Imperius Talents

1. Imperius's Talent Build

Level	Choices
1	✘ ✔ ✔
4	✘ ? ✔
7	✘ ✘ ✔
10	✔ ✘
13	✘ ✔ ✘
16	✘ ✔ ✔
20	✔ ✘ ? ✘

2. Imperius' Talent Build Cheatsheet

3. Level 1 Talents for Imperius

3.1. Discussion

Consuming Flame helps Imperius fight one of his greatest weaknesses in the early game, which is waveclear. The increased Movement Speed Slow amount after its completion is quite noticeable as well.

Burn the Impure amplifies Imperius' early game damage output tremendously. The additional percentage damage works particularly well with Molten Armor if Imperius maintains a consistent Basic Attack sequence after each tick. Furthermore, this talent can unfold great value if combined with Holy Fervor at Level 7.

Impaling Light comes with several Quest stages. While landing Celestial Charge on 2 enemy Heroes is usually done relatively quickly, stunning 3 enemy Heroes is quite unlikely to happen. Thus, we consider the other talents more reliable and thus usually more impactful throughout all stages of the game.

4. Level 4 Talents for Imperius

4.1. Discussion

Battle Hunger has great synergy with Holy Fervor at Level 7, which allows Imperius to heal tremendous amounts from multiple enemy Heroes at the same time. But even without the cleaving attacks, the additional self-healing is too good to be neglected.

Unshakable Faith can be a formidable counter against Heroes like Jaina or Arthas who have Slows and Roots in their arsenal.

Bulwark of Flame provides Physical Armor, however, removing a Slow or Root usually prevents more follow up damage than Bulwark of Flame could block. Moreover, Battle Hunger's consistent healing outshines its physical damage reduction as well.

5. Level 7 Talents for Imperius

5.1. Discussion

Holy Fervor is not only a very good talent by itself, it can further enhance the efficiency of other Valorous Brand-related talents, such as Consuming Flame at Level 1 or Battle Hunger at Level 4. It also helps improve Imperius' waveclear and comes with a relatively short cooldown.

Flash of Anger is dependent on whether Imperius can successfully land Celestial Charge or not. But even if he lands it, the additional damage does not outperform Holy Fervor.

Blaze of Glory's bonus damage is not impressive for two reasons. Firstly, the damage amount is quite low, secondly, it takes too long to explode, allowing enemy Heroes to dodge it with ease.

6. Level 10 Talents for Imperius

6.1. Discussion

Angelic Armaments comes with everything an aggressive Bruiser like Imperius needs. Its massive shield prevents enemies from bursting him down. The activatable damage component can wreak havoc on the enemy team's backline, making him an even scarier foe to face.

Wrath of the Angiris is too unreliable and can be dodged too easily due to its channeled activation animation. It is a high risk high reward talent with an even higher cooldown than Angelic Armaments.

7. Level 13 Talents for Imperius

7.1. Discussion

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

Pathetic Mortals's damage reduction is not bad per se, however, we consider this talent a bit inconsistent, as it is dependent on whether Imperius can successfully land Celestial Charge.

Heat of Battle comes with a crippling condition which requires Imperius to be below 50% of his health. Thus, this talent does not give any value while Imperius is in decent fighting condition. That makes it quite inferior to Divine Rage, which on average, thanks to its cooldown reduction, also generates more overall healing.

8. Level 16 Talents for Imperius

8.1. Discussion

Melting Touch has strong synergy with Divine Rage, which allows Imperius to consistently lower nearby enemies' armor.

Sovereign Armor can be a worthwhile alternative choice if the enemy team focuses Imperius heavily throughout the game.

Celestial Swiftness increases Imperius' Attack and Movement Speed after stunning foes using Celestial Charge. While this boosts his damage output, we find the other talents to be overall more reliable and synergetic.

9. Level 20 Talents for Imperius

9.1. Discussion

Heavenly Host turns Angelic Armaments into an amazing team fighting ability. Similar to Storm Shield, it protects every allied Hero in Imperius' vicinity every 60 seconds, which is too good to be neglected.

Impervious can be a situational choice if the enemy team focuses heavily on killing on Imperius or if, for whatever reason, Imperius ends up being the only frontliner in the team.

Unrelenting Descent requires Wrath of the Angiris to be picked at Level 10, which is something we currently do not recommend.

Valorous Pursuit is a flashy talent with very limited impact. While it provides Imperius with additional mobility, the lack of protection for both himself and nearby allied Heroes renders this talent rather weak.

10. Changelog