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I've been meaning to get into HotS so I've played a couple of matches vs AI and some unranked vs humans and tried out different heroes to get a feel for the different roles. I've also checked out the Reddit post linked to on the first page to understand the basics. Now, i like playing support heroes and I've collected enough to buy at least one hero so any recommendations on what's a good support to start out with?
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Aug 2, 2017 15:37
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Thanks for all the tips and help. I've played QMs pretty much the entire afternoon today to get a feel for the heroes. Didn't like playing warriors that much except Johanna, who was fun and seemed very durable. All the support have been fun, especially Malfurion and Lt. Morales. It seems however to take quite a couple of hours to get to level 5 on a hero during the free week. Is the idea that you are supposed to be able to do with all fourteen before you start ranked?
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Aug 4, 2017 17:38
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Been trying out Auriel after the new free rotation and I really like playing her. It's fun to have a healer who doesn't rely on mana and I like to aoe poo poo. Seems quite expensive to buy though.
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Aug 8, 2017 12:02
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Captain Foo posted:I still barely know how to play this game but it seems fun Yeah i feel the same way. Think I finally am starting to recognize like half the heroes through and know if they are tanks, assassins etc. If you want to play some QMs with someone else who's new hit me up, I'm DrDrew in the SAGoons channel.
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Aug 9, 2017 08:41
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Bought my first heroes yesterday on a whim since I saw that kharazim and brightwing were on a discount. I played kharazim last week when he was on rotation so I knew that I liked him and brightwing seemed fun so I took a chance.
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Aug 15, 2017 17:53
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No Wave posted:Brightwing is a boss. Does way more healing than you'd ever believe, like Lucio in overwatch, and phase shift is way stronger than you expect at first. Extremely strong hero, would be my favorite healer if Rehgar didn't exist. I noticed that. I think I got like 100k healed in my first match without really know what to do. I had some issues remembering to use my damage spell while fighting, think it was because I tried to keep as many as possible in the healing circle, use pixie dust and navigate at the same time. But I am really happy I bought her.
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Aug 15, 2017 18:45
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Man, stukov is a hoot to play. I have just enough gems to buy him as well... but maybe it's stupid to start by buying three support heroes?
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Aug 17, 2017 15:25
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Jeremor posted:Does this game not have a very large playerbase anymore? I haven't played in years and tried to pick it up last night, only to find that it took 5 minutes to get matched to any player vs player matches. Everyone seemed to be just doing AI matches instead. Is this normal? My QM queues have been around 30 seconds to 2 min at most, regardless of role.
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Aug 19, 2017 13:44
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What's the general view of Lucio? It seems like he can really put out a lot of healing but that he is very fragile?
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Aug 22, 2017 15:22
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Jeremor posted:Getting to the point where I'm kind of tired of playing free heroes in QM. I got Muradin and Malfurion out of boxes, but they're both a little simple and boring to play all the time. Anyone have suggestions for a hero to buy? I enjoy support and warrior roles the most. I like being able to disable enemies and seal kills in team fights, and not being too easy to kill. I had been thinking of Arthas. Is that a good place to start? I'm like you that I prefer support and warriors and thus far I've found that Rehgar is my absolute favorite. He can put out some good healing but he is also very versatile and you can easily help your team to finish off kills by using ghost wolf and earth totem. Super fun all-around.
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Aug 26, 2017 17:14
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This week's free rotation is going to steal all my gems and gold. I played Sylvanas once and instantly liked her so I bought her and then I played Arthas and instantly liked him so I'll probably blow my last gold on getting him. Then I will have at least 3 of every hero kind except specialists where I only have two. Still feels like a decent foundation to build on.
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Aug 29, 2017 22:54
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Been playing a lot of Muradin and he is really fun. I am kinda sad I bought ETC instead of him. Do Blizzard announce sales more than a week in advance? I wanna know if I should hold off on buying him.
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Sep 6, 2017 11:23
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How can anyone stand playing zeratul, he is so boring. Tried him once and probably never will again. Leoric on the other hand 
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Sep 12, 2017 21:05
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He should clearly play with me. Finally got my first QM win as ETC after 12 games.
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Sep 15, 2017 16:11
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Anyone know of a good tanking video or tutorial? I love playing them but my win rate in that role in QM is horrible. I am above 50% on all other roles yet down at around 42 as a tank which sucks. I am aware of concepts such as peeling and body blocking (not saying i am good at it, though) but I feel like I have a hard time knowing how to engage properly and such without overextending or just being stupid.
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Sep 17, 2017 17:06
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Played earlier today with a duo that queued as valeera and nova. It was horrible.
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Sep 22, 2017 18:18
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PantsBandit posted:Nova and Valeera together really shouldn't work unless the other team isn't paying any attention. As soon as teamfighting starts that team is going to lose because they'll have no ability to deal with the tanks. A decent Sonya or Diablo would eat that team alive. Yeah we got utterly smashed.
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Sep 22, 2017 19:25
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I tried playing a couple of games with chat disabled but it just felt like I might as well play against the ai or a single player game. So now I've just resorted to enabling chat but muting anyone the instant they say something toxic/racist/idiotic, which seems like a win-win solution.
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Sep 27, 2017 18:08
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No Wave posted:Lili and Uther are rear end at macro. Anyone starting out will have to atone for the macro sins of their teammates so I'm sticking with the Rehgar rec. As quite a newbie as well, can you elaborate on what you mean with Uther and lili being bad at macro?
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Oct 20, 2017 17:45
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Gobbeldygook posted:I have a hard time with Artanis because his survivability is linked to repeatedly hitting the enemy. I think it would take a lot of practice to really get a feel for when it's better to hodor vs retreating to avoid feeding. Yeah, I really want to like Artanis and love the idea of his kit, but I almost never win and just feed forever. But whenever I meet him he seems to wreck my entire team and top every category.
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Oct 21, 2017 19:09
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bio347 posted:Man, what is it about HotS streams that makes Twitch freak the gently caress out? It's literally unwatchable in Firefox for me, just straight stopping (no buffering indication or anything) after less than a minute of play. If I watch in Chrome, it's better, but I'm still experiencing stutters and stops and I just want to watch Koreans faceroll people. Try putting it on 720 instead of auto, if you haven't. Fixed it for me when I had issues during the broadcast of the previous tournament.
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Oct 26, 2017 23:00
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Ignite Memories posted:I like hook mechanics but I think stitches is ugly and dumb. Where's the hero for me?? Sonya, you hook yourself towards people instead of the reverse.
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Oct 27, 2017 21:32
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Shapur posted:Is there a reason why this game doesn't have voice chat? It seems like it would be quite helpful.. Quite happy it doesn't, actually. I've had enough of listening to annoying idiots after five seasons of Overwatch competitive.
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Oct 30, 2017 21:10
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So Hanzo and Dragon woman whose name I can't spell confirmed.
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Nov 3, 2017 19:23
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No Wave posted:Performance based mmr, noooooooo And voice chat, nooooooo
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Nov 3, 2017 19:26
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Did my placement matches for the first time. Started out good with 4 straight wins and were playing with Plat 4-5 people but after that I really faltered and ended up at gold 3. Pretty okay with that though, considering this is my first moba and I'm still a bit confused when to do what. I have however realized that Nazeebo should be first ban on every map because he has been loving up every one of my teams whenever we faced him regardless of our comp or what we do.
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Nov 3, 2017 23:55
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MisterZimbu posted:I can't play Support or Tank in QM. I'm like 1-10 as Morales and 2-9 as Diablo. I know the common factor is me, but it doesn't feel like I'm doing anything wrong (at least on the Support front, I could probably learn to Warrior better) - just because I can't really carry a game on my own and have to rely on both the matchmaking giving a comp that works and teammates that aren't complete idiots. It's very frustrating. Might be that specific heroes that trip you up. I am 50%+ win rate on tanks yet have like 25% win on etc after 20 games or so.
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Nov 7, 2017 21:23
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Or kharazim with new transcendence, you can poo poo out a ton of healing once you hit 16.
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Nov 7, 2017 22:01
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Why are there so many sylvanas otp’s in gold? Every game it seems like at least two instalock her.
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Nov 9, 2017 23:01
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Kai Tave posted:Insight Kharazim seems really good what with the CDR and mana sustain leading to being able to eventually have Deadly Reach active non-stop and pumping out regular Breath of Heaven, am I grossly overlooking something when it comes to the other two starting talents that makes them much more attractive? Some guy from team liquid argues that it’s not as good as people think https://t.co/WJ7y7aoR9w?amp=1
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Nov 10, 2017 22:51
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Any tips on tank drafting, like against which comps do you want which tank?
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Nov 11, 2017 16:01
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Filipino Freakout posted:Tank tips This is really good, thank you so much. It’s hard to know when I want to draft, say, stitches so any guidance is very welcome.
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Nov 11, 2017 21:04
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I actually prefer bunny hop for Dva’s ult, it puts out decent damage and can really disrupt the enemy team. Then you pick the Mek talent at 20.
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Nov 15, 2017 18:40
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Kai Tave posted:Grubby has been playing some D.Va lately and it turns out that the Rushdown talent is now capable of letting D.Va be one of the fastest lane rotators around. He's been going for that, Fusion Generator, Dazer Zone, Big Shot, usually Ablative Armor since he's been going up against lots of DoT, Nanoweave Suit, and Mekafall. Interesting considering that grubby seems quite critical on his builds page of picking big shot.
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Nov 15, 2017 21:02
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Filipino Freakout posted:Just in general Grubby hasn't updated many of his builds lately since he's been doing a lot of casting for HGC the past few months. He keeps saying on stream he needs to update them but hasn't had time to yet and he's changed his mind on a number of talents not to mention all the reworks that have come through recently. Yeah I’ve started to follow them a lot less rigidly nowadays since I feel comfortable and experienced enough to somewhat adapt the build to the comp and map. Still like them as a rough guide however.
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Nov 15, 2017 22:04
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Nybble posted:https://www.twitch.tv/blizzheroes I think there are no pictures because the teams consist of non-pros.
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Nov 16, 2017 07:14
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SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:What are the 'new laning mechanics' people are talking about. Globes can be picked up by both teams during the final two seconds before they disappear and towers and forts won’t have finite ammo anymore.
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Nov 18, 2017 17:34
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Kerrrrrrr posted:yeah you got me. i have a hard enough time seeing where my mouse cursor is normally, if i can't see where my poo poo is going to cast either i'm hosed. You might already know this but since I didn’t until like a week ago it’s worth saying I guess. You can increase the size of the cursor in the options, for me it’s really helped when playing maps like braxis.
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Nov 18, 2017 21:28
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No Wave posted:A blizz guy confirmed in a reddit thread that sonya's poisoned spear is getting nerfed probably before hanzo is released and that Zuljin is getting looked at. Feels fair, she’s pretty much always the first I ban.
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Nov 22, 2017 17:17
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The joy of being a nanoboosted Artanis (don't death count shame me please)
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Nov 25, 2017 20:54
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