Heroes of the Storm - Matchmaking and You: A Guide to Better Complaints


Matchmaking and You: A Guide to Better Complaints

Posted: 03 Aug 2018 07:24 AM PDT

Hero Discussion: Rexxar

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 02:29 AM PDT

Welcome to the Tuesday Hero Discussion, where we feature a rotating hero discussion about popular Warriors, Supports, and Specialist every Tuesday. This Tuesday we are going to focus on a Warrior.

Rexxar Champion of the Horde

  • HotS Birthday & Cost (Link): September 8, 2015 & 500 Gems / 4,000 Gold
  • Rexxar Wiki Entries Wikia (Link) Gamepedia (Link) Liquipedia (Link) Nexus Compendium (Link)
  • Balance History (Link)
  • List of Pro Builds (Link)
  • Spotlight Video (Link)
  • Rexxar Grandmaster HL Match w/Grubby Season 2 2018 #1 (Link) Season 2 2018 #2 (Link) Season 2 2018 #3 (Link)
  • Rexxar Road to Grandmaster w/Nubkeks (Link)
  • Community Coaching w/Kala Silver (Link)

Rexxar has not gotten any balance changes in 2018 and is currently at the bottom of the Tier 4 Warriors in HGC Phase 2 (Link) selected 4 times with a 25% winrate. Rexxar's popularity on the HotS ladder based on Heroes.report (Link) and HotsLogs (Link) is around 2% with a winrate of about 48% over the past seven days.

  • Rexxar is classified as Hard difficulty to play, do you agree?
  • What strengths and weaknesses do you think pros consider when choosing Rexxar in HGC 2018 matches, and do those considerations apply to ranked and unranked matches?
  • When do you prioritize drafting Rexxar and on what maps?
  • What heroes do you draft to counter a Rexxar pick?
  • Are there any particular hero synergies to complement a Rexxar pick?
  • Is Rexxar an early, mid or late-game hero, and where are the significant power spikes"
  • Is there a particular build you would recommend to someone wanting to learn the basics of Rexxar?
  • Is there a high skill cap build you favor to optimize Rexxar's performance and create flashy plays?
  • Do you have any tips or tricks for positioning Rexxar in team fights and on rotations?
  • Which of Rexxar's heroics do you favor?
  • Do you use the "On Release" keybind feature for any of Rexxar's abilities, if so which ones?
  • Do you think Rexxar is balanced; if not, what abilities or talents should be reworked?

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I noticed that Lt. Morales dropped in price from 10k gold to 7k gold, and Chen dropped in price from 7k gold to 4k gold.

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 06:17 PM PDT

I noticed that Lt. Morales dropped in price from 10k gold to 7k gold, and Chen dropped in price from 7k gold to 4k gold. I am not sure if the reduction was with today's patch, but the current prices are not logged on https://heroesofthestorm.gamepedia.com/Hero_Price_History so I figured it might have been with the patch released today. I just figured I would let you guys know.

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Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes – August 7, 2018

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 10:27 AM PDT

hots matchmaking after mmr is made visible

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 11:05 AM PDT

Blizzard why do you hate Banners?

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:50 AM PDT

MFW: I have no banners that go well with Whitemane... and I have all of the banners....

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Celestial Empress Whitemane by OlchaS

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 04:06 AM PDT

For those of you unfamiliar with Warcraft, here's a cutscene that just came out today that shows a bunch of HOTS heroes together!

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 10:46 AM PDT

How come HOTS is the only current gen MOBA without a spectate mode?

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 12:49 PM PDT

HOTS has now officially been out since June 2nd 2015 and still does not have a spectate mode. I don't know how many times I have to sit there and wait for my friends to finish their game without the ability to watch them play.

Not only that, but I have had new friends I've recommended to join me in my HOTS endeavor and they've asked if it were possible for me to coach them. It's pretty tough to coach someone and also play the game as best as you can at the same time.

This game desperately needs a spectate feature.

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Blizz, I love that we can filter statistics by game type... but you forgot to leave in filtering by time period!

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 10:36 AM PDT

Title. We have checkboxes next to all the game types now for filtering hero stats... but we now our only option for date range is "Lifetime". I've been playing since Beta... so seeing my lifetime stats on a hero isnt realistic. I check how Ive been doing on a hero by checking my stats for the past few months. Please fix, thank you!

Edit: Thanks for the comments saying to relog, works fine now!

Edit 2: It breaks from something in game, and it's mighty inconvenient to restart client every time... so it does need a fix :/

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Chen is my favorite hero even after all he's been through, so I got excited when I read in the patch notes that he got new skin at least. I should have known better than to be excited.

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 03:53 PM PDT

The new skin is literally an old one with the hat taken off. https://imgur.com/a/LvcS5xz I feel like blizzard is just trolling us Chen players at this point.

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good gurl d.va

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:09 AM PDT

came up with my first meme, hope u enjoy :D https://imgur.com/a/wMchgPv

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Grubby reacts to the dreaded pixel standing in the way of level 5.

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 02:35 PM PDT

Patch broke QM Comps again

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 10:30 AM PDT

QM Comps are broken again. 2 heals vs none. Heal + Tank vs no heals/tanks. Just like last patch. Hopefully Bliz takes notice

https://imgur.com/a/KO2kFSK

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New secret emojis added in Whitemane patch.

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 04:10 PM PDT

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

:pachimarigold: :sappergoogly: and :nexusthink: were in the game before, but they've added :het: and an unimplemented stukov_army18 emote.

In order to use :het: you need to own the Imperator Stukov pack.

https://i.imgur.com/3sF6xeI.png

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Well, gotta give Blizzard credit for trying.

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 05:08 PM PDT

https://imgur.com/vCGb5qt

Looks like they're gathering data on how we feel about the reporting system.

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One year later Tyrande rework was a disaster

Posted: 06 Aug 2018 10:30 PM PDT

https://heroespatchnotes.com/hero/tyrande.html#patch2017-05-16

Old tyrande had tons of utility, could actually heal as a solo support or be duo support and her AA, owl, utility builds played very differently giving multiple interesting playstyles and longevity to the hero.

New tyrande all the talents function very similarly to eachother and playstyles are not dramatically different

Sees little to no play in high level HL/competitive

is a QM destroyer and 1v1 queen.

As someone whos played over 300 games prework and only around 25 games after, this is depressing, this AA aggro playstyle is not fun.

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After 195 games I've achieved my personal HL goal!

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 06:26 PM PDT

Started silver 4 last season, 195 games later I finally got to diamond!

It's been a journey and I just wanna share my joy.

https://i.imgur.com/wR9odt1.jpg

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Whitemane's E (Searing Lash) cannot be self-targeted

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 02:09 PM PDT

Am I crazy, or am I remembering correctly that this should work? By default, holding down alt + e should self target the ability to my current location, no?

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Just played a solo queue QM game where the enemy had 2 warriors, 2 supports, and sylvanas, and we had NO supports and NO warriors.

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 10:07 AM PDT

It was surprising we did as well as we did, but how on earth is this type of matchmaking acceptable? Do they just abandon all rules whenever a new hero or reworked hero comes out? It is zero fun to play these games.

Proof: https://i.imgur.com/bA5ylPu.jpg

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It's live! "Checkbox options have been added to profiles to filter results by game mode."

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 09:34 AM PDT

I'm really happy to see this feature has been added, since we'll now be able to separate statistics from brawl and AI modes when evaluating individual hero performance.

Previous discussion where this feature was seen on PTR but not mentioned in the notes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/93pzxq/on_ptr_you_can_now_selectdeselect_multiple_game/

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whitemane ( https://twitter.com/Aleron_Akaash)

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 05:26 AM PDT

Another great matchmaking example.

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 09:47 PM PDT

https://imgur.com/a/0Kmq3bf

It was a pretty one sided round, as you can see. 3 supports on the other side and no tank. None of them were in a party together. Sometimes I ask myself why there are so many games without any support. Well, it seems like they all get put into the same match.

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KHARAZIM Master Guide — by ToastieNL

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 11:14 AM PDT

HeroesHearth AMA is Tonight at 7pm PST!

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 07:52 AM PDT

[Hero Concept] Hemet Nesingwary - Big-Game Hunter Extraordinaire [Warcraft / Assassin]

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 09:35 AM PDT

Brawl with the Blues: Whitemane

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 11:07 AM PDT

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