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Heroes of the Storm Haunted Mines Tier List
The goal of this Tier List is to inform players regarding how strong Heroes are in the current metagame on Haunted Mines.
Introduction
The goal of this Tier List is to inform players regarding how strong Heroes are in the current metagame on Haunted Mines.
Haunted Mines is a 2-lane Map with no Boss Camps, 2 Siege Camps, and 3 Sapper Camps. You cannot double-soak and being global is rarely useful. You may want to pick Heroes who can easily clear the Objective, otherwise just make sure to kill enemy Heroes before they can secure it. Make sure to have some Heroes who can take care of Mercenary Camps.
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.
Tier S
In this tier you can find overpowered Heroes that will do great in most games.
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Auriel can use 
Sacred Sweep
on enemy Minions to gain a lot of Energy and keep her teammates healthy.
You may need healing reduction effects to deal with her.
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.
If not countered, Deathwing is currently a powerful Hero that, while not excelling at macro, can deal a lot of damage, has good self-sustain, and is great for securing Mercenary Camps when contested.
Hogger is a well-rounded Bruiser who can clear Minions and Mercenaries efficiently and dish out a solid amount of damage against Heroes during team fights, especially in the late game.
Sylvanas is a versatile Ranged Assassin
capable of specializing into sustain damage or burst damage.
She also has access to 
Haunting Arrows, which is extremely useful for disabling
enemy Structures while pushing or diving.
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.
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 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.
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.
Tier D
In this tier you can find weak Heroes that will do poorly in most games.
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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 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.
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.
Changelog
- 01 May 2026: Tier List created.
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