Simple Questions, Simple Answers - Page 42

On June 09 2017 20:35 Ghostcom wrote:
I would recommend starting out with Valla. Raynor is kind of a trap-hero in that he seems easy, but he has no escape and frankly does not offer all that much. Further, his gameplay is very "linear" and thus the only skills you can really transpose to other assassins from him are 1) stutterstep (and frankly he is a terrible one to learn how to do that with due to high rate of fire) 2) positioning (which again is hard to transpose as his range is superior to all others and yet you still have to position much safer than most other assassins as you have no escape).

Falstad is another very good auto-attack focused assassin but his decision-making is slightly more complex as you really want to levy that global ability to soak XP (and his ults are both harder to utilize properly than Vallas). Tychus and Greymane are also good options, but Greymane is likely one of the harder assassins to really master.

Hanamura: I have yet to experience anyone play the map correctly. Theoretically you want to push hard while contesting payloads so you don't fall too much behind (i.e. allow for one active, but when #2 spawns you should be about to push in #1 after having done as much structural damage as possible) What usually happens is that first payload spawns and everyone starts brawling around the payloads in some sort of 4-1 or 3-2 split. At some point one team kills 2+ members of the other and can then take a fort which catapults them to victory, but it seems pretty random. You'll want to draft heroes that peak in the early/mid-game and then snowball an advantage there to victory. Hitting level 20 should be rare (so don't bother with Nazeebo). Camps give a lot of XP but sentry-tower/healing camps are the only two camps really worth it for the item - bribe is incredibly strong here to snipe the opponents heal camp.

BoE: Get a composition with good poke and good auto-attack/rush potential on the immortal. Never (well almost never) fight on the first immortal, just rush it down and let the chips fall as they may. For the 2.nd immortal and onwards it generally pays off to get a pick or two before damaging immortal but it depends on positioning of immortals. Be sure to have one soaking the non-immortal lane when the first 1-2 immortals push lanes. Cap hard-camps (shaman+dogs) when the immortals are about to land (say 10-15 seconds out). I think that is just about it for the map specifics here.

On June 09 2017 18:35 Ghostcom wrote:
It's a question of your overall team-comp rather than a single pick which is going to allow you to counter such a draft. However if you are last pick and your comp still lacks a tank I would definitely have gone with dehaka.

Your overall team-comp should probably have at least one global (falstad/dehaka) in response to such a draft. Further, good solo laners which can pressure them out of lanes (sonya, gul'dan, valla, greymane) should all be a priority. Arthas as 2.nd tank to Sonya would be ideal for the shrines (or you since they have no real frontline you could sneak in a kerrigan) to ensure only as little time as possible for them to split push. Pretty much any healer should be fine though if you can land Gul'dan Ariel should be a priority. Uther and Rehgar would also be good. BW is an option but not one I'm personally too fond of.

Regardless the game is going to feel a bit like whack-a-mole but overall your laning and 3-man push should be strong enough to give you the initiative during laning stages and ensure shrines.

On June 10 2017 01:40 Ej_ wrote:
Ok here's one from me as I'm pretty frustrated:

How do you lane as Sonya vs Leoric? Are you supposed to win that matchup? I can't seem to.
How do you lane as Dehaka vs Sonya and Sonya vs Dehaka? I've heard different opinions about that one. Is Dehaka supposed to hit tongue on every whirlwind to have a chance or?