Gamescom 2015
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Updates as they come from Blizzard; next Heroes announcements at 6 pm CEST on August 7th

New Heroes

• Ranged Warcraft Warrior
  
• Delayed release due to Blizzard wanting to really focus Rexxar's skills around his pet, Misha
  
• Misha has her own HP and hero space, allowing her to block Heroes in
  
• Trait: Misha
  
  • Has a range from Rexxar, if he runs too far away Misha will automatically return
    
  • While away from Rexxar, trait becomes "Call Pet", which calls Misha to his side
    
  • While by Rexxar's side, trait allows him to direct Misha to go to a location
    
  
  
• Q - Spirit Swoop
  
  • Shoots a hawk that slows all enemy units and Heroes it hits
    
  • Line ability shot from Rexxar's location
    
  
  
• W - Misha, Charge!
  
  
  
  
  • Misha leaps forward and stuns any heroes in her path
    
  • Short range charge that starts at Misha's current location
    
  
  
• E - Mend Pet
  
  • Places a HoT on Misha
    
  
  
• R1 - Unleash the Boars
  
  • A wave of boars charge forward in an area, hunting down enemy Heroes
    
  • Enemy Heroes hit are slowed, revealed and take minor damage
    
  • Cone-shaped long range ability
    
  
  
• R2 - Bestial Wrath
  
  • Greatly buffs Misha's abilities and attack damage
    
  • Misha walks on her hind legs, gains ghost claw visual
    
  
  
• Gameplay Observations:
  
  • Even though he's ranged, Rexxar offers an extraordinary set of utility abilities and, with Misha, can dish out some serious damage. Rexxar himself can be easily killed, though, so Misha is the key to his survival and warrior potential.
    
  • Misha will hunt enemy Heroes down to the ends of the Earth unless you recall her or run out of her range. Be aware and ready to call her back.
    
  • Misha can capture camps, including boss camps.
    
  • Positioning Misha so that she can successfully get her stun off and get some serious auto-attack damage off is incredibly important.
    
  • There is a talent that allows Misha to charge a second time if she does not hit a target the first time around; this can be incredibly helpful if your positioning is off.
    
  • Misha can take some serious tower hits. That, when paired with Mend Pet, can make Rexxar a very strong diving and pushing champion.
    
  • Unleash the Boars can feel like an underpowered ult, but it can also hit stealthed enemies, interrupt Tribute or Hearthstone casting and the extra slow, paired with Spirit Swoop, can be devastating.
    
  • Blizzard did a great job at making Misha a star of the show. Once positioning her in fights becomes intuitive, Bestial Wrath will wreak havoc on the enemy team's back lines.
    
  
  

• Melee Diablo Support
  
• Has a choice of three Traits to start the game
  
• Can be built for more sustained damage or healing
  
• Traits:
  
  • Transcendence: Every three auto attacks, Kharazim heals himself
    
  • Insight: Allows Kharazim to restore his mana
    
  • Iron Fists: Increases attack damage
    
  
  
• Q - Radiant Dash
  
  • Jump to an ally or an enemy; if an enemy deals moderate damage
    
  • Works on a charge system
    
  
  
• W - Breath of Heaven
  
  • Short-range AoE heal and speed boost
    
  • His main support ability
    
  
  
• E - Deadly Reach
  
  • Extends Kharazim's auto attack range and deals bonus damage on empowered attacks
    
  
  
• R1 - Seven-Sided Strike
  
  • Strikes seven times on the "toughest" enemies, dealing 7% HP damage per strike
    
  • Kharazim is untargetable for the duration of this ability
    
  
  
• R2 - Divine Palm
  
  • Places an aura on an allied Hero, reviving them upon their death
    
  
  
• Gameplay Observations:
  
  • Last hero being released with the "Eternal Conflict" Diablo theme
    
  • While he can be built damage, the majority of his talents are very support-focused
    
    • ie Cleanse, Clairvoyance, Foresight (Radiant Dash reveals the area)
      
    
    
  • Divine Palm appears to resurrect the allied hero to full hp.
    
  • Divine Palm creates a giant yellow aura beneath the hero it's currently on, so it's glaringly obvious who has been ulted.
    
  • Seven-Sided Strike does do 49% HP damage; however, it can be spread out over many enemies and in many team fights, it felt absolutely useless except as an escape from potential CC.
    
  • Radiant Dash is almost always paired with Breath of Heaven; use it to position yourself in the midst of your team to hit the highest number of allied heroes.
    
  • For League of Legends players, the best comparison for Divine Palm is Zilean's ultimate Chronoshift
    
  
  

• Starcraft Warrior
  
• Focus on diving in but will likely have limited escape capabilities
  
• Will fight or die for Aiur
  
• Very early stages of development
  

• Ranged Starcraft Support
  
• "single-target healing"
  
• Appears to have an AoE shielding ability
  
  • Unsure at the moment whether this is an AoE shield or a single-target shield with a range indicator
    
  
  
• Grenade ability
  
• Heroic ability: Medivac
  
  • After a cast time, Medic jumps into a Medivac with its own HP bar
    
  • Other heroes can enter the Medivac with Medic
    
  • Medic can launch the Medivac across the map to wherever she'd like
    
  
  

New Map: Infernal Shrines

• Three-lane Map
  
• Emphasis on laning presence
  
• Three shrines on the map: Molten, Arcane and Frozen
  
• One activates at a time. Once active, when a Hero is present low-hp Skeletons will begin to spawn
  
• First team to kill 30 Skeletons summons a Punisher of the Shrine's element
  
• Unlike Bosses and Golems, Punishers will focus down Heroes and ignore buildings unless a Hero is unavailable to beat up
  
• Map has the design and colours of Battlefield of Eternity with the Shrine set-up of Sky Temple
  
• Nazeebo is able to stack his Death Ritual incredibly fast from skeleton kills
  
• Jaina, Nazeebo, Sylvanas and Rexxar were among my favourite Heroes on this map due to their ability to consistently kill low hp minions quickly
  
• Based on positioning, this could be a good map for Heroes like Leoric due to the Shrines being a central location with space all around them
  

Quality of Life Changes

• All ranks will be reset but internal MMR will be kept on record
  
• Will combine mandatory placement matches with past history to give you a "true" rank
  
• Initially going to be under-tuned so everyone isn't suddenly much higher up than they should be
  
• After reset, we will still be in "preseason"
  

• Fine-tuned how players in Rank 1 gain and lose points so it feels more balanced with levels 40-2
  
• Will eventually add a Grand Master rank, so changes made now will help the flow of players when GM is released
  
• Grand Master will NOT be in the upcoming patch
  

• Five-player parties are now only eligible to play in Team League
  
• Team names will no longer be available
  
• Gold will be returned to those who spent it on making teams