Malfurion Build Guide “Nature will rise against you!”

1. Malfurion's Overview

Malfurion is a ranged Support Hero 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

Strengths

• Outstanding healing over time with Regrowth and Tranquility
• Very strong area of effect crowd control through Entangling Roots
• Innervate is valuable to Mana-hungry allied Heroes
• Extremely versatile Talent choices to adapt to a broad variety of situations

Weaknesses

• Ineffective versus burst damage
• Relatively vulnerable to Assassins
• Limited waveclear and general damage output

3. Malfurion's Talent Build Cheatsheet

Balanced Build

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The Balanced Build seeks to provide Malfurion with a wide array of utility to complement and improve the reliability of his healing. It should be noted that many of the Talents we recommend for this Build can be changed depending on the situation at hand, as versatility defines Malfurion as a Hero. Refer to the Talents section of this guide for more information.

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4. Malfurion's Synergies and Counters

Malfurion synergizes with

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

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

Malfurion's average maps

Malfurion's weaker maps

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Malfurion tends to do well on Maps that feature many choke points, thanks to Entangling Roots. His efficient nature as a healer is also particularly useful when contesting Map 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 on Mana-hungry Heroes, notably, casters such as Kael'thas or Jaina, who can not function without Mana.
• Keep Regrowth up on as many targets as possible, even if they are at full Health.
• Moonfire is useful for quickly checking Bushes, dismounting or revealing opponents, and clearing Zagara's Creep Tumors.
• Entangling Roots is much easier to land on targets that have already been crowd controlled.
• Keep your Tranquility for heated team fights, where several teammates may require healing.
• Twilight Dream is an excellent counter-initiating tool, especially against multiple melee Heroes.

7. 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, has the unique ability to provide an allied Hero with additional Mana. Entangling Roots is one of the game's strongest follow-up crowd control Abilities around, and Moonfire is a cheap and reliable poke that temporarily reveals Stealthed entities.

Malfurion's main healing Abilities, Regrowth and 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.

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