The weird thing aboul Malth is that they seemed to have re-worked some parts of him, and forgotten others.
Like, when he was originally given Tormented souls, he didn’t have cleave on his AA. Now that he does, a heroic that does nothing but apply your trait doesn’t make much sense.
His quest was always worthless but was never changed, his spell armor wants you to predict damage 2 seconds ahead of time etc.
Yea im all for that ult getting reworked into something better. Or remove it and add a new heroic that fits how he is now.
Old Tormented Souls with its old armor bonus would probably fit current Malthael quite well. It would give him a means of actually diving in and doing more than being put in the corner with a dunce hat slapped upon his head.
I suppose him and Valeera could share a table in needing a touch up on talents and some other things. Maybe not quite that far, but not that far off either.
He is far enough that other heroes judge him though:
as most of hots guide, this is old but if you genuenly wondering why people play Malth, watch this.
They might have changed a lot of stuff but concept still remain the same.
(42) Why the Pros Play Malthael. (An analysis of Pro Play) - YouTube
Newer video guide.
It s still same concept. If you play him like another bruiser you are just playing him wrong. if play him right in right situation he is almost unstoppable.
Why the pros play Malthael. (2020 CCL)
Ya’ll remember when Malthael’s trait could be applied to non-hero units? Good times watching angel, demon, dragon knight, and everything with health bars thicker than a bowl of oatmeal drain comically fast when the fanciest edge lord was throwing shade at them.
I do play Malthael. I think I’m a bit over Lvl 50 with him. I wouldn’t comment on a hero I don’t play.
You can pick Malthael when the matchup makes sense. Here my team wanted to give up because the opponent had ChoGall+ Auriel. I outplayed Artanis then kept rotating to help them, while still keeping us up on XP.
But here’s the thing, Malthael doesn’t have a lot of good matchups. Here, the solo was Artanis, and the 4 man can’t really rotate, so I win. But almost anything else would not go so well. I’d win against Ragnaros or Dehaka, but people who pick them for the solo on Braxis don’t know what they’re doing.
A hero who is almost unstoppable gets played a lot. So if that was true, Malthael would show up a lot (pick or ban) at all levels. But he doesn’t.
For most other bruisers, I don’t need “The right situation” I can just pick them and they’re always good.
It still does, but the damage was nerfed. He used to be able to burn the immortal by himself while his team defended. (I think Tychus also used to have a thing where he would deal double minigun damage to the protector)
The worse part about playing Malth is pushing a structure with your team. You are completely useless. Even worse when pushing core.