Heroes of the Storm Hanamura Temple Tier List

Last updated on May 03, 2026 at 14:45 by Elitesparkle 40 comments

The goal of this Tier List is to inform players regarding how strong Heroes are in the current metagame on Hanamura Temple.

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Introduction

The goal of this Tier List is to inform players regarding how strong Heroes are in the current metagame on Hanamura Temple.

Hanamura Temple is a 2-lane Map with no Boss Camps, 2 Sentinel Camps, 2 Fortification Camps, and 2 Recon Camps. You cannot double-soak and being global is not that useful. Be aware that the Objective is not that strong, thus your main focus should be the Sentinel Camp followed by the Fortification Camp. As a consequence, you will need Heroes who are relatively good at capturing Mercenary Camps. Avoid picking Heroes who rely on impassable terrain to get value from their Abilities.

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Guidelines

A well-rounded team composition has: 1 Tank, 1 Offlaner, 1 Ranged Assassin, 1 Flex, and 1 Healer. The flex slot can be filled with: 1 Bruiser, 1 Melee Assassin, 1 Ranged Assassin, or 1 Healer. If a given Hero can be played in different Roles (for example Tank and Offlaner), we mention them multiple times because each of their Roles may belong to a different tier.

Heroes that are generally worth banning at the beginning of the draft have been marked with a red border and a BAN label, however, in some circumstances it may be better to ban other Heroes instead, either to target-ban a player and/or to remove a counter to Heroes your team will pick.

Heroes that do better on this Map compared to their overall ranking have an upward-pointing arrow and name in green whereas Heroes that do worse on this Map compared to their overall ranking have a downward-pointing arrow and name in red. You can see their overall ranking in our General Tier List.

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Tier S

In this tier you can find overpowered Heroes that will do great in most games.

Offlaner 1 Hero
Ranged Assassin 2 Heroes
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Blaze is mainly being drafted as Offlaner because his self-sustain allows him to stay in lane for long periods of time and his high waveclear allows him to have priority on the enemy Offlaner.

Sylvanas is a versatile Ranged Assassin capable of specializing into sustain damage or burst damage. She also has access to Haunting Arrows Icon Haunting Arrows, which is extremely useful for disabling enemy Structures while pushing or diving.

Zul'jin can keep stacking Berserker Icon Berserker, his Baseline Quest, on enemy Heroes during the game. This mechanic allows him to become extremely powerful in the late game against teams who fight too much for no reason.

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Tier A

In this tier you can find strong Heroes that will perform well in a lot of games.

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Deathwing is not a great Offlaner because he has limited macro capabilities and deals 100% more damage to enemy Heroes, therefore he performs better when picked as Melee Assassin in the 4-man.

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Tier B

In this tier you can find good Heroes that will generally be fine but not that strong.

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Arthas can be played as Offlaner against melee Heroes who rely on Basic Attacks and cannot deal with Frozen Tempest Icon Frozen Tempest because they lack mobility tools to disengage whenever they want.

Imperius can get enough waveclear from Talents to become a good Offlaner, however, he performs better when picked as Melee Assassin in the 4-man.

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Tier C

In this tier you can find situational Heroes that will only do well in some circumstances.

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Even though she does not have self-sustain, Johanna has enough waveclear to be played as Offlaner on bigger Maps, where the offlane matchup is not that important.

Uther can also be drafted as secondary Healer to enable a powerful Melee Assassin (for example Kerrigan) or Ranged Assassin (notably Valla) so that they can deal more damage.

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Tier D

In this tier you can find weak Heroes that will do poorly in most games.

Tank 1 Hero
Melee Assassin 1 Hero
Ranged Assassin 2 Heroes
Support 2 Heroes
Healer 1 Hero
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Blaze is rarely being drafted as a Tank because his engage can easily be countered with a well-timed crowd control effects, including Knockbacks.

E.T.C. can be played as Offlaner by picking Stage Dive Icon Stage Dive and using it to join allied Heroes after taking care of a side lane. This strategy is particularly good on big Maps, where global Heroes are valuable.

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Changelog

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