Blizzard Entertainment’s upcoming multiplayer online battle arena, “ Hero Storm Sale,” already has an impressive line up of heroes and villains, from StarCraft’s Kerrigan to Diablo, the Lord of Terror. When it comes to the Warcraft universe, however, the roster has been noticeably vacant of a certain green-skinned race of honorable and noble warrior savages.
The latest update for the game remedies this lack of orcish representation by introducing a new character – Rehgar Earthfury.
Rehgar is the game’s very first orc character. As a shaman for the Horde, he is one of Thrall’s most important allies. Before he became a trusted advisor to the Warchief, however, Rehgar saw his fair share of combat “as a gladiator, and a master of his own team of fighters.”
Rehgar is an interesting choice for the first playable orc hero for “Heroes of the Storm”, as he never appeared in the original games. He serves as an important character in “World of Warcraft: The Comic”, however, and even has his own action figure.
As a playable hero, Rehgar is classified as a Melee Support character, with abilities designed to aid his allies in combat. These moves should be familiar to anyone who has used the orc shaman unit in the real-time strategy game “Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos” and its expansion, “Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne”.
His foremost basic skills is “Chain Heal”, which sends a beam of healing energy towards a damaged minion or allied hero. The beam then bounces to two other nearby allies, for a diminished amount of hit points recovered.
Another starting skill is the “Lightning Shield”. Rehgar imbues himself or an allied hero with a maelstrom of electricity, hurting nearby enemies. The Lightning Shield can also be upgraded to reduce any damage incurred by the affected hero.
The “Earthbind Totem”, once planted into the ground, slows down the movement and attack speed of all enemies who enter its area of effect.
His Heroic Abilities include “Ancestral Healing”, which significantly heals a single target hero; and “Bloodlust”, which drives nearby allies and himself into a frenzy, temporarily raising their attack and movement speed.
Rehgar is unable to use mounts such as horses and unicorns. This is because his Trait allows him to shapeshift into an enormous ghost wolf, giving him a boost in moving speed. While in wolf mode, he can attack for an extra 100% damage, but doing so will cause Rehgar to revert to his original orc form.
He also comes with two skins – his default “Shaman” costume, and the “Ironclaw” costume, which has him decked out in heavy armor. Of course, the latter has to be purchased before it can be used.
 

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