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Heroes of the Storm |OT| Pretty sure that Abathur is AFK

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Aquavelvaman

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Restarted on the Asia servers. Bought the $5 pack to get started. Sigh...I guess in a month or two I'll be back to where I was.

That 17ms ping though
 
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
Maledict said:
Nope. In terms of support, she's basically at the Tassadar level now if healing is your thing. I'd honestly prefer a Tyrande in that slot now - at least her single heal makes a noticeable change to my health bar after 13.
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good lord
 
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Aquavelvaman

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BWing is slightly better than the public perception of her reflects. Her healing is not great in the early game but she's good at preventing burst, provided you can guess correctly which teammate is about to get slammed. The warp shield is awesome and lasts 20 seconds. By the end game she's really good.

I'd rather be Tyrande too, though, but not because of the healing.
 
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Zafir

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Aquavelvaman said:
BWing is slightly better than the public perception of her reflects. Her healing is not great in the early game but she's good at preventing burst, provided you can guess correctly which teammate is about to get slammed. The warp shield is awesome and lasts 20 seconds. By the end game she's really good.

I'd rather be Tyrande too, though, but not because of the healing.
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Yeah but that isn't exactly ideal imo. If someone's ran in and done something stupid already, which happens 90% of the time in pugs, you cant do anything as bright wing anymore. Hence why tyrande could even be considered better healing wise. She can atleast use her heal and protective shield to fix the mess.

There's also the issue of multiple targets taking damage that happens far too often in this Kael and Jaina meta, which again bw wouldn't be able to do anything about. Basically why Rehgar and Malf are considered strong.

Just don't think she has much of an healing place at the moment sadly. BW was my most played hero but I've barely touched her since the patch. =/
 
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jaundicejuice

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Sometimes I find the lack of items in HotS frustrating, this game is so geared towards disables and there's not a whole lot you can proactively do about it as a melee hero. I just wish there was a talent that was the equivalent of the Black King Bar so I could manfight with Thrall and not worry about being stunned six ways to Sunday in every teamfight.
 
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Aquavelvaman

Banned
jaundicejuice said:
Sometimes I find the lack of items in HotS frustrating, this game is so geared towards disables and there's not a whole lot you can proactively do about it as a melee hero. I just wish there was a talent that was the equivalent of the Black King Bar so I could manfight with Thrall and not worry about being stunned six ways to Sunday in every teamfight.
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This is why cleanse is so damned good. I love playing Uther paired with a Butcher. Cleanse on Butcher pretty much wins every situation.
 
Yoshichan

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I think I find everything about HotS frustrating (to say the least).
 
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Zafir

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The lack of items doesn't bother me too much. If anything it was a bit of a positive in the beginning. I think a lot of melee heroes need work done to them in general. Besides Zeratul they just don't have enough survivability without a healer like Uther or Rehgar to keep them up.
Yoshichan said:
I think I find everything about HotS frustrating (to say the least).
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I really had no idea. You always seem so calm! :D
 
Yoshichan

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
haha assholes
 
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Rizzi

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I think The Hunt is way cooler than Metamorphosis.
Especially the Nowhere to Hide version.
Fuck you, you don't get to run from me.
 
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Alur

Member
Rhaknar said:
I should play more bwing since healing is my favorite thing. I assume even with nerfs she is still viable? I have my pocket Uther and Rehgar if Li Li is taken but still, variety
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It's rough. Would not recommend and that's my favorite hero. Just can't cut the mustard with randoms and if you wanna go 2 heals in a premade you're better off taking Tass or Tyrande for the damage implications.

They took too much healing and didn't compensate with any return in damage or anything other than "make an educated guess about incoming damage with your phase shield or pixie talents and hope you're right!"

BreezyLimbo said:
Shit once you get to Rank 1 in HL, you only get 10-20 points per win. It says 'Next rank 900 points away' so...that'll be fun.
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I really like it. Not because of chasing the next rank but because you also only lose 8-12. In essence, if you win a few in a row once you get there you never have to worry about losing it. And if you do it grants nearly everyone skill bonus again to regain it. I'm fairly certain that'll all change when grandmaster drops with the new season.
 
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Alavard

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Rizzi said:
I dislike Nova.
A lot.
Fucking invisible cunt.
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The most satisfying thing in the game just may be to watch an enemy Nova line up a triple tap that would wipe out its target, you jump in and take the last hit to spread the damage out, saving your ally. Then, you both turn on Nova crying 'where is your god now?' and tear her to pieces.
 
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Rizzi

Member
There was an Abathur trying to do sneaky things while we were pushing.
He enjoyed my full map teleport stun a lot I think.
 
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BreezyLimbo

Banned
Rizzi said:
There was an Abathur trying to do sneaky things while we were pushing.
He enjoyed my full map teleport stun a lot I think.
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With your help today, we can stop abathur abuse like the above. Please donate a bush for Abathur to hide in today. Call 1-800-ABATHUR today.
 
Yoshichan

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
the best ever
 
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Kioshen

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Alur said:
That's the trap for these games. Like I've said before, you get to a point where you're comfortable with the game and you start tracking your stats and MMR and become self-aware. Then it feels like all you can see is mistakes in random pugs and their play. This is the point where a bunch of people get salty or burn out or get so salty they burn out.

If you go back in thread far enough you'll see several folks spiral into it, including me and Rhaknor. Milly got there a bit too. You really do have to just focus on your play and/or what you have fun with and stop worrying about hotdogs and what randoms do or don't because it's out of your control. Helps you find the love again.
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I'm honestly still looking down the rabbit hole. I need to stop looking at hotlogs right after every match. It's making me salty for no reason and I'm a little soured on the game at the moment because of that. I usually explained things when I saw bad plays but now I don't bother for fearing of going overboard.

That number man, so easy to focus on getting it higher and higher.
 
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Fine Ham Abounds

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I'd buy mecha Tass but I've given up on him. I can't play him for shit even though I've almost got him to 10. I try to make him a support and I'm not good enough to keep people up. I try the assassin/specialist build with him and I'm garbage with Force Wall. Like bad enough that I kill at least one teammate per game with it and get bitched at for 5 minutes.

There are so many characters in this that are good but I can't play worth a damn, and characters that are lower tier that I'm extremely effective with. It's odd.
 
Fixed1979

Fixed1979

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Are the LV reasonable for QM? I was going to buy a 10k hero tonight and the entire way to 10k I was planning on Sylv but I'm wondering LV are a reasonable option. They appear godly when in the right hands, but those hands seem few and far between...
 
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RumblingRosco

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Fixed1979 said:
Are the LV reasonable for QM? I was going to buy a 10k hero tonight and the entire way to 10k I was planning on Sylv but I'm wondering LV are a reasonable option. They appear godly when in the right hands, but those hands seem few and far between...
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Man, get on that Abathur train.
 
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Llyranor

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Man, I only have about 16k right now. Tempted by Abathur, but I also want to grab Leoric when he drops to 10k, and I also want to.wait and see what the support Monk looks like playstyle-wise. I'm so poor.
 
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-Digits-

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Alur

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The PLEYZ got picked up by Panda Global Gaming.

Also McIntyre said on stream we'd know his new team in 10 minutes (he was leaving) but I see nothing anywhere.
 
Complistic

Complistic

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Fixed1979 said:
Are the LV reasonable for QM? I was going to buy a 10k hero tonight and the entire way to 10k I was planning on Sylv but I'm wondering LV are a reasonable option. They appear godly when in the right hands, but those hands seem few and far between...
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Stl is a must own.
 
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Turdburger

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Alur said:
The PLEYZ got picked up by Panda Global Gaming.

Also McIntyre said on stream we'd know his new team in 10 minutes (he was leaving) but I see nothing anywhere.
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he is playing w Vortex in the WCA qualifier today, I think it is happening now actually

I think he thought it was going to be streamed or something but the tournament is getting absolutely no attention at all haha
 
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kirblar

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Good writeup on Reddit highlighting hero-specific maps: https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/3eg88b/mapspecific_hero_win_rates_help_explain_the/
hero notes
Jaina top-4 on every map
Lost Vikings top-2 on Garden of Terror, Haunted Mines, and Sky Temple, but much worse on every other map
Murky top-5 only on Battlefield of Eternity and Dragon Shire
Li Li less than 55% win-rate only on Blackheart's Bay and Tomb of the Spider Queen
Zeratul top-10 on every map except Sky Temple
Zagara top-10 on every map except Garden of Terror and Haunted Mines
Uther top-5 only on Tomb of the Spider Queen and less than 55% only on Battlefield of Eternity
Leoric top-6 on Dragon Shire, Haunted Mines, and Tomb of the Spider Queen, but much worse on every other map
Anub'arak 3rd on Cursed Hollow but much worse on every other map
Tyrael's best maps are Cursed Hollow and Haunted Mines
Malfurion top-10 on Battlefield of Eternity, Blackheart's Bay, and Tomb of the Spider Queen, but less than 55% on every other map
The Butcher 5th on Sky Temple but much worse on every other map
Sonya 9th on Sky Temple but much worse on every other map
Kerrigan top-10 on Battlefield of Eternity and Garden of Terror but much worse on every other map
Chen 6th on Blackheart's Bay but much worse on every other map
Gazlowe 9th on Tomb of the Spider Queen but much worse on every other map
Sgt. Hammer 7th on Battlefield of Eternity but much worse on every other map
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The Li Li/Malf stuff is really interesting.
 
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