Anduin Build Guide “Injustice will not stand!”

Anduin is a ranged Healer that excels at protecting himself and his allies at the same time using shields and heals. Unlike some of the other Healers, Anduin possesses quite some play-making potential utilizing various crowd control and utility effects. He can, for instance, save allies in need by using Leap of Faith ability, which grants them immunity against crowd control effects and Pulls them towards Anduin. Mastering Anduin's arsenal of protective and offensive tools provides your team with a powerful Healer in the backline that can contribute a great deal during team fights.

Strengths

• Strong burst healing
• Can protect himself quite well
• Both Heroic Abilites are viable choices
• Powerful late game
• Leap of Faith counters crowd control

Weaknesses

• Low area of effect healing

Divine Star Build

Recommended

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7 ?

Level 10 ?

Level 13

Level 16 ? ?

Level 20 ? ?

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Anduin's Divine Star Build is designed to give you as much healing as possible when you are able to hit enemy Heroes with Divine Star during team fights, but it also offers some flexibility when you feel the need of less burst healing in favor of more sustain healing, utility, or survivability.

Basic Attacks Build

Situational

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10 ?

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20 ? ? ?

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Anduin's Basic Attacks Build offers a better healing throughput when you are allowed to expose yourself to land enough Basic Attacks required to trigger your Talents requiring so.

The most interesting characteristic of this Build is the fact you can easily reduce Lightwell's cooldown with the help of most of its Talents.

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Anduin synergizes with

Chastise is not that easy to land, therefore Heroes with reliable crowd control can help Anduin with doing so.

The utility that Anduin offers with Leap of Faith can help allied Heroes who lack mobility to get out from danger (such as Raynor) or even enable more aggressive plays from Heroes that lack escape tools (for example Diablo, to save his Souls).

You can pair Lightbomb with a lot of Abilities (notably Falling Sword by Johanna) to execute powerful and quick engages that the enemy team will struggle to play against.

Anduin is countered by

Anduin cannot rely on Leap of Faith to save allied Heroes from enemy Heroes that can engage multiple times per minute (for example E.T.C. with Powerslide).

A strong dive Hero (such as Sonya) can heavily pressure Anduin, to the point that he will not be able to heal the rest of his team anymore, in addition to rendering Leap of Faith useless.

Poke damage is annoying for Anduin because he lacks area-of-effect sustain healing to keep everyone healthy during prolonged team fights.

Anduin's stronger maps

Anduin's average maps

Anduin's weaker maps

Anduin excels on Maps that feature static Objectives where team fights do not last too long (such as Shrines on Dragon Shire). Choke points can make for great locations for Divine Star to get value from.

All in all, Anduin's well-rounded kit leaves him with no real Map vulnerabilities, except for a moderate disadvantage on Maps where the Objective takes too much time to be won that his Mana eventually expires (for example Braxis Holdout).

• Leap of Faith can be used on allies already impaired by enemy crowd control or pre-emptively to prevent them from taking damage.
• Cancelling Flash Heal's channel animation does not put the ability on cooldown, which allows Anduin to re-position himself and immediately start casting again.
• Safe positioning is key when playing Anduin, as he lacks any form of escape mechanism, such as dashes or teleports.
• Lightbomb's Stun can be used after (or before) using Chastise's Root to trigger a strong crowd control combo.

Anduin is a healing powerhouse that combines AoE healing and single target protection. As such, he is a decent pick against all sorts of damage types on the enemy team. Since he lacks any form of escape mechanism, positioning is key when playing Anduin. Keep an eye out for engaging Tanks and Bruisers that can use Stuns and Roots to lock him down.

At Level 10, both Heroic Abilities can be used with great effect. Lightbomb is particularly strong with melee Heroes who will likely be surrounded by several enemies. Its relatively short cooldown also makes it quite forgiving if the ability does not provide the desired efficiency. Holy Word: Salvation, on the other hand, requires precise timing and game sense. Thus, counting cooldowns on enemy abilities that could easily interrupt Anduin's channeling process is often vital to guarantee success.