Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (2024)

Table of Contents
Garrosh's Overview Garrosh's Strengths and Weaknesses Garrosh's Talent Build Cheatsheet Bloodthirst Build Groundbreaker Build Wrecking Ball Build Basic Attacks Build ARAM Build Garrosh's Synergies and Counters Garrosh's Maps Garrosh's Tips and Tricks Changelog References

Last updated on Dec 16, 2023 at 11:45by Elitesparkle25 comments

General Information

Welcome to our guide for Garrosh, a Tank inHeroes of the Storm. Within these pages, you will find everything required tounderstand how best to play this hero, in both different map styles and teamcompositions.

Pages in this Guide

Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (1)Garrosh in Tier List

1Introduction2Abilities and Strategy3Talent Build

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

  • 1. Garrosh's Overview
  • 2. Garrosh's Strengths and Weaknesses
  • 3. Garrosh's Talent Build Cheatsheet
  • 4. Garrosh's Synergies and Counters
  • 5. Garrosh's Maps
  • 6. Garrosh's Tips and Tricks
  • 7. Garrosh's Role in the Current Meta

1.

Garrosh's Overview

Garrosh is a Tank who becomes more difficult to killthe closer he is to death because of how his Trait, Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (2) Armor Up, works.Arguably, one of Garrosh's strongest mechanics is his ability to displaceenemy Heroes over relatively large distances via Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (3) Wrecking Ball,something that will immensely impact the outcome of a team fightand put a lot of pressure on the enemy team while laning.

2.

Garrosh's Strengths and Weaknesses

Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (4)Strengths

  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (5)Incredibly durable via Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (6) Armor Up, becomes harder to kill the closer he is to death
  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (7)Can reposition enemies or allies with Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (8) Wrecking Ball and Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (9) Into the Fray
  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (10)Very strong playmaker
  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (11)Provides a reliable frontline, with excellent damage mitigation
  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (12)Very high skill ceiling

Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (13)Weaknesses

  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (14)Rather poor damage output, especially during the late game
  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (15)Can be easily kited, particularly by Ranged Assassins
  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (16)Absolutely no method of increasing mobility; relies entirely on Abilities and crowd-control to reach his desired target
  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (17)Very complex Hero, requires mastery of many subtle nuances to be most effective

3.

Garrosh's Talent Build Cheatsheet

Bloodthirst Build

Recommended

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

See Also
Garrosh Hellscream Detailed Strategy Guide (Heroic Mode included)

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20

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Garrosh's Bloodthirst Build provides various improvements which allow himto shine in most situations: additional damage, more survivability,and utility to help teammates. Just keep in mind that,due to going Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (25) Decimate, you will not haveany tool to deal with high-mobility Heroes(for example Zeratul) who will try to dive.

The extra damage comes from Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (26) Decimateand the utility is given by its upgrade, Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (27) Deadly Calm.With it, you can debuff multiple enemy Heroesin order to Slow them and, after upgrading itin the late game, reduce their damage.

Groundbreaker Build

Advanced

Level 1?

Level 4

Level 7?

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16?

Level 20

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Garrosh's Groundbreaker Build gives him more crowd controlat the cost of survivability, allowing for powerful plays to enable his teammatesand giving him the ability to deal with high-mobility Heroes.

Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (38) Warlord's Challenge is great for locking enemy Heroes in placefor your team to damage them, a strategy that is extremely powerful when your teamfeatures one or more Heroes who can follow upwith burst damage.

Wrecking Ball Build

Advanced

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7?

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20

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Garrosh's Wrecking Ball Build gives him more crowd controlat the cost of survivability, allowing for powerful plays to enable his teammatesand giving him the ability to deal with high-mobility Heroes.

Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (47) Warlord's Challenge is great for locking enemy Heroes in placefor your team to damage them, a strategy that is extremely powerful when your teamfeatures one or more Heroes who can follow upwith burst damage.

When you have Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (48) Mortal Combo at Level 16and Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (49) Titanic Might at Level 20,when catching 2 enemy Heroes with Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (50) Wrecking Balland hitting them with Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (51) Groundbreaker right after,you will be able to throw them on the spot 2 more times.Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (52) Unrivaled Strength at Level 1 increases the damage done this way.

Basic Attacks Build

Situational

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20

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Garrosh's Basic Attacks Build gives him more survivability while also reducing the damageand healing done by enemy Heroes, allowing him to easily out-trade the enemy team.

The survivability comes in the form of healing when hitting enemy Heroeswith Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (60) Bloodthirst empowered with multiple Talents,including Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (61) Seasoned Soldier at Level 16that increases your maximum Health as well.

The damage reduction, which will help your whole team to survive for longer,comes from Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (62) Oppressor at Level 7and Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (63) Deadly Calm at Level 20.

The healing reduction comes from Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (64) Body Check at Level 1when you hit the target of healing (i.e., who is going to be healed or self-healed)and from Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (65) Oppressor at Level 7when you hit the healing source (who is going to heal or self-heal).

ARAM Build

ARAM

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10

Level 13

Level 16

Level 20

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Garrosh's ARAM Build provides various improvements which allow himto shine in most situations: additional damage, more survivability,and utility to help teammates. Just keep in mind that,due to going Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (73) Decimate, you will not haveany tool to deal with high-mobility Heroes(for example Zeratul) who will try to dive.

The extra damage comes from Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (74) Decimateand the utility is given by its upgrade, Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (75) Deadly Calm.With it, you can debuff multiple enemy Heroesin order to Slow them and, after upgrading itin the late game, reduce their damage.

See our Talents page for further information »

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4.

Garrosh's Synergies and Counters

Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (76)Garrosh synergizes with

If you want to get more value from Garrosh, pair him with Heroes who can follow uphis engage with crowd control (such as Deckard Cain)and/or burst damage (for example Kael'thas).

Garrosh does not have a strong engage from the distance,so he likes to play in team with Heroes who have access to powerful Abiliities to help him engage(like Hanzo with Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (81) Dragon's Arrow).

Compensate his lack of mobility (for example with Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (82) Speed Barrierby Zarya) and Garrosh will become even more scary to play againstas he will be able to just walk towards enemy Heroes forcatching them with Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (83) Wrecking Ball.

Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (84)Garrosh is countered by

Garrosh does not like to face Heroes who have access toon-demand Unstoppable effects(such as Johanna) because Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (90) Wrecking Ballwill not target them but the second nearest target in range.If these Heroes get thrown instead of an ally to peel for them,then they can use that defensive Ability to walk out uncontested,unless crowd controlled to death.

Heroes who can kite him away from their team (for example Lunara)are great Garrosh's counters, however, keep in mind that he can occasionally mitigate thisby activating Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (91) Indomitable at Level 4.

Considering that Garrosh relies on Armor to mitigate incoming damage,he is weak to percent-based damage (like Leoric) andeffects that reduce Armor (for example Sylvanas withGarrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (92) Overwhelming Affliction at Level 1).

Another way to counter Garrosh is using tools to help allied Heroessurvive burst damage (such as Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (93) Force of Will by Medivh)and/or move them out of danger (like Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (94) Leap of Faith by Anduin).

5.

Garrosh's Maps

Garrosh's stronger maps

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Garrosh's average maps

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Garrosh's weaker maps

None

Garrosh thrives in situations where his enemies are forced toclump together in groups. This is because most of his Abilities,(notably Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (109) Groundbreaker and Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (110) Warlord's Challenge)gain value when they are able to strikemore than one target. Maps with many narrow choke pointsprovide Garrosh a playground of opportunities to catch out his enemies.Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (111) Wrecking Ball is a lot of fun on Maps with lots ofterrain as Garrosh can use it to completely isolate an enemy Hero away from their alliesby flipping them over impassable terrain or Structure into his team.

6.

Garrosh's Tips and Tricks

  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (112) Armor Up gives Garrosh an impressive amount of damage mitigation while at low Health, allowing him to stay in combat longer than most other Heroes.
  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (113) Groundbreaker can be used to Stun an enemy Hero before or after throwing them with Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (114) Wrecking Ball.
  • Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (115) Bloodthirst's self-sustain is most effective after Garrosh has suffered damage as it heals for a percentage of his missing Health.
  • Remember that Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (116) Wrecking Ball is not a targeted Ability and will automatically target the closest non-Unstoppable Hero (including Misha), Clone, Minion, or Mercenary within range. Summons and Monsters are invalid targets.
  • Due to the small radius of Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (117) Warlord's Challenge, it will sometimes be difficult to strike multiple Heroes with it. It will often times be worth using Warlord's Challenge on a single Hero should it help secure a kill and ensure a numbers advantage for Garrosh's team.
  • To play around Abilities that give mobility or Unstoppable, you can use Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (118) Wrecking Ball and immediately cast Garrosh Build Guide “This will prove useful.” (119) Warlord's Challenge before the target enemy Hero lands.

See our Abilities page for further information »

7.

Garrosh is a great Hero choice for teams that are in need of a strong frontlineand happen to lack a reliable source of crowd control.As a consequence, he works best with Heroes who are able to follow up on hisengage with additional crowd controland especially large amounts of burst damage.

8.

Changelog

  • 16 Dec. 2023 (talents page): Guide reviewed.
  • 16 Dec. 2023 (this page): Guide reviewed.
  • 20 Sep. 2023 (talents page): ARAM Build added.
  • 20 Sep. 2023 (this page): ARAM Build added.
  • 16 Sep. 2023 (talents page): Guide reviewed.
  • 16 Sep. 2023 (this page): Guide reviewed.
  • 13 Jul. 2022 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 07 Jul. 2022 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 06 May 2022 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 06 May 2022 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 16 Jun. 2021 (talents page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 16 Jun. 2021 (abilities page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 16 Jun. 2021 (this page): Guide reviewed for the latest Balance Update.
  • 18 May 2021 (this page): Updated Overview and Role in the Current Meta.
  • 05 May 2021 (talents page): Bloodthirst Build's Description improved.
  • 05 May 2021 (this page): Bloodthirst Build's Description updated.
  • 24 Apr. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 24 Apr. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 14 Apr. 2021 (abilities page): Tips and Tricks updated.
  • 14 Apr. 2021 (this page): Tips and Tricks updated.
  • 14 Mar. 2021 (this page): Synergies and Counters fixed.
  • 27 Feb. 2021 (talents page): Build Tags updated.
  • 27 Feb. 2021 (this page): Build Tags updated.
  • 25 Feb. 2021 (talents page): New layout.
  • 16 Feb. 2021 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 16 Feb. 2021 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 24 Oct. 2020 (talents page): Builds updated.
  • 24 Oct. 2020 (this page): Builds updated.
  • 16 Jul. 2020 (talents page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
  • 16 Jul. 2020 (this page): Builds and Descriptions changed according to the latest Balance Update.
  • 11 Apr. 2020 (talents page): Talent Build partially revised to match new standards.
    • Talent Build and Talent Build Cheatsheet modified to reflect the current metagame.
    • Talent Descriptions modified to better describe when to pick them.
  • 11 Apr. 2020 (abilities page): Ability and Strategy partially revised to match new standards.
  • 11 Apr. 2020 (this page): Introduction partially revised to match new standards.
    • Talent Build Cheatsheet updated to reflect the current metagame.
    • Role in the Current Meta modified to remove the unnecessary part about the now fixed Experience Globes.
  • 12 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added an entry about the current Anomaly to the guide.
  • 10 Jun. 2019 (talents page): Revised the Garrosh guide and fixed minor issues. The guide is, overall, up-to-date.
  • 25 May 2019 (talents page): Updated Garrosh's talents and builds due to a major overhaul of the guide.
  • 24 Dec. 2017 (talents page): Talents page updated to reflect the Dec. 20 balance patch notes, particularly the Groundbreaker Ability changes.
  • 24 Dec. 2017 (abilities page): Ability page updated to reflect the Dec. 20 balance patch notes, particularly the Groundbreaker Ability changes.
  • 24 Dec. 2017 (this page): Guide updated to reflect the Dec. 20 balance patch notes, particularly the Groundbreaker Ability changes.
  • 17 Oct. 2017 (talents page): The increased duration of Warlord's Challenge by the Level 20 Talent Death Wish has been removed.
  • 17 Oct. 2017 (abilities page): The increased duration of Warlord's Challenge by the Level 20 Talent Death Wish has been removed.
  • 01 Sep. 2017 (talents page): Full Descriptions have been added to Talent page.
  • 01 Sep. 2017 (abilities page): Duration of Warlord's Challenge has been increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds.
  • 08 Aug. 2017 (this page): Added Garrosh guide.

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