The seldom pick, often underrated warrior is enjoying some tournament exposure after this latest patches buffs.

During the HTC Heroes Brawl playoffs this weekend, Chen inexplicably saw the most tournament play he has seen in months. Most commonly paired with Abathur, NA teams demonstrated that Chen can be a viable tournament pick in the current meta.

He has been buffed in a big way since the latest patch, so if there was ever a time for a Chen revolution, it's now. Check out these team compositions Chen wandered into during the most recent NA tournament:

Chen as an Illidan backup

Notable features:

  • Sylvanas picked to make Illidan and Chen more viable. Wailing arrow powerful counter to both heroes and is now neutralized.
  • Abathur has ideal Symbiote targets for both Illidan and Chen. At level 20 Hivemind becomes crazy powerful.
  • Chen's shields can negate the burst damage of Jaina. However, enemy team is filled with stuns and interrupts to negate this.
     

Chen and a bruiser protecting Jaina

Notable features:

  • More Hivemind brutality with Arthas and Chen.
  • Chen and Arthas ideal punishing heroes out of position.
  • Chen provides a powerful lane that can go toe-to-toe against Leoric.
     

Chen as a solo tank

Notable features:

  • Without Abathur, Chen plays a more defensive role.
  • Possibly pick to deny Cloud 9 the Chen + Abathur strength.
  • Barrel heroic to neutralize The Butcher.
  • Chen is very sticky, in the sense that once he gets on a target, it's nearly impossible to stop him. This pressures Kael'Thas.
     

Chen as the offensive half of double warrior

Notable features:

  • Abathur once again makes it impossible to ignore Chen. Too much damage you can't avoid.
  • Chen particularly powerful against a team with limited CC. Only two stuns to interupt his drinking.
  • Two squishy targets means more people for Chen to put pressure on.
  • Kharazim + Tassadar + Abathur = Unkillable Chen?
     

Chen as the defensive part of double warrior

Notable features:

  • Chen and Leoric have two lanes they can dominate easily.
  • Possibly the weakest Chen pick in the tournament. Sylvanas, Muradin, and Kharazim counter Chen easily.
  • Chen can initiate pick offs and Tyrande Stuns. Powerful early game roaming.
     

Check out the full re-cap of the tournament here.

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