Jaina Build Guide : -273.15° [Latest Patch 29.9] :: Heroes of the Storm (HotS) Strategy Builds

Jaina

Build: All around build

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20

Threats to Jaina with this build

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Threat		Notes
1		No Threat
2		No Threat
3		No Threat
4		No Threat
5		No Threat
6		No Threat
7	Xul	Getting trapped by Xul is just not fun He's a bit of a problem, but not too much of a problem
8	Illidan	Illidan is a up close and personal hero which counters Jaina
9	Diablo	Diablo is very aggressive hero and is able to take out Jaina pretty fast
9	The Butcher	Butcher likes being up close and personal which counters Jaina
10		No Threat

Talent overview Top

So lets talk about the talents!
We start off with the level 1 talents and work our way up

Level 1 talents:

Winter's Reach: Useless talent to be honest, i find no actual reason for this talent to be any better than the 2 other level 1 talents. Why would anyone need extra range on frostbolt over more damage or longer slow duration? Doesnt make sense to me

Lingering Chill: Longer Slow time, Longer time for you to land extra crit damage, just overall good

Fingers of Frost: More mana, more Damage when casting abilities against affected targets. Requires quest completion and seems a little worse than Lingering Chiil
Would not recommend

Level 4 talents:

Frost Shards: No need for this talent since your primary damage abilities is and

Arcane Intellect: More mana when both hitting targets with Basic attack or abilities
Allows you to stay longer on the battlefield

Frost Armor: I would only recommend this if you're having problems against Basic attack assassins such as Valeera, Zeratul, Valla or Zul'jin, otherwise this talent just takes away your ability to stay on the battlefield longer because of Arcance Intellect

Level 7 Talents:

Ice Floes: Bigger AoE, faster cooldown, just overall good for this build

Ice Lance: Useless compared to the other talents at this tier

Icefury Wand: I doubt anyone would focus on Basic attack with Jaina

Level 10 Talents:

Ring of Frost: AoE root, AoE , allows for insane damage output and aids the team in so many ways possible

Summon Water Elemental: Doesnt have root, would not recommend

Level 13 Talents:

Storm Front: There is no need for more range on Blizzard since Jaina also needs and in her burst

Ice Barrier: Good survivability

Icy Veins: If you have the upperhand and doesnt get destroyed, then pick this talent for more damage output, Works really great when you land a perfect

Level 16 Talents:

Snowstorm: 30% isnt enough for this talent to be good

Northern Exposure: Aids the team with more damage against the targets hit

Numbing Blast: Can be good, but you already have

Level 20 Talents:

Cold Snap: Nobody stands in the middle of long enough for this talent to be useful

Wintermute: isnt picked, so this shouldnt be either

Ice Blink: I dont see a reason for this talent to be any better than

Deep Chill: 40% increased slow on top of the 25%, meaning you will get 65% slow when using abilities against the enemies. More Slow, better chance of hitting abilities, more damage

This is your poke tactic

W > E

If E is on cooldown or if you have a opportunity to hit Q

W > Q > E

Now for your engage tactics

W > Q > E

If level 10

R > W > Q > E

Do not engage for a full battle if the enemy has full HP, unless your team is there to back you up
The key is to burst poke the enemy, till you can 1 burst their remaining HP

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