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

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Milly79

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At least I still have the Nexus Charger doe, rite Milly79? :D

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I feel weird that I have so little problems with Kerrigan in most comps. I think she's still my highest win% character. But then I always build her in a weird way and play her more like a specialist for waveclear maintenance and patient ambushes. I've tried her "better" builds in an effort to see if it makes my win% even better, but I find they never scale as well late game as the one I go with.

I'm starting to see what I think is the issue in the current EXP system- kills pre-10 are simply giving way too much EXP. IF you have 4 people die, starting at level 4-5, your opponents are getting about a full level lead on you since they altered the system. And that can lead to a serious issue when one team has ults and the other doesn't for a very long period of time, allowing things to snowball really badly.

This is why we're seeing these comps on maps like Tomb going so heavy on early kills with Zeratul/Kerrigan- if you get an early lead it's now much easier to sit on it than it previously was.

I think you might be on to something, though I really only notice this on Mines and Dragon Shire. Garden is still my least favorite map, but I now realize that Mines is the worst balanced.
 
Is there anyone doing that Facebook mount minigame?

I made a throwaway account but I need "friends" to get the mount. Please PM if you can help me or if there is a GAF list somewhere.
 

kirblar

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I feel weird that I have so little problems with Kerrigan in most comps. I think she's still my highest win% character. But then I always build her in a weird way and play her more like a specialist for waveclear maintenance and patient ambushes. I've tried her "better" builds in an effort to see if it makes my win% even better, but I find they never scale as well late game as the one I go with.
"Patient" pouncing Kerrigan is exactly how she's meant to be played.
 

Dice

Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
"Patient" pouncing Kerrigan is exactly how she's meant to be played.
As I said to someone who asked about her a while ago: Pick block and pretend she's Nova.

Although she has waveclear and merc pickup ability, which is way better than not-really-stealth IMO. Edit: Speaking of Nova, that new skin is pretty nice, but I'm not huge on Nova. I much prefer Zeratul for sneaking around blowing up weak links.

Charger looks cool but it would be nice to just have Tyreal be able to fly.
He only has two fly speeds: Stroll in the park, and superman justice.
 

Dance Inferno

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Had "Chen is the best tank!" spouted off of an ignoramus last night who then proceeded to not show up to a single fight all game.

edit: HS mount is live (immediately after the carpet sale, of course)-

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Oh man they aren't really going to make me play (and win) 100 games in Hearthstone to get that mount, are they?

I'm seriously considering it.
 

tylerf

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Do you guys recommend jumping into Hero League after hitting level 30 or to continue in Quick Match for a while? I have a decent roster of heroes but I still feel pretty noob in the grand scheme of things.
 

kirblar

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Do you guys recommend jumping into Hero League after hitting level 30 or to continue in Quick Match for a while? I have a decent roster of heroes but I still feel pretty noob in the grand scheme of things.
QM. You really need a good spread to do HL without making things miserable.
 

Strider

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I recommend never playing ranked in any moba because toxicity goes through the fuckin roof. But if you must I'd recommend holding off until you feel comfortable with at least a couple heroes of all roles (support, assassin, etc) so you have some viable choices no matter what your team needs.

Also starting mmr is very important for ranked so if you still feel like you're a noob in the grand scheme of things hold off. You don't wanna get stuck in mmr hell.
 

Makikou

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So i bought Johanna today, i'm still player level 22 (bear with me)..
We have our semi-premade team and still being QM to level me up. They're all eligible for HL/TL tho.

Just had an amazing match, 30mins and we barely won. Was a good match that went for both sides at times.=
 

Alur

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Do you guys recommend jumping into Hero League after hitting level 30 or to continue in Quick Match for a while? I have a decent roster of heroes but I still feel pretty noob in the grand scheme of things.

That's all up to you man. If you don't feel comfortable yet don't worry about it. Just work more on learning the ones you have.

If you wanna jump in, jump in. See what it's like and see how ya do.

40,000 gold represented right here. Best master skin in the game on the best hero. Doesn't get more baller than this.

Jealous.

My pig is on my main account. My master Murky on my secondary one. Murky + card back gonna happen doe.
 

Alur

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I have 10k gold. Buy Murky now or wait for him to go cheaper?

I'd be surprised if we ever see Murky drop in price. Most players hate playing with and against him, and when they do play him don't know what to do so I think Blizzard has him at 10k for a reason.
 

Dice

Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
In a way, I feel like learning Murky makes you better at Kerrigan. Learning to avoid damage better while sneaking hits, timing on and tricking people into puffer/spikes, the right moment for octo/leap+claw, similar waveclear and merc grab. You'll gain similar skills but it's a softer ride because of his respawn and bubble.

I think people jump into Kerrigan after other assassins and they're thrown off. She's not a Jaina/Kael/Nova spellbomber, she's not a Valla/Raynor/Tychus/Falstad ranged DPS, she's not even as safe as Thrall/Zeratul. She's tactical melee DPS with some shield capacity that you need to manage intelligently. Very akin to Murky like that.
 

Dice

Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Keep your eyes open. Avoid early game gankballs. Soak your lanes while they wasted time. Now you're the team in the lead.

Or team up yourself and the both of you waste time on pointless early teamfights that you can't even push after because the towers will obliterate you. I've seen that happen a few times.

Edit: oops, nvm
Now you made me look dumb. :p

At least we agree.
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
Oh shit if everyone starts getting a themed mount I'm defiantly going broke, I'm OCD when it comes to "lore" matching

Both butcher and Leoric alt skins are awesome, bundles justified!
 

patchday

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What tier listings are you looking at? Most of them are only relevant to pro competition. So far Blizzard has demonstrated little interest in balancing around pro competition, and seems to be focused on balancing for pub play instead. (Thrall is essentially average in pub play.)

Tier listing: http://heroesofthestorm.github.io/zuna-tierlist

I only look at Zuna and iDream though. I don't look at Kenma's since I think a lot changed since his list and it's too different from the others.

Gonna wait for Thrall to popup on free rotation before spending the gold/cash (I started when HOTS released so I never played him in quickmatch). He seems fun though offline playing with bots via the "Try" option though.
 

Maximus.

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I just saw the sneak peak video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUaDaZj3PE4
I really like that Leoric Viking skin :)

New mounts are kind of lame, just being skins of existing mounts essentially.

Gonna wait for Thrall to popup on free rotation before spending the gold/cash (I started when HOTS released so I never played him in quickmatch). He seems fun though offline playing with bots via the "Try" option though.

Thrall was the first character I bought. He is pretty decent and good at messing people up 1v1 or when they are lower in health. He isn't super fun, but he is reliable. I do not regret buying him.
 
Tier listing: http://heroesofthestorm.github.io/zuna-tierlist

I only look at Zuna and iDream though. I don't look at Kenma's since I think a lot changed since his list and it's too different from the others.

Gonna wait for Thrall to popup on free rotation before spending the gold/cash (I started when HOTS released so I never played him in quickmatch). He seems fun though offline playing with bots via the "Try" option though.

Nova as good as diablo confirmed.
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
As someone who doesn't intend on having many skins per hero, 1 special one is enough, I'm glad I skipped on diablo skins because that angel one is amazing
 

Milly79

Member
11 10s finally.



Milly79's "Yoshichan" list of fun:

KT > Nova > Thrall > Anub > Illidan > Rehgar > Zeratul > Li Li > Nazeebo > Jaina > Malfurion
 

Dance Inferno

Unconfirmed Member
I'm still getting the hang of Jaina, but when you have a good game with her it feels damn good.


Edit: And then I jump in a co-op game to try out Sgt. Hammer and our team loses. I don't understand how that's possible.
 

patchday

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I'm still getting the hang of Jaina, but when you have a good game with her it feels damn good.

LOL!!! The enemy teams' total death count was 29. But you participated in 26 of their deaths. This means you participated in roughly 90% of their deaths overall. They must've been pissed pinging 'Kill Jaina' that entire match yo
 

Dance Inferno

Unconfirmed Member
LOL!!! The enemy teams' total death count was 29. But you participated in 26 of their deaths. This means you participated in roughly 90% of their deaths overall. They must've been pissed pinging 'Kill Jaina' that entire match yo

Lol I didn't even see that! That makes this game even more awesome haha.
 

kirblar

Member
With Jaina, I really like Arcane Intellect (you never run out of mana. Ever.) and Ice Lance at the 4/7 tier. Ice lance is actually nutty for her sustained damage output on structures, and is great at chasing someone down.
 

Dance Inferno

Unconfirmed Member
Yeah Arcane Intellect is nice, but I find Envenom helps me get the kills on those people who manage to run away with a sliver of their life.

Why would you choose Ice Lance over Frostbitten? The latter really spikes the burst damage on her Blizzard.
 

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 just slept for 14 hours...

There goes that day.
 

kirblar

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Yeah Arcane Intellect is nice, but I find Envenom helps me get the kills on those people who manage to run away with a sliver of their life.

Why would you choose Ice Lance over Frostbitten? The latter really spikes the burst damage on her Blizzard.
It really helps whittle down stragglers. Blizzard is great but it's also an awkward spell.
 
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