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One time someone got upset I didn't heal them when they got one shot. They kept whispering me after the game and suggesting I play iPad games instead. Funniest thing all week.

Lookin at these Azmodan changes... [quote="Patch Notes"] AZMODAN Developer Comments: Right now, Azmodan has one competitive build at high levels of play where he stacks Globe of Annihilation (Q) talents. We think this build is a ton of fun, so we didn’t want to negatively impact this build. Instead, we wanted to give Azmodan some other build options. Right now, it’s almost always a mistake to summon one of his Demons and waste your mana. With the new tuning, and the talent changes, the Demons become a legitimate option to use. The Demons start with much more damage than previously, but scale close to what they use to be at higher levels. For players who still plan to go the (Q) build, it’s mostly the same, but we’ve offered a few additional talent choices to make options that best fit your play style. Finally, we are removing some of the Support nature of Healing Ward and Storm Shield from Azmodan. It makes more sense for him to be a greedy character, not someone who can become a hybrid support in the right situation. Healing Ward (Talent) removed Superiority (Talent) removed First Aid (Talent) removed Storm Shield (Talent) removed Mercenary Lord (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 4 New Talent (Level 4): Sin’s Grasp Activate to deal 115 (+19 per level) damage over 6 seconds to the target enemy Hero; can be cast while channeling All Shall Burn Minion kills each reduce Sin’s Grasp’s 100 second cooldown by 5 seconds New Talent (Level 7): Gluttonous Ward Activate to place a ward that restores 25% of Azmodan’s maximum Health and Mana over 10 seconds General of Hell (Trait) (D) Bound Minion (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 7 New Talent (Level 20): Forced Recruitment Reduces General of Hell’s cooldown from 30 to 20 seconds Allows Azmodan to store up to two General of Hell charges Globe of Annihilation (Q) New Talent (Level 13): Hedonism Reduces Globe of Annihilation’s Mana cost from 60 to 30 Summon Demon Warrior (W) Demon Warrior damage changed from 20 (+3 per level) per second to 40 (+2 per level) per second Enduring Warriors (Talent) removed Blazing Demons (Talent) removed Army of Hell (Talent) No longer increases maximum Demon charges Now increases Demon Warrior damage by 20%, and reduces Demon Warrior's Mana cost from 40 to 20 Hellforged Armor (Talent) Now also causes Demon Warriors to deal 10 (+1 per level) damage per second to nearby enemies All Shall Burn (E) Spare Nothing (Talent) removed Master of Destruction (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 1 Now also increases damage against Structures by 25% New Talent (Level 7): Infused Power All Shall Burn gains an additional charge-up level, increasing its damage by 25% [/quote] Seems like a buff to me

So which heroes are good right now?

[QUOTE=_Vendetta_;48488555]So which heroes are good right now?[/QUOTE] Depends on what you want to do

[QUOTE=mralexs;48488621]Depends on what you want to do[/QUOTE] Tank or ranged assassin, probably.

[QUOTE=_Vendetta_;48488757]Tank or ranged assassin, probably.[/QUOTE] Auto-attack Valla is really good

[QUOTE=mralexs;48488760]Auto-attack Valla is really good[/QUOTE] Just tried her, she's pretty good. She plays something like Vayne from LoL. What about for a tank?

[QUOTE=_Vendetta_;48488788]Just tried her, she's pretty good. She plays something like Vayne from LoL. What about for a tank?[/QUOTE] Johanna is the best at tanking. If you can't afford her, Muradin is really good at it too.

[QUOTE=mralexs;48488436]Lookin at these Azmodan changes... Seems like a buff to me[/QUOTE] I'm so glad they don't feel the need to nerf the Azmodunk build.

So I have 12k gold and I want to get the pig and goblin before sep 1. Am I crazy or is this doable.

Try leveling up your lowest level heroes for their free gold rewards. If not, you might be able to with a stimpack if you don't have enough free time to grind.

[QUOTE=_Vendetta_;48488757]Tank or ranged assassin, probably.[/QUOTE] For tanks Leoric is still really good. He was just nerfed but it really only turned him from, "Fucking bullshit," to "Kinda bullshit." Jo and Muradin are also pretty good. Ideally you'd want to get all of them and pick based on your comp, but that only applies to ranked. That's about it for tanks. For ranged assassin you have three options, Kael, Jaina, and Valla. Jaina was just nerfed but she's still good. Kael was just reworked but most people tend to think it was an overall buff to him, and he was already insanely strong. Valla is good also, and a lot more versatile than the first two. Those are the meta picks right now.

[QUOTE=Dr.Scrake;48489039]So I have 12k gold and I want to get the pig and goblin before sep 1. Am I crazy or is this doable.[/QUOTE] You'd probably have to buy a stim and grind a lot.

[QUOTE=Dr.Scrake;48489039]So I have 12k gold and I want to get the pig and goblin before sep 1. Am I crazy or is this doable.[/QUOTE] What's happening on sep 1.? edit : also just added myself to the list in OP, been getting into this. Bought the nexus pack.

I had purchased the physical box because I wanted Jaina, and $20 for five heroes is better than spending $10 per hero. Ended up preferring Zagara heavily, so now I have her Desert Queen skin as well. Too fun.

yay karazhim!

Bought the monk and played a few games with him. Pretty fun support that can get out a lot of healing and he's amazing with kerrigan.

So I like the new Kael'thas a lot more than the old one. The buff on Living Bomb with Chain Bomb makes him really damn strong.

[QUOTE=BackSapper;48491516]So I like the new Kael'thas a lot more than the old one. The buff on Living Bomb with Chain Bomb makes him really damn strong.[/QUOTE] He's certainly more enjoyable to play. Much more fun than just DQ DQ DQ DQ. Think he might even be more strong. Like he doesn't power spike as hard as he used to at 16, but his 13 spike is still p strong. Plus he feels stronger early.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;48489700]What's happening on sep 1.? edit : also just added myself to the list in OP, been getting into this. Bought the nexus pack.[/QUOTE] The pig mount gets removed from the mount rotation till whenever blizzard feels like it. Thinking about it I'll probably go for the pig first and then hope the goblin lasts a few months.

[QUOTE=Dr.Scrake;48491939]The pig mount gets removed from the mount rotation till whenever blizzard feels like it. Thinking about it I'll probably go for the pig first and then hope the goblin lasts a few months.[/QUOTE] I haven't read that anywhere. Do you have a source?

[url]http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/forum/topic/18695100790[/url]

As a coop/VS AI player, hows the updated AI?

I tried a couple and they didn't seem much better.

They seem a bit better from my games imo. They're much less likely to overextend and just get themselves killed, and they also seem to take more opportunities to kill you. Haven't turned it up though, I just left it at the default which is the middle difficulty speaking of bot games I recently had a game withe a leoric who died 21 times and had 5 kills

Had a Diablo AI take over for the entire game and he only died once so they must have done something.

[QUOTE=helifreak;48493288]Had a Diablo AI take over for the entire game and he only died once so they must have done something.[/QUOTE] I dunno, some of the bots were always rather good at the game. Kael'thas bots were better than the noobs playing him 9 times out of 10.

I was playing vs AI to clear out some quests and a guy called me a "newb" for getting killed. I had turned a corner right into four AI and the Diablo tackled me into the center, not much to do when you get one-shotted after that. He then ran head-first, straight down the lane, into the group and got slaughtered a minute later. People.

Haven't tried it yet but do the higher difficulty AI games grant more XP or something?

[QUOTE=Seiteki;48494749]I was playing vs AI to clear out some quests and a guy called me a "newb" for getting killed. I had turned a corner right into four AI and the Diablo tackled me into the center, not much to do when you get one-shotted after that. He then ran head-first, straight down the lane, into the group and got slaughtered a minute later. People.[/QUOTE] This games community is probably one of the best there is for a MOBA, but even still, you'll often get 1 person who's just clueless, just lacks self awareness at the most basic level, it's hilarious and sad.