So, if you missed it, HotS team recently updated the search function on the Hero select page to add more stuff include CC, Escape, etc. One of them is Camps. Guessing it’s meant to be characters who are good at taking camps.
Typing it in gives about… 6 heroes I believe and most of them make sense. Illidan and Greymane and dive around the camps and can provide alot of damage to them, respectively. I hear Grey is also good at juking around Brusier camps, minimizing damage taking.
Next are Murky, Samuro and the Vikings. I’m guessing they are good due either their bribe ability, their damage in numbers or both. Murky is also good at dodging Seige giants, reducing his damage taken.
But then there’s Rehgar. I heard he’s meant to be good at taking camps but personally, I don’t see it. What makes him better at taking camps than, say, Sylvanas or Sonya? I feel like even Probius has a decent chance at taking camps with his Cannon and Burst options.
I am guessing the tag means you draft them if you need to have a specific hero designated to take camps, because the PvE of the rest of your team is weak. It certainly isn’t a comprehensive list of heroes that can take camps (AO Artanis is very strong at soloing camps).
I can see the inclusion of Rehgar as he can solo pretty much anything, so if your comp isn’t good at taking or clearing them, and you do need a healer, he is a sensible draft pick.
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I’ll start by saying the Hero Difficulty is not on point, so they’re not omniscient in my eyes.
As for camp clear, I think the general idea is that a hero with that tag can do a bruiser camp by himself before level 4 at an acceptable speed.
They need do do heavy AA dmg because the spell damage nullifies a great portion from heroes like Probius.
In theory, Fenix can do it, but it requires very good mechanics.
Rehgar, Greymane and Illidan are fine.
Murky requires the bribe talent (default pick) and at least 3 minion waves, which is not an optimal speed, but it works.
Samuro requires good mechanics like hearth swap and do it in 2 shots, which makes him slow at it.
Hogger is known to excel at it if the spin is good.
TLV are fine, but it’s not optimal. They’re the best at soaking and shouldn’t do hard camps. Maybe Olaf and Baleog can do it while Erik soaks, but if he dies, it’s not looking good. Bribe is not the default pick. They’re all situational.
Maiev needs Naisha’s Memento.
D.Va is the easiest at it with Full Metal.
Raynor with Exterminator.
Rexxar with Easy Prey, but it not an optimal talent for his main role.
Gazlowe requires Big Game Hunter, but is slow at it (+30 sec).
Malthael is fine. His AA splashes.
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While nobody picks Reghar for clearing camps it is good to know that he can incase it requires it and is decent at it. He isn’t as fast as other alternatives like Sonya, but he is a safe option for it. And based on his role alone, the fact that he can clear camps is good to know as it is possible that ppl do not know due to his role.
If a team is lacking waveclear/camp clear, picking Reghar can be a functionable idea, not the best, but functional.
And when a team isn’t dependant on Reghar for those roles, he is able to assist with its clear speed by casting Storm Shield without him requring to remain at that location.
His Lightning Shield does good AoE damage which makes it effective against high count camps such as sappers, gnolls and bruisers. With some talent picks, it even regenerates him mana while doing so, cancelling out the costs of any heals.
He is not very good against low count camps as they do not get the most value of of Lightning Shield’s AoE damage. This means he is not good against siege camps and especially bosses and the samurai. Sure he can still do them, but many other heroes like Li Ming might do them significantly faster.
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I think it’s the incentive for picking the hero, and not necessarily those that can do it.
Most bruisers are also in the ‘offlane’ tab, and while many of them do take camps, they may be picked for the lane, and either only take camps if someone rotates in to soak, or if the lane is pushed out and they have to do so something else till the lane comes back.
Other hero options are labeled as ‘push’ – such as sylvanas – and while she does take camps, she also does want to push with them to make use of her trait. So in her case, she tends to not be the primary camp taker, but camp enabler by pushing with them.
Murky, Sam and vikings are probably not so much for taking camps, but rather for stealing camps. Nova has bribe too, and while it is a popular pick on her, her taking camps isn’t as defining of her incentive/identity.
Rehgar’s ability to help take camps is a key part of taking him over other healers, esp since he doesn’t have any hard cc, and hard cc is a big part of many other heal kits, or team compositions for wombo combo.
In rehgar’s case, his lightning shield is a decent aoe on merc damage, he’s in the top 20 of aa damage dealt, has a steroid (wolf form) can heal (so not as dangerous to clear camps) and he can talent to get better at it (mana return, more lightning shield). In organized play, when he’s picked, he’s always on the camp rotations, though he isn’t always solo for taking them.
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He’s better at taking camps than all other healers. Bite, healing, and L. Shield means he can take them decently fast, without losing all his health.
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