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Blind

**Blind** is a Debuff that causes the Blinded unit's Basic Attacks (dealing damage of any type) and Abilities dealing Physical Damage to miss for a set period of time. As a consequence, such attacks will not apply any additional effects to the target.

This can either be a minor annoyance or devastating depending on which hero is Blinded. Some Heroes are designed around their ability to do damage through Basic Attacks rather than Abilities. Heroes like Illidan, Butcher, Raynor, and Sgt. Hammer live or die based on their ability to land Basic Attacks. Illidan and Butcher can't heal, while Raynor, Sgt. Hammer (and sometimes Valla) do much reduced damage. Other Heroes, typically Mages like Mephisto and Kael'thas, do very little Basic Attack damage as most of their damage is done through Abilities.

## Abilities

* Artanis's level 10 Heroic Ability "Suppression Pulse" Blinds enemies hit for 4 seconds.
* Cassia's Ability "Blinding Light" Blinds enemies hit for 2 seconds.
* Johanna's Ability "Shield Glare" Blinds enemies hit for 1.5 seconds.
* Li Li's Ability "Blinding Wind" Blinds the 2 nearest enemies for 1.5 seconds, prioritizing Heroes.
	+ Her level 7 Talent "Mass Vortex" increases the number of enemies "Blinding Wind" can hit to 3.
	+ Her level 13 Talent "Gale Force" increases the duration of "Blinding Wind" to 2.25 seconds.
* Mei's Ability "Snow Blind" Blinds enemies hit for 1.75 seconds.
* Valeera's Ability "Cheap Shot" Blinds the target for 2 seconds once the Stun expires.
	+ Her level 13 Talent "Blind" increases the Blind duration of "Cheap Shot" to 4.5 seconds.

## Talents

* Auriel's level 13 Talent "Blinding Flash" adds an additional effect to her "Sacred Sweep" ability, Blinding enemies hit by the center area for 3 seconds.
* Deckard's level 20 Talent "Respect the Elderly" adds an additional effect to his "Stay Awhile and Listen" Heroic Ability, Blinding enemy heroes upon awaking from Sleep for 2 seconds.

## Counter Abilities

* Becoming Unstoppable, Invulnerable or entering Stasis cancels all Blind effects and makes the Hero immune to Blinds for their duration.

 **Debuffs**\_ | Attack Slow •  **Blind** • Crowd control • Damage over Time • Knockback •  Revealed •  Root •  Silence ( Fear •  Mind Control •  Polymorph •  Taunt) • Slow •  Stun ( Sleep) •  Time Stopped
2015 BlizzCon World Championship/EU Road to BlizzCon

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## Overview

Part of the Road to Blizzcon series of competitive events, the top 8 teams from the **EU Qualifiers** will fight for top two positions that will be invited to attend BlizzCon 2015. This event is held in O2 Arena in Prague, The Czech Republic.

## Format

### Bracket Format

* Group stages
	+ All matches are best of 3
	+ Top 2 of each group advances to the playoffs
* Playoffs
	+ Semi finals are best of 3
	+ Finals is a best of 5.

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Blinks

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Alexei "Blinks" Bazhenov is a support player for compLexity Gaming's Heroes of the Storm division.

## Biography

Blinks, an ex-Tribes Ascend player, is a support for compLexity Gaming. He started playing Heroes after playing MOBAs for 10 years and dabbling into Starcraft 2 collegiate scene.

## References

1. ↑ coL.Heroes *complexitygaming.com*

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2015 BlizzCon World Championship/KR Road to BlizzCon

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## Overview

Part of the Road to Blizzcon series of competitive events, the top 8 teams from the KR Qualifiers will fight for the first place position that will be invited to attend BlizzCon 2015.

## Format

### Bracket Format

* Group stage
	+ 2 Groups
	+ Top 2 each group goes on into playoffs
	+ Best of 5
* Playoffs
	+ Double Elimination
	+ Semi finals are Best of 5
	+ Final is Best of 7

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**MRR**

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**Danawa Joker**

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Albert Hailey III

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**Albert Hailey III**, nicknamed **Halorin**, is a Streamer and Caster of Heroes of the Dorm.

## Background

Albert "Halorin" Hailey III developed a passion for video games as a kid, playing anything and everything he could get his hands on. Born in south New Jersey, this DC-area resident first entered the Nexus in the summer of 2015, taking to Heroes like Diablo, Thrall, and Arthas so he could wreak havoc on the front line. Starting with a casual approach, Albert soon developed an interest in competitive Heroes, and ventured into casting in the Chair League during its inaugural season. Citing Babael and Khaldor as his biggest inspirations, Halorin looks to bring his joy and excitement for Heroes of the Storm to every game he casts.

## References

1. ↑ Introducing the Casters for Heroes of the Dorm

## External links

* Halorin on Twitter
* Halorin's Blog
Blizzard Classic

**Blizzard Classics** are all the games that were made by Blizzard when their company was called Silicon & Synapse where they made a game called Radical Psycho Racing Machines and worked on some Justice League games that helped make their company grow eventually leading up to the change of their company name to Blizzard Entertainment, they created such games as Blackthorne, Rock n' Roll Racing The Lost Vikings and all other games during the younger days of their business. Also at this time the main 3 big titans of their company known as Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft were just being born.

## Heroes

### Unconfirmed

Blackthorne
Snake
2015 BlizzCon World Championship/NA August Round of 8

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## Format

### Bracket Format

* Double elimination
	+ All rounds Best of 3

### Prize Pool

21,000 (USD) Will be split among the teams as follows:

## Competing teams

**Tempo Storm**

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BlizzCon 2019

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**BlizzCon 2019** is the BlizzCon event by Blizzard Entertainment that was held at the Anaheim Convention Center on November 1 - 3, 2019.

## Announcements

### Event

* Toys II – Mephisto's Revenge
	+ Tickle Mephisto skin
	+ Cosmonaut Qhira skin
	+ Train Mount

### Gameplay

* *2020 Gameplay Update*
	+ Nexus anomalies added
		- Experience Globes added

## Virtual Rewards

Those who bought BlizzCon 2019 Virtual Tickets, received the following in-game items:

**Heroes of the Storm**

* Celestial Deepcrawler Mount
* BlizzCon Spray
* BlizzCon Portrait

**Overwatch**

* Illidan Genji skin
* Tyrande Symmetra skin

**World of Warcraft**

* Pets: Finduin and Gillvanas

**StarCraft**

* Classic Battlecruiser – Terran Unit Skin Classic Battlecruiser Portrait
* Classic Ultralisk – Zerg Unit Skin Classic Ultralisk Portrait
* Classic Carrier – Protoss Unit Skin Classic Carrier Portrait

## Trivia

* The BlizzCon Spray and Portrait was designed by Lana Bachynski for a team shirt as a keepsake of her time on *Heroes of the Storm*.

## External links

* Official site

 **gamescom\_**
Braxis Outpost

Unique Objectives
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**Braxis Outpost** is a ARAM map in *Heroes of the Storm*.

### Areas of interest

* 4 Regen Globe Generator: Located at north, northwest, south and southeast. Neutral Regeneration Globes respawn 45 sec after being picked up.
* Mercenary camps - there are two mercenary camps to be recruited in this battleground:
	+ 2 Hellbats - Located at southwest and northeast of the center.

## Unique objective

* **Shuffle Pick**
	+ Choose from one of three randomly selected Heroes before entering the battle on Braxis Outpost. Be quick about it though, you only have 30 seconds to choose!

* **Destroy Enemy's Core**
	+ Destroy the enemy's Core to win.

* **Single Lane**
	+ No additional battleground objectives are present. Prepare for constant action.

* **Additional Info**
	+ Hearthstones (B) are disabled and your starting area doesn't regenerate health.

## Trivia

* Braxis Outpost is a modified version of Braxis Holdout.
* Braxis Outpost was previously a Brawl map.
* The Brawl previously rewarded players with 1,000 Gold and the *Braxis Outpost portrait* for completing three matches of Braxis Outpost.
* Mineral Madness was a modified version of Braxis Outpost featuring a map objective.
Blood for Blood

• This includes skins that can no longer be obtained or are now deprecated.• The in-game information in this article is kept purely for historical purposes and should probably not be under any other categories.

**Blood for Blood** was a Generic Talent that could be activated to deal Percent Damage to the target Hero, healing the caster for 200% of the damage dealt.

## Heroes with Blood for Blood

### Modified version

* Thrall's level 7 "Ancestral Wrath" deals damage equal to 15% of the target Hero's maximum Health over 3 seconds, healing for 150% of the damage dealt. 1s Cooldown, available once *Frostwolf Resilience* triggers 8 times. This Talent is a blend with another old Generic Talent Thrall once had, *Envenom*.

### Removed

These Heroes no longer have Blood for Blood as a Talent option.

* Anub'arak
* Azmodan
* Illidan
* Kerrigan
* Murky
* Tyrael
* Rehgar
* Sylvanas
* Valla

## Similar effects

* Diablo's level 20 "Lord of Terror" deals damage equal to 10% of all nearby enemy Hero's Health and heals Diablo for the amount stolen, and also grants 5 Souls per Hero hit.
Abathur/Quotes

## Voice Lines

 Poor Essence. Little value.
 Unacceptable! Must eliminate! No trace left!
 Unclear.

## Click-quotes

*Quotes marked "Click-Quotes" are triggered when the player repeatedly clicks on the hero with the Left mouse button.*

## Collection

*Quotes in this section trigger when the player is in the Collection tab.*

## Datamined

*Quotes marked "datamined" might not exist in-game, and may be outdated. Do not take them as representative of the game in its current or future states.*

 *Not Enough*
*Mana*

Artanis •
Chen •
D.Va •
Deathwing •
Dehaka •
Gazlowe •
Hogger •
Imperius (*Demonic*) •
Leoric (*Space Lord*) •
Malthael •
Ragnaros •
Rexxar •
Sonya •
Thrall •
Varian •
Xul •
Alexstrasza •
Ana •
Anduin •
Auriel •
Brightwing (*Flying Monkey*) •
Deckard •
Kharazim •
Li Li •
Lt. Morales •
Lúcio •
Malfurion •
Rehgar •
Stukov •
Uther •
Tyrande •
Alarak •
The Butcher •
Illidan •
Kerrigan (*Queen of Ghosts*) •
Maiev •
Murky •
Qhira •
Samuro (*Monkey King*) •
Valeera •
Azmodan (*Azmodunk*) •
Cassia •
Chromie •
Falstad •
Greymane •
Fenix •
Gall •
Genji •
Gul'dan •
Hanzo •
Jaina (*Dreadlord* • *Theramore*) •
Junkrat (*Sapper*) •
Kael'thas •
Kel'Thuzad •
Li-Ming •
Lunara •
Mephisto •
Nazeebo •
Nova •
Orphea •
Probius •
Raynor •
Sgt. Hammer •
Sylvanas •
Tassadar (*Mecha*) •
Tracer •
Tychus (*Infested*) •
Valla •
Zagara •
**Abathur** •
The Lost Vikings •
Medivh •
Anub'arak •
Arthas •
Blaze •
Cho •
Diablo (*Lurkablo* • *Prime Evil*) •
E.T.C. •
Garrosh •
Johanna (*Warsong*) •
Mal'Ganis •
Mei •
Muradin (*Maraudin'*) •
Stitches •
Tyrael (*Mecha*)

Alexstrasza
• Anub'arak
• Anduin
• Arthas
• Brightwing
• Deathwing
• Drek'Thar
• E.T.C.
• Falstad
• Garrosh
• Gazlowe
• Headless Horseman
• Illidan
• Jaina
• Kel'Thuzad
• Li Li
• Maiev
• Malfurion
• Mal'Ganis
• Muradin
• Murky
• Rehgar
• Stitches
• Vanndar Stormpike
• Whitemane
Abathur
• Adjutant
• Alarak
• Blaze
• Dr. Cook
• Fenix
• Mira Han
• Sgt. Hammer
• Tassadar
• Tychus
Beleth
• The Butcher
• Deckard
• Diablo
• Ilarian
• Imperius
• Johanna
• Mephisto
• Nazeebo
• Sonya
• Tyrael
Athena
• D.Va
• Genji
• Hanzo
• Junkrat
• Katya Volskaya
Arena Announcer
• Blackheart
• Commodore Ford
• El Guapo
• Grave Keeper
• Ka
• Kevin "cloaken" Johnson
• Lady of Thorns
• MC Tombstone
• Neithis
• Orphea
• Qhira
• Queen Nightshade
• Mecha Tyrael
• Raven Lord
• The Kid
Beleth/Quotes

## Generic

Artanis •
Chen •
D.Va •
Deathwing •
Dehaka •
Gazlowe •
Hogger •
Imperius (*Demonic*) •
Leoric (*Space Lord*) •
Malthael •
Ragnaros •
Rexxar •
Sonya •
Thrall •
Varian •
Xul •
Alexstrasza •
Ana •
Anduin •
Auriel •
Brightwing (*Flying Monkey*) •
Deckard •
Kharazim •
Li Li •
Lt. Morales •
Lúcio •
Malfurion •
Rehgar •
Stukov •
Uther •
Tyrande •
Alarak •
The Butcher •
Illidan •
Kerrigan (*Queen of Ghosts*) •
Maiev •
Murky •
Qhira •
Samuro (*Monkey King*) •
Valeera •
Azmodan (*Azmodunk*) •
Cassia •
Chromie •
Falstad •
Greymane •
Fenix •
Gall •
Genji •
Gul'dan •
Hanzo •
Jaina (*Dreadlord* • *Theramore*) •
Junkrat (*Sapper*) •
Kael'thas •
Kel'Thuzad •
Li-Ming •
Lunara •
Mephisto •
Nazeebo •
Nova •
Orphea •
Probius •
Raynor •
Sgt. Hammer •
Sylvanas •
Tassadar (*Mecha*) •
Tracer •
Tychus (*Infested*) •
Valla •
Zagara •
Abathur •
The Lost Vikings •
Medivh •
Anub'arak •
Arthas •
Blaze •
Cho •
Diablo (*Lurkablo* • *Prime Evil*) •
E.T.C. •
Garrosh •
Johanna (*Warsong*) •
Mal'Ganis •
Mei •
Muradin (*Maraudin'*) •
Stitches •
Tyrael (*Mecha*)

Alexstrasza
• Anub'arak
• Anduin
• Arthas
• Brightwing
• Deathwing
• Drek'Thar
• E.T.C.
• Falstad
• Garrosh
• Gazlowe
• Headless Horseman
• Illidan
• Jaina
• Kel'Thuzad
• Li Li
• Maiev
• Malfurion
• Mal'Ganis
• Muradin
• Murky
• Rehgar
• Stitches
• Vanndar Stormpike
• Whitemane
Abathur
• Adjutant
• Alarak
• Blaze
• Dr. Cook
• Fenix
• Mira Han
• Sgt. Hammer
• Tassadar
• Tychus
Beleth
• The Butcher
• Deckard
• Diablo
• Ilarian
• Imperius
• Johanna
• Mephisto
• Nazeebo
• Sonya
• Tyrael
Athena
• D.Va
• Genji
• Hanzo
• Junkrat
• Katya Volskaya
Arena Announcer
• Blackheart
• Commodore Ford
• El Guapo
• Grave Keeper
• Ka
• Kevin "cloaken" Johnson
• Lady of Thorns
• MC Tombstone
• Neithis
• Orphea
• Qhira
• Queen Nightshade
• Mecha Tyrael
• Raven Lord
• The Kid
Ana/Quotes

## Voice Lines

العدالة نازلة من فوق.

*Romanization:* ElAdala Nazla Men Fooa.
*Translation:* Justice comes down from above.
*Language:* Egyptian Arabic

## Click-Quotes

*Quotes marked "Click-Quotes" are triggered when the player repeatedly clicks on the hero with the Left mouse button.*

## Collection

*Quotes in this section trigger when the player is in the Collection tab.*

## Removed quotes

*quest completed*
  ***Shrike*** | ***Detachable Box Magazine***
*quest completed*

Artanis •
Chen •
D.Va •
Deathwing •
Dehaka •
Gazlowe •
Hogger •
Imperius (*Demonic*) •
Leoric (*Space Lord*) •
Malthael •
Ragnaros •
Rexxar •
Sonya •
Thrall •
Varian •
Xul •
Alexstrasza •
**Ana** •
Anduin •
Auriel •
Brightwing (*Flying Monkey*) •
Deckard •
Kharazim •
Li Li •
Lt. Morales •
Lúcio •
Malfurion •
Rehgar •
Stukov •
Uther •
Tyrande •
Alarak •
The Butcher •
Illidan •
Kerrigan (*Queen of Ghosts*) •
Maiev •
Murky •
Qhira •
Samuro (*Monkey King*) •
Valeera •
Azmodan (*Azmodunk*) •
Cassia •
Chromie •
Falstad •
Greymane •
Fenix •
Gall •
Genji •
Gul'dan •
Hanzo •
Jaina (*Dreadlord* • *Theramore*) •
Junkrat (*Sapper*) •
Kael'thas •
Kel'Thuzad •
Li-Ming •
Lunara •
Mephisto •
Nazeebo •
Nova •
Orphea •
Probius •
Raynor •
Sgt. Hammer •
Sylvanas •
Tassadar (*Mecha*) •
Tracer •
Tychus (*Infested*) •
Valla •
Zagara •
Abathur •
The Lost Vikings •
Medivh •
Anub'arak •
Arthas •
Blaze •
Cho •
Diablo (*Lurkablo* • *Prime Evil*) •
E.T.C. •
Garrosh •
Johanna (*Warsong*) •
Mal'Ganis •
Mei •
Muradin (*Maraudin'*) •
Stitches •
Tyrael (*Mecha*)

Alexstrasza
• Anub'arak
• Anduin
• Arthas
• Brightwing
• Deathwing
• Drek'Thar
• E.T.C.
• Falstad
• Garrosh
• Gazlowe
• Headless Horseman
• Illidan
• Jaina
• Kel'Thuzad
• Li Li
• Maiev
• Malfurion
• Mal'Ganis
• Muradin
• Murky
• Rehgar
• Stitches
• Vanndar Stormpike
• Whitemane
Abathur
• Adjutant
• Alarak
• Blaze
• Dr. Cook
• Fenix
• Mira Han
• Sgt. Hammer
• Tassadar
• Tychus
Beleth
• The Butcher
• Deckard
• Diablo
• Ilarian
• Imperius
• Johanna
• Mephisto
• Nazeebo
• Sonya
• Tyrael
Athena
• D.Va
• Genji
• Hanzo
• Junkrat
• Katya Volskaya
Arena Announcer
• Blackheart
• Commodore Ford
• El Guapo
• Grave Keeper
• Ka
• Kevin "cloaken" Johnson
• Lady of Thorns
• MC Tombstone
• Neithis
• Orphea
• Qhira
• Queen Nightshade
• Mecha Tyrael
• Raven Lord
• The Kid
Athena

Title
 Race
 Voice actor

**Athena** is the announcer on Hanamura Temple. She can also be unlocked as an custom announcer for 8,000.

## Background

 This section concerns content exclusive to the *Overwatch* universe.

Athena is the computer system for both Watchpoint: Gibraltar and the MV-261 Orca. She is Winston's only companion, helping him with tests as well as monitoring his health. In Recall, Athena works with Winston to develop his Barrier Projector and recall the Overwatch agents. She nearly gets hacked by Reaper, but is saved by Winston at the last second.

## Trivia

* In Overwatch, Athena serves as the one that announces events and objectives in matches, too. She also gives the player directions in the tutorial.
* Athena's name is based off the Greek goddess Athena, who is the goddess of wisdom, courage, and inspiration.

## External links

* Athena - Overwatch Wiki

 Other **Announcers\_**
 Others\_
Barrel Boys

Reason: "*unless any real information is added and notability established (winning competitions or getting to the finals, being talked about, etc.), the team name can be mentioned without being wikilinked to an empty and redundant article.*"

**This page is a candidate for deletion.**
Reason: "*unless any real information is added and notability established (winning competitions or getting to the finals, being talked about, etc.), the team name can be mentioned without being wikilinked to an empty and redundant article.*"

 Location
 Number of players

**Barrel Boys** (B A R R E L B O Y S) is a professional Heroes of the Storm team based in North America.

## History

* March 22 - Acquired by compLexity Gaming

## Roster

### Former

 CrsFury
 Erho
 Trummel
 Keonda

## References

1. ↑ compLexity Enters the Nexus; Welcomes Heroes of the Storm! *complexitygaming.com*
Bribe

• This includes skins that can no longer be obtained or are now deprecated.• The in-game information in this article is kept purely for historical purposes and should probably not be under any other categories.

**Bribe** was a generic active Talent that allows a Hero to quickly conquer a Mercenary Camp. Gathering stacks is easier on lane-focused maps and can be accumulated rapidly over time. It can be exceptionally useful when trying to quickly supplement a push or steal a camp in enemy territory. Max stacks allows you to completely clear 2 Siege Giant/Hellbat camps or 1 of any other camp, with the exception of Elite camps like Bosses, Sentinels and Support camps. If your team lacks a good camp clearing Hero this can let you keep your map control intact. There are currently no Heroes with the original version of the talent.

## Heroes with Bribe

### Modified version

* Brightwing's level 1 "Pixie Charm", enemy minions killed near Brightwing grant a stack of Bribe, hitting a Hero with the center of Arcane Flare grants 5 stacks. 20 stacks to bribe to a max of 80 stacks.
* The Lost Vikings' level 1 "Viking Bribery", enemy Minions or captured Mercenaries killed near any of the Vikings grants a stack. 40 stacks to Bribe to a max of 200 stacks.
* Murky's level 1 "A Fishy Deal", killing Minions with Pufferfish grants a stack. 8 stacks to bribe to a max of 32 stacks.
* Nova's level 4 "Covert Mission", enemy Minions killed near Nova grant a stack of Bribe, takedowns grant 10 stacks. 25 stacks to bribe to a max of 100 stacks.

### Removed

These Heroes no longer have Bribe as a Talent option.

* Abathur
* Azmodan
* Falstad

* Falstad also had a modified version, "Wingman", which caused Bribing Mercenaries to also permanently increased the damage of Falstad's "Lightning Rod" Ability.

* Nazeebo
* Raynor
* Sgt. Hammer
* Stitches

## References

1. ↑ http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/20243513
Alpha

The **alpha** phase of *Heroes of the Storm* included both the developmental phase which began from at least 2011 and the "Technical Alpha" phase which began on March 2014. The alpha ended on January 13, 2015, when the game entered its beta phase.

An alpha test is the phase of testing before beta testing. It represents a product which is not yet fully functional, but which is being tested among a relatively select group. Once all major features have been implemented and major bugs fixed, the game will likely move on to the beta testing phase, with release to a far larger group of players.

## Technical Alpha

This section provides a brief overview of the game's **Technical Alpha**.

For a list of patches released over the course of the Technical Alpha, including detailed patch notes, see Patches.

## Content

Blizzard released the game's Technical Alpha to a limited selection of the public on March 10th, 2014.

The alpha was released with 23 heroes and 4 battlegrounds. 8 heroes were assassins, 7 were warriors, 4 were supports, and 4 were specialists. 10 heroes were from the *Warcraft* universe, 8 were from the *StarCraft* universe, and 5 were from the *Diablo* universe.

### Heroes

#### *Diablo*

* Sonya, a warrior.
* Valla, an assassin.
* Diablo, a warrior.
* Tyrael, a warrior.
* Nazeebo, a specialist.

#### *StarCraft*

* Abathur, a specialist.
* Kerrigan, an assassin.
* Nova, an assassin.
* Raynor, an assassin.
* Sgt. Hammer, a specialist.
* Tassadar, a support.
* Tychus, an assassin.
* Zeratul, an assassin.

#### *Warcraft*

* Arthas, a warrior
* E.T.C., a warrior.
* Falstad, an assassin.
* Gazlowe, a specialist.
* Illidan, an assassin.
* Malfurion, a support.
* Muradin, a warrior.
* Stitches, a warrior.
* Tyrande, a support.
* Uther, a support.

### Battlegrounds

* Blackheart's Bay
* Cursed Hollow
* Dragon Shire
* Haunted Mines
* Garden of Terror
BlizzCon

**BlizzCon** is an annual convention hosted by Blizzard Entertainment and held in the Anaheim Convention Center, near Disneyland in Southern California, about 10 miles from Blizzard's headquarters in Irvine. Blizzard reveals new game content and shows off their upcoming titles with playable demos, as well as offering numerous panels about their games, art displays, live tournaments, and much more.

## History of BlizzCons

The first BlizzCon was held in 2005, and was not an overly successful event. After a year off, BlizzCon returned in 2007, with the popularity of World of Warcraft pushing attendance far higher. The show has been held every year since then except 2012, with the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014 shows selling out immediately.

There was no BlizzCon in 2012, due to the heavily focused development of Diablo III, WoW: Mists of Pandaria and StarCraft: Heart of the Swarm.

In autumn 2020 BlizzCon could not be held due to global pandemic, which lead to BlizzConline being organized on the next year's February in an entirely online format.

### BlizzCons with Heroes content:

* BlizzCon 2014
* BlizzCon 2015
* BlizzCon 2016
* BlizzCon 2017
* BlizzCon 2018
* BlizzCon 2019
* BlizzConline (2021)

## Convention information

BlizzCon is held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California over the course of two days (typically Friday and Saturday, from 10 am until 10 pm each day).

The cost of the ticket (which varies each year) grants fans entry to the convention hall for the two days of the event and an exclusive "Goodie Bag", which often contains things such as in-game prizes for *World of Warcraft* players, beta keys for upcoming Blizzard games, WoW TCG Cards, and other exclusive Blizzard paraphernalia. Since tickets are limited, dates for BlizzCon and online ticket sales are announced months in advance. On sale day, the tickets are often sold out within the first few hours of going on sale.

Blizzard generally saves major announcements about upcoming games for every BlizzCon.

## References

1. ↑ Orland, K. (January 25, 2012). Blizzcon 2012 canceled—but why?. *Ars Technica*. Retrieved on 2017-04-18.
2. ↑ An Update on BlizzCon Blizzard News. Retrieved on 2021-02-08
3. ↑ Get Ready for BlizzConline™ February 19–20 Blizzard News. Retrieved on 2021-02-08

## External links

* Official BlizzCon website

 **gamescom\_**
4-Year Anniversary

Duration
 Theme
 Highlights

The **4-Year Anniversary** was a unique event in *Heroes of the Storm*. The event celebrated the original release of Heroes of the Storm on June 2, 2015. There were no in-game event quests, but players who logged into the game during the event received a unique set of rewards.

## Background

*Celebrating the fourth anniversary of Heroes of the Storm!*

## Rewards

* Heroes 4th Year Anniversary Portrait
* 4th Year Anniversary Spray
* 4th Year Anniversary Banner

## Content

* Happy Birthday Billie
	+ Backstory: Refugees of a fallen kingdom of sparkles and whimsy, these Billie Goats are often drawn to the earliest supporters of the Nexus. Looks like you've made a friend for life!
AzmoDUNK Brawl

Unique Objectives
 Announcer

*This week's brawl is the AzmoDUNK Brawl. Celebrate Heroes of the Dorm with the Lord of SLAM himself, by raining globes down on your enemies!*
**AzmoDUNK Brawl** is a Brawl in Heroes of the Storm. It's a modified version of Tomb of the Spider Queen.

## Rules

* Here comes the lord of SLAM!
	+ Everyone plays as Azmodunk on Tomb of the Spider Queen!
* AzmoDUNK!
	+ The only available Heroic Ability choice is Black Pool.
	+ Everyone starts with the Taste for Blood talent.
		- All Taste for Blood stacks are shared amongst the rest of the team.
		- Stacks build up damage by 3 instead of 2 for every minion killed.
		- The cap on Taste for Blood damage is now 3000.
		- Each Gem turned in grants 3 Taste for Blood stacks.
		- Killing a Hero with Globe of Annihilation resets its cooldown and refunds its Mana cost.
* Be the first team to take down the enemy Core to claim victory!

## Rewards

Complete two matches of AzmoDUNK Brawl to earn a Loot Chest!

## Trivia

* The Brawl previously rewarded players with 1,000 Gold and the *AzmoDUNK Brawl portrait* for completing three matches of AzmoDUNK Brawl.

## References

Heroes Brawl of the Week, March 31, 2017: AzmoDUNK!. Retrieved on 2017-03-31.
Blaze/Quotes

## Voice Lines

 Ready to Fry
 Let's Get Cooking
 Smokin'!

## Click-quotes

*Quotes marked "Click-Quotes" are triggered when the player repeatedly clicks on the hero with the Left mouse button.*

## Collection

*Quotes in this section trigger when the player is in the Collection tab.*

## Announcer

Artanis •
Chen •
D.Va •
Deathwing •
Dehaka •
Gazlowe •
Hogger •
Imperius (*Demonic*) •
Leoric (*Space Lord*) •
Malthael •
Ragnaros •
Rexxar •
Sonya •
Thrall •
Varian •
Xul •
Alexstrasza •
Ana •
Anduin •
Auriel •
Brightwing (*Flying Monkey*) •
Deckard •
Kharazim •
Li Li •
Lt. Morales •
Lúcio •
Malfurion •
Rehgar •
Stukov •
Uther •
Tyrande •
Alarak •
The Butcher •
Illidan •
Kerrigan (*Queen of Ghosts*) •
Maiev •
Murky •
Qhira •
Samuro (*Monkey King*) •
Valeera •
Azmodan (*Azmodunk*) •
Cassia •
Chromie •
Falstad •
Greymane •
Fenix •
Gall •
Genji •
Gul'dan •
Hanzo •
Jaina (*Dreadlord* • *Theramore*) •
Junkrat (*Sapper*) •
Kael'thas •
Kel'Thuzad •
Li-Ming •
Lunara •
Mephisto •
Nazeebo •
Nova •
Orphea •
Probius •
Raynor •
Sgt. Hammer •
Sylvanas •
Tassadar (*Mecha*) •
Tracer •
Tychus (*Infested*) •
Valla •
Zagara •
Abathur •
The Lost Vikings •
Medivh •
Anub'arak •
Arthas •
**Blaze** •
Cho •
Diablo (*Lurkablo* • *Prime Evil*) •
E.T.C. •
Garrosh •
Johanna (*Warsong*) •
Mal'Ganis •
Mei •
Muradin (*Maraudin'*) •
Stitches •
Tyrael (*Mecha*)

Alexstrasza
• Anub'arak
• Anduin
• Arthas
• Brightwing
• Deathwing
• Drek'Thar
• E.T.C.
• Falstad
• Garrosh
• Gazlowe
• Headless Horseman
• Illidan
• Jaina
• Kel'Thuzad
• Li Li
• Maiev
• Malfurion
• Mal'Ganis
• Muradin
• Murky
• Rehgar
• Stitches
• Vanndar Stormpike
• Whitemane
Abathur
• Adjutant
• Alarak
• Blaze
• Dr. Cook
• Fenix
• Mira Han
• Sgt. Hammer
• Tassadar
• Tychus
Beleth
• The Butcher
• Deckard
• Diablo
• Ilarian
• Imperius
• Johanna
• Mephisto
• Nazeebo
• Sonya
• Tyrael
Athena
• D.Va
• Genji
• Hanzo
• Junkrat
• Katya Volskaya
Arena Announcer
• Blackheart
• Commodore Ford
• El Guapo
• Grave Keeper
• Ka
• Kevin "cloaken" Johnson
• Lady of Thorns
• MC Tombstone
• Neithis
• Orphea
• Qhira
• Queen Nightshade
• Mecha Tyrael
• Raven Lord
• The Kid
Bruiser

*Bruiser heroes are tough fighters that are capable of putting out some damage.*
**Bruiser** is a class of hero in *Heroes of the Storm*. They are focused on survival with high damage output. There are currently 17 Bruiser heroes.

## List of Bruiser heroes

  **Bruiser heroes**\_ | Artanis • Chen • D.Va • Deathwing • Dehaka • Gazlowe • Hogger • Imperius • Leoric • Malthael • Ragnaros • Rexxar • Sonya • Thrall • Varian • Xul • Yrel
Alexander Klontzas

Birth Date
 Projects

**Alexander Klontza** was the former Senior Game Producer on Blizzard Entertainment's Heroes of the Storm development team. He left the HOTS team and moved to another Blizzard project after Heroes of the Dorm was shut down.

Alex Klontzas oversaw all aspects of live operations and live design for Blizzard Entertainment’s MOBA. He managed new releases to the live game as well as responsed to service incidents, such as getting hotfixes out to the public. He also helped to keep the live game balanced by working with the live design team to release everything from small gameplay updates to major Hero reworks on a regular basis.

## Background

Alexander Klontzas works on the live operations team, which handles a large part of the content pipeline and makes sure that the company’s online team brawler stays up and running. His team makes sure that players can enjoy new content as it is released by delivering it via patches or releasing hotfixes and service updates so that things run smoothly. His team coordinates patch releases with the approach that Heroes of the Storm is a service and their goal is to ensure that players experience the least amount of disruption or downtime possible.

Klontzas joined Blizzard Entertainment Europe in 2007 as a customer support representative supporting all Blizzard games whenever a player would have any sort of issue. He then transitioned to project management on the Battle.net team and was heavily involved in setting up EU payment methods. He served as associate game project manager for StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm for the EU and Latin America regions before moving to Blizzard HQ to serve in his current role.

Klontzas enjoys playing games in his spare time and also mixes electronic music and dabbles in Unity and C#. He grew up on an island, so he tries to make frequent trips out to the ocean to swim and soak in the sun. He also enjoys squash, because who doesn't love smashing a ball against a wall as hard as you can?

## References

1. ↑ Alex Klontzas on Twitter
2. ↑ Blizzard Press Center: Developer Bios
Booty Coffers

Unique Objectives
	+ Attack Treasure Chests, Mercenaries, and Skeletons to collect Doubloons.
* **Turn in Doubloons**
	+ Hand your Doubloons over to Blackheart or you will drop them all when you die!
* **Bombard your Enemies**
 Lanes
 Announcer

*Blackheart got greedy! Only the richest team can hope to win over his favor with a hefty payment of 100 coins. Dodge cannonball barrages while trying to gather enough Doubloons to take down your enemies. Yarrrrrr!*
**Booty Coffers** is a Brawl in Heroes of the Storm. It's a modified version of Blackheart's Bay.

## Rules

* Shuffle pick - Choose from one of three Heroes before entering the battle.
* Standard play - no talent or level restrictions.
* Blackheart appears immediately after the gates open, and accepts Doubloon turn-ins as usual.
* Skeleton Doubloon camps have been removed from the map.
* Doubloon chests spawn more often, appear at new locations, and drop more Doubloons.
	+ Forts and keeps drop 10 Doubloons when they die.
	+ Mercenary camps drop an additional 3 Doubloons (for a total of 5).
	+ The Boss camp drops a total of 15 Doubloons.
* While chests are active, Blackheart fires one cannonball every 2 seconds in an area immediately around the chest.
* Blackheart does not bombard enemy structures as normal (at 10/12/14 Doubloons, etc.). Instead, he waits for a team to turn in 100 Doubloons, whereupon he bombards the enemy core until it's dead.

## Rewards

Complete two matches of the Booty Coffers brawl to earn a Loot Chest.

## References

1. ↑ Heroes Brawl of the Week, August 4, 2017: Booty Coffers. *Battle.net*. Retrieved on 2017-08-04.
Boost

**Boosts** are consumable items that increases the amount of experience (for out-of-game Hero Level and Player Level progression) by an additional 100% and gold by 150% gold per match until they expire. A Boost's bonuses applied on end-of-game score screens for each match the user completes while the Boost is active.

Additionally, all players on a team will receive 5% bump in experience for each active Boost at the end of each match. That mean players can receive up to a 45% XP bonus if all 10 players in game have a Boost active. In addition to these stacking Boost XP buffs, you’ll also be able to retroactively Boost your Gold and XP gains at the end of a match by applying a Boost from the Score Screen.

A player is also notified of their active Boost’s remaining duration in the chat box upon logging into the game. The timer begins from the moment a Boost is purchased and continues in real time (not game time).

Players should keep in mind the following:

* A Boost’s XP bonus will only affect a player's out-of-game Hero Level and Player Level progression, and has no effect on actual gameplay during a match.
* Boost benefits are additive. This means the bonuses they provide are added to the base amount of XP or gold a player receives by playing a game.
* A Boost's duration can last between one day and 360 days depending on what the player obtains as a reward or purchases. If a Boost is currently active, purchasing or receiving an addition Boost will extend the current duration. Boost are not paused or extended for maintenance downtime.

## Types

Boost can be received as a reward or purchased in varying durations.

* 1 Day — Common reward
* 3 Days —  Rare reward
* 7 Days — 400 or  Epic reward
* 30 Days — 1,000
* 360 Days — 9,000
* A free 7 day Boost is granted at player level 10
* A 7 day Boost is included in the "Starter Bundle"

## Notes

* Boost were formerly known as *Stimpack*.

## Gallery

* Former Stimpack
* Former 360 Day Stimpack in the Shop

## External links

* Coming Soon to the Heroes Shop: Stimpacks
Assault Breastplate

Average Price | 3200

The **Assault Breastplate** is a piece of gear in INSOMNIA: The Ark.

## Description

The assault breastplate provides excellent frontal protection but it significantly impairs movement due to its mass. This kind of gear is suitable for assault operations during which, using flashbang grenades as a precaution, tight spaces with numerous small rooms must be cleared.
2015 BlizzCon World Championship/NA Road to BlizzCon

Organizer
 Sponsor
 Location
 Format
 Prize Pool
 Start Date
 End Date
 Website

## Overview

Part of the Road to Blizzcon series of competitive events, the top 8 teams from the **NA Qualifiers**, LA Qualifiers, SEA qualifiers and ANZ Qualifiers will fight for top two positions that will be invited to attend BlizzCon 2015. This event is held Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas Nevada.

## Format

### Bracket Format

* Group stages
	+ All matches are best of 3
	+ Top 2 of each group advances to the playoffs
* Playoffs
	+ Semi finals are best of 3
	+ Finals is a best of 5.

## Participating teams

**Cloud9**

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**Tempo Storm**

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**COGnitive Gaming**

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**Relics**

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**Immunity**

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**Murloc Geniuses**

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**compLexity Gaming**

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**Furious Gaming**

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Brett Crawford

Birth Date
 Occupation
 Projects

**Brett "Daybringer" Crawford** was the Lead Game Designer on Blizzard Entertainment's *Heroes of the Storm* team. Brett Crawford works on everything affecting the live game experience in Blizzard Entertainment’s MOBA. This includes game balance, Hero reworks, system-level changes, and anything else that contributes toward Heroes of the Storm’s live gameplay experience. He left Blizzard in May 2022.

## Background

Brett first came to Blizzard in May 2010 as a quality assurance analyst for StarCraft II. He worked in QA for user experience for Diablo III, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, and ultimately Heroes of the Storm before transitioning into game design for Heroes of the Storm.

## References

1. ↑ Blizzard Press Center: Developer Bios
Bloodlust Brawl

Unique Objectives
 Lanes
 Announcer

*This week’s brawl is the Bloodlust Brawl. Embrace your inner beast and lay waste to your enemies with the powers of the Orcish horde!*
**Bloodlust Brawl** is a Brawl in Heroes of the Storm. It's a modified version of Dragon Shire.

## Rules

* Shuffle Pick
	+ Choose from one of three randomly selected Heroes before entering the battle on Dragon Shire. Be quick about it though, you only have 30 seconds to choose!
* Bloodlust!
	+ Every 30 seconds, after the gates open, two players on each team gain the effects of Rehgar’s Bloodlust.
		- There is a 15% chance that all Heroes will receive Bloodlust.
	+ After 17:00, all players gain a permanent Bloodlust.
	+ The Dragon Knight and all Mercenary camps are permanently under the effects of Bloodlust.
* Be the first team to take down the enemy Core to claim victory!

## Rewards

Complete two matches of Bloodlust Brawl to earn a Loot Chest!

## Trivia

* The Brawl previously rewarded players with 1,000 Gold and the *Bloodlust Brawl portrait* for completing two matches of Bloodlust Brawl.

## References

Heroes Brawl of the Week, Jan 20, 2017: Bloodlust Brawl. Retrieved on 2017-02-05.
2015 BlizzCon Training Camp

Sponsor
 Location
 Prize Pool
 Start Date

**BlizzCon Training Camp** is a four day training camp taking place between two Chinese teams and four South Korean teams.

## Overview

### Format

Each day will have one of the Chinese teams face two of the South Korean teams in best of 7 matches, with the winner of each match receiving $ 1,000 USD.

## Participants

### China

**Team YL**

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**eStar Gaming**

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### South Korea

**MVP Black**

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**MVP Sky**

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**Snake**

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**Team DK KR**

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Brightwing/Quotes

## Click-quotes

*Quotes marked "Click-Quotes" are triggered when the player repeatedly clicks on the hero with the Left mouse button.*

## Collection

*Quotes in this section trigger when the player is in the Collection tab.*

## Abilities

***Emerald Wind***
***Blink Heal***

## Announcer

Artanis •
Chen •
D.Va •
Deathwing •
Dehaka •
Gazlowe •
Hogger •
Imperius (*Demonic*) •
Leoric (*Space Lord*) •
Malthael •
Ragnaros •
Rexxar •
Sonya •
Thrall •
Varian •
Xul •
Alexstrasza •
Ana •
Anduin •
Auriel •
**Brightwing** (*Flying Monkey*) •
Deckard •
Kharazim •
Li Li •
Lt. Morales •
Lúcio •
Malfurion •
Rehgar •
Stukov •
Uther •
Tyrande •
Alarak •
The Butcher •
Illidan •
Kerrigan (*Queen of Ghosts*) •
Maiev •
Murky •
Qhira •
Samuro (*Monkey King*) •
Valeera •
Azmodan (*Azmodunk*) •
Cassia •
Chromie •
Falstad •
Greymane •
Fenix •
Gall •
Genji •
Gul'dan •
Hanzo •
Jaina (*Dreadlord* • *Theramore*) •
Junkrat (*Sapper*) •
Kael'thas •
Kel'Thuzad •
Li-Ming •
Lunara •
Mephisto •
Nazeebo •
Nova •
Orphea •
Probius •
Raynor •
Sgt. Hammer •
Sylvanas •
Tassadar (*Mecha*) •
Tracer •
Tychus (*Infested*) •
Valla •
Zagara •
Abathur •
The Lost Vikings •
Medivh •
Anub'arak •
Arthas •
Blaze •
Cho •
Diablo (*Lurkablo* • *Prime Evil*) •
E.T.C. •
Garrosh •
Johanna (*Warsong*) •
Mal'Ganis •
Mei •
Muradin (*Maraudin'*) •
Stitches •
Tyrael (*Mecha*)

Alexstrasza
• Anub'arak
• Anduin
• Arthas
• Brightwing
• Deathwing
• Drek'Thar
• E.T.C.
• Falstad
• Garrosh
• Gazlowe
• Headless Horseman
• Illidan
• Jaina
• Kel'Thuzad
• Li Li
• Maiev
• Malfurion
• Mal'Ganis
• Muradin
• Murky
• Rehgar
• Stitches
• Vanndar Stormpike
• Whitemane
Abathur
• Adjutant
• Alarak
• Blaze
• Dr. Cook
• Fenix
• Mira Han
• Sgt. Hammer
• Tassadar
• Tychus
Beleth
• The Butcher
• Deckard
• Diablo
• Ilarian
• Imperius
• Johanna
• Mephisto
• Nazeebo
• Sonya
• Tyrael
Athena
• D.Va
• Genji
• Hanzo
• Junkrat
• Katya Volskaya
Arena Announcer
• Blackheart
• Commodore Ford
• El Guapo
• Grave Keeper
• Ka
• Kevin "cloaken" Johnson
• Lady of Thorns
• MC Tombstone
• Neithis
• Orphea
• Qhira
• Queen Nightshade
• Mecha Tyrael
• Raven Lord
• The Kid
Alan Dabiri

Birth Date
 Projects

**Alan Dabiri**, nicknamed **Captain ADab**, is the former Game Director and former Lead Software Engineer of *Heroes of the Storm*. In October 2018, Dabiri announced he would be stepping down as the game's Director to work on an unannounced project for Blizzard.

## Background

Alan started at Blizzard — his first job in the game industry—more than 20 years ago. Since beginning with the company in 1995, Alan has served as a software engineer on numerous teams, contributing to the development of Warcraft III and its expansion, and StarCraft II and its expansions.

As Blizzard Entertainment's game director for Heroes of the Storm, Alan Dabiri oversees all aspects of gameplay, user experience, and future development direction for the genre-defying MOBA. A 20-year Blizzard veteran, Alan has had a hand in many aspects of Heroes of the Storm's development, and in building and shaping the vision of the game, since its original conception. Before assuming his current role, Dabiri served as a technical director for Heroes of the Storm, providing leadership and vision for the game's engineering team, and supporting the overall direction of the game's development along with the rest of its leadership. In this role, Alan lead the Heroes team through many significant updates including many online/UI system updates, match-making and performance improvements. After spending several years helping build the technical foundations of both StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm, Dabiri is now focused entirely on the latter game.

## References

1. ↑ AlanDabiri. (2018, October 12). A Message From Alan Dabiri. *Heroes of the Storm Forum*. Retrieved on 2018-10-12
2. ↑ Blizzard Press Center: Gamescom 2017

## External links

* Post History for Alan Dabiri on the Official Forums
* Alan Dabiri on Reddit
Gerhard

**Gerhard** is a character in INSOMNIA: The Ark that can be met during the "Old Snack Bar" random encounter.

## Background

A tramp with a fervent hate for soldiers that's been part of the Civilian Militia his whole life, he's planning on shooting up a bar with a bunch of Tyrang personnel in it due to their apparent mistreatment of Ghetters.

## Interactions

Depending on player choice, he can start a firefight with the soldiers around him, with the player himself, or if KZ0012 is a Helot, he can be talked down and reasoned with.
2015 HWC SEA

Organizer
 Sponsor
 Location
 Prize Pool
 Date
 Start Date
 Website

The 2015 HWC - Southeast Asia Championship is a part of the Road to BlizzCon series of competitive events.

## Overview

The top 4 teams from their respective regions go head to head for their share of a $40,000 final prize pool.

### Format

* Double Elimination
* Bo5 matches
* Four teams, one winner from each region, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.

### Prize Pool

$40,000 (USD) is spread among the final teams as follows:

 **2nd** | $12,000
 **3rd** | $6,000
 **4th** | $2,000
Amplified Healing

• This includes skins that can no longer be obtained or are now deprecated.• The in-game information in this article is kept purely for historical purposes and should probably not be under any other categories.

**Amplified Healing** was a Generic Talent that increases the effects of all healing applied onto your hero. This includes self-healing and healing from allied Heroes, making it an extremely efficient Talent, if you have multiple healers, while being less effective if you can only rely on your own healing. All instances of original Amplified Healing have been removed from the game, but the effect increasing healing received can be found as an additional effect in some Talents and Abilities.

## Heroes with Amplified Healing

### Modified Version

* Stitches' level 1 Talent, "Patchwork Creation", increases regeneration effects and all healing received by 15%. It also grants him Armor for each enemy Hero afflicted with his trait "Vile Gas".

### Removed

These Heroes no longer have Amplified Healing as a Talent.

* Chen
* Diablo
* Johanna
* Muradin
* Tyrael
* Uther

## Similar effects

* Cho's level 1 Talent, "Calloused Hide", grants him Movement Speed and increases his healing received by 15% while under 60% maximum Health.
* Hogger's level 4 Talent, "Hogger's Joggers", increases Movement Speed and all healing received by 10% while above 30 Rage, increased to 15% above 50 Rage.
* Varian's level 20 Talent, "Glory to the Alliance", causes his Banners to increase the regeneration and received healing of nearby allies by 50%.
Altar

*This **disambiguation** page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.*

**Altar** may refer to:

* The Hall of Storms is sometimes called **Altar**.
* When a team captures both shrines on Dragon Shire, it unlocks the **Dragon Altar** located at the middle of the map. Once captured, the altar unlocks for that team only, and a hero may channel it for several seconds, during which he can be interrupted by taking damage or moving. If successful, the hero transforms into the Dragon Knight which lasts for a couple of minutes.
* On Towers of Doom both Cores are protected by a barrier that cannot be attacked by Heroes. Periodically **Altars** will rise across the battlefield. Activate them to have your Bell Towers fire upon the enemy’s Core.
* On Tomb of the Spider Queen minions and Heroes drop gems upon death. Whichever team turns in enough gems on the **Spider Queen' Altars** first will unleash the Webweavers to destroy their enemy's defenses.
BlizzCon 2016

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 Dates
 Attendance

    **BlizzCon 2016** was held between November 4-5, 2016 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

## Announcements

### Heroes

* Varian
* Ragnaros

### Event

A new Nexus Challenge event was announced.

## Fall Championship

Team Ballistix were the champions of the event.

### Schedule

 Grand Finals | Saturday, November 5 | 4:00 p.m. PDT

## Virtual Rewards

Those who bought BlizzCon 2016 Tickets, received the following in-game items:

**Heroes of the Storm**

* Nexus Tiger Mount

**Overwatch**

* Blizzcon 2016 Bastion Skin

**World of Warcraft**

* Pets: Legionnaire Murky and Knight-Captain Murky

**StarCraft**

* Mystery Goodies

**Hearthstone**

* Welcome Inn

**Diablo**

* Diablo 20th Anniversary Pet

## External links

* New Heroes and More Announced at BlizzCon 2016!. *Battle.net*. November 4, 2016. Retrieved on 2017-04-18.

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