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Heroes of the Storm |OT2| Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

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i mean muradin is good at what he does no question, but i feel like its just a sign of not a ton of great tanky warriors in the meta at the moment
 
Zarya changes barely bother me, never took hit me, pain is temporary went untouched and the 30 seconds will take only just that. You can farm stacks so easily either by an extended fight early or just soaking some tower shots, usually that quest is finished within a couple minutes. Give Me Twenty stacking with Cleanse Shield reduces the CD by 5 seconds to 7 seconds.
Unyielding defender needed a nerf but maybe I can live the grenadier dream now.
 

Dice

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i mean muradin is good at what he does no question, but i feel like its just a sign of not a ton of great tanky warriors in the meta at the moment
When are they going to patch Diablo so scrubs can't shoulder flip enemies OUT of traps and certain doom.
 
The datamined Tassadar talent changes in that reddit thread actually look really awesome.

We don't know the tiers that each talent will be on, which will be massively important in determining the success of the rework. But if some of those talents go on the tiers that I would assume they're supposed to, then they've given him competitive options at 13/16 that definitely can rival his "unkillable Tass" build in favor of significantly more healing or damage and the level 4/7 talents will no longer be a complete mess.

Really like what I'm seeing there.

edit: Link to thread
 

Alur

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Bruhs, no one mentioned the most important part of the patch...

MURKY

Abilities

Slime (Q)

Damage increased from 82 to 86

Pufferfish (W)

Damage increased from 390 to 410

Developer Comments: “Aaaaaughibbrgubugbugrguburgle!” Translated, that means he’s getting a 5% buff to most of his damage, but expect to see larger Talent changes in the early part of next year.

Ayyyyyyy
 
I wondered why teams weren't waiting post blizzcon for forming and why Denial was so adamant on sticking together but then I realized. Since AA and Denial are already qualified their rosters should be locked.
 
Wait, is Shukuchi a word I'm unfamiliar with or does Samuro just have an E talent that's named the same thing as Weaver's invis.

Edit: Damn, I had no idea that word was Japanese. Just looked it up.
 

Prelude.

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Any recommendation on who to buy first to get a decent pool of characters? I know nothing about the meta so I'd rather not spend gold on completely useless characters since I just started playing (lv9).

So far I have Valla, Raynor, Tyrande, Tracer and since I'll be getting the new heroes during the Oni Genji promo, I'll have Zarya, Auriel, Greymane, Kerrigan and Li-Ming as well.
 

Pooya

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Any recommendation on who to buy first to get a decent pool of characters? I know nothing about the meta so I'd rather not spend gold on completely useless characters since I just started playing (lv9).

So far I have Valla, Raynor, Tyrande, Tracer and since I'll be getting the new heroes during the Oni Genji promo, I'll have Zarya, Auriel, Greymane, Kerrigan and Li-Ming as well.

Get someone's RAF code you get Sylvanas and Raynor for free for hitting level 10 or 12 was it? I think. Sylvanas is pretty good. so stop leveling right now. You bought raynor unfortunately. You get a stimpak too.

All the 2000g heroes are pretty good and more or less in the meta I believe. With those freebies you will have a good hero pool already.
 

kirblar

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Get someone's RAF code you get Sylvanas and Raynor for free for hitting level 10 or 12 was it? I think. Sylvanas is pretty good. so stop leveling right now. You bought raynor unfortunately. You get a stimpak too.

All the 2000g heroes are pretty good and more or less in the meta I believe. With those freebies you will have a good hero pool already.
RAF requires L5 or lower :(

Don't buy Zarya, Greymane, Kerrigan, Auriel or Li-Ming. You'll get them for free soon.
 

Prelude.

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Get someone's RAF code you get Sylvanas and Raynor for free for hitting level 10 or 12 was it? I think. Sylvanas is pretty good. so stop leveling right now. You bought raynor unfortunately. You get a stimpak too.

All the 2000g heroes are pretty good and more or less in the meta I believe. With those freebies you will have a good hero pool already.
But I'm lv9, I can't.
 

Vimes

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Snowflake mount is likely part of the holiday bundle.

Ugh, I fell for that crap to get the Lunar Dragon mount, and it was sold solo a few months later. Now I'm stuck with that chinese-lucha-libre Illidan skin that I mostly only use as a joke. At least I play Illidan; Nazeebo is one of the few characters I actively dislike playing, so if the mount is bundled with the Gingerbread skin I'll probably pass. I've got the reindeer mount anyway.
 

Milly79

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All that stuff looks really good. Where is the war bear though?

Hopefully the snowflake is a gold purchase, but I'm sure it will be bundled. It could also just be a holiday mount for a limited time use, just like the goblin was last year.

Gingerbread zeebo is the stuff of nightmares.
 

kirblar

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All that stuff looks really good. Where is the war bear though?

Hopefully the snowflake is a gold purchase, but I'm sure it will be bundled. It could also just be a holiday mount for a limited time use, just like the goblin was last year.

Gingerbread zeebo is the stuff of nightmares.
War Bear = next cycle. Zul'Jin is coming.
 

Prelude.

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What kinda ppl do you like to play
I just started so I don't have a lot of experience, but so far, between the 4 I own, Valla is the most fun to play for me. I tried Johanna and E.T.C. and they also seem pretty cool, Diablo is ok too.
I also have zero Warcraft/Diablo/SC background so I just try someone out because it looks interesting enough.
 

brian!

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I just started so I don't have a lot of experience, but so far, between the 4 I own, Valla is the most fun to play for me. I tried Johanna and E.T.C. and they also seem pretty cool, Diablo is ok too.
I also have zero Warcraft/Diablo/SC background so I just try someone out because it looks interesting enough.

Do you have characters from other mobas you enjoy?
 

brian!

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Yeah id follow ppls suggestions and stick to the cheapper heroes available. Valla johanna and diablo are decent starting points, maybe check out falstad/li ming, they are safe bets for staying relevant. Actually i see that you have a whole slew of free heroes coming your way so it's best to just check those out

Here's a shitty list of good heroes per what youll want for hero league (play a bunch before jumping in):

Muradin, jo, etc
Falstad, li ming, valla, sylvanas
Illidan, xul, thrall, kerri, zeratul
Malf, brightwing, auriel

You dont have to get all of them but in general it's good to have a hero you're practiced with for a certain pick slot and a backup hero for the slot. For quick match just spam shit you enjoy
 

scoobs

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This is my recommendation on who to play just based on who is the most fun (which is what I find to be most important for new people, don't worry about who is good for now):

Warrior: Zarya, Artanis, Dehaka, Diablo, ETC
Assassin: Kerrigan, Alarak, Gul'dan, Greymane, LI MING, Nova, Illidan, Tracer
Support: Auriel, Brightwing, Lili
Specialist: Nazeebo, Xul, Zagara

Unfortunately most of these heroes are the expensive ones, but some of them are cheaper and they will likely show up on the Free To Play list in the coming weeks so you can try them out then.

One thing you should try to do is get each hero available to you to level 5, this gives you 500g and is a really quick way to get enough gold to buy the heroes you want.
 

scoobs

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ah shit i forgot about that, what a fucking deal. Those are some of the most fun to play and you get em' all for free... dope
 

Prelude.

Member
This is my recommendation on who to play just based on who is the most fun (which is what I find to be most important for new people, don't worry about who is good for now):

Warrior: Zarya, Artanis, Dehaka, Diablo, ETC
Assassin: Kerrigan, Alarak, Gul'dan, Greymane, LI MING, Nova, Illidan, Tracer
Support: Auriel, Brightwing, Lili
Specialist: Nazeebo, Xul, Zagara

Unfortunately most of these heroes are the expensive ones, but some of them are cheaper and they will likely show up on the Free To Play list in the coming weeks so you can try them out then.

One thing you should try to do is get each hero available to you to level 5, this gives you 500g and is a really quick way to get enough gold to buy the heroes you want.
Thanks, I just unlocked a stimpack for hitting level 10 so I should level up faster but
this gives you 500g and is a really quick way
Is it? The game feels pretty grindy to me, I played 12 games with Valla and I'm still lv4 with her. Does it give more exp if I play QM? I played only Team vs AI so far.
 

Milly79

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Alright, thanks.

Here's my list:

Warrior: ETC, Muradin, Johanna, Artanis, Chen, Leoric
Support: Auriel, Kharazim, Li Li
Assassin: Li-Ming, Kael'Thas, Jaina, Thrall, Kerrigan, The Butcher, Alarak
Specialist: Sylvanas, Azmodan, Xul

Obligatory: Murky, Chromie, Nova
 

scoobs

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Thanks, I just unlocked a stimpack for hitting level 10 so I should level up faster but

Is it? The game feels pretty grindy to me, I played 12 games with Valla and I'm still lv4 with her. Does it give more exp if I play QM? I played only Team vs AI so far.

12 games with Valla? Play against real people and you'd be level 8 with Valla after 12 games (shit you might get her to level 10 with a stimpack on). Playing versus AI is real slow leveling. Its a MOBA, they reward playing versus real people far more than AI.


Also keep in mind you get +% bonus XP for playing w/ friends or in a party or both. Try to do that too if you can. Join the negoaf chat channel and start making friends :). There's a couple of half decent players here that would be happy to group up if you see us on.
 
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