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Stukov Patch Meta Tier List (July 2017) Our eighth Heroes of the Storm Meta Tier List for the month of July 2017 is here!

Patch 7.3: Upcoming Elemental Shaman Changes & Monks

Elemental Shamans will receive changes in a future 7.3 PTR build next week and Windwalker Monk discussion about scaling continues. Yesterday at 18:42 by Stan 5 comments

ToS Race Day 25: No W2nd Yet + Stats & History

Here we are in day 25 of the race, still with no World 2nd, 6 full days after Method's WF! There are technically 22 guilds fighting for that silver medal, but the most likely to take it are Exorsus, Alpha and Style War, who've had more time on Kil'jaeden. Yesterday at 14:48 by Starym

Class Tuning for July 25th

It seems we're getting some more tuning next reset. A lot of it is actually tuning the class legendaries and it's not that many classes that will be affected: Frost DKs, Ret Palas, Rogues and Subtletly in particular, as well as Arms Warrs are getting some slight to not so slight changes! Yesterday at 00:31 by Starym 5 comments

Upcoming Chen Changes

Blizzard brought up an upcoming change to Chen's trait. Fortifying Brew will grant 25 Brew immediately when Chen starts casting it and 30 Brew per second after that. Jul 21, 2017 at 21:12 by Stan 10 comments

Patch 7.3: Vicious War Fox PvP Mount

A new addition to the PvP mount family is the Vicious War Fox. The mount can be purchased for 1 Vicious Saddle in Orgrimmar or Stormwind. Jul 21, 2017 at 14:32 by Stan

Weekly Collection Update: July 25

Next week's sale is here and it's time to grab Zul'jin, Tassadar, various skins & mounts! Jul 21, 2017 at 12:52 by Stan

Patch 7.3: Shackled Urzul (Mythic Argus Mount)

Shackled Ur'zul received a new color tint ever since we looked at Patch 7.3 mounts. The mount will be a 100% drop from Mythic Argus the Unmaker until next expansion. Jul 21, 2017 at 11:33 by Stan 9 comments

Russel Brower Leaves Blizzard

Senior Audio Director Russel Brower has left Blizzard Entertainment. He explained in a Facebook post that with the success of a "sound-decentralization" initiative, his position was no longer relevant. Jul 21, 2017 at 11:28 by Stan 22 comments

Patch 7.2.5 Hotfixes: July 20th

A lot of dungeon and raid tuning today, as Blizzard look into the Cathedral of eternal Night, a bit more into Upper Karazhan and a lot more into Lower, as well as Harjatan and the Desolate Host in the Tomb. Jul 21, 2017 at 00:43 by Starym 3 comments

Patch 7.3: Tier 21 Death Knight

We're doing overviews of all Tier 21 sets and their set bonuses and it's time for Death Knights. Jul 20, 2017 at 22:17 by Stan 7 comments

Season 11 Has Arrived

The first Season of the Necromancer begins today and it's time to start anew! Jul 20, 2017 at 21:29 by Stan

Patch 7.3: Antoran Charhound & Antoran Gloomhound

A first look at upcoming Antoran mounts from the new raid. Jul 20, 2017 at 20:55 by Stan 5 comments

Heroes Brawl: AzmoDUNK (July 21)

This week’s brawl is the AzmoDUNK Brawl. Rain down globes on your enemies with the Lord of SLAM himself, AzmoDUNK! Jul 20, 2017 at 20:30 by Stan 2 comments

Patch 7.3: Build 24608 Voice Overs

The latest Patch 7.3 build added voice overs for the most important Argus characters as well as sounds for Antorus, the Burning Throne raid bosses. They're a great complement to the leaked Legion ending and our theory of Pantheon involvement in Antorus. Jul 20, 2017 at 17:36 by Stan

Garrosh Hellscream Hero Reveal

Following the first Hero teaser, Blizzard today posted another one that depicts the gates of Orgrimmar and ultimately revealed Garrosh Hellscream as the next Hero to enter the Nexus. Jul 20, 2017 at 15:06 by Stan 47 comments

Patch 7.3: Seat of the Triumvirate Dungeon

Seat of the Triumvirate is a new 5-player dungeon located in Mac'Aree (Argus). It has four bosses and we did a run on Heroic difficulty. Jul 19, 2017 at 23:27 by Stan

Tavern Brawl: Ahunes Superior Brawl

A new Tavern Brawl has been introduced this week by Ahune the Frost Lord himself. Jul 19, 2017 at 23:02 by Zadina 5 comments

The Frost Festival Is Upon Us!

As Ragnaros' Midsummer Fire Festival has ended, it is time for Ahune the Frost Lord to take over with the Frost Festival! Jul 19, 2017 at 22:43 by Zadina 24 comments

Patch 7.3: Build 24608 Overview

The latest 7.3 build opened the last Argus zone for testing, enabled the Netherlight Crucible and as usual, we looked at the latest class changes and Tier 21 tuning. Jul 19, 2017 at 18:28 by Stan 2 comments

Patch 7.3: Netherlight Crucible

Netherlight Crucible is a new way to customize new or existing Relics in Patch 7.3 and there are three new trait tiers to unlock. The crucible can be found on the Vindicaar (ship used for transportion on Argus). Jul 19, 2017 at 15:26 by Stan

Patch 7.3: Item Level 1000 Legendary Timing

Update: It seems the bug/test is present on live servers as well, but the estimate on when we could see real ilevel 1000 items is still accurate. And, obviously, on live servers it's just a visual bug, the items crafted are still 970. Jul 19, 2017 at 14:05 by Starym 12 comments

Mione Solos Vault of the Wardens +17

Mione's at it again, never stopping the boundary pushing with Vengeance. This time around it's Vault of the Wardens' turn, specifically a +17 Sanguine, Volcanic and Fortified version. Plus seventeen. Obviously at these levels it's impossible to solo it in time, so just being able to finish is an amazing feat in itself! Jul 19, 2017 at 13:15 by Starym 7 comments

New Hero Teaser at HGC China

A new Hero was teased today at HGC China and in the teaser is the Dark Portal and a shadowy figure. Jul 19, 2017 at 12:27 by Stan 47 comments

Patch 7.3 PTR Dev Notes: Build 24608

Most of 7.3 content is enabled for testing in the latest build and now's a great time to check out PTR. This build opens the Seat of the Triumvirate dungeon, the third Argus area called Stygian Wake and the Netherlight Crucible that upgrades Relics by adding additional effects and item levels. Jul 18, 2017 at 22:49 by Stan 15 comments

Patch 7.3: Feral Druid, Frost DK & Mage Changes

This week's 7.3 build brings more class changes to Feral Druids, Frost Death Knights and Frost Mages. Jul 18, 2017 at 21:35 by Stan 4 comments

Doomfist Coming Next Week + New Preview Video

Doomfist is so close to live we can almost taste it! It being his fist, of course. Blizzard reveled that the new Hero is joining the flock on July 27th, aka next Thursday and we get a brand new preview video to go with the announcement! In it Jeff Kaplan and the team talk about the history of the character, his origins from the very first OW trailer and how he literally just came from a cool sounding name Chris Metzen made up. Jul 18, 2017 at 19:36 by Starym

Upcoming Hero Reveal at HGC China

The next Hero after Stukov will be unveiled tomorrow after the end of second HGC China. Blizzard hasn't released any teasers on Twitter yet, the only hint that we got is that the upcoming Hero is more famous than Stukov. Jul 18, 2017 at 17:37 by Stan 11 comments

This Week in WoW: July 18

The bonus event for this week are Arena Skirmishes, on July 22 main auction houses will turn into dance parties and Mythic+ affixes are Bursting, Skittish, Tyrannical. Jul 18, 2017 at 15:25 by Stan 10 comments

2.6.0a Now Live + Patch Notes

The double XP weekend just ended today and now we get a new patch! This small patch fixes a number of issues, like anniversary transmogs not working properly, Rift progress orbs spawning closer to enemies, new Necromancer portraits and a few more minor fixes. Jul 18, 2017 at 01:33 by Starym 5 comments

Patch 7.2.5 Hotfixes: July 17th

A small batch today, with significant Upper Karazhan dungeon nerfs and a fix for the sheathed state of the Warglaives transmog reward! Jul 17, 2017 at 21:17 by Starym 4 comments

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22 Jul. 2017: Destruction Warlock PvP
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21 Jul. 2017: Beast Mastery Hunter Introduction
- Reordered and changed the descriptions of the specs' single-target/raiding viability. Survival does have higher single-target potential but it requires a lot more work to unlock, therefore it is hard to definitively call it a better raiding spec than Beast Mastery.
21 Jul. 2017: Beast Mastery Hunter Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Rewrote rotational note about Qa'pla.
21 Jul. 2017: Survival Hunter Introduction
- Reordered and changed the descriptions of the specs' single-target/raiding viability. Survival does have higher single-target potential but it requires a lot more work to unlock, therefore it is hard to definitively call it a better raiding spec than Beast Mastery.
20 Jul. 2017: Arcane Mage Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Updated some text from the opener/APL to match each other more clearly.
20 Jul. 2017: Beast Mastery Hunter Builds and Talents
- Removed an obsolete section about Stampede.
20 Jul. 2017: Fire Mage Builds and Talents
- Updated Firestarter and Kindling, as empirical testing has them performing well in Mythic ToS.
20 Jul. 2017: Fire Mage Stat Priority
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