Kharazim Talents

Level	Choices
1	✘︎ ✓ ✘︎
4	? ✓ ?
7	✓ ? ✘︎
10	? ✓
13	✓ ? ?
16	? ✓ ?
20	? ? ✘︎ ? ✓

Transcendence is an underwhelming Talent for Kharazim. Kharazim heals a considerable small amount in early to mid game when compared to other Healers. Going for Transcendence will slightly reduce that difference, while Iron Fists will enhance what Kharazim is meant to do: deal high follow up damage. If you are looking into going for a build with more sustain, it is recommended to get Heavenly Zeal and Echo of Heaven instead.

Iron Fists is your Talent of choice in all situations, as it adds strong damage potential on Kharazim, which allows him to threaten squishy enemy Heroes. The bonus damage after every third Basic Attack works exceptionally well with Deadly Reach and thus benefits hugely from follow-up damage Talents such as Blinding Speed at Level 7 or Way of the Hundred Fists at Level 16.

Insight offers decent Mana Regeneration and mid-late game cooldown reduction but that is about it. In most games, the Talent will take too long to get value from. And even after completion, its overall usefulness during team fights remains questionable, because Kharazim usually does not have enough to get consistent Basic Attacks through.

Spirit Ally offers decent healing over time while retaining a fair cooldown of 45 seconds. If you want to provide additional sustain healing to your allies throughout longer skirmishes (for instance, while fighting over Objective control), this Talent is the one to choose.

Earth Ally works very well against enemy team compositions who rely heavily on Basic Attacks. We also recommend this Talent when going for the Damage Build featuring Iron Fists at Level 1, since Earth Ally provides Kharazim with reliable damage mitigation while engaging on his primary target.

Air Ally will not only increase the damage dealt by Abilities from your whole team, but will also increase all healing applied by Kharazim. Consider picking this Talent when your team features multiple Heroes who mostly deal Spell Damage.

Blinding Speed is a great Talent if you go for a Radiant Dash Build. Having more mobility is always useful and there is a strong synergy between Blinding Speed, Way of the Hundred Fists, Cleansing Touch, and Quicksilver, which makes Blinding Speed a lot more efficient than Blazing Fists.

Heavenly Zeal boosts Kharazim's utility and healing output by a large margin. The additional Movement Speed allows your teammates to either engage the opponents or to retreat away from an enemy onslaught more efficiently. We recommend this Talent if your team requires more burst healing and mobility.

Blazing Fists reduces Deadly Reach's Cooldown significantly while also boosting its duration. However, as Kharazim will not be able to be standing still attacking a target for long. This Talent could be good in Battlefield of Eternity, but unfortunately the other 2 options at this Level are way too important for their respective Builds to be passed on.

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.

Divine Palm is an incredibly useful Heroic Ability that can single-handedly alter the outcome of a team fight. We cannot stress enough the importance of timing Divine Palm precisely, in order to put the enemy team into precarious situation. It should be picked if the enemy team got high burst damage, so it can reset the fight, and consequently give your team major advantage.

There are three things to be particularly aware of when using Divine Palm. Firstly, you have to observe and predict which of your teammates is going to get focused by the enemy team. Secondly, you have to carefully estimate how much damage said teammate can withstand before dying. Thirdly, you have make sure to be within cast range of said teammate to cast Divine Palm in time. If you manage to anticipate the enemy team's focus fire correctly, it is almost impossible for them to stop their damage in due time and Divine Palm will prevent your targeted ally from dying.

As a rule of thumb, Divine Palm should be used

• if the enemies clearly focus an allied priority target (mostly Assassins);
• if one of your frontliners requires immediate help;
• on yourself if you find yourself exposed or caught off guard.

Seven-Sided Strike is a strong offensive Heroic Ability that can deal a moderate amount of damage into several enemies at the same time or an an insane amount into only 1 Hero. It also makes Kharazim invulnerable for a short period of time, which forces the enemy team to choose other priority targets while Seven-Sided Strike is active. However, this Heroic Ability has one major disadvantage, which is its fixed area of effect. Similar to Tyrande's Starfall or Kael'thas's Phoenix, enemies can simply walk out of Seven-Sided Strike's radius, which requires Kharazim to wait for the right moment to use it.

Keeping an eye on the enemy team's movement and especially their escape abilities is crucial when casting Seven-Sided Strike. If you notice that several enemy Heroes are distracted fighting one of your allies, Seven-Sided Strike can be particularly efficient. Seven-Sided Strike also shines while dueling an enemy Hero in an one-on-one situation, as every strike will hit your opponent, rendering him unable to fight back.

We recommend going for this Heroic if your team can easily isolate an enemy Hero by using displacement or control effects. Kharazim can easily use a Radiant Dash to reposition so that Seven Sided Strike's edge will be over the controlled enemy, so nobody can enter the area to split the damage.

Quicksilver is a great Talent if used in conjunction with Blinding Speed at Level 7. We definitely recommend this Talent if you are using a Radiant Dash Build.

Spell Shield should only be considered if the enemy team consists mainly of Assassins that rely on their ability damage, such as Jaina or Li-Ming. In that case, Spell Shield has the potential to absorb a significant amount of damage, which allows Kharazim to have greater presence during team fights.

Sixth Sense is a useful Talent if the enemy lineup consists of several Heroes with great crowd control, such as E.T.C. or Thrall. By reducing the damage of enemy Basic Attacks, Kharazim becomes much more resilient in the frontline, which allows him to move and heal more freely. We recommend taking Sixth Sense if the enemy team features strong Basic Attackers and if crowd control is consistently being used against you.

Cleansing Touch is a high-skill high-reward Talent, which thrives against high crowd control compositions that feature multiple Stuns and Roots. If paired with Blinding Speed at Level 7, Kharazim should always have a life-saving cleanse effect available.

Way of the Hundred Fists works very well with Blinding Speed and especially Epiphany at Level 20, as it immediately restores 2 charges of Radiant Dash, which in return allows you to deal more damage during team fights and duels.

Echo of Heaven Is an outstanding Talent when paired with Heavenly Zeal, since those 2 Talents together will make Breath of Heaven heal 250% of the original value.

Peaceful Repose will make a failed Divine Palm very forgiving by reducing its cooldown to 5 seconds if your marked target did not die. This makes it an excellent Talent for less experiences players, in particular. The increased healing will be very impactful when using it on Tanks, a Garrosh will be saved and come back with full Health, in example.

Transgression provides Kharazim with more potential damage on his Seven-Sided Strike Heroic Ability. However, there are two major downsides to this Talent. Firstly, Seven-Sided Strike can be dodged and avoided fairly easily by a variety of Heroes with some form of escape mechanism, which renders this Talent completely useless. Secondly, adding 4 more strikes to Seven-Sided Strike means that you cannot control Kharazim for a longer period of time. However, it will also make you invulnerable for a longer time. We recommend only going for this Talent if your team has many different crowd control Abilities.

Fists of Legend is an interesting but underwhelming Talent. This Talent would be interesting if it increased the rate in which his Level 1 Talent is activated, or if it added some form of resistance to allow Kharazim to safely deliver several Basic Attacks in a Level 20 fight, which is extremely hard due to how bursty these fights are.

Storm Shield is one of the most powerful defensive Talents in the game. Out of all Healers, Kharazim sticks out as being one of the most mobile ones thanks to his Radiant Dash and the Movement Speed granted by Breath of Heaven. This enables him to quickly find a good spot to cast Storm Shield on as many allies as possible. Storm Shield is a great tool to stop enemy area of effect burst damage, especially from Mages like Jaina or Kael'thas.

Epiphany works particularly well if Kharazim is going for a Radiant Dash Build. Epiphany provides an amazing synergy with Way of the Hundred Fists or Cleansing Touch. Furthermore, we cannot stress enough how important mobility is on Kharazim. As any other Melee Assassin, he is likely going to get focused by the enemy team which requires him to change positions very frequently. All in all, Epiphany is an incredibly versatile Talent that allows Kharazim to escape dangerous situations, to chase fleeing enemies more efficiently, and to compensate Mana issues, which is why we thoroughly recommend picking this Talent on any offensive Kharazim Talent Build.