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[Heroes of the Storm] BY FIRE BE PURGED

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  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    johanna is pretty far from op. she's pretty much the definition of middle of the road warrior

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    MMMig wrote: »
    So a Zeratul vs Trikslyr used vorpal blade to teleport the entire top - bottom distance of the shrines map to stay on him after he burrowed away (aba) and then teleported out of their base to safety after the kill.


    That was nuts.

    I do this all the time.

    Well, the first part, anyway.

    I may or may not get away after teleporting behind the walls. =P

  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    So It Goes wrote: »
    Hotsbros anyone want to play later tonight? Gonna take a break from that wow life. Need to practice some Auriel coz she's rad.

    I'll be around. Feel free to ping me if I'm on Bnet.

  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    I may also be on in a bit if my entire friends list is still on WoW instead of OW

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  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    I too, actually get to play a fair bit tonight!

    I'm rusty as the dickens but specialists are strong.

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    wra
  • Undead MonkeyUndead Monkey Anchorage, AKRegistered User regular
    From a Reddit post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/51xsxu/follow_through_on_tyrael_never_take_it/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwXxGGaF1TY

    A very in-depth video with math and testing that explains why follow-through is a terrible talent on Tyrael. Pretty interesting to watch.

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    shryke wrote: »
    Fel Flame is fun imo. Gul'dan is fucking scary if you are squishy cause he will just chase you down and shit damage at you constantly. The problem is his trait and mana costs and W mean he's gotta stop and stand around for ages with no health after a bit.

    can confirm, if gul'dan is close enough to sneeze on you as Jaina it's fucking terrifying

    and also sometimes you're not looking for the black pools and suddenly you have a dot for 70% of your healthbar on you

    Nova man. I love killing Nova as Gul'dan. She just runs scared but cannot escape.

    Sivraj
  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    Yeah, I was incredibly underwhelmed with the Follow Through Tyrael build when I tried it. It might work if he's a bruiser, but even then you give up some very powerful talents in the process. There are so many strong bruisers and melee assassins in the game it's hard to justify turning him into one as opposed to making him the primary tank and grabbing someone else.

  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    if I ever get to the point where I am making videos and doing complex math to tell you why not to take a talent I want you guys to stage an intervention

  • NeurotikaNeurotika Registered User regular
    I suspect you'll just barge in and tell us not to take it, right?

    :P

    MMMig
  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Jars wrote: »
    if I ever get to the point where I am making videos and doing complex math to tell you why not to take a talent I want you guys to stage an intervention

    tbh I'd prefer it to the way you tell use not to take talents now

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  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    ForceVoid wrote: »
    I suspect you'll just barge in and tell us not to take it, right?

    :P

    I imagine it would go like this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5vHhpaP9H8

  • Undead MonkeyUndead Monkey Anchorage, AKRegistered User regular
    Jars wrote: »
    if I ever get to the point where I am making videos and doing complex math to tell you why not to take a talent I want you guys to stage an intervention

    I'd rather see more videos like the one he made, personally.

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  • So It GoesSo It Goes We keep moving...Registered User regular
    hey people get online :D

  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    So It Goes wrote: »
    hey people get online :D

    We're all tired after the 5v5 PA game earlier, soz.

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  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    So It Goes wrote: »
    hey people get online :D

    We're all tired after the 5v5 PA game earlier, soz.

    landing all those sick sunders was just so exhausting, bruh

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  • So It GoesSo It Goes We keep moving...Registered User regular
    dangit you guys

    well I whipped a fleeing jaina into an ill-placed nova ult earlier so my work is done

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    So It Goes wrote: »
    dangit you guys

    well I whipped a fleeing jaina into an ill-placed nova ult earlier so my work is done

    antaeus may have gusted someone into one of my hooks THAT WAS TOTALLY GONNA HIT THIS OTHER GUY I SWEAR

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    So It Goes wrote: »
    dangit you guys

    well I whipped a fleeing jaina into an ill-placed nova ult earlier so my work is done

    antaeus may have gusted someone into one of my hooks THAT WAS TOTALLY GONNA HIT THIS OTHER GUY I SWEAR

    Totally intentional.

    >.>

    <.<

  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    Hey so in our 5v5 we learned that casting aegis or w/e on chogall cancels Gal's black pew pew ult (shadow bolt)?

    Yeah totes bm...

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    wra
  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    locusts and beetles does so much damage you guys

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    sittin in the middle of 5 people not dying because of locusts while my 6 beetles munch on them

    MMMig
  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
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    didn't stand a fucking chance, thank you QM matchmaker

    god fucking dammit dude are you fucking kidding me with these bullshit comps

    Dibby on
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  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    I played this 5 man with zag, kerrigan, brightwing, ETC, and zeratul. pretty much the most tryhard team in existence

    but we had this AMAZING lili and dominated :smug:

  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    edited September 2016
    Dibby wrote: »
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    didn't stand a fucking chance, thank you QM matchmaker

    god fucking dammit dude are you fucking kidding me with these bullshit comps

    hey, it's not the qm we had last night of auriel/gazlow/gul'dan/murky/artanis!

    (please ignore the fact jars and I queued as gazlowe/murky)

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  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    look, I had to get my specialist daily finished. and you're always the real winner when you play gazlowe

    Supagoat
  • NeurotikaNeurotika Registered User regular
    Dibby wrote: »
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    didn't stand a fucking chance, thank you QM matchmaker

    god fucking dammit dude are you fucking kidding me with these bullshit comps

    Cool, now post every game where your comp is better than your opponents'

    Grove
  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    ForceVoid wrote: »
    Dibby wrote: »
    didn't stand a fucking chance, thank you QM matchmaker

    god fucking dammit dude are you fucking kidding me with these bullshit comps

    Cool, now post every game where your comp is better than your opponents'

    He already did that. That was the Dibby & Ducks Asshole Train with Butcher and Kerrigan. =P

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  • NeurotikaNeurotika Registered User regular
    Haha, fair enough

  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    also, let me tell you, facing gul'dan and chromie as murky is ROUGH

    her w's will randomly chunk you for 60% of your health and fel flame > slime

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  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    dat thread title tho 8-)

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  • No-QuarterNo-Quarter Nothing To Fear But Fear ItselfRegistered User regular
    I think it was @milk ducks that said he had an 88% winrate while duo-queued with @dibby

    milk ducks
  • Lucid_SeraphLucid_Seraph TealDeer MarylandRegistered User regular
    edited September 2016
    speaking of win rates (this is All Game Modes)

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    when I say "I'm going to play Brightwing, because Brightwing is my best character" do not fucking doubt my skills

    i am best at brightwing

    (you're welcome to doubt my skills with literally everyone else bc either i demonstrably am not that good, or i havent played with them that much) (like what is htat leoric win rate? probably just not having played a lot of leoric is what) (i do love the skeleman tho) (I am also probably Reasonably Not Terrible at Thrall) (and somehow I am really dismally terrible at Li Li, who even knows how or why)

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  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    most of my hero win rates are pretty good but I can't really trust the hotslogs numbers since it's missing a good 30% of my games

    Neurotika
  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
    Hoooooly shit you guys. Gul'dan HARD COUNTERS Zagara in lane. Not even joking.

    Drain Life rips through Hydralisks, so your W is literally ineffective. Any damage he takes while Hydralisk is alive is just negated anyway cause of the healing.

    Then god forbid if he actually takes Health Funnel at 4. Which if you're a Gul'dan against a Zagara, you fucking better. It's normally a pretty shit talent, but it is EXCEPTIONAL against Zagara. Health Funnel completely and utterly shuts down Zagara in lane because Drain Life effectively has no cooldown now. Hydralisk? Donezo. Roachlings? RIP. Infinite fucking sustain? Yuuuup.

    So I mean I was playing a Zagara and laning against a Gul'dan. I ping top and I'm like "yo this guldo is wrecking me can i get some help?"

    Our Jaina responds "just use W on him idiot"

    I had to very politely explain that Drain Life rips through my W, and that he also has Health Funnel. Our Jaina starts cursing at me and I have to mute her at this point.


    Wow though. Hardest counter to Zag I've ever seen. That's the kind of thing that requires multiple people in the lane to push Gul'dan out or he's just gonna stop Zag in her tracks.

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  • WingedWeaselWingedWeasel Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
    Health funnel is overkill but gul'dan is pretty effective against zag and xul.

    Edit: saw a post elsewhere regarding season 2 starting. I'll be honest I totally forgot about the seasons rotating even with the HL discussion. I dunno if I am even going to bother doing placements this time around.

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  • Alucard6986Alucard6986 xbox: Ubeltanzer swtor: UbelRegistered User regular
    edited September 2016
    You get like 4 thousand gold, some portraits, the elemental mount of the season for getting to diamond. Seems worth it to at least finish placement.

    https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/breaking/20039305

    Barring any delays, maintenance will conclude, new stuff will drop around 10 am est tomorrow.

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  • WingedWeaselWingedWeasel Registered User regular
    Meh, I'll probably sit this one out unless someone wants a partner. Was not a fan of the new mount, I haven't changed my portrait since anub'arak was released, and the gold while nice is kinda trivial at this point.

  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
    Health funnel is overkill but gul'dan is pretty effective against zag and xul.

    Edit: saw a post elsewhere regarding season 2 starting. I'll be honest I totally forgot about the seasons rotating even with the HL discussion. I dunno if I am even going to bother doing placements this time around.

    Normally I'd agree, yeah. But Health Funnel means Gul'dan can kill Zag's Hydralisks AND Roachlings, and completely and utterly negate any damage Zag can do to Gul'dan. Health Funnel is like if Gul'dan had a lil' pocket Morales sitting on his shoulder. You CANNOT win in lane when he takes it. It's super good specifically only against Zag though, I think.

    You get like 4 thousand gold, some portraits, the elemental mount of the season for getting to diamond. Seems worth it to at least finish placement.

    https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/breaking/20039305

    Barring any delays, maintenance will conclude, new stuff will drop around 10 am est tomorrow.

    You get the mount at Plat, actually, which isn't too bad to hit I think. Or otherwise you can just bust out 10 placement games of TL and get it regardless of where you land.

    http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20271419/ranked-season-2-roll-and-rewards-9-9-2016

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    I'm probably gonna skip season 2 also. Season 1 is is a large part of why I've been taking a massive break from this game.

    I understand that seasons need rewards, and people should have incentive to play competitively. But man. Them putting those mounts on ranked makes me feel like I have to play ranked because I want that mount.

    But I'm obviously very terrible at this game since I cannot even claw my way out of the dregs of silver 3. And coming face to face with my own awfulness is unpleasant. It sucks being excluded from game content because I'm bad. Bad people want mounts too, Blizzard.

  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
    Aye, I'm still at 9 TL placements matches left..... no way I can accomplish that tonight.
    Oh wells.....

    We tried a bit yesterday but only got one TL game in.
    The queue for the 2nd one was taking close-to or over 10 mins and we just decided to QM it.




    also, last night with Cavalier (not sure of forum name) and I were left, our last game of the night.

    Since my wife is tired of hearing it since then, let me tell YOU a story. A story of deceit, love, loyalty, sacrifice.
    A story of evolution, growth, and bliss.


    holy. shit.
    ..... talk about a better comeback than when you trip and try to dance it off like it ain't no thang


    towers of doom
    we were just a mess, enemy team was on point and their nova was just eating us alive, mainly our Kael
    at a point they only need 4 more core hits on us where we still need 15 or so hits. This means we basically had to deny EVERY SINGLE CAPTURE for the next like 4, and they owned one of our forts.

    I even typed out "gg" after we got wiped and got us to those 4 hits left. There was no faith left in me, I'd been hurt too much.
    There's just no way... murky wasn't teaming up, Kaelthas was face-tanking the front line for some reason, and we were bickering amongst ourselves.


    then... something happened, something that only happens when the plants align themselves and your crush agrees to go on a date with you. This is some Disney shit here, y'all.

    my entire team stopped talking, and we just started moving in unison.
    no words, only instinct
    a ping here or there to identify an over-extended hero
    kaelthas started hitting nova with his stun the moment she tried to delete him, allowing us to jump on her
    kerrigan's combos were getting good hits
    and cavalier, our unsung werewolf hero was subtly just ending lives unnoticed
    the enemy team must have gotten overconfident because we kept catching them in 1s or 2s over extended


    after about 15 minutes of struggling back and forth, picking them off, capping boss pre-emptively, I noticed on one last fight we denied and capped one of the towers, and I see their core was at 5 hp, and the towers were shooting for 5

    and I typed "gg" once more, in disbelief
    my team didn't say anything, it still hadn't processed

    a couple of seconds later, the "holy @#$(* gg"s and such came out
    We, we survived. We shouldn't have, but we damn sure did.

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