Shadow Gul'dan

For other appearances of Gul'dan, see Gul'dan (disambiguation).

Shadow Gul'dan is an alternate hero for the Warlock class. It is obtained by winning 1,000 Ranked or Arena games as warlock.

Background

This portrait depicts a younger Gul'dan from an alternate timeline, as seen in Warlords of Draenor.

From Wowpedia:

Gul'dan was an orc who was cast out of his clan for his physical weakness, and agreed to a secret alliance with the Burning Legion in exchange to wield fel magic. The first warlock, he seeks to spread his influence — and the power of the Legion — to all worlds. While the rest of the orcs did not drink the blood of Mannoroth, Gul'dan and his followers, the Shadow Council have. Indebted to a demonic lord, Gul'dan is one of a handful of fel-corrupted orcs on Draenor, his visage twisted balefully by demonic communion. He led the Shadow Council in his bid to deliver Draenor into the hands of the Burning Legion.

Gul'dan returned as the primary antagonist in the first half of World of Warcraft: Legion, where he made an alliance with the nightborne under Grand Magistrix Elisande to serve the Legion. Atop the Nighthold, he intended to use the corpse of Illidan Stormrage as a vessel to bring Sargeras onto Azeroth. However, the nightfallen rebellion and the order leaders who had fought on Draenor were able to stop him, and Khadgar returned Illidan's soul to his body. His plan in tatters, Gul'dan was destroyed by the reborn Illidan.

Flavor text

When viewed in the collection, Shadow Gul'dan has the following flavor text:

If you thought Gul'dan was a happier, gentler soul on his homeworld, I have bad news for you. Obtained from winning 1,000 Ranked or Arena games as a warlock.

Emotes

All 1,000 Win heroes use the same emotes as the basic hero. For a list, see Gul'dan#Emotes.

Gallery

Shadow Gul'dan, full art by Alex Horley

Patch changes

• Patch 15.4.0.34670 (2019-10-08): Added.

Playable heroes
Default heroes
Illidan	Malfurion	Rexxar	Jaina	Uther	Anduin	Valeera	Thrall	Gul'dan	Garrosh
Alternate portraits
1,000 wins portraits
Demonic	Shan'do	Wanderer	Fire Mage	Lightforged	King	Cap'n	Warchief	Shadow	Corrupt
Rewards Track portraits
Demonbane	Cenarion	Giantstalker	Arcanist	Lawbringer	Prophecy	Nightslayer	Earthfury	Felheart	Might
Tavern Pass portraits
			Apprentice Archmage Kul Tiran				Son of Durotan Alterac Wolfrider
Book of Heroes portraits
		Warsong	Scholar	Second War	SI:7				Nagrand
Seasonal portraits
				Horseman Guan Yu	Zhuge Liang	Diao Chan			Lü Bu
Alternate heroes
Promotional and special events
	Lunara			Liadrin Arthas	Tyrande	Maiev	Morgl	Nemsy	Annhylde
Purchasable heroes
Aranna	Elise Hazelbark	Alleria Sylvanas	Medivh Khadgar Kel'Thuzad	Annoy-O	Lazul		Rastakhan Thunder King Vashj	Jaraxxus N'Zoth	Magni Deathwing