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Lt. Morales Build Guide “I protect every member of my squad!”
Welcome to our guide for Lt. Morales, a Healer in Heroes of the Storm. Within these pages, you will find everything required to understand how best to play this hero, in both different map styles and team compositions.
Lt. Morales's Overview
Lt. Morales is a ranged Healer whose powerful single-target heals make her a very good addition to most Bruisers, Tanks, and melee Assassins. However, her lack of mobility causes her to be an easy target to engage on, which is why it is of utmost importance to know how to position yourself when playing as Lt. Morales.
Lt. Morales's Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
Low learning curve due to simple mechanics- Powerful single-target heals and damage reduction
Stim Drone works great with Heroes who rely on Basic Attacks- Strong late game
Weaknesses
No AoE heals
Healing Beam is quite Energy consuming- Lack of innate escape mechanisms
- Requires decent positioning and map awareness
Lt. Morales's Talent Build Cheatsheet
Grenade Build
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The Grenade Build offers you with both satisfying healing output and a decent
amount of disruption provided by 
Displacement Grenade.
Keep in mind that certain talents can still be exchanged and replaced by others.
Level 7, in particular, should be a situational choice in every game depending on
which Heroes the enemy team drafted. 
Physical Therapy,
for instance, makes a lot of sense against Heroes like
Jaina or
Arthas, whereas
Vanadium Plating should be your go-to choice if the
enemy team features lots of Stuns coming from Heroes like
Anub'arak,
Muradin, or
E.T.C.. At Level 13,
System Shock can be replaced by
Second Opinion to consistently displace enemies and
keep Blast Shield's shields up.
Full Support Build
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The Full Support Build focuses less on spamming Displacement Grenade all the time
and more on keeping important allies alive. The Level 1 talent Life Support
will make sure to always have a decent amount of Energy available to maintain healing on allies.
Experienced players will have a huge impact on team fights by utilizing talents
like Vanadium Plating, System Shock, and
Extended Care to the fullest, without exposing themselves to enemy Tanks
and Bruisers.
Lt. Morales's Synergies and Counters
Lt. Morales synergizes with
Lt. Morales is an ideal choice if your team features Basic Attack heavy Assassins and Specialists,
such as Zul'jin or Sgt. Hammer,
since it is usually quite easy for her to stay in their vicinity. Moreover, her 
Stim Drone Heroic Ability
can greatly amplify those Heroes' combat performance by greatly increasing their Movement Speed and Attack Speed.
Lt. Morales is countered by
Lt. Morales' greatest counters are Heroes, mostly Tanks, Bruisers, and melee Assassins, whose great hard engage causes serious problems for her. Consequently, Heroes with long range crowd control abilities like Alarak or E.T.C. but also stealthy Heroes, such as Zeratul are the ones she has to look out for the most.
Lt. Morales's Maps
Lt. Morales' 
Medivac Dropship makes her a great pick
on large maps, such as Garden of Terror or Sky Temple, as it allows you to quickly fly
from one objective to the next one. By the same token, Lt. Morales usually struggles on smaller
maps like Tomb of the Spider Queen on which early game rotations can often cause her to
be out of position.
Lt. Morales's Tips and Tricks
- Healing Beam still heals Lt. Morales even if the healed target is currently at full health.
- When healing a frontliner, notably Tanks and Bruisers, try to synchronise your movement with theirs to avoid getting in front of them. This prevents you from exposing yourself to the enemy team.
Medivac Dropship can be a great Heroic Ability if you play Storm League as a premade team, however, it can perform rather poorly if you play solo due to communication problems with other players. - Make sure to use Stim Drone on Assassins like Illidan, Raynor, or Valla, since Heroes who rely on their Basic Attacks benefit most of it.
- If the enemy team has several Tanks and Bruisers who can threaten you, casting Medivac Dropship and navigating it to a nearby location while they are attacking you can save your life.
Lt. Morales' Role in the Current Meta
Lt. Morales is a very situational pick in the current Anomaly. While she can be a strong choice on static 2-lane maps, such as Braxis Holdout or Battle of Eternity, she is a rather unreliable choice on larger maps that require rotations and movement around the battleground.
Lt. Morales fits into a large number of team compositions, however, she truly
shines if paired with Basic Attack heavy Assassins like Raynor
or Zul'jin whose combat performance
can be improved greatly thanks to Stim Drone. Furthermore, Healing Beam is a very potent single-target heal that
works particularly well on aggressive frontliners like Arthas or
Diablo.
The fact that most of Lt. Morales' abilities are quite easy to understand
does not mean that she is an easy Hero to master. What makes Lt. Morales a surprisingly
challenging Hero at times is the fact that she needs good positioning more than
most other Heroes since she cannot use Healing Beam
on herself. Fortunately, Lt. Morales has access to a variety of defensive talents
like 
Trauma Trigger
or 
Caduceus Reactor 2.0 which make her a lot more
resilient against enemy focus fire.
Changelog
- 23 Mar. 2020 (abilities page): Outdated information corrected.
- 23 Mar. 2020 (talents page): Outdated and misleading information corrected.
- 13 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added an entry about the current Anomaly to the guide.
- 16 Oct. 2019 (talents page): Added the Medi-Drone talent at Level 7 and applied it to Lt. Morales' builds in accordance with the latest Balance Update.
- 17 Jun. 2019 (talents page): Updated Lt. Morales' talents in accordance with the latest state of the game.
- 17 Jun. 2019 (abilities page): Updated Lt. Morales' abilities section in accordance with the latest state of the game.
- 13 Oct. 2018 (talents page): Updated Lt. Morales' Talent Builds in accordance with the recent Balance Update.
- 22 Dec. 2017 (talents page): Changed First Responder from Not Recommended to Recommended.
- 12 Sep. 2017 (talents page): Changed Life Support from Not Recommended to Recommended.
- 08 Sep. 2017 (talents page): Updated Lt. Morales' talents page in accordance with the Kel'thuzad patch.
- 08 Sep. 2017 (abilities page): Updated Lt. Morales' abilities page in accordance with the Kel'thuzad patch.
- 15 Jan. 2017 (talents page): Changed Cellular Reactor from Not Recommended to Situational.
- 09 Jan. 2017 (this page): Updated guide for recent balance patch and moved it to the new format.
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