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General Discussion

Kheluriel

07-11-2019 12:31:09

Hey everyone!

We are seeing a wave of newcomers with the arrival of our Lord and Savior Deathwing (also, the ‘All Heroes Free’ promotion has helped a lot!). Meanwhile I stumbled on a useful thread at Reddit with compiled info for newcomers and thought I would repost it here, with the permission of OP, Ochlupin. This is data compiled by him and not official announcements- please feel free to reply with your own tips that would help newcomers. Hope this is useful!

Content:
New heroes every 3/4 months (not binding or officially confirmed)

Newest heroes : Imperius, Anduin, Qhira, Deathwing,

Frequent balance patches

https://heroespatchnotes.com/patch/2019-10-15-balance-update.html

https://heroespatchnotes.com/patch/2019-08-28-balance-update.html

https://heroespatchnotes.com/patch/2019-07-10-balance-update.html

Frequent reworks

Recent hero reworks : Junkrat, Whitemane, Chen, Chromie, Lucio, Ana, Abathur (minor rework)

Upcoming hero reworks: DVa and Tassadar

Maps

Hanamura has been reworked and is back

Sky Temple got a night color palette

latest new map is Alterac Pass

Themed events still at the same rate as before

Newest Event - Scarlet Heist

Upcoming Events - Toys 2

Despite slower content release there is more focus on balance and the game is in a good state meta-wise

Ranked ladder merged Hero League and Team League into Storm League

Population and que times are in a good place unless you play on one of the minor servers (but that’s really not smt Blizzard can control)

Gameplay Changes
10% movement speed increase on all heroes

Towers no longer have ammunition

Taking down structures (forts and keeps) grants passive XP over time instead of immediate XP gain and periodically spawns catapults in lane

Not applicable to Towers of Doom

Towers still give small amount of exp

E-Sports and Tournaments
Heroes Lounge - https://heroeslounge.gg/

Nexus Gaming Series - https://www.nexusgamingseries.org/

Khaldor’s Casting - https://www.youtube.com/khaldortv
E-sports Calendar in sub’s sidebar

Streamers
https://www.twitch.tv/fanhots
https://www.twitch.tv/zanehyde/
https://www.twitch.tv/laubergg/
https://www.twitch.tv/quackniix/
https://www.twitch.tv/khaldor/
https://www.twitch.tv/chu8
https://www.twitch.tv/leonblack
https://www.twitch.tv/notparadoxtv/
https://www.twitch.tv/liquidhasuobs/
https://www.twitch.tv/crisheroes
https://www.twitch.tv/jhow
https://www.twitch.tv/trikslyr
https://www.twitch.tv/heroeshearth
https://www.twitch.tv/bluebeetle93
https://www.twitch.tv/stlk
https://www.twitch.tv/b4ithoven
https://www.twitch.tv/mcintyre
https://www.twitch.tv/spekplays
https://www.twitch.tv/kendricswissh
https://twitch.tv/kylefergusson

Educational Resources:
Builds and pick rates, other statistics - www.heroesprofile.com

Upload replays API - http://hotsapi.net/

Patch notes aggregation - https://heroespatchnotes.com/

Community builds

https://heroeshearth.com

https://icy-veins.com

For new players : https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/wiki/newplayerguide