Malfurion Build Guide “Nature will rise against you!”

Last updated on Dec 17, 2023 at 11:38 by Elitesparkle 36 comments
General Information

Welcome to our guide for Malfurion, 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.

1.

Malfurion's Overview

Malfurion is a ranged Healer that specialises in highly efficient healing-over-time and strong debuffs. When paired with Heroes that can properly protect him and cover his damage deficiency, his healing is a natural way to sway any extensive battle in his favour.

2.

Malfurion's Strengths and Weaknesses

V Strengths
X Weaknesses
3.

Malfurion's Talent Build Cheatsheet

Regrowth Build

Recommended
Level 1 Emerald Dreams Icon Vengeful Roots Icon ?
Level 4 Rejuvenation Icon
Level 7 Nature's Cure Icon
Level 10 Tranquility Icon Twilight Dream Icon ?
Level 13 Nature's Swiftness Icon
Level 16 Moonlit Harmony Icon Nature's Balance Icon ? Ysera's Gift Icon ?
Level 20 Serenity Icon Astral Communion Icon ?

Malfurion's Regrowth Build provides superior healing, a bit of survivability, and utility. Because of its versatility, you should use this Build in most if not all your games, with minor adjustments based on the situation.

Emerald Dreams Icon Emerald Dreams at Level 1 is great when allied Heroes can get value from its Sleep effect. If you feel that is not the case, you can replace it with Vengeful Roots Icon Vengeful Roots to increase your damage dealt or to intercept skillshots.

Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness at Level 13 is a key Talent as it gives reach and safety. Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation at Level 4 helps you heal yourself without self-casting Regrowth Icon Regrowth and also makes Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness at Level 13 give you a bit more Movement Speed.

ARAM Build

ARAM
Level 1 Emerald Dreams Icon Vengeful Roots Icon ?
Level 4 Rejuvenation Icon
Level 7 Nature's Cure Icon
Level 10 Tranquility Icon Twilight Dream Icon ?
Level 13 Nature's Swiftness Icon
Level 16 Moonlit Harmony Icon Nature's Balance Icon ? Ysera's Gift Icon ?
Level 20 Serenity Icon Astral Communion Icon ?

Malfurion's Regrowth Build provides superior healing, a bit of survivability, and utility. Because of its versatility, you should use this Build in most if not all your games, with minor adjustments based on the situation.

Emerald Dreams Icon Emerald Dreams at Level 1 is great when allied Heroes can get value from its Sleep effect. If you feel that is not the case, you can replace it with Vengeful Roots Icon Vengeful Roots to increase your damage dealt or to intercept skillshots.

Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness at Level 13 is a key Talent as it gives reach and safety. Rejuvenation Icon Rejuvenation at Level 4 helps you heal yourself without self-casting Regrowth Icon Regrowth and also makes Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness at Level 13 give you a bit more Movement Speed.

4.

Malfurion's Synergies and Counters

V Malfurion synergizes with

Innervate Icon Innervate makes Malfurion a natural ally to any Hero that heavily relies on cooldowns or Mana. Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots also makes him excellent at following up on anything that can provide their own source of reliable crowd control.

X Malfurion is countered by

Although not particularly vulnerable to any specific Hero himself, Malfurion tends to struggle against burst damage. His sub-par waveclear can also be problematic if your team composition does not make up for this weakness somewhere else.

5.

Malfurion's Maps

Malfurion's stronger maps
Alterac Pass Battlefield of Eternity Braxis Holdout Garden of Terror Infernal Shrines
Malfurion's average maps
Blackheart's Bay Cursed Hollow Dragon Shire Hanamura Temple Sky Temple Tomb of the Spider Queen Towers of Doom Volskaya Foundry Warhead Junction
Malfurion's weaker maps
None

Malfurion tends to do well on Maps that feature many choke points, thanks to Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots. His efficient nature as a Healer is also particularly useful when contesting Objectives that might feature extended poking wars that never seem to escalate into actual team fights. In general, however, his versatility makes him a solid pick on most Maps, and team compositions should be the most important factor to consider when drafting Malfurion

6.

Malfurion's Tips and Tricks

  • Innervate Icon Innervate on Mana-hungry Heroes, notably, casters such as Kael'thas or Jaina, who can not function without Mana.
  • Keep Regrowth Icon Regrowth on multiple high-priority Heroes, even if they are at full Health.
  • Moonfire Icon Moonfire is useful for quickly checking bushes, dismounting or revealing opponents, and clearing Zagara's Creep Tumors.
  • Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots is much easier to land on targets that have already been crowd controlled.
  • Keep your Tranquility Icon Tranquility for heated team fights, where several teammates may require healing.
  • Twilight Dream Icon Twilight Dream is an excellent counter-initiating tool, especially against multiple melee Heroes.
7.

Malfurion's Role in the Current Meta

Malfurion's very distinct Abilities make him a versatile Healer. Although he lacks damage, he has several tools at his disposal that make him useful during all stages of the game. His Trait, Innervate Icon Innervate, has the unique ability to provide an allied Hero with additional Mana. Entangling Roots Icon Entangling Roots is one of the game's strongest follow-up crowd control Abilities around, and Moonfire Icon Moonfire is a cheap and reliable poke that temporarily reveals Stealthed entities.

Malfurion's main healing Abilities, Regrowth Icon Regrowth and Tranquility Icon Tranquility, have high raw healing outputs to make up for the fact that they do not instantly heal. Moonfire can situationally provide some burst healing, though this depends directly on the Malfurion Player's skill level. This makes Malfurion a natural counter to team compositions that lack single-target burst damage. He is thus commonly picked against teams that run two or fewer Assassins, or as part of a composition that is resilient enough to survive large amounts of upfront burst damage.

8.

Changelog

  • 17 Dec. 2023 (talents page): Guide reviewed.
  • 17 Dec. 2023 (this page): Guide reviewed.
  • 22 Sep. 2023 (talents page): ARAM Build added.
  • 22 Sep. 2023 (this page): ARAM Build added.
  • 07 Jul. 2022 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 07 Jul. 2022 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 04 Feb. 2022 (talents page): Guide updated for the latest Balance Update.
  • 04 Feb. 2022 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 04 Feb. 2022 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 25 Jun. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 25 Jun. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 07 Mar. 2021 (talents page): Talent tier 1 and 2 swapped and recommendations updated following March 2 patch rework.
  • 27 Oct. 2020 (talents page): Tranquility and Serenity recommended.
  • 30 Aug. 2020 (this page): Role in Current Meta section updated.
  • 19 Jul. 2020 (talents page): Talents and recommendations reviewed.
  • 15 Feb. 2020 (talents page): Talents and recommendations updated to reflect February 12 patch rework.
  • 09 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added a note about current Anomaly.
  • 11 Oct. 2019 (talents page): Talent builds and recommendations reviewed and updated.
  • 11 Oct. 2019 (abilities page): Abilities section reviewed.
  • 11 Oct. 2019 (this page): Guide updated.
  • 28 Jul. 2018 (talents page): Talents and recommendations updated to reflect July 25 balance patch changes.
  • 09 Jan. 2018 (talents page): Guide fully updated to reflect the Malfurion rework of the Blaze patch.
  • 09 Jan. 2018 (this page): Guide fully updated to reflect the Malfurion rework of the Blaze patch.
  • 29 Nov. 2017 (talents page): Removed the Moonburn Talent and added its Celestial Attunement replacement.
  • 13 Jun. 2017 (talents page): Complete revamp of the page following Malfurion's rework in Malthael's patch.
  • 13 Jun. 2017 (this page): Updated strengths, weaknesses, and role in the current meta, following Malfurion's rework in Malthael's patch.
  • 26 Apr. 2017 (talents page): Made Scouting Drone situation (was previously not recommended).
  • 13 Jan. 2017 (this page): Guide updated and moved to the new format.
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