Level Talent Name Description Cooldown
1 Live and Let Live While Alexstrasza is above 75% Health, Gift of Life's cooldown recharges 125% faster.
1 Circle of Life Quest: Collect Regeneration Globes. Reward: After collecting 10 Regeneration Globes, Abundance heals for an additional 5% maximum Health. Reward: After collecting 15 Regeneration Globes, Abundance's healing burst creates a Regeneration Globe.
1 Flames of Fury Reduce the Mana cost of Flame Buffet from 50 to 40. Quest: Hit 20 Burning Heroes with Flame Buffet. Reward: Hitting a Burning Hero with Flame Buffet reduces Dragonqueen's cooldown by 5 seconds.
4 Surge of Vitality Abundance's healing burst grants allied Heroes 30% Movement Speed for 3 seconds.
4 Heat Exhaustion Increase Flame Buffet's Slow from 40% to 50% and cause it to no longer decay.
4 Exuberance While above 75% Health, gain 15% Movement Speed.
7 Lifeblossom While Alexstrasza is above 75% Health, Gift of Life creates a Lifeblossom at the target's location. Alexstrasza can collect the Lifeblossom to make her next Gift of Life cost no Health. Passive: Reduces the cost of Gift of Life to 10% of Alexstrasza's current Health.
7 Verdant Flourish Alexstrasza receives 40% more healing from Abundance and 100% more healing from Regeneration Globes.
7 Fire Within Hitting a Burning Hero with Flame Buffet heals Alexstrasza for 10% of her maximum Health.
10 Life-Binder Bind Alexstrasza's life force with an allied Hero. Both her and her target are healed for 480 (+4% per level) Health over 2 seconds. Afterwards, the Hero with a lower percentage of Health is healed to the same Health percentage as the other Hero. 50
10 Cleansing Flame After 1.25 seconds, take to the sky and drop 5 fireballs over 6 seconds at the position of the mouse cursor. Fireballs deal 135 (+4% per level) damage to enemies and heal allied Heroes for 300 (+4% per level) Health. 2 seconds after dropping all fireballs, Alexstrasza lands at the position of the mouse cursor. 100
13 Dragon Scales Gain 50 Armor while Stunned, Rooted, or Silenced, and for 2 seconds after. Can only trigger once every 10 seconds.
13 Pacify Activate to Slow and reduce an enemy Hero's damage by 50% for 3 seconds. Healing a Stunned, Rooted, or Silenced ally reduces Pacify's cooldown by 30 seconds. 60
13 Life Unbound Activate to heal an allied Hero for 15% of their maximum Health and deal 200 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies. Healing a Stunned, Rooted, or Silenced ally reduces Life Unbound's cooldown by 30 seconds. Cannot be used on Alexstrasza. 90
16 Tough Love Gift of Life grants its target 10 Armor for 2.5 seconds, increased to 30 while Alexstrasza is above 75% Health.
16 Overprotective Heroes healed by Abundance gain a Shield for 6 seconds equal to 70% of the amount healed.
16 Draconic Discipline Increase Dragonqueen's duration by 6 seconds, and Basic Attack healing by 50%.
20 Ritual of Life Life-Binder activates 3 times over 6 seconds.
20 On Ruby Wings Healing or damaging Heroes 8 or more times with Cleansing Flame activates Dragonqueen for 15 seconds upon landing.
20 Ancient Flame While Dragonqueen is active, Alexstrasza's Basic Attacks apply Flame Buffet.
20 Blessing of the Red Activate to grant an allied Hero 500 bonus maximum Health until they die. Cannot be used on Alexstrasza, or on a Hero who already has Blessing of the Red. 40
Shortcut Ability Name Description Cooldown Mana Cost
Q Gift of Life Sacrifice 15% of Alexstrasza's current Health, healing an allied Hero for 150% of that amount. Passive: Increase Alexstrasza's Health regeneration by 150%. Dragonqueen: Breath of Life Cooldown greatly reduced and does not cost Health. 7
W Abundance Plant a seed of healing that blooms after 3 seconds, healing nearby allied Heroes for 20% of their maximum Health. Dragonqueen: Preservation Heal area and amount greatly increased. 14 75
E Flame Buffet Launch a fireball, Burning enemies hit for 75 (+4% per level) damage over 5.5 seconds. Hitting enemies that are already Burning deals 125 (+4% per level) bonus damage upon impact, Slows them by 40% decaying over 2 seconds, and refunds the Mana cost. Dragonqueen: Wing Buffet Damage and Knockback enemies in an arc. 2 50
R Life-Binder Bind Alexstrasza's life force with an allied Hero. Both her and her target are healed for 480 (+4% per level) Health over 2 seconds. Afterwards, the Hero with a lower percentage of Health is healed to the same Health percentage as the other Hero. 50 50
R Cleansing Flame After 1.25 seconds, take to the sky and drop 5 fireballs over 6 seconds at the position of the mouse cursor. Fireballs deal 135 (+4% per level) damage to enemies and heal allied Heroes for 300 (+4% per level) Health. 2 seconds after dropping all fireballs, Alexstrasza lands at the position of the mouse cursor. 100 100
D Dragonqueen After 1.25 seconds, transform into a dragon and gain 500 (+4% per level) Health. While Dragonqueen is active, Alexstrasza's Abilities are empowered, and her Basic Attacks deal 143 (+4% per level) damage and heal allied Heroes for 43 (+4% per level) in an arc in front of her. Additionally, the duration of incoming Stuns, Roots, and Slows, is reduced by 50%. Lasts 15 seconds. 150
Q Breath of Life Heal an allied Hero for 20% of Alexstrasza's current Health. 3
W Preservation Plant a seed of healing that blooms after 3 seconds, healing nearby allied Heroes for 30% of their maximum Health. 16
E Wing Buffet Deal 150 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in an area, knocking them back and Slowing them by 50% for 3 seconds. 4
Dragonqueen Alexstrasza has transformed into a powerful dragon aspect, gaining 500 (+4% per level) Health, resistance to disabling effects, and empowered Basic Attacks and Abilities.
R Cleansing Flame Take to the sky and drop 5 fireballs over 6 seconds at the position of the mouse cursor. Fireballs deal 135 (+4% per level) damage to enemies and heal allied Heroes for 300 (+4% per level) Health. 2 seconds after dropping all fireballs, Alexstrasza lands at the position of the mouse cursor. 100 100

Alexstrasza

2024-08-12 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Cleansing Flame to display incorrectly when used by an AI controlled Alexstrasza.

2024-05-21 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Cleansing Flame to cast at the incorrect location.

2023-11-16 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Dragonqueen [Trait]
    • Dragonqueen Basic Attack will now reveal the area immediately inside Alexstrasza. Undocumented

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Cleansing Flame to grant Alexstrasza healing equal to the bonus health provided by Dragonqueen if Dragonqueen is active when activated.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Abundance to display the healing preview after the heal has activated.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Preservation to display the healing preview after the heal has activated.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Pacify and Life Unbound to activate their on-heal from Dragonqueen Basic Attacks while Alexstrasza is Blinded.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Dragonqueen Basic Attacks to not heal Invulnerable allies if they are in Alexstrasza's space.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Cleansing Flame's cooldown to not be displayed on the talents tab of the scoreboard while Dragonqueen is active.

2023-09-23 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Dragon Scales to be temporarily disabled after activation when Rooted, Stunned or Silenced. Undocumented

2023-09-20 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Flames of Fury to not reduce the amount of Mana gained from hitting an ignited enemy with Flame Buffet.
  • Fixed an issue that Dragon Scales could be refreshed when requirements were met while the buff was still up.

2022-03-29 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Gift of Life [Q]
    • Additional functionality: [Passive] Alexstrasza's Health regeneration is increased by 150%.

Talents

  • Level 16
    • Tough Love [Q]
      • Changed functionality: Gift of Life grants its target 10 Armor for 2.5 seconds, increased to 30 Armor while Alexstrasza is above 75% Health.
    • Overprotective [W]
      • Shield duration increased from 3 to 6 seconds.
    • Draconic Discipline [D]
      • Additional functionality: Increase Dragonqueen's Basic Attack healing by 50%.

Developer Comment: Alexstrasza usually lingers among the lowest win rates for our Healers. We're adding some baseline regeneration to keep her healthier than before when sacrificing her health for healing. Also, we're giving some oomph to her level 16 talents.

2021-03-04 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the passive cost reduction from Lifeblossom would not properly apply Undocumented

2021-03-02 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Live and Let Live [Q]
      • Gift of Life's cooldown recharge increased from 100% to 125%.
    • Circle of Life [W]
      • Globes required for unlocking second tier quest reduced from 20 to 15.
  • Level 7
    • Lifeblossom [Q]
      • Additional functionality: Reduces the cost of Gift of Life to 10% maximum Health.
  • Level 16
    • Draconic Discipline [D]
      • Dragonqueen duration bonus reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.

Developer Comment: While our Dragon Queen's Talent Tree is in a pretty healthy spot, there were a couple of outliers that could be improved. On the opposite side Draconic Discipline was slightly stronger than we would like so we removed a second from the duration increase.

2020-11-04 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Abundance [W]
    • Range increased from 10 to 11.5.
  • Preservation [W]
    • Range increased from 10.5 to 11.5.

Developer Comment: We read some feedback that since our global Movement Speed increase many patches ago, Alexstrasza has a bit of awkwardness where she can outrun her Abundance proc, even when it is cast at max range. We agree and feel she can use a small buff in general, so we're giving Abundance a range increase.

2020-10-07 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Circle of Life [W]
      • Regeneration Globe collection quest requirements reduced from 15/25 to 10/20.
  • Level 7
    • Verdant Flourish [W]
      • Healing for Alexstrasza increased from 30% to 40%.
  • Level 10
    • Life-Binder [R1]
      • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 seconds.
      • Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50.
  • Level 16
    • Tough Love [Q]
      • Armor bonus increased from 25 to 30.
    • Overprotective [W]
      • Shield amount increased from 60% to 70% of the amount healed.

Developer Comment: It's been some time since we looked at Alexstrasza's talents, so we're buffing some of her underused picks to make them more viable.

2020-09-08 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Toy Train Mount - Metamorphosis Illidan, Dragonqueen Alexstrasza, Odin Tychus, and Archon Tassadar can no longer mount as a caboose on the Toy Train.

2020-06-23 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Alexstrasza's Dragonqueen form's Cleansing Flame featured a 90 second cooldown Undocumented

2020-04-14 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Dragonqueen form had higher maximum Health and Health Regeneration than intended Undocumented
  • Worgen Greymane, Metamorphosis Illidan, Dragonqueen Alexstrasza, Odin Tychus, and Archon Tassadar can no longer mount as a caboose on the Toy Train.

2019-11-22 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Flames of Fury [E]
      • Additional functionality: Reduce the Mana cost of Flame Buffet from 50 to 40.
  • Level 4
    • Heat Exhaustion [E]
      • Slow amount reduced from 60% to 50%.
      • Additional functionality: Also causes the Slow from Flame Buffet to no longer decay.
  • Level 13
    • Dragon Scales [Passive]
      • Armor amount increased from 40 to 50.
  • Level 16
    • Tough Love [Q]
      • Armor amount increased from 20 to 25.
      • Armor duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
  • Level 20
    • Ancient Flame [Trait]
      • No longer reduces Alexstrasza's attack speed.

Developer Comment: It's been awhile since we made changes to Alexstrasza, so we did a pass and gave her some love.

2019-03-26 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Alexstrasza's Dragonqueen tooltip no longer mentions the reduction of Blinds.

2019-01-23 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Abundance (W)
    • Cooldown reduced from 16 to 14 seconds
  • Life-Binder (R)
    • Mana cost reduced from 80 to 60

Talents

  • Level 13
    • Dragon Scales (Passive)
      • Armor amount increased from 30 to 40

2018-11-13 Patch Notes

Design & Gameplay

Channeled Healing Abilities

  • Alextrasza's Life-Binder (R) and Rehgar's Ancestral Healing (R) abilities are no longer cancelled under any conditions other than enemy abilities that remove the target from play (Devouring Maw, Gorge, Cocoon.)

2018-10-16 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Support Heroes

  • We've unified certain Support abilities to only work on Heroes (not Minions or Mercenaries):
    • Gift of Life (Q)
    • Breath of Life (Q-Dragon Form)

Developer Comment: We're unifying the vast majority of our heals for their intended purpose: healing allied Heroes. We're maintaining the ability for a few heals to affected Minions still where we think it's an important part of their gameplay: Lt. Morales Healing Beam (so that she can heal herself), Rehgar's Chain Heal (to allow bounces travel across Minions), Tyrael's Righteousness (because shielding Minion waves is part of the lane interaction with the ability), and Uther's Holy Radiance (to unify expectations, since it can damage Minions).

2018-09-04 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Life-Binder (R)
    • Heal over Time base Heal amount reduced from 75 to 60
    • Lifebinder is now affected by healing reduction and amplification effects (Mortal Strike, Biotic Grenade, etc.)
      • NOTE: This has been active in the live client for a few patches, but was not clearly documented.

Developer Comment: We've seen amazing results since adding a front- loaded heal-over-time to Lifebinder in the Warchrome Wastes patch. In fact, this addition has brought Lifebinder's win-rate up to be neck-and-neck and the popular Cleansing Flame Heroic. However, after adding this, we noticed some inconsistencies with how the ability functioned compared to other healing abilities in the game. While we think that ‘setting' a Hero's Health to a given percent was cool and unique, at its core it was still using a heal effect that was being uniquely handled to ignore Mortal Strike/Amplification effects. At the end of the day we decided to unify this heal and have the end effect take into account any of these debuffs/buffs.

2018-07-25 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Alexstrasza – Fixed an issue preventing Life Binder from going on a full cooldown if interrupted during the channel time.

2018-07-10 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Life-Binder (R)
    • Now also heals Alexstrasza and her target for 300 Health per second during channeling.

Bug Fixes

  • Alexstrasza: Can no longer use Cleansing Flame to switch between the upper and lower levels of Haunted Mines.
  • Alexstrasza: Fixed an issue that could cause Cleansing Flame to fail if it was cast in the same moment that Dragonqueen was ending.

2018-06-27 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Alexstrasza: An enemy Alexstrasza's Dragonqueen model will no longer persist after she enters a vehicle in the Fog of War.
  • Alexstrasza: Casting Dragonqueen no longer reveals Alexstrasza's location to enemies through the Fog of War until she is killed.

2018-06-12 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Ragnaros: When cast on Ragnaros in his normal form, Alarak's Rite of Rak'shir and Alexstrasza's Blessing of the Red will not persist after casting Molten Core. However, Ragnaros will regain those marks once Molten Core expires.

2017-12-20 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Life-Binder (R)
    • Cooldown reduced from 75 to 60 seconds
    • Mana cost reduced from 100 to 80
  • Cleansing Flame (R)
    • Cooldown increased from 90 to 100 seconds
    • Damage reduced from 150 to 135

Talents

  • Level 16
    • Draconic Discipline (Trait)
      • Dragonqueen duration bonus reduced from 9 to 7 seconds

2017-12-12 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Alexstrasza: Life-Binder is no longer interrupted when entering or exiting Dragonqueen.

2017-11-29 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Base Maximum Health reduced from 1787 to 1698
  • Health Regen reduced from 3.72 to 3.54

Abilities

  • Abundance (W)
    • Cast range increased by 11%

2017-11-22 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Alexstrasza: Canceling Dragonqueen after entering or exiting the Haunted Mines will no longer prevent Alexstrasza from casting her other Abilities.

2017-11-14 Patch Notes

New Hero

Alexstrasza, the queen of dragons, was empowered by the titans to be the guardian of all life on Azeroth. She has aided mortals time and again, even at great personal cost. Now, she soars across the Nexus, protecting life wherever she finds it.

Trait

  • Dragonqueen
    • After 1.25 seconds, transform into a dragon and gain 500 Health. While Dragonqueen is active, Alexstrasza's Basic Abilities are empowered, her Basic Attacks deal 143 damage and heal allied Heroes for 43 in an arc in front of her, and the duration of incoming Slows, Roots, Blinds, and Stuns is reduced by 50%. Lasts 15 seconds.

Basic Abilities

  • Gift of Life (Q)
    • Sacrifice 15% of Alexstrasza's current Health, healing an ally for 150% of that amount.
    • Dragonqueen: Breath of Life cooldown greatly reduced and does not cost Health.
  • Abundance (W)
    • Plant a seed of healing that blooms after 3 seconds, healing nearby allied Heroes for 20% of their maximum Health.
    • Dragonqueen: Preservation heal area and amount greatly increased.
  • Flame Buffet (E)
    • Launch a fireball, Burning enemies hit for 75 damage over 5.5 seconds.Hitting enemies that are already Burning deals 125 bonus damage upon impact, Slows them by 40% decaying over 2 seconds, and refunds the Mana cost.
    • Dragonqueen: Wing Buffet damage and Knockback enemies in an arc.

Heroic Abilities

  • Life-Binder (R)
    • Bind Alexstrasa's life force with an allied Hero. After 2 seconds, the Hero with a lower percentage of Health is set to the same Health percentage as the other Hero..
  • Cleansing Flame (R)
    • After 1.25 seconds, take to the sky and drop fireballs at the position of your mouse cursor every 1.2 seconds for 6 seconds. Each fireball restores 300 Health to nearby allied Heroes, and deals 150 damage to nearby enemies.2 seconds after dropping all fireballs, Alexstrasza lands at the position of your mouse cursor.