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Deadset's Guide Compendium for Season 14 / Patch 2.6.1 Check out our latest guides for Season 14!

Battle for Azeroth Beta Build 26812 Talent Changes

The most recent Beta Build 26812 includes Frost Death Knight & Brewmaster Monk talent updates. Check out the highlights! Yesterday at 17:56 by Stan 2 comments

Legion Artifact Retirement Questline in Patch 8.0

8.0 PTR servers have been updated with the Legion Artifact retirement questline. Artifact traits will no longer function when the pre-patch goes live and here's a preview of the questline. This article contains spoilers. Jun 16, 2018 at 15:13 by Stan 3 comments

Method on Raiding: Best Bosses, Legion Review and More Videos

Legion is coming to an end very soon, and Battle for Azeroth isn't quite here yet, so what better time to look back at this and previous expansions. Method have been doing just this in the past weeks, obviously focusing on what they know best, aka top tier raiding, with many videos covering WoW's premier PvE activity (for now at least, with M+ knocking at that door). Jun 16, 2018 at 10:40 by Starym

Blizzard Dance & Cosplay Contest at Gamescom 2018

Blizzard will be back this year at gamescom 2018 with their cosplay contest! If you'd like to participate in the contest, sign-ups are open until July 25. Jun 15, 2018 at 22:23 by Stan 3 comments

Blizzard released a new hotfix to fix bugs affecting Garrosh, Ragnaros, and E.T.C. Jun 15, 2018 at 21:07 by Stan 2 comments

Dev Watercooler: WoW Classic Development

Blizzard released a new Dev Watercooler today with information about the ongoing WoW: Classic development. Classic servers will run on Patch 1.12: Drums of War, because it represents the most complete version of the classic experience. Devs are hard at work to make the modern client compatible with the classic data. Jun 15, 2018 at 20:24 by Stan 6 comments

Deadsets Guide Compendium for Season 14 / Patch 2.6.1

The latest season of Diablo, Season 14, launches today and we've prepared a list of all the best builds for you to get started with! Check them out and get ready for some greedy gearing with Deadset! Jun 15, 2018 at 14:21 by Deadset 3 comments

Stukov and Nova will be on sale next week at a reduced Gem price. Jun 15, 2018 at 12:14 by Stan

Main Battle for Azeroth Music Theme: Before the Storm

It seems Before the Storm isn't just the pre-expansion novel that sets up the Battle for Azeroth events, but also the main theme for World of Warcraft's seventh expansion! So sit back and enjoy the very atmospheric tune and if you're feeling particularly meta, go ahead and read Before the Storm while listening to Before the Storm for that extra immersion! Jun 15, 2018 at 07:09 by Starym 8 comments

Battle it out on Punisher Arena! Pick one of three randomly-selected Heroes, slay your foes and the enemy Punisher to earn points for your team and win two rounds to claim victory. Complete 3 matches to receive a Loot Chest. Jun 15, 2018 at 00:17 by Stan

If you watch Heroes of the Storm on Twitch with a linked Battle.net account, you have the chance to win various rewards! Jun 14, 2018 at 22:51 by Stan 8 comments

In this episode, we discuss new social features and the Symmetra rework in Overwatch, Taverns of Time and the Patch 11.2 issues in Hearthstone, Yrel and the Echoes of Alterac event in Heroes, themed Seasons as well as the unannounced Diablo project! Jun 14, 2018 at 21:27 by Stan

We have a bunch of blue posts from Game Designer Matt Villers, dealing with the current state of Yrel. Jun 14, 2018 at 20:17 by Stan 16 comments

Battle for Azeroth 8.0 Pre-Patch Now Live on PTR

It's time to get excited! The Battle for Azeroth 8.0 pre-patch is now available for playtesting on Public Test Realms! Learn more about what's coming in the BfA pre-patch! Jun 14, 2018 at 19:08 by Stan 1 comment

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas answered your Battle for Azeroth questions over on Twitch in a Live Developer Q&A earlier today. Check out the highlights! Jun 14, 2018 at 18:00 by Stan 14 comments

The Scenario portion of Warfronts will be tested on Battle for Azeroth Beta on Friday, June 15 at 2:00 p.m. PDT. You'll be able to queue for it at level 110 and Blizzard will also remove pre-requisites to get as many testers in there as possible. Jun 14, 2018 at 11:11 by Stan 1 comment

Both players get to play as Deathstalker Rexxar, the Hunter Death Knight! Jun 13, 2018 at 22:00 by Zadina 6 comments

Christie Golden's Before the Storm novel is now available for purchase on Amazon. Jun 12, 2018 at 21:52 by Stan 5 comments

Uldir Raid Testing, June 14-18: Heroic and Normal

We have some more raid testing coming on Thursday, featuring the majority of Normal mode bosses after the Heroic testing of Mythrax and G'huun! Jun 12, 2018 at 21:45 by Starym

There was a bit of a stir yesterday after the E3 presentation of Battle for Azeroth, where developer John Hight, when talking to IGN, maybe-maybe not mentioned Blood Trolls as an Allied Race. As you'd expect, reddit jumped right down the man's throat and analyzed whether he said "Don't be surprised if see the possibility of playing as one at some point" or "Don't be surprised if...if you don't see the possibility of playing as one at some point". Here's the statement in question, and it does seem a little confusingly expressed: Jun 12, 2018 at 20:42 by Starym 5 comments

The Dev Teams Thanks the Community after Anniversary

The 2nd Anniversary event is finished and the developers have something to say to the community! From the game's launch to today's over 40 million players, the devs passion is evident in the video and it's a great way to end the event! Jun 12, 2018 at 20:22 by Starym 3 comments

Upcoming Frost Death Knight Changes on BfA Beta: Jun 12

More Frost Death Knight changes are coming in this week's Beta Build. The latest changes to Pillar of Frost will be reverted (the ability will be baseline again), and level 60/90/100 talent rows will be adjusted. Jun 12, 2018 at 19:53 by Stan 5 comments

Yrel and the Echoes of Alterac event along with the 50% XP Bonus are now live. Alterac Pass and the new skins will become available on June 19. Jun 12, 2018 at 16:27 by Stan 35 comments

Events for this week include the Pet Battle Bonus Event and the Southshore vs. Tarren Mill PvP Brawl. Jun 12, 2018 at 15:17 by Stan 1 comment

Start saving up for the next Hearthstone expansion, since for the following three weeks daily quests will award increased Gold AND Arcane Dust. Jun 12, 2018 at 15:00 by Zadina 6 comments

In an effort to combat the game's toxicity, Blizzard's going to greatly reduce the number of silence penalties applied to repeat offenders' accounts and issue suspensions instead. Jun 12, 2018 at 10:54 by Stan 33 comments

Ivan Kuzkin, the guy behind the WoW Extinction Machinima, is back with a remastered version of the original Gods of Zul'Aman cinematic that was released with Patch 2.3 back in the Burning Crusade. Jun 11, 2018 at 22:48 by Stan 3 comments

How Warfronts Work in Battle for Azeroth

Players on Beta are now experiencing the entirety of the Battle for Stormgarde experience and we learned about how to activate Warfronts for your faction when Battle for Azeroth goes live. Read on for more details! Jun 11, 2018 at 21:36 by Stan 7 comments

Island Expedition Mounts in Battle for Azeroth

Island Expeditions are not only going to be the main source of Azerite, you can grab some sweet mounts as well! Jun 11, 2018 at 19:29 by Stan 3 comments

Battle for Azeroth Live Dev Q&A on June 14th

Game Director Ion Hazzikostas is back with another live Q&A this Thursday at 11:00 AM PDT, so get your Battle for Azeroth/morally grey questions ready! To prepare yourself to be able to ask the right questions, you can check out the previous Q&A answers here and all the Battle for Azeroth info we've accumulated in our BfA hub here. Jun 11, 2018 at 18:33 by Starym 2 comments

Podcast #18

Angry Stan Isn't Angry

Overwatch

New social features (endorsements and LFG), Symmetra rework
Hearthstone

Taverns of Time event, patch 11.2 issues
Heroes

Echoes of Alterac event: Yrel and Alterac Pass
WoW

New comic, Mage Tower, Azerite Powers, Before the Storm
Diablo

Themed Seasons (season 14) and unannounced Diablo project

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WELCOME TO ICY VEINS!

On Icy Veins, you will find news and guides about your favorite Blizzard games:

class guides for World of Warcraft reviewed by top players and theorycrafters, as well as guides for transmogrification, events, quest lines, raids, etc.;
decks, arena spreadsheets for Hearthstone written by Kat and L0rinda, as well as beginner guides and walkthroughs for new expansions;
barbarian builds, crusader builds, demon hunter builds, monk builds, witch doctor builds, wizard builds, and crafting/farming guides for Diablo 3 written by Deadset;
build guides for warrior, assassin, support, and specialist build guides for Heroes of the Storm written by KendricSwissh, Oxygen, Straften, and Micekrispies;
Overwatch guides for offense, heroes, support, and tank heroes, reviewed by top players.

CHANGELOG

15 Jul. 2018: Yrel Talent Build
- Changed Maraad's Insight from Not Recommended to Recommended.
17 Jun. 2018: Brewmaster Monk Battle for Azeroth
- Added new talents Guard and Spitfire.
17 Jun. 2018: Marksmanship Hunter Battle for Azeroth
- Updated the descriptions of Master Marksman, Careful Aim and Lethal Shots as they were both buffed significantly.
16 Jun. 2018: Arena Druid Tier Lists
- Added Caverns of Time temporary cards.
16 Jun. 2018: Arena Guide
- Class rankings updated for Taverns of Time event.
16 Jun. 2018: Arena Hunter Tier Lists
- Added Caverns of Time temporary cards.
16 Jun. 2018: Arena Mage Tier Lists
- Added Caverns of Time temporary cards.
16 Jun. 2018: Arena Paladin Tier Lists
- Added Caverns of Time temporary cards.

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