Lt. Morales Talents

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Quick Reference
  • 2. Overview
  • 3. Strengths
  • 4. Weaknesses
  • 5. Role in the Current Meta
  • 6. Reading Further
  • 7. ChangeLog
• +Abilities and Strategy
  • 1. Tips on Ability Usage
  • 2. Healing Beam
  • 3. Safeguard
  • 4. Displacement Grenade
  • 5. Stim Drone
  • 6. Medivac Dropship
  • 7. Caduceus Reactor
  • 8. ChangeLog
• ×Talent Build
  • 1. Talent Build
  • 2. Common Talent Paths
  • 3. Level 1 Talents
    • 3.1. Discussion
  • 4. Level 4 Talents
    • 4.1. Discussion
  • 5. Level 7 Talents
    • 5.1. Discussion
  • 6. Level 10 Talents
    • 6.1. Discussion
  • 7. Level 13 Talents
    • 7.1. Discussion
  • 8. Level 16 Talents
    • 8.1. Discussion
  • 9. Level 20 Talents
    • 9.1. Discussion
  • 10. ChangeLog

General Information

On this page, we present the viable talent choices for playing Lt. Morales in a competitive environment in Heroes of the Storm. For each talent, we explain what they do and why they should or should not be taken.

The other pages of our Lt. Morales guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About the Author

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1. Talent Build

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2. Common Talent Paths

3. Level 1 Talents

3.1. Discussion

Clear! is a safe and solid Quest Talent to go for, because it is fairly easy to complete and has good impact on future team fights by reducing Displacement Grenade's cooldown and increasing its detonation area.

Life Support is a recommended choice due to the relatively reliable Energy gain it provides. While it takes a bit of experience and practice to cast Safeguard in the correct moment, the provided Energy allows Lt. Morales to maintain strong healing even during longer team fights.

Caduceus Feedback can be a viable talent choice if you need additional Energy gain. However, we strongly recommend maintaining a healthy distance to opposing Heroes, especially Warriors and melee Assassins, since overextending just to get a few Basic Attacks in can cost you dearly.

4. Level 4 Talents

4.1. Discussion

Blast Shield is a fantastic talent if you chose Clear! at Level 1, especially due to the lower cooldown after completing it. The best thing about this talent is the fact that the shields persist indefinitely, providing Lt. Morales with a lot of necessary protection throughout the game.

Trauma Trigger can be a good talent to pick at Level 4, since it automatically provides Lt. Morales with Safeguard if she gets focused by the enemy team. The 25% damage reduction really helps Lt. Morales to stay in team fights for a longer period of time, especially since good opponents will almost certainly try to take her down as quickly as possible.

Cellular Reactor's self healing is not significant enought to make it a viable alternative choice to either of the other two talents available. Furthermore, the 45-second cooldown is too high for the value you get.

5. Level 7 Talents

5.1. Discussion

Physical Therapy is a strong choice if the enemy team composition lacks Stuns and instead features Heroes like Jaina or Kel'Thuzad who rely heavily on slowing their opponents.

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..

Prolonged Safeguard is probably the least valuable but at the same time the safest talent option out of all Level 7 talents. Consequently, we recommend it to less experienced or new Lt. Morales players before they transition into Physical Therapy or Vanadium Plating, which are both more timing dependent.

6. Level 10 Talents

6.1. Discussion

At this level, Heroic Abilities become available. Stim Drone has already been described in the Abilities section.

Stim Drone's incredible offensive potential boosts the combat performance of Assassins like Illidan, Raynor, or Valla, who rely heavily on their Basic Attacks, drastically. The increase of both attack and movement speed also provides them with more mobility, which adds a defensive component to Stim Drone. Keep in mind, however, that Stim Drone has a short channeling animation. If Lt. Morales gets stunned, silenced, or knocked out of range from her allied target during the channeling process, Stim Drone will be placed on a 10-second cooldown.

Medivac Dropship can have a huge impact on the course of a match, in a positive or negative way. If communication with your teammates is on point, Medivac transport can allow your team to execute deadly ambushes or sneaky Objective captures. While this works particularly well in a 5v5 environment, the same cannot be said in most Quick Match or Hero League games.

7. Level 13 Talents

7.1. Discussion

System Shock is a fantastic talent against high damage team compositions that rely on bursting down targets very quickly.

EMP Grenade is a very underwhelming talent. The damage it provides is too insignificant to be relevant and the other talent choices are too good to be passed on.

Second Opinion has tremendous synergy with Clear! and Blast Shield and will net you a lot of value throughout the game while breaking the enemy team's formation consistently.

8. Level 16 Talents

8.1. Discussion

Extended Care increases Healing Beam's range drastically to the point where Lt. Morales can be almost impossible catch for the enemy team due to the large distance she is able to maintain.

First Responder comes with a major drawback compared to Extended Care: it requires you to be above 70% Energy. Unfortunately, Energy drains relatively quickly and even with certain Energy-restoring talents, First Responder is too unreliable a talent to make it worth picking.

Shield Sequencer is not a bad talent per se, as it does have decent synergy with other Safeguard talents, however, we find Extended Care to be too good to be neglected.

9. Level 20 Talents

9.1. Discussion

Caduceus Reactor 2.0 marks a significant late game power spike for Lt. Morales. Adding a tremendous boost to Lt. Morales' self healing capabilities balances one of her greatest weaknesses, which is survivability.

Hyperactivity greatly lowers Stim Drone's cooldown, which is great. The additional Movement Speed it provides can turn Heroes like Illidan or Greymane into absolute late game powerhouses.

Reinforcements is capable of bringing back previously fallen allies into battle very quickly by dropping a Medivac near the Altar. While this makes it a spectacular talent, we only recommend it for premade teams because it does require good communication and coordination.

Safe Zone becomes an irrelevant talent choice at Level 20, since the Protected status when exiting the Medivac is too inconsistent of a buff to get reliable value from.

10. ChangeLog

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• 12 Sep. 2017: Changed Life Support from Not Recommended to Recommended.
• 08 Sep. 2017: Updated Lt. Morales' talents page in accordance with the Kel'thuzad patch.