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Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
June 10 2015 18:27 GMT
#8721
The hard part about Nova vs Double Mage is you HAVE to get an early lead. Trying to kill a +2 level KT or Jaina as Nova? You're just gunna get blown up instead.

Then again that is the common argument in general with Nova. She works well from an advantage but is really hard to transfer her skillset into making a comeback.
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vJehoelv
Profile Joined June 2011
United States103 Posts
June 10 2015 18:28 GMT
#8722
On June 11 2015 03:04 Wuster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2015 01:52 Tenks wrote:
I think she can do alright against the very popular HL 1+2 pick of KT + Jaina. Possibly better than Zeratul. But Zeratul can just VP them both in the back line and let your team destroy theirs since they have no more damage so who knows.


Last few times I saw opposing double mage (or KT + Sylv) and I'm Illidan, I've actually gone for Hunt, the stun + burst potential on such a squishy glass target just feels so much more impactful than Meta over the frontline and hoping to chase them down anyways. Plus the stun limits KT's ability to zone out half the fight if you can land it before he tosses out Phoenix. Maybe this is a quick match thing as I've only tried it a few times there, but so far the results seem promising. So against a similar comp I would assume Nova blowing up KT/Jaina is better than VP.

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On June 11 2015 02:40 vJehoelv wrote:
Guilty pleasure of mine is to play Nova. I find her more fun than Zeratul.


Likewise, first time I got her I played her up to lvl 7. Culminating in a Blackheart's Bay game where we got crushed but I had 20+ takedowns out of a possible 25 (rest of my team was under 15). That's when I decided that Nova is just a win-more hero, maybe on a different map all those kills could have made a difference but they just didn't.

I also formed the opinion that Nova always looks AFK in games you're losing cuz she just can't do anything other than hit and run and when you're constantly losing teamfights... she can't risk revealing herself as often and her burst is heavily neutered by level disadvantages (I know everyone's burst is, but she has less sustain than other assassins so I'd argue it effects her more).


Not afk, just useless. If you dont have gathering power stacks and behind on level, theres literally nothing you can do but hope for a good team fight.
sM.Zik
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2553 Posts
June 10 2015 18:50 GMT
#8723
Nova's probably the most anti-fun hero in the game atm, she can burn in hell for all I care. You don't get "out played" by a Nova, you just are at the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Valiver
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Caldeum1977 Posts
June 10 2015 19:00 GMT
#8724
I have a special hate for Murky above all others. Part of that is from old patches, but it's a lingering hate.
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46065 Posts
June 10 2015 19:00 GMT
#8725
On June 11 2015 03:50 sM.Zik wrote:
Nova's probably the most anti-fun hero in the game atm, she can burn in hell for all I care. You don't get "out played" by a Nova, you just are at the wrong place at the wrong time.


Is that only because of her cloaking? Do you feel the same way about facing Zeratul?
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46065 Posts
June 10 2015 19:01 GMT
#8726
On June 11 2015 04:00 Valiver wrote:
I have a special hate for Murky above all others. Part of that is from old patches, but it's a lingering hate.


I love playing as Murky haha he's such a disruptive little shit :D
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
June 10 2015 19:12 GMT
#8727
On June 11 2015 03:50 sM.Zik wrote:
Nova's probably the most anti-fun hero in the game atm, she can burn in hell for all I care. You don't get "out played" by a Nova, you just are at the wrong place at the wrong time.


That is really dumb. Nova is about being in the right place at the right time not the other way around. If you are constantly getting burned down by Nova it is because you're making yourself an prime target.
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Tephus
Profile Joined May 2011
Cascadia1754 Posts
June 10 2015 19:44 GMT
#8728
On June 11 2015 03:50 sM.Zik wrote:
Nova's probably the most anti-fun hero in the game atm, she can burn in hell for all I care. You don't get "out played" by a Nova, you just are at the wrong place at the wrong time.


Apparently map awareness isn't relevant to outplay people.
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infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
June 10 2015 22:00 GMT
#8729
What is going on with the match making system? For a while, it was working great, matching me up with people around the same ranking. Now I'm getting matched with rank 40s and 30s nonstop even though I'm playing during the same time
Official Entusman #21
Wuster
Profile Joined May 2011
1974 Posts
June 10 2015 22:07 GMT
#8730
Browder warned that QM was going to be a mess after release with all the new people getting in. Maybe we're enough into the release that a glut of people just hit Hero League?

Hopefully it sorts itself out soon though.
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
June 10 2015 22:55 GMT
#8731
On June 11 2015 07:07 Wuster wrote:
Browder warned that QM was going to be a mess after release with all the new people getting in. Maybe we're enough into the release that a glut of people just hit Hero League?

Hopefully it sorts itself out soon though.

Makes sense. I guess I'll lay off HL for a while until bad players get their MMR down
Official Entusman #21
Ghostcom
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark4783 Posts
June 10 2015 22:58 GMT
#8732
On June 11 2015 04:44 Tephus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2015 03:50 sM.Zik wrote:
Nova's probably the most anti-fun hero in the game atm, she can burn in hell for all I care. You don't get "out played" by a Nova, you just are at the wrong place at the wrong time.


Apparently map awareness isn't relevant to outplay people.


In the mid-lategame very little of what Nova does has anything to do with map awareness/positional outplaying the opponent. If she is decently competent she will at worst get a 1 for 1 trade.
sM.Zik
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2553 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-10 22:59:03
June 10 2015 22:58 GMT
#8733
On June 11 2015 04:00 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2015 03:50 sM.Zik wrote:
Nova's probably the most anti-fun hero in the game atm, she can burn in hell for all I care. You don't get "out played" by a Nova, you just are at the wrong place at the wrong time.


Is that only because of her cloaking? Do you feel the same way about facing Zeratul?


Zeratul at least has to make himself vulnerable for a while during his dmg burst.

On June 11 2015 04:12 Tenks wrote:
That is really dumb. Nova is about being in the right place at the right time not the other way around. If you are constantly getting burned down by Nova it is because you're making yourself an prime target.


I always play squishy heroes (jaina, tyrande, sylvanas) so obviously im always her prime target, bad positioning or not. I don't "constrantly" get burn by Nova, but it will happen few times in a game because she can actually burst me down without me having the chance to do anything about it, even if im not in a bad position.

On June 11 2015 04:44 Tephus wrote:
Apparently map awareness isn't relevant to outplay people.


I have good map awareness, are you trying to say that it's impossible to get killed by Nova as a squishy target if you have good map awareness?

On June 11 2015 07:58 Ghostcom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2015 04:44 Tephus wrote:
On June 11 2015 03:50 sM.Zik wrote:
Nova's probably the most anti-fun hero in the game atm, she can burn in hell for all I care. You don't get "out played" by a Nova, you just are at the wrong place at the wrong time.


Apparently map awareness isn't relevant to outplay people.


In the mid-lategame very little of what Nova does has anything to do with map awareness/positional outplaying the opponent. If she is decently competent she will at worst get a 1 for 1 trade.


Finally someone who understood my point without jumping to conclusions.
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Stratos_speAr
Profile Joined May 2009
United States6959 Posts
June 10 2015 23:15 GMT
#8734
On June 11 2015 07:58 Ghostcom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2015 04:44 Tephus wrote:
On June 11 2015 03:50 sM.Zik wrote:
Nova's probably the most anti-fun hero in the game atm, she can burn in hell for all I care. You don't get "out played" by a Nova, you just are at the wrong place at the wrong time.


Apparently map awareness isn't relevant to outplay people.


In the mid-lategame very little of what Nova does has anything to do with map awareness/positional outplaying the opponent. If she is decently competent she will at worst get a 1 for 1 trade.


Uh, yes it does.

Nova is one of my main characters and absolutely everything you do with her involves a LOT of decision-making regarding your positional play and your map awareness. Because of the fact that so much of her damage is tied to a skill shot and that she has zero escapes, you have to play that way in order to succeed.
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
June 10 2015 23:25 GMT
#8735
Good Novas have excellent positioning and map awareness, and it shows in their play.
Yoav
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1874 Posts
June 10 2015 23:58 GMT
#8736
On June 11 2015 07:58 sM.Zik wrote:

I always play squishy heroes (jaina, tyrande, sylvanas) so obviously im always her prime target, bad positioning or not. I don't "constrantly" get burn by Nova, but it will happen few times in a game because she can actually burst me down without me having the chance to do anything about it, even if im not in a bad position.


I found your problem. When Nova kills you, you ARE in a bad position. By definition. Sometimes it can't be helped, but there's a reason Nova's only a problem at lower levels. Good enough players rarely get picked off by Nova.
sM.Zik
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2553 Posts
June 11 2015 00:14 GMT
#8737
On June 11 2015 08:58 Yoav wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2015 07:58 sM.Zik wrote:

I always play squishy heroes (jaina, tyrande, sylvanas) so obviously im always her prime target, bad positioning or not. I don't "constrantly" get burn by Nova, but it will happen few times in a game because she can actually burst me down without me having the chance to do anything about it, even if im not in a bad position.


I found your problem. When Nova kills you, you ARE in a bad position. By definition. Sometimes it can't be helped, but there's a reason Nova's only a problem at lower levels. Good enough players rarely get picked off by Nova.


Except I don't play at lower levels. I never said it was a "problem", my initial point was that she is an anti-fun hero. That's just my opinion, y'all have the right to disagree.
Jaedong Fighting! | youtube.com/ZikGaming
Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
June 11 2015 00:23 GMT
#8738
antifun heroes with oppressive power and no counterplay is very riot-unapproved
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
June 11 2015 00:50 GMT
#8739
I'm gonna see if I can get to Rank 1 exclusively playing Nova. Grinding 10 heroes is such a pain, especially if I'm only playing Nova -_-
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
June 11 2015 01:07 GMT
#8740
On June 11 2015 09:50 Chairman Ray wrote:
I'm gonna see if I can get to Rank 1 exclusively playing Nova. Grinding 10 heroes is such a pain, especially if I'm only playing Nova -_-

Ask Kadaver for an award if you succeed. He's the god of Nova trolls.
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