Falstad

Falstad
"Let's fly!"
Basic Info
Title	Wildhammer Thane
Role	Ranged Assassin
Difficulty	Medium
Franchise	Warcraft
Price	625 / 7,000
Release Date	March 13, 2014
Base Stats
Attack Type	Ranged
Health	1365
Health Regen	2.8437
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	0.8125
Attack Speed	1.43
Attack Range	5.5
Attack Damage	104
Data Page

Falstad Wildhammer, the Wildhammer Thane, is a Ranged Assassin Hero from the Warcraft universe. He is the High Thane of the Wildhammer clan and a founding member of the Council of Three Hammers that now presides over Ironforge. Despite wild speculation, Falstad has never been dead and anyone who claims such is a liar.

Falstad is an Assassin who can fly large distances, excelling on large battlegrounds.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft universe.

Falstad Wildhammer first gained notoriety as the leader of a group of gryphon riders that patrolled Lordaeron's shores against dragons after the Second War, earning him the name Falstad Dragonreaver. Despite his skill against the giant creatures, Falstad is also one of the most respected humanoids alive in the eyes of the Red dragonflight due to his participation in the mission to rescue Alexstrasza from the Dragonmaw clan at the fortress of Grim Batol.

Following the presumed death or retirement of High Thane Maz Drachrip of the Wildhammer clan, Falstad became the new High Thane. Ruling from his seat at Aerie Peak in the Hinterlands, Falstad had officially maintained neutrality in the war between the Horde and Alliance, despite his leanings towards the latter. This allowed the Wildhammers to avoid open hostilities with the Revantusk trolls, though isolated skirmishes were not necessarily rare occurrences in the Hinterlands due to limited territory and the natural animosity between the two races. This neutrality would prove to be short lived. With the Revantusk trolls to the east and the Forsaken capital only a short distance to the northwest, as well as the growing threat of the Scourge, Falstad found himself squeezed from three sides and worked to rebuild the relationship between the Wildhammers and the Alliance.

When Magni Bronzebeard, King of Ironforge and head of the Bronzebeard clan fell prey to a curse that turned him to crystal, a council with a representative from each major dwarven clan was formed to succeed him. Falstad, representing the Wildhammer clan, now rules alongside Moira Thaurissan of the Dark Iron clan and Muradin Bronzebeard, King Magni's brother.

Falstad's gryphon mount, Swiftwing, is a minor character from the Hinterlands leveling zone. Said to be the mightiest gryphon living in the Wildhammer dwarven capital of Aerie Peak, Swiftwing has a mate, Keenclaw, and a son, Sharpbeak. Saving Sharpbeak from capture by the Vilebranch forest troll tribe was the focus of a quest in Vanilla WoW, but other than that Swiftwing has no other involvement with the plot.

Gameplay

Falstad is a versatile and flexible ranged damage dealer. His strong points are his solid single-target DPS, extreme on-demand area of effect ranged burst damage, and global mobility. However, his relative fragility makes him a high priority target.

Strengths

• Flight offers global map control
• Solid single-target damage output
• On-demand burst damage
• Strong in all phases of the game

Weaknesses

• Extremely dependent on good positioning
• Low base Health and weak to dive
• Vulnerable to crowd control
• Lengthy Ability Cooldowns

Abilities

See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.

Tailwind

Cooldown: 6 seconds

Gain 15% increased Movement Speed after not taking damage for 5 seconds.

Q

Hammerang

60 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds

Throw out a Hammer that returns to Falstad, dealing 80 damage and Slowing enemies by 25% for 2 seconds. Reactive to explode the hammer, dealing 95 damage to nearby enemies.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control

Scaling: 4.00390625%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping, Piercing Skillshot

Cast time:
- Initial: 0.0625 + 0.125 seconds
- Reactivation: Instant

Range: 11

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 2.5

Hitbox: 1.25 x 2.1

Missile speed: 10

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• Hammerang can hit a unit twice, once on both throw and return.
• Reactivation area damage does not apply the Slow.

W

Lightning Rod

60 Mana Cooldown: 13 seconds

Deal 107 to an enemy, and an additional 75 damage per second for 4 seconds while close to the target. Deals 100% increased damage to Minions and Mercenaries.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00390625%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Unit target

Cast time: Instant

Range:
- Cast: 5.5
- Active: 8.0

Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x5, incl. initial)

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• Target is validated every 0.25 seconds. If the target is untargetable or outside the active radius during the check, the Ability ends. Target momentarily leaving the active radius or becoming untargetable does not end the Ability, as long as they are valid for the next check.
• Only one Lightning Rod may be active at a time. Recasting Lightning Rod on another Hero while it is still active causes only the initial damage to be dealt. Recasting Lightning Rod on the same Hero resets its duration.
• Damage bonus to Minions and Mercenaries stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Lightning Rod's damage.

E

Barrel Roll

70 Mana Cooldown: 13 seconds

Dashes forward and grants a 171 point Shield for 3 seconds.

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Type: Shield, Movement: Launch

Scaling: 4.00390625%

Affects: Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Clamping

Cast time: Instant

Range: 7.0

Missile speed: 24

R

Hinterland Blast

80 Mana Cooldown: 120 seconds

After 1 second, deal 475 damage to enemies within a long line. The cooldown is reduced by 30 seconds for every enemy Hero hit.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.76074219%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Channeled cast (stationary), Clamping

Cast time: 1.0 (ch) + 0 seconds

Area of Effect: Rectangle

Width: 3.0

Height: 32.5

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• Interrupting the channel during its cast puts the ability on a 10 second cooldown.

R

Mighty Gust

70 Mana Cooldown: 60 seconds

Push enemies away, and Slow their Movement Speed by 40% decaying over 4 seconds.

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Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Knockback, Piercing Skillshot, Slow

Cast time: 0.25 + 0.25 seconds

Range: 19.5

Hitbox: 8.0 x 3.0

Missile speed: 32

Knockback duration: 0.875 seconds

Knockback speed: 14

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• Always pushes a set distance regardless of the distance between Falstad and the affected enemy.

Z

Flight

Cooldown: 75 seconds

Instead of mounting, Falstad can fly a great distance over terrain.

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Type: Movement: Launch

Properties: Channeled cast (stationary), Unstoppable, Untargetable

Cast time: 2.0 (ch) + 0 seconds

Range: 75

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• Cast can be canceled by issuing a 'move' or 'stop' command or be interrupted by enemy abilities that Stun, Silence, Stasis or Knockback. Taking damage does not interrupt the cast.
• Interrupting the channel in any way puts Flight on a 10 second cooldown.
• An indicator will display the landing location to both teams on the ground (for the enemy team, it only appears if within vision).

Talents

1

Gathering Storm

❢ Quest: Every time Hammerang hits a Hero, increase its damage by 0.5% and refund 6 Mana.

❢ Reward: After hitting 30 Heroes with Hammerang, increase its damage by 15%.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

Maximum damage bonus: 6,553,500% (x32,767,500)

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• Hammerang's reactivation also grants stacks and benefits from the damage bonus.
• Continues to gain stacks after the quest reward is achieved.
• Per hit and reward damage bonuses stack additively with themselves and other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Hammerang's damage.

Dishonorable Discharge

Reduce Lightning Rod's cooldown by 2 seconds.

❢ Quest: After 3 Lightning Rod strikes, subsequent strikes on enemy Heroes increase its damage by 1%, up to 75%.

❢ Reward: After 30 subsequent strikes, further reduce the cooldown of Lightning Rod by 2 seconds.

❢ Reward: After 75 subsequent strikes, Takedowns reset Lightning Rod's cooldown.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Scaling: -

Affects: Ability

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• Damage bonus affects both initial and periodic damage instances.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with itself and offensive damage modifiers that can affect Lightning Rod's damage.

Frequent Flyer

Cooldown: 45 seconds

Activate Frequent Flyer to gain 40% Attack Speed and Tailwind for 4 seconds.

❢ Quest: Minion kills grant 0.2 Basic Attack Damage. Hero Takedowns grant 0.5 Basic Attack Damage.

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Type: Status effect (active) / Bonus damage (quest)

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Attack Speed

Cast time: Instant

Maximum damage bonus: 1000 damage

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• When Tailwind is activated through this talent, it cannot be interrupted by taking damage.
• Minions that die in any way within 12 radius of Falstad grant quest progress.

4

Static Shield

Gain a Shield equal to 4% of Falstad's maximum Health after every Lightning Rod strike. Lasts 4 seconds and stacks.

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Type: Shield

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Maximum Shield: 28% (x7)

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• Duration is refreshed on every consecutive lightning strike.

Updraft

Increases Barrel Roll's range by 40% and Shield amount by 70% and its Shield now lasts indefinitely.

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Type: Bonus Shield

Scaling: -

Affects: Ability

Bonus range: 2.8

Hammer Gains

Basic Attacks heal for 20% of the damage dealt to the primary target.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier (all), Lifesteal

7

Secret Weapon

Increases Hammerang's range by 30% and Basic Attacks deal 75% bonus damage while Hammerang is in flight.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Bonus range: 3.0

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• Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Falstad's Basic Attack damage.

BOOMerang

Hammerang's explosion deals 100% additional damage, and hitting enemy Heroes reduces their Spell Armor by 15 for 3 seconds.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier / Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Enemy Heroes / Ability

Properties: Spell Armor reduction

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• Only Hammerang's explosion applies the Spell Armor reduction.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Hammerang's explosion damage.
• Does not stack with other negative Spell Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Charged Up

Increases the number of Lightning Rod strikes by 2 and its range by 25%.

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Bonus range:
- Cast: 1.375
- Active: 2.0

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• Increases Lightning Rod's maximum duration to 6 seconds.

10

Hinterland Blast

Cooldown: 120 seconds
After 1 second, deal 475 damage to enemies within a long line. The cooldown is reduced by 30 seconds for every enemy Hero hit.

Mighty Gust

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Push enemies away, and Slow their Movement Speed by 40% decaying over 4 seconds.

13

Thunderstrikes

Lightning Rod deals 25% more damage each subsequent strike.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

Maximum damage bonus: 150% (x6)

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• Damage bonus is immediately reset every time Lightning Rod is cast.
• Damage bonus is applied 0.5 seconds after the damage is dealt, including the initial damage instance.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers affecting Lightning Rod's damage.

Flow Rider

While Tailwind is active, Falstad's Basic Abilities recharge 100% faster.

Sustained Winds

Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes deal bonus damage equal to 1.5% of the Hero's maximum Health, increased to 2% while Tailwind is active.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Attack Modifier (heroes), Percent Damage

16

Crippling Hammer

Increases Hammerang's Slow from 25% to 50%, and Hammerang's explosion also Slows.

Aerie Gusts

Reduces the activation time for Tailwind from 5 to 3 seconds, and increases the Movement Speed bonus from 15% to 25%.

Afterburner

Barrel Roll increases Movement Speed by 60%, decaying over 3 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Movement speed

20

Call of the Wildhammer

Hinterland Blast has double the range and deals 25% more damage.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability

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• Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Hinterland Blast.

Wind Tunnel

Mighty Gust creates a wind tunnel for 4 seconds. Enemies caught in the tunnel will periodically be pushed back.

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Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Knockback

Tickrate: 2.0 per second (x8)

Knockback duration: 0.125

Knockback speed: 4.84

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• Wind Tunnel's pulses do not Slow.

Nexus Frenzy

Increases Attack Speed by 20% and Attack Range by 1.1.

Epic Mount

Reduce the cooldown of Flight by 50 seconds, reduce the cast time before flying to 0.5 seconds, and increase the travel speed by 50%.

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Type: Cooldown reduction

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• Removes the indicator for where Falstad will land after Flight.

Builds and guides

Icy Veins Falstad Guide

Falstad Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Falstad Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins

Falstad Skins
Wildhammer Thane
Backstory: Falstad Wildhammer is the High Thane of the Wildhammer Clan and a founding member of the Council of Three Hammers that presides over Ironforge. Despite speculation, Falstad has never been dead and anyone who claims such is a liar.
625 / 7,000 Wildhammer Thane	Free Dark Iron	Free Frostborn	120 / 75 Ironforge
Buccaneer
Backstory: To this day, Captain Falstad and the crew of the Wildhammer honor the pirate’s code set by Mistharbour's Council of Three Anchors. Of course, some say those rules are merely guidelines...
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Mistharbour skins.
600 / 1,200	600 / 1,200 Salty	600 / 1,200 Seafoam	600 / 1,200 Midnight	900 / 1,800 Spectral
Gryphon Master
Backstory: Much like other clans and races will don warpaint as they head into battle, the Wildhammer Dwarves will adorn themselves with their gryphon's feathers.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Crimson	120 / 75 Sky
Storm Lord
Backstory: During the War of Three Hammers, no Wildhammer was as feared as the Storm Lords. Their stormhammers forced the Bronzebeards to adopt new weapons and strategies.
160 / 100	160 / 100 Dark	160 / 100 Frost

Portraits

Falstad Portraits
Buccaneer Falstad75 / 40	Carbot Falstad120 / 75	Falstad Hero	Falstad Mastery	Squeaky Clean Falstad75 / 40

Sprays

Falstad Sprays
Buccaneer Falstad75 / 40	Carbot Falstad120 / 75	Drift Beak75 / 40	Falstad Pixel75 / 40	Paper Falstad120 / 75

Emojis

Falstad Pack 1			Falstad Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Falstad Happy	:falstadhappy: :falhappy:		Falstad Angry	:falstadangry: :falangry:
	Falstad ROFL	:falstadlol: :falstadrofl: :fallol: :falrofl:		Falstad Cool	:falstadcool: :falcool:
	Falstad Sad	:falstadsad: :falsad:		Falstad Embarrassed	:falstadoops: :falstadembarrassed: :faloops: :falembarrassed:
	Falstad Silly	:falstadsilly: :falsilly:		Falstad in Love	:falstadlove: :falstadinlove: :fallove: :falinlove:
	Falstad Speechless	:falstadmeh: :falstadspeechless: :falmeh: :falspeechless:		Falstad Surprised	:falstadwow: :falstadsurprised: :falwow: :falsurprised:

Quotes

Main article: Falstad/Quotes

Trivia

• Gryphon riders first appeared in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (December 1995). Falstad first appeared in the novel Day of the Dragon (February 2001).
  • His first game appearance was three years later, in World of Warcraft (November 2004).
• Falstad is voiced by Michael Sorich.
• Falstad was one of the 18 heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
• Falstad is the only Dwarven Ranged Assassin hero in the game.
  • He is also the first and only mounted hero in the game.
• Falstad was original designed to be "Broody the Broodlord" and could passively fly over terrain. Both was changed during development.

Gallery

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  Falstad's artwork.

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  Falstad (old model).

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  Q: Hammerang.

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  W: Lightning Rod.

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  E: Barrel Roll.

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  R1: Mighty Gust.

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  R2: Hinterland Blast.

External links

• Falstad - Heroes of the Storm
• Falstad Wildhammer - Wowpedia
• Falstad Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Falstad Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm