Alarak Build Guide “The hour of my vengeance has come.”

Alarak's Standard Build will enable him to use Telekinesis more often, due to Ruthless Momentum. Show of Force enhances your burst damage, facilitating the kill on the displaced target. It will also be slowly empowering your Sadism, turning Alarak into a real threat. Counter-Strike is a good survibability option for him, however, Deadly Charge can be a good choice for securing kills. Getting the other Heroic Ability at 20 will always be a good choice, but Hasty Bargain can be excellent in teamfights, if you are comfortable with it.

This build is focused on using Discord Strike and Lightning Surge to follow-up Telekinesis whenever you can do so safely. Do not be afraid to combo Tanks; with a good follow-up, they may lose most of their Health or even get killed by it.

Alarak's Overwhelming Power Build shifts him from a burst Hero towards a Bruiser playstyle, by enhancing his Basic Attacks, self-sustain, and crowd control. Differently from the other builds, this one does not get Applied Force at Level 7. Therefore, we do not recommend it against poke compositions or against many Ranged Assassins, since you will have a hard time hitting combos or delivering Basic Attacks towards them. Despite this weakness, we find this build excellent when facing melee-heavy team compositions. Alarak will be able to easily punish those melee Heroes, while also reducing their power due to extra Silence or Slow provided by his Level 7 Talents.

Overwhelming Power empowers Basic Attacks and encourages Alarak to be always delivering Basic Attacks after a combo. At Level 7, Hindered Motion is the standard Talent, since it will enable you to be constantly attacking the target, getting value from your Level 1 and 16's Talents. However, if you already have a decent way to reduce your enemy's movements in your team, like Jaina or Fenix provide, we recommend going for Dissonance instead. Lethal Onslaught at Level 16 will be excellent if you have a good amount of Sadism stacks, because it will provide more damage and healing from your Basic Attacks, making it easier to maintain your lead. However, Mocking Strikes will be a great power spike in fights, since it will provide more combos and crowd control for your team.

The Lightning Surge Build is exceptionally good at long range poke, especially against melee-heavy team compositions. Target enemy Heroes behind the enemy frontline whenever possible, to damage as many Heroes with each cast as possible. When you finish stacking Extended Lightning, you will be able to slow enemies who are hit by the center of the beam. Negatively Charged can be stacked without limit, and is not lost on death. With Hasty Bargain and clever positioning, you can cast Lightning Surge up to 4 times in quick succession. It is very important to focus on hitting enemy Heroes with the center of Lightning Surge's beam, as many of your Talent investments involve this mechanic.

Unfortunately this build has poor early game, and is very reliant on having many stacks from Extended Lightning. For this reason, we only recommend going for it in scenarios where you will easily stack, like in Tomb of the Spider Queen, Braxis Holdout or Infernal Shrines.