War Cry

Warrior skill · Command line · tier 1

Beta 0.7.2

A shout that straightens his back and gives the warrior back the breath the last blow took.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 14 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

War Cry scales with Regen. Its value at each rank is 27.95 + 7.94 × rank:

Rank12345678910
Value35.8943.8351.7759.7167.6575.5983.5391.4799.41107.35

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × 1.83 (× 3.76 for a self heal) × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Command skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value × 1.83 (× 3.76 for a self heal); how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

  1. 1
    Always openTier 1 skills need no other skill first.
  2. 2
    Hero level 2A hero's first skill point can go straight into it.
  3. 3
    One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in War Cry opens Banner and Read the Guard.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Command skills makes War Cry 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

War Cry has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Command line

SkillTierTypeCooldownScales with
War Cry1Heal14 sRegen
Banner2AuraNoneHaste
Read the Guard3Buff14 sCrit Chance
Taunt4Debuff10 sCurse
Battle Order5Ultimate16 sHaste

Other Warrior skills

Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.