Heroes of the Storm Forums

Decided I would do a weekly "Hero Builds" for the Alpha test, share what is currently popular and what talent builds people tend to be leaning towards. Currently building this list as a level 20 with 50+ games played and the heroes I exclude are ones that I rarely run into. Most of the heroes are pretty much going cookie cutter right now because a lot of these talents don't offer as much as another in their tier. Illidan is by far the worst offender this week.

Demon Hunter is the standard go to ranged assassin at the moment, picked slightly more than Raynor. The amount of damage you can put out while keeping yourself out of harm's way is really strong right now.

Illidan is probably the scariest assassin/carry at the moment with how durable Metamorphosis makes him alongside his other skills, backed up by high base attack damage, low cool downs, and great crowd control.

Diablo is pretty lackluster this week, he just doesn't seem to contribute too much in the games that I have played with him. Maybe people are doing something wrong or Apocalypse just isn't being set up correctly. After seeing Lightning Breath win team fights when it was positioned correctly by putting out massive damage that caused enemies to flee or just die to it, I would honestly encourage picking it up.

E.T.C 1 and E.T.C 2, both of his tier 4 talents seem to be good. One completely relies on your team however ( Mosh Pit), and that is probably why the popularity between the builds is split.

Uther - Only listed the consistent ones, Uther doesn't seem to be "set in stone" besides these few talents.

Tyrande has one of the best stuns in the game with Lunar Flare and her Sentinel is an amazing tool for poking down an enemy team.

Tassadar has probably the best anti-siege right now with Reinforce Structure. His Force Wall tier 4 can turn a bad engagement into a great one if placed well.

Nova is kind of stupid strong right now with her tier 4 Triple Tap and I don't know why anyone wouldn't pick it, later into the game it can almost kill a lot of heroes from full health. This hero is a huge hit or miss in the Alpha community, she either does amazing, or absolutely horrible. She is similar to Zeratul in that regard.

Raynor is pretty popular, with how strong Inspire and Hyperion is right now. You can pretty much spam Inspire and most heroes will not be able to fight you 1v1 even if you stand your ground. While a well placed Hyperion will do massive amounts of damage, but that requires being outside of the engagement when it happens in most cases. The skillbuild is broken because it is missing Executioner which for some reason isn't on the calculator.

Falstad isn't picked up very often, but he has the best nukes in the game between Hammerang and Shock and Awe. A good Falstad is very noticeable.

Since you're in Alpha, and you showed up some builds, I've some questions.

Have you seen Damage Tassadar? I've heard of it. How's it like? Is the support build superior?

And about Diablo. How can he be lackluster? Judging from his abilities and talents, he seems like a good Hero. I know, ''it doesn't seem to contribute too much'', but a global stun? How's that not too much?



... Is Abathur pretty popular?

K.

His Archon form is cool looking and it's good for a siege, but I cannot recall a time when he really put out damage in a team fight. This dps Tassadar that they referred to in the past, doesn't exist in this Alpha. Support/Utility Tassadar with his wall and building reinforcement is preferable right now.

His global stun requires the targets to stand still, it places an aoe beneath everyone that detonates after a couple seconds. This is dodge able in most scenarios, I can recall it landing twice in the games I have played. So maybe in more coordinated teams he will be better, but right now I would prefer having an Uther or E.T.C because they bring a lot more to the table.


Abathur was free last week, and everyone made him look horrible. Now that he has to be acquired, he has died down a lot, and honestly he is an amazing hero. Though his popularity is abysmal. A good Abathur, and a good assassin, usually means that you will win the game.

About Tassadar, now it makes sense. I couldn't understand how it could work: The only DPS I see from him is from his Ultimate, and that's it.


The Diablo part. Wow. I didn't know about that. I thought it was a stun-locked ultimate, not an AoE under the person. That's pretty lackluster, yeah. E.T.C. is quite strong, yes, judging from his kit and talents.


Abathur looks fun. Might be my main when I manage to get into the game. Until there, I'll just watch Streams and other people play it, as I cannot.

ok, is the snowball Muradin strategy with the pierce hammer + the damage boost per-hit hammer as strong as it sounds?

Not really, I would be surprised if you got thirty or forty stacks of Perfect Storm on Stormhammer. It only counts enemy heroes and in all honesty, it's not that worth it. The entire idea behind Perfect Storm is interesting though. Muradin in general isn't good compared to all of the other heroes, he deals little to no damage even for a Warrior and his stuns are pretty underwhelming. In contrast to that, his early game isn't bad at all, he just sucks throughout the rest of the game. There hasn't been a single good Muradin that I have seen, so maybe he just hasn't seen his potential realized and we are all fools.

If they brought up his Base Attack scaling from 203 at level 25 to 300+, I would think he would be more viable. If you think that's a bit much, E.T.C. has 251 Base Attack at level 25 and his kit is a whole lot better than Muradin's.


EDIT: So a friend was asking why Raynor was so great right now, asking if it was Hyperion or what. Well actually, it's the combination between The Art of War and Executioner. This is constantly giving Raynor the bonus damage from Executioner because his Inspire ability is always up with Lead from the Front (Deprecated) reducing his cool downs and the range that it affects enemies is quite large. I know, kind of a let down that he doesn't have a cool reason why he is great, it's just a possible oversight on Blizzard's part.

Should be noted the lack of Bolt of the Storm in a lot of the hero builds is because people rarely pick them up unless they are going "tryhard" at the moment, but it's typically the best pick up.

wait, blink is better than upgraded ulti?

Being able to put yourself into a more favorable position that will allow you to stay alive and put out more damage is pretty important, so yeah.