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[Heroes of the Storm] Coronavirus can't kill HotS if it's already dead #rollsafe

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    kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    He has the highest DPS ability in the game.

    On his Q.

    Theoretically relatively low damage on his other abilities, though.

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    I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    given the degree to which they balance around healing in this game, the concept of how pushed a character is to compensate for being unhealable is horrifying

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    fortyforty Registered User regular
    The Deathwing wait times in QM queue are gonna be off the charts.

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    Undead MonkeyUndead Monkey Anchorage, AKRegistered User regular
    I'm very excited to play him, and it feels nice to be hyped again for HotS. It was also cool to see a somewhat healthy turnout for the livestream.

    What I find funny is the people spamming Hong Kong related stuff in a stream for a game that ActiBlizzard really doesn't care much about.

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    SeGaTaiSeGaTai Registered User regular
    His kit is very heavily balanced on wind ups on all his abilities. So stomps gold-bronze and above he is just a big damage sponge with follow up damage waiting for cc

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    SeGaTai wrote: »
    His kit is very heavily balanced on wind ups on all his abilities. So stomps gold-bronze and above he is just a big damage sponge with follow up damage waiting for cc

    He can't be CC'd

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    SeGaTaiSeGaTai Registered User regular
    All of his damage is best utilized as a follow up to your team cc'ing a target for him, otherwise it should all be avoided once people get used to his hit boxes

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    I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    personally after release li-ming i don't trust any "it's balanced because of wind up/travel time" arguments until i see it in game

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    milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    forty wrote: »
    Oh wow.

    Deathwing is the perfect @milk ducks hero

    He is perma unstoppable and is unaffected by all allied abilities, can't even be hatted by Abathur.
    Brilliant. Lure Ducks back with the ultimate "fuck my team, I'm going to try to win this game by myself" hero.

    If they release a vanilla Orc Fury Warrior, I'll come back.

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    PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    So wait, big wind-ups/telegraphs for his attacks...

    He really *is* the WoW raid boss character.

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    Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    Yeah still not coming back but he looks fun. I'd put good money on him being a classic Blizzard hero and being impossible to balance and unfun to play against.

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    PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    Oh god, there is going to be some epic awkward pre-game banter between DW and Alex.

    Hell, I’d be okay with it If every healer told DW to go f*ck himself.

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    SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    edited October 2019
    https://youtu.be/huQLFzIRGhY

    His z is stage five except he decides when to come down (he self heals to full while in air).

    His q is a slightly smaller Diablo lightning ult that he can channel indefinitely and has a small cooldown.

    He has more HP than Stitches and has more armor the more health he has (inverse Garrosh). So this goes back to full when he Z.

    Does heavy damage to heroes/light damage to everything else.

    Has energy bar that fills constantly for abilities.

    W is Butcher furnace.

    E is Imperius change.

    Ult at lvl 1 (like Sindragosa). At 10 upgrade or get second ult (aoe fear). At 20 upgrade again.

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    fortyforty Registered User regular
    I wonder if he'll be allowed in ARAM and how he might warp that.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    forty wrote: »
    I wonder if he'll be allowed in ARAM and how he might warp that.

    There is not a chance in hell that he should be allowed in ARAM

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    fortyforty Registered User regular
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    39:30 "How surprisingly easy he's going to be to balance"

    lolno

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    I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    aram is all random, not all fair

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    fortyforty Registered User regular
    They said he still gets Globe healing so Alexstrasza should be able (eventually) to sneakily heal him. Dat dragon synergy.

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    kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Pretty sure he can't channel his Q indefinitely. It takes energy, which he'll run out of?

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Yeah the Q channel is actually quite short if you don't use the full charge on it.

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    BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    forty wrote: »
    The Deathwing wait times in QM queue are gonna be off the charts.

    Sadly I just play healers in Qm anymore but I guess I like the pain

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    DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    Brainleech wrote: »
    forty wrote: »
    The Deathwing wait times in QM queue are gonna be off the charts.

    Sadly I just play healers in Qm anymore but I guess I like the pain

    so Whitemane then

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    DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited October 2019
    still can't get over how fucking overloaded of a hero Deathwing is

    his trait does FOUR FUCKING THINGS (perma-Unstoppable, baseline permanent Armor, 100% bonus damage to Heroes, immunity to allied abilities). he doesn't have mana. he has an Ult at level one. he has a shitton of health (and his EHP is even higher factoring in the Armor). he has a fucking Global that removes him from the map and heals him AND does damage when he lands. he has two stances which swap his abilities for a total of 5 different abilities. he has access to multiple stuns, a slow, and a goddamn fear. he does a fuckton of damage, even boasting the highest dps ability in the game. his autos are on par with Stukov's, except he's not a healer and can also pump out actual damage. he can reset his fucking ult with an upgrade at 10.

    did i miss anything???

    blizzard what the fucking fuck

    christ the only things he's missing are autoattacks while moving and ult-esque transformation on a long cd ala Dragonqueen/Molten Core


    edit: lmfao and his Z is on a 45 sec cd that's ridiculous

    dub edit: and he has a talent that gives him Protected when he loses a stack of Armor l m f a o

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    fortyforty Registered User regular
    Deathwing won't bring Ducks back because he sucks at mercing.

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    MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    2 Questions:

    1. Since I've never played KTZ, does he get a full CD reduction on his ult if it hits any hero?
    If so, does that mean that as long as you're casting it on the center of Deathwing, you get the full CDR? Can you simply just spam him then since his mobility is weak?


    2. Can Chromie just pepper him with Ws constantly since, again, his mobility sucks?

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    SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    He will be playable at Blizzcon so we'll see then

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    MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    Actually, his hitbox is tiny compared to his actual model.

    That's going to be frustrating to get used to.

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    SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    Aim the Snipe at his dragon balls

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    DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    MMMig wrote: »
    2 Questions:

    1. Since I've never played KTZ, does he get a full CD reduction on his ult if it hits any hero?
    If so, does that mean that as long as you're casting it on the center of Deathwing, you get the full CDR? Can you simply just spam him then since his mobility is weak?


    2. Can Chromie just pepper him with Ws constantly since, again, his mobility sucks?

    1. His Ult gets reduced to 1.5 sec cd, so not a full reset. His mobility isn't that weak since he's perma-unstoppable. He just has to walk out of it and he HARD counters the rest of KTZ's kit.

    2. I guess? Did you mean W or Q though since W has a long cd. Q absolutely.

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    kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Uh. Khaldor says that Faye doesn't count as a woman pro-gamer because he "uses the definition of born girl or biological girl" (Faye is trans).

    So, I guess I won't be watching Khaldor anymore. Sucks for me as he's one of the more prolific HotS casters nowadays.

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    Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    y i k e s

    i liked khaldor too

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    I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    what a fucking baby

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    General_ArmchairGeneral_Armchair Registered User regular
    Imagine a meme team of a Cho-gall with a pocket Ana whose sleep darts set up Deathwing. Can you imagine that in the clown Fiesta at mid?

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    milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    Welp, fuck Khaldor.

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    The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    They should let Auriel crown Deathwing but not heal him for laughs.

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    DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited October 2019
    i never liked Khaldor to begin with (his casting style uh, definitely left something to be desired; constantly going off on tangents, getting into arguments with twitch chat during casts, etc etc)

    so honestly this makes it all the more easier to say, extremely loudly: YO FUCK KHALDOR, GO ROCKET YOURSELF INTO THE FUCKING SUN

    trans rights are human rights you fucking piece of shit

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    Undead MonkeyUndead Monkey Anchorage, AKRegistered User regular
    On the flip-side of the coin, I was very happy to see Trikslyr on the dev stream yesterday. I thought he had washed his hands of HotS related stuff after HGC dissolved.

    Overall, that whole stream was pretty great... if you closed the chat.

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    DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited October 2019
    On the flip-side of the coin, I was very happy to see Trikslyr on the dev stream yesterday. I thought he had washed his hands of HotS related stuff after HGC dissolved.

    Overall, that whole stream was pretty great... if you closed the chat.

    Oh speaking of, since I don't think it was linked in the thread yet...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS43zAqIIq0&feature=youtu.be&t=481

    Starts at 8 mins in, because I guess they didn't edit it and just tossed it up on Youtube wholesale, but

    BIG SCARY DRAGON!!!

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    kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    It literally took them more than 30 minutes to get their stream to work properly, so just 8 minutes for the YouTube video is a step up :P

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    BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Dibby wrote: »
    Brainleech wrote: »
    forty wrote: »
    The Deathwing wait times in QM queue are gonna be off the charts.

    Sadly I just play healers in Qm anymore but I guess I like the pain

    so Whitemane then

    I play Auriel and Rehgar I have done Lucio but I was dog meat in a few of those games so I stuck with the others ones

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