Finally we're back at a map that provides some challenge. Again, though, the scores are somewhat relative. I chose to examine each hero's performance when aggressively calling waves early. It made things a lot harder with some heroes, who nearly leaked mobs to the exit, but if I didn't call any waves early it honestly would have just been another fairly trivial map.
Impressions
There weren't as many surprises this time around. Catha ended up being the only hero getting a C, which is ominous for a "free" hero on so early a map. Her DPS is pretty bad, of course, which played a large part. I haven't used her very much aside from leveling her up though, and I'm guessing that her strengths are actually on harder maps with tougher enemies where you can rely on advanced towers for DPS and use her more for crowd control.
My only genuine shock was giving Xin an A after his awful performance on Gray Ravens heroic. Now it may be that I was so pleasantly surprised at how easy it was with him that I was a little over-generous and he really should have been a B, but regardless he did a lot better than expected. A lot of it had to do with him being able to actually put Daring Strike to good use, taking down Gnoll Gnawers before they even got far on the map.
Lilith somewhat redeemed herself on this map, pulling a B. Like Catha, I believe her strengths will be more evident on maps with powerful individual enemies, not tons of fodder. Other than that everyone else performed just about as expected.
Final Grades
- Eridan - B
- Arivan - B
- Catha - C
- Reg'son - B
- Prince Denas - B
- Razz and Rags - B
- Bravebark - A
- Vez'nan - A
- Xin - A
- Phoenix - A
- Durax - A
- Lynn - B
- Bruce - B
- Lilith - B
- Wilbur - A
- Faustus - A
Best Choice
Wilbur, of course, because he again can just about solo the map without towers, but special mention needs to go to Durax, who absolutely destroyed this map. His ability to be in two (or three) places at once is enormous when you have divided streams of enemies.
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