The Best AI Hero?

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Funny story - last night I ended up in a game with a pretty bad ETC. Likely not his fault, just not a hero they know or possibly very new.

He bailed halfway through the match and we carried on with the AI - who surprisingly landed some really great ults and we were able to turn things around.

Are there any other AI heroes that can actually…do something? I’ve seen the AI play an okay Uther too.

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I got some respect for AI KTZ. It’s scary when he hits his skillshots every single time. Although he doesn’t always attempt to do his combo :stuck_out_tongue:
And AI Genji can also be quite something.

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AI Stukov, Chromie, Valla and Raynor know how to hit it hard.

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Well, you should go for a try in VS AI (elite) mode, just once or two… :wink:
You’ll be surprised to see what kind of combos the AI is able to land if you are misplaced or a little too greedy…
It can even be frustrating at some point :sweat_smile:
Sometimes, it just feels like you’re playing against Dignitas or GenG teams :crazy_face:

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Sgt. Hammer because she completely out micro anyone.

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genji
there was also some hots moment on YT where AI genji 1v5 everyone
atleast we can see how strong hero is… its just about skill

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Genji Alarak ana stiches AI are lethal.

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genji, when your team gets low he goes full super saiyan with rapid chain swift strikes, no pauses to aim, never missing, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead!

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Grey can do similar with go for the throat. you get ppl low and he can rampage through everyone.

…but as far as best AI hero?
its Chromie.

she is a natural back line hero and even when toggled to follow someone like your healer she can still work effectively because of that. her Q passes through things like minions. her W ignores obstacles as well since it is not a pathing projectile like ming has with orb.

so ya… chromie. if i have to get stuck with a bot it may as well be her.

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I don’t know why but I have found Cassia to be a pain when playing AI

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I’ve got a Fenix AI during a QM some times ago and it was actually better than the real player (not that it required much). It managed to do its job pretty well, if directed with some pings.
Probably the best one I’ve seen around recently.

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surprised no one mentioned the perfect aim Ana, can ping you with healing no matter where you are, how much your darting around, and even with eye of horus, it’s like glued to you.

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Depending on the difficulty and the hero you pick, most of them can be pretty nasty. The heroes that require proper combos are usually less threatening than the heroes that don’t require combos to be effective.

Azmodan A.I will land abilities on you left and right, so you will get nailed quite often by Globes of Annihilation which hurt more and more as the game progresses. A.I Azmodan is very much aware of enemy team positioning and will snipe players that are low on health.

Genji A.I can snipe really good as well, and the higher A.I difficulty will often times use Deflect when you don’t want it to. It is however easy to bait him into using his Swift Strike prematurely (or playing as a beefy hero where the percentage you are at health wise is more than he can doll out) after which point he is a free kill.

Ana A.I can be very, VERY frustrating to deal with. She will almost always land sleep dart on you unless you use a mobility skill or have fancy foot work, will heal any teammates that are low with Eye of Horus (the other heroic is not as annoying), is very accurate with her healing darts, but does not use her grenade appropriately. Still highly annoying.

Li-Ming A.I can be pretty nasty if you do not have a minion wave between you and her when she uses her abilities. I had the misfortune of playing against one that actually took all the arcane orb talents and glass cannon. It was really risky chasing anyone out of lane while she was alive, as it was very likely who ever was doing the chasing would be intercepted by an arcane orb and lose a hefty amount of health.

Kel’Thuzad A.I can be very scary with how often they can get the hero quest done, but they are not smart enough to really stay behind their teammates sometimes. While it is extremely rare for them to land a combo, they can still hit pretty hard.

Sgt. Hammer can be absolutely frustrating to deal with as she will often prioritize you over everything else, and will always use her knock back and thrusters when things go even remotely south. If you are playing as a melee oriented or squishy hero, you are going to have a very rough time with her.

Morales A.I is about as frustrating if not more so than Ana. If she sticks near her team and you lack the ability to AoE damage the entire team or focus her, you will be fighting a near constant team fight that will constantly shove you back. Though she does get stupid and go off on her own or over extend at times.

Valeera A.I will sneak up on you and gut you like a fish if you are not careful. In team fights though she is pretty worthless, but if you over extend by yourself and she is nearby…

Raynor, Valla, Zul’jin, and Greymane are pretty nasty at the higher difficulties. Ranyor and Valla will dismantle you if you are not careful and they pick the right talents. Zul’jin can as well and can be disturbingly accurate with Guillotine (I witnessed him take out a flying Falstad once with it) and if the bot picks the right talents and gets enough kills under his belt he can zone you about as well as Hammer can. Greymane can and will tear you apart if, again, he picks the right talents, but even without going a meta build if you let him he will send you running to the healing well or back to the hall of the storms.

I am sure there are plenty of others, but those are the ones off the top of my head from the assassin and support side.

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Zagara is about the best AI in the game. She cannot ever be ganked because her algorithm seems to have her play as if she had creep everywhere. So even if she can’t see you, she can still see you.

So she will push lanes while being impossible to kill. She backs off before your halfway to her lane. Every single time.

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AI stitches lands pretty good hooks

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AI Nova. When she is not suiciding against towers or running around like a headless chicken, she can really land those snipes. Yes she will land a snipe against humans every 3 seconds if she goes the snipe build. If only she played from the back line instead of meleeing everything…

AI Jaina is similar. If she goes the single target burst build she will land her bolt every second on someone, for absolutely insane DPS. Too bad if the human knows what they are doing they will break off from her after she starts so will likely survive and blow her cooldowns because the AI does not known when to chase.

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AI Lucio is the most annoying fkn thing on this earth. He stays at exactly max range 100% of the time. No human being can kite like that.

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Depends, if the AI is on your team, they are usually TERRIBLE. If you’re facing them, they are magic players, dodging INSTANTLY if you use a skill shot, managing magnificent combos, and altogether doing amazing team/individual things.

If they replace teammates in a match they fall somewhere in between those two options.

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I hear you, and if he’s the AI healer on your team he never heals… Of course I need a speed boost Lucio! To get back to base because you refuse to heal!

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Any skillshot based hero with potential to kill.

Genji, KTZ if they didnt nerf him a while back, Chromie, Ming.

They are really good on predicting movement patterns and calculating if they can kill you (Computers are good at math, who knew), they actually nerfed KTZ AI at some point because he hit every skillshot everytime and landed a combo after with 0 delays or hesitation.

Ill take an average Gold Genji player in the enemy team any day instead of the AI.