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[TheSadRanger]

Man having to level up 14 chars to 5 for hero league is soooo loooong.

If you really want to do HL you should have way more than that as well.

Initial placements are a huge deal. Once done, it can be incredibly difficult to dig out of a hole if you place silver/gold.

Having a large roster will give you a huge advantage in counter picking for the draft. This isn't DOTA or LoL where you can "make anything work" with items. Drafts can make or break your team in HL. You want a versatile roster as much as you can, especially because often times you will be forced to play a role you might not want to.

Like this is at least what you should have if you want to do the best you can in HL.


Support: Malfurion, Morales, Kharazim, Lucio, Auriel
Specialist: Nazeebo, Azmodan, Probius, Sylvanas
Warrior: Dehaka, Anub'arak, Muradin, Sonya, Diablo, ETC
Asassin: Ming, KT, Gul'dan, Valla, Falstad, Greymane

 

[King Gilga]

That's effort. I have all those except Anub, Diablo, malfurion, Probious, and Lucio though. I do have at least a couple chars I like for each role though.

I've never spending gold on a char though, unless it's 2k or under, gotta spend on those rerolls baby.

 

[Alur]

That's effort.

Ehhh, I can't say I agree with that entirely (needing to be capable on a huge swathe of heroes). If nothing else, Try Hard for Good showcased again that by narrowing your pool down to 3-4 staple heroes you are much more likely to climb (provided those heroes are in the meta). Hell, one season I played only Chen in placements and went like 6-0 or something ridiculous when I could get him because he was strong and I was good with him. It's just about taking your comfort picks and finding which work best in the meta and then exploiting them.

Bouncing around from hero to hero isn't something a regular every day player should do IMO, not if you want to go up. Some heroes are just inherently stronger than others, and some roles you're just personally going to be stronger in. Recognizing those heroes that can help you help your team the most (likely ones with either good self sustain and wave clear, or good damage and wave clear) will go a long way.

By no means am I saying you shouldn't at least know how to play that many heroes, but when you enter the draft you should be looking at 3-4 options and they should be diverse enough that you can adapt to the situation. Sometimes they will all get picked/banned/countered and you will have to branch out, but it's best to stay on the well worn path IMO.

 

[sibarraz]

I'm from chile, could somebody help me get the third and fourth week of the missions?

 

[Rhaknar]

so you guys have been following this for months, if not non stop. You said heroes have been on a fast release schedule of every 3 weeks for the last yer or so, so how soon can we expect the next hero to be revealed?

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

We should be getting a teaser for the next 2 releases in a little less than 2 weeks or so

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

I am rooting for more overwatch characters. Stone me but I want to see soldier 76. Need me a pulse rifle with a skill shot rocket barrage. His biotic healing field fits right in as well.

 

[Moonlight]

D.Va is riiiiiidiculously fun to play. Surprised at how similar she works to how she does in Overwatch, too.

And I'm not sure if it's optimal, but GGWP is by far my favourite talent for her. Makes her so much more potent in pilot form and if you get a good streak you can snowball a team-fight really hard by constantly refreshing your MEKA off takedowns.

 

[Rhaknar]

I've completely switched to the pilot ult btw, its much more sueful. hell sometimes I dont go in the mech right way just to take pot shots.

edit: D.Va doesnt count as a warrior for QM like Varian btw, just got a match just now against a team with jaina, malf, guldan, valeera, chromie lol

 

[kirblar]

I've completely switched to the pilot ult btw, its much more sueful. hell sometimes I dont go in the mech right way just to take pot shots.

edit: D.Va doesnt count as a warrior for QM like Varian btw, just got a match just now against a team with jaina, malf, guldan, valeera, chromie lol

It's because it's "Tanks" and "Healers" that count. D.Va is a Warrior, but not a Tank.

 

[protonium]

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[Milly79]

2017 Season 1 ends on 6/13.

Reward?

Looks sick!

 

[scoobs]

Wow an actual new mount type and it's not elemental (insert animal here)

 

[Alpha Centauri]

By no means am I saying you shouldn't at least know how to play that many heroes, but when you enter the draft you should be looking at 3-4 options and they should be diverse enough that you can adapt to the situation. Sometimes they will all get picked/banned/countered and you will have to branch out, but it's best to stay on the well worn path IMO.

Good observation. This has helped me climb in the last week or so, and it clicked specifically because of the Tryhard streams . I'm comfortable with pretty much every character, but by narrowing it down and honing in, I've seen much better gains.

 

[Altairre]

Really fun couple of matches this evening with Rhak and Prelude. That last Tomb game was pretty close. GG games.

 

[Ken]

legendary from varian level up box

murky announcer

 

[jaundicejuice]

Kinda wish Shadowstalk was more like it used to be, team-wide invisibility. As it is, it's not a very support-y ult.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

So, a better Raynor. Ya, I don't see that happening.

There are a lot of ways to differentiate the 2 characters.

 

[Rhaknar]

Really fun couple of matches this evening with Rhak and Prelude. That last Tomb game was pretty close. GG games.

GGs earlier also.

Ended the night with a win with Prelude which is always a good note to go out on. Although as usual, I got super stressed playing Valeera. Its by far my most stressful hero, like even more than Vikings.

Its also the only one where I feel its all my fault when we lose :/

I dont feel that way with Zera at all /shrug

 

[Celegus]

legendary from varian level up box

murky announcer

What?! That's like one of the best ones! Would love Murky or BW announcer.

I got lil rag and raider rexxar skins from my 10 free boxes, pretty nice! OW boxes were 3 whites and a blue each time except one time there was a purple pile of currency... not that there's much of anything good left in the standard boxes anyway.

 

[Prelude.]

Widowmaker Nova hype, guess I'll have to get back to her. So now Snipe Master doesn't lose its stacks when hitting non-heroic targets, but I assume it still does when you miss altogether, right?

GGs earlier also.

Ended the night with a win with Prelude which is always a good note to go out on. Although as usual, I got super stressed playing Valeera. Its by far my most stressful hero, like even more than Vikings.

Its also the only one where I feel its all my fault when we lose :/

I dont feel that way with Zera at all /shrug

When you're deep in, your only escape with Valeera is actually trying to stay in there long enough to refresh your D, it gets a lot easier after lv10. I don't know if you noticed, but when you D you have 1 second of actual invisibility where you can't be revealed even if hit, so if you wait for your D inside a smoke bomb, you can pretty much 90% of the times get away safely. Also, Combat Readiness at lv1 is very good. But yeah, she can be pretty useless if you can't find an opening and the objective requires to group up. When you find like all melee comps it's just a miserable experience.

 

[Milly79]

72.7% WR on D.Va through 11 games. Haven't had this much fun with a hero release in a while...

She's dropped quite a bit on HotsLogs, down to 49%.

Pretty much rocking Alur's build, with the variance on the levels he outlined. Not sure which ult is better. Both pretty useful. I typically just judge if I'm getting blown up a ton in mech form or not.

 

[TheSadRanger]

Man Cassia Q quest at lvl1 is so good. Literally a 1 second CD per Q once you get it.

I know charged strikes is better for early but man you can you just spam Q infinitely with thunderstrike.

 

[scoobs]

72.7% WR on D.Va through 11 games. Haven't had this much fun with a hero release in a while...

She's dropped quite a bit on HotsLogs, down to 49%.

Pretty much rocking Alur's build, with the variance on the levels he outlined. Not sure which ult is better. Both pretty useful. I typically just judge if I'm getting blown up a ton in mech form or not.

I think Bunny Hop CD might be a little high, but ya I feel similarly. Both have their place, I really like big shot for getting my mech back super fast.

 

[Milly79]

I think the only reason it's so high is the unstoppable. Otherwise it's kind of an eh ult. Hilarious though.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

Just lost a 35 min match on cursed hollow. It hurts. By the end of the match, the enemy nazeebo could solo me with just auto attacks, no skillshots required. He is an absolute monster. 221k hero damage lol

Ohhh this one hurt

 

[Rizzi]

I don't want any more Overwatch characters for a while. More Diablo or Starcraft characters would be better.

Spoiler

I don't think Overwatch has particularly interesting characters.

 

[Dead Prince]

There's a dva announcer. Why didn't I know. Uguu

 

[Apathy]

Officially the challenge has made me dislike this game. It's turned it into HS for me, log in do quest as solo as possible and leave. Terrible idea by blizzard to make this not be doing vs AI. The amount of shitty people that don't even try is astounding.

 

[Orochinagis]

Officially the challenge has made me dislike this game. It's turned it into HS for me, log in do quest as solo as possible and leave. Terrible idea by blizzard to make this not be doing vs AI. The amount of shitty people that don't even try is astounding.

Or not listening, "I am here vor the overwatch skin" people makes QM unbearable for them too, since they are bullied by HOTS players

 

[Celegus]

Not sure if this has been addressed already, but how good is this D'va theme music when you launch the game?!

 

[psyfi]

Man having to level up 14 chars to 5 for hero league is soooo loooong.

I feel you. I've been playing for two weeks and I still have a few to go. It's good experience though, especially since playing heroes is the best way to know how to counter them.

 

[Orochinagis]

Not sure if this has been addressed already, but how good is this D'va theme music when you launch the game?!

Pretty good, I think its a remix of Overwatch Lunar festival

 

[Apathy]

On the brightside, I got B.Va skin in OW from on of the 10 boxes, yay

 

[Fancolors]

I tried playing HotS with a wacom tablet.

 

[Celegus]

New Alarak has got to be one of the most fun heroes I've ever played. Hope he doesn't get dumpstered too hard...

 

[scoobs]

New Alarak has got to be one of the most fun heroes I've ever played. Hope he doesn't get dumpstered too hard...

Unfortunately the "this hero is so fun!" Heroes are typically that fun because they're overturned. Always feels good to be OP, I think his damage will come down, but we will see.

 

[Celegus]

Unfortunately the "this hero is so fun!" Heroes are typically that fun because they're overturned. Always feels good to be OP, I think his damage will come down, but we will see.

Heh, true enough. I've always liked his kit, but now he can actually take down heroes by himself instead of only being a setup for teammates. His quests are fun to pull off (if a little easy) and Rite of Rak'Shir is such a cool idea for a talent. Plus his sustain with the level 1 healing talent is insane. Definitely feels overtuned right now, though I haven't looked at win rates or anything yet.

 

[kirblar]

New Uther feels really good.

 

[Alur]

Finally hit level 1000. Milly beat me by a few hours to the mark. Kind of disappointed I don't get my second little gem til 1100, but glad that it does show the full 1000 for levels.

The colors repeating every 500 levels is weird too. My smurf is level 545 rocking the same yellow/gold as my main. Now that I finally got there I can get back to playing those a bit, and maybe doing some solo games too.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

Anyone ever see a familiar name in your game but can't recall why you made a mental note to remember them?

Then you realize it was because they were a toxic saltlord that is too busy typing in chat to ever win, that says GG after 3 mins, and spam the chat with racial slurs after an ally dies...

Sometimes I just hate Hero league...

 

[Blues1990]

I need to do the challenges for the loot boxes, but no one on my friends list is online ATM. Anyone care to friend me and help me out?

 

[Lumine]

I need to do the challenges for the loot boxes, but no one on my friends list is online ATM. Anyone care to friend me and help me out?

Sure. I need them too. In fact I've only done week 1 so far which means I need like 10-15(?) more matches. Europe by the way.

 

[Sothis Krieg]

i'm starting to get the hang of D.Va and the Big Shot Ultimate is my favourite so far. I think i like her.

 

[Rizzi]

I feel like the game is trying to force me to buy Auriel. I never get cool skins for heroes I own, or actually like.

 

[scoobs]

I feel like the game is trying to force me to buy Auriel. I never get cool skins for heroes I own, or actually like.

To be fair, you should own Auriel, she's fucking great and her skins are beyond dope.

 

[Rhaknar]

ugh I think I hate Diablo Or to be more accurate, still hate.

Anub on the other hand, ooh boy. He might be the next take to 10 project.

edit: decided to check the OW loot boxes, got 3 legendaries >_> fu blizz

 

[Rizzi]

To be fair, you should own Auriel, she's fucking great and her skins are beyond dope.

Maybe when she's on sale. $10 is too much to pay for a character.
I thought Varian wasn't supposed to be considered an assassin for quick match purposes anymore. My last few matches would disagree with that.

 

[Fancolors]

AFAIK Varian is still considered both assassin and tank on QM

 

[Alur]

Someone last week said the change was going live this week. Didn't realize it hadn't. Wonder what the holdup is?

Edit: Beau on CORE suggesting Blizzard can alter maps without removing them from the rotation the same way they do heroes sounds like an absolute disaster. I get wanting all maps in game, but supposedly part of this rotation is so they can tweak out of rotation maps. They aren't like heroes. If one hero is busted (good or bad, really) after it gets a rework that's only a problem if you play that hero. In most modes it can be banned, or if it's bad no one really plays with it til the inevitable fix. If they bust a map, however, EVERYONE has to deal with it until it is fixed. It's not something so easily avoided and the testing of it can't be as thorough. Tweaking the ones that need it to any real degree while they are live would be awful IMO.