WoW/Hearthstone/D3/Heroes News and Guides - Icy Veins

Warning It appears that you may be blocking the ads, and we are fine with it (read more here). That said, it would really be awesome if you decided to whitelist our website or make a donation :) You can also send us Bitcoins (1DEkropiHPWBmfJxogFaXQscfzhmdpTti4)!

Slide Background

The Mythic ToS Progress Race: An Introduction Get ready for the T20 Mythic Progress Race with this short primer.

Patch 2.6.0 - Patch Notes & Necromancer Guides

Patch 7.2.5 is now live in the Americas for PC, PS4 & Xbox One. Here are the official patch notes of the live build. Don't forget to check out our guide section, especially the Necromancer Beginner Guide for Season 11. Today at 18:18 by Stan

Suns Out Guns Out Event (June 27 - July 24)

As previously datamined, a new summer event is heading to the Nexus. Malthael's Bargain ended yesterday and it's time for a new event, brawl and rewards! Suns Out, Guns Out starts today and lasts until the week of July 24. Today at 17:41 by Stan 5 comments

This Week in WoW: June 27

Mythic & LFR Wing #1 of ToS are now open. If you completed a M+15 last week, you will find an ilvl 930 item in your Weekly Cache. A new PvP Brawl, Legion Dungeon Event and more await this week in WoW. Today at 15:41 by Stan 10 comments

The Mythic ToS Progress Race: An Introduction

The T20 Mythic Progress Race starts today and we made a little primer for you to check out - what happened since Nighthold, who's still in the race, who quit and who's a threat! Today at 14:00 by Starym 11 comments

Recent Actions Against Real-Money Raid Clears

Blizzard has recently taken action against accounts that were actively involved in and/or advertising of in-game raid/dungeons clears in exchange for real money. Today at 12:42 by Stan 9 comments

Card Pack Promotion Now Live

Until July 10, you will receive bonus packs when you purchase Journey to Un'Goro card packs. Today at 09:42 by Zadina 5 comments

Unsolved Mysteries Q&A Video

The two big shot devs on Overwatch got together to answer some fan questions over on Ars Technica's youtube channel and revealed some crucial inside info: Torbjörn is listening to Destiny's Child on his headphones, there are only two cars with wheels in the entire OW universe, a whole lot of inside info on Hero balance and previous mistakes and more. At the very end of the video they got into the Doomfist matter, not spoiling anything, but judging by some of the PTR datamining and an error code it seems likely he'll be popping by the PTR soon and will be the next Hero! Today at 01:27 by Starym 3 comments

Qiraji Guardling Pet Available During Summer

Qiraji Guardling is available in Azeroth right now and can the pet can be caught in Silithus. Yesterday at 22:47 by Stan

Class Tuning for June 27

Mythic Tomb of Sargeras will bring with it some class tuning as well, as Havoc, Survival, Windwalker and Affliction get some tweaks. In case you missed it, there were also some hotfixes earlier today featuting tuning some of the ToS bosses. The Mythic raid is coming tomorrow in the US, Wednesday for the EU and Thursday for Asia servers, bringing with it the progress race! Yesterday at 20:59 by Starym 5 comments

The Necromancer DLC Is Coming Today!

We're only a day away from the Necromancer and we can also get the DLC with WoW gold! Check out when exactly the DLC will be available in your region, the current Wow Token prices, as well as a complete overview of the upcoming patch and DLC. Yesterday at 20:16 by Starym 6 comments

Patch 7.2.5 Hotfixes: June 26

A new round of hotfixes is here, with fixed to Sisters of the Moon, The Desolate Host and Kil'jaeden encounters in the Tomb of Sargeras. Ahune's Illusion: Deathfrost is now rewarded from the Satchel of Chilled Goods instead of the Ice Chest. Yesterday at 18:41 by Stan

Patch 7.3: New Caster Animations Coming?

Blizzard's working on animation updates for casters and more details should be available soon. Yesterday at 16:35 by Stan 7 comments

Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: June 27

Free rotation has been updated with a set of new Heroes for the week of June 27. Yesterday at 12:03 by Stan 1 comment

Nether Disruptor & World Boss Malificus: June 25

Nether Disruptor's now active in in both regions and players can craft Legendary items and kill Malificus. Jun 25, 2017 at 16:04 by Stan

Writhing Essences Hotfix

A new hotfix went live and the first Legion Heroic Dungeon of the day now awards Writhing Essences. Jun 25, 2017 at 09:08 by Stan

Reddit Developer AMA Summary: June 23

Many interesting questions related to Class Design were answered in the latest AMA on reddit yesterday and our roundup has all of them. Jun 24, 2017 at 22:18 by Stan 2 comments

Weekly Collection Update: June 27

The usual Weekly Collection was updated with new items available starting June 27. Jun 24, 2017 at 17:00 by Stan 3 comments

Deadly Roots: The Lore of the Necromancer

With the Rise of the Necromancer DLC pack coming next week on June 27th, it's high time we delved into the background of these mysterious characters. What is their involvement in the events of Diablo 3 and RoS, how did they get there and from where - today we get all of those answers and more!
In case you missed it, there's also a preview of the new zones coming with the patch. Jun 23, 2017 at 17:26 by Starym 6 comments

Heroes Brawl: June 22 - Silver City

This week’s Heroes Brawl is Silver City! Battle against the enemy team on this single-lane Battleground featuring a familiar design straight out of the High Heavens, Mercenary Camps ready to be swayed to your team’s favor, and tons of action. Queue up, choose your hero, and try your best to send the enemy team to the Burning Hells! Jun 22, 2017 at 20:59 by Stan

June 22nd PTR - Loot Box and Highlights Changes

The live update/PTR deployment rhythm continues as the latest PTR patch comes 2 days after the latest live version. This time around we're getting new highlight options, loot box updates with less duplicates and more credits, customizable reticles and a lot of bug fixes. There's also the obligatory Jeff Kaplan dev update! Jun 22, 2017 at 19:22 by Starym 2 comments

Patch 7.2.5 Hotfixes: June 22nd

Another relatively short batch today, we have the long awaited change to Writhing Essences, that are now a currency instead of a quest item, so the excess won't be disappearing after you upgrade a legendary anymore! There's also some ToS Sisters of the moon melee tweaks, some PvP fixes and more. Jun 22, 2017 at 18:33 by Starym

Duplicate Legendaries Will No Longer Drop From Card Packs

Some exciting card pack changes are coming with the next Hearthstone expansion. Jun 22, 2017 at 18:11 by Zadina 30 comments

First Look: The Shrouded Moors & Beyond

The "First Look" series continues with a preview of new zones added in Patch 2.6.0 - Shrouded Moors, Temple of the Firstborn and Realms of Fate. Jun 22, 2017 at 17:25 by Stan 1 comment

Kiljaeden Defeat Cinematic & Argus

We've uploaded Kil'jaeden's Defeat Cinematic to Youtube and in this article, we're looking at what happens after you defeat the last boss in the Tomb of Sargeras. Jun 22, 2017 at 16:54 by Stan 8 comments

Sun Darter Hatchling Pet Video Guide

We've put up a video guide for the Sun Darter Hatchling pet with commentary on how to solve the riddle within Caverns of Consumption. Grab the pet if you haven't already! Jun 22, 2017 at 00:21 by Stan 2 comments

Blue Posts Roundup: June 21

In today's blue posts roundup, we uncover some mysteries behind Writhing Essence, used to upgrade your Legendary items to 970 in Patch 7.2.5. Jun 21, 2017 at 20:24 by Stan 3 comments

Midsummer 2017 Changes

Midsummer Fire Festival is here and there are several updates this year. Jun 21, 2017 at 19:44 by Stan

The Midsummer Fire Festival is Live!

The Midsummer festival is here! Two weeks of fire, both works and otherwise, ending on July 5th, and Blizzard have a small preview for the event this year with new toys, pets, achievements and more. Jun 21, 2017 at 17:38 by Starym

Patch 7.2.5 - Hotfixes: June 20

A very brief round of hotfixes went live with adjustments to Death Knights, Monks and PvP nerfs for Death Knights and Warlocks. Jun 21, 2017 at 08:58 by Stan

Upcoming Reddit Developer AMA: June 23

World of Warcraft devs will be answering Class design questions this Friday, June 23 over at /r/wow/. Jun 21, 2017 at 00:08 by Stan

Box Icy Veins

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.;
standard decks, wild decks, and arena spreadsheets for Hearthstone written by Pesty and L0rinda, as well as beginner guides and walkthroughs for solo adventures;
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.

Box Divider

Box Changelog

CHANGELOG

27 Jun. 2017: DMO Arcane Orbit Wizard Introduction
- Guide updted for 2.6 and moved to new format.
27 Jun. 2017: Explosive Blast Farming Wizard Introduction
- Updated guide for 2.6 and moved it to the new format.
27 Jun. 2017: Firebird Wizard Introduction
- Guide updted for 2.6 and moved to new format.
27 Jun. 2017: Lightning Arcane Torrent Wizard Introduction
- Updated guide for 2.6 and moved it to the new format.
27 Jun. 2017: Lightning Archon Wizard Introduction
- Guide updted for 2.6 and moved to new format.
27 Jun. 2017: Necromancer Beginner Guide
- Added the guide.
27 Jun. 2017: Vyr Archon Wizard Introduction
- Updated guide for 2.6 and moved it to new format.
26 Jun. 2017: Azmodan Abilities and Strategy
- Updated Globe of Annihilation discussion and made a few more small tweaks on the page.

Box Divider

Box Recent Posts

RECENT FORUM POSTS

Box Divider

Box Popular Threads

POPULAR FORUM THREADS

Box Divider

Force desktop version

Force mobile version

Welcome to Icy Veins! Our site uses cookies for sign-up/sign-in, traffic analysis, and advertising purposes. Find out more here. ×