Ancient of Wind (Warcraft III)

For lore, see Ancient of Wind.

Ancient of Wind
Classic Reforged
Race	Ancient
Faction	Night Elf Sentinels
Statistics
Hit points	900
Hit point regeneration	Night
Hit point regeneration rate	0.50 HP/sec.
Level	1
Gold	150
Lumber	140
Build time	60 sec.
Requires	Tree of Ages
Hotkey	W
Combat
Weapon(s)	Ancient Claws
Normal attack	38-46 (42 avg)
Can attack	Ground, Structure, Debris, Item, Ward
Range	12.8
Attack type	Normal
Cooldown	2.50 sec.
Weapon type	Normal
Armor Type	Fortified (Rooted); Heavy (Uprooted)
Armor	2
Day Sight	90
Night Sight	60
Movement Speed	40 (While Uprooted)

This article contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.

Ancients of Wind, or Ancients of the wind, are able to tap into the more feral side of nature. The ancient of the wind allows contact with the stoic Druids of the Talon. This site also provides a location for the taming of the mighty hippogryphs.

Production

Units produced

• ROC
• TFT

Unit
Hippogryph	Druid of the Talon	-

Unit
Hippogryph	Druid of the Talon	Faerie Dragon

Upgrades available

• ROC
• TFT

Research
Hippogryph Taming	Druid of the Talon Adept Training	Druid of the Talon Master Training

Research
Mark of the Talon	Druid of the Talon Adept Training	Druid of the Talon Master Training

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.

Also gives the Ancient Heavy armor.

Duration	Effect
2.50 sec.	Can move, gets Heavy armor.

Root

Burrows the Ancient's roots into the ground, rendering it immobile, but allowing it to build units.

Also gives the Ancient Fortified armor.

Duration	Effect
2.50 sec.	Can't move, 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: 7 Movement Speed: 80

Patch changes

• Patch 1.13 (2003-12-16): Eat trees 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 1.01 (2002-07-05):
  • Hit points increased to 1000 from 750.
  • Nature's Blessing upgrade is now first available at Tree of Ages instead of Tree of Eternity.