To give a few examples, keeping as close to 100% uptime on Monk's auto attacks and hitting his palm at the last possible second, or positioning well enough with Medic to be able to heal your frontline while being completely safe. In your opinion, what separates a good support player from an excellent one?īakery: The biggest factor that separates the good supports from the best ones are the identification and use of a Hero's most effective playstyle. My favored playstyle is to stand very aggressively, and try to get maximum dps and healing, utilising my own health pool as a resource. What's your style of support? Are you more defensive, looking to protect your allies, or do you prefer being offensive, setting up your team to make plays?īakery: I'm one of the most aggressive supports in the Heroes scene, but it is quite hard to make solo plays with the support role at the moment. Of course, due to the lack of wards, the roles play completely differently outside of teamfights and lanes. They are fairly similar to the more passive style, although I would say they have a much bigger impact. Supporting in Heroes is very different from the more aggressive style, which is the one that I used to play, and I would say Warrior would be the closest role to it. The other is a much more aggressive style, usually involving tanks like Alistar and Thresh. How does playing support in both games feel? Are there major differences in the role between the two games, or is it mostly the same?īakery: There are two ways to play support in LoL, one is much more passive and often involves playing Mages or Champions like Janna and Nami.
As soon as I played my first game of Heroes, I immediately felt much more connected to the game, and I just couldn't get enough of it. I really liked LoL, and I was good at it so I played it every day, but it always felt like something was missing to me. We also asked him a couple of personal questions so that our fans can get to know him better!Īs an ex-LoL player, what drew you to Heroes?īakery: I was actually following Heroes all the way back when it was first announced as a Starcraft 2 arcade game. We probed his brain for insights on the differences in the two MOBAs, Bakery's individual playstyle, and his personal thoughts on the state of the Heroes competitive scene. Previously a League of Legends player, James ' Bakery' Baker transitioned into Heroes of the Storm and eventually got picked up by Team Dignitas.