Lt. Morales Build Guide “I protect every member of my squad!”

Last updated on Dec 17, 2023 at 11:36 by Elitesparkle 25 comments
General Information

Welcome to our guide for Lt. Morales, a Healer in Heroes of the Storm. Within these pages, you will find everything required to understand how best to play this hero, in both different map styles and team compositions.

1.

Lt. Morales's Overview

Lt. Morales is a powerful single-target Healer who can provide Armor to allied Heroes, but her lack of mobility and crowd control makes her an easy target to engage on, especially if you are not careful with her positioning.

2.

Lt. Morales's Strengths and Weaknesses

V Strengths
X Weaknesses
3.

Lt. Morales's Talent Build Cheatsheet

Healing Beam Build

Recommended
Level 1 Life Support Icon
Level 4 Cellular Reactor Icon Trauma Trigger Icon ?
Level 7 Vanadium Plating Icon Physical Therapy Icon ? Medi-Drone Icon ?
Level 10 Stim Drone Icon Medivac Dropships Icon ?
Level 13 System Shock Icon EMP Grenade Icon ?
Level 16 Extended Care Icon Shield Sequencer Icon ?
Level 20 Hospice Care Icon Hyperactivity Icon ? Safe Zone Icon ?

Lt. Morales's Healing Beam Build is quite versatile as it allows you to deal with both burst and sustain damage fairly well, therefore it can be used in most situations without any problem.

Basic Attacks Build

Situational
Level 1 Caduceus Feedback Icon
Level 4 Trauma Trigger Icon
Level 7 Vanadium Plating Icon Physical Therapy Icon ? Medi-Drone Icon ?
Level 10 Stim Drone Icon Medivac Dropships Icon ?
Level 13 Bedside Manner Icon
Level 16 Extended Care Icon First Responder Icon ?
Level 20 Hospice Care Icon Hyperactivity Icon ? Safe Zone Icon ?

Lt. Morales's Basic Attacks Build is great for healing your team during prolonged team fights, but it requires to use Basic Attacks on enemy Heroes as often as possible, without exposing and dying.

The combination of Caduceus Feedback Icon Caduceus Feedback at Level 1 and Bedside Manner Icon Bedside Manner at Level 13 is pretty good for pressuring the enemy frontline with Basic Attacks while also generating Energy for your heals.

Displacement Grenade Build

Situational
Level 1 Clear! Icon
Level 4 Blast Shield Icon
Level 7 Vanadium Plating Icon Physical Therapy Icon ? Medi-Drone Icon ?
Level 10 Stim Drone Icon Medivac Dropships Icon ?
Level 13 Bedside Manner Icon System Shock Icon ? EMP Grenade Icon ?
Level 16 Extended Care Icon
Level 20 Second Opinion Icon

Lt. Morales's Displacement Grenade Build gives you a lot of utility in the form of personal Shields and a powerful Slow in the early game, with extremely low cooldown once you reach the late game.

You can use this Build against team compositions featuring a lot of low-range Heroes. Since they tend to play near each other, you will easily get multi-hits with Displacement Grenade Icon Displacement Grenade and, as a consequence, more value from Second Opinion Icon Second Opinion at Level 20 and Blast Shield Icon Blast Shield at Level 4.

ARAM Build

ARAM
Level 1 Life Support Icon
Level 4 Cellular Reactor Icon Trauma Trigger Icon ?
Level 7 Vanadium Plating Icon Physical Therapy Icon ? Medi-Drone Icon ?
Level 10 Stim Drone Icon
Level 13 System Shock Icon EMP Grenade Icon ?
Level 16 Extended Care Icon Shield Sequencer Icon ?
Level 20 Hospice Care Icon Hyperactivity Icon ?

Lt. Morales's ARAM Build is quite versatile as it allows you to deal with both burst and sustain damage fairly well, therefore it can be used in most situations without any problem.

4.

Lt. Morales's Synergies and Counters

V Lt. Morales synergizes with

Lt. Morales requires a solid Tank who can consistently peel multiple enemy Heroes away from her (such as E.T.C.). If you want to get value from Stim Drone Icon Stim Drone, you need a marksman in your team (for example Sgt. Hammer).

X Lt. Morales is countered by

Considering that Healing Beam Icon Healing Beam needs the targeted allied Hero to be in range for the whole time and not just the moment you cast it, Lt. Morales suffers against Heroes who have Displacement effects (such as Garrosh and Junkrat). Due to her limited self-healing and lack of crowd control, she does not like to play against dive compositions that count on aggressive Heroes who can directly engage on her by skipping her frontline (for example Zeratul and Anub'arak). What is often overlooked is the fact that she suffers poke damage because it can drain out her Energy in around 20 seconds, something that will make her almost useless for a while. As a consequence of how her Energy works, she does not want to take prolonged fights, especially when the enemy team can get value out of them (such as Auriel). Last but not the least, she definitely suffers area of effect damage (for example Lunara) because all of her Abilities can heal or mitigate damage on a single allied Hero at a time.

5.

Lt. Morales's Maps

Lt. Morales's stronger maps
Battlefield of Eternity Braxis Holdout Hanamura Temple
Lt. Morales's average maps
Blackheart's Bay Cursed Hollow Dragon Shire Infernal Shrines Sky Temple Towers of Doom Volskaya Foundry Warhead Junction
Lt. Morales's weaker maps
Alterac Pass Garden of Terror Tomb of the Spider Queen

Lt. Morales performs better on Maps where the team fight cannot evolve on different fronts because she suffers from flank and dive strategies a lot. The notorious backdoor strategy involving Medivac Dropships Icon Medivac Dropships works best on big Maps (preferably Sky Temple) and can completely reverse their ratings.

6.

Lt. Morales's Tips and Tricks

  • When healing a Hero with Healing Beam Icon Healing Beam, especially if melee, try to synchronize your movement with theirs to avoid going out of position and getting focused down by the enemy team.
  • Do not use Safeguard Icon Safeguard in random moments but instead try to cast it when it will mitigate a good amount of damage.
  • You can reactivate Displacement Grenade Icon Displacement Grenade to make it detonate immediately rather than at its maximum range.
  • While the best targets for Stim Drone Icon Stim Drone are marksmen, you can occasionally use it on Heroes from different Roles when they need Movement Speed to chase or escape.
  • A short range Medivac Dropship Icon Medivac Dropship can protect yourself from danger without leaving your team without their Healer for too much time.
  • Thanks to Caduceus Reactor Icon Caduceus Reactor, Healing Beam Icon Healing Beam can be used to heal Lt. Morales without consuming Energy by targeting an allied Hero or allied Minion at full Health.
7.

Lt. Morales's Role in the Current Meta

Lt. Morales is a solid but situational Healer that can easily keep her frontline healthy against focused damage, but make sure to have a good target for Stim Drone Icon Stim Drone to get the most value out of her, usually a Marksman (such as Raynor).

Alternatively, if you are playing with an organized team, you can use Medivac Dropships Icon Medivac Dropships for the infamous backdoor strategy involving a Hero who can deny the damage coming from enemy Structures (such as Tyrael with Sanctification Icon Sanctification) and a few Heroes who can take them down for the duration (for example Artanis with Amateur Opponent Icon Amateur Opponent, Raynor, and Greymane), before the enemy team can react.

8.

Changelog

  • 17 Dec. 2023 (talents page): Guide reviewed.
  • 17 Dec. 2023 (this page): Guide reviewed.
  • 20 Sep. 2023 (talents page): ARAM Build added.
  • 20 Sep. 2023 (this page): ARAM Build added.
  • 02 Jun. 2022 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 02 Jun. 2022 (this page): Builds and Maps updated.
  • 01 Sep. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 01 Sep. 2021 (this page): Builds and Maps updated.
  • 26 Aug. 2021 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 26 Aug. 2021 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 26 Aug. 2021 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 23 Jul. 2021 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 23 Jul. 2021 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 23 Jul. 2021 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 14 Jun. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 14 Jun. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 25 Feb. 2021 (talents page): New layout.
  • 17 Jul. 2020 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 17 Jul. 2020 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 17 Jul. 2020 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 05 Jun. 2020 (talents page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
  • 05 Jun. 2020 (abilities page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
  • 05 Jun. 2020 (this page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
  • 28 Apr. 2020 (talents page): Talent Build fully revised to match new standards.
    • Talent Build and Talent Build Cheatsheet modified to reflect the current metagame.
    • Talent Descriptions modified to better describe when to pick them.
  • 28 Apr. 2020 (abilities page): Ability and Strategy fully revised to match new standards.
    • Tips and Tricks modified to add important tips that were missing and to remove obvious ones that were not worth mentioning.
    • Ability Descriptions modified to better explain how to use Abilities effectively.
  • 28 Apr. 2020 (this page): Introduction fully revised to match new standards.
    • Overview rewritten to better describe the Hero.
    • Strengths and Weaknesses modified to give a better idea about the Hero when being played right.
    • Talent Build Cheatsheet updated to reflect the current metagame.
    • Synergies and Counters modified to mention notable Heroes that were missing and to remove misleading Heroes that were listed.
    • Maps modified to focus on the main aspects of the Hero when evaluating a Map.
    • Tips and Tricks modified to list important tips that were missing before and to delete more obvious ones.
    • Role in the Current Meta modified to reflect the current metagame and to remove the unnecessary part about the now fixed Experience Globes.
  • 23 Mar. 2020 (talents page): Outdated and misleading information corrected.
  • 23 Mar. 2020 (abilities page): Outdated information corrected.
  • 13 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added an entry about the current Anomaly to the guide.
  • 16 Oct. 2019 (talents page): Added the Medi-Drone talent at Level 7 and applied it to Lt. Morales' builds in accordance with the latest Balance Update.
  • 17 Jun. 2019 (talents page): Updated Lt. Morales' talents in accordance with the latest state of the game.
  • 17 Jun. 2019 (abilities page): Updated Lt. Morales' abilities section in accordance with the latest state of the game.
  • 13 Oct. 2018 (talents page): Updated Lt. Morales' Talent Builds in accordance with the recent Balance Update.
  • 22 Dec. 2017 (talents page): Changed First Responder from Not Recommended to Recommended.
  • 12 Sep. 2017 (talents page): Changed Life Support from Not Recommended to Recommended.
  • 08 Sep. 2017 (talents page): Updated Lt. Morales' talents page in accordance with the Kel'thuzad patch.
  • 08 Sep. 2017 (abilities page): Updated Lt. Morales' abilities page in accordance with the Kel'thuzad patch.
  • 15 Jan. 2017 (talents page): Changed Cellular Reactor from Not Recommended to Situational.
  • 09 Jan. 2017 (this page): Updated guide for recent balance patch and moved it to the new format.
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