🧬 Who is Kharazim?

Kharazim is a versatile Monk from the Diablo universe who brings a unique blend of support and damage to Heroes of the Storm. As a sacred warrior of the Sahptev faith, he can adapt his playstyle through different trait choices, making him one of the most flexible heroes in the game. Whether you need healing, damage, or crowd control, Kharazim can fulfill multiple roles depending on your team’s needs and the enemy composition.
Main Roles:
🏥 Support | ⚔️ Melee Assassin | 🛡️ Bruiser
🛠️ Abilities (Quick Look)
- Transcendence/Iron Fists/Insight (Trait – D): Choose between healing, damage, or mana restoration every 3rd basic attack
- Radiant Dash (Q): Teleport to target ally or enemy, dealing damage to enemies
- Breath of Heaven (W): Heal nearby allies and grant movement speed
- Deadly Reach (E): Next 2 basic attacks have increased range and attack speed
- Seven-Sided Strike (R1): Become invulnerable and strike 7 times around you
- Divine Palm (R2): Prevent an ally’s death and heal them after 3 seconds
🎮 Gameplay Guide
Kharazim excels at aggressive positioning and hybrid gameplay. His mobility through Radiant Dash allows him to engage enemies or escape danger while providing consistent healing or damage depending on his trait choice. Master his basic attack weaving and positioning to maximize his potential in teamfights.
✅ Early Game
- Use Radiant Dash to clear minion waves quickly and rotate between lanes
- Harass enemies with Deadly Reach combos when they’re out of position
- Prioritize stacking your trait on minions to maintain mana/health/damage
✅ Teamfights
- Use Radiant Dash to dive backline carries or escape to safety
- Time Breath of Heaven for maximum healing and speed boost value
- Weave basic attacks between abilities to trigger your trait consistently
✅ Objective Control
- Your mobility makes you excellent at contesting objectives
- Use Seven-Sided Strike to zone enemies or secure kills
- Divine Palm can save teammates from burst damage during crucial fights
🛡️ Builds & Gameplay Focus
⚔️ Iron Fists Assassin
Level 1: Iron Fists
Level 4: Radiant
Dash
Level 7: Blazing Fists
Level 10:
Seven-Sided Strike
Level 13: Fists of Fury
Level
16: Blinding Speed
Level 20: Storm Shield
Focus: Burst Damage, Dive Potential, Solo Kill Pressure
The Lowdown: The Iron Fists build transforms Kharazim into a formidable melee assassin capable of deleting squishy targets. This build focuses on maximizing your basic attack damage and mobility, allowing you to dive deep into enemy teams and eliminate high-priority targets. Your trait provides significant damage bonus every third attack, making you a constant threat throughout the game. The key to success with this build is understanding when to engage and when to disengage, as you’ll be trading healing utility for raw damage output. This build excels against teams with multiple squishy heroes but struggles against heavy tank compositions.
The Core Loop & Synergy:
- Iron Fists provides 15% damage increase every 3rd attack, making you a serious damage threat
- Radiant Dash talents increase your mobility and sticking power to targets
- Blazing Fists adds AOE damage to your basic attacks, improving wave clear and teamfight damage
- Seven-Sided Strike gives you invulnerability frames and massive damage potential in crowded fights
- Fists of Fury increases attack speed after using abilities, synergizing with your trait procs
- Blinding Speed provides massive movement speed after Radiant Dash, making you nearly uncatchable
- Storm Shield gives you and your team survivability in extended fights
Key Tactics & Pro Tips:
- Always try to proc your trait on the enemy you want to kill – the damage bonus is significant
- Use Radiant Dash → Deadly Reach → 2 enhanced attacks → Breath of Heaven for maximum burst
- Save Radiant Dash for escape unless you’re certain you can secure a kill
- Target isolated enemies first – you struggle against grouped enemies with this build
In short: You’re the mobile assassin. Hunt down squishy targets and use your mobility to avoid retaliation while dealing massive damage.
⚔️ Transcendence Healer
Level 1: Transcendence
Level 4: Heavenly
Zeal
Level 7: Echo of Heaven
Level 10: Divine
Palm
Level 13: Relentless
Level 16: Soothing
Breeze
Level 20: Peaceful Repose
Focus: Sustained Healing, Team Support, Crowd Control Immunity
The Lowdown: The Transcendence build focuses on Kharazim’s support capabilities, making him one of the strongest healers in the game. This build prioritizes keeping your team alive through consistent healing from your trait and enhanced Breath of Heaven. Your playstyle becomes more defensive and positioning-focused, as you need to stay alive to continue providing healing. The build shines in extended teamfights where sustained healing can turn the tide. Divine Palm becomes a game-changing ultimate that can save allies from certain death and potentially turn fights around. This build works best with dive-heavy compositions where you can follow up with heals and speed boosts.
The Core Loop & Synergy:
- Transcendence heals the lowest health nearby ally every 3rd attack, providing consistent healing
- Heavenly Zeal increases movement speed when healing, improving your positioning and escape potential
- Echo of Heaven makes Breath of Heaven hit twice, dramatically increasing healing output
- Divine Palm provides clutch saves and can turn fights with its massive heal and damage
- Relentless gives crowd control immunity, crucial for maintaining positioning in teamfights
- Soothing Breeze adds a healing over time effect, increasing your total healing output
- Peaceful Repose enhances Divine Palm with damage reduction, making saves even more impactful
Key Tactics & Pro Tips:
- Always weave basic attacks between abilities to maintain healing through your trait
- Use Radiant Dash aggressively to allies to trigger healing and provide speed boosts
- Divine Palm timing is crucial – use it just before your ally would die, not after
- Position aggressively but safely – you need to be in range to heal but not die yourself
In short: You’re the guardian angel. Keep your team alive through consistent healing and game-changing saves with Divine Palm.
📊 Final Thoughts
Kharazim represents the pinnacle of versatility in Heroes of the Storm. His trait selection allows you to adapt to your team’s needs and the enemy composition, making him invaluable in draft scenarios. Whether you choose to be a deadly assassin with Iron Fists or a life-saving support with Transcendence, mastering Kharazim requires understanding positioning, timing, and when to be aggressive versus defensive. His mobility and hybrid nature make him a constant threat that enemies must respect.
The way of the monk demands balance – between aggression and caution, damage and healing. 🥊✨