Heroes Weekly Roundup
By: Valiver
By: Valiver
Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the news of Heroes of the Storm. As a new, blooming game, there’s a lot of stuff going on. Don’t worry, we've got you covered!
News
- The big news this week of course is the PTR Patch Notes that were released, with the announcement that the PTR will go up Monday. There are a ton of changes, including Lt. Morales (the Medic)! You can see Lt. Morale's Spotlight here.
- Blizzard also made a new In Development video, this time featuring Lt. Morales, Artanis, skins, and mounts.
- You've got another chance at the European Championship this weekend to get the Storm Watcher portrait. All you have to do is link your Twitch and Battlenet accounts through Twitch integration and watch any Heroes World Championship event on Twitch. For more information click here.
- 2ARC Gaming has signed a new Heroes of the Storm team! View the official announcement here.
Tournaments
- This next weekend, October 3 & 4th, will be the European Championship in Prague. For more information on the event see our Liquipedia page, and check out Blizzard's Meet the Teams article!
- r_gg wrote a Match Report for Snake eSports KR vs Team DK KR in the 2015 HOT6 Heroes of the Storm Super League, or the Korean Regional Championship. The winner goes on to face MVP Black in the finals with a trip to Blizzcon on the line! The finals will take place on Saturday, Oct 03 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00).
Team Liquid Spotlight
- Continuing in his awesome What We Learned series, Xingua presents the newest edition: What We Learned From the Americas Championship.
- SC2John was inspired by C9Fan's incredible Abathur play and wrote an analysis of it. He even got the attention of Fan himself.
- Heyoka and Xingua were at the American Championship and transcribed an interview with both C9 and TS afterwards. Check it out here!
Community:
- Ready for some awesome, funny, and cringe-worthy videos to lighten your day? Good, because here they are:
- WTF Moments #17
Top 5 Fails of the Week #18
Top 5 Hottest Plays #47
Epic Plays of the Week #48
WP and Funny Moments #33
Baitmasta - Grubby did a spot-on Zeratul cosplay during a recent steam.
- Shacknews ran a Heroes article with designers Matt Cooper and Hugh Shelton. It offers insight into some upcoming changes!
- With the new PTR Patch Notes out, both Grubby and C9Fan did first impressions and analysis videos.
- compLexity Blinks made a video on Teamfight Analysis for Cloud9 vs Tempo Storm's Final game.
Poll: What are your initial impressions of the Medic?
Waiting for Artanis (4)
67%
Looks strong - Instant buy (1)
17%
Undecided - Need to test on PTR first (1)
17%
Looks weak - No plans to buy (0)
0%
6 total votes
Looks strong - Instant buy (1)
Undecided - Need to test on PTR first (1)
Looks weak - No plans to buy (0)
6 total votes
Your vote: What are your initial impressions of the Medic?
(Vote): Looks strong - Instant buy
(Vote): Undecided - Need to test on PTR first
(Vote): Looks weak - No plans to buy
(Vote): Waiting for Artanis
That's everything for this week, see you next time!