Heroes of the Storm - Thursday Teaching Thread - Beginners encouraged to ask questions here! | December 07 - December 13


Thursday Teaching Thread - Beginners encouraged to ask questions here! | December 07 - December 13

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:00 AM PST

Welcome to the latest Thursday Teaching Thread, where you the community get to ask your questions and share your knowledge.

This is an opportunity for the more experienced HotS players here to share some of your wisdom with those with less expertise. This thread will be a weekly safehaven for those "noobish" questions you may have been too scared to ask for fear of downvotes, but also can be a great place for in depth discussion if you so wish. So, don't hold back, get your game related questions ready and post away, and hopefully someone can answer them!

If you wish to just view top level comments (ie questions) add ?depth=1 to the end of the page url. If you have any additional questions, /r/nexusnewbies is happy to help.


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The new Hearthstone expansion just came out on EU and NA severs at the same time. Is this technology coming to hots as well?

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 10:16 AM PST

Blizz Pls

To all the people that are saying it's not really a new "technology": I know. It's a joke.

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Who Did This?

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 03:59 PM PST

So I had told my friend about the Spooky Undead Axe Midget portrait and so he wanted to know where to find it in the collection today. When we went looking through the collection I noticed something about it.

They put Durotan's head above his crotch. Good job, Blizzard.

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We need more skins who are linked to the lore of the heroes

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST

Since Heroes 2.0 (and also before it), some heroes saw variation of their models or new skins who are linked to the lore of those heroes. For exemple "Theramore Jaina" (after the bombing of her city by Garrosh), "Warchief Sylvanas" (after the death of Vol'Jin in WoW Legion), "Daelaam Artanis" (after the death of Zeratul), "Prime Evil Diablo" (D3 version of Diablo), etc...

I would like to see more of those kind of skins, so here is a little list of some skin that would fit in this category :

If you have some more, I will try to add them on the list!

EDIT: List of other ideas:

EDIT : Some people are complaining about the fact that I apparantly spoil the death of some characters like Zeratul. I'm sorry for the spoil, I tought after two years since the release of LotV, most of the people would know this fact either by playing the expansion or by following the lore on Youtube. It's also spoiled completly the the description of the "Daelaam Artanis" skin. It's the same for Vol'Jin death. Sorry again if I might have spoiled you those facts.

EDIT : Concerning Lightlord Ragnaros and the Death knight skins from Hearthstone, they are linked to alternative lore from Hearthstone, it's what if the Old Gods were to corrupt the world or the best heroes of Azeroth fell to the scourge. I included them because even tho they aren't cannon in Warcraft lore, they are relevant in some way to another Blizzard game.

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0% Core Victory

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 06:18 PM PST

Ran into Morales/Tyrael cheese comp and knew what they were upto. Decided to open up a keep and push their core the moment we saw Medivac. It ended up being closer than we'd hoped:

https://i.imgur.com/Wq5NEPe.png

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Abathur hat needs its own icon on the mini-map

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:17 AM PST

I think this is a quality of life thing more than anything, but it would hopefully help people realize that sometimes you're busy doing something and can't help right away.

I had a Nazeebo last night constantly pinging me and complaining for a hat while he was doing random things around the map like grabbing merc camps while I was hatting our Artanis who was in the process of ganking other players or while I was getting free pressure on structures.

I'm glad he at least understood that I could help, but while it was happening I was thinking how nice it would be if other people could see what you're up to so that they are more likely to understand why you can't help them at that particular moment.

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2018 Ranked Season 1 Dates and Rewards

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:28 PM PST

Let's talk about ults with less than 10% pick rate

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 07:48 PM PST

I'll start with Lightning Breath (LB).

Usually you want Apocalypse, provides some good cc, solid zoning, no channeling, interrupts channeling, global support, etc.

If your comp happens to have some setup, Apocalypse bests LB by a even greater margin: Void Prison, Earthquake, Maw, etc.

Looking at LB without lvl20 upgrade, mobile heroes jumps out of it in a glimpse, tanky heroes barely feel a scratch. Being a sitting duck and dealing mediocre damage make LB a not so appealing option overall.

IMO, LB is screaming for the recent Lili's jugo'1kcups treatment, the shorter CD the shorter it being channeled. Besides, if some power from lvl20 upgrade Hellstorm were shifted to baseline, it could be even more viable.

Bloodlust, Rain of Destruction, Life-Binder, Resurrect are also good topics. Rantings're welcomed too.

Edit: For baseline LB, maybe also think of it as a superior version of new firebat, reduce armor every damage tick or something.

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Interview with CarBot Animations "I was working on a farm picking tomatoes"

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 10:40 AM PST

Lobing Ana's biotic grenade into Alextraza's Abundance is one of the most satisfying things this game HotS has to offer

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:02 AM PST

I just had to get it off my chest.

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The biggest problem with performance-based matchmaking will surface fairly quickly at the start of the new season

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 06:42 AM PST

Because thousands of players will be faced with realisation that they are not, in fact, special. They belong at their rank, and it is hardly surprising that they weren't the MVP when they died 12 times in a game :D.

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I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but D.Va's mech really needs an auto attack buff

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:36 AM PST

It's not just weak but it's been agonizingly bad to try to clear even a few creeps for quite a long time. If Blizzard feels like they need to nerf some other aspect of her, I think most D.Va players would gladly take the nerfs for an autoattack buff to bring her somewhat in line with other warriors.

I understand she has other strengths, but those strengths simply aren't bringing enough to the table to counter her awful autos.

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Anone else gettting flamed for picking wrong Ult on Lili, no matter which ult you pick?

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 05:22 AM PST

I like new Lili.

She is my go to when relaxing. But no matter which Ult I pick, I get blamed for the loss, if loss. This is getting to me. Anybody having similiar tests of virtues and patience, and any advice? Cause I am sick of 3 players who continue suiciding 19vs20, 3vs5 blaming my beautifully succulent jugs or my big and powerful snake for the loss.

Just frustrated.

edit: cant reply to everyone, so thanks to all the great advice in this thread! and thanks for the bad but fun advice, too.

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Varian has equipped Gloves of the Pugilist (+10 unarmed damage)

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 12:47 PM PST

I made a vinyl Pajamathur and slapped it on the fridge door

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 12:14 PM PST

You. Efficiency hindered. Eat immediately. https://i.imgur.com/jHeE2Jf.jpg

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DAE feel like being able to see both chats in replay would be fun?

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 02:04 PM PST

Although I can understand why it isn't in the game, I think it would be super interesting to be able to watch a replay and see what went through the enemy teams minds... I feel although it will have its toxic side, it would actually open the community up a bit more and you get to see how the ever ended 'other side' lives. In a sense xD

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Simple Request: Mouseover Season End Date

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 08:06 PM PST

It's in the title: can we get a simple request? I just want to mouseover the season text (i.e. where it says "2017, Season 3") or even the season progress bar, and it tell me the exact season end date. Or at least an in-game alert that contains the date. Thanks :)

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Entry Level Esports Episode #1 - Could Heroes of the Storm be Blizzard's Strongest Esport?

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 01:02 PM PST

Ménè Details Darkness Incarnate : High level tips from Ménè on mastering Gul'dan!

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 10:09 AM PST

[Tl.net] GCWC 2017: Top 5 games from opening week

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 12:10 PM PST

General chat in a nutshell

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 09:49 AM PST

Wasted a ban because of this. Worth it.

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POLL - Choose Your Favorite 2017 Addition to HotS

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 04:23 PM PST

Anyone else think there should be a xel'naga kerrigan skin

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 06:36 PM PST

Made these backrounds couple years ago. Just found them again.

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 12:27 PM PST

Grab one if you find your fav hero.

https://imgur.com/a/wjdDk

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It is nearly 2018

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 08:58 AM PST

And players with 400 levels and above are complaining about Abathur not joining team fights and just hiding behind walls. This is despite the symbiote saving them multiple times. How do you get to those levels without basic understanding of the roster?

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Gold Club Recap: Roll20 vs SPT

Posted: 07 Dec 2017 11:04 AM PST

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