Qhira Talents

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

Maximum Effort will add a good source of Slow to help Qhira to chase enemies or to hit her Revolving Sweep. It is an excellent option when the enemy composition features low mobility Heroes.

Fatal Wounds provides Qhira with additional Bleed damage on targets below 50% of their Health, which works very well with Final Strike. After completion, which is not that difficult to do, all Bleeding damage is extended by 2 seconds, which drastically increases the time window of activating Blood Rage.

Finishing Touch can be a good Talent when Qhira is the Offlaner of a composition, since the extra damage on Basic Attacks will be excellent during trades. However, it is only recommended to take this Talent if you need it to win your lane in Braxis Holdout and Dragon Shire, because getting the point will give your team a decent advantage.

Upstage grants Qhira evasion against Basic Attacks which is great even against teams that lack traditional Basic Attackers, since most Tanks and Bruisers hit quite hard innately.

Ensnaring Swing is not recommended because of Revolving Sweep's long cooldown. The benefit this Talent provides does not justify neglecting the additional protection granted by the other two Talents at this tier.

Your Pain, My Gain provides protection against all sorts of damage, thanks to the stackable Armor it creates. Thus, we consider it a relatively safe option in most games as long as the enemy team is not too stacked with crowd control, especially Blinds. This will also be a good choice against Tracer, Genji, or Tychus, since these Heroes can abuse their fast Attack Speed and remove all your Evasion charges from Upstage.

The Thirst is excellent when paired with Maximum Effort, since it also heals from the bonus damage provided by it. We only recommend getting The Thirst together with other Carnage Talents.

Healmonger's additional healing is outstanding and noticeable enough to make it the default Talent. This Talent is different from Blood Rage in that it will heal the same amount if the target has 1 or 5 marks. Sometimes it will be useful to activate Blood Rage instantly after marking a low target, in order to survive.

Siphoning Link may not heal much in a teamfight, but it is the only Talent at this tier that works in PvE. It can be great in a offlane, because it enables Qhira to sustain herself before, during, and after a duel.

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.

Unrelenting Strikes has great initiation potential, however, it struggles against team compositions that feature plenty of crowd control. Stuns, Silences, and Roots counter Qhira while spinning and charging up and usually allow enemies to just run away. Thus, we label Unrelenting Strikes situational at best, and only consider picking it if the enemy team is extremely low on any form of hard crowd control. However, it can be an option if you have Uther with Divine Shield in your team, as both Heroic Abilities can be used together, shredding through enemies.

Final Strike is a strong finisher which can be used in most teamfights, sometimes even twice, thanks to its very low cooldown. It works very well with Fatal Wounds at Level 1, as both Talents increase Qhira's damage against injured foes, allowing her to hunt and execute fleeing targets.

Chainsaw lowers Carnage's already low cooldown even more, which is great to maintain full Bleed Stacks on multiple enemies at the same time.

Pulsing Pain is a great alternative choice to The Hunted, especially if the enemy team features Blinds and other form of crowd control, which makes Basic Attacking consecutively quite harder.

The Hunted's time window is long enough to allow Qhira to stack the damage up nicely. Furthermore, the additional damage is noticeable enough to justify taking this Talent. This Talent will be exceptional when solo laning in Braxis Holdout or Dragon Shire, since Qhira can deal double damage with her Basic Attacks.

Booming Kick adds additional Stun duration and potential Stun targets to Qhira's Revolving Sweep, which can be a big playmaker. It is the default choice for this tier.

Lingering Ailment's Armor reduction is not bad, however, we find its amount to be lackluster. Thus, it becomes too unimpactful to be a good choice at Level 16.

Swing Life Away helps fight one of Revolving Sweep's biggest downsides, which is its long cooldown. Furthermore, it adds much welcome tankiness against Spell Damage to Qhira's kit. It is a good Talent to get against Mages and similar, but if you are not getting focused, Booming Kick might be a better choice.

Silent Killer can cover Unrelenting Strikes's main weakness, which is being canceled by crowd control. Use it over the enemy that can cancel you, so they will get Silenced for the whole duration without being able to react. The extra cooldown reduction provided by it is very noticeable, and should not be ignored.

Unleashed Potential can single-handedly decide the outcome of a teamfight if Qhira manages to successfully get a reset on Final Strike. The resulting damage and cooldown reset on all her Abilities (excluding her Trait) is devastating to the enemy team.

Utility Belt is too situational and unreliable to make it worth a Level 20 investment.

No Sanctuary is a Talent whose utility, bonus Movement Speed, and damage, should not be underestimated. It is slightly more reliable than Unleashed Potential, since it will be useful in every fight. Get it if you are not confident in getting kills with Unleashed Potential.