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Maybe the real [Heroes of the Storm] were the friends we made along the way

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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
    Cassia's just fun in general. Buff Cassia more.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    She's pretty fun cuz of infinite dings.

    I don't know her that well but I tend to do really well with her in aram. Basically she does extra dmg to blinded heroes, right?

    Also, what's the right 16 for Q build? Pierce or extra Qs?

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    did they ever make sulfuras smash worth picking or is rag still locked into lava wave?

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  • milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    Smash is fine, but Rags has no intrinsic setup for it. This means he relies on his teammates to establish the conditions required to make it consistently useful. The issue is, at the levels at which you're likely to find any kind of cooperation from your teammates at all, Rags just isn't viewed as the most competitive hero. So it's hard to really give a clear answer to that one, man; yeah, it's viable for sure, but unless you plan on just throwing it raw and hoping for the best, you're better off sticking to Lava Wave if you don't have a team that will help you set up for Smashes.

  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Smash is super viable in ARAM :smirk:

  • SeGaTaiSeGaTai Registered User regular
    MMMig wrote: »
    She's pretty fun cuz of infinite dings.

    I don't know her that well but I tend to do really well with her in aram. Basically she does extra dmg to blinded heroes, right?

    Also, what's the right 16 for Q build? Pierce or extra Qs?

    It's usually extra Qs, but not because of extra Qs - static electricity fires a free q when you E someone - which is the only way fend ever does real damage sadly.

    This free Q is talented, adds to your stacks, and gives you a good burst combo. Between Q, E(Q) and D - your basically calamity li ming but with a bunch more health and armor.

    Pierce is fine if your focused on just sustained damage but that's just not this game usually

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  • WhelkWhelk Registered User regular
    milk ducks wrote: »
    Smash is fine, but Rags has no intrinsic setup for it. This means he relies on his teammates to establish the conditions required to make it consistently useful. The issue is, at the levels at which you're likely to find any kind of cooperation from your teammates at all, Rags just isn't viewed as the most competitive hero. So it's hard to really give a clear answer to that one, man; yeah, it's viable for sure, but unless you plan on just throwing it raw and hoping for the best, you're better off sticking to Lava Wave if you don't have a team that will help you set up for Smashes.

    Slow on E @ 4 is decent setup for it, but still kind of janky. They need to have no mobility for it to work, which is like...hope that Jaina doesn't have IB up.

  • milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    Yeah, what you want is like, Taunt Varian into Sulfuras Smash. You just fucking delete anybody that isn't immediately Cleansed when Varian engages.

  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    milk ducks wrote: »
    Yeah, what you want is like, Taunt Varian into Sulfuras Smash. You just fucking delete anybody that isn't immediately Cleansed when Varian engages.

    I've been playing Rag with Smash more than Lava Wave in the past few months. Both are good ult, although basically map/comp dependent. I had one game where our Tank Varian would Taunt engage and I'd follow up with Sulfuras every time. They messaged me after the game to thank me for the follow-ups. As a frequent Tank player, I know that feeling when you don't follow up.

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  • SaerisSaeris Borb Enthusiast flapflapflapflapRegistered User regular
    Smash is very funny in ARAM, where the enemy team is almost guaranteed to have Mephisto.

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    milk ducks wrote: »
    Yeah, what you want is like, Taunt Varian into Sulfuras Smash. You just fucking delete anybody that isn't immediately Cleansed when Varian engages.

    Optimal combo is obviously

    https://youtu.be/gMkuGskO5yM

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  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    Kime is such an amazing hots player.

    You guys... it's kind of awesome.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    https://youtu.be/lSUsJQVnJls

    That Junkrat + Kerrigan surprise at 3:20 was beautiful.

  • MrBodyMrBody Registered User regular
    edited April 2022
    Had a Butcher on our team. We spent the match coming up with what meat dish each enemy hero would be, and eventually every hero.

    Extra crispy Blaze
    Orph-VEALa
    Hammer = canned Spam
    Steak U-thare (yellow yolk spills out when you cut it)
    Lunara venison
    Leoric = chew toy
    Valeera smoked ham
    Samuro = meat and three
    Kael = fried chicken
    Medivh = legs of lambs
    The Lost Vikings = value menu
    Jaina = frozen nuggets
    Zerathul = dark meat
    Stukov's all you can eat drumstick
    D.Va = oyster
    Imperius kebob

    MrBody on
  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    https://youtu.be/-XxsKOFAmLI

    The first clip got more painful to watch the longer it went on.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    The Tracer and Murky clip right after was also painful.

  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    forty wrote: »
    The Tracer and Murky clip right after was also painful.

    Murky talking to that Tracer:

    https://youtu.be/ynXeusTRtNw

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    I always enjoy clips where people who would otherwise die just end up killing everyone because they have an Abathur hat.

    Abathur, the Fun and Interactive Hero!

  • milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    I always enjoy clips where people who would otherwise die just end up killing everyone because they have an Abathur hat.

    Abathur, the Fun and Interactive Hero!

    Many such cases

  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    I mean, Aba interacts with basically 100% of the players in the game. Don't see the problem. ;)

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Abathur is awesome

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    Abathur is awesome

    I hate you so much.

  • SeGaTaiSeGaTai Registered User regular
    Kime just got bm'd after a game from an opponent who complained that because he had a 40% lifetime WR (which he doesn't - there's maybe a 48% season in there somewhere) - that he deserved to have the bad teammate on his team, not him...because reasons???

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    Which hero(es) have the best pre-10 wave clear?

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    Which hero(es) have the best pre-10 wave clear?

    Fastest? Can do it indefinitely? Won't blow cooldowns to clear?

    Different dimensions to think about here.

    But anyways the answer is always Malthael to every question.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    Just generally speaking, which say 5 heroes are best at wave clearing. You can break it down by types if you choose.

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    Most mages are good - Kael'thas, Jaina, Gul'dan, Probius, Tass.

    Junkrat and Fenix are good if they can stay in range long enough to AA multiple times.

    A bunch of melee heroes can be very good, but suffer from having to go into melee range and burning their abilities on the wave. Off the top of my head I can think of Ragnaros, Rehgar, Malthael, Dehaka, Blaze, Leo, and Xul.

    Murky gets special mention because he's Murky. He can be very good if he is allowed to Q the wave and his egg is ignored.

    For point-blank best waveclear in all circumstances, keeping in mind rotation speed, mana/sustainability, and safety, I'd say Tass & Jaina are really hard to beat, with the other mages and Junkrat/Fenix not too far behind. It's hard to evaluate waveclear in a vacuum because there are heroes who can theoretically clear waves incredibly fast but will likely get killed trying to do so against competent opponents (see: Rag).

  • SeGaTaiSeGaTai Registered User regular
    I think most assassins full rotation will clear a wave - a lot of them just don't because ya know its a hero brawler...

    Guldan is probably the fastest - 2 q's will almost clear a full wave and they are 1.5 seconds apart - post 7 with spell power you can full clear the wave instantly.

    If you don't count the windup time on Rags E and full rotation its probably close to the same time.

    Jaina W clears it after the full cast in what feels like 3 seconds but don't really know

    JR and KT are probably about the same time if using full kit, 2-3 seconds ish.

    Most the bruisers are probably the same once your on top of the wave - malth/leo/xul - guessing 3 seconds?

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  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    The other factor is can you cast your abilities and walk away instantly.
    For example Jaina w, she can mount up as soon as the cast is out and be in her way confident the wave is dead. Or Nazeebo with Zombie wall upgrade and a q chucked in.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    Cool, thanks everyone! Looking for some other options for Silver SL matches where I'm probably gonna have to do most of the soaking on my own. Using primarily Bruisers (Malth, Rag, etc) to try and doublesoak, but the team often times doesn't understand what I'm doing and get picked off extending in lanes. Figured I should try out some other heroes that have bigger team fight impacts to go along with wave clear (Jaina, Gul'dan, etc).

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  • SeGaTaiSeGaTai Registered User regular
    dehaka is the other option if your really trying to dbl soak and you feel like teammates keep fighting without you

    your less focused on clearing waves, but kinda just catching them as they crash into your towers and then moving on - so long as you get used to the slightly delayed tongue skillshot.

    contagion wins games yo

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    The other factor is can you cast your abilities and walk away instantly.
    For example Jaina w, she can mount up as soon as the cast is out and be in her way confident the wave is dead. Or Nazeebo with Zombie wall upgrade and a q chucked in.

    I've always maintained Jaina is the one-hero wave clear pick for the reason

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    The other factor is can you cast your abilities and walk away instantly.
    For example Jaina w, she can mount up as soon as the cast is out and be in her way confident the wave is dead. Or Nazeebo with Zombie wall upgrade and a q chucked in.

    I've always maintained Jaina is the one-hero wave clear pick for the reason

    It's just, hope you weren't planning on team fighting for forever after clearing a wave.

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    The other factor is can you cast your abilities and walk away instantly.
    For example Jaina w, she can mount up as soon as the cast is out and be in her way confident the wave is dead. Or Nazeebo with Zombie wall upgrade and a q chucked in.

    I've always maintained Jaina is the one-hero wave clear pick for the reason

    It's just, hope you weren't planning on team fighting for forever after clearing a wave.

    Ehhh blizzard isn't that important for scrapping. You can still E->Q->Q->Q->Q->Q

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    The other factor is can you cast your abilities and walk away instantly.
    For example Jaina w, she can mount up as soon as the cast is out and be in her way confident the wave is dead. Or Nazeebo with Zombie wall upgrade and a q chucked in.

    I've always maintained Jaina is the one-hero wave clear pick for the reason

    It's just, hope you weren't planning on team fighting for forever after clearing a wave.

    Ehhh blizzard isn't that important for scrapping. You can still E->Q->Q->Q->Q->Q

    hmmm... I feel like that'd be noticeably slower, but not sure. Either way though, it's definitely not "cast and walk away," so you STILL LOSE HA

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    kime wrote: »
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    The other factor is can you cast your abilities and walk away instantly.
    For example Jaina w, she can mount up as soon as the cast is out and be in her way confident the wave is dead. Or Nazeebo with Zombie wall upgrade and a q chucked in.

    I've always maintained Jaina is the one-hero wave clear pick for the reason

    It's just, hope you weren't planning on team fighting for forever after clearing a wave.

    Ehhh blizzard isn't that important for scrapping. You can still E->Q->Q->Q->Q->Q

    hmmm... I feel like that'd be noticeably slower, but not sure. Either way though, it's definitely not "cast and walk away," so you STILL LOSE HA

    no no I mean you blizzard the wave and then hit the heroes with the e-qs

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  • milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    Cool, thanks everyone! Looking for some other options for Silver SL matches where I'm probably gonna have to do most of the soaking on my own. Using primarily Bruisers (Malth, Rag, etc) to try and doublesoak, but the team often times doesn't understand what I'm doing and get picked off extending in lanes. Figured I should try out some other heroes that have bigger team fight impacts to go along with wave clear (Jaina, Gul'dan, etc).

    Given the circumstances you're describing (your job is to double-soak, but your team doesn't understand what you're doing and is constantly getting picked), I probably wouldn't advocate for swapping off of Bruiser for Mage. That's just going to make the problem worse, because Bruisers are generally expected to soak and Mages (outside of like, Nazeebo and Azmodan) are generally expected to teamfight.

    The HotS playerbase is awful, man. I don't think that's a hot-take at this point. I've never seen a community so wildly out-of-touch with how their game is meant to be played. Ever. It's bewildering to be.

    The takeaway is that people on your team are going to feed no matter what character you're on. You're wasting time and energy trying to figure out how to best support them. Because it's like playing chess with a pigeon or whatever. No matter what you do, they're going to knock the pieces over and shit on the table.

    MFPallytime always used to say that "doing the wrong thing as a team is better than doing the right thing alone", but he's the epitome of the worst HotS player imaginable to me. And in my experience, the exact opposite is true most of the time.

    Soak the lanes. Get XP. Steal enemy camps when you can. Deny enemy team XP.

    Your teammates are going to feed on cooldown whether you're with them or not. All they know how to do, all they're ever going to do, is run it down mid and punch-face with the other team.

    Fuck them, keep soaking.

    Malthael's job is to soak out of his mind, then show up to a teamfight when his ult is off cooldown to score a pick, and continue soaking. That's why he's ideal for this particular playstyle.

    I wouldn't advocate for Dehaka; he's challenging to play effectively. Very map and comp dependent, and his kit is balanced around the global so if you're not leveraging it effectively he feels under-tuned.

    Try Sonya. Or, if you're feeling adventurous, Mei.

  • milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    Having said that, Nazeebo is the ultimate "I'll just win the game my-fucking-self" character.

  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    Hogger is amaze wave clear AND camp stealer.

    Hogger is life.

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  • WhelkWhelk Registered User regular
    Sonya is baller, most of her talents have a purpose or build in mind. Slam still bodies people who would think they can trade into her like Illidan. Only issue is squirrelly people like Genji's who know how to AA properly. Even then, Leap fixes that a bit. You can combo it to get them to either back or just flat out kill them if done properly. It's also superb setup for your teammates. If you don't have any confidence there, or you don't need the hard engage then Angry Woman ult is in your back pocket to just steal buildings/out-trade.

    The hardest part of Sonya is getting a feel for when you should be taking defensive over offensive talents.

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