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The Lost Vikings for Beginners
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Overview
The Lost Vikings is a melee Support in Heroes of the Storm. In this guide you play it as Support: your job is to give your team utility, vision and protection. The Lost Vikings is of average difficulty: learn the basics below and it rewards you quickly.
Strengths
- Clear job in the team: give your team utility, vision and protection.
- Helps the whole team from the first minute.
Weaknesses
- Melee range: ranged heroes can poke it freely.
- No escape tools: vulnerable when divers reach it.
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 laneHolds a lane alone and wins it.
- 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 teamMainStays with the team: it wins fights, not lanes.
Talents by level
Olaf the StoutPassive: Olaf gains 20% bonus maximum Health. Every 5 seconds, Olaf gains 75 Physical Armor against the next enemy Hero Basic Attack, reducing the damage taken by 75%. Stores up to 2 charges.
Spy GamesAfter standing still for 3 seconds, Erik gains Stealth and his Sight Radius is increased by 75%. The Stealth persists for 3 seconds after moving and once removed, Erik gains 75% bonus Basic Attack damage for 6 seconds.
Explosive AttacksBaleog's Basic Attack splash damage against non-Heroes is no longer reduced by 50%.
Viking BriberyEnemy Minions or captured Mercenaries killed near The Lost Vikings grant stacks of Bribe. Use 40 stacks to bribe target Mercenary, instantly defeating them. Does not work on Elite Mercenaries. Maximum stacks available: 200.
- 1The most survivability-focused option at level 1.
- 4The most survivability-focused option at level 4.
- 7The most survivability-focused option at level 7.
- 10Heroic ability focused on damage.
- 13The most damage-focused option at level 13.
- 16The most damage-focused option at level 16.
- 20The most damage-focused option at level 20.
Strategy
1What The Lost Vikings does
The Lost Vikings is a melee Support in Heroes of the Storm. At level 10 you choose between the heroics Play Again! and Longboat Raid!
2The basics
In this guide you play it as Support: your job is to give your team utility, vision and protection.
- Utility first: your value is what you enable.
- Stay with your team: alone you're an easy target.
3Common mistakes
Most new players lose games with the same few mistakes. Avoid these and you'll already be ahead:
- Using your key ability too early.
- Wandering alone around the map.
- Ignoring lanes that need soaking.
4Your first games
Early, soak experience, help the lane that needs it most and use your utility to win the first objective. Use the simple build in this guide and don't worry about situational choices yet.
Tips
- Utility first: your value is what you enable.
- Stay with your team: alone you're an easy target.
- Experience is shared by the whole team: being in lane to soak it matters as much as fighting.
- Before each fight, check which key abilities the enemy has available.
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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