Imperius Talents

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Impaling Light is a strong Talent that increases the damage done by Celestial Charge and reduces its cooldown. The damage bonus is higher when hitting a single Hero and gets reduced for each additional Hero hit. The cooldown reduction is lower when hitting a single Hero and gets increased for each Valorous Brand's mark on enemy Heroes when the Stun ends.

In order to maximize the benefits of this Talent, you should apply as many Valorous Brand's marks as possible on the targets. To do so, hit your target with Solarion's Fire before using Celestial Charge on them and then use Molten Armor while Imperius is leaping forward.

Consuming Flame is a strong Talent that increases the damage done and Slow applied by Solarion's Fire, while also giving some Mana back when hitting any number of enemy Heroes.

Pick this Talent to improve Imperius's waveclear when playing him as Offlaner, else you will struggle at clearing Minions.

Burn the Impure amplifies Imperius's early game damage output tremendously. The additional percent-based damage works particularly well with Molten Armor if Imperius maintains a consistent Basic Attack sequence after each tick.

We find this Talent particularly good when playing against Heroes who have high maximum Health (like Azmodan) and/or Armor (such as Deathwing).

Sovereign Armor is a strong Talent that boosts Imperius's survivability for almost 2 seconds, right after using Molten Armor. It has great synergy with Divine Rage at Level 13, allowing Imperius to be have the Armor almost constantly.

Battle Hunger is a good Talent when paired with Holy Fervor, greatly increasing Imperius's self-sustain in fights.

Press Forward is a very useful Talent during duels in the laning phase, but with almost zero value during team fights, where Regeneration Globes are rarely found. It can be an optimal choice if you are losing the lane in Braxis Holdout or Dragon Shire.

Flash of Anger is a strong Talent that provides a Shield and boosts your damage when hitting enemy Heroes with Celestial Charge and then consuming the corresponding Valorous Brand's mark with a Basic Attack.

After picking Brand of Solarion at Level 20, Flash of Anger will go off for multiple Basic Attacks, for up to 5 seconds after using Celestial Charge.

Given how much damage and healing you can get from Holy Fervor through the course of a game, we find this Talent lackluster when not combined with Brand of Solarion at Level 20.

Blaze of Glory is a weak Talent that increases the damage done by Solarion's Fire with a short delay, by leaving a fire trail on the ground that explodes shortly after. The damage dealt by this Talent can be increased by hitting its target with other Basic Abilities first, to mark them with Valorous Brand.

We do not recommend this Talent because it does not provide enough value compared to the other options in the same Tier.

Holy Fervor is a situational Talent that empowers your Basic Attacks, causing them to deal 130% damage on the main target and cleave for 30% damage. You can manually activate this Talent to buff your next 4 Basic Attacks.

The 25-second cooldown of the active component—which starts after the first empowered Basic Attack gets used—allows you to easily take care of Minions as they spawn once every 30 seconds.

Keep in mind that the Holy Fervor counter in the bottom-left corner will not show until you use a charge because that is when their expiration time starts.

In this section we discuss when and why to pick a given Heroic Ability. If you want to read how they work in detail and/or you are looking for some tips on how to use them, check them out on the Abilities and Strategy page.

Angelic Armaments is a good Heroic Ability which comes with everything an aggressive Bruiser like Imperius needs: its massive Shield prevents enemies from bursting him down while the damage from reactivation can help you securing kills, making him an even scarier foe to face.

If you are a beginner on Imperius, prefer picking this Heroic Ability. Angelic Armaments is easy to get value from because it provides a nice Shield which boosts your survivability even if you cannot make good use of the reactivation component.

Wrath of the Angiris is a strong Heroic Ability which can be used to crowd control enemy Heroes who are relatively easy to hit with skillshots.

You may need it for countering specific enemy Abilities (such as Phase Shift by Brightwing) and/or to provide additional crowd control effects to your team.

Since it provides Unstoppable as you charge forward, you could also use it for countering delayed crowd control effects (notably Temporal Loop by Chromie).

If you are a beginner on Imperius, avoid picking this Heroic Ability. Wrath of the Angiris is easy to dodge due to having a cast time of 0.75 seconds, making it a high-risk high-reward Heroic Ability if not used as a follow-up to allied crowd control.

Pathetic Mortals is a situational Talent that drastically reduces the damage done by enemy Heroes hit with Celestial Charge for multiple seconds while also Slowing them for a moderate amount.

The damage reduction effect is great to shut down enemy Heroes who deal a lot of damage, regardless of their Role. The small Slow provided is nice to have because it can help you land a few more Basic Attacks on retreating enemy Heroes.

Divine Rage is a good Talent that significantly lowers Molten Armor's cooldown, which greatly increases Imperius's survivability. Furthermore, it possesses great synergy with both Sovereign Armor at Level 4 and Melting Touch at Level 16.

Heat of Battle is a situational Talent that comes with stronger healing the lower Imperius's Health is. You may need this Talent when playing against Heroes who can inflict a good amount of percent-based damage (for example Tychus with Minigun).

You can greatly increase the amount healing received from this Talent by going for Molten Wrath at Level 20.

Celestial Swiftness increases Imperius's Attack and Movement Speed after Stunning foes using Celestial Charge. This Talent can be good when paired with Brand of Solarion and Flash of Anger. However, it is very dependent on hitting your Celestial Charge, so go for this if you are very confident in doing that.

Melting Touch is a strong Talent which allows Imperius to consistently lower the Armor of nearby enemy Heroes, increasing everyone's damage done to them.

Holy Fervor at Level 7 allows you to reduce the Armor of multiple enemy Heroes at the same time, if they happen to be within Molten Armor's range.

If you pick this Talent together with Divine Rage at Level 13, you will be able to reduce the Armor of enemy Heroes more often thanks to the cooldown reduction it provides.

Valorous Pursuit is a strong Talent that can be activated to teleport near an enemy Hero marked with Valorous Brand. After teleporting, you will also gain some Armor that will increase your survivability for a few seconds.

When you have Wrath of the Angiris as your Heroic Ability, you can use Solarion's Fire to mark an enemy Hero from the distance, teleport on top of them with Valorous Pursuit, and then cast Wrath of the Angiris towards them.

Considering that Imperius lacks mobility, you may occasionally want this Talent as a counter to kite, so that you can stick on the target you want to kill even after they use something to keep you away.

Heavenly Host is a good Talent which puts a powerful Shield on nearby Heroes, in addition to the one that Imperius gets, and makes those Shields not expire. After 3 seconds, each Shield that is still up will deal damage to the nearest enemy, prioritizing Heroes.

We find this Talent useful for keeping your most vulnerable allied Heroes (for example Valla) alive.

Unrelenting Descent is a good Talent which restores a good chunk of Health and Mana when hitting enemy Heroes with Wrath of the Angiris. In addition to that, consuming a Valorous Brand will reduce its cooldown by 10 seconds.

Assuming you do not get bursted down by the enemy team, the cooldown reduction provided will usually allow you to halve the cooldown of Wrath of the Angiris.

If you picked Wrath of the Angiris over Angelic Armaments at Level 10, then you should heavily prefer upgrading your Heroic Ability.

Molten Wrath is a decent Talent that makes Molten Armor hit 2 additional targets even when enemy Heroes are in range, meaning that you can get more value from it in combat.

This effect can be used to greatly increase the amount of healing that Imperius receives from Heat of Battle at Level 13.

Brand of Solarion is a strong Talent that heavily increases Imperius's damage and self-healing by making Valorous Brand's marks last only 5 seconds but empower Basic Attacks without being consumed.

This kind of effect has synergy with Burn the Impure at Level 1, to deal more percent-based damage, and with Flash of Anger at Level 7, to constantly refresh your Shield over 5 seconds and deal more damage.

Impervious is a strong Talent which can be activated to give Imperius a huge amount of Spell Armor and to make him Unstoppable for a few seconds.

We find this Talent particularly useful when playing against Heroes who have the potential to burst you down with their Abilities, especially when they are paired with Heroes who have access to crowd control effects.