Hello fellow hero stormers, this is PanDuhChuu coming to you with my second tier list for Heroes of the Storm! In my opinion, most tier lists for this game are either poor and do not take the right statistics into account, or they do those things right but just do not update enough. My goal with this tier list is to update it every time there are significant balance changes or when there is a significant change that causes a big meta shift. I think a tier list is critical to helping players draft well and also for knowing which heroes to practice and try to pull out in draft mode. This tier list takes into account win rates, statistics, and my own experiences in Heroes of the Storm as well. I also look at all the tier lists that I think are useful and important and compare them to make sure I am not too far-fetched on my ideas of the power levels of heroes.

Heroes on the incline: The butcher has moved way up this time. The overhaul of his talents and abilities was actually pretty insane. I may have overreacted on him a bit, but I honestly do not think so. I think he is a late game monster that can snowball out of control earlier in the game if he gets kills. The nerf to imposing presence also did not hurt.

Valla has moved up this time. I think her talent and ability overhaul made her a lot stronger. The nerf to imposing presence also helped her a lot.

Tychus has moved up this time. I think I had him too low last time. He does require some specific picking, but I think he is stronger than the heroes that are below him. On a side note if you build a team around Odin with Abathur, Auriel, Morales, or other attack speed increases, he can hyper carry his a** off.

I moved Sonya up this time because I felt that she was too low before. She has amazing potential in the right hands.

Rexxar is the highest win rate in the game at the time of this tier list and I could not justify having him any lower. I still do not think he deserves to be higher than this because he is boosted from a few amazing, dedicated players playing him consistently and bringing the numbers up.

Heroes on the Decline:

Zagara moved down this time because Blizzard basically nerfed all of her numbers on almost every ability or strong talent.

E.T.C. moved down because I really feel I had him too high last time. He is great with specific team compositions, but is really hard to execute in solo queue.

Arthas is not as strong as I thought he would be. I still think he is a good pick, just not tier two worthy. Honestly the tank pool is so bad that you can really pick any of them as long as they fit your team composition.

Muradin has moved down because of the weird changes to his talents. Also his win rate does not justify being any higher. In the right hands or in the hands of coordinated teams he can be amazing.

Nazeebo has fallen because of the bug fixes and because he does not do burst damage or sustained damage as well as other heroes. For everything he does, besides being tanky for a dps, there is another hero that does it better.

Anub’arak is way too squishy and does not work as a solo tank anymore.

Rehgar was nerfed. I may have moved him down too much, but honestly his win rate makes it really hard to put him higher. It is pretty sad really.

*Special Notes

*Alarak is not in here. I have not had sufficient time or data to place him somewhere yet. He will be placed in the next tier list.

*I was debating on whether to move Morales down to a lower tier, but I kept her where she is because with a specific team composition she can be extremely difficult to play around and can make auto attackers insane

*Medivh is not a support. He can not solo support, he also is not a dps, you must draft extra damage either in the support role or by getting two dps with extremely high damage potential.

*Leoric is not a solo tank. He is a bruiser that has high sustain potential, but also has very high damage potential for a warrior. You should draft another tank or bruiser to go with him. He is probably tier 2 if you could always guarantee another warrior to go with him.

*Tyrande is a pseudo-healer. A good Tyrande can solo heal if it is necessary, but she is best played in a duo support composition. Please, do not pick Tyrande solo heal and not build her to maximize her healing and utility.She is probably tier two with specific compositions that include duo healers or pick/ganking compositions.

*Tassadar is not a healer. He can solo support if it is necessary, but he is best when played in a duo support composition. Please, do not pick Tassadar if he is your only support. The only time this works is if the whole team picks accordingly and plays accordingly, which is rare in solo queue. He is probably tier two with specific compositions that include duo healers.

*Sonya is not a solo tank. She is a bruiser that has the potential to do the most damage on your team. You must draft another tank or bruiser to go along with her.

*Rexxar has a high win rate, I can check hotslogs, I know this. Rexxar is excellent at mercing and he is a good solo laner. If you have another tank he can be effective. If you have no one that can lane by themselves on maps where this is necessary, he can fill this role for you because he has good sustain and wave clear. In general though, he is a bad pick.

*I honestly think that Abathur, Chromie, and Zeratul are better than this, but they do not have a great place in the current meta and it would be hard to justify putting them higher because of their win percentages.

* I think Gul’Dan and Tychus have great kits, and can be picked in certain scenarios, but I think their numbers are under tuned. they do not quite do enough damage for how they have to be played.

Let me know what you guys think. I am looking forward to your feedback.

-Caleb “PanDuhChuu” Jones

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