Malfurion Talents

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Regrowth Build

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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.

Vengeful Roots at Level 1 increases your damage output, however, it is not ideal against Heroes who can benefit from enemy Summons (such as Tyrande). Emerald Dreams at Level 1 is great when you can coordinate well with your team to get the most out of it by not immediately breaking the Sleep effect with damage.

Rejuvenation at Level 4 is important to have when you are the only Healer in your team. When that is not the case, you can replace it with either Celestial Alignment for more damage or with Shan'do's Clarity to enable an allied Hero with more Mana and cooldown reduction.

Nature's Swiftness at Level 13 drastically increases your survivability, however, it can occasionally be replaced with Hindering Moonfire when facing Heroes who can be kited (such as Garrosh) or with Revitalize when you need more Mana.

ARAM Build

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Malfurion's ARAM 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.

Vengeful Roots at Level 1 increases your damage output, however, it is not ideal against Heroes who can benefit from enemy Summons (such as Tyrande). Emerald Dreams at Level 1 is great when you can coordinate well with your team to get the most out of it by not immediately breaking the Sleep effect with damage.

Rejuvenation at Level 4 is important to have when you are the only Healer in your team. When that is not the case, you can replace it with either Celestial Alignment for more damage or with Shan'do's Clarity to enable an allied Hero with more Mana and cooldown reduction.

Nature's Swiftness at Level 13 drastically increases your survivability, however, it can occasionally be replaced with Hindering Moonfire when facing Heroes who can be kited (such as Garrosh) or with Revitalize when you need more Mana.

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Deep Roots (Level 1) Malfurion

Entangling Roots grows 25% larger, and persist on the ground 40% longer.

Repeatable Quest: Every time an enemy Hero becomes Rooted, gain 14 Mana permanently.

Deep Roots is a weak Talent that 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.

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Vengeful Roots (Level 1) Malfurion

Entangling Roots spawns a Treant that deals 58 damage per second and lasts 10 seconds.

Repeatable Quest: Hitting enemy Heroes with Entangling Roots permanently increases the Treant's Basic Attack damage by 7.

Vengeful Roots is a good Talent that 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.

Avoid picking this Talent when playing against Heroes who benefit from enemy Summons or you will help the enemy team in various ways, depending on which Heroes they have (for example, Tyrande can hit it with Basic Attacks to reduce Light of Elune's cooldown).

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Emerald Dreams (Level 1) Malfurion

Entangling Roots Sleeps enemy Heroes for 2 seconds after its Root expires.

Emerald Dreams is a strong Talent that adds a powerful Sleep effect to Entangling Roots, right after its Root expires, but not when it gets removed.

Thanks to the fact that Sleep does not break when the target takes damage within 0.5 seconds from its application, this Talent can be used to keep an enemy Hero locked in place for 0.5 more seconds while they are being focused by your team.

Secondly, you can keep an enemy Hero out of combat for up to 3.25 seconds, given your allies do not damage them and thus break the Sleep effect. This strategy is not easy to use because it requires good coordination and greatly benefits from voice communication with your teammates.

Last but not the least, this Talent can be used to interrupt powerful channeled Abilities (such as Mosh Pit by E.T.C.) without having to pick Twilight Dream at Level 10.

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Rejuvenation (Level 4) Malfurion

Casting Regrowth on an ally also grants Malfurion its effect for 50% normal duration.

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: Nature's Cure at Level 7 to be able to cleanse an additional allied Hero, 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.

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Celestial Alignment (Level 4) Malfurion

Increase Moonfire's reveal duration by 3 seconds. Malfurion's Basic Attacks against Heroes revealed by Moonfire deal 85% more damage.

Celestial Alignment is a situational Talent that makes your Basic Attack deal more damage to enemy Heroes who have been recently hit by Moonfire and that increases the duration of the reveal effect applied by Moonfire, even when used on the ground to gain vision in a bush.

The increased reveal duration is also particularly useful for keeping track of opponents around Objectives that feature surrounding bushes and impassable terrain (such as on Cursed Hollow, Dragon Shire, 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.

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Shan'do's Clarity (Level 4) Malfurion

Gain a second charge of Innervate. Its cooldown recharges 25% faster per ally affected by Regrowth.

Shan'do's Clarity is a situational Talent that reduces Innervate's cooldown based on how many allied Heroes have Regrowth on them.

We find this Talent particularly good when playing with another Healer in team. Since battles will tend to last longer than usual, your teammates will need the Mana provided by Innervate.

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Wild Growth (Level 7) Malfurion

Each Hero hit by Moonfire extends the duration of currently active Regrowths by 1 second.

Wild Growth is a good Talent that 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.

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Tenacious Roots (Level 7) Malfurion

Increase the Root duration of Entangling Roots by 25%. When Malfurion is Stunned, the cooldown of Entangling Roots is instantly reset. This can only occur every 10 seconds.

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.

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Nature's Cure (Level 7) Malfurion

Activate to remove all Stuns, Roots, and Slows from allies affected by Regrowth.

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

Be careful to not waste it for trying to remove an effect that cannot be removed. You can use it to remove Stun, Sleep, Root, and Slow effects. You cannot use it to remove any other effect.

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.

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Tranquility (Level 10) Malfurion

• Mana: 80
• Cooldown: 80 seconds

Heal nearby allied Heroes for 80 (+4% per level) Health per second for 8 seconds. Allies affected by Regrowth within Tranquility's area gain 10 Armor.

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.

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Twilight Dream (Level 10) Malfurion

• Mana: 100
• Cooldown: 90 seconds

After 0.5 seconds, deal 310 (+4% per level) damage in a large area around Malfurion, Silencing enemies making them unable to use Abilities for 3 seconds.

Although Malfurion is a Healer, Twilight Dream deals a surprisingly large amount of area of effect damage. The Silence 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 being 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-engaging.

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Nature's Swiftness (Level 13) Malfurion

Malfurion gains 6% Movement Speed for every active Regrowth.

Nature's Swiftness is a strong Talent that 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.

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Hindering Moonfire (Level 13) Malfurion

Moonfire Slows Heroes hit by 25% for 3 seconds.

Hindering Moonfire is a decent Talent that gives you the ability to Slow enemy Heroes hit with Moonfire. Apart from the general benefits of Slowing enemy Heroes, this Talent can help you land Entangling Roots and the next Moonfire more reliably.

With its potential 100% uptime, we find this Talent particularly good for triggering effects that require the target to be Slowed (such as Ace In The Hole at Level 1 on Raynor), however, the majority of team compositions will have other ways to do that without you having to give up a better Talent in this Tier.

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Revitalize (Level 13) Malfurion

Using Innervate also grants Malfurion 15% of his max Mana and causes his Basic Ability cooldowns to refresh 50% faster for 5 seconds.

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.

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Ysera's Gift (Level 16) Malfurion

While Malfurion is above 75% Health, Regrowth's healing-over-time is increased by 75%.

Ysera's Gift is a situational Talent that increases the healing from Regrowth when Malfurion is almost full Health.

This is the best Talents for out-of-combat sustain healing, when there are no enemy Heroes to hit with Moonfire. That said, you will rarely need this Talent because it provides less in-combat value compared to the other options in the same Tier.

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Nature's Balance (Level 16) Malfurion

Increase Moonfire's area by 25% and Regrowth's duration by 5 seconds.

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.

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Moonlit Harmony (Level 16) Malfurion

Increase Moonfire's heal by 20%, and 15% per ally affected by Regrowth.

Moonlit Harmony improves Malfurion's burst healing, but requires you to be accurate with Moonfire hits. If you manage to hit multiple Heroes with a single cast, you will get even more value from this Talent.

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Serenity (Level 20) Malfurion

Each enemy Hero hit by Moonfire reduces the cooldown of Tranquility by 3 seconds. Increase Tranquility's healing by 25% and 10% per ally affected by Regrowth.

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.

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Astral Communion (Level 20) Malfurion

Activate to Channel for 1 second, and then instantly teleport and cast Twilight Dream at the targeted location. Cooldown is shared with Twilight Dream.

Passive: Increase Twilight Dream's Silence duration to 5 seconds.

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.

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Lifebloom (Level 20) Malfurion

Casting Regrowth instantly heals its target for 10% of their missing Health.

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.

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Lunar Shower (Level 20) Malfurion

If Moonfire hits a Hero, its cooldown is reduced by 1 second and the next Moonfire within 6 seconds deals 20% more damage. This damage bonus stacks up to 60%.

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.