Heroes of the Storm Volskaya Foundry Tier List

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

Volskaya Foundry is a 3-lane Map with no Boss Camps, 1 Sentinel Camp, 2 Fortification Camps, and 2 Siege Camps. Considering that the Objective takes a while to be secured, you will need Heroes who can shine in prolonged team fights, in particular sustain Healers. Mercenary Camps should be captured as much as possible, so make sure to have at least a Hero who can deal decent damage to them. Heroes who can dive are quite strong to punish the team who won the Objective by aggressively engaging who is not piloting it.

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.

Johanna is not only the most durable Tank in the whole game but she can also provide a good amount of crowd control to disrupt enemy plans and help her teammates in team fights.

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.

Rehgar is currently a solid Healer who can provide a balanced mix of sustain and burst healing, with the ability to quickly clear Minions and Mercenaries.

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.

Zeratul is a formidable Melee Assassin that, thanks to his mobility and damage output, can easily threaten most Ranged Assassins. Stay near Heroes who can peel and/or heal, especially in the late game.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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