heroes High Inquisitor Sally Whitemane Overview

[Stan 5,249]

Everything we know about the latest ranged support Hero that will go live next week.

Whitemane is now available for testing on PTR and this article contains everything you need to know about the High Inquisitor.

Here are some useful links to get you started with the latest patch that will go live the week of August 7. 

• Whitemane PTR Patch Notes: July 30
• Whitemane Artwork

High Inquisitor Whitemane (Ranged Support)

As the High Inquisitor of the Scarlet Crusade, Sally Whitemane zealously leads her champions in a never-ending war against the undead. Under her guiding Light, all who have been touched by the plague of death will be purged by her cleansing flame… even those who attempt to hide in the Nexus!

Strengths

• Flexible healing style
• Debuffs and disruption

Weaknesses

• Costly burst healing
• No escape

Hero Spotlight

Available Skins

High Inquisitor Whitemane

Lordaeron Whitemane

Vengeful Whitemane

Twilight Whitemane

Scarlet Whitemane

Celestial Empress Whitemane

From the depths of space, the Celestial Empress has bitterly observed the Star Queen squander her magical power. Once the stars are aligned in her favor, Whitemane will overthrow Li-Ming and bathe the galaxy in cosmic fire.

Warpspace Empress Whitemane

Galactic Empress Whitemane

Whitemane Abilities

[Trait] Zeal

Whitemane's healing Abilities apply Zeal for 8 seconds. Allies with Zeal are healed for 100% of the damage Whitemane deals to Heroes.

[Q] Desperate Plea (Mana: 30)

Heal an allied Hero for 145 and gain Desperation for 4 seconds. Desperation increases Desperate Plea's Mana cost by 60, and stacks up to 3 times.

[W] Inquisition (Cooldown: 14 seconds)

Channel on an enemy Hero for up to 3 seconds, dealing 53 damage every 0.5 seconds and Slowing them by 30%.

[E] Searing Lash (Cooldown: 5 seconds)

After 0.5 seconds, smite enemies in a straight line for 82 damage. If the first strike hits an enemy Hero, a second strike will occur after a short delay.

[R1] - Scarlet Aegis (Cooldown: 60 seconds)

Bolster the spirits of nearby allied Heroes, healing them for 250 and granting them 40 Armor for 4 seconds.

[R2] - Divine Reckoning (Cooldown: 100 seconds)

After 1 second, consecrate an area for 4 seconds, dealing 50 damage every 0.5 seconds to enemies inside.

Whitemane Talents

Level 1

• [Q] Martyrdom - Each stack of Desperation increases Plea's healing by 30%.
• [W] Clemency - Activate to cast Inquisition on an allied Hero, healing them for up to 371 over 3 seconds while Channeling. Passive: Reduce Inquisition's cooldown by 3 seconds.
• [E] Righteous Flame - Searing Lash deals 50% more damage to enemies who are Stunned, Rooted, Silenced, or Slowed.
• [Trait] Pity the Frail - Allies below 50% Health receive 25% more healing from Zeal.

Level 4

• [Q] Unwavering Faith - Reduce Desperate Plea's Mana cost by 30%. Upon reaching 3 stacks of Desperation, gain 250 Shield for 5 seconds.
• [W] High Inquisitor - Casting Inquisition instantly removes all stacks of Desperation and restores 60 Mana per stack removed.
• [E] Indulgence - Searing Lash's first strike restores 10 Mana per Hero hit, and its second strike restores 30 Mana per Hero hit.

Level 7

• [Q] Zealous Spirit - Upon reaching 2 stacks of Desperation, Whitemane gains Zeal.
• [Active] Fanatical Power (Cooldown: 30 seconds) - Activate to gain 50% Spell Power and lose 25 Armor for 5 seconds.
• [Active] Intercession (Cooldown: 60 seconds) - Activate to make an ally Unstoppable for 1 second and gain 1 stack of Desperation.

Level 13

• [Q] Self-Righteous - Casting Desperate Plea on an ally heals Whitemane for 125. Does not grant Zeal.
• [E] Harsh Discipline - Hitting a Hero with Searing Lash while they are being targeted by Inquisition Roots them for 1.5 seconds.
• [Trait] Guiding Light - Whenever Zeal is applied to allies other than Whitemane, it grants them 20% Movement Speed for 2 seconds.

Level 16

• [Q] Radiance - Upon reaching 3 stacks of Desperation, all allies with Zeal are healed for 200.
• [W] Shared Punishment - Upon casting, Inquisition can chain to an additional enemy Hero near its target, dealing 35 damage every 0.5 seconds.
• [E] Lashing Out - Searing Lash's second strike deals 25% more damage and reduces Searing Lash's cooldown to 1 second if it hits a Hero.

Level 20

• [R1] Scarlet Crusade - Scarlet Aegis heals for 50% more and makes affected allies Unstoppable for 1 second.
• [R2] Judgment Day - Divine Reckoning deals 50% more damage and pulls enemies to its center the first time it hits them.
• [W] Subjugation - Inquisition reduces all damage the target deals by 75%.
• [Active] Purge the Wicked (Cooldown: 40 seconds) - Activate to blast an enemy Hero with holy fire, reducing their Armor by 25 and dealing 300 damage over 4 seconds.

[Dejo93 1,023]

Her level 4 talents really help her a lot with her mana issues. Plus a cleanse and a heal at the same time

[Teufel 331]

Severely dissapointed by the absence of "Power Word: X" talents :(
Also I'm starting to get why the other "damage into healing" support was heavily nerfed recently, especially seeing her having a 'standart' form of lvl7 cleanse.

Edited July 30, 2018 by Teufel

[Avalarion 1]

q-build does some crazy burst heal but doubt it will see much play going oom so fast, 

seems like clemency at lvl 1, high inquisitor at lvl 4 wil be mandatory for sustain. Harsh Discipline at lvl 13 also seems a must that root is basicly her only hard cc.

her 16 seems weird to me radiance and shared punishments healing output is basicly the same with one burst and other over 3s. but with shared punishment you can 2 root enemies and at 20 you can debuf 2 enemies with -75% dmg seems huge to me. No reason to pick radiance,

seems speccing into w is the way to go, no idea why you would ever want to build into searing lash, If they didn't kill double sup half a year back i would understand it but now....

 

 

Edited July 30, 2018 by Avalarion

[Valhalen 1,485]

SO. MANY. REFERENCES.

She even references her fate as a Death Knight.

But my top favorite happens around 1:31, which references something no one expects.

 

[lChronosl 182]

7 hours ago, Valhalen said:

SO. MANY. REFERENCES.

She even references her fate as a Death Knight.

But my top favorite happens around 1:31, which references something no one expects.

Completely agreed, the writers at Blizz at least know their references.

Nice, I want to try the W build, seems to be quite interesting, since Clemency stacks with Shared Punishment and Subjugation for healz+damage+damage reduction even when out of range from the enemy. Not that hyped about her E build, tho, because I think ti will be difficult to hit twice without extra CC. Seems overall balanced.

@edit: after fooling around with her for a while, her sustain might be a problem. The healing numbers are quite high, but only if you can attack enemy heroes, since her trait doesn't proc on minions and the like (different from Auriel). So on maps like Shrines or Braxis, if no opponent heroes are contesting/pushing with the objective (if maybe they decide to push a different lane), your healing potential is severely crippled. You are not much help on merc camps or lane pushing either.

Edited July 31, 2018 by lChronosl

[Lampanelli 75]

Looking over things, and trying her on the PTR, I think that people are right in her going with a W build is the best. The ones I found worked the best were these.

Lv1. Clemency. Not only does it give the option to heal well without being in combat, it also reduced the CD of Inquisition by 3 seconds. Considering how important that ability is, it's huge.

Lv4. High Inquisitor. Combined with a few otger talents  you can quickly get 4 pleas out, then regain all the mana you spend. Works especially well with Clemency, as it also procs the mana return when you heal an Ally with Inquisition, plus the CD reduction.

Lv7. Zealous Spirit. Helps with group healing, though if there's a lot of CC's, Intercession can shine.

Lv10. Scarlet Aegis. Burst healing and 40 armor? Yes please.

Lv13. Self-righteousness. I know some like the root combo one, but it seems less efficient than gettings heals when you heal others. Especially with all the movement abilities in the game.

Lv16. Radiance. Nice bit of burst healing, and with Zealous Spirit, you can get 4 people healed at once. Great for groups.

Lv20. Purge the Wicked generally, but Subjugation and Scarlet Crusade can be good for either control of a burst damage dealer, or plenty of CC's

[Warper 12]

Lvl 4 talent high inquisitor will probably need a nerf. You can triple cast q, remove desperation stacks and immediately triple cast again if needed. That’s a lot of healing. Like... a lot.

other things that stand out is her ultimates. The damaging one seems underwhelming and the healing seems overwhelming.

I do like her talent diversity. She has many interesting talents that sound fun.

Edited July 31, 2018 by Warper

[lChronosl 182]

2 hours ago, Warper said:

other things that stand out is her ultimates. The damaging one seems underwhelming and the healing seems overwhelming

Actually, some people did the math on Reddit and Divine Reckoning has higher DPS (100/s) than Maelstrom and Starfall, so if you can follow some CC you will pack quite a punch, something the lvl 20 update actually gives you. And remember that you will heal 100% of the total damage to every enemy hero affected to all your Zeal targets. In a lucky situation, you might be healing 3 or more allies for 2500 hp/s, if you hit the whole enemy team. It is hard to compete with burst heal, armor and cleanse from Scarlet Aegis, but I don't think it's undertuned at all.

On an unrelated note, I love how she cackles manically when using Inquisition, but will instead snicker condescendingly when healing with Clemency.

Edited July 31, 2018 by lChronosl
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[Warper 12]

2 hours ago, lChronosl said:

Actually, some people did the math on Reddit and Divine Reckoning has higher DPS (100/s) than Maelstrom and Starfall, so if you can follow some CC you will pack quite a punch, something the lvl 20 update actually gives you. And remember that you will heal 100% of the total damage to every enemy hero affected to all your Zeal targets. In a lucky situation, you might be healing 3 or more allies for 2500 hp/s, if you hit the whole enemy team. It is hard to compete with burst heal, armor and cleanse from Scarlet Aegis, but I don't think it's undertuned at all.

On an unrelated note, I love how she cackles manically when using Inquisition, but will instead snicker condescendingly when healing with Clemency.

Good points. I didn’t really think about her trait in conjunction with the ult. I think the key is the requirement of cc. Aegis is ridiculous though, and will put zeal on everyone close enough. 40 armor seems obsurd and unstoppable at level 20 seems over the top. An unstoppable team with 40 Armour freshly healed.

Edited July 31, 2018 by Warper

[Valhalen 1,485]

Whitemane laugh be like:

 

[Notoriousthf 19]

On 7/30/2018 at 1:19 PM, Teufel said:

Severely dissapointed by the absence of "Power Word: X" talents ?
Also I'm starting to get why the other "damage into healing" support was heavily nerfed recently, especially seeing her having a 'standart' form of lvl7 cleanse.

Maybe young prince Anduinn will show up as a priest.

[SteveFrost 97]

Any Thighmane mains since beta yet?

[VinsX 33]

On 7/30/2018 at 12:01 PM, Stan said:

gain Desperation for 4 seconds. Desperation increases Desperate Plea's Mana cost by 60, and stacks up to 3 times.

This should be named "Sally Can Wait"