Tyrande Build Guide “Feel the wrath of the Heavens!”

Last updated on Dec 08, 2021 at 21:10 by Derenash 55 comments
General Information

Welcome to our guide for Tyrande, a Healer in Heroes of the Storm. Within these pages, you will find everything required to understand how best to play this hero, in both different map styles and team compositions.

1.

Tyrande's Overview

Tyrande is a ranged Healer that offers an exceptional amount of utility. She is capable of providing vision for the rest of her team, healing wounded teammates, and disrupting enemy Heroes by Stunning and Slowing them. Tyrande is a very versatile Hero which allows her to adapt to the course of the game very well. Her strong crowd control and her ability to keep track of the enemy team's movements make up for her low Health pool and lack of mobility.

2.

Tyrande's Strengths and Weaknesses

V Strengths
  • +Sentinel Icon Sentinel is a useful scouting Ability
  • +Lunar Flare Icon Lunar Flare works incredibly well with other crowd control Abilities
  • +Hunter's Mark Icon Hunter's Mark significantly increases her team's damage when focusing on a single enemy target
  • +Great single target healing
  • +Access to a low-cooldown cleanse effect at Level 16
X Weaknesses
3.

Tyrande's Talent Build Cheatsheet

Ranger Build

Recommended
Level 1 Ranger Icon
Level 4 Elune's Chosen Icon Mark of Mending Icon ?
Level 7 Moonlit Arrows Icon Kaldorei Resistance Icon ? Huntress' Fury Icon ?
Level 10 Shadowstalk Icon Starfall Icon ?
Level 13 Harsh Moonlight Icon
Level 16 Empower Icon
Level 20 Shooting Star Icon Iceblade Arrows Icon ?

Tyrande's Ranger Build is completely focused on maximizing her Sentinel Icon Sentinel's power. While Ranger Icon Ranger and Empower Icon Empower add some decent extra damage to Sentinel, Harsh Moonlight Icon Harsh Moonlight will greatly reduce the damage and Movement Speed of up to two enemies. After Level 13, Sentinel can be used either to peel teammates, to engage enemies, or to Slow down fleeing Heroes so your allies can easily finish them.

Standard Build

Situational
Level 1 Lunar Blaze Icon Trueshot Aura Icon ?
Level 4 Elune's Chosen Icon
Level 7 Moonlit Arrows Icon Kaldorei Resistance Icon ?
Level 10 Shadowstalk Icon Starfall Icon ?
Level 13 Harsh Moonlight Icon
Level 16 Celestial Attunement Icon Empower Icon ?
Level 20 Shooting Star Icon Iceblade Arrows Icon ?

The Standard Build does not focus on any of Tyrande's Abilities. Elune's Chosen Icon Elune's Chosen will increase her healing capabilities greatly, while talents like Lunar Blaze Icon Lunar Blaze and Harsh Moonlight Icon Harsh Moonlight increases her playmaking and follow up potential. At level 10, Shadowstalk Icon Shadowstalk is the default pick, but in maps like Volskaya Foundry or Infernal Shrines, Starfall Icon Starfall can be a good option, and is excellent against heavy melee compositions. At level 16, consider picking Celestial Attunement Icon Celestial Attunement against crowd controls, otherwise, go for Empower Icon Empower.

Hunter Build

Situational
Level 1 Trueshot Aura Icon
Level 4 Mark of Mending Icon Elune's Chosen Icon ?
Level 7 Huntress' Fury Icon
Level 10 Shadowstalk Icon Starfall Icon ?
Level 13 Ranger's Mark Icon
Level 16 Celestial Attunement Icon Darnassian Archery Icon ?
Level 20 Shooting Star Icon Iceblade Arrows Icon ?

Tyrande's Hunter Build is based on providing good sustain healing and damage to your team. The Level 4 and Level 7 Talents are excellent if you are able to attack without being punished. Mostly, your Hunter's Mark Icon Hunter's Mark should be used on the opposing team's Tank to heal your frontline while damaging their whole team. Furthermore, it is important to be aware of when your frontline is engaging to use Trueshot Aura Icon Trueshot Aura and the refreshed Hunter's Mark Icon Hunter's Mark to follow up.

4.

Tyrande's Synergies and Counters

V Tyrande synergizes with

Tyrande synergizes very well with Tanks like Diablo, E.T.C., or Varian, whose initiation Abilities lay a perfect foundation for Lunar Flare Icon Lunar Flare's Stun effect. In order to get the most efficiency out of those so-called crowd control chains, make sure to wait carefully until the respective Tanks engage and then follow up with Lunar Flare. Burst-heavy Mages like Li-Ming can greatly capitalize on Tyrande's Hunter's Mark Icon Hunter's Mark Armor Reduction, allowing them to take down enemies much faster.

X Tyrande is countered by

Tyrande struggles against heavy dive Heroes, that can easily reach her, such as Anub'arak or Maiev. Despite that, since Tyrande lacks AoE healing, she also suffers against Heroes like Fenix or Lunara, that can damage all of her team at the same time.

5.

Tyrande's Maps

Tyrande's stronger maps
Battlefield of Eternity Dragon Shire Infernal Shrines Tomb of the Spider Queen
Tyrande's average maps
Alterac Pass Blackheart's Bay Braxis Holdout Cursed Hollow Garden of Terror Hanamura Temple Sky Temple Towers of Doom Volskaya Foundry Warhead Junction
Tyrande's weaker maps
None

Tyrande is great on smaller maps like Dragon Shire or Tomb of the Spider Queen that focus a lot on early game rotations and ganks. Thanks to Hunter's Mark Icon Hunter's Mark and Lunar Flare Icon Lunar Flare, she excels at taking down enemy Heroes with other crowd control abilities. Hunter's Mark can also be applied on non-Heroic targets, such as Bosses, Immortals, or Punishers, which makes her a very powerful Hero on Battlefield of Eternity as well. She will also be excellent on maps that have minions close to her during objective, so she can refund her Cooldowns safer while healing whole team, such as Infernal Shrines or Tomb of the Spider Queen

6.

Tyrande's Tips and Tricks

  • Use Sentinel Icon Sentinel as frequently as possible. The vision it provides helps your team in making better decisions.
  • Always mind your positioning when playing Tyrande. If caught by surprise, she is an easy Hero to get taken down.
  • Shadowstalk Icon Shadowstalk is an incredibly versatile Heroic Ability. Use it to ambush the enemy team or to cover your retreat.
  • Landing Lunar Flare Icon Lunar Flare on moving targets requires practice and experience. Try to anticipate their movement paths and aim accordingly.
  • Hunter's Mark Icon Hunter's Mark can be used on non-Heroic targets, such as Bosses, Immortals, or Punishers, in order to kill them faster.
  • To make the most out of your healing, you should be always using basic attacks. In many situations it will be dangerous to do so, and you should be waiting for enemy tank to use his Abilities to start delivering Basic Attacks.
  • Starfall Icon Starfall will greatly reduce Light of Elune Icon Light of Elune's Cooldown. Be ready to use it quickly to not waste any healing.
  • All of Light of Elune Icon Light of Elune's charges are refilled together, so you can have 1 charge left and start attacking. Use it right before the Cooldown comes back again, giving you 3 uses of the Ability. This is mostly useful against burst damage to surprise your enemies.
  • Since Sentinel Icon Sentinel resets on a kill, it is excellent to use it on dying or fleeing targets, being even better if you picked Ranger Icon Ranger at Level 1, as you can hit an enemy several times in a fight with its pierce.
7.

Tyrande's Role in the Current Meta

Tyrande's potent defensive and offensive skills make her one of the most flexible Heroes in the game that fits into many team compositions. Although she does not have the strongest of early game healing, Light of Elune Icon Light of Elune provides a useful low-cooldown healing Ability that will assist your allies in need, while Lunar Flare Icon Lunar Flare is a very nice follow-up Stun that can be chained with other crowd control Abilities.

Tyrande, furthermore, thrives against team compositions that rely on crowd control, since her Celestial Attunement Icon Celestial Attunement Talent at Level 16 can be used to quickly remove impairing effects and thus has outstanding saving potential when death timers become dangerously long. Besides, Sentinel Icon Sentinel greatly improves your team's vision which is useful on every Maps in order to act and react to your enemies' movements. Another aspect that makes Tyrande a very strong pick is her ability to increase all damage dealt to a single enemy Hero by 15% for 4 seconds using Hunter's Mark Icon Hunter's Mark. This allows her and her teammates to focus and kill priority targets (whether it is an enemy Hero or a neutral Objective) a lot faster, especially if her team has good communication.

8.

Changelog

  • 08 Dec. 2021 (talents page): Builds and Talents updated after recent Balance Patch.
  • 08 Dec. 2021 (this page): Guide Updated in accordance with recent Balance Patch.
  • 27 Jul. 2021 (talents page): Builds and Talents updated after recent Balance Patch.
  • 27 Jul. 2021 (this page): Guide Updated in accordance with recent Balance Patch.
  • 24 Jul. 2021 (abilities page): Updated Tyrande's abilities section after recent balance patch.
  • 24 Aug. 2020 (talents page): Builds and Talents updated after recent Balance Patch.
  • 24 Aug. 2020 (this page): Added Ranger Build.
  • 04 Jun. 2020 (talents page): Builds and Talents updated to reflect most recent Balance Patch.
  • 01 May 2020 (this page): Updated introduction page to reflect current meta.
  • 12 Apr. 2020 (talents page): Builds and Talents updated to better reflect current meta.
  • 16 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added the current Anomaly (Experience Globes) to the guide.
  • 25 Nov. 2019 (talents page): We are currently evaluating Tyrande's talent changes that came with the most recent Balance Patch for potential updates in the near future.
  • 29 Aug. 2019 (talents page): Overhauled and updated Tyrande's Talent Builds and Talents section in general in accordance with the latest Balance Update.
  • 29 Aug. 2019 (abilities page): Applied minor updates on Tyrande's abilities.
  • 29 Aug. 2019 (this page): Updated Tyrande's introduction.
  • 28 Nov. 2018 (talents page): Swapped Level 7 talents with Level 1 talents, following the changes in today's balance patch.
  • 24 Oct. 2018 (talents page): Changed Elune's Chosen from Not Recommended to Recommended and adjusted Talent Builds accordingly.
  • 10 Sep. 2018 (talents page): Updated Tyrande's talents and talent builds.
  • 03 Sep. 2018 (talents page): Completely overhauled and updated Tyrande's talents section in accordance with her latest rework.
  • 03 Sep. 2018 (abilities page): Updated Tyrande's abilities section in accordance with her latest rework.
  • 03 Sep. 2018 (this page): Updated for Tyrande's rework.
  • 12 Sep. 2017 (talents page): Changed Ranger from Not Recommended to Recommended.
  • 03 Sep. 2017 (talents page): Updated talent descriptions on multiple tiers.
  • 16 Jul. 2017 (talents page): Changed Darnassian Archery from Not Recommended to Recommended.
  • 16 May 2017 (this page): Guide updated for D.Va patch and moved to new format.
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