Artanis Build Guide “Direct my wrath.”

Last updated on Jan 04, 2024 at 16:53 by Elitesparkle 30 comments
General Information

Welcome to our guide for Artanis, a Bruiser 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.

Artanis's Overview

Artanis is an aggressive Bruiser that excels at fighting for prolonged periods of time thanks to Shield Overload Icon Shield Overload and its related Talents making him difficult to kill without the use of crowd control and burst damage together.

2.

Artanis's Strengths and Weaknesses

V Strengths
  • +Phase Prism Icon Phase Prism can be used during Blade Dash Icon Blade Dash to pull enemy Heroes
  • +Shield Overload Icon Shield Overload can make Artanis difficult to kill using sustain damage only
  • +Heroic Abilities with unlimited range, allowing him to contribute to team fights on the other side of the battlefield
X Weaknesses
3.

Artanis's Talent Build Cheatsheet

Phase Prism Build

Recommended
Level 1 Amateur Opponent Icon Protector Of Aiur Icon ?
Level 4 Psionic Synergy Icon
Level 7 Chrono Surge Icon
Level 10 Suppression Pulse Icon
Level 13 Graviton Vortex Icon
Level 16 Blades of a Templar Icon
Level 20 Zealot Charge Icon

Artanis's Phase Prism Build provides various buffs when you hit enemy Heroes with Phase Prism Icon Phase Prism: Armor, Attack Speed, and cooldown reduction.

Shield Overload Build

Situational
Level 1 Amateur Opponent Icon Reactive Parry Icon ?
Level 4 Shield Battery Icon
Level 7 Solarite Reaper Icon
Level 10 Suppression Pulse Icon
Level 13 Phase Bulwark Icon Templar's Zeal Icon ?
Level 16 Force of Will Icon
Level 20 Plasma Burn Icon

Artanis's Shield Overload Build is designed to heavily increase your survivability by empowering Shield Overload Icon Shield Overload as much as possible, indirectly helping you to deal more damage over the course of a team fight.

The combination of Shield Battery Icon Shield Battery at Level 4 and Force of Will Icon Force of Will at Level 16 makes Artanis hard to take down. Level 13 can be either Phase Bulwark Icon Phase Bulwark against burst damage or Templar's Zeal Icon Templar's Zeal against sustain damage and/or Blinds.

Twin Blades Build

Situational
Level 1 Amateur Opponent Icon
Level 4 Shield Surge Icon
Level 7 Final Cut Icon
Level 10 Suppression Pulse Icon
Level 13 Triple Strike Icon
Level 16 Titan Killer Icon
Level 20 Zealot Charge Icon

Artanis's Twin Blades Build is designed to give you a high amount of damage, mostly in the form of burst damage right after activating Twin Blades Icon Twin Blades.

You should consider this Build only if you really want to take down high-mobility Heroes who are diving in the backline of your team or if you need percent-based damage.

ARAM Build

ARAM
Level 1 Protector Of Aiur Icon
Level 4 Psionic Synergy Icon
Level 7 Chrono Surge Icon
Level 10 Suppression Pulse Icon
Level 13 Graviton Vortex Icon
Level 16 Blades of a Templar Icon
Level 20 Zealot Charge Icon

Artanis's ARAM Build provides various buffs when you hit enemy Heroes with Phase Prism Icon Phase Prism: Armor, Attack Speed, and cooldown reduction.

Chrono Surge Icon Chrono Surge gives Attack Speed that helps you stack Protector Of Aiur Icon Protector Of Aiur at Level 1, slowly turning you into a late-game powerhouse.

4.

Artanis's Synergies and Counters

V Artanis synergizes with

Artanis pairs extremely well with Healers who can provide sustained healing (such as Malfurion) to gradually replenish his Health while his own Shields guarantee him protection against burst damage, with Heroes who can crowd control enemy Heroes to either keep them at melee distance (for example Arthas with his Root or even just his Slow) or to stop them in place after a successful Blade Dash Icon Blade Dash plus Phase Prism Icon Phase Prism combo (like Kael'thas with Gravity Lapse Icon Gravity Lapse), and Heroes who can mitigate his lack of mobility (such as Zarya with Speed Barrier Icon Speed Barrier at Level 4).

X Artanis is countered by

Artanis gets countered by Heroes who can Knockback him out of his Blade Dash Icon Blade Dash's animation (such as E.T.C. with Face Melt Icon Face Melt), Heroes who can Root him or even just Slow him (for example Arthas and Lunara respectively), Heroes who can Blind him (such as Johanna with Shield Glare Icon Shield Glare), and Heroes who can deal bonus damage to Shields (Varian with Shattering Throw Icon Shattering Throw comes to mind).

5.

Artanis's Maps

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

Artanis is good on Maps where he can get value from Amateur Opponent Icon Amateur Opponent at Level 1 to take down a big Monster at the Objective (such as the Immortal on Battlefield of Eternity) or for a strong Mercenary Camp (for example the Sentinel on Hanamura Temple) but he suffers on Maps where it is important that the Offlaner has waveclear (such as Towers of Doom).

6.

Artanis's Tips and Tricks

7.

Artanis's Role in the Current Meta

Artanis is a Bruiser and therefore should be played as an Offlaner. He shines in extended combat, as long he is able to consistently use Basic Attacks on a nearby target, something that cannot be easy due to his low mobility. In order for Artanis to reach and be able to stick on enemy Heroes, assistance from his team is usually required, so be sure that your team has enough crowd control when you want to play him. Additionally, crowd control counters Artanis hard, as he needs to use Basic Attacks to keep up his shields from Shield Overload Icon Shield Overload.

8.

Changelog

  • 04 Jan. 2024 (this page): Maps ratings updated.
  • 12 Dec. 2023 (talents page): Guide reviewed.
  • 12 Dec. 2023 (abilities page): Guide reviewed.
  • 12 Dec. 2023 (this page): Guide reviewed.
  • 20 Sep. 2023 (talents page): ARAM Build added.
  • 20 Sep. 2023 (this page): ARAM Build added.
  • 30 Mar. 2022 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 30 Mar. 2022 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 30 Mar. 2022 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 01 Oct. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 01 Oct. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 24 Jul. 2021 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 24 Jul. 2021 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 24 Jul. 2021 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 26 Apr. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 22 Mar. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 22 Mar. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 03 Mar. 2021 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 03 Mar. 2021 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 03 Mar. 2021 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 25 Feb. 2021 (talents page): New layout.
  • 01 Nov. 2020 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 01 Nov. 2020 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 15 Sep. 2020 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 15 Sep. 2020 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 07 May 2020 (talents page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
  • 07 May 2020 (this page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
  • 22 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.
  • 22 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.
  • 22 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 (abilities page): Outdated information corrected.
  • 06 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added an entry about the current Anomaly to the guide.
  • 20 Nov. 2019 (talents page): Revised Artanis' guide and found it to up-to-date. Also added Alterac Pass to Artanis' maps rankings, as it was still missing.
  • 05 Jun. 2019 (talents page): Changed and updated Artanis' talents and builds to the latest standard. For Aiur!
  • 15 Jan. 2019 (talents page): Changed Target Purified from Situational to Recommended and Plasma Burn from Recommended to Situational.
  • 15 Jan. 2019 (this page): Updated Artanis' introduction and Talent Builds.
  • 26 Jul. 2018 (talents page): Updated Artanis' talents section and recommended Builds in accordance with the latest Balance Update.
  • 22 Dec. 2017 (talents page): Updated Phase Bulwark's and Psionic Wound's descriptions.
  • 06 Jul. 2017 (talents page): Updated Chrono Surge's description.
  • 04 May 2017 (talents page): Updated Artanis' talents section with new descriptions for Graviton Vortex and Titan Killer.
  • 14 Dec. 2016 (this page): Moved Artanis to the new format, following its rework in Ragnaros patch.
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