Yrel Abilities and Strategy

• Vindication should be used on cooldown while laning, even if not hitting anyone, because it is your main source of self-sustain. Combine it with Divine Purpose to save Mana.
• Righteous Hammer can be used either aggressively, to engage for punishing enemy Heroes, or defensively, to peel for allied Heroes in need of help.
• Avenging Wrath is best used to engage by channeling it behind impassable terrain, to take enemy Heroes off-guard.
• Divine Purpose should be used when you need to fully charge a Basic Ability. The specific Basic Ability to fully charge this way depends on your Build and sometimes even on the situation.
• Ardent Defender should ideally be used when Yrel is around 50% maximum Health instead of waiting until the last moment. This way you can keep fighting instead of having to retreat anyway.
• Sacred Ground is best used to secure a Capture Point but can also be used to mitigate burst damage when needed during team fights.
• Hand of Freedom can be used not only to remove Roots and Slows from Yrel or an allied Hero, but also to simply give them Movement Speed when needed.
• Seraphim is great for becoming Unstoppable while channeling a Basic Ability, so that you cannot get interrupted.

Vindication (Q) Yrel

• Cooldown: 6 seconds

Unleash holy energy around Yrel, dealing 48 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies and healing her for 111 (+4% per level).

Charging up this Ability increases its damage up to 160 (+4% per level), and healing up to 370 (+4% per level).

Vindication is a Basic Ability which heals Yrel and deals damage to all enemies around her. As you channel it, it deals more healing and damage.

As for all Yrel's Basic Abilities, you can activate Divine Purpose right before casting Vindication to instantly cast it as if you fully charged it up. When doing so, it costs no Mana and cannot be interrupted before going off.

While laning, you can use this Ability for waveclear, for damaging enemy Heroes, and also for self-sustain while not fighting. This last part is quite important to stay healthy in lane because, when playing as an Offlaner, you will often have no Healer nearby.

Righteous Hammer (W) Yrel

• Cooldown: 6 seconds

Swing Yrel's hammer, dealing 42 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in front of her and knocking them away.

Charging up this Ability increases its knockback distance, and damage up to 140 (+4% per level). Enemies hit at maximum charge are Stunned for 1 seconds.

Righteous Hammer is a Basic Ability which hits all enemies in front of Yrel, dealing damage and Knocking them back. As you channel it, it deals more damage and Knocks enemies farther back. If fully charged up, it also Stuns all enemies hit.

As for all Yrel's Basic Abilities, you can activate Divine Purpose right before casting Righteous Hammer to instantly cast it as if you fully charged it up. When doing so, it costs no Mana and cannot be interrupted before going off.

Righteous Hammer provides a useful Knockback effect that can be used either offensively or defensively. If used offensively, Yrel can thrust enemy Heroes towards her team and enable an easy takedown. If used defensively, she can push enemy Heroes away and help her team to retreat.

The best way to use Righteous Hammer is to fully-charge it (either manually or by using Divine Purpose) for Stunning enemy Heroes. This gives more safety when using it defensively and is more threatening when using it offensively because it blocks enemy Heroes for a moment and allows allied Heroes to follow-up.

Righteous Hammer can also be used as an interrupt. When you need to interrupt a stationary channel, all you have to do is cast Righteous Hammer as quickly as possible, without fully-charging it. When you need to interrupt a mobile channel, you have to fully-charge Righteous Hammer (usually by using Divine Purpose).

Avenging Wrath (E) Yrel

• Cooldown: 6 seconds

Leap to a location, dealing 260 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in an area and Slowing them by 60% for 1 second.

Charging up this Ability increases its range.

Avenging Wrath is a Basic Ability that allows Yrel to leap over a short distance. Upon impact, enemies are damaged and Slowed. As you channel it, its range goes up but its damage stays the same.

As for all Yrel's Basic Abilities, you can activate Divine Purpose right before casting Avenging Wrath to instantly cast it as if you fully charged it up. When doing so, it costs no Mana and cannot be interrupted before going off.

The best way to use Avenging Wrath is to approach enemy Heroes from the side, charge it while they cannot see you, jump over impassable terrain, activate Divine Purpose, and then cast Righteous Hammer. You can also do something similar by standing in a bush that is uncontested.

While laning, you can use this Ability for waveclear, for damaging enemy Heroes, and also for escaping while getting ganked. Do not use Divine Purpose on Avenging Wrath when clearing Minions because it does not deal more damage and you do not instantly need the increased range.

In this section we discuss how this Heroic Ability works and give some tips on how to use it. If you are looking for a detailed explanation on when and why you should pick it, check out the dedicated section in the Talent Build page.

Ardent Defender (R) Yrel

• Heroic
• Mana: 80
• Cooldown: 120 seconds

Surround Yrel in a barrier for 3 seconds, absorbing all damage taken and healing her for 50% of the damage received.

Ardent Defender is a Heroic Ability which makes Yrel take no damage for a few seconds and convert all the damage taken during that time into healing. The more damage she absorbs while active, the more healing she receives.

This is such a powerful Heroic Ability that whether it is on cooldown or not dictates how aggressively Yrel can play. When it is on cooldown, you need to play safer. When it is ready to use, you can play more aggressively.

In order to guarantee her participation during a team fight once the effect has expired, we recommend using Ardent Defender while Yrel has at least 50% Health remaining. If used while Yrel is on the brink of death, it will usually result in her retreating anyway.

The best moment to activate Ardent Defender is when you are going to take a lot of damage. Note that having your Armor reduced (for example, by enemy Structures nearby) increases the healing taken during it. Similarly, having your Armor increased causes you to take less healing from it.

In this section we discuss how this Heroic Ability works and give some tips on how to use it. If you are looking for a detailed explanation on when and why you should pick it, check out the dedicated section in the Talent Build page.

Sacred Ground (R) Yrel

• Heroic
• Cooldown: 25 seconds

Yrel sanctifies the ground around her, gaining 50 Armor until she leaves the area.

Sacred Ground is a Heroic Ability which sanctifies a big area at Yrel's feet. Yrel has bonus Armor while standing it and loses it upon leaving. The effect on the ground does not move with Yrel and disappears when she leaves the area.

Due to its stationary nature, this Heroic Ability is best used for contesting Objectives or Mercenary Camps and is countered by Displacement effects that are powerful enough to move Yrel outside of the sanctified area.

You can also use it to reduce damage taken in team fights just for a few seconds or, with a well-time cast, even to mitigate incoming damage from a single powerful Ability (notably Pyroblast by Kael'thas).

Divine Purpose (D) Yrel

• Cooldown: 12 seconds

Activate to instantly charge Yrel's next Basic Ability at no mana cost. Divine Purpose's cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds if Stunned or Silenced while charging her skills.

Passive: Yrel's Basic Abilities charge up over 1.5 seconds, increasing in effectiveness, but reducing Yrel's Movement Speed by 25%.

Divine Purpose is a Trait which can be activated to make your next Basic Ability instant cast and cost no Mana. Furthermore, whenever your Basic Abilities are interrupted while being channeled, Divine Purpose's cooldown is reduced by a few seconds.

Depending on which situation Yrel finds herself in, she may have to consider triggering a different Basic Ability. Using Divine Purpose to empower Vindication provides a considerable amount of healing and waveclear. Combining it with Righteous Hammer can get her out of dangerous situations or help her allies get kills. Last but not least, Avenging Wrath can be immediately used to either engage a fight swiftly or get Yrel to safety.