Heroes of the Storm General - /hotsg/

>>163630012
>Current weekly brawl
http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20409786/heroes-brawl-of-the-week-december-23-2016-snow-brawl-12-22-2016
brawl in the OP is outdated, for whoever makes the next thread be sure to rectify this

>>163630093
So a shitty Abathur clone.

Since Dota 2 is unironically turning into HoTS I decided to pick up this game, is this F2P or do i have to pay for it?

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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!

>>163630274
Free to play, but you need to unlock heroes either by paying ingame currency or real-life money.

>>163630274
It's the LoL type of f2p.

You get one or two to start with, and some weekly poorfag handout rotations that go away if you don't own them. And 90% of the cosmetics are cash-only Basically like how Dota 2 has no free drops. All heroes are grindable with in-game gold though. Eventually.

Don't bother grinding heroes past lv 5 unless you're a maining autist.

>>163630639

Actually lvl 9 is where the money is at.

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>>163630753

Yeah, but that's a sizable amount of time and effort, especially if you aren't stimmed.

>rip afk training u will be missed

is the queue for ranked always so long

How do I git gud as Kerrigan? Even when I land the combo, she seems to be able to do fuck all else to finish anyone off. I always get bursted down.

Also, I got placed in silver 2. How do I carry games?

>>163632173

Most of my queues between Silver and Diamond were 1-3 minutes.
Placements were 8-10.

Full-length brawls should favor heroes the player has that are at least level 5.

>>163632535
Play with your team

How's the current snow brawl? Some OP heroes/strategies?

>>163632535
An easy way to carry games in lower leagues is waveclear and making sure lanes aren't going unsoaked. Make sure you still show up for objectives and stuff, though.

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finally....I can have my revengeance
*dives behind u*
pssst...nothing personel....kid

>>163632790
>OP heroes/strategies?
A team that actually manages to coordinate

>>163632790

Tracer is fucking BROKEN on that Brawl.

You can use the small snowballs to knock people through your gates and into towers, over terrain, into your team. Snowball also have next to no CD and you can fight around towers and spam murder people with them, especially the big ones. Big ones also do tons of siege damage.

Never pick Murky, he dies in one ball most of the time.

>>163632535
>kerrigan

Don't play her. Too finicky.

>how carry

PvE until you have the mechanics to PvP.

>soak lanes
>clear minions
>siege structures
>try to avoid dying
>show up to objective, win/lose it then get back to lanes

Also, a few of the small things.

>focus on you
>don't argue with people, especially in-game
>try to avoid learning/playing too many heroes at once
>keep busy; try to always be doing something
>play easy heroes until you get a feel for things

>last pick locks leoric when we have literally 0 cc
>we lose because we have literally 0 cc
>"sigh these teams -.-"
>"nobody asked me if i was ok tanking -.-"

Why are Abathur players such self-important niggers?

>>163635323

Just the nature of team-reliant Heroes, which Abathur has a reputation for being.

>>163635323
Because they think they're accomplishing something, when in reality, the rest of the team ahs to carry the Abathur the majority of the time.

>>163635323
Because they pay the most attention to what other people are doing and see you face checking bushes like an idiot and getting raped

>>163635772
While accomplishing absolutely nothing themselves.

>>163635809
That's why people pick Abathur even in "pro" games? To do nothing?

>queue for snow brawl
>estimated wait time 72 seconds
>time in queue 310 seconds

anyone wanna queue with me to do the nexus event?

I want to get the genji skin for overwatch; I'm level 40 tho.

NUDISTbeach#1444

>>163635965
Does he or does he not just sit there like a shit worm 99% of the time and accomplish nothing. No soaking, no sieging, nothing.

He gets on the MVP listing for being a welfare nigger.

>>163635965
The thing is, they have a team that will pick and play around them. Any other time outside of an environment like that, and Abathur is going to be nearly useless unless his teammates are going to be willing to step up and do something.

He "does nothing" in the sense that he essentially demands shit from your team otherwise he'll just be dead weight. A lot like Gazlowe and Nova to some extent, really. So he ends up being a detriment more often than not.

>>163635965
>smurf placements, start off in low silver
>first pick hovering zeratul
>somebody questions it
>the pros always pick or ban him and hes s tier right now
>ends the game with the most deaths and less hero damage than the support

And there's a reason Abathur has had one of, if not the lowest winrate for such a long period of time.

GET ME OUT OF THE ELO WHERE PEOPLE PICK CHROMIE INTO NOVA

GET ME OUT GET ME OUT GET ME OUT

>>163635965
TEAM DEPENDENT

World of difference between a 5-stack pro team and a bunch of pubs.

>>163635965
>what ten grandmaster players on coms do has anything to do with my silver solo queue

no

>>163636820
>he is in silver
No wonder you hate Abathur

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>win one placement
>lose next three

oh well there's always next season

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>>163637329

No, I'm bouncing between high diamond and master because I'm shit.

Just like Abathur.

>>163636550
OH WON'T YOU PLEASE GET ME OUT
YEAHYEAH

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>hurr durr abathur is bad

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>>163638559
>five quick match wins at an unspecified mmr

guys look he's viable

>>163638742
new to game, but does ranked mmr determine quick match mmr as well?

ty

>>163638742
>mmr

Hahahahaha. This game doesn't even use a proper MMR system. It goes by your team's overall average MMR. Which means (Not saying this DID happen, but that it COULD have happened) that the guy could have played against 1-2 good players, 3-4 bad players, or 4 good players and one bad which brought them down horribly, or his team was better than HE was, so they were fine on their own while he was free to do Abathur things, etc. Etc.

>>163639000

Yes, trips

>>163639000
I know QM MMR has an effect on HL MMR placements and what ranked you're placed at and whatnot, but I'm not unsure about the other way around.

>>163638559
>GM here
I havent' seen an abathur in my last 20 games. Not even on Cursed Hollow which is a decent map for him.

>>163639000

I think it's the other way around, not sure though.

>play 20-30 quick matches
>win slightly more than half
>placements, go 6-4
>diamond 3, 500 points

And another season of everything below Master meaning next to nothing.

>>163639040
>game doesn't have a proper mmr system

True. Bumped into a top 10 GM duo-queued with another GM on some level 28 vulture account. Quick Match is a bit of a coinflip.

I also won eight games in a row just farming up seasoned Marksman stacks on Jimmy.

>>163634297
Did he at least go Tomb

Murky buffs when

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Where the FUCK is Durotan????

>>163641879
In my bed ;)

>>163642070
why? is he tired?

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>>163641879

>>163641567
never
fuck that dumb fish

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does blizzaed even have any decent cat characters?

>>163644109
You're in that big ass cat vs dog thread, aren't you?

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>>163644109

Maybe we'll eventually get a Feral Druid.

>>163633007
Is that THE worst Master skin the game? They just add so many unnecessary spikes its crazy.
They shouldve just made him his Frozen Throne counterpart, with the angry looking glaives and his wings.

>>163644186

Yeah, and it definitely seems like one of the more popular ones. Sort if wish there were statistics to show the popularity of skins/mounts and their tints.

>>163644186
Worst master imo goes to Diablo and Leoric. Diablo does not need a bunch of lame ass looking spikes and pads, and Leoric's majestic face and crown being covered up is a big fuck up.

>finished eating dinner with the family
>opened gifts
>started playing as Auriel for the first time
>haven't enjoyed playing support until now

I really like Auriel. Is she good in the meta?

>>163646013
hey you god damn degenerate it's the 24th it's not christmas yet

>>163646013

Yes, she's S tier. Main only very good with a ranged Assassin on the team and countered against long range poke assassins/comps.

>>163646485

It's the first night of Hanukkah what are you talking about?

>>163646634

Cool thanks. Been trying out different builds with her.

>>163646013
Auriel is fucking great. I think right now the only "meh" supports are Uther, and Li Li. Auriel is one of the top support picks though, she's great.

I'd say maybe a little too great, the whole not having to rely on mana thing is fucked up. But maybe that's just me.

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>tfw 3-0 in placements right now
>severe anxiety about playing more because those 3 games were great and I don't want to be disappointed.

>>163647095
>not knocking out as many games as u can til u lose 1

lmao you are fucking stupid

>>1636470950
0-4 placement matches. Fuck this game's community of cucks and plebs.

I'm so desperate for a pvp game, I'm even starting to enjoy this drivel...

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>>163652543
>when you play hots and wow arena so much you forget what fun feels like

>>163652543

It's fun anon. Blizzard Smash Bros.

>>163652701
meh, it'll pass the time until the next For Honor beta

>>163652543
There's always Memewatch.

>>163653283
can't aim

gotta play something where you don't shoot

>>163653445
>gotta play something where you don't have to aim
There's always Memewatch.

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is he op yes or no be honest

>>163653778

No.

>master assassin + odin + stim

is this what war feels like

>>163653653
you really have no idea how bad my aim is

I have 2.2k mmr on Overwatch

>>163653952
Mei, Winston, Symmetra, Torb.

>>163653952
>mmr
Hold you horses there buddy.
Do NOT even start comparing SR to MMR.

>>163653778
>get back into the game because of him
>expect vanilla nostalgia
>all his stuff is based on cataclysm
>drop him like he's hot

>>163653778
No but he's secretly more of a specialist than an assassin. Treat him as such.

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>>163653948
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acdABwYJqks
this is what it feels like
pure ecstasy

>>163653990
Only character of those I like is Torb, but playing the same hero all the time gets tiring and he's pretty shit on attack. I die often enough that I'm not gonna play a hero that doesn't appeal to me aesthetically. Plus there's always the sound effects and >chinese accent and >indian accent are a pretty big turnoff

>>163654037
I don't even care enough for you to explain me the difference

>>163653778
Memes aside, yes. Molten Core and Lava Wave give him the best defense potential in the game; he can completely nullify some map objectives because of that. Even Sulfuras Smash is still insane. He's like a better Thrall.

Anybody who says he isn't OP just isn't taking Heroic Difficulty.

>>163654087
This. He's also fucking more of a ranged Assassin than a melee. Q gives fuckall for healing unless specced into it, and even then it won't save you against all the burst in this game, so you generally just poke with your Meteor and give people your E until you can do anything.

UNLESS you spec for his W, then you just... do the same thing, but more effectively because your poke is now extremely great. They need to sort their shit out, and stop making melee assassins that need ranged capabilities to be viable.

>>163653778
He tends to be very weak in the early game as he's a big, glowing target that everyone wants a piece of. Expect to be focused down more than your healer.
If you stick with it, he has many viable builds, but I recommend the regen talent at level 4 since that leads to a 25% damage reduction.
Late game Rag is an absolute beast, especially once you hit 20 and can get Heroic Difficulty.

When should you switch to beast form as Greymane? I feel like I spend the vast majority of every match just shooting at range, and then using my E or ult for the last bit of damage to secure a kill, but I'm not sure if that's how he's mean to be played.

>>163655692

To get the last hit. If you dive in too soon you're asking to die.

>>163654729
I love any and all parodies of this scene
And yet, it is how the entirety of Warcraft started creating villains and its struggle war as a whole

>>163655381
>Heroic Difficulty
Why does everyone love this talent?
The only reason I took it was the 50 second cooldown, which is insane on small maps.
Now at 70 seconds it doesn't feel all that meaningful since the damage increase was negligible, since you already pack enough punch to snipe low health heroes running away and anyone caught in your q is pretty much at the mercy of your team.

>>163656643
It's basically the exclamation point on your victory. You can turn back a hard push from your enemies, or hop into one of the enemy keeps and help finish the core. It's a game-finisher.

>>163656643

Submerge isn't good and the ult talents are shit.

Heroic Difficulty makes Ragnaros a true raid boss and will secure crucial teamfights and objectives, which the other talents at 20 won't.

>>163654729
>I'm afk at fountain
lost it

>>163656950
>iceblock that heals you for +60% isn't good

>>163657034

>it's 40%
>it still isn't

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cum misha

>>163656950
Submerge IS good, it's just more of an emergency pick for specific situations, USUALLY when you've built all Q or all E, you'll be in a real vulnerable spot trying to utilize those builds, and sometimes you really just need that stasis heal. Generally, Lava Wave's second charge is great in pretty much any situation but only if you feel you really need to ease up some pressure for your team, but otherwise, yeah, Heroic Difficulty is prrrooobably the more useful of them all.

They really did great with Rag's talents, they're nice and diverse. It's just his base numbers I have an issue with. Meteor is too good while I feel like Q and E builds are lacking in comparison.

High King's Quest or Lion's Maw for Arms Varian?

>>163657275
>They really did great with Rag's talents
Eh, they leave me wishing there were a couple more talents for Molten Core.
Hell, maybe even a full talent build for Molten Core so you could build him as a raid boss.

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Cho'Gall is good or bad hero?

>>163657824
Here's a handy flowchart:

>Does the enemy team have %HP damage
>Yes: Good hero
>No: Shit hero

>>163657757
I would have loved that too, but at the same time, he is so fucking easy to break out of MC, I feel it would have just ended up being as situational as like an E build, once people actually got used to Rag that is.

>>163657902
Also

>Will you and your friend keep in mind that you are two people in one body, and are essentially the spine of the team and are willing to play accordingly
>Yes: Good hero
>No: Don't fucking play Cho'gall you fucking assholes

>>163657902
I feel like you got that backwards

>>163657824

>susceptable to CC
>extremely susceptable to % health damage
>fewer bodies, reduced map presence
>deaths twice as punishing

It's mostly that he's easy to draft against and usually easy to deal with.

Different case in Quick Match or Unranked where you've got two people on comms on a very poke-heavy hero playing against 5 pubs without sustain.

>>163657824
Are Tychus and Leoric banned?
If yes, then he can be good.
If no, you're fucked.

>>163658068
I did.
I guess this is my curse for being up at 5am on Christmas.

>>163644342
>not liking spikey barney and buckethead

>>163658245
>5am
7:30 am where I am casual scrub

insomnia is one hell of a drug

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Merry Christmas you bronzie bastards. I hope you guys have a really nice day.

>You thought you were gonna run away from me? Nah, just gonna jump kick to you and splash keg to slow you for 40% infinitely.
>You thought you could hit me with some big attack? Nah, I'll just sit here and chug while I wait for my teammates to come over and fuck your ass.
>You thought I was almost dead? Nah, now I've got three times as much health.
Chen is fun.

>>163659224
Right back at you and everyone else here.
Hopefully Christmas will get all of us a small win streak to go a rank up.

>Lose because of absolutely moronic teammates throwing shit for no reason
>Still get MVP in the end

Such a bittersweet moment. The loss hurts, but in the end it's a great way of saying "You people are fucking idiots." without having to actually say anything.

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dont mind me.
just laying down my little earthquake to completely bumrush your backline while rehgar gives a short motivational speech.

>>163668501
This combo is retardedly broken.

>>163668501
What?

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>>163668501
>team clumped around keep trying to defend it
>suddenly Graviton polymorph

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>tfw u find a record that needs correcting

Should I buy Gul'dan or Samuro?

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>>163674301
Guldank can GREENED people better with his Horrify and Fel Flames.

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met my first role player today.

she was kinda cute and her Tracer was pretty good.

>>163675658
>Gold 1
>good Tracer
Haha! Good yoke there my fellow, any other amusing tales you want to share with us?

>>163644186
I think it's one of the best

>>163654087
I was actually surprised to find out he isn't a spec

>>163676106
she said she started off at bronze 3, so considering that she's been winning like 20 games in a row i'd say she's gotten quite good at tracer.

>win 3 games quest
>queue up
>my team is clearly shit
Reroll quests when? I don't want this cursed shit quest on my list and I'm not playing vs AI

>almost 400 games on Abathur
>only level 18

>>163659224
Morgan?

>>163675658
>559 games as tracer
Holy fuck

>>163674428
>Playing Shit Worm

Knock-backs are so ugly in this game. Frequently as Diablo and Auriel when you knock an enemy into an object, instead of being stunned they'll just slide around/along the object, much like a Varian sliding to charge.

I've even seen knock-back of Auriel getting body-blocked by an ally (ally of Auriel) despite being very close to the wall.

>>163675658
probably better than anyone that practically pve'd to diamond or played a joke pinata character like johanna to master.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w14beXiD4Cg

>>163678461
That's not me. Take a list at the selectable heroes and guess who I am.

We also won, Fury Varian was super-hatted and the memeslug thankfully picked evolution.

>>163680752
Waifu angel? Because if so, patrician taste.

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>this is the site the developers get most of the feedback from

>>163681464
>The most white dude post I've seen on reddit
I didn't realize that being educated made you a white man, that's some blithe ignorance from either a thin-skinned liberal faggot or a negro.

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>>163681729
i wonder if they even realize that they're being racist

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>>163681729
>either a thin-skinned liberal faggot or a negro
try queer and trans furryrua jacobs

>>163682139
>rua jacobs
thats my captcha 4 chan what are you doing

>>163682101
>realize
that requires some ounce of thinking and active engagement with what you say or type

these people, who've been protected and censored have none of that

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>lose a brawl because my team had 0 map awareness whatsoever and went all mid
>against ragnaros
>all the enemy team did all game was have one person splitpush the sidelanes and have ragnaros lava wave down mid
I was the only person on the team who so much as stepped into a sidelane, and thats no exaggeration.
I'm never playing a Brawl again, jesus fucking christ.

>>163677290
And then you get one that rewards only 200g and complain anyways

>>163630012
need a light?

What do people mean by "the meta"?

>>163683187
GOOSE STATUS:
COOKED

>>163683584
Ban Rag
Pick Malf, get a Jo/ETC/Mura
Mix and match from various assassins depending on how the enemy comp is shaping up.

>>163683584
It basically means the good characters in games like this. In other games it can mean other things.

>>163683691
>ban rag
Only on certain maps, otherwise Thrall and Diablo are the go-tos.

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>>163683691
>not banning diablo
>not picking diablo
>picking jo
>not advising people to get good on dehaka

>>163684137
I'm still playing like game like it's October

What is /hotsg/ opinion on Cho-Gall?

I have some friends who will play them well on quickplay but I know the overall view is pretty negative.

>>163684578
It's fun with friends.
Like friend-friends, not people who spend time with you who get salty about the game over your jolly co-operation.

APPEAL SILENCE

Status: Opened Heroes of the Storm™ Ticket Number: EU57240360

moments ago

justinas

hi its yule (also known as christmas to the jews and desert dwellers) so u should unsilence me lol ho hho ho mery xmas where is ur xmas spirit haha :-)

>>163684578
>>163684683
>have a lot of fun as cho
>my friend can't get the hang of how hard I go and sprints at the wrong times
He also fucks up Rune Bomb a lot too but I don't mind since that's hardly ever a factor in our losses.

I love going balls to the wall as a tank, and Cho lets you do all that with twice as much survivability and twice as many escape/utility options.
And have you ever been sick and tired of your dps not following you in?
WELL NOT ANYMORE
BECAUSE THAT FUCK IS STAPLED TO YOUR GOD DAMN BACK

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TIME FOR HYPOTHETICALS
You just queued into Quick match to finish up a quest real quick, the enemy team is a good Cho'Gall comp and your pub heroes are ill equipped to deal with it.
However it IS quick match so you might be able to pull through by the skin of your teeth.

Only one person on the enemy team is worth their salt and it's one of the ogres.
Which head do you prefer is the grandmaster and the other to be his diamondshiter friend?

>>163683017
>win 3 games
>600 gold
You will gladly do this.

>play 3 games
>1000 gold
This is somehow hell to you?

>>163685848
>play 3 games
>1000 gold

>play 50 games with one hero
>1250 gold
Something ain't right here.

>>163685787
Cho gets himself and Gall killed if he's bad, and secures kills like mad if he isn't.
Gall will just miss a few skillshots that have no impact on any resource and all have a very low cooldown, resulting at most in a minor DPS loss.

>>163685952
It's about the journey. Why would you play 50 games with a character if you don't enjoy them?

Does knocking down side walls give XP or is it pointless?

>>163686219

Removes lane vision for enemy team.

>>163686219
>>163686347
Also not recommended if you got people with pathing dependent abilities like Dibbles, Auriel, Tassadar and kind of rag.

>>163686505
It's also useful as an escape for heroes with enemy-targeted gapclosers like diablo, illidan, and chen.

>>163686671
Don't forget it's free health for people that have lifegain aa shit.

>>163682101
They more than likely don't, because it's only racism if it's a white person saying that to literally any other race. I mean shit, Redditors think Islam is a race.

Which slut is next for HotS?

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>>163687969
I believe we already discussed that.

>>163656643
> 50% damage increase
> neglible
> on SS

>>163688119
>Blizzard ever adding Valeera

>>163688119
I mean
OTHER
SLUT

>>163689003
>blizzard ever adding an amalgamation of the ETC band

>>163689262
She's not even an interesting character. The only reason why she'd be added is because she's the one Blood Elf who's actually an ally of Varian's as well as occasional lover

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>>163689506
>Varian's getting hot BELF pussy
>and has tapped his share of thicc human girls
>meanwhile you'd be lucky to get a pity fuck from a gnoll

>>163689506
That's interesting enough, I can name plenty characters multitudes blander than her in the game.
Don't forget she's a portrait in HS as well.

>>163689698
She's a waste of a portrait given that Edwin Van Cleef fucking existed long before she did.

>>163690541
>Greetings Traveller.
>LAPDOGS
>ALL OF YOU
Would never get old.

>>163688119
>another literally who from warcraft
yeah no thanks

>>163690980
Rehgar was a literal who from that comic.
Varian is from that comic.
Broll is from that comic and got a skin.

The only one that's missing is Valeera. And she is NO literal who. She's a bonafide Hearthstone character :D

I am so fucking sick and tired of meme slug pickers in QM. You accomplish nothing, you are nothing. Fuck off.

>>163691371
Isnt Varian... yknow... the fucking king of Stormwind? His story mightve been from a comic but he isnt a literal who.

>>163691540
>keep winning teamfights but my team is too dumb to manage to push
>slug sneaks our keeps
>have to clear waves before going to fight since everyone else on our team is ignoring our core being pushed in from all sides
>eventually lose to minions even though we won every objective
It happens maybe 1 out of 50 abathur games but god damn it is painful

>>163691704
I literally just quit the game when I saw my team comp was another Abathur, Sylvanas, Jaina, Ragnaros, and Varian. No fucking game is worth that shitty of a team comp, especially because Abathur is basically the HotS equivalent of a welfare leeching nigger.

>>163691617
That's why I didn't say he is a literal who? I'm just listing that all the characters have some sort of representation in HotS so far, except Valeera.
And she's a Hearthstone favorite, so it'd make sense to include her.

Hopefully she'll be OP and fun! Cause she kinda sucks in Hearthstone right now, but I'm positive Blizz wouldn't shit on her in another game, too :D

>>163691924
Oh, I see.
I hear Miracle Rogue is actually pretty okay now though. People are just saying that its pretty much Hunter and Paladin that are bad right now, but at least theres Buffadin.

>>163644186
I cannot agree more, what i think they should have done:
- remove lame horn helmet, shoulderpads.
- give him less flimsy pants with illidari themed sash.
- illidari theme hair ribbon.
- better glowing tats.
- different colors for glaives.

i am not sure about the ekstra spikt glaive add-on, it's kinda cool, but also kinda unnecessary.

>>163692035
>pretty okay now though
Miracle Rogue has always been good, it just couldn't compete with Shaman.
Paladin was shit immediately before secrets and was even worse right after they cycled it out, it has N'zoth and Buff which are both fun to play but by no means viable.
Hunter has been in every single fucking meta since the inception of the game, it's about god damn time you can't spam skill command to rank 5

I love Hearthstone but the game is a grind and you get burned out easily on it.
Team 5 has no fucking clue what they're doing

>>163691924
>She's a Hearthstone favorite
>When people only pick her to play Rogue, not because it's Valeera Sanguinar
I guarantee that if people had a choice between her, Moroes, Vanessa/Edwin Van Cleef or even Mathias Shaw they'd choose them over her.

Just like people tend to pick Tyrande over that faggot Anduin, just like people prefer Uther over Lady Liadrin because Michael McConnohie is still the best fucking voice actor at Blizzard.

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>>163692552
>Moroes
But he's already in the game :)

>>163692706
I'm talking about undead Moroes you obtuse fuck. The one that actually still lives at Karazhan.

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+
>lack of hood shows off her hair
>bigger tits maybe?
-
>no midriff

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>>163694898
China dress Jain bestest Jaina.

>>163694898
I want to impregnate Jaina so bad with those hips.

how many quickmemes will I fuck up before I git gud with Medivh?

Any Memeian players here? Been going smash every game 'till recently. Protection is surprisingly good.

>>163695038
>that anatomy
JUST

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>>163697074
It's fanart. Can't expect much from it.

>>163696778
too many
you also wont get any better
stop before its too late

>tfw you start crying irl when you play non-complex shit heroes like Raynor, Malfurion, Illidan and Nova

>>163698030
I recently grinded Raynor to 5 to get it over with and I swear playing that hero just saps your mental abilities

>decide to stop worrying about picks/counterpicks and just lock in jimmy every game
>biggest win streak I've had in ages

feels comfy to just practice the basics again

on what feels like a slightly busted hero

>>163698212
>Grinded Raynor to 5
Wow anon, you got a hero to level 5? You poor thing. What'd that take, 3 games?

>>163698564
do you know how long 3 games is in Raynor years?

>>163698212
>having the attention span of a gnat
condolences

>>163698650
not much to think about when playing such basic heroes

>>163698030
>shit heroes like Raynor, Malfurion
Does not compute.

>>163698413

>Feels like a slightly busted hero

He's very busted, bugged infact, with any talents that increase his AA damage also increasing the damage of his Hyperion ultimate, leading to scenarios where a single ult can take down a keep and its tower, while simultaneously holding off the enemy team

One ult, one keep, on an ultra long range assassin with a survival ability as baseline and an ability that can both boost minion waves and mercenaries for even more siege potential or give your team a little boost in teamfights to go with the MASSIVE boost that your AA boosted Hyperion will be able to give

If played remotely well he's capable of topping both kills, assists, hero damage, siege damage AND healing if you don't have a healer on your team

He shouldn't be good, but the bug has currently boosted his potential significantly

>>163699138
Even without the Hyperion bug he'd be fairly strong in the current meta as the best Diablo killer not named Tychus (while having better Bloodlust synergy than Tychus).

>Dropping Sulfuras on fleeing people's heads for 1.5k damage when Heroic Mode Ragnaros
It makes me giddy. Tychus better move the fuck over and get a different ult because Odin is nothing compared to Molten Core

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I'm here to help!

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>>163702796

>our Diamond Jaina finds a way to die five times in the first five minutes
>master skin
>jaina most played hero
>jaina portrait

>no one video for zuljin tints and warbear
>Not coming out today or tomorrow for sure

Suffering

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>>163703371
>tfw probably a whole week until we get to hear troll god's voice

>>163699783
Even with Big Red Button? I haven't had a chance to face a Rag with BRB or been Rag against a Tychus who got BRB.

>>163630012
Is anyone here from the Overwatch Oni Genji cross promotion thing?
I know a lot of people came in through that but are any of them here?

>>163703087
whats wrong with liking it rough?

>>163699138
his hyperion bug is blown out of proportion.
also hyperion deals no damage while raynor is blinded.

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>>163704790
After doing a brief test to see what BRB does, I can say Rag is still better in pretty much all respects. Meteor Shower just shits damage at 20, Explosive Rune does more damage than the nuke, and the Q is just fight winning because its a nigh unavoidable stun if theyre near you.
Odin's only advantage is you can move, which doesnt matter with the range Molten Core gives you, and it maybe lasts a little bit longer.

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>>163706113
For reference, the nuke was doing about 1k damage here on a 7 sec cd, but it also has a longer delay and is much more telegraphed.
Meteor shower does 900 per meteor, and Sulfuras Smash did 3000 at lvl 30.
Die insect indeed.

>TFW queue dodging meme slug players in QM
Feels pretty good.

I didn't like Artanis at all before he got reworked. In fact him and Cho'gall were the only two warriors I didn't own. I felt like had zero real CC and no playmaking potential, and the whole shield thing was pretty boring too.

How is he now?

>>163708571
Bit more damage. Less survivability. 100x hooking potential. He requires a brain to play now. Pretty much a better Stitches.

>>163708571
>I didn't like being unable to die

>>163708571
From what Ive experienced fighting Artanis, what >>163708704 said. Hes got great sticking potential, is tanky enough to just start diving people, does good damage, and his dash prism combo is crazy to fight against because you dont even see the prism, you just see yourself suddenly fly backwards into the enemy team. He just cant 1v5 anymore.

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>playing the most toxic annoying team tilting murk i can on christmas

>player's name is in full caps
>plays melee burst assassin
>goes full aggro every time he sees the enemy
>ends up 20 deaths at the end of the game
>"wtf retard team never followup"

every fucking time.

>>163630012
OP is lacking a "previous thread" addition, remember to include it in the next thread
>>163466832

>>163709530
>Illidan, Thrall, Valla, Kerrigan, Artanis, Uther and Cho'gall players

Worst fucking playerbsses

Stimpacks sure make leveling a lot less painful.
I feel like they designed the exp gain to this level and then the top jews came in and said halve it and add a stimpack

>>163708571
I liked him more before the rework, only change i actually like is the dash+relocate combo

>>163709809
pure autism

>>163711136
They're making the F2P model better soon (tm) So XP requirements past level (hero) 8 are lower.

>>163711835
that's me the OP
just posting it as a reminder to the person who makes the next thread because I forgot to include it in this one

>>163711136
People say shit like this, but I really don't think 10-10 is that bad. 9 feels a little sluggish, but it isn't so bad. Anything beyond 10 is terrible though. Can't wait for the new system.

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who should i buy for HL

>>163712895

Brightwing and Tychus.

>>163712187
But will the rewards get any better? Also didn't they say the max level would go up too?

>>163712263
I got 400 games with Abathur with maybe 30 of those with a stimpack, about to hit level 19. Reward for level 20 is just 2k gold

>first win of the day
>12 minute steamroll
>get fuck all extra xp
Thanks Blizz

>>163714301

>hammer in Vs. AI with AI teammates
>towers of doom
>capture two altars then just AFK on third in siege mode
>come back an hour late

had a two hour game on cursed hollow doing a similar thing just on my core after our keeps were all dead

>>163713008
there really should be something for level 20, like a unique border for potrait or some shit.

What is the point of Xul now that Ragnaros exists? Rag is objectively better in almost every metric.

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>>163714915
I've always liked the idea of unlocking a "Master tint" for all skins of that hero. Just a 4th variation that's a bit more higher quality, as most skin's 2nd and 3rd tints tent to just be 2 colors primarily or something.
Also, Ragnaros instantly became another favorite of mine, however I have to make the criticism that... well, he's an Elemental Lord, and he's squishy as fucking shit. I would imagine him to be much more durable than that. Even in boss form, he's taken down incredibly easy, what the fuck?

>>163715252
Xul has a root
Xul can pretty much take half the health off an entire team with poison nova
Xul is generally just tankier than Rag and has more survivability and cc
His boomerang scythe thing is worse than empower sulfuras though

So the HotS team said during Blizzcon that they might want to experience with a Hero Push gamemode for the game, but how can they really accomplish that when Hero Push games rely on leveling for skills, items, and managing your own units?

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>>163715252
More teamfight control with Skeles, Poison, and ATK speed slow, his survivability is much better than Rag's.

He's also a Necromancer, and as great as Ragnaros is, he's no Necromancer.

But in any case, you don't pick Xul for the damage, you pick him for the pushing and teamfight control.

So, Classic Xul when?

>>163715357
>Implying a regular boss isnt piss easy in WoW, so Rag's regular Molten Core would have shit defense
He can only start to take a hit in Heroic Mode because thats when he actually gets tough

>>163715502
>hero push game mode

What's this?

Forgive my potential retardation.

>>163714301
>lose a 20min game
>get same amount of exp
Can they just make it a fixed amount of like 200k extra exp

I've got 90k gold saved up. Which heroes are purely the most fun to play? I don't really mind which role.

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>>163716161

It wouldn't hurt knowing which heroes you already own, especially since that might make it easier to make recommendations off preferences.

>>163716161
Abathur when your team isn't retarded

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>>163715821
It comes in a few different forms, but its a game mode where you control a hero and have a spawning building. You start out with a generic unit, but then can use gold or resources to upgrade them, upgrade the building, and change the units. They'll push down a lane and then fight other people who have the same setup. The idea is to win the push and then overwhelm the enemy to the point where you win. Its kindof one of the less popular map archetypes from Warcraft 3, but I dont know how they fared in SC or SC2. Its like the opposite of a Hero Defense, unless youre losing, in which case it becomes a Hero Defense. Usually you have an ally in this, and its usually 2v2v2v2.

>>163715413
Those rare moments, where you get to hit the entire enemy team with nova, are also moments where you will get absolutely raped by the enemy team in seconds, unless you play against potatoes.

>>163716542
This webm reminds me
Archimonde when?

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>>163716463
I own all the f2p heroes other than Gul'dan and Varian.

>tfw your team caps literally 0 merc camps when you play a hero who can't solo merc camps

>>163716869

I'd almost recommend Gul'dan, honestly.

>fun heroes

Personal preference, but I'm going to say Chen, Murky, Rehgar and Leoric.

At this point you're probably just best off buying whatever's been discounting recently, or rather just ones that aren't in danger of being discounted in the near future.

>leoric
>rexxar
>johanna

>play tank varian
>cocky melee assassin tries to kill pur backline
>hit him with that charge stun+taunt combo
>faggot is stunlocked for 2.25 seconds
>team kills him while he's taunted

pretty fun

>>163715567
I feel so sorry for you, knowing that it will never happen yet you still keep hoping.

>>163717752
>play tank varian


So you mean to tell us you suck?

>>163718054
>picking twin memes

>>163718054
Prot' is actually good. Depends on team-comp etc of course. But if your team has some good follow-up, it's very good.

>taunt
>stun
>resistance banner
>dmg reduc' shout
Literally lamo at your enemies.

>>163630012
tell me why Guldan is shit

I wreck face with him

>>163719380

He isn't, though.

>>163719496
cool

he's basically a WoW warlock and I was the best WoW warlock there was in vanilla

Why are people praising the community of hots? its just as toxic as all the other moba's

>>163719842

I don't know, actually. Being the underdog of the genre probably doesn't help, though.

Criticisms against the game are taken almost personally, even if it's regarding, like, the shitty reconnect system.

>>163719842
>toxic
i hope you use that made up term ironically and this is just a shitpost

dont disappoint me

>>163720124
>had a guy in draft say he'd afk or feed if anybody was toxic
>he gave first blood by facechecking the bush of death like a retard
>somebody said lol
>somebody pinged his body
>somebody pinged him on spawn
>fuck this community
>proceeded to run into towers for the rest of the game

Then again, I've seen similar things in League and WoW. People are weird.

>>163718054
Tank varian is the most frustrating shit to go up against because you have to be aware of this nigger that can go divine shield on you for more than 3 seconds and can force your frontline to move the fuck away and be swiftly raped by their dps.

>>163720301
>>somebody pinged him on spawn
OH NO

NOT PINGING HIM ON SPAWN

THE HUMANITY

>>163719842
Because the League and OW shitters are moving to hots now filling it with cancer and "toxicity", wouldn't be surprised if some doto players moved in too

>>163720301
>People are weird
took you 20+ years
congrats

>tfw level 12 with the memeslug
Why is he so fun? Theres nothing better than use your teammate as bait and then clone them and turn the fight into a 2v1 and get a free kill + free lane push

>>163720559

I wish we had an emote wheel, or missing ping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mazguS7TJ8

or All Chat

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>tfw you're the reason your team lost

Is gazlowe good if I want to break structures and ignore the other players?

>>163721302
yah
although prepare to be hated by everyone on your team

>>163721302
Yes, and at 20 you can pick the robo talent that makes you destroy anyone in a duel with a little footwork.

>>163721302

Yeah, he's one of the best. Just take Robo at 10.

>>163721387
>Team
What is that? I only break enemy structures.
What is best build?

>>163721475
From what I've been playing with, extra tnt, quest for turret uptime, slow bullets, robo-goblin, extra turret, extra turret damage or extra xplodium charge and mechalord.
Wiggle around your turrets before trying to engage in a fight so you get the wind-up damage.

>Bought Samuro on the 19th of December
>went from Bronze to Platinum
I don't even usually play melee assassins. My win streak isn't over yet, people in Plat are still too fucking retarded to check camps when I'm missing from lanes.
>first temple phase is over on Sky Temple
>immediately go do the enemy camp
>no one ever checks it
>shortly before 2nd temple phase is up, bruisers destroy the small tower next to the enemy fort before the retardos react to it
>they go kill the bruisers even though it's too early game for the camp to destroy the fort by themselves
>they lose the 2nd temple phase
this is my favorite thing

>MFW playing Jaina
>MFW this faggot Diablo on my team can't even headbutt people into walls, or use his overpower
>Somehow it's my fault we lose teamfights because dumbass can't peel against Chromie, Li-Ming, or Thrall
It's not fucking rocket science trying to single somebody out as Diablo, fuck's sake.

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>>163722142
forgot pic

Where I'm supposed to lane gaz?

>>163716746
Archimonde, Mannaroth, Tichondrius need to be released fucking immediately.

I want nothing more than a Mannaroth MT

>>163723005

Probably wherever you're least likely to get bullied out of lanes.

What's up with all of the beaners and why do they all suck?

>>163716161
Azmodan is pretty fun

reminder that if you cant play melee assassins or tanks you're a shitter

>>163724004
>Anub'arak is my favorite WC3 char
>He's shit
reeee

>>163724109
>you're shit
have you considered fixing that?

>>163724154
he's right
anub'arak is trash

>>163724154
>Low as fuck winrate
>Not shit
Haven't played since 2 years ago or so

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>>163724109
>anub is shit
>can solo chen even with his out of jail ult
???

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>>163724693

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>>163724693
don't mind me just dumping some cringe
>diablo didn't die, we killed stitches too

>>163723195
>I COME FROM THE DARKNESS OF THE PIT
>You know what burns my ass? A flame about this high.
I hope they give him a line to expand on the relationship he had in Jaina in the morning

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>just quick matches on NA
>the blue team won the game

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>>163726175

holy god that must be some kind of record

>>163726175
The saddest thing about this webm is that blue kael is just as clueless about living bomb as the rest of his team.

I have a free Jaina Proudmoor if anyone wants her

>>163726624
I have her, but I have a friend that doesn't. if you want, mail her at bijoue400@gmail

>>163726175
>That OH MY GOD at the end

>>163726797
Will do

Is Leoric bad?

>>163726957

Nope, and I only imagine he's stronger now that Dibbles/Chadhaka are probably in every game.

>>163705071
I am, why?

>>163726957
Only in QM, because he can't protect shit alone, so you pray you get matched with another Warrior.

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>>163726797
got it, thanks

>>163727441
Why are there so few quality[/spolier] lewds for this game?
Feels bad.

>>163726797
Let your friend know that I sent it

>>163728303
Thanks for the gold!

Edit: Wow, front page!

>>163729014
This is actually for real. I really did just give a total stranger a free code for this game

>>163727867
Have you tried searching for generic WoW porn?

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This is Jimmy

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>have 11k gold
>wat do
>think nova might be fun
>buy her
>she's fun

>>163729941
he's a giant faggot

>>163731405
In the lore or in the gameplay?

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>It's a "HotS takes the thought away from players by lighting up the map and tricking people into thinking they need to actually go to it" episode

>HotS will never contain anything more than the lowest common denominator because the only people that realize they can just walk in the front door and end the game instead of going to this particular objective are players from other mobas

>Everyone from other mobas moves on after fucking around for a week or two

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>No one to party with.
>Friends have it done.
>Can only play late night/early morning.
>No one in the looking for group shit

I just want my shit.

How do I into assassin?

>>163733617
How do you not?

Just kill heroes famalamalama

>>163732667
Can confirm.
It's still something fun to occasionally check back on to see the most recent hero, map or idea, though.

>>163733617
>raynor
>don't die
>right-click things

>>163733649
>>163733716
I just never score as many role points as I do with other types.

>>163733789
what

>>163733789
Points are irrelevant and trick people into thinking they're important.

You can sit in a lane all game and have most XP/siege damage/0 deaths, think you're the shit, and still actually be the most worthless piece of trash in the match.

i.e. Sylvanas players that don't come from another moba and realize what she's actually useful for.

>>163734238
teach me how to sylvanas senpai

>>163733603
Post b.net

I don't understand; why would I ever take March of the Black King over Entomb?

>>163733603
I just finished my shit at 4:30am with a group of 4 other people all staying up till the same late night hours

>>163735465
Yeah, why would you.

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What is the best situational talent and why is it Superstition?

>Get wrecked levels 1-9 trying to get voodoo stacks up.
>Look at talents level 10 and see that the only person on a team of Artanis, Alarak, Zarya, Sylvanas, and Ragnaros that went autoattack damage is Artanis.
>Artanis continues to target me with Purity Beam every time it's off cooldown.
>Ragnaros thinks that I care that I'm standing in Lava Wave while healing 14% health/mana from a minion wave.
>Sylvanas's thinks I give a shit about withering fire and dagger as I blast her in the butt with five toads.
>Zarya went grenade build because STRONGEEST WOMON oh shit better run away.

Fuck you, the gingerbread man is in town. Nevermind that I use the master skin with a cyberspider mount.