#172 - Into the Nexus: “Hell it’s about summertime”

• Garrett • Kyle 

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Intro:  Welcome to Into the Nexus! The Heroes of the Storm podcast!

Played with Grandmaster #178 Twamy today

News

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Suns Out, Guns Out Summer Event

Sun's Out Loot Chests have a chance to contain event items, but aren't guaranteed to drop them every time.

• All chests earned during this event are Sun’s Out Loot Chests

https://twitter.com/BlizzHeroes/status/879803654819139584

Just play Heroes of the Storm, it’s as simple as that! Winning one game every day in any game mode (excluding Heroes Brawl) will automatically grant you an entry into our weekly drawings, giving you plenty of chances to win some epic loot. And don’t worry about falling behind if you’re unable to spend as much time as you’d like in the Nexus - players will only be able to earn one entry per day, up to a maximum of seven per week.

Rumor is that there will be a balance update tomorrow involving a Morales rework and a Genji and Malthael Nerf

Links

• http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/game/events/summer-2017
• http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20838724/beat-the-heat-with-the-sun%E2%80%99s-out-guns-out-event-6-27-2017
• http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20852963/sun%E2%80%99s-out-guns-out-sweepstakes-6-27-2017

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Strategy

Roster Building

The Goal: Make Everything EASY, Look like your winning from the start!

• Best to do now that things have settled.

Hands down, who is your first pick?

• Mostly uncounterable hero with regular power spike throughout its kit. Have a back up, these are the most likely to be banned too. Even better if it informs a team composition.

• Malthael
• Tassadar
• Anubarak
• Genji
• Uther
• Dehaka
• Artanis
• Greymane
• Sylvanas
• Valla

• Depends

• Xul
• Nazeebo
• Azmodan
• Zagara
• Auriel
• Guldan

• Great heroes but unlikely to steal a pick

• Thrall
• Cassia

Would you rather be in the solo lane or the 4 stack?

Everyone knows you need to be able to tank and support. Who is your just incase Stealthy?

Three Lane Maps

• Cursed Hollow - Late Game - Globals, Lane Clear, Poke, Boss
• Dragon Knight - Late Game - Globals, % Based Damage, Point Control
• Blackheart’s Bay - Mid Game (But Snowballed) - Merc Camps, Poke, Double Soak, Coin Bank
• Sky Temple - Mid Game - Point Control, Merc Camps, Boss
• Infernal Shrines - Late Game - Objective clear, building destruction, Merc camps
• Tomb of the Spider Queen - Late Game -  Lane Clear, Double Soak, Vision, Survivability (Coin Purse), Solo Lane

Two Lane Maps

• Braxis Holdout - Mid Game - Point Control, Lane Clear
• Hanamura - Early Game - Bribe, Mobile Point Control, Solo Siege, 4 - 1 lanes
• Battlefield of Eternity - Mid Game -  PvE Objective, 4 -1 Lane

Early Game vs. Late Game

• Zuljin Vs. Valla

4-1

• Convection Kael’thas
• Auriel
• Corruption Guldan

Miggy S.

Miggy S

Hey guys, big fan of the show and wanted to ask a few questions about our favourite Orc Warlock.

 So I recently opened a box and got Gul'dan from it. I went to Icy Veins and it showed me two viable builds. The corruption build and the Fel Flame build. I've tried both builds now and they both seem very effective. My first question would be, when and where should I use one build or the other?

The Fel Flame build seems the more spammy build and great for pushing out lanes and the Corruption build seems like its more for a team-fight centric style of play.

My second question would be, do you think Rain of Chaos needs a small buff? For example, making Gul'dan invulnerable while channeling. This would allow the heroic to be more useful as its damage is already inconsistent as it is.

As always, keep up the great work, love the show

Bloodanubis87

Hey guys with all the current feelsbadman atmosphere in most leagues (which i personally attribute to summer and people being out of school or out of the heat), do you think the event chests will make it worse? With everyone jumping in to play heroes they never play to level up for the boxes. Or do you think it will have a low impact, if these sorts of picks can stay in Quick Match, and maybe Unranked. Also i hate themed boxes, but will take solace in that at least the legendary drop percentage is higher in Heroes than in Overwatch.

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