Brightwing Build Guide “You don't want to be my enemy!”

Brightwing is a ranged Healer with strong global presence. She is capable of continually healing nearby allies without using Mana and protect them against enemy crowd control effects, due to her Soothing Mist Trait. Her ability to teleport to an allied Hero across the entire map makes Brightwing a very mobile Hero that excels on large battlegrounds, like Cursed Hollow.

Strengths

• Great split-pushing potential
• Soothing Mist does not require any Mana
• Strong disengage thanks to Emerald Wind
• Reliable crowd control with Polymorph
• Built-in Cleanse that breaks Stuns, Slows, Roots, and Silences every 75 seconds
• Allows a variety of talent builds depending on the game situation

Weaknesses

• Cannot use a mount
• Requires a lot of map awareness
• Her burst or sustained healing takes time or channeling to be applied
• Fairly high skill cap compared to other Healers
• Requires good positioning

Critical Mist Build

Recommended

Level 1

Level 4

Level 7

Level 10 ?

Level 13

Level 16 ? ?

Level 20 ? ?

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Brightwing's Critical Mist Build, thanks to Critical Mist, focuses on denying crowd control engages from enemies while providing good healing for your team. It is a great option against compositions with many different area of effect Stuns (like Blaze and E.T.C. have) or Roots.

Teleport Build

Situational

Level 1

Level 4 ?

Level 7

Level 10 ?

Level 13 ?

Level 16 ? ?

Level 20 ? ?

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Brightwing's Teleport Build focuses on providing great global mobility, which becomes particularly useful on larger Maps like Cursed Hollow, Garden of Terror, or the medium-sized Infernal Shrines.

At Level 16, we mention Critterize as the main Talent, since it will greatly enhance Brightwing's capabilities to kill any targeted Hero. However, Hush! is a great option if your team is more focused on dealing sustain damage, instead of on blowing up a target. Phase Out is not necessary, but is an option if you are being the target very often.

Arcane Flare Build

Situational

Level 1 ?

Level 4

Level 7 ?

Level 10

Level 13 ?

Level 16 ?

Level 20

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The Arcane Flare Build emphasizes Brightwing's unexpectedly strong damage and crowd control when combining several Q-based talents such as Dream Shot at Level 4, Sticky Flare at Level 7, and Hush! at Level 16. Phase Out can be a helpful defensive talent to pick up at Level 16, since casting Blink Heal may sometimes cause Brightwing to get too close to the enemy team.

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Brightwing synergizes with

Since Brightwing's Phase Shift heals based on the target's maximum Health, she is excellent with high-health Heroes, like Diablo, Stitches, or Cho. Furthermore, through her global mobility she provides good support for dives, being a good pick with Heroes that excel at that, like Genji or Tracer.

Brightwing is countered by

Brightwing gets countered by crowd control heavy Tanks that cannot have their engages canceled by Polymorph, such as Anub'arak, Johanna, or E.T.C..

Brightwing's stronger maps

Brightwing's average maps

Brightwing's weaker maps

Brightwing does particularly well on larger Maps like Towers of Doom or Warhead Junction, on which she can use her global mobility to great effect. On rotation-heavy maps like Tomb of the Spider Queen, Brightwing's inability to use a mount can often slow her down, making her a liability against aggressive pushing compositions.

• Phase Shift allows Brightwing to split-soak experience very efficiently while also allowing her to join team fights in time.
• Blink Heal can be used to juke enemy Heroes and abilities.
• Arcane Flare's casting range is larger than the shooting range of enemy Towers, Forts, and Keeps. Always follow Polymorph with it; the slow can guarantee the hit.
• Pixie Dust becomes a crucial ability against Assassins like Jaina or Kael'thas to reduce their spell damage potential. Considering Pixie Dust's low cooldown, it is recommended to use it to mitigate spell damage at the start of the fight, because you will still have it available at the end.
• Against dive heroes like Zeratul or Genji, hold Polymorph until they dive towards an ally, since it will greatly reduce their effectiveness. However, it can also be used to guarantee kills of tanks with mobility, like on Muradin before he jumps out or on Anub'arak before he uses Burrow Charge to flee.
• Even though Soothing Mist's range relatively small, try to not be very close to your teammates to heal them. Always stay in a position in which the target you want to heal is close to the edge of your healing range, so you do not get damaged or controlled with them.

Brightwing is the only Healer that is capable of joining a team fight from any location on the battlefield, thanks to Phase Shift. This allows Brightwing to separate herself from the rest of her team and soak more Experience in lane than any other Healer. What also makes Brightwing stand out are her unique healing mechanics. Brightwing does not actively heal her allies with Abilities. Instead, Soothing Mist heals nearby teammates for a small amount every four seconds. In terms of crowd control, Polymorph poses a serious threat to enemy Heroes, especially on Heroes that rely on their mobility (such as Zeratul) to stay alive while dealing damage. Combined with the Critterize Talent at Level 16, Polymorph allows your team to focus fire a single target very efficiently.

Because of her strong Talent Tree, Brightwing's power level increases the longer the game lasts. This makes her a particularly valuable pick on larger Maps like Cursed Hollow, Sky Temple, or Dragon Shire. The correct usage of your mobility and crowd control Abilities enables you to heavily influence the outcome of a game, which makes Brightwing a force to be reckoned with.