Thrall Talents

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Feral Spirit Build

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Thrall's Feral Spirit Build is designed to take down enemy Heroes more easily by empowering Feral Spirit and Basic Attacks. The amount of burst damage you can deal can be threatening even for the most durable Heroes.

Alpha Wolf at Level 16 allows you to deal more damage on enemy Heroes that have high maximum Health (for example Azmodan). Frostwolf Pack at Level 4, once you complete its Quest, will let you do that more often. Alternatively, you can pick Feral Resilience at Level 4 to increase your survivability against Heroes with slow but heavy-hitting Basic Attacks.

Choose this Build when you want to burst down the enemy frontline and/or when the enemy team has more than 2 Heroes with high maximum Health.

Chain Lightning Build

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Thrall's Chain Lightning Build is designed to safely deal poke damage to enemy Heroes before the real team fight starts and then engage when they are not full Health.

Thunderstorm at Level 16 greatly empowers this kind of playstyle because it makes Chain Lightning deal more damage every time you switch target. Mana Tide at Level 4 lets you do that more often.

Choose this Build when the enemy team suffers against poke damage because they do not have a good Healer for that or they completely lack one.

ARAM Build

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Thrall's ARAM Build is designed to safely deal poke damage to enemy Heroes before the real team fight starts and then engage when they are not full Health.

Thunderstorm at Level 16 greatly empowers this kind of playstyle because it makes Chain Lightning deal more damage every time you switch target. Mana Tide at Level 4 lets you do that more often.

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Echo of the Elements (Level 1) Thrall

Quest: Kill Minions or Heroes within 1.5 seconds of hitting them with Chain Lightning.

Reward: After killing 20 enemies, reduce the Mana cost of Chain Lightning from 40 to 20.

Reward: After killing 40 enemies, Chain Lightning bounces an additional time and gains an extra charge.

Pinnacle Reward: After killing 100 enemies, each Chain Lighting bounce forks to an additional target.

Echo of the Elements is a good Quest-based Talent that empowers Chain Lightning when killing enemy Minions or Heroes within 1.5 seconds of being hit by it. After 20 stacks, it costs 20 less Mana. After 40 stacks, it bounces an additional time and gains an extra charge. After 100 stacks, each bounce forks to an additional target.

The second charge directly increases your burst damage, especially if you have Elemental Assault at Level 7, and your poke damage, especially if you have Thunderstorm at Level 16, and indirectly increases your self-sustain by making Frostwolf Resilience trigger more often.

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Crash Lightning (Level 1) Thrall

Quest: Hit at least 2 Heroes with a single use of Chain Lightning. Upon dying, lose 6 stacks. Gained rewards cannot be lost.

Reward: After hitting multiple Heroes 15 times, Chain Lightning deals 270 additional damage on its bounces.

Reward: After hitting multiple Heroes 30 times, Chain Lightning deals 270 additional damage on its bounces, and prioritizes bouncing to enemy Heroes.

Crash Lightning is a situational Quest-based Talent that increases the damage done by Chain Lightning when it bounces from a Hero to another with a single use. After 15 stacks, the bounce damage is increased by 270. After 30 stacks, the bounce damage is increased by 270 and bounces prioritize enemy Heroes. Upon dying, you lose 6 stacks but you keep any Quest Reward unlocked so far.

In order to increase the chances to get a stack, you should wait for enemy Heroes to be grouped and far away from enemy non-Heroes. If nearby enemy Minions are almost dead, wait a few seconds before casting Chain Lightning on enemy Heroes.

You should pick this Talent only if the team strategy consists of you being in the 4-man most of the time. Since the bonus damage it gives does not scale as you level up, it gives a bigger percentage increase when completed earlier.

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Maelstrom Weapon (Level 1) Thrall

Quest: Basic Attack Heroes while Windfury's Movement Speed bonus is active.

Reward: After hitting 20 Heroes, increase the Movement Speed bonus of Windfury to 40% and Thrall's Basic Attacks deal 40 additional damage.

Reward: After hitting 40 Heroes, Thrall permanently gains 15% increased Movement Speed and his Basic Attacks gain an additional 75 damage.

Pinnacle Reward: After hitting 100 Heroes, Frostwolf Resilience healing restores 200% more Health.

Maelstrom Weapon is a strong Quest-based Talent that empowers Windfury and Frostwolf Resilience (only with the Pinnacle Reward) when hitting enemy Heroes with Basic Attacks while under the effect of Windfury. After 25 stacks, Basic Attacks deal 40 more damage and casting Windfury gives 10% additional Movement Speed. After 55 stacks, Basic Attacks deal 75 more damage, for a total of 115 additional damage, and Thrall gains 15% Movement Speed while not under the effect of Windfury. After 100 stacks, Frostwolf Resilience restores 200% more Health.

We find this Talent quite powerful because it boosts your damage output, increases your mobility, and it may enhance your survivability as well. Unlocking the Pinnacle Reward is great but it may not always be possible because it requires a lot of stacks.

Since it increases the damage done by Basic Attacks, this Talent has synergy with Elemental Assault at Level 7 and Tempest Fury at Level 16. Since it increases the healing done by Frostwolf Resilience, this Talent has synergy with Grace Of Air or Frostwolf's Grace at Level 13, Tempest Fury at Level 16, and Nexus Blades at Level 20.

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Feral Resilience (Level 4) Thrall

Heroes damaged by Feral Spirit grant 4 stacks of Frostwolf Resilience and 2 stacks of Feral Resilience, granting 75 Physical Armor against the next incoming Hero Basic Attack.

Stacks are consumed on the next cast of Feral Spirit.

Feral Resilience is a good Talent that helps charging Frostwolf Resilience and gives Physical Armor in the form of Block charges when hitting enemy Heroes with Feral Spirit.

Block charges are especially valuable when facing Heroes with slow but heavy-hitting Basic Attacks (such as Hanzo) and really bad when playing against Heroes with fast-hitting Basic Attacks (like Tracer) or who can summon Clones (for example Nova).

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Frostwolf Pack (Level 4) Thrall

Quest: Hit 6 Heroes with Feral Spirit. Progress is lost on death and when Thrall fails to hit a Hero.

Reward: Reduce the cooldown and Mana cost of Feral Spirit by 50%.

Frostwolf Pack is a good Quest-based Talent that reduces the cooldown and Mana cost of Feral Spirit when completed. To complete it faster and reduce the chances to lose all progress, you should follow-up on crowd control provided by your Tank or other allied Heroes.

Do not pick this Talent when you expect to use Feral Spirit for waveclear because casting it on non-Heroes before completing the Quest will cause you to lose all progress and not being able to help your team clearing Minions for several minutes may be a problem on some Maps.

There is no strong synergy between this Talent and Alpha Wolf at Level 16 because this Talent reduces Feral Spirit's cooldown but does not reduce Windfury's cooldown.

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Mana Tide (Level 4) Thrall

Frostwolf Resilience restores 15 Mana and reduces Basic Ability cooldowns by 0.5 seconds.

Mana Tide is a good Talent that increases the self-sustain provided by Frostwolf Resilience. The additional Mana is there to compensate for the cooldown reduction, but it also helps you at keeping your Mana at a good level when not using your Abilities on cooldown.

The small cooldown reduction for your Basic Abilities provided by this Talent has synergy with Echo of the Elements or Crash Lightning at Level 1, and Thunderstorm at Level 16.

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Rolling Thunder (Level 7) Thrall

For 8 seconds after hitting an enemy with Chain Lightning, Thrall's next Basic Attack against them grants a stack of Frostwolf Resilience. If the target is an enemy Hero, then he also deals damage to them equal to 3% of their maximum Health and healing for the same amount.

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Rolling Thunder is a decent Talent that empowers the marks on targets hit by Chain Lightning. Basic Attacks empowered by this effect grant 1 stack of Frostwolf Resilience. If the target is a Hero, Basic Attacks deal damage equal to 3% of their maximum Health and heal Thrall for the same amount.

The fact it deals percent-based damage may be useful when playing against Heroes with Armor and/or high maximum Health (for example Deathwing).

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Ancestral Wrath (Level 7) Thrall

• Cooldown: 1 seconds

Activate to consume 8 stacks of Ancestral Wrath, damaging a target enemy Hero for 15% of their maximum Health over 3 seconds, and healing Thrall for 150% of the damage dealt.

Gain 1 stack of Ancestral Wrath every time Frostwolf Resilience activates.

Ancestral Wrath is a good Talent that can be activated by paying 8 stacks of Ancestral Wrath to deal damage equal to 15% of the target's maximum Health over 3 seconds and heals Thrall for 1.5 times that amount, increasing his survivability. You gain 1 stack of Ancestral Wrath every time Frostwolf Resilience goes off.

The fact it deals percent-based damage may be useful when playing against Heroes with Armor and/or high maximum Health (for example Deathwing).

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Elemental Assault (Level 7) Thrall

After using an Ability, Thrall's next Basic Attack within 4 seconds deals 45% more damage.

Elemental Assault is a strong Talent that increases Thrall's Attack Damage after using any Ability (including Heroic Abilities), something that may help you win the offlane against specific enemy Heroes and/or to deal more burst damage against squishy enemy Heroes in team fights.

The damage bonus provided by this Talent amplifies any effect that increases your Basic Attacks damage. As such, this Talent is great when paired with Maelstrom Weapon at Level 1, especially if you manage to unlock its Pinnacle Reward.

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.

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Sundering (Level 10) Thrall

• Mana: 75
• Cooldown: 70 seconds

After 0.5 seconds, sunder the earth in a long line, dealing 290 (+4% per level) damage and shoving enemies to the side, Stunning them for 1 second.

Sundering is a good Heroic Ability that damages and Stuns enemy Heroes hit, a powerful effect to have at your disposal when your team needs an interrupt to enable and/or secure (for example against Anduin with Holy Word: Salvation).

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Earthquake (Level 10) Thrall

• Mana: 90
• Cooldown: 100 seconds

After 0.5 seconds, summon a massive Earthquake that pulses every 4 seconds. Each pulse lasts 2 seconds, Slowing all enemies in the area by 50%, and deals 50 (+4% per level) damage to enemy Heroes. Does 3 pulses.

Earthquake is a strong Heroic Ability that damages and Slows enemy Heroes in the area each time it pulses, something that makes it really easy for your team to fight because the enemy Heroes will have a hard time moving around. While it is powerful on its own, this Talent has a pretty obvious synergy between the huge Slow provided and other area of effect Abilities that require the enemy Heroes to not move that much in order for them to hit (such as Apocalypse by Diablo).

While not as obvious as the synergy above, this Heroic Ability can also be used to Slow the enemy team while increasing the Movement Speed of your own team (for example Bloodlust by Rehgar).

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Grace Of Air (Level 13) Thrall

Windfury attacks grant twice as many stacks of Frostwolf Resilience.

Grace Of Air is a weak Talent that gives Thrall more self-sustain while using Windfury, mostly because it gets overshadowed by Frostwolf's Grace.

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Frostwolf's Grace (Level 13) Thrall

Frostwolf Resilience can be activated to instantly heal. This healing is increased by up to 100% based on Thrall's missing health.

Frostwolf's Grace is a good Talent that allows you to insantly get healed by Frostwolf Resilience, regardless of the number of stacks you have and without consuming them. The amount healed is equal to the baseline value plus the percentage of maximum Health that Thrall is missing (for example, at 40% maximum Health it will heal 60% more).

An effect like this helps when Thrall finds himself in dangerous situations and needs burst-healing, however, it can occasionally be used to increase your self-sustain when you do not expect a team fight for the next dozen of seconds (enough time to have it off cooldown again).

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Spirit Shield (Level 13) Thrall

• Cooldown: 45 seconds

Every 45 seconds, gain 70 Spell Armor against the next enemy Ability and subsequent Abilities for 4 seconds. Frostwolf Resilience reduces this cooldown by 10 seconds.

Can be toggled to allow or prevent this talent from triggering automatically.

Spirit Shield is a situational Talent that can be toggled on to provide a lot of Spell Armor the next time Thrall takes Spell Damage. Remember to toggle it off when you do not need it, otherwise you will end up wasting its effect due to poke damage.

While we find this Talent always good, it is particularly good when the enemy team features a Hero with a powerful heavy-hitting Ability (such as Pyroblast by Kael'thas) because in that case the Spell Armor provided can absorb more damage than Frostwolf's Grace could heal.

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Tempest Fury (Level 16) Thrall

The final strike of Windfury hits 3 times for 75% normal damage. These hits do not provide quest progress.

Tempest Fury is a good Talent that causes the final strike of Windfury to hit 3 more times for 75% damage. These extra hits do not provide Quest progress.

The additional burst damage provided by this Talent may be useful to quickly take down enemy Heroes, especially if you picked Maelstrom Weapon at Level 1 and managed to unlock the second Reward or the Pinnacle Reward. Just keep in mind that, due to being based on Basic Attacks, this Talent is weak to Blinds.

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Thunderstorm (Level 16) Thrall

Chain Lightning Slows the primary target by 8% for 2 seconds when used on Heroes.

Quest: Targeting a Hero directly with Chain Lightning increases this Slow by 8%, up to an additional 40%.

Reward: While at a 40% bonus, Chain Lightning's damage is increased by 30%.

Bonuses are reset if Chain Lightning is used on the same Hero it was last used on, or if Thrall dies.

Thunderstorm is a good Quest-based Talent that causes Chain Lightning to Slow enemy Heroes and empowers Chain Lightning when hitting a different Hero with it, up to 5 times. Each stack provides 8% additional Slow. When at maximum stacks, Chain Lightning also deals 30% more damage. Stacks are lost when dying or using Chain Lightning on the same Hero.

The increasing Slow provided by this Talent as you progress with its Quest is not that impactful, but it becomes powerful once the Quest gets closer to its completion. At that point you can use it to engage on enemy Heroes who are trying to flee or as a setup for Feral Spirit.

Once fully stacked, you should generally avoid casting Chain Lightning on the same enemy Hero as primary target twice in a row, else you will have to stack the Quest again. The only exception is when you can sacrifice the Quest progress to secure a kill.

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Alpha Wolf (Level 16) Thrall

For 3 seconds after a Hero is hit by Feral Spirit, Thrall's Basic Attacks against them deal an additional 3% of the target's maximum Health as damage.

Passive: Increase the duration of Feral Spirit's Root to 1.5 seconds.

Alpha Wolf is a strong Talent that gives Thrall a solid amount of percent-based damage, useful when playing against Heroes with high maximum Health (such as Stitches), while also increasing the Root duration.

To empower as many Basic Attacks as possible, you have to cast Feral Spirit to Root an enemy Hero and then use Windfury to deal damage to the same target immediately after. Just keep in mind that due to being based on Basic Attacks, this Talent is weak to Blinds.

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Worldbreaker (Level 20) Thrall

Lower the cooldown of Sundering by 40 seconds. After Sundering impacts, it leaves behind an impassable rift, blocking unit movement for 3 seconds.

Worldbreaker is a good Talent that reduces Sundering's cooldown by a considerable amount and causes it to leave a wall of impassable terrain on its path, preventing Heroes from moving from a side to another.

The impassable terrain it creates can be used to block enemy Heroes in a narrow area, to prevent enemy Heroes to move from a side of the battlefield to another during a team fight, or to stop their retreat. Be careful not to block your teammates with it!

The cooldown reduction may occasionally help you cast Sundering twice in a single team fight or use it for two consecutive team fights with low downtime between them. For example, you could try to engage with it and then try again shortly after if it fails, or you could gank someone and then have it back for the next team fight.

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Earthen Shields (Level 20) Thrall

Allies within the Earthquake area gain a Shield equal to 15% of their maximum Health each pulse. This shield lasts 4 seconds.

Earthen Shields is a strong Talent that provides a powerful Shield to every allied Hero in the area covered by Earthquake when it pulses, something that can deny a lot of damage and makes it useful in any situation.

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Elemental Momentum (Level 20) Thrall

Basic Attacks reduce Thrall's Basic and Heroic Ability cooldowns by 0.25 seconds, tripled against Heroes.

Elemental Momentum is a weak Talent that makes your Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of your Abilities by 0.25 seconds. The cooldown reduction provided is tripled against Heroes.

Tempest Fury at Level 16 allows you to get slightly more value from this Talent by adding 2 Basic Attacks to Windfury.

Even though you will always get some value from it, especially in prolonged team fights, we do not recommend this Talent because it is weaker than the alternatives in the same Tier.

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Nexus Blades (Level 20) Thrall

Basic Attacks deal 20% more damage and Slow enemy Movement Speed by 20% for 1 second.

Nexus Blades is a situational Talent that makes Thrall deal more damage with Basic Attack and helps him stick on the target enemy.

Due to the importance of Earthen Shields and the utility of Wind Rush being superior, we only recommend this Talent when going for Core.

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Wind Rush (Level 20) Thrall

• Cooldown: 90 seconds

Activate to immediately teleport to a target location and gain Windfury.

Wind Rush is a strong Talent that gives Thrall a powerful mobility tool that can be used either as an escape or as a gap-closer.

When used, this Talent gives Thrall a free Windfury effect that benefits from any related Talent. What it means is that you should not use Windfury right before or right after using Wind Rush, but wait a few seconds to make the first Windfury effect expire and then use the other one, unless you just need the teleport effect.

When you pick Sundering at Level 10, you generally want to pick this Talent because it allows you to quickly reach the target of your engage and thus deal more damage to them while they are Stunned. That said, you should save it as an escape tool when you feel in danger.