On January 31 2011 19:44 Whalecore wrote:
Just started playing this.

So what's the cookie-cutter 3v3 team? I'm asking you guys who have played a lot and know the game and champions well.

There are a ton of different comps at high level. You can pretty much play whatever you like. I would recommend 1 healer, 1 ranged and 1 whatever_you_like to start with. You'll figure out your playstyle from there and make adjustments if needed

Southlight

United States11767 Posts

January 31 2011 15:42 GMT

#443

I like playing healers with offensive firepower, but that's probably because I'm a douche that likes CC + heal + damage. Greedy fuck, hahah.

SaetZero

United States855 Posts

January 31 2011 17:10 GMT

#444

so southlight, you play herald and pomp then? O

FliedLice

Germany7494 Posts

January 31 2011 17:23 GMT

#445

So... What about opening a TL.net clan or something?
Or just have a private chat channel if that's possible... I imagine it could be more fun to play with some people you "know" from time to time than just solo-laddering in a team game.

SaetZero

United States855 Posts

January 31 2011 17:32 GMT

#446

We do, join the channel "teamliquid"

We had 10 people in it last night for a while, tends to be at least a few in there though. Some people do form up little teams and shit.

noD

2230 Posts

January 31 2011 18:10 GMT

#447

by what I am seeing on youtube it´s a dota like without turrets minions and lanes ?

Southlight

United States11767 Posts

January 31 2011 18:15 GMT

#448

On February 01 2011 02:10 SaetZero wrote:
so southlight, you play herald and pomp then? O

I play Alch > Herald > Astro, I liked Pomp but I have trouble using her these days.

Edit:
It's an amazing feeling being able to kill DPS heroes with a healer :p

O look, it's a spearmans/nomad! DIE!

SaetZero

United States855 Posts

January 31 2011 18:25 GMT

#449

On February 01 2011 03:10 noD wrote:
by what I am seeing on youtube it´s a dota like without turrets minions and lanes ?

it's more of a DotA-ish-gameplay-ish, in a WoW-arena-ish setting.

You take your hero, and its team deathmatch with no respawns. No items to buy, no skills to level, you just get everything from the get go. All skill. ^^

dgReborn

United States453 Posts

January 31 2011 21:22 GMT

#450

On February 01 2011 03:10 noD wrote:
by what I am seeing on youtube it´s a dota like without turrets minions and lanes ?

Think of it more as Dota without lanes turets minions items levels and with better controls, also every hero is Ezreal from LoL, or Puck (i guess) from Dota. Every single spell in the game needs to be aimed and exact. Even Heals have to land on the person you are healing so if you suck at aiming you will suck with almost every hero in the game.

Also as to the offensive healers, Astro is prolly the most offensive of the healers then a good Phomp being an extremely close second. Alch seems more on the heavy healing side with a ballsload of CC, Bloodpriest is just mehfull, space is a great cc when spammed correctly and his Ex Fear is pretty baller, but overall i would rather have any of the other 4 played on a even skill level. Herald is just a nice healer overall with alot of mobility and annoying abilities. Mainly his damn chrono field. A good herald is hell for a nomad or engie. He is also the only healer who has a super reliable escape space, besides, Astro EX2. Then you gotta take into account Ults, Herald has the best Imo, with Phomp having a close second.

As for 3v3s, meh Only real 3v3 i do is Solo ques. I like 2v2s alot more. But Glutton, Thorns Astro/phomp works really well if you have good aim. I'm pretty sure Seeker, Nomad/Engie, Astro/Phomp/Herald works ok (at least when i tried it).

And i've seen igniter Ranid Astro(?) or was it herald? used during the Kill the King Tourney Yesterday.

Southlight

United States11767 Posts

January 31 2011 22:53 GMT

#451

Alch is the most balanced off/def of the healers. It's pretty common for me to end up with 300/300 games, because with shield you can mitigate a lot of damage. That gives you time to use your brutish right-click (great secondary effect, but worst cast time of all heals). Against melee heroes I just wait out their anti-ranged skill and then snare + DPS with R -> LMB; I rarely lose to any melee hero with the exception of Glutton (lamezor).

Pomp has the best sustained damage/heal + one of the best escape/time-wasters, but she's also the least teammate friendly (hence you'll often see Pomp "carrying" but lose anyways).

PetitCrabe

Canada410 Posts

February 01 2011 01:58 GMT

#452

Figured a good way to be good at this game is to play a lot of OSU :D

MidKnight

Lithuania884 Posts

February 01 2011 15:30 GMT

#453

On February 01 2011 03:10 noD wrote:
by what I am seeing on youtube it´s a dota like without turrets minions and lanes ?

It's way more intense though.You have 6 regular skills (+2 modified versions of the regular skills called EX) + an ultimate to use and skills have 7-12s cooldowns so you're constantly using abilities + every ability is a skillshot.And you have to constantly juke enemy projectiles.
Mobas are focused more on the overall strategy and positioning (picking/counter-picking, items, where to be on the map at what moment of the game etc.,) the actual mechanical part is pretty minimal.

I like to consider BLC to be closer to fast-paced FPSs like Quake or Unreal Tournament rather than to the regular Mobas like DotA or LoL.
Basically it's WoW arena done right

Dudemeister

Sweden314 Posts

February 01 2011 16:29 GMT

#454

Have you guys seen any casts or playguides for BLC? Im learning SpearMaster but having some trouble? Any1 pro Spearmaster wanna teach me? DrKeso at EU server.

Southlight

United States11767 Posts

February 01 2011 16:54 GMT

#455

There's a tournament every Saturday... as far as good spearmasters I think only Jackazzn(m?) is one of like three.

SaetZero

United States855 Posts

February 01 2011 16:56 GMT

#456

http://blgaming.com/

A few posts down, a guy named 'Jackazzm' was streaming. From what I heard, he is an AMAZING SM. See if you can find something on that site.

dgReborn

United States453 Posts

February 01 2011 17:33 GMT

#457

Jackazzm is TEH spearmaster. You are not gonna find a better one any time soon.

SaetZero

United States855 Posts

February 01 2011 17:53 GMT

#458

Figure I should ask you guys too.

http://www.bloodlinechampions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9235

TL;DR version:

I want to help this game grow, so I stream. How do I make my stream more... known? The post explains my actions so far.

watrill

19 Posts

February 01 2011 20:53 GMT

#459

There is apparently some confusion regarding total cost of the game. Just to clarify: you can get the full game for 40$ (30 Champion package + 10 Bloodlust package). Titan is 'collector' edition (you get useless stuff like avatars and titles).