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Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes: September 17th Brightwing & Kerrigan talent updates, Garden of Terror battleground revamp, and the Fall of King's Crest event are coming to the Nexus soon!

Update on the Future of Deadly Boss Mods

Here's a statement by Adam who's working full-time on Deadly Boss Mods about the future of the addon. Today at 11:15 by Stan 6 comments

Harvest Festival is now live for one week! Alliance players can honor Uther the Lightbringer by lightning a candle at his tomb, while the Horde can show their respect to Grommash by leaving a bottle of spirits in Ashenvale. The event does not count toward What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been. Today at 09:07 by Stan 2 comments

Uldir Race Day 7: Ghuun Down to 12% and Nerfed

The race has settled in to a more stable pace, but it's also the tensest it's ever been, as there were only a few new kills today, but Method and probably Limit and Exorsus as well, are getting closer and closer to a kill. Today at 06:34 by Starym

The immediate fix for today's MOTHER solo method, as Last Defender gets a 50% cap, we also get a Shrine of the Storm nerf as well as a G'huun one, which just might impact the race, depending on when exactly the hotfix was applied. We're also getting all the Azerite power tuning detailed earlier today (except with much, much worse formatting for some reason), along with a bunch of PvP fixes, including Hook Point arena returning and bonus conquest points being given on the first BG win of the day instead of the week! Today at 05:26 by Starym

Big Azerite Trait Tuning - September 17th

Here comes the big Azerite trait tuning pass mentioned in the AMA, with some big changes coming to almost all classes. Warlocks get the most changes, as Demon Hunters, Paladins and Priests get none. Today at 01:35 by Starym 19 comments

Fall of the Kings Crest Event (September 25th - October 15th)

Fall of the King's Crest is a new event available starting next week. Here's an overview of new quests, rewards, skins, and various cosmetic items that can be collected through October 25. Yesterday at 22:01 by Stan 8 comments

MOTHER Normal World First Solo by Rextroy

Well that was fast. Week 2 of Uldir and we already have a solo kill! Of course it was none other than Rextroy, who also took down Kin'garoth , taking 7 hours to do so! A pretty damn impressive World First, especially considering Uldir's second reset isn't even over yet! Yesterday at 21:23 by Starym 3 comments

Heroes of the Storm Balance Update: September 18th

A new balance patch will go live this week and here are the official patch notes a day ahead of release. Yesterday at 20:32 by Stan 13 comments

Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes: September 17th

The latest Heroes of the Storm content patch is available for playtesting until September 24. Check out the official patch notes for details! Yesterday at 18:45 by Stan 14 comments

Siege of the King's Crest is a new event that will go live with the next content patch and includes new skins for Whitemane, Maiev, Zarya, and Alexstrasza. Yesterday at 17:37 by Stan 10 comments

Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: September 18th

Free Hero rotation has been updated for the week of September 18! Mrglrglmrglmrrrlggg! Yesterday at 13:59 by Stan 3 comments

Uldir Race Day 6: Method Catch Up, Mythrax Video

While we've already covered the biggest events of today in an update to the previous summary, we'll just go over them again and add the few other things that happened as well. The big news is that Method caught up to Limit, but it did take them a fair amount of time to do so. Now, the numbers here are a bit iffy, since we'd have to count sleep hours and rest into it, but just as a frame of reference, Limit got Mythrax down 1 day and 8 hours after Zul while it took Method 1 day and 22 hours for the same feat. Now, even if you figure some 8 hours sleep in there for Method, as Mythrax died before Limit went to sleep, that's still a 6 hour quicker kill for the US guild. It really seems Limit is pulling out all the stops on this one and it's down to G'huun to determine who will come out on top. We also got Limit's Mythrax the Unraveler killshot: Yesterday at 05:12 by Starym 4 comments

Blizzard started teasing the Siege of King's Crest on the official Heroes of the Storm Twitter account. We speculate that this is either a new event coming to the Nexus with the latest patch or an upcoming comic. Sep 16, 2018 at 20:52 by Stan 16 comments

The Horde in Control of Arathi Highlands

It's finally time for the Horde to take control over Arathi on live servers. For the next 13 days, the faction gains access to a world boss, quests, and rares that have a chance to drop various mounts and 340 pieces of loot. Sep 16, 2018 at 19:57 by Stan 14 comments

Pharah Changes Incoming, Cross-platform Skins and More

Jeff Kaplan took to the forums a while ago and addressed some questions, and the big news that came from that session was that there are some changes coming to Pharah on the PTR soon. There's a slo a dev update video coming next week, but it probably won't be Pharah related, as he said they're not sure when those changes will be coming and the video is already recorded. The other news is that the dev team is not happy with progress being segmented on the various platforms, so your skins and other cosmetics don't transfer between PC, Xbox or Playstation and that they're brainstorming solutions. Sep 16, 2018 at 17:34 by Starym 8 comments

Update: Method have also downed the penultimate boss of Uldir and are on 7/8, which means we can now watch progress on the final boss of Mythic Uldir live on their stream(s)! Sep 16, 2018 at 09:18 by Starym 8 comments

New & Returning Player Guides for World of Warcraft: PvP Content

The latest episode of Bellular's guides for new and returning players covers the game's PvP content. Sep 15, 2018 at 16:56 by Stan

Ion concluded yesterday's AMA with a livestream announcement and apparently, we'll learn more about Battle for Azeroth's first major patch on September 18 at 11AM PDT // 8PM CET. Sep 15, 2018 at 10:52 by Stan 14 comments

Uldir Race Day 4: Zul Down, 6/8 by EU and US

An eventful day in the race as we got yet another World First and Method catching up to Limit on 5/8 and then surpassing them. There were a whole lot of Fetid Devourer kills as well, with most of the top guilds getting him down after that second nerf. We also got two World First videos, Limit's Zek'voz official one and Method's Zul taken from their stream. Sep 15, 2018 at 08:02 by Starym

Today we have some quick ones, featuring the announced Island Expedition rewards buffs and a lot of PvP upgrades, including a new weekly PvP Conquest chest, Battleborn Sigil and Warlord's Trophy fixes and more. Sep 15, 2018 at 03:57 by Starym

Ion Hazzikostas AMA Roundup: September 14th

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas answered your Battle for Azeroth questions on reddit today. Check out our coverage of the AMA to learn more! Sep 14, 2018 at 21:28 by Stan 6 comments

Island Expedition Rewards to Be Buffed - Live Now

Update: the hotfix has gone live.
There's more stuff coming from Island Expeditions! Apparently the Azerite gains from the activity is in a good place, but the other rewards, such as pets, transmog etc, needed a bit of a bump. While expeditions are mostly used for the Azerite portion, it's great to hear the other rewards will get beefier as well.

You can also check out our Island Expeditions guide right here. Sep 14, 2018 at 20:54 by Starym 3 comments

Learn more about design changes coming to the Queen of Blades in the next Heroes of the Storm patch. Sep 14, 2018 at 19:25 by Stan 13 comments

Method Gets WF Zul, Reborn and 6/8 + Kill Video

It seems Fetid Devourer was merely a setback! As Limit claimed the first kill on the so far toughest (and nerfed-est) boss in Uldir, Method woke up early today, pushed through the fetidness and proceeded to down the next boss first, a mere 5 hours after their Devourer kill! And so Zul, Reborn, the 6th boss of Uldir, fell quickly and is either undertuned, or tuned correctly unlike Fetid Devourer, depending on how you look at it. This puts Method in a significant lead over the other guilds, as they've now gotten 3 hours of progress on Mythrax and are on 6/8 bosses killed in Mythic Uldir. Sep 14, 2018 at 18:50 by Starym 2 comments

Brightwing will be updated alongside Kerrigan in the latest patch. Check out our overview of the changes in the official spotlight! Sep 14, 2018 at 18:14 by Stan 10 comments

Diablo's Season 15 starts on September 21 and in the second Themed Season, all Horadric Caches earned from bounties will be doubled. Sep 14, 2018 at 17:35 by Stan 5 comments

AWC Fall Season + Amazing Hype Video by IKedit

The Area World Championship 2018 Fall Season broadcasts start today, featuring the very first Arena tournaments of Battle for Azeroth, and Blizzard have poked IKedit, of Extinction and his Class Series machinima fame, to drum up a little hype video for the new season! Featuring live highlights from previous tournaments, spruced up with IKedit's signature style and dramatic face-off segment in the Arena, the video is very much worth watching even if you're not a fan of the Arena or PvP! Sep 14, 2018 at 17:24 by Starym

Weekly Brawl - Silver City: September 14th

Silver City is a single-lane map with shuffle pick, standard play, disabled Hearthstone and the first team to destroy the enemy Core wins. Complete three matches to receive a Loot Chest. Sep 14, 2018 at 10:26 by Stan

Weekly Collection Update: September 18th

Weekly Sales have been updated for next week and you can buy Anub'arak and Johanna at a reduced Gem price. Sep 14, 2018 at 09:56 by Stan

A short batch today, mainly focusing on the big Fetid Devourer nerfs that enabled Limit to take the World First. We also get a fix for PvPers that had a bug give them Season 1 achievements too early, who can now get their elite transmogs if they managed to properly get the required rank. There's also some minor Disc Priest and World quest fixes as well: Sep 14, 2018 at 06:09 by Starym 1 comment

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CHANGELOG

17 Sep. 2018: Holy Paladin PvP
- Updated guide for patch 8.0.1.
17 Sep. 2018: Warfronts
- Added Alliance contributions and quest information.
16 Sep. 2018: BfA Battle Guide
- Added Azerite amount for Island Expedition quest completion and added world boss that drops 355 item level loot into weekly list of things to do.
16 Sep. 2018: Island Expeditions
- Updated drop rate information and added a note about the percentage increase-based bonuses provided by shrines.
16 Sep. 2018: Mission Table Advancements
- Corrected information about the Tier 4 and Tier 5 requirements after hotfixes were made.
16 Sep. 2018: Mission Table Champions
- Corrected some champions' abilities.
15 Sep. 2018: Enhancement Shaman Stat Priority
- Added note regarding Mastery being strong in AoE.
14 Sep. 2018: Beast Mastery Hunter Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
- Updated gems, enchants and food.

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