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Legend in the Making - An Advanced Guide to Competitive HS: Part 3 Everything you'll need to dominate ranks 10 through 5 on the ladder.

Weekly Collection Update: Aug 22

In next week's sale you can grab two Specialists - Probius, Sylvanas, and a bunch of skins and mounts! Today at 15:33 by Stan 1 comment

Patch 7.3: Build 24853 Overview

The third 7.3 PTR build this week indicates that 7.3 development is nearly done. This time, we're getting a lot of spec aura updates. Today at 13:43 by Stan

Choose Your Hearthstone Global Games Champion

Choose your Champion returns for the Hearthstone Global Games finals. Today at 12:48 by Zadina

Hearthstone Meta Report #1 - The First Week of KFT

We take a look back on the first week of the KFT metagame to share everything you can do to dominate the next one. Today at 11:26 by Aleco

BlizzCon 2017 Contest Registration

Registration for BlizzCon 2017 is now open!. The deadline to submit your entry (regardless of content) is August 31, 2017. Yesterday at 23:28 by Stan

Patch 7.3: New Battle Pets

A look at the remaining battle pets added in Patch 7.3. Yesterday at 17:30 by Stan 4 comments

PvP Like a Pro: Practicing Effectively

Two weeks ago, Blizzard started the PvP Like a Pro series, where they talk to world best Arena players. The first part was about finding the right partners and the second discussed team composition. Part 3 is devoted to effective practicing. Yesterday at 15:03 by Stan

Heroes Brawl: Lost Cavern (Aug 18)

Lost Cavern is a single-lane battleground that has been chosen for this week's brawl! Complete three matches to earn a Loot Chest. Aug 17, 2017 at 22:18 by Stan 1 comment

Blizzard at gamescom 2017 Event Schedule

See when we may or may not get to see the next WoW expansion announcement and everything else going on at gamescom! Aug 17, 2017 at 16:17 by Starym 6 comments

Patch 7.3: New Caster Animations

With 7.3 on the horizon, Blizzard did an official preview of new caster animations with videos and developer comments. Aug 16, 2017 at 17:32 by Stan 8 comments

WTF Moments Episode 90

The 90th episode of WTF Moments is here. Aug 16, 2017 at 15:19 by Stan 6 comments

Patch 7.3: Dungeon Difficulty & Rewards

In Patch 7.3, Blizzard will be increasing the difficulty and rewards from dungeons across the board. The changes help keep dungeons relevant even at the end of the expansion. Aug 16, 2017 at 13:41 by Stan 10 comments

Legend in the Making - An Advanced Guide to Competitive HS: Part 3

In part three we learn about "line up theory", the art or matching up threats and answers. We also explore the importance of mulligans and why it may not always be correct to ship away expensive cards. Aug 16, 2017 at 13:33 by Aleco 5 comments

Mythic Antorus Raid Testing: August 17-21

We're going back to Antorus to test some more bosses starting Thursday, and it's all Mythic all the time this week! We also get the first wing of LFR starting Friday. Aug 15, 2017 at 21:52 by Starym 6 comments

Patch 2.6.1 PTR Patch Notes

We have a brand new PTR up for D3 and there's quite a few skill changes for Barbarians, Crusaders and especially Necromancers, not just to their stats but to how the actually work. There's also a LOT of legendary item and set number tweaks, the general gist of which is higher numbers! And finally we also get some bug fixes and some GR map tuning as well. Aug 15, 2017 at 21:24 by Starym 18 comments

PTR Development Notes - Build 24829

Blizzard's busy with 7.3 testing and the patch will probably be live by the end of August. This week's second 7.3 PTR build focuses on content rollout using an accelerated schedule. Aug 15, 2017 at 20:22 by Stan 2 comments

Whispers of a Frightened World Scenario Now Live

Last week saw the arrival of doomsayers and the 7.3 pre-launch event continues with a new Magni Bronzebeard scenario and a quest called Whispers of a Frightened World. Aug 15, 2017 at 18:47 by Stan 7 comments

This Week in WoW: Aug 15

Trial of Style micro-holiday will be up for the first time and you can unlock new transmog sets. Finish the weekly quest to get a piece of Heroic Tomb of Sargeras gear and if you're a Death Knight, go kill the Soultakers for the hidden Artifact appearance. Aug 15, 2017 at 18:04 by Stan

Patch 7.3: Build 24834 Overview

This week's 7.3 PTR build is here, with minor changes to the Broken Isles world map and Profession items. Aug 15, 2017 at 16:34 by Stan 3 comments

Heroes Showdown at Gamescom 2017

It's time to get hyped! Gamescom 2017 is just over a week away and even though Blizzard hasn't shared the full schedule yet, we'll get to see Team expert battling it out against Team Liquid on August 23 from 14:00 to 15:30 CEST. Aug 15, 2017 at 12:58 by Stan 2 comments

First Large Tournament of the Knights of the Frozen Throne Meta

The first $10k tournament of the new meta, the Loot.bet Brawl, will take place from 15-22 August. Aug 15, 2017 at 08:04 by L0rinda 3 comments

Patch 7.3: Returning Player Guide

Our returing player guide is stuffed with relevant information for players that haven't played WoW for a while and they'd like to give it a go in 7.3. Aug 15, 2017 at 00:01 by Stan 14 comments

The Battle.net Name Is Back

Not that it ever truly left, at least as far as players were concerned, but Blizzard have announced a return to the old naming convention, with a small addition. We will now have the "Blizzard Battle.net" name for the service! Aug 14, 2017 at 22:22 by Starym 14 comments

Patch 7.3: Hakmud of Argus is Finally Home

Redditor bionic10 wrote a suggestion 11 days ago how cool it would be if Hakmud of Argus had new flavor text once you dismount Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth on Argus and Blizzard added a new dialogue line for him! Aug 14, 2017 at 15:34 by Stan 6 comments

Activision Blizzard Investor Call - Q2 2017

Quarterly results of the Activison Blizzard Investor Call are here and Blizzard reached a new all-time record of Monthly Active Users (MAUs)! Aug 14, 2017 at 14:37 by Stan 12 comments

Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: Aug 15

The free Hero rotation has been updated for the week of August 15. Aug 14, 2017 at 11:31 by Stan 3 comments

Garrosh Meta Tier List (August 2017)

We present our ninth Heroes of the Storm Meta Tier List for the Garrosh patch of August 2017. Aug 14, 2017 at 05:56 by Oxygen 35 comments

WTF Moments Episode 89

Heroes of the Storm Highlights is back with the 89th episode of WTF Moments. Sgt. Hammer taking down four enemies with his Blunt Force Gun, Auriel resurrecting Uther during Eternal Devotion and other interesting gameplay highlights await in the latest episode! Aug 12, 2017 at 23:14 by Stan 3 comments

FinalBossTV Episode 151: Legion Enhancement Shamans

Bay sat down with our guide writer wordup and Rusahh in the latest episode, where they discuss Enhancement Shamans in Legion. Aug 12, 2017 at 16:25 by Stan 3 comments

Patch 7.3: Netherlight Crucible Clarifications

Another round of questions about the Netherlight Crucible has been recently answered by Blizzard. Aug 12, 2017 at 13:51 by Stan 3 comments

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19 Aug. 2017: Protection Warrior Artifact Traits and Relics
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19 Aug. 2017: Protection Warrior Builds and Talents
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19 Aug. 2017: Protection Warrior Easy Mode
- Updated the description of Spell Reflection slightly.
19 Aug. 2017: Protection Warrior Gear, Legendaries, and Best in Slot
- Updated trinket, set bonus, and legendary item recommendations.
19 Aug. 2017: Protection Warrior Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
- Updated consumables section.
19 Aug. 2017: Protection Warrior Macros and Addons
- Removed an irrelevant Blessing of Protection / Salvation macro.
19 Aug. 2017: Protection Warrior Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Made various updates to the page (rotation remains unchanged).
19 Aug. 2017: Protection Warrior Spell Summary
- Updated the text for Spell Reflection, Revenge, and Intercept.

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