Notes

The level of success a player will have, when playing Blackhand, will revolve around their management of Heat. Heat is used to empower Blackhand's abilities, and some talents provide powerful, long duration bonuses.



Strengths:

-- Blackhand is deals incredible amounts of damage when he reaches his target.

-- Blackhand's durability is incredibly high, thanks to Blackrock Armour.

-- Empowered abilities are extremely powerful.

-- Blackhand has access to a few talents which cover his weaknesses.

-- Because Blackhand has limited mobility, he is better against immobile targets such as Kael'Thas, Varian, or Butcher.



Weaknesses:

-- Blackhand has very limited mobility. His only mobility skill comes from his ultimate, Skewer. Skewer, however is on along cooldown.

-- When Blackhand activates Blackrock Armour, he moves significantly slower than normal, which can allow enemies to run away from him.

-- Heat can be spent quickly, especially when using an empowered ability. Mismanaging Heat can leave the player in tricky situations.



Compare the functionality of Skewer to Diablo's Shadow Charge. Skewer will push enemies to the maximum range of the ability, unless stopped by a wall.



The level 1 talents are incredibly potent, but spend all of your heat. Take this into account when fighting.