Sylvanas

Sylvanas

Basic Info
Title	The Banshee Queen
Role	Specialist
Franchise	Warcraft
Attack Type	Ranged
Release Date	March 24, 2015
Base Stats
Health	1515
Health Regen	3.15
Energy	500
Armor	0
Attack Speed	1.67
Attack Range	5.5
Attack Damage	88
Stats per level
Max Health	4
Health Regen	4
Ranged Damage	4
Max Energy

Sylvanas Windrunner, the Banshee Queen, is a ranged specialist hero from the Warcraft universe. She was not always the Dark Lady of the Forsaken. In another life, Sylvanas was the Ranger-General of Silvermoon. But that was before the death knight Arthas slew her and her people and raised her as the first banshee.

Sylvanas disables enemy minions and fortifications. Killing enemies replenishes her Withering Fire for continuous damage.^[1]

Background[edit | edit source]

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft universe.

As the Queen of the undead Forsaken, Sylvanas Windrunner seeks a higher purpose for a people who have already died once.

Sylvanas was once the ranger-general of Silvermoon, a commander charged with defending the elven kingdom of Quel'Thalas. She perished during the Third War, when her homeland was ravaged by Arthas Menethil and the undead Scourge, but her death was not the end. Cruelly, Arthas ripped her soul from her body, subjugating her as a banshee, a hate-filled agent of the Scourge. When the Lich King was weakened by an assault from Illidan Stormrage, Sylvanas and other willful undead broke free from his control and built a new home beneath the fallen kingdom of Lordaeron. They called themselves the Forsaken, and vowed to exterminate the Lich King at all costs.

After fighting for their right to join the Horde, Sylvanas led her "people" to the continent of Northrend to destroy the Lich King. Before they could succeed, an uprising among the Forsaken killed members of the Horde and Alliance, casting a shadow of mistrust over Sylvanas. She came to dwell on the Forsaken's dim prospects for the future; they were despised and unable to procreate. Ultimately, the Banshee Queen made a pact with the Val'kyr, nightmarish creatures capable of creating more undead, to give the Forsaken a chance to persist on Azeroth.

Abilities[edit | edit source]

Black Arrows

Basic Attacks and Abilities stun Minions, Mercenaries, and Structures for 1 second.

Q

Withering Fire

Cooldown: 2 seconds

Shoot the closest enemy for 48 (+4% per level) damage, preferring Heroes. Stores 5 charges. Gain 1 charge on nearby enemy Minion or Mercenary deaths, and 3 charges on nearby enemy Hero deaths.

W

Shadow Dagger

75 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

Deals 37 (+4% per level) damage and an additional 148 (+4% per level) damage over 2 seconds to target unit. The effect spreads to nearby targets.

E

Haunting Wave

75 Mana Cooldown: 11 seconds

Send forth a wave of banshees dealing 114 (+4% per level) damage to all targets. Reactivate to teleport to the banshees' location.

R

Wailing Arrow

100 Mana Cooldown: 90 seconds

Shoot an arrow that can be reactivated to deal 228 (+4% per level) damage and silence enemies in an area making them unable to use Abilities for 2.5 seconds. The arrow detonates automatically when it reaches maximum range.

R

Mind Control

75 Mana Cooldown: 60 seconds

After a 1 second cast, take control of an enemy Hero's movement and prevent them from doing anything else. Channel lasts 2.5 seconds.

Talents[edit | edit source]

1

Overflowing Quiver

When a nearby enemy Minion dies, a free, untalented Withering Fire is shot. This cannot hit Heroes.

Dreadful Wake

Increases the effect of Black Arrow on Minions and Mercenaries to 7 seconds. Restores 5 Mana per minion or mercenary hit.

Mercenary Queen

Friendly non-Boss Mercenaries near you deal 60% more damage.

4

Withering Barrage

Increase Withering Fire charges by 1. Charges can be fired 33% faster.

With the Wind

Increases Withering Fire's range by 25%.

Lost Soul

Reduce Shadow Dagger's cooldown by 1.25 seconds each time it spreads to a Hero.

7

Barbed Shot

Withering Fire deals 200% bonus damage to Minions, Mercenaries, and Monsters.

Unstable Poison

Minions and Mercenaries that die under the effects of Black Arrows explode, dealing 255 (121 + 4% per level) damage to nearby enemies. Does not damage Heroes or Structures.

Possession

Cooldown: 8 seconds
Force an enemy Minion to fight for you. Stores up to 3 charges.

10

Wailing Arrow

Shoot an arrow that can be reactivated to deal 228 (+4% per level) damage and silence enemies in an area making them unable to use Abilities for 2.5 seconds. The arrow detonates automatically when it reaches maximum range.

Mind Control

After a 1 second cast, take control of an enemy Hero's movement and prevent them from doing anything else. Channel lasts 2.5 seconds.

13

Life Drain

Shadow Dagger heals you for 82 (39 + 4% per level) each time it spreads to a new enemy.

Windrunner

After you teleport from Haunting Wave, you can cast a second one for free within 2 seconds.

Will of the Forsaken

Cooldown: 60 seconds<Br /Activate to become Unstoppable and gain 40% Movement Speed for 3 seconds.

Spell Shield

Every 30 seconds, gain 50 Spell Armor against the next enemy Ability and subsequent Abilities for 1.5 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 50%. Can be toggled to allow or prevent this talent from triggering automatically.

16

Evasive Fire

When you hit an emeny with Whitering Fire, gain 10% Movement Speed for 2 seconds, stacking up to 30%.

Cold Embrace

Shadow Dagger lowers the Armor of the initial enemy by 25 for 2 seconds, causing them to take 25% more damage.

Overwhelming Affliction

Black Arrows now also applies to Heroes, slowing their Movement Speed by 6% for the duration. Stacks up to 5 times.

Remorseless

After using an Ability, your next Basic Attack within 3 seconds deals 40% additional damage.

20

Deafening Blast

Enemies at the center of Wailing Arrow's explosion take 50% more damage and are silenced for twice as long.

Dark Lady's Call

Mind Controlled enemies gain 100% Movement Speed for the duration.

Fury of the Storm

Every 5 seconds, your next Basic Attack will deal an additional 91 (+4% per level) damage to the target, and 228 (+4% per level) damage to all nearby Minions, Mercenaries, and Monsters.

Bolt of the Storm

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

Skins[edit | edit source]

Sylvanas Skins
Sylvanas
Backstory: Sylvanas Windrunner was not always the Dark Lady of the Forsaken. In another life, she was the Ranger-General of Silvermoon. But that was before the Death Knight Arthas slew her and her people and raised her as the first Banshee.
Notes: Sylvanas is free for players recruited by Recruit a Friend upon reaching player level 10.
625 / 7,000 Banshee Queen	Free Frost	Free Scarlet
Blood Raven
Backstory: Those who fight against evil are often the most affected by it. The Rogues of Khanduras learned this well when their former sister Sylvanas fell in league with the maiden of Anguish, Andariel.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into Diablo skins.
400	400 Banshee	400 Skeletal	400 Wild	400 Jungle
Dark Lady
Backstory: The guise of a Dark Ranger strikes fear into the hearts of their enemies. The guise of the Dark Ranger Queen will send them running for reinforcements...
100	100 Plagued	100 San'layn
Ranger-General
Backstory: The Ranger-Generals are the commanders of the Farstriders of Quel'Thalas. It is their solemn duty to ensure the protection of Silvermoon, or give their life in its defense.
Features: Altered voice-over.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of character's pre-change skins.
100	100 Woodland	100 Sin'dorei	100 Ghostlands
Warchief
Backstory: Sylvanas never wanted to be warchief, and was never fond of Vol'jin. Nevertheless, she has sworn to avenge the fallen shadow hunter and lead their people to victory against the Legion.
100	100 Cold	100 Crimson

Sylvanas Event Skins
Sugar Plum (Winter Veil)
Backstory: Sugar and spice? Maybe. Everything nice? Not by a long shot.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of holiday skins.
600	600 Snow	600 Sour

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Sylvanas first appeared in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002).
- Her book debut was five years later, in World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness (August 2007).
Piera Coppola voiced Sylvanas in Warcraft III. Patty Mattson voices Sylvanas in World of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm.
She was under consideration for inclusion as early as 2011.^[2]
Sylvanas was one of the heroes announced at BlizzCon 2014.
Woodland Sylvanas may have been inspired by the disguise Oliver Queen wore in the first season of Arrow.
One of Sylvanas's gag quotes references her signature song, the Lament of the Highborne.