Tyrael

Tyrael
"Reckoning is at hand."
Basic Info
Title	Archangel of Justice
Role	Tank
Difficulty	Medium
Franchise	Diablo
Price	500 / 4,000
Release Date	March 13, 2014
Base Stats
Attack Type	Melee
Health	2517
Health Regen	5.2382
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	0.75
Attack Speed	1.25
Attack Range	1.5
Attack Damage	78
Data Page

Tyrael, the Archangel of Justice, is a melee Tank Hero from the Diablo universe. Among the angels it is the Archangel of Justice who is humanity's greatest defender. Wielding his sword El'druin against the Burning Hells, the Prime Evils would have enslaved Sanctuary and all of humanity long ago if Tyrael had not intervened.

Tyrael is a Tank who pairs well with allies who like to dive into the enemy team.

History

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As Archangel, Angel and Aspect of Justice, leader of the Heavenly Host and a member of the Angiris Council, Tyrael was born from one of the virtues of the great titan Anu at the beginning of time. He has fought against the forces of Hell since time immemorial. For countless eons Tyrael thought the only principles of justice were the laws of the High Heavens. This view of Creation was shattered once he encountered the denizens of Sanctuary, humans. Humans were the spawn of rogue angels and demons who had become weary of the endless Eternal Conflict that consumed all of the focus of both Heaven and Hell.

While at first many angels saw humanity as an abomination, Tyrael saw the potential for good that resided within this new race. Tyrael would spend much of his time observing humanity, but direct interaction was forbidden by the laws of Heaven. Eventually Tyrael would come to face one of the most difficult decisions of his existence when humanity was endangered by the release of the Prime Evils onto Sanctuary. Tyrael would have to choose between following the law and letting the exiled leaders of Hell destroy mankind or intervening to help save humanity and turning his back on the one central ideal he held most dear. It was this decision that caused Tyrael to learn the true meaning of justice. Justice wasn't upholding some lofty, idealistic laws, it was doing what was right.

Tyrael came to the aid of the humans many times when the Three threatened them. First when he armed humanity with the sacred Soulstones to contain the Prime Evils and again when he sacrificed himself to destroy the corrupted Worldstone to prevent the forces of Hell from pouring into the mortal world, but not even death could stop the embodiment of Justice.

Twenty years later Tyrael would return from death only to find himself put on trial by his peers. Tyrael had done the unthinkable by interfering on behalf of humanity and his answer to the crimes of breaking Heaven's laws was to renounce his divinity. Tyrael would no longer stand among the angels if it meant idly standing by while the innocent suffered. Now a mortal, Tyrael would immediately be faced with another challenge as the forces of Hell sought after the Black Soulstone to unleash the Prime Evil upon Creation.

Tyrael would not face this challenge alone as a mortal Hero; the Nephalem would come to his aid in this battle against the forces of Hell. After a hard fought battle, the forces of the Light would emerge victorious and the Prime Evil would be locked away within the Black Soulstone, but the threat wasn't over. The evil within the Stone would begin to seep out into Heaven and only Tyrael could see the subtle changes within the holiest of realms. Tyrael was again faced with the decision of following the laws of Heaven or breaking them to save his former home, only this time his decision would have far darker consequences.

Strengths

• Capable of boosting allies' Movement Speed and shielding them
• Acceptable Solo Laner
• Offers offensive and defensive talent builds
• Exceptional mobility

Weaknesses

• Can struggle as a solo Tank due to lack of crowd control
• Extremely Mana dependent throughout the game
• Successfully initiating team fights does require some experience

Abilities

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

Archangel's Wrath

Upon dying, become Invulnerable and gain 20% Movement Speed for 4 seconds. Upon expiration, explode, dealing 450 damage and reducing Tyrael's death timer by 10% per enemy Hero hit.

Archangel's Wrath reduces nearby enemy Heroes' damage by 50% while active and for 3 seconds after it expires.

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Type: Spell Damage / Offensive damage modifier / Special death state, Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Enemy Heroes / Self

Properties: Area of Effect, Movement Speed

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 4.0

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• Tyrael ignores collision until he explodes.
• During Archangel's Wrath, Tyrael can move through pathing blockers and enemy Gates, but not through other unpassable terrain.
• Damage debuff is removed immediately when the target leaves the radius of Archangel's Wrath. Duration extension requires being hit by the explosion upon expiration.
• Damage debuff stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting the target Hero's damage output.

Q

El'druin's Might

45 Mana Cooldown: 12 / 0.5 seconds

Throw El'druin to the target area, dealing 110 damage to nearby enemies and Slowing them by 25% for 2.5 seconds. Reactivate within 5 seconds to teleport Tyrael to El'druin and Slow nearby enemies again.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Movement: Teleport

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping, Slow

Cast time: 0.15 + 0 seconds

Range: 9.0

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 3.0

Missile speed: 15

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• El'druin's Might cannot be cast on unpathable terrain.
• Teleport on secondary cast has no range limit.
• Reactivation has an initial 0.5 second cooldown, and it cannot be used before the thrown sword has reached the target location.
• All reactivations of El'druin's Might are considered Basic Ability casts.
• Cooldown starts when the Ability is activated for the first time.

W

Righteousness

45 Mana Cooldown: 9 seconds

Shields Tyrael for 336 damage and nearby allies for 40% as much for 4 seconds.

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Type: Shield

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Allies, Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect

Cast time: Instant

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 5.0

Ally shield amount: 134.4

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• Damage dealt to allies shielded by Righteousness is shown in small pop-up numbers. Regardless of the real damage type of the attack, these numbers appear in orange, normally reserved for Physical Damage.

E

Smite

45 Mana Cooldown: 6 seconds

Rake target area for 150 damage. Allies moving through the targeted area gain 25% Movement Speed for 2 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage / Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Allies, Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping

Cast time: Instant

Range: 5.5

Area of Effect: Custom ⁽¹

Radius: 1.5

Width: 7.0

Height: 3.0

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• ¹⁾ Area consists of 5 overlapping circles with 1.5 radius in a wide V-shape.
• The ground effect lingers for 3 seconds, applying the buff to allies in the area every 0.25 seconds. Multiple instances of the buff only refresh the duration.

R

Judgment

80 Mana Cooldown: 70 seconds

After 0.75 seconds, charge an enemy Hero, dealing 150 damage and Stunning them for 1.5 seconds. Nearby enemies are knocked away and take 75 damage.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Movement: Launch, Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemy Heroes (targeting), Enemies / Self

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Area of Effect, Channeled cast (stationary), Knockback, Splash, Stun, Unstoppable

Cast time: 0.75 (ch) + 0.35 seconds

Range: 12.0

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 5.0

Missile speed:
- Initial: 0
- Maximum: 100
- Acceleration: 80

Knockback duration: 0.1875 seconds

Knockback speed: 18

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• Interrupting Tyrael during the cast puts the Ability on a 10-second cooldown.
• Upon activation Tyrael gains vision of the target for the duration of the Ability.
• The cast is also interrupted if the target becomes untargetable, gains Stealth or moves farther than 5 units past its maximum cast range during the windup.
• Charging Tyrael can only be disjointed if the target dies, is removed from the plane (certain Stasis effects) or instantly teleports farther than 20 units from its previous location. When disjointed, the charge expires upon reaching the target's location before the event. Otherwise, the charge will keep redirecting to the target unit.
• Judgment always applies its area effects upon reaching the end location, regardless of being able to hit its original target.
• Tyrael is Unstoppable while charging.

R

Sanctification

75 Mana Cooldown: 90 seconds

After 0.5 seconds create a field of holy energy that makes allied Heroes Invulnerable. Lasts 3 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Allied Heroes, Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect, Channeled cast (stationary), Invulnerable

Cast time: 0.5 (ch) + 0 seconds

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 4.0

Tickrate: 16 per second

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

Talents

1

Salvation

Increase the Shield amount Tyrael gains from Righteousness by 40% and heal Tyrael for 140 Health if his Shield is destroyed. Does not increase the Shield amount gained by allies.

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Type: Healing, Shield

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self

Bonus shield: 134.4

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• Healing does not trigger if the Shield expires without breaking.

Justice for All

Increase the Shield applied to allies by Righteousness to 80% of the Shield gained by Tyrael.

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Type: Shield

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Allies

Total shield amount: 269

Ardent Restoration

Dealing damage to a Hero heals Tyrael for 20 over 5 seconds. Dealing damage resets this timer, and the heal amount stacks up to 10 times.

❢ Quest: Every Regeneration Globe gathered increases this heal amount by 1%.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self

Properties: Heal over Time

Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x5)

Healing per tick: 4 (per stack)

Maximum quest stacks: 35 000

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• Quest healing bonus stacks additively with healing dealt modifiers that can affect healing from Ardent Restoration.

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Stalwart Angel

Gain 25 Armor while El'druin's Might is active, and for 3 seconds after teleporting.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Armor

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

Bound by Law

Heroes hit by El'druin's Might heal Tyrael for 3% of his maximum Health. Tyrael's Basic Attacks against enemies Slowed by El'druin's Might increase the Slow duration by 1 second, up to 4 seconds.

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Type: Healing, Crowd control

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier (slow refresh)

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• Only the initial cast of El'druin's Might triggers the heal.

Divine Vigor

If Smite hits an enemy, Tyrael's Basic Attacks within the next 4 seconds heal for 70% of the damage dealt.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier, Lifesteal

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Reciprocate

When Tyrael's Shield from Righteousness expires or is destroyed, it deals 190 damage to nearby enemies.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Area of Effect

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 3.0

Purge Evil

Each enemy Hero hit by Smite increases Tyrael's Basic Attack damage by 60% for 4 seconds.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

Maximum bonus: 600% (x10)

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• Subsequent applications refresh the duration. Stacks from previous casts carry over.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Tyrael's Basic Attack damage.

Swift Retribution

Smite grants 20% more Movement Speed and also grants 25% Attack Speed for 2 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Non-Structure Allies, Self

Properties: Attack Speed

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• Does not stack with itself. Subsequent applications refresh the duration.
• Movement Speed bonus stacks additively with baseline bonus, but not with other sources of Movement Speed.
• Attack Speed stacks additively with other effects that can affect the target's Attack Speed.

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Judgment

Cooldown: 70 seconds
After 0.75 seconds, charge an enemy Hero, dealing 150 damage and Stunning them for 1.5 seconds. Nearby enemies are knocked away and take 75 damage.

Sanctification

Cooldown: 90 seconds
After 0.5 seconds create a field of holy energy that makes allied Heroes Invulnerable. Lasts 3 seconds.

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Sword of Justice

Upon teleporting using El'druin's Might, El'druin swaps places with Tyrael, and El'druin's Might can be reactivated to teleport an additional time.

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• Reactivations do not increase the time El'druin can stay on the ground.

Holy Ground

Create a ring for 3 seconds that blocks enemies from entering the area teleported to using El'druin's Might.

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Type: Pathing blocker

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Area of Effect

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 3.0

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• Displacement from the creation of Holy Ground doesn't apply Daze.

Law and Order

Each enemy Hero hit by Smite reduces the cooldown of Righteousness by 1 second. Each allied Hero Shielded by Righteousness increases the damage of the next Smite by 35%.

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Type: Cooldown reduction

Affects: Ability

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• Damage bonus does not actually occur, only the Cooldown reduction does.

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Horadric Reforging

Tyrael's Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of El'druin's Might by 2 seconds.

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Properties: Attack Modifier

Burning Halo

Both Tyrael and El'druin deal 18 damage per second to nearby enemies. Teleporting increases this damage from Tyrael by 150% for 2 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Area of Effect, Burning Rage

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 2.5 ⁽¹

Tickrate: 1.0 per second

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• ¹⁾ Extended by Tyrael's unit radius.
• Enemies can take damage from both Tyrael's and El'druin's damage auras at the same time.
• When Sword of Justice is picked, the first reactivation increases the damage around both Tyrael and El'druin. The second reactivation does not further increase the damage, but only reapplies or refreshes the effect.
• Does not affect unaggroed neutral Mercenaries.
• Does not draw tower aggro when damaging enemy Heroes under their Structures.
• Damage from Burning Halo is unaffected by external offensive damage modifiers and lifesteal effects.
• Disabled while Mounted, Stealthed or in Stasis.

Smite the Wicked

While El'druin's Might is active, and for 2 seconds after teleporting, Smite's cooldown recharges 125% faster.

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• Reduces the cooldown of Smite by 0.0781 seconds every 0.0625 seconds while active.

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Angel of Justice

Increases the cast range of Judgment by 50%, and reduces the cooldown by 40 seconds.

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Bonus cast range: 6.0

Holy Arena

Increases the duration of Sanctification by 1 second and increases the damage of allies inside by 25%.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Allied Heroes & Summons, Self

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• Summons themselves must be inside Sanctification to gain the damage buff from Holy Arena.
• Summons are still unaffected by the baseline benefits of Sanctification.
• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting the target's damage output.

Seal of El'druin

Using a Basic Ability grants 50% Attack Speed for 3 seconds.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Speed

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• Does not stack with itself. Subsequent applications refresh the duration.
• Stacks additively with other effects that can affect Tyrael's Attack Speed.

Defense of the Angels

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Activate to gain 50 Armor for 3 seconds.

Each time Tyrael damages an enemy Hero with a Basic Attack or Basic Ability, increase the duration of this Armor bonus by 0.5 seconds.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Armor

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• Cooldown starts when the Ability is activated.

Builds and guides

Icy Veins Tyrael Guide

Tyrael Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Tyrael Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Thegreat610's Tyrael Guide (2021-01-31)
Builds and Roles
Offlane [T3322122,Tyrael]	Tyrael can play as the 'solo-laner' if your team drafted an secondary tank. Tyrael can play at this position because of his immense ratio between his sustain (Health regeneration and Shields), his large Health pool and his acceptable base damage. He can do quiet a lot of burst damage to the enemy laner when using his abilities: El'druin's Might and Smite. These abilities can also be used to waveclear rather quickly. Tyrael can be classified as an bully: Someone who wants to out-trade the enemy laner as much as possible, so that he can 'deny' the experience globes and health globes from them. This means his good lane match-ups are against heroes that cannot fight back and has no/limited answer to that: ( Varian, Uther, Brightwing, Probius). His decent match-ups are heroes that can still trade with him evenly and play under their conditions: ( Gazlowe, Xul, Illidan, Ragnaros, Stitches, Blaze, E.T.C). The bad match-ups ones are the heroes who can simply out-trade him or out-sustain his damage, while also having other conditions to win the lane. Heroes such as: ( Sonya, Thrall, Malthael, Artanis, Arthas, Imperius, Rexxar, Leoric, Yrel).
Main Tank [T2232214,Tyrael]	Tyrael is overall an pretty decent main tank who can buff his team to make up for his lack of crowd-control. Tyrael's main strength compared to other main tanks is his mobility. Tyrael is actually the most mobile tank in the game, thanks to his abilities: El'druin's Might, as well as Smite. Tyrael's other strength is his utility through his various talents, that lets him play differently. Picking Tyrael as the main tank is good when you have at-least two heroes that work great with Tyrael.
Second Tank [T2232122,Tyrael]	This is Tyrael's best role as he can both do reasonably amounts of damage, while also front-lining as usual. Tyrael can do much to support his team with this build. This build is good when you are not the 'solo-laner' while also having a second tank that is. This build allows for flexible mixes of the heroes he works well with.
Melee Assassin [T3321133,Tyrael]	This build is good when you have two enablers on your team, such as: ( Rehgar, Abathur, Varian, Auriel, Lt. Morales, Uther). Tyrael as an melee assassin can somewhat play in the same manner as an tank and damage dealer at the same time. This is due to the fact that Tyrael's level 7 upgrade: "Purge Evil", allow Tyrael for much higher base damage. This synergies heavenly with his level 16 upgrade: "Smite the Wicked", as well as various buffs, abilities and talents coming from other heroes, such as: Bloodlust, Stim Drone, Devotion, Divine Shield, Symbiote, Ultimate Evolution, "Glory to the Alliance" and "Will of Heaven". Tyrael with the proper composition and enablers on his team, can become an 'hyper-carry'. Tyrael could also allow for another 'hyper-carry' together with him, on the same team.
Tyrael Abilities and Strategy
1. Tips & Tricks Use your abilities wisely while laning. If you are not careful, Tyrael will run out of Mana very quickly. Since Tyrael is not as durable as some of the other Tanks, make sure to use his outstanding mobility to mitigate damage by dodging abilities. El'druin's Might can be used to juke opponents while Tyrael is on the retreat. If you play with Sanctification, save it for the enemy team's most dangerous abilities and track their cooldowns accordingly. It can also be used when diving with your full-health allies, since it will make them immune to any crowd control, reducing the peeling options from enemy team. Tyrael's "Holy Ground" can steal Mercenary and Boss Camps if its projectile is aimed at the very center of the capture platform.
2. El'druin's Might El'druin's Might (Q) Mana: 45 Cooldown: 12 seconds Deals 110 (+4% per level) damage to enemies within target area, slowing them by 25% for 2.5 seconds. Reactivating will teleport Tyrael to the blade and slow nearby enemies again. El'druin's Might is a gap-closer which allows Tyrael to cover great distances by directly teleporting to his sword. One of the greatest advantages of this ability is the fact that you will not be impaired by obstacles, such as walls or trees. El'druin's Might can be used offensively to slow down fleeing enemies and catch up to them by quickly using Angelic Flash. By the same token, Tyrael can rely on El'druin's Might in order to get out of dangerous situations by throwing his sword in the direction he wants to escape and using Angelic Flash immediately after. One thing to keep in mind, however, is the 6-second time frame that comes with El'druin's Might. If you fail to use Angelic Flash within that period of time, Tyrael will lose the ability to teleport, which is why you always want to make sure to avoid getting disabled by any form of crowd control before that window closes. It is good to use Eldruin's Might in a direction and run the opposite way, so that enemies have to choose between going towards you or waiting at the sword. If there are more enemies on you than around the sword, it is better to blink towards it, to then use Smite on yourself to run away to safety.
3. Righteousness Righteousness (W) Mana: 45 Cooldown: 9 seconds Shields Tyrael for 336 (+4% per level) damage and nearby allies for 40% as much for 4 seconds. Righteousness is a very straightforward protective ability that does not require a lot of expertise. Most of the time, you should wait until there is at least one or more allied Heroes near Tyrael before casting Righteousness, in order to maximize its efficiency. During the early stages of the game, especially while laning or clearing Mercenary Camps, you can make an exception to this rule. You should not cast Righteousness on yourself when alone, since it spends much mana and will not be worth it. Always try to use it to peel your team, or around a wave to protect it. Pokes against Tyrael can be healed through globes or passive regeneration.
4. Smite Smite (E) Mana: 45 Cooldown: 6 seconds Rake target area for 150 (+4% per level) damage. Allies moving through the targeted area gain 25% increased Movement Speed for 2 seconds. Smite is your weapon of choice when it comes to clearing enemy Minion waves and damaging enemy Heroes. It can be used both offensively, by damaging enemies and providing a movement speed boost to chasing allies, and defensively, by making fleeing allies run faster. Smite is a great ability to damage your opponents in lane and — unlike El'driun's Might, which should usually not be used to just harass your enemy — bully them out of range of your Minions, which can prevent them from soaking experience. Still, we would like to remind you that using Smite too frequently can cause Tyrael to suffer from a serious Mana deficit, especially during the early laning phases of the game. To prevent this from happening, you should use Smite, as well as Tyrael's other Basic Abilities, very reasonably and avoid spamming them at all cost.
5. Judgment Judgment (R) Mana: 80 Cooldown: 70 seconds After 0.75 seconds, charge an enemy Hero dealing 150 (+4% per level) damage and stunning them for 1.5 seconds. Nearby enemies are knocked away and take 75 (+4% per level) damage. Judgment is Tyrael's infamous gap-closing Heroic ability, which will allow you to hit and stun your selected enemy target with great force. Judgment does have a short activation timer of roughly 0.5 seconds, which means that targeting an enemy from maximum casting range may actually cancel Judgment's casting animation if your target runs out of range while the animation is still building up. Another thing to keep in mind is the fact that enemies who possess an innate teleport escaping mechanism, such as Zeratul's  Blink ability or the generic "Bolt of the Storm" talent, can deliberately use these tools to dodge the impact of Judgment. Thus, it is of utmost importance to choose your target carefully, as a misplaced Judgment may sometimes ruin your follow up strategy. To help you choose the right target, especially high priority targets like Healers and Assassins, it is recommended to keep an eye out for enemy Heroes who have just used their escape abilities, or do not possess any of those in the first place.
6. Sanctification Sanctification (R) Mana: 75 Cooldown: 100 seconds After 0.5 seconds create a field of holy energy that makes allied Heroes Invulnerable. Lasts 3 seconds. Sanctification is the ultimate defensive ability. Being capable of single-highhandedly deciding the outcome of a team fight, it is crucial to know how to use it correctly when playing as Tyrael. We generally recommend using Sanctification if: the enemy team features multiple strong crowd control abilities, such as Mighty Gust or Sundering or; one or several of your teammates, mostly melee Assassins and Bruisers like Illidan or Sonya who require special protection in order to unleash their full potential.
7. Archangel's Wrath === Archangel's Wrath (Combat Trait) Upon dying, become invulnerable and explode for 550 (+4% per level) damage after 3.5 seconds. Each enemy Hero hit reduces Tyrael’s death timer by 10%. Similar to Leoric's Undying trait or Uther's Eternal Vandguard trait, Archangel's Wrath allows you to command Tyrael for a short moment after he died. During that period of time, you will not be able to use any of Tyrael's abilities, but you can still move him towards a target location. Ideally, Tyrael's explosion hits as many enemy Heroes as possible to lower the time spent dead by a significant amount.
Counters and match-ups
1. Bad against...
Falstad	Mighty Gust can easily cancel Sanctification while also being able to counter the 'dive pressure' coming from Tyrael, making it very hard for him to pick good engages, as he has no true gap-closers. Flight is an semi-global ability which can be used in multiple ways. The many uses of Flight, will allow Falstad to always have the upper hand, as how the micro and macro plays goes. Tyrael is not a good pick against many of the split-Pushing heroes, as he excels at diving, and diving is known as aggression towards the whole enemy team with the help of unity.
Zeratul	Void Prison is an incredible tool to completely shut down Sanctification with ease, and will likely allow for amazing follow-up from various ultimate abilities, such as: Mosh pit, Apocalypse and Blessed Shield. Blink is always a good escape tool, that can be used both defensively or offensively, all depending on the goal and situation. Zeratul always be dangerous to encounter, as his Blink, into Void Prison can potentially catch overextended enemy Heroes, which will often win fights.
Chen	Chen has the potential to "force" an early or bad use of Sanctification, when he dives "weak" backliners like Rehgar, which will then erupt fights. Talents like "Elusive Brawler" and "Withering Flames" could drastically change the outcome of skirmishes/fights, as he will reduce damage to such an extent, were good engages will suddenly become bad ones. Stagger together with his conditional mobility coming from Flying Kick and "Elusive Brawler" makes Chen a hard foe to catch, and kill. Tyrael alone has no point in fighting him, as his base damage (including ability damage) is simply to low to do any significant damage to Chen. Chen always have the potential to interrupt every Sanctification through his ultimate ability: Wandering Keg.
Thrall	Thrall has the options to outrade/out-sustain Tyrael by large margins, due to his incredible base damage and sustain coming through Frostwolf Resilience. Thrall also has rather significant 'power spikes' at every talent tier. The offensive talents are indeed scary to almost any hero, and there is no exception for Tyrael. Talents like: "Ancestral Wrath", "Alpha Wolf" and "Wind Rush" are alone enough to displace his enemies within mere seconds. Earthquake is one of the only ultimate abilities, which can 'counter-negate' heavy diving. Thrall can give his entire team the option to fight back with nearly the same amount of force. Thrall is an flexible Bruiser who can be run in many different team-compositions, he makes up in aspects such as heavy burst damage, sustain and AoE CC. The only true way for Tyrael to counter this hero is having a good draft, by either banning/picking it for your team.
Medivh	Medivh is an high-skill gap hero with ceiling, which includes benefits of playmaking, which will greatly make himself, as well as his team stronger. Medivh has ways of disabling heroes through both of his ultimate abilities: Poly Bomb and Ley Line Seal. Not only can he do that, but he can also mobilize his team, setup flanks, 'rotations' and invades' with his Portal. He can also deal a decent amount of burst damage through Arcane Rift and one of his talents: "Arcane Explosion", while also being able to save endangered teammates with Force of Will. Both of his ultimate abilities can do things like "force" or cancel Sanctification. Tyrael-oriented compositions usually consist of three 'frontliners'. These frontliners will usually make stacking his Arcane Rift much more easier. Reminder that a fully stacked Medivh is not something you want to tamper with, as his base damage effectively increases across all levels at about 100%.
Malthael	Even though Malthael has no interupts and neither does he have any tool that can counter Sanctification, but he is always strong if the ultimate is on cooldown or was misused. Malthael is a strong Bruiser in many circumstances, and he is even stronger if enabled by abilities like Nano Boost, taking less regard towards you or your team being dived. As his Reaper's Mark + his usage of Soul Rip will allow him to play in a fashion where he can deal a ton of Percent damage while he is sustaining from it. Engaging him in a bad way will always play out badly for your team, considering you have no reasonable counters against him.
Arthas	Frozen Tempest can slow both movement speed as well as attack speed up to 40%, which makes it an amazing ability against many dive heroes, including Tyrael. The level 13 upgrade: "Shattered Armor", reduces Armor by 15 against enemy heroes who was rooted by Howling Blast for 4 seconds. This is an rather good ability that increases the kill potential substantially, even without burst 'mages'. Tyrael will get little value out of Righteousness when this was picked. Due to the nature of the hero, He can be played as the 'solo laner' with great success. This position will let Arthas get stronger team-fight capabilities. It will be easier for Arthas to play more aggresive as well as defensively. Arthas is well-known to be good against 'hyper-carry' heroes. Not only that, but he can potentially counter everything as he is rather flexible when played as the 'solo-laner'. Arthas is one of the heroes who can fit in in almost any map, and any type of team-composition. Arthas himself tends to deal quiet alot of burst damage despite being classified as an 'tank'. Both his abilities: Frostmourne Hungers and Death Coil, can alone deal up to 263 damage at level 0, which is increased to 358 damage if Arthas casts Frostmourne Hungers after his Basic Attack. When Army of the Dead is active, it will make Arthas one of the harder heroes to deal with, assuming and recognizing his large health pool, his high base damage, his continuous slows coming from Frozen Tempest and his level 7 active: Icebound Fortitude. Dive heroes will have a tough time to get any value out of the engage against Arthas, and will likely lose instead.
Others	Heroes with the ability to negate diving, or those who can properly peel for your team by having defensive options: ( Uther, Zarya, Johanna, Mei, Whitmane, Stukov, Murky). Heroes that are good at split-Pushing without losing to much team-fight potential: (Abathur, Samuro, Murky, Zagara). Heroes that have ways to negate/counter the usage of Sanctification through tools or abilities: ( Zagara, Dehaka, Mei, Gul'dan, Butcher). Heroes that have Percent damage can kill Tyrael rather easily, heroes such as: ( Tychus, Zagara, Valla).
2. Good against...
Malfurion	Tyrael can quiet easily dive on Malfurion, as Malfurion has only two real ways of escaping dives, the first option he has is using Entangling Roots and the second option is wasting his ultimate ability: Twilight Dream. Him wasting his ultimate to escape will allow your team to get the upper hand and ultimately win the entirety of the fight, as they have no way of fighting back at that point. Using "Holy Ground" offensively is a valid option to separate their team or by blocking paths leading to potential escapes, such as 'gates'. Malfurion himself has no escape. If Tyrael is played as the 'solo-laner' (or paired with heroes such as: ( Illidan,) he can chose his other ultimate ability: Judgment, for an more quick and offensive approach which can coordinate to an easy kill against Malfurion or his peers, due to his lack of 'burst' healing. Another strong note is that Malfurion is unable to cast "Nature's Cure" when he is affected by the Stun effect.
Lt. Morales	Lt. Morales is highly noted to have limited dependent strength. She will be a easy target for Tyrael to dive, both "Holy Ground" and Judgment are very effective tools to use against her, and to secure the kill onto her. Tyrael can achieve massive advantages in any game by 'shutting down' Lt. Morales as much as possible. These advantages include: Map control, camp control and superior micro potential. If Tyrael is picked to counter Lt. Morales, she will often be forced to pick Medivac Dropship as her ultimate ability, whatever the map may be, as well as team-composition. This may drastically change the way you need to win fights, which is not something that is easy to adjust.
Rexxar	Rexxar has few ways to engage when there exists heroes on the enemy team who can dive. Even if he sends Misha to 'scout' or to try and empower his engage, Misha will then easily die. Note that Rexxar is not a true hero without Misha, as the majority of his abilities and play-style relies heavenly on Misha. Rexxar has limited mobility as well as limited escapes. His only escapes are: "Feign Death", his ultimate ability (including level 20 upgrade): Unleash the Boars & Kill Command. Disabling a strong hero like Rexxar is truly something that can be counted as an win-condition.
Valla	Valla's low base Health as well as the limitation of Vault, can make for quick a dispatchment of this hero. Valla needs to be at the 'late game' for her immense 'power spikes', such as: "Manticore" and "Farflight Quiver". Even though Valla has an good amount of mixed damage, she is not very good at fighting multiple heroes at the same time, due to her main damage coming from her Basic Attacks. She will also be very limited when Tyrael and his team is affected by Sanctification.
Genji	Genji has rather low base Health and must often put himself at risk to achieve greater effects of accomplishments, something that is hard to do against dive heroes. Genji might be mobile, with the help of these abilities: Cyber Agility, Swift Strike and his ultimate ability: X-Strike, but Tyrael has the ability to enable his team, like becoming more mobile through Smite, making it harder for him to escape and overall, fight. Genji can't fight Tyrael in a fair fight, as he relies solely on his team to pick the good fights for him. Where they are gaps for him to execute or him poking down heroes with Shuriken, are the fights he should be able to take. Genji himself is a dive hero, though he can never be stronger against team-compositions that can easily overpower him.
Azmodan	One of Azmodan's main goals is to stack his Globe of Annihilation from minions or heroes. His best maps are the ones where either he can constantly sit in one lane and chuck down havoc upon enemy heroes or the small three lane maps, where rotations with a "4-man" is very effective, allowing Azmodan to 'last hit' minions with his Globe of Annihilation. Any type of dive can render this goal much harder, then what it should be. As slight over-extensions/bad rotations on Azmodan can easily cost him his life, effectively shutting him down. Even though Tyrael is not very good against split-pushing heroes, Azmodan is an exception. Azmodan has little mobility (only "Trample" at level 16) nor does he have an global ability that lets hi travel a long distance. He trying to push even tiny bits, can cost him his life. Note that Azmodan is usually the 'carry' when you draft him into your team, who is one of the more important heroes to kill, as without them, your team will be unable to do things like: Kill heroes, take camps or push when you are at an advantage. Even if Azmodan is fully stacked by the time of level 10 (which is nearly the fastest time for him to stack), he still doesn't do too much against the tanky frontliners who are guided by Tyrael. Tyrael can easily cast Righteousness to negate a large amount of the burst damage, upon himself and his allies. Azmodan is known to have one of the largest hitbox for his profile, this will allow Tyrael to easily body-block him using El'druin's Might directly in front of him, or pick the always useful, "Holy Ground" at level 13 to provide an even better disruption. Stronger heroes will find that both of Azmodan's summons: Demon Warrior and Demon Lieutenant are rather weak against them, Azmodan loses out on these abilities effectiveness. All Shall Burn needs to be cast at an safe position and where you can expect no interupts that can turn the tide against you. Note that, because Azmodan moves with 30% reduced movement speed, he will have an hard time tracking onto mobile heroes. Tyrael can easily cast Smite to give 25% movement speed for 2 seconds onto affected targets, increased to 45% for 4 seconds with "Swift Retribution, making for an easy escape. This will reduce the times you can get value out of All Shall Burn, often times making it completely useless.
Diablo	Tyrael and his dive composition have the power to change the entire playstyle of Diablo. Things like casting Shadow Charge against enemy heroes close to 'walls' or to even combo his ultimate ability: Apocalypse, will be very risky for both his and his team's survival, assuming he is the only tank on the team. Overpower can be hard to use against mobile heroes or heroes that are affected by Smite. Tyrael can always take risky engages after casting El'druin's Might, and if Diablo decides to cast Overpower on Tyrael, Tyrael could then easily teleport away to safety. Without proper setup coming from heroes like: ( Thrall, Xul, Medivh or Arthas), it will be hard to get any real value out of his ultimate ability: Apocalypse. Otherwise, the better ultimate ability for Diablo to pick is: Lightning Breath. DIablo is best played as an hyper-aggressive tank, that looks to kill the weaker heroes on the enemy side, like the squishy 'assassin(s)' or the 'healer(s)'. His goal will be negated by the many strengths of Tyrael, such as his usage of Sanctification and Smite.
Others	Heroes that are weak when alone and has limited or no escape and are also somewhat vulnerable to dives. Another example is having a low health pool: (Tassadar, Kael'thas, Kel'thuzad, Nazeebo, Chromie, Ragnaros, Rehgar, Brightwing). Heroes that cannot play against dive effectively: ( Anub'arak, Stitches, Samuro, Auriel, Deathwing, Alarak). Tyrael can reasonably counter heroes that are need level 10 ultimate abilities to engage in big fights or are known as general 'late-game' heroes: ( Leoric, Tyrande, Uther).
3. Works well with...
Muradin	Muradin is truly the most gifted tank, because of his raw flexibility in many different situations. Muradin does fit together with Tyrael, due to Tyrael's lack to properly lock-down enemy heroes. Muradin has very good stats, such as an good amount of base damage and health. Tyrael will often times be the 'solo-laner' when you run Muradin with him. This gives the benefits of being able to play adaptive: both defensively and offensively. Goals such as protecting the important backline will be much easier to achieve. Muradin'sStorm Bolt baseline quest will be a huge power-spike once it's completed at 25 stacks. This will ultimately also be reflected back at the team, as Muradin will be able to provide even more lock-down then before. Tyrael has synergy with Muradin's baseline, which includes his level 7 upgrade: "Swift Retribution", which will effectively make Muradin a lot scarier, because of the 25% attack speed buff, cooldown reduction on Storm Bolt and the 45% movement speed buff. Additional synergy when Muradin picks either: "Give 'em the Axe!" or "Skullcracker" at level 7. This goes very well together. Usages of the abilities: Righteousness and Sanctification provides Muradin with some extra tanking capabilities. Muradin will become even tougher, either with or without the ultimate ability: Avatar.
Sgt. Hammer	Tyrael with all of his power, can transform Sgt. Hammer into an full-blown 'hyper-carry'. Talents that greatly benefit Sgt. Hammer are: "Swift Retribution", "Smite the Wicked" and "Holy Arena". Sanctification is also an truly powerful ultimate ability that can be used as an tool to make Sgt. Hammer stay longer in Siege Mode. Tyrael can also allow Sgt. Hammer with more talent diversity. Talents such as: "Maelstrom Rounds", "Regenerative Bio-Steel", "Hover Siege Mode" and "Ultra Capacitors". This is due to the synergies listed *above*. Tyrael can switch to play defensively rather then aggressively and dive heavy, when paired up with Sgt. Hammer. Concussive Blast becomes an extremely good escape tool when paired with Tyrael's "Holy Ground", and even greater when "Entrenched" is picked.
Greymane	Tyrael can enable Greymane to play more aggressive to the nature of the hero. Tyrael can greatly buff Greymane's offensive capabilities, as both "Swift Retribution" and "Holy Arena" increases his damage by large margins. Greymane serves as one of the best 'carries' for Tyrael-oriented compositions. Greymane will be much harder to kill considering all the buffs Tyrael can provide.
Kerrigan	Tyrael can help Kerrigan chase down enemy heroes more easily through the usage of Smite. Kerrigan benefits greatly from the extra shields provided by Righteousness, as she can survive through a lot more burst damage, making her aggressive play more powerful. Kerrigan serves as an very mobile 'hyper-carry' that has heavy burst damage and who also provides good lock-down through the usages of the abilities: Impaling Blades and her ultimate Ability: Summon Ultralisk. She also has good sustain in fights through shielding due to her passive: Assimilation. Sanctification empowers her to fight for extended periods of time, provided she has the ultimate ability: Maelstrom, and the active: "Chrysalis".
Blaze	Blaze serves as an incredible meta 'off-tank' (solo-laner) who provides the needs of an tank, while still being an capable solo-laner. Tyrael in-short, likes off-tanks. Blaze has excellent peeling, engage, disruption and CC through abilities like: Pyromania, Jet Propulsion and Oil Spill. Blaze's talents further increases his capabilities, talents such as: "Meltdown", "Fuel Leak" and "Juggernaut Plating". Blaze is an all-rounder, who can be effective against most heroes, given you have a strong backline. Blaze's primary ultimate ability: Bunker Drop, serves as an extra "layer" of defence for your team. This is very strong when paired with Tyrael's ultimate ability: Sanctification, this can save many members of your team, if used correctly at the given time.
Anub'arak	Anub'arak is very strong together with Tyrael, provided you run an triple frontline composition. Anub'arak can further enhance the aggression towards the heroes who are bad against Tyrael, due the nature of the hero. Anub'arak has two AoE stuns: Impale and Burrow Charge. Anub'arak has one extra disable from his ultimate ability: Cocoon, which removes and isolates one enemy hero in a stasis effect up to 7 seconds. These three abilities are extremely powerful if used in the right circumstances and can most likely grantee kills, on even the tougher heroes, like: ( Imperius, Artanis, Diablo and E.T.C). Tyrael can further improve Anub'arak's tanking capabilities with Righteousness and Sanctification.
Rehgar	Rehgar has a lot of utility in his kit, this utility happens to fit Tyrael and the Tyrael-oriented compositions. Example is that Earthbind Totem is good for both offensive and defensive usages. While Lightning Shield provides frontliners with some extra AoE sustain damage. Rehgar can also clear mercenary camps all by himself, giving space for his team to look for kills and to play the map. Both of Rehgar's ultimate abilities: Ancestral Healing and Bloodlust are both strong options, they are also situational, which opens up lot more flexibility. Rehgar could even enable Tyrael to become an 'melee assassin': (allowing talents like: "Divine Vigor", "Purge Evil, "Smite the Wicked" and Seal of El'druin). Rehgar could even allow for an 'double-hyper-carry' composition togheter with Tyrael, due to the enabling factor provided by Bloodlust.
Others	Heroes that can dive while also being capable of 'solo-laning': ( Yrel, Qhira, Butcher, Arthas, Artanis). Hyper-carries that greatly benefit from Tyrael's various buffs: ( Illidan, Tracer, Cassia, Genji). Tanks can help build your team's strength in other areas: ( Johanna, Imperius). Heroes who can enable other heroes: ( Lt. Morales, Abathur, Varian, Auriel, Uther).

Skins

Tyrael Skins
Archangel of Justice
Backstory: Among the angels it is the Archangel of Justice Tyrael who is humanity's greatest defender. Wielding his sword El'druin against the Burning Hells, the Prime Evils would have enslaved humanity long ago if Tyrael had not intervened.
500 / 4,000 Archangel of Justice	Free Platinum	Free Ivory
Archangel
Backstory: Each archangel's armor is a manifestation of their spirit. While his appearance had changed during his battles within the Nexus, his dedication to justice remained steadfast.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Wisdom	120 / 75 Silver	120 / 75 Vengeful
Demonic
Backstory: Of all the Aspects of Sin, Tyrael, the Lord of Pride, is the most ruthless. His every action and every thought serves only to fulfill the desires of his true master: himself.
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 Fel	600 / 1,200 Void	600 / 1,200 Infernal
Mecha
Backstory: Neo Stormwind's latest Angiris-class mecha utilizes a cerebro-mesh modeled after the legendary Mecha Tassadar. Once deployed, the Tyrael unit will dispense justice for the atrocities committed during the great Mecha War.
Features: Replaced voice-over, themed abilities, themed animations, themed mount.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Kaijo world skins.
750 / 1,600	750 / 1,600 Strike	750 / 1,600 Deathreaper	Perfect
1,125 / 2,400 Dark	1,125 / 2,400 Storm
Seraphim
Backstory: With tired eyes the newly appointed High Seraph Tyrael looked across Sanctuary... after the fall of the High Heavens, this world was the last bastion against Imperius's wrath.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of alternative history skins.
160 / 100	160 / 100 Dark	160 / 100 Ancient

Mounts

Tyrael Mounts
Mecha Thrusters (Mecha Tyrael exclusive)
Free

Portraits

Tyrael Portraits
Angel of Winter Weil75 / 40	Carbot Tyrael120 / 75	Diablo III Tyrael75 / 40	Mecha Tyrael Insignia75 / 40	Pachimari Tyrael75 / 40	Stylized Demonic Tyrael75 / 40	Tyrael Hero
Tyrael Mastery	Tyrael's First Charger75 / 40

Sprays

Tyrael Sprays
Carbot Tyrael120 / 75	Cute Mecha Tyrael75 / 40	Mecha Tyrael Badge75 / 40	Mecha Tyrael Insignia75 / 40	Pachimari Tyrael75 / 40	Tyrael Pixel75 / 40

Emojis

Tyrael Pack 1			Tyrael Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Tyrael Happy	:tyraelhappy: :tyrhappy:		Tyrael Angry	:tyraelangry: :tyrangry:
	Tyrael ROFL	:tyraellol: :tyraelrofl: :tyrlol: :tyrrofl:		Tyrael Cool	:tyraelcool: :tyrcool:
	Tyrael Sad	:tyraelsad: :tyrsad:		Tyrael Embarrassed	:tyraeloops: :tyraelembarrassed: :tyroops: :tyrembarrassed:
	Tyrael Silly	:tyraelsilly: :tyrsilly:		Tyrael in Love	:tyraellove: :tyraelinlove: :tyrlove: :tyrinlove:
	Tyrael Speechless	:tyraelmeh: :tyraelspeechless: :tyrmeh: :tyrspeechless:		Tyrael Surprised	:tyraelwow: :tyraelsurprised: :tyrwow: :tyrsurprised:

Mecha Tyrael Pack 1			Mecha Tyrael Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Mecha Tyrael Happy	:tyraelmechahappy: :tyrmhappy:		Mecha Tyrael Angry	:tyraelmechaangry: :tyrmangry:
	Mecha Tyrael ROFL	:tyraelmechalol: :tyraelmecharofl: :tyrmlol: :tyrmrofl:		Mecha Tyrael Cool	:tyraelmechacool: :tyrmcool:
	Mecha Tyrael Sad	:tyraelmechasad: :tyrmsad:		Mecha Tyrael Embarrassed	:tyraelmechaoops: :tyraelmechaembarrassed: :tyrmoops: :tyrmembarrassed:
	Mecha Tyrael Silly	:tyraelmechasilly: :tyrmsilly:		Mecha Tyrael in Love	:tyraelmechalove: :tyraelmechainlove: :tyrmlove: :tyrminlove:
	Mecha Tyrael Speechless	:tyraelmechameh: :tyraelmechaspeechless: :tyrmmeh: :tyrmspeechless:		Mecha Tyrael Surprised	:tyraelmechawow: :tyraelmechasurprised: :tyrmwow: :tyrmsurprised:

Quotes

Main articles: Tyrael/Quotes, Tyrael/Quotes/Mecha

Trivia

• Tyrael was mentioned in the manual for Diablo (December 1996), and made his first appearance in Diablo II (June 2000).
  • His book debut was four months later, in Demonsbane (October 2000).
• Tyrael is voiced by Ed Trotta in Diablo II and Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, and by Jonathan Adams in Diablo III, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Diablo III: Wrath, and Heroes of the Storm.
• Tyrael was one of the 18 Heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
• NECA revealed the Heroes of the Storm Tyrael action figure at SDCC 2015.
• Tyrael is the first angel Hero in the game, the other three being Auriel, Malthael and Imperius.
  • He is also the first of the Angel Aspects to appear in the game, the other three being Auriel, Malthael and Imperius.
• Tyrael is the first member of the Angiris Council to enter the Nexus, the other three being Auriel, Malthael, and Imperius.
• Tyrael is one of three Diablo Tank heroes in the game, the others being Diablo and Johanna.
• Tyrael's Mecha skin is based on the Mobile Suits in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (October 2002).
  • The Dawnbreaker Mecha color scheme is based on the ORB-01 Akatsuki Gundam
  • The Justice Mecha color scheme is based on the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam.
  • The Strike Mecha color scheme is based on the ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam in color and GAT-X105 Strike Gundam in name.
  • The Deathreaper Mecha color scheme is based on the GAT-X105E Strike Noir Gundam and possibly the XXXG-01D Gundam Deathscythe from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing in name.
• Tyrael's Mecha skin's construction materials consist of silver-titanium alloy and a crystal composite.

Gallery

General

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  Tyrael's artwork

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  Archangel Tyrael

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  Infernal Champion Tyrael

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  Dark Seraphim Tyrael

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  Tyrael on a mount

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  Tyrael leads his forces in the Eternal Conflict

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  The Tyrael action figure

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  Hand of Sacrifice (replaced by Smite)

Abilities

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  Q: El'druin's Might

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  W: Righteousness

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  E: Smite

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  R1: Judgment

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  R2. Sanctification

Artwork

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  Demonic Tyrael in the Eternal Conflict

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  Tyrael vs. Illidan

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  Mecha Tyrael concept art

External links

• Developer Insights: Giving Tyrael Justice
• Tyrael Hero Week
• Tyrael - Heroes of the Storm
• Tyrael - Diablo Wiki
• Tyrael Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Tyrael Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm