Intelligence heroes are the most frequently used heroes in competitive matches such as CAL league games (viper and vengeful spirit are agility heroes for scourge and sentinel side respectively, and are also used frequently).
The sentinel side boasts great/imbalanced intelligence heroes that can compete with the brute force dominance of the scourge. The sentinel side can rely on Chen the Holy Knight to dominate early games through skillful use of the lvl 2 kobold (speed aura) and the two lvl 5 war stomp creeps (pandaren lvl 5 and centaur khan lvl 5(also provides endurance aura) plus the choice of picking satyr hellcaller lvl 6 who has shockwave and unholy aura(provides regeneration to nearby allies equal to a headdress of rejuvenation and it stacks with it), and Chen also has hand of god as his ultimate which heals all heroes on his team. The Silencer provides global silence(ultimate) and last word aura, which can render combos from heroes such as queen of pain useless, as she is silenced after casting one spell for a few seconds if the silencer is close enough(the silencer is also a good int hero early and late game as he does not rely on spells to deal damage, he does most damage through glaives of wisdom). Another hero who is a staple of sentinel teams is 2HD/THD or otherwise known in full as Twin Head Dragon. THD provides 2 powerful aoe(area of effect) nukes in dual breath and macropyre(ultimate) and a disable in ice path.
The scourge basically uses heroes such as lich and queen of pain at the top lane, lich can harass with frost nova due to dark ritual and queen of pain picks off people from lvl 6 onwards, with her chain combo of shadow strike->blink?->scream of pain->sonic wave. The bottom lane would probably be either pugna with sand king/bane elemental, which can also deal a ton of damage(decrepify+epicenter/(fiends grip and brain sap)+nether blast anyone?)
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