With rumors of yet another goody-two-shoes holy light slinging hero in the form of Anduin, I thought this would be an interesting topic to discuss. Could hots use more evil supports? I would really love to see more truly evil healers of some sort in this game.
I don’t necessarily mean lorewise but rather in playstyle and flavor. I.E. Whitemane is considered evil in lore but her kit doesn’t have that darkness/evil feel to it. You feel more like a hero than a villain when you’re calling upon holy light to heal allies and burn foes.
All we have is Stukov (1 out of 16 supports), and although his kit definitely has a dark-ish flare to it, more often than not, it feels like a science-y type healer with all the chemical reactions on his trait and talents. The rest of the support roster heals their comrades with the power of nature, light, and medicine.
One of my favorite games I’ve been playing outside of Heroes of the Storm is Battlerite, in which I also main healers. My main champion is a healer named Pestilus, a grotesque monstrosity that uses parasites, insects, and dark magic to harvest life from enemies and funnel it into his allies.
The main mechanic his character revolves around is fear (much like gul’dans but not as powerful since it’s a basic ability). I always thought it would be interesting to have fear as a mechanic in this game. Probably his most interesting mechanic is his Infest, which allows him to disperse into a cloud of parasites and infest either an ally (healing them, boosting their damage, and reducing damage taken) or an enemy (draining their health, lowering their damage, and increasing damage taken).
All of this just works to give a unique experience that makes you feel like a dark master, a villain, a puppeteer who controls the battleground with chaos. Extraordinary! So who are the likely candidates for this games?
Belial (Diablo) - Lord of Lies. This character could go many different ways. I’d love to see him as a support that uses deception and dark magic to confuse enemies and give allies tactical advantages on the battleground.
Old Gods (Warcraft) - Any one will do. C’thun, Yogg Saron, N’zoth, Y’shaarj, doesn’t matter. Possibly our first core replacement hero, though if that mechanic proves too difficult to implement you could just have a host/avatar of the old god (similar to how Yogg Saron uses a vrykul avatar, Sara, to interact with mortals).
Moira (Overwatch) - Simple as it gets. I feel her kit would translate into a moba like HotS perfectly. Her vibe is exactly what I’m looking for; draining life from enemies to transfuse into allies. Sucking the life out of enemies with her orb, beam, and auto attack.
Have I missed any other potential characters? Who else would make a fantastic dark/evil healer?
