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[Decency]

(only two passive are affected by silence because they are specifically coded to disable when silenced)

Which two? NH's ultimate I know, the other?

[crazysheep]

Which two? NH's ultimate I know, the other?

I believe the other one would be Glyph of Silence.

[Vahn]

Yes it is glyph of silence, so if you are a hero that spams spells getting a Stormspirit, hellflower or sheep stick is a good way to counter his passive.

[GrumpyOwl]

So, I'm a mid 1500's player. A few games ago, I was playing a :flin:, and lanning with a :blac:, freefarming against a solo :doct:. I got bloodlust, farming fine, so I ended up going :Steamboots:=> :Hack:=> :GeometersBane:, mostly because they let me. I think I had Geo before 25 minutes as well. Now, at this time, their :zeph:(which I incorrectly assumed my team had been handling), comes out with a :Mock: and their entire team starts pushing, hard. They win.

My question is essentially, since I was buying my full boots before the 5 minute mark, should I have instead gone:
:Marchers:=>:AlchemistBones:=>:Steamboots:=>:MysticVestments:=>:Hack:=>:ShamansHeaddress: while working towards :ShrunkenHead:? We probably would've lost regardless of my item choices, but I'm the only part of my team that I can improve, so what do y'all think?

Their line up was :zeph::witc::pyro::doct::legi:

[MOBAKing]

So, I'm a mid 1500's player. A few games ago, I was playing a :flin:, and lanning with a :blac:, freefarming against a solo :doct:. I got bloodlust, farming fine, so I ended up going :Steamboots:=> :Hack:=> :GeometersBane:, mostly because they let me. I think I had Geo before 25 minutes as well. Now, at this time, their :zeph:(which I incorrectly assumed my team had been handling), comes out with a :Mock: and their entire team starts pushing, hard. They win.

My question is essentially, since I was buying my full boots before the 5 minute mark, should I have instead gone:
:Marchers:=>:AlchemistBones:=>:Steamboots:=>:MysticVestments:=>:Hack:=>:ShamansHeaddress: while working towards :ShrunkenHead:? We probably would've lost regardless of my item choices, but I'm the only part of my team that I can improve, so what do y'all think?

Their line up was :zeph::witc::pyro::doct::legi:
The latter build would be better. If I were you I would have gotten the Alchemist Bones only if I could at a decent time, then built Steamboots, then a Shrunken Head.

It's not really about the items though, you should have urged your team to hunt the enemy Zephyr.

[GrumpyOwl]

Bones would've definitely been before the 6-7 minute mark, I was farming very well. But yeah, I made an assumption that they were chasing him, but I never actually made sure that they were >.> Thanks

[Decency]

If you went straight Geo's against a Zephyr who only has a Mock you should have absolutely crushed him with good control, ministuns are silly. If he got a :HelmOfTheBlackLegion: first, that's a lot different because a good portion of the damage you're doing in midgame will be negated. If you saw that, you might've wanted to consider a Frostburn into Riftshards.

As for Shaman's Headdress versus Shrunken Head, the latter is usually much better on a carry like Flint because you'll be the target of a lot of stuns/disables. Against a :zeph::witc::pyro::doct::legi: team, the first 4 do huge magic damage, so it probabaly would have been your best early pickup.

[GrumpyOwl]

The rest of our team was :scou::blac::mora::krak: if I remember correctly, so we didn't really have the best team fights with the lack of farm that was happening for everyone else. I'm not sure if he went helm first, but I should probably be checking that as a hero like flint. Thanks for the advice everyone!

[endra]

The rest of our team was :scou::blac::mora::krak: if I remember correctly, so we didn't really have the best team fights with the lack of farm that was happening for everyone else. I'm not sure if he went helm first, but I should probably be checking that as a hero like flint. Thanks for the advice everyone!

if your moraxus-blacksmith-scout combo'd down zephyr before he can prepare his ult it should be manageable

but your team has weak midgame presence without proper farm so yeah

[Dolphn]

Is there a complete list of dispellable buffs, debuffs and abilities? As in, is there a list of what is Nullfire Blade is worth for?

[GokuIsSexy]

did normal pick existed?i cant remember.....

[CpnKirk]

How does Parasite's ult work when you cast it on an ult'ing Accursed? I've done it and it seemed to take away a huge chunk of my own life, as parasite. What exactly is going on there?

[PHoNaM]

does dampeers lifesteal stack with abyssal and whisperin helm?

[Vahn]

does dampeers lifesteal stack with abyssal and whisperin helm?

Yes.

[Undutchable]

The rest of our team was :scou::blac::mora::krak: if I remember correctly, so we didn't really have the best team fights with the lack of farm that was happening for everyone else. I'm not sure if he went helm first, but I should probably be checking that as a hero like flint. Thanks for the advice everyone!

I'd like to add that Shamans --> Shrunken wouldn't have been a good idea.

Depending on the amount of farm you got, i would've gone steamboots > Firebrand > Shrunken... Or if you felt you had beastly good farm (>300 gpm) then you could have gone a Alchemist bones first. Since they were so magic heavy, I wouldn't advise it normally (because if they're so magic/stun heavy, if they would roam, you would be fcked)
Why Firebrand into shrunken? Firebrand for some extra dps, movement speed. then SH so you can actually stand in a teamfight longer than 3 seconds. You would have had that item build around the same time you would have had Geo, and i think you would have made a bigger impact.

I would have gone: Steamboots > Firebrand > SH

[dayvill`]

i dont know if this was asked before and i had try searching in forum and google.
how to make text chat colored and blinking in game??

[robbiek1]

i dont know if this was asked before and i had try searching in forum and google.
how to make text chat colored and blinking in game??
^### <message>
#= a number 1~9

~Robbie

[Sai_Kano]

1: The option to disconnect is confusing.
"you will NOT become a leaver if you disconnect from this game."
That doesn't seem to be the case stats or no stats.

2: When people left the game a text says:
"you can now leave without penalty"
I think I got a leave rating because of this but isn't that a penalty?

thanks. :goldenshield:

[SomeWeirdSin]

1. That means that leave from this game will not make you pass the 5% threshold that makes you ineligible for MM and non leaver games. You'll get a leave, but won't become marked as a leaver.

2. You shouldn't get a leaver once more than 2 people on your team are disconnected and are out of re-connection time.

[Robb57]

What is astrolabe immunity? Astrolabe gives you +2 armor and this

[Decency]

Astrolabe Immunity makes it so that you can't be healed from other Astrolabes during the duration, to prevent many of them from being stacked on the same team.

[BadBromance]

What are some counters for Emerald Warden? Who is he particularly good against?

[MrBrightside]

What are some counters for Emerald Warden? Who is he particularly good against?

Warden himself is a pretty decent mid due to his above-all range (except skilled flint) and his no-risk-though-high-mana-cost nuke. He is particulary good versus heroes with escape mechanisms, such as blink or leap (e.g. :valk::doct::wret::mage:) due to his single target 5(?) second silence.
Also he is particularly good in 1vs1-situation not only because of the silence, but because of his little flying companion.

There is no general way of countering him, cause there isn't really much to counter. If you have a blinker and keep dying cause of his silence, consider getting a Nullstone. Other than that, most carries can at least compete with him, he's a sub-par carry atm imho.

[Nutwagon]

Can someone link me a list/tell me which heroes are considered support heroes?

Please and thanks!

[Mankrik]

Passive support:
:plag::deme::vood::nymp::empa::accu::jera:

Aggressive (roam/kill lane) support:
:witc::andr::hell::glac::myrm::slit::behe:

Semi-support (can and frequently are played as support):
:poll::succ::vind::ophe::tort::blac::chip:

This is not a definitive list. Many of these heroes can fit in multiple lists, such as voodoo easily being able to roam. Some of the heroes in semi-support are most frequently support (vindi/ophelia) while some are only put in that role occasionally (tort/chipper).

Just because a hero is in passive support doesn't mean they can't get their carry/lane partner kills. It's not meant literally. Most of those heroes are extraordinarily good harassers, which is what makes them good support. Being a good support hero depends, essentially, on two things:

1) Item independence. Being functional with little to no gold. Glacius, andro and voodoo are excellent examples of this. They can make use of items, but they're not pointless without them.
2) Either good range and harass (plague) or extremely good defensive abilities (accursed).

[KrAzEiT]

do illusions get magic dmg if you have harkons active? i know nullfire doesnt

[HahaYouDied]

Geometers bane illusions keep the harkon effect if you had it activated prior to using the geo.

[iTzSLammi]

1) Is it just me or is that Gauntlet hero super op? I mean a nuke that stuns AND a hook ability that also stuns??? -_- Guessing he is NOT a port from dota correct?

2) Is there a way to check your average apm in hon?

[robbiek1]

1) Is it just me or is that Gauntlet hero super op? I mean a nuke that stuns AND a hook ability that also stuns??? -_- Guessing he is NOT a port from dota correct?

2) Is there a way to check your average apm in hon?
1) Hes not from DotA, hes not OP.
2) Yes, in your stats for your avg apm overall, and after every game you can see it for the particular game.

~Robbie

[Seltn]

Why I cant use more mouse hotkeys than mouse left/right and "page forward/backward"...
Got more keys.... need more hotkeys!

[iTzSLammi]

Does leaving a No Stat game affect your leave percentage or stats in any way? I ask this cause I'm pretty sure it says you will be given a new leave percentage.

[robbiek1]

Does leaving a No Stat game affect your leave percentage or stats in any way? I ask this cause I'm pretty sure it says you will be given a new leave percentage.
Yes, it does say so.
No, it does not affect ANY stat.

~Robbie

[Decency]

I was told that Vindicator's/Slither's orbs are no longer attack modifiers due to a patch. Can anyone verify this? It wasn't in the most recent past notes.

[Vahn]

Slithers passive is no longer an attack modifier and accursed's sear also isn't either.

Vindicators hasn't been changed.

[Chamillitary]

How much experience does it take to go from account level 4 to 5?

I've paid attention to account levels for the first time ever since F2P obviously, I'm curious about it because it seems to take quite a while.

[iTzSLammi]

Biggest difference between MMR and PSR???

[robbiek1]

Biggest difference between MMR and PSR???
On public games (PSR) you can kick people you think are too good/too bad based on your own judgement of stats.
PSR can be very inflated, if you play against worse players, so you win more, you can be higher PSR.
MMR does this for you, so you play against same MMR, and often same skill lvl too. This makes MMR a more reliable reflection of how good people actually are.

~Robbie

[Valdyz]

Did they remove the player ladder? Or is it still possible to see it somewhere

[MOBAKing]

Did they remove the player ladder? Or is it still possible to see it somewhere
At the top of this page there is a link
http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/players/

Not sure how updated they keep that, but it seems to be accurate

[ThunderPantz]

Anyone Knows if Emeral Warden's Hawk Strike Triggers Nomad's Ulti? :)

[Mankrik]

Anyone Knows if Emeral Warden's Hawk Strike Triggers Nomad's Ulti? :)

It does not.

[robbiek1]

Anyone Knows if Emeral Warden's Hawk Strike Triggers Nomad's Ulti? :)
All damage should trigger it.
I'm not sure tho, i'll test it and edit this in a few minutes with the answer.

EDIT: No, it surprisingly doesn't...

~Robbie

[Manstein]

Hi, i have a doubt (maybe quit silly, bu i have to ask) about the force random mode, the algorithm which controls it, choose the heroes in a true alleatory way or it tries pick a balanced line-up.

[MOBAKing]

Hi, i have a doubt (maybe quit silly, bu i have to ask) about the force random mode, the algorithm which controls it, choose the heroes in a true alleatory way or it tries pick a balanced line-up.
The random hero selections seem completely independent of each other. Each random is not influenced by other randoms besides the same hero can't be randomed twice.

[iTzSLammi]

If your stats are lost (not recorded) is there any way to retrive/get them back? Or are they lost forever.

[robbiek1]

If your stats are lost (not recorded) is there any way to retrive/get them back? Or are they lost forever.
Lost forever. (yay for S2 servers.)

~Robbie

[somebodydie]

How do I change the courier style?

[Decency]

How do I change the courier style?

Select it, there's two buttons below the portrait. One lets you pick a new look and one lets you lock the current look (if you bought the courier).

[DriLL]

Will RD(Random Draft) ever be part of MM. Favorite mode and never play it :(

[MOBAKing]

Will RD(Random Draft) ever be part of MM. Favorite mode and never play it :(

Unfortunately, probably not. I enjoy the mode too but I don't think a lot of people do and Banning Draft already encapsulates this game mode along with the ability to ban.

[HusTomten]

Ok this prob is really stupid but here it comes; How do I delete posts/threads? xD

[Vahn]

You can't, you'll have to ask a moderator. Best way is to use the report function on your own post and say in the reason that you want your post/thread deleted.

[HeraldofZion]

how do you view the player ladder?

[HusTomten]

You can't, you'll have to ask a moderator. Best way is to use the report function on your own post and say in the reason that you want your post/thread deleted.

Ah thanks, I thought it was possible since the button says edit/DELETE.

[Doomhammar]

Anyone Knows if Emeral Warden's Hawk Strike Triggers Nomad's Ulti? :)
Nope, last time i got hit atleast it did not proc the effect

[Koenig039]

I have no sound in game. I am using MAC OS. And I have no idea what I need to do to the sound began again to work. I would appreciate it if you do tell, how to solve this problem.

[`V`Drew911]

how do you counter a push strat with :nymp::pyro::slit::keep:and rapsody. Nymphora heals + dance floor kept them alive through a lot of crap. I recognize behemoth as some1 who might be able to stop this but is there any1 else or a lineup perhaps?

[Mankrik]

:souls::pyro::amun::tort:

All of these are extremely good antipushers. There's no hard counter to a pushstrat, you just need to play well and not give them an inch of ground that you don't have to. Pushstrats are extremely reliant on levels so that they can start pushing hard before you have the items to be able to render creeps irrelevant.

As much as having a "tank" is silly in other games, it's pretty important here that you have a hero that can afford to initiate and be in the middle of things. Kraken is particularly good at this because his ult can be gamechanging. Keeper, armadon and maliken are other good options.

[spdn4cr]

I posted this on the main board but didn't get any responses. How does Rhapsody's Arcane Hymn work? Is it when the spell is cast or do you have to be in the aura when the damage is being done.

For example, if Plague ults while in her aura and then walks out of it while the ult is still going does the ult still get the affects of the aura? On conversely if Plague ults while OUTSIDE the aura and then walks into her aura as the ult is still going does it get the benefits of the aura? I'm just not sure how the mechanics of her aura work.

Thanks!

[Tenor]

:hamm: When playing a carry-type hero like The Dark Lady or Predator...

If your character doesn't have any real disable like these two (The Dark Lady has her silence, which is still good, though), typically how does the character prioritize targets in team fights? Especially since melee carries can't really switch targets too quickly, it's helpful to have sort of a flexible priority list going into the fight.

I know not all fights are the same and even different fights against the same team are different at their core, but without the luxury of range or amazing disables, how is a priority list formed? Aim for the opposing carry? Aim for the most disabling enemy? Aim for the enemy with the most debilitating items? Aim for the squishiest enemy? Intuition? I know the rules are not hard and fast, but I lack experience when it comes to this topic.

[Mankrik]

It's entirely subjective. Predator is different than most of the other carries, too. He's not going to be very successful going toe-to-toe with the other team's carry (which will also usually be ranged), but he excels at picking off multiple heroes during his stoneskin->shrunken->stoneskin. So as predator your job is to kill their disables or powerful ults (so witch, tempest, behemoth, whatever) while you're magic immune. Most other melee carries should just go for the hero that's the most exposed. You need to make sure that you don't dive overly far and risk having their team all turn and focus you. A dark lady can genocide their team, sure, but far more easily she can pick off 2 or 3 heroes quickly via her ult and blades/charge and then your team can push while they respawn.

Ranged carries should typically focus the other team's melee carries. Melee carries should typically focus the heroes who are most exposed or out of position. That's the most simplistic answer I can give you, but it's almost silly to even say that much - it's just too situational.

[Sharangir]

Is it intentional that an Iron Buckler basically makes you invincible when tower diving?

[crazysheep]

It depends on the mode you're playing I suppose. Based on HoNWiki tower stats, level 1 towers hit you for 110 damage [before armour reductions], an Iron Buckler allows you to reduce that damage to 90 damage [before reduction] for melee heroes. If your hero has significantly high starting armour for whatever reason, then yes you can be "invincible" when tower diving.

TL;DR: No, but some heroes/game modes will be the exceptions.

[robbiek1]

:hamm: When playing a carry-type hero like The Dark Lady or Predator...

If your character doesn't have any real disable like these two (The Dark Lady has her silence, which is still good, though), typically how does the character prioritize targets in team fights? Especially since melee carries can't really switch targets too quickly, it's helpful to have sort of a flexible priority list going into the fight.

I know not all fights are the same and even different fights against the same team are different at their core, but without the luxury of range or amazing disables, how is a priority list formed? Aim for the opposing carry? Aim for the most disabling enemy? Aim for the enemy with the most debilitating items? Aim for the squishiest enemy? Intuition? I know the rules are not hard and fast, but I lack experience when it comes to this topic.
You should target the most dangerous target first, often the carry. After that you take the squishies/supports and you finish off the more tanky heroes last.

~Robbie

[Powerpixel]

- wrong section -

[Unicornpoop]

Does the Behemoths's Heart stack? :behe:

[Vahn]

The +0.75% health regen doesn't stack, however the +str and +health do stack.

[Salocin]

Is it possible to click an item in the shop, and it will buy that item auto, when you'll have enough gold?

Thanks in advance.

[Vahn]

Is it possible to click an item in the shop, and it will buy that item auto, when you'll have enough gold?

Thanks in advance.
There is no built-in feature for this, however I'm sure there are several UI mods in the modification section which can do it if you really want to be able to do it.

[ExileD_GoD]

Why people define roles based on players colors? I searched about this and I havent found anything about this. If really there is, what are them?

Thanks!

[Mankrik]

Why people define roles based on players colors? I searched about this and I havent found anything about this. If really there is, what are them?

Thanks!

There are no actual rules or guidelines. It's simply based on the player concept of what's most difficult or important. So they give the roles they perceive as important to the blue/pink and the roles that are easiest or least consequential to orange/brown. What that usually means is:

Blue: Mid semicarry/ganker
Teal: Carry
Purple/Yellow: Initiation, semicarry if blue is a pure ganker, teamfight heroes
Orange: Support

Which might look something like
:phar:
:corr:
:krak:
:hell:
:witc:

Mind you, this logic is garbage. Blue players may detest mid or ricing carries and orange players may have hit a bad streak (I mean a *short* bad streak, not "I'm actually 1650 but my mmr says 1380 because I got unlucky"). Focus on the comp. Beyond that it's up to personal preference and heroes you're comfortable with.

[xMeHx]

On Predator which is better runed axe or alch bones? Please justify your choice.
Also if you do get alchemists bones which jungle creeps do you most benefit from transmuting?

[Mankrik]

Vagabonds are by far the greatest gold gain via alchemist bones. Most hard camps have the roughly the same overall gold value but you want ones where it's distributed most heavily on the largest creep.

Runed axe on predator is a terrible choice for a hero that needs to tank up and has significant damage from skills that doesn't get cleaved. It's either alch bones when you have a large advantage or no alchemist bones when you don't.

[SkyggeDagmar]

Hey since the new patch I had to uninstall everything, and when I reinstalled everything I also acceptet to uninstall the configuartions etc. But when I try to change back to the normal configurations I had, it doesn't change and I have a really shitty laptop so when I play in highest resolution... it makes it unplayable. Anyone please help :)!

[Zerrtex]

Yo, i was wondering if im the noob for buying Steamboots when playing :scou:.
Becuase my buddy says its better to buy Ghost Marchers.
Thanks Zerrtex.

[Mankrik]

There are perks to both of them. Ghost marchers add more damage to flurry and give you faster movement speed while vanished and some mobility while unstealthed. Steamboots provide some desperately needed health and are much more overall damage if you're ricing a fast runed axe and jungling.

Steamboots are the much safer choice and are perfectly reasonable. Ghost marchers will let you snowball even faster if you're already winning.

[Jaxom]

I just have a quick question. Today I played an interesting game where the opposing team choose a team consisting of :nymp::balp::keep: and rhapsody and all they did was constantly push through our tier 1>tier 2>tier 3 towers> barracks until they won via mega creep since the start at lvl 1. Obviously, my team responded and defended for majority of the game, but based on the game mechanics (quick respawns due to their low lvls),they would respond quickly and port via nymp into our base to continue the push. Obviously, by the end of the game, the stats were 80-30 (estimate). Is this a legitimate strat and now the meta game of hon or for those in the lower tier bracket?

[Mankrik]

Pushstrats are now very common, but I wouldn't quite call them the current metagame. Today's metagame revolves more around solo experience via junglers, and many pushers happen to be good at soloing or producing solo lanes.

There are many heroes which counter minion-based push strategies. The most potent are probably, in order of descending power, :souls::pyro::behe::tort::amun::defi:, etc. What you want are largescale aoe or wavenukes with short cooldowns and heroes which benefit significantly from levels. Accursed and vindicator can also be good against this kind of composition. It's important you have some form of area-denial because they'll take tower after tower if they can just move as a huge pile of creeps and heroes. Things like myrmidon, tempest, or pharaoh will go a long way towards breaking them up.

You faced an unusual version of a pushstrat (if I understand correctly) which involved all of them 5pushing from 1. In this situation you need to absolutely not send all of your team to sit around trying to stop the push. One farm- or level-dependent should be solo for as long as you can hold them off your rax or your second lane of towers. They'll be severely underleveled if they push as 5 from the beginning and you need to exploit that. Items which are good for pushing are also good for counterpushing. Post-haste, puzzle, abyssal and offensive sol's, etc.

Other than that it's just going to be difficult to stop an organized pushcomp if you had no advanced warning.

[MeLTeDButta]

hey i just wanted to know how do you buy items so quickly in the shop. i've been watching live streams from hanni, chu, and testie. testie and chu seem to buy incredibly fast like they have some kind of special binds or something. I know there are letters assigned to each item but it seems like they do it faster or something? Does anyone know how they dooo it!?

[Mankrik]

It can't be faster than keybinds. That's simply the fastest way anyone has designed to input commands into a game. They know what items are what key order. If you need a bottle you press b->r->r and then do whatever you want to do with it. So in my case, I bind the courier to 3. I would press 3->b->r->r->b->e->shift+r. Now I have a bottle on the courier, on its way to me, and with the courier set to return to base when it's delivered. It just gets easier as you do it more often.

[Shmeckel]

Painter is a linguistic form of Panther, and THAT got me thinking of a cat-like hero, with claws, stealth, strength & ability...

But I digress. What I REALLY wanted to suggest was a series of Lich-based heroes; undead; energy-draining wraiths very weak on defense but seriously hungry for mana and life-force...

[CrimsonGray]

I'm wondering I have been hearing people calling people (scrubs) recently and I'm wondering what it means.

[Mankrik]

It means they're bad. Urban dictionary can probably provide more detail.

[zyphaz]

So I came back to HoN after quitting roughly 9 months ago and I noticed the creep spawn times have changed. Are some yellow creeps impossible to be stacked now? Or is it just a super small window? The easy creeps I can never seem to stack are the Ebulas as Sporespitters.

[crazysheep]

If you're referring to the jungle creeps, their leash time has been reduced from 7 to 5.25 seconds. Maybe that's why you're having problems with stacking creeps - you're using the old time to pull them, and the creeps run back earlier than you expected.

[Mankrik]

The trick with the ranged creeps is to line of sight them around a tree. If you just run away from them they'll move too slowly to be stacked, since they're just shooting you from range.

Legion side has a patch of trees directly above the easy camp that you can jump into, and it'll mean the ebulas and sporespitters run all the way into the trees in their quest to get vision of you again. Hellbourne has a single tree above the easy camp that you can hide behind for the same effect.

Proper pull time is now 53 and not 51 for all camps, ranged or otherwise. You can still easily double stack on the legion side and you can double stack on hellbourne by using a spell (such as glacius' tundra blast or defiler's wave of death) to hit the medium camp after tapping the hard camp.

[TheTrue]

I have a question, Can anyone give me a run through guide of "how to make your own private guide?"

[Decency]

I have a question, Can anyone give me a run through guide of "how to make your own private guide?"

There's a button at the top that says "Guides" ... click it.
Click a hero.
Click "Create Guide" ...

[e1]

Hi

I can't shift-queue abilities that don't require a target using custom hotkeys. This is a massive pain when using the courier (I need to hold shift then click on the return icon).

I just tried in practise mode and it seems that shift-queueing works with hotkeys if I use the default ones.

Is there a known way to fix this? (without mods?)

This brings me to the my second question - the reason I changed the hotkeys is because HoN has the most awful camera of any RTS(interface) game I've played. It has camera drag instead of rapid scroll - I can't fathom why. Is there a way to change this, or at the very least get rid of the inverse movement so my cursor doesn't move away from where my camera is moving? (without mods?)

Thanks! I like this game a lot but the controls make micro so hard, compared to say, C&C Generals/Zero Hour, which has by far the best controls of any game I've played.

[Decency]

I assume you've bound your new hotkeys to number keys. Shift+Number Keys already have a function (Add selected units to current control group) so just remove those binds and the hotkeys will work fine.

[Squadron26]

i got a problem about joining games; When i try to join any public game,i am getting rejected_too_many_attempts massage everytime.For this reason i try to get help from customer support but still there is nothing change from days.

So if i buy a sub-account can i join games or can i get my heroes that they bought before by Goblin coins ?

[Gooya]

What is the correct time to pull mid-lane creeps from hellbourne side?

[_BomBastiC_]

Im tryin to create my own hero guide in the guide page and everytime i try to save it after i finish i receive an error
" no line breaks..? " please tell me what shall i do to get this done?? im waiting patiently ty...

[wietepiet]

I have two questions.

1. I see people instantly putting up a flashy lap of text (GGGGG) in games sometimes. How do I archieve something like this?

2. I love emerald warden and have a question as to build him; Is going whispering helmet, daemonic, savage mace route viable on emerald warden? I think he scales better with this build as he can hit his hp back (after he gets his symbol of rage mostly though).

Is it viable or complete shitz, and if it is viable, in what order do I make the items mostly (depends on heroes I know but an example helps a lot).

[crazysheep]

I have two questions.

1. I see people instantly putting up a flashy lap of text (GGGGG) in games sometimes. How do I archieve something like this?

2. I love emerald warden and have a question as to build him; Is going whispering helmet, daemonic, savage mace route viable on emerald warden? I think he scales better with this build as he can hit his hp back (after he gets his symbol of rage mostly though).

Is it viable or complete shitz, and if it is viable, in what order do I make the items mostly (depends on heroes I know but an example helps a lot).

I'm not sure about the flashy text, don't use it much myself, but I can try to help with your Warden issues.
Your proposed build is essentially a carry Warden build that doesn't really complement his caster abilities. You're much better going for a ganker Warden build, playing him more like a caster Valkyrie, which would suggest getting Bottle/Nullstone.
Viability of your proposed build: 4/10 as it ignores Warden's spells and focuses on improving his damage output rate. This build could be viable if Warden is the most suitable hero for a carry role (eg if your allies are something like Pyro/DS/Rhap/Nymph).

[Boltzen]

I have two questions.

1. I see people instantly putting up a flashy lap of text (GGGGG) in games sometimes. How do I archieve something like this?

2. I love emerald warden and have a question as to build him; Is going whispering helmet, daemonic, savage mace route viable on emerald warden? I think he scales better with this build as he can hit his hp back (after he gets his symbol of rage mostly though).

Is it viable or complete shitz, and if it is viable, in what order do I make the items mostly (depends on heroes I know but an example helps a lot).

Since the poster above me answered you're 2nd question, I'll answer your first one.
First off, you'll want to type "^" (without the "), then the beginning letter of the colour you want (e.g 'r') then type your sentence.
e.g ^rGGGGG would show up like this GGGGG
if you want it to glow, just add this ^:
e.g ^r^:GGGGG would be shiny red.

[wietepiet]

Since the poster above me answered you're 2nd question, I'll answer your first one.
First off, you'll want to type "^" (without the "), then the beginning letter of the colour you want (e.g 'r') then type your sentence.
e.g ^rGGGGG would show up like this GGGGG
if you want it to glow, just add this ^:
e.g ^r^:GGGGG would be shiny red.

Thanks, I knew how to do this though. But I sometimes see someone suddenly just post a lap of text after getting a kill, something like:

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

I saw someone on stream do that and he said you have to key bind something in the console but that's where my knowledge stops... Thanks though for helping me with this question.

Also crazysheep: Thank you for your insight into the warden question.

[crazysheep]

Also crazysheep: Thank you for your insight into the warden question.

You're welcome. And as for the keybind bits, I guess you might be better off asking around in the Modifications section, they might have a better idea about how to use console settings and such.

[wietepiet]

You're welcome. And as for the keybind bits, I guess you might be better off asking around in the Modifications section, they might have a better idea about how to use console settings and such.

K, going to do that :P

Thanks for all the help!

[OtakuSanDesu]

If you get a really bad lane match up and they pretty much have a guaranteed kill if you try to lane and the most you can do is hug the tower for occasional exp what should you do?

Should you just leave the lane to avoid giving them any possible kills?
Just roam and gank?
Jungle?
Just switch to support mode and ward up?
Ask for help/lane switch?

[robbiek1]

If you get a really bad lane match up and they pretty much have a guaranteed kill if you try to lane and the most you can do is hug the tower for occasional exp what should you do?

Should you just leave the lane to avoid giving them any possible kills?
Just roam and gank?
Jungle?
Just switch to support mode and ward up?
Ask for help/lane switch?
Depends on what hero you are playing. You should always stay in exp range, and try to pull neutrals(if they are not warded). Ask for a lane switch if this is viable in your matchup.
If you have completely no chance in your lane you are probably either a worse player than your opponent or you picked bad.

~Robbie

[HusTomten]

Can some1 link the MAD text macro?

[AIdoRaine]

hi all, when i try to log in hon it says account suspended visit customere service. when i visit it says"Your account is currently suspended until: 2011-10-18 10:24:01 EST (-5GMT)". and that im banned for going afk, but real prob is that in that match i did not went afk, i only said ill go afk if they keep calling me names(noob, retard, fu*k tard), so i went in woods for myb 2 min, but then i went back to battle... can pls some of u check my case... cuz im playing hon for 2 years. and when ppl rly go afk, when i report them they dont get banned. Thanks in advance..

[robbiek1]

hi all, when i try to log in hon it says account suspended visit customere service. when i visit it says"Your account is currently suspended until: 2011-10-18 10:24:01 EST (-5GMT)". and that im banned for going afk, but real prob is that in that match i did not went afk, i only said ill go afk if they keep calling me names(noob, retard, fu*k tard), so i went in woods for myb 2 min, but then i went back to battle... can pls some of u check my case... cuz im playing hon for 2 years. and when ppl rly go afk, when i report them they dont get banned. Thanks in advance..
Your replay was checked by a GM, and you were banned for that replay. There is a good reason you were banned, because you were probably griefing. If you think not, don't post it on the forums but contact customer support.

~Robbie

[AIdoRaine]

tnx for replay.

[Rordarok]

Your replay was checked by a GM, and you were banned for that replay. There is a good reason you were banned, because you were probably griefing. If you think not, don't post it on the forums but contact customer support.

~Robbie

False. Appeal first, if that's not working PM Senior GMs and if that's not working email HoNGM@S2Games.com

[zetie]

Good time of day, ask this question, I want to change the nickname for the currency (the nickname that is not used for a long time, and also not visible in the statistics) but for some reason he is busy.

[Mankrik]

You can. not. be banned for going afk. There is already a punishment in place for going afk, which is being booted and getting a disconnect on your account. You can be banned for illogical refusal to participate in a match, which means sitting in the fountain or jungling when your team clearly needs you.

Note that "when your team clearly needs you" doesn't mean when any experienced person would know that you should be doing x, it means 'they're raxing our base and your team is 4v5 because you're killing ancients.' Obviously these decisions are made at the discretion of the representative they get routed through, but you're not really going to get someone banned for playing poorly. Nor would you know if you did. I'm confused why you say "and when ppl rly go afk, when i report them they dont get banned" because you should have no idea if they get suspended or not. Maybe the report takes a week to be addressed, maybe their suspension was so short that you just assumed they were sleeping, or maybe they got a warning.

[Haruhi_sos]

Can you refill ally bottles?

[Achillion]

Can you refill ally bottles?

Yes. You can swap bottles all you want. The bottle still functions the same, except you can not sell it.

[Haruhi_sos]

Thanks, I just tried this and won the game with an unfair advantage: Thunderbringer level 1 with Bottle, wards and Striders by 3 minutes

[KecsO_o]

costum maps/map editor/1v1/2v2 maps release/legacy account mode at mm/create hero like balanar(night stalker)?
thx the fast answer.

[Dansken`]

why dont ppl go :Portalkey: on :plag:?

[Achillion]

why dont ppl go :Portalkey: on :plag:?

It's some old DotA crap. The equivalent of plaguerider in DotA was called Lich. Rumors has it that Lich was very strong mid and that PK was a core item on him.

Basicly a PK is usefull on every hero, but it's very very very very very rarely seen on plaguerider. I have never seen it personally, but I guess its for placing his ult (easiest ult to pull off in game, so no reason what so ever for that).

Much better items to get for :plag::plag::plag::plag: .

[zetie]

who to contact for a change of nickname? write in support of those?

[Vahn]

who to contact for a change of nickname? write in support of those?

You need to purchase a name change either for $10 or with coins in-game, I believe it's around 700 in silver coins for it.

https://www.heroesofnewerth.com/nicknames.php

[zetie]

read the above post, in case if the nick is not registered in the statistics for a long time, but he allegedly engaged in.

thanks in advance

[crazysheep]

It's some old DotA crap. The equivalent of plaguerider in DotA was called Lich. Rumors has it that Lich was very strong mid and that PK was a core item on him.

Basicly a PK is usefull on every hero, but it's very very very very very rarely seen on plaguerider. I have never seen it personally, but I guess its for placing his ult (easiest ult to pull off in game, so no reason what so ever for that).

Much better items to get for :plag::plag::plag::plag: .

PK on Plague is really only if you're dominating so hard, or if you lack an initiator for teamfights (hint: in a pinch, Plague Carrier can be a terribly powerful initiation skill). Otherwise you're better off getting other luxury items for Plague, like a Sheepstick.

[Mankrik]

Plague, however, is a very powerful mid. He's good at shutting down any melee and most ranged mids, can harass and spam effectively, has good ms for runes, is a decent ganker, and benefits from levels.

You wouldn't right click plague and say mid 3 seconds after the pick phase starts, but you might very well see that they've got a soulstealer mid and pick plague to counter.

[Sai_Kano]

Is there a thread that shows a list of heroes & their counters?
I'd like to see a thread like that updated.

[Jotaro]

Hello , anyone can give me the Correct main combo of Monkey King , and his Variations ?
This Hero is a BlackBox for me , I can t use him , but when a "Good player" (Better than me i mean) use him , he have an Insane damage output

I always thought his main combo was Somersault => AoEStun => Somersault
and Dash before to reduce the distance between the 2 or DoubleDash After to finish the enemy.

But i can't land correctly the first AoEStun in the Somersault
and/or the 2nd Somersault push the enemy out of the 2nd AoEStun

Thanks,

Jotaro

[robbiek1]

Hello , anyone can give me the Correct main combo of Monkey King , and his Variations ?
This Hero is a BlackBox for me , I can t use him , but when a "Good player" (Better than me i mean) use him , he have an Insane damage output

I always thought his main combo was Somersault => AoEStun => Somersault
and Dash before to reduce the distance between the 2 or DoubleDash After to finish the enemy.

But i can't land correctly the first AoEStun in the Somersault
and/or the 2nd Somersault push the enemy out of the 2nd AoEStun

Thanks,

Jotaro
It's not easy to pull off, you should practice it in practice mode, but if you can do it, it's really worth it. The guy in this video describes how to do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eIxzmv1EZw
(it's somewhere in the first 10 minutes of the video, after that he shows a game of him using the combo in teamfights and stuff)

~Robbie

[Dusk`Sparrow]

Hello, nice day to you all~

A few questions:

1) Ok, Catapult/Ballista is known to be magic immune, and it does not gain additional HP or damage every 7(?) minutes, plus, destroying barracks does not make it stronger too. Its damage output is not so high, it has no +% damage to buildings (like Booboo) That's all about it. Furthermore, it spawns 1/4 (or 1/3) times - it means, rarely. What's the purpose of this unit (inb4 Parasite escaping method/tradition from Dota)?

2) Next, ranged creeps. They make no sense to me, 'cause less tougher and just 1 for 3 melee. Melee barracks are usually destroyed first. Advantage of spawning ranged mega-creeps -> 0.

Balance?

[robbiek1]

Hello, nice day to you all~

A few questions:

1) Ok, Catapult/Ballista is known to be magic immune, and it does not gain additional HP or damage every 7(?) minutes, plus, destroying barracks does not make it stronger too. Its damage output is not so high, it has no +% damage to buildings (like Booboo) That's all about it. Furthermore, it spawns 1/4 (or 1/3) times - it means, rarely. What's the purpose of this unit (inb4 Parasite escaping method/tradition from Dota)?

2) Next, ranged creeps. They make no sense to me, 'cause less tougher and just 1 for 3 melee. Melee barracks are usually destroyed first. Advantage of spawning ranged mega-creeps -> 0.

Balance?
1. The catapult/balista has much range and often shoots at the tower, when creepwaves are fighting each other. This way the tower gets pushed harder by the creepwaves with catapults/balistas in it. The bounty for killing a catapult is also higher. And yeah, parasite :P

2. Well i would rather have ranged mega-creeps than normal ranged creeps. The purpose of these units is to do more dps, while the melee units tank for them. That's also the reason why the lane gets pushed more if you kill the ranged creep first(and this is why you try to creepblock the melee creeps, and not the ranged one, so the ranged one will die first and you will push your lane back to your own tower)

(just my opinion on those, i dont know for sure why they are here, and it will mostly be, because it was in DotA.)

~Robbie

[Mankrik]

Siege engines do get a boost to their damage on towers. Towers have fortified armor which means they take 50% reduced damage from hero and creep sources, but ballista and catapults do siege damage which deals 100% damage. That's part of why parasite does sooooo much dps to towers when he's in a ballista; the bonus damage and attack speed are effectively worth double what they would be if you possessed a regular creep.

Edit: Just tested and it appears it does 150% damage to fortified. Regular catapult attacks are 41-41 and they did 29 damage to a tower with 51.9% reduction from armor. That's 41*0.481*1.5=29. So that means the bonus damage from parasite's infest is worth triple. And as far as I know, the tower won't hit a catapult that's attacking it even if it's player-controlled unless there are no other units in its radius. So if your creeps are hitting enemy creeps within its attack range, you can freely dps the tower while they get nuked down.

[Defuler]

Anyone know where I can find some advanced 3v3 strategy? Or maybe just find some replays with good 3v3 players.

[Tunasteak]

Hello everyone, does anyone know if Defiler ghosts' damage is physical, and if it is enhanced by minus armor modifiers?

[robbiek1]

Hello everyone, does anyone know if Defiler ghosts' damage is physical, and if it is enhanced by minus armor modifiers?
Yes, it is physical and yes, it is affected by both + and - armor.

~Robbie

[Dusk`Sparrow]

That's also the reason why the lane gets pushed more if you kill the ranged creep first
Thanks, another piece of useful information.


Siege engines do get a boost to their damage on towers.
Aha! Thank you, I failed to find it by myself.


Yes, it is physical and yes, it is affected by both + and - armor.
But it goes through damage reduction from buckler, shield and helm, isn't it?

[robbiek1]

Thanks, another piece of useful information.


Aha! Thank you, I failed to find it by myself.


But it goes through damage reduction from buckler, shield and helm, isn't it?
True.

~Robbie

[DaveYo]

any chance we will see custom maps or an sdk editor implemented in 3.0 or in the future at all?

[robbiek1]

any chance we will see custom maps or an sdk editor implemented in 3.0 or in the future at all?
$2 said they would implement it at 2.0.

This means: Nobody knows.

~Robbie

[Savaii64]

What is a correct formula for figuring out how many games I need to play in order to get below 5% leave?

edit: thanks Boltzen!

[Boltzen]

What is a correct formula for figuring out how many games I need to play in order to get below 5% leave?

Here you go
http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=197049&highlight=leave

[Kenshin`_`]

Hey,

Anyone know if they removed shift-queing spells for Legionnaire? Right now i'm trying to charge and then shiftclick either taunt or decapitate but it aint working. The qued spell doesn't activate. I tried other heroes like magmus and there queing spells works just fine.

Any ideas?
Thanks

[Godlyness]

my question is can :pyro: have more attack speed than any other toon in the game with the careful stacking of fervor? lvl 4 fervor gives +50% attack speed. per stack and you can time the cool downs to never running out. is this viable to do by level 7 to push a tower down due to fervor stacking on it also for early pushes?

[Rordarok]

^Definitley depends on your lineup. If you're going pushing team and let's say, you do a trilane with pyromancer as 'support', you could just max out fervor and try to get early tower kills going on.

[pro_stealer]

hey s2 why i get banned 333 hour when server is lagging i have 999 ping and banned me cuz i cant move fking player lie and side i was afk in base sry bad english

[robbiek1]

my question is can :pyro: have more attack speed than any other toon in the game with the careful stacking of fervor? lvl 4 fervor gives +50% attack speed. per stack and you can time the cool downs to never running out. is this viable to do by level 7 to push a tower down due to fervor stacking on it also for early pushes?
No, pyro his animation doesn't allow this. Only Master of Arms and Aluna can reach the max attack speed, which is 10 attacks each second. Some players get 1 level of stun, then max wave+fervor, and level stun again at level 12. They use fervor, because the DoT is a good harassment tool, the buff after doing a skill is good to have, and it does a bit more damage on towers.
I personally think the best is to still go with max wave+stun first, because early leveling fervor loses out on your nuke potential.


hey s2 why i get banned 333 hour when server is lagging i have 999 ping and banned me cuz i cant move fking player lie and side i was afk in base sry bad english
Contact customer support, don't post in the forums.

~Robbie

[Godlyness]

the buff lasts six seconds though... so use lets say stun, then with 2 seconds left use wave, then 2 seconds left stun and so on so forth. +50% attack speed each spell so just doing it 4 times is 200% attack speed.

[Godlyness]

just tested it only stays at three stacks period.....sad face

[Xin0X]

how do i upgrade skill faster with hot key , such as " press alt+Q " , is that work in HON?

[robbiek1]

how do i upgrade skill faster with hot key , such as " press alt+Q " , is that work in HON?
Yes, check your hotkeys at options ingame.

~Robbie

[m_or]

What's the point of insanitarius now that shield breaker is so cheap?

[Mechacontext]

I've been experimenting with Drunken Master lately and find him to be an average farmer; would a Runed Axe be a legit' core item on him assuming he is in a carry role?

[robbiek1]

I've been experimenting with Drunken Master lately and find him to be an average farmer; would a Runed Axe be a legit' core item on him assuming he is in a carry role?
In my opinion not. It makes him useless for long time and with his lunge he already farms pretty damn good. Just make sure you have manaregen and you are ready to go.

~Robbie

[The4Horsemen]

How do I open up the options menu, without a mouse. I resized my screen so i can no longer see the top.

[DracoDevil]

Now when Nome is gone what will happen to this thread?

[crazysheep]

Now when Nome is gone what will happen to this thread?

This thread will live on. The collective knowledge of the forum members will be passed on to everyone as it accumulates here.

[oheyitsyou]

a couple weeks ago i bought the Ronin Swiftblade avatar from the store after saving up the 900 silver coins and then some. On the hero select screen there is no "alt avatar" button for swiftblade, so I cannot use my new avatar. I was hoping I could either get info for a fix, or a refund on my 900 coins.

i tried the search function to see if there was already an existing post like mine. i had no luck. so if someone could nudge in the right direction that'd be pretty cool

thanks

[robbiek1]

a couple weeks ago i bought the Ronin Swiftblade avatar from the store after saving up the 900 silver coins and then some. On the hero select screen there is no "alt avatar" button for swiftblade, so I cannot use my new avatar. I was hoping I could either get info for a fix, or a refund on my 900 coins.

i tried the search function to see if there was already an existing post like mine. i had no luck. so if someone could nudge in the right direction that'd be pretty cool

thanks
Check the technical support forum for other people having your problem. If you can't find anything there, contact customer support.

~Robbie

[Garryasd]

How do I open up the options menu, without a mouse. I resized my screen so i can no longer see the top.
Try F5 or F6

[oheyitsyou]

Check the technical support forum for other people having your problem. If you can't find anything there, contact customer support.

~Robbie

thanks, i emailed them...right before i reset my mods after reading another thread about not seeing chat in-game. everything works fine now, including my avatar. when was the patch that gave Practice Mode all of the advanced options? I remember seeing it, but can't remember when

[Johny_Hubert]

Is it okay to purchase a sub-account of my friend and play with him?

[TheKliff]

Does TB ult apply FWS?
Does TB's Chain lightning apply to all of the targets or just the first one?

[Vahn]

TB ult will apply FWS to all units hit by hit.
Chain lightning will only apply FWS to the unit you target with the skill.

[TheKliff]

TB ult will apply FWS to all units hit by hit.
Chain lightning will only apply FWS to the unit you target with the skill.

Ah. Thank you.
I usually buy FWS as one of the last items as TB. Always thought it was a good idea, but I'm reconsidering it now with the ranged nerfs to it.

[Lexi]

Is it still okay to do backdoor in mm/pub games ?
i'm not sure if what they're talking in GD is true that backdooring isn't legal anymore.

[Johny_Hubert]

Is it still okay to do backdoor in mm/pub games ?
i'm not sure if what they're talking in GD is true that backdooring isn't legal anymore.

If you go to the report section, theres a button to report a player for backdooring, if you click it, it says "not bannable", so no.

[Lexi]

If you go to the report section, theres a button to report a player for backdooring, if you click it, it says "not bannable", so no.
ok got it , thank you for the confirmation . :)

[planck]

is there a command to be born only creeps in middle lane?

[Defuler]

is there a command to be born only creeps in middle lane?

Unfortunately not. A lot of people are asking for such a game mode though.

I have recently been getting into Grimm's Crossing. Anyone know where I can find some high level 3v3 replays or strategy discussion?

[IZL]

Nome how do i start hon without admin priviliges

[iLoveToDie]

Hello!

How do I turn my shop hotkeys on?
Like R for Recommended etc

They were originally turned on but I reset shop settings to default and now they are gone

Can someone please tell me how I can turn it back on? I have checked in Options and could not find anything?

Thanks in advance!

[ZzDo]

hi guyz can i ask something?I live in Greece alright ... and i want to buy Golden Coins and i chose as payment method paysafecard of 10 euro and when i press it to the icon it apears a window about putting the code and etc but when i see the number of the money it needs it says 11.35 USD no euro how i can change that to euro PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[Boltzen]

When spectating or mentoring, can you see mods that the person has?

[robbiek1]

hi guyz can i ask something?I live in Greece alright ... and i want to buy Golden Coins and i chose as payment method paysafecard of 10 euro and when i press it to the icon it apears a window about putting the code and etc but when i see the number of the money it needs it says 11.35 USD no euro how i can change that to euro PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!
I think if you press 'next', it will automatically calculate and change to euros.

When spectating or mentoring, can you see mods that the person has?
No.

~Robbie

[smallbluedot]

Is drunken master viable in the forest? Drink should allow him to farm the forest creeps indefinitely, and his Q should make for powerful ganks, but I don't know what the criteria for being a viable jungler actually are.

[robbiek1]

Is drunken master viable in the forest? Drink should allow him to farm the forest creeps indefinitely, and his Q should make for powerful ganks, but I don't know what the criteria for being a viable jungler actually are.
If you want to jungle, you need to make sure you have a good 1vs2 lane hero/player. One who can survive and actually get exp. The jungler should be able to do something with the extra levels+farm he gets, to compensate for the low farm of the solo lane.

Just because a hero CAN jungle, doesn't mean he SHOULD jungle.
(i always get mad when a predator goes jungle)
I don't know if DM levels fast enough in the jungle and if he even CAN jungle. You should try it in a practice game.

~Robbie

[smallbluedot]

Well, I guess then the question I should be asking is what determines if a hero CAN jungle? I'm so painfully bad at this game.:scou:

[crazysheep]

Well, I guess then the question I should be asking is what determines if a hero CAN jungle? I'm so painfully bad at this game.:scou:

A jungle hero tends to have a quick way of clearing out the jungle creeps while spending as little mana as possible, and losing as little HP as possible. S/he should also have a reason to be jungling: rushing high level items or gaining levels at the same rate as your solo lane heroes are 2 main reasons why anyone jungles for extended periods of time.

This is why you tend to find heroes with strong summons/creep capturing capabilities jungling [:warb::ophe::wild:], as well as heroes with passively damaging AoE skills [:legi:].

[robbiek1]

A jungle hero tends to have a quick way of clearing out the jungle creeps while spending as little mana as possible, and losing as little HP as possible. S/he should also have a reason to be jungling: rushing high level items or gaining levels at the same rate as your solo lane heroes are 2 main reasons why anyone jungles for extended periods of time.

This is why you tend to find heroes with strong summons/creep capturing capabilities jungling [:warb::ophe::wild:], as well as heroes with passively damaging AoE skills [:legi:].
Pretty much this.
I just want to add: Almost all junglers have one or more abilities to gank with. This way you can help out mid/solo lane, too, if they are having a hard time.

~Robbie

[brendenL]

i need help i cant move my mouse when i start hon i can move while it is starting up but then when i get to the logg in i cant move it just stays stuck .? when i move the mouse around some the windows light up but i cant click on anything. please help me i have not been able to play sincs 2.4 patch...my mouse is a logitech (wired), its in the ps/2 port. ive tried a wireless mouse and still the same thing.(it wont move) ..ive tried to re install and the same.. please help i really want to play


Thank you.

[FegTron]

Okay so I haven't played HON for about 4-5 months......can someone tell me why every game I play all the heroes (unless its a secondary avatar selection) glows and looks all metallic and not normal? If there is a way to change this back to the regular avatar appearance can someone please tell me how? thanks!

[SYKR]

hey guys i was wondering if i can bind courier to switch beetween heroe and courier when i want to use it i want a bind for courier at f2 can i?

[robbiek1]

Okay so I haven't played HON for about 4-5 months......can someone tell me why every game I play all the heroes (unless its a secondary avatar selection) glows and looks all metallic and not normal? If there is a way to change this back to the regular avatar appearance can someone please tell me how? thanks!
It's probably a graphics bug. Visit the technical support forum ;)


hey guys i was wondering if i can bind courier to switch beetween heroe and courier when i want to use it i want a bind for courier at f2 can i?
The standard hotkey for switching between the courier and your hero is `(the button next to '1'). You can also hotkey your courier ingame by pressing ctrl+number.
For example: select courier->press ctrl+1
If you press 1, you will select the courier.

~Robbie

[SYKR]

ye i know how i bind but i tried this ctrl+f2 and cant bind it.

[robbiek1]

ye i know how i bind but i tried this ctrl+f2 and cant bind it.
IIRC, F1-F12 can't be bound.
I think only numbers!

~Robbie

[Boltzen]

Okay so I haven't played HON for about 4-5 months......can someone tell me why every game I play all the heroes (unless its a secondary avatar selection) glows and looks all metallic and not normal? If there is a way to change this back to the regular avatar appearance can someone please tell me how? thanks!

Turn off post processing in options. See if that works and report back here.

[JUGGERNIC]

:elec: Just would like to add that electrician is great when encountering lag spiking.

[Eviz]

When are you planning on doing something with Gemini? That hero is ruining every game he is in. (By of course being overpowered)

[PrissypanTS]

Hello! My name is Basil and im from Sweden !;) im 13 years old going in school .... well here is the thing! my friend have a account and he made me a subbaccount from it! hes not playing so much and hes name is Clydeefrog, or right now hes not playing so much anyway.. he just played a game and he didnt really care so he did go mid with Dev and feed then selling hes items and buying wards and placing in base and he got suspended in like 3 days and tomorow im going to play with some friends but i cant cus our account my Prissypants IS suspended too and its not really my fault this happend? if you dont belive me look at hes game GAME ID:74598076 . just wanted to say that would be great if i can play on my account Prissypants? wasent really my fault he did what he did!


Thanks for taking time and reading this ! Peace Prissypants !

[robbiek1]

Hello! My name is Basil and im from Sweden !;) im 13 years old going in school .... well here is the thing! my friend have a account and he made me a subbaccount from it! hes not playing so much and hes name is Clydeefrog, or right now hes not playing so much anyway.. he just played a game and he didnt really care so he did go mid with Dev and feed then selling hes items and buying wards and placing in base and he got suspended in like 3 days and tomorow im going to play with some friends but i cant cus our account my Prissypants IS suspended too and its not really my fault this happend? if you dont belive me look at hes game GAME ID:74598076 . just wanted to say that would be great if i can play on my account Prissypants? wasent really my fault he did what he did!


Thanks for taking time and reading this ! Peace Prissypants !
Your account is his subaccount. This means officially, your account is his account.
Everything that happens to his account, happens to your account too. So if your friend gets banned, you also get banned. If he buys stuff in the shop, you will also receive it. Everything is shared.

This also works the other way around. If you get banned, he will also get banned.

~Robbie

[Chort]

When will i get refund for purchasing Pandamonium alt avatar on the same day it was released?

[robbiek1]

When will i get refund for purchasing Pandamonium alt avatar on the same day it was released?
Contact customer support for these kind of problems.

~Robbie

[binnesses]

All in my shop is free, and i don't want to steal s2 so can you make that i gotta buy? Something like you pick the "all free shop" box, if it's not picked up that means there is a bug and you should pick it. ty :cheese:

[BoneNinja]

Can anyone explain to me how the game type options work? I've played official with stats on but for some reason it doesn't record most of the time now it's getting me confused if the gamte type option even matters at all... and the times often when that happens is when I win (doesn't record), but when I lose, it gets recorded?

Edit: I did try searching around for answer but no luck so far, can anyone shed some light please?

[Mankrik]

You're probably looking in the wrong tab. There are 3 sets of recorded stats: normal mode, casual mode, and public. If you do the play now button it's matchmaking and will be recorded in either casual or normal mode stats (there's no such thing as a nostats matchmaking game). If you do public games, the way you know whether it's stats or nostats is the circle with a star in it on the left side of the game list. If the background is red, it's no stats, and green means there are stats recorded for the game. Game modes (AP, SD, duplicate heroes, no respawn timer, etc) are unrelated to whether stats are recorded or not.

[All4Christ]

Can you please describe the current meta game and give me an idea of
what type of heroes does the meta game does currently support.

[Boltzen]

Can you please describe the current meta game and give me an idea of
what type of heroes does the meta game does currently support.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I THINK the current metagame supports pushing teams/heroes and semi carries. If you think about it they compliment each other quite well. Push hard early on so the other team is under pressure to get some farm -- then the semi carries will pick them off. Heroes like Valkyrie, Keeper, Balphagore etc are good picks.

NOTE: this is just my opinon

[All4Christ]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I THINK the current metagame supports pushing teams/heroes and semi carries. If you think about it they compliment each other quite well. Push hard early on so the other team is under pressure to get some farm -- then the semi carries will pick them off. Heroes like Valkyrie, Keeper, Balphagore etc are good picks.

NOTE: this is just my opinon

can anyone else add to this or comment please.

it was very helpful but i still would like more discussion on the current meta game and heroes that do well in it

[Defuler]

can anyone else add to this or comment please.

it was very helpful but i still would like more discussion on the current meta game and heroes that do well in it

I can't see how metagame is important for public games? If you just want the currently best heroes of pub games, then look at their win%. Otherwise I would take a look at the competitive forum.

[Savaii64]

Will check using a HoN client later, but in the meantime my Q is:
Is it possible to choose only one stat to be reset. e.g. Reset just # of leaves? Please and thank you.

[Destroyer_N1]

hmm thats great!

[robbiek1]

Will check using a HoN client later, but in the meantime my Q is:
Is it possible to choose only one stat to be reset. e.g. Reset just # of leaves? Please and thank you.
No.

~Robbie

[wietepiet]

I have a question. With kinesis in the spotlight it was said that his ultimate had ''no cooldown''. It does and it wouldn't be overpowered if it wouldn't have a cd but is there perhaps some trick to it? That they meant something different in the spotlight?

[Vahn]

The second skills toss is what doesn't have a cooldown, the ultimate does.

[wietepiet]

Ah ok, thank you.

[_Lelouch]

Hello, I bought gold coins at a rate of two packs of 420, I had 100 gold initially, and I wanted to buy a anouncer and taunt, but now do not have enough 50 gold, I have a silver, if I can get these 50 gold coins exchanging such as 500 silver, for example?
Sorry if the solution of this problem has already been described somewhere, but I have not found

[`OhNoes]

Hello, I bought gold coins at a rate of two packs of 420, I had 100 gold initially, and I wanted to buy a anouncer and taunt, but now do not have enough 50 gold, I have a silver, if I can get these 50 gold coins exchanging such as 500 silver, for example?
Sorry if the solution of this problem has already been described somewhere, but I have not found



Sorry, there's no way to convert from Gold Coins to Silver Coins. However, you can ask around the forums for moderators who are willing to donate a few silver coins to you. good luck!

[ProtoProtoss]

When are you planning on doing something with Gemini? That hero is ruining every game he is in. (By of course being overpowered)

I love Gemini! He's not overpowered... people just don't know how to deal with him... um... them?

[cure2fast]

Hi. I was always interesteed what does mean the green box around some heroes (they are rounded with green color) in picking phase? :)

[Excil]

Hi. I was always interesteed what does mean the green box around some heroes (they are rounded with green color) in picking phase? :)

hero pickable by f2p.

[OMGoodnes]

How can i make a replay at HoN :D

[dontblameme]

^^ Thought games were auto saved. You cannot make a replay, since it is a replay. You go to the match description on HoN, download the game, and you have the replay.

[azurs]

What is it called in HON: Lane or Line :)

[IlovemyWRX]

How do you stack easy creeps and medium creeps at :54/:57 as legionnaire?

[Fjanky]

http://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/343991.html Testie played this song while streaming the other day, this really has nothing to do with this thread but i really need the name of that song :) please help me

[ComeInPeace]

Could the S2 create an option to disable alt + tab?

[the_shrike]

my guide is rated over 99%, when does it become a selectable in the top ingame menu?

[ArnoldRimmer]

how do i add color to a hero guide

[Medimo]

i think the term which is acknowledged in all moba games is "Lane"

[Medimo]

What is it called in HON: Lane or Line :smile:
i think the term which is acknowledged in all MOBA games is 'lane'

[Medimo]

how do i add color to a hero guide
to color text in hon you usually use ^ and a letter for the color.
example:

" ^r hi there " would be " hi there " written in red color.

try different combinations

[ArnoldRimmer]

doesnt work

i thought you'd use some fancy hex code

im talking ingame hero guides, not chatboxes

[Gyr0]

Now that the new and awesome engineer avatar is out, i wanna play some engineer. But, i suck.

If i wanna watch replays/vods of people who did good engineer games, what do i do ?
Or any other hero for that matter.

[Arkguil]

Now that the new and awesome engineer avatar is out, i wanna play some engineer. But, i suck.

If i wanna watch replays/vods of people who did good engineer games, what do i do ?
Or any other hero for that matter.

I've played Engineer a lot on both this account and XRAY_GOD. The more recent the better. I would give you match IDs but I play a lot and don't feel like going through them.

[ScoutingKinG]

If we know our mid is going to buy a bottle... would it be viable for a support hero like nymphora to buy a bottle and give it to mid.. The mid will then give nymph(support) a rune of the blight. By doing so the mid gain an advantage and nymph is still able to fully babysit a carry on top / bot lane

[the_shrike]

bump: my guide is rated over 99%, when does it become a selectable in the top ingame menu?

[Medimo]

If we know our mid is going to buy a bottle... would it be viable for a support hero like nymphora to buy a bottle and give it to mid.. The mid will then give nymph(support) a rune of the blight. By doing so the mid gain an advantage and nymph is still able to fully babysit a carry on top / bot lane
this is actually done by pro players as it gives a very great advantage to your mid lane, without losing as much on the sidelane.

[New`Averroes]

this is actually done by pro players as it gives a very great advantage to your mid lane, without losing as much on the sidelane.

I don't think so, and actually this is rather a bad thing to do.
Buying a bottle for your mid (even if you trade it for a rune of the blight) implies you have hardly any health regeneration, you don't spend any gold in wards or flying, nor in mana/health pot : to conclude I think it makes you rather a weakness on the lane you will go than it gives the advantage to your mid, especially if you consider fact bottle becomes useful at 2'00. Ofc it might work in some pub games, but I really think it's absolutely not a competitive strategy.

[Jenova26]

Ofc it might work in some pub games, but I really think it's absolutely not a competitive strategy.

^This. I can't remember the last time I saw someone buy a bottle for mid.

No, wait, yes I can. Bottle ferrying was still allowed and Freshpro played mid and Nova and Fresh both bought bottles so he could have two. I've only ever seen that done twice and they were both Freshpro (once on TB, once on I think Pharoah)

[DemonRyou]

When I make a new group(invite people to team matchmaking with me), I get disconnected from the chat server. Even if I try to /b m in the Group chat, I get disconnected, does anybody know why and how to fix this?

[Krishen]

Is there a way to track my win% with certain heroes?

[KamdinTanK]

how can i put hot key for my minions? (i want to control all my trees with kotf and change it to my hero without click and very fast)

[Imbaer]

Is there a way to track my win% with certain heroes?

Yes, there is. Take a look at the herodex ingame, there you can see your win% on each specific hero and other stuff.


how can i put hot key for my minions? (i want to control all my trees with kotf and change it to my hero without click and very fast)

You can use ctrl + number to assign a hotkey to your current unit selection, then press the number you assigned before to select the same unit or group of units. I'm using '1' for my hero and '2' for the courier for example.

[TurboHydra]

Does casting a spell(pyros or torts stun for example) with a cast time, behind your hero, takes longer than casting in front of your hero?

[Seah0rse]

Does casting a spell(pyros or torts stun for example) with a cast time, behind your hero, takes longer than casting in front of your hero?

Your hero would have to turn around so yes. Each hero's turn-rate is different so the length of time it would take would be different but yes, it would take longer to cast a spell behind you than in front.

[TurboHydra]

Your hero would have to turn around so yes. Each hero's turn-rate is different so the length of time it would take would be different but yes, it would take longer to cast a spell behind you than in front.
So, thats why its so hard to cast a stun while monkey throws me around. My hero tries to turn around after first vault. Thx

[Rooga]

Against a team of Panda, pebbles, ravenor, Monkey king and Fayde, would it be better to get a Shaman's Headdress or a HOTBL on Pharaoh first?

[TurboHydra]

Against a team of Panda, pebbles, ravenor, Monkey king and Fayde, would it be better to get a Shaman's Headdress or a HOTBL on Pharaoh first?
I think that hotbl with vestments somewhere between lifetube and the +hp part of hotbl.

[kingcools]

Against a team of Panda, pebbles, ravenor, Monkey king and Fayde, would it be better to get a Shaman's Headdress or a HOTBL on Pharaoh first?

mystic vest->helm->shamans, and before that you will get plated boots.

[Sexyyy_Guyyy]

Ok so I just started playing sliho and IM doing pretty good. But I don't know when to use her ult. I use it to push towers.. Instead of that, should I use my ult in team fights? Is it good in team fights?

[Niqhtmare]

Ok so I just started playing sliho and IM doing pretty good. But I don't know when to use her ult. I use it to push towers.. Instead of that, should I use my ult in team fights? Is it good in team fights?

Use it and send your illusion to base or some other safe place when teamfighting or solopushing so you can tp to it when things get rough. Just don't do it too early so your team gets ****ed without their carry.

[Sexyyy_Guyyy]

Ok thanks! I'll try to use her ult in team fights. Do you know any other heroes that are really fun to play?

[Niqhtmare]

Ok thanks! I'll try to use her ult in team fights. Do you know any other heroes that are really fun to play?

Depends on what role you like to play. Personally I love playing Bubbles.

[Sexyyy_Guyyy]

Yeah I play him. I normally play tank or carry though.

[Loef]

New accounts have this period of 10-or-so games during which they always get +-20 MMR from games.
Does this also apply for old accounts that reset their stats?
Thanks in advance

[shiaochien]

how do you split items?
I.g split ghost marchers and make a codex?

[Loef]

how do you split items?
I.g split ghost marchers and make a codex?

Items that combine without recipes can be split by putting it in your stash and then left clicking it.

[crisbite]

Any hotkey for change selection like wildsoul and boobo? i know about ( ' ) but the courier includes it! Same for Gemini ult and ophelia creeps!

[Farosarg]

Any hotkey for change selection like wildsoul and boobo? i know about ( ' ) but the courier includes it! Same for Gemini ult and ophelia creeps!

Assing them to control groups with CTRL+1, CTRL+2 etc. Then you can just select them with 1-5.

For example Hero on 1, Bear on 2 and both on 3.

[Seah0rse]

Given the majority of Dark Lady's strength as a carry comes from her buffs (Dark Blades and Charging Strikes), is there any reason we don't see many Nullfire Blade / Electrician pickups (less so Electrician because of the Dark Blade silence) against her?

Is it simply a practicality issue, having only five or six seconds to hit her with the purge? Or do we reckon this is a viable way to "tame" Dark Lady with a more versatile ranged semi-carry like Valk?

[valkon7]

How can I combine 1-2 skills into one key? For instance Q + Shift W into one key click

[Druen]

How do you know who gets first pick in lock pick mode, and can you see it while blind banning? It used to be legion had firstpick, but from my own experience i can tell that it is changed.

[girard`]

How do you know who gets first pick in lock pick mode, and can you see it while blind banning? It used to be legion had firstpick, but from my own experience i can tell that it is changed.

I believe it's always Legion.

[JahYung]

I've just recently ran into the problem of not being able to find any public games? I can see people are online, and there are plenty of people in the chat room, so I don't think it's my connection... when my buddies are in a game lobby, following them or 'join game' doesn't work either, as well as them sending me invites to games. Does this happen to a lot of people? IS my only hope reinstalling?

[kzagon]

How do i counter poly's ult ult at the tower? whats the best way in case enemy heroes are around and when he's bd-ing?

[koosnad]

Can someone explain the new nerf to sil that came out on the patch today?

[spdn4cr]

Is there a reason why I can't hotkey the attribute boost...for example when using Pharaoh the attribute boost is his secondary function for his ult (this is where he is able to ult to an ally with staff of the master) When i hotkey it to say letter "t" it even shows up as "t" when i mouse over that ultimate option in the game but it refuses to activate or do anything when i actually hit "t". I've tried to hotkey it to other keys as well with no luck. Is this a bug? Thanks!

I posted this in the training section but no one seems to be monitoring the Q&A section anymore.