Hanamura Temple Introduction

Considering that the Objective takes a lot of time to be won when contested by the enemy team, we recommend picking Heroes who are specialized in sustain damage and/or poke damage to constantly pressure the enemy team, forcing them to waste resources to stay on the battlefield for longer.

Being able to quickly clear Mercenary Camps (for example Raynor with Exterminator at Level 1) is important because you need to capture the Sentinel Camp and the Fortification Camp on your side of the battlefield as fast as possible, especially when the Objective is already active.

Considering that the Objective takes a lot of time to be won when contested by the enemy team, we recommend picking a sustain Healer (such as Malfurion). Combined with a smart use of the Healing Fountain, they will help you stay on the battlefield as much as possible without needing to Hearthstone too much. When your team does not have enough sustain healing coming from your Healer, prefer Heroes with good self-sustain instead (for example Blaze).

Heroes who can help their team to take down enemy Structures (notably Sylvanas) and/or can deal a lot of damage to enemy Structures on their own are good on Hanamura Temple because they can siege with the Samurai rewarded by the Sentinel Camp. Sometimes it is even possible to do that with the Turret Item from the Fortification Camp, however, it is highly recommended to keep them for team fights.

Point control tools are good to deter the enemy team to invade your Mercenary Camps or, alternatively, to invade Mercenary Camps in the enemy territory while they are trying to capture them. Displacement effects (for example Wrecking Ball by Garrosh) are also useful against Heroes who like to play aggressively near your Structures in order to take them down.

Despite being a 2-lane Map, having a good amount of waveclear will give you more time to do other things across the battlefield and will also help you to defend your Structures from enemy Heroes. Quickly killing enemy Minions will drastically reduce the enemy team's siege power and sometimes they will even be forced to retreat.

Hanamura Temple features a lot of wide areas, therefore you will not be able to fully unleash the power of Heroes that need to fight near impassable terrain (such as Diablo with Shadow Charge) or that can create it (for example Hogger with Loot Hoard).

Considering that the Objective takes a lot of time to be won when contested by the enemy team, we recommend avoiding Heroes that have Abilities with extremely long cooldowns (such as Dragonqueen by Alexstrasza), even if they are not that bad because the games on Hanamura Temple tend to reach the late game, when long cooldowns are not an issue anymore.