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Varian Is one of the very few genuine successes of the draft-focused design that HOTS was chasing. If the enemy team doesn't have any way to shut you down, Twin Blades becomes the best choice by far. Unfortunately, another issue that HOTS has is that there is an overwhelming abundance of ways to counter that. There are just too many stuns and roots and knockbacks and healing reductions and lord knows what else. Many characters are cool for the sake of being cool and that frequently makes them stifling to play against, and it's very easy to face an entire team made of such characters.
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 23:48 |
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Oh sure, there's Heroes whose class identity is 'Be good at the role they're in' (Looking at you, fuckin' Li-Ming). They don't bring anything unique, or interesting, their entire gameplan is 'Top the chart of their relevant role by pressing all their buttons'. Now, arguably, you need some Heroes like that (Raynor) because their job is to provide basic, easy options. The issue is when those basic, easy options are also the best-in-class, or worse again, when there's a few of them in the same role, making them easily stackable.
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# ? Dec 15, 2023 00:50 |
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Is Genji secretly a different category of assassin? Got a HIGH ESTIMATED WAIT TIME of 200s for qm Genji, but no message for any other assassin?
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# ? Dec 21, 2023 08:43 |
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yes. the matchmaker attempts to make teams with relatively equal amounts of lane presence, and genji is (incorrectly) assumed to have very low lane presence because his kit is focused on isolating targets and bursting them down. other pubstomp heroes like nova, valeera, and zeratul are also considered to have "low lane presence" and are frequently subject to that matchmaking adjustment. further complicating matters is that all of the soloqueue tryhards pick genji because he's the apex example of a soloqueue tryhard character so you're also competing against thousands of other people trying to do the same thing and the matchmaker is choking because of it
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# ? Dec 21, 2023 09:08 |
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In short, the mada mada boys are out in force over the holidays
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# ? Dec 21, 2023 09:34 |
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Ahh that's why I see stupid valeeras constantly. But yeah I'm a soloqueue tryhard Genji. Gotta hit that Level 200 before Bill Gates delete the game.
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# ? Dec 21, 2023 09:42 |
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Nash posted:Am I a bad person in that I like to just screw around in AI matches because I want to chill and not worry about somebody screeching at me when I screw up and don’t focus fire the correct person 100% of the time?
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# ? Dec 21, 2023 17:49 |
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Quicker matches plus I can live out my rawr I’m a dragon power fantasies easier with Deathwing
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# ? Dec 21, 2023 17:54 |
appropriatemetaphor posted:Gotta hit that Level 200 before
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# ? Dec 21, 2023 19:10 |
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Rogue AI Goddess posted:I also enjoy AI matches more. well of course YOU would
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# ? Dec 21, 2023 20:50 |
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Just turn off team chat then all your QM and ARAM games are like AI
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# ? Dec 21, 2023 21:25 |
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watching the guy at the bottom of the scoreboard try to shift the blame for losing onto anyone else they think they can is a gift
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# ? Dec 21, 2023 21:44 |
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Of course the time I finally clear my Leaver status the next game I get is all same hero ARAM I dare say that 80% of the times I leave a match is because of this, even bad QM games I tend to endure through because one single mistake from the enemy team can be decisive comeback, ARAM same hero on the other hand got old years ago.
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# ? Jan 1, 2024 02:40 |
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Who’s the best tank and why is it stitches
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 13:55 |
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Star posted:Who’s the best tank and why is it stitches Johanna
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 13:57 |
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Star posted:Who’s the best tank and why is it stitches Every tank has their strengths and weaknesses.
As for who's the best objectively, I would argue either Muradin or Mei. Both are very mobile, highly durable, have great sustain, and have access to excellent crowd control tools, allowing them to fit into practically any comp and do any job. I would argue that the only major difference between them is how difficult they are to play, with Muradin being very easy and Mei being very difficult.
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 14:38 |
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Muradin has an ultimate that allows me to punch someone in their stupid loving face and send them comically flying. Best tank.
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 14:44 |
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If you think about it hammer is the only tank
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 14:50 |
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Thanks for all the serious answers. I’m actually quite aware of the different tanks’ strengths and weaknesses, I just wanted to express my love for playing stitches and hooking idiots in ranked.
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 15:43 |
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Anyone tried out Heroes of the Storm 1.5? https://afkgaming.com/gaming/general/blizzard-killed-heroes-of-the-storm-but-fans-are-resurrecting-it
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 15:53 |
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ROTS is a nice idea but it's not likely to go anywhere; partially because of its tiny playerbase, partially because it has no room for growth, and partially because their sense of balance is... not great. They're currently looking for art people and for Galaxy Editor wizards, both of which are in short supply because anything you put into SC2, Blizzard takes automatic ownership of. The amount of work they've done is genuinely impressive, but I would be shocked if it was still alive in a year. e: For an idea of what I mean about not being great at balance, one of the talents they gave Diablo gives him the opportunity to combo his stuns such that he can stun someone for up to 6 seconds, which is a loving eternity. Kith fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Jan 7, 2024 |
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Star posted:Who’s the best tank and why is it stitches Level 20 Murky
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 16:31 |
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i hope this dead game comes back. i'm desperate for more bird magic shenanigans.
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 18:01 |
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falstad?
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 18:35 |
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falstad, medivh, tyrande. malfurion with the right skin
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 18:41 |
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brightwing is kind of a bird too also re: ROTS, falstad looks broken too. a level 20 map wide hinterland blast with a 35 sec cd and 15 secs off per hero hit sounds nuts. also a quest talent that gives an extra charge of barrel roll and flight for taking merc camps.
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 22:29 |
Snacksmaniac posted:If you think about it hammer is the only tank Hammer is in a tank, Fenix is a tank.
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 23:47 |
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d.va drives a lil' tykes twee tank
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# ? Jan 7, 2024 23:50 |
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Machai posted:Hammer is in a tank, Fenix is a tank. Whoa. Makes you think.
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# ? Jan 8, 2024 00:33 |
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Any birb votes not for Medivh are just wrong, sorry. Best bird, best Wizard, best Assassin not in the Assassin category.
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# ? Jan 8, 2024 00:40 |
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bobthenameless posted:brightwing is kind of a bird too now they just need to make the rest of the heroes broken too, then they will have achieved good balance btw i hope bird medivh gets sucked into dva's mech's jet engine
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# ? Jan 8, 2024 01:14 |
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I really like this game and it's better with team chat off and when people spam ping a team mate after they do a big play or get a huge ulti off it makes me smile
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# ? Jan 11, 2024 17:35 |
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personally i keep team chat on because i think the ways people melt down over the dead moba are often pretty funny warms my heart every time i see a 13 death varian desperately grasp at excuses why actually it's someone else's fault that we're losing also the classic experience of playing aba and being told how to play aba by some random dipshit who definitely does not play aba, it's incredible how everyone manages to have their own stupid but very outspoken opinion of what good aba play is ninjewtsu fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Jan 11, 2024 |
# ? Jan 11, 2024 18:25 |
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*Taunt Varian initiates with no DPS near him, dies* “HAT ME” *pings Aba 20 times*
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# ? Jan 11, 2024 18:35 |
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Nothing makes players like that go absolutely nuclear than just calling out their death counter. No commentary, nothing else, just "9". Or "10". Had a game like that last night in ARAM and the meltdown was utterly spectacular.
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# ? Jan 11, 2024 18:41 |
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i'm spam pinging these posts but in a good way
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# ? Jan 11, 2024 19:06 |
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The sa goons in-game chat group is very empty
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# ? Jan 13, 2024 11:28 |
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Sick of those little bitches hanging at the back? Don't like getting dived by some shitbag Assassin? Want to be all aggro, all the time? *Slaps roof of Artanis - You can fit so many dead motherfuckers on these arm blades*
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# ? Jan 13, 2024 12:00 |
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a well executed blade dash and phase prism is its own reward
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# ? Jan 13, 2024 17:38 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 23:48 |
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Another PTR! Lili, Medivh and Nova buffs, along with more bug fixes, one step closer to the HoTS2 announcement. Li Li Jug of 1,000 Cups healing increased from 66 to 80. Medivh Mage Armor duration increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds. Mage Armor increased from 30 to 50 Armor. Nova Advanced Cloaking bonus mana regen increased from 3 to 6. Anti-Armor Shells duration increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds. https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/24056177/heroes-of-the-storm-ptr-patch-notes-january-17-2024
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 21:03 |