The moment you recognize the song from Warcraft3, and you start to remember the Night Elf campaign, which had the same soundtrack when playing with Maiew. Then, realizing that Maiew could gather Shadow Orb Fragments in the Tomb of Sargeras and she could gain the Orb of Shadow item upon finding all pieces (lvl20 traits). Nice hints that they still didn't forget these little things that made my childhood.
And also Naisha's Momento. She's death make Maiev extremely angry to create a new powerful ability: Avatar of Revenger Too bad she cannot produce tons of babies in HOTS
Warden armor is pretty fkin neat now since she has a kit in here? it is possible when the old gods come out she will teach the night elf to be wardens as a class for them blood elf get spellbreaker from the guardians human would get a new Warrior/knight thing orc blademaster tauren perhaps Totemic either i'd be new classes OR just an added spec for rogue warr pally shammy etc.
Does she really seem that bad to you? Her leash ability seems to only work at melee range so you just stay back. It'll mostly depend on what her cool downs look like
ElectricDreams indeed... curing a cancer with another cancer. this is what this game has come to. with high mobility heroes, power creep is inevitable.....
Naisha: " Go, mistress! The goddess will light our path to the here after " Maiev Shadowsong: " I will not forget you, my sister You will be avanged, I swear it "
Also, all universe swap skins from Lunara/Tyrande/Illidan/Malfurion allude to her being High Priestess, so it's a bit disappointing to get a token Diablo skin instead, yeah. Oh well though! Maybe she has a Priestess Skin tint, her Fan of Knives calls down a mini starfall talented so it won't require too much imagination to make it work!
That's true to all heroes not just Genji, but no matter what Maiev's kit already counter Genji so either she can kill him in solo or minimize his activity in teamfight. To me most people will try to do the latter.
Loved the touch that MOST of the spotlight actually had the music from the first mission of Warcraft 3 frozen throne. Aka, the mission where you play Maiev for the first time. :D
@@layuzed1303 Ikr? We need more Maiev and her afterthoughts of the events of Legion. We can bet she probably wont be on the Alliance side tho, with how she views the Sentinels and other non night elf races.
XainonN nope. he was prisoned for 10,000 years until tyrande came and released him. the containment disc was the fel magic of the illdari that was used against them into their own prison.
This is Night Elf Frozen Throne music. And Maiev is a Frozen Throne character. Nerdgasm/10. Whoever picked the audio for Maiev highlights really did his research and picked the right one.
"I am the hand of justice!" "Illidan is out there somewhere." "We're wasting time here." "The hunt awaits!" "Justice will be done." "We must hurry." "I can wait no longer!" "The guilty will suffer!" "Now is the time!" "I will finish the hunt." "The end draws near." "Ashal thera'das!" "For justice!" "For the Watchers!" "Tor'ilisar thera'nal!" "I watched the barrow prisons for over ten thousand years." "Yet I'm the one who feels caged." "I feel hollow inside. Vengeance is all I have left." "Tyrande will pay for setting Illidan free." "I will recapture Illidan, or die trying."
By the way, she does not have horns like Illidan or Alextrasza, her helmet was forged that way for her ears and eyebrows BUT for the enemy to see her as a more threatening enemy. Also, I like how her cape covers her and makes her look when she is standing still. I'm really excited to buy and play with the Hero, I didn't buy Hanzo or Blaze and haven't even TryMode them. I will send a text to Hana Song to see if she wants to try some new cool things :) Cheers devs & blizz!
I love her kit! It actually looks really unique! I think a lot of people were worried she'd just be a Zeratul-copy, but she's definitely set apart with this!
Imagine Illidan getting hit by her ult, using The Hunt with his scream "Feel the hatred of ten thousand years." and as soon as he hits his target, Maiev imprison him with the second cast of the ability. Sad Illidan
Heroes did Maiev more justice in one character patch than WoW has in over a dozen years. Add on that Wardens are my favorite representation of night elves, retaining that grim savagery from when they used to offer slabs of their foes' flesh to Elune. I got distracted. Anyway can we offer enemy players' flesh to Elune?
Yes, if you play in a team with Butcher and you kill a hero near him. It's not exactly Elune, you offer it to Butcher, but a pound of flesh is a pound of flesh.
She looks awesome. Weird run cycle though. Passive is probably bonkers. And the first ult combined with an Anub Cocoon, goodbye fair teamfights lol. The Shadow Orb theme for her lvl 20s is really cool, that was indeed one of the most fun quests in her campaign.
i thought she'd be more single target focused since her whole deal was hunting and getting ready to kill/jail one guy, but she still looks pretty good and fun though
Chromie main with Maiev in his team: *sadistic joy intensifies* Chromie main with Maiev in the opposing team: *pours salt everywhere and in alternate timelines*
but the reason they made her blink more unique is because there are already enough generic teleports in the game. Zeratul's and tracers blink skills for one, not to mention the number of bolt of the storm abilities.
Thutmose Ra That shadow thing she shoots out with her E kinda counts as an avatar of vengence. Also those pillars she creates with her R are also a nod to the shadow of vengence
4:08 If you get tethered to Maiev, stay within range of her to avoid being pulled Alarak be like, nope Alarak stays within range and pulls her to him instead
People were upset over Genji and Hanzo's high mobility. So, as a nerf we're releasing Maiev. Butcher a bit annoying? As a nerf we're releasing Maiev with an ult to bind him and a bounce and teleport to avoid him That's what I heard while watching this. I was already planning to main her for a while, but now, I think I'm in love.
I was wondering if Maiev would even be playable in HotS, given how Zeratul's rework made him very similar to the WC3 Warden hero. Cool to see her with a very unique but fitting set of abilities! I'm usually not into Assassins, but her CC looks like it could be rather fun. Now...where is Fenix?
First heroic ability should disable Illidan for 10000 years
>maiev imprisoned and hunted illidan for ages
>weak single target damage
That explains a lot
lmao
If there are 2 Illidans in a row...
Which is funny because in WC3 she specializes on focus firing and hunting single targets.
The moment you recognize the song from Warcraft3, and you start to remember the Night Elf campaign, which had the same soundtrack when playing with Maiew.
Then, realizing that Maiew could gather Shadow Orb Fragments in the Tomb of Sargeras and she could gain the Orb of Shadow item upon finding all pieces (lvl20 traits).
Nice hints that they still didn't forget these little things that made my childhood.
And also Naisha's Momento. She's death make Maiev extremely angry to create a new powerful ability: Avatar of Revenger
Too bad she cannot produce tons of babies in HOTS
This is sort of sad...
shes death lol@@spike333s3
Maiev is one of the coolest characters Blizzard has ever designed. Her armor is just awesome
Warden armor is pretty fkin neat now since she has a kit in here? it is possible when the old gods come out she will teach the night elf to be wardens as a class for them blood elf get spellbreaker from the guardians human would get a new Warrior/knight thing orc blademaster tauren perhaps Totemic either i'd be new classes OR just an added spec for rogue warr pally shammy etc.
**Tyrael slowly slides into frame**
"So, I hear you're into justice."
The Blank King ROFL SOO COOL
*Throws sword from nowhere in space and appears*
LMAO, i doubt tyrael would share the fetishes of imprisonment though :bwsilly:
Mackparker I mean Tyrael also kinda imprisoned Diablo, Baal, and Mephisto into soulstones for centuries soooo
**Hears Night Elf theme, Shadow Strike sound and sees "Shadow Orb"** Me: "Great, now I wanna play Frozen Throne Night Elf campaign again."
warcraft 4! i'M sad that my brother won't see it .
The nostalgia was SOO real hearing that music
I'm with you man
Yep, and seeing your Picture also makes me want to Replay Code Veronica too.
Play Code Veronica and then play Frozen Throne, I'd say.
"counters high mobility heroes like Genji" I didn't know Blizzard was working on a cure for cancer but more power to them if they are
Does she really seem that bad to you? Her leash ability seems to only work at melee range so you just stay back. It'll mostly depend on what her cool downs look like
genji and hig mobility heroes has many counters.. n00b
ElectricDreams indeed... curing a cancer with another cancer. this is what this game has come to. with high mobility heroes, power creep is inevitable.....
displacement displacement displacement!! notice how lots of our newer heroes have them?
lmao
Naisha: " Go, mistress! The goddess will light our path to the here after " Maiev Shadowsong: " I will not forget you, my sister You will be avanged, I swear it "
AloneWolf don't make me cry. Naishas and Yseras deaths are the most tragic events for me. And the first death of my Warchief
Do you have fun hurting others like this?!
Naisha's memento TT_TT
I love that campaign game.
I'm surprised made such an impact she was such a minor character. But she keeps appearing everywhere, she's now even mentioned in HOTS ..
A Maiev priestess skin would make perfect sense, considering she actually WAS a priestess before becoming a warden.
Also, all universe swap skins from Lunara/Tyrande/Illidan/Malfurion allude to her being High Priestess, so it's a bit disappointing to get a token Diablo skin instead, yeah. Oh well though! Maybe she has a Priestess Skin tint, her Fan of Knives calls down a mini starfall talented so it won't require too much imagination to make it work!
They can introduce the new one at any time though! Fingers crossed!
I imagine it's something in the works people will definitely be demanding it.
@@garretthunter2916 Guess I called it two years ago!!!
A lot of knives were shown in this video. Maiev must be a big fan of knives.
I'll show myself out.
Actually, one of the best puns I've seen so far. Be proud.
Good show, sir!
AUHAUHAHUA
D E M O N E T I Z E D
Have you heard Maiev's on-click jokes yet? You should. I think you will be pleased.
Now Maiev needs is a priestess skin to match up with betrayel Furion, warden Tyrande and shan'do Illidan :P
Good idea
Pretty sure the Lunara skin references High Priestess Shadowsong
truthlies uchiha motred is based of maiev though
It would suprise me if she hadn't. or will get it soon. not hard to do too.
demon hunter, shando, and priestess maive's would be awesome.
"Vault" of the Wardens... I see what you did there, Blizz
Her ultimate Containment Disc, can cc Illidan for 10 thousand years.
I'm not locked in here with you....
>uses ulti
YOU'RE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME
ILLIDAN IS OUT THERE, SOMEWHERE
Maiev: For justice!
Everyone, who's played WC3: Don't you mean vengence?
For the Watchers!
I'm out of time
The end draws near..
I can wait no longer
The end draws near.....
"Maiev is particularly strong against high mobility heroes like Genji" so she is a meta breaker. GONNA BE TOP PICK BOIS, WIPE OUT THOSE NINJAS
That's true to all heroes not just Genji, but no matter what Maiev's kit already counter Genji so either she can kill him in solo or minimize his activity in teamfight. To me most people will try to do the latter.
Not to mention even against other heroes she has some fairly decent setup for her team.
God how I love that you've added original wc3 music...
She came to the nexus because she misses illidan
@@ZaZi-Zeta01 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Yandere stalker energy
4:47 that Shadow Strike sound... IT'S BACK!!!
WC3 fanboyz Q_Q
Aah, how I missed it! Kinda of like how Kel'Thuzad's D&D uses the warcraft 2 audio, so nice to hear again :D
I was hoping she had an ultimate that turns her into the avatar when i first saw the video :/
I was hoping her Avatar can be Unstoppable and create tons of Spirits
yeah i love this sound alot since warcraft 3 xD
Loved the touch that MOST of the spotlight actually had the music from the first mission of Warcraft 3 frozen throne.
Aka, the mission where you play Maiev for the first time. :D
She needed to pick up a new job after Illidan went to party with the Pantheon.
xD
i wonder where is her lore for that part and forward. She simply vanished from the game.
@@layuzed1303 Ikr? We need more Maiev and her afterthoughts of the events of Legion.
We can bet she probably wont be on the Alliance side tho, with how she views the Sentinels and other non night elf races.
Vault of the Wardens being a literal vault into the air.
I approve of this pun Blizzard.
Thomas Henry So what you are saying is blizzard shall see no PUNishment for this wording.
WC3 THROWBACK WITH THE NIGHT ELVES' SOUNDTRACK
THE CHILLS ON MY SPINE HAVE RETURNED
"Quit your posturing Maiev, and do what you do best and follow me." - Illidan Stormrage
Imagine being stalked for 10000 years.
Christian Gunawan
Kick her in the face
@@Grand_Kekthew_ no u
This post was made by the Shadowsong Gang
The hero spotlight videos keeps getting better; good job to the team that makes them.
the real question is, works containment disc on Illidan for 10.000 years?
XainonN nope. he was prisoned for 10,000 years until tyrande came and released him. the containment disc was the fel magic of the illdari that was used against them into their own prison.
Nobody pointing out that the first two heroes Maiev hit with her Containment disks are demonhunters? First illidan, then demon hunter valeera?
And then she has an opportunity to shoot Valla (DH from Diablo) but instead she focuses Alexstrasza. DISAPPOINTED!
Your blood shall be your PRISION!
XD
i love how the only time blizzard remembers that the lost vikings exist is when they use them as target dummies in spotlights
Ahhh, that Wc3 Night Elf music.
This is Night Elf Frozen Throne music. And Maiev is a Frozen Throne character.
Nerdgasm/10. Whoever picked the audio for Maiev highlights really did his research and picked the right one.
The music tho. Oh the memories. I only wish she'd look like how she looked in w3 with only half of her face covered
She actually has the shadow orb talent ah the memories :').
So she did collect those items. :3
Illidan: Skull of Gul'dan
Maiev: Shadow Orb - Gul'dan's Artifact. :3
Her talent is called Naisha's Memento. If that doesn't make you feel... I don't know what will. :'(
Yeah poor thing and her brother hate her. :'(
I can still picture Naisha's death in my mind when I used to played Warcraft 3. RIP Naisha... You will be avenged..
Crushed by puny pebbles :P
"Illidan is out there somewhere"
Harry Chu guilty must suffer
*off in the distance* YOUUUUUUU AREEE NOTTTTT PREPAREDDDDD!!!
"I can wait no longer"
-Maiev 2005, TFT War3
its "i can wait no longer" but good game tho, good times
"I am the hand of justice!"
"Illidan is out there somewhere."
"We're wasting time here."
"The hunt awaits!"
"Justice will be done."
"We must hurry."
"I can wait no longer!"
"The guilty will suffer!"
"Now is the time!"
"I will finish the hunt."
"The end draws near."
"Ashal thera'das!"
"For justice!"
"For the Watchers!"
"Tor'ilisar thera'nal!"
"I watched the barrow prisons for over ten thousand years."
"Yet I'm the one who feels caged."
"I feel hollow inside. Vengeance is all I have left."
"Tyrande will pay for setting Illidan free."
"I will recapture Illidan, or die trying."
Her trait is a hard counter to Illidan's On the Hunt ... talk about flavor.
yea so she dodges it, he then finishes her off shortly after.
She dodges it then teleports away to safety.
or she could of just been baiting him into an ambush. :P
her tele is much like sylvanis's its not an instant blink the avatar has to travel, between illidans dash and leap hes likely to catch up
Tom Dibernardo on the hunt starts, she throws E, hits d to dodge the ability and then blinks
By the way, she does not have horns like Illidan or Alextrasza, her helmet was forged that way for her ears and eyebrows BUT for the enemy to see her as a more threatening enemy. Also, I like how her cape covers her and makes her look when she is standing still. I'm really excited to buy and play with the Hero, I didn't buy Hanzo or Blaze and haven't even TryMode them. I will send a text to Hana Song to see if she wants to try some new cool things :) Cheers devs & blizz!
Boy I do love heroes that can negate damage and cc with the press of a button. Don't have enough of those.
Looks like her skill cap is going to be through the roof! Happy for a counter to Genji though
hard champ vs "hard champ" genji I LUV IT
she wont be as hard a genji counter as you guys think. The hyper mobility meta isnt going anywhere anytime soon
Illidan is out there somewhere. I can wait no longer.
Warcraft 3
Justice shall be swift.
Well she can look long in hots for illidan since nobody plays him :-D
Now is the time the guilty will suffer
Can we talk about how, "Vault of the Wardens" might be the single greatest pun of all time?
Vault is also a term you use when you jump over something. Vault of the Wardens is also a dungeon in World of Warcraft.
i think that was very clever like i didn't even laugh i was like 'dude. i get what you're saying, and that was very well played. i'm impressed.
It was well played. Blizzard does that a lot.
I just adore, absolutely adore, the animations for this character. They look SO cool.
Maiev is easily on of the most badass heroes in Warcraft
NEVER EVER stop using the W3 soundtrack, it is your peak, be proud of it Blizzard.
I love her kit! It actually looks really unique! I think a lot of people were worried she'd just be a Zeratul-copy, but she's definitely set apart with this!
Really unique... All of his skill, are reharses of older ones, (E is form Sylvanas) or just the same skill, with 2 different procs Q and w.
"Illidan is out there somewhere!"
god i loved her campaign
same, very very very epic yet personal.
OMG the NIght Elf music.... THE MEMORIES!!!
FINALY a legit counter to the cancer that is known as genji
Another counter* Varian with taunt already hard counters him.
Sadly, every varian player out there goes Twin Blades. /s
I don't go twin blades I base it on what my team needs so I chose taunt if I'm the only tank.
The warcraft 3 nostalgia is strong with this video.
I was going to write that, War3 Night Elf soundtrack :)
@raphael dos Santos, possibly the best soundtrack in game.
2:13 ilidan being imprisoned for another 10000 years
Imagine Illidan getting hit by her ult, using The Hunt with his scream "Feel the hatred of ten thousand years." and as soon as he hits his target, Maiev imprison him with the second cast of the ability. Sad Illidan
This explains why she wasn't in the end content of Legion.
Danzibe89 lol
Never expected her to be in HotS. One of the best surprises i've ever had :')
Judging her kit in W3 I had expected she would be a Zeratul skin. However I really liked how she turned out
That night elf music in the background... god it brings back memories of frozen throne
I know right?
Best vame XD
Game*
Heroes did Maiev more justice in one character patch than WoW has in over a dozen years. Add on that Wardens are my favorite representation of night elves, retaining that grim savagery from when they used to offer slabs of their foes' flesh to Elune.
I got distracted. Anyway can we offer enemy players' flesh to Elune?
we shall offer many kilos.
Yes, if you play in a team with Butcher and you kill a hero near him. It's not exactly Elune, you offer it to Butcher, but a pound of flesh is a pound of flesh.
She looks awesome. Weird run cycle though.
Passive is probably bonkers. And the first ult combined with an Anub Cocoon, goodbye fair teamfights lol.
The Shadow Orb theme for her lvl 20s is really cool, that was indeed one of the most fun quests in her campaign.
Umbral bind + stiches helping hand = hilarious capacity to troll the enemy team
Omg the wc3 nelf music, the nostalgia is real :D
Ahhhh, the night elf music from wc3 brings back so many memories...
Warcraft 3's Night Elf theme is a perfect choice for introduction
When the WC3 night elf theme started playing. Right in the nostalgia
throwmeaname Good times
Because of this spotlight, i need to replay her campaign once again! BTW, that background music brings back some good memories.
i thought she'd be more single target focused since her whole deal was hunting and getting ready to kill/jail one guy, but she still looks pretty good and fun though
That's why she could never catch Illidan.
lol
#Warcraft 3 Hype
LEGION_TD When?!?!
Abelhawk? hahahaa HYPE NICEONE
Woah didnt expect you to be here
the soundtrack on behind... goosebumps
i like how her Containment Disk was used on Illidan lol
YAY lore-hype YAY!
Her voice hasn't changed since Warcraft III :D
could be a tad younger tbh but you literally HEAR the vengeance
Chromie main with Maiev in his team: *sadistic joy intensifies*
Chromie main with Maiev in the opposing team: *pours salt everywhere and in alternate timelines*
Love that WC3 music & sound effects
the soundtrack from WC3 nails me every time :3
That background music, so nostalgia
"allows her to vault in the air avoiding damage"
shows her dodging an ability that comes from the sky
Xenozillex ikr
I can picture her jumping right into the hammer.... xD
Loving that Warcraft III Night Elf theme! :)
Don't we all love it? :)
Man that tft music brings back so much. I remember first loading up the NE campaign and playing as Maiev
That WC3 night elf soundtrack though ❤️❤️
So much hype, that war3 soundtrack tho, getting nostalgia value
Warcraft 3 Night Elf Theme...
The memories...
Can we talk about how great Warcraft 3's music is?
"Vault of the Wardens" You so puny Blizzard.
Noximus Jamaicanus ice seen this comment too much,what am I missing?
It is a play on words. In one context vault means to jump, but in another, it means to contain someone. The joke lies in the resulting pun.
Mannoroth, Baal, MalGanis, Mephisto, Belial, Archimonde, Andariel. there are so many brilliant heros in the blizz universe left
I was not prepared for this.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
The shadow orb reference is cool though, I always collected all ten fragments when I played the NE campaign \o/
So Maiev finally followed Illidan into the Nexus huh... "The hunter is nothing without the hunt".
Unexpected, but cool. Always been a big fan of the Warden design
she really has the “you’re not getting away” feel
Amer Turkistani and i love that..
I haven't played in awhile.. But good to see hots still swinging hard. Time to comeback to the nexus!
This hero is actually really well designed, can be extremely strong but definitely needs skill to use properly.
Zeratul stole her kit, so she now gets new and more awesome abilities.
U did an amazing work on her kit..she is one of my most wanted heroes .THANK U
That warcraft 3 night elf song
The music was worth watching for alone!
Little disappointed that Blink isn’t taking a more central role.
It’s kind of her thing.
Yeah I guess Zeratul took that from her. Now she has the poor man's blink in the form of her E.
FOK was more iconic for her. Blink was just a generic teleport skill with a 1 second cd for reasons.
but the reason they made her blink more unique is because there are already enough generic teleports in the game. Zeratul's and tracers blink skills for one, not to mention the number of bolt of the storm abilities.
I also disappointed when her ultimate skill in Warcraft 3 TFT Summon Avatar of Vengeance was not implemented to the game.
Thutmose Ra
That shadow thing she shoots out with her E kinda counts as an avatar of vengence. Also those pillars she creates with her R are also a nod to the shadow of vengence
They used Warcraft 3 Night elf song 😍😍
4:08 If you get tethered to Maiev, stay within range of her to avoid being pulled
Alarak be like, nope
Alarak stays within range and pulls her to him instead
Ironic tho
No one messes with the highlord ofc,
Lovely Night Elf's music from warcraft 3 😍
People were upset over Genji and Hanzo's high mobility.
So, as a nerf we're releasing Maiev.
Butcher a bit annoying?
As a nerf we're releasing Maiev with an ult to bind him and a bounce and teleport to avoid him
That's what I heard while watching this. I was already planning to main her for a while, but now, I think I'm in love.
After using _Fan of Knives_ does she draw a card...
Onlime never played Warcraft 3 huh noob
... You do realize he's referring to the hearthstone card and just joking, right?
/Summon Pot of Greed, and you can draw 5 cards from your deck/
It was a Hearstone joke
Hahahahhaa, Epic!
Maiev is my favourite character of all time. Just the see her again i returned to wow after long time.
People were making fun that her Passive would stop illidan or is ult the hunt. Well for the first time a meme was right.
I don't love knives, but I'm definitely a fan.
I was wondering if Maiev would even be playable in HotS, given how Zeratul's rework made him very similar to the WC3 Warden hero. Cool to see her with a very unique but fitting set of abilities! I'm usually not into Assassins, but her CC looks like it could be rather fun.
Now...where is Fenix?
Agreed, just need Fenix/Talandar and I will have all the heroes I desire in the nexus.
THIS MUSIC IS SO NOSTALGIC!!!
YES