Heroes of the Storm Braxis Holdout Tier List

The goal of this Tier List is to inform players regarding how strong Heroes are in the current metagame on Braxis Holdout.

Braxis Holdout is a 2-lane Map with 1 Boss Camp, 2 Bruiser Camps, and 2 Siege Camps. You cannot double-soak and being global can be useful for ganks. Due to the nature of the Objective, it is quite important to have a sutain Healer rather than a burst one. A solid Offlaner who is hard to gank helps too. Avoid late game Heroes. Mercenary Camps are not a priority here, but they can still be useful.

A well-rounded team composition has: 1 Tank, 1 Offlaner, 1 Ranged Assassin, 1 Flex, and 1 Healer. The flex slot can be filled with: 1 Bruiser, 1 Melee Assassin, 1 Ranged Assassin, or 1 Healer. If a given Hero can be played in different Roles (for example Tank and Offlaner), we mention them multiple times because each of their Roles may belong to a different tier.

Heroes that are generally worth banning at the beginning of the draft have been marked with a red border and a BAN label, however, in some circumstances it may be better to ban other Heroes instead, either to target-ban a player and/or to remove a counter to Heroes your team will pick.

Heroes that do better on this Map compared to their overall ranking have an upward-pointing arrow and name in green whereas Heroes that do worse on this Map compared to their overall ranking have a downward pointing arrow and name in red. You can see their overall ranking in our General Tier List.

In this tier you can find overpowered Heroes that will do great in most games.

Dehaka excels on big Maps, where you can get value from Brushstalker to quickly join your team. This tool can be used to outnumber the enemy team while the enemy Offlaner is busy somewhere else or still traveling due to not being global like Dehaka.

Mephisto is the most powerful Ranged Assassin in the game when it comes to damage done to enemy Heroes in team fights, however, he does not excel at macro, especially at capturing Mercenaries. Avoid unnecessary team fights and spread when fighting against him.

Rexxar is one of the best Heroes for holding a Capture Point because he can send Misha on it while he stays in lane to clear Minions or nearby allied Structures to avoid ganks.

Valla is a formidable Ranged Assassin who can deal an insane amount of damage to anyone, including Tanks. Due to her low durability, she loves to be paired with Supports or to have a second Healer.

Zul'jin can keep stacking Berserker, his Baseline Quest, on enemy Heroes during the game. This mechanic allows him to become extremely powerful in the late game against teams who fight too much for no reason.

In this tier you can find strong Heroes that will perform well in a lot of games.

Thrall is not a great Offlaner because he does not have a lot of waveclear, therefore he performs better when picked as Melee Assassin in the 4-man.

In this tier you can find good Heroes that will generally be fine but not that strong.

Imperius can get enough waveclear from Talents to become a good Offlaner, however, he performs better when picked as Melee Assassin in the 4-man.

In this tier you can find situational Heroes that will only do well in some circumstances.

Arthas can be played as Offlaner against melee Heroes who rely on Basic Attacks and cannot deal with Frozen Tempest because they lack mobility tools to disengage whenever they want.

E.T.C. can be played as Offlaner by picking Stage Dive and using it to join allied Heroes after taking care of a side lane. This strategy is particularly good on big Maps, where global Heroes are valuable.

In this tier you can find weak Heroes that will do poorly in most games.

Even though she does not have self-sustain, Johanna has enough waveclear to be played as Offlaner on bigger Maps, where the offlane matchup is not that important.

Uther can also be drafted as secondary Healer to enable a powerful Melee Assassin (for example Kerrigan) or Ranged Assassin (notably Valla) to deal more damage. We do not recommend playing him as Tank.