Heroes Of The Storm's Latest Update Adds Hogger, The Scourge Of Elwynn

Blizzard just announced the latest hero to join their MOBA Heroes of the Storm - Hogger, the Scourge of Elwynn.

Have a look at him in action below.

Hogger is a bruiser that excels in bringing a decent amount of area damage, making him a solid choice to deal with heroes that tends to stack together during clashes.

Here’s a brief description on his toolkit from Blizzard.

Trait [D]

Loot Hoard

Gain Rage from taking damage or dealing Basic Attack damage. Hogger’s Basic Abilities refresh 1% faster for every 2 points of Rage. After 3 seconds of not gaining Rage, it will quickly decay.

Cooldown: 20 seconds.

Trait [Passive]

Rage

Rage is gained by taking damage or dealing Basic Attack damage. Hogger’s Basic Ability cooldowns refresh 1% faster for every 2 points of Rage. After 3 seconds of not gaining Rage, it begins to quickly decay.

Basic Abilities

Staggering Blow [Q]

Hogger takes a swing with his flail, dealing damage to and knocking away enemies in a wide arc. Enemies who then collide with unpathable terrain take an additional burst of damage, are stunned for 0.75 seconds, and grant Hogger 15 Rage.

Cooldown: 12 seconds.

Ez-Thro Dynamite [W]

Throw a stick of Dynamite with a 1.5 second fuse to the targeted location. Upon hitting an enemy Hero directly or expiring, the Dynamite explodes, dealing damage and slowing enemies hit by 30% for 2 seconds. Hitting a Hero directly also grants Hogger 10 Rage.

Cooldown: 8 seconds.

Hogg Wild [E]

After 0.25 seconds, Hogger launches himself towards the targeted direction. While spinning, Hogger deals damage every .125 seconds to nearby enemies, increased by 1% per point of Rage. If Hogger hits terrain while spinning, he will bounce off it and travel in a new direction.

Cooldown: 14 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

Hoardapult [R1]

Hogger attaches himself to an empowered Loot Hoard and heaves it a great distance, dealing damage on impact and slowing enemies in a large area. If Hogger is nearby, the empowered Loot Hoard created with Hoardapult will dislodge a chunk of Meat towards Hogger every 10 seconds. Cooldown: 70 seconds.

Cooldown: 70 seconds.

Shockwave [R2]

After 0.5 seconds, Hogger slams the ground, sending a shockwave traveling in a long line. Enemies hit by the initial slam take 306 damage and are stunned for 1.25 seconds while those hit by the shockwave take 210 damage and are stunned for 0.5 seconds.

Cooldown: 60 seconds.

Hogger is known as one of the first big baddies you will face when you enter Classic World of Warcraft, and was later brought back as a boss in the Cataclysm expansion in Stormwind Stockade.

The release of Hogger has come as a good surprise as the devs at Blizzard focused on HotS is still churning out content for their community despite Blizzard pulling the plug on HotS esports back in 2018.

This doesn’t mean esports is dead for HotS, it’s just no longer being supported by the developer and publisher that made the game. Esports companies will have to make an extra effort in bringing competitive HotS back into the spotlight and it looks like one group is interested in the challenge.

In a report by InvenGlobal, HeroesHearth, whose parent company is Wisdom Gaming Group, are putting together a Heroes of the Storm league in the North America region. If you check out HeroesHearth’s Youtube channel, you can find various video focused on the MOBA, with competitive matches casted by known individuals in the community.

Heroes of the Storm launched in 2015 as a free-to-play title from Blizzard and is their take on the MOBA genre with a roster featuring iconic characters across Blizzard’s games from StarCraft, World of Warcraft, to Diablo.

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