Lunara Talents

Last updated on Dec 12, 2021 at 11:00 by Outofmilk 33 comments
General Information

Welcome to our Talents page for Lunara. Here, we give you an overview of how strong each of Lunara's talents is. Then, we present several viable builds, before analyzing each talent row separately, so that you can make informed decisions.

1.

Lunara's Talent Build

Level Choices
1 Sentinel Wisp Natural Perspective ? Hippity Hop ?
4 Blossom Swell ? Nature's Culling ? Siphoning Toxin
7 Splintered Spear Choking Pollen Wild Vigor ?
10 Thornwood Vine Leaping Strike
13 Endless Spores ? Let Them Wither Greater Spell Shield ? Abolish Magic ?
16 Accelerated Contamination ? Star Wood Spear ? Invigorating Spores Unfair Advantage
20 Forest's Wrath Boundless Stride Intensifying Toxin Galloping Gait ?
2.

Lunara's Talent Build Cheatsheet

Noxious Blossom Build

Recommended
Level 1 Sentinel Wisp Icon Hippity Hop Icon ? Natural Perspective Icon ?
Level 4 Blossom Swell Icon
Level 7 Choking Pollen Icon
Level 10 Thornwood Vine Icon Leaping Strike Icon ?
Level 13 Let Them Wither Icon Greater Spell Shield Icon ? Abolish Magic Icon ?
Level 16 Accelerated Contamination Icon
Level 20 Forest's Wrath Icon Boundless Stride Icon ?

Lunara's Noxious Blossom Build turns her into a sort of hybrid damage class. Your main focus should be keeping up stacks through Basic Attacks thus activating the damage portion of Choking Pollen to deal some great burst damage.

Standard Auto Attack Build

Beginner
Level 1 Sentinel Wisp Icon Hippity Hop Icon ? Natural Perspective Icon ?
Level 4 Nature's Culling Icon
Level 7 Choking Pollen Icon Wild Vigor Icon ?
Level 10 Thornwood Vine Icon Leaping Strike Icon ?
Level 13 Let Them Wither Icon Greater Spell Shield Icon ? Abolish Magic Icon ?
Level 16 Invigorating Spores Icon Star Wood Spear Icon ?
Level 20 Forest's Wrath Icon Boundless Stride Icon ?

The Standard Auto Attack Build is where Lunara shines the brightest. Focusing on enhancing her auto attack damage, Lunara can quickly stack up Nature's Toxin, activating Choking Pollen Icon Choking Pollen's extra damage. After level 16, Lunara can shred tanks through Invigorating Spores Icon Invigorating Spores.

Nature's Toxin Build

Situational
Level 1 Sentinel Wisp Icon Hippity Hop Icon ? Natural Perspective Icon ?
Level 4 Nature's Culling Icon
Level 7 Splintered Spear Icon
Level 10 Thornwood Vine Icon Leaping Strike Icon ?
Level 13 Let Them Wither Icon Greater Spell Shield Icon ? Abolish Magic Icon ?
Level 16 Unfair Advantage Icon
Level 20 Intensifying Toxin Icon

The Nature's Toxin Build enhances Lunara's trait damage. Focus on stacking up her poison on all enemies rewards you greatly once at 3 stacks, slowly withering the enemies down. Leaping Strike is the most viable Heroic ability due to the small burst damage it has and also allows you to stick on a target in case they were to flee.

ARAM Build

ARAM
Level 1 Natural Perspective Icon Sentinel Wisp Icon ?
Level 4 Blossom Swell Icon Nature's Culling Icon ? Siphoning Toxin Icon ?
Level 7 Splintered Spear Icon
Level 10 Leaping Strike Icon Thornwood Vine Icon ?
Level 13 Let Them Wither Icon Greater Spell Shield Icon ? Abolish Magic Icon ?
Level 16 Unfair Advantage Icon
Level 20 Intensifying Toxin Icon

The ARAM Build enhances Lunara's trait damage. Focus on stacking up her poison on all enemies, as it rewards you greatly while at 3 stacks, slowly withering the enemies down. Leaping Strike is the most viable Heroic ability due to the small burst damage it has and also allows you to stick on a target in case they were to flee.

3.

Level 1 Talents for Lunara

Lunara Sentinel Wisp
Sentinel Wisp (Level 1) World of Warcraft Lunara

After remaining in a bush for 5 seconds, Wisp's vision radius is increased by 200% and reveals the surrounding area.

Lunara Natural Perspective ?
Natural Perspective (Level 1) World of Warcraft Lunara

Nature's Toxin reveals enemies for its duration.

Lunara Hippity Hop ?
Hippity Hop (Level 1) World of Warcraft Lunara

After not Basic Attacking or taking damage for 2 seconds, increase the Move Speed bonus of Dryad's Swiftness by 10%..

3.1.

Discussion

Sentinel Wisp Icon Sentinel Wisp provides an incredible amount of vision and stealth-detection as long as the Wisp remains hidden in a bush. This can be used to secure Objectives or to scout out the enemy team.

Natural Perspective Icon Natural Perspective is a very useful Talent, which allows you to follow the enemy team's movements and warns you in time, should enemies try to engage on you. Keep in mind that it also makes landing skillshots for your allies a lot easier, since the vision from Natural Perspective enables them to predict the movement paths of their targets.

Hippity Hop Icon Hippity Hop offers a significant Movement Speed boost which allows Lunara to rotate around the battlefield much more quickly. This prevents her from getting caught out of position and allows her to follow up on her teammates more easily.

4.

Level 4 Talents for Lunara

Lunara Blossom Swell ?
Blossom Swell (Level 4) World of Warcraft Lunara

Increases Noxious Blossom's range by 25% and its radius by 20%. Blossom Swell applies 2 stacks of Nature's Toxin to enemies hit.

Lunara Nature's Culling ?
Nature's Culling (Level 4) World of Warcraft Lunara

Increases Nature's Toxin's damage by 125% to non-Heroes.

Lunara Siphoning Toxin
Siphoning Toxin (Level 4) World of Warcraft Lunara

While at least one enemy is afflicted by Nature's Toxin, heal for 9 (+4% per level) per second. When an enemy Hero has 3 stacks of Nature's Toxin, increase this healing by 19 (+4% per level) per second.

4.1.

Discussion

Nature's Culling Icon Nature's Culling is good when clearing Minion waves in order to relieve lane pressure. By the same token, it causes Lunara to deal a significant amount of extra damage against enemy Structures and Mercenaries, which makes her a very strong pusher.

Blossom Swell Icon Blossom Swell increases Noxious Blossom Icon Noxious Blossom's radius and range, making it easier to hit and is very useful when playing a Noxious Blossom Build.

Siphoning Toxin Icon Siphoning Toxin is only recommended in Quick Match when your team does not have any Healer. In competitive play, it is only recommended if you already have a decent lane clear Hero and Nature's Culling wouldn't provide enough value.

5.

Level 7 Talents for Lunara

Lunara Splintered Spear
Splintered Spear (Level 7) World of Warcraft Lunara

Using Noxious Blossom causes Lunara's next Basic Attack to hit up to 4 enemies. These extra attacks can apply Nature's Toxin.

Lunara Choking Pollen
Choking Pollen (Level 7) World of Warcraft Lunara

Noxious Blossom deals 100% more damage to enemies afflicted by Nature's Toxin, increased to 175% against enemies with 3 stacks.

Lunara Wild Vigor ?
Wild Vigor (Level 7) World of Warcraft Lunara

Using Crippling Spores increases the damage of Lunara's next 4 Basic Attacks by 70%.

5.1.

Discussion

Splintered Spear Icon Splintered Spear is a useful tool to spread Nature's Toxin Icon Nature's Toxin on several enemies at the same time. This Talent can have outstanding synergy with Unfair Advantage Icon Unfair Advantage at Level 16.

Choking Pollen Icon Choking Pollen adds a huge chunk of burst damage to Lunara if used correctly.

Wild Vigor Icon Wild Vigor usually performs worse than Splintered Spear Icon Splintered Spear in terms of actual damage increase. Wild Vigor only adds a bit of additional single-target damage and should be picked if that is what you need.

6.

Level 10 Talents for Lunara

Lunara Thornwood Vine
Thornwood Vine (Level 10) World of Warcraft Lunara
  • Mana: 35
  • Charges: 3
  • Recharge Time: 15 seconds

Send forth vines that deal 184 (+4% per level) damage to all enemies in a line.

Stores up to 3 charges.

Lunara Leaping Strike
Leaping Strike (Level 10) World of Warcraft Lunara
  • Mana: 50
  • Charges: 2
  • Recharge Time: 20 seconds

Leap over an enemy, Slowing them by 80% for 0.35 seconds and dealing 271 (+4% per level) damage.

Stores up to 2 charges.

6.1.

Discussion

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.

Thornwood Vine Icon Thornwood Vine is a strong poking ability, which allows Lunara to spread Nature's Toxin Icon Nature's Toxin from a safe distance. Due to its large casting range, Thornwood Vine enables Lunara to outmatch most other Ranged Assassins.

While not team fighting, Thornwood Vine Icon Thornwood Vine is also a great tool for clearing Minion waves very quickly. However, always track the number of charges and make sure to have at least 1 charge ready before major team fights.

Leaping Strike Icon Leaping Strike adds a lot of mobility to Lunara's kit, which allows her to escape dangerous situations more quickly. Thus, it is our prefered choice when playing Lunara as it offers her a lot of utility. During the animation of Leaping Strike, Lunara gets some Unstoppable frames. If timed correctly, Leaping Strike can be used to negate some enemy Abilities (notably Temporal Loop Icon Temporal Loop by Chromie).

It is quite important to carefully observe the enemy team's position before using Leaping Strike Icon Leaping Strike. Do not use Leaping Strike if it would position yourself close to the rest of the enemy team. Instead, use it as an escape mechanism or to finish off retreating enemies.

7.

Level 13 Talents for Lunara

Lunara Endless Spores ?
Endless Spores (Level 13) World of Warcraft Lunara

Casting Crippling Spores while at least 2 Heroes are afflicted by Nature's Toxin reduces the cooldown by 4 seconds.

Lunara Let Them Wither
Let Them Wither (Level 13) World of Warcraft Lunara

Increases Crippling Spores' Slow duration by 1 second and causes it to no longer decay.

Lunara Greater Spell Shield ?
Greater Spell Shield (Level 13) World of Warcraft Lunara

Every 30 seconds, gain 75 Spell Armor against the next enemy Ability and subsequent Abilities for 3 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 75%.

Can be toggled to allow or prevent this talent from triggering automatically.

Lunara Abolish Magic ?
Abolish Magic (Level 13) World of Warcraft Lunara
  • Cooldown: 20 seconds

Target an ally to remove all damage over time and disabling effects from them and Lunara. For 2 seconds after, the duration of disabling effects is reduced by 50%.

7.1.

Discussion

Let Them Wither Icon Let Them Wither paves the way for incredible late-game damage output since it prevents Crippling Spores Icon Crippling Spores from decaying. Combined with Unfair Advantage Icon Unfair Advantage at Level 16, this will greatly improve both Lunara's damage and chasing potential.

Abolish Magic Icon Abolish Magic can be a very useful Talent if the enemy team is heavy on crowd control, such as Stuns, Slows, and Roots. Furthermore, it also counters damage over time effects like Kael'thas's Living Bomb Icon Living Bomb, which can be crucial to save an ally's life.

Greater Spell Shield Icon Greater Spell Shield is an incredibly useful Talent if the enemy team has a lot of Spell Damage at their disposal. If you diligently keep it disabled and only activate it when needed, this Talent can reduce the damage potential of Heroes like Jaina or Chromie significantly, so make sure to carefully analyse the enemy team's composition.

Endless Spores Icon Endless Spores can give some good value if you manage to keep at least 2 Heroes affected by Nature's Toxin. If the enemy team has a heavy backline for example, this Talent should not be picked.

8.

Level 16 Talents for Lunara

Lunara Accelerated Contamination ?
Accelerated Contamination (Level 16) World of Warcraft Lunara

Reduce the Mana cost of Noxious Blossom from 60 to 40. While at least 1 enemy Hero is afflicted with Nature's Toxin, Noxious Blossom's cooldown recharges 75% faster.

Lunara Star Wood Spear ?
Star Wood Spear (Level 16) World of Warcraft Lunara

Increase Lunara's Basic Attack range by 0.5. Using Crippling Spores increases Lunara's Basic Attack range by an additional 2.25 for 6 seconds.

Lunara Invigorating Spores
Invigorating Spores (Level 16) World of Warcraft Lunara

Crippling Spores grants 30% Attack Speed for 6 seconds. Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes with 3 stacks of Nature's Toxin deal damage equal to 1.5% of their maximum Health.

Lunara Unfair Advantage
Unfair Advantage (Level 16) World of Warcraft Lunara

Nature's Toxin deals 60% more damage to Heroes that are Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned.

8.1.

Discussion

Unfair Advantage Icon Unfair Advantage is a quite reliable Talent, since Lunara's Crippling Spores Icon Crippling Spores can be manually activated to Slow enemy targets, which would then cause them to take increased damage from her Nature's Toxin Icon Nature's Toxin.

Star Wood Spear Icon Star Wood Spear allows Lunara to attack from a large distance. This prevents her from exposing herself to the enemy team, which is very important for squishy Ranged Assassins in general.

Invigorating Spores Icon Invigorating Spores causes Lunara to attack faster and deal more damage to Heroes with high maximum Health. If the enemy frontline is too tanky, this Talent is great to constantly pressure enemy Heroes and taking them down.

Accelerated Contamination Icon Accelerated Contamination adds a big QoL buff to Noxious Blossom and should be picked when going for a Noxious Blossom Build. The recharge rate allows you to dish out more Noxious Blossoms, equalling into more damage.

9.

Level 20 Talents for Lunara

Lunara Forest's Wrath
Forest's Wrath (Level 20) World of Warcraft Lunara

Thornwood Vine now applies 2 stacks of Nature's Toxin. Increase Thornwood Vine's range by 30% and Lunara's vision radius by 35%..

Lunara Boundless Stride
Boundless Stride (Level 20) World of Warcraft Lunara

All Leaping Strike charges are returned every 15 seconds. Leaping Strike can be used on allies.

Lunara Intensifying Toxin
Intensifying Toxin (Level 20) World of Warcraft Lunara

At 3 stacks, Nature's Toxin deals 40% more damage.

Lunara Galloping Gait ?
Galloping Gait (Level 20) World of Warcraft Lunara

Activate to increase the Movement Speed bonus of Dryad's Swiftness to 80% for 6 seconds.

9.1.

Discussion

Forest's Wrath Icon Forest's Wrath can only be taken if you went for Thornwood Vine Icon Thornwood Vine at Level 10. However, if you chose Thornwood Vine, the benefits coming from this Talent are too important to be ignored. The increased travelling speed and range allows you to cast Thornwood Vine more precisely, while the increased vision radius allows you to spot enemies earlier.

Boundless Stride Icon Boundless Stride provides Lunara with a reliable source of extra mobility, which can be a valuable asset against high-mobility Heroes like Illidan or Genji. If Unfair Advantage Icon Unfair Advantage was taken at Level 16, Boundless Stride can proc its extra damage even more frequently, thanks to the Slow applied by Leaping Strike Icon Leaping Strike.

Intensifying Toxin Icon Intensifying Toxin amplifies Lunara's damage on targets that are affected by 3 Stacks of Nature's Toxin Icon Nature's Toxin. Thanks to Talents like Splintered Spear Icon Splintered Spear at Level 7, spreading poison damages should not be too hard. As such, Intensifying Toxin becomes quite a reliable Talent in the late game. This Talent synergizes very well with Lunara's other Talents.

Galloping Gait Icon Galloping Gait adds an incredible amount of mobility to Lunara's kit. The 80% Movement Speed increase allows her to outrun every Hero in the game, which can be used offensively and defensively. Against teams with several Tanks and Melee Assassins, in particular, this Talent allows Lunara to survive on the battlefield and keep a healthy distance to enemy initiators.

10.

Changelog

  • 12 Dec. 2021: Updated level 13 talents.
  • 01 Jun. 2021: Talents have been updated.
  • 09 Nov. 2020: Guide has been reviewed and no changes are needed.
  • 02 Jul. 2020: Guide has been reviewed and no changes are needed.
  • 25 Jul. 2019: Updated Lunara's talents.
  • 23 May 2018: Updated Lunara's talents in accordance with her most recent rework.
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