As was foretold, we've added advertisements to the forums! If you have questions, or if you encounter any bugs, please visit this thread: https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/240191/forum-advertisement-faq-and-reports-thread/
We're funding a new Acquisitions Incorporated series on Kickstarter right now! Check it out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pennyarcade/acquisitions-incorporated-the-series-2

[Heroes of the Storm 2.0] Sign-ups open for PAC Nexus Throwdown VI! Hit me up!

1141517192099

Posts

  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    It looks like Garrosh has a strictly better version of Varian's Taunt, just from the video? I don't play Varian, what's different?

    Battle.net ID: kime#1822
    3DS Friend Code: 3110-5393-4113
    Steam profile
    MMMig
  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    It looks like Garrosh has a strictly better version of Varian's Taunt, just from the video? I don't play Varian, what's different?

    varian has mobility

    liEt3nH.png
  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    edited July 2017
    kime wrote: »
    It looks like Garrosh has a strictly better version of Varian's Taunt, just from the video? I don't play Varian, what's different?

    The cooldown on Garrosh's taunt is at least twenty-five seconds longer.

    The Escape Goat on
    9uiytxaqj2j0.jpg
    fortyMMMigNyht
  • SeGaTaiSeGaTai Registered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    It looks like Garrosh has a strictly better version of Varian's Taunt, just from the video? I don't play Varian, what's different?

    Guessing it's a much longer cooldown for the benefit of taunting an area

    PSN SeGaTai
    MNC Dover
  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Good games tonight, guys.

    I cannot stop laughing about my slap denial.

    So fucking funny.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
    milk ducks
  • AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    edited July 2017
    Auralynx wrote: »
    Good lord, Garrosh is going to make an insane bruiser and kind of a joke of a solo tank.
    He's got the tools to solo tank, but he will require a certain comp

    Like, don't get me wrong, I love that kit, but he's going to get clowned by mobility toons and interacts poorly at best with ones on his own team.

    Gonna look ugly throwing, like, Johanna at people, though.

    Also, eyeballing it, that appears to be a fairly short taunt.

    Auralynx on
    kshu0oba7xnr.png

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Golden Yak wrote: »
    'Bloodthirst' seems a little boring, but I guess they can't all be winners. If they were going to add another major ability through talents that warrants a mention in the spotlight, they might as well have made that the W and have the healing attack be a talent.

    Bloodthirst provides sustain, so it's pretty key to his base kit. As a talent that kind of thing either ends up useless or mandatory. As part of his kit it can be more balanced and have some interesting talents attached to it.

    And making Body Check a talent allows them to ramp up it's power quite a bit over what a base ability can be because now there's an opportunity cost to the thing.

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Talents and cooldowns and everything here btw:
    https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/2537/garrosh-full-talents-and-abilities-revealed

    Only info missing is cooldown on active talents.
    Body Check is 20s though from the video.

    kimemilk ducksDibby
  • NobodyNobody Registered User regular
    I'm kinda liking Garrosh.

    Hmm, would a combo of Into the Fray and D.va work? I think the mech still counts as a friendly model while counting down for self destruct, because you can chain and push it if you're on the other team.

  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited July 2017
    Apparently the reward for being the Azmodunk MVP for a match is to be then matched up against a 5 stack and for your team to get crushed so badly they get zero kills. Never seen a 0 kill team on Azmodunk until that game. Ugh, that was miserable. Still took 15 minutes to lose too.

    Edit: (Brawl)

    forty on
    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • WingedWeaselWingedWeasel Registered User regular
    Dibby wrote: »
    Wow, just not pleased with how I've been playing lately. I can feel myself struggling with the new heroes I'm trying and it isn't what I'd call discouraging, just...not fun. I don't like these heroes but I feel obligated to try and learn them for the sake of having options

    Dibby what build are you using with Chen? He doesn't seem much different now despite the change. I never really had problems getting brew, the issue was the shield. While the change is nice, he still feels way too fragile and doesnt bring enough. SE&F needs the 2nd lifebar back

    The stukov changes seem fine I guess. I didn't take the W talents at 1 so now I have a excuse to take the slow initially. Pox populi seems fine still. We'll see how everything shakes out but it doesn't seem to matter much.

    I was rocking Q build: https://www.heroesfire.com/hots/talent-calculator/chen#ccko

    Level 1's a free choice, I went with Grounding Brew in my game since I wasn't gonna get much value from Elusive Brawler (also it was nerfed too, so).

    Bolder Flavor at 7 has incredible synergy with Deadly Strike at 4. You can more or less tap D, get a chunky shield immediately, and that'll proc the bonus damage on Q. That shit does like 470 damage at level 20, it's real good.

    Keg if you can pull it off (and comp calls for it), otherwise SEF.

    Secret Recipe at 20 if you need the sustain (and if you took Keg), Conduit if you took SEF and don't need the sustain.

    The Brew change isn't so much about getting Brew as it is getting back into the fight that much sooner. With this you don't have to channel as long now, you can pop it for a quickie and you're back in there. And it's better against stuns and shit too.

    If Chen feels squishy to you, definitely recommend Grounding Brew and Bolder Flavor. I took both of those in my game and I felt burly as fuck. Granted the enemy team didn't have burst, it was all sustain.

    Also SEF does not need the 2nd lifebar back, that shit was ridiculous and was completely unpunishable :P

    I typically pop SEF when I'm getting low, then wreak havoc while it's up, and run away as it's ending. It depends on comp too cause there's some Heroes that will shred your SEFs while against others you gain a lot of value.

    That's essentially the build I go. Typically at 1 elusive brawler but as you mentioned it has problems, my go to used to be freshest ingredients but that varies by map. At 7 is the major difference, I tend to take brewmaster's balance. This is likely where the issue lies. Granted one game was against tyrande, valeera, Varian, some other stun so guess how that went. I'll have to try it with the change at 7

    kime
  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    ArcTangent wrote: »
    Also, Garrosh
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_qEVW9I_A

    E:
    An ability to throw teammates over terrain or into enemy keeps? Seems like a GREAT idea!

    Did...did this Official video just tell me that Garrosh's comparatively low health pool make him particularly susceptible to %hp damage attacks? w..wha?

    milk ducksArcticLancerSmrtnikkimeZombie HerofortyEtiowsaXerink
  • milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    You caught that too, huh?

    fortyXerink
  • milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    Auralynx wrote: »
    Like, don't get me wrong, I love that kit, but he's going to get clowned by mobility toons

    A character with a fun kit gets styled on by high-mobility opponents?

    Welcome to Heroes 2.0!

    AuralynxNyhtMMMigThe Escape Goat
  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    Ranlin wrote: »
    ArcTangent wrote: »
    Also, Garrosh
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_qEVW9I_A

    E:
    An ability to throw teammates over terrain or into enemy keeps? Seems like a GREAT idea!

    Did...did this Official video just tell me that Garrosh's comparatively low health pool make him particularly susceptible to %hp damage attacks? w..wha?

    Well, it said that his armor trait is useless vs %based dot because it doesn't care about armor.

    Same with poison, it'll ignore his armor.

    Not sure if it had anything to do with his health pool (since % based damage is considered better vs big health pools).

    l4lGvOw.png
    Witty signature comment goes here...

    wra
    NeurotikaLord_AsmodeusThe Escape GoatCareerKnight
  • NyhtNyht Registered User regular
    A bit disappointing to Grommash fans CURRENTLY that Garrrosh's second skin isn't Grom (as I don't see Grom coming in anytime soon what with Grom Jr.) but maybe one of the skin tints will be Grom like on his first one?

    All things said, Garrosh does look neat though his lack of Self Mobility might be an issue. Than again, he's tossing around fools where he wants so that's pretty unique and could make it all ok!

    But I just see a mass of Malth's being queued into the new Garrosh release like nutters.

  • SeGaTaiSeGaTai Registered User regular
    That's why you fastball special your malth into their team before they get the chance

    PSN SeGaTai
  • WingedWeaselWingedWeasel Registered User regular
    Garrosh's abilites sound exciting.

    They look lame. Specifically the ult where he just spins around

    NyhtNeurotikaMMMigSeGaTaikime
  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited July 2017
    Ranlin wrote: »
    ArcTangent wrote: »
    Also, Garrosh
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_qEVW9I_A

    E:
    An ability to throw teammates over terrain or into enemy keeps? Seems like a GREAT idea!

    Did...did this Official video just tell me that Garrosh's comparatively low health pool make him particularly susceptible to %hp damage attacks? w..wha?

    So like, the thing here is that while he does have a low health pool, his trait gives him a bunch of armor, right.

    But %hp damage ignores the armor. So he's rather susceptible to it. Because, despite a low health pool, x% of health is still x% of health. Malth's trait still deals 2.25%, Tychus's trait still deals 2.5%, and it completely bypasses Garrosh's trait. Think of it like, Anub'arak's susceptibility to autoattacks, right? Anub is tanky as fuck against ability damage despite a low health pool, but physical attacks rip right through him.

    So it sounds weird to hear "well his low health pool means %damage is really good against him!", but again, you have to keep in mind that it's good against him because it bypasses his Armor trait. Every other type of damage in the game is going to be less and less effective against Garrosh as his health decreases; but not %health damage. Garrosh's EHP is actually quite high due to his Trait, but %health damage is True Damage/Chaos Damage/Whatever you wanna call it.

    Dibby on
    DNiDlnb.png
    Battle.net Tag: Dibby#1582
    AuralynxGrove
  • NyhtNyht Registered User regular
    Garrosh's abilites sound exciting.

    They look lame. Specifically the ult where he just spins around

    Yeah, adding a trail or fire or something like that behind the swings wouldn't have been a bad extra affect to that one ult. It looks like a basic ability as is. The other ones look fine, though. No different than most warriors.

  • WingedWeaselWingedWeasel Registered User regular
    Nyht wrote: »
    Garrosh's abilites sound exciting.

    They look lame. Specifically the ult where he just spins around

    Yeah, adding a trail or fire or something like that behind the swings wouldn't have been a bad extra affect to that one ult. It looks like a basic ability as is. The other ones look fine, though. No different than most warriors.

    It lacks weight I think. It doesn't "feel" like it does anything

    NeurotikaNyhtAuralynxMMMigkime
  • morgan_cokemorgan_coke Registered User regular
    So is Garrosh going to be our first main tank with a Piano Key build? That's kind of neat and new. Also, 1% armor for 2% health seems kinda not enough, but I guess we'll see.

    XBL: Morgan Coke Yes, there is a space, not an underscore. I'm old school like that.
    Battle.net: morgancoke#1589

    Titan's Creed: Jump first, don't ask questions, punch everything
  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    Decimate also just looks like a really bad Ult.

    Deals a tiny bit of damage and applies a 30% slow for 1.5% seconds, wow that's nothing.

    "But it holds 3 char--" Wow, that's nothing.

    "But it deals 100% more damage to--" Wow that's nothing.

    "But the cooldown is reduced by--" WOW THAT'S NOTHING

    I'd much rather have an AoE Taunt+Silence THANK YOUUU

    DNiDlnb.png
    Battle.net Tag: Dibby#1582
    Nyhtmilk duckskimeLord_Asmodeus
  • NeurotikaNeurotika Registered User regular
    Nyht wrote: »
    Garrosh's abilites sound exciting.

    They look lame. Specifically the ult where he just spins around

    Yeah, adding a trail or fire or something like that behind the swings wouldn't have been a bad extra affect to that one ult. It looks like a basic ability as is. The other ones look fine, though. No different than most warriors.

    It lacks weight I think. It doesn't "feel" like it does anything

    It feels like an ability that would reduce something by 1/10, not like a move called Decimate

    TheStig
  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    It depends on how much CDR Decimate has, really. If you hit 3 heroes and can basically just hammer R to keep spinning, you'll be by definition winning.

    9uiytxaqj2j0.jpg
  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    Taking 2 abilities that are supposed to synergize (aoe taunt+spin) and separating them feels like a reciepe for underwhelming abilities.

  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    You can't choose which hero he launches, right?


    Like, how does it choose between enemy and ally (when you talent to throw allies)?

    Or if he has 2 enemies at melee range, which one gets tossed?

    l4lGvOw.png
    Witty signature comment goes here...

    wra
  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    I imagine whoever is closest to him, which is why the ally throw talent seems like a trap at best.

    aeNqQM9.jpg
  • NyhtNyht Registered User regular
    ForceVoid wrote: »
    Nyht wrote: »
    Garrosh's abilites sound exciting.

    They look lame. Specifically the ult where he just spins around

    Yeah, adding a trail or fire or something like that behind the swings wouldn't have been a bad extra affect to that one ult. It looks like a basic ability as is. The other ones look fine, though. No different than most warriors.

    It lacks weight I think. It doesn't "feel" like it does anything

    It feels like an ability that would reduce something by 1/10, not like a move called Decimate

    In their defense. "HeyPleaseSlowDownMate" isn't very Orcish.

    TheStig
  • SeGaTaiSeGaTai Registered User regular
    Seems like big meaty attacks, of which we have less and less of now will decimate garrosh if you chunk him him down before armor really scales.

    Wondering how much a chromie combo will do to him

    PSN SeGaTai
  • WingedWeaselWingedWeasel Registered User regular
    @MNC Dover how do you feel about team names containing heroes that aren't released yet?

    Guess @milk ducks @Inquisitor77 and @Dibby should weigh in

  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited July 2017
    MNC Dover how do you feel about team names containing heroes that aren't released yet?

    Guess milk ducks Inquisitor77 and Dibby should weigh in

    As long as the name itself is relatively short and easy to say, I'm down for whatevs.

    And as a caster I'll make an effort to say the full name rather than shortening it (I know that caused some confusion last time).

    Dibby on
    DNiDlnb.png
    Battle.net Tag: Dibby#1582
  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    MMMig wrote: »
    You can't choose which hero he launches, right?


    Like, how does it choose between enemy and ally (when you talent to throw allies)?

    Or if he has 2 enemies at melee range, which one gets tossed?

    It throws whoever is closest. There's actually a little icon on the unit that you will throw, so that you know

    Battle.net ID: kime#1822
    3DS Friend Code: 3110-5393-4113
    Steam profile
  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited July 2017
    Also hm, from the Garrosh vid:

    cZ5x6nB.png

    Armor indicator!

    I wonder if that's only for temporary Armor though? Note that Garrosh doesn't have one.

    Dibby on
    DNiDlnb.png
    Battle.net Tag: Dibby#1582
    kimeSivrajmilk ducks
  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    MNC Dover how do you feel about team names containing heroes that aren't released yet?

    Guess milk ducks Inquisitor77 and Dibby should weigh in

    God dammit, are you going to be team Garrosh Was Right?

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
    milk ducks
  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I have a question. I thought we would use stage striking to determine our stages for phase 1 at least, but it says we just ban 2 stages each. So how is the stage determined after each team bans two stages? And is there an order to that, or do we just send both bans we want in at the same time?

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular

    Aye... it would be really helpful if he had one...

    at least when taking damage

    l4lGvOw.png
    Witty signature comment goes here...

    wra
  • NyhtNyht Registered User regular
    Does Garrosh get ANY armor by default? Or does he only turn into a tank at like 60% life?

  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    Nyht wrote: »
    Does Garrosh get ANY armor by default? Or does he only turn into a tank at like 60% life?

    It's 1 Armor for every 2% of life missing.

    So, 80% life = 10 Armor

    60% life = 20 Armor

    40% = 30 Armor

    20% = 40 Armor

    So yeah, basically around 70-60%. He gains 25 at 50%, which is requisite for several talents.

    DNiDlnb.png
    Battle.net Tag: Dibby#1582
    kime
  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    "MNC Dover" how do you feel about team names containing heroes that aren't released yet?

    Guess "milk ducks" Inquisitor77 and Dibby should weigh in

    I'd prefer if we didn't do that please.

    Need a voice actor? Hire me at bengrayVO.com
    Legends of Runeterra: MNCdover #moc
    Switch ID: MNC Dover SW-1154-3107-1051
    Steam ID
    Twitch Page
Sign In or Register to comment.