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[Alur]

aPm using the same monk master skin tint + mount that I do. Brothers!

 

[scoobs]

Also missing most of his palms. That Rexxar pick tho

 

[Alur]

Denial not looking very hot. Naventic looks a class above everyone atm.

 

[Celegus]

Omg yes finally best hero Rexxar and DAT MAW!

 

[Alur]

Even though I like the principal players, I kinda hope they lose just for the continuation of the Glaurung meme.

EDIT: Watch Garden at the pro level does it no favors.

EDIT: Hella choke by AA.

EDIT: And Murloc Geniuses beats Denial again.

 

[WonderRade]

denial looked way on tilt that last game, lots of missed opportunities IMO

 

[Alur]

Are they out or just in the loser's bracket now?

 

[Celegus]

Denial and AA are out. At least Rexxar maintains his 100% winrate in all 3 games he's been in this year.

 

[Ketch]

Rexar you say?

 

[Alur]

Yeah the new AA beat Denial with Rexxar in a game. Then threw the series in the next game, but Murlocs knocked them out anyway.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Wonder how locked in their roster is with the signing. It was so weird they were signed before actually competing in a premier event.

 

[brian!]

na seems prtty poo poo atm
maybe gfe can be the heroes
probably not though

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

That was an intense game, Vox Nihili almost won on towers after being down 7-30

 

[scoobs]

That was an intense game, Vox Nihili almost won on towers after being down 7-30

That Anub throw though.

 

[Maledict]

Is every major name in the USA going down this weekend apart from Naventic?

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

They ended up winning the series, impressive showing by them.

 

[scoobs]

Illidong on the core = game over. Idk how the hell they won that game.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Udall with the armpit scratching on camera lol.
The NA trophy still looks awful

 

[Alur]

This new Hero Storm video with Illidan BMing into the Nexus...shades of Milly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdBaLaHtlRo&feature=youtu.be

I have been out. Mac's new team lost to Vox Nihili? lol

 

[Milly79]

Hey man, you participate too if we got BM'd by the enemy team.

 

[Alur]

Definitely. I'm just saying it's your signature. If we have the time you do it regardless of what happened cause it's funny.

 

[Milly79]

That's definitely true.

 

[Celegus]

This new Hero Storm video with Illidan BMing into the Nexus...shades of Milly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdBaLaHtlRo&feature=youtu.be

I have been out. Mac's new team lost to Vox Nihili? lol

Vox also beat GFE for first in group b, and then Mac's team lost to TNC and looked pathetic the whole tournament. Denial and Guldan trying to out-throw each other. Unless of course TNC beats GFE which would be even more insane.

 

[Alur]

Who is even on Vox Nihili?

Damn Korea probably laughing their ass off at the state of NA now. Not that they weren't before, but now there is zero chance.

 

[Celegus]

Amateur team that I guess tore up Chair League and stuff like that. Not sure they stand a chance against the likes of Naventic, but they seemed likable enough and put in the hours.

 

[brian!]

vox nihili is srey's old team before he got picked up by tempo

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I always thought they picked him up straight from ladder.

Finals gonna happen in the semis already...

 

[brian!]

it was just an amateur team put together by ladder ppl yeh
i dont think anyone trusts the ladder to imply skill in this scene, you either have to be proven or prove urself in the environment via tryouts
or get vouched for i guess

so I haven't followed hots in a while...this draft kind of seems backwards?

bans
greymane kerrigan
tyrael falstad

makes sense

picks
sylv, etc/thrall, uther/kael (??)
li ming (???), lunara/mura, rehgar/sonya (?)

I guess last pick sonya and kael makes sense since gfe shows thrall early and nvt shows li ming early

li ming is good on this map but surely not fp? when falstad is up
then again i dunno if bige/tom has a falstad so maybe that's why

oh wait I forgot that khroen like only plays li ming, good deny pick

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Isn't picking Uther into Lunara the weird thing? Just for the ETC wombo or what and thrall is just bad in competitive.

 

[brian!]

it's not great but it's not the worst either
it's mainly awful if you let luanara ping ur team over and over but I mean at this point you have more problems than your healer pick
but nvt pretty much ran them to the ground w/ the draft yeah, they got everything they wanted and forced gfe onto their picks

 

[Alur]

I dunno, I think Uther into Lunara is the best matchup for her in particular honestly. Just hard to keep up as Uther.

 

[brian!]

yeah in terms of healing output w/r/t to her dmg output he's pretty bad
lili probably worse tho

that match prob wouldnt have been close regardless of draft, gfe seemed to have no idea how the map worked vs. nvt who played prtty standard and took advantage of numerous weird shit from gfe

this draft is actually pretty sick from gfe, i hope they play it well, khroen must be salty that he's not gonna be able to play li ming this series lol
kinda low waveclear from both sides

 

[Alur]

No one really plays Lili in competitive tho breh. She was in like one game yesterday.

 

[brian!]

yeah she's pretty bad

big e needs to go force armor! or maybe he's too baller for that

dang abathur just not maxing soak during the trib delay hurts to watch
sik bodyblock @ tass that was really well done

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Did Khroen play Tracer before?

 

[brian!]

dunno but he's putting in work w/ her

li ming rly should go force armor against that comp
love the judgement pick up, they are gonna go after kenma every time, gfe has so much burst

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Oh man this draft and game is a work of art, especially impressed with Roflcopters play this series.

Weird for them to take this fight so close to 16

 

[brian!]

yeah they are throwing tho, they should have got an abby clone up before going too all in on kenma post-13 w/ earth shield
but they should win if they dont take any more stupid fights and if abathur steps up and actually pushes some lanes lol

going all-in on kenma has less value now that they have lvl16+ mura, but it's still worth
they can choose any target if they see cleanse blown tho

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Fan meta'd the Ancestral, they've been playing together for like 7 months, they should have had that nailed down long ago. Again...

 

[brian!]

oh i didnt even know you could do that
also =x li ming had force armor the whole time

gfe executed kinda awkwardly but that comp was great

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Fan even died with both Meta and Ancestral being up.

Aside from shotcalling GFE actually looks stronger than NVT.

 

[brian!]

if nvt persist w/ illidan comps after this game u kno they just dont give a shit lol

 

[Alur]

I want GFE to win just because they look like they have fun with each other.

 

[Star Falcon]

I have enough gold again for another hero and want to get another support. Looking at Rehgar and Uther... any suggestions between those two? I already own Lt.Morales, Li Li, Tyrande, Malfurion and Tassadar.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

It's awesome tracer is carving out a niche for herself as an Illidan counter.

I have enough gold again for another hero and want to get another support. Looking at Rehgar and Uther... any suggestions between those two? I already own Lt.Morales, Li Li, Tyrande, Malfurion and Tassadar.

easily Rehgar. Not only is he much easier but he's also much less teamplay dependent.

 

[brian!]

uther if you wanna make plays, rehgar if you dont really trust your team

i thought tracer was always regarded as illidan counter
i think fan's illidan works out the best when the team doesnt go all-in on it, I remember he played illidan as a semi-tank w/ no real support a few tourneys ago and it was pretty good

nvt needs to own this next draft
watching gfe straight give up kerri on shrines makes me worried for nvt

also, ~13,000 viewers, decent as fuk for hots

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

More or less but people got really stuck up on Lili instead.

They never seem to show talents anymore.

 

[brian!]

nvt got the strong heroes but I'm getting pretty concerned when they go too heavy on a protect fan comp
gfe has like no dmg and drafted kinda scared around the kerri pick
someone in twitch chat suggested they should have gotten diablo instead of anub and that makes a lot of sense to me but he's rough to play into tyrael

 

[Alur]

So Kenma gets blown up two games in a row and they go with Morales in the next match? This could end really badly, or maybe they can keep him safe. At least they have some counterplay to the dive now.

EDIT: Wait, who is doing the damage on GFE?

 

[brian!]

kenma tends to position a little better w/ medic since she has no escape, but yeh not getting my hopes up in that regard. this is a pretty great situation for a medic though