Kerrigan Build Guide “Long live the real Queen.” (2024)

Last updated on Jun 05, 2022 at 01:50by Derenash31 comments

Kerrigan is a Melee Assassin that utilizes a devestating combo of Primal Grasp and Impaling Blades toStun and damage groups of enemies. Kerrigan is ableto deal very high burst damage to her target,although she is vulnerable to burst damage herself due to her low Health pool and lackof defensive Abilities. One of Kerrigan's greatest strengths is her Ability toroam the battlefield in search of ganks, as simply oneor two successful picks will provide her team a significant Experience lead that can manytimes snowball into an easy victory.

• Kerrigan should always use her Basic Abilities wisely in order to conserve Mana.
• In fights, always use Impaling Blades and Primal Grasp together. Use Primal Grasp to pull enemies into Impaling Blades' area-of-effect.
• Primal Grasp will always pull enemies the same distance. Take this into account when placing Impaling Blades.
• Ravage can be used on enemy Structures or Summons to close the gap between enemy Heroes or to retreat from a compromised position.
• Kerrigan excels with allied Heroes that can follow-up on her burst damage and crowd-control, however is weak against enemy teams with a strong frontline and lots of lockdown.
• Kerrigan is a fantastic early-game Hero. Take advantage of this by ganking early and often by maintaining extreme aggression.
• Attempt to flank enemies whenever possible to take advantage of an enemy Hero's poor positioning.
• Enemies will usually attempt to avoid Kerrigan's Primal Grasp/ Impaling Blades combo by side-stepping it preemptively. Use this to your advantage when pursuing them by holding onto Kerrigan's combo until her target puts themselves in a bad position, making her combo unavoidable.
• Only use Primal Grasp and Ravage when clearing waves, since Impaling Blades is not necessary and costs more mana.

Teams with Kerrigan are generally centered around her,similar to other Melee Assassins, suchas The Butcher andIllidan. Kerrigan's allies should bemade up of Heroes that can assist her in dealing burst damage, Stunningor Rooting enemies, andkeeping her alive. Utheris an example of a fantastic Healerto pair with Kerrigan, while a Hero like Jaina would be a greatAssassin to provide additional damage and crowd control.Team compositions that include Kerrigan fare exceptionally well against opponents withmultiple squishy Heroes, however tend to do poorly against enemies with a strongfrontline consisting of multiple Tanks orBruisers.

Kerrigan, while decent on all Maps, thrives on small,early game focused Maps, such as Dragon Shire,Tomb of the Spider Queen, and Braxis Holdout.She can bully entire enemy teams merely with the herpresence and the threat of her high burst damageand crowd control. This is because of how quickly and easilyKerrigan can roam to different lanes on small Maps and how significant early kills are toestablishing an Experience or Objective lead.Kerrigan should always use this to her advantage and playextremely aggressively, ganking as many lanes as often whenever possible. Playing on a larger Map forcesher to focus more on waveclearing and less on ganking, which is not what Kerrigan should be used for.