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Data Page for Kael'thas
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name name Kael'thas
date date May 12, 2015
price price 7000
title title The Sun King
role role Ranged
franchise franchise Warcraft
info info A fire Mage who punishes enemies that stay close together.
lore lore Like all Blood Elves, Prince Kael'thas was transformed by the fall of Quel'thalas. Desperate to save his people from being consumed by their magical addiction, he joined forces with the Burning Legion and now lords over Tempest Keep.
difficulty difficulty Hard
melee melee False
health health 1595
healthRegen health regen 3.3164
resource resource 500
resourceType resource type Mana
armor armor 0
attackSpeed attack speed 1.11
attackRange attack range 5.5
attackDamage attack damage 65
healthScaling health scaling 0.04
regenScaling health regen scaling 0.04
adamageScaling attack damage scaling 0.04
unitRadius unit radius 0.8125
skills skills see below
talents talent_<tier>_<column> see below

Skills

Verdant Spheres Icon
D
Verdant Spheres
Cooldown: 6 seconds

Activate to make your next Basic Ability more powerful.


Affects: Ability
Targeting: No target
Properties: Primed
Cast time: Instant

  • Cooldown starts when the effect is triggered by casting a Basic Ability.
Flamestrike Icon
Q
Flamestrike
70 Mana Cooldown: 7 seconds

After 1 second, deal 345 damage in an area.

Verdant Spheres increases the radius by 50%.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Area of Effect
Cast time: 0.25 + 0.0625 seconds
Range: 10.0
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius:
- Base: 2.0
- Verdant Spheres: 3.0

  • Delay starts after the cast goes through, making the total time after initiating cast to damage being dealt 1.25 seconds.
Living Bomb Icon
W
Living Bomb
50 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

Deal 126 damage over 3 seconds to an enemy, then they explode dealing 215 damage to all nearby enemies. Other Heroes damaged by this explosion are also affected by Living Bomb, though the secondary explosions cannot spread.

Verdant Spheres makes this Ability cost no Mana and have no cooldown.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Unit target
Cast time: 0.125 + 0 seconds
Range: 5.5
Area of Effect: Circle
Radius: 3.3
Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x3)
Damage per tick: 42

  • Living Bomb cannot spread to targets already affected by another Living Bomb.
  • Main target takes damage from both periodic and explosion damage.
  • Explosion damage is displayed in the target unit's Health bar as if it were a DoT, but does not count as one, allowing it to interrupt Weak Channels (e.g. Mounting & Hearthing).
  • If the target dies while affected by Living Bomb, it explodes immediately.
  • Effects that remove DoTs prevent Living Bomb from exploding.
Gravity Lapse Icon
E
Gravity Lapse
90 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

Stun the first enemy hit for 1 seconds.

Verdant Spheres causes Gravity Lapse to stun the first 3 enemies hit and increases the stun duration by 50%.


Type: Crowd control
Affects: Non-Structure enemies
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Clamping, Skillshot, Stun
Cast time: 0.15+0 seconds
Range: 9.5
Hitbox: 1.75 x 0.8
Missile speed: 13

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Phoenix Icon
R
Phoenix
80 Mana Cooldown: 60 seconds

Launch a Phoenix to an area, dealing 84 damage to enemies along the way. The Phoenix persists for 7 seconds, attacking enemies for 84 damage and splashing for 42 damage.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Enemies
Targeting: Point target
Properties: Area of Effect, Summon figment, Splash
Cast time: 0.1 + 0 seconds
Range: 10.0
Radius:
- Launch hitbox: 1.25
- 5.75 (attack)
- Splash: 2.0
Missile speed:
- Launch: 12.0
- Attack: 25
Tickrate: 2.0 per second (x13)

  • Phoenix attacks the nearest enemy to the center, prioritizing Heroes.
Pyroblast Icon
R
Pyroblast
80 Mana Cooldown: 100 seconds

After 1.5 seconds, cast a slow-moving fireball that deals 810 damage to an enemy Hero and 405 damage to enemies nearby.


Type: Spell Damage, Status effect
Scaling: 5.00488281%
Affects: Enemy Heroes (initial) / Enemies (AoE)
Targeting: Unit target
Properties: Area of Effect, Channeled cast (stationary), Revealed
Cast time: 1.5 + 0 seconds
Range: 15.0
Radius: 3.0
Missile speed:
- Initial: 5.0
- Maximum: 9.0
- Acceleration: 1.0

  • Interrupting the Ability during its windup puts it on a 10 second cooldown.
  • The cast is interrupted, if the target moves 5 units past its range during windup, or if Kael'thas issues a "move" or "stop" command.
  • Pyroblast missile can only be disjointed if the target dies, is removed from the plane (certain Stasis effects) or instantly teleports farther than 30 units from its previous location. When disjointed, the missile expires upon reaching the target's location before the event. Otherwise, the missile will keep redirecting to the target unit.
  • Pyroblast always explodes, applying its area effects upon reaching the end location, regardless of being able to hit its original target.
  • Main target does not take area damage.

Talents

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Convection Icon
Convection

❢ Quest: Damaging an enemy Hero with Flamestrike increases its damage by 5, up to 100. This bonus is lost on death.

❢ Reward: After hitting 20 enemy Heroes, increase Flamestrike damage by an additional 100 and no longer lose any bonuses on death.


Type: Bonus damage
Scaling: -
Affects: Ability

  • Can trigger multiple times per cast.
Fel Infusion Icon
Fel Infusion

Increases Kael'thas's Spell Power by 4%. Kael'thas heals for 94 Health when activating Verdant Spheres.


Type: Healing, Offensive damage modifier
Scaling: 4.00%
Affects: Self
Properties: Spell Power

  • Spell Power is permanent.
  • Spell Power from Fel Infusion stacks additively with other sources of Spell Power as well as other offensive damage and healing dealt modifiers affecting Kael'thas's Spell Damage or healing output.
Mana Addict Icon
Mana Addict

❢ Quest: Gathering a Regeneration Globe increases Kael'thas's maximum Mana by 15.

❢ Reward: After gathering 20 Globes, Kael'thas can activate Arcane Barrier to gain a Shield equal to 100% of his maximum Mana for 4 seconds. 45 second cooldown.

Arcane Barrier


Cooldown: 45 seconds
Activate to gain a Shield for 100% of Kael'thas's maximum Mana for 4 seconds.

Type: Resource, Shield
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
Targeting: No target
Cast time: Instant

  • Continues to gain stacks even after the quest is complete.
  • Kael'thas's current Mana is also increased by 15 when a Regeneration Globe is collected.
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Nether Wind Icon
Nether Wind

Increases Gravity Lapse's range by 30%. When Gravity Lapse hits an enemy Hero, refund 80 Mana.


Bonus range: 2.5

  • Can only trigger once per cast.
Energy Roil Icon
Energy Roil

Reduce the Mana cost of Gravity Lapse by 70. When Gravity Lapse hits a Hero, reduce its cooldown by 8 seconds.


  • Can only trigger once per cast.
Mana Tap Icon
Mana Tap

Activating Verdant Spheres restores 5% of Kael'thas's maximum Mana.


Type: Resource
Scaling: -
Affects: Self
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Burned Flesh Icon
Burned Flesh

When Flamestrike damages 2 or more Heroes, they take additional damage equal to 8% of their maximum Health.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemy Heroes
Properties: Percent Damage

  • The damage from Burned Flesh is dealt in a separate instance of damage.
Sun Kings Fury Icon
Sun King's Fury

Living Bombs that spread to enemy Heroes deal 35% more damage.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Ability

  • Affects both periodic and explosion damage.
  • Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Living Bomb's damage.
Sunfire Enchantment Icon
Sunfire Enchantment

Activating Verdant Spheres causes Kael'thas's next 2 Basic Attacks to instead deal 115 Spell Damage. If both of them hit enemy Heroes, gain 15% Spell Power for 10 seconds.


Type: Offensive damage modifier
Affects: Self
Properties: Spell Power

  • Empowered attacks last until consumed. Using Verdant Spheres refreshes charges.
  • Does not stack with itself. Subsequent applications refresh the duration of Spell Power buff.
  • Spell Power from Sunfire Enchantment stacks additively with other sources of Spell Power as well as other offensive damage and healing dealt modifiers affecting Kael'thas's Spell Damage or healing output.
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Phoenix Icon
Phoenix

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Launch a Phoenix to an area, dealing 78 damage to enemies along the way. The Phoenix persists for 7 seconds, attacking enemies for 78 damage and splashing for 39 damage.

Pyroblast Icon
Pyroblast

Cooldown: 100 seconds
After 1.5 seconds, cast a slow-moving fireball that deals 810 damage to an enemy Hero and 405 damage to enemies nearby.

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Pyromaniac Icon
Pyromaniac

Each time Living Bomb deals periodic damage, Kael'thas's Basic Ability cooldowns are reduced by 0.5 seconds.


  • Affects both initial and secondary targets' Living Bombs.
Backdraft Icon
Backdraft

Living Bomb's explosion Slows enemy Movement Speed by 30% for 2 seconds.


Type: Crowd control
Affects: Enemies
Properties: Slow

  • Affects both initial and secondary targets' Living Bombs.
Fission Bomb Icon
Fission Bomb

Increases Living Bomb's explosion radius by 20%.


Bonus explosion radius: 0.66

  • Affects both initial and secondary targets' Living Bombs.
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Fury of the Sunwell Icon
Fury of the Sunwell

Flamestrike will explode a second time 1.5 seconds later.


Type: Spell Damage
Scaling: -
Affects: Enemies

  • Secondary Flamestrike has the same properties as baseline and benefits from all Talents affecting it.
Ignite Icon
Ignite

Flamestrike applies Living Bomb to the enemy Hero closest to its center who is not currently affected by Living Bomb.


  • Only 1 Living Bomb can be applied per Flamestrike cast.
Twin Spheres Icon
Twin Spheres

Verdant Spheres gains a second charge.

Passive: Kael'thas benefits from all of his level 7 talents.


  • Verdant Spheres cannot be activated again before the previous charge has been triggered.
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Rebirth Icon
Rebirth

Increases Phoenix duration by 100%. While alive, the Phoenix may be ordered to move to a different location.


  • Phoenix now attacks 26 times during its duration.
  • Phoenix can be relocated only once per cast.
  • Relocating Phoenix through units deals area damage, but causes it to miss out one attack.
Presence Of Mind Icon
Presence Of Mind

Increases Pyroblast's explosion radius by 50%. Heroes who are hit by Flamestrike or have Living Bomb spread to them reduce the cooldown of Pyroblast by 10 seconds.


Bonus radius: 1.5
Master of Flames Icon
Master of Flames

Living Bomb's spread from explosions can now also spread Living Bomb.


  • Enables Living Bomb to spread indefinitely.
Flamestrike Icon
Flamethrower

Increases the cast range of Flamestrike by 40%. If you hit 2 or more Heroes, Flamestrike's cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds.


Bonus range: 4.0

  • Can only trigger once per cast.


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