Illidan

Illidan
"My hatred is unending."
Basic Info
Title	The Betrayer
Role	Melee Assassin
Difficulty	Medium
Franchise	Warcraft
Price	500 / 4,000
Release Date	March 13, 2014
Base Stats
Attack Type	Melee
Health	1725
Health Regen	3.5898
Resource	None
Unit Radius	0.625
Attack Speed	1.82
Attack Range	1.2
Attack Damage	78
Data Page

Illidan Stormrage, the Betrayer, is a Melee Assassin Hero from the Warcraft universe. The first demon hunter betrayed his people by creating a new Well of Eternity after the demonic invasion of Azeroth. Now Illidan lords over the realm of Outland, slaughtering unsuitably prepared heroes who venture into his domain.

Illidan is a mobile, sustained damage Assassin who pairs well with Heroes who can enable him.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft universe.

Illidan Stormrage is known as the Betrayer, as throughout the millennia of his life he has deceived friends and family alike for power.

The night elf Illidan Stormrage was born before the War of the Ancients, a conflict that erupted over 10,000 years prior to the Third War, when the chaotic Burning Legion invaded Azeroth. Driven by jealousy over his brother Malfurion's budding relationship with Tyrande Whisperwind, Illidan feigned allegiance to the Burning Legion and Sargeras, seemingly offering his aid while secretly plotting to destroy the Legion from within. Eventually, Illidan, Tyrande, Malfurion, and the Night Elves repelled the Legion invasion, causing the Well of Eternity to implode - but not before Illidan drew several vials of its water to create new fonts of power. When the Night Elves reached Kalimdor and saw Illidan had used the vials to create a new Well of Eternity, they were furious. They saw one of their own covered in demonic tattoos and with his amber eyes burned out. They did not know he helped to defeat the Legion and thought he sought to bring them back to Azeroth once again. Malfurion admonished Illidan for his irresponsible use of magic and when Illidan would not give up his power, he was imprisoned far beneath the surface of the land by his brother and Cenarius.

During the Third War, Tyrande released Illidan from millennia of imprisonment, hoping that the Betrayer would redeem himself by battling a returned Burning Legion. Though Illidan fought to defend his people, he soon slipped into darkness: after absorbing the energies of the demonic Skull of Gul'dan, Illidan became a demon, an act for which he was banished by Malfurion. Fleeing the wrath of the night elves, the twice-condemned Illidan allied himself once again with the only entity that would accept him - the Legion. Illidan's demonic masters sent him to destroy the Lich King, who had broken free of their influence, but Illidan failed to do so. To protect himself from the Legion's vengeance, Illidan hid on Outland, a destroyed world that he would eventually seek to rule.

Gameplay

Illidan is a nimble Melee Assassin. Very fast Basic Attacks, several gap closers, and the ability to significantly reduce his own cooldowns through Betrayer's Thirst make him extremely difficult to outmaneuver. Illidan thrives when played along with any Hero who can increase his survivability, be it through Shields, Armor, or raw instant healing. He is typically known to require allied Heroes known as "enablers" to be at his best. llidan's reliance on the healing and cooldown reduction provided by Betrayer's Thirst makes him particularly vulnerable to effects that can reduce his Attack Speed or otherwise stop him from attacking.

Strengths

• Nearly impossible to escape from
• Excellent duelist
• May quickly and safely solo capture Mercenary Camps
• No reliance on Mana and excellent self sustain

Weaknesses

• Often requires a team composition that revolves around supporting him to excel
• Exceptionally vulnerable to crowd control due to Basic Attack reliance
• Limited waveclear

Abilities

See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.

Betrayer's Thirst

Basic Attacks heal for 30% of damage dealt and reduce Ability cooldowns by 1 second.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier (enemies), Lifesteal

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• Cooldown reduction affects both Heroic and Basic Abilities, but not active Abilities gained from Talents.
• Getting Blinded makes you unable to hit enemies and gain cooldown reduction or lifesteal.

Q

Dive

Cooldown: 6 seconds

Dive at the target, dealing 66 damage and flipping to the other side of the target.

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Type: Spell Damage / Movement: Launch

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Unit target

Cast time: Instant

Range: 6.5

Missile speed: 150

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• The damage is dealt upon first reaching the target. If the target dies, Illidan does not get flipped to the other side.

W

Sweeping Strike

Cooldown: 8 / 1.0 seconds

Dash toward target point, dealing 119 damage to enemies along the way. Hitting an enemy increases Illidan's Basic Attack damage by 35% for 3 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage / Offensive damage modifier, Movement: Dash

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Range: 5.5

Hitbox: 3.0 x 2.55

Missile speed: 14.4

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• Does not stack with itself. Consecutive applications refresh the duration.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Illidan's Basic Attack damage.

E

Evasion

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Evade enemy Basic Attacks for 2.5 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Evasion

Cast time: Instant

R

Metamorphosis

Cooldown: 120 seconds

Transform into Demon Form at the target location, dealing 46 damage in the area. Temporarily increases maximum Health by 220 for each Hero hit by the initial impact. Lasts for 18 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage / Status effect, Bonus Health, Movement: Teleport

Scaling: 4.00% (damage, Health)

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Special Stasis

Cast time: Instant

Range: 12

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 4.125

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• Can be cast while Rooted.
• While phased out, Illidan is put in Stasis. In addition to usual effects of Stasis, Illidan is removed from ground plane (disjoints certain projectiles) and has no collision, but does not get the initial expanded debuff removal.
• Bonus Health is calculated and damage is dealt when the transformation period ends and Illidan reappears on the battlefield.
• Illidan's current Health is increased by the same flat amount as his maximum Health. Once Metamorphosis ends, only maximum Health is reduced.

R

The Hunt

Cooldown: 100 seconds

Charge to target unit, dealing 251 damage on impact and Stunning for 1 second.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control, Status effect / Movement: Launch, Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Non-Structure enemies / Self

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Channeled cast (stationary), Revealed, Stun, Unstoppable

Cast time: 1.0 (ch) + 0 seconds

Range: 45

Missile speed:
- Initial: 25
- Maximum: 200
- Acceleration: 75

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• Interrupting the cast puts the Ability on a 10 second cooldown.
• Cast is interrupted if the target moves more than 5 units past its maximum range.
• The target is Revealed instantly upon cast until Illidan hits the target.
• After the cast period, Illidan is Unstoppable until he hits the target.

Talents

1

Immolation

After using Sweeping Strike, burn nearby enemies for 22 damage a second for 4 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Area of Effect

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 3.125 ⁽¹

Tickrate: 1.0 per second

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• ¹⁾ Extended by Illidan's unit radius.
• Does not draw tower aggro when damaging Heroes under their Structures.
• Damage from Immolation is unaffected by offensive damage modifiers.
• Disabled while Illidan is Mounted or in Stasis.

Battered Assault

Increase Sweeping Strike's Basic Attack damage bonus duration from 3 to 5 seconds. If Sweeping Strike hits 2 Heroes its damage bonus is increased from 35% to 125%.

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• Does not stack with itself.
• Damage bonus increase always lasts 5 seconds: If the next Sweeping Strike hits only a single enemy Hero while Battered Assault is still active, the baseline bonus of the new cast is overridden with the higher value until previous cast's Battered Assault bonus ends.

Unending Hatred

❢ Quest: Every Minion you kill gives you 0.2 Basic Attack damage. Every Takedown gives 1 Basic Attack damage.

❢ Reward: Once you reach 20 Basic Attack damage, receive an additional 20 Basic Attack damage.

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Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

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• Continues to gain stacks even after the quest is completed.
• Grants credit if within 13.125 range of an enemy Minion as it dies.

4

Reflexive Block

Using Dive grants 75 Physical Armor against the next 3 Hero Basic Attacks for 4 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 75%.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Block, Physical Armor

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Illidan can have a maximum of 4 Block stacks from this Talent, and the duration of all existing Block stacks from the Talent is refreshed if he gains more from it.

Thirsting Blade

Betrayer's Thirst's healing from Basic Attacks is increased from 30% to 50% while Sweeping Strike's damage bonus is active.

Hunter's Onslaught

Basic Abilities heal for 35% of the damage they deal. Double this bonus versus Heroes.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Lifesteal

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• Benefits from bonus damage from Marked for Death and Immolation's burn damage.

7

Rapid Chase

Dive grants 20% Movement Speed for 2 seconds. If the target is an enemy Hero, reduce its cooldown by 1 second.

Friend or Foe

Increases the range of Dive by 20% and allows it to be used to dive to allied Heroes.

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Affects: Enemies, allied Heroes

Bonus range: 1.3

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• Using Dive on an allied Hero does not damage them nor flip Illidan over them.

Unbound

Sweeping Strike can go over walls and terrain.

❢ Reward: After hitting 15 Heroes with Sweeping Strike, gain a second charge.

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Type: Movement: Launch

Affects: Self

Charge cooldown: 1.0 second

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• Original animation of Sweeping Strike becomes broken when this talent is picked (adds extra frames of delay durning end animation).

10

Metamorphosis

Cooldown: 120 seconds
Transform into Demon Form at the target location, dealing 46 damage in the area. Temporarily increase your maximum Health by 220 for each Hero hit. Lasts for 18 seconds.

The Hunt

Cooldown: 100 seconds
Charge to target unit, dealing 251 damage on impact and Stunning for 1 second.

13

Nimble Defender

If Sweeping Strike hits an enemy Hero, gain 25 Armor for 2 seconds, reducing damage taken by 25%.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Armor

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• Does not stack with itself or other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Elusive Strike

Sweeping Strike reduces the cooldown of Evasion by 3 seconds every time it damages an enemy Hero.

Sixth Sense

Evasion grants Illidan 75 Spell Armor against the next 2 sources of Spell Damage, reducing their damage by 75%.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Spell Armor, Spell Block

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• Charges expire when Evasion ends.

16

Marked for Death

Dive deals an extra 180 damage if used consecutively on a target within 10 seconds.

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Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Ability

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• Does not stack with itself.

Fiery Brand

Every 3rd attack against the same Hero deals an additional 7% of their maximum Health as damage.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Attack Modifier (Heroes), Percent Damage

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• The counter is reset if Illidan has not attacked the enemy Hero for 3 seconds.
• Attacking a different enemy does not reset the counter.
• Counter continues through the cycle even if Illidan is Blinded or the target is Evading, although it cannot do the percent damage to such a target as the attack misses.

Blades of Azzinoth

Active: Hitting 5 Heroes with Sweeping Strike allows Blades of Azzinoth to be activated, increasing Basic Attack damage by 75% for 8 seconds.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Attack Modifier (enemies)

Cast time: Instant

Maximum stacks: 5

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• Each Hero hit counts as 1 stack. After gathering 5 stacks the ability can be activated, consuming all stacks.
• Starts with full 5 stacks.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Illidan's Basic Attack damage.

20

Demonic Form

Permanently remain in Demonic Form. Metamorphosis also increases Attack Speed by 20% and reduces the duration of Stuns, Roots and Slows by 50%. Illidan can now mount in Demonic Form.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Speed, CC reduction

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• The bonuses are applied the next time Illidan casts Metamorphosis.
• Metamorphosis and its bonuses are removed upon death.
• The Health bonus is still temporary.
• Attack Speed bonus stacks additively with other effects that affect Illidan's Attack Speed.
• In Demonic Form, Illidan's Mount is limited to a special Ability-specific one.

Nowhere to Hide

The Hunt gains unlimited range. Illidan passively Reveals enemy Heroes below 25% Health anywhere on the Battleground.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Revealed

Range: Global

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• The Hunt cannot be used to travel into or out of the underground level in Haunted Mines. Passive Reveal still applies everywhere.

Nexus Blades

Basic Attacks deal 20% more damage and Slow enemy Movement Speed by 20% for 1 second.

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Type: Crowd control / Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Enemies / Self

Properties: Attack Modifier (enemies), Slow

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Illidan's Basic Attack damage.

Bolt of the Storm

Cooldown: 70 seconds
Active: Activate to teleport to a nearby location.

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Type: Movement: Teleport

Affects: Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Clamping

Cast time: Instant

Range: 7.2

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• Can be used to extend active frames of Sweeping Strike (note: this is not possible anymore if Unbound is picked level 7).

Builds and guides

Icy Veins Illidan Guide

Illidan Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Illidan Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins

Illidan Skins
The Betrayer
Backstory: Illidan Stormrage, the first demon hunter, betrayed his people and created a new Well of Eternity after the demonic invasion of Azeroth. Now Illidan lords over Outland slaying unsuitably prepared Heroes who venture into his domain.
500 / 4,000 The Betrayer	Free Crimson	Free Void	120 / 75 Felblood
Betrayer
Backstory: Free after ten thousand years, Illidan would sacrifice everything in order to defeate the Burning Legion, prove himself superior to Malfurion, and redeem himself in the eyes of Tyrande.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Fel
Shan'do
Backstory: Stormrage was born with amber eyes; a sign of great destiny... But as he learned from Cenarius, his brother grew distant. Still, none expected Malfurion's betrayal.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Warcraft alternative shared history skins.
160 / 100	160 / 100 Nightmare	160 / 100 Northrend	160 / 100 Vordrassil
Spectre
Backstory: As the terrazine haze cleared from his mind, Illidan saw what he had become. His body had mutated, grown irreversibly addicted... But the power was worth any price.
Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into StarCraft skins.
600 / 1,200	600 / 1,200 Neon	600 / 1,200 Ghost	600 / 1,200 Night	900 / 1,800 Scorch

Illidan Event Skins
Lunar
Backstory: For most of the year, Illidan loathes druidic customs. But during the Lunar Festival, even he sets aside old grudges and joins his brother in honoring the departed elders of the Stormrage family.
Features: Themed abilities.
Notes: His mask changes as he takes damage. This skin theme is part of a shared theme of holiday skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Heavenly	350 / 400 Fire	350 / 400 Dragon

Portraits

Illidan Portraits
Carbot Illidan120 / 75	Cybernetic Illidan75 / 40	Illidan Hero	Illidan Mastery	Illidan-O'-Lantern75 / 40	Lil' Lunar Illidan75 / 40	Mecha Illidan75 / 40
Pachimari Illidan75 / 40	Sepia Illidan75 / 40	Stylized Shan'do Illidan75 / 40	Toon Lunar Illidan75 / 40	WoW Illidan75 / 40

Sprays

Illidan Sprays
Carbot Illidan120 / 75	Dominion Betrayer75 / 40	Evade This...250 / 300	Feast-ival Illidan120 / 75	Illidan-O'-Lantern75 / 40	Lunar Illidan Lantern120 / 75	Máscara del Traidor120 / 75
Pachimari Illidan75 / 40	Pandamonium75 / 40	Toy Warglaives75 / 40

Emojis

Illidan Pack 1			Illidan Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Illidan Happy	:illidanhappy: :illihappy:		Illidan Angry	:illidanangry: :illiangry:
	Illidan ROFL	:illidanlol: :illidanrofl: :illilol: :illirofl:		Illidan Cool	:illidancool: :illicool:
	Illidan Sad	:illidansad: :illisad:		Illidan Embarrassed	:illidanoops: :illidanembarrassed: :illioops: :illiembarrassed:
	Illidan Silly	:illidansilly: :illisilly:		Illidan in Love	:illidanlove: :illidaninlove: :illilove: :illiinlove:
	Illidan Speechless	:illidanmeh: :illidanspeechless: :illimeh: :illispeechless:		Illidan Surprised	:illidanwow: :illidansurprised: :illiwow: :illisurprised:

Lunar Illidan Pack 1			Lunar Illidan Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Lunar Illidan Happy	:illidanlunarhappy: :illilhappy:		Lunar Illidan Angry	:illidanlunarangry: :illilangry:
	Lunar Illidan ROFL	:illidanlunarlol: :illidanlunarrofl: :illillol: :illilrofl:		Lunar Illidan Cool	:illidanlunarcool: :illilcool:
	Lunar Illidan Sad	:illidanlunarsad: :illilsad:		Lunar Illidan Embarrassed	:illidanlunaroops: :illidanlunarembarrassed: :illiloops: :illilembarrassed:
	Lunar Illidan Silly	:illidanlunarsilly: :illilsilly:		Lunar Illidan in Love	:illidanlunarlove: :illidanlunarinlove: :illillove: :illilinlove:
	Lunar Illidan Speechless	:illidanlunarmeh: :illidanlunarspeechless: :illilmeh: :illilspeechless:		Lunar Illidan Surprised	:illidanlunarwow: :illidanlunarsurprised: :illilwow: :illilsurprised:

Quotes

Main article: Illidan/Quotes

Trivia

• Illidan first appeared in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (July 2002).
  • His book debut was almost two years later, in The Well of Eternity (March 2004).
• Illidan is voiced by Matthew Yang King in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, and Liam O'Brien in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, World of Warcraft: Legion, and Heroes of the Storm.
• Illidan was one of the 18 Heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
• Illidan's signature line, "YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!", can sometimes be heard when he uses The Hunt.
  • This very phrase dates back to the cinematic trailer for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (January 2007).

Gallery

General

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  Illidan's artwork.

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  Illidan, the Betrayer.

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  Shan'do Illidan.

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  A team of Illidans in the arena.

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  Another team of Illidans.

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  Illidan vs. Tyrael.

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  The Illidan action figure.

Abilities

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  Q: Dive.

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  W: Sweeping Strike.

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  E: Evasion.

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  R1: Metamorphosis.

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  R2: The Hunt.

Gameplay

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  Illidan rides a mount into combat.

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  Illidan participates in a teamfight.

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  Illidan fights Arthas to defend his fort.

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  Illidan with horns, wings, and hooves.

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  Illidan as a demon, after using Metamorphosis.

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  Shan'do Illidan, after using Metamorphosis.

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  Spectre Illidan, after using Metamorphosis.

Prerelease

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  The Blizzard DOTA models of Illidan and various other heroes.

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  Blood Elf Illidan (old tint).

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  Fel Illidan (old tint).

External links

• Illidan - Heroes of the Storm
• Illidan Stormrage - World of Warcraft
• Illidan Stormrage - Wowpedia
• Illidan Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Illidan Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm