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E.T.C. Build Guide “You can't kill the metal!”
Welcome to our guide for E.T.C., a Tank in Heroes of the Storm. Within these pages, you will find everything required to understand how best to play this hero, in both different map styles and team compositions.
E.T.C.'s Overview
E.T.C. is a disruptive and resilient Tank. Teammates will find his outstanding ability to initiate, peel, and provide an unusually high utility as an archetypal Tank useful. His limited damage output, however, means that E.T.C. players must work well with allies in order to secure kills.
E.T.C.'s Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
Hard to kill and gank, making him an outstanding scout- Multiple reliable crowd control Abilities and interrupts
- Some team support in the form of area of effect buffs
- Flexible Heroic Ability choices
Weaknesses
Dependent on good positioning- Very limited sustained damage output, making him poor at claiming Mercenary Camps
- Predictable playstyle
E.T.C.'s Talent Build Cheatsheet
Standard Build
Recommended
This standard build provides superior survivability, utility, and
crowd control. Key aspects of the build lie in
greatly improving the disruption potential of 
Face Melt.
Although 
Mosh Pit is suggested as a Heroic
Ability, 
Stage Dive can be a valid choice as well for
certain strategies.
E.T.C.'s Synergies and Counters
E.T.C. synergizes with
E.T.C.'s aggressive crowd control-oriented Ability set makes him particularly useful to any Hero who is able to follow up on said crowd control with their own Ability combo.
E.T.C. is countered by
E.T.C. may struggle against Heroes that have ways of avoiding his
Powerslide, reliably interrupt Mosh Pit, or otherwise kiting him.
E.T.C.'s Maps
Having a well-rounded Ability set, E.T.C. works well on most Maps. His sub-par PvE damage dealing capacity, however, makes him a poor choice on any Map featuring Objectives that need to be taken out quickly.
E.T.C.'s Tips and Tricks
- Use
Powerslide along with 
Face Melt to easily push opponents towards or away from your teammates. - Make the best out of
Rockstar's Armor by using 
Guitar Solo whenever you are being attacked. - Capitalise on
Stage Dive's global range to split push or soak Experience. - Keep track of enemy crowd control so that
Mosh Pit is not interrupted.
E.T.C.'s Role in the Current Meta
E.T.C. is the most evident example of an archetypal Tank who thrives
in group play, thanks to Powerslide and his innate toughness. As such,
E.T.C. is typically picked in aggressive team compositions with plenty of
follow up to capitalise on his reliable initiate.
Although nearly impossible to gank, he is not a particularly
strong solo laner, and should instead remain with allies to support them
in various ways. Scouting is one important task that E.T.C. can fulfill better
than most Heroes. As needed, Stage Dive turns E.T.C. into a potent
split-pusher, allowing a team to safely pressure two Objectives
at once after the laning phase.
Changelog
- 27 Oct. 2020 (talents page): Talents and builds reviewed and updated.
- 07 Sep. 2020 (talents page): Talents and builds reviewed and updated.
- 30 Aug. 2020 (this page): Role in Current Meta section updated.
- 19 Jul. 2020 (talents page): Talents reviewed and updated.
- 05 Apr. 2020 (talents page): Description and recommendation updated for Pinball Wizard.
- 13 Dec. 2019 (this page): Added a note about current Anomaly.
- 11 Oct. 2019 (abilities page): Abilties section reviewed.
- 11 Oct. 2019 (this page): Guide updated.
- 11 Oct. 2019 (talents page): Talents section updated.
- 21 Jan. 2018 (this page): Guide fully updated.
- 26 Apr. 2017 (this page): Guide updated for Genji's patch and moved to the new format.
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Oxygen is a veteran of the MOBA genre, which he has been playing for nearly 15 years. He has coached some of Heroes of the Storm's most prominent North American players and teams alike, including Team Liquid. As a Master player, he enjoys playing all Heroes and roles.
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