BlizzCon 2017 Heroes of the Storm: What's Next, Alexstrasza, Hanzo, 2018 Gameplay

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BlizzCon 2017 Coverage

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The panel opened with some fun statistics including most crafted items and recently-added Heroes and maps.

Blizzard Voice is being integrated into Heroes of the Storm.

You will be able to reveal Heroes within vehicles or objects.

Performance-based matchmaking is on the way! Aiming to have it roll out by start of ranked system mid-December.

The camera experience is undergoing a revamp--the goal is to improve visibility. The camera is farther back, so you can better read team fights and make better strategies as a result.

Stealth heroes are really popular--but they're very hard to see. Requires too much focus to see. The new stealth visual has silhouettes of the characters. This is currently in testing, not available at BlizzCon. The goal of stealth is to be a strategic advantage.

Nova is receiving a ton of updates, including an Active ability to instantly activate stealth, providing 15% movement speed in stealth. Her base snipe damage is reduced, but Snipe Master is not baseline.

Laning phases tend to end pretty quickly. The experience is being revisited. Towers will now have infinite ammunition - you can't drain ammunition anymore. You want to push minion waves for meaningful tower damage.

Some standalone towers have also been removed because characters were relying on them heavily like Murky and Abathur. As a change, Truesight has been added to fortresses.

Regeneration globes have also undergone changes. Allied globes last 4 seconds, then go to a neutral state nobody can pick up for 4 sec.

Battleground changes - they're up to 14 battlegrounds, which is a lot, plus they all have different sets of rules. Timers will be simplified - either 1:30 or 3:00. There will also be more consistent 30 second warnings across battlegrounds.

The goal of all these changes is not to increase game length.

Mercenary camps - currently some mercenaries, like knights, act like tower fodder. Now they will have auras to incentivize you to interact with the camps.

Alexstrasza - Support

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Primary Abilities:

GIFT OF LIFE - Sacrifice 15% of Alexstrasza's current Health, healing an ally for 150% of that amount. Dragonqueen: Breath of Life Cooldown greatly reduced and does not cost Health.
ABUNDANCE - Plant a seed of healing that blooms after 3 seconds, healing nearby allied Heroes for 20% of their maximum Health. Dragonqueen: Preservation Heal area and amount greatly increased.
FLAME BUFFET - Launch a fireball, Burning enemies hit for 75 damage over 5.5 seconds. Hitting enemies that are already Burning deals 125 bonus damage upon impact, Slows them by 40% decaying over 2 seconds, and refunds the Mana cost. Dragonqueen: Wing Buffet Damage and Knockback enemies in an arc.

Heroic Abilities:

LIFE-BINDER - Bind Alexstrasa's life force with an allied Hero. After 2 seconds, the Hero with a lower percentage of Health is set to the same Health percentage as the other Hero.
CLEANSING FLAME - After 1.25 seconds, take to the sky and drop 5 fireballs over 6 seconds at the position of the mouse cursor. Fireballs deal 150 damage to enemies and heal allied Heroes for 300 Health. 2 seconds after dropping all fireballs, Alexstrasza lands at the position of the mouse cursor.

Hanzo - Assassin

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Primary Abilities:

STORM BOW - Activate to charge an arrow that deals 270 damage to the first enemy hit. Storm Bow's range increases the longer it is Channeled. Reactivate to fire.
SCATTER ARROW - Fire an arrow that deals 85 to the first enemy Hero hit. Scatter Arrow can collide with terrain and Structures, splitting into 5 arrows that travel extra distance, ricochet up to 4 additional times, and deal 85 damage each to the first enemy hit.
SONIC ARROW - Fire an arrow that grants vision in a large area for 8 seconds. Enemies inside are revealed for 1 second. If Sonic Arrow lands directly on an enemy, it deals 150 damage to them and follows them as they move.

Heroic Abilities:

DRAGONSTRIKE - After 1.5 seconds, summon a pair of Spirit Dragons which travel forward, dealing 52 damage every 0.25 seconds to enemy Heroes in its area. Enemies in the center take 150% damage.
DRAGON'S ARROW - Fire a missile that travels across the battleground. Explodes upon hitting an enemy Hero, dealing 100 damage to all nearby enemies and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds. After traveling a medium distance, the damage is increased to 200 and the Stun duration to 1.25 seconds. After traveling a long distance, the damage is increased to 350 and the Stun duration to 2 seconds.

2018 Gameplay Update

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We're always looking for ways to improve Heroes of the Storm, and this year we've been hard at work on a number of changes designed to improve gameplay at all skill levels. We showed these changes to professional players and key community members earlier this year, and now we're opening them up to the public through an extended testing period on the PTR, beginning on November 20. Let us know what you think!

A NEW (CAMERA) PERSPECTIVE

We are slightly increasing the in-game field of view to help improve team fight clarity and overall visibility.

Stealth Rework

In order to properly balance Stealth for both casual and high-end play, we're making it easier to spot stealthed Heroes. This is accompanied by buffs to the Stealth Heroes.

Changes

Stealthed Heroes are much easier to spot
Keeps and Forts will reveal stealthed Heroes
To offset these changes to Stealth, we will be buffing Samuro, Nova, Valeera and Zeratul:
- Samuro: Improving Samuro's ability to fake out opponents; Image Transmission available at baseline on a 25s cooldown
- Nova: Increasing mobility during Stealth and overall damage with Snipe Master added at baseline
- Valeera: Openers will teleport Valeera a medium distance after being stealthed for 3 seconds; longer silence and blind duration
- Zeratul: Adding a new Heroic that rewards high mechanical skill; increasing mobility with Vorpal Blade at baseline

Refining the Early Game

To better showcase individual skill in lane matchups, we're exploring ways to make the laning phase more meaningful without increasing overall game length.

Changes

Removing Ammunition to encourage aggressive play and require more player agency for winning a lane
Removing standalone towers and adding True Sight to Forts
Regen Globes can be collected by either side for a brief period before expiring, allowing players to win lanes harder
Standardizing first objective timers to 1:30 or 3:00, both with a 30-second warning, depending on Battleground

Mercenary Updates

To create more impactful choices about how, when, and which Mercenary Camps to capture, we are making changes to various Mercenaries.

Changes

Siege Giant Camps - Heroes can now dodge Neutral Siege Giant attacks at all times
Knight Camps - The Caster Mercenary in a Knight Camp will now generate an aura that offers increased Armor for units inside its area of effect
Hellbats - Hellbats will debuff armor when they attack a Hero
All Other Mercenaries - Will receive balance tuning to ensure they are always meaningful.

New Features

Voice Chat

It's about to get easier than ever to coordinate plays with your allies, because we're integrating Blizzard Voice directly into the Heroes of the Storm client! Voice chat in Heroes will be available in the months to come.

Performance-Based Matchmaking

We're further increasing the accuracy of our matchmaking system by taking your individual performance and contributions into account after each match, rather than relying solely on victory or defeat.

More details coming soon!

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