Garrosh Talents

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Warbreaker is a good Quest-based Talent that provides bonus damage and cooldown reduction to Groundbreaker, something that makes it a solid choice to empower Garrosh's survivability in combination with Defensive Measures at Level 13. Contrary to most Quests, the bonus damage scales with Team Level.

Unrivaled Strength is a strong Talent that slightly increases how far the target can be thrown by using Wrecking Ball while also increasing the damage done to them by a solid amount (about 50 less than Warbreaker after Quest completion and about the same as Body Check).

You can combine this Talent with Mortal Combo at Level 16 and Titanic Might at Level 20 to boost your damage in the late game.

Body Check is a situational Active-based Talent that can be used to counter high amount of burst healing in the enemy team (for example against Whitemane). Body Check also applies a Slow and deals a decent amount of damage (about 50 less than Warbreaker after Quest completion and about the same as Unrivaled Strength).

In For the Kill is a decent Talent that empowers Garrosh's ability to clear enemies who have low maximum Health (like Minions or Skeletal Defenders on Infernal Shrines) as you will easily get the cooldown reset when using Bloodthirst on them.

You should not take this Talent when playing Garrosh as Tank, as you are not supposed to be busy clearing Minions for multiple seconds, however, it may be useful while playing Garrosh as Offlaner.

Thirst for Battle is a good Talent that reduces the cooldown of Bloodthirst when hitting enemy Heroes with Basic Attacks.

The reduced cooldown of Bloodthirst will slightly increase your damage output and survivability, especially if combined with Bloodcraze at Level 13 and Seasoned Soldier at Level 16.

Indomitable is a strong Talent that gives yourself Unstoppable for 1.5 seconds on a relatively short cooldown, something that is extremely good for playing around kite when you want to engage.

Active it when you expect a Stun or Silence to hit you because you cannot self-remove them with it or use it when you are already affected by a Root or Slow because they do not stop you from casting Abilities.

Intimidation is a situational Talent that allows you to reduce the Attack Speed of enemy Heroes hit with either the inner or outer area of Groundbreaker, so it does not matter if you do not Stun them in the process.

Oppressor is a strong Talent that makes your Basic Attacks and Bloodthirst apply a debuff to enemy Heroes which reduces their damage and healing done with Abilities.

Lok-tar ogar! is an extremely situational Talent that increases the Armor provided by Into the Fray and reduces its cooldown by a dozen of seconds for each enemy Hero hit with the displaced ally.

The problem with using Into the Fray aggressively is that you will not have it for defensive usage for many seconds, unless you hit 3 enemy Heroes with it and reduce its cooldown down to 10 seconds as a consequence.

You can use the extra Armor provided by this Talent to save allied Heroes from burst damage (such as Pyroblast by Kael'thas) or dive (for example Zeratul).

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.

Warlord's Challenge is a good Heroic Ability which provides a powerful area of effect crowd control. Once cast, all enemy Heroes caught within a small radius around Garrosh will be Taunted for a short while.

Decimate is a strong Heroic Ability which provides area of effect sustain damage.

Unfortunately, this is not what Garrosh usually needs to provide, as his strengths lie in locking enemy Heroes down and isolating them in order for his team to gain a tactical advantage, and Decimate does not contribute to either of these strengths. That said, Decimate can be useful when playing Garrosh as Bruiser, so when your team has another Tank.

Defensive Measures is a strong Talent that protects Garrosh with a Shield when hitting enemy Heroes with the outer area of Groundbreaker, so you need to Stun them to make it work.

The bonus Shield provided allows Garrosh to become an even stronger frontline Hero and makes him even harder to burst down.

Defensive Measures synergizes with Warbreaker at Level 1 because the small cooldown reduction it provides to Groundbreaker increases the uptime potential of the bonus Shield.

Shields are amplified by the damage mitigation provided by Armor Up, meaning that Defensive Measures will be more effective while Garrosh has low Health.

Bloodcraze is a good Talent that tends to be outclassed by Defensive Measures as a defensive Level 13 Talent. However, Bloodcraze is still considered situational as it may be advantageous to Garrosh against highly mobile melee targets who are difficult to hit with casts of Groundbreaker (such as Illidan). Rather than losing out completely on the benefits of Defensive Measures by not being able to Stun an enemy Hero with Groundbreaker, Garrosh may still receive the additional passive Healing granted by his targeted Basic Ability Bloodthirst.

Double Up is a situational Talent that increases the damage mitigation provided by Armor Up.

The 100% bonus Armor can come in clutch, preventing Garrosh from being taken down especially if he finds himself under heavy fire without the immediate assistance of his team. Remember that Armor cannot go above or below 75. As a consequence, this Talent will give its maximum value when Garrosh has about 30% maximum Health or less.

Mortal Combo is a good Talent that can set up some ridiculously crippling crowd-control combos.

Throwing an enemy Hero with Wrecking Ball after Stunning them with Groundbreaker will result in the two Abilities being ready to use again at around the same time, allowing you to reposition enemy Heroes every 8 seconds—6 seconds with Warbreaker at Level 1—while fighting.

When you have Mortal Combo at Level 16 and Titanic Might at Level 20, when catching 2 enemy Heroes with Wrecking Ball and hitting them with Groundbreaker right after, you will be able to throw them on the spot 2 more times. Unrivaled Strength at Level 1 increases the damage done this way.

Earthshaker is a good Talent that will cause whatever enemy Hero you throw with Wrecking Ball to be Stunned upon their landing and Stun all enemies who are in that area.

You can also throw an enemy towards an enemy Hero to use this Talent as a ranged Stun. This move can be useful to interrupt enemies attempting to channel a powerful Ability (for example Holy Word: Salvation by Anduin) and/or to group two or more enemy Heroes for Warlord's Challenge.

Seasoned Soldier is a strong Talent that passively increases Garrosh's maximum Health by 103 (+4% per level), boosts the Slow duration of Groundbreaker from 2 to 3 seconds, and provides an additional charge of Bloodthirst.

While the first and second effects are not that impactful, the third effect is a huge boost to Garrosh's survivability. You can empower this Talent by combining it with Thirst for Battle at Level 4 and/or Bloodcraze at Level 13.

Death Wish is a good Talent that allows Garrosh to reset the cooldown of Warlord's Challenge after taking down an enemy Hero while also increasing the Taunt duration from 2 to 2.5 seconds.

Deadly Calm is a strong Talent that almost halves the damage done by enemy Heroes hit by Decimate for a few seconds.

The fact that Decimate has multiple charges and a cooldown reduction component allows you to potentially keep the debuff active for a dozen of seconds on multiple enemy Heroes within range.

Avoid using multiple charges on the same enemy Heroes in quick succession because the second damage reduction effect will not stack with the first one, but only refresh its duration.

Titanic Might is a strong Talent that doubles the power of Wrecking Ball, especially if your team has access to burst damage to follow up on your engage. Throwing 2 enemy Heroes means you will easily be able to hit both of them with Warlord's Challenge.

When you have Mortal Combo at Level 16 and Titanic Might at Level 20, when catching 2 enemy Heroes with Wrecking Ball and hitting them with Groundbreaker right after, you will be able to throw them on the spot 2 more times. Unrivaled Strength at Level 1 increases the damage done this way.

Inner Rage is a situational Talent that increases the value of Body Check by adding a second charge and empowering the healing reduction component. For obvious reasons, this Talent can only be picked if Body Check was chosen at Level 1.

Avoid using both charges on the same enemy Hero in quick succession because, even though healing reduction effects can stack up to 100% healing reduction, in this case the second application will not stack with the first one but only refresh its duration.

Pick this Talent when you need healing reduction effects to get kills, so when the enemy team has enough burst healing (for example Phase Shift by Brightwing) to save whoever is being focused by your team.