- For other uses, see Ancient Protector (disambiguation).
| Ancient Protector | |
|---|---|
| Race | Ancient |
| Faction | Night Elf Sentinels |
| Statistics | |
| Hit points | 600 |
| Hit point regeneration | Night |
| Hit point regeneration rate | 0.50 HP/sec. |
| Level | 3 |
| Gold |
135  |
| Lumber |
80  |
| Build time | 55 sec. |
| Requires | Hunter's Hall |
| Hotkey | P |
| Combat | |
| Weapon(s) | Throwing Rocks (Rooted); Ancient Claws (Uprooted) |
| Normal attack |
45-54 (49.5 avg)
|
| Can attack |
Ground, Structure, Debris, Air, Item, Ward
|
| Range | 70 |
| Attack type | Piercing |
| Cooldown | 1.70 sec. |
| Weapon type | Missile Splash |
| Secondary attack | 26-33 (29.5 avg) |
| Can attack | Ground, Structure, Debris, Item, Ward |
| Range | Melee (12.8) |
| Attack type | Normal |
| Cooldown | 1.40 sec. |
| Weapon type | Normal |
| Armor Type | Fortified (Rooted); Heavy (Uprooted) |
| Armor | 1 |
| Day Sight | 190 |
| Night Sight | 80 |
| Movement Speed | 40 (While Uprooted) |
| Turn Rate | 0.40 |
This article contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.
Spells and abilities[]
Eat Tree[]
- Consume a tree to restore 500 hit points over 30 seconds.
| Duration | Effect |
|---|---|
| 30 sec. | Heals 500 hit points. |
Uproot[]
- Allows the Ancient to pull itself up out of the ground so that it can move and engage units in melee combat.
- Also gives the Ancient Heavy armor.
| Duration | Effect |
|---|---|
| 2.50 sec. | Can move, switches to attack 2, gets Heavy armor. |
Root[]
- Burrows the Ancient's roots into the ground, rendering it immobile, but allowing it to hurl enormous rocks through the air to damage enemy units.
- Also gives the Ancient Fortified armor.
| Duration | Effect |
|---|---|
| 2.50 sec. | Can't move, switches to attack 1, gets Fortified armor. |
Upgrades[]
- Nature's Blessing
- Upgrades all Ancients' and Treants' movement speed and armor.
| Research Cost | Researched At | Requirements | Upgrade Time | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 200 |
Tree of Life/Tree of Ages/Tree of Eternity | Tree of Ages/Tree of Eternity | 60 sec. | Armor: 3 Movement Speed: 80 |
Patch changes[]
Patch 1.17 (2004-09-20): Rooted attack now uses a homing missile. - Patch 1.13 (2003-12-16): Eat Tree now heals 500 hit points over 30 seconds, up from 200 hit points over 10 seconds.
- Patch 1.10 (2003-07-03): Ancients now attack while rooted.
- Patch 1.06 (2003-06-03): Ancients temporarily lose their fortified armor when they uproot, becoming medium armor units.
- Patch 1.04 (2002-11-04):
- Ancient Protector cost reduced to 160/80 from 240/100.
- Ancient Protector hit points increased to 600 from 550.
- Ancient Protector armor decreased to 1 from 2.
- Ancient Protector minimum range reduced to 0 from 200.
- Ancient Protector ranged attack damage reduced to 1d10+44 from 1d13+51.
- Ancient Protector damage type changed to pierce from siege.
- Ancient Protector splash damage reduced.
- Patch 1.01 (2002-07-05):
- Rooted damage increased to 52-64 (58 avg) from 43-65.
- Nature's Blessing upgrade is now first available at Tree of Ages instead of Tree of Eternity.
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