Stukov Spotlight - Heroes of the Storm 

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I N E E D H E A L I N G

Swag Man lol

And he just e's back in ezpz

''Mada mada''

CarbotAnimations Bestfriend!!!

dank animation incoming?

More frustrating for the teammates that are gonna be denied kills because "I thought it did more dmg."

Oh, Hi Carbot :O

Its a trap

Since no one did this joke... Stukov: "No, I am prepared to go all the way".

You lived through that, i assume XD

And contacted the queen of blades 2.0 and killed the dude who experimented on me in some kinda void. Anyone need help now?

That didn't happen to you Tyrael. Lol

So sad ='[

Yeah, to say that Stukov's been through a lot is an understatement.

youre not alone

And no escape or mobility.

Most supports don't have escape or mobility though. The ones who come to mind are Lucio, Li Li, Tassadar, Kharazim and Rehgar. The ones who lack escape usually trade their survivability with heavy focus on healing (Morales) or CC (Auriel, Malfurion) so it's pretty normal stuff. Or else they'd be OP!

D7C98 "insert fap joke here"

you can say he is the strongest aoe dot hero so far. paired with a strong dps + kill securer, you should even be able to get kills vs "strong" full healers like morales or lucio/brightwing. in quickplay i would play him as a flanker that iniates team fights or saves retreating allies. my dream setup with him: cassia solo , zagara / kael'thas + etc + stucov, butcher solo

epiccraft1000 we already have one

A support hero? In my HoTS? It's more likely than you think.

Sarcasm - - - - - - Minecraft profile pic's head

*cough cough* santa picture *cough cough*

Doom the Destoryer he isnt santa...

...

MiniNinja it is said that supports still hear Genji's request for healing

MiniNinja good.

No

MiniNinja well said my son.

MiniNinja He got nerfed. Feelsbadman

and not so boring like lili and bw, you would have to pay me to play those scum bags

Brightwing is not boring when you know what to do with its abilities ;)

Stukov is best support

@@GiliacHeskel ok, she gets an exception.

Alex hahaha LOL 😂.

And remember kids: Smoking turns you into a russian zerg Monstrosity!

lol

Was about to say... can't have a cigar in game, but it's fine to have one in media associated with it? Oh Blizz... you and your double standards...

At least Stukov can have a cigar.....

I absolutely love his toolkit and talents.

Sean Mullin who is Trudy beekman?

His Massive Shove looks INSANE and freaking awesome, and his usual toolkit, I'm guessing, provide considerable healing and damage effects in team fights to make up for his lack of defenses. Lurking Arm looks like a fantastic teamfight tool too. Overall, Stukov looks like he'll own in a teamfight and I can't wait to get him.

I'm glad we're getting an evil support, but it's still not KT :(

I'm on the co-op board

AverageAdam missing infested minions though. Or are those his teammates? :D

Szalai don't worry everyone will be his minions in the end. His infestation will grow forever.

Meanwhile, Tassadar is crying in some corner.

LOL.

Theme teams amirite

LEEEEEEEEEROY

MMMJEEEEENNNNKIIIIINNNSSSSSSS

i bet most of his abilites are charges

his ult at least I had chicken makes a giant chicken fall from the sky and when it hits the ground it heals all allies but makes Leeroy attack faster and take more damage seems like something he would do.

Alex Senif Nah, that would be a regular ability (eating chicken to restore a bit of health). His ult would be spawning a ton of Rookery Whelps to hurt everyone (not just his enemies xD)

That sounds great.

no.

With a skin like that, you'll always be Viktorious

a cyborg skin would be better

So you want Swann.?

Ender Rzvx1 Trust me, it doesn't work this way. People don't look where they're going and they'll find themselves running away from their allies with the Pathogen on them.

+Marcin Rokosz Totally agree. The pathogen will more likely come into play with Universal Carrier talent allowing Stukov himself to influence where the pathogen will go in close-quarters skirmishes. I just wonder if there are more useful talents at the same level. Most likely...

Bah, who cares about the living bomb? It's all about charging down all 4 of your allies with a pyroblast on your back.

Apparently Stukov is a lefty...

CYKA BLYAT RUSH CORE

Не понимаю о чем ты говоришь

Alright I'm new here, but does rushing core means that running to the other side's core?

In CS:GO Russians and Eastern Europeans are reputed for embracing the strat of just running with the whole team towards the B point on Dust2 to blitzkrieg the defenders. Here its more like "CYKA BLYAT FIVE MAN PUSH MID NO STOP"

cyka!

And Deathwing...and i would really like to see Hogger

And Imperius. And Fenix. And Cow King. And Cayde-6. And Deathwing.

DrScaphandre and Grom

DrScaphandre and symmetra

Maiev Shadowsong and KT are among the most highly anticipated!

penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta penta

? The annoucer says pentaple, so penta is still the short form

@witchking20 Quintuple is 5

Cue "Roundabout"

I hear penta-kill in common usage a lot more than quintuple kill. Which I find interesting. The "penta-" prefix comes from ancient Greek, while the "quad-" prefix comes from Latin. (Nobody uses "tetra-kill," or really tetra-anything.) And triple is based on a prefix shared by Latin and ancient Greek.

Yettee0201 lool

Kaggykoo You called?

"And here we ahave a happy little Zergling eating a happy little marine alive."

why is this so low?

Yettee0201 he's beating the devil out of them.

I was happier when I didn't notice.

Basically their way of saying he's strong enough to heal a team on his own. There's a few characters now that while tagged with support no longer have the raw healing output needed to do that.

I think hes saying wat because his healing is clearly not strong enough for that.

Looks fairly sizeable at 1:32 when combo'd with the kill switch. We'll need to see him in action I think to see what talents boost it and what cooldown things have.

He's a strong, independent healer that don't need no teammates!

he can heal an entire team alone, also he can solo a lane and go 1v1 and be fine That lurking arm looks like it would ruin minions and push waves fast.

Zarya: Arm wrestle me.

As long as you don't use it to make my thanksgiving dinner XD

Don't forget that most people don't even know what a pathogen is exactly.

oxymoron

Zerg mutate all other forms of life, why not pathogens too.

Because a pathogen is a broad definition for microbiological life that can cause harm or disease ;) A pathogen cannot heal its host by definition, else it would not be called a pathogen.

well i guess it has "healing" in it so ... hey ! why not then xD

Still waiting, huh

Fenix, Kel'Thuzad, Imperius, Deathwing and Mephisto are now in the Nexus. Tichondrius has been supplanted by Mal'Ganis, and Grom with Garrosh.

That's like saying you expect an interaction between 2 black characters..

Completeboredom 123 wat.

Traxium cuz in Soviet Russia russuian speaks only with Russians!

Completeboredom 123 that's a stupid comparison.

+Completeboredom 123 Not at all. Zarya is a russian person living in OW universe which is in ONE potential future for their country, while Stukov is from SC universe which is another potential future Russia. Two people from different futures of the same country having a conversation would be interesting regardless of the country.

Farabee you haven't seen league of legends

Lucio ?

SLDFSpectreSix solviet march, red alert 2

Forgot the Brood War Aria? Shame.

Farewell of Slavianka is a must. red army chior

SOUIZ NERUSHIMII RESPUBLIK SVOBODNIH SPLOTYILA NAVEKI VELIKAYA RUS' DA ZDRAVSTVUET SOZDANNII VOLEI NARODOV EDINII MOGUCHII SOVETSKII SOYUZ SLAAAAVSYAAA OTEEEECHESTVOOO NAAASHEEEE SVOBOOODNOE DRUZBI NARODOV NADEZHNII OPLOT ZNAMYA SOVETSKOE ZNAMYA NARODNOE NAS K TORZHESTVU KOMMUNIZMA VEDET!

Add the Red Army Choir.

Big McLargehuge they add it later

Awesome!

Nah, hots got Stukov, best not to complain now, they(blizz) might be paying attention after all!

Evil Support but it's still not KT omg riot why

weeaboo filth.

Spec? Check Assassin? Check Warrior/Tank? Check Support? he he he now we can check

Eh the Protoss bros are better. Brotoss 4 life.

I will agree only because we have Q. Beyond that the Protoss can pike off and make room for our glorious true son of Terra. Not those poser Terrans that weren't even BORN there!

FOR THE SSSWARM

LUL

what do u meen,probius was not long ago :|

Trolling for life NEVER SOON ENOUGH

Probius is not a Starcraft hero. He's a burst mage hailing from Dalaran.

probious was like last year

He probably means a REAL SC hero, not a unit-based one lul, still, he probably meant the following = about time A SUPPORT hero was introduced (especially a non-wow of the kind) :D

wowolema well, he took up the Tychus Findlay's Bust Yo A$$ Routine...

ofc. he needs to get redy for the beach season.

He eats a lot of protein

same!

KANEDAAAAAAAA!!!!

now you''re just asking for skin based on akira

You should try Kharazim...

Javin Zipkin karazhim was my first healer I really enjoyed. And the patches made him a bit different but still good. then I switched to auriel because the mana never runs out. I could always be fighting and healing but I wanted something slighty different after all those weeks of auriel and kara. stukov will fit right Into my play style.

Do you have a minute to talk about our Lord and Saviour, the all-aggressive-mobile-CC'er-healer Rehgar Earthfury?

Endyo he does do like 350-500 ish melee dmg level one....

He can also 1v1 pretty much any hero if he's stacked his Q

psst HE IS SILENCED for 2 s after he droped D so NO he cannot

Still could before the fact. If Stukov running to the middle of that gap then that Medivh had at least a good second to do something.

Do what? He was slapped to death by Stukov's massive arm before the silence and massive slow effect was removed lol

If you were listening at all he is silenced.

I would say It's the long arm of the law, but I don't really find Stikov to be lawful.

who is Stikov? x_x

THe longgggg reach around i guess lol

You know what they say about long arms?

Vikings also need Hero.

Never you havent earnt him

Waiting for Rock'N'Roll Racing heroes too

pronounce his name right and we might get him.

you mean spell.

Who?

He means the anime.

Yeah sorry, I meant Tetsuo

skin? seriously? A SKIN???

Izumi from parasyte would also be pretty good

Aleksander :)

yeah , what ever :)

amin ghasemi He is Alexei, lol

Adûnâi I'm Russian, the correct form is Alexey)

For the Swarm!!!

Depends on who hits first, I guess

ScorchHellfire What? I can't remember any heroes coming out with more then one alternate skin.

Vulcan since Malthael release, "Master" skins; upgraded versions of the default skins, were absent. This would be the second time.

Wait, what do you mean? Malthael has a master skin, doesn't he?

Tnecniw Also, not first bro

Du'Galle is dead man!

Lolzor he is not

He was, until HOTS decided he wasn't. And in the Nexus it doesn't matter, as we can see by the fact that Tychus, Big D, Malthael, Varian, and so on are around.

Never heard of him tbh

CreativeUsernameEh It's literally impossible to beat Heart of the Swarm without encountering Stukov

number of ppl who played any other blizz game > number of ppl who even bought heart of the swarm let alone played the whole thing

Ausdasis Then it's their own fault they've never heard of Stukov. Makes him no less popular.

Ausdasis Also, don't make dumb comments like 'never heard of him tbh' if you don't play the games his universe is from. Common sense.

also William Birkin first form from resident evil 2 lol.

A Blood Raven? I suggest Sergeant Tarkus or Sergeant Cyrus.

Sha Stukov sounds awesome

A Sha themed skin would be awesome

His E is clearly inspired by centipedes from diablo Ahaha

Old One skin from Warcraft

We need Stalin Stukov skin!

Me neither but it seems he is kind of a Tyrande/Tassadar support. Mainly utility and debuffs not healing focused. I think his damage will be pretty high too but I have no way of knowing yet, it's just that they said his melee is powerful which I assume means his auto-attacks ain't exactly a classical support style.

Mynadar exactly what I thought :(

So you want kerrigan to pick up a gun, because she was a former ghost? Queen of guns and blades

To be fair that looked a bit ridiculous, but fun at the same time

Ma'Rakha we don't know if he stays vulnerable while casting this or if damage iterrupts the push. so maybe you could easily kill him while he pushes people.

Don't forget he's standing there doing nothing while he does it.

It also only works in a middle lane where the walls and towers are already destroyed, which means it's a very rare situation indeed.

he stands still and any CC will cancel the ult

Being able to force a 5v4 is pretty good in open maps.

Joshua Hurt I'm still banning malthael

omar sameh probably ptr on Tuesday and then live game a week later

How do I acess the PTR?

Cheese Cheese in the game launcher where you select your server (for example: America) change it to PTR, and there you go

I intend on buying this character you see..It seems interesting and I actually support their idea that they made him support instead of specialist.....*sigh*,I at least hope there will be a skin for Xul where he spawns infested instead of skeletons.....

offline65 Well I would rather have Mylune as support than Lunara as assassin

Lunara is fun to play :) Top tier for me at least :D

offline65 Lunara is not fun to play, she is dishonorable and disgraceful to play

we dont want another wow hero.

Speak for yourself, plenty of people want WC heroes! 7 non-wc assassins in a row,,blizz we accept your apology time to release a big name from WC

J.E F and valeera ?

J.E F sorry i was thinking that valeera was added later

Not until Kel'thuzad...

Vladimir Andric no no more summoner it is just fine

his tool kit makes him more like a specialist/support hybrid. His healing/utility element throws him into support but he's way more equiped than the regular healer to enable kills and disrupt the enemy.

because the game really needs more supports

they need to make a game mode only of him

well in most cases there isn't enough space for it to go too far

probably gonna be a brawl match

When are you gonna understand that this is not Kel'thuzad, are you really that blind?

when are you ever gonna understand that was a joke?