Demon Units
The Burning Legion is a non-playable race that will play a pivotal role in the single player campaign of Warcraft III. They descended upon Azeroth in a rain of fire, intent on draining all arcane energies that the world contains.

As demons are not mortals, their units reflect the shear power that they possess. There will be no weak Demon units, every single unit will be deadly. Due to this, the Burning Legion is not a playable race in multiplayer, allowing Blizzard to give them extraordinary abilities without having to consider balance issues.

Since the decision to make Demons a non playable race was made, Demon units will not longer have the distinction between normal and hero units like other races. In fact, you can view them simply as a subset of neutral units. Players will be able to place demons in their own single player campaigns or multiplayer scenerios.

In addition to these, their well be unique demon heroes, who possess immense power.

Orc Warlock:

Weapons: Unknown Reincarnations: Orc Warloack (Warcraft 1) When Thrall came into power, Warlocks for prohibited from their dark magics. Those who did not fled, and now for the mortal troops under direct command of the legion. 4-40-2002: Unit Revealed

Chaos Orc:

Weapons: Unknown Reincarnations: None Though most orcs have chosen to cast away dark magics in favor of their old shamanistic ways. A sect of orcs instead turned towards the legion for greater power. Their minds have long been destroyed, and now fanatics, the fight as pawns for the Burning Legion. 4-40-2002: Unit Revealed

Infernal:

Weapons: Flaming Fists Concept Art: [1] Reincarnations: None A demon of perpetual flame, the Infernal is a flaming giant that deals death to all its opponents. Summoned forth by the Warlock, Infernals will not rest till there opponents have been crushed into ashes. Passive Abilities: Spell Immunity: The Infernal is immune to negative spells

Pit Lord:

Weapons: Unknown Reincarnations: Unknown Pit Fiends appear to be giant, winged humanoids, with huge claw like wings that wrap around their bodies. These fiery beings from the nine have been charged as deadly assault troops for the Burning Legion.

Balrog Doom Guard:

Weapons: Giant Saber Reincarnations: Demon (War 1) Balrogs are massive beasts that server of the frontlines of the Burning Legion. This however does not imply that they are weak. Armed with a blade the size of a man and the strength of a giant, the Balrog is able to decapitate ordinary mortals in a single blow. Balrogs are a match for any hero.

Warlock:

Weapons: Battle Axe Concept Art: [1] Reincarnations: None Raised from the howling vortexes of the twisting nether, Warlocks are the masters of chaos. Their magic is powered the forces of entropy that exist within the fiber every object, and is formidable indeed. Warlocks are high in the ranks of the legion, and each commands its own sect of evil. A warlock is typically accompanied by a number of lesser demons 12-3-2001: Meteor Revealed Special Abilities: Firebolt: The Basic offensive spell, the Warlock is able to hurl a flaming bolt at a target. Rain of Fire: Mentioned only briefly by PC Gamer, the Warlock is able to charge an area with chaotic energy. All non demon units suffer heavy damage, while demon units in the area are healed. Meteor Strike: The Warlock is able to summon a Meteor that strikes a targeted area with unerring accuracy. Not only does the meteor deal heavy damage, but an Infernal is summoned from the blast in the process.

Chaos Warlord:

Weapons: Unknown Reincarnations: None Very little is known about this creature, except that they will server as part of the Elite Legion, and hence will be very hard to kill. 4-40-2002: Unit Revealed

Revenant:

Weapons: Unknown Reincarnations: None Revenants are chaotic spirits of the twisting nether... very little is known about this unit. 4-40-2002: Unit Revealed

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