So it occurred to me recently that both greymane and cassia have talents that do extra damage to slowed or stunned heroes (and cassia to blinded heroes).
This got me thinking about how to build a team to capitalise on these talents.
I came up with :
Cassia
Greymane
Thrall (with earthquake)
Lili (serpent blinds + blinding wind slows)
Who would be the best tank to combo here? I thought maybe ETC assuming mosh counts as stun, or otherwise Arthas?
Anyone else have any good examples of great talent synergy across comps?
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Samuro
Whitemane
Arthas
Murky or a good mephisto
Leoric
Samuro with the talent that all his hits against slowed units are critical and whitemane E build with that comp is godly in the right ocassion
Johanna. Her Q is a slow, her W is a stun, and her E is a blind. Her blind can also be talented to grant bonus damage to targets hit by that.
I would also recommend Blaze as the off-tank/solo lane in that comp instead of Thrall, as he also has a ton of slows with his W and heroic, and can set up some nasty AoE stuns if played well.
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There are alot of components into crafting a good team.
One of those things is capitalizing on talents and skillz such as mentioned by yourself.
But if you put in alot of other factors like general synergy.
Enemy Team Comp.
Map.
etc etc etc… (Not the hero obviously)
As by talents you don’t mean ults i assume? Like Nano Boost + Li-Min or Morales Boost thingy + Illidan, but more like basic talents.
There are acouple of other heroes that are provided dmg vs slowed/rooted targets, can’t remember which though.
But besides this we got no hero that has increased damage with more movement speed forexample (Kinda like the horseman(Hecarim) from League, for those familliar with that).
But i wouldn’t purely build a team around that talent bonus.
If you forexample meet someone with alot of gapclosers or high mobility(Not movement speed mobility), your team will eventualy struggle quite alot and prob get bursted down and overthrown by Hard CC like stuns and silences.
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There are more heroes that benefit from debuffs.
One of Xul’s level one talents gets damaged reduction when attacking disabled heroes.
Orphea has one talent at 1 that increases spell damage against those targets.
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This is just fun brainstorming, I don’t think this was meant to be an actual draft comp. There are a number of heroes who can take advantage of slows/stuns, such as a Mocking Strikes Alarak, or an Ace in the Hole Jimmy. So while this particular comp may not be serious, it does bring up a good point in that it is a good idea to know how most of the heroes on the roster work, as you can talent or draft appropriately.
For example, if I know the Jimmy on my team went Ace in the Hole, and I am playing Anub’arak, I will always take Bed of Barbs at level 4 which adds a slow to the path of my Q, so I can give him a little extra advantage when fighting behind me.
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A lot of heroes have slow damage perks at this point.
My favorite 2 man combo that utilize this right now are Jaina and Fenix. The burst you get from Ring/Blizzard and Plasma Cutter/Purification Salvo is quite nice. A good ring that hits all 5 can set up potentially a full team wipe with that combo.
Raynor also gets a lot of extra damage out of reliable snares and roots.
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You really need to forgive my comp…they’re a bit…sloOOowwwwww
Jo: (Reduces enemy AA’s and absorbs Ming’s balls. Well rounded mainer)
Arthas: (Good against melee comp but synergises well with Raynor and Jaina)
Rhegar: (Good set up with totem, especially if you spec into expanding totem. He works the best with Raynor in any comp as well)
Jaina: Good follow up to Arthas and Rhegar)
Raynor: (Raynor and his banshee would have a field trip. Spec into the usual "Ace into the hole) and you’ll be melting anything that lives and breathes.
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i tried Jaina / Arthas in same team and i approve! infinite Slows.
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One of my fav ones is the Dibbles + Tyrande combo. I use to do it all the time with old teammates ^^
Good times, good times 
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Dibbles and Tyrande! i love that one too he wall bang them and as he flip the target you shot the stun and boom! Success 
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Arthas,
Abathur (ilidan build),
Diablo with Lightning Breath,
Johanna
In the past, Arthas + Lunara was very strong
My favourite team: Illidan + 4 support / healers
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