2020 (this page): Role in Current Meta section updated. 2020 (this page): Guide updated to better reflect current meta.

2020 (abilities page): Updated Wraith Strike's discussion. 2020 (talents page): Builds and Talents updated to better reflect current meta. 2020 (this page): Standard Build updated. 2020 (talents page): Touch of Death's discussion and relevance updated. 2020 (abilities page): Abilities section reviewed. 2021 (talents page): Updated Talent recommendations. 2022 (this page): Guide has been reviewed and no changes are necessary. It is better to be patient until a good opportunity shows up. If you try to engage by yourself, enemies will easilyīurst you down, because of Malthael's low maximum Health. While damaging the opposing Offlaner throughĪnd Soul Rip until the opposing team wastes important Abilities. Malthael's macro playstyle consists on constantly clearing waves Poorly against ranged Heroes, and should not be picked if enemies can easily kite you. Trait also allows Malthael to deal a significant amount of damage to Bosses and That are melee-heavy or otherwise feature Heroes with large Health pools. Reaper's Mark defines Malthael as a premiere Waveclear, Malthael makes for a strong Offlaner, though he can Using it too quickly might result in having reduced uptime, while taking too long might cost your life.Īs a strong duelist with outstanding self-sustain and good

Due to Shroud of Wisdom's delay, it should be activated around 1.5 seconds before going in, as most Abilities will be used on you in the first seconds.

Inevitable End can be used to bait important Abilities from the enemy team, as the Cooldown is relatively low.

Do not be conservative with Last Rites, as it is better to guarantee a kill and get the Cooldown reduction than to hold it.

A skull marker appears above Heroes that would die to Last Rites's damage.

Tormented Souls resets Wraith Strike's Cooldown on-use AND when Tormented Souls ends.

Wraith Strike is useful for quickly avoiding impending skillshots and areas of effect.

You can hold the default Q hotkey to repeatedly cast Soul Rip without effort.

Reaper's Mark's damage also works against most non-Structure units, making it effective against Bosses and Map Objectives.

Malthael's Basic Attacks hit enemies in a 180 degree arc use this to maintain Reaper's Mark on as many targets as possible.

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