Weekly Free Heroes Rotation

On March 18 2015 05:08 [Phantom] wrote:
Murky free week.

RIP quickmatch, i dom't plan to even touch that thing, looks like only coop and hero league this time.

Or maybe i'll troll with murky, who knows, how do people build him? is the hotlogs talent section trsuteable for him since he doesn't see any play at the competitive level?

On March 31 2015 19:53 MarlieChurphy wrote:
When is Sylvannas going to be on rotation and drop in gold price? I thought they generally do 1 week?

On March 31 2015 19:53 MarlieChurphy wrote:
OP needs to be updated to change the date each time or just remove the date all together and be stickied.

When is Sylvannas going to be on rotation and drop in gold price? I thought they generally do 1 week?

On March 31 2015 19:53 MarlieChurphy wrote:
OP needs to be updated to change the date each time or just remove the date all together and be stickied.

When is Sylvannas going to be on rotation and drop in gold price? I thought they generally do 1 week?

On March 31 2015 23:09 Radfield wrote:
Sweet rotation for me this week. Really looking forward to playing Tychus, Zeratul and Tyrande!

On March 31 2015 11:11 kingjames01 wrote:
This week's (March 31, 2015 - April 6, 2015) Free Hero Rotation:

• Li Li
  
• ETC
  
• Diablo
  
• Tyrande
  
• Tychus
  
  
• Gazlowe (Available after reaching Player Level 12)
  
• Zeratul (Available after reaching Player Level 15)
  

On April 01 2015 00:36 GMarshal wrote:

Radfield! Loooooong time no see! :D

On March 31 2015 23:09 Radfield wrote:
Sweet rotation for me this week. Really looking forward to playing Tychus, Zeratul and Tyrande!

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

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.

On April 14 2015 23:51 Radfield wrote:
It's always satisfying getting the jump on a nova/zeratul who thinks they are hidden. I mean, you know there is a cloaked unit in the game, so you should be constantly prepped for it.

I really wish you could play the free weekly heroes in Hero League.

On April 20 2015 22:48 Big G wrote:
AKA "who has the worst Illidan loses" week

On April 28 2015 16:19 Solmyr wrote:
Any builds for Zeratul?I have never played him.

On April 29 2015 03:47 Immersion_ wrote:
Woop can try Gazlowe and get to 5 on him.

On May 05 2015 07:22 Hryul wrote:
again nova and free sylvanas. great, now we all can be imba!

a bit confused about TLV. are they the new murky who never get into the free rot?

On May 05 2015 11:12 kingjames01 wrote:
Sylvanas!!!

It'll be my first chance to play her!

On May 06 2015 00:05 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


Love her

On May 19 2015 02:14 Stratos_speAr wrote:


Fuck the God Damn Lost Vikings.

This week is going to be so miserable.

On May 21 2015 00:19 nunnner wrote:
BW is a ton of fun, finally got to play her this week. LTV are really tough. Played 1 game with them and the play style was so different.

On May 21 2015 03:43 Wuster wrote:


I played with them and at one point had 10k experience contribution with the next highest at 5k. They did a ton of work too with jump/z to surround then spin to win while the team focused down the trapped hero. That was satisfying, almost like playing WC3 again.

On the other hand the periods where I was split soaking was miserable... if I wanted to play SC2, I would... I just want to focus on microing a single guy for all I can rather than constantly toggling hot keys. Didn't help that I had input lag changing between vikings (probably my system, but who knows).

Overall, once I grouped up and had Long Boat Raid, man they were beastly.

Also, Norse Force comes so late in the game that I kept forgetting to use it lol.

I had fun playing them, but I think only once. Thank god I'm talent unlocked cuz I can't imagine trying them talent gated.

On May 25 2015 20:36 Thezzy wrote:
Oh boy free Illidan week.
They will not be prepared.

On May 27 2015 03:10 Wuster wrote:
So disheartening to have lost that game because of feeders, so I feel your pain.

I had a game last night where our Sylvanas was bragging about her hero damage (40k!) while glossing over that she by far the most deaths (11 out of 27, next up was a Nova that quietly died 8 times by over-relying on cloak). She didn't even finish with top takedowns cuz she was always dead!

On May 27 2015 03:22 FT.aCt)Sony wrote:


When I play Sylvannas, I get upwards to 150k hero dmg and 80-120k siege damage. 40k is chump change.

On May 27 2015 04:27 Tenks wrote:
All the numbers are pretty meaningless. If someone is using them as either an attack or defense that player is probably the actual problem with the team.

On May 27 2015 04:39 xDaunt wrote:

The only ones that really matter are takedowns and deaths. If you're running a high T/D ratio, you're almost certainly playing well.

On May 27 2015 04:39 xDaunt wrote:

The only ones that really matter are takedowns and deaths. If you're running a high T/D ratio, you're almost certainly playing well.

On May 27 2015 06:00 Yoav wrote:


I mean, I think you're not wrong, but there are absolutely characters who excel particularly at this... like, say, Zeratul. This characteristic is part of why he can carry games so well, but it does mean his T/D is generally extra high.

On May 27 2015 06:12 xDaunt wrote:

Having a high T/D ratio is more of a function of not dying than being involved in a lot of takedowns. Again, my general thought on death is that every death is preventable to one degree or another. Even if I am playing someone who is not Zeratul, I pride myself on generally having the lowest number of deaths on the team.

On May 27 2015 06:12 xDaunt wrote:

Having a high T/D ratio is more of a function of not dying than being involved in a lot of takedowns. Again, my general thought on death is that every death is preventable to one degree or another. Even if I am playing someone who is not Zeratul, I pride myself on generally having the lowest number of deaths on the team.

On May 27 2015 06:28 [Phantom] wrote:


What if you run away from teamfights leaving your friends to die? Then you'll also have the lowest death count.

On May 27 2015 03:28 Wuster wrote:
Exactly, that guy was gloating over nothing. Didn't help that the map was Sky Temple and he started the game by dying to creeps (cuz he was going to push the hell out of bot lane...) This probably belongs more int he QQ thread, so I'll stop venting.

So back on topic, now that we have easy to mess up heroes on rotation this week any of you guys going to mess around with random builds? I'm planning to try an AA / Lifesteal Illidan build, will probably fail horribly but could scale well on the right map.

On June 15 2015 09:47 wongfeihung wrote:
Played Sylvanas for the first time yesterday and I gotta say she is so incredibly broken as hell.

On June 15 2015 22:56 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


Ah gotcha. I don't have much experience with Anub but I do like pushing lanes... and I have a "3 games with Warrior" daily quest to fill

On June 10 2015 09:31 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


It's never a bad time to learn a support, just in case you need to fill the spot... but learn Brightwing! She's so fun to play with and arguably the best support right now

On June 16 2015 02:51 Tenks wrote:
The word on the street from some hip cats is that BW may lose Gust of Healing next patch

On June 16 2015 03:34 Tenks wrote:
I think the issue is they want BW to be tops in the consistant team healing over time category but Gust kind of goes against that design. Right now you Z in and Gust and the fight is generally won or lost at that moment. It is a very strong ability. It really fills in her glaring weakness of lacking burst heal.

On June 16 2015 06:03 KobraKay wrote:
ROFL am I seeing this right? Is KT free this week? (starting on the 16th)

Cool for such a "new" hero to be on the rotation so fast. Yet another week without aba thou is one of the few heroes I have yet to test.

On June 16 2015 09:18 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


Abathur is really fun, as is KT

On June 16 2015 21:52 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


Yeah I find him particularly amusing to play as/ with in QM if you get a decent team, since some opponents still don't even recognize just how much he can buff a hero. They dive in and get wrecked lol.

On June 17 2015 00:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


Hahahaha that's awesome! One of the perks of having a team ^^

On June 17 2015 02:33 Wuster wrote:
Was playing Hero League most of last week, but I really do enjoy Jaina / Sylv and dont' own them so I went back to QM to play them before they got rotated out.

Man I didn't used to think there was a big difference between HL and QM, but boy did I feel it yesterday. From people throwing the games because someone was mean to them, to multiple rDPS doing less damage than Tyrael (who wasn't even played that well), it was just a disaster on multiple levels. Then when I didn't want to lose I decided to pick an assassin I'm really comfortable with (because I feel dps is easier to carry with than warrior) and I queue straight into Zeratul / Nova / Illidan (who takes Hunt) as Valla.

Makes me have second thoughts about trying out KT this week lol.

Edit: I should note that I only won the two games I chain d/c-ed / had connection problems in too, that's a real confidence boost in my abilities.

On June 17 2015 02:33 Wuster wrote:
Was playing Hero League most of last week, but I really do enjoy Jaina / Sylv and dont' own them so I went back to QM to play them before they got rotated out.

Man I didn't used to think there was a big difference between HL and QM, but boy did I feel it yesterday. From people throwing the games because someone was mean to them, to multiple rDPS doing less damage than Tyrael (who wasn't even played that well), it was just a disaster on multiple levels. Then when I didn't want to lose I decided to pick an assassin I'm really comfortable with (because I feel dps is easier to carry with than warrior) and I queue straight into Zeratul / Nova / Illidan (who takes Hunt) as Valla.

Makes me have second thoughts about trying out KT this week lol.

Edit: I should note that I only won the two games I chain d/c-ed / had connection problems in too, that's a real confidence boost in my abilities.

On June 17 2015 03:31 Crownlol wrote:


QM is like the third circle of hell once you get to higher levels and start playing HL if you have any competitive gaming experience.

QM is honestly entirely unplayable, and I only queue if I'm making a troll team with my teammates (like that Thrillidan build or Paintrain or something) or experimenting with a new hero.

On June 17 2015 21:35 Leolio X wrote:


It's true people play poorly but unless you play warrior, if you play well you really can turn the tide up. I usually make 35 - 1 games in QM with Nova and even with feeders and disrespectful people I don't lose. A good healer can make wonders, and of course a specialist will make tons of damage no matter what.

edit: Also, free Kael, that's great. :-D

On June 18 2015 02:41 Wuster wrote:
Just more angry/incompetent players. First game was with a Valla with 0-5 ratio bemoaning that the game was already lost and how sometimes the MM just gives you a lose (Valla with less damage than half the hero damage of the other assassins btw).

On June 17 2015 21:35 Leolio X wrote:


It's true people play poorly but unless you play warrior, if you play well you really can turn the tide up. I usually make 35 - 1 games in QM with Nova and even with feeders and disrespectful people I don't lose. A good healer can make wonders, and of course a specialist will make tons of damage no matter what.

edit: Also, free Kael, that's great. :-D

On June 18 2015 02:41 Wuster wrote:


I don't think I ever get QM games where the skill disparity is that massive unless queueing with friends who are new to the game. I did have a QM game where I was I think I was a 24-5 Nova and we lost horribly. Before that I never felt that Nova could carry a team no matter how much she ganked, and that game felt like confirmation to me. But 35-1 is like a score you get playing against bots lol, so in that case I can believe the carry potential.

On June 24 2015 03:02 Wuster wrote:
Ya 5 deaths is a lot. I don't consider 24 takedowns bad in a losing effort though, I can't comprehend regularly going +30 just to win*...

I've had plenty of games where we stomp the other side and my kill/death ratio is a very modest 11-2 (as Muradin) or even an afk-looking 9-0 (Tassadar). More competitive games I don't often break 30 total takedowns either. Maybe this speaks more to why Nova and I don't really click, but even when I've carried friends on other DPS, the final tally was more like 27-1 or something and felt like utter domination, not the minimum prerequisite to winning.

* Since takedowns/deaths are such a small part of the overall picture, I'll add some context to that game, 24 takedowns was more than the next two on my team combined. And I think everyone else was in the low teens for deaths. My team was terrible is what I'm getting at, and contributing more kills than the rest of the team didn't seem to move the needle is why I concluded that Nova just can't do it.

On July 07 2015 20:49 sacrilegious wrote:
And just as I started this game, and made a qq post about Zeratul (and Nova)... here we go, guess I'm really going to have to read guides to how to deal with this nuisance and hope I don't have a bad one on my team. Not a fan of Stitches either, 2 games had allies just hook enemies from a group of 3-4, get ganged up and die then proceed to blame us -_-, plus I hate Pudge from DOTA 2

On the other hand, looking forward to Sylvanas cuz of her lore and to see how good she is, and I heard good things about Johanna... should be ok overall I hope

On July 08 2015 00:02 MotherFox wrote:


Stiches logic:

Step #1: Hook enemy.
Step #2: Team kills enemy.

He did #1, so you clearly messed up step #2.

On July 08 2015 02:35 sacrilegious wrote:

Team does not encompass just me and him vs 3 and more... let alone trying that 30 seconds into the game... but ill assume the sarcasm with the

On July 14 2015 03:32 Valiver wrote:
Lol Kael'thas with Hammer again? Last month had them paired as well. Poor Hammer players...

On July 14 2015 11:51 Zambrah wrote:


Aw, ETC is weak now? ;_; Oh well, all I care about is landing sick Mosh Pits anyways.

On July 14 2015 11:56 Valiver wrote:

ETC isn't too bad. It's more like most other tanks are stronger so he's not used very much.

On July 14 2015 13:17 Larkin wrote:


I'd rank tanks:

Muradin
Tyrael
Johanna
Anub'arak
ETC
Stitches
Arthas
Sonya
Diablo
Chen

But yeah you rarely see others out of the top 4 there.

On July 14 2015 14:34 Paradice wrote:


Hmm, I think Anub'arak has fallen away in just the past week or two. Couldn't even say why, but just not seeing him as much any more. Meanwhile, Arthas is back baby! He's been popping up regularly in recent tournament games.

I also think Johanna is still slightly preferred over Muradin most of the time.

On July 14 2015 13:48 Zambrah wrote:


Lord, Diablo hath fallen. I'm tempted to buy another Tank, I just bought Nazeebo and Zagara since I had no specialists but atm ETC is my only tank... probably Tyrael or Anub'arak.

On July 21 2015 14:49 Roe wrote:


I've been debating recently between Chen and Tyrael. Something about Chen's style attracts me but I'm worried about having such little disruption that tanks usually have (also being immobile for the shield). Tyrael on the other hand is sort of all round decent seeming. I've saved up about 20k gold but want to keep some banked for the Diablo Monk hero.

On July 22 2015 08:07 Roe wrote:
Ended up picking Tyrael, went 5-0 with him in HL so I'm pretty happy. Only thing I'm not liking is I'm rarely above 10% mana.

In other news: Leoric is available

On August 04 2015 04:19 [Phantom] wrote:
It will be madness with both thrall and butcher this week. I predcit a lot of people calling Butcher OP, and a lot of people dying helplessly all the time. It will be Illidan week all over again haha.

On August 04 2015 23:08 Roe wrote:
I'm literally trying Nova for the first time today thanks to her being f2p. Having a blast in QM doing massive damage and sniping some intense kills.

On August 10 2015 21:26 Freezard wrote:
I've had a lot of fun with Butcher this week... he became one of my favorites! Trying Thrall now but unfortunately he seems like a weaker Butcher and I have a hard time getting close to enemies since everyone plays 4-5 assassins in QP and most ones are ranged >_< I'm picking Block and Spell Shield just to survive!

On August 10 2015 23:17 Yoav wrote:
Lol murky abathur.

Some devs just want the world to burn. Tho honestly, I can imagine them basically saying "Ya know, abathur free week is gonna fuck up all our data a lot and murky free week fucks it up a little, lets just stack em and ignore that week of data."

So glad I have time this week to Zeratul around killing eggs and evo masters.

On August 10 2015 23:09 Larkin wrote:
Ohboy, Murky and Abathur? Time for Abathurs that sit in the base and don't soak and Murkies that do nothing but splitpush poorly, fun times in QM ahead! Especially with no free support...

On August 11 2015 00:45 MotherFox wrote:
I was wondering why raynors have been breaking out of team fights to attack me relentlessly, chasing me to the ends of the earth.

On August 11 2015 03:57 Valiver wrote:
It's not going to be Murky - http://eu.battle.net/heroes/en/forum/topic/13604571130

On August 12 2015 16:36 DoctorHot wrote:
Just got done playing for a bit, and wow the Abathurs I played with were painfully bad. So I switch to Abathur to not have to play with them, and my first game is against a Zeratul AND a Nova haha.

I don't know if it's allowed to post a stream link in here - I couldn't find any rules not to - but I found a dude, twitch.tv/abathur1613, who plays all Abathur all the time, I learned pretty much everything I know from him. So if you're struggling with Abathur free week, go check him out.

On August 14 2015 22:04 Leolio wrote:
Worse than free Illidan week, free Abathur week.
Rule 1: Every team will have an Abathur.
Rule 2: If you have no Abathur on your team, congratulation, you've just won a game.
Rule 3: you shall not queue as Nova (bad with Abathur) or Murky (bad with and vs Abathur), my 2 mains.