Heroes of the Storm Dev Tracker

This week's Heroes Brawl mode is Garden Arena: a best-of-three Arena match featuring the Garden Terror and its Shamblers. Gather seeds and overrun the enemies’ core with the power of nature!

Rules:

• Choose from one of three randomly selected Heroes before entering the Arena. Be quick about it though, you only have 30 seconds to choose!
• Everyone will begin the round at level 10 and will be asked to choose a Heroic Ability. No other talents will be available.
• During each round, slay the enemy team’s Heroes and capture Seeds from the Garden Terror and its Shamblers.
  • The first team to gather 100 Seeds wins the round!
• The first team to win two rounds will claim victory!

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Our latest round of Heroic Deals offers 50% off select Heroes, and brings a fresh set of skins and mounts into the featured item rotation. Check out the Hero sales and featured items listed below, and then head in-game to add them to your collection before this offer expires on January 22.

Half-Price Heroes

Featured Skins and Mounts

The skins and mounts that we’ve added to the featured item rotation are avail...

This week’s Heroes Brawl is Industrial District! Slide around and slug it out in the heart of Volskaya in this Overwatch-themed, single-lane Battleground featuring lots of conveyor belts and tons of action.

Rules:

• Shuffle pick - Choose from one of three Heroes before entering the battle.
• Standard play - no talent or level restrictions.
• The first team to destroy the enemy Core wins!

Rewards:

• Complete two matches of the Industrial District Brawl to earn a Loot Chest!

Find out more about the Heroes Brawl game mode on our ...

Our latest round of Heroic Deals offers 50% off select Heroes, and brings a fresh set of skins and mounts into the featured item rotation. Check out the Hero sales and featured items listed below, and then head in-game to add them to your collection before this offer expires on January 15.

Half-Price Heroes

Featured Skins and Mounts

The skins and mounts that we’ve added to the featured item rotat...

We've just released our newest patch to the live servers which brings Imperius, Archangel of Valor, to the Nexus! Read on for details.

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This week’s brawl is the Punisher Arena! A no-holds-barred battle between Heroes and Punishers. Be the first team to win two rounds and claim victory!

Rules:

• Choose from one of three randomly selected Heroes before entering the Arena. Be quick about it though, you only have 30 seconds to choose!
• During each round, slay enemy Heroes and the enemy Punisher to earn points for your team. The first team to reach 100 points takes the round.
  • Heroes are worth 4 points
  • Punishers are worth 10 points
• Be the first team to win 2 rounds and claim victory!

Rewards

Complete three matches of Punisher Arena to earn a Loot Chest!...

Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just hit the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting until January 8. As always, if you encounter any bugs during your PTR play sessions, please stop by the PTR Bug Report forum to let us know about your experiences.

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This week’s brawl is Bash ‘Em Smash ‘Em Robots! Control one of two Triglav Protector mechs on our new one-lane Overwatch themed Battleground, Industrial District, and get ready to bash ‘em and smash ‘em!

Rules:

• Choose from one of three randomly selected Heroes before entering the Battleground. Be quick about it though, you only have 30 seconds to choose!
• Everyone will start at level 1 with no talent restrictions.
• Triglav Protector mechs will spawn for both teams at their friendly structures.
  • Protectors have infinite duration.
  • Protectors will respawn 15 seconds after they’re destroyed.
• The first team to destroy the enemy Core will win the match!
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This week’s brawl is Lost Cavern! It’s all-out mayhem on our single-lane battleground – Lost Cavern. Queue up, choose your Hero, and try to best to bring down the enemy Core!

Rules:

• Shuffle pick - Choose from one of three Heroes before entering the battle.
• Standard play - no talent or level restrictions.
• The first team to destroy the enemy Core wins!

Rewards:

• Complete three matches of Lost Cavern to earn a Loot Chest!

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We’ve just released a new Heroes of the Storm patch to apply a number of balance changes and bug fixes. 

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Heroes

Our latest round of Heroic Deals offers 50% off select Heroes, and brings a fresh set of skins and mounts into the featured item rotation. Check out the Hero sales and featured items listed below, and then head in-game to add them to your collection before this offer expires on January 2.

Half-Price Heroes

Featured Skins and Mounts

The temperature has dipped in the hollow. Snow has invaded, and with snow comes snowballs! These calamitous tools of childlike whimsy will rain chaos as enemies and allies alike fly across the battlefield—or lie crushed beneath a pile of frosty destruction. Be wary, Heroes . . . winter has come to the Nexus!

Rules

• Snowballs
  • Pick from one of three randomly selected Heroes before entering the Cursed Hollow. Be quick about it though, you only have 30 seconds to choose!
  • Two types of Snowball items will appear on the ground throughout the match
    • Fluffy Snowball
      • A speedy snowball that hits a single enemy Hero in a line skill-shot while ignoring Minions and Structures
      • Knocks targets back and deals significant damage
    • Heavy Snowball...

We’ve recently released a Heroes of the Storm patch in order to address a few live bugs. Read on for details.

Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed a number of issues causing some Mana-refund talents and abilities to fail to restore Mana.

 Battlegrounds

• Fixed an issue causing the Volskaya Foundry Support camp to lose Unstoppable after the Battleground objective spawned.

Our latest round of Heroic Deals offers 50% off select Heroes, and brings a fresh set of skins and mounts into the featured item rotation. Check out the Hero sales and featured items listed below, and then head in-game to add them to your collection before this offer expires on December 18.

Half-Price Heroes

Featured Skins and Mounts

The skins and mounts that we’ve added to the featured item rotation ...

The newest Heroes of the Storm patch is now live featuring the Toys event, Sylvanas & Stitches gameplay updates, and more! Read on for more details.

NOTE: Text in ORANGE indicates a change between the PTR and Live notes.

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Heroes of the Storm’s fourth 2018 ranked season is ending soon, and we’ve got a host of new rewards that you can earn through ranked gameplay in the coming months. Read on for details!

Season Roll Dates

2019 Season 1 will begin as soon as our next patch becomes available for download in each region. Check the start and end dates below to make sure you’re able to dive in as soon as the season begins:

*Exact date may vary slightly by region.

2019 Season 1 Rewards

Players who manage to climb the ranks in the upcoming season can claim new portraits, mounts, and gold rewards for thei...

This week’s brawl is the Temple Arena! Harness the power of the Alligator, Cobra, and Jackal Temples to destroy the enemy Core!

Rules:

• Choose from one of three randomly selected Heroes before entering the Arena. Be quick about it though, you only have 30 seconds to choose!
• Everyone will begin the round at level 10 and will be asked to choose a Heroic Ability. No other talents will be available.
• During each round, slay the enemy team’s Heroes and capture the Temple Shrines to take shots at their Core!
  • The Core for each team will have set amounts of health based on the number of active Shrines.
  • Each round can have 1-3 active Shrines.
  • The first team whose Core reaches 0 health will lose th...

Our latest round of Heroic Deals offers 50% off select Heroes, and brings a fresh set of skins and mounts into the featured item rotation. Check out the Hero sales and featured items listed below, and then head in-game to add them to your collection before this offer expires on December 11.

Half-Price Heroes

Featured Skins and Mounts

The skins and mounts that we’ve added to the featured item rotation ar...

Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just hit the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting until December 10. As always, if you encounter any bugs during your PTR play sessions, please stop by the PTR Bug Report forum to let us know about your experiences.

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This week’s Heroes Brawl is Silver City! Battle against the enemy team on this single-lane Battleground featuring a familiar design straight out of the High Heavens, Mercenary Camps ready to be swayed to your team’s favor, and tons of action. Queue up, choose your hero, and try your best to send the enemy team to the Burning Hells!

Rules:

• Shuffle pick - Choose from one of three Heroes before entering the battle.
• Standard play - no talent or level restrictions.
• The first team to destroy the enemy Core wins!

Rewards:

• Complete two matches of the Silver City Brawl to earn a Loot Chest!

Find out more about the Heroes Brawl game mode on our ...