This week’s brawl is Checkpoint: Hanamura – Attack or defend a single payload on a single-lane Overwatch inspired battleground! Rules: Shuffle Pick At the start of the match, you’ll choose one of three available Heroes, but choose quickly, you only have 30 seconds! Reduced Death Timers Hero death timers will all be reduced to 9 seconds, or 12.5 seconds during overtime No talents. No levels. All players will start at level 10 and choose a Heroic...

Every week, Blizzard places a number of Heroes on sale, and swap a fresh set of cosmetics into the featured item rotation. Check out this week's items and then head in-game to pick up anything that catches your eye. Hero Sale The Heroes listed below are on sale for 50% off their usual Gem prices for a limited time. Hero Sale Price Illidan 250 Gems Kerrigan 350 Gems Featured Items Several Skins and Mounts have been added to this week's...

blizzcon 2017 has come to a close and this year featured some pretty exciting heroes of the storm announcements. here's what we have to look forward to! new hero: alexstrasza, the life binder the many realms of the nexus teem with myriad living beings who both empower alexstrasza and beseech her for protection. the aspect of life stands ready to safeguard them all. trait dragonqueen after 1.25 seconds, transform into a dragon and gain 500 health. while dragonqueen is...

Some of our Heroes are taking a break from the battlefield to catch some serious R&R by the pool, and Stitches is throwing a party—a pull party! Hook enemy Stitches to pull them over to your side of the pool and then take them down to claim victory. Rules: All players spawn as Stitches —Bikini Stitches! Use Stitches' Hook to pull enemies over to your side of the pool so that your team can kill them. Hook’s cooldown is greatly reduced. It also travels much...

This latest update for the Heroes of the Storm brings quite a few Hero balance changes, including updates to Junkrat, Zul'jin, Kharazim and many more. Be sure to check out the notes below! Design Stealth Bouncing or chaining abilities (Chain Lightning, Shadow Dagger, etc.) will now bounce to targets that are outside allied vision. Heroes Assassin Specialist Support Warrior Junkrat Azmodan Kharazim Garrosh Raynor Zagara Stukov Leoric...

/images/news/gotw1031xul.png hallow's end may be over, but things are still pretty spooky in the nexus. this week's featured guide this week is sugimori's "spooky scary skeletons" guide for xul, the cryptic necromancer. click the image above to check out the guide! below we've showcased some features of sugimori's guide. make sure to check it out to learn some great tips and expert strategies to play xul! build sugimori's guide focuses exclusively on a powerful split...

Every week, Blizzard places a number of Heroes on sale, and swap a fresh set of cosmetics into the featured item rotation. Check out this week's items and then head in-game to pick up anything that catches your eye. Hero Sale The Heroes listed below are on sale for 50% off their usual Gem prices for a limited time. Hero Sale Price Nova 312 Gems Tyrande 250 Gems Featured Items Several Skins and Mounts have been added to this week's featured...

This is a great discussion. I play specialists quite a bit and my matches actually usually end up "over-specialized," wherein there is a disproportionate number of specialists on one team, so it makes these situations even more tough. Waaaaay too many games have I noticed specialists being able to free-push their lanes, and I don't know if it's just that it would require more than one person to gank (based on composition) or if people just aren't confident in their ability to deal....

Nova’s Snipe and Genji Dashing, join us all for pumpkin smashing! With tricks, and treats, and loot galore, you’ll scream at what we have in store! So, don your costumes, play pretend… the hour is nigh for Hallow’s End! Rules: Begin a match on Towers of Doom with some spooky new gameplay! New Event: Smashing Pumpkins The Headless Horseman will travel from lane to lane dropping pumpkins for either team to smash! Smashing a pumpkin will launch a pumpkin at the...

Every week, Blizzard places a number of Heroes on sale, and swap a fresh set of cosmetics into the featured item rotation. Check out this week's items and then head in-game to pick up anything that catches your eye. Hero Sale The Heroes listed below are on sale for 50% off their usual Gem prices for a limited time. Hero Sale Price Maltheal 375 Gems Nazeebo 250 Gems Tyrael 250 Gems Featured Items Several Skins and Mounts have been added...