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Hey everyone,

Today I am going to be playing Arthas! Although I am not very familiar with his abilities I'm gonna give it a whirl anyway. I've heard he's an awesome melee fighter and I want to see for myself.

Icy Arthas has some really cool moves when it comes to getting rid of pesky heroes. He's fairly mobile although sometimes I felt like he lacked the reach necessary to really hunt down heroes and get those crucial last hits on them. I suppose this is why his abilities (at least most of them) chill and root.

His Q allows you to get a little bit of damage on your enemy as they flee, which often is not enough for the kill. But if you time your attacks right, it can be, and being able to kill with it, especially if you miss a root or slow, can be very satisfying.

His W roots and slows enemies in a small area. This can be useful for slowing the movement of your enemies, either to catch up or to prevent escape. It's also very useful for straight up killing them. In later levels, it does a good amount of damage and I was surprised as to how many times I last hit with it.

His E is an aura that chills enemies and also deals damage. While the damage is negligible, it does help to deal with some of the minions as you execute the others one by one. More importantly to this, there is a stacking debuff that slows up to a maximum of 30% and this is the scary part. If you're in it long enough, you will have a very very hard time getting away from Arthas. And once he's got you in his icy grips, it's good night for sure.

His R is a bit of a toss up. It's a summon spell either way, and you have to consider whether you want sustained damage from multiple sources, or a burst of damage from just one. Either way, working with his heroic ability can be fun and satisfying. For this video, I chose the ghouls because well, I used to play a Death Knight in Warcraft and what other way to represent your power than to summon the dead to do your bidding for you?

He also has a D ability which I rarely used until I learned it's power. It amplifies the damage your next basic attack does which is huge - but also helps to restore mana, which also helps quite a bit to keep you in lane longer.

Overall I think Arthas is a pretty solid hero, and once you get past t he learning curve (which isn't that curvy) you will be making heads roll in no time.

Hope you enjoy this video, and if you have any builds of your own please leave them in the comments section below!

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