HotS Ana – Quick Guide (Build, Counters, Tips & More)

Introduction by our Heroes of the Storm Boost Team

Ana is a Hero that our Heroes of the Storm boosting team has predicted would join the Nexus. :) She's a support hero from the Overwatch franchise. Her kit is quite similar to the one in Overwatch, she's a very rewarding hero to play due to being skill shot based.

How will she rank on our Heroes of the Storm Tier List, click and see. Ana's release date is September 26th, 2017.

Pros & Cons

PROS

- Healing reduction ability

- Longer auto attack range

- Great single target healing

- Great single target crowd control

- Rewarding if played well

CONS - Lacks self healing

- High skill cap

- Requires good aim

- Squishy and vulnerable

Ana Build

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Level 1 - Detachable Box Magazine

Level 4 - Overdose

Level 7 - Mind Numbing Agent

Level 10 - Nano Boost

Level 13 - Speed Serum

Level 16 - Concentrated Doses

Level 20 - Dynamic Shooting

Ana Counters (Avoid picking her vs these heroes)

- Genji

- Tracer

- The Butcher

- Illidan

- Anub'arak

- Sonya

Tips & Tricks

1. Make sure to learn how to stutter step as maximizing auto attacks is important when playing Ana.

2. Don't just sit behind your team, you will need to be on sides too so you can heal your frontline.

3. Biotic Grenade is your only self-heal, sometimes it's valuable to use it just on your self.

4. Standard healing combo is Biotic Grenade into Healing Dart.

5. Learn how to aim so you do not miss, it's very punishing when missing healing darts.

6. Positioning is the key to playing Ana, if you misposition you're likely playing her wrong.

7. Your passive damage Shrike will NOT break Sleeping Dart.

8. Try to spread your Healing Dart around to have everyone on decent health before focusing on only just 1 person.

9. The healing debuff from Biotic Grenade works only on enemy basic abilities, not heroics, such as Ancestral Healing from Rehgar.

10. Sleep Dart has a slight delay before it launches, count in the delay when practicing.

11. Try telling your team that you will try to sleep dart for instance Lt. Morales, so if you do, that they do not touch her in the fight.

12. When using Eye of Horus, make sure to hide but close enough to the actual fight so that you can rejoin after you're done. Also be on lookout for enemy assasins coming for you.

Thank you for reading our guide. Let us know if you disagree with anything or an update is needed! :)