Blizzard is adding another hero to its Heroes of the Storm roster, and this time it’s Genji, the sword-wielding assassin from Overwatch. This makes him the fourth Overwatch character to be added to the game, after Tracer, Zarya and Lucio.
In addition to the Shimada Clan warrior, Hanamura, his home turf will also be added to Heroes of the Storm. Both of these are playable as of now in the beta and will be fully functional in the update 2.0. The new update is set to release on 25th April.
Genji is the highly agile assassin (also the highly annoying one), whose ability to deal large amounts of damage makes up for his lack of HP. He is also one of the few heroes in Overwatch who can scale walls. As Heroes of the Storm cannot feature the vertical scale of the competitive shooter, the abilities have been modified a little. You can go through these below:
- Shuriken (Basic): Throws three shuriken in a spread pattern to deal damage. Three charges of this move can be stored, and its cooldown restores all three charges.
- Deflect (Basic): For 1.25 seconds, Genji blocks damage and automatically fires back Kunai, dealing damage to the closest enemy.
- Swift Strike (Basic): A forward dash that deals damage to enemies in the area of effect. The cooldown and mana cost of this ability is automatically replenished if an enemy hero dies within two seconds of being hit by this attack.
- Dragonblade (Heroic): For eight seconds, Genji unleashes his sword, just like his Ultimate in Overwatch. In conjunction with Swift Strike, he can lunge forward to deal damage in a large arc. Swift Strike’s replenish condition still applies.
- X-Strike (Heroic): Unique to Heroes of the Storm, Genji slashes his target twice to deal damage. After 1.25 seconds, an area of effect deals additional damage.
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