Heroes of the Storm General - /hotsg/

first for HORSEPANTS

>>123590598
Not when you're too stupid to pull back when they respawn.

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So we get Cho'gall for watching the tournament now right?

>>123593091
>not having Cho'gall already
how much of a social retard can you even be?

>>123593091
No, you get it for having a friend

>>123593280
I just started playing again yesterday.

What should I buy?

I have 10k, I was thinking Tyrande but I'm not sure

>>123593572
TYRANDE
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>Grubby
>Oh wow, Morales is taking a different talent than usually, it's the...purple one?

Is Sylvanus worth getting? Ever since she came out I've been intrigued but never got her

>>123594906
She's really good.

>>123595092
How do I play her?

>>123595129
press q w e or r whenever needed
kill things

Is there a worse streamer than Sham was, or was Sham the worst player in Heroes of the Storm?

That fucking ending. GG Liquid.

>>123595129
While everyone is distracted in a teamfight, sneak in another lane and destroy the towers

>sneaky core

feels good man

>>123595491
I'm so disappointed in LucifroN's E.T.C. Luckily his bro VortiX carried despite being ganked twice before level 7.

Stitches is meta

>>123593465
>/join general
>"lf someone to poz my neghole with ogre AIDS"
>get a response within seconds
>play two AI games

What's the fucking deal with Murky?

>Sometimes shark gibs me in a stun
>Other times it does nothing

hate this fucking meme hero

acne boy is tilted as fuck.

>>123596219
are you asking why some times people take octograb and some times they don't, or??

Earthbreaker Thrall or Bucanner Falstad

>>123596582
>do I buy a good skin for a good hero or a shitty skin for a mediocre hero?

>>123596219
level 10 shark does nothing but stun
levle 20 shark does some damage

>>123592886
how is your arm doing?

>want a qm
>join game
>garbage zera/nova on other team but good thrall+murky+valla

>my team pretty meh
>lose several tributes+team fights because zagara never leaves top lane until they're capping tribute/team is dead
>goes back n forth whole game
>Get to 20
>shitty nova on enemy team gets triple tap upgrade
>repeatedly kills our entire team one after the other because no one (especially diablo) blocks beams
>goes from 8 deaths 2 kills 3 assist to 10 deaths 16 kills in about 10-15 minutes
>their core is on 10% for at least 10-15 mins but I die twice trying to get it

>40 minute game

what a garbage friday evening this has turned into

in other news, I have gold to spend. Save for doubloon or buy zagara right now?

>senjinn et all say locust build is shit
>Hot Slogs says its his best build
Which is it? Or, why is it considered to suck?

Liquid are so fucking passive.

>>123597996
It doesn't. Whoever said that is just bad at the game. It only sucks if the people you are playing with are terrible and can't survive to level 16.

>>123598084
>group up as 5
>play so passive at the objective a single hero from the enemy team out-damages your entire team and they take the objective

>play alone or with a friend who is actually good
>win mostly everytime
>play with friends
>lose everytime
i'm so tired now, fucking casual friends

>>123598224
it's the tyrande hunter's mark, twice it got them the immortal.

>>123597916


Buy Nova

If Cho'Gall was a girl, she'd be Cho'Gal

>>123598435
Got her, she's quite boring.

>>123596219
Depends on how the murky builds

if he goes full damage (which he should) his full combo can do upwards of 2500 damage.
If he goes for survivability (which he shouldn't, he has a 3 second respawn timer) it does like 700

wow
Falstad really is something now
I've been playing him again and I would say he's at the same level of Valla and Raynor (more or less)

>>123600858
He was something before this patch, too. Most people are just too retarded to make use of his skillset properly.
He's pretty OP now

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>>123597916
buy zagara
then buy her desert queen skin

>Shitquid

Team Liquid what the fuck was that

>>123601176
Yeah, and even the mage build is back

>1% of the general is discussing their biggest tournament for a long time

ded scene
ded game

>>123601506
>>123601513
This is Liquid's true form. Scared shitless.

that was some rank 40 decision making on the core backdoor by team liquid

srs wtf was that baka desu senpai

>>123601575

/hotsg/ isn't really a place to discuss heroes of the storm - it just sort of happens on occasion through boredom

>>123601575

its been like 4 hours since blizzcon

why would we want to watch some third world countries play hots

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>>123601913
>its been like 4 hours since blizzcon

>>123601575

>watching pro hots

hots is such a boring fucking game to watch. there's nothing complex or mechanically impressive happening ever

That Liquid play was so shameful they turned off the stream.

>>123602076
I'm just watching while eating. It's a shame it's not as fun to watch as Dota.

>>123601575
I'd rather watch a paint dry.

>>123601702
where can I watch it?

>>123602313

Dota games are far more boring though.

tfw johanna will never bully you irl

>>123602375
You just spam this every thread lol

>>123602405
http://www..tv/dreamhackheroes

Tune in quick because Liquid is about to get their shit pushed in.

>>123602375

>game is completely free to play
>you can play every hero & every map in the game for free, no paywalls for anything but cosmetics
>KIKE CASH GRAB LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>123602619

>being this new
lol

>>123602781
>he supports overpriced garbage like 20 yurobux unicorn

>>123602987

>supports the abuse of Brony degenerates

you're damn right m8

>>123602987
it's not like you're being forced to buy it

>>123602709
ok, thanks!

>Build guide recommends bribe on Brightwing

Why? She can't clear waves for shit. I tried it once and I managed like 4 bribe charges through the who game.

Is there any reason to not get Hyper Shift?

>>123603098

>being this much of a braindead goy

>>123603098
>all the food in my country is now overpriced
>but im not forced to buy it
>i starve to death

>>123603282
>food is the same as a MLP mount in a free video game

>>123603439
But i'm not forced to buy either of them :-]

>>123603220
...which build guide?

Where the FUCK is Maiev????

>>123597996
>bad players saying the best build is shit
Does this surprise anyone?

>>123603697
After I get Jin'do the Godbreaker

The almost throw of Team Liquid with that boss
wtf

>>123603676
Something I found online of heroes fire looking for something different.

I am not convinced she can gather bribes fast enough for one, and if you want to not use bribe on the last merc, it takes way too long to kill it.

>>123603585

you are forced to suck cock though ;^)

>>123603845
Liquid is playing like shit. They're not even trying for objectives, instead just chasing hero kills all across the map.

>>123603845
>actually watching hots

>>123603908
He's not forced to, he does it willingly.

>>123603908

just like you suck blizzard's cock? |:)

>>123604064
>he does it for free

>>123602375

>There are people ITT that actually spend more than 10 seconds of their life posting in this thread

Anyone here wants to play? I'm trying to get back into HotS with Sylv after dropping it since July.

It seems the usual people I play with don't play the game anymore.

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>>123603697
maybe next year

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Matchmaking fix and voice comms when?

>>123604194

snowstorms don't have penises, though

What level 20 talent do you usually pick on Tyrande?

If it's not Hunter's swiftness you should consider killing yourself

>>123604890
rewind for dank owl snipes

>>123604890
Rewind :3

>>123604890
Rewind of course

>>123604890
Rewind for the memeist of kills

>>123604890
rewind all day erryday

LOL THAT ENDING

okay even for a staged game, that ending was pretty intense.

Team Liquid not even being able to kill a core.
gg.

dat finish

kek

get fucked liquid

>we can be memeing retards and play like ass and still win ;^)
>oh wait no we can't ;_;

>Start playing quick meme
>We are doing slightly bad
>My internet randomly goes off for some reason
>Eventually it comes back and I catch up with the match
>We are dominating and I basically just walk to core as we are about to win

I think I'm so bad that the AI is better than me.

i suppose you guys full superb owl build when playing as Tyrande

>kt walks up to core woth 10% hp
>throws phoenix
>doesnt even try to dodge muradin stun
>dies instantly

this mother fucker

>>123605389

Were you ETC or LiLi?

>>123605453
Nope

Kerrigan

>>123605510

Kerrigan AI got improved to be able to land combos now, even if you can't :^)

if zeratul and nova essentially fill the same role - hunt down squishies and take them out of a fight - is there one that is strictly better than the other? if not what's the difference?

>>123605591
fug

>>123605851
>is there one that is strictly better than the other? if not what's the difference?
Zeratul has better sustained dmg even though he also relies on CDs and doesnt instantly die the moment they see you.

Any TLV players?

What is their current state in this patch?

>>123605851

Nova is better for burst damage, Zeratul has better sustained and escape.

>>123605851
Zeratul has an Ult that makes you win.

Nova goes pew pew

>>123606456
Tlv sucks play sc2 if you want to have fun

>fighting a murky who just throws his body at towers
>somehow is doing well considering this
>kills my Arthas multiple times
>swap lane with him
>I dominate him and pop his puffers


Why is it that one of Murky's viable strats just tossing himself at structures and objectives constantly?

>>123607109

because he has a death timer of 5sec, can respawn almost where he likes and does a lot of siege damage

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huh

>>123606456
Literal garbage. The actual worst character in the game right now and the only reason they have a high winrate is because only a very small number of people play him and those who do usually understands how they are supposed to be played.

They are so bad I have stopped playing them and am waiting for a rework.

>>123607427

>worst character in the game
That's not Azmodan

>>123607607
Soaking means significantly less now and when the vikings die, their death timers are now around ~12 seconds in the early game, making them REALLY terrible.

>>123607242
nothing going on for dota so its pretty normal

Dear /hotsg/

What the fuck did I tell you about leoric the moment the patch went live?
>Hurrr durrr, he's fine
>Stop complaining

RIP Spooky Skeleton
Hello Moderately Discomforting Skeleton.


>>123605851
Zera got fucked hard with the VP and wormhole nerf.
And then again with the implementation of gathering power.
It doesn't stack very well with any of his builds and nova just ends up doing even more burst than him.

Spoilerino: Nova had more burst than zera even when he had +1 second on wormhole (post double bomb nerf).

Only reason to pick him is for his ulti or for fun.
If you want anything else from him pick a different hero.

>>123608457
Leoric is literally worthless now.

>>123602781
Honestly if you're playing strictly F2P this game is fairly generous. By the time you max out at 40 (Like what 3 weeks?), you'll have enough gold to buy at least the 10 of the best heroes in the game.

jesus christ that fucking game

6%, holy shit

>>123608457
>Only reason to pick him is for his ulti or for fun
You pick him because he has an escape as well as the ability to wave clear unlike nova

Where can I see some good builds for heroes? The only site I can find is heroesfire.
While I'm at it, what is the most common build for Tyrande and LiLi?

>>123614498
Go to hotslogs click on a hero and filter it to master then just take the highest picked talents

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what are you graphics options set to?

i have 2x 7870s in crossfire but HotS performance has always been choppy to the point where my fps drops down to like 20 in teamfights

>>123614704
Oh, thanks anon.

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>>123614871
this is a screenshot of what my options end up looking like in game

i picked Tyrael because he has the shiniest shit angel glowy thing going on

and i also keep gen/reddit chat open because why the fuck not, i also have /vg/ chat open in game too, but no one ever talks there except for like 4 guys who jst post memes

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>>123614871
I'm running one GTX 980

>>123615083
well fuck me, i wish i could afford to upgrade my shit, but gotta wait until i manage to find a job

>>123615061
>keeping general chat open in game
>having reddit chat open
>falling for the crossfire meme
literally fuck off

What type of quick casting is better? Quickcasting On or Quickcasting On on release?

>>123616305
>quickcasting
Almost as bad as a-moving and camera lock desu

Is Tyrael any good? Ever since I saw him in this game, I've been meaning to get him.

>>123616505
I like him, but he's not the easiest to play.
Try him out and see if you like him. Wait until he comes up as a free hero and run some vs. comp games as him to see how you like him in a full match.
If you still like him after that, go ahead and get him.

>>123616468
>not using quickcast
I bet you like being a baddie who doesn't know the range of his abilities and missing skill shots because of the extra delay on your abilities. It's time to take the training wheels off, you're almost 32.

>>123616664
>using a crutch
baka desu senpai

johanna is purest girl

>>123616664
>"I can't hit a spell and click my mouse within a fraction of a second of each other"
>"aiming never matters"

>>123616753
>knowing the range and AOE of an ability by heart and not needing to have Blizzard's Baby's First Moba Guides
Your teammates must be so proud of you when you miss your Divine Shield because you had to push the button and then click on them instead of just one action.

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For some reason, I have a bug where the back of Tyrande's clothing is permanently flipped to the side.

I think I'm okay with this, though.

>>123617352
Lucky

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>>123617352

Is lunara next week? Tired of waiting

>>123617352
Full moon out huh?

>>123618112
>priestess of Elune
>moons everyone
B R A V O T Y R A N D E

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>>123604343
At least there's someone else to post this when I'm not here now.

>>123618806
I spent 5 minutes today collecting images of Ben Brode laughing because they make great reaction images

Would it fix Artanis to make Blade Dash do the initial dash with the first Q press, and only do the returning dash with a second Q press?

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tfw no 3d johanna gf irl

>>123619906

I must admit, I'd love to be able to just do 1 dash rather than having to return.

>>123619906
just make Zealot Charge baseline and make the 16 talent a slow or something

>Leoric Traps 3 people in entomb
>Diablo puts all of them on full blast with lighting breath
>The come out lightly singed

Good god that ult.

>>123620290
That would be the single best escape in the game. Holy shit that would be broken.

>they get Uther
>we get a player level 9 Tyrande
ONLY
CONSTANT

>>123623772
Tyrande couldn't carry you guys hard enough

>>123623921
>talent gated Tyrande with <50 games played
>carrying anything

Can you not buy skins for other people?

>>123624614
You can only make big buys for you

So do we all agree that the raven lord is superior to the gravekeeper?

>>123623772
tyrande is literally better than uther right now bronzie

>>123625641
Talent? Ha, that seems generous.

>>123625939
>someone playing their 4th game as Tyrande is better than Uther
haha I love memes
we still won but you guys are fucking retarded

>>123626127
you won, there you have it

also how do you know their uther wasn't also new to the hero?

>tyrande: guys gank them at boss
>hesitate a little because mercs are about to get on our core, decide to start running there anyway start running there
>5 seconds later tyrande runs in and dies at boss
>tyrande: wtf guys why weren't you there
>tell them we all can't teleport across the map to help them
>tyrande: wtf I told you before I went in, muted!
b r a i n d e a d
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Bored of DOTA.

Would you recommend Smite or HOTS as an alternative? Be honest.

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When is this guy useful? How do I git gud? HOW DO YOU FIX THIS SHIT?

>>123626459
smite is action lol
so hots

So do people in this general think that everyone else except themselves suck at this game? I saw someone recently call an abathur player bad for taking a standard abathur.

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>>123626649
To be fair, the majority of ASSFAGGOTS players think that they are the only smart person on their team and everyone else is a pack of breast milk drinking noobs. This general isn't an exception.

>>123626464
You can not be a pussy with him, learn to live on the edge, embrace only having half health.

http://www.heroesfire.com/hots/talent-calculator/artanis#hcpJ

Any Tassadar tips?

I kinda want his mecha-skin since I like the replaced voice over, but it'll be pointless if I can't git good at the hero.

>>123626464
1. pick seasoned marksman
2. get to 16
3. get zealot charge
4. rape face

>>123627169
tass plays itself what do you want

>>123626464
http://www.heroesfire.com/hots/talent-calculator/artanis#doSC

T1: Whichever is better for the map, Marksman or Amateur Opponent
10: Blind against AA heavy, otherwise Purifier for 1337 zoning and damage
20: Purifier Beam upgrade is goat, take if you're able to focus the targets down for more Beams. FoW if you need to be extra tanky, Blades if you're an off-tank and need the extra damage/slow

Q: Don't spam this. Early game use it for poking behind walls and waveclearing if you know you won't get stunned. At 7 you can start using it in teamfights for more shields. You reduce cooldown on both passes.
W: Mash this like you're imagining having dirty sex with Kerrigan and making a new hybrid
E: learn when and how to use it to trip people up or pull them into CC. Don't teleport yourself into the enemy team. If you have Beam and you're close you can use it to keep them in the beam longer.

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>tfw you go full Dabu.

>>123628050
>tfw Storm, Earth and Fire heed your call
>tfw you make the enemy team feel the power of the Horde

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>top damage charts every game
>rarely die more than 3 times a game
>be plat in league of shitters
>unranked in hots
>hotslogs says I'm bronze
fucking how

>get to qm loading screen
>see level 7 raynor on my team
fucking why blizzard

>>123626649
To be fair they were probably both bad

>>123628289
because dunning kruger effect?

>>123628157
>Do you mean throwing lightning bolts that I passively regen in lane?

>Do you mean running into me and then doing that annoying baby hop "3 hit string" when you do with windfury that dosnt look threatening but then 60% of my hp is gone with envenom on top?

While Im on this topic can we give examples of some of the more "Flaccid" animations?

>>123628289
theres more to the game than laning senpai

>Bored with the game
>Only thing keeping me playing is getting someone's master skin because I'm close anyway
>Decide on Illidan
>I'll just play a QM game real quick
>Illidan/Falstad/Rehgar/Furion/Valla versus Stiches/Muradin/Jaina/Kael/Medic

Goodbye /hotsg/ you were one of the better generals but I'm sure it's just because it's too slow to warrant any shitposting.

>>123628556
I played Thrall for a while and the only ability I really liked was actually his slowing earthquake.

I honestly think it's the best ability in the game, but nobody capitalizes on it, nor do they even pick it.

>tfw Artanis and Thrall are the exact same hero

Are we already in the LoL period for this game where we can't even get unique heroes?

>>123629139
no they're not

>>123629139
laziest bait of my life

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How many times do you think Abathur tried to slip his slimy dick there?

>>123629139
As much as I love Abathur. What other aspects of the game can you base a character around? How many gimmicks?

We have a non-combat character, an artillery character, a multiplayer boss character, a hyper healer. Can you give some more?

How overplayed is Thrall? I'm thinking of spending some gold on him, but I don't want to pick another hero literally everyone else picks.

>>123630058
should have played him before scaling changes

>enemy team has 3 auto-selects
>still a better team comp than 90% of my QMs
simply ebin

>>123626815
Not me, I've had 2 major realizations of how fucking bad I am at this game.

I'm trying to fix it, my first step is:
>Those 2 characters that I like the most, I don't know how to play them, should stop picking them

>>123630172
I would, except I've only been playing this game for less than a week

>>123628787
Because it's garbage. The only reason to take it is the lvl 20 upgrade.

>>123630621
Well Green Jesus is certainly more popular now, since he has a better early game. It's up to you.

>>123630714
That's a shame, I'm still probably going to end up getting him though. Any other sleeper characters you would recommend? Currently trying to git gud with stitches.

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>>123629741
>Implying he has a dick

Genitals redundant, Copulation inefficient. Manual creation results in better sequences.

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>>123630621
He's more popular now and now that he was used in some competitive games he's probably going to even more popular, but he's really fun if that helps.

>>123630920
Deep down he's just an horny teenager

>>123630862
Stitches, although he got buffed pretty recently too. Kerrigan is good if you don't have a lot of melee already.

>>123630968
>>123631126
Neat, thanks for the help.

>>123630581
I've had the same thing with Sgt Hammer and Abathur.

I just started learning the game again from the ground up since watching my MMR tank from 3.4k all the way to 2.9k was a wake up call. Been using Sylv, Rehgar, Malf, Arthas, Sitches Muradin and Anub a lot recently. It seems Sylv is the only non caster damage dealer I know how to use.

Wish you the best of luck on your getting good journey.

Murky or Rexxar

i just tried both of them out and i think they're both pretty awesome

Murky is great at being a dick and wave clearing stupidly easily

Rexxar seems like a ton of fun, and his controls are actually really fucking intuitive once you get the hang of it

>>123631612
If you enjoy playing those characters and realize now that you're bad, you can only get better. Since playing heroes you enjoy means you'll probably have fun anyway, meaning learning them better won't be as boring an experience.

Basically you git gud at things you enjoy.

>>123631641
I think Murky is a better character, Octo grab is just an awesome tool and you can just delete someone with it.

>>123631641
if you ever plan on picking any of those two on ranked, you should get Rexxar because Murky is the easiest hero to counter on draft pick

>>123631779
Not him but the guy he was replying to
My problem is that I need to learn a middle point, I either go too aggressive and end up dying 10 times or more, or I get too scared that I'm basically not helping the tam

>>123631779
I enjoy all of them, I often find ways to make my own fun, but learning proper decision making with Sylv(who I find the most fun) is annoying because you are either in the right or the absolute wrong and you should kill yourself. Positioning is on point, landing silence ults on cores is on point but most of the time, people complain when im not taking camps because im getting rid of a huge wave with siege minions but they complain when im taking a camp when there is nothing else on the map because I could be in lane pushing or soaking XP

But yeah, I enjoy playing them and they allowed me to get back into the game especially now that they changed up Sylv's talent tree so that it's not solely about 1 talent at that level that you have to get all the time, especially at level 7. Her and Sitch are the thing that got me back into HotS.

>>123602313
>watching people dance around roshan pit for 40 minutes is fun

>>123631612

I do love Sgt Hammer. I'm constantly told she's not a good hero but hey, she's still a lot of fun.

>>123633068
I'm not that good on her. I can only really do well if they don't pay attention to me. If im being focused, im as good as dead

>>123633151

That's Hammer in a nutshell.

Strong situational awareness is important with her. She's not a hero who can handle surprises well.

Something to get the hang of: Going siege mode isn't always the right plan. Hammer does plenty decent damage rolling about and can keep mobile to avoid heavy AOE.

Go seige if you think you can avoid being blown away for a bit but don't try it if you think you'll need to brawl any time soon.

Also: Hammer is surprisingly good at finishing off running foes due to having a really long speed boost compared to most people's escape moves. Zoom up behind them and blast them in the ass (Or face if you can get ahead of them) with your shotgun round.

Finally: For the love of all that's holy, don't forget your mines. You can have 2 loads of them out at once. Having those in the bushes with you will give melee assassins a nasty surprise when they go after you. They also give a little LOS so you can use them to scout out bushes without going in personally. A little head start never hurt hammer when it's time to pissbolt.

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>tfw favorite hero is abathur and all of his skins are utter trash

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>>123634393
>tfw your two favorite heroes have great skins.

>>123634393
>not liking skellethur

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>>123634393
>tfw favorite hero is Sylvanas and Anub and both their choices of skins are perfectly fine

Got Sylv's skin for free tho, I don't see myself directly spending money on this game. Especially if it's not on sale.

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is your wife for hire?

>>123633151
playing hammer requires some knowledge of player psychology. that little ring on the ground will affect the enemy team without you ever firing a shot. Use it to zone the enemy team out, if you ever lose a lane as hammer you're doing it fucking wrong.

If you get caught in siege mode hit em with the shotgun then boost off, and lay some mines behind you (remember you dont have to stop to use the mines).Don't ever siege in a location where you won't have some kind of escape route. Remember that boost can be activated while in siege, which will get you moving faster than de-sieging and then boosting.

If you get a map that requires holding an objective (sky temple, cursed hollow, dragon shire) congrats, you basically win the game.

Always pick napalm. You can clear huge waves and take merc camps with it.

She's one of my favorites, I have an 85% winrate with her.

>>123634921
it's ugly as shit tho

So why did blizzard make two Diablo themed maps? Didn't they say they weren't going to make maps based on their IPs? Does this mean we'll get a WoW/SC map at some point?

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>>123635054
>Getting the shitty skin when Sugar Plum Fairy is coming out.

greymane when

>>123635201
It was a Diablo themed event. When the other two get themed events they probably will get maps.

>>123635205
Did you not read that I didn't pay for it? One of my friends owed me for making him lunch, so he bought me a Bnet Prepaid card for $20. I don't really care much about that skin from that angle though. I hope it looks better in-game.

>>123635201
dear god yes, i would love to see a Starcraft themed map

full blown with minerals and gas you need to harvest and control that spawns ever increasing waves of minions

every 3 minutes, gold minerals spawn that give you a huge boost and even more powerful minions that shove lanes really hard

>>123631925
How do you easily counter murky? I know stuns are good but is there a harder counter?

>>123635532
cleanse, fast aa

>>123635532
i mean, there's like a full burst combo from Nova...

a VP stacked frog when a Zera and Nazeebo combo?

...iono, i've rarely seen a Murky taken down from 100-0 unless it's a Nova, they usually survive with like 5% health and safety bubble back to full anyway

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I kinda see why sef is better than keg now. Body block, double hp.Assassins trying to escape are blocked lmao.

Also why do 99% of Cho'galls are fucking shit? Out of like 30 games with them I won 3.

CHEN IS FUCKING FUN

>>123635316
>>123635201

I do wish they hadn't gone with the Heavens for both.

One in the Heavens, one in Westmarch would have been much more fun.

I really want Starcraft Maps. Give us one with Nuke Silo objectives or something.

>>123635797
Luckily, I've only played 1 game with Cho'Gall, the rest were in AI games. We won the game but the Cho'Gall was dead weight and constantly complained, so we just used him as cannon fodder.

I've heard a lot of stories of people playing QM and having a total hot ass Cho'gall on their team. I'm just thankful it doesn't happen to me. Whoops, there I go jinxing myself again!

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>mfw this fucking queue time

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>>123636240
You don't wanna see what happens when it gets to 600.

>>123636517

Sup Thisisgia, any pro tip sfor chen? Been enjoying quite a lot. Got the basics down too.Also do you pick REF most of the time?

>>123636037

The one time I've seen Cho'Gal be terrifying was on the Dragon Knight map.

I wasn't aware that Gal could keep casting while Cho is piloting the Dragon Knight. So you end up with a Dragon Knight + Cho's spells...then a full health Cho'Gal to fight when it dies.

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>>123636517
>52 Shekels

>>123635060
>new specimen located
>species: terran, function: farmhand
>weak musculature and mental capacity, poor combat potential
>however, numerous offspring discovered, in addition: monozygotic twins
>further inspection of 23rd chromosome reveals robust reproductive systems, fertile ovum, strong birthing canal
>can extract essence, enhance zerg birthing capability
>recommendation: assimilate gene sequences, improve broodmother strain, allow for simultaneous production of different combat strains

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>>123636819

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>>123636594
Yeah, I pick SEF most of the time, but barrel can be better against high stun comps with high-value immobile squishies like Kael. Look to barrel the squishies into your team if you take it.

In general, learn to use BB well. WE costs exactly 50 brew, so you can always press it if you need the speed boost. You can use this if you see a gank coming with not enough time to mount, etc. Don't drink if you don't need the resources or don't need to tank damage. Keep the speed boost from BB for as long as possible while chasing.

>>123597996
senjinn here

when i play anub'arak, i play beetle build, pretty sure you can check my hotslog for that information

I want Rexxar, KT and Arthas, which one do I buy first ?

>>123637195
KT>Rexxar>Arthas

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>>123637337

>>123637102

Oooh i never tough of using the speed boost that way, thanks.

But chasing at 50 brew, won't you then have to drink (after using skills on them) and letting the person run away?

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>>123636517
welp

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LMAO plebs cant even Cho like me.

>>123637719
that was probably one of the most retarded games i've ever had the unpleasant experience of suffering through my entire fucking life

fuck this, i'm never playing quickmatch ever again, at least with Hero League, people aren't literal vegetables

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Guess who just bought Abathur

>>123637979
>at least with Hero League, people aren't literal vegetables
Hate to burst your bubbles.

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>>123637664
In the early levels, if the person is just running straight away from you without stopping, you can't really chase them forever. In that case, you generally want to kick>WE to initiate, and then just run alongside them autoing with BB and kicking when it's off cooldown to keep up, or keg smashing to slow them (without using fire breath) if you have teammates chasing. If they stop (or get stopped) for any reason, then you can take time to drink and fill up on brew before they start running again.

Once you have pressure point, though, you can chase forever. Here's how it should go:
1: Kick>WE
2:chase and auto with BB
3: Kick>drink while they're rooted>WE
4: go to step 2

>been a week since the new map launched
>still haven't had a game on it
I love this meme

>>123638237
The map rotation is BfoE and the new map tho.

>>123638154

Thanks for the tips, greatly helps.

>>123638154
>2 levels higher.
>Fighting a hammer.

Why did you make this webm?

>>123638237
You don't want it. It's fucking garbage.

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>>123638372
Because it was a good example of the standard Chen chase sequence with pressure point.

im a new player who was turned off by the high prices in HotS. What heroes should I pick up to have a good pool to play with? i assume i should have 2-3 of each role in case later on the other team picks one i own

>>123638639
Warrior: Muradin, ETC
Assassin: Jaina, Valla
Specialist: Zagara, Nazeebo. You can get away with having no specialists, though.
Support: Li Li, Kharazim (Malfurion if price is an issue)

>>123638758

thanks, ill pick those up

>>123638581

Yeah that's what I do generally on low level, but I tend to drink a lot more. That Azmodan is pretty bad lmao, he should have used his laser at least.

Also I'm getting Warmaster Chen skin.

>>123638980
Azmo was trying to get away and wasn't 13 yet. Laser just would have just rooted him and made him die faster.

Why do people focus on Muradin when there is a Li Li healing him and a Jaina beating on them from afar ?

It's like people have tunnel vision issues.

>>123639262
1 - maybe that muradin is the only thing they can safely attack and lili is too far away

2 - maybe they're just really shit players

3 - maybe they don't have a person to help peel so the only thing they can do is attack the muradin

4 - maybe they're confident in their ability to burst down muradin because they were able to bait out avatar and it's just about to end
usually mix of 2 and 2

>>123639262
>try to get past Muradin
>get thunder clapped
>get storm bolted
>get Jaina'd anyway because now you're even closer to her and also stunned/slowed
"just don't focus the tank" isn't good advice if the tank is going to kill you if you stop focusing him

>>123639262
Don't focus the tank is something only bronze scrubs say. If you dive past the frontline for a carry you're gonna get buttraped.

Focus the guy out of position, that's all.

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>>123639462
>>123639524
You guys...

How much of a grind is it to get solo queue Rank 1 in HotS?
Mate won't shut the fuck up about it. I'm 5724 in dotos and he's 3296 MMR claiming the climb in HotS was harder.
>What's the requirements for playing Ranked?
>Are there placement matches that you can abuse?
>Each rank equates to "2% of the players" - is Rank 1 #9999 comparable to Rank 1 #5?

>>123639668
>le you're wrong but I can't say why so I'll just assume a defensive stance implying you're beneath me despite not being able to articulate my point face
anon pls

speak pup

>>123640161
>blondes may HAVE more fun, but redheads ARE more fun
what did she mean by this?

>>123640351
Blondes are whores

>>123640410
don't talk about Johanna like that please

>>123640512
He meant Jaina.

>>123627725
>T1: Whichever is better for the map, Marksman or Amateur Opponent

Stopped reading right there

>>123639789
>What's the requirements for playing Ranked?
Level 30 and at least 10 heroes

>Are there placement matches that you can abuse?
win all 20 placements and you're pretty much in single digits rank

>Each rank equates to "2% of the players" - is Rank 1 #9999 comparable to Rank 1 #5?
no
bottom of rank 1 is literal shit, they only got there because they got lucky and got carried

top of rank 1 is where you actually see not-retarded plays

the whole 2% of players = 1 rank thing is bullshit and absofuckinglutely retarded system. it's doesn't even measure skill or progress, it's just a fucking number

>Plat HL MMR
>Diamond QM MMR

Still feels like i get the shittiest players in the whole of Europe though

>>123640786
that's because until you get to Masters MMR, everyone is actually shit

>>123640604
Marksman is useless on 2 lane maps since you will never get enough stacks to make it worthwhile, and BHB is PVE heavy so the extra NPC damage is superior.

I only have one specialist, and that's Sylvanas. I really like her, but I feel like I need another.

So should I get either Abathur or Zagara? They seem like the best choices. I'm just worried that picking Aba will fuck me up because there will be one less player on the field.

I will never play Hero League or strive to be competitive, otherwise I would just buy Jaina or KT

>>123641316
Murky goddammit

>>123639789
Getting lvl30 and the 10 heroes required could be grindy, but you can get around that abusing the free stimpack you get at lvl10 and buying all the cheapest heroes. You also get bonus xp if you play with a friend and that's going to make it even faster.
Once you can actually play ranked all it takes is 25-35 games with a decent winrate, placement matches included.

>>123641316
>I will never play Hero League or strive to be competitive
Murky or Hammer

>>123641316
Zagara is great but very team reliant, Murky is alright if you're not an autistic idiot, Abathur only worth it if you play with friends

>>123640837
Mustering the motivation to grind out of this shitfest is painful though.

>>123641946
you and me both :/

i've started playing more warriors because at the very least, i know i can play a strong front line or heavy engage

ETC, Johanna, Muradin, can't really go wrong with those three

ASCENDANT COUNCIL WHEN?

>>123641579
>>123641661
>>123641760

I've never played Murky, but following from the sidelines it seems like I'm supposed to push hard with him, and not be afraid of dying?

I've also noticed that Murky does a lot of damage, especially with the fish attack or whatever it is. I've got 10k gold and nothing special to spend it on except maybe Zeratul, so I guess I'll try him out.

>>123643053
Dying as murky isn't as bad as dying with another character, since you give less xp. However, you don't want to die for nothing, because it will make you lose your stacks of Living the Dream (best talent in the game to be honest)

>>123643126
Alrighty

What should I build on Murky? Since I've never played him, the talents make no sense to me

>>123643053
you just pick murky for enemy nova or kael

>>123643217
Block, living the dream, and you go full puffer after that.

Octo grab as ult, because it's so good.

>>123640351
fugg :-DDD

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This game is going to die without hot characters.

Alexstrasza when?

>>123643367
Pretty sure both WC and SC have their 2 most popular "hot" characters represented.

>>123640839
So what t1 talent do you take when the maps are not pve centric Or when you're solo tank?

>>123643564
Still need more.

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sonya nerf when?

>>123643367
Does that mean the game is shit?

>>123643735
Nah

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>>123643646
>artanis
>solo tank

>>123643646
Well you're never going to be a solo tank because artanis is not a tank

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>>123643367
Alexstrasza when?

>>123643367
You sound underage.

>>123644023
xD

is it just me or are assassins only allowed by blizzard to do actual game winning damage?
artanis is meant to be like a bruiser but he does zero damage

>>123644310
I do more damage with Chen than some assassins.

> 50% off sale

do i do, do i just buy all 10k heroes and end this nightmare

>>123644693
>buy them all
>realise you only play 10 often
>realise all the amount of skittles and/or lettuce you can have bought.

>>123601254
I have buyer's remorse from Desert Queen... No voice-overs and no changed abilities kills it.

Holy shit I'm having so much fun playing Tyrande

>tfw she's fun and very viable in the meta
>tfw shadowstalk can be used offensively and defensively
>tfw owl build is fun as fuck and everything is off CDs always
>rewind for locking down someone or 360 no scope owls

>>123645069
The hydralisks are different.

>>123645069
Hydras and Roaches look different.

Takada on foerests stream facing his brother go cheer him on faggots

>>123645992
no dont' watch me through his brother..

>>123646039
start streaming

>>123645992

Who is Takada? Why should I care?

>>123644023
>not fapping to hots

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>>123639789
Rank 1 is meaningless. Anyone who can move their hero and use keyboard shortcuts can reach it. Your mate won't shut up about it because he's probably shit and wants to feel superior for once.

>>123646372
The highest MMR player in /vg/, known for playing vikings.

>>123643053
During first one or two objective you're basically useless so just push two lanes. Slime the wave pufferfish slime again, get the xp and go to other lane. Back and forth getting the xp.

Block
Living the dream
Compressed air
Octograbing
Increased puffer damage on slimed targets
Slimy pufferfish
Rewind

Always check opponents talent picks at level 7 to see if they picked cleanse. If someone has cleanse you'll need to octograb them over anyone else

As much as I love playing the guy, fuck do I hope Thrall gets nerfed. Feels retardedly cheap and piss easy.

>>123643053
>following from the sidelines it seems like I'm supposed to push hard with him
No. That's a mistake I see plebs make all the time.
Play murky like you play any other character.

Yeah, you lane. But you need to help out in teamfights like any other pleb.
Else you almost guarantee a loss unless the enemy team is dumb enough to waste someone defending you or their team is so shit they lose 5v4.

Take fucking octograb and use it well and often.
Late game you want to aim for at least 1 person permanently on respawn.
This counter-acts the fact that you are a negligible sack of shit.

I have seen ONE.
ONE murky, win me the game with march.
He had like 500 games on the guy.
You are not him yet. Do not pick it.

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>people think there's skill requires for this game

>>123648189
Loving this bait desu senpai

>>123648260
Not bait desu, the skill cap on this game is so low it's not even funny.

>>123648292
How many games did it take you to get masters, then?

>>123646427
are you rank 1?

By your definition, everyone that can type (reach shortcuts) or post on this thread should easily be rank 1 yet that's not the case.

>>123648341
>being autistic enough to grind that out
no thanks

>>123648448
Are you at least rank 1 then, senpai?

>>123648341
>Falling for that bait this much
stop

>>123648487
I am, took me about 90-100 games I believe.
From what I'm hearing that's not much of an achievement, though.

>>123648554
>From what I'm hearing that's not much of an achievement, though.
You'd be surprised how much trouble some people have with it.

Sounds like you don't enjoy the game very much anymore, though, if you've resorted to shitposting. Why stick around?

>>123648627
>>You'd be surprised how much trouble some people have with it.
Isnt that usual in assfaggots games? You get placed in mid range ranks and youre stuck there forever

>>123648695
>youre stuck there forever
Not if you're good. When I started this game months ago I was plat on slogs. Now I'm double masters and climbing. You just need to have the capacity to learn from your mistakes and a mindset focused on improving. Some people just aren't cut out for that sort of stuff, though, so they wallow in mid leagues winging about their team instead of trying to figure out what they could have done better.

>>123592498

I just realized I actually hate Mobas and the reason I play this is because of the characters, and nice graphics, and hero fights. But it's not like I have any fun wining objectives. For me destroying the core means that the fun is over, rather than we won.

So I hope the arcade mode finally makes me stop playing mobas forever, when do you think it's coming? months?

When is Zagara getting reworked?
Her talents are forever imbalanced
Mutalisk is a retarded spell
She is boring as fuck

>>123649976

Arcade Mode?

>>123650112
Ah it's called Arena, sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdUTmQvDNwg

>>123650207

Ah so 'Teamfights: The mode'

Interesting, though I'll admit I play MOBAs much more for objectives than for teamfights.

I do wonder how they'll make that work with all those heroes who really don't like a fair teamfight. I'm not seeing Azmodan doing well there for instance.

>>123646372
Don't care about takada, he sucks, care about senjinn, the memes about this guy is stuff of legends.

>>123650517
Senjinn pls, you already got presents, isnt that enough

>>123650457
welp sorry posted the edgy version, this is what it's about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DjkOAmTrvo

>>123650701

Ah, interesting. So while it's MORE teamfight focused, it's not exclusively teamfight.

Interesting. Could be very cool.

>>123647784
Thrall still isn't seen in competitive

He wont be nerfed

>>123644310
>is it just me or are assassins only allowed by blizzard to do actual game winning damage?

>Zagara
>Nazeebo
>Sonya

>>123651193

Heck, she's squishy and tricky but Hammer is a specialist and she puts some assassins to shame in ability to devastate a teamfight.