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Medivh Early Game Guide
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Overview
Early, soak experience, help the lane that needs it most and use your utility to win the first objective. Early, help your team win the first map objectives and mercenary camps.
Strengths
- Good wave clear, according to Blizzard's own hero tags.
- Has escape tools, according to Blizzard's own hero tags.
- Brings utility that helps the whole team.
Weaknesses
- Mana-hungry: Blizzard flags its energy as important, so manage it early.
- Low priority on gold and experience.
Build cheat sheet
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
- Early game talentsBalancedRecommendedLevels 1 to 7 lean on survivability to win the early soak and the first objective; from level 10 it follows the balanced plan.
- Balanced talentsBalancedAdvancedAt each level, the talent that serves more than one plan. A safe default when you don't know the enemy team yet. Built by reading the talent texts; Blizzard publishes no pick rates.
Builds
Early game talents
When to use it
Levels 1 to 7 lean on survivability to win the early soak and the first objective; from level 10 it follows the balanced plan.
Map job
Battlegrounds change every match, so this is its job on any of them.
- Solo laneHolds a lane alone and wins it.
- Double soakPriority 2Soaks experience in a lane, usually alongside a teammate, and clears waves fast.
- RotateMoves between lanes to gank and help.
- Mercenary campsTakes mercenary camps when it is safe.
With the teamMainStays with the team: it wins fights, not lanes.
Talents by level
Winds of CelerityIncreases Raven Form's Movement Speed bonus by 100%.Mount
Raven's IntellectRaven Form increases Medivh's Mana and Health Regeneration by 200%.Mount
Portal MasteryMedivh can manually place both Portal locations and it no longer breaks Raven Form. Activate Medivh's Trait to cancel an unlinked Portal.Active
- 1Upgrades Raven Form for more survivability.
- 4Upgrades Portal for more survivability.
- 7Upgrades Arcane Rift for more survivability.
- 10Heroic ability: pick it for what the match needs.
- 13Fits more than one plan at level 13: damage and utility.
- 16Upgrades Arcane Rift for more damage.
- 20Fits more than one plan at level 20: damage and utility.
Balanced talents
When to use it
At each level, the talent that serves more than one plan. A safe default when you don't know the enemy team yet. Built by reading the talent texts; Blizzard publishes no pick rates.
Map job
Battlegrounds change every match, so this is its job on any of them.
- Solo laneHolds a lane alone and wins it.
- Double soakPriority 2Soaks experience in a lane, usually alongside a teammate, and clears waves fast.
- RotateMoves between lanes to gank and help.
- Mercenary campsTakes mercenary camps when it is safe.
- With the teamMainStays with the team: it wins fights, not lanes.
Talents by level
- Winds of CelerityIncreases Raven Form's Movement Speed bonus by 100%.Mount
- Raven's IntellectRaven Form increases Medivh's Mana and Health Regeneration by 200%.Mount
- Portal MasteryMedivh can manually place both Portal locations and it no longer breaks Raven Form. Activate Medivh's Trait to cancel an unlinked Portal.Active
- 1Fits more than one plan at level 1: survivability and utility.
- 4Fits more than one plan at level 4: survivability and damage.
- 7Upgrades Force of Will for more damage.
- 10Heroic ability: pick it for what the match needs.
- 13Fits more than one plan at level 13: damage and utility.
- 16Upgrades Arcane Rift for more damage.
- 20Fits more than one plan at level 20: damage and utility.
Abilities
QArcane Rift7s50 mpLaunch a rift that deals 170 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in its path. If an enemy Hero is hit, reduce its cooldown by 5 seconds and refund 50 Mana. Quest: Hit 40 enemy Heroes with Arcane Rift without dying. Reward: Permanently increase the damage dealt by 75 and cooldown reduction for hitting a Hero by 1 second.
WForce of Will9s60 mpProtect an allied Hero from all damage for 1.5 seconds. Upon expiration, Force of Will heals the target for 20% of the damage it absorbed.- EPortal16s65 mpCreate a set of portals between Medivh and the target location, allowing allies to teleport between both. The portals last 6 seconds.
RPoly BombHeroic40s75 mpPolymorph an enemy Hero for 2 seconds, Silencing them and making them unable to attack. On expiration, Poly Bomb spreads to other nearby enemy Heroes.Heroic — applies a silence and hits an area. Save it for priority targets or to interrupt a channel.
RLey Line SealHeroic80s75 mpAfter 0.5 seconds, unleash a wave of energy that places enemy Heroes in Time Stop for 3 seconds.Heroic. Plan your fights around its cooldown.- Raven FormTraitInstead of mounting, Medivh can transform into a raven, increasing Movement Speed by 20%. While transformed, Medivh can see and fly over all terrain and is immune to all effects.
ZRaven Form4sTransform into a raven, increasing Movement Speed by 20%. While transformed, Medivh can see and fly over terrain and is immune to all effects.
Strategy
1Early talents
The first three talent tiers (levels 1, 4 and 7) set up how you soak and trade. The early build below leans on survivability to win that phase.
- Picks: Raven's Intellect and Mage Armor.
2Trading
Let your teammates trade and use your utility to punish the enemy's answer. The kit brings crowd control (silence) with Poly Bomb, mobility with Portal and sustain with Force of Will.
3Soaking and rotations
Soaking is the laning phase: stay in range of your minion waves, rotate between lanes so none is left empty and group before each objective spawns.
4Early objectives
Early, help your team win the first map objectives and mercenary camps. Your big moments are level 10, when you pick Poly Bomb or Ley Line Seal, and level 20, when the heroic gets its upgrade.
Tips
- Let your teammates trade and use your utility to punish the enemy's answer.
- Raven's Intellect is your first purchase that changes the lane: get it early.
- Use Poly Bomb in lane only when your partner or jungler can follow.
- Keep Portal ready when the enemy's gankers are missing.
- Early, help your team win the first map objectives and mercenary camps.
Matchups
Strong against
Blizzard classifies Maiev as a Melee Assassin, and they have to close the gap before they can do anything to Medivh, who fights at range.
Blizzard classifies Murky as a Melee Assassin, and they have to close the gap before they can do anything to Medivh, who fights at range.
Blizzard classifies Qhira as a Melee Assassin, and they have to close the gap before they can do anything to Medivh, who fights at range.
Changelog
- Updated for patch 2.57.0.98304.
- Updated for patch 2.57.0.98297.
- Updated for patch 2.57.0.98285.
- Guide created for patch 2.55.17.98025.
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