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Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes: Oct 16 & Mal'Ganis Build Guide Mal'Ganis is now live and it's time to check out our build guide and the official patch notes.

Mythic+ Azerite Armor Improvements in Patch 8.1

Blizzard agrees that earning Azerite Armor in Mythic+ feels overly based on luck and in Tides of Vengeance, players will have more control over the Azerite gear they earn through Mythic+. Yesterday at 22:20 by Stan

Deckard, Illidan, and Varian will be on sale next week together with the Crimson Hare and Magic Carpet mounts. Check out the full list of items that will enter the featured item rotation on October 23. Yesterday at 11:35 by Stan

Weekly Brawl - Blackhearts Revenge: October 19th

Blackheart seeks revenge against the Commodore in this week's attack/defend battleground! Everyone starts at level 10, no other talents besides that are available. There's a small chance of all players being the same Hero. Play two games to earn a Loot Chest. Yesterday at 11:12 by Stan 1 comment

Freehold +11 & AtalDazar +12 Cleared by 5 Blood Death Knights

Naowh recently cleared Freehold +11 and Atal'Dazar +12 in time with a group of five Blood Death Knights. Oct 18, 2018 at 18:57 by Stan 3 comments

Patch 8.1 Build 28151: New Creature Models

New models for this week's 8.1 PTR build include baby raptors, Mekkatorque, 7th Legion riflemen & Zandalari guards. Oct 18, 2018 at 17:07 by Stan

Various bosses from The Witchwood's Monster Hunt are ready to battle it out in this week's brand new Tavern Brawl. Oct 18, 2018 at 11:50 by Zadina 4 comments

Hallow's End is going to last from October 17 until October 31. Oct 18, 2018 at 11:27 by Zadina

Hallows End (October 18th - November 1st)

This year's Hallow's End comes with a new toy Headless Horseman's Hearthstone that can be purchased with Tricky Treats. The Headless Horseman should drop ilvl 335 gear. Oct 18, 2018 at 10:47 by Stan 4 comments

In Episode 27 of the Icy Veins Podcast, we discuss Azerite Armor improvements and Patch 8.1, latest Hearthstone card nerfs, Halloween Terror & Torbjörn reworks, and Morhaime stepping down as president of the company. Oct 18, 2018 at 09:33 by Stan

There's a fair amount of changes and buffs for Marksmanship that have arrived on the PTR. The first part of the changes are to enhance Marksmanship's tools for keeping a target at range, so we're seeing Bursting Shot and Concussive Shot buffs.

There's also a change to Rapid Fire to bring it in line with most other channeled spells in regards to line of sight, so it will now continue to do damage even after a target has broken LOS, and you can also Disengage during the channeling of it. The other big changes are to Trueshot, reducing its cooldown and making it also reduce Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire cooldowns during its duration, as well as to Careful Aim, making it more consistent by having it always trigger. Oct 18, 2018 at 01:54 by Starym 10 comments

A first look at the Blood Elf Heritage Armor added in this week's 8.1 PTR Build 28151. Oct 17, 2018 at 22:32 by Stan 10 comments

Blizzard today posted an update about their plans for Diablo at this year's BlizzCon. They are working on multiple different Diablo projects right now, but more details will be revealed when the time is right. Oct 17, 2018 at 22:09 by Stan 15 comments

Patch 8.1 Build 28151: Chain Heal Changes

Blizzard buffed Chain Heal and redesigned High Tide in this week's 8.1 Build 28151. Oct 17, 2018 at 21:52 by Stan 3 comments

A new 8.1 build has just hit PTR servers. Check out what's new! Oct 17, 2018 at 21:05 by Stan

Naowhxd and his group managed to clear Atal'Dazar +19 in time with just 36 seconds remaining on the timer. Congrats to their world first! Oct 17, 2018 at 18:30 by Stan 3 comments

Mists of Pandaria Timewalking offers a relatively easy way to get yourself a water strider mount. Oct 16, 2018 at 23:51 by Stan 13 comments

8.1 Battle of Dazaralor Raid Testing: Oct 18-22nd

After the recent renaming of the Siege of Zuldazar to Battle of Dazar'alor we're getting some more Heroic and Normal testing, featuring two faction-specific days on Thursday (Horde) and Friday (Alliance) and then the rest of the weekend for Normal. Oct 16, 2018 at 22:29 by Starym

The Orc running animation has been updated on 8.1 PTR and here's a side by side preview of the new animation. Oct 16, 2018 at 19:45 by Stan 17 comments

Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes: Oct 16 & MalGanis Build Guide

The latest Heroes of the Storm content patch is now live with Mal'Ganis, disabled Haunted Mines, and changes to certain Support abilities to only work on Heroes. Oct 16, 2018 at 19:18 by Stan 14 comments

Events for this week include Mists of Pandaria Timewalking, Southshore vs Tarren Mill PvP Brawl, and Hallow's End. Oct 16, 2018 at 17:14 by Stan 4 comments

The Switch release of Diablo 3 is bringing some new events to everyone, as we're getting an interesting scavenger hunt, both of the online and real world varieties! The rewards vary from Switch console and D3 bundles, to just the game, as well as real life Diablo themed weapon replicas. The Diablo twitter account will be posting hints for the scavenger hunts in the coming days, and you can read up on the detailed rules below: Oct 15, 2018 at 23:56 by Starym 7 comments

Balance Changes to Giggling Inventor, Mana Wyrm & Aviana

Well, the balance changes were smaller than expected as only three cards were affected this time. Oct 15, 2018 at 20:25 by Zadina 18 comments

Game Director Alan Dabiri Leaves Heroes Team

Alan Dabiri announced that he's leaving his current position as Game Director for Heroes of the Storm and he's moving on to another project at Blizzard. Oct 15, 2018 at 19:33 by Stan 10 comments

Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: October 15th

Free Hero rotation has been updated for the week of October 16 and features Yrel, Chromie, Chen, and more. Oct 15, 2018 at 12:07 by Stan 1 comment

While we may already have seen some Uldir solo kills, the final boss of the last expansion is still quite a challenge for just one player and there have been a couple of kills recently. As you'd imagine, the Paladin one is by none other than Rextroy in his Protection form, but the first kill was done by FallingDarkness/Shoot: Oct 15, 2018 at 07:05 by Starym 1 comment

The latest blue posts roundup includes Ion's stance on World Firsts as some members of the community thought he was contradicting himself after the latest Q&A, the use of third-party platforms for community outreach, and WoW subscriptions. Oct 14, 2018 at 15:47 by Stan 8 comments

Heroes of the Storm Highlights are back with a brand new episode of WTF Moments! Oct 13, 2018 at 20:44 by Stan 4 comments

The Story of Varok Saurfang in Patch 8.1

Varok Saurfang's story continues in Patch 8.1. Check out what awaits the High Overlord in Tides of Vengeance! This article contains spoilers. Oct 13, 2018 at 18:34 by Stan 19 comments

Incursions are very similar to Legion invasions in terms of functinality. Zones will be periodically under assault and you're going to see an invasion icon on the map. Standard world quests will be replaced by invasion quests and once you complete four, you're going to be transported to the opposing faction's ship to complete a short quest for Gold, gear and reputation with BfA factions. Oct 13, 2018 at 15:12 by Stan 10 comments

There's some variety coming to Island Expeditions, with events similar to the Legion invasions going on inside the expeditions themselves. Each week will see a new type of creature showing up and each will have their own set of cosmetic rewards as well. Expeditions have been one of the less popular features in BfA overall and this is just one of the ways in which Blizzard hope to improve them.

You can also check out our Island Expeditions guide for a little refresher. Oct 12, 2018 at 23:10 by Starym 13 comments

Podcast #27

Wait (for BlizzCon) and see...

WoW

Azerite improvements and Patch 8.1
Hearthstone

Card nerfs, Fall Championship, and Global Games drama
Overwatch

Halloween Terror and Torbjörn rework, speculation on the future of the game
Heroes

Mal'Ganis is live, Dabiri leaves the team
General news

Morhaime retires, J. Allen Brack is the new president

Listen to the podcast

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, defense, support, and tank heroes, reviewed by top players.

CHANGELOG

19 Oct. 2018: Beast Mastery Hunter Azerite Traits and Armor
- Added a small section emphasizing that having at least one Uldir trait within the raid is mandatory for optimal performance.
19 Oct. 2018: Demonology Warlock Gear and Best in Slot
- Split best in slot lists into Raid & Dungeon sections.
19 Oct. 2018: Marksmanship Hunter Azerite Traits and Armor
- Added a small section emphasizing that having at least one Uldir trait within the raid is mandatory for optimal performance.
19 Oct. 2018: Marksmanship Hunter Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Various updates.
19 Oct. 2018: Survival Hunter Azerite Traits and Armor
- Added note about Blur of Talons and its effect on Serpent Sting usage during Coordinated Assault.
19 Oct. 2018: Survival Hunter Azerite Traits and Armor
- Added a small section emphasizing that having at least one Uldir trait within the raid is mandatory for optimal performance.
19 Oct. 2018: Survival Hunter Builds and Talents
- Expanded on some explanations on talent choice for single-target, Mythic+, and the Viper's Venom / Alpha Predator dilemma.
18 Oct. 2018: Arms Warrior PvP
- Updated PvP talents.

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