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It's been tough to wrangle enough players to get a full game of Blizzard's new DOTA map going
on the show floor so far, but we've had plenty of time to get familiar with the character selection
screen. We've taken down the full list of the abilities of half of them so far. the game plays very
similar to Warcraft III's DOTA AllStars map. Read on to see Blizzard's own take on the
competitive genre birthed inside their RTS games.
Each hero has one passive aura that they don't need to train, which is listed first on their bullet
point list of abilities. They also have an ultimate ability, which is listed last.
- Flare area, enemy units deal less damage andhave less armor
- Rally, nearby units have increased movement and attack speed temporarily
- Thunderclap, damage and slows movement and attack speed of nearby enemies
Zeratul - Protoss Dark Zealot that specializes in attack, abilities, and speed
- Phase Strike, teleports and damages all enemies he touches on the way
- Blink, teleport
- Asura's Call, all units attack you, attack faster, but for less damage
- Aqua Shot, 10% chance attack will do aoe and slow attack speed of enemies
- Ensnare, immobilize enemies in a net
- Disease Cloud, damages all nearby enemies for 0.5% of max health/second
- Putrid Bite, circle of debuff on the ground that damages and slows.
The remaining six heroes playable on the show floor are: Kerrigan, Sylvannas, a hydralisk, a
terran ghost, an ultralisk, and a tauren space marine (L80ETC).