Garrosh Talents

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Warbreaker is a strong Quest-based Talent that provides bonus damage and  cooldown reduction to Groundbreaker, something that makes it a solid choice to empower Garrosh's survivability in combination with Defensive Measures at Level 13. Contrary to most Quests, the bonus damage is scaling with Team Level.

Unrivaled Strength is a good Talent that slightly increases how far the target will be thrown by Wrecking Ball while also increasing the damage done to them by a solid amount, about 50% more than Warbreaker after Quest completion and about the same as Body Check.

You can combine this Talent with Mortal Combo at Level 16 and Titanic Might at Level 20 to boost your damage in the late game.

Body Check is a situational Active-based Talent that can be used to counter high amount of burst healing in the enemy team (for example against Whitemane). Body Check also applies a Slow and deals a decent amount of damage, about 50% less than Warbreaker after Quest completion and about the same as Unrivaled Strength.

In For the Kill is a decent Talent that empowers Garrosh's ability to clear enemies who have low maximum Health (like Minions or Skeletal Defenders on Infernal Shrines).

You should not take this Talent when playing Garrosh as Tank, as you are not supposed to be busy clearing Minions for multiple seconds, however, it may be useful while playing Garrosh as Bruiser.

Thirst for Battle is a good Talent that reduces the cooldown of Bloodthirst when hitting enemy Heroes with Basic Attacks.

The reduced cooldown of Bloodthirst will slightly increase your damage output and survivability, especially if combined with Bloodcraze at Level 13 and Seasoned Soldier at Level 16.

Indomitable is a strong Talent that gives yourself Unstoppable for 1.5 seconds on a relatively short cooldown, something that is extremely good for playing around kite when you want to engage.

Active it when you expect a Stun or Silence to hit you because you cannot self-remove them with it or use it when you are already affected by a Root or Slow because they do not stop you from casting Abilities.

Intimidation is a situational Talent that allows you to reduce the Attack Speed of enemy Heroes hit with either the inner or outer area of Groundbreaker, so it does not matter if you do not Stun them in the process.

Consider picking this Talent only when you do not need Into the Fray to save allied Heroes from crowd control effects.

Oppressor is a good Talent that makes your Basic Attacks apply a debuff to enemy Heroes that reduces both the damage and healing done with their Abilities.

Consider picking this Talent only when you do not need Into the Fray to save allied Heroes from crowd control effects.

Into the Fray is a strong repositioning tool that works exactly like Wrecking Ball but with an allied target. You can use it both offensively to help a strong frontline allied Hero engage or defensively to peel a vulnerable teammate away from a threatening enemy. While in the air, the targeted allied Hero is Unstoppable (for example Temporal Loop gets countered by it, if timed correctly).

The first of Garrosh's Heroic Ability options, Warlord's Challenge is a very strong source of AoE crowd control. Once cast, all enemies caught within a small radius around Garrosh will become silenced and forced to attack Garrosh for a 2-second duration.

Due to his lack of mobility or gap-closer, Garrosh will likely have to rely on a well placed Groundbreaker in order move in close enough to successfully cast Warlord's Challenge.

Decimate, Garrosh's second Heroic Ability option, focuses more on sustained AoE damage. Unfortunately, this is not what Garrosh usually needs to provide, as his strengths lie in locking enemy Heroes down and isolating them in order for his team to gain a tactical advantage. Decimate does not contribute to either of these strengths. That said, Decimate can be useful when playing Garrosh as Bruiser, so when your team has another Tank.

Defensive Measures is a strong Talent that protects Garrosh with a Shield when hitting enemy Heroes with the outer area of Groundbreaker, so you need to Stun them to make it work.

The bonus Shield provided allows Garrosh to become an even stronger frontline Hero and makes him even harder to burst down.

Defensive Measures synergizes with Warbreaker at Level 1 because the small cooldown reduction it provides to Groundbreaker increases the uptime potential of the bonus Shield.

Shields are amplified by the damage mitigation provided by Armor Up, meaning that Defensive Measures will be more effective while Garrosh has low Health.

Bloodcraze is a good Talent that tends to be outclassed by Defensive Measures as a defensive Level 13 Talent option. However, Bloodcraze is still considered situational as it may be advantageous to Garrosh against highly mobile melee targets who are difficult to knock-up with casts of Groundbreaker (such as Illidan). Rather than losing out completely on the benefits of Defensive Measures by not being able to Stun an enemy Hero with Groundbreaker, Garrosh may still receive the additional passive Healing granted by his targeted Basic Ability Bloodthirst.

Double Up is a situational Talent that increases the damage mitigation provided by Armor Up.

The 100% bonus Armor can come in clutch, preventing Garrosh from being taken down especially if he finds himself under heavy fire without the immediate assistance of his team. Remember that Armor cannot go above or below 75. As a consequence, this Talent will give its maximum value when Garrosh has about 30% maximum Health or less.

Mortal Combo is a decent Talent that can set up some ridiculously crippling crowd-control combos.

Throwing an enemy Hero with Wrecking Ball after Stunning them with Groundbreaker will result in the two Abilities being ready to use again at around the same time, allowing you to reposition enemy Heroes every 8 seconds—6 seconds with Warbreaker at Level 1—while fighting.

Combine it with Titanic Might at Level 20 and, when catching two Heroes with Wrecking Ball and hitting them with Groundbreaker right after, you will be able to throw them on the spot two more times. Unrivaled Strength at Level 1 increases the damage done this way.

Earthshaker is a strong Talent that will cause whatever enemy Hero Garrosh throws with Wrecking Ball to be Stunned upon their landing.

You can also throw an enemy towards an enemy Hero to use this Talent as a ranged Stun, useful to interrupt enemies attempting to channel a powerful Ability (for example Holy Word: Salvation by Anduin) or to catch enemy Heroes who are trying to flee.

Seasoned Soldier is a good Talent that passively increases Garrosh's maximum Health by 103 (increasing with level), boosts the Slow duration of Groundbreaker from 2 to 3 seconds, and provides an additional Charge of Bloodthirst.

While the first and second effects are not that impactful, the third effect is a huge boost to Garrosh's survivability. You can empower this Talent by combining it with Thirst for Battle at Level 4 and Bloodcraze at Level 13.

Death Wish is a good Talent that allows Garrosh to reset the cooldown of Warlord's Challenge after taking down an enemy Hero while also increasing the Taunt duration from 2 to 2.5 seconds.

Deadly Calm is a strong Talent that almost halves the damage done by enemy Heroes hit by Decimate for a few seconds.

The fact that Decimate has multiple charges and a cooldown reduction component allows you to potentially keep the debuff active for a dozen of seconds on multiple enemy Heroes within range.

Avoid using multiple Charges on the same enemy Heroes in quick succession because the second damage reduction effect will not stack with the first one, but only refresh its duration.

Titanic Might is a strong Talent that doubles the power of Wrecking Ball, especially if your team has access to burst damage to follow up on your engage. Throwing two enemy Heroes means you will easily be able to hit both of them with Warlord's Challenge.

Inner Rage is a decent Talent that increases the value of Body Check by adding a second Charge and empowering the healing reduction component. For obvious reasons, this Talent can only be picked if Body Check was chosen at Level 1.

Avoid using both Charges on the same enemy Hero in quick succession because the second healing reduction effect will not stack with the first one, but only refresh its duration.

Pick this Talent only if you desperately need healing reduction effects to get kills, so when the enemy team has multiple Healers and your team lacks damage.