Tyrande

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I heed the voice of Elune.

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Tyrande is a Ranged Support Hero from the Warcraft universe. It is possible for new players to obtain Tyrande for free after completing the Tutorial.

Tyrande Whisperwind strikes fear into all who wish ill of the Kaldorei. As the highest ranking Sentinel and High Priestess of Elune, she is not only the Night Elves' most deadly warrior, but also their most cunning leader.

Background[]

Tyrande Whisperwind is the most prominent night elf leader, as the chosen high priestess of the goddess Elune, the former general of the night elf sentinels, and the current head of the Sisterhood of Elune. Together with her lifelong mate, the Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage, she has represented the highest leadership of the night elves since the fall of Queen Azshara and the Highborne caste ten thousand years ago.^[1]

Gameplay Summary[]

Tyrande is a Support Hero that offers high damage and utility to the team. Her strongest point is her versatility and capability of adapting to different situations over the course of the game. She can heal wounded allies, grant vision to her team, increase their attack damage, and stun and slow her opponents.

Overall, Tyrande is best paired with healers that can complement and follow up her Lunar Flare. She works greatly as secondary healer, as her healing is weaker compared to other Supports, specially in the early game.

Strengths[]

Not very mana intensive.
- Thanks to the innate quest talent in Sentinel and the quest talent Lunar Blaze, Tyrande can further decrease her mana usage.
Fits into various team compositions.
Flexible talents and builds.
Deals high damage for a Support Hero, being able to be played aggressively.
Hunter's Mark is a powerful ability to be used when focusing on priority targets.
Lunar Flare is a potent tool when used with other crowd control skills.
Sentinel is a great scouting tool thanks to its unlimited range.
Very high healing if able to basic attack often.
Has great synergy with AA based Heroes thanks to her stuns and Trueshot Aura.
Unrivalled at locking down enemies and securing kills.

Weaknesses[]

Difficult to solo heal with unless your team is winning heavily.
Lacks any form of escape tools until level 10, when Shadowstalk becomes available.
Requires high map awareness.
Very bad waveclear.
A very high learning curve.
Outhealed by most healers.
Weak duelist until level 7's Darnassain Archery
Very mana hungry early game

Abilities[]

Traits[]

Heroic Abilities[]

Talents[]

Tier 1, Hero Level 1[]

Tier 2, Hero Level 4[]

Tier 3, Hero Level 7[]

Tier 4, Hero Level 10[]

Tier 5, Hero Level 13[]

Tier 6, Hero Level 16[]

Tier 7, Hero Level 20[]

Talent Builds[]

Lunar Flare Build: focused on improving Lunar Flare though its only related talent, Lunar Blaze, Tyrande can become a deadly ganker with respectable damage output, especially when paired with other Heroes that can follow up her stun. This build is recommended for most team compositions.
Hunter's Mark Build: focused on improving Hunter's Mark, Tyrande and her allies can more efficiently focus on priority targets. This build is recommended when paired with Heroes that can deal high burst damage, such as Varian, Li-Ming and Valla.
Aggressive Build: focus on increasing Tyrande damage output, essentially turning her into an Assassin. The bonus attack speed from Shadowstalk and Iceblade Arrows combined allows for surprising damage, which packed with Mark of Mending also increases Tyrande's own survivability when Light of Elune is on cooldown.

Tips[]

Like most Supports, Tyrande requires careful position in order to not become an easy target. Take this in mind when accompanying your team mates to set up kills with Lunar Flare.
When using her Lunar Flare and Sentinel, always try to carefully aim where you expect your opponent to move, instead of casting them randomly.
Hunter's Mark can be used on any enemy, not only Heroes. With this in mind, use it to clear Mercenary/Boss Camps, or when defending against opponents such as the Punisher, Immortal, Dragon Knight and Garden Terror.
Use Sentinel to scout potential threats, or to reveal opponents where they are guessed to be. Aiming the Sentinel at Mercenary Camps can often get opponents by surprise and alert your team.
- Do not be afraid to use Sentinel to secure kills against opponents with low health, since it will not collide with terrain, structures and minions.
Try to study the opponents movements and patterns before firing Lunar Flare, timing it when the opponent is recovering from a move or is about to cast a dangerous cooldown.
- Lunar Flare can be used defensively: aim at Tyrande's feet when about to get ganked, such as when targeted by The Butcher's Ruthless Onslaught.
If the enemy team features at least one Hero with stuns (such as E.T.C., Muradin or Uther), consider picking the level 4 talent Celestial Attunement.

Matchups[]

Pairings[]

Generally, Tyrande is best paired with Heroes that can either open opportunities for her Lunar Flare, or follow up the stun. Heroes with high burst damage (especially spike damage) will benefit the most from Tyrande's Hunter's Mark.

Tyrande is one of the best Heroes to be paired with The Butcher, due to the huge utility and damage she brings to the match. Her Lunar Flare, Hunter's Mark, Starfall and Trueshot Aura (if taken) are great tools to secure kills when The Butcher hits the victim with Ruthless Onslaught.

The very high damage spikes and crowd control Heroics makes Chromie and Tyrande a match in heaven. Slowing Sands works wonders with Starfall, allowing to lay a huge slow carpet. Temporal Loop, on the other hand, can be followed up by Lunar Flare, which will pretty much guarantee a takedown.

With his hard-engage, aggressive gameplay style, Diablo can quickly set up and follow up Lunar Flare, effectively trapping opponents into crowd control chains, specially if Diablo picks Apocalypse and Domination and Tyrande picks Starfall.

Similarly to Li-Ming, Kael'thas high spike damage allows him to make the best of Hunter's Mark, but his Gravity Lapse opens opportunities for effective crowd control chains with Lunar Flare.

Li-Ming's low cooldowns and high spike damage makes her great to abuse Hunter's Mark.

In a similar fashion to Diablo, Muradin can be sticky and reliably stun opponents alongside Tyrande.

Stitches' Hook and Gorge work fantastically with Lunar Flare, creating opportunities to safely take down key targets.

If specced as Protection, Varian's Charge and Taunt can effectively pin down opponents, opening opportunities for well a placed Lunar Flare. If specced as Arms, Colossus Smash can extend the period of armor reduction if well timed with Hunter's Mark, allowing the team to quickly dispose of any target.

Effective against[]

Effective foes[]

Skins[]

High Priestess of Elune


High Priestess of Elune	Dark	Banshee

Warden 100: Ever since they were children, Tyrande had known her fate to bound to Malfurion's. Now, she would serve as his warden, and for his betrayal the sentence would be eternal.


Warden	Sun	Stormwind

High Priestess 100: The vestments of the Sentinel General were blessed by Elune herself. Like the night elves before the World Tree's fall, they do not age and remain as pristine as when they were blessed.


High Priestess	Shadow	Rose

Blood Elf 400: Named for her ancestor, the first Sun Queen, Tyrande Windrunner serves the blood elves as their Ranger General, preparing them for their pilgrimage into Outland.; _{Features themed abilities.}


Blood Elf	High Elf	Mahogany	Virtuous 600

Eagle Eye 400: When the Eternal Empire destroyed her home planet, Tyrande Solarwind swore to avenge her fallen people. Now, her quest to eliminate her mortal enemy has led her to the city of New York.; _{This skin is related to the Eternal Empire themed-skins. Features themed abilities.}


Eagle Eye	Green	Crimson	Nocturnal

Love Goddess 400: With her enchanted arrows and her keen insight into the hearts of mortals, the Love Goddess is responsible for more than one match made in heaven.; _{This skin is related to the Valentine's Day themed-skins. Features themed abilities.}


Love Goddess	Midnight	Fervent


Lost 600	Silent 600

Trivia[]

Tyrande's dance is "Single Ladies" by Beyoncé.

Development[]

Tyrande was conceived within the first two years of the game's development.^[2]

Patch changes[]

(Patch January 24, 2018) Note: Basic Attack Damage increased from 80 to 82.
(Patch November 29, 2017) Note: Base Maximum Health from 1591 to 1511; Health Regen reduced from 3.32 to 3.15; Basic Attack Damage reduced from 82 to 80.
(Patch October 17, 2017) Note: The area of effect indicator for Eagle Eye Tyrande’s Lunar Flare should now be more visually apparent when cast on Sky Temple while using Low graphic settings.
(Patch September 5, 2017) Note: Virtuous Blood Elf skin added.
(Patch July 11, 2017) Note: Basic Attacks per second increased from 1.25 to 1.33.
(Patch May 16, 2017) Note: Received updated visual effects to coincide with Talent updates.; Basic Attack damage reduced from 87 to 82.
(Patch March 14, 2017) Note: Tyrande will now appear in the list of available Heroes when “Hearthstone” is used as a search term during Hero Select.
(Patch February 14, 2017) Note: Love Goddess Tyrande added.
(Patch January 20, 2016) Note: Basic Attack damage decreased from 92 to 87.
(Patch August 18, 2015) Note: Blood Elf Tyrande has also returned to the Nexus, and now sports updated Ability art, which much more closely matches her theme.