Hey everybody. I really love purchasing new Heroes in Heroes of the Storm, reviewing them and give advice to new players, based on my gameplay and recent observations.
DISCLAIMER
Leoric is for the time being one of the most popular Hero picks on maps such as Dragon Shire and Garden of Terror, because his [W] ability, can shave Dragon Knight's and/or Garden Terror's Health easily. This is most likely not intended, well, blame Blizzard for not allowing us to test new Heroes on Public Test Realms and will get nerfed in an upcoming Hotfix.
So yesterday, I purchased Leoric and I've seen quite a few Leorics playing really terribly so here's the deal.
You are not Murky or Leoric Jenkins...
To all Leoric players, please note that you are not Murky! You're not supposed to go all kamikaze and die, try to survive. You can be as annoying as Murky, but only while in your Ghost Form!
Currently, Leoric's in-game difficulty is set to Hard, which I don't really think fits, I'd put him in Medium at best.
Damage: 6/10
Utility: 3/10
Survivability: 7/10
Complexity: 6/10
Popular Talents
I won't be going over Popular Talent Picks... you should check this over at HotsLogs.com. They have the most accurate Talent Picks based on win ratio and the source are direct replay player uploads. Here you can find Leoric's Page.
Basic Abilities and When to Use Them
- [Q] Skeletal Swing
This ability has a wide arc and can hit an entire minion wave. It deals double damage to non-Heroic sources. Use it to your advantage to clear enemy minion waves or objectives (Mines) efficiently. It deals quite a lot AoE damage and should be used whenever you have more than a single enemy within its reach.
- [W] Drain Hope
This skill requires good landing skills as it is your crucial survivability boost. If you don't land it properly, you will ne penalized for the next 12 seconds with lowered survivability and you're more susceptible to die. A bad landing of Drain Hope is punishing especially at low levels, when you're squishy.
- [E] Wraith Walk
Your sole escape option. Once cast, you turn into a Wraith leaving your physical body behind fighting and after a short delay, you teleport to where you went while in the Wraith form. This skill can be used to cancel Nova's Triple Tap, Kaelthas' Pyroblast and other Heroic Abilities, so use it to your advantage. You can also use it, combined with [W], in order to fool your enemies when you're at low Health and need more time to regenerate Health. Other than that, it allows quick repositioning for chasing escaping Heroes.
Heroic Abilities
Leoric has following Heroic abilities to choose from and their pick is situation-dependent.
- [R] March of the Skeleton King
Pick this Heroic, if your team has enough crowd control capabilities and you are entirely certain that you won't experience any landing difficulties. It doesn't do much damage, but it's enough to keep your enemies at bay. Granted the extra survivability via self-heal, it can be used when you're [W] is on cooldown, or if there's too much incoming damage.
- [R] Entomb
Personally, I always pick this Heroic as it has unlimited potential. It requires communication with your team to tell them when you're going to cast it so that they are ready to blow their cooldowns. Generally I'd recommend to pick it whenever your team is lacking crowd control. Note that Entomb can be canceled by pressing [R] again, similar to Nazeebo's Zombie Wall.
Ghost Form Abilities
Leoric's Trait
Leoric's Trait is what makes him unlike any other character. While dead, you can slow enemies and have two abilities. You do not resurrect at your base, but rather at the location where you haunt your enemies whilst dead. This can be used to your advantage, but it can quickly turn against you.
Tip:
Note that you can teleport to your base and use your Hearthstone [B] while dead. Resurrecting in the middle of a team fight doesn't necessarily have to be the best idea. If you know the counter is about to end, place yourself somewhere inside bushes or other areas, where you're safe from dying, especially when half of your team is on a ressurection cooldown.
- [Q] Ghastly Swing
It's the same deal as with Skeletal Swing, but you don't do any damage, just slow your target. Annoy the hell out of your enemies once dead to slow them. This has an endless potential; you can easily win time for your team while the enemy team is trying to do objectives or you can slow escaping Heroes the possibilities are truly endless and you should spam it whenever available and harass your opponents.
- [W] Drain Essence
Use it immediately upon death and keep close to an enemy Hero, slow him before you resurrect for maximum efficiency.
Source: Heroes2P
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