Fist post on here, have been watching threads for ages but never made account to comment. My in game is Fire and Phaze.
I am an avid Hk user and believe that, contrasting popular opinion, they are balanced. They are a big risk/reward unit but if played correctly have a huge payoff. The problem Ive always had with HKS is that they are severely underpowered late game.
The inclusion of the lurker evolution is a good one, the hks needed a late game upgrade for sure. My problem however, is that it is shit.
I don’t mean to say that it is objectively a bad unit, but when weighed against the other final forms of hero’s I.e. DA Spec Queen, It is incredibly underwhelming. There is little or no situation where lurker is better than dark archon or queen. I believe that every unit needs to have its specific purpose. DA is a crowd control tank. Spec is a hero control threat. Archon is a mix of both, as is queen. I would not chose lurker over any of these units by a long shot. Spec, I think, Is almost as good at getting feed as lurker.
I believe that the type of unit we are lacking in late game, Is a true harass unit. (I think of hks as harass - lurker is more of a siege unit - which has little place in marine arena - also, tiny amount of skill needed). I think that Hks morph should be a very fast, relatively tanky unit with a survivability skill. Not a tank skill, but something more along a blink, a speed boost, a spell immunity etc.
I think the best way to incorporate this kind of unit would be the make the final morph of hks an air unit. A Strong muta, broodlord or viper with right click. The actual implementation of this idea is unimportant of me. I just believe that as of now, the lurker is an uneccisary unit that has no real place in Marine Arena.
I would like to finish this post by saying that i mean no disrespect to its coders and creators. It is a wonderfully coded unit with little or no bugs I have seen, I just believe that the idea works in theory but not practice, you will be hard pressed to find a lurker in a scrimmage. I also believe a final evolution should strike fear into those who see the message pop on the screen, personally, when i see lurker, I feel relief that the HKS are gone.
This is the opinion of one man who loves marine arena and has faith in hks.
Lmk if any of you who play hk agree.
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