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News
- This week a new balance patch was deployed into the game focused on very specific problems Blizzard has detected on some Heroes. Notably, Lunara finally received her much awaited buff in the form of a health and damage increase. Raynor wasn’t so lucky this patch though, as he received various nerfs to his health and talents. Tyrande has been a problematic Hero since the scaling changes went into effect three months ago and has now finally been adjusted a bit. Other Heroes such as Stiches and Brightwing also received some minor changes too.
- After teasing new Hero reveals for a couple of days, Blizzard finally announced the next two Heroes that are warping into the Nexus. The first one, Li-Ming, is the Diablo III Wizard. Focusing on arcane magic, this powerful Assassin will be able to deal massive amounts of damage and be more rewarding the more skilled you are. It’s mentioned she will be one of the highest skill cap Heroes the game has seen yet. The second Hero is Xul, the Diablo II Necromancer. As a melee Specialist, Xul will be able to summon skeletons and curse his enemies. He will particularly excel at dealing with bruisers.
- And look at those upcoming skins! And those mounts!
- Fnatic has announced two new additions to their roster: Atheroangel and scHwimpi.
- Not everything is gold and roses though as it looks like Bans, Grand Master League and bans are still months away…
Tournaments
- The Heroes Super League season one has just begun. The strongest team from Korea will battle against each other to win claim part of the $170,000 USD prize pool and be able to compete in the Global Spring Championship. Our Korean scene expert r_gg wrote an awesome preview detailing the each of the teams.
- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/heroes/Gold_Series_Heroes_League_2015/Grand_Finals finished this past week. Featuring the strongest teams from China and two guest teams, Cloud9 from North America and Team No Limit from Korea, it was an awesome tournament full of exciting matches. There was an English stream provided by Gillyweed, Zoia and Babael, so you don’t have any excuse to not see the matches. You can watch the VoDs on Gilly's and Zoia's Twitch channels.
- Last weekend was the first of four European Qualifiers for the Spring Championship in Katowice. Strong teams like Na´Vi, Team Liquid, Fnatic, and Dignitas participated. Khaldor and Tetcher casted one half of the bracket and SolidJake and Cooby casted the other half.
Community:
- After the Tyrande nerfs, Hotslogs owner analyzed the data of the games uploaded to the service to see it’s impact. He was quite happy with the result.
- In the past days it was found that sometimes the Core could hit the catapults, and players were concerned this would give an unfair advantage to one team over another. As it turn out, this only happens rarely under very specific circumstances, and it doesn’t affect the balance of the match at all.
The Funnies:
- WP and Funny Moments #50 by DarkHoru
- Epic Plays of the Week #61 by KendricSwissh
- Mini Funny Moments #2 by TGN Squadron
- Top 5 plays of the Week Ep 43 with Gillyweed
That's everything for the week! Make sure to watch the next set of qualifiers this weekend to cheer for your favorite teams, and we'll see you next week!
