As a new Brightwing player, what abilities/characters should I be targeting with Polymorph?
Are there certain abilities characters use that I am unable to stop?
Thank you in advance!
Posted Jan 8, 2015, 8:34 PM UTC
Tychus Overkill Valla Strafe Nazeebo Ravenous Spirit Falstad Ults (harder to time)
Anything that is a prolonged action that you can interrupt are usually top priorities. Past that, it's whoever is most dangerous.
If you poly Nova's triple tap, let her get one volley off (if it's safe ofc) so it goes on cooldown for 100(?) seconds rather than just the 10 seconds if it doesn't go off at all.
stuff like Archon / Odin, anything channeled. Chen when he's drinking. Nova Triple tap.
This hasn't been said yet: Tassadar's archon. Especially with the double polymorph, you can essentially negate the entire ult.
Also consider upgrades. If you took the slow on poly upgrade, it's better to ensure a kill. However, I vastly prefer the extra damage on poly - and that makes it much better as a counter initiation. That one works especially well on Illidan, Kerrigan or Tychus going in with Overkill/Valla going in with Strafe. It can also do great on targets that rely on abilities for survivability - like Chen initiating and immediately drinking, Tyrael before he gets his shields up or Anub'arak before he gets his shield up.
use it to counter initiate, its damn broken
It's not broken, it lasts 2 seconds.
that's already long enough, I have been screwed by that before, and have to find new ways to initiate without getting polymorphed
I'm torn! On the one hand, it is great to use as counter initiation. On the other hand, it's not broken! Upvote or no upvote!!! I can't decide!
ETC: Mosh Pit,
Muradin: Avatar - will prevent his basic attacks to stun target,
Another ulties that can be prevented. Good targets are also:
Sgt. Hammer to minimalize the DMG,
Uther - because he has a lot of utility.
Channeled abilities like Lili's Cup of 1000 Jars or Nazeebo's Ravenous Spirit to start the discussion off.
Also characters like Illidan who jump on your assassins. You want to keep your damage dealers alive.
You can also interrupt Nova's tripple tap with polymorph.
Edit. Don't try to polymorph Diablo when he is firing his flamething. Does not work.
BUT IT'S A FIRE BREATHING UNDYING SQUIRREL
Thank both of you for your input. Will a polymorph work on Tychus when he steps into Odin, or lets say I target Chen when he uses his Ult?
You can polymorph the Odin, but Tychus will still be in it when the spell ends. Strafing Vallas are also a good target for it.
Polymorph Tychus at about 15% if he is being focused, so he can't step into odin
Ignore Chen, there are higher priority targets than Chen. He can be annoying as a mosquito while trying to sleep but there will be higher prio targets to poly in his group.