Lt. Morales Talents

1. Lt. Morales's Talent Build

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

2. Lt. Morales' Talent Build Cheatsheet

3. Level 1 Talents for Lt. Morales

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 for Lt. Morales

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 a 30 Armor buff if she gets damaged below 40% of her maximum health. This 30% 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 great to keep Lt. Morales alive in dangerous situations, making it a situational choice against high damage team compositions. The two reasons why we do not label Cellular Reactor as a Recommended Talent are its relatively long cooldown and the fact that it consumes 30 Energy, which will severely cripple Lt. Morales' healing output for a short while.

5. Level 7 Talents for Lt. Morales

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 for Lt. Morales

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 for Lt. Morales

7.1. Discussion

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

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.

EMP Grenade is a situational talent. The damage it provides is insignificant, especially against enemy Shields if the enemy team features Heroes like Fenix or Artanis.

8. Level 16 Talents for Lt. Morales

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. However, if you picked talents that restore Energy like Life Support at Level 1 or Blast Shield at Level 4, the extra healing provided by First Responder can make a signifcant difference in keeping focused allies alive against enemy burst damage.

Shield Sequencer can be a talent that wins team fights if used diligently. It has decent synergy with other Safeguard talents, especially Vanadium Plating, if the enemy has an abundance of Stuns at their disposal.

9. Level 20 Talents for Lt. Morales

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.

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