Heroes of the Storm General - /hotsg/

DEATH APPROACHES Edition

What's new?

>Malthael's Bargin
>The event begins during the week of June 13, and lasts until June 26
us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20811888/

>Latest In-Development video
>Malthael, Summer fun skins, and more
us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20834649/
youtu.be/GMcd8QEPzUY

>Malthael, Aspect of Death; Live on June 13th!
us.battle.net/heroes/en/heroes/malthael/
Talents:pastebin.com/T5iqhteJ
youtu.be/qSBHR77CqTE

>Heroes Second Anniversary; Free loot boxes every day and some exclusive cosmetics
>Event ends June 12th
us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20719773/

>Heroes of the Storm 2.0 Now LIVE
us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20695700/
us.battle.net/heroes/en/heroes20/

>For New Players
>Welcome to Heroes of the Storm
youtu.be/wPk004vsjuE
>Tier lists are effective guidance tools, but should never be blindly followed
heroescounters.com/map
robogrub.com/tierlist
tentonhammer.com/articles/heroes-of-the-storm-tier-list
>Official Community Resources, Guides, and Tips
>Talent Calculators, Statistics, Youtubers, and more
us.battle.net/heroes/en/guides-resources/

>Current Weekly Sale
us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20811889/
>Current Weekly Brawl
us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20838075/
>Current Patch Notes
us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20749068/
>Current PTR Patch Notes
us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20812213/

>Where can I talk to like minded individuals to discuss shitposting?
"/join Veeky Forums" in game chat

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Where the FUCK is Maiev????

>
Yeah, but I really like that their designing process includes a "salt meter" and they realized D.va was irritating enough already.

DAILY REMINDER THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE:

>AKAMA
>LADY VASHJ
>MEKKATORQUE
>MAIEV
>HOGGER
>VELEN
>LEI SHEN
>GROM
>BRANN
>CAIRNE
>MALYGOS
>KALECGOS
>KEL'THUZAD
>DEATHWING
>GARROSH
>NOBUNDO
>MOIRA
>LOTHAR
>KING PHAORIS
>TARAN ZHU
>TIRION
>MARAAD
>OGRIM
>VOL'JIN
>TERON
>BROXIGAR
>RONIN
>GARITHOS
>BOLVAR
>HIGH INQUISITOR WHITEMANE
>AZSHARA
>AYSA
>LADY LIADRIN
>WRATHION
>MED'AN
>VARIMATHRAS
>YREL
>ROMMATH
>KHADGAR
>GARONA
>MAL'GANIS
>CENARIUS
>DRAKA
>MANNOROTH
>LOR'THEMAR
>JI FIREPAW
>ARCHIMONDE
>ALLERIA
>ANDUIN

>MENGSK
>TOSH
>ULREZAJ
>KARAX
>FENIX
>VORAZUN
>SELENDIS
>ROHANA
>STUKOV
>SWANN
>WARFIELD/FIREBAT
>OVERMIND
>REIGEL
>MATT HORNER
>PRINCE VALERIAN
>TALANDAR

>AIDAN
>D1 SORCERER
>D2 DRUID
>D2 PALADIN
>D2 ASSASSIN
>ADRIA
>BAAL
>MEPHISTO
>COW KING
>CYDAEA
>ENCHANTRESS
>SCOUNDREL
>MAGHDA
>TEMPLAR
>D1 ROGUE
>HELLFIRE BARB
>DURIEL
>ANDARIEL
>BELIAL
>DECKARD CAIN
>TATHAMET
>IMPERIUS

>SARLAC
>TOMATOR
>FANG
>SCORCH
>KYLE VLAROS (BLACKTHORNE)
>SNAKE SANDERS (ROCKnROLL)
>SUPERMAN

>100 years since maelthal was revealed
>still no news about what is next

Someone explain to me why they picked kharazim

Malthael was announced literally one week ago
we won't know whos next for another 2 weeks

Pick one.

kel'thuzad my dude

>Get aba on hanamura
>He doesn't go monstrosity
>Clones our healer every time
>Doesn't clone for double fresh meat

>Enemy team is full of AA damage
>Goes Sonya instead of someone with blind
This is supposed to be professional play? I seen better performance in bronze leauge

>cloning Butcher
Moron detected.
I don't think there's a hero more dependant on his talents/farm.

That's not it, why would Liquid and Dignitas be on EU then?

mekkatorque might as well be a gazlowe skin
Fenix would be interesting though, yet another mountless hero really mobile Rdps

I can't tell if they're serious about sonya moving out of the camp for more healing

Butcher is actually a bad clone target. He hits like a wet noodle without meat stacks and the clone doesn't inherit those.

>superman
What?

To be fair all that extra stun can be helpful

Can Jaina do something against Tracer besides dying a pitiful death?

hit her up with the spray

Nope but don't feel bad

There are only a few characters who can't die a pitiful death against Tracer

Might as well clone your tank instead then.
Really, Butcher is really just about the worst possible target aside from Murky or Vikings.

i thought butcher was a braindead hero before this
turns out i was the braindead
someone red pill me some more on how to play butcher
what talents? how do i maximise damage?

Evil support when?
inb4 brightwing

They always go point blank to melee you once. Hit that fucking cone and icebolt, then bait blinks with subsequent bolts and drop a fat blizzard to get away unless she's willing to die for the kill.

Or pick Elemental and out-AA her.

Dem spiders.

>Moira
>Whitemane
>Vol'jin
>Kel'thuzad

Soon.

stand next to your tank
blow up tracer for 100% of her nohp the moment she gets stunned

Moira is not evil she just wanted the black cock
Voljin was a cuck not evil

You need targetted spells, skill shot heroes are bad against tracer

why the fuck do people like this map

>lol lemme just stall for a fucking year with my globals

Moira is a powerhungry bitch AND wanted to get blacked by a Duergar, shit's by DnD definition capital E evil.

>horde
>not evil
Lelmfao fo da HOOOORDE XDDDD
Fucking hordecucks go home.

Why would Mekkatorque be a Gazlowe skin?

SPT pride, worldwide.

how new are you?

chill then cone to root her at lvl 16
blizzard on top of yourself/your retreat path
only blizzard her if she's out of blink charges
hope you can hit frostbolts on a constantly moving target

>Whitemane
>Evil
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Also:
>support Whitemane
>not DK Whitemane
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

He's a midget. I mean, Chromie is also kinda like a Gazlowe skin, you know?

Dragon Shrines is literally Casual Filter: The Map.

haha triggered as fuck

I only reinstalled when heroes 2.0 came out

And hotsg will tell you that Genji isn't OP

but this is literally a tournament game where it's endless stalling until one team fucks up

When?

>he wants fucking DK whitemane
LITERALLY kill yourself you used up blizzwhore.
I want my redpilled "purge everything" Whitemane, go fuck yourself.

Why would you want meme whitemane? The only good whitemane is from vanilla

youtube.com/watch?v=t2pisj07fFs

Auriel easily.

what if she ends up being black like tyreal?

Please fuck off /r9k/

DROPPED

Even better

I'll just cake her completely white with my superior nephalem cock(male) seed.
Won't be long until it seeps into her skin and paints her permanently white and mine, also permanently horny.

>Black
No
>Delicious brown
Yes

Malthale fucking WHEN

tomorrah u rtard

9 hours from now if you're in CET.

this triggers the hotsg
Ryujin no ken wo kurae!

Well, he sort of is.

>talents
1: Generally Abattoir, occasionally Block into heavy right-click compositions.
4: Unrelenting Persuit
7: Insatiable Blade, Meat Shield infrequently into AP heavy teams capable of popping you
10: Lamb
13: They're all fine/situational. Cleaver for waveclear and teamfight splash, Savage into beefier heroes and Brutal Strike for increased single-target dps.
16: Enraged, or Blood Frenzy if you know you won't be bursted/die
20: Both Slaughterhouse and Nexus Blades have their uses. Prefer the latter into teams prone to clumping, or in close quarters maps (Cursed Hollow, etc)

>how play tho
Farm, farm, farm. You're a walking slow with a telegraphed point-click stun until finishing your 125 meat. Do not die, especially if you didn't take Abattoir.

>skirmishes and team fights
Don't be the first one in. Engaging with E is also not always the way to go. Keep in mind that once the charge begins you'll be unstoppable until connecting, which can allow you to eat some CC.

>Brand
Be careful who and when you apply it. Often they'll disengage immediately and/or you'll get hit by every CC in the book.

>random stuff
Q causes your next basic attack to occur instantly, so get an auto in before using Q
you move quicker towards branded targets after insatiable hunger
don't expect externals or for teammates to follow up, sometimes you're best just acting as counter-engage

again; play carefully prior to acquiring your 125 meat. It's a significant power spike.

I'd recommend taking any/all of the above with a grain of salt. Just my personal experience, opinions, etc.

True, but there are generally much better evolution targets available.

Don't clone Butcher.

Okay, that's my Butcher autism for the week.

>Both Slaughterhouse and Nexus Blades have their uses. Prefer the latter into teams prone to clumping
nigga do you know what 'latter' means

Oh, yikes.

The former, rather.

Does anyone know who they are going to nerf/buff tomorrow?

Got 13k thinking about buying Varian, but if hes going to get gutted I'm probably saving a bit more to pick the angel if he is not boring to play or weak

Patch notes in the OP blind-sama

>doesn't even read the post he's replying to

newfaggotry everyone

The PTR patch notes in the OP say who they're changing.
Typically they don't change anyone outside of what the PTR says they're going to change, but they do sometimes tweak numbers.

Hanzo WHEN?

Fan's analysis and explanations are really good
He's not new, is he?

Hopefully never.

Tired of all this Overwatch trash.

Not for a while, hopefully.

in 5 years god willing

nah m8
no idea
we have to figure it out ourself

>Reading this plebtier OP to begin with
anyways, thanks niggers

fuk u reply to me too

>2nd anniversary
>season 1 is ending
What?

4 season to a year I believe. This is the spring season.

Every year has four seasons.
2017 Season 1 is ending.

season 1 of 2017
seasons are not annual in hots

so a season in hots is basically what a split is in LoL? interesting

>Casual brainlets still complaining about map rotation
>Now we have to play around everysingle map on QM because retards need to have their blackheart bay and dragon shrine or [insert my fav map here ______]
>Hanamura still in rotation

>still assblasted over OPs
Sad boi

>dicklet complaining about QM
Yeah, sounds about right. Just about no fucking one gives a bloody shit about that :)

Granted, the OP is organized pretty fucking poorly.

>mfw destroying people with a 40stack monstrosity
Why nobody ever told me Aba was so fun?

Is the Locust build viable? I feel like even picking all locust talents they take forever to reach an enemy in the mid/late game unless we are destroying them already

What about AI? I want to go back to Towers of Stupidly Easy XP Farm.

>Implying I give half a fuck
I stopped doing OPs because I don't have time anymore nigger, I let you win because I pity you, be grateful I am such a generous man

Now lets not get too excited, your overweight body may bust a blood vessel if you get too excited again, but what do I know? maybe you used to get off to planning your shitty OC for the next thread just to get cucked by me and rage like a little bitch

yes

You're dumb as fuck if you think they would take Hanamura off so soon. The only map to be pulled was Haunted Mines. Hanamura may be dumb, but it's not broken like old HM was.

>disconnect for 20 seconds during the end of the match
>dont get any xp at all
nice thats epic

I also used to make OP's, but stopped when people starting created new OPs 50-30 posts early.

>implying im OP
jesus bro, i see the ban didn't do much for your mental illness

autism

Alterac Valley map, with one huge lane that has 4 forts and and 1 keep. With a jungle that holds a bunch of mini objectives that help push the lane in one way or another. Perhaps a mechanic to rebuild walls and turrets when you do manage to push the enemy back far enough. I want the real AV experience when you get this map, you're going to be there all day.

>Want to try out heroes other ult
>Get extreme counters for said hero


Every fucking time I want to do something different I can't even do that without getting fucked over.

Shit, please off yourself.

thoughts on smurfs

me personally, they ruined ranked

Always been a problem, though it depends on the game for how problematic they are.

git
gud

I think it's just accounts with no prior ranked experience being placed between high Platinum and low-mid Diamond, desu.

It's more a matter of

play
more

No. I'm going to keep coming up with bad ideas to spite you.

>fat illidan

So now it is clear

>Fat Illidan is better than Illidan