Medivh Talents

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

Raven's Intellect offers much needed Mana and Health Regeneration to Medivh. However, the only reason to pick this Talent is if you are unable to utilize Portal Mastery properly.

Portal Mastery is a great Talent, since it allows Medivh to use Portal without breaking Raven Form, which allows him to save allies without exposing himself to enemy Heroes. You can find more details in our Portal Mastery guide.

Winds of Celerity feels underwhelming because Raven Form's original Movement Speed already feels fast enough.

Dust of Appearance isn't needed for Medivh as his Raven Form already provides enough vision to keep up with the enemy team.

Raven Familiar offers enough damage to make it worth the investment. Furthermore, the Slow is surprisingly strong when it comes to chasing enemy Heroes down or keeping them at a distance.

Mage Armor is not worth picking up over the damage boost gained from Raven Familiar

Arcane Explosion is particularly effective if the enemy team consists of multiple Melee Assassins and Tanks who will take damage at the same time if they stand to close to each other. Since you will be picking Medivh with a dive composition, you will always want to pick Arcane Explosion because of the burst synergy it offers.

Force of Magic is a lackluster Talent compared to Arcane Explosion. 30% Spell Power won't out damage the burst gained from Arcane Explosion.

Mystic Assault's reward is not good enough to justify the condition of landing Arcane Rift on an enemy Hero.

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.

Poly Bomb is an incredibly useful Heroic Ability against melee Heroes in particular who usually clump up while focusing on an enemy target. Heroes who get value by playing aggressively, such as Sonya and Illidan, suffer greatly from being crowd controlled while engaging on their target.

It is quite important to keenly observe the course of battle before casting Poly Bomb. Make sure to use it when the enemy team groups up and/or is impaired by Slow and Stuns, which will make it much harder for them to spread out.

Ley Line Seal has the potential of single-handedly winning or losing a team fight. If it successfully hits multiple enemy Heroes, your team can set up a strong follow-up combination. However, if it misses, it has literally zero value and you will have wasted a relatively long cooldown in vain. Furthermore, Ley Line Seal's travel animation is very slow, which usually allows enemies to dodge it.

Circle of Protection is an amazing Talent if your team consists of multiple Melee Assassins and Tanks who generally tend to group up when focusing the same target. This Talent should only be picked if the enemy team has something like Azmodan who will always try to cast his globe on your team.

Reabsorption's extra healing on just one allied target feels underwhelming when Circle of Protection has the ability to completely protect several allies at the same time.

Enduring Will is your go-to Talent in most games. The reduced cooldown is huge and can allow you to protect an ally from tons of damage in teamfights.

Stable Portal is a very versatile Talent that offers plenty of benefits. Lowering the cooldown and extending the duration of Portal allows Medivh's team to cover larger distances more frequently and reliably. As a result, it also provides strong synergy with Raven Familiar at Level 4.

Arcane Charge is a good Talent if you are an experienced Medivh player and have the timing and accuracy to consistently land multiple Arcane Rifts.

Temporal Flux can be useful when paired with Ley Line Seal whose cooldown is significantly higher than Poly Bomb. This Talent can allow Medivh to dish out more Heroic Abilities during a teamfight.

Glyph Of Poly Bomb often proves to be counter-productive, since it reduces the actual time a target is Polymorphed, which means it also reduces the time a target is unable to use Basic Attacks or Abilities. However, the increased spread speed can wreak havoc in the enemy lines. Melee Heroes, in particular, who are standing close to one another can suffer greatly if they do not spread fast enough.

Medivh Cheats! tackles one of Ley Line Seal's main issues, which is the slow projectile speed. The ability to manually redirect the course of Ley Line Seal once allows Medivh to catch enemies that he would have missed otherwise.

Guardian of Tirisfal offers potentially decent waveclear, which unfortunately comes too late in the game to be relevant in most games.

Dust of Disappearance's very low cooldown make it a tempting Talent at first glance. However, the Talent remains unimpactful in most situations, especially during team fights.

Arcane Brilliance only makes sense if your team features Heroes like Kael'thas or Li-Ming who are quite Mana hungry and actually benefit from increased Spell Damage.