Tyrael Talents

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Salvation is a decent Talent that increases the amount of Shield applied to Tyrael by Righteousness and, when the Shield is destroyed by damage, heals Tyrael. Note that this Talent does not increase the Shield amount gained by allies.

The healing provided by this Talent is not reliable because it only goes off when the Shield is destroyed by damage, which does not always happen unless the enemy team has a lot of burst damage and you time Righteousness to Shield yourself right before being hit.

Pick this Talent when you want to increase your own survivability in short team fights at the cost of peeling for allied Heroes and the possibility to reduce the enemy team's waveclear.

Justice for All is a strong Talent that greatly increases the amount of Shield applied to allied Heroes by Righteousness, increasing their survivability. Note that this Talent does not increase the Shield amount gained by Tyrael.

Pick this Talent when you want to increases your team's survivability by casting Righteousness on allied Heroes right before they take damage and/or to reduce the enemy team's waveclear by casting Righteousness on allied Minions right before they take damage (useful in the 4-man and for some offlane matchups).

Ardent Restoration is a strong Talent which provides self-healing over time when dealing damage to enemy Heroes. The effect lasts 5 seconds and stacks up to 10 times. The healing amount is increased 1% for each Regeneration Globe you collect during the game.

Pick this Talent when you want to increase your own survivability in long team fights at the cost of peeling for allied Heroes and the possibility to reduce the enemy team's waveclear.

Stalwart Angel is a good Talent that provides Armor while you have a El'druin's Might's sword on the ground and for 3 seconds after teleporting, reducing the damage you take when you engage or disengage.

The Armor provided by this Talent lasts longer if you do not quickly reactivate El'druin's Might. So, if you are in a situation where you need more survivability than mobility, you should strategically place your sword on the ground and not teleport immediately.

The sword you leave behind when teleporting in while having Sword of Justice at Level 13 also counts for benefitting from this Talent, effectively extending the Armor buff's duration by 2 seconds when you do not reactivate El'druin's Might.

Reducing El'druin's Might's cooldown via Horadric Reforging at Level 16 increases the Armor's uptime. This is quite useful when playing as Tank with Holy Ground at Level 13 and trying to body-block enemy Heroes.

Reciprocate is a strong Talent that causes Righteousness's Shield to explode when it expires (after 4 seconds) or is destroyed by damage. The explosion deals damage to nearby enemy Heroes and Summons. Furthermore, damaging enemy Heroes with Reciprocate's explosion or El'druin's Might heals Tyrael based on the amount of enemy Heroes hit.

If you intend to pick Judgment as your Heroic Ability, you should pick this Talent to increase your burst damage. When trying to kill an enemy Hero, cast Righteousness before using Judgment, so that the Shield will expire sooner and, as a consequence, the explosion will happen earlier.

Divine Vigor is a good Talent that makes your Basic Attacks leech for a few seconds when hitting enemy Heroes with Smite, allowing you to constantly heal based on the damage you deal via Basic Attacks.

To get the most out of this Talent, you should only pick it together with with Purge Evil at Level 7. To further increase its value, you could theoretically combine it with Seal of El'druin at Level 20, however, most Level 20 Talents are generally way better than that.

Burning Halo is a great Talent that causes both Tyrael and the sword created by casting El'druin's Might to deal constant area of effect damage. Reactivating El'druin's Might to teleport increases the damage that comes from Tyrael for a couple of seconds.

If you have Sword of Justice at Level 13, the sword you leave behind also deals constant area of effect damage. Reactivating El'druin's Might to teleport does not increase the damage that comes from the sword.

If you have Holy Ground at Level 13, the sword should be not be placed in the middle of the wave of Minions you are trying to clear. Instead, you should cast it either in front of enemy Melee Minions or behind enemy Ranged Minions when trying to clear them, so that you end up grouping them instead of splitting them.

Each tick of damage done by this Talent increases the healing provided by Ardent Restoration at Level 1, until it's fully stacked, resulting in more healing at the beginning of each fight. Note that both Tyrael and the sword on the ground contribute to ramping up the healing amount.

While this Talent is generally good, you should definitely pick it when playing as Offlaner because it increases your waveclear. When safe to do so, position in a way that allows you to be near enemy Minions after both teleports.

Purge Evil is a good Talent that increases your Attack Damage for a few seconds after casting Smite on enemy Heroes. The more enemy Heroes you hit, the higher the bonus damage will be.

By doing more damage with your Basic Attacks, you will also get more healing from Divine Vigor at Level 4. If you combine this Talent with Smite the Wicked at Level 16, you will be able to trigger this Talent more often. If you pair this Talent with Seal of El'druin at Level 20, you will get more value per Smite's cast.

We find this Talent to be great when playing Tyrael as a Flex, so like a Melee Assassin in the 4-man, because it increases your damage at the cost of waveclear (which is extremely important when playing as Offlaner) or utility (which is nice to have when playing as Tank).

Swift Retribution is a strong Talent that empowers the buff area created by Smite: Tyreal and the allied Heroes affected gain more Movement Speed and also have their Attack Speed increased for 2 seconds.

The additional Movement Speed provided by this Talent is useful for helping allied Heroes chase enemy Heroes, reposition during team fights, retreat when in danger, or move towards Sanctification when used.

When pushing, you can use Smite on allied Minions to buff their Movement Speed and Attack Speed, thus dealing more damage to enemy Structures.

You can use this Talent to better enable allied Heroes who lack mobility (such as Alarak), to further empower Heroes who rely on Basic Attacks (like Valla), or to do both at the same time (notably Sgt. Hammer).

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.

Judgment is a good Heroic Ability that, after being channeled for 0.75 seconds, allows Tyrael to quickly close the gap with a target enemy Hero. The target takes damage and is Stunned. Allies nearby the target take some damage too and are Knocked back. Last but not the least, Tyrael becomes Unstoppable while charging towards the target.

Tyrael with Judgment can be paired with another dive Hero (for example Illidan with The Hunt) or with a long-range burst damage Ability (such as Falstad with Hinterland Blast) to easily get a kill in the enemy backline.

Pick it when you need a better engage, when you want to dive the enemy backline, or you really need an interrupt for a powerful Heroic Ability, otherwise you will lose too many team fights because the enemy team will be free to channel it.

Sanctification is a strong Heroic Ability that, after being channeled for 0.5 seconds, creates a buff area on the ground: Tyrael and allied Heroes who are standing in it are Invulnerable.

Pick it when your team needs more protection in team fights because your team is diving, the enemy team is diving, you are playing against a powerful crowd control effects, or the enemy team relies on a wombo-combo to win team fights.

Keep in mind that some Heroes with Time Stop (only Medivh, Mei, and Zeratul can do it, with Ley Line Seal, Ice Wall, and Void Prison respectively) can nullify it.

Sword of Justice is a good Talent that leaves a sword behind when reactivating El'druin's Might to teleport the first time, allowing you to reactivate it again to teleport a second time. The first teleport will move you where you threw the sword, the second teleport will move you back where you were when teleporting the first time.

You can use this Talent to deal poke damage and bait several Abilities onto you, only to teleport back to your original location. This playstyle requires expertise and experience as otherwise Tyrael may get caught by several crowd control effects preventing him from teleporting back. If you happen to get caught, you can hold the [Q] key to ensure El'druin's Might's reactivation goes off as soon as possible.

Burning Halo at Level 7 deals damage to enemies around the sword you leave behind and deals bonus damage even after you reactivate El'druin's Might to teleport back. Similarly, when you teleport back, Bound by Law at Level 16 applies an empowered Slow to nearby enemies.

When you cannot hold your teleport for them, the sword you leave behind also counts for Stalwart Angel at Level 4, giving you more Armor uptime, and for Smite the Wicked at Level 16, resulting in more Smite's cooldown reduction.

Holy Ground is a good Talent that creates a circle of impassable terrain in the location where Tyrael appears when teleporting with El'druin's Might, pushing enemy Heroes away and preventing them from entering the area.

This effect is great on Maps where Boss Camps are a win condition and does well on Maps where narrow corridors are present. Furthermore, regardless of the Map you are playing on, it can be used to peel from melee Heroes and/or to annoy enemy Heroes who lack mobility as you will be able to body-block them with ease.

You should always pair this Talent with Horadric Reforging at Level 16 because it allows you to cast El'druin's Might more often. When contesting a Boss Camp, this means you can always have Holy Ground active or El'druin's Might ready to immediately secure the Capture Point.

Law and Order is a good Talent with two complementary effects: hitting enemy Heroes with Smite reduces Righteousness's cooldown; using Righteousness to Shield allied Heroes other than Tyrael increases next Smite's damage.

To get value from Righteousness's cooldown reduction, you should ideally use Smite after Righteousness, otherwise you will waste it. If you need Righteousness to save someone, however, do not worry about the synergy.

To get more value from Smite's damage increase, you should ideally use Righteousness on as many allied Heroes as possible. Remember that Tyrael does not count, so you will get no value from it when alone.

Bound by Law is a strong Talent that increases the Slow applied by El'druin's Might when Tyrael teleports by reactivating it. The second reactivation provided by Sword of Justice at Level 13 is empowered by this Talent as well, if an enemy Hero happens to be near the sword you leave behind with the first teleport.

While it does not increase your damage output, this Talent helps you peel for allied Heroes and helps you and your teammates damage enemy Heroes as they will have a harder time dodging or running away while Slowed.

Horadric Reforging is a good Talent that reduces El'druin's Might's cooldown when hitting enemies with Basic Attacks, increasing your mobility.

Thanks to the cooldown reduction provided, this Talent is good when paired with Stalwart Angel at Level 4 because it will give you more Armor uptime, with Burning Halo at Level 7 because it gives you more bonus damage uptime as you will be able to reactivate El'druin's Might more often, and with Holy Ground at Level 13 because it allows you to create impassable terrain for blocking enemy Heroes more often and, more importantly, to make the Capture Point of a Boss Camp inaccessible to enemy Heroes for longer.

Smite the Wicked is a good Talent that makes Smite's cooldown recharge faster while El'druin's Might's sword is on the ground and 2 seconds after it disappears.

If you do not have Sword of Justice at Level 13, you can maximize the bonus provided by this Talent by using El'druin's Might at close distance and not teleporting until the end of its duration. Note that playing this way comes at the cost of mobility.

If you have Sword of Justice at Level 13, you can freely use El'druin's Might at a distance and teleport immediately as the sword you leave behind will count for Smite the Wicked. Note that playing this way does not reduce your mobility.

Being able to cast Smite more often has synergy with Divine Vigor at Level 4 and Purge Evil at Level 7 because you will get more healing and more damage from them.

Angel of Justice is a strong Talent which increases Judgment's range and reduces is cooldown, making it more threatening, intimidating, and slightly harder to counter.

If you have Sword of Justice at Level 13, you can bait some Heroic Abilities with it: use El'druin's Might in a safe spot, cast Judgment, and reactivate El'druin's Might to teleport back. After that, wait 30 seconds for Judgment's cooldown and then go for a real engage while any Heroic Abilities they used to stop you earlier are on cooldown.

Holy Arena is a strong Talent that will not only extend Sanctification's duration but will also increase the damage of all allied Heroes inside it, turning a powerful defensive cooldown into a powerful defensive and offensive one.

With this Talent, you can win almost any team fight by just activating Sanctification when your team is together. Similarly, it is excellent when going for an enemy Keep or for their Core because the enemy team will not be able to do anything against your team while everyone does much more damage to the Structure, easily destroying it.

Seal of El'druin is a decent Talent which greatly increases your Attack Speed for a few seconds whenever you use a Basic Ability, boosting your single-target damage when you are allowed to stick on enemy Heroes, when fighting Mercenaries, or when hitting enemy Structures.

Assuming you do not need anything else in this Tier, we find this Talent interesting if you previously picked Divine Vigor at Level 4 and Purge Evil at Level 7 because you will get more healing and more damage from them.

Defense of the Angels is a situational Talent that can be activated to gain a high amount of Armor, protecting Tyrael from incoming damage for a few seconds. Hitting enemy Heroes with Basic Attacks or Basic Abilities extend the buff's duration.

When Sanctification gets interrupted, you can use Defense of the Angels to take less damage for a few seconds while you wait for the 10-second cooldown to end. Note that allied Heroes will have no protection when that happens.

You can pick this Talent when you need to increase your own survivability against burst damage. Remember that you need to activate it before you get crowd controlled, otherwise you could end up dying without having a chance to use it.

Aspect of Justice is a situational Talent that can be activated for temporarily turning Tyrael into an Archangel, similar to when he dies and Archangel's Wrath goes off, reducing the damage done by enemy Heroes and damaging all enemies hit by the explosion, but in this case you are alive and the explosion does not reduce your Death Timer. Last but not the least, activating your Trait this way has a 1.5-second channel which makes it vulnerable to interrupts.

When Sanctification gets interrupted, you can use Aspect of Justice to take no damage for a few seconds and reduce the damage done by enemy Heroes while you wait for the 10-second cooldown to end.

We find this Talent useful as a counter to delayed damage (like Pyroblast by Kael'thas) or delayed crowd control effects (notably Temporal Loop by Chromie) because you have enough time to channel it.