Free Hero Rotation Week of Tuesday May 5th
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Available at all levels: Malfurion, Nova, Rhegar, Tyreal, Valla
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Available at level 12: Chen
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Available at level 15: Sylvanas
Basic Builds: Boom Boom Zeratul
Are some squirrels trying to steal your precious trash? Throw nuts at them. Is a pesky lightswitch mocking you from across the room when all you want to do is live in the shadows? Toss your shoe at it. It's a fact; throwing things solves problems. Warm up your bomb-lobbing arm as we take a lighthearted look at the Zeratul Double Bomb build. Read the full build here.
On Our Mini-Map: Team eStar
Team eStar Gaming, while already ranked worldwide #6 in our GosuGamers.net Rankings, isn't a household name yet in the HOTS scene. However, eStar is on a tear though Storm League Season 1, winning five matches in a row, all 2-0. Among the vanquished teams are Blizzard Master (Rank #164), Ago Leoss (Rank #182), Fantasy (Rank #186), X Team (Rank #11), and Team No Limit (Rank #23). Dominating their group in Storm League Season 1, Team eStar Gaming is a power to watch as the Storm League Season 1 playoffs begin.
Skins vs Skins: Holiday Party
Would you rather attend a pajama party with three bearded Norsemen, a real life glow worm, and venom-spewing toy trains; or spend Easter with a deranged aqua-bunny hell bent on vengence, and yet another bearded Norseman wielding a lollipop the size of a toddler? Life is full of these hard choices, but you can chose only one.
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Kings of the Nexus & In the Scrap Heap
It's a good week to be a Lost Viking. The Lost Vikings are at the top of the winrate boards over at HotsLogs.net across all leagues with a staggering 63.7 win percentage. Brightwing comes in a distant second at 58.4%. The disparity in games played, 21,673 for Lost Vikings, 61,747 for Brightwing, might be skewing the win rates. However, The Lost Vikings have been performing exceptionally well in tournament play as well, so their time atop the pedestal might soon come to an end due to "balance issues".
In Bronze league Sonya has the lowest win percentage at 41.1. Meanwhile, across all leauges Stiches is anchoring the board with a dismal 43.7% winrate. What? Stitches no bad Hero! In Master League, however, Tychus and Gazlowe join Stitches in the scrap pile, with win percentages of 52.4 and 52.9, respectively. Auto Select continues to be a mediocre Hero with a 55.9% win rate.
Storm Stream of the Week
This week we focus our streaming spotlight onto Trikslyr, one of Blizzard's own Community Managers. Arriving to Blizzard via an open IPL casting call, Tim Frazier has always been comfortable in front of the camera. Most recently he has been there to guide us through the brackets of Heroes of the Dorm on ESPN3.
Even though he is a Blizzard insider, don't expect any inside information from the stream. However, do expect Rank 1 Hero League play and a calm and informative atmosphere. Check out his stream at twitch.tv/trikslyr.
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