Template:HeroSpecializationDef

One row per hero specialization (126 in the 2026-05-03 corpus: 108 faction + 9 campaign + 5 tutorial + 4 test). Each spec is the unique passive that distinguishes one hero mechanically — every Hero record carries specialization_id pointing at one of these.

The specialization carries identity (name, desc, icon) plus a list of structured bonuses[] effects that compose the spec's mechanical impact. Bonuses are emitted as inline {{HeroSpecializationBonus}} rows on the same wiki page.

Page layout

Data:HeroSpecialization/<id> carries:

1. {{HeroSpecializationDef | id=… | icon=… | name_sid=… | desc_sid=… | …}}
2. N × {{TranslationDef | type=hero_specialization | target_id=<id> | language=… | …}} — one row per language
3. N × {{HeroSpecializationBonus | spec_id=<id> | ordinal=N | …}} (1367 total bonus rows across all 126 specs)

Schema

This template defines the table "HeroSpecialization". View table.

{{HeroSpecializationDef
| id = String
| icon = String
<!-- Localization references — display text lives in the Translation table, type='hero_specialization' -->
| name_sid = String
| desc_sid = String
| source_path = String
}}

Field notes

• id is the source JSON id (e.g. human_hero_1_specialization, campaign_hero_4_specialization). The _specialization suffix is preserved.
• name_sid / desc_sid point at the L10n entries (e.g. human_hero_1_spec_name / human_hero_1_spec_description), surfaced for traceability. Description text is heavy with {0}/{1} placeholders for stat values; the resolver substitutes via the standard pipeline before storing the translation.
• Display name / description for every language (English included) live in the Translation table, type='hero_specialization'.
• No hero_id back-reference. The Hero → HeroSpecialization direction is sufficient (forward join via Hero.specialization_id = HeroSpecialization.id). Reverse queries — "which hero has this spec" — work via the same join.

Related tables

• Hero — joined on id = Hero.specialization_id (1:1 in practice; the schema permits N:1 in case a future patch shares specs across heroes).
• HeroSpecializationBonus — joined on id = spec_id (1:N).
• Translation — display text in every language (English included), joined on id = Translation.target_id WHERE Translation.type='hero_specialization' AND Translation.language='en' (1:N, one row per language).