Anub'arak Talents

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Nerubian Armor is a strong Talent that increases the Spell Armor coming from Harden Carapace, making Anub'arak extremely hard to kill with Abilities.

Even against Heroes that do not rely on Abilities as their main damage source, Nerubian Armor will still give a good amount of value, especially in the early game.

Legion of Beetles is a good Talent that improves your ability to intercept enemy skillshot directed towards you or allied Heroes. You also get an additional Beetle, slightly increasing your damage output.

Regeneration Master is a decent Talent that increases your Health Regeneration and, later in the game, your maximum Health.

While it works against any type of damage, it gives no value during the early game and low value during the mid game because its main Reward comes in the late game.

Bed of Barbs improves Impale by adding a respectable area of effect movement speed reduction effect to it. The value of this Talent becomes particularly noticeable after picking up Acid Drenched Mandibles, which will trigger repeatedly against any foe caught by Bed of Barbs.

The Talent also helps with early-game waveclear, should you need to. Keep in mind that Impale should never be wasted to damage Minions if there are enemy Heroes around, as it is a key Ability for Anub'arak.

Shed Exoskeleton provides Anub'arak with a strong and reliable Movement Speed increase effect that makes up for the lack of mobility right after using Burrow Charge. Being based on Harden Carapace, this Talent has synergy with Chitinous Plating at Level 7 which provides cooldown reduction for it.

Underking increases both range and damage of Burrow Charge.

The range increase is great when you want to dive the enemy backline or when you want to escape.

The damage bonus is always welcome, especially if your team wants to burst down enemy Heroes as fast as possible.

Chitinous Plating has the potential of nearly halving the cooldown of Harden Carapace. This translates into more survivability, more Beetles, and, later on, more damage, through Urticating Spines at Level 13.

Subterranean Shield provides Anub'arak with a substantial survivability increase that is conveniently located on his main initiation tool. Subterranean Shield becomes particularly potent when combined with Epicenter at Level 16.

Leeching Scarabs is a decent Talent that offers a nice amount of self-sustain, however, it requires Legion of Beetles at Level 1 and Beetle, Juiced at Level 16.

In this section we discuss when and why to pick a given Heroic Ability. If you want to read how they work and/or you are looking for some tips on how to use them, check the dedicated section in the Abilities and Strategy page.

Locust Swarm is a situational Heroic Ability that makes Anub'arak extremely difficult to take out for its duration, on top of making him impossible to ignore due to the Ability's sheer area of effect damage output.

You should pick this Heroic Ability only if you expect to not get any value from Cocoon, so when the enemy team has multiple tools to blow it up immediately and you cannot block them in the way explained below.

Cocoon is a strong Heroic Ability that can be used to get numerical advantage for a few seconds, usually enough to secure a kill.

Use Cocoon on Heroes who possess tools to destroy it in less than 2-3 seconds. Alternatively, engage them so that they cannot break it immediately due to being unable to act. If those tips cannot be applied to the game you are playing, then consider picking Locust Swarm instead.

Urticating Spines is a strong Talent that deals a high amount of burst damage to enemy Heroes near Anub'arak when Harden Carapace gets used. The damage done via this Talent counts as Spell Damage.

Burning Beetles is a good Talent that provides a lot of sustain damage when combined with some Scarab Host-related Talents: Legion of Beetles at Level 1 and Beetle, Juiced at Level 16. The damage done via this Talent counts as Spell Damage.

Acid Drenched Mandibles is a good Talent that provides a good amount of sustained damage on enemy Heroes recently affected by specific crowd control effects. The damage done via this Talent counts as Physical Damage.

Epicenter is a strong Talent that primarily helps you land Burrow Charge on enemy Heroes while also reducing its cooldown when it successfully hits them.

Debilitation is a good Talent that reduces the spell power of enemy Heroes recently hit with Impale or Burrow Charge, halving all the damage and healing they deal with their Abilities (for example Whitemane's kit).

Beetle, Juiced is a good Talent that increases the survivability of your Beetles and makes Scarab Host spawn a Beetle once every 4 Basic Attacks.

As you can imagine, this Talent has synergy with any Scarab Host-related Talent: Legion of Beetles at Level 1, Leeching Scarabs at Level 7, and Burning Beetles at Level 13.

Although Hive Master is a weak Talent that gives you a permanent Vampire Locust which deals damage to a single nearby enemy once every 3 seconds and heals Anub'arak for about half of that amount.

The sustain damage and healing provided by this Talent are particularly good for long team fights. All that said, we do not recommend this Talent because Rewind offers more playmaking potential together with additional survivability and more damage.

Cryptweave is a weak Talent that can extend the duration of Cocoon, but only if Anub'arak stays within 4.5 range. In addition to that, the targeted Hero will take damage based on how long it lasted.

We do not recommend this Talent because Rewind offers more playmaking potential while also allowing you to deal more damage.

The Traitor King is a situational Talent that passively gives Anub'arak 10% additional maximum Health and 20 Spell Armor, and it can also be activated once every 60 seconds to gain 75 Armor for a few seconds.

The huge amount of survivability provided by this Talent makes Anub'arak way harder to kill with burst damage. That said, you will rarely need this Talent instead of Rewind.

Rewind is a strong Talent that allows Anub'arak to instantly reset the cooldown of all his Basic Abilities once every 60 seconds.

The effect provided is outstanding and versatile, allowing you to double your burst damage, survivability, and crowd control on demand.

Being able to cast Impale and Burrow Charge twice in a row can lead to some of the game's longest crowd control chains.

Thanks to Scarab Host, you will be also summoning 3 additional Beetles to assist you, effectively increasing your damage output.

Make sure that you have used most if not all your Basic Abilities before using Rewind, else you will waste part or all of its effect.