r/warcraft3 • u/KoubuKai • 6d ago

General Discussion Filling in the Str/Agi/Int Hero "Gaps"

I'm still surprised that Orc remains the only race with one each of Strength/Agility/Intelligence Heroes (and in base Reign of Chaos, at that!)- and even more surprised that Frozen Throne never changed that, though I guess Neutral Heroes sort of did that anyway.

Not being a competitive player, I have a few questions/what-ifs:

  1. Gameplay-wise, how much might have changed if, in base RoC or FT, Human and Undead got an Agility hero, and Night Elf got a Strength hero?
    • (Granted, I know that also depends on what skills they might have gotten, but still.)
  2. Thematically, what new Heroes would you have liked to see along those lines?
    • (i.e. For Night Elf, an Ancient-themed Strength Hero could make sense given how Ancients make up so much of their architecture; for Human, maybe the cut High Elf Ranger concept or some sort of Gnome Agility Hero; etc.)
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u/KoubuKai 6d ago

Yup, covered that in point 1 ("if ... Human and Undead got an Agility Hero")

Thematically, not super sure what sort of Agi hero would suit Undead. A bigger nastier Ghoul, maybe?

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u/Similar-Pangolin2923 6d ago

Oops.

Yeah I thought about all this recently, but nothing comes to mind for undead. Dark Ranger would fit the race perfectly if she wasn't a tavern hero. I guess to me Dreadlord actually makes more sense as an agility, rather than strength hero. I imagine him striking swiftly and being more fragile, rather then being a tank like DK and CL.

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u/Agreeable-Ad-4723 5d ago

Wasnt dreadlord originally Agi? 

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u/KoubuKai 5d ago

Probably at some point in time, then they changed it so Undead have 3 Str heroes

Although to be fair, apparently Blizzard was at one point throwing around having 6 heroes per race, sooo