Heroes of the Storm Master Tier List

The goal of this Tier List is to inform players from Diamond to Grand Master in Storm League regarding how strong Heroes are in the current metagame.

If a given Hero can be played in multiple Roles (for example Blaze can be played as either Tank or Offlaner), we mention them multiple times because each of their Roles belongs to a different Tier.

In order to follow the recommended drafting strategy (1 Tank, 1 Offlaner, 1 Ranged Assassin, 1 Healer, and 1 Flex), we have replaced the official Bruiser label with the Offlaner category that features Heroes from various in-game Roles.

Heroes that are worth banning at the beginning of the draft have been marked with a red label. You can also find a brief explanation about some Heroes.

Blaze is a great Offlaner thanks to his solid self-sustain and high waveclear and a questionable Tank because of the delay on his only engage tool: Jet Propulsion.

Hogger is a well-rounded Bruiser who can clear Minions and Camps efficiently, as well as dish out a solid amount of damage against Heroes during team fights, especially in the late game.

Sgt. Hammer is a powerful Hero that can deal a huge amount of damage to enemy Heroes and Structures if not countered properly, which is a good reason to ban her later in the draft, when there are fewer slots remaining to counter her.

Lucio, despite not being great when it comes to raw healing, provides mobility to his teammates and has access to a powerful Cleanse effect— High Five. A strong player, especially in a coordinated team, can get a lot of value from his kit.

Rehgar is currently a solid Healer who can provide a balanced mix of sustain and burst healing, with the ability to quickly clear Minions and Mercenaries.

Diablo has access to a solid combination of crowd control, self-sustain, and damage compared to other Tanks. If left unchecked, he becomes deadly for any squishy Hero within range, especially near impassable terrain.

Johanna is not only the most durable Tank in the whole game but she can also provide a good amount of crowd control to disrupt enemy plans and help her teammates.

Dehaka excels on big Maps, where you can get value from Brushstalker to quickly join your team. This tool can be used to outnumber the enemy team while the enemy Offlaner is busy somewhere else or still traveling due to not being global like Dehaka.

Junkrat can use his kit to gain vision and safely poke from the distance, follow-up his team's engage with crowd control and/or burst damage (using Heroic Abilities).

Anduin, thanks to Leap of Faith being a powerful saving tool and him being able to output a fair amount of burst and sustain healing, is arguably the hardest Healer to counter in the entire game, making him a solid part of various team compositions.

Hogger does so much damage that he can also be played in the 4-man as a Melee Assassin. This way of drafting can be useful to not be weak against dive or to enable Valla.

The Lost Vikings should only be banned if you are on a 3-lane Map and you know that someone in the enemy team plays them well, otherwise you are only going to waste a ban on a low popularity Hero.

Even if labeled as Tank in-game, we find Cho to be a solid Melee Assassin for your team as he can dish out a solid amount of damage but cannot really engage and/or peel for his team. Draft him alongside a Tank, an Offlaner, and a Healer for maximum value.

With the appropriate Build, E.T.C. can easily be played as Offlaner on big Maps, where having a global is quite strong. By picking him before your actual Tank, you also make your draft more flexible and harder to predict.

The current best way to play Deathwing consists of having him in the 4-man, as a Ranged Assassin or Melee Assassin depending on his Build. You can occasionally play him as Offlaner too.

If your team has enough tools to handle macro on the Map you are playing on and can output a solid amount of damage (for example, features Valla as the only Ranged Assassin), you can play a secondary Healer (usually Uther) in the so-called Flex slot to be stronger in team fights.

Warning! Offlaners in this Tier are extremely situational. They should not be picked unless you are sure to have a favorable match-up against a given Hero on a given Map, you are not exposed to ganks from the rest of their team (Genji comes to mind), and your team composition is made in a way to not suffer during team fights in the late game because of them, by having a durable Bruiser in the 4-man.