

Eventually, the game morphed into a more traditional RTS, but retained the element of heroes, after a change of team leads halfway through development. It was a squad-based tactical combat game, thus departing from the type of traditional RTS games that Blizzard had already released earlier for both the Warcraft and StarCraft universes. Originally, Warcraft III started out as a game called Heroes of Warcraft. In the case of the latter, it was the origin of the hero and RPG elements that would be retained in the final version of Warcraft III.

In the case of the former, this took the form of bringing Thrall over. Warcraft III has roots in two cancelled Warcraft games- Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans, and Warcraft Legends. Role-Playing Strategy to Real-Time Strategy

These skilled swordsmen were once part of the ill-fated Burning Blade Clan which consumed itself in the throes of Demonic corruption. Though their numbers are few, the seasoned Blademasters represent an elite fighting force within the Horde. Here’s the description of the blademaster unit from Warcraft 3: Though the stream is over, you can watch the archive on Facebook. This reveal was a new style for Heroes, featuring Senior Art Director Samwise Didier drawing the character. In addition to his standard skin and master skin, there’s also a Hellblade Samuro option: Passive: You can control Mirror Images separately or as a group, and they deal an additional 15% of your damage.

In Heroes, Samuro is a melee Assassin and Anna has already dubbed him “Gankasaurus Rex.” His abilities include:
