Lt. Morales

Build: The Standard

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Threats to Lt. Morales with this build

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Threat	Hero		Notes
1		Azmodan	Azmodan is a specialist most effective in knocking down forts, not assassinating heroes. Your biggest threat is his All Shall Burn which is easily negated by simply walking away from him. If absolutely necessary, you may use your Displacement Grenade to knock him away and interrupt the channel, assuming he has not chosen March of Sin. Another possible threat is Globe of Annihilation in combination with Black Pool, however, he is again easily knocked out of his pool by Displacement Grenade and if you are excellent with your timing, you may interrupt the cast all together.
1		Abathur	Abathur being another specialist (Or support, depending on how he's played) isn't too much of a threat to you. Stay behind your allies (which you should already be anyway), and avoid his Stab and Spike Burst. The only perceivable way he can threaten to kill you is if he goes for Ultimate Evolution. At which point, treat his clone like you would with it's equivalent matchup.
2		Arthas	Arthas being a tank, isn't a huge direct threat to you, however, his Howling Blast and Summon Sindragosa have a tenancy to put you in a bad spot positioning wise, leaving you open for a followup from his more dangerous teammates. Don't stand too close to your team and you should be relatively safe. Howling blast being the main threat from him, stay out of places he is likely to use it (i.e a cluster of your team) and you'll be fine.
2		Malfurion	Much like Arthas, Malfurion isn't a threat to you directly, but his Entangling Roots offer the same threat. Arguably even more so, since people tend to capitalize on his roots more often than they would Arthas'. Other than that, his Moonfire may deny you your regeneration from Caduceous Reactor, making him more of an annoyance than a threat.
2		Zagara	Zagara can be annoying. But not really threatening. Her Hunter-Killers and Infested Drops do little more than deny your passive healing. and Devouring Maw acts much like Gazlowe's Grav-O-Bomb 3000, but it puts you in stasis for the duration, making it far less dangerous. Avoid clustering with your team and you'll be alright.
3		Gazlowe	Gazlowe has nothing all too dangerous except for his Grav-O-Bomb 3000. In combination with his Xplodium Charge, it not only can chunk you for a significant portion of your health pool, it will put you into the killzone for the rest of the enemy team. However, the reason I put him so low on the threat list is that his ultimate is the only threatening aspect of him. If you keep your distance between yourself and your team, you should be able to avoid the ultimate with minimal effort on your part.
3		Kharazim	Kharazim's threat level can vary depending on his build. Since I find healing builds to be more common than damage builds, I placed him here. As such, he isn't a massive threat to you as a healer, but with that said, he can dish out a surprising amount of damage. If left unattended, he can beat you into the ground and close the distance with Radiant Dash even if you knock him away. Unlike the other heroes on this list, if he decides to use Seven-Sided Strike against you, you need to get grouped with your team to minimize the damage dealt to you. You can easily heal through all of the damage if it is dispersed amongst your team, but if you eat all of it, you're in for a world of pain.
3		Rehgar	Damage Rehgar builds are few and far between. However, he does deal a worrying amount of damage and can get within melee range with Ghost Wolf unexpectedly if he is left unchecked, and his Earthbind Totem can leave you in a bad place if unkilled. With that in mind, if Rehgar is on you, he will most likely deep inside your team's line and should be killed immediately.
4		Nazeebo	Nazeebo's main threat to you is his Gargantuan. If you aren't paying attention, it can stun you and interrupt your Healing Beam, putting it on cooldown. That can single-handedly turn the fight in your enemy's favor. His Zombie Wall can be destroyed with your Displacement Grenade, and should be if you're caught in it. In addition, his Plague of Toads and Jar of Spiders will prevent you from regenerating from your Caduceus Reactor for some time.
4		Zarya	Again, another hero that is only threatening due to their ult. Much like Zagara or Gazlowe, she has a propensity to lock you down into a position you don't want to be in. Avoid clustering with your team to avoid the Graviton Surge, and you should be safe.
4		Tyrande	Tyrande, like Rehgar, is a pseudo-assassin. Her Lunar Flare can interrupt your Healing Beam and put it on cooldown. In addition, her Hunter's Mark can set you up to be obliterated. Her most threatening ability though is Shadowstalk. If you aren't paying attention, you may find yourself suddenly surrounded by 5 really pissed off enemy heroes. Avoid her stun and keep back to avoid the brunt of her damage.
4		Xul	Your only real concern here is Bone Prison. Much like Malfurion, the roots tend to leave you in a horrible place. The difference here is Xul's root has an annoyingly flashy particle effect attached to it. Effectively painting a target on your head. His Skeletal Mages are generally something you're just going to have to suck it up and eat the damage from. They don't deal too much, but the slow can be a bit aggravating. Stay as far back as possible, and put as much distance between yourself and the enemy heroes when you get that target painted on your back. Be careful not to go too far as to be out of healing range though.
5		Artanis	Artanis is in a strange spot with the Ragnaros patch. He is neither tank, nor assassin. He is a brawler, capable of doing a good amount of sustained damage, less than that of an assassin, but not quite the tankiness of a pure warrior. With this being said, he can stick on you pretty well, and dislocate you into a bad spot if you get careless. His natural tankiness makes him difficult to kill quickly enough to keep him off you, and his damage makes him a fairly decent threat. Your best bet would be to knock him away from you and kite him around your team. He will most likely be far less willing to chase you down if he has to do it through four angry heroes.
5		Leoric	Leoric has a multitude of slows to keep you on your toes. While he doesn't deal enough damage to put you in danger out right, Entomb will almost always be a death sentence. Not only does it prevent you from escaping, you're often body blocked and surrounded by enemy heroes. While it's not exactly avoidable if he really wants you, you can make yourself a less attractive target by avoiding your teammates so he can only grab you. Your best bet here is hoping he finds two or three of your grouped up teammates a tastier target than you.
5		Anub'arak	You don't have to worry so much about him dealing damage to you, but his knockup and his stun make it difficult to keep a Healing Beam active. He can chunk you for roughly 30% of your health, but after that he is dead in the water in terms of damage. There are two main threats with him. His CC makes it easy for the enemy to lock you down, but his real threat to you is Cocoon. Since you will tend to be at the far back of the line, away from everyone else, you are a prime target to be Cocooned. If your team is getting tunnel vision on killing the enemy assassins, the odds are you will be stuck in it for the full duration, leaving your team without healing. The reason he is such a threat with Cocoon is there is nothing you can do about it. You must rely on your team to free you.
5		Johanna	Johanna has a multitude of abilities that can keep you out of your safe zone behind your team. With the popularity of Falling Sword, the odds are she will get into melee range of you. Stay close enough to your team that they can punish her for going too deep, but not close enough that everyone gets hit by it. Knock her way the moment she lands to deny the rest of her CC combo.
5		The Butcher	Butcher is your anathema. With Furnace Blast, he has enough burst to put you to death five times over. His Lambs to the slaughter is also a death sentence. Rooting you in place and silencing you, making you useless as a healer for the duration, and you will almost never survive the full duration. His unstoppable charge means it's impossible to prevent him from reaching you unless you are behind a fort wall. There is one way to prevent this. Automated Block and Inoculation are both MANDATORY talents when up against a Butcher. If you do not have one or both of these, assume butcher is a threat level of 10. You will need to apply Safeguard to yourself JUST before he collides with you with his charge, and you will need at least two stacks of block available. If you time it correctly, you will reduce all of his burst to near 0. Seriously, if you pull this off he will do a grand total of 96 damage at level 28. Speaking of personal experience. If you fail your timing, you will die.
6		Kael'thas	Our first assassin to appear on our threat list. He can deal an immense amount of damage, but only if you aren't paying attention. He will be at the back of his line and for the most part far out of range of you. With that said, if you ARE caught by him, you're going to eat a lot of damage. Living Bomb is easily healed through, and you should almost never be in range of Gravity Lapse. Avoid him Flame Strikes and you should be as safe as you can be from an assassin.
6		Dehaka	Dehaka has a tenancy to appear behind your lines with Brush Stalker. His drag will bring you to your front lines, putting you in immediate danger. It's a very quick skillshot, so dodging is nigh impossible unless you manage to juke it. Other than that, In addition, his Isolation will not only silence you for an incredibly long time, it will reduce your sight radius for even longer, making it almost impossible to heal your team. You MUST dodge this.
6		Diablo	With his buff this patch, he gains a spot all the way up here. He can chunk you for a decent amount of health if he rams you into terrain, and can keep you locked down out in the front lines. Hope your trigger finger is quick so you can knock him back during the charge, or you're going to eat quite a bit of damage.
6		Muradin	Another sticky tank. His Dwarf Toss and Storm Bolt make healing difficult, and he deals just enough damage to be scary when he's on top of you. If he goes for Skullcracker, it's going to be extremely difficult to keep healing up due to the ministuns he is constantly dishing out. Haymaker is your biggest threat here. It's very difficult to avoid being jumped behind and sucker punched all the way into your enemies. If you know he has Haymaker, position yourself so that when he does knock you back, you're not in a straight line to the enemy. Ideally, you want to be knocked into nearby terrain to stop yourself.
6		Murky	This annoying little bastard loves to Octograb you on top of a Pufferfish, letting you eat a ton of burst, and in most cases be jumped on by the rest of his team. Stay way behind your team to the most that you eat is the Pufferfish. It's very likely that the enemy assassins won't dive through your entire team to capitalize on Murky's stun.
7		Chen	Chen is extremely sticky and VERY difficult to peel off of you. The fact that he is a tank means that it's very likely your team will not put enough pressure on him to force him off of you. While he doesn't deal quite enough damage to be ranked higher on the threat list, he can quickly put you on your ass. In addition, Wander Keg can bring you right to where you don't want to be, behind enemy lines. Your best chance at dealing with him would be creating distance while he is drinking, and knocking him away immediately after he closes the distance with Flying Kick.
7		Alarak	Alarak can silence you and deal a heavy amount of burst, in addition to pushing you to the front lines. Your only saving grace is that the only way he can get into threat range is if he has chosen Deadly Charge. It's very likely you're going to eat a rotation of damage due to his stun, but after he has used up his burst you may knock him back into your team. Move perpendicular to him, as his Discord strike has a long range, but is very thin. So side stepping it is much more effective than running away from him.
7		E.T.C.	ETC is damn near impossible to keep away from you, and while he doesn't displace you all too much with Face Melt, if you get locked down in a Mosh Pit, you can kiss your ass goodbye. Now, with this said, you do get a warning before he casts it. You will get a .75 second grace period while he casts it. Keep an eye on where he is, if he's sliding into a big group of you, assume he is going to Mosh Pit and get your Displacement Grenade ready to knock him away. If you hit him with it while he is casting, not only will you interrupt it, you will put it on cooldown for the rest of the fight.
7		Medivh	Medivh doesn't do too much to you directly, however, his portals can put you in a horrible situation. If he pops one up next to you, the next thing you know you're surrounded by an entire team. His Poly Bomb can be a nightmare if your team isn't paying attention and keeps you locked in a poly chain. Avoid portal entrances at all costs, and distance yourself from the affected teammate if he is Poly Bombed.
7		Rehgar	Rexxar can sick Misha on you, and she will likely not be dealt with, as it's akin to killing a Murky. She'll be back in no time with little reward for killing her. She can interrupt your Healing Beam with her stun and be a general nuisance throughout the game. Your best bet would be to bring Rexxar himself to the forefront with your Displacement Grenade and have him focused down.
7		Stitches	If you need an explanation as to why Stitches is a threat, you're probably just coming from LoL or Dota 2. Think Blitzcrank or Pudge. Stay behind minions and your teammates.
8		Raynor	Raynor can definitely put the hurt on you if you wander up too close, and his Banshees can deal pretty heavy single target damage if left unattended. His Battlecruiser can be easily healed through by swapping targets with your Healing beam. Your saving grace is that his Penetrating round will almost always push you back toward your team, and out of harm's way. Stay out of his range, and do your part to bring down the banshees while healing.
8		Sylvanas	Sylvanas doesn't have the burst to bring you down before she is annihilated by your team. This is another example of a hero that is only threatening because of her ultimate. However, her Mind Control is a death sentence. It has enough range for her to be safely behind enemy lines, and bring you there with her. Being mind controlled is almost a guaranteed death. Stay WAY out behind your team, force her to put herself in harms way to get to you. Displacement grenade her back into the front lines if she tries to dive for you be mindful of when you use it, as Mind control has a one second cast, so you need to hit her as she is casting to put it on cooldown.
8		Thrall	Thrall has a knack for getting right through your front line with Windfury and beating you into the ground before your team can react. Knock him away when he tries to get at you, kite him through your team.
8		Li-Ming	She has heavy burst, and can easily reset her cooldowns if you fail to keep a teammate alive during them. Knowing this, you will probably be the first target. She will be at the back of the enemy line, firing off her abilities. Stay behind your teammates so they soak the damage so you may heal them back up. You heal more than she can damage, so you should be fine so long as you position correctly.
9		Falstad	Falstad can keep up with you at the back lines with Barrel Roll, keeping a constant high damage on you with Lightning Rod. Keep him at bay with Displacement Grenade and duck into bushes to give yourself some breathing room in between being attacked. Your team will have to capitalize on him over extending into your back line.
9		Nova	Nova can chunk you for the vast majority of your health. While she can't outright kill you from full health, if she catches you at half or even 3/4 health, she will end you in less than a second. Pay close attention for her shimmer and Displacement Grenade to reveal her. A Nova that's been ripped out of stealth is a tasty target that your team loves to jump on.
9		Ragnaros	Raggy can get to you fairly easily with Blast Wave, and can deal out an extremely high amount of burst. Like Nova, he won't be able to outright kill you from full health, but his Empower Sulfuras is on a low enough cooldown to finish you off before your team can retaliate. In addition, if he goes with Magma wave, do everything in your power to prevent your team to engage in a lane. If you do engage in a lane, stand at the edge of the lane. IF you are hit by it, you will die. The only reason he is not a threat level 10 is because his only gap closer is Blast Wave, and he can be knocked away.
9		Tychus	Tychus can bring you down pretty quickly, and has a knockback grenade that is a less powerful version of your own, but should be treated like it will kill you if it hits you. Drakken Laser Cannon will whittle you down pretty quickly, so try to move out of range and re-enter the fight to keep the damage off of you.
9		Samuro	Samuro likes to enter a fight stealthed, and immediately pops his clones when engaging. This is both his greatest strength and his Achilles heel. His only escape is his Windwalk, which he uses to engage, and his only defense is the clones, which he uses to burst. The moment he uses his clones, Displacement Grenade and you must hit all three, it will grant you some breathing room. You will need an eagle eye for this to work, but if you manage to hit all three, note which of the three takes the least amount of damage. Immediately ping the shit out of that one to mark him as the real one, and have your team burst him down. If this is not done, he will eat you alive. If he opts for Three Blade Style, this will not work. And you will have to simply watch which one of them is the most cautious. If you are against a Samuro with enough control to mimic his images, and fool you enough so you can't determine which is his clone, you are dead.
9		Jaina	Your largest threat here is Ring of Frost. If you're caught in it, she will burst you to high hell. If you can't escape it, stay in the center. Being rooted in it is a sure fire way to die. Bring her to the front lines with Displacement Grenade for your team to cave her skull in.
9		Illidan	Stickiest hero in the game. Impossible to get off of you. thankfully, he isn't much in the way of burst, so your team should have enough time to deal with him if he decides to jump on you. With that being said, The Hunt is a very powerful burst with a stun attached to it, leaving you open to higher burst from his team. Stay close to your team if you are about to feel the hatred of ten thousand years, spread out if he opts for Metamorphosis. Displacement Grenade isn't of much use again Illidan, but it can buy you a second or two of breathing room, which may be the difference between life or death.
10		Valla	Valla has the damage to burst you down, and keep enough sustained damage on you that you cannot be in the fight. She has enough mobility to keep out of harms way while dealing enough damage that you can't heal your team effectively. Try to knock her into a compromising position that your team can take advantage of, and use Safeguard on yourself when she is about to launch her Multishot.
10		Tracer	Tracer is excellent at getting behind your lines, and kiting you, and the rest of your team while dealing heavy sustained damage. With her ult available, she can burst you down before you can react. Pinning her down with a grenade is almost impossible, so your best bet would be to safe Safeguard for her ultimate and Melee. Cluster up with your team so she must get within punishing distance to hit you.
10		Zeratul	Zeratul can simultaneously burst you down, deal heavy sustained damage, and stick to you, all while keeping your team locked in a stasis so they can't help you. Your only bet is to rip him out of stealth with Displacement Grenade, or take your chances and willingly join your team in the stasis to avoid the damage.