Samuro Blade Master - Page 3

• 50% XP Bonus!
  The Nexus will be haunted by a 50% XP bonus from October 25 until Hallow’s End concludes during the week of November 8!
  
• Hallow’s End Event Quest
  Quest: Play 15 games during Hallow’s End in any mode except Custom Games, Training, or Heroes Brawl.
  Reward: Deputy Valla Portrait
  

The Basics

Heroes Brawl offers three distinct match types, with endless possibilities for twisted rulesets and wild mechanics each week:

• Arenas: Pick one of three randomly selected Heroes, and then duke it out against the enemy team to complete objectives. The first team to complete the objective twice will claim victory.
  
• Mutators: Wild rulesets and unique mechanics change the way you play on Battlegrounds you’re already familiar with.
  
• Single-Lanes: One-lane Battlegrounds with no objectives, Mercenaries, or Hearthstone to distract you from destroying the enemy Core.
  

Click the Brawl Info button in the lower-left corner of the screen to learn detailed information about the currently active Brawl.

How to Brawl

• Find Heroes Brawl in-game by heading to the Play screen, click Brawl on the far left side of the navigation bar, then queue up and have a blast!
  
• Anyone can dive into the action! Heroes Brawl is not restricted by account level or the number of Heroes owned, and you can queue up alone or in a party of any size.
  
• The current weekly Brawl will also be available through Custom Games - though replays, observer mode, and score screens may not function as expected for some of the unique Brawl types.
  
• Heroes Brawl custom games will also discard Hero drafts and pre-selections once players enter the match.
  

Reap the Rewards

• Participate in three Brawls each week to receive in-game rewards!
  
• Hover the cursor over the Weekly Rewards icon in the lower-left corner of the Brawl screen for a breakdown of the available rewards each week.
  

General

• The following Heroes have received additional facial animation polish:
  
  • E.T.C.
    
  • Illidan
    
  • Valla
    
  
  
• Diablo has received additional idle animation polish.
  

Battlegrounds

• Core attacks have received update visual effects in order to better visually indicate that they deal splash damage.
  
• Cannonballs that fire on the minimap for Blackheart’s Bay have received visual effects polish.
  
• Sky Temple has received additional optimization polish.
  

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

The following Heroes have received custom Hearthstone animations:

• Diablo
  
• E.T.C.
  

The following Heroes, Abilities, and Talents have received updated visual effects:

• Cleanse (Talent)
  
• Gul’dan: Fel Flame (Q), Corruption (E)
  
• Illidan: Evasion (E)
  
• Lunar Illidan: The Hunt (R)
  

Bundles

New Bundles

• Hellblade Samuro Bundle – Available until November 1, 2016
  
• Hallow’s End 2016 Bundle – Available from October 25 until November 8, 2016
  
• Hallow’s End 2016 Ultimate Bundle – Available from October 25 until November 8, 2016
  
• The following Bundles will be added to the in-game Shop on October 18 and have no planned end-date:
  
  • Nexus Challenger Bundle
    
  • Nexus Conqueror Bundle
    
  
  

Removed Bundles
The following bundles will be removed from the in-game Shop on October 18:

• Starter Bundle
  
• Triumph Bundle
  

New Hero
Samuro has been added to the in-game Shop.

Mounts
New Mounts

• Hellboar
  
• Eye Pad – Available exclusively with purchase of either Hallow’s End 2016 bundle. This mount may return to the game as an individual item at a later date.
  

Returning Mounts

• Marshal’s Outrider
  

Removed Mounts

• Crimson Hare
  

Skins

• Hellblade Samuro
  
• Master Samuro
  
• Scarecrow Xul – Available starting October 25
  
• Deputy Valla – Available starting October 25
  

​Price Reductions

• Greymane’s prices have been reduced to $8.49 USD and 7,000 Gold.
  
• Rexxar’s prices have been reduced to $6.49 USD and 4,000 Gold.
  

Ranked

New voiceover lines have been added that will play when a player is promoted into a new League Tier.

Draft Mode

Sound effects and voiceover will now play when entering Lost Cavern Draft Mode via Custom Games.

General

• A “New Player Chat” channel has been added.
  New players will automatically join this channel upon logging into Heroes of the Storm until they reach account level 20.
  

Daily Win Bonus

• The first game that players win each day will now award 50% bonus XP and Gold for that match.
  
  • This bonus applies to all game modes except Brawl, Custom Games, and Training.
    
  • A First Win of the Day icon has been added to the top navigation bar, which will activate whenever a First Win of the Day bonus is available.
    
  
  

In-Game UI

• Hover the cursor over the VS icon found in the top-center of the screen to display the amount of XP earned by each team from various sources, including: Takedowns, Mercenaries, Structures, and more.
  

XP Bonuses

• Friend Bonus
  
  • Playing Heroes with a friend will now award 25% bonus XP.
    
  
  
• Party Bonus
  
  • The XP bonus earned by playing in a party now scales based on the number of party members:
    
    • 2 Players: +25%
      
    • 3 Players: +33%
      
    • 4 Players: +42%
      
    • 5 Players: +50%
      
    
    
  
  
• Game Mode Bonus
  
  • Playing ranked games will now award an XP bonus:
    
    • Hero League: +25% XP
      
    • Team League: +50% XP
      
    
    
  
  
• XP Bonuses Stack Additively
  
  • Playing in a party with one friend will still award a total of 50% bonus XP, just as it did before, but playing with additional party members will now award even more XP.
    
  • Playing Team League in a full party with at least one friend and an active Stimpack will now award a total of 225% bonus XP.
    
  • The “Available XP Bonuses” icon in the top navigation bar will activate when players are receiving any of the bonuses mentioned above.
    
    • Hover the cursor over this icon to display a tooltip that offers a full breakdown of all active and inactive XP bonuses.
      
    
    
  
  

Play Screen

• Hovering the cursor over each game mode on the Play Screen navigation bar will now display a tooltip that briefly describes that mode.
  
• Versus A.I.
  
  • Training mode has been moved into Versus AI on the Play screen.
    
  • A “Versus A.I. Options” interface has been added to the left side of the Versus A.I. screen.
    
    • Use the buttons to switch between Training, A.I. Teammates, or Co-op modes.
      
    • Use the Difficulty Slider to select the desired skill level of A.I. allies and opponents in A.I. Teammates and Co-op modes.
      
      • Training mode A.I. difficulty is set to beginner, and cannot be changed.
        
      
      
    
    
  
  
• Suggested Play Mode
  
  • The Play Screen navigation bar will now suggest a game mode to new players.
    
    • Level 1 – 10: Versus A.I.
      
    • Level 11 – 20: Quick Match
      
    • Level 20+: Heroes Brawl (If the weekly rewards have not yet been earned.)
      
    
    
  • Hover the cursor over the suggested mode icon to display a tooltip that explains why a mode is suggested.
    
  
  

Profile

• Match History
  
  • The Match History tab can now be filtered by Heroes Brawl matches using the dropdown menu in the upper-right corner.
    
  • Each game in the Match History list will now display Hero names and portraits for each Hero selected during that game.
    
  
  
• Profile Summary
  
  • Heroes Brawl stats have been added to the Profile Summary screen that will track the number of Brawls won and weekly rewards earned.
    
  
  
• Statistics
  
  • The Statistics tab can now be filtered by Heroes Brawl stats using the dropdown menu in the upper-right corner.
    
  
  

MVP and Commendations

MVP and Commendations can now be skipped using the new Exit button added to the lower-left corner of the screen.
The duration of the MVP and Commendations screen now lasts 50 seconds.
A timer has been added to the lower-right corner of the screen that will count down the final 10 seconds of the MVP and Commendations screen.
Commendations
Bulwark will now take the number of deaths into account in order to focus this Commendation on the efficiency of damage soaked, rather than total damage taken.
The tooltip for Bulwark will now display the player’s total deaths during the match in addition to damage soaked.
Slight adjustments have been made in order to better balance the Dominator and Painbringer Commendations.
Abathur was previously a little too likely to receive the MVP award. Slight adjustments have been made to bring him in line with other Heroes.

General

Corrected a number of typos and tooltip errors across several aspects of the game.

A.I.

Medivh: Enemy AI players will now avoid teammates that are under the effects of Medivh’s Polybomb.
Lt. Morales: Can now properly detonate Displacement Grenade near enemies.

Art

Chen: Keg models that appear when casting Storm, Earth, Fire using any of Chen’s Skins are no longer missing certain visual effects.
Illidan: The visual effects for The Hunt will now properly display on the Ability’s target during replays.
Greymane: The Worgen model will no longer remain on screen while viewing end-of-game Stats and Talents pages.

Battlegrounds

Braxis Holdout: Neutral Raven Mercenaries will no longer clip into the terrain after being knocked back.
Braxis Holdout: Fixed an issue in which Zagara’s Mutalisk could cause a captured Archangel to exhibit pathing issues.
Braxis Holdout: Fixed an issue in which a captured Archangel could target enemy Heroes with its Bullet Storm Ability.
Garden of Terror: Shielding a Structure will no longer prevent a Garden Terror's bonus siege damage from being applied.
Infernal Shrines: Fallen Shaman Mercenaries will now prioritize attacking enemy Structures over Walls.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

Damage Reduction: When two damage reduction effects, such as Resistant (25%) and Hardened Shield (75%), are simultaneously applied to a Hero, the larger effect will no longer be overridden by the lesser effect.
Anub'arak: The Cocoon overlay will now display correctly for enemies affected by Cocoon.
Auriel: The Piercing Lash Talent tooltip now correctly states that Detainment Strike will only pierce Heroes, rather than all enemies.
Auriel: Enemy Heroes will no longer occasionally be Stunned by Detainment Strike when knocked away from terrain.
Auriel: Quest progress for the Repeated Offense Talent will now be correctly tracked in the Stats panel.
Azmodan: Globe of Annihilation’s range indicator is now visually consistent with indicators used by other long-range Abilities.
Greymane: The Go for the Throat indicator will no longer visually persist above Heroes who have post-death forms, such as Uther or Leoric, after they are killed.
Illidan: Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause Illidan to fly back to his death location if he was killed while using Dive.
Kharazim: Will no longer automatically resume attacking enemies after using Radiant Dash to dive to an ally. This fix also applies to Illidan’s Friend or Foe and Kerrigan’s Adaptation Talents.
Leoric: Minions will no longer path around Leoric when he is in Undying form.
Medivh: The damage over time effect from Xul’s Poison Nova will no longer be visually removed from Medivh’s Health bar after traveling through a Portal with the Mage Armor Talent.
Rexxar: A delay will no longer occur between repeated Misha, Focus! casts.
Sgt. Hammer: Re-casting Orbital BFG just as the first missile re-enters the Battleground will no longer cause the new missile to follow the previous path.
Sylvanas: The Death Recap tooltip for Wailing Arrow now correctly displays the Ability’s description.
The Butcher: Hamstring will now correctly deal bonus damage to non-Heroic targets after learning the Cheap Shot Talent.
Zagara: The Stasis overlay will no longer appear on the screen when Zagara’s Mutalisk enters Zeratul's Void Prison.

Sound

Illidan: Voiceover that plays while casting The Hunt is now only audible for Illidan and his target.
Illidan: High pitched ambient sounds that play while casting The Hunt are no longer audible for the target’s allies. Lower-pitched ambient sounds will still play for all players and observers.

User Interface

Death Recap: Fixed an issue in which a Heal effect could occasionally appear to be the killing blow in Death Recap notifications.
Replay: Selecting a Hero during a Replay will no longer prevent the Hero Portrait and Status Bars from switching correctly when attempting to view a different Hero’s perspective using hotkeys.
Observer: Warhead counters will now update properly in the Observer interface on Warhead Junction.