Heroes of the Storm

[Dave]

Malfurion
Valla
Anub'arak
Tychus
Nazebo
Johanna
Kael'thas

Looks like Monk all week since I don't have to level any of these!

[Alan]

Johanna+Azmo combo?

We should also try the Diablo+Tyrande combo sometime.

[Dave]

4 games into the Monk and not a huge fan. Didn't realize how much I actually like having an effective wave-clear of some sort.

[Alan]

Yeah I don't think the monk is meant to solo a lane.

[Jonathan]

Meanwhile I am a terrible Malfurion. I'm so bad with him that I don't even know what I am doing wrong with him.

OK, I'm definitely not good. So don't listen to my advice.

That said, I get Shando's Clarity at 1 and use my D on cooldown. The one time I tried scouting drone (probably on spiders) the other team just destroyed them immediately. The others are pretty balls.

Internet says go treant at 4. I've never done that. I should try.

I think Ice Block is not necessary. You don't need to be in range of attacking enemies. You need to dive in on enemies who are trying to flee to root them. Moonfire sucks. Get better roots. Use roots to zone, also, not just to gank.

I like Storm Shield at 20 to compensate for your lack of burst heal.

Mal feels successful when you poke enemies out of a lane and sustain a push. Requires good rhythm to get everybody pushing and then retreating before you can get into a tf and die to burst.

[Dave]

It is pretty clear, I play vs AI too much. No skills, no juking, only Attack-moves!

Kind of like my days in Starcraft haha

[Jonathan]

Heh, I dodged exactly one hook. He missed another but that wasn't me.

I forget what kind of comp we have and don't adjust accordingly. Most of my Diablo deaths were unforced errors.

After the dads went to bed we won on Haunted Mines, continuing my unbroken win streak in mines!

[Alan]

My Core rush call on Dragon Shire was a bad one in retrospect. We should've taken a keep instead and then waited for DK. I think we could've taken that match, it was a close one at the end. Our first match we just got stomped.

[Jonathan]

Oh, with Stitches/Abathur and Valla I can't trade with laser. I should have picked dunk based on their comp.

Laser is great against melee without stun.

[Alan]

I think we should probably also have someone call out a focus target during teamfights, I think we were splitting damage all the time.

Whenever I get Rewind I need to remember to actually use it.

I really enjoy the Owl Build Tyrande though. Don't really ever get to play that in solo queue.

[Jonathan]

https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthesto ... with_a_qa/

Chen, Stitches, ETC, and Diablo are confirmed for an upcoming changes, with possibly some other warriors reworked to give each warrior a niche. Stitches, for example, they want to position as the anti-mage warrior.

I answered a bit of this in the post above but to reiterate, we are very cognizant of the current trends of Warriors and will definitely address both the older and newer ones to bring them more in line with each other. As I am sure you are aware, the meta can shift very quickly (not to mention differ drastically between regions) so we are trying to stay on top of that while evaluating the central strengths and weaknesses of their core abilities and talents. In short, yes, yes we do plan on revisiting the older Warriors and leveling up their kits.

Next week, the new map will drop and we'll be on a 6 map rotation, which sounds better than July 4th with a 4 map rotation.

They definitely want to make viable solo support builds for Tyrande and Tassadar.

[Jonathan]

Ok, hotslogs laser build:

Master of Destruction
Gluttony
Infused Power
.
March of Sin
Imposing Presence
.

[Alan]

I think I'll probably pick up Johanna after she goes off rotation. I'm still not a good tank player by any means but I feel like Johanna is forgiving enough that using her can mask that better than most other tanks.

I think I'll give Nazeebo a try until he goes off rotation.

[Alan]

Totally amazing Zeratul play at 1:19

http://www.twitch.tv/blizzheroeseu/v/12201371

[Dave]

I think I'll probably pick up Johanna after she goes off rotation. I'm still not a good tank player by any means but I feel like Johanna is forgiving enough that using her can mask that better than most other tanks.

Yea, she's my favorite warrior to play because it's pretty easy, and you feel like you contribute to laning and group fights. Plus aiming her skills is relatively easy!

After watching some of the NA open, think one of us should always use Zeratul! lol... always banned.

[Alan]

Yeah I should play Zera when we play together. He's probably my favorite hero.

[Jonathan]

Just threw a game on mines with a 93 golem >20 minutes in. I defended core and their core only dipped to 40. This is a reminder to myself to push.

[Alan]

In my (second) most recent mines game we had a 94 golem at the end but wiped right after securing it. The other team took down our core before our golem spawned.

[Alan]

•Li Li
•E.T.C.
•Rehgar
•Sgt Hammer
•Gazlowe
•Kerrigan (level 12)
•Leoric (level 15)

Been looking forward to trying Leoric and Kerrigan.

I really like Nazeebo, he's a sneaky powerful hero, I feel like you don't really notice how much damage he's doing when you're not playing him.

[Jonathan]

Oh man, we should queue Stitches+Nazebo! I would buy Stitches just to play that combo.