Auriel

Auriel
"There is always hope."
Basic Info
Title	Archangel of Hope
Role	Healer
Difficulty	Medium
Franchise	Diablo
Price	750 / 10,000
Release Date	August 9, 2016
Base Stats
Attack Type	Ranged
Health	1700
Health Regen	3.539
Resource	475 Energy
Unit Radius	0.625
Attack Speed	1.25
Attack Range	5.5
Attack Damage	64
Data Page

Auriel, the Archangel of Hope, is a ranged Healer Hero from the Diablo franchise. It is through the archangel Auriel that the power of hope flows into the fabric of creation. Her eternal light illuminates even the darkest souls. Seeking harmony in all things, she is a mediator, a counselor, and when the need arises, a fearless warrior.

Auriel is a Healer who excels when paired with a high-octane damage dealer.

Background

This section concerns content exclusive to Diablo universe.

Auriel, The Archangel and Aspect of Hope, is one of the five Angel Aspects, and a member of the Angiris Council who was born from one of the virtues of the great titan Anu at the beginning of time. She first appears in The Veiled Prophet, where she votes in favor of saving Sanctuary and humanity. She resides in the Gardens of Hope in the High Heavens. When Sanctuary was discovered, she was its most ardent defender and opposed Imperius who wanted to destroy it. She wanted to uphold the inhabitants' right to life and wanted to see them grow and mature. She seems compassionate towards others and respects life.

Gameplay

Auriel is an aggressive Ranged Healer who gains power from her allies.

Bestowing Hope

Auriel revolves around her Trait, Bestow Hope. Smart use of it provides Auriel with constant fuel for her healing. While it's generally safest to leave your trait on your best sustained-damage Ranged Assassin, sometimes it's right to switch to another ally right as they engage, gaining a lot of Energy from their initial burst. For example, a Gul'dan will usually give lots of Energy over time, but the initial impact of Jaina can immediately fill your Energy to start the fight.

Hero Synergy

Auriel works best with heroes capable of consistent damage, letting her steadily maintain Energy. Good heroes include Valla, Raynor, Gul'dan, and Fenix. Because of Ray of Heaven's small area of effect, Auriel also pairs with teams that want to group in close.

Strengths

• Good laneclear for a Healer
• Crowd control
• Very high burst healing
• High survivability

Weaknesses

• Poor sustained healing
• Low mobility
• Needs an ally nearby
• Little to no out of combat healing
• Relies on terrain to use Detainment Strike most effectively

Abilities

See Data page for a table of scaled values at key levels.

D

Bestow Hope

Cooldown: 1.5 seconds

Passive: 60% of the damage Auriel deals to Heroes and 20% dealt to non-Heroes is stored as energy.

Bestow an allied Hero with Hope. While they remain near Auriel, 30% of their damage to Heroes and 10% of their damage to non-Heroes is converted to energy. Auriel can only have Bestow Hope on 1 ally at a time.

Auriel can store up to 475 energy.

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Type: Resource

Scaling: 4.00% (max Energy)

Affects: Allied Heroes

Targeting: Unit target

Cast time: Instant

Range: 10

Collect radius: 20

Q

Sacred Sweep

Cooldown: 8 seconds

Sweep the area with sacred power, dealing 40 damage to enemies and an additional 160 damage to enemies caught in the center.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping, Stationary channel

Cast time: 0 + CH + 0.0625 seconds

Area of Effect: Radial

Radius: 7.0

Arc:
- Outer: 180 degrees ⁽¹
- Center: 30 degrees

Channel time: 0.3125 seconds

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• ¹⁾ Target search is done in five 20 degree sections rotating inward from both sides over the duration of the channel.
• Enemies in the center area take both base and center damage.
• Center damage is dealt in an additional instance to all targets once the cast finishes.

W

Ray of Heaven

Cooldown: 4 seconds

Consume Auriel's stored energy and heal allied Heroes in the area for the amount of energy consumed.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Allied Heroes

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Range: 8.0

Radius: 3.0

E

Detainment Strike

Cooldown: 12 seconds

Deal 55 damage to the first enemy Hero hit and knock them back. If they collide with terrain, they are also Stunned for 1.25 seconds and take an additional 165 damage.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping, Knockback, Skillshot, Stun

Cast time: 0 + 0.25 seconds

Range: 6.0

Hitbox: 1.0 x 2.0

Missile speed: 30

Knockback duration: 0.25 seconds

Knockback speed: 25

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• Detainment Strike also interacts with pathing blockers, which are usually not considered as real terrain.

R

Crystal Aegis

Cooldown: 60 seconds

Place an allied Hero in Stasis for 2 seconds. Upon expiration, Crystal Aegis deals 255 damage to all nearby enemies.

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Type: Spell Damage / Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Allied Heroes, Self

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Area of Effect, Stasis

Cast time: Instant

Range: 8.0

R

Resurrect

Cooldown: 100 seconds

Channel on the spirit of a dead ally for 1 second. After a 5 second delay, they are brought back to life with 100% of their maximum Health at the location where they died.

Auriel can use this ability while dead to resurrect herself.

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Type: Resurrection

Affects: Allied Heroes, Self

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Channeled cast (stationary)

Cast time: 1.0 (ch) + 0 seconds

Range: 5.0

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• Interrupting the Ability during its cast puts it on a 10 second cooldown.

Talents

1

Increasing Clarity

❢ Quest: Every time Sacred Sweep hits a Hero in the center, increase the center damage by 2, up to 50.

❢ Reward: After hitting 25 Heroes, this center damage bonus is increased to 180.

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Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Righteous Assault

Reduces the cooldown of Sacred Sweep by 3 seconds for each enemy Hero hit by its center.

Searing Light

Ray of Heaven also deals damage to enemies in the area equal to 30% of the energy consumed.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemies

4

Majestic Span

Increases the radius of Sacred Sweep by 15%.

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Bonus radius: 1.05

Heavy Burden

Detainment Strike Slows enemy Heroes by 20% for 2.5 seconds. Slow and duration are doubled on the enemies it Stuns.

Passive: Increase Detainment Strike's Stun duration by 0.25 seconds.

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Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Slow

Repeated Offense

Passive: Enemies hit by Detainment Strike are knocked back 25% farther.

❢ Quest: Every time Detainment Strike Stuns a Hero, increase the Stun damage by 10, up to 60.

❢ Reward: After stunning 6 Heroes, increase this damage bonus to 250.

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Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Bonus knockback duration: 0.0625 seconds

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• There is no increase in the speed of the knockback.

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Glimmer of Hope

Collecting a Regeneration Globe reduces the cost of Auriel's next Ray of Heaven by 75%.

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• Effects from multiple Regeneration Globes do not stack nor get stored.

Energized Cord

Increases the energy stored from Auriel's Basic Attacks to 120% of the damage against Heroes and 55% of the damage against non-Heroes.

Does not affect Auriel's Bestow Hope ally.

Empathic Link

Auriel stores 25% of damage taken by allies with Bestow Hope.

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• Self-damage does not grant any energy.
• The amount of energy stored is calculated after all damage modifiers.

10

Resurrect

Cooldown: 100 seconds
Channel on the spirit of a dead ally for 1 second. After a 5 second delay, they are brought back to life with 100% of their maximum Health at the location where they died.

Auriel can use this ability while dead to resurrect herself.

Crystal Aegis

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Place an allied Hero into Stasis for 2 seconds. Upon expiration, Crystal Aegis deals 255 damage to all nearby enemies.

13

Blinding Flash

Enemies hit by the center area of Sacred Sweep are blinded for 2 seconds.

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Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Blind

Converging Force

Enemies hit by the outer area of Sacred Sweep are pushed slightly toward the center.

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Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Knockback

Knockback duration: 0.125 seconds

Knockback speed: 7.0

Piercing Lash

Detainment Strike now pierces and hits all enemy Heroes in a line, reducing the cooldown by 2 seconds for each Hero hit.

16

Reservoir of Hope

❢ Quest: Each maximum energy Ray of Heaven Auriel casts increases the maximum amount of energy that can be stored by 75.

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Type: Bonus resource

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Will of Heaven

Allies with Bestow Hope gain 20% Attack Speed.

Passive: Auriel gain 10% increased Basic Attack damage.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Allied Heroes

Properties: Attack Speed

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting Auriel's Basic Attack damage.

Wrath of Heaven

Allies with Bestow Hope gain 10% Spell Power.

Enemy Heroes hit by the center area of Sacred Sweep or the terrain collision of Detainment Strike have their Spell Armor reduced by 10 for 3 seconds.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier, Healing dealt modifier / Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Allied Heroes / Enemy Heroes

Properties: Spell Power, Armor reduction

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• Spell Power from Wrath of Heaven stacks additively with other sources of Spell Power as well as other offensive damage modifiers and healing dealt modifiers affecting the target Hero.
• Does not stack with other negative Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

20

Light Speed

Resurrected allies gain 200% increased Movement Speed, decaying over 4 seconds. While a resurrected ally remains alive, Resurrect's next cooldown recharges 100% faster.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Allied Heroes, Self

Properties: Movement Speed

Diamond Resolve

When Crystal Aegis expires, it grants the target 75 Armor for 5 seconds, reducing damage taken by 75%.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Allied Heroes

Properties: Armor

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• Does not stack with other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Angelic Flight

Cooldown: 30 seconds
Active: After 2 seconds, fly to a target location.

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Type: Movement: Launch

Targeting: Point target

Cast time: 2.0 + 0 seconds

Range: 75

Missile speed: 25

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• Interrupting the Ability before the cast finishes doesn't put it on cooldown.
• Auriel is completely untargetable during the flight.

Shield of Hope

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Active: Activate to grant all nearby allied Heroes a Shield for 3 seconds equal to 50% of the amount of Health they are missing.

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Type: Shield

Scaling: -

Affects: Allied Heroes, Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Radius: 8.0

Builds and guides

Icy Veins Auriel Guide

Auriel Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Auriel Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins

Auriel Skins
Archangel of Hope
Backstory: It is through the archangel Auriel that the power of hope flows into the fabric of creation. Her eternal light illuminates even the darkest souls. Seeking harmony in all things, she is a mediator, a counselor, and when the need arises, a fearless warrior.
750 / 10,000 Archangel of Hope	Free Dusk	Free Courageous	120 / 75 Dark
Archangel
Backstory: It is said that the power of the Nexus amplifies what lies within a warrior's heart. While Auriel's countenance has changed, the light of Hope within her is more resplendent than ever.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Scarlet	120 / 75 Twilight	120 / 75 Glorious
Sakura
Backstory: For centuries, viewing cherry blossoms at the start of spring has been a time-honored tradition. Auriel was the first omnic to join in the festivities, and has done so every year since she started.
Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities, and themed animations.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into Overwatch skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Spring	350 / 400 Scarlet	350 / 400 Sora	350 / 400 Kuroi
525 / 600 Azure
Spirit Healer
Backstory: Spirit Healers are impartial arbiters of life and death and it takes a considerable injustice for one to choose a side and go to war. Auriel's presence has granted a new hope to the Alliance.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into Warcraft skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Vengeful	350 / 400 Ethereal	525 / 600 Hopeful
Demonic
Backstory: An angel can never truly become a demon. But once the Lord of Hatred corrupted Auriel's spirit and bound it within a mistress of the Burning Hells, most mortals would struggle to tell the difference.
Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of alternative history skins.
600 / 1,200	600 / 1,200 Toxic	600 / 1,200 Ancient	600 / 1,200 Shadow

Portraits

Auriel Portraits
Auriel Hero	Auriel Mastery	Carbot Auriel120 / 75	Ribbon of Hope75 / 40	Tree-Topper Auriel75 / 40

Sprays

Auriel Sprays
A Crystal of Angels120 / 75	Carbot Auriel120 / 75	Puppet Auriel75 / 40

Emojis

Auriel Pack 1			Auriel Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Auriel Happy	:aurielhappy: :aurihappy:		Auriel Angry	:aurielangry: :auriangry:
	Auriel ROFL	:auriellol: :aurielrofl: :aurilol: :aurirofl:		Auriel Cool	:aurielcool: :auricool:
	Auriel Sad	:aurielsad: :aurisad:		Auriel Embarrassed	:aurieloops: :aurielembarrassed: :aurioops: :auriembarrassed:
	Auriel Silly	:aurielsilly: :aurisilly:		Auriel in Love	:auriellove: :aurielinlove: :aurilove: :auriinlove:
	Auriel Speechless	:aurielmeh: :aurielspeechless: :aurimeh: :aurispeechless:		Auriel Surprised	:aurielwow: :aurielsurprised: :auriwow: :aurisurprised:

Quotes

Main article: Auriel/Quotes

Gallery

General

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  Auriel's artwork

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  Auriel home screen

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  Sakura Auriel concept art

Abilities

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  Q: Sacred Sweep

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  W: Ray of Heaven

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  E: Detainment Strike

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  R1: Crystal Aegis

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  R2: Resurrect

Trivia

• Auriel made her game debut in Diablo III (May 2012).
  • Her book debut was four and a half years earlier, in The Sin War: The Veiled Prophet (September 2007).
• Auriel is voiced by singer-songwriter Cree Summer Francks.
• Auriel is one of four archangel heroes, the others being Tyrael, Malthael, and Imperius.
• Auriel is the only female Diablo Healer hero in the game.

External links

• In Development: Gul'dan, Auriel, Skins, and Mounts!
• Auriel Hero Week
• Auriel - Heroes of the Storm
• Auriel - Diablo Wiki
• Auriel Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Auriel Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm