Heroes of the Storm - Thursday Teaching Thread - Beginners encouraged to ask questions here! | March 29 - April 04


Thursday Teaching Thread - Beginners encouraged to ask questions here! | March 29 - April 04

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 10:00 AM PDT

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.


Previous Teaching Threads

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Fenix doesn't show up when you search for "Protoss"

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:35 AM PDT

Title. Literally unplayable.

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One of the best plays from Heroes of the Dorm last night. Garrosh saving Chromie from a Stitches hook.

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 11:40 AM PDT

A niche trick for getting more value out of your plasma cutter.

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 03:02 PM PDT

The upgraded plasma cutter rotates 3 times. Since start and end points overlap, a stationary target can be hit 4 times: https://i.imgur.com/DfZWskv.mp4

If you move counterclockwise around your target, the plasma cutter can hit more often. Here is the untalented plasma cutter, which only rotates 2 times but still manages to hit 4 times: https://i.imgur.com/TvhYLp1.mp4

If you're more precise, you can even hit a target 6 times by moving in a pentagram: https://i.imgur.com/KMn9B1A.mp4. This is more useful for stacking your quest rather than damaging your opponent, since you have to carefully manage your movement instead of attacking.

However, if you're aiming for just 5 plasma cutter hits, you can weave in autoattacks and stutterstep: https://i.imgur.com/yPlzNdv.mp4

Enemies with large hitboxes are hit much more often. Here the boss is hit 9 times: https://i.imgur.com/op6q3CM.mp4

Bonus tip: the lvl 20 range upgrade lets you hit structures without being attacked back, if you quickly move out of range after attacking. It's easy to do on towers, and slightly harder on keeps.

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You should not be allowed to name yourself "INVULNERALBE" / "UNSTOPPABLE" and so on.

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 03:43 AM PDT

Proof

Proof 2

It should not be possible/allowed to name your self in a way that prevents the enemy team of knowing when it is possible to CC them.

Another idea is to have the ability to "mute" names if you report the enemy for abusive names, turning them into "player 1" etc.

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New Skin for D.VA

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 08:00 AM PDT

https://imgur.com/gallery/1KONX
Nerfs for the Nerf God! Buffs for the Buff Throne!

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Introducing Heroes and Overwatch News on MMO-Champion

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 02:20 PM PDT

We need a Siege of Orgrimmar map

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 08:26 AM PDT

Just imagine it, one side could be the Horde and Alliance, and the other could be Hellscream's Horde. Gamon could be a boss.

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Sylv mind controls Fenix, gets more than she bargained for

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 05:01 PM PDT

Can we finally give the MVP screen some use?

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 11:08 AM PDT

Last week a friend convinced me to try league of Lego , which was a nice change. What I liked best was their honorsystem. When you are actively positive in chat and game , you are rewarded and you get to reward others. It's so beautiful and feels great! It said I received GG 5 times and I got part of a key (for crates I guess) which is amazing. I think we can agree our system right now is completely pointless, people play safe to get less deaths and therefor end up being MVP more likely , that's about all it does. Let me say thank you to good teammates and receive the same for carrying a game or staying positive in bad times!

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After purchasing Fenix in HotS I received Fenix as co-op commander in StarCraft 2 for free - as a part of S20 anniversary.

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 11:03 AM PDT

Co-op hero appeared as a gift in Battle.net app, you have to claim it in 'Gift' tab. Thank you, Blizz, his design resembles original Dragoon hero from StarCraft :-) I didn't find anything about this promo in the web, I don't know how long it will last... If you're a StarCraft 2 player as well, buy him in HotS quick :-)

EDIT: It appears he's free for limited time, it coincided with my HotS purchase... Sorry!

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AGAIN: Please ban new heroes from ranked modes for a while!

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 02:26 AM PDT

This problem occures with every new hero release, but especially with the last recent additions (Maiev and Fenix) who were to strong at release, this is getting a bigger issue.

I think it's not healthy for ranked modes, when new heroes are instantly available to be drafted.
Mostly a stable meta gets f*cked up a lot with new hero release, especially when the new hero is overpowered.
You usually need to waste a ban to handle this situation.

This keeps me away from playing ranked for more than a week each time a new hero is released.
Why not ban new heroes for about 1 week for ranked modes so the meta is not trashed that harsh every time?
Additionaly players cant go pay to win or at least pay to surprise.
What do you think?

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400 IQ play from Snitch (Team Dignitas)

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 08:21 AM PDT

The skin special mount bug still hasn't been fixed yet

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 02:12 PM PDT

How to not get lost in the chaos of a team fight. (Guide Video for new/intermediate players)

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 01:03 PM PDT

Sliding Keep Glitch

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 04:03 PM PDT

I've always wanted to see this but it finally happened. Sorry the video quality is garbage, I just wanted to slap it on youtube as soon as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVogpHyHbqQ

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March 27th, 2018 Patch - 48 Hours Later

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 01:24 PM PDT

Explanation for that Stukov play in Dorm and a little in to the mindset of the players

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:01 PM PDT

So, since I just killed a lot of your brackets, including my own, here's what happened in that final Dorm fight for UVU vs Carleton.

 

The call was made to try to fight before Carleton hit level 20, and as such, 3 of us, namely Gul'dan, ETC, and myself on Stukov, were bottom side. However, Carleton wanted to fight as well, since they noticed that we were really split up. We had vision on them from Medivh, but didn't really notice the Garrosh baring down on ETC until he was almost right on top of him.

https://imgur.com/ffle0P1

https://imgur.com/ZoS6F1u

 

ETC uses his E to interrupt the Garrosh stun and starts running back to base. I throw an E to slow the Garrosh to help him. However, Garrosh throws Kerrigan at us, and she immediately dives the Gul'dan.

 

At this point, the combo is going to land, and it looks like the enemy team is going to have an easy CC chain. As a part of Kerrigan's combo, Gul'dan is interrupted on his Horrify, but that's a small side thing to the story. Medivh shield finally comes in, happening to block the Blaze stun by luck, as he just came out of raven form to shield.

https://imgur.com/cXzlsIX

 

Simultaneously, because we didn't have time to communicate in Discord, I throw my ult. We were still in the action of disengaging, since Sonya is still not in the fight.

 

ETC steps in to the middle of the enemy team to use mosh, but I'm already halfway through my ultimate. The third swing hits just after the mosh stuns 4 enemy players, knocking 3 of them out. The Garrosh is not pushed out because Flailing Arm knocks targets back further than the cast range.

https://imgur.com/cBx4T8z

 

Then all hell breaks loose. I step up to drop a quick silence field to try to stop a re-engage, but Malfurion already has his roots down underneath ETC. Horrify comes back in to play, hitting 3, but the action of doing so slows us down.

https://imgur.com/hJZk3cQ

 

Sonya finally makes it in to the fight and leaps in, but Gul'dan and I are almost dead. Kerrigan jumps back in. She lands her combo on Gul'dan again. He dies. Medivh dies to Twilight Dream, and at that point the game is over.

https://imgur.com/P8Q43Ei

https://imgur.com/VFFfY3a

 

Even looking back at it, I find it difficult to place the blame on any specific micro decision made. We were caught in a bad spot. We couldn't have gotten out of that situation without either some deaths or the use of ultimates. Unfortunately, some anti-synergy popped up when 3 of us were attempting to use them at the same time. Should I have used my own ultimate? Probably not, but in the heat of the moment, I thought something had to be done, and I was in a position to do something.

 

Anyways, thanks for those of you who read through this, good luck to those of you still in the tournament, and for any high school/college students who want to try their hand at this kind of thing, look in to your schools program. The more people that come in, the better the games will be for Twitch to LUL at.

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Gauging interest for a positivity-focused hots discord server

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 02:42 PM PDT

I love this game, but I don't like this subreddit too much lately. I feel like there's way too much negativity surrounding this game. Sure, there's problems with it and there's things I'd want. I would love hearthstone innkeeper as a hero and I think that the report system definitely needs to be reformed. But I feel like the people on this subreddit are a bit too negative about a game that is actually really fun.

Because of this, I'm asking if people would be interested in a positivity-focused hots discord server. It would be a public server to talk about hots, lft, and just chill, but hopefully with a bit less of the negativity that we experience too much though. If you're even a little interested, if you could leave a comment or upvote that'd be great. thanks :)

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Can we get an old god hero?

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 08:08 AM PDT

As we are getting an "unlikely hero", can we get specialist old god hero? Imagine monster that is bathing in the hole in Altar of Storms while soaking multiple lanes with his tentacles and his dark power. Maybe C'thun as he is the most popular or N'zoth to match Azshara's appearance in WoW.

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Math of the Storm: Patch 30.6

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 06:38 AM PDT

Basic and Hero specifics Language (Support Edition)

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 03:51 PM PDT

I had good feedback from the last Basic and Map specifics Language post so i decided to do this :

*Basic and Hero specifics Language (Support Edition) : *

Keep running + I got u ! : I have cooldown(cd) up, I can save you. Keep fighting

I have nothing right now : All my cds are down, I can't help you.

I have cleanse, keep running : Keep running the way you are heading, I will cleanse you if any CC go your way.

Hero specific :

Alexstrasza :

  • I have gust : I have my E (in dragon form) up.

Ana :

  • I have sleep / i'm looking for : Im looking to sleep (E) someone, look for follow up
  • I'm trying to heal X hero, get out of the way : I'm looking to heal X ally and you are in the way of shots

Stukov :

  • I have combo on X : I have root on X enemy (with 13 root talent), look for follow up
  • I have pop : I have D up and im (most likely) gonna use it

Lucio:

  • I have boop : I have an angle to Q the enemy
  • I am amping : Pressing E, expect more heals / speed
  • I am ulting : I am ulting, look to get in my range to get the shield

Auriel :

  • I have heal : My heal is up, look to group up to get it
  • I have stun : I have an angle for my E, look to follow up
  • I'm flying : I'm using my flight thingy at 20 (hope it doesn't happen too often)

Morales (Medic) :

  • I have grenade : I have an angle on an enemy hero, look for follow up
  • Get in, get in uber, get in the lift : Get in Medivac
  • I have no heals right now back out : My energy is low, I need to reset it.

Monk:

  • Give me a Q : Get in range so I can use my dash (Q) on you
  • Heals in X seconds : My heal is about to be up, get in range.
  • Keep running / I got u : I know you are dying and I have palm up, head my direction

Rehgar :

  • Keep running / I got u : I know you are dying and I have AH up, head my direction
  • I have slow : I have slow on an enemy hero, look for follow up

Brightwing :

  • I have Z, call me in : My teleport is up, make sure to tell when I need to Z.
  • Give me a blink : Get in range for me to use my blink on you.

Lili:

  • I have QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

Malfurion :

  • I have D : Come to me, I will give you mana.
  • I have Q : Come to me, I will give you health.
  • I have root : I have root on an enemy, look for follow up.
  • I'm going in : I'm using Astral Communion (blink dream), look to go in.

Uther :

  • I have stun on X : I have stun on a enemy, look for follow up.
  • I have double stun on X : I'm using Benediction(16 talent) and will double stun X.
  • I have triple stun on X : Please kill him ? (benediction + DStorm)

Enjoy !

Edit : Thanks to R2Robot and Solian for the help on the editing !

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Focus Down Week 7: Every Battleground Matters

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 04:24 PM PDT

Dorms: Buffalo Pure Domination

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 08:39 PM PDT

How about a Ahn'Qiraj-Skin for Fenix O.o

Posted: 29 Mar 2018 05:59 AM PDT

I know he just came into the Nexus ... but while waiting for a Game I was looking at his Legs and how he was swinging frome left to right ..... and couldn´t help myself to notice, that he would be pretty damm cool looking with a Skin from one of the Ahn'Qiraj-Mounts O.o

:D

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