Zul’jin Spotlight - Heroes of the Storm

Before the elves and their Alliance, the forests of Lordaeron belonged to the trolls of the Amani empire. As their warlord, Zul’jin has united the tribes into an army that stands ready to take back what is theirs and to slay the elves who stole it from them. Ever keen to hone his skill and sharpen his deadly axes, Zul’jin now joins us as the newest ranged assassin Hero to enter the Nexus!
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[@Nerazmus]

De' Amani never give up! We never forget. We never die.

[@Negolash]

From my experience as WoW player - they die. A lot. With Zandalari and Gurubashi.

[@Nerazmus]

The One Well their kingdom was wiped like 3 times already and they still keep coming back.

[@Negolash]

Mr.Vojtik And miserably failed each time, gimme more

[@OmegaSoypreme]

Mr.Vojtik Dis is our land! You wanna stay, you stay here forever! We gonna bury you here.

[@GiantBUThead]

De'Amani never forgive, De'Amani never forget...

[@AzureRoxe]

This is the original Zul'jin, hence why he has both arms. Stop asking why he's not missing one.

[@PhazonOmega]

Same reason Kerrigan is evil; they went to a certain, well-known point of the character's life, and based them off that for HotS.

[@AzureRoxe]

PhazonOmega Exactly. Same with Arthas being on his Lich King days.

[@Nerazmus]

And Medivh in his 30s-40s

[@horner385]

Well not with Artanis since he in BW was a skinny little protoss now with steroids and gym and a regime he is a glorious leader of Daelam En Taro Artanis!

[@gaurok]

Indeed: they've chosen the HotS chars during their "best" days. For instance we have Warchief Thrall, rebel Sylvanas, evil Kerrigan, etc. This Zul'Jin is the Warcraft 2 one, not the patch 2.2 raid boss.

[@Gabrielbarsch]

vengeance for zul'jin

[@sorenjamari8931]

instablaster.

[@jabahunter]

vengeance for zul'jin

[@Kiumbra]

TAZ'DINGO

[@ECAPS.]

YEAHHH

[@sassmos]

The way Cloaken says it kinda hilarious.

[@Confuzledish]

Health as a resource. I didn't think I'd like Gul'dan because of this, but he has become one of my favorite heroes. I am just worried about his lack of escapes. It would have been nice to have 'blood sacrifice' or something, where he sacrifices max health for movement speed or something. But he seems cool. (PS - Please Stukov. I will give you all my money for Stukov.)

[@dustinjones7458]

Zul'jin isn't built around escaping at low HP, he's built around finishing off his enemies. He gets most of his 'escape' tools at lv.13, tho. He can go for a root/stun cleanse, +move speed when he connects with his Q (which I think a charge based skillshot, meaning he can chain this ability to keep his speed up), or allowing him to move around while he's channeling his heal (still interrupted on damage tho).

[@depressedrobot2491]

yeah, I think much like other heroes (greymane comes to mind) he is designed to STAY within a fight if it gets heated. Once you are in, don't escape but try to do as much damage as possible.

[@AdrasAdraki]

Confuzledish he feels like artanis your best bet is to stay and outlast your enemies

[@Axeiaa]

Greymane has an escape in switching forms though, especially if you pick the talent that makes you invisible while disengaging.

[@Legendarydrago123]

That kung fu hustle axe dance! lol

[@squidwardtentacle5]

Daaang man it's 2019 and i just realized this. 😂

[@AwesomeHavenHD]

Just rename it Assasins of Warcraft

[@AwesomeHavenHD]

Gandro93 I'm talking about the actual heroes of the storm name, There are soo many Assasins and warcraft heroes, they could have released different then maybe a warcraft one (after a long time)

[@bryanfong1023]

BaQ PaQMC at least is not melee :/

[@TheBuckSleezy]

Well I guess there are people who get upset over one of the original Warcraft characters being added after being promised over 2 years ago.

[@slipknotpurity00]

Not sure what this even means, there's a lot of warriors and supports in the game who all have great impact. I guess you just wanted something cynical to say.

[@TheBuckSleezy]

Why are you complaining about a lot of assassins? teams are comprised of mostly assassins, so naturally, there will be more. why are you complaining about more warcraft heroes? its their most expansive and old game, not to mention this entire genre is because of Warcraft III.

[@svdeath1]

we need stukov or fenix

[@66ALDARIS]

Not the original fenix. I want Talandar!

[@Dio____Brando]

66ALDARIS dont forget about karax

[@Sagano96]

Dr. Narud would make it ;P

[@eriktijerina60]

Fenix in dragon mode

[@Kodama867]

Fenix wasn't leaked or known to be in development. Talandris is, though. As is Valerian and Arcturus Mengsk.

[@brandonthies9590]

idk about all of you guys, but the Warcraft heroes are the most exciting for me whenever they come out because it was such a big part of my childhood. I'm still waiting for heroes such as Maiev, Ner'zhul, Kel'thuzad and many more. While i am not expecting them for a long time (if ever), they would make a great addition to the game.

[@TheAegine]

Brandon Thies I'll friggin explode if/when KT comes out. I need his ice cold sass in my games!

[@brandonthies9590]

ASouthernRussian haha for sure bro. Would be awesome

[@Metalizzzt]

They have to introduce Kel´thuzad, no way around it. Period.

[@arthurdaffos1490]

Brandon Thies To me SOME warcraft heroes are exciting but i find Diablo heroes more exciting (pls give me the druid!)

[@frostfire97]

You wanna' stay? You stay here foreva'! We gonna bury you here...

[@ArchangelLordBahamut]

'' Deals immense damage to the impact area '' > Doesn't even literally take 20 % Health Regeneration is sick, love the animation.

[@loler1565v2]

It does more dmg when he is low on health, that was when he was at 100% so it does not do much

[@RazanaArcclaw]

as alex said, it does more damage the lower he is, so if your at like 1% health you could prob 1 shot most heros with that spell

[@MindAndMyth]

+greenyoshi100 yeah i one shotted a zeratul with it.

[@Sarthanas]

0:40 is that a new dismount animation ?

[@RazanaArcclaw]

no thats his guilotine throw animation, he will still poof the mount away liek others

[@jiado6893]

The way Zul'jin plays reminds me of my hunter in WoW. I always thought that Zul'jin and enemy troll tribes were extremely compelling antagonists. They don't have the ability to immediately spawn or resurrect themselves, or hide in an alternate dimension (like demons, undead, elementals, or dudes from another timeline). They gather up all their people and resources from their shattered nations, and risk it all to get back the land they lost in the past. It's also why I love the Darkspear Tribe the most of the Horde. They have the least land and settlements, and until Vol'jin began clashing with Garrosh, the least storylines for their faction. Arguably, the smallest factions of the Horde now are the Bilgewater Cartel and the Huojin Pandaren. But if either of the people from those races wanted to leave the Horde, goblins could go work pretty much anywhere, and the so could a Pandaren. In fact, they have a whole home continent to live in. The Horde consists of all that the Darkspear Tribe have.

[@splatttt]

So excited!! Now Vol'jin next >:3

[@basuo8378]

really hope its a specialists when they release voljin or senjin could be a witchdocter that focuses on healing and will be a mix of HoT and burst healing would be really cool

[@LennieEkselius]

And after that Sen'jin!

[@weeabooshunter4759]

wow wow... talking about that Alliance- Horde balance?

[@SilenceStabber]

Weeaboos Hunter Vol'jin is an Alliance. Filthy slave of Varian.

[@VArsovski10]

The growl at the end is prolly a leak of next hero, sounds Zerg-like to me :)

[@ProfWulfenstein]

We need Vol'jin now.

[@Shadowiff]

Not before Garrosh

[@fluffybacon]

No we dont, we just got the best troll in Warcraft, you don't follow that up with the worst troll.

[@Quirrel]

ProfWulfenstein why Vol,jin is low hero. I hate him.

[@DarkShad93]

I don't mind Warcraft 2 zuljin model , but I wish they could of brought back wow zuljin voice actor." We gonna burry you here..." still sends shivers down my spine

[@Staffhiya]

Nooooooooooooo they changed his voice actor. THE OLD GUY WAS SO GOOD. I hope the new guy lives up to his predecessor

[@hehexd9858]

Tass Александр metzen wasn't voice acting zul'jin, he has too deep voice for it

[@slenttheexplorer-immersive4817]

Im getting heroes of the storm just for this

[@PeaceJaime123]

"We Amani was here before ANYONE, but we NEVER give up...we NEVER forget!" Love you Zul'jin!

[@AndrewisRaheej]

"Immense damage" 2:30

[@MrIgerus]

Awesome hero! I also love the commentator for these Hero Spotlights, since he is doing a brilliant job!

[@Eroll-dw8ex]

Would prefere the 1 armed zul'jin but still amazed :p

[@MerryMrMassacre]

Methinks it's the same reason we don't have the weird Instance version or Kael'Thas where he is grey and has a crystal in his chest. Would be a bit weird to implement.

[@SyzygyTT]

nice touch including some interactions with existing heroes

[@GroBoiD7777]

Whole hero animation looks brilliant.

[@aMilling]

taz'dingo !! yes! Troll master race!

[@Burgerling]

At the end of the video where the heroes of the storm logo appears, there is a wierd Zerg-like sound, that is not Zul'jin right? maybe new hero tease? :D

[@rexigon1757]

Doesn't really sound like Zerg to me.. and I think you can hear some kind of chain or metal in the background.. I'd say it's a Diablo demon, or perhaps even Mannoroth the Destructor from warcraft, it sounds like him.

[@Burgerling]

I only thought about Zerg because iirc the primal Zerg have this vibrating undertune while roaring. But you are right i also thought either something zergy or maybe a diablo demon. But this definetly isnt Zul'jin :D

[@Nerazmus]

That's Zul'jin growl + axe spinning.

[@VascoDoUrden]

Mannoroth iz the firzt thought. A primal zerg (worm one) can be too.

[@TheWildmanden]

Sounded very zerg-like to me, but unless they do something like lt. Morales or Brightwing where they just give an unnamed unit a name i can't figure out who it would be

[@CarlosEduardo-fm7mr]

Wow,i think this was the best spotlight after tracer. Nice work Blizzard.

[@AboveAverageAdam]

Blizzard: Love the addition of Zul'jin. I know Warcraft has the largest pool of characters you can pull from, but we need more heroes from Starcraft, Diablo, Overwatch and other old Blizzard games (Harth Stonebrew, The Hearthstone Innkeeper, please). Also... we really really need more supports... Assassins are cool, but we really need a larger pool of supports we can play. In the last two years only 3 supports have been added to the game (Kharazim, Lt Morales and Auriel)... There have been 15 new assassins in that time. If you need suggestions on new hero ideas my most recent video may help (It has 77 of them).

[@TheWildmanden]

Harth Stonebrew is an amazing idea :D

[@AboveAverageAdam]

Summoner-Style hero. Talent tiers allow him to add cards to his deck that summon different Hearthstone minions. His trait, "Draw a Card", adds a card to his Q, W or E, he can hold 3 cards max, Heroic abilities would be Legendary Cards like Leeroy Jenkins. Kinda a randomish luck-of-the-draw-based hero, but that's Hearthstone in a nutshell.

[@Varekai291]

I believe Blizzard has mentioned that they consider supports the biggest game changers in terms of what they bring to the game. They are going to release supports at a slower rate to try and make different heroes who can add different things than just "Oh this hero heals this way and this hero heals this way instead!" However I am in full support of a wider roster of supports and Starcraft heroes!

[@Malcarys]

blizzard also made the videogame the death of superman for snes, so they could bring superman or doomsday, that could be hilarius :D

[@Aiscence]

Healing is not the only way to support unfortunately ...

[@Dremag_Gaming]

Nice to see he has two arms in this version. :) Also wonder why the WoW version he uses the arm blades instead of the axes.

[@OptikRise3]

Zul'jin with Stim Drone... 0.o The first hero that benefits from avoiding health globes. Seems like a fun mechanic - balancing life and damage.

[@TenikHotS]

Zul’jin, nice...

[@BadNewsRuss]

ZulJin is my Favorite. character From Warcraft this is so amazing ! I could not believe it really happend

[@JimmySquiky]

Vengence for Zul'Jiiiiiin !

[@AlexanderWende]

That 3D model & animations looking awesome, would be cool if you guys could update some old heroes to that standard. Fantastic work!

[@Vanukass]

You wana stay?! You stay forever! We gona bury you here... Awesome to *finally* have a troll in da game, mon!

[@alexanderwilliams5797]

seems a bit more balanced out of the gate than the past few heroes. looks good

[@qweqweqweqweqwer3977]

This is the result of Heroes Of The Storm banging with Huskar.

[@MayuFuji]

Zul'jin is such a cool character :D

[@drakainequus7115]

"Like Tassadar" Ah yes, those were the days..

[@TrevorXStrydeR]

its like tryndamere but ranged. btw, his dance is the axe dance from kungfu hustle.

[@DarkGX]

i think Blackthorne needs to be the next character. He's a badass who can shoot a shotgun backward with one hand proves he is needed

[@keitaro3660]

wow basically it's ranged ilidan

[@dragoargos1128]

Anyone else notice his dance was the Axe gang dance from Kung Fu Hustle?

[@DiplomatDread]

His regenerative skills are so good he can grow back entire arm.

[@robboss5550]

Im AXEually not sure about his axes

[@fn5k]

I tried playing a match with him today, he is pretty cool, especially if you like ranged assassins.

[@liamciaran]

The Kung Fu Hustle dance is brilliant

[@Joreyyy]

Burning Spear, Shallow Grave, Wild Axes,

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

Oh great yet another Warcraft character rather than a diablo or Starcraft character

[@furgel7717]

mrwong11989 warcraft universe is simply the biggest

[@acolyteoffire4077]

well seeing as warcraft is what blizzard is most known for along with it being the BIGGEST of the three games there is gonna be more Warcraft heroes no matter what, if they gave each game a turn then at the end when all the characters are finally added its gonna be like 20 consecutive wow toons.

[@OxuStudio2]

"taz dingo" how dare you desecrate this sacred term. You gotta' say it like the troll man himself... "TAHS DINGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

[@AlphalanceVO]

High risk, high reward. This is going to be a hard hero to master but I can see some sick plays coming from good players.

[@ЯрославФ-ы7ж]

And another one hero for their vs ours complications.

[@lynxerz]

i mean, i see why he's got both of his arms but... i liked him more with just one :((

[@joshuaa.s1138]

it's Warcraft II Zul'jin, before he was kidnapped and got his hand chopped off and his eye ripped out. Also who else is a better troll axe thrower than Zul'jin? he doesn't really throw axes with his hand chopped off

[@joshuaa.s1138]

Moonis can't grow his hand back with that regeneration

[@lynxerz]

Joshua As why would he ever do such thing such a badass

[@falren9360]

Moonis Agreed.

[@Gobboh]

didnt he lose his arm because he ripped it off in order to escape from the elves?

[@BeegBWolf]

De Amani never give up We never forget We never die Dis is our land You wanna stay You stay here forever We gonna bury you here

[@Leoslady]

Yeeeessssss! I've been waiting for him!

[@tyrmyrmidon2846]

I feel like I met him in Warcraft reign of chaos but cannot remember!

[@Tuskeh]

Vengeance for Zul'jin!

[@snarkychamp1991]

I read on the warcraft wiki that zul'jin is the only troll with out tusks, kind of disapointed that this feature is not included on the hero :(

[@beknown63]

Lieutenant... Moralis? Never heard that before.

[@davidbrkic5548]

Is his dance from Kung Fu Hustle's deadly axe gang? If so, that's crisp.

[@genijable]

The dance is hilarious. Does it come with the sound effect?

[@shocknawe]

Well...they Axed for it.

[@stormtrooper13371]

FOR ZUL'JIN

[@LionLostInTime]

oh joy! a 3rd WoW assassin, can't wait for the 4th one

[@Dovarcraft]

yeah me too! i hope its Ji Firepaw!

[@evgheniiturco9268]

warcraft, not wow.

[@captainm1858]

ALRIGHT you know what we need in heroes of the storm?!Malthael from diablo HE WILL BE PERFECT

[@EijiShinjo48]

Zul'jin will be a awesome Hero to play i see... but what happen with his Troll Voice? Blizzard don't have a Troll Guy with a Troll Voice working at the moment or what? xD His voice sounds everything Evil but doesn't sound like a Troll... shame :(

[@felmaster3534]

Chris Metzen voiced Zul'jin in WoW, and he retired. A shame he can't keep his normal voice, but no surprise it changed.

[@donmeow9562]

after reading your comment I was thinking hmm Vol'jin will be a nice edition to hos but sad now he is dead in wow;-; well am on Lady Sylvanas the banashee queen side so kinda not that sad :D

[@mordercainear9573]

Zuljin+Tyrael+Uther+Mediv+Kharazim= Zuljin vs all

[@ReaperEOD]

Be the first to get Zul'jin and kick some axe in Heroes of the Storm!

[@jeroendhaan]

I can't wait for an animation show with those graphics. *_*

[@kadse2994]

step aside varian! a new op hero is born

[@LargeLadCharles]

Make Reinhardt! His kit translates perfectly into HotS :D Q: Sweeping Blows. Reinhardt's next 3 basic attack also hit nearby enemies and deal extra damage W: Flame Shot. Reinhardt fires off a skillshot that travels slowly but does heavy damage on impact E: Charge. Reinhardt speeds off in a target direction and damages and stuns the first enemy hit, knocking back any indirect hits and minions along the way R: Earthshatter. Reinhardt slams his hammer into the ground, stunning and damaging enemies in a cone in front of him D: Barrier. Reinhardt brings up a barrier in the direction he is currently facing, blocking incoming projectiles. Barrier takes damage and recharges over time

[@FancyTophatDude]

aw they changed his voice actor from back in the day

[@BrendanBeckett]

This is gonna be a weird one for healers.. a lot of people gonna be yelled at for healing too much. Tough balance to strike, not keeping him topped off but keeping him alive.

[@Onshki]

Brendan Beckett pretty sure you can just rollout max heals and be fine since he can just go all in and dump his health.

[@GingaJ12]

Thanks for doing this friday patch

[@Weslicus]

Why does he have so many arms?

[@Martin-vh3ei]

*This is the early, boring standard troll Zul'Jin.* Before his whole character development and interesting story where he sacrificed his arm.

[@utilizator8527]

Weslicus Manastorm what do you mean?

[@veryc0mm0nname]

He cut off his left arm to escape imprisonment.

[@wertyline806]

That will probably be a skin later on

[@RazanaArcclaw]

the one we saw ingame was after he lost his arm and eye, and he was rather old, but this model is based off his look when he was younger ,and in the warcraft series

[@MrCountCrowley]

"...say hello to my little friend..."

[@zanesmith666]

"immense damage" does literally 1mm of health damage to varian and rehgar

[@higgsbosontesticle]

noticed that too

[@hehexd9858]

zanesmith666 did you watch the whole video?

[@cipriansimuleac1221]

what happens with his voice :(

[@felmaster3534]

He was voiced by Chris Metzen in WoW, and he retired a while ago. So it's no surprise that his voice had to be changed.

[@DraphEnjoyer]

And now an elf leads the Horde? I SPIT ON THE HORDE

[@robinpimpin190]

"Together, we will make Zul'jin's murderers weep for mercy!"

[@sethtucker5315]

Reminds me a bit of one of my fav chars from Dota, Huskar.

[@daltinhorp]

I think he will bring me back to the nexus "Taz'Dingooooooooo"

It's weird to see a two arms Zuljin

[@raziel6304]

I wish trolls in wow looked more like this.

[@St34mPunkPrivateer]

Good stuff! Now where is Gabriel Tosh, Alexei Stukov, Ana and Matt Horner!

[@2pa42_ersennicholaas]

I hope there are more troll heroes

[@colnel1291]

Great job on him :-) How about a support/specialist multiclass?

[@o0TrojanMan0o]

Axe Gang dance from Kung Fu Hustle

[@reddbeta]

Why does he have two arms? he is Iconic for only having one

[@necroxisz]

"All forest trolls have the gift of regeneration." Yeah 'cept Zul'jin didn't and when he cut his arm off to escape the High Elves, it didn't grow back. I donno why they didn't use this part of his history in his design. Having a single-armed character would be very unique looking.

[@argumentumadhominem3977]

regeneration doesnt mean that he can grow limbs back

[@necroxisz]

Which is my point: It's far less interesting as a silhouette, and more people would recognize him as the one-armed Troll from Zul'Aman than the Axethrower from Warcraft 2.

[@Kondiburger]

Zul'jin never skip leg day :)

[@rayrivera1830]

puts the kill in skills

[@xaviergonzalez44]

Zulign, when he’s angry: TO THE GULLITONE

[@AustinPinheiro_uniquetexthere]

i wish these videos gave us some numbers or stats like Cd on abilities important talents (quests), lvl 20 talents how he plays in real situations instead of the ones you give us

[@AustinPinheiro_uniquetexthere]

rather have them avaliable quickly then actually having to play a game and check the stats and talents in game or beforehand

[@Shapookya]

These videos are for the hype, not for the in-depth information

[@AustinPinheiro_uniquetexthere]

Q-Q

[@FairyTailFTW]

all those are still subject to change though, by not including them, they make the spotlight relevant even after numerable patches.

[@AustinPinheiro_uniquetexthere]

somewhere, even the description box which can be changed after changes

[@dmound]

We got ourselves a Krieg

[@jaminjames2517]

He da real troll Taz'Dingo man

[@BarkusLP]

So it´s a mixture of Olaf and Tryndamare great.

[@FMonteverde91]

I really like to that the nexus have it first troll… the only thing is that it just don't look like Zul'jin. it look like a head hunter troll from the warcraft 3 or earlier base troll design and not the troll warchief.

[@HeyItsCoffee]

Let Da Killin Begin!

[@FMonteverde91]

Ya man… XD

[@elyens2360]

Reminds me of Jah'rakal the Troll Warlord(the looks) and Huskar the Sacred Warrior(gets stronger with low health) of Dota.

[@gaze2156]

Fingers crossed for a specialist next. I don't like playing assassins...

[@depressedrobot2491]

pretty please! Specialists ftw. And PLEASE give us that Murky rework. We have been waiting for too long.