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Ort
Jul 3, 2005

Proud graduate of the Andy Reid coaching clinic.

No Wave posted:

i saw this coming... This isnt kel'thuzad, mephisto did not have a personality, really wondering what people thought they'd feel when they got to play as the most forgettable boss in d2.

But the moveset looks interesting, I think the devs did a good job.

Most forgettable boss or boss with most awareness ever? People used to farm meph nonstop.

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Polio Vax Scene
Apr 5, 2009



HitTheTargets posted:

Fenix? Are Protoss plants???

alternate skin

Shockeh
Feb 24, 2009

Now be a dear and
fuck the fuck off.
Uuuuuugh fighting Varian when you don't have the disables is annoying. He's so binary; In matchups he's favourable he just curbstomps people, and in matchups where he isn't he's worthless.

Kith
Sep 17, 2009

You never learn anything
by doing it right.


HitTheTargets posted:

Fenix? Are Protoss plants???

Protoss derive substance from light so... yeah, kinda.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS

Ort posted:

Most forgettable boss or boss with most awareness ever? People used to farm meph nonstop.

The four biggest D2 bosses that should show up in HotS based on player awareness as opposed to lore relevance are Baal, Mephisto, Pindleskin and Rakanishu.

Orthodox Rabbit
Jun 2, 2006

This game is perfect for empty-headed dunces that don't like to think much!! Of course, I'm a genius... I wonder why I'm so good at it?!
I want rakanishu but I know they'll never put him in correctly. He should just vomit lightning absolutely everywhere

Corsair Pool Boy
Dec 17, 2004
College Slice
I liked the farty cook dude in D3, put him in.

Kith
Sep 17, 2009

You never learn anything
by doing it right.


Orthodox Rabbit posted:

I want rakanishu but I know they'll never put him in correctly. He should just vomit lightning absolutely everywhere

He'd work great as a Murky skin. Replace slime with lightning.

lucifirius
Mar 7, 2016
https://i.imgur.com/XMiQoM9.png

Kith
Sep 17, 2009

You never learn anything
by doing it right.




vehicle maps do weird stuff to my stats

Schneider Inside Her
Aug 6, 2009

Please bitches. If nothing else I am a gentleman

Orthodox Rabbit posted:

I want rakanishu but I know they'll never put him in correctly. He should just vomit lightning absolutely everywhere

Rakanishu Charged Bolts Lvl 10: Rakanishu permanently emits lightning.

Rakanishu Charged Bolts Lvl 20: Rakanishu gains an aura that causes Heroes within it to permanently emit lightning.

Zwiebel
Feb 19, 2011

Hi!
I can only dream of Rakanishu hard countering Tracer, but they didn't put in the correct Necromancer either, so I have zero hopes for Rakanishu.
If you aren't blocked in by 20+ dumb skeletons shuffling across the screen at all times you are not playing Necromancer correctly.

Who's Pindleskin, if I may ask? I haven't played Diablo 2 in forever.

Orthodox Rabbit
Jun 2, 2006

This game is perfect for empty-headed dunces that don't like to think much!! Of course, I'm a genius... I wonder why I'm so good at it?!

Zwiebel posted:

I can only dream of Rakanishu hard countering Tracer, but they didn't put in the correct Necromancer either, so I have zero hopes for Rakanishu.
If you aren't blocked in by 20+ dumb skeletons shuffling across the screen at all times you are not playing Necromancer correctly.

Give us a maggot lair map with narrow lanes only 1 person can fit in

Tinfoil Papercut
Jul 27, 2016

by Athanatos

Orthodox Rabbit posted:

Give us a maggot lair map with narrow lanes only 1 person can fit in

I wonder how many CB Sorc's ended their Diablo II career there.

Yukari
Feb 17, 2011

"That's going in the cringe reel for sure."


Zwiebel posted:

Who's Pindleskin, if I may ask? I haven't played Diablo 2 in forever.

Pindleskin iirc was a unique boss in Act 5, and had an abnormally good drop rate for how easy he was, so there were bots that'd just run pindleskin over and over for drops.



Eej posted:

The four biggest D2 bosses that should show up in HotS based on player awareness as opposed to lore relevance are Baal, Mephisto, Pindleskin and Rakanishu.

Wouldn't Duriel be in this list because of his giantass lagspike when you enter his room that's caused many a death?

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS
I'm pretty sure they patched that pretty early on but I've made a joke referring to it before in the thread anyway

fool of sound
Oct 10, 2012

Eej posted:

I'm pretty sure they patched that pretty early on but I've made a joke referring to it before in the thread anyway

lol i first played diablo 2 years after lord of destruction came out and it was still in. i think they didnt fix it until the digital release.

BrianBoitano
Nov 15, 2006

this is fine



Yukari posted:

Wouldn't Duriel be in this list because of his giantass lagspike when you enter his room that's caused many a death?

I once hit top 10 hardcore assassins after a ladder reset. My varied deaths across heroes weren't predictable poo poo like that, it was (non-Duriel) lag or hardware failure.

Kith
Sep 17, 2009

You never learn anything
by doing it right.


A friend of mine and I are playing through Diablo II because he wants to refresh himself on what Mephisto was originally and, having just recently beaten the poo poo out of Duriel, I can confirm that the massive lag spike is still present and considered by everyone I've asked to be a feature because Duriel's thing is ice magic and slows.

Kith fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Aug 24, 2018

Relentless
Sep 22, 2007

It's a perfect day for some mayhem!


Zwiebel posted:

I can only dream of Rakanishu hard countering Tracer, but they didn't put in the correct Necromancer either, so I have zero hopes for Rakanishu.
If you aren't blocked in by 20+ dumb skeletons shuffling across the screen at all times you are not playing Necromancer correctly.

Who's Pindleskin, if I may ask? I haven't played Diablo 2 in forever.

He's a unique zombie knight that spawned in a very high ilvl dungeon in Arreat. He had a somewhat unique drop table because of the way the item table populates in D2.

Long story short he was one of the endgame loot pinatas that you'd kill, restart, kill, restart...

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!
He also spawned like right at the door so farming him took no time at all.

Tinfoil Papercut
Jul 27, 2016

by Athanatos
Or you could go for the double Meph - Pindle runs.

Switch the order you do them around and get crazy with it!

Paranoid Peanut
Nov 13, 2009


Good blizzard. Now bring Baal so the bros can have their fun.

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!
and the permanent dissatisfaction of diablo fans continues

Relentless
Sep 22, 2007

It's a perfect day for some mayhem!


Pindle Hero Ideas

Bruiser

High self sustain and harass, lacks a good finisher.

Trait: Fire Enchanted. Basic attacks add a small DOT. Additional hits refresh the duration, but do not stack. If Pindle dies, Ignited targets take a large amount of damage.

Undead Charge: Medium cooldown, short range charge that pushes enemies to the side if he charges past them. Low damage to all enemies hit, and empowers Pindle's next basic attack to deal double damage. Charging an Ignited target stuns them for .75 seconds.

Decapitating Sweep: 270 degree swing, moderate damage, and heal Pindle for each Ignited target hit.

Fire Shield: For 3 seconds, gain 25% armor, and release 1 AOE pulse of Fire Enchanted ignite every second.

Ult 1: Reanimated Horde: Summons 2 smaller AI Pindles with the same stats for 10 seconds that just do basic attacks and cannot be controlled. If Pindle dies while one of these is up, he instead takes over the one with the highest health. These share Pindle's Fire Enchanted trait.

Ult 2: Loot Pinata: For 5 seconds drop shiny items on the ground that provide Pindle or any allied heroes a small movespeed, armor, and damage buff. Generally drops behind Pindle as he walks.

Corsair Pool Boy
Dec 17, 2004
College Slice

Paranoid Peanut posted:

Good blizzard. Now bring Baal so the bros can have their fun.

Baal as a healer would give us a viable all-demon team

Elysium
Aug 21, 2003
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
Rock n' Roll Racer when?

Yukari
Feb 17, 2011

"That's going in the cringe reel for sure."


Corsair Pool Boy posted:

Baal as a healer would give us a viable all-demon team

Baal as healer, Diablo as Tank, Mephisto as assassin, Asmodan as specialist, and..... I'm forgetting someone.

Kerrzhe
Nov 5, 2008

Yukari posted:

Baal as healer, Diablo as Tank, Mephisto as assassin, Asmodan as specialist, and..... I'm forgetting someone.

andariel, belial, duriel

Corsair Pool Boy
Dec 17, 2004
College Slice

Yukari posted:

Baal as healer, Diablo as Tank, Mephisto as assassin, Asmodan as specialist, and..... I'm forgetting someone.

The Butcher!

Im still waiting for a vegetarian skin for him, too. "FRESH BEETS!"

HitTheTargets
Mar 3, 2006

I came here to laugh at you.

Corsair Pool Boy posted:

The Butcher!

Im still waiting for a vegetarian skin for him, too. "FRESH BEETS!"

Okay, no one who reads that isn't going to immediately to a DJ skin because of "FRESH BEATS"

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:

HitTheTargets posted:

Okay, no one who reads that isn't going to immediately to a DJ skin because of "FRESH BEATS"

To the slaughter is renamed To the dancefloor, and he instead tosses out a disco ball.

doverhog
May 31, 2013

Defender of democracy and human rights 🇺🇦
Kerrigan has a few nice demon skins too, if you are into that kinda stuff.

Kanos
Sep 6, 2006

was there a time when speedwagon didn't get trolled

No Wave posted:

i saw this coming... This isnt kel'thuzad, mephisto did not have a personality, really wondering what people thought they'd feel when they got to play as the most forgettable boss in d2.

But the moveset looks interesting, I think the devs did a good job.

They even went out of their way to get the original voice actor, so they obviously give a poo poo. The nerd reaction to this is extremely frustrating because I think they did a really good job reimagining him.

(Of course, I think Prime Evil Diablo is a better design in every possible way than Buff Boy Diablo as well).

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!
Add in Baal but instead of Baal it's Baa'l

Ritznit
Dec 19, 2012

I'm crackers for cheese.

Ultra Carp

Kanos posted:

They even went out of their way to get the original voice actor, so they obviously give a poo poo. The nerd reaction to this is extremely frustrating because I think they did a really good job reimagining him.

(Of course, I think Prime Evil Diablo is a better design in every possible way than Buff Boy Diablo as well).

I fully agree with the first line of this post and really disagree with the second line. Tiny-waisted titty diablo annoys me in the "Blizzard cannot imagine women being anything BUT tiny-waisted titty people" way. Prime Evil Diablo is meant to be more feminine, sure, but there are ways to do that without tiny waist and weird titty. Pet peeve, yadda yadda.

I really like Paul Eiding though, and I'm stoked for him and Mephi to be back.

Kanos
Sep 6, 2006

was there a time when speedwagon didn't get trolled

Ritznit posted:

I fully agree with the first line of this post and really disagree with the second line. Tiny-waisted titty diablo annoys me in the "Blizzard cannot imagine women being anything BUT tiny-waisted titty people" way. Prime Evil Diablo is meant to be more feminine, sure, but there are ways to do that without tiny waist and weird titty. Pet peeve, yadda yadda.

I really like Paul Eiding though, and I'm stoked for him and Mephi to be back.

Prime Evil Diablo in motion, especially crawling around, looks like a sinewy xenomorphic nightmare creature. The thin body frame coupled with the enormous size of the Prime Evil design creates this weird unsettling gangliness that I think really works for a monster that's supposed to be the incarnation of terror in a way that Roid Rage Diablo doesn't for me.

Kanos fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Aug 25, 2018

Kith
Sep 17, 2009

You never learn anything
by doing it right.




*screams in Hero League*

Kith
Sep 17, 2009

You never learn anything
by doing it right.


honestly the saddest part about that match was the desperate last-pick tychus that accomplished gently caress-all nothing beyond getting murdered every time he stepped to us

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Nash
Aug 1, 2003

Sign my 'Bring Goldberg Back' Petition

Tinfoil Papercut posted:

Or you could go for the double Meph - Pindle runs.

Switch the order you do them around and get crazy with it!

You loving madman.

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