Back from my Christmas vacation, so I had some time to look into this topic further. I've studied up on the mechanics of Sombra, and as it turns out, Sombra's hacking and how it works with other abilities is ultimately a little more intricate than just "removes shields". Her interaction with shields is actually mixed, depending on the type of shield in play. EMP disables and strips Lucio's shielding completely and still allows the target to be hacked, but Zarya's bubbles...

I'm actually a big fan of bringing Mephisto into HotS! I'm sort of curious what your plan was, as far as making him a multi-class hero. He seems like a mix of Assassin damage and Specialist push-power, but Vengeance actually gives him health comparable to many of the top warriors (between Chen and Arthas, from the looks of it). What was your reasoning behind that? Does his health grow at a slower rate, or is the lack of health regeneration a factor here? Also, the attack range on the...

Yes, and I considered that. But I think it would be extremely difficult to balance all of those effects in a single heroic ability. Consider for a moment that you're talking about an effect which would basically: 1) Silence all nearby enemies. 2) Shut down all nearby buildings. 3) Remove all shields. There's no heroic currently in the game which does all of those things at once. Heck, there's no hero currently in-game that does all of those things at once across their entire kit,...

I don't think there's much overlap between her play style and other stealth heroes, to be honest. And I don't really have as much opposition to the idea of more stealth in this game as other folks might. Quite the contrary, really. I want to see stealth utilized in more clever ways than just "sneak behind enemy and smack until dead", and I think heroes like Vorazun are a good step towards that.

As you requested, I've taken a look over the concept and I do have some items that I think need adjusting. In General - Some numbers are really needed to help fill this kit in. Damage figures, cooldowns, etc are all really helpful details that can help to emphasize what the kit is meant to do and how well it's balanced. Crusader Armor (D) - This trait seems to be 2 traits in one, and I'm not sure he needs all of these effects. If he sticks with the cleave, I'd reduce the damage...

Made some adjustments based on your feedback. See what you think of it now.

Aye, which is why I said that it's entirely possible that the risk-reward ratio is off. My original design featured an ammunition mechanic which would've allowed McCree to essentially fire off 2 Fan the Hammers (first one + Combat Roll to refresh the ammo) for a ton of potential burst damage, but with that mechanic removed, it's entirely possible that the damage simply isn't high enough any more. I'm not sure the delay itself has to be reduced, but if it's not, then the damage definitely...

Good to hear it! Here's hoping for more Diablo love. :)

Seems to work just fine for Chromie. And while Alarak isn't as squishy, he also has a 1 second delay on his primary damaging ability. Abilities with delays like this are increasingly more common in HotS and are by no means "suicidal" unless used improperly. I might agree that the ability's risk-reward ratio is off, perhaps, in that perhaps it doesn't deal enough damage for the amount of risk it puts you in with such a large delay (it deals ~426 at Lvl 0, vs Chromie's 406 with...

So I've only just recently stumbled across this site and I've had an absolute blast filling out some of my own personal ideas as far as what heroes that I'd like to see. But there's one thing this site is missing that I'd really like to see added, and that's a way to save and publish changes to my hero pages without bumping them. Something I figured out very early on is that heroes, when published, jump straight to the top of the page and will always go there, even if the change you...