Indeed. Except you can't choose own hero either.

Let's see if I get Morales, Brightwing, Abathur, Nova, Murky again. Yes. I got that once in QM playing Abathur.
Against Thrall, Tyrande, Illidan, Greymane, Valla. Guess how that went :D
We had fun though. Copied a Brightwing and killed Valla with it. The whole team cheered.
Somehow made it to the 20 minute mark. Shame on them.

karazax

United States3737 Posts

November 10 2016 19:18 GMT

#22

November 11, 2016
Temple Arena
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Rules:

Choose from one of three randomly selected Heroes before entering the Arena. Be quick about it though, you only have 30 seconds to choose!
Everyone will begin the round at level 10 and will be asked to choose a Heroic Ability. No other talents will be available.
During each round, slay the enemy team’s Heroes and capture the Temple Shrines to take shots at their Core!

The Core for each team will have set amounts of health based on the number of active Shrines.
Each round can have 1-3 active Shrines.
The first team whose Core reaches 0 health will lose the round.

Be the first team to win 2 rounds and claim victory!

Rewards:

Complete three matches of the Temple Arena to earn 1,000 Gold and the following portrait:
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Thezzy

Netherlands2117 Posts

November 10 2016 20:11 GMT

#23

Looks decent, similar to the first Brawl. At least you can have somewhat of a hero selection now.

karazax

United States3737 Posts

November 17 2016 21:07 GMT

#24

Blackheart's Revenge November 18, 2016

Assist a salty revenge-fueled pirate in his other-worldly quest to destroy the docks, or send him to a watery grave with the aid of some spectral cannonballs. This week’s Heroes Brawl is Blackheart’s Revenge, and whichever side you're on, it’s sure to be an explosive match!
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Rules:

Choose from one of three randomly selected Heroes before entering the Docks. Be quick about it though, you only have 30 seconds to choose!
Everyone will begin the round at level 10 and will be asked to choose a Heroic Ability. No other talents will be available.
You will either be placed on the Attacking or Defending team and will be responsible for aiding Blackheart in his quest for revenge, or preventing the destruction of the Docks
Attackers will be responsible for preventing Defenders from firing Cannons at Blackheart’s ship
If Blackheart reaches his target, your team wins!
Defenders will gather Cannonballs and fire them at Blackheart’s ship via Cannons placed around the Battleground
Fire 5 Cannonballs at Blackheart’s ship to secure victory!

Rewards:

Complete three matches of the Blackheart's Revenge to earn 1,000 Gold and the following portrait:
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h41fgod

Sweden377 Posts

November 18 2016 10:17 GMT

#25

I hate these brawls with no talents. Give me 30 seconds before the game to pick my talents up to 20 please.

Garbels

Austria653 Posts

November 18 2016 19:21 GMT

#26

This one is over very fast. And no rematch.

Aceace

Turkey1305 Posts

November 18 2016 20:15 GMT

#27

This week my second brawl match took 1 min 31 seconds. Yes 91 seconds. I had to wait more then the match.

Leolio

France633 Posts

November 18 2016 23:19 GMT

#28

This one isn't good at all. The attacking team has won 2 times in my 10 brawls. Defending is fun, but easy, attacking is too hard and punishing.

I guess they won't give out the winrates, but I think it's 70% winrate for defenders.

RouaF

France4120 Posts

November 18 2016 23:45 GMT

#29

Yeah it looks like it's a lot easier to defend. Death are almost not punished unless everyone dies at the same time which just doesn't happen.

Harris1st

Germany6793 Posts

November 19 2016 11:56 GMT

#30

You have to be way to tactical for this. Kinda defeats the purpose of a "brawl"

Furinax

Netherlands75 Posts

November 21 2016 07:54 GMT

#31

Not a fan of this brawl. Feels very one sided every time

Ramiz1989

12124 Posts

November 21 2016 09:30 GMT

#32

On November 21 2016 16:54 Furinax wrote:
Not a fan of this brawl. Feels very one sided every time

I disagree, I had a few games where the Ship already started shooting the Core and then we destroyed it while he was releasing his last shot! It was thrilling.

The only complaint here is that matches should be Bo3... We were waiting for 500+ seconds for one that lasted 3 and half minutes in the end.

karazax

United States3737 Posts

December 03 2016 01:57 GMT

#33

December 2, 2016: Ghost Protocol

Lock and load, Heroes! Our newest Heroes Brawl mode is Ghost Protocol, an all-Nova snipe-battle on Towers of Doom. Be sure to practice your aim before heading into battle, because every shot counts in this game mode – Snipe not only instantly kills enemy Heroes, but it also reduces the enemy team’s Core health by 1! Good luck, have fun!

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Rules:

Every player is locked in as Nova, Default skin vs. Spectres
Landing a Snipe on an enemy Hero will instantly kill them
All deaths remove one health from the opposing team’s Core
All players have full access to Talents and Heroic Abilities
Be the first team to bring the enemy’s Core health to zero to secure victory!

Rewards:

Complete three matches of Ghost Protocol to earn 1,000 Gold and the following portrait:
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Thezzy

Netherlands2117 Posts

December 03 2016 12:56 GMT

#34

Think this is going to really pigeonhole the talent choice. Cloak speed, AoE snipe and snipe cooldown on hit talents will be must pick. Good Holo Decoy use is going to be critical. Looks fun though.

Larkin

United Kingdom7161 Posts

December 05 2016 08:11 GMT

#35

People who take Snipe Master on this brawl deserve to have their anus jackhammered by a construction crew.

Thezzy

Netherlands2117 Posts

December 05 2016 09:26 GMT

#36

On December 05 2016 17:11 Larkin wrote:
People who take Snipe Master on this brawl deserve to have their anus jackhammered by a construction crew.

Someone seriously took that?
I do wonder if the AoE damage talent on 13 would count as a hit or if you need to directly hit them for the insta-kill.

Also, did any of your matches make it to level 10?
None of mine did. They all ended around level 8.

Alventenie

United States2147 Posts

December 05 2016 17:27 GMT

#37

Most of my matches lasted to 10/11.

First few were over at 7/8, but as I played more people played more defensively and tactically. One time we had a fight at an objective for 3 or 4 minutes because its just a giant game of chicken to seen who would click the objective then die.

I find it's way easier to be good holy decoy for defense in this use and then punish people for mistakes in misses. Also channeling the objective for 2 seconds then running away almost always picks up someone trying to snipe you and then not canceling, giving you a free chance to kill them.

MotherFox

United States1529 Posts

December 05 2016 17:29 GMT

#38

On December 05 2016 18:26 Thezzy wrote:

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I'm sorry, what exact value are you getting out of the other level 7 skills? 100% of deaths I've seen have been snipe-related anyway.

Alventenie

United States2147 Posts

December 05 2016 17:58 GMT

#39

The increased damage with less attack speed is probably the best. There are times where you catch someone out without snipe up and you can get a kill without it. Pinning shot -> few autos and you can kill someone. It's accounted for a small amount of kills (under 5 in all my matches), but every kill counts.

Thezzy

Netherlands2117 Posts

December 05 2016 18:41 GMT

#40

On December 06 2016 02:29 MotherFox wrote:

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I'm sorry, what exact value are you getting out of the other level 7 skills? 100% of deaths I've seen have been snipe-related anyway.

You're getting zero value out of Snipe Master by pure definition. It already insta-kills. Extra damage is not needed.
And as for PvE, the bonus damage is gone when you hit something that isn't a Hero. And Snipe insta-kills Heroes.
I still go for the 80% follow-up damage on auto-attacks. It's just a straight damage buff to anything that doesn't die to Snipe.