BlizzCon 2016: Asymmetric Brawl, Varian Wrynn, Ragnaros Coming To Heroes of the Storm

Jason Winter
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If you're a Heroes of the Storm -- and World of Warcraft and Overwatch -- fan, Blizzard's got a lot planned for you in the coming months, some as soon as in two weeks.

A new heroes' brawl, Blackheart's Revenge, will be the first asymmetric brawl in HotS, offering classic attack/defend-style gameplay. Only one team has a core, and it's up to them to protect it from the other team's attacks, some via the ground, and some via the sea. It'll hit live servers the week of Nov. 15.

Two new heroes are also coming to the game soon-ish, both hailing from the World of Warcraft. Varian Wrynn is HotS' first multi-class character, able to play as a shield-bearing warrior or dangerous assassin, while Ragnaros brings “larger-than-life abilities” to the Nexus, such as the ability to incinerate an entire lane of minions or take over a fort and essentially become a raid boss. Varian goes live in the game the same week of Nov. 15, while Ragnaros is planned for a December launch.

Finally, there's the Nexus Challenge, an upcoming event that lets you and a friend take on all comers in HotS for fun and prizes, both in Heroes of the Storm and other Blizzard games. Play 15 games together to get an Oni Genji skin, spray, and player icon in Overwatch, as well as Zarya and the Oni Genji Portrait in Heroes of the Storm. Play 30 games for an Orochi Hovercycle mount for Heroes of the Storm, and a 30-Day Stimpack. The Nexus Challenge runs from Nov. 15 to Jan. 4.

You can learn more about all the new stuff on the Heroes of the Storm website, including details on the 2017 Global Championships, and if there's any more big HotS-related news coming out of BlizzCon, we'll report it here!

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About the Author

Jason Winter
Jason Winter, News Editor
Jason Winter is a veteran gaming journalist, he brings a wide range of experience to MMOBomb, including two years with Beckett Media where he served as the editor of the leading gaming magazine Massive Online Gamer. He has also written professionally for several gaming websites.

Discussion (9)

ASD 6 years ago
I sometimes question why blizzard is in the gaming industry. They seem like they would be awesome in the filming/movie industry with the time and effort they put in these trailers. I just wish alot of devs put more time and effort into the game development as the time they put into these trailers they make.

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trionisshit 6 years ago
Sinking boat blizzard, every good ppl ruinning like rats from sinking boat, copy paste moba, copy paste card game, what degenerates play thes ugly boring poops!

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Jafarson 6 years ago
BEST MOBA!


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