My Hero Tier List - Let's Argue

This is my hero tier list for MASTER play. I’ve played well over 8000 games (Don’t judge by this acc) and 80% of them have been Master+ MMR. These are my opinions and I am happy to argue them with other people since we will all never agree. (I have some time to kill at work):

Edit: I should say this, since some people take great offence to their heroes being in each tier.

S Tier = Broken
A+ Tier = First pick worthy in almost all situations
A Tier = Great
B Tier = Good - Safe picks
C Tier = Average/Okay - Depending on the draft they can be strong or weak
D Tier = Weak-end. Nothing special
E Tier = Bad pretty much all the time

Please don’t confuse tier lists with individual examples --> Just because someone you know is a god on Malthael, doesn’t make Malthael A+ tier. Tier lists are meant to be generalizations.

Assassins:

Tier S:
– No One (I don’t think any assassin absolutely breaks the game atm)

Tier A+:
– Genji
– Kerrigan
– Jaina

Tier A:
– Maiev
– KT
– KTZ
– Guldan

Tier B:
– Fenix
– Mephisto
– Raynor
– Tracer
– Thrall
– Tychus (Rarely seen, but I think he is strong)
– Zeratul
– Samuro (Super niche)

Tier C:
– Alarak
– Cassia
– Falstad (Basically Global is the only saving grace after his constant nerfs)
– Hanzo
– Junk Rat
– Lunara
– Nova (Super Niche)
– Valla
– Zuljin
– Greymane

Tier D:
– Li Ming
– Butcher
– Illidan
– Malthael
– Rag
– Valeera
– Chromie (Situationally goes up to Tier B or C but showing her W to everyone was one of the worst changes ever made)

Tier E:
– Gall


Tanks/Bruisers:

Tier A+:
– Diablo
– Mal’Ganis

Tier A:
– Muradin
– Joh
– Yrel

Tier B:
– Leoric
– Blaze
– Dehaka
– Tyrael (super situational)
– Garrosh
– Sonya
– Varian
– Stitches

Tier C:
– ETC
– Anub
– Arthas
– Artanis
– Zarya

Tier D:
– D.va
– Rexxar

Tier E:
– Chen (sorry)
– Cho


Supports:

Tier A:
– Cain
– Ana
– Tyrande

Tier B:
– Whitemane
– Alex
– Stukov
– Li Li
– BW
– Lucio

Tier C:
– Auriel
– Khara
– Medic
– Malf
– Rehgar
– Uther

Tier E:
– Tass


Specialists:

Tier A:
– Azmodan
– Abathur
– Medivh (In right hands)

Tier B:
– Hammer
– Nazeebo

Tier C:
– Zagara
– Sylvanas
– Murky

Tier D:
– Gazlowe
– Probius
– Xul

Tier E:
– TLV

Fight me, I’m bored

100% Raynor and Fenix are above KTZ and Guldan.
Edit: After looking further at this list it is clear you do not know what you are talking about. Malthel in D tier? Hanzo is higher, so is Greymane, and Kerrigan is definitely not top tier

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Mulliganis is Tier C

The only nerfs Falstad received in last 2 years was Z cooldown. Unless you count Tracer and Genji releases as nerfs, then sure :stuck_out_tongue:

I don’t agree wiht Fenix and Raynor, I think they are A+, so is Maiev.

Damn Li-Ming is that bad? Most of my favorite heroes are trash according to you lol.

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Hanzo A , A+ on pve maps.
Muradin A+
Malf A
Hammer A
Ming is B
Val and illidan are C
Malthael is B because he wins against yrel solo lane

Fenix and raynor should be A list. Just no way.

Thanks dude, now i know i have a lot of issue with Tyrande and not that hero is the bad. I can move on … After i saw you put Chogall to E tier, I thought that’s the best tier here, but no. After i saw you put Probius to D tier, I realized we are deffinetly different players, with different playing style.

Probius D tier ??
:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy: you havent seen too many good probius have you ?
This little probe of ultimate friendlyness is often underestimated. Getting top game damage or top siege isnt rare to see on a good probius. Hes just really toughbto play well and many people just gives up trying.

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I’d move Garrosh up a tier. Yes, you CAN escape his throw if you have a mobility spell, but you’re still likely to take an assload of damage from his team, assuming he doesn’t manage to pull off a throw -> stun combo.

Add Indomitable giving him a way to beat one of the game’s ‘universal counters’, Hard CC, and in competent hands he’s a terror.

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You behave as though you’re from a less… advanced civilization. However if your stupidity doesn’t kill you, my blades will since you’re no match for the blades of a Templar.

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ming is not in the basement… she is not super top tier but I would say she is in the mid at least.

Tracer counters Genji doe.

If you’re actually masters and this is actually your best attempt at a tier list then this is why people can’t take this game’s matchmaking seriously at all.

Did you actually just say that Nova is better than Li Ming, Rag, and Malthael?

I’m sorry I don’t mean to flame, (well maybe I do just a tiny bit), but this is a total disaster of a list.

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I am guessing they mean “Masters” level in QM according to Hotslogs.

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S+ - Imperius, Blackthorne.

I’m looking for responses from people with more than 30 total HL games. My tier list is for HL, not for QM

I really hope ppl won’t get over this.
Lunara is an A+ grade char, but only a hand full of players actually knows it.

Not really sure how to quote on this new forum, I’m not much of a reddit style forum poster so I’ll just do what I can.

Damn Li-Ming is that bad? Most of my favorite heroes are trash according to you lol.

I have 1200 Li Ming games. She is in a bad place. Her scaling is at 3%, instead of 4% like Jaina and KT (not sure why this hasn’t been reverted). Her entire kit is 100% reliant on a “clean-up” hero played by a teammate to get work done. Ming’s kit generally speaking does about 60-70% of most assassin’s health pools if you hit all 5 missiles + medium range orb + calamity.

She isn’t brutal brutal. She just under performs. She has had a 45-47% win rate for over a year now. That’s not really a fluke.

Fenix and raynor should be A list. Just no way.

I respect your opinion. However, having Kerrigan and Genji in my A+ tier makes heroes like Raynor and Fenix who are weak to dive worse. If I felt Kerrigan and Genji were worse heroes, I would move immobile heroes like Raynor and Fenix up to compensate.

Thanks dude, now i know i have a lot of issue with Tyrande and not that hero is the bad. I can move on … After i saw you put Chogall to E tier, I thought that’s the best tier here, but no. After i saw you put Probius to D tier, I realized we are deffinetly different players, with different playing style.

That’s the entire point of the post. Tier lists are highly opinionated. I even made a point of saying that it would spark angry discussion. What I think isn’t universal. If it was, everyone would main the same 3 heroes and the other 79 would see zero play. Preferences play a big part in tier lists. Mine is both a combination of my opinion, stats from third party sites, and also my experiences in Master league over the course of 3 years. ’

Probius D tier ??
:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy: you havent seen too many good probius have you ?
This little probe of ultimate friendlyness is often underestimated. Getting top game damage or top siege isnt rare to see on a good probius. Hes just really toughbto play well and many people just gives up trying.

Fantastically niche heroes that 0.01% of the population plays well are not really worth putting in A tier. I’ve seen FANTASTIC Gazlowe players who literally put the team on their back… even in Master tier. That doesn’t automatically make Gazlowe A+ tier.

I’m a great Ming player, and not a good Samuro player. However, that doesn’t make Ming better than Sam simply because I am better at her than Sam.

I’d move Garrosh up a tier. Yes, you CAN escape his throw if you have a mobility spell, but you’re still likely to take an assload of damage from his team, assuming he doesn’t manage to pull off a throw -> stun combo.

Add Indomitable giving him a way to beat one of the game’s ‘universal counters’, Hard CC, and in competent hands he’s a terror.

He’s one of the heroes on this list I actually second and third guessed myself. I moved him up, then back down. I think he’s a great tank, he is just SLIGHTLY worse against burst… and with Diablo/Tyrande/Kerrigan being such strong heroes, their CC and burst capabilities hurt Garrosh a bit. I do think he could easily bump up a tier and wouldn’t be wrong.

You behave as though you’re from a less… advanced civilization. However if your stupidity doesn’t kill you, my blades will since you’re no match for the blades of a Templar.

Always appreciate a good Artanis player. C tier really isn’t bad. Consider that A tier is great. B tier is good. C tier is okay. D tier is weaker. E tier is bad.

Artanis has his place. He’s really good on BoE and maps where boss racing is a thing. He’s also a great jungler. Just don’t think he is “all around good”. He’s also not all around weak. Sorta in the middle. Hense C tier

ming is not in the basement… she is not super top tier but I would say she is in the mid at least.

Again, I have 1200 games on her. She’s worse now than she’s been since release. It’s not 100% her fault, she doesn’t do great against the top-brass of heroes right now, either. But her scaling needs to go back to 4%. They made it 3% back when she had Ess of Johan. They never reverted it, despite nerfing her structure damage, the area her orb interacts with, and making her calamity not do minion damage. She’s very much a “The tank CCs someone, I do 90% of the damage and Zeratul kills them”. Why not just pick KT or Jaina who CAN reliably provide the same burst potential, without minions/summons potentially blocking the damage.

If you’re actually masters and this is actually your best attempt at a tier list then this is why people can’t take this game’s matchmaking seriously at all.

Did you actually just say that Nova is better than Li Ming, Rag, and Malthael?

I’m sorry I don’t mean to flame, (well maybe I do just a tiny bit), but this is a total disaster of a list.

Nova, when drafted in the proper spot, is more influential than Malth and Rag. Yes. You’re entitled to your opinion.

I really hope ppl won’t get over this.
Lunara is an A+ grade char, but only a hand full of players actually knows it.

Again, this notion of “Some people are AMAZING at this hero… So she’s S tier” is done to death.

That’s the whole point of this thread. Everyone likes different heroes. Everyone thinks the heroes they like are A or S tier… Why? Because they play them the most, have gotten the best at them out of the hero pool, and thus they think they are better than heroes they haven’t practiced as much.

Lunara, again, is not “Bad”. C tier is “Okay”. D tier is weak. E tier is bad.

I actually think for the most part the hero pool is well balanced right now. There are outliers… but that’s why most of the heroes I picked are B and C tier, because those are “good” and “okay”. Very few E tier and very few S tier, which are noticeable “problem children” that need huge adjustments.

Thank you for your input all. I’m not saying my list is right. It’s MY list. I just like discussion.

Continue!

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