Rexxar Talents

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

Bird of Prey is a strong Talent that offers good waveclear, something that has high value for Rexxar because he is being played as Offlaner.

Easy Prey is a decent Talent that increases Misha's damage and Armor against both Minions and Mercenaries.

In theory this is a useful Talent because it allows you to clear Mercenary Camps all by yourself. In practice Mercenary Camps should be captured by the rest of the team because the Offlaner should soak as much Experience as possible during the early game and also because there is always a chance that the enemy team tries to invade the Mercenary Camp that you are working on.

If you want to play this Talent anyways because you do not expect your team to take care of Mercenary Camps, feel free to pick it but only go for Mercenary Camps if there are no enemy Minions in your lane, if Misha can capture it while you are soaking because the Mercenary Camp is really close to the lane, or ask for an allied Hero to cover your lane while you are away.

Flare is a situational Talent that has some use when the enemy team has a dangerous ganker Hero, however, you can generally play safer without having to spend a Talent for it.

Use it on cooldown around the most dangerous zone of your lane and completely deny any enemy attempt to surprise you. This trick is particularly effective against Heroes with Stealth (for example Nova).

Due to its low cooldown, it can also be cast to give vision in bushes, which helps your teammates avoid dangerous facechecking, or around corners of impassable terrain.

Hungry Bear's self-sustain makes Misha strong enough to easily dominate early one-on-one lanes and also allows her to tank Mercenary Camps quite easily.

Hunter-Gatherer is a solid all-round Talent that gives Armor to both Rexxar and Misha, a recommended choice to increase Rexxar's survivability in late-game team fights.

Grizzled Fortitude can occasionally be picked as a defensive Talent against Offlaners that rely heavily on dealing damage with Basic Attacks, especially if they will focus Rexxar more often than Misha because this is the only Talent that helps with that in the early game.

Animal Husbandry is a high-risk high-reward choice that should be avoided. Thanks to his time-based scaling, Rexxar and Misha can gain more Health for the late game as long as Rexxar manages to survive (similar to Devil's Due on Diablo).

To make this Talent less risky, it is crucial to be aware of potential ganks at any give time. Furthermore, defensive Talents like Feign Death at Level 16 or Hardened Skin at Level 20 can help Rexxar to stay alive and keep stacking Animal Husbandry.

Avoid picking this Talent because it can easily become a dead Talent in the late game.

Crippling Talons is a good Talent that empowers the Slow provided by Spirit Swoop and increases its duration as well.

We find this Talent particularly useful when the enemy team can easily get rid of Misha, a move that will force you to play without Misha-related Talents (like Aspect of the Beast).

Taking Flight is a situational Talent that can be picked when you need poke damage in order to win the offlane against some Heroes (Leoric comes to mind).

The cooldown reduction, albeit not that high, can be useful to slightly increase the waveclear provided by Bird of Prey at Level 1 and/or the uptime of Aspect of the Hawk at Level 13.

Aspect of the Beast is a strong Talent that allows you to cast Misha, Charge! more often if Misha is allowed to stick on enemy Heroes and to execute multiple Basic Attacks on them.

We find the additional crowd control provided by this Talent great during team fights as it can be used for doing multiple things, defensively and/or offensively.

Pick this Talent when you want more tools to interrupt enemy Abilities, more crowd control, or more peeling.

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.

Bestial Wrath is a decent Heroic Ability that empowers Misha's Basic Attacks, something that can be used to add more damage on the focused enemy Hero.

Go for this Talent only when you need more damage to win the offlane on Maps where that is important (such as Braxis Holdout) or when your team does not have enough damage to secure kills because of a bad draft.

Unleash the Boars is a strong Heroic Ability which provides a powerful Slow that will help your team to engage, to hunt down fleeing enemies, and to reveal nearby Stealthed Heroes.

Aspect of the Hawk provides Rexxar with a significant amount of Attack Speed, which increases his overall combat performance quite a bit.

Considering that it is a bit risky to play compared to Dire Beast, go for this Talent only when the enemy team has a high mobility Hero that you will not be able to escape from anyways—so you better attack him with huge damage instead—or when you are not scared of being engaged by the enemies.

We find this Talent particularly useful when the enemy team can easily get rid of Misha, a move that will force you to play without Misha-related Talents (like Dire Beast).

Dire Beast can inflict great burst damage, which is why we recommend picking this Talent. Remember that you can stack it on Minions before a team fight happens so that Misha will not need to stack it on enemy Heroes, a trick that can occasionally make the difference between a won or lost team fight.

Wildfire Bear is a small damage boost for clearing Minions and killing Heroes, something that is not really worth spending a Talent on. Besides that, it is capable of revealing invisible enemies and untargetable objects (for example Creep Tumor by Zagara) on the battlefield as soon as Misha gets near them.

Thrill of the Hunt's bonus Movement Speed works incredibly well with Misha's ability to Stun retreating targets, while it also allows Rexxar to escape more easily himself.

Primal Intimidation offers a good amount of protection against enemy Heroes that rely on Basic Attacks as their primary damage source (such as Raynor), but you rarely want this Talent over Feign Death.

Feign Death puts Rexxar in Stasis, which makes it an ideal tool to dodge enemy Abilities. It is good to know that Rexxar can still control Misha while this Talent is active.

Spirit Bond fails to have a major impact during team fights. While increased duration on Bestial Wrath is quite useful, the life steal is barely noticeable because Misha will not be able to attack a lot at this stage of the game, especially if team fights are short.

Kill Command is always a great Talent because the Root effect makes for an efficient tool to initiate team fights, something that is extremely valuable in the late game.

Frenzy of Kalimdor provides a Slow effect and a damage boost. It is your preferred choice for when you take Bestial Wrath at Level 10.

Another good strategy is to pick this Talent instead of Kill Command when your team decides to go for the Core to end the game and Unleash the Boars is on cooldown because it increases your damage per second on the Core.

Hardened Skin adds a lot of Armor to Rexxar and Misha, but it is not advised to waste this Tier for a defensive Talent—unless the enemy team is just bursting you down to win each and every team fight—because the Root provided by Kill Command is just too strong to pass, the damage and utility provided by Frenzy of Kalimdor is more useful as well, and you probably have Feign Death to stay alive.