Muradin Talents
Welcome to our Talents page for Muradin. Here, we give you an overview of how strong each of Muradin's talents is. Then, we present several viable builds, before analyzing each talent row separately, so that you can make informed decisions.
Muradin's Talent Build
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Muradin's Talent Build Cheatsheet
Dwarf Toss Build
RecommendedMuradin's Dwarf Toss Build is designed to engage
aggressively with Dwarf Toss.
The huge Slow provided by Heavy Impact at Level 7
is a great opening move that allows you to easily hit
Storm Bolt right after.
Dwarf Block increases your survivability when doing so.
Basic Attacks Build
BeginnerMuradin's Basic Attacks Build combines decent survivability with outstanding offensive tools to constantly threaten enemy Heroes at any stage of the game.
Unless you need Skullcracker to interrupt enemy Abilities,
Give 'em the Axe! at Level 7 allows Muradin to single-handedly
pressure a target enemy Hero during team fights or while trying to delay enemy rotations.
Bronzebeard Rage at Level 13 helps with that as well.
Level 1 Talents for Muradin


Quest: Every time Storm Bolt hits a Hero, increase its damage by 4.
Perfect Storm is a good Quest-based Talent that increases
Muradin's damage by a noticeable amount if you manage
to get a considerable amount of stacks.


Casting Dwarf Toss grants 4 charges of Block. Each Block charge grants 75 Physical Armor against a single enemy Hero Basic Attack, reducing the damage taken by 75%.
Dwarf Block is a strong Talent that offers
a solid increase to your survivability when playing against Heroes with slow
but heavy-hitting Basic Attacks (such as Hanzo) and really bad when
playing against Heroes with fast-hitting Basic Attacks (like Tychus).


Increases Health Restoration rate to 90 (+4% per level) per second, and raises Health threshold to 60% Health for improved 180 (+4% per level) per second Restoration.
Third Wind is a good Talent that allows Muradin
to get an even more favorable trade when damaging enemy Heroes
and getting damaged in return because he will get his Health back for free
by staying far from the action for a dozen of seconds, a strategy that is
extremely valuable on his best Maps (for example Battlefield of Eternity).
Level 4 Talents for Muradin


Stormbolt deals 350% damage to non-Heroic enemies. Hitting a Hero grants an additional stack of his baseline quest.
Sledgehammer is a strong Talent that gives bonus
damage against non-Heroic enemies, helping you to complete your Baseline Quest
as soon as possible and allowing you to be more impactful during team fights
as a consequence.
Combined with Perfect Storm, this Talent can heavily increase the
damage that Muradin can deal to non-Heroes during the mid
and late game.


Increases the Attack Speed Slow of Thunder Clap from 30% to 50% and the duration from 2.5 seconds to 3.5 seconds. Each enemy Hero hit reduces your Heroic Ability cooldown by 5%.
Reverberation is a good Talent that empowers
Thunder Clap against Heroes who rely on Basic Attacks
and reduces the cooldown of your Heroic Ability by a small amount—in particular,
by 4.5 seconds when playing
Avatar and by 2 seconds
when playing
Haymaker.


Hitting an enemy Hero with Thunder Clap triggers a second explosion 2 seconds later in the same location that deals 75% damage.
Thunder Burn is a decent Talent that makes
Thunder Clap explode a second time, for a portion of its damage, 2 seconds after
hitting an enemy Hero with the first explosion.
The second explosion fully
benefits from Healing Static or
Thunder Strike at Level 13.
Remember that it is possible that the enemy Heroes dodge the first explosion,
unless you use
Storm Bolt to keep them there.
Level 7 Talents for Muradin


Enemies hit by Dwarf Toss are Slowed by 80% for 1.5 seconds.
Heavy Impact is a good Talent that adds a huge
Slow effect to
Dwarf Toss.
You can use the Slow provided to peel
for your team, to increases the chance that Storm Bolt will hit,
or to get a good angle for
Haymaker by walking around
the enemy Hero you intend to hit. Considering that you can do all those things
moderately well with
Thunder Clap already,
you should rarely need
Heavy Impact.


Attacking a Hero that is Stunned, Rooted, or Slowed increases Muradin's Basic Attack damage by 50% for 3 seconds.
Give 'em the Axe! is a strong Talent that synergizes very well with two of
Muradin's Basic Abilities—namely
Storm Bolt and
Thunder Clap—and increases Muradin's single target
damage by a large amount, allowing you to pressure enemy Heroes on your own.


Every 3rd Basic Attack against the same enemy deals 90% bonus damage and Stuns them for 0.25 seconds.
Skullcracker is a situational Talent that causes every
third Basic Attack to hit harder and briefly Stun the target.
This kind of effect may useful against certain Heroes who heavily rely
on channeling some of their Abilities to be effective
(like Yrel). To time your Skullcracker,
you have to hold your third Basic Attack until you will need
its Stun effect, something that makes you lose damage and not get the cooldown
reduction for
Storm Bolt.
Level 10 Talents for Muradin
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.


- Mana: 80
- Cooldown: 90 seconds
Transform for 20 seconds, gaining 1000 Health.
Avatar is a strong Heroic Ability that heavily boosts
Muradin's survivability by increasing his maximum Health, therefore it has synergy with
percent-based healing effects and suffers percent damage.
In case you picked it, remember to use Stoneform during Avatar
to increase its effectiveness from 30% to around 40% of Muradin's baseline maximum Health.


- Mana: 60
- Cooldown: 40 seconds
Stun target enemy Hero, and wind up a punch dealing 319 (+4% per level) damage and knocking the target back, hitting enemies in the way for 319 (+4% per level) damage and knocking them aside.
Haymaker is a situational Heroic Ability that
should mostly be used to push a dangerous enemy Hero away from your team and
fight with a numerical advantage for a few seconds.
Do not pick this Talent when
the enemy team can easily kill you because Avatar
will help you against team compositions that want to focus you.
Level 13 Talents for Muradin


Deal 15 (+4% per level) damage per second to nearby enemies and heal for 75% of the damage dealt. Hitting an enemy Hero with Storm Bolt increase this damage by 200% for 3 seconds.
Bronzebeard Rage is a strong Talent that provides
a small amount of area of effect damage and self-healing,
increased for a few seconds after hitting enemy Heroes with
Storm Bolt.
We recommend this Talent because it greatly increases Muradin's survivability
with the only condition to connect Storm Bolt
and without the need of other Talents to make it work.


Muradin heals for 5% of his maximum Health for each Hero hit by Thunder Clap.
Healing Static is a decent Talent that provides self-healing
to Muradin, especially if he is surrounded by multiple enemy Heroes.
The second explosion of Thunder Clap generated by
Thunder Burn at Level 4 also
benefits from this Talent. Remember that it will not
trigger if you do not hit a Hero with the first explosion.


Thunder Clap deals 300% damage if only one target is hit.
Passive: Increase the duration of Dwarf Toss's Armor by 2 seconds.
Thunder Strike is a good Talent that drastically
increases the damage done by
Thunder Clap if it hits a single enemy.
The second explosion of Thunder Clap generated by
Thunder Burn at Level 4 also
benefits from this Talent. Remember that it will not
trigger if you do not hit a Hero with the first explosion
and that the bonus damage will not happen if another enemy enters the area.
Level 16 Talents for Muradin


Increase the range of Dwarf Toss by 40%. Hitting an enemy Hero with Dwarf Toss reduces its cooldown by 2 seconds.
Dwarf Launch is a strong Talent that heavily
increases the distance covered by
Dwarf Toss, allowing
Muradin to engage from a high distance.
The small cooldown reduction provided by this Talent
slightly helps you mitigate the fact you are wasting your only form of escape to engage,
however, this bonus is so low that will not be enough to allow a quick retreat right after jumping aggressively
but you will have to stay there for multiple seconds before having Dwarf Toss available again.


- Cooldown: 20 seconds
Activate to reduce the Attack Speed by 50% and Movement Speed by 20% of nearby Heroes and Summons for 2.5 seconds.
Passive: Heroes and Summons that attack your Hero have their Attack Speed Slowed by 20% for 2.5 seconds.
Imposing Presence is a weak Talent that passively
reduces the Attack Speed of enemy Heroes attacking Muradin and, when activated,
applies a Slow and reduces the Attack Speed of nearby enemy Heroes and Summons.
With Thunder Clap already fulfilling the same purpose,
this Talent is usually not needed on Muradin.


Activate to heal Muradin for 30% of his maximum Health over 10 seconds. Second Wind is disabled during this time.
Stoneform is a good Talent that increases
Muradin's survivability by a solid amount, especially if you chose
Avatar at Level 10.
Considering it has a long cooldown, do not waste it out of combat and make sure to have it available before engaging the enemy team.
Ideally, you want
to activate it during Avatar in order
to regenerate a larger amount of Health per second.
Level 20 Talents for Muradin


While active, Avatar grants 20 Armor and causes Muradin's Basic Attacks to reduce the cooldowns of Thunder Clap and Dwarf Toss by 0.75 seconds.
Unstoppable Force is a good Talent that increases
Muradin's survivability by giving him some Armor and allows
him to reduce the cooldown of
Thunder Clap
and
Dwarf Toss with each Basic Attack.


Haymaker gains a 2nd charge and its damage is increased by 25%. If a Hero dies within 3 seconds of being hit by Haymaker, instantly gain 1 charge.
Grand Slam is a good Talent that adds a second
Charge of
Haymaker
and makes them deal 25% more damage; furthermore, takedowns on enemy Heroes recently hit
by Haymaker restore 1 Charge.


- Cooldown: 60 seconds
Activate to gain 75 Armor for 4 seconds, taking 75% less damage.
Hardened Shield is a situational Talent that may be useful when
it is literally impossible for you to survive during team fights in the late game because
the enemy team is just focusing you with burst damage.
When you feel in danger, we suggest you to activate it as soon as possible, before you get denied by crowd control.


- Cooldown: 60 seconds
Activate to reset the cooldowns of your Basic Abilities.
Rewind is a strong Talent that reset the cooldown on
every Muradin's Basic Ability.
The second charge of Storm Bolt
is a huge playmaking tool that helps you secure kills or save allied Heroes.
The second charge of Thunder Clap helps you peel
a bit more and synergy with Talents which empower that Basic Ability.
The second charge of Dwarf Toss allows you to have
an escape after using the first one to engage,
but it can also be used to reposition offensively or defensively.
Changelog
- 06 Apr. 2021: Builds updated.
- 25 Mar. 2021: Level 13 fixed.
- 03 Mar. 2021: Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 23 Oct. 2020: Builds updated.
- 15 Sep. 2020: Builds updated.
- 21 Aug. 2020: Talent Build page updated.
- Balance Update revision.
- Minor fixes.
- New layout.
- 16 Jul. 2020: Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 09 Jun. 2020: Talent Build fully revised to match new standards.
- Talent Build and Talent Build Cheatsheet modified to reflect the current metagame.
- Talent Descriptions modified to better describe when to pick them.
- 12 Apr. 2020: Talent Build partially revised to match new standards.
- Talent Build and Talent Build Cheatsheet modified to reflect the current metagame.
- Talent Descriptions modified to better describe when to pick them.
- 14 Feb. 2020: Updated Muradin's talents and added the newly introduced Dwarf Block.
- 24 Jun. 2019: Updated Muradin's talents and builds.
- 23 May 2019: Updated Muradin's talents and builds in accordance with the latest Balance Update.
- 09 Nov. 2017: Updated Heavy Impact's description.
- 24 Oct. 2017: Fixed a small structure inconsistency in the level 10 talent section.
- 17 Oct. 2017: Updated various parts of the page for the Junkrat patch.
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