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Heroes of the Storm |OT3| Chromiehounds
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Karsticles
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I'm almost to level 5 with Anub'arak, and I don't think I've won more than a game with him. I don't think I'm especially bad with him, but it occurs to me that he might not shine in Quick Play because half of my team is always off doing random stupid shit.
So what are the solo queue "pubstomp" heroes?
Edit: Oh yeah, and I saw that my opponent playing Dahaka had all of his limbs, but I don't see a skin to purchase like that. What's up there? I haven't played him yet because I find the missing limbs so unappealing.
So what are the solo queue "pubstomp" heroes?
Edit: Oh yeah, and I saw that my opponent playing Dahaka had all of his limbs, but I don't see a skin to purchase like that. What's up there? I haven't played him yet because I find the missing limbs so unappealing.
He grows his limbs at level 10 when you pick your Ult.
Synergy's idea got blown up repeatedly by multiple teams drafting Genji against Zeebo and picking him off repeatedly last weekend. How do you not watch HGC?
Well, there's a reason they are in the crucible...
Cho'Gall is a total disrespect pick here.
Dead Prince
Banned
just trying to make it 1 for 1
the problem with anub is that the armor values are all fucked up.
like they added armor, specifically spell armor, and it feels like blizzard doesn't value it correctly in terms of balance.
Generic armor and spell armor is sooo much better then physical armor... and then anubarak ALSO gets that lvl 1 talent and it's just broken.
every 12 seconds he just gets 55% damage reduction for 1.5 seconds, for fuckin free, from level 1. And then also he's got a bunch of other abilties and talents that deal with ability damage later on. And oh by the way, the important part of everyone's damage is ability damage.
They need to just remove that lvl 1 talent from him. Or re classify a ton of abilities as physical instead of ability damage.
like they added armor, specifically spell armor, and it feels like blizzard doesn't value it correctly in terms of balance.
Generic armor and spell armor is sooo much better then physical armor... and then anubarak ALSO gets that lvl 1 talent and it's just broken.
every 12 seconds he just gets 55% damage reduction for 1.5 seconds, for fuckin free, from level 1. And then also he's got a bunch of other abilties and talents that deal with ability damage later on. And oh by the way, the important part of everyone's damage is ability damage.
They need to just remove that lvl 1 talent from him. Or re classify a ton of abilities as physical instead of ability damage.
Orochinagis
Member
Brawl matches dont count on Dailies, why?
Also this week brawl is awful if you dont get a Zeebo and the enemy team have two
Also this week brawl is awful if you dont get a Zeebo and the enemy team have two
His level of survivability is what's overtuned. 55% is dumb.
It could work if spell armor wasn't so damn universal. Like the idea that anubarak is super strong vs mages is good. But the problem is that also means he's just really good vs everybody. Because even if you pick his counter (auto attack heroes), he's really strong vs them too.... Who are the auto attack heroes? We saw zuljin in this series, can't go taz dingo cus you get cacoon'd can't go guitine because it's ability damage. gremane? nope his Q, E, and R are all ability damage. Valla? also a ton of ability damage.
Raynor and illidan are the only ones left, LUL at raynor, and illidan gets countered by the stuns/cacoon.
They spent the last two years marganilizing auto attack damage, and then make anub a god vs ability damage.
No wonder he's OP.
I agree, it would be really cool. But it's like totally counter to their design. And the implementation/transparency of armor would have me really worried if they ever did decide to add more nuance to damage types. Like, where does it say how much armor people have? Then you're expecting the player base to understand that zeratul Q is physical but his W is ability damage? recipe for a shit show that's for sure.
Phys armor is also really good, there are a shitload of autos in every game and it's usually on high hp high sustain heroes i think. Spell armor def more valuable ofc, but heroes with spell armor are more countered by autoers (zuljin vs. anub, greymane vs. tyrael, etc.) compared to spell countering phys armor (usually just a guldan pick, mebbe jaina). Armor in general is a bad mechanic imo because it turns an anub pick into "pick spell armor dude" style decision making because of how strong it is. Id rather anub be picked based off of his kit, best followup cc in the game and a playmaker ult.
I think if they split dmg they should in general keep the intuitive split; raynor q does phys dmg, kael q does spell dmg. Anub then still counters kael hard, but raynor is now stronger against anub. It becomes much more strategic in the draft and makes early picking of things that are meant to be niche more precarious
I think if they split dmg they should in general keep the intuitive split; raynor q does phys dmg, kael q does spell dmg. Anub then still counters kael hard, but raynor is now stronger against anub. It becomes much more strategic in the draft and makes early picking of things that are meant to be niche more precarious
Orochinagis
Member
Yep, it happens when you choose the nuclear option skill to make her E last 3 secs more and have more radious but you can call your MEKA after 4 secs
Its been a rough couple if days out there in QM so im wondering, how exactly does MMR work? Like I imagine its a pool so in theory the opposing team should also be getting the "bad players" right, but sometimes it just feels like its always stacking up on your side.
Dont get me wrong, it comes and goes of course and im sure when those win streaks happen, usually with blowout games, the other side thinks the same. Its just people keep saying "low mmr is the problem" "its hard getting out of the sludge mmr" but shouldnt both sides have the problem?
Dont get me wrong, it comes and goes of course and im sure when those win streaks happen, usually with blowout games, the other side thinks the same. Its just people keep saying "low mmr is the problem" "its hard getting out of the sludge mmr" but shouldnt both sides have the problem?
Dead Prince
Banned
1-4. almost.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Someone has to tell jake he sucks at casting.
"Kenma zoned Auriel" - Kenma is Auriel.
"Kenma's Twilight Dream was amazing" - Kenma still is Auriel.
"Kenma zoned Auriel" - Kenma is Auriel.
"Kenma's Twilight Dream was amazing" - Kenma still is Auriel.
Orochinagis
Member
Oh, you dont have to win to get the brawl rewards.......I sincerely apologize for flaming the hell up of my teammates......
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Arthelon wished everyone but Kenma good luck on twitter. Coincidence?
Cassia's L1 is nutty when you're fighting on the enemy immortal cause all the hits bounce to the other team.
Imported Support are just getting picked off cause they're trickling in one by one and feeding. It's so bad.
WonderRade
Member
Arthelon for naventic support?! PogChamp
Orochinagis
Member
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Mc def gone from Bstep.
edit: or just a weird tweet, or both.
edit: or just a weird tweet, or both.
I dont see a way to do that.
Is it me or is Braxis very easy to have a late game sudden turn around?
Just close the updater out and only open it after sessions.
edit: Johanna seems awful here vs a triple warrior comp that's only trying to poke poke poke.
edit2: Both teams are playing DS really sloppy post-10 w/ people not rotating and trying to solo lane and getting punished for it. DONT GO ALONE (unless you can escape!)
edit: Johanna seems awful here vs a triple warrior comp that's only trying to poke poke poke.
edit2: Both teams are playing DS really sloppy post-10 w/ people not rotating and trying to solo lane and getting punished for it. DONT GO ALONE (unless you can escape!)
Given the stakes it's appropriate though.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
It's for being contracted for another season in the proleague.
is it? it's not the champion ship. kinda seems like it's just a bigger roadblock for up and comers.
there's no big steaks when it comes to swapping out bottom tier teams in hgc.
yea, maybe it sucks for NVT.... but they're 2 & 12... and they deserve another 13 games to prove themselves?
then if they lose, they're just gonna disband and those players will just go other HGC teams and the snake will continue to eat its own tail.