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- HotS twitter account just posted this image
- You want original or extra crispy?
- It's January 13th. Can we ditch the Christmas loading screen yet?
- Searching for "terran" in the search box doesn't bring Blaze.
- Insane 1v5 Blaze Escape
- Zeratul plays Minesweeper
- Why is draft dodging severely punished, but less punished than throwing a game that had a chance of winning? Is it really that bad?
- I made a video explaining the different Dragonflights
- Drafting, Drafting... Who to Pick?
- Genji doesn't Blaze (Bunker escape)
- Khaldor will be on Trollin' HGC Wednesday, previewing HGC EU! Share your questions here & we'll ask them on the show!
- Europe server completely unstable - dropping games left and right, massive lags. Game unplayable
- There's a Hanzo in every single game.
- Blaze global voice lines?
- BoE first immortal should start East v West.
- So Malfurion got a rework but his facial animations are still missing?
- Blizzard, I prefer the 10 minutes wait rather than wasting my life on a 250+ ping server
- [Bug] When there are two Lunaras on the same team, they remove each other's poison from enemies.
- Got a great idea for a new hero kit
- Has anyone ever completed Malthael's Last Rites quest?
- We need a Community Tab
- Anyone else feel like this when fighting as blaze in his flames?
- New player review
- Bug: Inconsistencies for the announcers still not adressed
- [Bug] Blaze Q (Flame Stream) visible in Fog of War.
| HotS twitter account just posted this image Posted: 13 Jan 2018 10:01 AM PST
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| You want original or extra crispy? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 06:38 AM PST | ||
| It's January 13th. Can we ditch the Christmas loading screen yet? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 08:10 AM PST | ||
| Searching for "terran" in the search box doesn't bring Blaze. Posted: 13 Jan 2018 04:02 PM PST Nova, Raynor, Tychus, Hammer, Morales, even Stukov come up. Not our resident BBQ expert however. [link] [comments]  | ||
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| Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:06 AM PST So I have always never dodged a draft. I accidentally had my internet go out during draft once, and got a whopping -600 rank points when i reconnected. Today, when draft started for my first HL game of the day (5th placement match) our draft went south really quick. Instalocks with little communication or complementary picks from anyone else. For the first time, I truly felt like this game had no chance. This made me wonder - if placement games have so much more volatile rank adjustment, and even for normal matches, why is dodging a draft so harshly punished? If this is a team game, shouldn't it be an okay thing for both teams to be content with, or at least tolerate, with their comps/teammates before committing? In other games, you can carry a team easier by yourself. This game makes your performance heavily influenced by your team's exp. gain etc, so I feel like in some ways allowing draft dodging would create a healthier HL environment. A lot of toxicity is shown in draft, before the game even starts. As someone who worked really hard last season to climb to plat, and now being matched with gold 3/4 again in placement due to toxic teammates literally refusing to play the game, I am almost afraid to keep doing placements because I know I am committed the moment I enter draft. I would rather queue up again than waste 600 rank points (or more if in placement) or 20 minutes of my life (10 if braxis) As a side note, isn't recognizing a good draft part of personal performance, which should be reflected by rank/mmr? [link] [comments]  | ||
| I made a video explaining the different Dragonflights Posted: 13 Jan 2018 10:45 AM PST
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| Drafting, Drafting... Who to Pick? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 04:09 AM PST DISCLAIMER: Remember that ANY team comp CAN win, so don't ever call gg just because you think your team got outdrafted. That said, a proper draft can be a meaningful advantage and will likely make the game more enjoyable for you and your teammates. Draft Mini-GameAlthough HotS is generally referred to as a "casual MOBA" in comparison to its competitors, drafting in HotS is way more difficult than it looks like due to two main factors:
Now, even though this is enough to create a complex draft system that requires a lot of experience and many games to be fully grasped in all its aspects (synergies, counters, map-specific strategies...), it's still possible to indicate some staple points to keep in mind while drafting. Role SystemHotS' role system is rather approximative and doesn't reflect the actual roles that heroes fill in the game (e.g. ranged and melee damage dealers are all classified as "assassins") so, before we move on, here's a more accurate classification: it's not perfect, but it's a good start. How to Build a Decent Team(1) Main TankA hero who can frontline, protect his team and be disruptive to enemy lines. (2) Main HealerA hero who can heal (sustain or burst, single-target or AoE), provide armor/buffs, cleanse negative effects and, in general, save people. Most Healers also have CC that allows them to defend their backline, set-up kills and follow-up on teammates' initiations. A Healer is kinda like the Mom of a team: no matter how stupid her family/team can be, she will always be there to help them and fix their mistakes. (3) Main Range Damage Dealer (RDD)A hero whose main purposes are: pressure enemy frontliners, provide damage follow-up on engages and poke the enemy team (or objectives/bosses) from a safe distance. These heroes are capable of very high damage (sustained and/or burst), but are usually vulnerable when engaged on. It's possible to indicate 2 subcategories:
(4) Second FrontlinerA second fronliner is important in order to reinforce your team and, at the same time, make it more threatening. There are three options to fill this role:
(Also note that many Bruisers and Assassins are valuable for laning, jungling and/or ganking purposes). (5) "Storm Pick"This pick is the one that makes HotS' draft system really interesting. Ideally, this is the keystone of your comp, the hero that pulls your team together by either covering its weak points or enhancing its strenghts. Every hero can be picked in this slot, but some heroes can only be picked here. Your options are:
The ChecklistThere are other factors that should be taken into account while drafting a team comp, but these ones are transverse to roles and their importance varies heavily depending on the map and the team you are facing. You should repeat this process at the end of the draft so that you have an idea of what your comp can do better than the enemy team and where it might struggle (e.g. "DPS races" on BoE, rotations on DS, waveclear on Tomb...). Here's some common factors you should put on your lists: Pick Order and BansThere are no swaps in HL, therefore there is not much to say about pick order other than prioritize heroes who can't be countered easily (e.g. Greymane>Illidan) or that the enemy team might pick/ban. The first round of Bans is usually based on which heroes are currently perceived as OP or "unfun" to play against; just remember that, if your team picks first, it's usually a good idea to wait for the first player to hover a hero so that you don't accidentally ban it. As for the second round, apply the "checklist" to the enemy team and choose accordingly.
Hope this was helpful to people who often find themselves "confused" during drafts.
Edit: I've put "Laners" as one of the factors that depend on the map and are transverse to roles: Arthas, Malthael, Alarak, Greymane, Tassadar and Zagara are all heroes who can solo lane, but belong to different classes. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Genji doesn't Blaze (Bunker escape) Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:10 AM PST
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| Posted: 13 Jan 2018 12:36 PM PST After the wonderful time we had with Gillyweed on our last episode, we are excited to announce our next guest! On Wednesday the Legendary Khaldor will be joining us to preview HGC EU. We want to get your questions to him so just like in the past, post them here, and we'll do our best to get them answered! You can catch the show live on Wednesday 01/17 at 9:30 PM EST (https://twitch.tv/TrollsGG) [link] [comments]  | ||
| Europe server completely unstable - dropping games left and right, massive lags. Game unplayable Posted: 13 Jan 2018 10:51 AM PST As usual - Blizzard unaware of situation unless people start bitching on reddit [link] [comments]  | ||
| There's a Hanzo in every single game. Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:09 AM PST I don't know how, but he's surpassed Genji now in terms of prevalence and how annoying it is to fight him. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 13 Jan 2018 12:42 PM PST I'm hearing blaze voice lines all over maps whether hes on my team or not when hes not even around, what gives? Anyone else noticing this? [link] [comments]  | ||
| BoE first immortal should start East v West. Posted: 13 Jan 2018 02:28 PM PST Since the change to BoE with the first immortals always being in the same places the 4 man lane seems to have a huge advantage when it spawns. Changing it to East vs West to start in defensive positions might encourage a more interesting team fight in the middle and reduce the snowball potential of the map. [link] [comments]  | ||
| So Malfurion got a rework but his facial animations are still missing? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 02:35 PM PST Why is this still a thing two years after the official release? All heroes that were lacking facial animations after release such as Valla got animated months ago but Malfurion still does not have any. Why is that? Are there some technical issues or why exactly is he missing them. I could imagine some issues with his beard physics but that's it. Any known reply from a blue one? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Blizzard, I prefer the 10 minutes wait rather than wasting my life on a 250+ ping server Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:11 AM PST It's been worse every patch somehow. I'm playing on the Americas server from SG (who knew this is the best thing to combine 2 regions into one server) and I'm constantly matchmade to play on the Central America Server, which gave me 250+ ping. This is with a premade quickmatch and no there's no wait time at all, like takes 10 seconds to get a game ready. [link] [comments]  | ||
| [Bug] When there are two Lunaras on the same team, they remove each other's poison from enemies. Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:03 AM PST Was playing Brawl and we thought double Lunara would work well. Turns out my Crippling Spores(W) would randomly be unusable, and the little stacks on enemy nameplates would drop instantly, even miliseconds after applying. Conclusion: The poisons don't stack, and remove your ability to amplify or receive other benefits from it, such as Siphoning Toxin [link] [comments]  | ||
| Got a great idea for a new hero kit Posted: 13 Jan 2018 03:15 PM PST Long range poke hero. We'll give him (or her) the same healthpool as Chromie, but with a lot more mobility. He won't have to stand still to cast spells like Chromie either. Also, you know how chromie has that talent that gives her strong auto attacks? Let's just make his auto attacks hit like a bus from the start. Oooh, I know, we can also take that talent that Chromie has that gives her vision in a large area and make it a baseline ability for this guy. But you know what I don't like about Chromie? The fact that she's got limited PVE. So we'll give this guy talents that can make him a waveclear monster or let him solo camps. And he'll slay immortals really fast too, like Valla. Maybe he should have a bow, and shoot arrows. So he'll have a slow attack speed but he'll have longer attack range than Raynor or Nova. Because archers shoot long distances, longer than rifles, that seems like something people will accept. But he'll be vulnerable to dive, so we'll give him the ability to jump over terrain any time he wants to escape. But you know, he doesn't have enough utility, does he? I mean, side from the huge damage and great waveclear. How about a level 7 talent that will lower enemy armor by up to 25 for, I dunno, 4 seconds? But stacking! So you can keep it up until the poor fool runs away or dies. It's like Tyrande's hunter's mark only with near limitless uptime! [link] [comments]  | ||
| Has anyone ever completed Malthael's Last Rites quest? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:49 AM PST I'm asking you dear Malthael player that is not afraid to experiment with what some people would like to call "grief builds". Have you EVER completed Last Rites? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 13 Jan 2018 06:25 PM PST A place where people can get info in game. There was supposed to be one a long time ago.. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LkLV1k7bgqE/maxresdefault.jpg But it was never actually done. If they do add a community hub, heres some content that could potentially be in it:
they could also put esports related stuff on there, however a separate tab for HGC stuff would be way better. Maybe think like a condensed HGC website in the game that shows the schedule, teams/players, and latest articles. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Anyone else feel like this when fighting as blaze in his flames? Posted: 13 Jan 2018 01:14 PM PST | ||
| Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:34 AM PST Hello guys, A few weeks ago I announced a video series showing a new players perspective in Heroes of the Storm. We've now got to the end of our time and thrown out some final thoughts about the game from a new players point of view. You can find the final video here. Do you guys have anything to add to the discussion? Do you feel that our points were valid? Discuss! :) [link] [comments]  | ||
| Bug: Inconsistencies for the announcers still not adressed Posted: 13 Jan 2018 04:15 PM PST Hi guys, while the Nazeboo bug is finally patched and we wait for the movement bug on Hanzo to be fixed, lets look back on some minor things that feels a little bit unpolished. We all (hopefully) know, that there are three types of major structures: Forts, Keeps and the Core. When you click on either of the former two you hear "Let us level this fort". When either is killed "Enemie fort down" "Our fort is down" or along those lines. And I know its just a minor thing but it really bothers me that the announcer or heroes dont differentiate between Forts and Keeps. 8 (!!) month ago someone already mentioned it but it got swallowed up in other more important topics. Maybe we get some answer this time before the new Mecha Event starts (hype hype hype). [link] [comments]  | ||
| [Bug] Blaze Q (Flame Stream) visible in Fog of War. Posted: 13 Jan 2018 06:56 AM PST [[Flame Stream ]] is visible in Fog of War. Just had a game on Sky Temple where we could clearly see Blaze going after Camps. Found a Report on the bug forum about this as well; https://us.battle.net/forums/en/heroes/topic/20760678828 [link] [comments]  |
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