Deckard Cain Talents

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Sapphire Emerald Build

Recommended

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Deckard's Sapphire Emerald Build increases your burst healing as well as your crowd control and utility. Due to its nature, this Build excels in short team fights.

Sapphire at Level 1 can be used to engage for your team and/or as a setup Scroll Of Sealing. Emerald at Level 7 should be used on the kill target, so that the Healer will not be able to save them.

Thanks to the Shield it provides, Potion of Shielding at Level 4 helps you keep alive whoever is being focused by enemy Heroes. Horadric Staff at Level 16 can be used to peel for allied Heroes and/or counter-engage.

Ruby Emerald Build

Situational

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Level 7

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Deckard's Ruby Emerald Build increases your sustain healing and utility at the cost of crowd control. Due to its nature, this Build excels in long team fights.

Ruby at Level 4 is best used on multiple enemy Heroes when they are surrounding allied Heroes, to spawn more Lesser Healing Potions near your teammates. Emerald at Level 7 should be used on the kill target, so that the Healer will not be able to save them.

Field Study at Level 1 increases your Spell Power, which not only increases your damage done with Abilities but also your healing done. Safety in Numbers at Level 16 further increases the value you get from your Basic Abilities by reducing their cooldown.

Sapphire Ruby Build

Situational

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Level 7

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Level 20

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Deckard's Sapphire Ruby Build provides a balanced mix of sustain and burst healing, crowd control, and utility. Due to its nature, this Build excels against 3 or more melee Heroes.

Sapphire at Level 1 can be used to engage for your team and/or as a setup Scroll Of Sealing. Ruby at Level 4 is best used on multiple enemy Heroes when they are surrounding allied Heroes, to spawn more Lesser Healing Potions near your teammates.

Kanai's Cube at Level 7 is a good defensive tool usable for reducing the effectiveness of dive Heroes. Scroll of Stone Curse at Level 16 can be used to deal damage to enemy Heroes who tend to group while figthing.

ARAM Build

ARAM

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Level 7

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Level 13

Level 16

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Deckard's ARAM Build increases your damage against enemy Heroes who tend to group. This damage scales as the game goes and spikes at Level 16. We find this Build particularly effective when there is another Healer in your team.

The synergy between Scroll of Identify at Level 1 and Scroll of Stone Curse at Level 16 allows you to deal a lot of damage to enemy Heroes who get caught inside Scroll Of Sealing. Cube Mastery at Level 7 lets you do that more often.

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Scroll of Identify (Level 1) Deckard Cain

Quest: Hitting an enemy Hero with Scroll of Sealing permanently increases its damage by 2.

Reward: After hitting 15 Heroes, Scroll of Sealing reveals and reduces the Armor of Heroes hit by 10 for 4 seconds.

Reward: After hitting 30 Heroes, this talent's Armor reduction effect is increased to 15 and its duration to 6 seconds.

Scroll of Identify is a decent Quest-based Talent which slightly increases the damage of Scroll Of Sealing when hitting enemy Heroes with it. Unlock the first Reward to reduce the Armor of enemy Heroes hit and to Reveal them for a few seconds. Unlock the second Reward to slightly empower the amount and duration of the Armor reduction.

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Field Study (Level 1) Deckard Cain

Each enemy Hero hit by Scroll of Sealing grants 20% Spell Power for 16 seconds, up to 40%.

Field Study is a good Talent that provides Deckard with a respectable healing power increase as well as a bit of offensive power, particularly when combined with Scroll of Stone Curse at Level 16.

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Sapphire (Level 1) Deckard Cain

• Cooldown: 30 seconds

Activate to increase the damage of the next Horadric Cube by 100% and its slow by 30%.

Only 1 Gem may be active at a time.

Sapphire is a strong Talent that can be activated to make your next cast of Horadric Cube apply a better Slow and, like for any other Gem, deal double damage.

We recommend this Talent because it allows you to easily engage or peel for your team as well as connect Scroll Of Sealing.

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Potion of Shielding (Level 4) Deckard Cain

Whenever an ally is healed by a Healing Potion, they gain a 140 (+4% per level) Shield for 6 seconds.

Potion of Shielding is a strong Talent which provides a decent Shield to allied Heroes healed by Healing Potion.

While it does not increase your sustain healing, Potion of Shielding is still a powerful addition to your kit as Deckard struggles against burst damage.

Shields generated by different instances of Healing Potion do not stack, but only refresh the duration. As a consequence, you and allied Heroes should ideally wait for the Shield to be almost destroyed or expired before picking another Healing Potion, unless relatively low on Health.

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Rejuvenation Potion (Level 4) Deckard Cain

Healing Potions restore 15 Mana and heal for an additional 114 (+4% per level) over 3 seconds.

Rejuvenation Potion is a good Talent that makes each Healing Potion heal over time for a few seconds and restore Mana to whoever picks them.

Consider going for this Talent when you want to further empower your already good sustain healing, something which is useful on Battlegrounds where the Objective is powerful and takes a while to be contested (such as Braxis Holdout).

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Ruby (Level 4) Deckard Cain

• Cooldown: 20 seconds

Activate to increase the damage of the next Horadric Cube by 100% and it spawns 3 Lesser Healing Potions from each enemy Hero hit, healing allied Heroes for 250 (+4% per level) when picked up. Lesser Healing Potions last for 10 seconds.

Only 1 Gem may be active at a time.

Ruby is a good Talent that can be activated to make your next Horadric Cube generate 3 Lesser Healing Potions for each enemy Hero hit and, like for any other Gem, deal double damage. Contrary to Healing Potion, they disappear after 10 seconds and heal for a bit less.

The way this Talent works make it more valuable when your team has one or more diving Heroes or when your team is trying to contest a Capture Point, because in those situations it will be easier for you to hit multiple Heroes with Horadric Cube and for allied Heroes to collect Lesser Healing Potions.

The fact each Lesser Healing Potion spawns in a random location nearby makes Ruby weak against crowd control effects that can impair movement because it will be harder or even impossible to catch them.

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Cube Mastery (Level 7) Deckard Cain

Reduce the Mana cost of Scroll of Sealing from 40 to 25. Each enemy Hero hit by Horadric Cube reduces the cooldown of Scroll of Sealing by 4 seconds.

Cube Mastery is a decent Talent which reduces cooldown and Mana cost of Scroll Of Sealing, allowing you to Root enemy Heroes more often, sometimes even in quick succession if you manage to hit enough enemy Heroes with Horadric Cube.

The cooldown reduction provided has synergy with Scroll of Identify at Level 1 because it can be helpful to stack the Quest faster and with Scroll of Stone Curse at Level 16 because it can drastically increase your damage done, especially if combined with Field Study at Level 1.

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Kanai's Cube (Level 7) Deckard Cain

Horadric Cube reduces Hero damage dealt by 30% for 4 seconds.

Kanai's Cube is a good Talent that turns Horadric Cube into a defensive Ability, allowing you to reduce the damage done by enemy Heroes hit.

We find this Talent particularly good when playing against Heroes who can deal high but predictable damage in a short time frame (for example The Butcher).

Even if not a Gem, this Talent can be combined with Perfect Gems at Level 20 to constantly reduce the damage done by enemy Heroes during team fights, with about 80% uptime.

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Emerald (Level 7) Deckard Cain

• Cooldown: 30 seconds

Activate to increase the damage of the next Horadric Cube by 100% and have it reduce the healing received of enemy Heroes by 75% for 4 seconds.

Only 1 Gem may be active at a time.

Emerald is a strong Talent that can be activated to make your next Horadric Cube drastically reduce the healing received by enemy Heroes hit and, like for any other Gem, deal double damage.

The healing reduction provided by this Talent is great on a Hero like Deckard because he has access to crowd control which can be used to lock down enemy Heroes for your team to burst damage them while the enemy Healer cannot do much.

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.

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Stay Awhile and Listen (Level 10) Deckard Cain

• Mana: 60
• Cooldown: 70 seconds

After 1 second, Channel for 3 seconds, putting enemy Heroes in front of Deckard to Sleep while Channeling, and for 2 seconds after.

Enemies can only be put to Sleep once per cast, and Sleep's effects end instantly if they take damage.

Stay Awhile and Listen is a strong Heroic Ability which can be picked in most if not all situations, however, it has clear weaknesses you have to play around when facing Heroes who have access to interrupts, Unstoppable effects, and/or mobility tools.

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Lorenado (Level 10) Deckard Cain

• Mana: 35
• Cooldown: 30 seconds

Vector Targeting

After 1 second, create a twirling tome tornado that travels towards the targeted direction, continually knocking away enemies that come into contact with it. Deals 20 (+4% per level) damage to Heroes hit.

Lorenado is a good Heroic Ability that you can use to peel from melee Heroes, to push enemy Heroes inside Scroll Of Sealing, or to contest a Capture Point—this last point makes it valuable on Battlegrounds with a Boss Camp.

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Super Healing Potion (Level 13) Deckard Cain

If a Healing Potion isn't picked up for at least 2 seconds, it heals for 100% more.

Passive: Healing Potion heals for 25% more when the target is under 50% health.

Super Healing Potion is a good Talent that empowers Healing Potion in two ways: increases by 25% their healing when used by allied Heroes below 50% Health and doubles their healing after staying on the ground for 2 seconds.

The delayed effect is particularly effective on Battlegrounds where the Objective is stationary and powerful, allowing you and your team to get there a dozen of seconds before it starts to safely cast Healing Potion multiple times in the area and prepare them for later use.

We recommend this Talent because it is quite easy to get value from it, especially if you are new to the Hero or playing ARAM, as it heavily increases your sustain healing during the game.

Super Healing Potion has synergy with Bottomless Flask at Level 20. When picked together, Healing Potions will refill like usual and then become bigger after 2 more seconds.

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Potion of Revival (Level 13) Deckard Cain

When a Healing Potion is picked up, it also heals all nearby allied Heroes for 75% of the healing amount.

Potion of Revival is a decent Talent which makes each Healing Potion heal for 75% value all Heroes around the main target who gets 100% healing instead.

You may consider going for this Talent when your team features a lot of melee Heroes and the enemy team has ways to deal area of effect damage.

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Ancient Blessings (Level 13) Deckard Cain

• Cooldown: 45 seconds

Activate Fortitude of the Faithful to empower nearby allied Hero Basic Attacks for 8 seconds, causing them to deal an additional 62 (+4% per level) damage in an area and heal for 90 (+4% per level) for each Hero hit. This effect can only occur once per second.

Ancient Blessings is a strong Talent that, once every 45 seconds, can be used to boost allied Heroes for 8 seconds. Heroes affected by this buff can deal additional damage in an area with their Basic Attacks and heal themselves based on the number of Heroes hit.

This effect has an internal cooldown of 1 seconds, so it has no synergy with Heroes who have high Attack Speed and works just fine with most Heroes, unless they cannot really expose to use Basic Attacks (notably Probius).

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Scroll of Stone Curse (Level 16) Deckard Cain

Scroll of Sealing deals 200% more damage when hitting at least 2 Heroes.

Scroll of Stone Curse is a good Talent which drastically increases the damage done by Scroll Of Sealing, but only if you manage to hit multiple Heroes with it.

Due to how it works, we recommend combining it with Sapphire at Level 1 and/or Stay Awhile and Listen, unless you can rely on your Tank to hit more than a single Hero with Scroll Of Sealing.

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Safety in Numbers (Level 16) Deckard Cain

If at least 2 allied Heroes are nearby, Fortitude of the Faithful grants an additional 10 Armor, 50% Mana Regeneration per second, and causes Deckard's Basic Abilities to recharge an additional 50% faster.

Safety in Numbers is a good Talent which improves Fortitude of the Faithful in various ways when there is more than one allied Hero within range: further reduce the cooldown of your Basic Abilities, give you more Armor, and increase your Mana Regeneration.

You may consider going for this Talent when you want to improve your sustain healing. That said, we think that going for Super Healing Potion at Level 13 should be always enough to cover that aspect.

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Horadric Staff (Level 16) Deckard Cain

Every 5 seconds, Deckard's next Basic Attack Stuns Heroes for 0.75 seconds.

Horadric Staff is a good Talent that, once every 5 seconds, Stuns the next enemy Hero you hit with a Basic Attack. You cannot toggle it, so be careful not to waste it when you need it as a counter for a specific enemy Hero (such as Sonya using Whirlwind).

When playing against melee Heroes who play aggressively, you can use Horadric Staff to keep them inside Scroll Of Sealing while it goes off. Due to your short Attack Range, ranged and/or high-mobility Heroes will not be easy to catch with this, unless they misplay.

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Respect the Elderly (Level 20) Deckard Cain

Stay Awhile and Listen Silences and Blinds enemies for 3 seconds upon waking up from Sleep.

Respect the Elderly is a strong Talent which makes Stay Awhile and Listen apply a long-lasting Silence and Blind when its Sleep ends, gets removed, or is canceled by damage.

We recommend this Talent because it has huge playmaking potential in team fights, something that is extremely valuable in the late game. If it connects, the team fight will immediately shift in your team's favor.

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Morenados! (Level 20) Deckard Cain

Lorenado gains an additional charge and its cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds every time an enemy Hero is knocked back. This effect can only occur once per 0.5 seconds.

Morenados! is a good Talent that gives you a second charge of Lorenado and makes it reduce its cooldown by 10 seconds when hitting enemy Heroes.

This kind of Talent helps you to peel for your team—especially in narrow areas—and to Knockback enemy Heroes out of Capture Points (such as a game-ending Boss).

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Bottomless Flask (Level 20) Deckard Cain

After use, Healing Potions recharge after 8 seconds.

Bottomless Flask is a situational Talent that changes the way you can use by making Healing Potion refill after a few seconds. Even if empty, they still count for the cap and thus get replaced when exceeding it.

This kind of effect increases your healing output during prolonged team fights and is particularly effective when your team wants to control a given area, even if your team decided to split for some reason and you are not there anymore.

Bottomless Flask has synergy with Super Healing Potion at Level 13. When picked together, Healing Potions will refill like usual and then become bigger after 2 more seconds.

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Perfect Gems (Level 20) Deckard Cain

Reduce the cooldown of all Gems to 5 seconds and the cooldown of Horadric Cube by 6 seconds.

Perfect Gems is a situational Talent that allows you to use Gems ( Sapphire, Ruby, and Emerald) as well as Horadric Cube more often.

A single Gem is enough to get value from Perfect Gems because, after picking it, having more Gems will only increase your versatility and not help to have a Gem ready every time that Horadric Cube is available.

In addition to Gems, Kanai's Cube has synergy with Perfect Gems as well because it allows you to constantly reduce the damage done by enemy Heroes, up to around 80% uptime.