Six new heroes have been datamined in today's Hearthstone patch.
- Hunter - Warsong Rexxar
- Mage - Scholar Jaina
- Paladin - Second War Uther
- Paladin - Horseman Uther
- Warrior - Nagrand Garrosh
- Warrior - Annhylde
They cannot be rendered but they have data that supports their inclusion as collectible heroes in the future. Will this be like Celeste and we won't see anything? Time will tell!
Who is Annhylde?
Annhylde is an Undead Val'kyr in World of Warcraft that is a part of the Utgarde Keep dungeon. This dungeon is found in Northrend.
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I'd like to know how big the patch is. Is it larger than 1.5 GB?
Not only does paladin get a new class identity every expac they also get new skins. Nagrand Garrosh sounds super familiar but I cant place it for some reason
Got a feeling this has to do with the unannounced game mode.
Yeah I have a feeling it's either the new game mode or just early preparation for the achievements, either way it should be pretty cool to get new hero skins, even if the classes they are going to are a bit over saturated hero-wise.
Wish they'd just add the Dalaran Heist chars as alt heroes (default hero powers obviously), they even have the emotes and all. I'd pay good money to take Ol Barkeye, Rakanishu or Squeamlish to the ladder
As a Priest main Kraziki would get me so excited. Being able to caw at my opponents for BM would be incredible.
I'm really intrigued by Horseman Uther and Annhylde, looking forward to when or if more on them gets revealed.
On another note, if the variations of the original heroes are achievements rewards, I do hope they get a hero tray of their own. It's because of that factor that I'm not very interested in the 1k wins portraits.
Likely its an event thing and not an achievement or otherwise it'll be skins for all classes.
I would love to get, Annhylde as a Warrior, one of the sole reasons I never played Warrior was due to Garrosh being the Hero. And... more Jaina is more Win in my book!
I agree with every word of this sentence
The animated Garrosh portrait at 500 wins is pretty nice, honestly. With the flames all around him. And Scholar Jaina... so Jaina in her younger, college years?! Maybe her WC3 look.
No, I dislike the character entirely, and refused to play Warrior due to him being the Hero. I'm F2P, and when I first started at launch, a few classes had to become "Dust material" and over the years, I've gotten to the point where I don't need a whipping boy Class for dust, but because I've dusted so many warrior legendaries, I've never bothered trying to do anything with Warrior. Annhylde would give me a reason to try playing Warrior. Hell I think I don't even have all the Basic Golds for Warrior, that's how little I played it. Yes, this has made a few PvE Adventure fights tough on myself, but I've managed to clear every single one without playing Warrior.
I used to be like that towards Druid and Shaman but I still eventually worked towards having some of their cards. My suggestion would be to start trying to go for the class when you eventually open an interesting looking legendary for it, or if you open a neutral that you can build around with the class
No the reason I have completely ignored Warrior is because Garrosh is the Hero. I Still play Wow, and hated Garrosh from Day one, and would have rather had Green Jeebus still in charge during Cata. After the bombing of Theramore, then creating an alternate Universe /Timeline thanks to 1 Bronze Dragon, I was so thrilled to see Green Jeebus shirk the rules of mok gorah and use the elements to squash him like a bug. Magni and Deathwing really don't do it for me either, so Warrior just sat and rotted, and was scrapped for dust as needed. Annhylde, if she does become a warrior hero, would give me a reason to think of trying to collect and play Warrior. I have dusted every Warrior legendary I have ever received, though glad I held onto the Gold Dr. Boom, for when they nerfed him, and about 85-90% of my "Random free class legendary" has been Warrior.
I would be so happy if these were new achievements. Just give Hunter something cool this time, okay?
anything but "Stroke Victim Rexxar"
My 1k wins feel like an active encouragement to use Sylvanas (best skin anyways, but still)
Alleria Windrunner, best Windrunner. I use to relate to Sylvanas, when I played Horde, I used to queue for all my BGs in UC's Throne room, waiting for someone to turn in the Necklace quest to Sylvanas so I could listen to the Lament of the Highborn (This was prior to Sylvanas' Music box.) I even had high hopes for her, when She and Varian fought back to back during Legion Launch, but... that all died when she decided to Torch Teldrassil killing hundreds of thousands of civilian Night Elves, and Worgen, Women, children, old and young... just for a plot hook. Now I can't wait, and hope we kill her with extreme prejudice in Shadowlands.
I always see Sylvanas and think, "Rogue opponent" until I realize the hero power is Steady Shot. I know the lore, she was a ranger, so Hunter is a fit, but I see her and don't think Hunter for some reason. Color scheme perhaps?
Definitely the color scheme! I always do a double take to be sure before I go and ruin my mulligans vs a Sylvanas hunter.
The color schemes definitely play a role in class association. The first few times I fought against someone with the Kelthuzad mage portrait I thought they were a shaman.
About Rexxar though, I actually like the 1,000 wins portrait. I don't know why exactly, he does look pretty goofy, I just enjoy playing with him.