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What's New? :
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Previous :

SUPERMAN WHEN

sopping

best girl

Actual best girl.

gib patch notes

sauce

Tell that to my team/minions guy
You can't argue that a quest that doesn't end and is locked in that soon = balanced. You just cannot.

reminder that ranked is a meme and if you don't get to diamond 3+ in the first two weeks then you are doomed to wood league

*overextends against butcher*
*dies*
WTF?! nerf it now

>kelthas halfway down lane at all times
>repeated assraped by varian/tracer
>"gg retards"

*over extends*
*zombie walls charging butcher*
*double quint frogs to the face*
De spirits say it isn't my time...

>heroes that are just too good against bad players
It's sad. I liked occasionally getting to play him.

>takes convection
>walks dies at 0:40

>play the objective
>avoid his charge with recall
>the cooldown on charge is 1/3 of recall

>butcher can just walk through your whole team then kill you
>early game
yep

but does he have nipples? this is important

>butcher is now out of position in the middle of your team

>it only takes .5 seconds to get killed from impact
Well there go my stacks, guess he only loses a fraction of his.
Untouchable is a fucking sham.

>run into butcher but it's ok because
PROTECTED
BLINDED
STUNNED
ded
Only stealth heroes can get any kills anymore due to the moment of surprise

Which level 1 on Zagara?

>butcher
Is this the Heroes of the Bronze General?

>that fucking Gust into the Divine Storm
I came a little.

infestation desu

It's okay because butcher is protected from medivh and the enemy johanna is dropping on your team gg no re 2k DPS is balanced

holy SHIT mage zuljin is fun
that guillotine upgrade 20 is orgasmic in chokepoints too

Really makes me think

Can I STOP GETTING MATCHED AGAINST FUCKING VARIAN FUCKING FUCK YOU DUMB JEW BLIZZARD FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR STUPID RETARDED BALANCING BIRST KEL'THUZAD OH FUCK LETS ADD FUCKING TRACER TO THE GAME PEW FUCK YOU FUCK VARIAN NERF THAT PEICE OF SHIT WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS THIS GOD DSLN ALLOWD FUCKING FUCK FUCK YOU FUXM YOU FUUUUCM YOU!!!!!

fucking love getting duplicate legendaries, next to actually rare mounts and stims I'm all about that shit

>This is your brain in bronzeland

protected btw haHAA

I've realized that the only way to beat the cancer was to become the cancer

johanna
valeera
butcher
kelthuzad
kaelthas
jaina
guldan
chromie

counters. ALL. I've never been more grateful for a hero like varian.

what you do while you dont want to play?

READY FOR ADVENTURE

Abathur/Leoric AFK bot games and then either WoW or League

5 M A N M O S H P I T

5 M A N S H I T P O S T

Been playing cheap games on steam to vent after tilting.

Recently got Dungeons 2 for $5 and I'm having fun in the campaign and skirmish modes.

>mfw getting 9 (+ the shameless self vote of course) votes at the and of the game thanks to a 5 man winning mosh pit
truly the best feel

clips twitch tv/CarelessSmallCheddarKappaWealth

oh man i wonder how hard he came afterwards

>late game zeebs
>lose fight at objective, whole team dead
>enemy team decide to push as four instead of finishing obj
>throw all my shit in their general direction
>three kills and last guy limps off
>team spawns, we finish objective and win
>7 updoots, I gave mine to the one guy who kept saying not to give up and that we can win

how many thrusts of Alarak's psiblade would it take to eviscerate Li Li like the trash panda she is

>leroic afk
how that works?

Is something wrong, Alarak-san~?

Die then AFK within auto attack range of a keep. Need to have something to periodically hit.

I've never played ranked before. Are there any characters I shouldn't play if I do?

Any specialist that isn't Nazeebo, Sylvannas, or Xul
Any hero that requires synergy with another to be viable
Any meme heroes like Cho'gall
Any stealth hero that isn't Samuro

People get instantly tilted at the sight of Nova, Gazlowe, TLV, Murky, Rexxar in most leagues.

>Any specialist that isn't Nazeebo, Sylvannas, or Xul
implying Zagara isn't t1 on Braxis
implying Azmodan isn't situationally t1
>Any hero that requires synergy with another to be viable
yeah never pick Tracer with Tass
>Any meme heroes like Cho'gall
no reason you can't if the comp justifies it and you have experience with the hero
>Any stealth hero that isn't Samuro
Zeratul? hello???

>they throw another game because of mosh

lmao

I want to try the twitch prime for the chests, does it charge right away or after the trial ends?

>owned Heroes cannot be played in Ranked until they're level 5

If Overwatch didn't exist, which seven heroes would be in the game by now? I'm guessing:

Harth Stonebrew
Mekkatorque
Maiev
Blackthorne
Mephisto
Firebat
Mengsk

t. "first time medivh here btw" player

>have to play the guy more than once to go into ranked
fucking jews right

>If Overwatch didn't exist, Tracer Dva Genji wouldn't be in the game
IT'S NOT FAIR BROS

please tell me that's a boy

Has anyone does the math of how long it takes to get to lvl 5 with stimpack with and without ?

>Mengsk
nice reddit meme my friend

GIB SAUCE BOSS

1.25m isn't it
seems like it'd be quickest to spam bot games with a 5 stack
did anybody ever find that channel

No.

I like Azmodan and Zagara. Are they shit tier?

There are drafts/maps in which both are excellent.

I played only Azmodan and pushed my way from bronze to plat. Just push.

Why pick Demonic Invasion if you're taking a Globe talent at 1?

just played a bot game without a stim and looks like it'll take about four and a half hours
how tedious

because sometimes it's better? I honestly have never picked DI because black pool just does the same thing but better

my goodness these crucible games have been enterteining

jesus christ. heroeshearth got through this with such razor-thin calls. Edge of your seat shit from them 24/7.

how does this work? who do i have to sub to?

Amazon prime or just prime video depending on region.

yes I got amazon prime, how does this lead to me getting chests?

>Harth Stonebrew
Who?
>Mekkatorque
Gazlowe skin
>Maiev
Her VA had to go through surgery after voicing something last year(likely Maiev).
>Blackthorne
Meh.
>Mephisto
>Not Baal
>Firebat
He's coming
>Mengsk
He's a non-combatant, people who want Mengsk and Cain just want Blizzard to pull a hero kit out of thin air even if it's not going to make any damn sense. They'd be far better and far better fitting as announcers.

I would love Mengsk and Cain as announcers. Also how is Aldaris not an announcer yet?

ana 10k WHEN

>get tlv
>2 lane map
ty blizzard

>the lost memes in 2017

>Quickmeme as Butcher
>Matched with Ana, Morales, Cho'Gall
Haha haha
Kill me

>Gul'Dan picks Reign of Destruction
>Ana picks Eye of Horus when we have fucking Gul'dan and my Cocktail quest finished
>"lol we lost cause gmane outdamaged by Gul'Dan" when I literally am capping every single merc camp I see instead of them just doing endless poke wars when there's not even an objective up

I want to fucking kill these people everyone thinks 100% of a teams loss is on one person. I didn't play fucking perfectly and I'll learn from it in the next game but what the FUCK. Picking Reign of Destruction is picking one of the worst fucking ults in the game over one of the best in the game, and why the fuck would you not go nanoboost with Gul'Dan on INFERNAL SHRINES.

I'M LOSING MY FUCKING MIND DO PEOPLE NOT READ THEIR ABILITIES

>tfw your account level is 400
>tfw you play better then some nerd with an account level of 1700

>Quickmeme as Butcher
>Matched with TLV, Rexxar, KT
Haha haha
FRESH MEAT

>Eagle Eye for the butt
>Love Goddess for the lewd
Too many skins can be bad. It's so hard to choose.

>that guy who no matter what only wants to lane 24/7 when you're on TLV
>tell him to roam with the team it will work better
>""

>Die Alone Vs. Black Harvest
Thoughts?

>valentines skins available at all times
>halloween and christmas aren't
I don't get it.

waifus bring in the shekels

>die alone
If you're going to spend a lot of time laning otherwise bh.

>Santa Jaina
>Sugar Plum Sylvie
>Countess Kerrigan
>Christmas tree Lunara
I wonder if we'll get happy elf Chromie this year.

Ye, that's what it seemed like. More oomph early in the 1v1s, and just in general.

LOGICAL DECISION

...

which hero is the biggest "fuck you" to valla and greymane

Cassia

Genji and Tracer are huge fuck you to Valla also Cassia.

murky

Arms Varian.

All these players riding the 50% wr train.
Jesus christ just off yourselves.

okay perfect

how is arthas or does he just get kited

He is not good vs Valla but he is good as antidiving vs Greymane.

how fucked am i

>raynor
i'm so sorry user

>winning so many games in a row you lane against top 10 gm when you're still blue silver
It's an abstract kind of sadness.

Depends on the Kerrigan. You'll probably be fine.