Greymane

Greymane
Basic Info
Title	Lord of the Worgen
Role	Ranged Assassin
Difficulty	Hard
Franchise	Warcraft
Price	625 / 7,000
Release Date	January 12, 2016
Base Stats
Attack Type
Health	1876
Health Regen	3.9062
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	0.6875
Attack Speed	1.00
Attack Range	5.5
Attack Damage	148
Data Page

Greymane, the Lord of the Worgen, is a ranged (human form) and melee (worgen form) assassin hero from the Warcraft universe. In light of the many tragedies that befell the people of Gilneas, Genn Greymane embraces his inner beast. He employs his bestial fervor and human tenacity in tandem to ensure the safety of the Alliance, rather than succumbing to the worgen curse.

Greymane's ability to quickly shapeshift between human and worgen forms makes him a versatile and formidable threat in any combat situation. Whether firing from behind the lines of battle, dousing enemies in explosive Gilnean Cocktails, or pouncing fang-first into battle, the Lord of the Worgen will do what is necessary to protect all he holds dear. Those who threaten Greymane or his people would do well to fear the shadows, for they will undoubtedly meet their end at the vicious claws within.

Background

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Years of hardship and personal loss have not broken Genn Greymane; they have shaped him into a ferocious warrior, a cunning statesman, and a loyal ally.

After Genn Greymane became king of Gilneas, he pursued a doctrine of isolationism. He refused to join the Alliance, and he even built the colossal Greymane Wall to close off his nation from the rest of the world. In his hubris, he believed Gilneas could handle any threat that came its way, without the help of outsiders.

Everything changed when a horrifying curse engulfed his nation. The affliction transformed many Gilneans—including Greymane—into bloodthirsty wolf-beasts known as worgen. As the curse continued to spread, Sylvanas Windrunner and her undead Forsaken invaded Greymane's weakened kingdom. A large number of brave Gilneans lost their lives defending their nation... even the king's son, Prince Liam. Hardship after hardship befell Greymane and his people, until they were forced to flee their home and find refuge with the Alliance.

A lesser king would have crumbled in the face of these tragedies. Greymane did not. In the years since Gilneas's fall, he has become one of the Alliance's fiercest supporters. He has also learned to control the worgen curse in his blood and use it as a weapon. Though Greymane dreams of reclaiming Gilneas, he will first focus his efforts on securing peace for the Alliance. He and his people are prepared to fight with sword and fang against anything that endangers the Alliance, whether it is the Burning Legion or Sylvanas and her Forsaken.

Abilities

Curse of the Worgen (Trait)

Greymane can use certain Abilities to shapeshift between a Human and a Worgen.

While Human, Greymane's Basic Attacks are ranged.

While Worgen, Greymane gains 10 Armor, and his Basic Attacks become melee, but deal 40% more damage.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier, Bonus damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Armor

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• Successfully mounting in the Worgen form shapeshifts Greymane back into Human, placing Darkflight on cooldown.
• Worgen bonus damage is a base damage increase, causing the given percentage to stack multiplicatively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Greymane's Basic Attack damage.
• Does not stack with other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Q

Gilnean Cocktail

55 No results Cooldown: 9 seconds

Hurl a flask that deals 55 damage to the first enemy hit and explodes for 220 damage to enemies in a cone behind them.

Worgen: Razor Swipe
Swipe forward, damaging enemies hit.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Clamping, Skillshot, Splash

Cast time: 0.125 + 0 seconds

Range: 8.5

Area of Effect: Radial

Radius: 6.0 ⁽¹

Arc: 65 degrees

Hitbox: 0.75 x 1.25 (initial)

Missile speed: 27.5

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• ¹⁾ Splash radius grows from 1.5 to 6.0 over 0.3125 seconds in increments of 1.125.
• Enemies who are immune to skillshots can be hit by the splash, but not by the initial projectile, as long as they are not also immune to AoE.

Q

Razor Swipe

25 No results Cooldown: 4 seconds

Swipe in the targeted direction, dealing 126 damage to enemies hit.

Human: Gilnean Cocktail
Damage the first enemy hit and deal heavy damage behind them.

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Type: Spell Damage / Movement: Dash

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Clamping, Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Range: 2.5⁽¹

Area of Effect:
- Dash: Rectangle
- End: Radial

Radius: 2.5 (end)

Arc: 180 degrees (end)

Width: 5.0 (dash)

Height: 2.5 (dash)

Missile speed: 12

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• ¹⁾ After dashing, Greymane swipes a half circle shaped area in front of him.
• Greymane can move through units during Razor Swipe.

W

Inner Beast

70 No results Cooldown: 20 seconds

Gain 50% Attack Speed for 3 seconds. Basic Attacks refresh this duration and reduce the cooldown of Inner Beast by 0.5 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Attack Modifier (cdr), Attack Speed

Cast time: Instant

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• Cooldown starts when the effect ends.
• Stacks additively with other effects that can affect Greymane's Attack Speed.

E

Darkflight

10 No results Cooldown: 5 seconds

Shapeshift into a Worgen and leap at an enemy, dealing 88 damage.

Worgen: Disengage
Roll away and shapeshift into a Human.

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Type: Spell Damage / Movement: Launch

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Unit target

Cast time: Instant

Range: 6.0

Missile speed: 30

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• Cooldown is shared with Disengage.

E

Disengage

Cooldown: 5 seconds

Roll away and shapeshift into a Human.

Human: Darkflight
Shapeshift into a Worgen and leap at an enemy.

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Type: Movement: Dash

Affects: Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Clamping

Cast time: Instant

Range: 6.0

Missile speed: 19

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• Cooldown is shared with Darkflight.

R

Go for the Throat

90 No results Cooldown: 80 seconds

Leap at an enemy Hero and shapeshift into a Worgen, slashing for 355 damage. If this kills them, the Ability can be used a second time within 10 seconds for free.

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Type: Spell Damage / Movement: Launch, Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemy Heroes / Self

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Unstoppable ⁽¹

Cast time: Instant

Range: 5.5

Missile speed: 50.5

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• ¹⁾ Greymane is Unstoppable during the leap until he reaches the target.
• Enemy Heroes low enough on Health to be killed by Go for the Throat are indicated to the player by a red skull above the unit when the Ability is not on cooldown.
• Go for the Throat places Disengage on cooldown if it was cast from Human form.
• The Ability is interrupted if the target moves 8.5 units past its range.
• Recast is granted if the target dies to anything within 0.1875s of being hit by this Ability.

R

Cursed Bullet

50 No results Cooldown: 30 seconds

Greymane shapeshifts into a Human and fires a bullet that hits the first enemy Hero in its path, dealing 35% of their current Health in damage.

Does not affect Vehicles.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Non-Vehicle enemy Heroes

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Percent Damage, Skillshot

Cast time: 0.1 + 0 seconds

Range: 12

Hitbox: 1.0 x 1.97

Missile speed: 26

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• Casting Cursed Bullet from either form does not affect the cooldown of Darkflight or Disengage.

Talents

1

Wolfheart

Increase the cooldown reduction from Basic Attacks during Inner Beast from 0.5 to 1.2 seconds.

Perfect Aim

Increases Gilnean Cocktail's range by 30% and refunds 45 Mana if it hits an enemy Hero.

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Bonus range: 2.55

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• Both initial projectile and splash count.
• Multiple hits do not grant more Mana.

Viciousness

Increases Inner Beast's duration to 4 seconds, and causes Spell Damage to also refresh its duration.

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Thick Skin

Using Darkflight grants 50 Physical Armor against the next 2 Hero Basic Attacks while in Worgen Form, reducing the damage taken by 50%.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Block, Physical Armor

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• Charges are lost immediately upon entering Human form.
• Does not stack with itself or other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Eyes in the Dark

Disengage grants Stealth for 3 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Stealth

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• Greymane is unrevealable for the first 0.625 seconds of Stealth.
• Basic Attacking or using Abilities instantly removes Stealth.

Insatiable

Inner Beast causes Basic Attacks to restore 10 Mana, and reduce the cooldown of Healing Fountain by 0.5 seconds.

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Type: Mana restoration

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

7

Quicksilver Bullets

Increases Human Basic Attack Range by 1.1.

Incendiary Elixir

❢ Quest: Reduce the cooldown of Gilnean Cocktail by 2 seconds. Every time Greymane hits an enemy Hero with the explosion damage from Gilnean Cocktail increase its explosion damage by 25, up to 375.

❢ Reward: After hitting 15 Heroes, the cooldown is reduced by an additional 3 seconds.

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Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Ability

Wizened Duelist

❢ Quest: Every 6 Human Basic Attacks against Heroes increase Basic Attack damage by 1%, up to 30%. Worgen Basic Attacks grant credit for 3 Basic Attacks. Half of this bonus is lost upon death.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

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• Upon death, incomplete stacks are nullified. The remaining damage bonus from completed stacks is truncated after halving.
• Stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers affecting Greymane's Basic Attack damage.

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Go for the Throat

Cooldown: 80 seconds
Leap at an enemy Hero and shapeshift into a Worgen, slashing for 355 damage. If this kills them, the Ability can be used a second time within 10 seconds for free.

Cursed Bullet

Cooldown: 30 seconds
Greymane shapeshifts into a Human and fires a bullet that hits the first enemy Hero in its path, dealing 35% of their current Health in damage. Does not affect Vehicles.

13

Running Wild

Increases Darkflight and Disengage's range by 35%, and reduce their cooldowns by 1 second.

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Bonus range:
- Darkflight: 2.0
- Disengage: 2.0

Bonus speed:
- Darkflight: -
- Disengage: 6.336

Unfettered Assault

Increases Razor Swipe's lunge distance by 60%, and Worgen Basic Attacks reduce Razor Swipe's cooldown by 1.5 second.

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Properties: Attack Modifier

Bonus range: 1.5

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• End area size is unaffected by the distance bonus.

On the Prowl

Inner Beast increases Movement Speed by 30% once it has been active for 3 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Movement Speed

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Eager Wolf

Increases the Attack Speed bonus of Inner Beast by an additional 40% after it has been active for 4 seconds.

Executioner

Attacking a Hero that is Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned increases your Basic Attack damage by 30% for 3 seconds.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

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

Alpha Killer

Worgen Basic Attacks against Heroes deal bonus damage equal to 3% of the Hero's maximum Health.

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Type: Spell Damage

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Attack Modifier (Heroes), Percent Damage

20

Unleashed

Passive: Go For The Throat's damage is increased by 25%.

If Go For The Throat kills its target, reset the cooldowns of Greymane's Abilities.

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Type: Offensive damage modifer

Affects: Ability

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• Stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Go for the Throat's damage.
• Reset is granted if the target dies to anything within 0.1875s of being hit by this Ability.

Gilnean Roulette

Cursed Bullet's damage is reduced to 30% of the target's current Health, but its cooldown is reduced by 24 seconds.

Hunter's Blunderbuss

Human Basic Attacks splash for 100% damage behind the target.

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Type: Physical Damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Attack Modifier, Splash

Area of Effect: Radial

Radius: 5.0

Arc: 65 degrees

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• Secondary targets of splashing attacks can trigger Executioner, but do not apply any other attack modifiers.

Tooth and Claw

Worgen Basic Attacks cleave for 100% damage. Increase Razor Swipe's damage by 100%.

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Type: Physical Damage / Offensive damage modifier

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemies / Ability

Properties: Attack Modifier, Splash

Area of Effect: Radial

Radius: 3.75

Arc: 190 degrees

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• Secondary targets of cleaving attacks can trigger Executioner, but do not apply any other attack modifiers.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Razor Swipe's damage.

Skins

• Lord of the Worgen
  • Backstory: Like most Gilneans, Genn Greymane is afflicted by the Worgen Curse. Though he feels at fault for his people's ill fate, he has embraced his inner beast without giving in to its feral nature. Now he leads his pack as both their alpha and their king.
  • Price: 7,000 / 8.49

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• Master
  • Backstory: Finery befitting a Gilnean king comes at great cost within the Nexus. Some days it's tooth and nail, others it's an eye for an eye.
  • Price: 10,000 / (requires Hero Level 10)

• Greymane Master 1.jpg
• Greymane Master 2.jpg
• Greymane Master 3.jpg

• Ringmaster
  • Backstory: Gazlowe and Gallywix always have the Extravaganza's finances in mind. So a Ringmaster that's not only a lion tamer, but also the lion? Well, that's a done deal, my friend.
  • Price: $7.49 / 6.49€

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Trivia

• Greymane was first mentioned in the manual for Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995).
  • Greymane made his first novel appearance in Warcraft: Day of the Dragon (2001), and his first game appearance in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (2010).
• Greymane was under consideration as far back as 2011.
• Greymane was one of the four heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2015.
• Ringmaster Greymane's worgen form /dance is a reference to Alex the Lion in Madagascar.
• One of Greymane's gag quotes references the television series The Incredible Hulk.
• The talents "Visceral Attacks", "Quicksilver Bullets", and "Hunter's Blunderbuss" are likely references to the action RPG Bloodborne, fitting in with Greymane's mobile fighting style and bestial transformation.

Gallery

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  Greymane's artwork.

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  Greymane from the BlizzCon 2015 reveal.

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  Greymane on the main menu screen.

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  Greymane, fighting with his gun and sword.

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  Greymane fighting minions in his human form.

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  Greymane attacking mercenaries in his worgen form.

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  Greymane with Cho'gall and Lunara.

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  Cho'gall uses Consuming Blaze while Greymane and Lunara attack him.

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  Cho'gall, Greymane, Johanna, and Lunara fight the Headless Horseman.

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  Lunara, Greymane, and Stitches fight Valla, Malfurion, and Johanna for control of an altar.

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  Greymane's arena team.

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  Greymane artwork.

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  Greymane concept.

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  Greymane concept.

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  Greymane concept.

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  Greymane concept.

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  Master Greymane concept.

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  Ringmaster Greymane concept.

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  Greymane's model (human form).

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  Greymane's model (worgen form).

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  Master Greymane's model.

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  Master Greymane's tints.

• Gilnean Cocktail.jpg

  Human Q: Gilnean Cocktail.

• Inner Beast Human.jpg

  Human W: Inner Beast.

• Darkflight.jpg

  Human E: Darkflight.

• Razor Swipe.jpg

  Worgen Q: Razor Swipe.

• Inner Beast Worgen.jpg

  Worgen W: Inner Beast.

• Disengage.jpg

  Worgen E: Disengage.

• Go for the Throat.jpg

  R1: Go for the Throat.

• Marked for the Kill.jpg

  R2: Marked for the Kill.

External links

• Greymane Hero Week
• Greymane - Heroes of the Storm
• Genn Greymane - World of Warcraft
• Genn Greymane - Wowpedia
• Greymane Build Guide on Icy Veins
• Greymane Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes