Heroes of the Storm General - /hotsg/

Merry Christmas Edition

For New Players :
>Welcome to Heroes of the Storm!
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What's New?
>Blaze, Veteran Firebat; CONFIRMED!
youtu.be/Ggv0tJR20qg

>Winter Veil 2017
>Celebrate the coolest holiday in the Nexus with new Skins, a Quest, and more!
>Ends January 8th
us.battle.net/heroes/en/game/events/winter-2017
youtu.be/Lr6lZtuXI-4

>Stealth rework, Laning changes, PBMM, and more!
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>Hanzo, Master Assassin
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youtu.be/t6wRlSIcF2Y

Community Resources :
>Guides, Tips, Talent Calculators, Youtube Content, and more
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>*Unofficial* Heroes of the Storm API
>Upload your replays and contribute data for more accurate statistics
hotsapi.net
stormspy.net
>Tier lists are effective guidance tools, but should never be blindly followed
heroescounters.com/tierlist
robogrub.com/tierlist
tentonhammer.com/articles/heroes-of-the-storm-tier-list

>Current Weekly Sale
us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/21338594/
>Current Weekly Brawl
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>Current Patch Notes
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>Blizzard App - Social Tab invite links
>NA
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>In-game
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Merry Christmas user

blizzjew never fails to jew with the 1 box for christmas

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas, /hotsg/!

You have to buy both those games.
You dont buy Hots

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How come whenever I try and play chogall with a friend we can't find a match? Why did I waste my gold if blizz isn't even going to let me play the hero I bought?

>meanwhile, in Overwatch

>Play alex e build its great
>Get put with retards who can't lock down and help build quest cd
>Go q build
>Carry retards
Sick meme e build fags

>Masters
>People still find a way to throw

This game isn't forgiving to mistakes. It's not as casual as everyone makes it out to be.

>not getting legendaries in normal loot chests you got from leveling up free heroes
Also, make your bets.

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>Shitter needing team to secure Es
>Thinks Q build is actually good
>Carrying as a support

Happy Winter Veil, /hotsg/.

I got you some dancing Illidans.

shoo shoo blizz jew

Lucklets btfo.
It's the second great lego I get this evening too, the first one being Dreadlord Jaina I posted in the previous thread.

>Overwatch gets 5 freeboxes
>Hots doesn't get shit

Blizzard doesn't love you

Did WoW get anything?

WoW gets the usual holiday shit they've got for 15 years

Oh user, I brought you the milkies for your special Christmas cookies~

fuck off cuntrag

This is your brain on e build

What's wrong user, did mommy not give you enough milkies yet?

>can't hit one of the easiest skill shot in the game
>this is your brain on Q build

>first time playing alex e build
>lane against some mongo Anub who lets me land every E back to back
>finish quest by level 3
Git gud

i let an alex get her quest done in like 2 minutes by dancing as johanna in lane and we still won because they were a shit alex following retarded advice

Sooo, 5 of 5 online games I play gifted a shitload of freebies for xmas. Did HotS gave anything at all? Or did they went the full jew way?

1 box :)

>hero is 50% off
>only on gems, goy
Son of a bitch.

>Lost 7 out of 8 games since logging on
>Still playing at 2:30am on Christmas
I've lost control of my life

>2 legendaries from christmas boxes in a row
>Both """"lucky"""" unicorns

DONT SEXUALIZE THE PANDA OR ELSE

>used to think Genji is for cancer weaboos
>try playing Genji since he is free
>mfw he is already level 11 when I think I should stop
He is just too fun.

Why do they call it quickmatch if it isn't quick? They should call it slowmatch.

>Trying to match everyones colours
>Of course last pick ruins it

>CPU: 67 C
That's pretty hot

For you

>three marksman and brightwing
huh

>thanks for getting sgt hammer to level 10, enjoy this spray in ur hammer box :^))
Son of a fucking bitch.

>level 11
uhh

>intentionally frying your PC like chicken

>57 degrees
>hot
lmao

>Muh dragonqueen
Explain to me how lifeblossom spam with comfy dragonqueen every 150 seconds isn't just good but amazing

>150 seconds
there's your answer

>Explain to me how lifeblossom spam with comfy dragonqueen every 150 seconds isn't just good but amazing
sure
>*zaps you below 75% health*
>*makes u waste your dragon so its gone for 3 minutes*
nothin personnel

Don't know why it was that high, my room was hot as balls before the match though. It sat ~55C during the game. Is that bad ?? Under 44C-50C right now.

It was actually a hilarious stomp.

>Expecting to stay 75%+ health when Genji, Sonya, Chromie can get on your backline safely
>Dragonqueen is a 70-100 sec cd if you're not a shitter
>Don't have to hold Cleansing Flames long, or pop Dragon without ult up

Stop giving the rest of us Burgers a bad name you drooling faggot. Does that look like an F to you.

>it was a stomp
well
yeah

>tfw old rig used to run hot enough to heat the room in the winter
>upgrade my setup
>29c now
gonna freeze to death lads

I wasn't talking about freedom degrees dum dum

57 C's is not hot for a GPU

>he doesn't have a space heater under his desk

>WAHHHH MOMMMY OVERWATCH GOT MORE PRESENTS THAN ME WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Do you shits not realize that you can reroll your shit in this game? Also since you can pull mounts and heroes box value is higher than Overshit?

Entitled pricks.

>hammer rework
so
what did it accomplish

if anything

made her a specialist instead of a better raynor

now she's better when the team builds around her and worse when they don't, like all specialists should be

silver 1 in bronze 3 user back
i took a while off to actually do shit in the real world
>tomb
>pick junkrat go taste for explosions and endless nades
>its a game typical of this patch in that we are getting steamrolled and lose a keep by level 16
>avg deaths on my team is 6, i have 1 all game
>both teams have level 20, enemy doesnt know how to end, but they are pushing our last keep with spiders
>3 teammates already dead
>i literally just stood by the core and pressed q in the general direction of the keep and kept getting full endless nades resets
>kill 4 of the enemy with rip tire after they finally realized they just collectivley took 30k dmg
>my team respawns and we try to end top (weakest keep)
>they back ping and run away when the core is at 7% and enemy is respawing
>I have 2 q charges left, they drop the core to 3%
>can't get in AA range of core because ittll kill me before i get 2 AAs off (i was at half health, in retrospect i couldve mined myself into the core and killed it with my passive)
>kill the core with riptire
>everyobdy is so impressed with my mindless gameplay they give me 9 votes for mvp
i didnt WIN the game, the enemy team LOST the game by standing grouped in my endless nades for 15 full seconds, holy fuck they are braindead, im not even proud of it, i know im a fucking silver shitter.

Merry Christmas /hotsg/ You guys are neat-o!

>199703560

>ability with really obnoxious and easy to avoid telegraph that may or may not root some or all of the other team for 3 seconds every 80 seconds and may or may not result in a really devastating wombo combo that wipes them which may or may not win the match but provides literally no other utility, and the hero can talent for a 1 second root every 10 seconds which is nearly as useful for securing kills, especially if you can actually aim your other skillshots.

>ability that is up for 20 seconds every 60, is kinda hard to avoid short of wasting time killing it that throws out an aoe splash chilling attack that is enough to actually kill squishies all on it's own, can catch fleeing enemies, win duels, be used to clear powerful waves or bosses and can be controlled while in iceblock or after dead. Biggest weakness to elemental is that it can be killed by incidental aoe damage but that isn't the most common thing I find.

While some times Ring of Frost is gonna win your shit if you have a team meant to capitalize on it, it is hardly the be all end all ultimate for her. RoF is great if you love huge flashy team wipes and your team can follow up on it, but for every match that is won in a couple of huge team wipes, 5 more are won by the ability to do or prevent siege damage at a critical time, get or prevent a lone kill late game and elemental is far more useful for these scenarios.

Pic related shows which is the popular meme talent, and which is more effective.

oh and i forgot to mention one of the teammates back pinging the core rush was a fucking ILLIDAN
we also had an alexstraza with her ult available, and a zagara that couldve killed the core with any of her spells.

us.battle.net/heroes/en/heroes/blaze/
it's up

hidoi yo, user

there aren't enough people spamming jaina rn desu
nice crop friend

I wish

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>i can't aim ROF
that's all i needed to know

stop playing jaina, shitter

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@199710309
Nice cropping shitlord

>enemy Valla, Raynor and Artanis
>Malthael didn't take the physical armor talent

SOAK THE FUCKING LANES
SOAK THE FUCKING LANES
SOAK THE FUCKING LANES
SOAK THE FUCKING LANES

Roam around for kills instead

how can u fags still play this garbo game i log in once a week to play 2 QM for my quests and that is enough for me to know holy fuck how much shit this game is and just how fucking braindead and casual its players are.

DAILY REMINDER THAT 27.07.2017 WILL BE FOREVER REMEMBERED AS A DARK DAY IN ORCISH HISTORY.

youtube.com/watch?v=SVYmPIJt2BI

Blizzard really fucked up with Garrosh's representation in Heroes of the Storm. His abilities and role do not fit his character fantasy in any way. His kit should have been for another character.

Yes, he is fun to play. But he should have been a bruiser, like Artanis, but with burst and less focus on defense and with an ability to force 1v1.

>what Blizzard devs did
Hey guys we plan to release Garrosh somewhere in summer 2017
Fast forward summer 2017
Alright guys just attach some existing kit to Garrosh and release him. And dont forget to make a legendary skin + bike with a bunch of tints

>actually playing the game

>Braxis
>lost first beacon 0-100
>didn't lose a keep
>even level
>HURR IT IS OVER LET THEM PUSH ALREADY
Thanks Blizzard for sending this retard to me.

>clips.twitch
.tv/PopularDelightfulDootTooSpicy
>clips.twitch
.tv/CovertElatedFerretTheRinger
>clips.twitch
.tv/CrepuscularBovineYakinikuSoBayed

Where's the HotS version of Jeff Kaplan ?

She has a funny side effect of being a decent answer to Butcher if she has a minute to set up between Wall and Armor in siege. Nigga dead before he gets back to you post-charge.

>win 3 straight as Hammer
>hypercarry, 200k+ Siege, 100k+ hero all 3 games
>4th game
>Cho'gall Jaina Chromie Stitches
>vs Hammer Murky Artanis Valla Sylvanas

>people say QM doesn't hard enforce 50% winrate
>HURR DURR BRO QM JUST GRABS PPL IT DOESNT FORCE COMPS OR ANYTHING

>What is random chance
>What is 1/4

Why is he so perfect, lads?

you only like him for his body

I've been super busy with finals + buying last minute Christmas gifts, this is my first chance to get back into things

How did people react to firebat? Are there leaks about who's next?

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>Random chance
>3 hard counters to Hammer and Jaina
>against a team with no answer to Cho'gall and a bunch of soft range.
>Random chance

You can setyour watch by it, nigger.

>enormous fucking fire thing
That about it?

why not both?

everyone says mal ganis is next. but no reinforcing evidence

Malganis was leaked together with the Firebat. I hope our leaker boy doesn't get into trouble.

>implying blizzard knows who I am

naisu

he was also nerfed to oblivion user. You should update your pasta

>implying blizzard give enough of a fuck to put a system in place that implements forced 50
>implying that even if they did they'd be capable of doing it
>implying that even if they gave enough of a fuck and were capable it would target you after only a 3 game win streak
lol

>playing Genji in QM
it's just like beating children

so it's fun?

>genji
>QM
>hard

Do you wear a helmet while playing too?

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t. magebabs who get shit on by the dragon

>tfw too dumb to be able to touch the fluffy tail
I understand that cartoon Ragnaros' pain.

>butcherlisk

>it thinks it's good because it doesn't see the training wheels

>genji
>not hard
?

Went from 4k Masters to 2k
I knew I shouldn't have played ranked on Christmas Eve