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PvP Hotfixes: Feb 13th - Massive Mana Regen Nerf Healer mana regeneration reduced by up to 55% + Nourish and Neurotoxin nerfs.

Limit's Guild Master @maximumwow talked about the guild's potential streaming of the race in the future and went into a pretty in-depth explanation of the potential consequences for the race and how it could impact them specifically, bringing it all back to the Method/Serenity split. It's a very interesting and honest clip that brings into question whether the guild will actually stream (as it was previously generally stated that they would) and absolutely worth a watch. Today at 06:06 by Starym

Feathers is a new battle pet that you can get by completing a short questline in Patch 8.1.5 that takes place in Tanaris. Yesterday at 22:11 by Stan

Wintergrasp 8.1.5 PTR Testing: February 19th

Wintergrasp is returning as an epic battleground in Patch 8.1.5 and initial testing with the WoW development team is scheduled for February 19. Feb 16, 2019 at 20:41 by Stan

Rextroy is back with some more interesting videos and it seems he's starting a new series where he pits 40 of one class against 40 of another, presumably to go with BfA's conflict theme. Apparently both fights had a third, unforeseen adversary in the form of lag, but they ended up being a lot of fun nonetheless, with the lag actually adding a bit of tension to the proceedings, as abilities just erupt in waves. Feb 16, 2019 at 00:49 by Starym 4 comments

Weekly Brawl - Trial Grounds: February 15th

The Nexus Forces have taken over a Volskaya Industries Factory - fight to the death to obtain its manufactured power! Two teams enter, one team leaves. Feb 15, 2019 at 11:25 by Stan 2 comments

Today's hotfixes are mostly just the PvP mana regen tuning from yesterday, but we also have some more Battle of Dazar'alor changes, this time for Heroic difficulty High Tinker and Rastakhan. Feb 15, 2019 at 01:56 by Starym

Patch 8.1.5: Kul Tiran Human Intro Cutscene

Here's a preview of the Kul Tiran cutscene narrated by Jaina's mother, Katherine Proudmoore. Feb 14, 2019 at 20:26 by Stan 1 comment

Patch 8.1.5: Zandalari Troll Intro Cutscene

Zandalari Trolls are coming in Patch 8.1.5 and the intro quest along with the character creation cutscene have been added on PTR. Feb 14, 2019 at 17:33 by Stan 2 comments

This week's sales include Abathur, Artanis, Butcher, and the Flirty Cloud mount! Feb 14, 2019 at 16:35 by Stan

PvP Hotfixes: Feb 13th - Massive Mana Regen Nerf

We have some massive changes to healer mana in PvP, with nerfs to mana regeneration for specific specs ranging from 35% to 55%. There's also an additional increase in mana cost for Nourish and Neurotoxin is basically being made unusable as there's an issue with it they can't fix until 8.1.5. All changes below are already live. Feb 14, 2019 at 04:07 by Starym 6 comments

Crucible of Storms Raid Testing: Feb 21st-25th

Here comes the first big raid test for the 8.1.5 raid, Crucible of Storms, featuring both bosses, the Restless Cabal and Uu'nat in Heroic on select dates and times, followed by Normal mode for the rest of the weekend! Feb 14, 2019 at 00:59 by Starym

Tavern Brawl: Brawl of Champions - Round One

The Season of Rastakhan has begun and today we have the first round of the Brawl of the Champions. Feb 14, 2019 at 00:31 by Zadina 6 comments

This week's 8.1.5 Build 29352 brings Kul Tiran & Zandalari /dance animations, a new Horde mount, Draenor Timewalking testing, and more. Feb 13, 2019 at 15:38 by Stan 10 comments

An overview of the latest Class changes that went live on 8.1.5 PTR this week. Feb 13, 2019 at 15:31 by Stan

Warlords Timewalking is currently scheduled for the week of May 28, according to the in-game calendar and the event has finally been enabled for testing on 8.1.5 PTR. Feb 13, 2019 at 13:38 by Stan 1 comment

Our preview of this week's 8.1.5 PTR Build 29352 starts with the newly-added Horde horse mount, Bloodflank Charger. Feb 13, 2019 at 10:54 by Stan 9 comments

Events for this week include opening of the second Dazar'alor Raid Finder Wing, Love is in the Air, and the Pet Battle Bonus Event. Feb 13, 2019 at 09:55 by Stan 1 comment

We have some visual improvements for the Jadefire Masters fight on heroic and Mythic today, as well as an acknowledgement of the absurdity of Saurfang's current location, some Azerite trait and Rogue PvP fixes! Feb 13, 2019 at 01:26 by Starym 1 comment

Activision Blizzard Q4 2018 Earnings Call & Layoffs

Layoffs at Activision Blizzard have been confirmed during the earnings call earlier today. The company plans to eliminate 8% of its non-development employees according to Activision Blizzard's CEO Bobby Kotick, who told investors that the main focus in 2019 is stabilization and restructuring due to missed expectations in 2018. Feb 12, 2019 at 22:41 by Stan 24 comments

Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes: February 12th

The latest Heroes patch is now live. Ana and Abathur have been reworked, players can now purchase individual skins directly using Gems, and more! Feb 12, 2019 at 18:51 by Stan 9 comments

Love is in the Air is here until February 26. Learn more about what's new this year! Feb 12, 2019 at 18:02 by Stan

Battle of Dazaralor Raid Finder Wing 2 Open

The second Raid Finder Wing of the raid is now open and players with item level 350+ can queue up for Empire's Fall / Death's Bargain to defeat Opulence, Conclave of the Chosen, and Rastakhan. Feb 12, 2019 at 16:15 by Stan

Battle of Dazaralor Race: The Top 10 + Videos

The race is winding down, at least for the top spots, as we have 11 guilds passing the finish line as of today. The rankings are pretty interesting as we have four Asia server guilds, with Alpha leading the pack, only one fewer than the usual dominant force in these races, with the EU claiming five. Limit are the only US/OC guild to have secured a place up here, while Aversion just missed out on the top honors and finished up in 11th place. Feb 12, 2019 at 06:50 by Starym 1 comment

On this day, 14 years ago, Blizzard launched World of Warcraft in Europe. Feb 11, 2019 at 21:23 by Stan 5 comments

Developer Insights: The Season of Rastakhan

Joseph Magdalena is here to talk about the Season of Rastakhan event, which will begin on February 13. Feb 11, 2019 at 18:34 by Zadina 2 comments

Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: February 12th

This week's Hero rotation includes Orphea, Probius, and Imperius. Feb 11, 2019 at 12:24 by Stan

Draenor Faction Commendations Coming in Patch 8.1.5

Warlords of Draenor Timewalking is coming in Patch 8.1.5 and with it, new reputation tokens for Draenor factions will become purchasable from the Timewalking Vendor for Timewarped Badges. Feb 10, 2019 at 23:20 by Stan 10 comments

Redditor pineconefire earned 1,000,000 Gold in Heroes of the Storm without spending it after playing the game for more than four years. Congratulations! Feb 10, 2019 at 15:08 by Stan 8 comments

Portal rooms that allow for quick travel between 7 locations have been added to Orgrimmar and Stormwind in Patch 8.1.5. Recently, all portals received new models on 8.1.5 PTR. Feb 10, 2019 at 12:34 by Stan 4 comments

Activision Blizzard Layoffs to Be Announced Soon?

According to Bloomberg, Activision Blizzard plans to cut hundreds of jobs due to slowing sales Tuesday. Feb 09, 2019 at 11:40 by Stan 37 comments

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CHANGELOG

13 Feb. 2019: Ana Abilities and Strategy
- Updated Ana's abilities in accordance with the latest rework.
13 Feb. 2019: Ana Talent Build
- Updated Ana's talents and builds in accordance with the latest rework.
12 Feb. 2019: Abathur Introduction
- Updated guide to reflect Hero rework in balance patch.
12 Feb. 2019: Abathur Talent Build
- Updated guide to reflect Hero rework in balance patch.
12 Feb. 2019: Love is in the Air
- 2019 update.
12 Feb. 2019: Rehgar Abilities and Strategy
- Updated Ancestral Healing's description in accordance with the latest patch.
12 Feb. 2019: Rehgar Introduction
- Updated Rehgar's introduction page.
12 Feb. 2019: Rehgar Talent Build
- Updated Rehgar's talents and builds in accordance with the latest patch.

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