Malfurion Talents

Level	Choices
1	✘︎ ✓ ?
4	✓ ? ?
7	? ? ✓
10	✓ ?
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16	? ✓ ?
20	✓ ? ? ?

Deep Roots makes Entangling Roots significantly more difficult to avoid. Since the initial area of the Ability is also increased by this Talent, Deep Roots also helps with accuracy when you need to Root a moving target.

We find this Talent lackluster because Malfurion should not have big Mana issues when played correctly and the zoning value provided is not good enough when compared to the alternatives in the same Tier.

Vengeful Roots provides Malfurion with surprisingly potent single-target damage output, allowing him to fend off several Assassins. The Treant summoned by this Talent may also block certain Abilities to mitigate damage or otherwise make targeting difficult. You may consider picking this Talent when your team needs more damage in order to take down enemy Heroes, although it is often hard to justify skipping Emerald Dreams.

Emerald Dreams' Sleep effect is extremely powerful in its own right, allowing Malfurion to keep an out-of-combat Hero still for up to 3.25 seconds. This alone opens up plenty of play making opportunities, giving teammates time to collapse upon isolated targets or otherwise wait for important Cooldowns. Further, a rule makes any Sleep effect unbreakable by damage for last at least 0.5 seconds after application.

In practice, this Sleep effect ends up increasing the total duration of Entangling Roots by at least 0.5 seconds, even if the target is taking damage. Besides being a notable increase in disabling power, this effect can interrupt channeled Abilities as well, making Emerald Dreams unexpectedly disruptive.

Rejuvenation allows Malfurion to benefit from Moonfire's triggering effect without having to waste precious Regrowth casts upon himself, indirectly increasing your survivability.

This free Regrowth counts for Talents that become more powerful based on its presence or their quantity: Tranquility at Level 10 for Armor on Malfurion, Nature's Swiftness at Level 13 for Movement Speed on Malfurion, Ysera's Gift at Level 16 to self-heal and meet the Health threshold, Moonlit Harmony at Level 16 to heal more with Moonfire, and Serenity at Level 20 to heal more with Tranquility.

Celestial Alignment provides Malfurion with surprisingly potent single-target damage output. The increased reveal duration is also particularly useful for keeping track of opponents around Map Objectives that feature surrounding Bushes and terrain, such as on Cursed Hollow, Dragonshire, Infernal Shrines, or Towers of Doom. Celestial Alignment is viable in the rare cases where the opposing team composition features no dive or otherwise threatening Assassin to try and pick you off. Celestial Alignment is particularly effective against Genji and Tracer, as their limited Health pools and reliance on avoiding damage to survive makes them weak to powerful Basic Attacks.

Shan'do's Clarity essentially reduces Innervate's Cooldown by 40 to 50%. The Talent may be worthwhile if your team composition features a mage, such as Jaina, Kel'Thuzad, Kael'thas, or Li-Ming.

Wild Growth essentially increases the combat duration of Regrowth by approximately 10 seconds, given you are being consistent with Moonfire hits. This allows you to maintain Regrowth on more targets and reduces the chance its duration will run out during key moments to ultimately greatly improve Malfurion's overall healing output in a subtle way.

Tenacious Roots is a situational Talent that can be useful to stop dive Heroes with a second Entangling Roots after Malfurion gets Stunned, granted you manage to cast the first Entangling Roots before that happens.

Nature's Cure provides Malfurion with a potentially powerful area of effect Cleanse (although it does not give Unstoppable) with unlimited range as long as Regrowth is active on your intended target.

In this section we discuss when and why to pick a given Heroic Ability. If you want to read how they work and/or you are looking for some tips on how to use them, check the dedicated section in the Abilities and Strategy page.

Tranquility's popularity stems from its simplicity and effectiveness. There is little that can go wrong with delivering a sizeable amount of healing in a large area of effect; it just needs to be used at the right time, which is to say, during important team fights.

Although Malfurion is a Healer, Twilight Dream deals a surprisingly large amount of area of effect damage. The Silencing effect, however, is what makes Twilight Dream so dangerous. Silencing an entire team, or even a few key Heroes, for such a long duration is more than debilitating; it is fight-winning, especially when valuable channeled abilities end up interrupted by it. Though hitting multiple enemies can be mechanically easy due to the Ability's enormous area of effect, Malfurion is seldom going to be allowed to freely position himself where it would be optimal. This is why Twilight Dream is typically used as a secondary piece of an Ability combo, or as a means of counter-initiating.

Nature's Swiftness provides Malfurion, who has no other options for mobility, with a modest yet extremely reliable Movement Speed increase. By maintaining between 3 and 4 instances of Regrowth on allies at all times, as you should, this represents a near-permanent 18 to 24% increase. This allows you to play slightly more aggressively with Moonfire and follow up with Entangling Roots, on top of making it more difficult for opponents to isolate you.

Hindering Moonfire provides you with a moderate but extremely reliable Slowing effect. Apart from the general benefits of Slowing opponents, the Talent can help you land Entangling Roots and future Moonfires much more reliably. Hindering Moonfire is particularly useful for triggering Executioner-like Talents.

Revitalize provides Malfurion with a modest amount of Mana and Cooldown reduction, which in turn improves healing output. You can pick this Talent in combination with Shan'do's Clarity at Level 4 to have a second charge at your disposal. It can also be picked along Deep Roots at Level 1 for more value, although that is the weakest Talent in that Tier.

Ysera's Gift is a situational Talent that, compared to the alternatives, provides a solid amount of out-of-combat sustain healing. In other words, this is the best Talents for when there are no enemy Heroes to hit with Moonfire. All that said, you will rarely need this Talent because it provides less in-combat value compared to the other options in the same Tier.

Nature's Balance allows you to maintain Regrowth on more targets and reduces the chance its duration will run out during key moments to ultimately greatly improve Malfurion's overall healing output in a subtle way. The increased Moonfire area of effect also improves your ability to hit multiple Heroes.

Moonlit Harmony improves Malfurion's burst healing, but requires you to be aggressive and accurate with Moonfire hits. In general, Nature's Balance is more reliable and functions out of combat, but Moonlit Harmony is more helpful against burst damage.

Serenity significantly increases Tranquility's healing output on top of potentially greatly reducing its Cooldown. Serenity is a strong choice against large amounts of area of effect damage, but requires you to maintain Regrowth up on as many targets as possible.

Astral Communion allows Malfurion to make offensive plays. Whether or not Astral Communion is worth the investment depends on the team compositions in play; if your team has been the aggressor, Astral Communion allows you to follow up very nicely. If you have been defensive or struggling to survive, Lunar Shower will serve you much better.

Lifebloom is a situational Talent that turns Regrowth into a potentially powerful instant single-target heal. In most scenarios, however, Regrowth needs to be maintained on multiple targets, making Lifebloom awkward to use, particularly since its healing amount is based on missing Health.

Lunar Shower essentially increases Moonfire's potential healing output by 33%, on top of providing Malfurion with a bit more overall damage. This Talent works particularly well with the Level 16 Talents Nature's Balance and Moonlit Harmony, as their effects directly benefit each other. For pure healing purposes, Lunar Shower yields much more overall healing than Serenity, though it is not as strong against burst damage. Lunar Shower shines in longer team fights.