u/deftlift shared on Reddit a screenshot they took from their Battle.net beta client - while it's supposed to promote Second War Uther's Bundle, the picture portrays a very Rogue-ish Anduin.
You can tell for sure it's a Priest skin and not a Rogue one by the fact that you can see the Priest pack alongside the depicted character.
While this leak may contradict the order we datamined a while ago, we have no guarantee Anduin will be the next character to appear in the Book of Heroes solo adventure. The asset itself could be a placeholder and was accidentally pushed live briefly as campaigns were being created for their eventual release down the line. We'll have to wait and see which data ends up being added in the next major patch.
Tidbits of lore
Under the same thread, u/ArctikMARC suggested that this particular outfit could be explained by the fact that Anduin spent some time training with Valeera, from whom he inherited knowledge about the ways of Rogues. This would explain the daggers in the leaked picture. Here's a Wowpedia quote the further corroborates this explanation.
Quote From Wowpedia Although his archery and dagger throwing skills are superb, Anduin has no talent for martial training or handling heavy weapons, unlike his father. Despite this, Varian wants for him to become a warrior.
What do you think of this skin? Is this leak will happen to be genuine, I think this skin will be perfect for Thief Priest decks!
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This seems fake imo, the reddit account that posted it is 5 years old, but has only ever commented and posted about this leak in its entire history. + It doesn't really make sense for anduin to get a skin like this, even with the whole valeera backstory thing.
ikr he looks like a Rogue lol
Perhaps, but the artwork fits HS's style, so unless you can find it somewhere else it certainly looks like it has been commissioned for the Book of Heroes.
That or there's a really good artist out there who put a lot of work into a fake leak, but made the perverse decision to draw Anduin like a rogue, making it seem less real. That's some '5D chess' thinking there.
Can't believe Priest got a new rogure portrait before the actual Rogue class did
The most useful thing he did in that fight happened when he stopped using his sword...
There's also a difference between talent and skill. If he's any good with heavy weapons it's through hard work, not natural aptitude (aka talent).
Its ironic how that's true. Even in the cinematic (battle for azeroth? Not sure) the first thing we saw was him using mass rez. Why blizz keeps wanting to push out a warrior king image for both Wyrnns is kinda baffling, considering that King Terenas never really got off his throne even when the horde was at his footsteps.
Yes, it was the BfA cinematic.
I think they were trying to really hammer home that Anduin is trying to be like his father, but that he is much better at being himself. Keep in mind he's still young, so it makes sense that he's still learning how to act, both as king and as himself.
This is a beautiful Priest skin? Well it looks more like a rogue skin.. I'm unsure for which class this skin will be? Wait a second Thief priest is a thing, so probably a priest skin. Although i would LOVE a Dual class skin, that would be AMAZING! But i don't think they would ever do that because it would be "too confusing" :( . I like Thief priest* and i would love to use this skin once the Priest Book of Heroes drops. (Of course depending on when it releases, and what the real Book of Heroes order is.) Sure this most likely will be one of those "no new voicelines/animations" kinda skins, but at least Anduins emotes aren't the worst. (At least it will hopefully keep the memey/annoying "wow" emote.)
I don't really know that much about WoW lore, but that bit fron WoWpedia makes me like the skin a lot more. Way better than a "baby Anduin" skin that almost no one would want/like. I hope the Anduin Book of Heroes (Whenever it drops, based on the real Book of Heroes order.) will make me like Anduin more, cuz whenever i see play against a priest i just get really mild amounts of ptsd from all my games against Ress & Big Priests.
*I like the ones in wild with Princess Talanji, Drakonid Operative, Shifting Shade, Cloning Device and so on. Not the annoying "haha Galakrond, the Unspeakable goes [insert Heropower or Invoke noice] decks."
In WoW, Anduin is one of the most likable guys around. He's the guy that has the will and power to try to make the world a better place, but the world refuses to comply for more than a few months at a time. So he somehow found a way for a king to have an underdog story.
I have my doubts about how well his story translates into the BoH because he's a pacifist, but there have been plenty of 'fights' that have really just been debates/arguments so I'm sure they have worked something out.
Okay, that's interesting. I'm looking forward to whenever Anduins BoH drops.
Cool art, super weird though..
If this is a priest skin, then its a further slap in the face for the lack of rogue skins all round.
Yes, it does look good. But I highly doubt they would actually sell this as a priest skin. The fact that he looks exactly like a rogue doesn't help matters. While I'm sure no one's that dumb, if I encounter this in a game without any prior knowledge its conceivable that I would have mulligan my cards expecting to face a rogue, not priest.
That mistake is only made once, and to be honest you would have prior knowledge anyway because it is likely you would have played Anduin's BoH before encountering it in constructed.
Plus, if rogue can use cards from every class, can we not argue that all classes are just a subset of the rogue class? :P
Was the Book of Heroes Anduin Skin Accidentally Leaked?!
I don't know. But I'm going to give 2 answers then retroactively edit the post if we find out to look smart::
Yes - definitely accidentally leaked why do you even need to ask.
No - there's just no way - absolutely not.
First! post expressing amazement and admiration at your uncanny ability to know the unknowable.
Not the biggest Priest player or fan... BUT, I would totally rock this hero skin. It just sings badassery
Anduwin Van Cleef
That skin looks really cool, I think that is the best priest skin actually.
Cool skin, but let's not push any more theif priest, or Uther will have to bring the law.