Heroes of the Storm - /hotsg/

I'm going to marry Auriel

tentacle man hype

So, another protoss?

Also, this one just looks like Palpatine.

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Reminder of reddit karma-whoring sell-out rats: https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/4mh256/theres_a_guy_on_4chan_who_has_accurately_leaked/

https://www.reddit.com/user/SSJ5Gogetenks
>ponyfucker

They are in this thread RIGHT NOW!

So is this game like, alive?

>>151996520
I guess.

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>>151995963
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAXqZIBeS40
>new maps might drastically lower the chances of there ever being a Viking/Firebat hero seeing as how they've been relegated to mercenary status

>>151996520
it gets defibrillated every 3-4 weeks

>>151996762
Yeah, just like we'll never have zerg heroes and Abathur's trait will get removed...

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>WE

when?

Oh fucking good, a character with a better Grav O Bomb. Why can't Blizzard admit they just fucking hate Gazlowe already?

>>151997048
Spectres are great and all but that guy was such a faggot.

I haven't played since Cho'Gall was introduced. What have I missed, aside from a bunch of new heroes? And probably new maps too.

>>151997117
Gravtion Surge is a root that pulls enemies together over X seconds

Grav-O-Bomb is a stun that activates after X seconds

>>151997141
>No maps

Haha. No. Aside from Lost Cavern, which is just ARAM mode, you haven't missed anything. Just a bunch of balance patches and new heroes.

>>151997048
theres already too many niggers

>>151996762
Hellbats are not Firebats, anon. Also, we have Raynor and Tychus, two marine heroes. You know what the ranged minions are?

Marines.

You know how Gul'dan was shoved into "NEVER EVER" territory because of Azguldan? Yeah.

Chill yourself.

>>151997141
probably a ~50% drop in player population

>>151997230
B-but in that time, DotA, a typically slow-to-change game, has introduced dozens of entirely new mechanics. Is HotS, the newest MOBA, really being upgraded and innovated more slowly than a game that's more than a dozen years old?

>>151997517
That's bad, because on Oceanic it already took a long time to find a game.

>>151997226
Grav-O-Bomb pulls everything into the center after X seconds, if there's ANY stun to it, it's incredibly small to the point of barely existing. The stun comes from the E, which you combo together with the Grav-O. Graviton Surge pulls everything into the center immediately and holds them there.

Grav-O is EASILY escapable 70% of the time, thanks to the ramp up time it has, and even then, unless you timed it perfectly ,there's still SOME time to move after it pulls you into the center, either way, it's pretty forgiving to the victim.

Graviton is immediate, therefor much harder to escape, therefor it yields much more value.

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NEW BATTLEGROUNDS LOOK SWEET

FUCKING HYPE

H
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P
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>>151997450

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Starcratf fan here, but i hanen't played Lotv because reasons, who is this cold steel the protoss and why he looks so edgy.

AND WHERE THE FUCK IS STUKOV OR MENGSK?

>>151997673
Leader of the Tal'darim. You know, the enemy protoss in the Wings of Liberty campaign.

>>151997226
No, Grav O bomb is a snatch. The stun part comes from the xplodium charge ability.

What does it matter? The goal is the same: pull enemies together, and Zarya 's comes out instantly.

>>151997586
Grav-O definitely has its own stun.

>why can't blizzard just admit they hate Rehgar when they put in morales who has his ult BUT BETTER
>why can't blizzard just admit they hate Thrall when they put in Greymane who has the same kit but does way more damage

>>151997673
Stukov TBD, Mengsk probably by the end of the year.

>>151997640
do you have the original le dying man with leoric?

>>151997421
>Also, we have Raynor and Tychus, two marine heroes. You know what the ranged minions are?
but that's almost a moot point since raynor and tychus were already released before getting minion counterparts, whereas it's the opposite for the viking/hellbat
though i don't doubt they'll reach into some more starcraft shit if these maps end up being popular

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>>151997769
Oh... those guys.
All protoss are shit, anyway.

>maps for a dead RTS
>maps for a dead dungeon crawler
>no maps for the game that single handedly saved Blizzard from bankrupcy

HEARTHSTONE MAPS WHERE

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tassadar archon ult rework when

>>151997959
shit taste detected

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>starcraft 2 came out 6 years ago

>>151998060
>Hearthstone single-handedly saved Blizzard from bankruptcy [citation needed]

>>151997959
Their vanguard unit that replaces immortals in LotV campaign is pretty dope. 8 (+7 vs armored) 16 times per attack with minor splash melts ultralisks and hybrid.

>Overwatch was released 2 yeats ago

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Raynor here, oh yeah!

>>151998163
>SC2 was announced almost 10 years ago

>>151998124
Shoulda played him in the Beta. Archon could 1v5 the enemy team and win with ease. Now it just tickles in 1v1.

>>151996762
We can still have Mengsk with Marauder bodyguard.

>Diablo 3 was 30 years ago

>>151998209
Dragoon? They were based in SC1.

>WoW launched 25 years before 9/11

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>>151997858
i have all 3, well i say `all` because i think theres only those 3, but i wish there were more

Any mention of what Alarak's trait is? Judging from how he plays in the campaign and what it looks like he does in co-op, it might be either regaining health on kills or buffs with allies around.

>>151998742
They're in the LotV campaign. You can pick between stalkers, adepts, and dragoons for ranged infantry.

>>151997959
Nigga that's Starcraft's version of Darth Vader, who spends the entire campaign calling Artanis a faggot and wandering around stoned out of his fucking mind. He also happens to be one of the most powerful Protoss around, so on top of being a colossal asshole, whenever someone tries to step to him, he beats the shit out of him.

Alarak is great and you have plebian-tier taste.

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MENGSK WHEN?

>>151998854
beats the shit out of them*

Typing is hard and so am i

>>151998854
Also he has mind-control-like powers where he subtly uses them on some people that lets him tweak another person's intentions. Most people seemingly have missed this during the campaign.

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>>151998854
He's also voiced by John "Q" Delancey.
So he has more sci-fi cred than the rest of the cast combined.

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>>151997858

>>151999030
Doesn't Worf do Tassadar's voice?

>>151999030
>VA is swagger as fuck
>Character is one of THE most based characters in THE most based race
Is he our guy? He's certainly mine.

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>>151998854
>who spends the entire campaign calling Artanis a faggot

This is the only part that got my attention.

>>151998854
Fuck, I wanted the Rak'Shir to be one of his ults, well I hope it's at least a lvl 20 talent

>>151998854
its spelled plebeian

>>151999030
i bet it will be a different voice actor for hots

they didnt spring for my cylonfu tricia helfer for kerrigan

>>151999135
Alarak has absolutely no respect for anyone. He allies with Artanis because it's convenient - he's mad at Red Space Cthulhu for tricking/abusing/using his people, and Artanis' forces are a means to an end. He kicks the shit out of all of the members of the Protagonist crew and joins them anyways because using the other factions of Protoss as meatshields for his revenge quest will mean less of his own guys will die.

>>151999128
AND A FUCKING SILENCE ON A BASIC ABILITY, HOLY SHIT

>>151999167
If the Rak'Shir isn't somehow part of his kit I will mail Blizzard Gazlowe's dick in a box.

>>151999202
nigga who cares, for fuckin' real

>>151999539
At least he gets Rak'Shir as sort of an ability in co-op mode.

I just realized that Alarak is a melee assassin! That's pretty sick. I'm hype again. I thought he was ranged.

>>151997575

>B-but in that time, DotA, a typically slow-to-change game, has introduced dozens of entirely new mechanics

such as?

>>152000097
fun fact: melee heroes are twice as fun as ranged heroes.

>>152000196
That's why greymane is 3 times as fun

>>152000196
jojo is so anti fun that she brings all melee down to negative fun total

>>152000341
I literally just played a game as Jo and it was the most relaxing game of HOTS ever. I loved just walking around, giving no fucks and having loud as fuck basic attacks.

>>152000297
>>152000196
Correct.

is gul dan fun

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>>151999083
Muradin is based as fuck

>take perfect storm so I can spam hammers
>take dwarf launch at 16 so I can jump away from anything, never die
>mfw

>>152000297
Greymane is the only Assassin I REALLY enjoy purely because of Worgen form. I hate that ranged bullshit. Although I do like Jimmy, ut I think that's moreso just because he's pretty simple.

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>First match
>We are dominating for most of the match
>We get demolished in the last teamfight and lose

>Next match
>We are getting demolished most of the match
>We never get a good teamfight to win.

It's one of those days

>>151999538
Did you see the trailer? It's clearly the same VA.

>>151997384
xDDD

>>152000862
I feel like I'm the only person in the world who is still in love with Ranged. I just love Inner Beast and hearing my bullets go pew pew pew pew pew pew pew and gradually picking up speed.

And honestly, a good cocktail will give me a high for the entire game. Especially when you hit the tank and it splashes the entire backline.

>>152002273
Melee Greymeme just instantly deletes people then escapes with his "psssh nothing personnel, kid" skills.

>>151998892
what would mengsk actually do other than "be human guy who was important in SC story i guess"

Is there a release date/ETA for the new battlegrounds and heroes?

>>152002859
Next year

>>152002921
Please be joking.

>>152000862
obviously you should start playing attack damage Zeratul and then cry when the enemy team picks stuns and stops you from killing anything during your ult

he's fun as fuck against teams that are low on disables though

>>152002859
September 13

>>152003237
2017

>>151998892
Always thought He'd be a super nice hero, He won't do anything by himself but would mostly command starships or units.

>>152003287
-1

>>152002995
Take the time to read the news for yourself and you won't get trolled.

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>that terran music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD4GbGmvNRc

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When are we getting her?

>>152004132
I hope SC and SC2 music plays during the new maps.

Wholly shit alarak looks fucking bad ass.

Is he a warrior or ass? I'd bet the latter.

>>152004248
lewd

>>152004498
he's the melee assassin we've all been waiting for

>>152004259
>SC2
I cannot recall a single song from SC2. I scarcely played BW and yet Terran 1, 2, and 3 still send chills down my spine.

>>152004248
Legit never ever.

I'm hoping Alarak will be a beefy assassin since he has so much warrior-like skills. Hopefully more utility and survivability than the typical "hurr durr i deal damage" assassin.

>>152004776

Good I need an assassin to play. Ever since Dehaka came out I can't stand any other role but if I get this sex machine then consider him bought.

>>152004248
We do need a zerg support to have a full team Zerg.

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>>152002356
Say that to my face faggot and see what happens

>>152004789
A lot of them bleed into each other when played back to back like in normal play.

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

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>>152004248
Psionic pussy is better.

>>152005282
I think the critical distinction is the escapes part.

Though lately, I've been playing a lot of 4Ass-1Spec games in QM and my escape as Butcher is "Walk to healing fountain because literally everyone on the enemy team is dead".

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Post cute Dehaka

>>151998662
>Pop Archon.
>Less dps than Rehgar. No lightning shield or butt biting or anything, Archon can't outdps Rehgar's auto attack.

>>152006004
Heh
Greymane has just more mobility overall : Q lunge, disengage, ult.

Butcherino can heal but stutter stepping fucks him up royally in every possible way

>>151995963
>>151995963


Maiev dork, r u ok?

Is Auriel worth getting?

>>152004965
they already literally said that he was is an assassin anon, there's no place for hope here

>>152007454
Did you not read the post you replied to? Reads as if you didn't.

Nigger hero when

>>152006345

Neato picture anon. I'd like to see more Dehaka art he's my favorite character.

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>>152007626
>flaps wings profusely
WE WUZ ANGELS AND SHIET

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>>152007626
Dehaka is Cute

>>152007978
Why the fuck does he have facial hair? Hahaha what the fuck, primal Zerg?

>>152008179

As you said he's primal zerg. They're born rather than birthed via queens so it's likely they have some form of hair I'd imagine.

>>152008179
>Change is survival

>>152000862

I miss when Greymane was a poke hero with worgen for cleanup. Now it's just 'Here's your divine shield, initiate with wolf and kill everyone'.

Old cocktail Greymane was my favorite assassin. Now I don't even touch him since he's just the butcher.

>>152009718
>trying to play heroes in interesting ways
Blizzard gives you 3-4 talents per level to see if you're good enough to play each hero the right way

the rest of the talents are all just noobtraps

>>152008179
>Says the beta that cant grow out a luscious spell of locks beneath his face

Go tend to your wife's son.

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>>152007626
>shoots some b-ball
> summons a crowd of nigglets to hang out with him
> talks shit bout everyone
> rapes and steals people's shit
Cant be any more nigger than that

>>152010067
>Primal Zerg have hair
>Master race Abathur Zerg do not
Literally BTFO.

>>152010884

He's fake zerg though mate learn the lore

>>152011308
Who? Abathur? Nigga he's the crux of current Zerg.

sad to see hots dying out like starcraft did

>>152011359

He's still fake, the brood he's from a forced mutation and corruption, they arent even zerg anymore.

>>152011417
>huge update very soon
>le dead meme persists
When will you die?

>>152011417
at least there's a dark poetry with the upcoming event

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Based reddit-cross-poster wading through hell for information. Below...

Date gotten from here: http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20241134/machines-of-war-revealed-at-gamescom-2016-8-16-201

And incase you missed the news of the season being extended to that date, http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20243785/ranked-season-1-extended-8-15-2016

Minor notation - Alarak launches alongside the Machines of War patch, this means it will have been 5 weeks between Auriel and Alarak. This is the longest gap between hero releases since the game launched. Just a little funfact that people might not know. The date for Zarya is also due to be September 27th, which is two weeks after Alarak, the shortest non-early access gap.

>>152011560
>huge update
>just 2 heroes and 2 maps

>>152011758
just

>>151997787
>morales good
Rehgar is till godtier. Morales is still shit tier. With two mediocre ults. Medivac is kinda cool I guess.
>same kit
>poke, root, increase speed.
Yeah I see some similarities. Thrall has way more sustain. And his ults are completely different.

>>152011758
This nigga

>>152011758
Also all those great skins

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>>151995963
IMPERIUS WHEN?

This game is insanely fun, but every blizz games is branded dead by the contrarians, even wow

The best sc2 was after 2014 so like two years after the bandwagon kids jumped off

>>152000196
I had some fool in QM blame our loss entirely on the fact that they had more ranged heroes than us

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>go morales
>teammate picks lili
>lili """""dps""""""
>does less dps than the fucking tank
>blames our Jaina at the end of the game

>>152004248
>Not saving her
Are you genuinely a dang ol' fool?

>listening to space elves
>ever

>>152015417
>thinking that there's any hope for anyone infested

>>152011758
>JUST
>TWO
>MAPS

>>152015552
She didn't get infested if you helped her, checkmate atheists

>>151998124
Archon needs to be a basic ability...

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Why do i have a hell billie mount? is it permanent?

>>152015824
>Entire fucking town is infested zombie style if you go against her
>3 dudes have a cough if you support her
Okay, this was fucking bullshit. So both answers are the right answer but one of them deprives me of an NPC and future dialogue and lore. No. Only one of them has an actual negative consequence story wise. Either the town is infected or its not but don't try to have it both fucking ways.

>>152015417
This, the space elves only know of to purge planets.

>>152011710

So we wait a week longer than usual for a new hero only to get the next two heroes within just two weeks of each other. Not bad, but y'all better bunk down.

>>152016084
Hell Billie is a reward for buying something within season 1. You have him forever.

>>152011560
updates and dedgame are not mutually exclusive anon

it's the playerbase that is ded not the dev

>>152000662
he is my favorite hero atm. you can easily fuck up but when you master him he is very powerful and removing healthbars and making plays with horrify feels very rewarding.

>>152002859
In the interview they said it's gonna be on ptr a "few after season 1 ending" and already playable on gamescom.

>more starcraft

yes please

>more overmeme

fuck off

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>It's an Illidan vs Brightwing episode

>>152015552
wasn't Stukov cured by the protoss at some point ?

>>152022028
yeah and diablo was killed by the player character in diablo, but despite being dead he's still a hero

>tfw finally Starcraft maps

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>>151997589
New Kerrigan skin looks cool as fuck.

W H E N
H
E
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>>152006345

>>152023283
I think you might be missing something there.

>>152022949
That will be 15€ kind sir ;)

Grubby currently streaming Alarak, get hype boys!

>>151998853
100% extra ability power damage against heroes i think

>>152024748
>new hammer (talent?)
>50% damage reduction in siege mode

>>152024962
when stunned or rooted

>>152024748
Zarya
basic attacks splash
damage conversion trait
no mana
Q, 4 charges, 8 second cooldown
W&E, 12 sec cooldown

>>152025523
Gravity Surge 120 sec. cooldown

>blizzard is pulling the plug on hots in december
rip ded game

>>151998124
Archon should be a beast again

Not as strong as in beta, because that was just broken, but jeez now is pretty much a joke

>>152025664
Expulsion Zone 45 sec. cooldown

>>152025763
lvl 16 talent to cleanse on ally shield

>>152022949

It's just a shame Alarak is here to replace her.

>>152024748
Alarak

trait: 100% bonus damage to heroes, some talents permanently "spend" the bonus damage as a cost to pick the talent

Q, 1.5 sec base silence, cant be talented to 2.25sec

W, vector targeted, can push/pull heroes and himself, can be used as a gap closer

E, piercing skillshot nuke

>>152027006
Ults?

>>152027006
there are also a few that increase it

but grubby is currently picking talents in an effort to lower it as much as possible

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>random retard on the team is feeding
>8 deaths in 6 minutes
>says he doesnt care he's quitting
>says he's getting a refund for all the money he spent on this shit game
>someone tells him that he can't get a refund
>he says "apple always gives refunds"
>i agree, and tell him apple refunded my google app store purchases
>he says they did the same for him
>other guy says he just tried getting a refund for his microsoft purchases but apple denied it
>game ends
>the retard whispers me post game to ask me where can he find his apple store id for HOTS purchases
this guy is legit retarded
i dont even know what to say
he was somehow rank 1 plat
lord have mercy

alarak's talents are very tradeoff based

there's also one that halves the 0.5s casting time on his silence but makes him take 25% more damage after hitting it

>>152027376
Sounds pretty shit for squishy assasin.

>>152027435
but then his second ult makes him invincible (?) for one second and counterattacks if anyone hits him during it

so those combo sort of

>>152027457
What is counterattack CD? And can you move during it?

at 20 Alarak can take his second heroic

he can also get a 20s cooldown ability that cleanses him and teleports but reduces him to 1hp
and a 20s cooldown "permanently lose 4% sadism then rewind"

>>152027315
did I hear that correctly? Alarak can have both heroics at lvl 20?

>>152027604
30s and no, it's a 1s channel

the other ult is a 45s cooldown but he didn't pick it on stream so nut sure what it does

>>152027604
30 sec. cooldown, cant move though

>>152027704
longer he charges the further it goes, damage stays the same regardless of distance apparently

>>152027710
>>152027704
Sounds like a piss poor version of blademail. Why would you hit him when he's not even attacking.

also looks like talents were changed around for raynor and valla
valla got a billion more quest talents at 1 and 4

no butcher changes

>>152027849
well i'm guessing he can use it while a projectile is mid flight
plus 1s of protection so you can maybe dodge pyroblast and shit

Valla confirmed for talent rework boys!

>>152027849
You do it to counter damage that's already coming at you. There are way more skillshots and aoes with travel time in this game than dota.

>>152027949
>>152027967
Even then, souns like a shittier version of that Medivh skill.

Also the reflection isn't based on the damage they deal.

It does 800ish in a long AOE in front of you.

>>152027957
anyone have a list of current heroes (not zarya or alarak) that have upcoming changes?

>>152028043
The only info about changes comes from Grubby randomly clicking heroes to look at their talents during the pre-game hero selection time.

>>152028014
Well, obviously. Hero abilities have to make sense in the kit they're in, not the kit some other hero has. If his reflect ult was on a 5 second cooldown it would be ridiculously broken because it does a fuckton of damage along with it.

>>152028123
Its basically a combo of Gazlowe lazer and Medivh shield. You just run away actually. I hope his second ult is something.

zarya does 2% bonus damage per point of energy so she can do triple damage at full charge

also she has a quest that increases max energy from 100 to 125

meme strat: barrier yourself then stand under enemy tower for free charge during laning phase

Li ming can blink out of graviton surge

shit hero shit game

>>152028284
Tracer and Genji can also get out of it, so who cares.

also there's a level 20 talent that makes all 4 particle grenade charges replenish at once instead of 1 at a time

seems like grenade build will be fun

>>152027376
>>152027435
Alarak sounds like you have to perfectly execute combos and actually think about talents, with those "advantage at the cost of another disadvantage" on every tier.

His versions of Bolt and Rewind are especially ridiculous.

>>152028987
he also has his own version of the Kerrigan combo with the pull into a silence, plus lightning for damage. seems really fun

>>152028987
yeah his bolt probably requires a rehgar or morales or something to ultraheal you afterwards

seems like the very very standard choice would just be taking the second ult

If they do nothing for Nova this event, fuck them.

Sith lightning build looks fun as fuck

Oh yeah also Alarak's charge is canceled (with no cooldown) if he takes damage during the cast time, so you can only use it for engaging. More reason to pick the counterattack I guess.

>everyone watching Grubby stream Alarak & Zarya instead of the Europe Regional
LEL

does this game have any memes?

>>152029801
>caring about competitive hots
for what purpose

>>152028987
Blizzard making not cookie cutter Li-Ming tier character for once? Instabuy.

Why are there so many heroes with no mana problems at all but with mana management talents at level 1?

>>152030016
for fun

>>152029930
Are there dipshits rampant within it? Yes.

Therefor, yes.

>>152029930
We're literally running on 100% meme power at this point

>>152029930
we have pretty much more memes than game itself

that said, I'll go play Murky

>>152028194
That's literally how you play Zarya vs Bastion/Toblerone/Symmetra in OW.

>>152027957
>take hero who has perfect talent balance, 4 viable builds, and mana issues
>don't fix the mana issues and rework the talents instead

ummm

Surely they could have released a hero that doesn't at glance look like an Artanis clone?

>>152033456
>Alarak anything like Artanis
I swear non-Protossfags are blind as bats. Honestly, among all of the main Protoss characters, those two are one of the most polar opposite pairs. And this imagery is apparent and probably intentional in the campaign. Artanis trying to be the noble knight while Alarak the cunning and arrogant type.

oh my GOD braxis memeout is another map that takes FOR FUCKING EVER to finish

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>>152033456
hurr durr i r retart

>>152033632
Alarak's a big guy.

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>>152033534
>>152033632

I've never played Starcraft.
I said AT A GLANCE
Both are aliens with the same fucking stance using wrist blade fucking weapons, their kit has similar abilities of energy fields moving enemies and charges.
They are fucking similar, compared to Kerrigan and say Thrall.

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>he thinks we look alike
>terran

>>152033808
you must be blind then
one is bright the other is dark

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>>152033808
>one is mostly black with a white face
>other is mostly white with a grey face
I'm sorry, you're retarded. Also their skill-set is very different.

Going to be maining (as much as possible without being an asshole) this god-tier guy. Love his lore and in SC.

>>152033808
WHITE/BLUE GUY - BLACK/RED GUY is a thematic contrast older than fucking television

I used to mix up Golbez and Exdeath all the time and they don't even look alike at all. Some people are just dumb.

>>152033808
Both are """similar""" but one is a bruiser and the other a melee assasin

Also, Alarak seems to not have mana, so in terms of play both will be pretty different

Lorewise Alarak is a dark templar and Artanis a high templar, so they are different in that respect too

>>152033970
>>152033978
>alien guy with wrist blades
>and an alien guy with wrist blades who looks slightly different
Can you really blame him? Guy looks like a lazy clone with a marginally different design to distinguish them.

>>152034204
dude if you're colorblind enough you can't tell apart white and black, you need help.

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>>152033935
>>152033970
>>152033978
>>152034078

You guys are right I've been so baka.
I can't wait for the next hero Xerautensil who uses a wrist lightsaber too but wears different colour armor so it'll be totally amazing and a totally new concept, but instead of using stealth he will use a blanket he's used crayons on to make it look almost unseeable due to his great artistic talent which is a polar opposite to Zeratul who cant actually draw.

>>152034154
Alarak has mana though.

>>152034268
Do you have to check every time you use Zeratul so you don't accidentally lock in Tassadar?

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>>152034337

>>152034337
He has?

I was based on a screenshot of him I saw in the game, but I could have seen it wrong

>>152034267
>>152033978
>>152033935
>>152033632
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE FUCKING COLOR

They have similar SHAPE. Which means if say Artanis plays with a skin and you don't know all the skins that are in the game, then you could mistake him for being Alarak with a skin.

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>>152034267
wow so different!

>>152033632
>>152033534
>>152033837

he looks like an artanis skin not a new fucking hero.

also
>playing sc2 after they made each xpack cost as much as a new game without adding enough new shit to compensate

where the fuck is samuro though? I thought he was meant to be next.

The Alarak Artanis thing is getting out of hand

Holy shit, no one said anithing about Tyrael Auriel and look more alike

>first time playing in months
>queue up as Sylvanas
>Cursed Woods
>falling behind in levels because no one is fucking sulking, everyone is mid playing ARAM while me and Li-ming are bot poking at each other
>not even 10 minutes into the game and these autists are bitching at each other
>first tribute spawns, we manage to grab it through sheer luck
>2nd tribute hits, we're 2 levels down
>tell everyone to just soak so we can catch up
>no one listens, they go fight it anyway
>get shat on because we're 2 levels lower than the enemy team
>get bitched at for not doing enough damage despite having just as much damage as everyone else
>ask why we even tried to fight that
>"yea i agree we should just give up"
>ok.jpg
>no joke all four of these autists go afk
>Morales sits in a bush and plinks at a giant camp so she won't get kicked I guess
>everyone else afks in spawn
>i'm left alone to hopelessly eat creep waves while the enemy team wins the game as slow as possible

Fun. Real fun game.

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>>152034528

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>>152034483
its okay colorblind billie
they are exactly the same, what a shame blizzard doesnt cater disabled ppl enough

>>152034473
Grubby confirmed it

>>152034483
Artanis literally has a door floating behind him at all times whereas Alarak is like a perfect triangle. Not even their silhouettes look the same, similar at best. And then again, so do Uther's and Thrall's (and those two literally use the same base model)

>>152034797
Skins don't keep characters color. Hell, base skin has color varations. People who say characters are too similar NEVER take color into account, it's all about shape. Thats why Widowmaker is Nova skin. They have literally the same silhouette.

>>152034528
>not putting in Tyrael for the bottom pic

>>152034797
>colorblind mode changes alarak to black/yellow

>>152034154
Um, actually Artanis is Dark Templar and regular templar at the same time, its his whole gimmick that he unites the tribes. Meanwhile, Alarak is neither, he's Tal'darim.

>>152034659
Because tits

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>>152034571
Man those expansion packs were incredibly fun, those 40 dollars were better spent than on any other game that came out at the time.
such as fallout 4 since that was a massive dissapointment

chu playing in new maps and showing new talents/heroes

get in here boys

>>152035759
Share the link at least you fucker

>>152035839
*insert spoonfeed comment here*

twitch tv/chu8

This game is absolutely infuriating, you can do everything right but if there's one single shitter on your team it all falls apart. Makes me remember why no one plays this garbage.

wow what an annoying gook

>>152036107
Chu a cute. A CUTE.

>>152035285
Frozen Throne had more new content than any of those expansions and cost like £13 on release.

I can't remember the exact price but im pretty sure Legacy of the Void cost £40

>>152036107
I absolutely fucking despise Twitch culture, and streams in general, but Chu is one of the three people I actually like. That guy is all about just having fun and generally being dumb. The people that donate to him say the dumbest shit, but it's always a good laugh or two whenever I feel like watching him play. Cool dude.

>>152035759
Every azn streamer is an annoying forced as fuck dipshit.

>>152036013
>team game
>WHAT THE FUCK YOU GOTTA PLAY TOGETHER WHAT IS THIS SJW SHIT

>>152036784
And did you take into account a little thing called inflation over last 10-15 years?

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>>152036784
Eh I liked Frozen Throne but I'm not sure if it added that much, what was it a few races to play in the campaign? Like the exclusive units in the expansions in sc2. Naval units, and then a few new units for the current races?

I mean you can argue the price, but I thought they were just as good as frozen throne especially when you go back and feel how dated some of the missions are.

>>152036945
only way to check the new content

>>152037206
That pic is cool lol

Alarak is great.

To be honest, he would have been le edgy nothing personnel shadow the protosshog, except for two things:

1) He's voiced by John DeLancie, and he delivers that great performance he does that would be cheesy and over the top from most actors but is just delicious from him.
2) Alarak actually has a sense of humor to him, he's could easily have been a serious 2cool4school brooder but instead he's actually pretty cheerful a lot of the time, he's a massive smug asshole but in a way that you love him for it.

If anyone who hasn't played LoV is curious, there are youtube collections of his scenes, like so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF_VnWEJNjE

You'll need to watch for a while to get to the really good scenes.

>no Sonya/Zarya banter about who is stronker

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When are they implementing a map exclusion feature and putting mines back on the rotation? This has literally ruined the game for me.

>>152039402
Sonya doesn't stand a chance she knows it.

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>>152039598
Blizzard has said they'll "find a way to make Haunted Mines playable again" before the end of next season.

>>152039641
>Sonya
>knowing her limits

hehe

>>152039697
>make Haunted Mines playable again
By ruining it

>>152039598
If you're feeling deprived anon you can always do a custom game with haunted mines.

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I seem to be addicted to moba's but I'm absolute garbage at league and it makes me angry. If I started playing this would I be just as garbage here as I am at league or is there a chance I may be good?
I'm B3 in LoO, used to be gold 4

>2 new heroes
>pink haired lesbian
>edgy dark version of artanis
Blizzard has such great designers

>>152022949
I'm legit pissed that they didn't include Ghost Kerrigan as her own hero. I mean, the skin is neat, but it also reeks of trying too hard.

>>152039876
From personal experience people who were shit at League that I played with were shit at HOTS but got salty as fuck because they saw this game as babby mode.
The people who I've played with who were good at League and Dota 2 were great at this game and I've had mixed compliments and criticisms from them about HOTS.

>>152040875
>you can sum them up in less than 4 words

that's good though, MOBA characters need to be simple and recognizable concepts

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STOP!

YOU NECROPHILIACS LOVING FAGGOTS HAVE 30 SECONDS TO TELL ME YOUR 3 FAVOURITE THINGS ABOUT SYLVANAS

so how does Alarak's Telekinesis actually work

>>152042523
GARROSH'S
DICK
INSIDE

>>152042523
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsMjBV6sZVo

>>152042523
She was totally before dying.

>>152042523
I'd totally post some cute Sylvanas from the guy who did the Li Ming vs Tyrande pic but I can never remember what his tumblr is called.

>>152042718
>select ability
>click and hold on point A
>draw to point B
>release
>enemies and/or alarak get dragged from point A to point B (similar kerrigan's E)

https://youtu.be/UDf70rcIFrY?t=164

Hello hotstards

Maps seem fun and interesting.

Wonder what the very first post on here bitching about them will be like.

>>152044643
fuck you in the ass madakafa

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>>152042523
She will never stop twerking, never.

>>152044967
t. dead game player

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Anyone else curious just what Blizzard wants to do with the game?

For some reason i always assume it's pretty dead, but they release heroes so frequently, and every Hero Spotlight gets like 300k views, it can't be dead. But why doesn't Blizzard push it as an e-sport. Yes, yes i know not everything has to be an e-sport, but e-sports are profitable. So why wouldn't Blizzard push it?

The qualify tournaments for the championships are always 3rd party shit that's just sponsored by Blizzard with a little banner in the background, meanwhile Hearthstone tournament gets sets that are built after the Hearthstone Inn.

I just want to know what the fuck their plans are.

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>>152045009
>Sylvanass

>>152044516
wew
guess I'm not gonna play Alarak then

>>152045009
>bigger head than a fucking funko pop fig

>>152046592
TFW you hide a bag of dicks and were thinking of eating them all day but you come home to find out your husband ate them

Jesus christ how much will the new ultimate bundle cost? 80€?

>>152044894
Anyone who likes playing characters with fuck all waveclear will hate the zerg rush map

>>152045558
Pretty sure they tried to push HotS e-sports and it failed.

>>152039230
>You think us fools?
>Yes but that is irrelevant

Kek

>>152044516
So its a shitty version of Rubicks, (lol) Telekinesis

>>152034742
>hasn't played in months
>yells at team because they don't know how to play the game correctly
Sounds like you made some bad choices during the game you aren't telling us about anon.

Y IS THERE NO BLADEMASTER SAMURO

Blizzard hasn't made a relevant game since wings of liberty so it'd nice if they just stick to the good shit.

HoTS only exists to test out models for WC3

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>>152049443
Samuro is coming senpai.
There's a Burning Blade banner hidden in the promotional image for the Machines of War event.

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>>152047636
>mfw Nazeebo main

I hear de call ;^)

>>152049929

I can also see a marauder/firebat.

Happening?

>make 2 sc2 maps
>no hybrids bosses/mercs
uhmm?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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what am I in for?

>>152050905
anger

>>152050905

Dead game and a lot of retarded people

Have fun

>>152050616
So they can make a hybrid hero

>>152050961
>>152051019
alrighty

>>152044894
>bronze/silver loses in one of the new maps
>Realizes that he was shit in everything so he can't claim muh stats

REEEEEEE when are they going to delete (starcraft map)

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>mfw I discover the Le-Ming teleport build
Having this much fun shouldn't be allowed in a MOBA.

>>152049929
firebats are camp mercs on one of the maps

>>152051692
Wait till you hear about the face bomb butcher build, it'll blow your fucking mind

didn't know about this vp+rof combo

>>152052843
>Your team is about to get caught in a wombo combo of ults.
>Enemy zera puts all of you in VP and helps you avoid everything

Thanks Zeratul

>>151996519
RIP Samuro existence, just like Gyrocopter Gnome Pilot hero. Varian is probably still coming.

>>152053678
>Blademaster banner in the MoW keyart
It's happening.

>>152053678
Samuro is coming senpai. Don't worry, they teased him with the Machines of War wallpaper.

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>>152053678

>>152054356

I don't see it?

>>152054698

That could be anything anon

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>>152054914
100% Blademaster.

>>152054914
>this very obvious warbanner for the only character type in blizzard games to have a warbanner just around on them could be ANYTHING

>>152054914
>obvious orc blademaster back banner
>obviously visible Burning Blade clan symbol
Nah man you're right it could be anything. Probably a hint at Baal or an SCV hero.

>>152050905
It's pretty fun .

>>152050905
Lots of cute heroes and memes.

LUNARA

Help me out here /hotsg/. Im an europoor and tomorrow Ill be moving to America. I logged in my account, but in the american servers and it seems your heroes/skins arent shared between regions. Is Blizzard going to cuck me out of everything I bought?

>>152055656
yes

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>>152055656
>moving to america

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>>152054356
>>152054698
There's a few hints to new characters in the art actually.

What can you see?

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>>152055908
That hammer next to Misha looks suspicious but I still have no idea who it could belong to other than maybe a scifi Muradin skin.

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>>152055908
Wild guess but that spiky tail on the ground next to Alarak and that hammer could be a hint. Remember that last time Dehaka was only hinted through his arm lying around in the background of a wallpaper.
So could this tail belong to Mephisto maybe?

>>152055656

Yes skins and heroes unlock don't transfer between server.

Have fun in Burger land

Don't get shot

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so i got overwatch its installing long story short i got jaina code with my game ill post it when this post gets 5 replies gogogo fastest nigga wins its gonna be like retard olympics

>>152029562
Or ANY of the current Starcraft heroes in the game amirite?

>>152056535
I didn't catch that at first but now... it could be. I doesn't look like a zerg tail at all.

>the ass on striker ming

Perfection

>>152056813
Honestly only Sgt. Hammer needs buffs. Zeratul needs some talent streamlining (5 talent choices at 3 levels with 2/5ths of those being completely useless), but that's it.

>>152056535
Not much else it could be. Either Mephisto or another Zerg, but a new Zerg unit seems too much right now.

>>152056194
I saw that too, but I'm not that huge into Warcraft lore, so I'm at a loss for anything but a muradin skin.

>>152055140

There's only a shape, there's no emblem

>>152055189

>Military forces don't use banners, nope.

Really?

>>152057090
>There's only a shape
And that's all you fucking need. Blademaster is the only notable blizzard character to have a banner be apart of their aesthetic.

>>152057090
No actually.
Not in stracraft
Orcs do tho.

>>152057090
Senpai stahp
It's obviously the same design as the one used by orc Blademasters and it even has the clan symbol on it.
Also nobody in SC uses banners like that.

>>152057090
>there's no emblem
There is.
Don't look at the heavily zoomed in version which is blurry as hell.
Look at the original image and you can clearly make out the Burning Blade emblem.

>>152057045
Initially I thought it could be Emperor Thaurissan's hammer but it looks nothing like it.
Every other major hammer wielded from WC is already in HotS.
Maybe somebody from Diablo?

>>152039598
>>152039697
>>152039776
Blizzard confirmed The Memes are not returning in 2016 at all. 2017 'sometime soon'. Source: It was a Tweet, Google it and find it yourself.

>>152058042
In diablo there's Maces and great mauls, but I don't believe a short hammer like that has ever been used.

It wouldn't be completely out of the Diablo Paladin to use one, but the hammer's design wouldn't mesh with him at all.