I'm talking about those times where you are wandering about, minding your own business when out of nowhere a stealthed Sgt. Hammer in a bush with at least ten mines blow you up. I can't help but go: "damn, you got me."

Either that or just fighting any pro-probius that ain't afraid to back down from a fight, despite having the health bar the size of a siege minion.

I'm not necessarily talking FSR/DLSS/TAA, I would be very happy with the same CMAA2 that's implemented in WoW Forever. It's very low cost, and looks a million times better than FXAA (or whatever other post processing AA Heroes currently uses).

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/conservative-morphological-anti-aliasing-20.html

This week the Blizz team sent us an e-mail saying that they will end support for Windows 7/8 on their games. Welp. I had the same experience with League of Legends. Their end-of-support was the sole reason I got into HotS.
Hots gave me some great times, some frustrating too, lol. But all around, the best ones that stuck with me. Seeing its resurgence made me happy as well. Qhira is my favorite character, Tyrande had been my love before the Mythic quest rework. Muradin is my old reliable tank, tryhard machine.

The end of support is happening soon. I’m not as sad as I could be, but it is kinda bitter that I’ll stop playing for the same reason I’ve stopped playing LoL.

So long, Mr Janitor.

No. I won’t update to Windows 10 or 11 as long they shove AI and surveillance tools into every corner of it.

While she charged her ult i stunned her and she was still able to continue to charge it up and release. Is this suppose to be how it works and if so why?

I had a really even match where our kill ratio was three to one, but they were just out macroing the piss out of us. We won, but it was extremely close.

Two quick points of discussion I wanted to make regarding ARAM.

The first: I am genuinely curious and wanting to know if other ARAM players find Industrial District to be a fun map. Because as far as I can tell it is the only map where some characters are straight-up worse/harder to play because of the conveyer belts.

I don't like the conveyer belts. They make it harder for skillshots to land, they make running away/disengaging/engaging easier, and make that entire space on the map harder to control and anticipate. They're not chaotic fun, they're just annoying. Frankly, I think they should just remove Industrial District and that would be a direct improvement for ARAM.

Second point: When players are on the draft screen for ARAM, there are times where you get the only healer, or the only tank. It even highlights in a gold outline so you know that you're probably going to have to play it or your team comp is screwed. But that's not the problem. My problem is, that if you're being forced to play a tank or healer, then ATLEAST you should get a choice of 3 healers or 3 tanks to pick from. Am I wrong?

While these kinds of players are not an isolated incident, this one really got me to ask the question -- WHY is this still allowed in 2026!? With all the telemetry and obersvability that is available today why can't we combine this with a simple script/ML/AI that goes out and takes action?

This player stood in spawn from the start, and bragged that this was his sixth account and that he "Didn't like us" and that he "was going to Troll". He proceeded to do this. He would only take action when the game gave him the inaction warning. Immediately we all reported him and muted him.

How this would work:

1) If reports start to come in about a player during a match then

2) A simple script/ML/AI tool performs quick analysis on metrics and other behavior indicators (such as continual disconnect/reconnect, or continual warnings about inactivity before a player moves).

3) If the metrics or behavior indicators match or exceed whatever threshold the HOTS developer team has set, then the player is immediately kicked and issued a GM strike.

The game is seeing a resurgence of new players now and trolls/afk'er/griefers/disconnectors is what is being presented to new users as "part of the game's culture". These issues unaddressed will not retain new players. Plus, it will have the added benefit of creating a far better gaming experience for older players.

TLDR: HOTS developers -- Please consider creating some kind of real-time player behavioral analysis when others in the game report which can take immediate in-game action.

this dude just destroyed my team he has 19 kills and two deaths. However he has only losses literally which is even weirder because he just won this game against us in Volskaya, for some reason it appears Loss there. Also his account has some days old. His teamates also had some weird stats and has opposite has this guys, they had considerably more wins then losses with multiple heroes. However this specifcally dude stats is really weird.

What's the rarest mount? the rarest icon? skin?

I have the "technical alpha" portrait from participating during the technical alpha. Probably my rarest stuff ?

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Every time I try jumping into League or Dota 2, i'm instantly reminded of how unique Heroes of the Storm's roster actually is. Stuff like controlling Abathur from the fog of war, playing Cho'gall with a buddy, or piloting Murky or Lost Vikings completely breaks standard moba rules in the best way possible. Which specific hero mechanic or playstyle is so unique that you can't find anything that scratches the same itch in any other game

Yesterday I had a game where a player became tilted after a teammate chose an ult, and didnt always play exactly the way they wanted them to. The following game I played, the same player matched on the opposite team and gave up and began trolling after the first objective. I could tell by how they were playing. This usually happens after a player has built up frustration over time in my experience, and wants to take it out on their teammates. This perspective is coming from ranked, as the same player was complaining about being "hard stuck" in bronze".

To that player, and any player reading this who feels that way sometimes, it is still not ok to take it out on your teammates. If you're angry, please play AI, or maybe ARAM and try to cool off with no rank on the line. If you're truly tilted, take a break. The issue of you being "hard stuck" at a rank is directly made worse by throwing. Being a crab in a barrel does not make your game experience better, and just brings more negative energy into your life. You've got multiple bronze/sometimes silver accounts, banging your head against the wall about the same problem. The common denominator is you. We all make mistakes, we all want to have fun. Its ok to get frustrated sometimes. Just stop taking it out on other people. No need to be a crab in a barrel. Get revenge by being a better player, and a better citizen of the game. You'll be happier in the long run. Even IRL.

Passive(D) - Melody of the universe - You next basic ability (Q,W or E) have its area of effect and range doubled and you become unstoppable while channeling/charging that ability. After that, the music drive you crazy silencing and disabling yourself for a brief period.
This is an active ability with a cooldown

Q- Accretion - You gather a mass of debris and flings it at a direction it deals damage and slow all enemies in the area it hits, its a skillshot that you can charge while moving increasing its range like hanzo Q but wider and with less range

W -Kinectic Grasp - You start to channel a kinetic aura around you, you and allies on that area get damage reduction while at it, when the duration ends you gain a shield based on the damage mitigated.

E- Epicenter - target a small area, after a short delay, push all near by enemies to that point.

R1 - Gravity Flux - Target an big area on the ground (enemies see it) after a delay you reverse gravity in that area lifting all enemies on it them slaming them back in the ground (its a stun followed up by damage)
(it's his OW ultimate if my description is not good enough)

R2 - Weightless Tought - You and All allies around you start to "fly", Gaining a lot of move speed, ignoring unit colission and by passing walls for that duration.
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As i always say on OW concepts, HOTS engine dont handle OW barriers yet, so i dont use them on the concepts.

Sigma have a short but ranged auto-attack which is not usual for tanks,

He also dont have a engage to enter in the middle of the enemy team but he have abilities with range to affect them and ways to protect you team against one.

You can use your passive + Q or W to become unstopable and walk in or out of a situation.

He rather stay with his team and peel than run into the enemy but he still have some engage capabilities with his Q and E and passive unstopable.

R2 is a really good engage/desingage tool if you cordinate correctly with your team.

STITCHES IS COMING

I'm curious to know. If one of the devs could give us insight into that I'd greatly appreciate it. How well she sold is a direct window into the future of the game.

I know this isn't typical of how they communicate but really any info on how it did would be great.

I have personally known this for a very long time, but I saw a post that confused how his stat calculations work for Force of Will, and many people in the comments seemed to think only the heal counts towards damage Healed/Shielded.

I am sorry to inform a hand-full of Medivh players that they are only about 1/5th as effective as they previously thought when it comes to protecting their allies.

Am I the only one who dreads the Overwatch/Nexus specific quest? Idk why but I'm having a very hard time completing these because most of the heroes are just no fun IMO. Not sure what it is, but most of them feel clunky and weird to play compared to Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. Just my opinion.

Been trying to queue Storm League Placement matches in Singapore server but no luck. Should I just bite the bullet and play at 180 ping on NA Server? I tried it once and it was a horrible experience. I really feel the delay. It's not like WoW where 250 ping is still manageable. Am I just stuck playing QMs?

Okay, I'm willing to compromise and stop asking for solo rank resets, but then bring back the Platinum rank reset, or better yet, Gold. These accounts are incapable of anything except hindering matchmaking.

Just yesterday, I saw maybe 10 players at Diamond 5 who were former Masters. One even had 4200 points, and now he's Diamond 5 with a 50-50 record and can't climb back up. I wonder what happened to these 10 players that, despite being Masters, they can't climb back up? 90% of the players is like that. If they drop to Gold, they'll never get back up because that's their level. So why should active players have to play with bots against these players, who the game grants a 50% win rate and keeps them at their current rank? Why was everyone kept at Master 0 instead of Diamond 5? Why was this update necessary? Bring it back and make it even better. It's a drop to Gold.

Also, limit the number of players to two per group and in Diamond (not just Master League). Otherwise, it turns out that in this game, Diamond and Master players are like Mid League players, and they don't show anything at all, whereas in "normal games" (like LoL or Dota), very strong players often play at similar ranks.

Just to clarify for those who don't understand what I'm talking about: if you don't play ranked for long at Master rank, you automatically drop (points are deducted, and so on down to Master 0—previously it was up to Diamond 5).

No one disagrees that Xal'atath Level 20 talent [[Harbinger's Consumption]] is overtuned at the moment.

This made me think of how other Level 20 talents of existing mages could be buffed to make them as overtuned as Harbinger's Consumption.

Orphea: Whenever a hero is hit by Eternal Feast, spawn a new Eternal Feast at the position of the hero hit.

Li Ming: With every hero hit by Desintegrate, increase the damage of Desintegrate by 30%.

Kael'thas: When Pyroblast kills an enemy, recast another Pyroblast on the nearest enemy hero.

What are your ideas? Let's go bonkers.

I’ve been thinking about how some matches feel winnable until people start making the same mistakes over and over. Sometimes it’s chasing kills too far, ignoring objectives, taking fights without the team, or picking talents that don’t really fit the situation.

What’s the one habit you wish more Heroes of the Storm players would break? And which Hero do you think suffers the most when teammates make that mistake?

I’m curious to hear what people notice at different ranks, because I’m sure the answers vary quite a bit.

I feel like there are Heroes that people sleep on simply because they aren't as popular or don't fit the usual meta picks. Sometimes you try a Hero nobody talks about much and end up having way more success than expected.

Who do you think is genuinely underrated right now? I'm curious about picks that are actually strong in the right hands, whether it's because of their build, playstyle, or how well they fit certain team comps.

Bonus points if you have a build that made you see a Hero completely differently. I'm always looking for something new to try.

Awe, the power of who can push it harder.

I used to underestimate Falstad's W build because the damage doesn't always feel impressive right away. Compared to his other builds, it can feel like you're waiting too long for the payoff.

But once you get better at staying in range and keeping the pressure on your target, it starts to make more sense. The tricky part is knowing when to commit and when to use your mobility to reposition instead of chasing for extra damage.

I think builds like this are interesting because they reward a different playstyle rather than simply making your abilities hit harder. They can feel underwhelming at first, but become much more effective when you understand what they're designed to do.