Beginner guide to Tyrael (how to contribute in your first few games, with an emphasis on explaining his abilities and talents) by Tropo

Beginner guide to Tyrael (how to contribute in your first few games, with an emphasis on explaining his abilities and talents)

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(0) - Table of Contents Top

1. (I) - Introduction
1.1 Tyraels PROS
1.2 Tyraels CONS

2. (II)- Skills
2.1 El'Druin's Might (Q)
2.2 Righteousness (W)
2.3 Smite (E)
2.4 Judgement (R)
2.5 Sanctification (R)
2.6 Archangel's Wrath (Trait)

3. (III) - Talents
3.1 Tier 1 (level 1)
3.2 Tier 2 (level 4)
3.3 Tier 3 (level 7)
3.4 Tier 4 (level 10 - HEROIC)
3.5 Tier 5 (level 13)
3.6 Tier 6 (level 16)
3.7 Tier 7 (level 20)

4. (IV) - Outroduction

(I) - Introduction Top

This guide is mostly targeted at people who either didn't play Tyrael at all, and intend to try him out, or who have already taken him for a spin, but are looking for some advice as to how to improve initially.

My goal is to introduce you to his skills and talents set, and give you a basic idea of how they should be used and how to decide what talents to take.

As to Tyrael himself, he is a fairly good pick for new players, I would say, thanks to a number of reasons. I will list some of his pros and cons:

PROS:

1. Tanky enough for you not to die too easy, so it gives you some room for error in positioning and overextending.
2. His abilities all have escaping potential, especially his Q, which can be boosted even further with talents, I will explain this point more when going over his spells and talents.
3. A pretty good all-around hero.
4. Very flexible hero in terms of roles and talent builds.
5. Abilities that buff many nearby teammates, and debuff many nearby opponents at the same time.
6. Low basic cooldown, resulting in easy chasing and escaping, since it can buff our movement speed.
7. Two basic abilities ( and ) have the potential to reveal stealthed enemies, which can be very annoying otherwise (Remember that pesky who seemed to camp for you to get out of position, so she can kill you? With Tyrael, you make her remember you!)

His skills give him huge mobility, he has an area of effect (aoe) ability to help clear creeps, and generally hit multiple targets at once, he has a flexible heroic ability (talking about judgement, as I don't recommend new players to be picking up his other heroic ability), and, if you're a bit like me, and care for stuff like that, he is a very awesome looking hero :D

CONS:

1. Trait ability ( ) only active when killed (a relatively bad thing, by default). More about his trait ability in the skills section. My biggest problem with Tyrael, although it does have it's uses.
2. Low self-sustain in lane. Unless is picked (not recommended), or (recommended, it will be explained with the shield ability), he has no real way to regenerate lost life from harassment, and might need a trip to the fountain.
3. Relatively low range of spells, making it a bit more difficult to trade harassment with ranged opponent favorably, resulting in a bit weaker lane presence when by himself.
4. One of the more mana-hungry heroes. You'll find yourself out of mana very often, unless being really efficient.
5. All-around hero. Just as it's a pro, it's also a con, in terms of being a jack of many trades, master of none. His best role would be initiator, in my opinion, but as with every other possible role, he's outclassed by certain other, more specialized heroes for that particular role.

(II) - Skills Top

At this point, I will assume you are picking the talents from the build above, and will explain the spells based on that, and in the next chapter, I will explain the other talents, and give my thoughts about them, as well. Keep in mind - this is not the only viable build, every hero has many different builds, that work in different situations, and for different purposes. The one I have listed above is the one that I most commonly and most generally use, the build that I consider to be all-around the best one, but there are other builds that work better in specific situations (more on that in the talents section).

BASIC ABILITIES

El'Druin's Might (Q)

His most useful ability, in my opinion. Basically, can be used for the following:
-chasing
-escaping
-blocking (requires talent)
-damage (sparingly, explained in the spoiler below)

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My thoughts (more in-depth on how to use this ability, but can be skipped)

The most flexible ability in his kit. Basically, you have two steps in using this ability. First, you throw a sword at the target position, and it remains there for a few seconds (you get a bar in the bottom of your screen, showing you how much longer it remains there). The second time you use it, while it's on the ground, Tyrael teleports to it. Before we get more deeply into the spell, I just want you to keep in mind that Tyrael, as a hero, has mana problems, more than many other heroes, and that is his highest cost ability, so use it sparingly, and make sure you have it in the right moment. It's a good idea to use it to help clear creep waves just before you plan to teleport to base, for example, because you'll get the mana right back. But you should consider more carefully if you'll use it often in lane to just clear creeps, since it has very low damage, not enough to justify the mana cost to be used as a damage ability only(unless it's the last hit on a hero, or other situations that clearly justify it).
This is very important, because it allows you to move over obstacles that you couldn't otherwise cross, for example enemy walls and gates, hills, and even dense creep waves that would slow you down trying to move around them. Another very important aspect to this ability is that it is able to reveal hidden, stealthed units on the area that it's thrown at, because it also damages them, so make sure to abuse this fact. You can also use this ability both proactively, and reactively. Proactively being that you can cast it on a safe spot before running in a teamfight, or any other dangerous situation, doin your job there fast, and then using your Q again to teleport back to safety where you previously set your sword. Reactively - you're being chased by enemies, maybe even boxed in between hills... Throw your sword over the hills, teleport to it (unless they kill you too fast, since there is a slight animation delay between throwing the sword, and actually being able to teleport to it, which you should be keeping in mind), and walk away as your enemies try to go around the hills to catch up to you - you have a headstart. These are some of the defensive, escaping uses, but this ability has a huge chasing potential, just as well. Enemy is lo, running away, you can't catch up by foot... Throw your sword in front of them, and teleport in front of them, body blocking them at the same time (body blocking is the act of putting your hero (the body of your hero - hence the name) in front of them, so they are forced to run around it, instead of a straight line, slowing them down, basically), allowing not only you to catch up, but also your teammates. Using it to chase over cliffs, just like when escaping, is also a very good idea. Late to a teamfight, and there's a cliff in front of you? No problem, throw your sword over it and teleport in the heart of the battle (figuratively speaking, sometimes it's not a good idea to teleport in the middle of the action, because you'll just die). Another potentially good use of this ability is when a low health enemy hero is running from the lane, and through their gate, you can catch up by throwing your sword on the other side of the gate, and teleporting to it, to finish off the enemy, but beware... That's where more canons and a keep are waiting, at least, it needs to be an important kill for you, and you need to be able to walk away through the woods, because you can't get back over the gate fast (cooldown on the ability), so have a plan for what to do after you kill the hero you were chasing. Alternatively, you can use this ability as a gap closer, and gain just enough distance towards your opponent to land the killing blow using , for example.

The spell is insanely flexible in itself, but the best part of it (in my opinion) is the potential talent upgrade to it, that I very warmly recommend you to pick up (it's part of the build above) - .
This talent adds a completely new depth to , as if it wasn't enough already. What it does is creating a circle on the ground where you teleported to your sword, which enemies cannot run over, so it acts as an obstacle for a few seconds (teammates, as well as yourself can walk over it normally, it has no effect on you). In an open field, they can walk around it, still giving you some time to catch up, but where this really shines is in situations where you block them completely from passing through a bush, for example, or a tight spot. In teamfights, it can make a very good barrier between your enemies and your supports, which can sometimes be very hard to see due to other spell effects going on in the teamfight, so the enemies might continue trying to reach your supports, wasting time, basically. It has amazing objective taking potential on certain maps, as well. For example, Dragon Shire - it can help you keep a tower just long enough for your teammates to pick up the Dragon Knight, because you can block the bush on your enemies side, so they can't come reclaim the tower for a few seconds. Or, you want to take the Dragon Knight, and you see someone coming to interrupt you from the forest - block the bush on their side, it might buy you just enough time.
Of course, same goes for escaping - look for ways to block your enemies away from you while you're running away.
One important note - one you throw the sword on the ground, and your enemies walk close to it, when you teleport to the sword, the enemies will be knocked away from it for the radius of the blocking circle. So, make sure they are on the "right" side of the sword, so you don't knock them to safety (if you want to block them, your goal is to keep them on one side of the sword, so make sure you don't knock them to the other side accidentaly, or they can walk away).
The biggest advantage of this spell is that you can be very creative with it, and as you lean to use it, you will find more and more ways to exploit the talent upgrade in your favor, or even just the raw spell, it is really amazing, and I love the mechanics behind it. Have a lot of fun with it, and never be afraid to experiment, especially when you have nothing to loose.

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Righteousness (W)

His shield. Not too strong, and has a huge mana cost, but the fact that it affects your teammates as well, in an aoe, makes it a very good teamfighting defensive tool. Basic uses:
-stopping some incoming damage, on demand (for example, on you and your teammates in lane, or before spreads on your team in a teamfight, to mitigate some of the damage)
-reducing damage taken by your team in a teamfight (can get much more effective if talented accordingly)
-absorbing what would have been a killing blow on you, and walking away, alive
-with the recommended tier 5 talent, , can be used as a lane sustain ability (explained in the spoiler below)

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My thoughts (can be skipped)

I find the shield relatively weak to be used on yourself alone, but it still manages to save my life from time to time... In conjunction with the cooldown reduction from the talent , it can be used quite often in a teamfight, though, resulting in quite the damage absorbed for the whole team. Little by little from 5 people can add up to a lot, and make a huge difference in the teamfight, possibly even shifting it in your favor if you were behind, or just solidifying your dominance a bit more. Why risk it?

One major concern, though, this spell also costs a lot of mana, especially if you're lowering it's cooldown, and casting it often, which can lead to you not having enough of it for when you need it most. So, once again... Try not to waste the shield, it's best used reacting to some damage that you know is incoming (e.g. you're seeing a projectile incoming your way, or to your teammate).

While the basic version of this spell is relatively weak, it can be buffed quite a lot with talents.
Lets go through the recommended talents first, and see how they affect it:
Three talents that are picked have great synergy with the shield, and with each other. First, there is the tier 5 talent, , which gives you health regeneration when taking hits while the shield is active on you, this healing is then boosted even further by the tier 2 talent, , resulting in amazing lane sustain, for a hero that is otherwise lacking it from basic abilities only. The best way to take advantage of this is to shield yourself next to creeps, and let them hit you to proc the regeneration, but not break the shield, since they have low damage. Last, but not least, the tier 7 talent , does a great job at practically making your shield bigger. It doesn't actually make it absorb more, but the damage reduction from the talent also affects damage that's going into the shielded portion of you life, effectively making it absorb 75% more damage.
There's a few more talents that are specific to your shield, and I will go in more detail on them in the talents section of the guide, but worth mentioning right now is , a tier 6 talent that can make the shields on you and you teammates absorb up to twice as much, depending on how many of you got shielded, which is definitely amazing, and should be picked up in some situations where there is a lot of aoe damage coming your teams way in a teamfight, if the enemy team is heavily aoe oriented (unfortunately, this is the same talents tier that contains , which is probably the best talent in Tyraels disposal, together with , hence throwing out of the question most of the time, despite it being amazing, as well)

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Smite (E)

Your main nuke/harass ability. Uses include, but are not limited to:
-helping clear minion waves, since the aoe and damage are quite decent
-harass enemies in lane. It hasn't got too much range, but it can be very effective, and the lower mana cost does make it somewhat spammable, even for Tyraels standards
-boosting your and/or your teammates speed (more on this, and other topic related to this spell in the spoiler below)

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HEROIC ABILITIES:

Judgement (R)

The only hard disable that you have, and also adds to your initiation and chasing capabilities. You'll most frequently find yourself using it for the following reasons:
-to initiate
-to chase fleeing enemies
-to interrupt channeled abilities

Spoiler: Click to view

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Sanctification (R)

Objectively, I'd say this heroic is better than , but much harder to use, especially in solo play, and for new players, so I do not suggest picking it up unless you know absolutely what you're doing, and how to use it. Not just you, but your team, as well. It does have a much bigger potential to turn a teamfight gone terribly wrong completely around, and in your favor, though. However, is much easier to use, just by yourself even, and can come in handy for when you need a hard disable, and still might do miracles from time to time, if you interrupt the right target at the right time.

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TRAIT ABILITY:

Archangel's Wrath (PASSIVE)

The downside of this trait is that it requires you to die. However, it does have it's uses, and allows you to do a bit more work, even after you received the killing blow.
-decent aoe damage (of course, its value increases as you hit more enemies)
-pushing and counterpushing (more about this in the spoiler)
-finishing off enemy heroes
-making enemies go out of position to evade you

Spoiler: Click to view

My thoughts (more on this abilities possibilities)

What I'd like to point out specifically, is that the pushing and counterpushing potential of this ability is amazing, and sometimes even worth sacrificing yourself for it. Dying is a bad thing, obviously, since it takes you out of the battle, hence you won't do damage, you won't soak experience, you won't take objectives, you won't push... You get it, hen you die, you won't to anything for some time. Well, Tyrael has the ability to do one more thing, and sometimes, it can be huge.
has a decent radius around you, it has enough time to allow you to position yourself posthumously, and it does an awful lot of damage, especially to creeps. If there's a huge enemy push going on one lane, and it has the potential to end the game, because a huge number of enemy creeps has been accumulated there, your trait might just be able to do more than you could, if you were alive. In such a case, sacrificing yourself, and exploding on as many creeps as possible is not at all bad. The explosion alone won't be able to wipe them, but if you managed to catch them with one or two s before you die, it might just clear them completely, stopping the push in it's tracks, saving you the game in that moment, and giving you time to maybe make a comeback. You will be dead for some time, but there's still the rest of your team.
As for pushing, it's a bit more complicated, because that's where you might just be more useful alive, putting shields on your creeps, and helping tank and deal sustained damage, rather than just the one burst from s explosion. It's up to you to make the judgement, taking into consideration what kind of damage your death could do to contibute to your teams push, that you couldn't do alive, and see if it's worth your life. Generally, it's better to stay alive when on the offensive, unless your explosion will make the final hit necessary to kill the enemy Core, and win you the game.
To summarize, even though it requires you to die, it does have huge aoe damage, potentially making up for your death. If you die in the middle on the teamfight, which is sometimes inevitable, you can still finish off a fleeing enemy, or just take away noticeable chunks of the enemy heroes health bars, potentially tipping the fight in your favor, or just securing it. But, as mentioned before, it shines on counterpushing, and generally on creeps, be it lane creeps, or mercenaries.
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(III) - Talents Top

I did mention a lot of talents in the spells section, while trying to explain his skill set, but here I would like to just lay out all the talents, and write a brief summary on each of them, to help you choose the right talent in the right game.

In the spoiler below is a piece of my mind, concerning talent builds and reasoning behind them. I made it as a spoiler for the same reasons I made my thoughts on spells like that - to try and keep the guide as clean as possible for those who are just interested in the basic stuff, or want to alt-tab for a talent build, and generally just because I don't want to force anyone to read or scroll over walls of text that might not interest them. I tend to write a lot, especially when it comes to my thoughts (well, not that I can overextend on facts, but yeah).

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TIER 1:

Protection in Death

An addition to your trait ability. Still requires you to die, and it's generally not a good thing to count on that, as you don't want it to happen often. It's not that terrible in itself, since you are the initiator, meaning it's not impossible for you to die first in a teamfight, and the shield is quite huge on your allies. I'd say that it's not a bad idea to pick it in case you find yourself actually dying first in most of the teamfights, but the problem is it's tier 1, so you pick it before you get to actually see how the game is going (unless you don't pick anything, and come back to it later... :D).

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Horadric Reforging

This talent looks much better on first glance, than it really is. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, it's a good talent, because is probably your most useful ability, but I don't feel this talent is too important because many times you won't even target it at enemy heroes, but over cliffs, for example, to escape, or even if you target heroes, and chase them, if one El'Druin's Might is not enough, chances are the cooldown reduction of 3 seconds won't matter, since in the early game they will be close to their gate anyway, and later in the game, you'll potentially have to reduce the cooldoown. Having both is kind of an overkill.

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Purge Evil

Even though all talents in this tier can work, this one is usually the biggest reason why no other talent is picket. I feel like it just outclasses them by a lot. It improves the damage on enemy heroes of your main nuking ability, which, on top of that, is also spammable, and giving you and your allies a speed boost. I won't say that this is always the right pick from this tier, but it is 99% of the time.

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Regeneration Master

This talent offers very little in the early game, but grows in power as the game goes longer. It has amazing synergy with the tier 2 talent , and can give you great lane sustain later in the game. This can be taken over in those games where you know it will come down to pushes, rather than teamfighting, as you'll be able to push more aggresively, tank some damage, and then retreat a bit to regenerate, so you can continue pushing fast. It is very well capable of getting you to huge amounts of regeneration by the 20 minute mark, and has good synergy with talents like to further boost your sustain, and therefore pushing power.

TIER 2:

Amplified Healing

As mentioned before, great synergy with and , offering lane sustain, or with a healer in your team, offering more teamfight sustain, too. It does loose some value if you have no healer in the team, but can still be very viable if you're doing a dedicated pushing strategy, or find yourself tanking mercenaries and bosses often. All-in-all, I find myself using this talent most of the time when we have a healer.

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Vampiric Strike

Unless you're going for a auto-attack based talent build, than this talent doesn't do too much for you other than offering a lane sustain which is only good in the early game, since it gets outclassed hard by the + talent combo later in the game for pushing, for example.
It does have good value in a build focused around auto-attacks, synergizing greatly with and , so it can be considered in those cases.

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Retribution

Usually my go-to talent in case my team has no healer. As mentioned many times before, is very spammable, this makes it even more spammable, and you become a pretty scary damage dealer. Keep in mind that this is affected by creeps hit by Smite, not only heroes, so it's an amazing tool for pushing and even jungling. Not that much to add here, it improves your bread-and-butter ability, and in my opinion, the decision only comes down to between this and , in this tier.

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Even in Death

So, this allows you to use your abilities after you die, and before you explode. The catch is, they deal no damage. Now, aside from being useful only when you've died, it allows you only to boost your teammates speed using , or to block enemies using + , which is not bad, but most of the time you'll also need to explode in the right place, and the timer is very small, making it hard to use abilities at the same time. I feel like this is way too situational to be generally useful (because the situation in which it would excel will very rarely happen).

TIER 3:

Battle Momentum

This is the tier 3 talent to pick up 99% of the time. In general, it outclasses all the other options in this tier, which could be more useful in very specific and specialized situations, such like extremely pushing oriented builds, or auto-attacking build, but in the general case, and even in these cases sometimes, is just too good to pass out on. It help you with literally everything that you can do: in chasing, escaping, nuking, pushing...

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Angel's Grace

Another talent that probably sounds much better than it really is. Movement speed almost always good. It's only not so good when you have too much of it (yes, it's possible to have too much). If you're chasing someone, and close the gap using , you'll usually follow up with , which gives you movement speed, and you'll start auto-attacking them. You will already be on top of them, and you're already sticky enough, that this talent seems a bit lackluster, and the excessive movement speed goes to waste, since you'll just end up getting stuck behind the enemy, for another auto-attack.

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Reciprocate

More damage is mostly good, but it requires you to run into many enemies to actually do some serious aoe damage, and then you're putting yourself in big risk. If wasn't in this talent tier, maybe I'd give this one a bit more thought, but as it is, I'd only ever consider this talent over Battle Momentum in dedicated pushing builds and strategies.

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Zealotry

As with most talents that boost your shield, this one has the greatest application in a dedicated pushing build, since in every other scenario, the shield is broken by damage before it's original duration expires. It might have some value in giving you more time to preshield your whole team, and run into a teamfight, making it possible to reshield them again fast in the fight, because the cooldown will already be ticking, but, again... .

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Searing Attacks

As Tyrael is an extremely mana hungry hero to start with, further increasing his mana consumption is a bad thing, naturally. However, it is possible to make this talent work in your favor, using a very auto-attack oriented build, which I do not consider to be very viable, but that's just my personal opinion. In actuality, the biggest problem that I have with such a build is the fact that the one I listed in this guide works much better for me, for my play style, which may not be true for you.

TIER 4:

HEROIC ABILITY

The choice of your heroic ability. As these are actual abilities, and not just boosts for already existing abilities, they are explained in the Spells section of the guide.

TIER 5:

Burning Rage

Generally a pretty good talent, especially if the enemy team has a lot of melee heroes. It does a decent amount of damage, which works very well for pushing and taking mercenary camps, so it's a talent worth considering in many situations.

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Angelic Absorption

My go-to talent, regeneration-wise. This is what I like to use as my sustain in the lane, and it can be made to work very easy in the jungle, too. Abusing creeps to trigger the regeneration is a very good idea, since they do low damage, and don't burst the shield too quickly, if done correctly. Generally allows you to stay longer in lane, pushing more, harassing more, and soaking more experience, what's not to like? (It's rhetorical)

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Imposing Will

This can be useful in some situations, especially in lane, for some control over enemy creeps. It's a bit harder to use in a teamfight, because even though it's a good thing to slow down enemies, you won't slow too many of them, since heroes will break your shield too quickly. Has some synergy with the tier 6 talent , but I am not too happy about either of these talents, because I feel like there are better options to take in their respective tiers.

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Angelic Might

This talent can offer you amazing hitting power, since it is affected by creeps hit by , as well as heroes. Very useful to get that one huge blow that you need to finish somebody off, and also a very good pushing tool to take down towers and keeps. It's a must take for a dedicated auto-attack build, but other than that, I still slightly prefer . You can try both, and see how you feel about them, but this is certainly a talent worth considering (in my humble opinion, of course).

TIER 6:

Blade of Justice

Again an auto-attack oriented talent, which could find it's uses even in build not focused on auto-attacks, since you'll be using as a gap-closer, aside from other uses, and so this can help a great deal in securing kills. It could even make El'Druin's Might more viable as a harassment tool, giving you some more justification for it's mana cost. This is definitely a talent worth considering, depending on your play style (this talent has a great emphasis on a very aggressive Tyrael).

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Holy Ground

By far my favorite talent in this game, for any hero. I am inclined to call it overpowered, because not only does it give you the ability to make a wall, pretty much, permeable for you and your allies, but not for your enemies, having huge potential uses, as well as very creative aspect to it, in the ways of how you can use it, but it also does that to your most useful ability, . A pair made in heaven, and all this makes it so easy for me to pick a tier 6 talent, even though they are all very, very good (definitely the tier with the best talents on Tyraels disposal), and it's definitely this talent (as I said, for me. Seriously great talents, pick your favorite, suiting your situation and your play style, they can all work amazing).

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Salvation

Unfortunately, the description doesn't say "... for each allied unit being shielded", counting in your creeps... This is probably the worst talent in this tier, but far from being actually bad. Being the worst of the best is often better than being the best of the worst, which is definitely the case here. It might not add too much to your solo pushing potential, but it definitely adds up in a teamfight where you are able to shield many of your allied heroes at the same, and makes the combo with very much viable, in the sense that you can preshield, go in, and shield again soon after the shields are broken, effectively making it like you used 4 times in the span of just a few seconds. If there's too much teamfighting going on, I'd consider picking this talent up even in place of , no question about that.

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Blood for Blood

Great talent if you're building your Tyrael as a tank, and even better if the enemy team has one more very high hp tank heroes, as you'll be able to take a huge chunk off their hp, as well as heal yourself a whole lot, even more if you have . In a high-hp enemy team composition, I would consider picking this talent, definitely, as it can do a lot of work both damage-wise and survivability-wise, if used on the right targets.

TIER 7:

Angel of Justice

A very good talent in itself, but I feel like Tyraels skill set and talents make it possible to go around this talent, and pick another one that can be more useful, having all this in mind. What I mean is, you have any gap closers as it is, so I wouldn't say that the range increase is that crucial. Of course, in specific situations, it can be crucial, if an enemy is channeling a spell that you want to interrupt, and they are positioning themselves consistently well out of your range, you could consider picking this talent up, if you don't feel confortable closing the gap using , or if it's too dangerous too adjust your positioning to make it easier to catch the scary channeler. The cooldown reduction part is mostly not important, because it's still long enough to not be usable in the same teamfight twice, or you're able to get it off cooldown quickly for the next one thanks to , if you picked it up.

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Holy Arena

Viable in case you're using Santification as your heroic ability, of course, since the effect is very strong, and another second of it is a huge deal, and is able to have a big impact on the game. It just depends on which heroic ability (tier 4 talent) you picked up earlier, and if you need the bonus 1 second to Sanctifications duration (which you should be able to recognize by now in the game).

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Hardened Shield

Once again a talent that makes the decision making process easy for me. It's a great talent, and very versatile. Can work in any case - whether you're the tank, the initiator, the dps (damage per second, damage dealer) trying to stay alive, it just does the job done. Boosts your survivability heavily, makes your shields a lot more viable, because it effectively increases the amount that they block, preserving your health even further. Unless you absolutely need or , or you're going a heavily auto-attack oriented build, this is hat you pick up.

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Nexus Blades

Pretty much a must-pick for auto-attack builds (unless other reasons justify to be the priority). This is the main reason why such a build is completely viable, as it not only helps your damage, but also makes you even more sticky, rendering your enemies now almost impossible to run away from you.

(IV) - Outroduction Top

The dream is that everyone who takes the time to read this, learns at least something new, especially new players. I am hoping that it will help you guys do better as Tyrael, so that you can better promote my favorite hero in this game, and add to a more skilled community in the game. As much as I like to win, it's no fun if it wasn't a challenge, in the end. And the game is mostly about fun, and then about winning.
Quick thoughts about the community and the Heroes of the Storm game itself in the spoiler below (I'm basically just ranting a bit, but I had to write it somewhere, feel free to skip completely).

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I do not support the idea of "it's important to participate, not to win", because it's not a solo game. Yes, fun is the main idea behind a video game (well, profit is, but it comes through fun in the case of video games), but different people have different perception of fun. For some, winning IS the fun part of the game. You don't need to understand WHY it's so, you just need to understand that it IS so. If you're being selfish, and feeding the enemy team just because it's fun to you, you're effectively ruining another persons experience of the game, and you're not any different from the "elitists", flamers, and similar people. If you're not trying to win in a team game, then at least have some consideration for those who are, because after all, the game has a win condition, so it can be played for the win, and should.
I know that I can't change the mentality of most people, but I just felt like writing that one down, because it's something that I often come across in video games.

It's important to realize that Heroes of the Storm is a very team-based game. This might not come so hard to players new to the MOBA type games, but I often see people coming from DotA having a hard time understanding this fact. In DotA - you can farm, snowball, and win the game solo, in some circumstances, even if the rest of your team is bad (it is possible). But in HoS, that's generally not possible. You don't have items, to take advantage of your snowballing, you have levels, earned by experience shared across the hole team. So if your team is bad, you'll never have the advantage to make it possible for you to solo win. Learn to play as a team. Flaming your teammates instead of being supportive almost guarantees you to loose regardlees of how good you yourself actually are, because you can demoralize them, whereas in DotA, if you're good enough, you could possibly win even if your team actively feeds.
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Any form of constructive feedback would be appreciated (remarks on what I wrote, questions, suggestions, really anything...), as this is my very first guide, in any game, ever. I would like to possibly improve it if it turns out to be of any help to someone in the sea of other guides here. Information is everywhere, the answer to every question probably exists, and I'm just trying to do my part in bringing that information together, trying to filter out the "bad" from the "good" information.

Another worth mention is that I was writing everything here based on solely my own experience of the game, a vast majority of what I wrote is only my personal opinion and view on things and should definitely not be taken as any form of absolute truth, or perfection, or whatnot...
I have the right to my opinion, and I abused it in this guide. You have the right to correct me, only if you're giving valid arguments (refrain from argumentum ad lapidum, ad hominem, ad personem, ad baculum, ad infinitum...), and I warmly encourage you to abuse that right, as well.

Thank you!

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