We continue on with the Heroes of the Storm World Championships for Blizzcon 2015. Tempo Storm and Brave Heart will be facing each other in the elimination rounds later on today for the Group B Bracket. Both teams will seek to win this with everything they have, all or nothing, as whoever loses, will be eliminated. On one side, we have the well known team, Tempo Storm, whilst on the other, we have a relatively new contender, Brave Heart. Lets take a look at both teams and see what they may bring to the table.
Tempo Storm:
Tempo Storm was without doubt North Americas (NA) best team for a period of time. Until recently, after the NA qualifiers at Las Vegas, Tempo Storm has been in decline due to dwindling team chemistry. Simlpy put they aren't in form. Tempo Storm has suggested that they would like to go through roster changes once Blizzcon is over. At the moment they cannot do that due to a roster lock. Despite all of this, Tempo Storm is determined to do their best. We could very well see a comeback from Tempo Storm, who had a difficult start against Team DK. Tempo Storms roster includes:
Dreadnaught: Support, main shotcaller, and captain.
So1dier: Warrior/tank role.
Kaeyoh: Assassin
Arthelon: Either specialist or assassin
Zuna: Mainly assassin, may off-tank
We should expect to see Dreadnaught pick up Uther, unless it gets taken or banned. In this case, he may pick Malfurion or his favorite, Brightwing. So1dier will be tanking with the common tanks; Leoric, Johanna or Muradin. However, i expect to see a second tank being picked up, as this is the current meta trend. Furthermore, Tempo Storm had one tank when they loss against Team DK. A duo-tank composition is generally safe. So they may learn from that. We could see Zuna or Arthelon fill in the role as the off-tank or bruiser. Kaeyoh may go specialist or assassin depending on the team composition. A ban on melee assassins or warriors such as Illidan or Sonya may follow through as Brave Heart is very comfortable playing them. Moreover, if Tempo Storm does their research, they may ban Tyrande from Brave Heart, as they were pretty good with Tyrande.
Brave Heart:
Team Brave Heart hails from China. They have been somewhat quiet in the heroes scene, so we know very little about them. This could ultimately come to their advantage as Tempo Storm will not really know what to expect from them. Brave Heart had a rough match against Na'Vi, who took the game 2-0. We can expect to see Brave Heart pull up some tricks to triumph over Tempo Storm in the elimination round.
Gemini: Support
Keardiar: Warrior/Tank
BaoHOTS: Specialist
Exia: Assassin
M: Assassin/Off-tank
Gemini will without doubt, be playing support. He's shown that he's not afraid to play Tyrande as a solo-support. We could see him picking up Tyrande or Uther. Keardiar is probably going to go for Muradin or Leoric, according to past trends. BaoHOTS will interchange with Exia over assassin and specialist, they could go for either role depending on their composition and Tempo Storms composition. M could supplement Keardiar with a double tank composition for a sturdy frontline or go for more damage as an assassin. I think we will most likely see him go for a tank such as Sonya. Brave Heart should try to deny Dreadnaught from playing Brightwing, as he is really good with her. I expect to see Brave Heart pick Uther, and ban Brightwing, pushing Tempo Storm into taking Malfurion.
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