Nexus Weekly #10: Is Butcher Bad?

Free hero rotation week of Tuesday, July 7th

Available at all levels: Malfurion, Valla, Tassadar, Stitches, Sylvannas

Available at level 12: Zeratul

Available at level 15: Johanna

Poll: What Class dominates the Eternal Conflict?

With new maps come new metas. And with new metas comes that one guy in Hero League telling everyone how horrible their picks are. Don't just stand there and take his 'wisdom', be that guy instead. What class do you think has the best line-up to dominate the Eternal Conflict battlefield?

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On our mini-map: ROCCAT





Having just qualified for DreamHack Valencia, ROCCAT (formerly known as Well Met) finds their way onto our mini-map this week. This European team has won seven out of their last eleven matches and seems to be poised to battle with the big boys. Ranked #15 on our GosuGamers.NET world rankings, ROCCAT has defeated Gryphus Evo (Rank #57), Kappa123 (Rank #36), PuszekTeam (Rank #22), and Virtus.Pro (Rank #8).

ROCCAT's most recent and notable loss was an 0-2 to Team Liquid Hots (Rank #1). However, PuszekTeam was able to take a set off of Team Liquid, and ROCCAT was able to beat Puszek, so there is not telling what the limit for ROCCAT will be. They are definitely a team to watch during DreamHack Valencia July 13-16th.

Is Butcher Bad?

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It has only been a week, and sure, we could reserve judgement, but where is the fun in that? Johanna didn't have the most stellar debut either, but Sylvannas and Lost Vikings both found themselves near the top of the HotsLogs.com rankings after their inaugural weeks. Let's take a look at Butcher's week one numbers.

Across all leagues, Butcher ranks 14th overall with a winrate of 50.5%. That makes him the fourth ranked assassin. Surprisingly, in Bronze leagues, Butcher is the 6th overall ranked hero with an impressive (for Bronze League) 47.0% winrate, behind only Jaina when it comes to assassins. However, in Master Leagues, Butcher is an extremely unimpressive 25th rank overall with a 53.7% winrate, ahead of only fellow assassins Thrall and Valla.

It appears that Butcher is struggling to beat good players, and dominating lesser players. So our conclussion is this; Butcher is only not bad when he is pitted against bad players.

Storm stream of the week

Do you like to party? These guys like to party. Super HOTS Guys is a stream with killer graphics and wonderful new retro wave music. Come for the party but stay for the gameplay as this group ladders through Hero League.

What is your favorite hero/class? Why?

I’m a big fan of assassin heroes, with Zeratul being my all-time favorite. He’s great for cleaning up that last bit of leftover damage, and can turn what would be a small victory into a decisive one.

What do you feel is overpowered and/or underpowered in the game right now?

I don’t feel like there’s any really overpowered abilities in the game right now. Everything has a pretty solid counter to offset it, most losses just come down to mechanics or bad composition choices.

I think Brightwing might have gotten hit a little hard with the nerf hammer, and the changes they made to Stitches in the last patch probably weren’t strong enough buffs for him. Merc Lord is also never worth taking with its current design, but I want it to be.

The one gripe I have about the “balance” in the game is the way most heroes tend to have so many junk talents. Kael’Thas is a great example of a hero who basically has one build. For the vast majority of talent choices in the game, there’s 4 choices but 2-3 of them might as well not even exist.

Describe your stream in one sentence.

It’s Super Hot and we’re guys.



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