World of Warcraft just revealed eight more Hero Talent trees coming in The War Within. Druid, Evoker, Paladin, Rogue, Warlock, and Warrior players now have a better idea as to how their World of Warcraft classes will play once The War Within releases later this year.
Hero Talents are one of the headlining features of The War Within. Each of these special Talent trees is shared by two of a class' specializations once they are unlocked at level 71, and provide powerful passive – and occasionally active – abilities that help capture a specific type of class fantasy while also changing the appearance of certain World of Warcraft abilities.
Though fans knew the names of all 39 Hero Talents coming in The War Within, World of Warcraft had only revealed the contents of eight of the trees. However, Blizzard recently revealed eight more Hero Talent trees in a World of Warcraft blog post: Elune’s Chosen and Wildstalker Druid, Scalecommander Evoker, Herald of the Sun and Templar Paladin, Trickster Rogue, Diabolist Warlock, and Colossus Warrior. This brings the total number of revealed Talent Trees to 16, only a little under half the total number.
Name
Class
Specializations
Major Focus
Elune's Chosen
Druid
Balance/Guardian
Astral Damage synergies, empower Fury of Elune, Full Moon, Lunar Beam
Wildstalker
Druid
Feral/Restoration
Bloodseeker Vines spawned by Rip and Rake, Symbiotic Blooms spawned by Wild Growth, Rejuvenation, and Efflorescence
Scalecommander
Evoker
Augmentation/Devastation
Eruption and Disintigrate become AoE, mark targets for Volcanic Bombardment
Herald of the Sun
Paladin
Holy/Retribution
Spawn Sunspots beneath targets with Holy Power abilities to damage enemies and heal allies
Templar
Paladin
Protection/Retribution
Eye of Tyr, Wake of Ashes chain into Hammer of Light to drop hammers on enemies.
Trickster
Rogue
Outlaw/Subtlety
Feint becomes an offensive cooldown, inflicts Faze debuff to reduce target's damage done and increase damage taken
Diabolist
Warlock
Demonology/Destruction
Summon powerful demons that deal damage and modify spells by spending Soul Shards
Colossus
Warrior
Arms/Protection
New Demolish ability that synergizes with other attacks, character model become larger
The Elune’s Chosen Hero Talent available for Balance and Guardian Druids in WoW, is all about Astral damage, increasing the output of their moon-based attacks. Feral and Restoration Druids can choose Wildstalker to increase both the damage and healing capabilities of their Cat form by spawning Bloodseeker Vines and Symbiotic Blooms from certain attacks and spells.
For World of Warcraft Paladins, the Herald of the Sun for Holy and Retribution create Sunspots under their targets to damage enemies and heal allies. Meanwhile, Protection and Retribution Paladins that
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