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Anub'arak

Talents

• Level 16
  • Beetle, Juiced [Trait]
    • Bonus Health increased from 20% to 40%.
• Level 20
  • Hive Master [R1]
    • Healing increased from 37 to 50.
  • Cryptweave [R2]
    • Bonus Cocoon duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds.

Developer Comment: We’re giving Anub’arak s...

“It almost seemed like some people were more excited about the train mount than about Deathwing.”

Veteran Hero Designer Kyle Dates leans back in his chair and a bright-eyed smile flashes across his face. We’ve just asked him to recount how Heroes of the Storm’s first multi-Hero mount came to be, and it’s clear he has a story to share about this little engine that… almost didn’t.

When the team first showed off the mount at BlizzCon, Dates explains, “everyone just kind of assumed it [linking up your train cars] would be automatic.” Though, as he knew, this was not currently the case. “At the time they didn’t connect,” says Dates, “and there was no intention for them to connect.” The only way to form a train was to organize your buddies and have everyone meticulously control their character in line. Sure, you could make it work, but players wanted more.

The crowd’s reaction to what they thought was the first multi-person mount in the Nexus was immediate, loud, and for Dates and...

The Destroyer has finally descended upon Heroes of the Storm, and the community has been celebrating his arrival with some spicy content.

Here’s some of what you missed while you were laying waste to the Nexus:

Burn Beneath the Shadow of Her Tiny, Adorable Wings

Deathwing’s reveal trailer introduced players to the littlest Aspect of Death, and they have since embraced the adorably terrifying Flying Destroyer Brightwing in all her pint-sized glory. Alongside the Worldbreaker himself, the two make a meme-worthy dream team with unparalleled draconic skinergy:

Don’t talk to me or my son every again. @BlizzHeroes pic.twitter.com/V7XcdgjuW2

— Vipey | Bradley (@Vipey_) December 4, 2019

Deathwing and Brightwing atm in the nexus https://t.co/DTOrZIXNxc

— Hexer Voodoom (@HexerVooDoom) December 7, 2019

Baby deathwing,️ pic.twitter.com/4hhaFdypLr

— Alarak of the storm (@hotshighlord) December 6, 2019

The Hour of Twil-art

The Heroes of the Storm community’s artists brough...

It’s not always sunshine, stuffing, and rainbows between the Funtime Pals. It seems Tickle Mephisto has a posable plastic bone to pick with Cuddle Bear Stitches ever since the adorable abomination played a bit too rough during last year’s celebration. Now, the precocious host of last year’s event has settled into slumber and Mephisto has invited you over for another round of games… though he may have a more sinister goal in mind.

Event Dates and Details:

Dust off your dice and round up your friends--the Toys event kicks off at 10:00 am PT on December 16 and will run until the week of March 3, PT.

You’ll embark on the following set of unique quests with the onset of the Toys event, granting awesome 2019 event rewards as you wind your way around the game board for the first time:

• Have Spacesuit—Will Hunt--Achieve 50 Takedowns in winning games.
  • Rewards: Cute Qhira Spray, Cute Cosmonaut Qhira Portrait
• Green Tactical Superiority—Kill 200 enemy minions in winning ...