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SHADOW ASSAULT:
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This Heroic Ability is geared towards a pure assassin Zeratul.
The reasons are:
- Shadow Assault allows you to effectively burst down your target.
- Shadow Assault helps you stick close to your victim.
- Shadow Assault helps you approach a new target easily.
- Shadow Assault enhances your attack speed and simultaneously helps you deal your auto attack damage.
- Shadow Assault focuses on killing a single target.
But, the main reason why you need to consider taking Shadow Assault is:
TO BURST DOWN KEY TARGETS
VOID PRISON:
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This Heroic Ability is geared towards a team-oriented playstyle.
Void prison is one scary skill to have in a team.
The reasons are:
- Void Prison allows you to set up the entire enemy team.
- Void Prison helps you save a structure by using it on the structure.
- Void Prison can be used to save key allies or just allies.
- Void Prison helps your entire team in team fights.
- Void Prison focuses on setting up part of your enemy team.
But, the main reason why you need to consider taking Void Prison is:
TO DENY YOUR ENEMIES A CHANCE OF A FAIR FIGHT
A lot of players are in favor of choosing Void Prison over Shadow Assault.
The reason is the game is heavily team-oriented.
A skill like Void Prison almost ensures a win for the team, if used at the exact right moment.
As i have said, it removes the chance of your enemies having a fair fight against your team.
Your team will almost always have 4-5 bodies, while your enemies will be limited to a number lower than yours.
In competitive games, void prison is an invaluable skill for your team.
I cannot stress how much VOID PRISON changes the game in your team's favor.
However there are things which you need to have in mind.
This skill is rather predictable.
The enemy team expects you to pick this Heroic because of its strength.
Using it on part of the enemy team is expected, that is why they would invest their time in focusing you before you can cast this Heroic. If successful, it would switch the odds to their favor. Just to remind you, Zeratul goes down very easily when focused.
Picking this ability will lessen your burst damage considerably.
With that in mind, your enemy team knows that they are rather at a considerable advantage because the Zeratul cannot fit the role of a BURST ASSASSIN properly. They would just need to watch out for your Heroic and worry a little bit about the damage you can deliver on key targets.
If you follow the suggested talents build, it would not lessen that much. But still, it is "weaker" compared to a pure burst one.
THE
PROS OUTWEIGHS the CONS of this skill.
Now, to Shadow Assault.
This Heroic is a STEROID for Zeratul. It allows you to burst down key targets with relative ease.
Picking this Heroic will not increase your team-presence to epic proportions compared to taking the other Heroic. It would however make Zeratul the burst assassin he truly is.
You can pick key targets carefully. Your key targets are often, assassins, supports and specialists with insane amounts of team presence. Killing these targets successfully can shift the advantage to your favor.
Killing the assassin would reduce the amount of damage your team receives, murdering the support will reduce the amount of shields, buffs or heals your opponent receives; allowing your teammates to effectively deal the damage they were supposed to deal. It will also limit crowd controls that the supports can cast on your team. The same goes for the puny specialists you chose as your target.
You will often be not glorified when you win the game when picking SHADOW ASSAULT.
(Your presence, skill and effort often goes unnoticed when picking this Heroic Ability.)
BOTH HEROICS shifts the odds to your team's favor when you used it at the right moment.
However, i will pick Shadow Assault over Void Prison, even on competetive games.
Why?
ASSASSIN. Zeratul is supposed to kill his enemies. Not set them up for others to kill.
If i want to set up the enemy team, then i would rather pick E.T.C..
You won't get any recognition for picking Shadow Assault, unlike Void Prison.
REMEMBER: This is your choice to make.
You can bask on the glory you deserve for ensuring your team the win with VOID PRISON.
Or.
Stay hidden with SHADOW ASSAULT without gaining attention after killing targets that will otherwise cost you the game.
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