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New Hero - Rehgar

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Abilities Chain Heal (Q) : 60 Cooldown: 8 seconds Heal an ally with a wave of healing for 260 (+4% per level) Health. The wave then bounces 2 times to nearby allies within 7 range, restoring 260 (+4% per level) Health to them. Lightning Shield (W) : 50 Cooldown: 8 seconds Imbue an ally with lightning dealing 64 (+4% per level) damage a second to nearby enemies. Lasts 5 seconds. Each enemy hit by Lightning Shield restores 2 Mana to Rehgar. Earthbind Totem (E) : 50 Cooldown: 15 seconds Create a totem that slows nearby enemies by 35%. The totem has 260 (+4% per level) Health and lasts for 6 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

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Bloodlust (R) Heroic Ability : 70 Cooldown: 90 seconds Grant nearby allied Heroes 40% Attack Speed and 35% Movement Speed and causes them to heal for 30% of the Basic Attack damage to their primary target. Lasts for 6 seconds.

Ancestral Healing (R) Heroic Ability : 80 Cooldown: 100 seconds After 1 second, heal an allied Hero for 1180 (+4% per level) Health.

Rehgar Talent Calculator

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New Battleground - Garden of Terror

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Garden of Terror, a brand new 3-lane Battleground, has been added to Heroes of the Storm and is now available for play in all matchmaking queues!

• After 90 seconds, Night will fall and Horrors will rise within the garden.
  • Venture into the garden to kill the Horrors and collect the Seeds they drop.
  • Night will persist until all remaining Horrors have been destroyed.
  • Collect 100 Seeds and then return to base to take control of a monstrous Garden Terror!
  
  
• Once unleashed, Garden Terrors can use the following powerful abilities:
  • Spore Queen’s Curse (Q)
    • After a short delay, enemy Heroes in the target area are turned into Plant Zombies for 5 seconds.
    • While in Plant Zombie form, Heroes deal reduced damage, have their Movement Speed reduced by 30%, and become silenced.
  • Plant Horror Overgrowth (W)
    • Disables and damages all enemy structures within a large area as long as the Horror Overgrowth remains alive.
    • Deals heavy damage to Minions within its area of effect.
  
  
• Check out our latest Developer Insights blog, which offers an in-depth look at the design behind the Garden of Terror Battleground.

Artifacts

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• Artifacts have been added to Heroes of the Storm, and can be used to modify a Hero’s starting stats prior to queuing for a match in any game mode.
• Reach player level 15 to unlock the ability to purchase Artifacts and Artifact Slots using Gold.
  
  
• Artifact Slots
  • In order to use Artifacts in-game, they must first be equipped using Artifact Slots, which can be found just left of the “Ready” button on the Hero Select screen.
  • There are three types of Artifacts and Artifact slots: Gem, Relic, and Trinket
    • The Gem slot is automatically unlocked for free at level 15
    • The Relic and Trinket slots can be purchased in any order directly from the Hero Select screen, and cost 2,000 Gold each to unlock.
  • Click an Artifact slot to bring up a list of Artifacts that can be equipped in that slot.
    • Up to 3 Artifacts can be selected for a match, but only one Artifact of each type (Gem, Relic, and Trinket) can be equipped at a time, so choose wisely!
    • Artifacts can be re-selected between games on the Hero Select screen.
  
  
• Artifact Ranks
  • The higher an Artifact’s Rank, the stronger its in-game effects become.
    • Individual Artifacts can be purchased directly from the Hero Select screen, starting at 100 Gold for Rank 1.
    • Additional Ranks can be purchased up to a maximum of Rank 10 for each Artifact, and the cost increases by 100 Gold for each Rank purchased after the first.
      • Ex: Rank 2 costs 200 Gold, Rank 3 costs 300, and so on.
  
  
• Free Gold for Artifacts!
  • All Tech Alpha accounts which achieved player level 5 or above prior to today’s patch have been granted a large amount of Gold in order to help test the new Artifact system.
  • The higher a player’s level, the more Gold has been granted for Artifact play testing.
    • Level 30+: - 75,000 Gold
    • Levels 20 - 29: 35,000 Gold
    • Levels 5 - 19: 10,000 Gold
  
  
• Check out our recent blog post for complete information on the Artifact System.

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This was a huge patch with many updates, above are the most notable ones. Read the full patch notes to see all the changes.