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Artanis Build Guide “Direct my wrath.”
Welcome to our guide for Artanis, a Bruiser 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.
Artanis's Overview
Artanis is an aggressive Bruiser
that excels at fighting for prolonged periods of time thanks to
Shield Overload and its related Talents making him
difficult to kill without the use of crowd control
and burst damage together.
Artanis's Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
Phase Prism can be used during 
Blade Dash to pull enemy Heroes
Shield Overload can make Artanis difficult to kill using sustain damage only- Heroic Abilities with unlimited range, allowing him to contribute to team fights on the other side of the battlefield
Weaknesses
Almost zero mobility- Weak to kite
- Vulnerable to burst damage
- Crowd control can prevent Artanis from using his Basic Attacks and/or Abilities, making him unable to reduce the cooldown of Shield Overload
Artanis's Talent Build Cheatsheet
Shield Overload Build
Recommended
Artanis's Shield Overload Build is designed to heavily increase your survivability
by empowering Shield Overload as much as possible,
indirectly helping you to deal more damage over the course of a team fight.
The combination of Shield Battery at Level 4
and Force of Will at Level 16 makes Artanis
hard to take down. Level 13 can be either Phase Bulwark
against burst damage or 
Templar's Zeal
against sustain damage and/or Blinds.
Phase Prism Build
Situational
Artanis's Phase Prism Build provides various buffs when you hit
enemy Heroes with 
Phase Prism:
Armor, Attack Speed, and cooldown reduction.
Chrono Surge at Level 7 and
Blades of a Templar at Level 16 give you Attack Speed that
helps you stack 
Protector Of Aiur at Level 1,
slowly turning you into a late-game powerhouse.
Twin Blades Build
Situational
Artanis's Twin Blades Build is designed to give you a high amount of damage,
mostly in the form of burst damage right after
activating 
Twin Blades.
You should consider this Build only if you really want to take down high-mobility Heroes who are diving in the backline of your team or if you need percent-based damage.
ARAM Build
ARAM
Artanis's ARAM Build provides various buffs when you hit
enemy Heroes with Phase Prism:
Armor, Attack Speed, and cooldown reduction.
Chrono Surge at Level 7 and
Blades of a Templar at Level 16 give you Attack Speed that
helps you stack Protector Of Aiur at Level 1,
slowly turning you into a late-game powerhouse.
Artanis's Synergies and Counters
Artanis synergizes with
Artanis pairs extremely well with Healers who can provide
sustained healing (such as Malfurion) to gradually replenish his Health while
his own Shields guarantee him protection against burst damage,
with Heroes who can crowd control
enemy Heroes to either keep them at melee distance (for example Arthas
with his Root or even just his Slow) or
to stop them in place after a successful Blade Dash plus
Phase Prism combo (like Kael'thas with
Gravity Lapse), and Heroes who can mitigate his lack
of mobility (such as Zarya with
Speed Barrier at Level 4).
Artanis is countered by
Artanis gets countered by Heroes who can Knockback
him out of his Blade Dash's animation (such as
E.T.C. with 
Face Melt), Heroes who can
Root him or even just Slow him
(for example Arthas and Lunara respectively),
Heroes who can Blind him
(such as Johanna with 
Shield Glare),
and Heroes who can deal bonus damage to Shields (Varian
with 
Shattering Throw comes to mind).
Artanis's Maps
Artanis is good on Maps where he can get value from 
Amateur Opponent
at Level 1 to take down a big Monster at the Objective (such as the Immortal
on Battlefield of Eternity) or for a strong Mercenary Camp
(for example the Sentinel on Hanamura Temple) but he suffers on
Maps where it is important that the Offlaner has
waveclear (such as Towers of Doom).
Artanis's Tips and Tricks
- Use Blade Dash to reduce the cooldown of Shield Overload, to finish off enemy Heroes, or to deal damage when affected by Blind.
- Do not spam
Twin Blades because it is your only gap-closer and your main tool to reduce the cooldown of Shield Overload. - Use Phase Prism during Blade Dash to surprise an enemy Hero with this displacement combo.
- Actively watch the cooldown of Shield Overload to decide when to use Twin Blades, Blade Dash, or just Basic Attacks.
- Use
Suppression Pulse just as you enter a large team fight to reduce the damage that you and your allied Heroes will take. - Use
Purifier Beam on enemy Heroes with low mobility, else it goes wasted.
Artanis's Role in the Current Meta
Artanis is a Bruiser and therefore should be played as
an Offlaner. He shines in extended combat,
as long he is able to consistently use Basic Attacks on a nearby target,
something that cannot be easy due to his low mobility.
In order for Artanis to reach and be able to stick on enemy Heroes,
assistance from his team is usually required, so be sure that your team has
enough crowd control when you want to play him. Additionally,
crowd control counters Artanis hard, as he needs
to use Basic Attacks to keep up his shields from Shield Overload.
Changelog
- 17 Aug. 2024 (talents page): Guide reviewed.
- 17 Aug. 2024 (abilities page): Guide reviewed.
- 17 Aug. 2024 (this page): Guide reviewed.
- 04 Jan. 2024 (this page): Maps ratings updated.
- 12 Dec. 2023 (talents page): Guide reviewed.
- 12 Dec. 2023 (abilities page): Guide reviewed.
- 12 Dec. 2023 (this page): Guide reviewed.
- 20 Sep. 2023 (talents page): ARAM Build added.
- 20 Sep. 2023 (this page): ARAM Build added.
- 30 Mar. 2022 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 30 Mar. 2022 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 30 Mar. 2022 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 01 Oct. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
- 01 Oct. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
- 24 Jul. 2021 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 24 Jul. 2021 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 24 Jul. 2021 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 26 Apr. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
- 22 Mar. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
- 22 Mar. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
- 03 Mar. 2021 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 03 Mar. 2021 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 03 Mar. 2021 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
- 25 Feb. 2021 (talents page): New layout.
- 01 Nov. 2020 (talents page): Builds updated.
- 01 Nov. 2020 (this page): Builds updated.
- 15 Sep. 2020 (talents page): Builds updated.
- 15 Sep. 2020 (this page): Builds updated.
- 07 May 2020 (talents page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
- 07 May 2020 (this page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
- 22 Apr. 2020 (talents page): 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.
- 22 Apr. 2020 (abilities page): Ability and Strategy fully revised to match new standards.
- Tips and Tricks modified to add important tips that were missing and to remove obvious ones that were not worth mentioning.
- Ability Descriptions modified to better explain how to use Abilities effectively.
- 22 Apr. 2020 (this page): Introduction fully revised to match new standards.
- Overview rewritten to better describe the Hero.
- Strengths and Weaknesses modified to give a better idea about the Hero when being played right.
- Talent Build Cheatsheet updated to reflect the current metagame.
- Synergies and Counters modified to mention notable Heroes that were missing and to remove misleading Heroes that were listed.
- Maps modified to focus on the main aspects of the Hero when evaluating a Map.
- Tips and Tricks modified to list important tips that were missing before and to delete more obvious ones.
- Role in the Current Meta modified to reflect the current metagame and to remove the unnecessary part about the now fixed Experience Globes.
- 23 Mar. 2020 (abilities page): Outdated information corrected.
- 06 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added an entry about the current Anomaly to the guide.
- 20 Nov. 2019 (talents page): Revised Artanis' guide and found it to up-to-date. Also added Alterac Pass to Artanis' maps rankings, as it was still missing.
- 05 Jun. 2019 (talents page): Changed and updated Artanis' talents and builds to the latest standard. For Aiur!
- 15 Jan. 2019 (talents page): Changed Target Purified from Situational to Recommended and Plasma Burn from Recommended to Situational.
- 15 Jan. 2019 (this page): Updated Artanis' introduction and Talent Builds.
- 26 Jul. 2018 (talents page): Updated Artanis' talents section and recommended Builds in accordance with the latest Balance Update.
- 22 Dec. 2017 (talents page): Updated Phase Bulwark's and Psionic Wound's descriptions.
- 06 Jul. 2017 (talents page): Updated Chrono Surge's description.
- 04 May 2017 (talents page): Updated Artanis' talents section with new descriptions for Graviton Vortex and Titan Killer.
- 14 Dec. 2016 (this page): Moved Artanis to the new format, following its rework in Ragnaros patch.
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