EPTNova is my guilty pleasure though and I own / not interested in any of the others. So decisions, decisions!
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Wuster
1974 Posts
Nova is my guilty pleasure though and I own / not interested in any of the others. So decisions, decisions! | ||
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Nizaris
Belgium2230 Posts
edit: Nova is awesome fun. | ||
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Radfield
Canada2720 Posts
I'm hoping to see Hammer, Jaina, Illidan and Chen in the coming weeks! | ||
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Alexc26
United Kingdom222 Posts
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RiZu
Singapore5715 Posts
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4tre55
Germany330 Posts
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739
Bearded Elder29905 Posts
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Dekalinder
Italy169 Posts
Basically, the point i'm tring to make is that, while tassadar may counter nova in straight engagements, the correct nova playstyle brings her to never actually be near tassadar unless is for cleanup duty. | ||
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Tenks
United States3104 Posts
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FeyFey
Germany10114 Posts
Nova vs Nova is so weird. It is only about denying the other Novas stacks and not dieing. And praying that you don't end up fighting Tyrael and Sonya with Tassadar around. | ||
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Dekalinder
Italy169 Posts
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
On April 08 2015 20:24 RiZu wrote: Zagara is by far my favorite hero in this week rotation, I just love to spread dem creeps all over the map. That hero also does amazing damage in 1 v 1 and just straight up destroy any lane 1 v 1 and do well even in 1 v 2 situation early. Double Hunter killer is just too much I agree. This will be a Zagara week for me! | ||
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Thezzy
Netherlands2117 Posts
I bought her as my first hero and never regretted it. She's a ton of fun, even with a bad team you can still contribute so much. Usually my talents are: Creep Heal Envenomed Spines (+20% range & extra AA dmg over time) Endless Creep (50% more creep and more health on tumors) Maw (I've tried Nydus and it's good but Maw is just too good in a teamfight) Mutalisk 2x Mutalisk Bolt of the Storm The amount of damage you can put out with double Mutalisk and your AA builds up very fast. With Endless Creep, your entire lane should be covered in creep from top to bottom. Make sure to overlay your creep zones a bit so that the opponent has no idea where the tumors are. Always place creep tumors in bushes and edges and then work your way in. A creep tumor in the middle of the lane is just AoE bait. Always creep up the objectives and bushes as much as possible. Having a creep tumor in the vents or below Blackheart on his map provides great intel. Mutalisks have two massive advantages, which are that they can fly and thus ignore any obstacles on the ground, and that they last 50% longer. They will whittle down a Hero so fast if they are not killed. Many Heroes have died to a Mutalisk chasing them down. How I usually play Zagara once she gets AA range talent is to poke/bully the enemy heroes as much as possible and keeping an eye on the bushes. Ambushing Zagara should be nearly impossible with good creep spread, Nova + Zeratul combo excepted. If an enemy hero is in the bushes, throw Banelings on them and a Drop Pod, since they are your harder abilities to land. Against Assassins, the Hydra and later Mutalisk will keep them at bay at risk of losing health. If an Assassin jumps you and they are alone, turn around and murder them. I've had a lot of Valla's, Nova's and even Thrall's trying to solo Zagara and losing painfully due to the raw damage output of double Mutalisk, Banelings to the face, Drop Pod and Auto-Attack, not to mention your regeneration on creep. Her Maw is essentially her version of Zeratul's Void Prison and should be used as such. This means you keep it off cooldown for that one teamfight where it will make all the difference. Only use it against single Heroes or without your team nearby if it saves you or a teammate. Note that the Maw itself acts like a forcefield for its duration and can be used to block an area for a few precious seconds. Nydus provides amazing split-pushing potential and even a decent escape, but at the cost of not having Maw. That all said, Zagara is a squishy with no CC other than her Maw and off creep you will know it. Stay on creep and make sure the creep stays up. It will provide you with a near immunity to ambushes if you play it carefully and you can freely and endlessly harass Heroes on creep because you will be faster and regenerate whatever pokes they give back. Other things to note: You can use Banelings to zone out a fleeing Hero. Roll the Baneling ahead of the Hero, forcing them to either eat the Baneling damage, or stop and face whatever they are fleeing from. When dealing with a Boss, alternate Drop Pod and Hunter Killer. A Boss will always go for the Drop Pod Roachlings if you drop them on his head. Once they die, deploy Hunter Killer and it should go for that. By the time that dies, Drop Pod should be off cooldown again, rinse and repeat. Drop Pod has quite a range on it and actually deals decent damage on impact against another squishy. Don't be afraid to land a Drop Pod ahead of a low-health hero and nab a kill. The best advice I could give to new Zagara players is to just spread that creep. Every bush, every corner and one next to your gate/fountain. Always stay on creep and always make sure the creep Trait is on cooldown. | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
I don't have any of the images to format this post the way that 739 did last week. Hopefully 739 or someone can replicate that post again! | ||
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Thezzy
Netherlands2117 Posts
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Radfield
Canada2720 Posts
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Ghostcom
Denmark4783 Posts
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KobraKay
Portugal4372 Posts
Other than that, this week I could only see fun in playing Valla (already played 2 weeks I believe) and Sonya (I really liked the combination of her talents, one of the first heroes I leveled to 5 to get that 500g bónus :D). Last week was pretty good, several heroes that I wanted to try out. I have to say that Tassadar was the most surprising, had a lot of fun with him. The lane clearing and xp contribution are great and you can also put in some clutch healings. | ||
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Nizaris
Belgium2230 Posts
On April 14 2015 02:45 Thezzy wrote: Hammer on free rotation, the B.net forums will likely be filled up with Hammer OP topics once again, just like with poor Nova this week. Valla is way too often on rotation, probably since a lot of players already have her via D3 RoS. lol nova is the slayer of noobs not surprised they are crying if you can't spot her while she's cloaked you're gonna have a bad time. she can 100-0 any hero doesn't matter who, once she gets rewind. although i mostly get bolt as she is desperate for survivability. glad i trained myself to see obsv in sc2 i can usually spot her unless i'm focusing on something else. | ||
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Radfield
Canada2720 Posts
I really wish you could play the free weekly heroes in Hero League. | ||
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