Azmodan Talents

Last updated on May 19, 2021 at 09:15 by Outofmilk 45 comments
General Information

Welcome to our Talents page for Azmodan. Here, we give you an overview of how strong each of Azmodan's talents is. Then, we present several viable builds, before analyzing each talent row separately, so that you can make informed decisions.

1.

Azmodan's Talent Build

Level Choices
1 Greed Gluttony ? Wrath ?
4 Army of Hell ✘︎ Hellforged Armor Battleborn ✘︎
7 Art of Chaos ? Bombardment ? Master of Destruction
10 Demonic Invasion Tide of Sin ?
13 Brutish Vanguard ? Cydaea's Kiss Chain of Command ✘︎
16 Total Annihilation ? Hell Rift Trample ?
20 Siegebreaker ? Black Pool ? Pride ? Sin's Grasp
2.

Azmodan's Talent Build Cheatsheet

Greed Build

Recommended
Level 1 Greed Icon
Level 4 Hellforged Armor Icon
Level 7 Master of Destruction Icon
Level 10 Demonic Invasion Icon
Level 13 Cydaea's Kiss Icon
Level 16 Hell Rift Icon
Level 20 Sin's Grasp Icon

The Greed Icon Greed build focuses primarily on split pushing through the use of Azmodan's minions and heroic ability. Demonic Invasion Icon Demonic Invasion does significant siege damage and can be used behind turrets directly onto a keep or fort and can slowly demolish them throughout the game. With the talents buffing Azmodan's All Shall Burn Icon All Shall Burn, he can provide some good teamfight presence as well.

Gluttony Build

Situational
Level 1 Gluttony Icon
Level 4 Hellforged Armor Icon
Level 7 Art of Chaos Icon
Level 10 Tide of Sin Icon
Level 13 Brutish Vanguard Icon
Level 16 Total Annihilation Icon Trample Icon ?
Level 20 Pride Icon Black Pool Icon ?

The Gluttony Icon Gluttony exploits the synergy between the aforementioned Talent, Art of Chaos Icon Art of Chaos, Total Annihilation Icon Total Annihilation, and Pride Icon Pride, which are notable for making Globe of Annihilation Icon Globe of Annihilation powerful at all stages of the game. The rest of the build seeks to improves Summon Demon Warrior Icon Summon Demon Warrior. Although inherently weak, Demon Warriors become significantly more useful with the key Hellforged Armor Icon Hellforged Armor and Brutish Vanguard Icon Brutish Vanguard Talents.

ARAM Build

ARAM
Level 1 Gluttony Icon
Level 4 Hellforged Armor Icon
Level 7 Art of Chaos Icon
Level 10 Tide of Sin Icon
Level 13 Brutish Vanguard Icon
Level 16 Total Annihilation Icon
Level 20 Pride Icon

Azmodan's ARAM build is similar to the Gluttony Build and sees no changes in terms of playstyle. Spam Globe of Annhilation until you win the game.

3.

Level 1 Talents for Azmodan

Azmodan Greed
Greed (Level 1) Diablo Azmodan

Globe of Annihilation deals 15% more damage to non-Heroic targets.

Quest: After gaining 200 Annihilation, increase the range of All Shall Burn by 25% and Demon Warriors gain 20% Attack Speed and Movement Speed.

Azmodan Gluttony ?
Gluttony (Level 1) Diablo Azmodan

Increase the number of stacks of Annihilation gained by hitting Heroes with Globe of Annihilation from 2 to 4.

Quest: After gaining 200 Annihilation, each enemy hit by Globe of Annihilation reduces its cooldown by 0.25 seconds, doubled against Heroes.

Azmodan Wrath ?
Wrath (Level 1) Diablo Azmodan

Basic Attacks against Heroes under 75% Health grant 1 Annihilation.

Quest: After gaining 200 Annihilation, hitting a Hero with Globe of Annihilation increases the damage of Azmodan's next Basic Attack against them within 3 seconds by 85% the amount of Annihilation he has.

3.1.

Discussion

This tier improves Globe of Annihilation Icon Globe of Annihilation.

Greed Icon Greed is the best pick when going for a siege type of build on Azmodan. Greed synergizes well with Demonic Invasion and allows you to split-push better and take down Forts or Keeps in the mid and late game.

Gluttony Icon Gluttony is the Talent to go for if you want more teamfight presence. The Quest effect is particularly powerful, as reducing Globe of Annihilation Icon Globe of Annihilation's cooldown is invaluable for gathering Annihilation stacks beyond 200 and generally damaging opponents during team fights.

Wrath Icon Wrath trades Gluttony Icon Gluttony's reliability for potentially more Annihilation stacks. Wrath is typically picked against double Tank team compositions on 2-lane Maps. Such compositions often allow you to get many Basic Attacks off, which greatly improves your overall Annihilation stack generation. Wrath's Quest effect also provides more burst damage than the alternatives. Wrath synergises particularly well with Bombardment Icon Bombardment.

4.

Level 4 Talents for Azmodan

Azmodan Army of Hell ✘︎
Army of Hell (Level 4) Diablo Azmodan

Summon Demon Warrior spawns an additional Demon, but its cooldown is increased by 10 seconds.

Azmodan Hellforged Armor
Hellforged Armor (Level 4) Diablo Azmodan

Demon Warriors and Lieutenants gain 20 Armor and last 4 seconds longer.

Azmodan Battleborn ✘︎
Battleborn (Level 4) Diablo Azmodan

Reduce the Mana cost of Summon Demon Warrior from 25 to 20. Azmodan's Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of Summon Demon Warrior by 0.75 seconds and Demon Lieutenant by 1.5 seconds.

4.1.

Discussion

This Tier improves Summon Demon Warrior Icon Summon Demon Warrior.

Army of Hell Icon Army of Hell doubles the burst power of Summon Demon Warrior Icon Summon Demon Warrior at the cost of doubling its cooldown. Although this Talent may seem like an attractive effect at first glance, Summon Demon Warrior's true utility comes from using the Ability to selectively take damage for you, absorb skillshots, and reducing the Movement Speed of enemies (through Brutish Vanguard Icon Brutish Vanguard later on). The alternative Hellforged Armor Icon Hellforged Armor Talent fulfills this purpose much better, on top of providing more opportunities to use Summon Demon Warrior by keeping its reasonable 10-second cooldown untouched. Further, summoning two Demon Warriors are at once makes them prone to be killed by area of effect damage. Army of Hell is an easy trap to fall into.

Hellforged Armor Icon Hellforged Armor makes Demon Warriors and Demon Lieutenant Icon Demon Lieutenant surprisingly resilient, allowing them to survive Hero attacks to ultimately be more disruptive and deal more damage. The 4-second increased duration also represents a 40% overall damage increase for Demon Warriors (20% for Demon Lieutenants), should they remain alive for the full duration. This Talent single-handedly makes Summon Demon Warrior Icon Summon Demon Warrior worth using in most cases, whereas it would otherwise be a very situational Ability.

Battleborn Icon Battleborn provides both Summon Demon Warrior Icon Summon Demon Warrior and Demon Lieutenant Icon Demon Lieutenant with a reasonable cooldown reduction effect. This effect, however, requires Azmodan to constantly deliver Basic Attacks to see any value, which is rarely possible during team fighting situations, even when combined with other Basic Attack-oriented Talents. Battleborn also suffers from being a very poor late-game Talent due to the general late-game weakness of Demon Warriors. The Hellforged Armor Icon Hellforged Armor alternative is just too good to not pick.

5.

Level 7 Talents for Azmodan

Azmodan Art of Chaos ?
Art of Chaos (Level 7) Diablo Azmodan

If Globe of Annihilation hits 2 or more Heroes, restore 40 Mana and gain an extra 4 Annihilation.

Azmodan Bombardment ?
Bombardment (Level 7) Diablo Azmodan

After casting Globe of Annihilation, Azmodan's Basic Attacks within the next 4 seconds have an additional 1.5 range and can hit 3 additional targets. Hitting Heroes with Basic Attacks empowered by Bombardment grant 1 Annihilation.

Azmodan Master of Destruction
Master of Destruction (Level 7) Diablo Azmodan

If All Shall Burn's Channel kills or lasts its full duration, All Shall Burn's final damage applies to all enemies in an area around the target and grants 2 Annihilation per Hero hit.

This tier improves Annihilation generation.

5.1.

Discussion

Art of Chaos Icon Art of Chaos is a straightforward Talent with a great payoff that helps with both Mana management and gathering additional Annihilation. Since you should be already be aiming to hit as many Heroes as possible with Globe of Annihilation Icon Globe of Annihilation at all times, Art of Chaos requires no adjustment from your part; simply keep on dunking.

Bombardment Icon Bombardment is a situational Talent picked alongside Wrath Icon Wrath. Its main advantage is making it easier for Azmodan to deliver Basic Attacks, thanks to the added range provided by the Talent.

Master of Destruction Icon Master of Destruction helps with split-pushing, as it provides Azmodan with more area of effect damage. When synergized with the other Talents, it can reliably get you those last stacks of Annihiliaton as well.

6.

Level 10 Talents for Azmodan

Azmodan Demonic Invasion
Demonic Invasion (Level 10) Diablo Azmodan
  • Mana: 60
  • Cooldown: 100 seconds

Rain a small army of Demonic Grunts down on enemies, dealing 85 (+4% per level) damage per impact. Grunts deal 39 (+4% per level) damage, have 750 (+4% per level) Health and last up to 10 seconds. When Grunts die they explode, dealing 40 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies, doubled against enemy Heroes.

Usable while Channeling All Shall Burn.

Azmodan Tide of Sin ?
Tide of Sin (Level 10) Diablo Azmodan
  • Mana: 100
  • Cooldown: 20 seconds

Activate to make the next Globe of Annihilation cost no Mana and deal 50% more damage.

Usable while Channeling All Shall Burn.

6.1.

Discussion

At this Level, you gain access to Heroic Abilities. If you want to read more about them, check the dedicated section in the Abilities and Strategy page.

Demonic Invasion Icon Demonic Invasion summons Demonic Grunts and does great siege damage. This Ability should rarely be used in team fights as it would just be used for a type of wall, which could work in specific scenarios if the enemy team consists of skillshot Heroes whose Abilities can be blocked.

Tide of Sin Icon Tide of Sin is a generic way of improving Azmodan's area of effect damage output and waveclear, and incidentally, his ability to generate Annihilation.

7.

Level 13 Talents for Azmodan

Azmodan Brutish Vanguard ?
Brutish Vanguard (Level 13) Diablo Azmodan

Demon Warriors and Lieutenants gain 25% increased Health. Demon Warriors Slow nearby enemies by 20%.

Azmodan Cydaea's Kiss
Cydaea's Kiss (Level 13) Diablo Azmodan

Reduces the Channel time of All Shall Burn by 0.5 seconds. If All Shall Burn's Channel kills or lasts its full duration against a Hero, Azmodan is healed for 8% of his maximum Health.

Azmodan Chain of Command ✘︎
Chain of Command (Level 13) Diablo Azmodan

The cooldown of Demon Lieutenants' Demonic Smite is reduced by 2 seconds and they grant 25% increased damage to nearby friendly Minions, Mercenaries, and Azmodan's summoned Demons.

7.1.

Discussion

This tier provides utility.

Brutish Vanguard Icon Brutish Vanguard synergises well with Hellforged Armor Icon Hellforged Armor by multiplying the survivability of your Demon Warriors. Further, this Talent provides Azmodan with something his baseline kit sorely lacks: a Slow. On top of improving your Demon Warriors' uptime, this effect helps with hitting both Globe of Annihilation Icon Globe of Annihilation and All Shall Burn Icon All Shall Burn's end effect.

Cydaea's Kiss Icon Cydaea's Kiss provides Azmodan with some self sustain and improves the reliability of All Shall Burn Icon All Shall Burn slightly. This Talent also helps with Annihilation generation through Master of Destruction Icon Master of Destruction.

Chain of Command Icon Chain of Command improves Azmodan's map presence by allowing you to bolster Mercenary Camps and generally split-push faster. Although it is a powerful Talent, Chain of Command suffers from Demon Lieutenant Icon Demon Lieutenant's long 1-minute Cooldown. This means that for any given match, you will only get to benefit from Chain of Command a few times, and this, under the specific circumstances where no opposing Hero is able to kill off your Demon Lieutenant.

8.

Level 16 Talents for Azmodan

Azmodan Total Annihilation ?
Total Annihilation (Level 16) Diablo Azmodan

Globe of Annihilation damages Heroes for an additional 4% of their maximum Health.

Azmodan Hell Rift
Hell Rift (Level 16) Diablo Azmodan

If All Shall Burn Channels for its full duration or kills the target, a Demon Warrior is summoned at the target's location and all Demon Warriors deal 75% increased damage for 5 seconds.

Azmodan Trample ?
Trample (Level 16) Diablo Azmodan
  • Cooldown: 20 seconds

Activate to charge a short distance, dealing 275 (+4% per level) damage and Slowing enemies caught in the path by 60% for 1.25 second.

8.1.

Discussion

This Tier improves Azmodan's late-game damage output.

Total Annihilation Icon Total Annihilation significantly increases Globe of Annihilation Icon Globe of Annihilation's damage. This increase ranges between 25 and 75% of the Ability's base damage (before taking Annihilation stacks into consideration) depending on the target's total Health. Assuming full Annhilation stacks, this damage increase instead ranges between 10 and 30%. Regardless, few Talents in Heroes of the Storm provide such a steep damage increase to any given Ability, making Total Annihilation incredibly potent.

Hell Rift Icon Hell Rift has powerful split-pushing implications and notable synergy with most All Shall Burn Icon All Shall Burn-related Talents. Demon Warriors from Summon Demon Warrior Icon Summon Demon Warrior and from Hell Rift Icon Hell Rift itself will deal more damage, however, Demonic Lieutenants from Demon Lieutenant Icon Demon Lieutenant and Demonic Grunts from Demonic Invasion Icon Demonic Invasion will not.

Trample Icon Trample provides Azmodan with a welcomed short-ranged, high damage gap closer. Trample is particularly powerful against some of the more frail Melee Assassins, such as Genji and Zeratul. It is also worth picking as tool for escaping dive-heavy team compositions or those that feature Azmodan's counters, including Malthael and Muradin. If you do not feel pressured, however, Total Annihilation Icon Total Annihilation is likely to provide more overall damage.

9.

Level 20 Talents for Azmodan

Azmodan Siegebreaker ?
Siegebreaker (Level 20) Diablo Azmodan

Azmodan's Demons deal 40% increased damage to Structures.

Azmodan Black Pool ?
Black Pool (Level 20) Diablo Azmodan

Globes of Annihilation empowered by Tide of Sin also leave a Black Pool at their impact location for 5 seconds. Enemies within the pool lose 8 Armor per second, up to 15, and take 56 (+4% per level) damage per second.

Azmodan Pride ?
Pride (Level 20) Diablo Azmodan

After gaining 400 Annihilation, the area of Globe of Annihilation is increased by 15% and it deals 125 additional damage.

Azmodan Sin's Grasp
Sin's Grasp (Level 20) Diablo Azmodan

All Shall Burn Slows enemy Heroes by 15% during its Channel. If All Shall Burn Channels for its full duration or kills an enemy Hero, its cooldown is reduced by 50%, and the target is Slowed by 50% for 2.5 seconds.

9.1.

Discussion

This tier further improves Azmodan's late-game damage output.

Siegebreaker Icon Siegebreaker allows Demonic Invasion Icon Demonic Invasion to become a small win condition. With Siegebreaker, a single cast of Demonic Invasion plus Demon Lieutenant Icon Demon Lieutenant can destroy a Fort (approximately 13000 damage at Level 20). A single cast of Demonic Invasion plus Demon Lieutenant and three full-Annihilation Globe of Annihilation Icon Globe of Annihilations can destroy a Keep (17000 damage). To do so, you need to time Demonic Invasion in a way that Minion Waves do not distract your Demonic Grunts. Further, Siegebreaker makes for a powerful Core racing Talent. Do not be too greedy, however; you may still need your Heroic Ability to win a decisive team fight.

Black Pool Icon Black Pool should be selected when you do not have enough Annihilation stacks to fulfill Pride Icon Pride's 400-stack condition. If you are nearly there, go for Pride. Both Talents are essentially the same, with Pride providing more area of effect on a shorter cooldown.

Pride Icon Pride is Azmodan's go-to Talent at this tier. In most games, you should have the required 400 Annihilation stacks to make the Talent function. If you do not, and are not within a few hits of doing so, look into the alternatives.

Sin's Grasp Icon Sin's Grasp improves the reliability of All Shall Burn Icon All Shall Burn, not unlike Cydaea's Kiss Icon Cydaea's Kiss. This Talent provides Azmodan with some teamfight presence and the Slow can be useful to help your team catch up to your target.

10.

Changelog

  • 19 May 2021: Guide has been reviewed and no changes are needed for now.
  • 24 Mar. 2021: Guide has been updated with talents reflecting the new build.
  • 09 Nov. 2020: Guide has been reviewed and no changes are needed.
  • 05 Apr. 2020: Descriptions and recommendations updated for Battleborn and Trample.
  • 15 Feb. 2020: Talents and recommendations updated to reflect February 12 patch rework.
  • 27 Jan. 2020: Guide reviewed following January 22 balance patch. No changes to Talent recommendations.
  • 27 Jun. 2019: Guide reviewed and updated.
  • 03 Mar. 2019: Talent recommendations reviewed and deemed appropriate following February 27 rework.
  • 09 Aug. 2018: Talent discussions added
  • 07 Aug. 2018: Talent recommendations further updated following July 25 balance patch and metagame changes.
  • 11 Jul. 2018: Talent recommendations updated following July 10 Azmodan rework patch.
  • 14 Jan. 2018: Updated Heroic Talent assessments. Updated Wrath build.
  • 28 Jun. 2017: Added Battleborn build and removed the other advised build, which had fallen out of fashion.
  • 26 Jun. 2017: Updated the discussion and evaluation of many Talents.
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