It's important to have weaknesses, certainly doesn't mean Stukov isn't a good all around healer. I'd go as far as saying he's the best general healer right now.
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I'd still go with Lucio as the best right now. But I agree with you that every hero has a weakness. Though you can select talents that increase the range of his abilities.
I tried Stukov for a few games and he didn't really click with me (maybe in part due to the cooldowns on his Q and D not syncing well? And using D too early or too late feels terrible.). I've also tried Lucio in the past and found him sort of dull (though I can totally see why he's strong).
But I've tried Rehgar in the past and enjoyed him quite a bit, plus I have a preference for Warcraft heroes. So I decided to go ahead and buy him; thanks for the tips!
Also, is there a better website for guides than Icy-Veins? They're often adequate for getting an initial understanding of a hero, but I'm kind of looking for more holistic guides (e.g. which heroes are good on which maps, patch analysis, comparisons between heroes of the same type, general game strategy, etc.).
But I've tried Rehgar in the past and enjoyed him quite a bit, plus I have a preference for Warcraft heroes. So I decided to go ahead and buy him; thanks for the tips!
Also, is there a better website for guides than Icy-Veins? They're often adequate for getting an initial understanding of a hero, but I'm kind of looking for more holistic guides (e.g. which heroes are good on which maps, patch analysis, comparisons between heroes of the same type, general game strategy, etc.).
With perfect setup maybe but the opposing team ain't gonna line up for your W and Flailing Swipe is a long CD that also leaves stukov stationary for the duration. He doesn't get cleanse like rehgar either.
Rehgar has immediate heals while Stukovs are delayed if you want to hit more than 1 with it. Definitely more burst healing than Lucio though but he is not better at disengaging than him, speedboost and boop are both better tools than stukov W and Swipe.
Rehgar has immediate heals while Stukovs are delayed if you want to hit more than 1 with it. Definitely more burst healing than Lucio though but he is not better at disengaging than him, speedboost and boop are both better tools than stukov W and Swipe.
Try heroeshearth.com, filter for pros and note the date the guide was creates. You can also go to masterleague.net and try to see what builds were used in a recent tourney but its a bunch of work
Neat article on comp building in tod: https://heroeshearth.com/b/trickz/read/the-road-to-victory-towers-of-doom/
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Somewhat random - when the leaderboard updates I'll be ranked ~45th in the world on the QM leaderboard. I've been grinding QM to level heroes, do some fun/carefree stuff on stream, and climb the leaderboard for arbitrary internet points. I think I'm going to stop messing around and just take Kerrigan to climb to like 3500 or 3550 so I have a cool number to put in my Stream titles.
After that, I might on HL for the rest of this season, maybe, and see if I can make it in to Diamond or on to Masters. I feel pretty good, overall. I think my solo winrate this season is like 67% playing mostly melee heroes. Hell, I went 4-0 with Iron Fist solo Queue Kharazim in QM and that felt pretty awesome, not gonna lie. What do you folks think? The QM Leaderboard doesn't mean too much but it means somethin. Maybe I should just shoot for Masters and use that as enticement for Stream. Masters is like top 3% NA, or something? Diamond is top 7%?
Putting some credibility in the stream titles has picked me up 1-3 of the 18 followers I've gotten so far. Curious if I can make some clickbait titles following a rise in performance based rank/titles in the next few weeks.
After that, I might on HL for the rest of this season, maybe, and see if I can make it in to Diamond or on to Masters. I feel pretty good, overall. I think my solo winrate this season is like 67% playing mostly melee heroes. Hell, I went 4-0 with Iron Fist solo Queue Kharazim in QM and that felt pretty awesome, not gonna lie. What do you folks think? The QM Leaderboard doesn't mean too much but it means somethin. Maybe I should just shoot for Masters and use that as enticement for Stream. Masters is like top 3% NA, or something? Diamond is top 7%?
Putting some credibility in the stream titles has picked me up 1-3 of the 18 followers I've gotten so far. Curious if I can make some clickbait titles following a rise in performance based rank/titles in the next few weeks.
I find HOTS to be a very different game depending what skill level you are. Unless everyone in the game has a high skill level, I find that pro guides can sometimes be paradoxically not helpful. In lower skill levels you can't really rely on your teammates that much. I find playing at a more selfish level at lower skill works really well. For example, playing Gazlowe can you win games but playing a healer with no waveclear means you can do nothing if your team is horrible and keeps diving into team fights and ignoring minions.
I'm with closer . There are plenty of talents that do really well in a vary narrow set of circumstances - some which might only occur in QM. If you feel confident on a hero, don't let any Meta picks stop you if you know there's a hidden advantage.
Some of those picks become the meta much later on. Amateur Opponent comes to mind, among others.
Like most things in life. Use advice as a guide and not a tyrant. :)
Some of those picks become the meta much later on. Amateur Opponent comes to mind, among others.
Like most things in life. Use advice as a guide and not a tyrant. :)
Yeah, at low skill level (QM lol) the Meta is not the same and the talents to picks are not the same.
Read guide only if you want to play serious and make some team ranked.
In QM, just take the talents that suit your playstyle more.
I wouldnt say low lvl qm builds vary much from real builds, you really just skip out on stuff that takes skill like cleanse or quests you cant achieve.
Patch math: https://tempostorm.com/articles/math-of-the-storm-patch-297-298
Patch math: https://tempostorm.com/articles/math-of-the-storm-patch-297-298
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Blaze is out since a few time now. Sowe had enough time to try him.
So what do you think of him ?
- How would you rate it? ( OP, Tier1,Tier2, Tier 3, Useless...)
*Do you like playing him ?
- What's your favourite build ?
- How do you play it ? Pure tank,Bruiser ...
-Which characters are best to counter him ?
-Which characters does he counter the best ?
- Any advice for newscomers wit him ?
Personaly,i'd place him Tiers 2. He's good, has some engage power, but he could be quite weak.to solo tank for long fights. He has quickly some mana problem. Also talents that lower Healing amount make him really vulnerable.
He's quite fun to play, espescially with a well team. Very usefull to help Chromie place her spells for exemple.
Generaly i take the slowing flaming oïl build. It's easier to slow AND to make some damage. Bunker Ult is fun but not very usefull with som ennemie that could destroy it too quicky.But ic could save a tam from a Cho'gal's ult.
I try to not full tank with him and more "bruise" foes.Engaging, slowing and dealing some damage, then back and retry. When it's possible to focus a mispositioned backlane then GOGOGO!
To counter him, Ana is quit good with lowering Healing grenades. Also he can't survive for long with a full CC team. also hard for him to engage charaters wth great mobility like tracer, Li-ming, Genji, Hanzo or Zeratul.
He's good to counter autoattack heroes like Hammer or Raynor, to engage them reducing their autoattacks
Blaze could solo camp if he wants to, but try not to do that because it's very slow and could be more usefull everywhere else.
So what do you think of him ?
- How would you rate it? ( OP, Tier1,Tier2, Tier 3, Useless...)
*Do you like playing him ?
- What's your favourite build ?
- How do you play it ? Pure tank,Bruiser ...
-Which characters are best to counter him ?
-Which characters does he counter the best ?
- Any advice for newscomers wit him ?
Personaly,i'd place him Tiers 2. He's good, has some engage power, but he could be quite weak.to solo tank for long fights. He has quickly some mana problem. Also talents that lower Healing amount make him really vulnerable.
He's quite fun to play, espescially with a well team. Very usefull to help Chromie place her spells for exemple.
Generaly i take the slowing flaming oïl build. It's easier to slow AND to make some damage. Bunker Ult is fun but not very usefull with som ennemie that could destroy it too quicky.But ic could save a tam from a Cho'gal's ult.
I try to not full tank with him and more "bruise" foes.Engaging, slowing and dealing some damage, then back and retry. When it's possible to focus a mispositioned backlane then GOGOGO!
To counter him, Ana is quit good with lowering Healing grenades. Also he can't survive for long with a full CC team. also hard for him to engage charaters wth great mobility like tracer, Li-ming, Genji, Hanzo or Zeratul.
He's good to counter autoattack heroes like Hammer or Raynor, to engage them reducing their autoattacks
Blaze could solo camp if he wants to, but try not to do that because it's very slow and could be more usefull everywhere else.
I havent played him myself but I think blaze is pretty good. A big part of that is his access to waveclear. Imo the flaming oil slow at 4 is a trap, i would def go the increased oil sloe, 50% is nuts. Personally i think he's potentially tier 1, but yeh havent tried him out yet. He seems to be based around a bunch of contextual decision making (ignite or no? Hold e or no?) so i dont expect his wr to be great but i think hes good.
Queue QM. I get a shithot Zeratul and a pro Ana. I'm Kerrigan. The three of us dominate. Take a level 12 Keep bot on Sun Temple.
Ally Leoric gets to 14 deaths. Ally Zarya is 'solo merc Zarya'. Enemy wins with double Lava Wave after 20 minutes.
Thanks Blizzard for those two awesome warriors.
Ally Leoric gets to 14 deaths. Ally Zarya is 'solo merc Zarya'. Enemy wins with double Lava Wave after 20 minutes.
Thanks Blizzard for those two awesome warriors.
Isn't it great when people play characters who have a skill and trait that rely on teammates as soloers.
If you ever need someone to go back in time I'll give you call.
"murky" Leorics are a pain in the ass. Just because the could respawn faster they just don't care to die.
How else do you get trait value with leroic. Plus, when he is using that trait, he is immune to damage. Think about that a second, immune to death!
The problem is dying is bringing exp to opposite team.
Same with murky.
Murky could die and come back quickly. It's good, but a good murky try not to die to often
Same with murky.
Murky could die and come back quickly. It's good, but a good murky try not to die to often
Oil slow at 4 far and away the highest win rate talent at the tier. Don't think it's a trap.
I love Blaze. He's extremely fun to play, which I can't say about most of our tanks, and I think he's probably tier 2. Not quite as good as ETC, but on the same level as Muradin and Arthas.
Oh woops wrong thread
I prefer the oil area and slow increase and would attribute high numbers for fire slow due to not having to think about it. But i mean im also assuming the tics of dmg you get isnt worth the 20% loss in slow, idea is basically based around that
I prefer the oil area and slow increase and would attribute high numbers for fire slow due to not having to think about it. But i mean im also assuming the tics of dmg you get isnt worth the 20% loss in slow, idea is basically based around that
Bigger slow is great if you have Mages in your team. More slow is always good for Chromie or Li-Ming for exemple.
Yeah i was chatting in discord and only just realized that the fire slow reapplies a slow for another 2.5 secs (rather than overriding orig slow with a worse slow like i thought), so im def ready to eat my words on this, but i do still feel like bigger slow and trait are great
What kind of heros they would be ?
Assassin ? Tank? Heal? Spec?
I don't know really well the Wow Lore.
Edit: Bélial would probably be a Tank or a Spec.
finally start to play again. bit of fun! i wish i had an option to hit q, w, or e twice versus clicking the left button on the mouse to confirm. and to cancel a cast, how do you do that? i forgot a lot of crap lol
thank you! edit: okay i cant find the quick cast settings... help? edit 2: i see it was in the hotkeys area! ARG i want double tap not release or insta cast :P oh well, ill work with release
Off topic. do we know of any blizzard sales coming up? like for overwatch lol....
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Samurai G0SU under quickcast setting is an option to turn it off completely which is double tap on everything
you are a life saver!! :D thanks!! EDIT:
Wait.. having it OFF is the default one. it doesnt allow double tap of Q, W, or E. you have to use the left button on the mouse in order to confirm you want to use it and where.
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I was expecting a tyrande ult change again, cause I think that now that stealth is not really stealth her stealth ult is pretty bad.
As for new heroes, I can dig maeiv.
As for new heroes, I can dig maeiv.
The power from that ult comes from the insane attack speed and move speed buffs, also a decent last ditch escape tool
Interesting leaks. I like the idea that Maiev's trait is like a mini Bloodseeker ult from Dota, and I loved Bloodseeker.
Also, Dreadlord has an ult that instagibs himself and an enemy?? That sounds....too strong on paper?
If these are true, then I'll look forward to them!
Also, Dreadlord has an ult that instagibs himself and an enemy?? That sounds....too strong on paper?
If these are true, then I'll look forward to them!
If true there's no way that Dreadlord ability has any range at all. It's likely an anti-dive tool.
At 10 it's OK, but the Level 20 is clearly too OP.
Start a fight with that and it's a 4vs5 Teamfight for free
I generally believe leaks that have this much detail, but too many things look wrong here.
- Maiev's Q is called Sinister Strike? Valeera's Q is already called that.
- She gets a point and click stun? I get that it's melee, but Blizzard already said after the Varian fiasco that they were probably going to avoid point and click stuns from now on
- Maiev's Q is called Sinister Strike? Valeera's Q is already called that.
- She gets a point and click stun? I get that it's melee, but Blizzard already said after the Varian fiasco that they were probably going to avoid point and click stuns from now on