Love your style. A really pretty guide. :)

As of March 4, 2018, the guide has received a major overhaul with new formatting and more content.

Rehgar is one of the few heroes on the roster who doesn't have a cookie-cutter build, but instead has lots of viable options to adapt to your play style and the needs of your team. I've attempted to write the guide in such a way that each individual can decide for themselves what the right talents to choose are. As such, I've listed builds at the top of the page, but didn't include build paths in the body of the guide.

Please let me know what your thoughts are on this approach.

Just wait a minute! There was no healer build here last time I checked. Is the gladiator going soft on the enemy? Not possible! ;)

Jokes aside, it is awesome to see this kept up to date. Thumbs up and Thanks. :)

Love the writing style, super fun build, and it's even been working pretty well for me in QM. Rework + this build = holy **** why haven't I tried this hero before I MUST BUY HIM. Never looked back.

LOVE LOVE LOVE This guide. just started getting my feet wet with Rehgar last night and had a BW on my team so I went BL. EPIC.

Cant wait to see this evolve. Totally bookmarking.

Some thoughts on Specialists:

Gazlowe: Doubt his turrets get buffed from bloodlust, but he does AA and can pull the enemy in and stun them with his Gravobomb+TNT wombo. He could also split push if the comp fits

Xul: uhhh as much as a pain as he is to be against, put him ON Rehgar's team. 'Nuff Said. Again, can split push if it works for the team.

Abathur: Attack Speed Hat + CLONE REHGAR (or any AA hero on the team)

Support:

KHARAZIM double dive & heal. add in like an illidan/greymane/thrall/Kerrigan, + Diablo/Tyrael + another melee or ranged assassin.

Just dropping by to say I totally love your writing style in this guide - it was such a blast to read! I never felt more manly before trying out something new.

Since I'm mainly playing in the wood brackets, especially since playing with a friend, I'm afraid I won't have many chances to play an aggressive Rehgar since everyone instantly assumes to have a dedicated healer after this pick. Nevertheless this sounds like a really fun thing to try since Rehgar always felt kind of awkward in a pure healer role. It's always like the hero is meant to tear some **** apart despite the healing capabilities, but instead you are always forced to play cautiously. For that reason I usually pick other heales unless I feel like the team needs a little bit of extra damage and a healer that does not get rekt by an assassin instantly...which is rarely the case. So this sounds much more like something that actually gives some sort of satisfaction while playing.

Would love to see a healing build from you as well either way, since you can't always go the aggressive way (especially since Li Ming is so popular nowadays, so one pure casting assassin is pretty much guaranteed unless the enemy picks faster) and all the other guides seem to be outdated. Seems like noone bothers with Rehgar anymore since he is patched all the time anyway :D.

Excellent post and worded so well! Keep them coming!

Hey, I'm 80k experience shy of hitting level 9 on Rehgar, and have enjoyed him since I started playing him in December / January 2016, and has recently became the hero I have won the most ranked games on.

With the upcoming change this week (16/3/16) to his Ancestral Healing no longer being able to self cast, I see a lot of potential in builds like this. It really works, even in solo queue, obviously with no voice comms, but I myself have swapped out a couple of things to be more hybrid and bring more utility. I have picked both totem talents, I do pick Cleanse if I am solo Support and I feel that the enemy team has too much hard cc, and Rewind. I enjoy the plays I can make with that talent, and the trades I can make without Gladiator's War Shout feels comparable.

However, it's a tough call to make at level 20. Storm Shield used to be my go to talent pick at this level, but I find Rewind gives so many more late game play options if you feel Gladiator's War Shout might not cut it due to the cooldown restriction of the ult itself.

awesome build if your team has AA and Melee heroes (Tyrael, Ray, thrall, zag sounds like best comp)

if the other team has heavy CC bloodlust is not that good so other talents can be better

As always, you need to evalaute both teams and play smart

thx for sharing!

hey hey ... can you post replay here ? .. and is that build and playstyle with this group selections from this guide possible ? .. with a positive win rate ? .. i mean primary IN TL .. ty for answers

tried this build with some mates and it was a blast!
have a +1