Is it? Well, Artanis is tied for 2nd highest winrate hero overall, so that's probably the majority of the reason right there.
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Is it? Well, Artanis is tied for 2nd highest winrate hero overall, so that's probably the majority of the reason right there.
The purifier is picked a lot less remember, and when its picked it tends to be for a speciic reason. There are some heroes that purifier basically removes from the game so it should be an auto pick
(e.g. chromie. she can do literally nothing whilst purifier is on her).
They named the armour system wrong BTW, and they will have to change it at some point if they want the game to remain transparent to new players.
It's not spell / physical damage. There is no such thing as spell and physical damage in the game. There is ability damage and auto attacks, and it should be called that.
Raynor's Penetrating Round is a physical blast from his gun - but counts as a spell.
Li-Ming's auto attack is a spell cast from her wand - but counts as physical.
Just call it what it is!
It's not spell / physical damage. There is no such thing as spell and physical damage in the game. There is ability damage and auto attacks, and it should be called that.
Raynor's Penetrating Round is a physical blast from his gun - but counts as a spell.
Li-Ming's auto attack is a spell cast from her wand - but counts as physical.
Just call it what it is!
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Tricked esports picked up Alex' team. Never heard of the org but that is true for all orgs in esports
I love it so much against medic.
Anub'araks weird. I mean, the 25% permanent spell armour is huge. He's death walking to mages now, I don't think any of them can hope to do anything against him. But the nerf to his hitpoints just means sustained damage dealers will annihilate him, like Raynor, tychus, Valla, Thrall etc. You know, the entire meta at the moment.
I guess he will remain an extremely niche pick against specific comps that don't run much auto attack damage (Alarak and a mage comps perhaps), but it's defnitely not going to make him viable for normal play I think?
(Could be wrong, 25% less damage from every ability is fantastic. But so is 400 health at level 20).
I guess he will remain an extremely niche pick against specific comps that don't run much auto attack damage (Alarak and a mage comps perhaps), but it's defnitely not going to make him viable for normal play I think?
(Could be wrong, 25% less damage from every ability is fantastic. But so is 400 health at level 20).
They could have just given him the buff and let it play out to see.
So is it just 1 armor = 1% resistance? Because they don't actually say that anywhere do they?
I'm not really experienced enough to be able to intelligently comment on the patch notes and how they will affect the game but Zul'jin scares me a little bit. That beserker toggle adds some depth and complication to his play. I will be eagerly awaiting what the community can do with him.
BreezyLimbo
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Yep. Arcane8 is the name you pick when Arcane is already taken.
Not surprised jake continues to be a bonehead tho.
I feel like the path to YouTube/twitch/heroes money was right there in front him and all he had to do was walk down it. but instead he was like "nah, I'm just gonna sit here"
WonderRade
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they gave him permanent 25% spell damage reduction while also nerfing his max hp and regen
i was hoping for a full buff cuz i love this char
Same, I thought it was a 2hr downtime but it got pushed back hard.
Yup, that lines up with this : https://us.battle.net/forums/en/heroes/topic/20752579505
Should be up in about a half hour, if all goes well.
Ugh, Zul'jins voice bothers me. Its wrong. Way too deep. *pushes up nerd glasses*
He should sound like this, damn it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmndxoF74qQ
Edit: Okay his trait makes his attacks play didgeridoo sounds. Best hero.
Double Edit: Fuck, bear mount is only available in the Zul'jin bundle. Not sure I can justify dropping $22 for that :\
He should sound like this, damn it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmndxoF74qQ
Edit: Okay his trait makes his attacks play didgeridoo sounds. Best hero.
Double Edit: Fuck, bear mount is only available in the Zul'jin bundle. Not sure I can justify dropping $22 for that :\
sorry yea. mostly just being distracted
also, I wish the game would give more info on the heroes... like I want to know the stats on like zuljin's hp and damage vs other heroes but i have to go to the 3rd party website to see. kind of lame.
also his stats look crazy.
and the Q talents look very strong.
Sounds like a bug. Close the game and try again?
jaundicejuice
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The concept of armor and the patch notes relating to it seem pretty half-baked and poorly explained. Greymane gets an unspecified 10 Armor in Worgen form (assuming physical), Anub gets 25 Spell Armor and Arthas 15 Physical Armor. The blue post linked to in the patch notes isn't exactly illuminating either, it's just a general statement of where they would like to go with warriors (more active damage mitigation) and healers (less impactful healing on targets without damage mitigation?).
For a game that's aiming to be the most approachable and easy to pick up MOBA, it's starting to get a little obtuse. It should just be auto-attack and ability armor. It could get confusing when there's auto-attack abilities that look magical and abilities that look physical. The concept should be as plain as possible.
For a game that's aiming to be the most approachable and easy to pick up MOBA, it's starting to get a little obtuse. It should just be auto-attack and ability armor. It could get confusing when there's auto-attack abilities that look magical and abilities that look physical. The concept should be as plain as possible.
Sothis Krieg
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Apparently , as seen on HOTS twitter it's both physical and spell armor for greymane.
Zul'jin feels pretty good boys.
Milly and I went two different talent builds, played them each two games a piece. Both of us got MVP in our two games with that easy top damage. He's pretty fun to play...would've really killed the enemy teams if every damn one of them hadn't had Artanis. That negated a significant amount of damage.
Also, fuck Artanis. Tired of seeing that yolo dashing hipster in every game.
Milly and I went two different talent builds, played them each two games a piece. Both of us got MVP in our two games with that easy top damage. He's pretty fun to play...would've really killed the enemy teams if every damn one of them hadn't had Artanis. That negated a significant amount of damage.
Also, fuck Artanis. Tired of seeing that yolo dashing hipster in every game.
jaundicejuice
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So there's three kinds of Armor? Physical/Spell combined as well as Physical and Spell separate?
Sothis Krieg
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Don't think so they, just put the same value for both armor on greymane that's all, but idk.
Yeah, Artanis feels nuts right now. Messing around with him and even I was dominating games and I'm shit on heroes like that. TBH it feels more like his damage is too high compared to anything else - he can go toe to toe with melee assassins and often win, yet he has ridiculous game changing CC and is far tougher.
Not sure at all what / if anything needs nerfing, because he's risen in win rates significantly and is now omnipresent I'm finding. I honestly don't know what beats him either, because a successful swap is even deadlier than a hook and it's on a much shorter cooldown post 13.
Not sure at all what / if anything needs nerfing, because he's risen in win rates significantly and is now omnipresent I'm finding. I honestly don't know what beats him either, because a successful swap is even deadlier than a hook and it's on a much shorter cooldown post 13.
Orochinagis
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Morales with Zul Jin, rip everyone
the q backwards into instant e was the first time i thought about enabling smartcast but nahhh. if i had to nerf something I'd want to make the swap less...good of a trade? like swapping a rehgar in and putting your body into them is too good of a trade and the counterplay from rehgar is pretty low
I dunno, you didn't even try the other. The other guarantees you can get a kill (or two or three) and should guarantee you live if your healer is paying any attention. It may be comp dependent though.
The other one does have a shorter cooldown, but I'm still not sure how much damage it does.
jaundicejuice
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When did the charge dash/swap Artanis become a thing? I don't remember that being part of Artanis' kit when he first came out and now it seems like there's an Artanis in almost every match doing dash swaps that put a target as far back as a Stitches hook.
Artanis can do most of what Stitches can, only he's better as a melee hero. .
Artanis can do most of what Stitches can, only he's better as a melee hero. .
Yeah, I'm willing to try it at some point, but the range on the other + shorter cd wins out for me on paper.
And it does a ton of damage. You saw what I did to that Tychus and He was pretty far away from me. I was a little less than half and it chunked him to 1 bar.
Orochinagis
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I dont get Auriel ult, both are risky with no reward
BreezyLimbo
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OK WHAT IF A KAELTHAS MOTHERFUCKER
LOOKING AT YOUR GIRL
GOING LIKE 'HEY GIRL YOU WANNA GET ON FIRE'
AND HE SHOOTS A PYROBLAST AT HER
That's where Auriel swoops in and encases her in a prism. Bam. Damage negated.
.....revive tho? Revive isn't good atm.
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