The Grinding Gear Podcast

Kyle and Bahamut break down the recent July 15th patch with some coordinated play in mind. With a recent shotcaller take over of the team, Kyle has a lot of questions, and who better to answer them than perhaps the busiest casting in Heroes: Bahamutgaming. Nerfs and Buffs, all of interest. Garrett is on vacation and will rejoin the show next week. Enjoy!

Game and Balance Designer AZJackson returns to the show, following his most recent balance patch. We catch up since his last episode 311: Xul, Tassadar, Cassia, Tracer, Call for Help, Mei and the Weather. Of course the weather is a big topic of our conversation, but what we really want to talk about is Tanks and the recent balance patch. Garrett and Kyle lead you through a rollercoaster of an inte...

Garrett and Kyle are here with the big patch rundown! The movers and shakers of 2.51. Some make perfect sense with the weather anomaly, others are complete mysteries. We’ll have to ask AZJackson how things look on his end next week. We round out the show with emails and more!

With a solid number of games to draw stats from Garrett and Kyle take a good look at the current state of Heroes of the Storm following Mei’s release. If you’re looking to update your roster to get the most out of the weather anomaly this is the episode for you!

NotParadox joins the episode to give us his impressions on Mei, Weather and more. Garrett and Kyle guide you through many other topics as well such as game information and game education. What can be done? Would people take advantage of it? And does the new weather actually impact the game in a meaningful way or does it just complicate our nuance. Wise up and enjoy this episode of Into the Nexus.

An Overwatch Tank? Called it! Mei joins Heroes of the Storm, but it’s hardly the most scandalous happening of the week. Weather is on its way, and it’s looking to change up your gameplay! Rain, Snow, Fog! And Garrett is having none of it! What strategies will be revealed. Can Kyle sell you the incoming climate? Stay tuned.

Mysteries on the horizon! On this week's Into the Nexus, Garrett and Kyle try to solve the snowflake puzzle, knowing full well they may be wrong come tomorrow's reveal. Mei? Baal? Map rework? D.va Rework? Stay tuned. The guys also have at a number of other game issues including overnerfing Deathwing and lane freezing. The episode culminates in a less-than-rapid-fire mailbag. Enjoy!

A mysterious missing patch? Tracer is still running amuck and Cassia still undertuned but it seems they might be holding back for a big big Call for Help update. As fans await the balance patch, their eyes have turned on Tanks and the limited selection of the role. Can we fix and elevate our situational picks to ETC/Johanna status? Garrett and Kyle give their all to solve the equation. They also t...

A mysterious missing patch? Tracer is still running amuck and Cassia still undertuned but it seems they might be holding back for a big big Call for Help update. As fans await the balance patch, their eyes have turned on Tanks and the limited selection of the role. Can we fix and elevate our situational picks to ETC/Johanna status? Garrett and Kyle give their all to solve the equation. They also t...

With a very recent forum post asking for feedback on possible ways to reign the Call for Help Anomaly, Garrett and Kyle talk for almost two hours about the very interesting possibilities on the horizon for Heroes of the Storm.

JHow is back and this time Garrett is here! It’s been a busy year full of reworks and Anomalies and our wonderful guest is here to give you full rundown. Towers, Cassia, Tracer, Xul, Tassadar and Deathwing; all are under the microscope. We also get the lowdown on what your returning roster should look like for top tier training. Thank you to all our Patrons for their continued support.

Big patch! Garrett and Kyle give you the speedy rundown of all the Heroes happenings. Anomaly tower charges are here and they are slightly less deadly but overall cleaned up in some of their poison oddities. A surprise to some, but not to those seeing those new skins come in, we got a Tracer and Cassia rework! Buffs buffs BUFFS to follow. The much expected Tassadar adjustment as well. Join us wont...

The Heroes of the Storm developers have taken to Reddit in their most recent Ask Me Anything. All your favorites are here: KaeoMilker, BlizzAZJackson, Blizz_Daybringer, Blizz_DWarner and more! Garrett and Kyle give you the express pass through all the important tidbits and happenings. We also take a quick look at what's happening with Tassadar and what we can expect from next week’s balance patch....

Big reactions episode! The anomaly has been live for a week; Garrett and Kyle have questions. Tassadar’s popularity is up 300% but his win-rate doesn’t match the hype. What can be done for the new High Templar to bring him in line. We also help the Blizz team clarify a recent statement on losing on purpose. But the real meat of the show lies ahead, the recent anomaly has left some of our maps in a...

New season, new meta, new strategies. That's why Garrett and Kyle have called in the professionals. Not_Paradox is here to give you the fact, opinion and run down on all the Heroes of the Storm happenings. You want tower strats? We got em. You want a Tassadar build? Oh yea, we got a great one for ya. You want a Garden of Terror strategy in 10 minutes or less, got that too.

The season is closing and a giant patch is incoming! Call of Help Nexus Anomaly, Favoriting Talents, Tassadar Rework, Improved Ai, Grandmaster changes and more! Huge changes coming to the game. Defending and attacking will be changed forever due the new rocking towers and cores. Garrett and Kyle are here to prepare you for next week! Oh and the Dark Nexus event.

All Heroes Free to Play! Garrett and Kyle hit you with a new/returning player guide, but not before they share all their Heroes of the Storm happenings. A wild week full of dev posts and tricky April Fools’ trickery. Your emails, nachos, Shrek, and more on this episode of Into the Nexus.

On this week’s Into the Nexus, Garrett, and Kyle call in a special guest to help us run through the recent balance: McIntyre. The pro-player turned content producer for HeroesHearth gives us a peak at their recent happenings and gives us a view of top tier play past and present. He also drops on us his super secret ETC build. ITN is supported by our badass Patrons. You can become an ITN Patron by...

BUGS BE GONE! On today’s Into the Nexus Garrett and Kyle run you through all this week’s Heroes of the Storm news including bug fixes, incoming mini-season events and more. While we love that you love Heroes of the Storm with us; be good to each other and yourself during these stressful times. Enjoy competitive gaming responsibly. And for goodness sakes lets update the Heroes pricing structure! Yo...

Big patch week! Garrett and Kyle are here to give you the rundown on all the Heroes happenings starting with a big balance patch fresh from the devs. But all is not sunshine and Arthas buffs. Bugs have snuck into the game and are starting to pile up. It’s a new frontier and Into the Nexus is here to guide you through. ITN is supported by our badass Patrons. You can become a ITN Patron by going to...

On this very special episode of Into the Nexus, Garrett and Kyle are joined by none other than Hero Balance Designer Adam “AZJackson” Jackson. Get ready for an extremely candid and passionate episode as Adam shares everything from balance philosophies, interactions, failed tests and a glimpse at upcoming Nexus Anomalies. Get ready for a journey. ITN is supported by our badass Patrons. You can beco...

Caster Chris “Bahamut” Oniciu joins the show and school the dudes about all the happenings in Tournament play. Amature to Division S, Bahamut has seen it all. Check him out on the CCL, Heroes Lounge and Nexus Gaming Series. Garrett and Kyle lead our caster guest through the week’s happenings including a look at our February balance update, Blue Posts and more! This episode is sponsored by our love...

Garrett and Kyle are back to bring you all the Heroes happenings from around the web. Hotslogs uploader is functioning and for next week’s stats heavy episode we encourage you to make an account and hit that upload button over at https://www.hotslogs.com/Account/Upload. Blizzard talks Ai this week is here to give you the clickbait skinny on their upcoming Ai updates. We also have some blueposts, e...

It’s a weekend edition of Into the Nexus! Garrett and Kyle sit down for a relaxing and imaginative rundown of the February 12th patch. That is, after they report on their Mage homework from last week’s episode. As with our previous patch rundowns, feel free to join us in the notes as we go through and talk at the end about who was buffed, who was nerfed and who was the big money winner of the week...

This week we are joined by former Heroes of the Storm Community Manager and Heroes streamer Bethany aka: Itslashes. Garrett and Kyle head down memory lane for a bit before getting to the hard questions: How do you reach out to community leads, what was the teams favorite content to create and a brand new way to play everyone's favorite ban target Kael'thas. The gang also takes a look at the impact...