HoN Lock Pick Mode

Since June 22nd Hon has a new Competitive mode for The Match Making System. Lock Pick Mode is intended to be the future of Heroes of Newerth Competitive scene.

One thing is sure, it will change the picking phase concept and strategy.

But how does it work?

In Lock Pick  the team captains(Blue and Pink) do most of the work. For start each will Blind ban 2 heroes(like in the TMM Mid Wars) giving a total of up to 4 banned heroes, in the next step each captain will lock pick 3 heroes, creating a 6 hero pool that will be used latter. Then a normal Baning phase will start with each team captain baning 3 heroes. The next step is a 3 hero pick for each team, and at last 2 heroes are picked for each team from the Locked hero pick pool.


As you can easily figure out this brings a hole new dynamic to the picking phase, taking counter pick to a hole new level.

Check the official Heroes of Newerth Lock Pick Mode bellow:

For now i wont give my personal opinion about the mode, let me play some more Lock Pick  games, try out some strategies. Well i feel more comfortable with the mode i will improve this post with some captain strategies ;)