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

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Llyranor

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I actually really enjoy Tyrael, he's one of my favorite warriors even though he is certainly not one of the strongest warriors. I'd place him midrange somewhere. I'm hoping they polish him up in time. I like to build him for lots of smite damage and buffed group shields. I find his ultimates lacking though, and rarely useful.
Judgement is AMAZING. Especially with Battle Momentum (and maybe even the lvl 20 upgrade for even more CD reduction). It's a great finisher/chaser, and a properly coordinated one will take out a squishy at the beginning of a TF (and with low CD you might get a 2nd one before the end of the fight)
 

brian!

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Watch out for cleanse w/ tyreal (make sure your q is up so you arent just getting baited), and the other ult is pretty good against melees that you can bait in + against aoe so you can rush them and waste their spell rotation

Hardened shield solves everything for tyreal, it's hard to rationalize the ult upgrade unless they are zoning you really well
 

Ketch

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Lol leoric does not beat butcher 1v1 not in a million years.

I've never had any issues with butcher as Leoric. I suppose if you just stand there letting him hit you might have some problems. But you can just kite him inside of W range (Like you do to every melee hero) and you get your life steal while he doesn't get his.
 

Alur

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Best free week ever. This morning I've had an 11 death and 13 death Butcher, and instead of the usual Nova in every game it's Nova on both teams in every game. I'm lovin' it
plz let it stahp o god
 

Rizzi

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Best free week ever. This morning I've had an 11 death and 13 death Butcher, and instead of the usual Nova in every game it's Nova on both teams in every game. I'm lovin' it
plz let it stahp o god

I keep getting Azmodan players that constantly decide they want to be right in the middle of group fights.
Motherfuckers you are not a god damned tank!
 

Valus

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Had a Nova on my team vs murky. "I'm gonna make Murky by bitch" "Cool just make sure you focus Jaina" "Np Jaina is my target. Murky is my bitch" cool.

Proceeds to blow at least 5 triple taps on Murky, miss 80% of snipes, use clones after uncloak. In the end she had 13 deaths and Murky had a grand total of 4, Jaina 3. GJ NOVA.
 

Zafir

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Best free week ever. This morning I've had an 11 death and 13 death Butcher, and instead of the usual Nova in every game it's Nova on both teams in every game. I'm lovin' it
plz let it stahp o god

Well, guess that means another I don't want to solo queue week.

Good job I'm actually kind of into watching the Dota 2 TI this week.
 

Maledict

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I keep getting Azmodan players that constantly decide they want to be right in the middle of group fights.
Motherfuckers you are not a god damned tank!

He actually can be...

Azmodan has the largest health pool in the game and the Imposing Presence talent at 16. Combine that with the laser in your face and he is remarkably durable and threatening to certain heroes, particular melee heroes like Zeratul and Illidan.

He's obviously not Johanna or Muradin in avatar form, but he is shockingly durable overall for what he does.
 

Rizzi

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He actually can be...

Azmodan has the largest health pool in the game and the Imposing Presence talent at 16. Combine that with the laser in your face and he is remarkably durable and threatening to certain heroes, particular melee heroes like Zeratul and Illidan.

He's obviously not Johanna or Muradin in avatar form, but he is shockingly durable overall for what he does.

This is all usually in the first five minutes.
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
I asked a friend if dota has any hero with a permanent pet (like a wow hunter or warlock) and he said no, is that right?

is that just something that wouldnt work in a moba? I guess people would just focus down the pet in no time
 
I asked a friend if dota has any hero with a permanent pet (like a wow hunter or warlock) and he said no, is that right?

is that just something that wouldnt work in a moba? I guess people would just focus down the pet in no time

There's temporary pets, but I don't think any has a permanent pet.
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
so no permanent Misha for Rexxar?

mcnulty-kicks-desk-o.gif
 

Alur

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playin w/o ur son

i cri evrytiem

it ok son i jus loosed n e wayz

I asked a friend if dota has any hero with a permanent pet (like a wow hunter or warlock) and he said no, is that right?

is that just something that wouldnt work in a moba? I guess people would just focus down the pet in no time

I don't think it'd work, yeah. Too easy to kill something that doesn't have the sense to move.
 

kirblar

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I asked a friend if dota has any hero with a permanent pet (like a wow hunter or warlock) and he said no, is that right?

is that just something that wouldnt work in a moba? I guess people would just focus down the pet in no time
Really shouldn't be an issue, it'd be like TLV.
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
what if the pet is non targetable, it just hangs out with Rex?

like it would be used in 1 move and maybe 1 ult. Like Thrall's root wolf, but the "wolf" is always there visible. just for flavor
 

Kioshen

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Lone Druid has one. It can be killed but it's rare not to be up.

Edit: Ah you meant like a pet npc ... nevermind then.
 

Alur

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what if the pet is non targetable, it just hangs out with Rex?

like it would be used in 1 move and maybe 1 ult. Like Thrall's root wolf, but the "wolf" is always there visible. just for flavor

What's the point then? Just to stand there most of the time? While you're getting rekt by the enemy, Misha just chills or runs beside you? Much interactive, such realism, many wow.

LOL you really want this bear. :p

I can see them making it part of an ult or even tying all of the abilities to it, but if it's target-able it's gonna be a bad time IMO.

The only conceivable way with it being target-able is like kirblar suggested - make it like a two viking TLV - but even then for a hero that would presumably deal damage as opposed to just occasionally do so/only when it's safe (and mostly just soak and clear), a diving bear you had to macro in the middle of a team fight along with you on Rexxar being melee as well seems a bit much for HOTS. I don't think Rexxar will have Jump or a massive sprint.
 

Panthers

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I caved at midnight last night and bought the Tass legendary skin. Not sure how I feel about spending that much but whatever. I love this game.
 

zoukka

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I've never had any issues with butcher as Leoric. I suppose if you just stand there letting him hit you might have some problems. But you can just kite him inside of W range (Like you do to every melee hero) and you get your life steal while he doesn't get his.

If both players know their shit, leoric cannot win in any situation. Butcher is probably the deadliest 1v1 hero in the game.
 

Valus

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The only obvious solution is to have Rex and Misha both playable as separate heroes so Rhak and Alur can duo with them and bond in ways only an orc and beast can.
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
The only obvious solution is to have Rex and Misha both playable as separate heroes so Rhak and Alur can duo with them and bond in ways only an orc and beast can.

Alur doesnt play with me, hes afraid of my Murky skills
 

Ketch

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If both players know their shit, leoric cannot win in any situation. Butcher is probably the deadliest 1v1 hero in the game.

if both players know their shit there's nothing a butcher can do to leoric outside of a lucky charge into furnace... and even then leoric can just wraith walk away from the charge to avoid the stun.

butcher is far from the deadliest 1v1 hero in the game... he needs a follow up stun or a heal to be effective against most people
 
Leoric's Drain Hope beats Butcher's Brand if Leoric is smart enough to walk away from Brand range (some people still aren't) but stay in proximity for DH. Wraith Walk cast shuts down Butcher charge right away, you don't even have to go far. Depending on talents, Leoric has way more sustain than The Butcher, Victuals helps but it doesn't beat Fealty Unto Death. Brand is everything, if you know how to work around it, The Butcher has nothing.

She technically does get an artillery piece at 13 with storm front. I have been taking it lately. Great for poking, but ice block is still probably better. Blizzard is on way too long of a CD to play her like Kael, which sucks for being as passive as I am. :(

The increased cast range is awesome if you can afford not to take ice block. It's great for tagging people trying to run away or picking on Hammer with in conjunction with the longer range ice shard.
 

mercviper

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Started playing again over the past month and a half after not playing since alpha. Trying to get all heroes to 5 for the gold bonus but I can't stand Tyrande/ETC, especially not in QM lol. Right now they're 2-3 games away from 5 and I can't bear to finish them out.

HL is pretty nice. Never played enough to try in Alpha but I'm on my way to Rank 1
(3 now)
playing mostly Raynor/Uther/Muradin/Zagara. My most fleshed out role is support as I am comfortable running Malf/Reh/Uther/Lili, but limited to Mura/Diablo for tanks and Raynor/Zag for assassin/specialist. Also I really hate playing either raynor or zag if there's a stealth on the opposite team. No escapes and constant fear of dying lol.
 
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