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You..don't have access to mech mode in an instant? It has a 40s cooldown that only gets shortened by AAs. Charging her E doesn't really take too long. It's possible you just don't like a hero and that's fine, but making things up is silly.
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It sounds like you just want to play Greymane or something then. A D.Va who doesn't spend most of her time mixing it up on the frontline with her mech is next to useless.
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exquisite tea posted:If you have a new mech ready to go then it can help to stay in pilot form to bait people into attacking you, but even with torpedo rush you're just a really fragile Tracer without any of the escapes, and at that point why not just play Tracer. because i can't switch to tracer mid-match
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May 23, 2017 14:30
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GGWP DVa also does way more dps than Tracer. If you're not taking advantage of a 800-1000 sustained dps assassin that can turn into a tank as soon as she gets into any trouble idk.
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May 23, 2017 14:35
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I think it wouldn't hurt if mounting in mech mode made her eject, just without the explosion, and call mech going on it's usual cooldown.
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GGWP gives you the ability to put pressure on heroes outside of mech form so that you don't get rolled over but in terms of usefulness D.Va is much more helpful in setting up kills for the rest of your team in the meka. Like if I had a D.Va on my team who was deliberately throwing away her mech in order to be a weak autoattacking turret who died in a global cooldown I'd be groaning IRL. You're taking up a tank slot in either the MM or your hero league comp so your desire for LEET KILLZ can be satisfied by playing an actual assassin or using the pilot form situationally.
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May 23, 2017 14:42
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What's are some good Dva builds right now?
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Speaking of Tracer, I tried her for the first time yesterday and she just seems like Genji But Worse. Am I missing something?
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Fellatio del Toro posted:Speaking of Tracer, I tried her for the first time yesterday and she just seems like Genji But Worse. Am I missing something? Her ult?
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Fellatio del Toro posted:Speaking of Tracer, I tried her for the first time yesterday and she just seems like Genji But Worse. Am I missing something? She's and Genji do the same job but she does it with even more annoying escape options.
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May 23, 2017 15:12
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wiegieman posted:She's and Genji do the same job but she does it with even more annoying escape options. Tracer is also ridiculously sticky compared to Genji
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May 23, 2017 15:19
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Genji and Tracer perform much the same job in Overwatch, so it makes sense that they're not dissimilar here.  Tracer can dive a little more easily than Genji, and Genji can contribute a little better in a team fight.
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When do hero sales change? Does it not line up with free week rotation?
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Tracer's escapes/evasion require her to disengage, while Genji can protect himself while continuing his assault. Tracer also only has the single skill shot to Genji's boatload.
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exquisite tea posted:If you have a new mech ready to go then it can help to stay in pilot form to bait people into attacking you, but even with torpedo rush you're just a really fragile Tracer without any of the escapes, and at that point why not just play Tracer. Sitting in pilot mode pew pewing the Immortal on Battlefield is pretty effective.
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May 23, 2017 16:59
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Toshimo posted:When do hero sales change? Does it not line up with free week rotation? Same day, but the shop usually doesn't update until the afternoon for some reason.
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Schneider Inside Her posted:Thrall is a good character to start with I reckon. He has a targeted spell, a skillshot root, an attack boost and his trait heals him. You can build around his Q and be useful while you're figuring out when you can and can't go in for melee damage. Eh his biggest strength (still?) Is weaving casts with empowered attacks which is tricky to keep track of in a fight. But I agree just try everyone you can at first. Learn the competition see who clicks and get easy boxes or gold
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When does D.Va drop to 10k coins? Is it today or in a week or something?
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Libertine posted:When does D.Va drop to 10k coins? Is it today or in a week or something? Next week (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Mind over Matter posted:Same day, but the shop usually doesn't update until the afternoon for some reason. Thanks. Deffo buying half price Abathur. Not so sure about half price Nazeebo.
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May 23, 2017 18:22
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Idk what it is but I can't get the hang of Abathur. I love the whole "Not playing regular HotS" heroes but I don't know how to play Abathur and contribute
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GaussianCopula posted:Next week Cool thanks. Toshimo posted:Thanks. Deffo buying half price Abathur. Not so sure about half price Nazeebo. Nazeebo seems insanely good right now. I stopped playing him for a long time and then picked him back up this week after getting tired of losing to him regularly and he just does so much damage with the full spiders build that it's absurd.
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Libertine posted:Nazeebo seems insanely good right now. I stopped playing him for a long time and then picked him back up this week after getting tired of losing to him regularly and he just does so much damage with the full spiders build that it's absurd. Yeah, but he's so cheap with gold and he's already on free week.
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Kashuno posted:Idk what it is but I can't get the hang of Abathur. I love the whole "Not playing regular HotS" heroes but I don't know how to play Abathur and contribute I think it might be because Abathur suuuuuucks
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I've been doing all sorts of crazy poo poo in the HOTSGOONS discord server. We got an indentured newsboy servant, goon authentication, region specific lfg channels, and a pretty chill general chat room. Check it out if you haven't been using it. https://discord.gg/hprC27v Dietrich fucked around with this message at 19:34 on May 23, 2017 |
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Kashuno posted:Idk what it is but I can't get the hang of Abathur. I love the whole "Not playing regular HotS" heroes but I don't know how to play Abathur and contribute Body soak then pick the clone ult.
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whalestory posted:That's fuuuuuucked up Not really, since the entire idea is to keep it straight forward. It literally can't be more simple than spells do spell damage, attacks do attack damage. 
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So, how many heroes should I have unlocked before I start playing draft modes? I'm mostly doing QM and vs AI right now. Half? All? Also I am real bad at video games. The only heroes I've done well with so far are lane pushers like Azmodan, and I've had some luck with Malfurion and a couple other healers. How do I git gud at assassins/Warriors? Lemon-Lime posted:Body soak then pick the clone ult. Please don't do this in QM where there's mirror matches because it is extremely confusing to have three of the same hero running around.
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May 23, 2017 19:40
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Abathur is fun as heck even though I'm pretty sure he's not great for ranked play or whatever. He makes your team fights 4v5 but he does help a lot with 1v1s. I build him in a way that lets him keep creep groups alive with symbiote shield healing and ally shield, and the ult that basically gives you a mercenary, and be sure to soak multiple lanes by keeping your real body hidden near where creeps are fighting so your locusts spawn closer to their towers. Clone ult is hella fun too as long as you know how to play the character you turn into.
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Lemon-Lime posted:Body soak then pick the clone ult. I am a literal idiot and didn't even think about body soak holy poo poo.
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Bogart posted:I got you. Leon Trotsky has good overall tips: here's some more drilled down ones.
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Dietrich posted:I've been doing all sorts of crazy poo poo in the HOTSGOONS discord server. We got an indentured newsboy servant, goon authentication, region specific lfg channels, and a pretty chill general chat room. Check it out if you haven't been using it. Lemme know when there's a HOTGOONS server. TIA.
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Kashuno posted:Idk what it is but I can't get the hang of Abathur. I love the whole "Not playing regular HotS" heroes but I don't know how to play Abathur and contribute Abathur is all about turning small advantages into a snowball. Always be watching the minimap. Awareness of what's going on is extremely important for performing well with Abathur. If you don't know exactly where the enemy heroes are, then you need to be able to guess where they are and what they're doing based on the last time you saw them and the map state. Always move yourself to an empty lane. Feel free to be aggressive with your positioning, but know that the more aggressive you are, the more careful you will need to be to make sure you can burrow away from enemies coming to chase you. This matters because your attention is a finite resource: the more attention you expend to protect yourself the less attention you can devote to monitoring the rest of the match. But consistently picking up XP in an empty lane will give your team an advantage over time as well as map control and pressure from larva moving the conflict zone further and further towards the enemy's forts. You can also bait the enemy by doing this and get them to waste their time chasing you all over the map while your teammates pick up camps and objectives. Sprinkle toxic nests every time you drop symbiote (which should be frequently). Put them near merc camps, in bushes, along traveling lanes, and near objectives. The nests do good damage but most importantly are alarms for your team: if they get tripped then you know where the enemy is and where they're going. On smaller maps like Towers of Doom these nests are fantastic because you can consistently tag the enemy team with them, so they'll be showing up to fights at 80% health while your allies are at full health. Small advantages like this can tip a lot of important fights. I don't like the toxic nest talent path and think it's a trap. There's generally two builds I go with Abathur: buffing the symbiote (in which case I take the pushing ultimate) or pushing harder (in which case I take the cloning ultimate). It's a bad idea, and easily countered, to go all in on either symbiote or pushing. The ideal of playing Abathur is that you do it well enough that the enemy gets overwhelmed trying to respond to everything you're doing: global map scouting, chip damage, tilting duels, trash streaming down their lanes. The nadir of playing Abathur is constantly trying to dodge the Medivh who has it out for you.
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A good abathur can really enhance his team even in ranked play. His ability to soak lanes and show up to any engagement on the map at any time is a huge plus. Clone is also incredibly powerful because being able to duplicate certain people can demolish teamfights. Being able to flexibly clone your tank or assassins (or occasionally support) can absolutely win you team fights.
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von Metternich posted:Please don't do this in QM where there's mirror matches because it is extremely confusing to have three of the same hero running around. is this a joke post
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A really good Abathur will just push your poo poo in all match so that you have to split time defending the minions pouring into your core. A bad Abathur is like fighting a 5v4 all game. The bad Abathurs are always on your team.
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Tsurupettan posted:is this a joke post dude is literally new to the game, so I don't think so. He'll learn to tell the difference between purple clone and real not to mention skins and junk are gonna be way more common going forward
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One of the funnier abathur things is when your team loses a fight but someone on their team sticks around to keep fighting your clone for some reason and dies to it.
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chumbler posted:If they ever give the bonerlord (may he rest in peace) a second button then the game will be truly dead.
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Do people still call all of the DOTA2 characters by their old names? I remember HoN being a nightmare for new players
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