Dorazion
This is a hard question. I love Tempo Storm and enjoy watching them play, but Puszek Team has my heart for many reasons. They were an unknown team that first became known from competing again and again in open qualifiers, and even though they lost, they kept coming back. Then, out of nowhere, they defeat Team Liquid in a BO3 set with one of my favorite heroes: Nova. Not many teams could pull that off. They still occasionally use Nova in tournament play, and their play against top tier teams is surprisingly solid.
Puszek, to me, is the perfect example of a rising star. As they get more tournament experience, they only get stronger.
Match to watch: Puszek vs Kappa 123
Hexagrams
B A R R E L B O Y S, erm, Team compLexity. I’m a very shallow person. I like things that look nice and names that sound cool. Besides originally being the best name in HOTS, BARRELBOYS, the roster is full of fun to say names: Blinks, Rawrjar, Trummel, cattlepillar, h0ns, Jaximus, and KittenoftheStorm. However, beyond the amazing vernacular employed in their handles, compLexity has shown they can beat anyone.
They’ve defeated both Cloud9 and TempoStorm in tournament play. While they are currently ranked #4 in North America, and 11th in the world, get in on this wonderfully named hype train now, or you’ll be breaking ankles trying to hop on the bandwagon when BARRELBOYS rolls to the top of the Heroes mountain.
Match to watch: compLexity vs. Cognitive Gaming
JamesDickens
My favorite team has to be Na’Vi. Not only does it feature two Bulgarian players, but the team also continues the Na’Vi trend of having ridiculous up and forth games. We have watched them pull out amazing wins in Dota 2 and CS:GO for years now and their Heroes of the Storm team is no exception. Even though the team lost an amazing talent like Breez, watching them play with AlexTheProg and defeating Liquid in the Road to BlizzCon qualifiers proved that the Na’Vi character transcends in each of their teams.
Match to watch: Na'Vi vs. ROCCAT
ManMode
The team I enjoy watching the most is ATN Fancy. They may not be the greatest team around, or the most successful, but they always seem to be there standing toe to toe with the big leagues. I think everyone is a sucker for an underdog story, and that’s almost every game for them. Not to say that they’re unskilled, just that they often go unnoticed and every victory for them feels like it was earned. Plus they have one of the most amazing team logos ever. Truly a band of fancy gentlemen.
Match to watch: ATN Fancy vs Gamers2
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