In Heroes, the epic battles between the champions and villains of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo aren’t settled with last hits and kill-stealing—players are distinguished through the accomplishments of their team.

Whether you’re a hardcore WoW raider, a demon-slaying Barbarian, or a Bronze league Terran, you’ll find a customizable hero from across the Blizzard multiverse to suit your play style. Grab your buddies and engage in fast-paced mayhem across varied battlegrounds that impact strategy and change the way you play every match. When the mightiest characters in gaming history clash, only you can decide who’ll come out on top!

Characters like Thrall, Kerrigan, Diablo, Arthas, Zeratul, Tyrael—powerful warriors from Azeroth, Sanctuary, the Koprulu sector, and beyond—have been sucked into the Nexus, a transdimensional storm. Stranded in a strange limbo of clashing universes, these combatants are joined by the same fate—to engage in pulse-pounding combat, to team up in a deadly struggle for survival . . . and to answer the age-old question...

The Warcraft universe is now in Heroes of the Storm!

The Warcraft universe has come to the Nexus in a big way with the arrival of Alterac Pass, a new three-lane battleground inspired by the iconic World of Warcraft battleground, Alterac Valley. That’s not all, an all-new Warcraft hero, Yrel, the first Draenei to enter the Nexus to battle beside the Heroes of Azeroth! And finally, test your mettle in the Echoes of Alterac! This epic in-game event will ask you to declare your alliance for the Horde or for the Alliance. Once you choose your side, you can win Heroes, Portraits, Banners, and Mounts through a series of quests.

The conflict between the Horde and the Alliance rages on inside the Nexus with the upcoming Warcraft-event: Echoes of Alterac! Battle for glory on Alterac Pass, a new battleground inspired by the iconic World of Warcraft battleground, Alterac Valley. Choose a side, then complete a series of quests to unlock your faction’s a portrait, banner, and mount! And don’t forget to show your Azerothian spirit with new skins, mounts, sprays, and other cosmetic items—as well as an all new Warcraft hero, Yrel, the Light of Hope.

Key Features:            

• New Map – Alterac Pass: A snow-covered, three-lane Battleground that is the first to bring a piece of the World of Warcraft’s Alterac Valley to the Nexus. Raze keeps, gather forces, and defeat your opponent’s legendary General: Drek’Thar for the Horde, and Vanndar Stormpike for the Alliance.
• New Map Mechanic – Cavalry: Your Cavalry units have been captured by the enemy! Your goal is to break them out of Cages on the map while preventing the enemy team from doing so. Channel on the enemy Cage to gain control of it, then maintain control until your prisoner is freed. After a short delay, the winning team will spawn a Cavalry unit in each lane, boosting the movement speed and damage of nearby allies.
• Lay Siege to your Opponents: Standard cores have been replaced by Generals who will fight back when attacked! Generals can be attacked after one keep is destroyed, but they gain 20 armor from each keep that’s still intact—destroy all three enemy keeps to diminish their defenses.
• Destroy Keeps to Spawn Reavers: When a keep is destroyed, the enemy team will begin to spawn melee Reaver minions instead of catapults. Reavers lead your other minions into combat, and serve to tank the brunt of the enemy General’s attacks.
• New Hero – Yrel: This Draenei paladin is a deliberate melee warrior with heavyweight abilities and a unique gameplay style that rewards premeditation and commitment
• New Event – Echoes of Alterac: It’s time to pick a side! Declare your allegiance to the Horde or the Alliance, then complete the following questline and unlock your faction’s Warcraft themed rewards, including a portrait, banner, and mount:
• Quest: Play four games as a Warcraft Hero.
• • Reward: Warcraft Reinforcements Chest (Contains four item drops as usual, but one of them is guaranteed to be a Warcraft Hero from a pool of 28)
• Quest: Achieve 50 takedowns in winning games.
• • Reward: Faction Portrait
• Quest: Play six games with friends.
• • Reward: Faction Banner
  • • Lordaeron Banner for the Alliance
    • Orgrimmar Banner for the Horde
• Quest: Win eight games as a Warcraft Hero.
• • Reward: Faction Mount (Ram for the Alliance, Wolf for the Horde)
• Raid the Nexus for Epic Loot: Get your hands on new Warcraft-themed skins, mounts, sprays, and more via Echoes of Alterac loot chests and three event-exclusive bundles, or craft them with Shards!

New Hero: Yrel

“Light of Hope”

Role: A deliberate melee warrior whose heavyweight abilities reward premeditation and commitment.

Trait

• Divine Purpose (D)
• • Activate to instantly charge Yrel's next Basic Ability at no mana cost.
    
    Passive: Yrel's Basic Abilities charge up over 1.5 seconds, increasing in effectiveness, but reducing Yrel's Movement Speed by 25%.
  • • Cooldown: 10

Basic Abilities

• Vindication (Q)
• • Unleash holy energy around Yrel, dealing 38 damage to nearby enemies and healing her for 96.
    
    Charging up this Ability increases its damage up to 125, and healing up to 320.
  • • Cost: 50
    • Cooldown: 6

• Righteous Hammer (W)
• • Swing Yrel's hammer, dealing 38 damage to enemies in front of her and knocking them away.
    
    Charging up this Ability increases its knockback distance, and damage up to 125. Enemies hit at maximum charge are Stunned for 0.75 seconds.
  • • Cost: 50
    • Cooldown: 16

• Avenging Wrath (E)
• • Leap to a location, dealing 150 damage to enemies in an area and Slowing them by 50% for 1 second.
    
    Charging up this Ability increases its range.
  • • Cost: 50
    • Cooldown: 6

Heroic Abilities

• Ardent Defender (R1)
• • Surround Yrel in a barrier for 3 seconds, absorbing all damage taken and healing her for 50% of the damage received.
  • • Cost: 40
    • Cooldown: 100

• Sacred Ground (R2)
• • Yrel sanctifies the ground around her, gaining 40 Armor until she leaves the area.
  • • Cost: 40
    • Cooldown: 100

Talents

Hero Level (Tier)	Talent	Description
1	[Q] Light of Karabor	Increase Vindication's radius by 15%. Vindication's healing is increased by 20% per enemy Hero hit.
1	Dauntless	Casting a Basic Ability grants Yrel 35 Physical Armor for 2 seconds.
1	Maraad’s Insight	After casting a Basic Ability, Yrel's next Basic Attack heals her for 148.
4	[E] Aegis of Light	Upon landing, Avenging Wrath grants other nearby allied Heroes 25 Armor for 5 seconds.
4	Gift of the Naaru	Divine Purpose heals the lowest Health nearby allied Hero other than Yrel for 400.
4	Hand of Freedom	Grant an allied Hero 35% Movement Speed for 3 seconds and remove all Slows and Roots from them. Cannot be used on Yrel.
7	[W] Righteous Momentum	While Channeling Righteous Hammer at maximum charge, gain 45% Movement Speed.
7	[E] Holy Avenger	Hitting an enemy Hero with Avenging Wrath at maximum charge reduces its cooldown to 1 second.
7	Divine Steed	Mounting is instant and grants 80% Movement Speed that decays over 3 seconds.
7	Samaara’s Light	While above 50% Health, gain 15% Movement Speed.
10	[R1] Ardent Defender	Surround Yrel in a barrier for 3 seconds, absorbing all damage taken and healing her for 50% of the damage received.
10	[R2] Sacred Ground	Yrel sanctifies the ground around her, gaining 40 Armor until she leaves the area.
13	[Q] Aldor Peacekeeper	Enemy Heroes hit by Vindication at maximum charge deal 30% less damage for 3 seconds.
13	[E] Repentance	Increase Avenging Wrath's Slow by 25% and duration by 0.5 seconds.
13	Velen’s Chosen	Hitting an enemy Hero with a Basic Ability at maximum charge grants 10% Spell Power for 10 seconds, up to 30%.
16	[W] Templar’s Verdict	Righteous Hammer reduces the Armor of enemy Heroes hit by 20 for 2 seconds.
16	[Trait] Divine Favor	Casting a Basic Ability reduces the cooldown of Divine Purpose by 2 seconds.
16	Holy Wrath	After casting a Basic Ability, Yrel's next Basic Attack splashes for 30% increased damage around the target.
20	[R1] Word of Glory	Ardent Defender heals nearby allied Heroes for 100% of the healing received by Yrel.
20	[R2] Hallowed Ground	Casting Avenging Wrath while inside Sacred Ground moves Sacred Ground to Yrel's location upon landing.
20	Bubble Hearth	After 1 second, Yrel becomes Invulnerable and casts Hearthstone. Cannot be canceled.
20	Seraphim	Activate to become Unstoppable for 2 seconds.