself.

Fiery Brand

Every 3rd attack against the same Hero deals an additional 7% of their maximum Health as damage.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Attack Modifier (Heroes), Percent Damage

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• The counter is reset if Illidan has not attacked the enemy Hero for 3 seconds.
• Attacking a different enemy does not reset the counter.
• Counter continues through the cycle even if Illidan is Blinded or the target is Evading, although it cannot do the percent damage to such a target as the attack misses.

Blades of Azzinoth

Active: Hitting 5 Heroes with Sweeping Strike allows Blades of Azzinoth to be activated, increasing Basic Attack damage by 75% for 8 seconds.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Attack Modifier (enemies)

Cast time: Instant

Maximum stacks: 5

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• Each Hero hit counts as 1 stack. After gathering 5 stacks the ability can be activated, consuming all stacks.
• Starts with full 5 stacks.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Illidan's Basic Attack damage.

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Demonic Form

Permanently remain in Demonic Form. Metamorphosis also increases Attack Speed by 20% and reduces the duration of Stuns, Roots and Slows by 50%. Illidan can now mount in Demonic Form.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Speed, CC reduction

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• The bonuses are applied the next time Illidan casts Metamorphosis.
• Metamorphosis and its bonuses are removed upon death.
• The Health bonus is still temporary.
• Attack Speed bonus stacks additively with other effects that affect Illidan's Attack Speed.
• In Demonic Form, Illidan's Mount is limited to a special Ability-specific one.

Nowhere to Hide

The Hunt gains unlimited range. Illidan passively Reveals enemy Heroes below 25% Health anywhere on the Battleground.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Revealed

Range: Global

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• The Hunt cannot be used to travel into or out of the underground level in Haunted Mines. Passive Reveal still applies everywhere.

Nexus Blades

Basic Attacks deal 20% more damage and Slow enemy Movement Speed by 20% for 1 second.

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Type: Crowd control / Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Enemies / Self

Properties: Attack Modifier (enemies), Slow

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Illidan's Basic Attack damage.

Bolt of the Storm

Cooldown: 70 seconds
Active: Activate to teleport to a nearby location.

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Type: Movement: Teleport

Affects: Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Clamping

Cast time: Instant

Range: 7.2

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• Can be used to extend active frames of Sweeping Strike (note: this is not possible anymore if Unbound is picked level 7).

Skins

• The Betrayer
  • Backstory: Illidan Stormrage, the first demon hunter, betrayed his people and created a new Well of Eternity after the demonic invasion of Azeroth. Now Illidan lords over Outland slaying unsuitably prepared Heroes who venture into his domain.
  • Price: 4,000 / 6.49

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• Master
  • Backstory: The Blades of Azzinoth had served Illidan as dutiful companions while he tracked his prey across the Nexus... perhaps these Man'ari warplates would as well, in time.
  • Price: 10,000 / (requires Hero Level 10)

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• Lunar
  • Backstory: For most of the year, Illidan loathes druidic customs. But during the Lunar Festival, even he sets aside old grudges and joins his brother in honoring the departed elders of the Stormrage family.
  • Price: $9.99 / 8.99€
  • Skin Features: Themed abilities. Dive and Sweeping Strike drop coins, Metamorphosis sets off fireworks and gives him a golden demon form, and The Hunt marks its target with a golden dragon. His mask changes as he takes damage.
  • Note: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of holiday skins.

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• Shan'do
  • Backstory: Stormrage was born with amber eyes; a sign of great destiny... But as he learned from Cenarius, his brother grew distant. Still, none expected Malfurion's betrayal.
  • Price: $9.99 / 8.99€
  • Skin Features: Themed abilities. Dive, Sweeping Strike, Metamorphosis, and The Hunt have nature-themed animations.
  • Note: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Warcraft alternative shared history skins.

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• Spectre
  • Backstory: As the terrazine haze cleared from his mind, Illidan saw what he had become. His body had mutated, grown irreversibly addicted... But the power was worth any price.
  • Price: $9.99 / 8.99€
  • Skin Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities. Dive, Sweeping Strike, Metamorphosis, and The Hunt have StarCraft-themed animations.
  • Note: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other franchises merging into StarCraft skins.

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Trivia

• Illidan first appeared in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002).
• Illidan is voiced by Matthew Yang King in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, and Liam O'Brien in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, World of Warcraft: Legion, and Heroes of the Storm.
• Illidan was one of the 18 heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
• Upon killing Tyrande Whisperwind, Illidan will exclaim, "No! Tyrande, what have I done!?"
• An Illidan vinyl statue shipped in December, 2013.
• NECA revealed the Heroes of the Storm Illidan action figure at Toy Fair NY 2015.
• One of Illidan's quotes references the running joke about Darkness.

Gallery

General

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  Illidan's artwork.

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  Illidan, the Betrayer.

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  Shan'do Illidan.

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  A team of Illidans in the arena.

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  Another team of Illidans.

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  Illidan vs. Tyrael.

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  The Illidan action figure.

Abilities

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  Q: Dive.

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  W: Sweeping Strike.

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  E: Evasion.

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  R1: Metamorphosis.

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  R2: The Hunt.

Gameplay

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  Illidan rides a mount into combat.

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  Illidan participates in a teamfight.

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  Illidan fights Arthas to defend his fort.

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  Illidan with horns, wings, and hooves.

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  Illidan as a demon, after using Metamorphosis.

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  Shan'do Illidan, after using Metamorphosis.

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  Spectre Illidan, after using Metamorphosis.

Pre-release

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  The Blizzard DOTA models of Illidan and various other heroes.

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  Blood Elf Illidan (old tint).

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  Fel Illidan (old tint).

External links

• Illidan - Heroes of the Storm
• Illidan Stormrage - World of Warcraft
• Illidan Stormrage - Wowpedia
• Illidan Build Guide on Icy Veins
• Illidan Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Illidan Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm