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[Milly79]

**BREAKING - - LEAKED STUKOV ABILITIES:**

Q - DASHING CLAW - BECOME UNSTOPPABLE AND DASH IN THE TARGET DIRECTION (SAME LENGTH AS GENJI'S DASH)

W - DEFLECTOR CLAW - GAIN PROTECTED STATUS FOR 1.5 SECONDS FOR SOME REASON

E - DASHIER CLAW - BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTOPPABLE AND DASH EVEN FURTHER (ABOUT 4 SCREEN LENGTHS)

HIS TRAIT IS THAT HE'S INVISIBLE FOR SOME REASON AND ALSO WHEN HE ACTIVATES IT HE DASHES AND BECOMES PROTECTED/UNSTOPPABLE

 

[Nirolak]

I was reading twitter when it popped, haha.

Reading the .gif...is Stukov a support?

In Heart of the Swarm, Stukov didn't even have a basic attack.

 

[Human Trashcan]

who the h*ck is stukov

 

[Milly79]

Patch

http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20861968/heroes-of-the-storm-hotfix-notes-june-28-2017-6-28-2017

 

[Milly79]

Doesn't seem like anyone got dumpstered...

And that guillitone buff hnngggg

 

[Prelude.]

The games I'm having these days make me want to uninstall.
EU gaf, where did you go?

 

[Eyeh4wk]

Why no Anubarak nerf, Blizz?

 

[kirblar]

Why no Anubarak nerf, Blizz?

He likely requires a mini-rework because he really shouldn't be an MT.

 

[brian!]

Why would they change bw e to spell armor

 

[Milly79]

Why would they change bw e to spell armor

Idk but hopefully she sees more play.

Really wish Genji would've gotten hit harder than he did. The rest of the nerfs I think I'm okay with.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

because spell armor is generally better than physical especially on the only support skill of a support hero.

 

[kirblar]

Why would they change bw e to spell armor

There was a post a week or two ago how BW's block charges didn't make sense now that we had Spell Armor available, because Faerie Dragons are an anti-magic unit.

Yeah, the lack of Genji nerfs here is...worrisome.

 

[brian!]

because spell armor is generally better than physical especially on the only support skill of a support hero.

Yeah but itll be broken on anyone with block or shit like arthas/sonya who are already good with bw e

Bw was in a fine spot imo

 

[Syf]

who the h*ck is stukov

A human in the Brood War campaign, returned as infested in SC2. In the SC2 campaign he's playable with an energy attack, can spawn infested terrans, and a passive regeneration aura. In co-op the main traits are passive creep generation covering the entire map eventually and passively spawning waves of infested colonists. Also has two summons, the apocalisk and his infested command ship the aleksander. He's very fun and different to play, imo. I hope they do him well in HotS.

 

[Dahbomb]

RIP, Malthael nerfed before I got to play his OP ass in a real match.

 

[Nirolak]

who the h*ck is stukov

 

[brian!]

Pretty big tass/uther nerfs too, warranted tho

 

[Karsticles]

Stukov is hype. One of my favorite Brood War characters.

First day of driving from CO to FL for my move.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

RIP, Malthael nerfed before I got to play his OP ass in a real match.

He won't be able to 1v3 anymore, but ethereal existence cap is now 50. So in a full teamfight, you should be able to still wreck a team without lockdown or heavy slows. Play him now before Blizz nerfs him even more. He is still gonna be a 53%+ hero I feel.

I wonder how Stukov is going to play.

 

[Dahbomb]

I would have already spammed his ass if I had the 15k Gs.

 

[Kioshen]

Stukov is hype. One of my favorite Brood War characters.

First day of driving from CO to FL for my move.

Good luck with that. That's a pretty big move!

 

[Orochinagis]

A human in the Brood War campaign, returned as infested in SC2. In the SC2 campaign he's playable with an energy attack, can spawn infested terrans, and a passive regeneration aura. In co-op the main traits are passive creep generation covering the entire map eventually and passively spawning waves of infested colonists. Also has two summons, the apocalisk and his infested command ship the aleksander. He's very fun and different to play, imo. I hope they do him well in HotS.

Stukov would be a perfect Abathur 2.0

 

[Alavard]

Stukov would be a perfect Abathur 2.0

I've been hoping that would be Arcturus Mengsk (which lines up with the old datamined names for Mengsk abilities we saw years ago). Stukov actually has the guts to go out into the battlefield if he has to.

 

[Rhaknar]

oh snap son, Stukov time? I was about to say last night "we should be getting teases of the next hero soon no?"

 

[FinKL]

A human in the Brood War campaign, returned as infested in SC2. In the SC2 campaign he's playable with an energy attack, can spawn infested terrans, and a passive regeneration aura. In co-op the main traits are passive creep generation covering the entire map eventually and passively spawning waves of infested colonists. Also has two summons, the apocalisk and his infested command ship the aleksander. He's very fun and different to play, imo. I hope they do him well in HotS.

He sounds like Zagara? Creep, Aura, summons?

 

[Syf]

He sounds like Zagara? Creep, Aura, summons?

Yeah they would overlap in some ways if Blizzard went that route with him. His aleksander and apocalisk summons might also be similar to Raynor's hyperion and Kerrigan's ultralisk. Interesting to see which parts of him they take to HotS. I think his infest structure ability could have some use. That infests any structure to disable it and make it spawn broodlings for a short time. Can be used offensively or defensively to create some chaos.

 

[Rhaknar]

everyone always assumed he would be a support right? maybe he has healing creep. like, you get heled while you stand in his creep he places and shit?

 

[protonium]

.

 

[Orochinagis]

everyone always assumed he would be a support right? maybe he has healing creep. like, you get heled while you stand in his creep he places and shit?

Stukov was always an specialist. I dont see him as a support, I dont hink there is a support Zerg unit ouside Abathur and maybe a brood queen

 

[Rhaknar]

Stukov was always an specialist. I dont see him as a support, I dont hink there is a support Zerg unit ouside Abathur and maybe a brood queen

they can literally do whatever they want for hots tho

 

[Prelude.]

1v3

lul

https://clips.twitch.tv/DeafCrazyDragonfruitDatSheffy

 

[brian!]

lets b real tho
1. gave 5 marks
2. chromie missed all her shit before cocoon was done
3. no one has damage on the team besides valeera

 

[Rizzi]

Stukov is pretty cool.

 

[brian!]

i only know bw stukov, i hope he's not too zergy

 

[Orochinagis]

they can literally do whatever they want for hots tho

Welp,Stukov as a individual was never shown

The Stukov from SCII Coop missions is basically drown the enemy with trash units.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

lul

https://clips.twitch.tv/DeafCrazyDragonfruitDatSheffy

1v3 meaning kill them and walk away. Malth could do that.

Grubby's clip is a 1v5 where he killed 1 (chromie) and died. Yes he brought them all to 50%, but it still doesn't dispute the point With the nerf, he'll be weaker 1v3.

And yeah. Holy fuck did that team misplay everything. Cocoon saved him from pufferfish (and 2 extra seconds of CC), Chromie missed everything and stayed in melee range. And a bunch of other goofy stuff lol

 

[brian!]

He is still pretty much the same hero imo

 

[scoobs]

So the balance patch seems like they missed the mark on Genji and Malthael nerfs. Dragonblade is a problem (particularly the lvl 20 upgrade). Malthael needed his numbers brought down as well as ult and 16 nerfs. Meh, whatever at least they nerfed Uther correctly.

Stukov!

 

[Alpha Centauri]

He is still pretty much the same hero imo

The 5v5 fights will handle the same, I agree.

 

[Dahbomb]

The nerfs are pretty substantial. There will be a lot of cases now where before Malthael would've lived/won a team fight where now he would die sooner or do less damage than before.

His strength has always been living on the edge in a team fight and then fighting through it somehow... that element of his is weaker now. He can still take on a lot of punishment but it's on an even sharper edge now.

 

[brian!]

sweet im top 100 in qm again

 

[Milly79]

Malth home page gone now. The event one actually looks pretty good.

 

[Rhaknar]

Malth home page gone now. The event one actually looks pretty good.

just saw it and was going to say

 

[Alavard]

Malth home page gone now. The event one actually looks pretty good.

Let it sit idle for a minute and the Malth page comes back (with left and right buttons to toggle between them).

 

[Prelude.]

New Thrall seems really good (and he also got some buffs earlier), 3-0 so far.

What's the best build? Hotslogs doesn't show a clear consensus.

1: Echo of the Elements seems the best one here. More value and easier to complete.
4: Mana Tide for mana sustain and cdr.
7: Follow Through if I need it. Maelstrom Weapon also looks pretty nice.
10: Earthquake. Fuck Sundering, I don't get it.
13: Grace Of Air seems a bit redundant when you have Frostwolf's Grace. I can see the appeal, but Frostwolf's Grace looks like a safer option.
16: Tempest Fury. But I never tried Alpha Wolf, it seems really useful.
20: They're all good, I guess.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

What's difficult to get with sundering? it's a long range stun and displacement.
R E close the distance W root them once the stun wears off and someone's dead.

Earthquake is much more difficult to get good use of.

13 is Spell Shield imo the other talents just aren't that appealing.

20 is bolt.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Grace of air imo is very good. FW Grace seems good too though. I usually take grace of air.

Also, don't overlook alpha wolf at 16. It makes your next basic hit for 3% max health but also increases the root duration to 1.5 seconds which is a lot. Tempest fury is also good of course. I usually take tempest fury.

I'm also not a huge fan of sundering. It's okay but I prefer earthquake.

 

[Prelude.]

I don't get why it's so popular. Earthquake has insane area and crowd control and you can basically use it on the whole team in a team fight.

As for Grace of Air, sometimes with Thrall you get into those situations where you really need Frostwolf to kick in so you stay longer than you need. Having a heal that you can pop when you want is pretty nice.

Also, don't overlook alpha wolf at 16. It makes your next basic hit for 3% max health but also increases the root duration to 1.5 seconds which is a lot. Tempest fury is also good of course. I usually take tempest fury.

Yeah, I took Tempest Fury because I'm used to that, but Alpha Wolf sounds really juicy.

 

[Milly79]

It was the go-to when it got buffed before it got nerfed again and sunder got some seconds shaved off. EQ is good against 2-3 melee, otherwise I prefer sunder.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I don't get why it's so popular. Earthquake has insane area and crowd control and you can basically use it on the whole team in a team fight.

They serve different purposes, Earthquake is for area denial and anti dive while Sundering is a flanking / ganking tool.