Heroes of the Storm General - /hotsg/

Horde boyz Edition

For New Players :
>Welcome to Heroes of the Storm!
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us.battle.net/heroes/en/heroes20/progression/
youtu.be/wPk004vsjuE
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What's New? :
>Lunar Festival 2018!
>Bring in the new year with Skins, Mounts, a Quest, and a high-octane Brawl!
>Feb 6 – Mar 5
us.battle.net/heroes/en/game/events/lunar-festival-2018
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>Maiev, the Warden
>Now LIVE!
us.battle.net/heroes/en/heroes/maiev/
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E-Sports :
>HGC: Heroes Global Championship 2018!
esports.heroesofthestorm.com/en/
masterleague.net/heroes/
twitter.com/HeroesEsports
>Heroes of the Dorm 2018!
heroesofthedorm.com
youtu.be/XTYw1Vwc46k
>Where can I watch?
Blizzheroes @ Twitch

Community Resources :
>Guides, Tips, Talent Calculators, Youtube Content, and more
us.battle.net/heroes/en/guides-resources/
robogrub.com/builds
>*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/21507223/
>Current Weekly Brawl
us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/21529717/
>Current Patch Notes
heroespatchnotes.com/

Where can I find fellow players to group up with and discuss the game? :
>Blizzard App - Social Tab invite links
>NA
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>EU
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>In-game
Type "/join Veeky Forums" in the chat

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i'm gay

1st for protoss!

Proof Blizzards is faggots redditAKA HOTSG company - these chars are still not present lmao they would rather release more Overwatch and other tranny shit

>Kilrogg
>Grommash
>Blackhand
>Orgrim
>Kargath
>Ner'zhul
>Teron Gorefiend
>Jubei'Thos
>Rend and Maim
>Franzok and Hans'gar
>Nazgrim
>Malkorok
>Tagar FKN Spinebreaker
>Fenris
>Nazgrel
>Zuluhed
>Nekros
>Lei Shen
>Dark Wanderer
>D2ruid
>Kazzak
>Mannoroth
>Mal'ganis
>pre-Frostmourne Arthas
>Lord Marrowgar
>Arugal
>Godfrey
>Garithos
>Daelin
>Herod
>Hakkar
>Felguard
>Spellbreaker
>Gargoyle
>Revenant
>Skeleton Archer
>Mortar Team
>Dar'Khan
>Ravencrest
>Cenarius
>Silgryn
>Algalon
>Noggenfogger
>Putress
>Falric
>Marwyn
>Alexandros
>Turalyon
>Rivendare
>Rokhan
>Zalazane
>Ingvar
>Ymiron
>Imperius
>Baal
>Duriel
>Mephisto
>Rakanoth
>Izual
>Hell Knight
>Kyle Vlaros
>Thaddius
>Gruul
>Fel Reaver
>Ogre Overlord

...

>never ever

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

>Very nice, very good
Garrosh Leoric Arthas Kaelthas Diablo
>Yeahboi
Zuljin Anubarak Abathur Azmodan Hanzo Dehaka Varian Thrall Ragnaros ETC Muradin Illidan Guldan Greymane Kharazim Rehgar Zagara TheButcher
>Its ok bro
Chen Artanis Gazlowe Falstad Tassadar Raynor Zeratul Tychus Rexxar Samuro Tyrael Malfurion Nazeebo TLV
>Wath a FUCK...
Alarak Blaze Chogall Chromie Xul Genji Malthael Stitches
>Wtf? why did you add this garbageshit?
Probius Brightwing Junkrat Murky Kelthuzad LtMorales LiLi Medivh Stukov SgtHammer Uther
>Faggotry
Dva Cassia Zarya Valla
>Tranny faggotry
Auriel Jaina Johanna Lunara Kerrigan Nova Alexstrasza Sonya Tyrande Sylvanas Valeera
>Tranny faggotry xtreme
Ana Lucio Tracer LiMing Maiev

Now that the dust has settled what's the better Maiev build?

I love Lunara!

>wake up
>still no snake hero announced

>play blaze
>stand in the middle of the enemy team
>bunker armor
>longer oil with reduced atk speed
>trait heals
>never die
very nice

this is the definitive version btw

wait to ask after the next nerf

AA is still her best, but fun fact.

Maiev loses head-on to Tyrande at point blank if Tyrande goes Owl + AA + Iceblade at 20. Just heal for years right in Maiev's face and there's NOTHING she can do about it.

If I acknowledge these faggots, will they go away? they're making every thread unreadable

What's this game's equivalent to playing Mario in Mario Kart or Ryu in street fighter?

i want a cat hero.

>hero made for clustered teamfights loses against 1v1 hero
nice game hotsbabs

Raynor or Thrall

...

real version here. reminder anything with mei or magatha is >>>r/eddit

>tfw i was the pallytime pasta guy and got b& yet garroshfag gets away with it for literally months

Tyrande isn't really 'made' for anything except comfy owl throwing, but she cucks Maiev so fucking hard it makes killing her watchers and setting Illidan free look like a stubbed toe by comparison.

I literally AA'd the bitch to death from 50% health and ended with more HP than I started with.

what the fuck is this faggotry? reddit plz go

I mean, yeah, Tyrande beats almost everybody 1v1 let alone at 20 because she's a strong duelist. But you don't duel people at level 20.

A level 20 Murky with slime talents and fish tank will beat any melee auto attacker, even a stacked Butcher. Doesn't make him relevant.

Johanna loli is cute and fun and she tries her best to tank for you!

god i wish that popsicle was me

>play abathur
>use monstrosity to help someone clear a camp
>they leave without capping it

this was the toughest season yet Veeky Forums but i finally did it!

>chromie
>li li
>brightwing
>murky
>probius
when are we getting another cute hero?

Congratulations you threw hundreds of games and hours of your life to reach the bottom of the ladder as a meme

Now what's the next step of your master plan

im about to buy gold like i can't get any new heroes man

go level up your heroes or play lunar race

wood league 0/1000 meme points

>im about to buy gold
what did he mean by this?

handsoap is too op lol

whens the nerf coming

>win 3 games quest
>forced 0% kicks in

if I were to one-trick Zagara, how high could I realistically climb before I start plateauing? new account with reset MMR

What you all think? I worked hard on it, but I think maybe second R is bad choice.
youtube.com/watch?v=mnUVEMAXDqA

Current top 5 GM in EU only plays Zagara

high grandmaster

The only good part of that entire thing is this

This is pretty amaizing...

Grandmaster in any region.
:3!

>no cupid hunk hanzo skin for valentines day

>Stitches pick in gold
>They miss all their hooks
Why pick heroes you can't fucking play mate? Why? What is the point?

>it's just lag bro, I'm usually really good

kek

duh because it's their team's fault they lose

Why is she so unpopular then?

Because of bad Zagaras that will never leave the lane

Tell me things about my favorite support, Lt. Morales.

>specialist
i recommend investing in a dictionary

>tfw like femdiablo skin but don't like playing diablo

Is there an english version?

heroesfire.com/hots/talent-calculator/maiev#kgQB

This is the ideal Maiev build. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

old/boring
doesn't see pro play
requires a certain mindset/playstyle
a lot of people cannot into pressure

Her first name is Focus. Focus Morales.

>only first pick able assassins are greymane and hanzo
it's so boring but at least I always win

don't make me vomit

annoying piece of shit on braxis
can't think of anything else

>dude what if we made every hero niche
honestly wish there were more generalist/versus-all picks

t. knifelet

>in plat
>someone instalocks diablo when we have no follow up at all for him
>goes in 1v5 for le flip into apoc move
>dies
>team???????????

>Terran
>literally my mom's medic
>literally my mom's siege breaker
>literally my mom's firebat

>Protoss
>literally my mom's ____probe

>Zerg
>???

I see one more fucking azmodan is fucking HL i'm going to murder the man who invented this hero. He never does any good damnage and is never compliment to fucking anything and they all go fucking lazer like it's actually good for anything.

platdrafts really are terrible

1. unit heroes don't respect any lore in sc, firebat is not a tank who heals himself in the fire through magic and drops bunkers, siege tank can't shit out spider mines or speed boost away like roadrunner

2. zerg is all about expendable shit you throw at the enemy, so a roach or hydralisk hero would be pretty stupid and they already exist as summons for zagara

there's a case for sc1 defiler but that's about it for zerg

tfw actually won a game with laser build just now

Such a fun build, and yes I'm an Azmodan main. And yes, I do know when to pick laser build. Especially when the enemy team has literally no CC at all.

>And yes, I do know when to pick laser build. Especially when the enemy team has literally no CC at all.
That's not really a good justification. Laser build pressures one person and only one. Dunk build pressures everyone. Laser is never good unless you bank everything on snowballing early game. It doesn't even deal extra damage until 13 and you give up all your waveclear for it.

overlord hero when

whens magatha coming out

>red draft
>you have etc
gee wonder how they thought that'd go

>he doesn't like hitting a double shadow charge
gaaay

saved 10k, zera or samuro?
want to play some mind games and mess with people

illusion master samuro

after vashj

zera and go VP

n0
0ne
c@n
st0p
d3ath

zera and play mind games on your teammates

They have no tank, clearly they were trolled.

reminder if you ever place in plat just give up because it's not worth it

just collect your mount and come back next season

Maiev observations/predictions?

do you think she is
>balanced on arrival
>broken for a week or two
>a good hero that will see some talent tweaks in the future
>garbage meme pick
>an okay but situational hero

>everybody starts in plat+ instead of bronze-silver
this'll never cease to trigger me

>level 6 blaze first pick
>8 deaths
>draft zero waveclear for braxis
>I get stuck supporting
>thrall solo lane
>plat 2 demo game

what's wrong with thrall in the solo lane?

>against zagara
>gets BTFO

>balanced on arrival
You're either competing in the olympics, taking part in carnival or have been in a coma for a week.

>assassins constantly feed
>team misuses the plant constantly
>zagara exists
what an annoying game

>36 mins
what an awful map.

>We need to protect kids feelings and thus you can't tell them to kill themselves
>These kids who would neck themselves are the same kids who are the most toxic vile pieces of garbage alive who intentionally throw games because one player pissed them off
Why are we doing this? Why aren't we encouraging these pieces of human waste into killing themselves, the suicides would make the game better and more enjoyable.

still not as bad as volskaya

>36 minutes on garden
condolences

>valla with tass and ana didn't just kill everybody
idk

>illidan didn't prevent zagar from existing
idkkkk

>misuses the plant
I'm a bit of a shitter, but how exactly do you misuse the plant? going only after heroes or something?

>>zagara exists
not a good game for her with hunt illidan and dehaka

>tass tries to core 1v5 past a keep in lane, forcing the team to go around and dies before we help
>farming minions top lane while team was pushing mid
yep, fun

don't try to walk through five people 1v5 just to smack a tower
going after heroes can be fine especially mid-late where those slaps fkn deck nerds

you're supposed to start in the middle
the problem is potatoes not dropping fast enough

nah problem is that plat is the middle
ranks inflated

too many in plat-master
but probably too late to start tanking people out because they'll screech and quit

basically using the plant as a trump card rather than the battering ram it really is
it doesn't carry you to victory unless it's 20 minutes into the game and there's a keep down. it's used to break holes in the enemy's fortifications

I've thought about this and I've decide that Volskya is a worse Infernal Shrines. Infernal Shrines has great merc camps that add a ton of pressure and can take a fort by themselves which can be used to create desperate situations for teams behind on momentum. I cannot begin to describe how lame volskya's mechanic is. On infernal shrines I've had matches with people fighting all over the place. In the lanes, in the obj area, some people ignoring the fights entirely and focusing on minions. Some of my most tense matches were played on this map. In comparison on volskya you just pick jaina and bw and fight anybody standing on the point until somebody dies. Then the winning team stands on the point and.... does nothing while the losing team waits for their guy to respawn so they can contest. Volskya has too much downtime and not enough snowball. It also has the most useless merc camps in the game which create no sense of urgency to take them compared to the fucking shaman dog camp or 3 goat spearman camp. There are large segments of volskya where there is literally nothing to do because nothing is going on!

>pick zeebo
>take frog talents
>just rotate between two lanes all game
>wait until enemy team at 99% contesting
>waddle up and press E twice
>if they don't fuck off the point they die
>hit Q, W and R also in their general direction why not
>game lasts until 20 every time so always get vile
whew love having a 80%+ win rate map but not gonna lie it kinda sucks
surprised it's still on ranked rotation but maybe that's because it isn't as obnoxiously flashy