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Anduin Build Guide “Injustice will not stand!”
Welcome to our guide for Anduin, 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.
Anduin's Overview
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.
Anduin's Strengths and Weaknesses
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
Anduin's Talent Build Cheatsheet
Basic Attacks Build
Recommended
Anduin's Basic Attacks Build is designed to improve your healing output, survivability, and utility so that you can get as much value as possible from the Hero.
Anduin's Synergies and Counters
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) 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 Maps
Anduin excels on Maps that feature static Objectives, such as Shrines on Dragon Shire
or Prison Camps on Alterac Pass. Furthermore, 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.
Anduin's Tips and Tricks
- 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.
Inner Focus can be used after casting 
Desperate Prayer to reset Flash Heal's cooldown. 
Lightbomb's Stun can be used after (or before) using 
Chastise's Root to trigger a strong crowd control combo.
Anduin's Role in the Current Meta
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.
Changelog
- 22 Mar. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
- 22 Mar. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
- 15 Mar. 2021 (this page): Synergies and Counters fixed.
- 10 Mar. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
- 09 Mar. 2021 (talents page): Talents fixed.
- 25 Feb. 2021 (talents page): New layout.
- 24 Feb. 2021 (this page): Builds and Talent Descriptions updated.
- 24 Feb. 2021 (talents page): Builds and Talent Descriptions updated.
- 15 Feb. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
- 15 Feb. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
- 20 Jan. 2021 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 20 Jan. 2021 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 20 Jan. 2021 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 23 Oct. 2020 (talents page): Builds fixed.
- 23 Oct. 2020 (this page): Builds fixed.
- 11 Oct. 2020 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 11 Oct. 2020 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 11 Oct. 2020 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 15 Sep. 2020 (this page): Builds updated.
- 15 Sep. 2020 (talents page): Builds updated.
- 25 Jul. 2020 (this page): Builds modified to reflect the current metagame.
- 25 Jul. 2020 (talents page): Builds modified to reflect the current metagame.
- 07 May 2020 (this page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
- 07 May 2020 (talents page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
- 09 Apr. 2020 (talents page): Talent Build partially 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.
- 09 Apr. 2020 (this page): Introduction partially revised to match new standards.
- Talent Build Cheatsheet updated to reflect the current metagame.
- Role in the Current Meta modified to remove the unnecessary part about the now fixed Experience Globes.
- 06 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added an entry about the current Anomaly to the guide.
- 05 Jun. 2019 (talents page): Checked and proof-read Anduin's guide and found no need for necessary changes.
- 23 May 2019 (talents page): Updated Anduin's talents and builds in accordance with the latest Balance Update.
- 03 May 2019 (talents page): Changed Moral Compass from Not Recommended to Recommended and Holy Reach from Recommended to Not Recommended.
- 28 Apr. 2019 (abilities page): Guide added.
- 28 Apr. 2019 (this page): Guide added.
- 28 Apr. 2019 (talents page): Guide added.
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