Quickmatch Medivh players have had enough!

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I am not an Abathur. Abathur does 60k healing per game, and with all the force of will nerfs, I do barely 20k. Abathur soaks 25k+ exp per game and can push lanes globally, I cant even clear one lane in less than 15 seconds.
So please, tell me why, I need to play against an abathur in 90% of my quickmatch games?
With his rework, you turned Medivh into just another boring mage. That’s cool, I get it, he was the only counter to the “burst meta” and you didn’t like that, but now that he’s a mage, maybe it’s time to make him play against other mages as well?
I wouldnt mind that much if my master’s touch was not baseline, but some people thought it would be nice to screw quickmatch players in some matchups.

I want some variety in my games, please.

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He’s still a perfectly fine burst counter…I DO think he should just be tagged as a mage for MM purposes though, not that I run Medivh in QM mind you. I’d rather run him solely with my team to get the max potential.

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I find I really enioy matches with the slug.

Winning is a bit hit or miss, but it’s a chess match the whole time.

On the SG server, there tends to be not so many sustain heroes in queue. Many times I will be the only sustain in the game. Therefore when I go Medivh, I will always have a different experience.

Some matches I am the the finisher for the team. Take portal mastery at 1, and just hover. I stay in bird form at their back line until I can kill someone with Q, sheep the major threat and escape with E.

Some matches I have to be the sustained damage. Stand near the front line and spam Q. This is my least favourite role.

Some matches I am the support. I have to be on point with my portals and W, and make sure the enemy threats are in stasis at the most important time.

My favourite though, is when I all the major roles are covered. Then, I can just be the “excelsior bird,” do a little of everything and just manipulate the battle in my own way. There is no pressure to finish Master’s Touch, I don’t need to perfectly time every W, I just do me.

My absolute favourite part of Medivh at the moment is the level of mind games you can play on the enemy with Portal Mastery at 1.

If you follow them from camp to camp, drop a portal every time a merc is just about to die. Nobody is nearby to use the portal, but the enemy doesn’t know that. They scatter and maybe even drop cc at the portal the first time… second time they hold their attacks to burst the first guy through the portal… third time they sort of hold attacks, but still kill the camp.

That is when they are ready. I ping my team to call them over. The fourth portal they basically ignore - “this bird douche is just playing with us again…”

The boy who cried wolf, indeed. Excelsior.

I have done this strategy to win 3 games so far. So rewarding. It helps to have guardian of Trirsfail as well to buy a lot of time for the mind games.

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The whole sustain category in itself is absurd… It currently hosts medivh, abathurs, zarya, and tassadar, because they have support capabilities but are not full fledged healers, yet it leaves out Yrel, Tyrael, ETC, and probius.

The whole role seems absurd and should just be removed in my opinion. For the same reason almost nobody enjoyed old mirror matches, nobody enjoys the sustain category.

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The entire statement just proves that you never played Aeon of Strife, Dota, DOTA 2, LoL, or Smite.

These mechanics have existed in MOBAS for decades. If you don’t like and if you don’t know which heroes by now that counter sustain mechanics. Maybe you should stop playing.

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This is why I hate the QM rules also. So many crybabies who need a tank and a healer etc… makes it so you are on a certain hero you are always on same team as some other heroes or more often always against other certain heroes. Makes QM boring.

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Fully agree. I like the crazy comps in QM, they open new tactics that wouldn’t work with standard comps. Sometimes you get shafted but that’s ok. People can always play draft for more normal compositions.

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What do you even mean? I’m calling out the dumb matchamaking in quickmatch that makes Medivh ALWAYS play against abathur. Saying “Pick another character instead of medivh” is not even an argument. Are you sure you replied to the right post?

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First of all, Medivh is classified as Sustain, which includes Tassadar, Zarya, Medivh, and Abathur (Tyrande no longer counts after her rework) so it’s not always you up against Abathur, you could be against Zarya, Tassadar, or another Medivh instead.

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Aba can heal more, but you can give more protection against burst. You also don’t make your team lose one body.
Since Tyrande isn’t a sustain anymore, I have more fun as Medivh. Especially since Aba is someone I can hunt down as him.

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no, aba does not do 60k healing per game lol. that’s very very high.

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You should be grateful that your toxic hero is even in the game. You deserve nothing.

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Because both Abby and Medivh as classified as Sustain Heroes. Heck, they’re even in the same Spec role.