I hope they thought that part out.
But it's the first three letters of the first name and the last *four* letters of the second one. When I (slvstrChung) play Cho and my wife (ltlbearista) plays Gall, we get "slv'ista"; when we reverse, we get "ltl'hung", which is why I never let her play Cho. >D
But, I'm pretty sure they thought that part out. Back in the PS1 days the Spider-Man game had already mastered censoring.
https://kotaku.com/do-not-call-yourself-fuck-spider-man-doesnt-like-it-1823625876
There's a lot of educational content out there, such as Blizzard's official article series (example).
But considering you're looking at melee heroes, you are going to want to focus on either being main tank or the solo laner. While this game focuses a lot less on laning, imo good solo laning-capable heroes are still very influential in the flow of the game in the ways you mention.
Winning the solo lane is always nice, but crucial on maps such as Braxis Holdout and Dragon Shire.
Solo laners come in a few categories, such as pushers (zagara), brawlers (see below) and those with a global movement ability (Dehaka being the best, but also including ETC with Stage dive). You are going to want to focus on the second category, which includes heroes such as:
There's more heroes that can function in the solo lane, but this is a good list of heroes to start practicing. Most are warriors that aren't quite capable of being the main tank, while Rag and Thrall are also very valuable and tanky picks.
These heroes have self-sustain, damage potential, the ability to stay safe from ganks, good at getting camps; all while still adding value to team fights. They all have slightly different playstyles of course, but you can pick them pretty much in any solo lane situation while you learn.
One streamer that focuses on the solo lane is pro player Alextheprog. He often has very valuable insights to share, even if he doesn't try hard during games as much as others.
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I play with a group called The Art of Warefare (TAW.net) and I usually use their teamspeak server. But we often have guests join and play TL/HL/QM and whatever. Sometimes we just need that 5th spot filled, sometimes it's just one of us sitting around looking for a duo que. Either way, great way to meet friends to play with.
If you have no idea at all and want to learn it by playing instead of watching esports I can recommend the "Hots Complete" app for android. It has a build in draft helper and is overall a useful tool.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.production.holender.hotsrealtimeadvisor&hl=en
edit: also start with unranked draft maybe, to get a feel for drafting and when to draft what. Use the App ass a guideline but not as the one and only picks.
There's two Android apps in case anyone is interested in the links:
Complete HotS = 4.7/5
HotS Helper = 4.6/5
I can recommend you the android app hots complete. I found it in /r/heroesofthestorm and love it ever since. It also has a draft helper, you need to practice a bit to click the heroes fast enought but it helped me a lot.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.production.holender.hotsrealtimeadvisor