The HYPER Mobile Tank! | Sgt. Hammer | Grubby - HotS

The HYPER Mobile Tank! (Game played on 26-December-2022)
Catch me live all days of the week at: / grubby

[@shaunroberts2037]

I could see the old stealth effect fairly reliably cause I grew up with broodwar and it used the same effect. Childhood ptsd from arbiter and wraith cloak does wonders. But yeah it was a good change to make it more visible cause scouring the screen for a minor distortion isn't exactly fun

[@metalgearbear9748]

Khara and Azmo were doing major work this game

[@artemiXerrTV]

I've really feeling bad that HotS going to dying each day... I hope we don't lose this game like forever. You and those players still supporting even most players going to abandon the game ( sometimes I dont want to play anymore as well :) I love HotS and I believe that ''there is always hope'' Keep sharing, Grub !

[@Arcturus56]

First time in my gaming life I've been greedy...... with hours of content stating otherwise. - Grubby the Bold

[@llamingo696]

Stealth used to be like predator movies, I miss that effect :/

[@georgplatzer8213]

i think body block works really well in this game actually

[@MrDNE1000]

huh, did kharazim not take cleansing touch vs valeera diablo kelthuzad puck?

[@IrrieldeCZ]

The tank in the thumbnail looks like the best tank of the Survivors from KKND 2.

[@mars7246]

when you get to 16:11 and realize there is gameplay because you were just staring at logan

[@JJ-ts6zo]

Today I played Sgt.Hammer first time, I had no idea what I was doing but still did 30k more dmg on structures. Not my type of hero but was interesting experience lol

[@TheHalogen131]

A question. I thought Ambush was the best level 1 because of the burst and immediate value it provides. Why aren't you taking it?

[@onkelpappkov2666]

Splash is considered the best level 1 since it strongly synergizes with most of her powerful talents. Edit: That said, if he's not going standard build but mines, it probably doesn't matter.

[@Mene0]

Shrapnel Mines is insane

[@Dehalove]

Love to see the W build Dehaka!

[@SeanSapiens]

Need chat on screen! Always more entertaining with chat on screen. :)

[@voevodineu]

Am I the only one who thinks that Grubby's wife plays way better?

[@KingRatt]

I’m confused why you ran from your fort and didn’t try to get back in your base?

[@AllWIllFall2Me]

Without a timestamp, it's hard to answer that question,, but the most probable answer is that Grubby was attempting to "juke" some damage, going a way the enemy doesn't expect in order to confuse them and avoid attacks, or minimize their damage to other members of the team. A good example of this is right after he gets palmed at 6:32. Diablo was starting his lightning breath animation, during which he has a relatively slow turn speed. By going right, instead of left, he may have been hoping Diablo pre-emptively turned, and missed some damage. At the same time, if he had gone to the left, he might have given Kel'Thuzad a chance to chain him and Kharazim together, meaning that he'd hurt his healer trying to save himself. Similarly, with Diablo facing right, he can't turn left and blast the healer or the towers/gate with fire. If Grubby ran to the left between the two, maybe he'd have survived, but he also could have ended up getting the healer and buildings more damaged.

[@KingRatt]

@@AllWIllFall2Me 17:44

[@AllWIllFall2Me]

@@KingRatt Ah. For that one, I think it was a matter of his first moves putting him into an unlucky position, maybe with a bit of over-caution/unawareness on talents. For the first part, while he's harassing Valeera, we don't know where all the enemy team is: We can see Brightwing clearing the bottom lane, and when we last saw Kel'Thuzad, he was moving toward the bottom right camp. So Tychus and Diablo are missing. Tychus COULD be helping Valeera take the siege camp, just out of range of Grubby's sight, or he's helping Kel'Thuzad. Then, Diablo comes around the corner, AND the bottom right camp gets taken. So 4 out of the 5 heroes, at a minimum, seem to be on the bottom half of the map. When Diablo shows up, Grubby goes right to prevent a bad hit: if Grubby tried to cut between Diablo and the fort, Diablo can stun him against the wall, then immediately flip Grubby closer to Valeera, and (depending on his talents) maybe push him into the wall he was firing over, stunning him again. So it makes sense to cut right to avoid all that. Diablo, seeing Grubby getting away, charges, pushing him further right as Grubby turns on his boosters. (At which point Kel'Thuzard reveals himself, on the top right) Now, yes, at that exact moment, maybe Grubby could/should have veered hard left, cutting between the Healing Fountain and the wall. But, if he does that, Diablo probably gets to use his flipping stunning ability, moving Grubby to Diablo's other side, where he might be in range for Valeera to stun or silence him (probably spelling his doom) on her way up from the camp and/or, depending on Diablo's talents, letting diablo push him back to where he will DEFINITELY be in range for Valeera/the presumably approaching Tychus and Kel'Thuzad. So to stay out of Diablo's grasp, he drives up and into the 'jungle', trying to make it to the gates of the top fort rather than trying to swoop over the bushes to his left, because if he goes that way, Valeera (who is faster than him while in stealth) can maybe cut left, through that same gap he couldn't use to avoid Diablo, and cut him off, stunning him before he gets to 'safety'. So running straight up maximizes the distance between Grubby and Valeera for the most amount of time, minimizing the odds of her getting a stun or silence off and letting the rest of her team close in. Tragically, it's just barely not long enough, and even then, if not for the Brightwing Polymorph, maybe Grubby would have had the speed to get behind his fort before Diablo could stun him again. It's a risky move, and if Grubby hadn't tried to siege up and harass Valeera at 17:42, he could have been further left and gotten away scot-free, but that's how things go.

[@crimwolf7672]

FINISH IT!!!

[@wanaan]

I live sgt Hammer

[@meliksahtokur7483]

Mine build: i cant play hammer 😢

[@0neza0]

Damn hots is looking like a gacha mobile rts. About time that suffering comes to an end

[@DariuszKozak13]

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