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Heroes of the Storm |OT2| Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
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Its with a great swell of sadness that I realize there is no way I am going to get out of the mid-30's. Even with me keeping a level head, trying to stay positive during the bleakest of matches. The "teams" are so fragile / toxic, and the enjoyable groups are few and far between.
I can't go back to QM so I'll stick with it, but man its infuriating.
I can't go back to QM so I'll stick with it, but man its infuriating.
Yea they said it's based on highest rank achieved.
Man these single digit rank HL games are so good. They've rarely been a stomp in either direction, and good teamwork for the most part. So much more fun this way.
Just did an AA Falstad build with nexus frenzy, new seasoned marksman, and stim drone against a double tank comp. Deeeeelicous. Beat our KT in hero damage by 80k.
Just did an AA Falstad build with nexus frenzy, new seasoned marksman, and stim drone against a double tank comp. Deeeeelicous. Beat our KT in hero damage by 80k.
i guess they played them in korea, and then c9 played him, and then people think he's good.
better check the hotdogs to make sure though.
TheSadRanger
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How many new heroes have had theme specific intros when starting up HoTs? The Tracer one was nice but the chromie one is pretty slick.
They have been doing it for some time. Trying to think of the last one who didn't have music + Easter egg + the screen. And the splash screen has been new hero specific since late Alpha/early Beta.
He's been great since the rework. No clue why I haven't seen more of him, but I've had great success with him.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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as long as I remember so at least since before Sylvanas
scoobs
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Its the same reason nobody plays Raynor, they just aren't particularly interesting heroes. Kind of boring.
It's also that to get the most use out of him you need to be able to stand still and shoot, which isn't common at the higher tiers. Korea uses him in very particular comps and set ups where that weakness isn't an issue - in general he's not very good on his own in a standard comp.
By removing a lot of the power from his Overdrive until later levels, it does lock him into a certain play style which can be hard to pull off.
By removing a lot of the power from his Overdrive until later levels, it does lock him into a certain play style which can be hard to pull off.
In Quick Match [thats where you will start] the team comps are totally random unless you group up with friends. So if you are solo queuing then just start with the Hero you like the most and go from there.
If you get into the game I'd start working towards meeting the requirements for hero league. At least in ranked play you will not have any mirror matches, and more often than not the games are a better test of your skill.
If I remember right the first one came with the Diablo event.... Which would have been butcher? Or Johanna? I don't remember johannas. Before that was sylvanas, tlv, thrall and Jaina. I don't remember splash screens for them either. I think they had the heroes on the front screen but default background.
I think butcher was the first splash screen for the Diablo event.
Damn seriously? C9 are like home breakers. Sucks for cog.
Agreed. She's a bad Nova/Jaina hybrid right now.
From Faye last night on stream via the Score:
Apparently the pro players felt about Arthelon's status like we did lol.
Cognitive. Glaurung keeps losing.
LOL, that they are. But they needed to do something and it's not like Cog was gonna do anything.
Apparently the pro players felt about Arthelon's status like we did lol.
Cognitive. Glaurung keeps losing.
LOL, that they are. But they needed to do something and it's not like Cog was gonna do anything.
I think her (relative) safety makes her much more viable than Nova or Jaina. Once she gets the 12 talent she can hang way back and it takes an Illidan or the like (or her doing something stupid) to get at her with anything but range.
I don't think she's bad at all. I actually think she's in a pretty good spot. If she remains that low, perhaps they'll change something but I don't think she needs more damage. She does plenty. She just needs a little more responsiveness in her skills if anything, but with her it's a fine line between hitting all of them and only some. If she's hitting everything, you're shrekt.
She has 0 siege damage. It's an issue.
Jaina is still plenty viable, she just gets overshadowed by the OpieOP stuff right now.
But did she have a background though? Or just the hero on the default background?
Because I don't remember what it was.... And I'm pretty sure the Diablo event was the first time they did a big background change, because I remember everybody being like "ohh look new Diablo expansion for hots check out the home screen".
But it's hard to remember that far back.
I think cog still had lots of potential. They were the third best team in na, better then tempo and even recent c9 showings.... Cattle and Faye were their best players.
These videos and this one are how I got started and go over basic info and some general advice to get you started, once you get a feel for what s going etc, icyveins.com has some build guides and more in depth guide to each hero, etc etc. Good luck, its incredibly fun, and the salt in game is absolutely amazing; General Chat is it's own form of entertainment
If nothing else, do the tutorial and use this
Familienoberhauptvogel
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so who's moving to flex on c9? Cattlepillar was generally regarded as 2nd best tank in NA IIRC. Long time coming, Arth going straight to Tempo I bet, they like picking up leftovers.
what's bad is that you don't get to choose which intro background and main menu music to see. I like the Tracer one a lot and chromie is good too but when it goes away, they are gone forever. In SCII you can choose one in the options or get a random one but here since they are essentially ads, I guess they want you to see the latest one and only that. Lame!
Why would they want him back?
brickwalker0
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either i can't figure out Anub's new builds or the changes really didn't do much.
i thought the new "Beetle, Juiced" would be useful (every 3rd attack on a hero, spawn a beetle) but no one seems to stay close enough for him to get off that many attacks to make it worth it. i can get through 1 or 2 before its decided that i'm either running away or chasing.
i feel like each level has either 2 or 3 talents i cant choose between or none of them seem appropriate for the situation.
i thought the new "Beetle, Juiced" would be useful (every 3rd attack on a hero, spawn a beetle) but no one seems to stay close enough for him to get off that many attacks to make it worth it. i can get through 1 or 2 before its decided that i'm either running away or chasing.
i feel like each level has either 2 or 3 talents i cant choose between or none of them seem appropriate for the situation.
That too. I really don't give a fuck about him regardless. His heroes career should be over with, but I'm sure some crummy team will pick him up. Until he fails again.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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why would tempo pick up erho?
They want fast results but the talent isn't up for grans so they are just reaching for whatever they can get.
Try:
Dampen
Underking
Chit
W/e
Utric
Epi
W/e
Beetles are still weak as ever, only talent worth taking is at 4 but underking suits him better now
brickwalker0
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yeah beetles for sure seem like garbage.
i think that is the build i went, i took locust at 10 then Hardened Shield at 20. i only got to play two matches but it just felt like hes better at getting in and out (wasn't a huge problem before) but after Impale, he sort of just runs around auto-attacking. i guess thats where the W talents come in but i had a hard time taking advantage of the CD reduction if people weren't attacking me with abilities specifically.
Sothis Krieg
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So what are the build to try on new Arthas ?
I did :
Eternal Hunger
Biting Cold
Icebound
Sindragosa
Frigid
Remorseless Winter
Anti magic shell
Felt good but need to do more tests.
I did :
Eternal Hunger
Biting Cold
Icebound
Sindragosa
Frigid
Remorseless Winter
Anti magic shell
Felt good but need to do more tests.
brickwalker0
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but if i go something like the 30% move speed talent at 7, does that mean Burning Rage becomes better than Urti at 13? they look like they fill the same role except Burning Rage would be better for wave clear.
It used to be that you could get both utri and burning for waveclear, just burning isnt great for it (but if you need to be clearing zag creep or revealing invis?) <- actually in general utricate is better for both of those, and the bursty nature works more for him since it's rare that he can stick to heroes and get good value off of burning
Anub has a good amount of wiggle room and is pretty much new now so just see what works for you, just keep in mind that his proposed thing atm is "anti-mage"
Anub has a good amount of wiggle room and is pretty much new now so just see what works for you, just keep in mind that his proposed thing atm is "anti-mage"
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