Hogger · Bruiser
Hogger for Beginners
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Overview
Hogger is a melee Bruiser in Heroes of the Storm. In this guide you play it as Bruiser: your job is to hold a side lane alone, take camps and add a second frontline in fights. Hogger is of average difficulty: learn the basics below and it rewards you quickly.
Strengths
- Sustain from Loot Hoard.
- Crowd control: Staggering Blow applies a stun.
- Clear job in the team: hold a side lane alone, take camps and add a second frontline in fights.
Weaknesses
- Low damage by itself: it needs its team to finish kills.
- Can be kited by ranged heroes.
Build cheat sheet
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
Builds
Simple talents
When to use it
Avoids quest and active talents where it can: passive picks that work without extra buttons or conditions.
Map job
Battlegrounds change every match, so this is its job on any of them.
Solo laneMainHolds a lane alone so the rest of the team can rotate.- Double soakSoaks experience in two lanes at once.
- RotateMoves between lanes to gank and help.
- Mercenary campsTakes mercenary camps when it is safe.
- With the teamStays with the team for fights and objectives.
Talents by level
Journeyman CookingEach Hero hit by Ez-Thro Dynamite heals you for 8% of maximum Health. Quest: Hitting Heroes with Ez-Thro Dynamite permanently increases your maximum Health by 10, to a maximum of 750 bonus Health.WQuest
Bones to GnawLoot Hoard creates a chunk of Meat when it lands. While under the effects of Meat, gain 10 Armor.Trait
On The ProwlActivate to gain 25 Rage over 8 seconds. Passive: You heal for 7 (+4% per level) Health every second, increased by 2% per point of Rage.Active
- 1Upgrades Ez-Thro Dynamite for more survivability.
- 4The most survivability-focused option at level 4.
- 7Upgrades Staggering Blow.
- 10Heroic ability focused on damage.
- 13Upgrades Staggering Blow for more damage.
- 16Upgrades Staggering Blow for more damage.
- 20Upgrades Hogg Wild for more damage.
Abilities
QStaggering Blow12sSwing your chain in a wide arc, dealing 140 (+4% per level) damage to enemies hit and knocking them away. If an enemy hits terrain, deal an additional 150 (+4% per level) damage, Stun for 0.75 seconds, and gain 15 Rage.- WEz-Thro Dynamite8sToss a bundle of Dynamite with a 1.5 second fuse. Upon detonation, enemies take 180 (+4% per level) damage and are Slowed by 30% for 2 seconds. The Dynamite instantly detonates when landing on an enemy Hero granting Hogger 10 Rage.
EHogg Wild14sAfter 0.25 seconds, become Unstoppable and uncontrollably spin towards the target direction, ricocheting off terrain. Ricocheting off terrain refreshes the duration. Every 0.125 seconds, deal 44 (+4% per level) damage to nearby non-Structure enemies. Damage against Heroes is increased by .5% for each point of Rage.
RHoardapultHeroic60sLaunch an empowered Loot Hoard with Hogger attached, dealing 100 (+4% per level) damage and Slowing enemies by 50% for 2 seconds. Hoardapult's Loot Hoard lasts for up to 20 seconds, decaying rapidly while not nearby. Every 10 seconds Hogger can take a chunk of Meat from the Loot Hoard.Heroic — slows. Plan your fights around its cooldown.
RShockwaveHeroic70sAfter 0.5 seconds, slam the ground, sending out a shockwave that travels in a long line. Enemies hit by the initial slam take 335 (+4% per level) damage and are Stunned for 1.5 seconds. Enemies only hit by the shockwave take 230 (+4% per level) damage and are Stunned for 0.75 seconds.Heroic — applies a stun. Save it for priority targets or to interrupt a channel.- DLoot HoardTrait20sToss a pile of junk onto the battlefield, dealing 102 (+4% per level) damage in an area, knocking enemies away, and acting as terrain for up to 5 seconds. When the Loot Hoard expires or is destroyed, a chunk of Meat falls out that can be picked up to restore 3% of maximum Health every second for 4 seconds. Reactivate to destroy Loot Hoard.
Strategy
1What Hogger does
Hogger is a melee Bruiser in Heroes of the Storm. The kit brings crowd control (stun) with Staggering Blow and sustain with Loot Hoard. At level 10 you choose between the heroics Hoardapult and Shockwave.
2The basics
In this guide you play it as Bruiser: your job is to hold a side lane alone, take camps and add a second frontline in fights.
- Soaking: stay in range of the minion waves to collect experience.
- Camps: a mercenary camp in the right lane is pressure your team doesn't have to create.
3Common mistakes
Most new players lose games with the same few mistakes. Avoid these and you'll already be ahead:
- Abandoning your lane for fights you can't reach.
- Diving the enemy backline alone.
- Ignoring mercenary camps.
4Your first games
Early, hold the solo lane: soak every wave, win trades when the enemy misses abilities and take mercenary camps when your lane is pushed. Use the simple build in this guide and don't worry about situational choices yet.
Tips
- Soaking: stay in range of the minion waves to collect experience.
- Camps: a mercenary camp in the right lane is pressure your team doesn't have to create.
- Experience is shared by the whole team: being in lane to soak it matters as much as fighting.
- Learn what Hoardapult and Shockwave do before your first game: you'll choose one at level 10.
Changelog
- Updated for patch 2.57.0.98304.
- Updated for patch 2.57.0.98297.
- Updated for patch 2.57.0.98285.
- Guide created for patch 2.55.17.98025.
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