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Hearthstone Masters & Specialist Format Announced Radical changes await Hearthstone esports with a three-tier program and a brand new competitive format.

MDI 2019 Proving Grounds Begin Next Week!

The MDI 2019 edition is about to begin, redubbed the Mythic Dungeon International, with Proving Grounds arriving with next week's reset! It's a very simple qualification process this time around, as all a team has to do is finish up 5 M+14 dungeons between February 26th and Match 12th, and then it's on to the Time Trials stage (after you sign your runs up)! The Time Trials will take place on the Tournament Realm, so any gear advantage player might have will be removed, making it a very fair competition. Check out the full post below for more details, including the full official rules at the bottom. Yesterday at 23:32 by Starym

Season 17 Pushed Back to May + All Season Durations

It seems Season of Grandeur has been very popular and Blizzard is extending it to May 12th! This shouldn't come as a surprise as this season has been the most game changing one so far, with the biggest impact on gameplay through greater build diversity. The other reason Season 17 has been postponed is because Blizzard have "plans" for it and it'll take a while longer to test, both internally and on the PTR later on: Yesterday at 21:57 by Starym 14 comments

Weekly Brawl - Lost Cavern: February 22rd

This week's brawl is Lost Cavern. Complete three games on the single-lane battleground to earn a Loot Chest. Yesterday at 12:45 by Stan 2 comments

Choose Your Champion for the HCT Winter Championship

Once again, pick your favourite competitor in the upcoming HCT Winter Championship and win up to 4 Rastakhan's Rumble card packs. Yesterday at 01:20 by Zadina

Hero 30 Teased - Ex-Talon Combat Medic?

Here we go with another round of speculation on an upcoming new Hero reveal! Today we got our first hint at Hero 30, who's expected to show up some time next month. It seems his name is Baptiste and he left Talon, who weren't all that happy about it and decided to track and take him down. Yesterday at 01:14 by Starym 10 comments

Crucible of Storms Raid Testing Rescheduled to February 22nd

Crucible of Storms raid testing has been rescheduled to tomorrow due to issues with build deployment on the PTR. Feb 21, 2019 at 21:35 by Stan

Tavern Brawl: Brawl of Champions - Round Two

The second week of this Tavern Brawl includes a new round of Shrines for each class. Feb 21, 2019 at 21:11 by Zadina

Hearthstone Masters & Specialist Format Announced

Hearthstone esports are receiving a major overhaul in 2019 with the whole program being renamed into Hearthstone Masters and the completely new Specialist format being introduced. Feb 21, 2019 at 20:50 by Zadina 3 comments

Zandalari Troll Racial Nerfs Coming Soon

Zandalari Trolls currently have the most powerful and versatile racials out of all races in World of Warcraft. Patch 8.1.5 nears release and we still haven't seen any nerfs to Regeneratin' or the Loa passives. Feb 21, 2019 at 13:41 by Stan 10 comments

Patch 8.1.5 Build 29418: Class Changes & Highlights

Sound files for a new Alpaca mount have been added in 8.1.5 Build 29418 and there are also some string and Class changes. Feb 21, 2019 at 11:58 by Stan 1 comment

Patch 8.1 Hotfixes: February 20th

We have some raid fixes today, with Opulence and Rastakhan getting a bit easier, with Jaina getting Chilling Touch nerfed, but also no longer affected by Da Voodo Shuffle. There's also some Druid PvP fixes, mostly focused on Resto and more. Feb 21, 2019 at 03:44 by Starym

Upcoming Windwalker Monk Fists of Fury Change in Patch 8.1.5

In order to address a bug that caused Open Palm Strikes to stop proccing because the main Fists of Fury target has died, the spell is going to be changed in an upcoming Patch 8.1.5 build to pick a new primary target, similar to how Demon Hunter's Eye Beam works, meaning it will pick the closest thing to you unless you already have a different target. Feb 21, 2019 at 00:57 by Stan

Icy Veins Podcast Episode 36

In the latest episode of our podcast, we discuss potential Patch 8.1.5 release date, new Allied Races, recent layoffs at Activision Blizzard, and future game titles. Feb 20, 2019 at 20:56 by Stan

Patch 8.1.5 Allied Races & Faction Change Clarifications

While this may only affect a very small portion of players, we have some blue posts dealing with faction changing and unlocking the new 8.1.5 Allied Races. Feb 20, 2019 at 11:58 by Stan 1 comment

Zandalari Troll Embrace the Loa Racial & Shrines

The Zandalari Troll racial ability Embrace of the Loa requires the character to make an offering near a shrine within Dazar'alor to gain one of its passive effects. Talking to guards in Dazar'alor will mark the shrine location on the map and the effect can be reset every 5 days. Feb 19, 2019 at 23:30 by Stan 7 comments

This Week in WoW: February 19th

This week's events include Burning Crusade Timewalking, PvP Brawl: Southshore vs. Tarren Mill, and the Hatching of Hippogryphs micro-holiday. Feb 19, 2019 at 22:52 by Stan 2 comments

Heroic Deals: February 19th

Lunara, Probius, and Stitches are on sale this week along with the Flirty Cloud mount. Feb 19, 2019 at 22:46 by Stan

Paris Live Patch Notes: February 19th

Here comes a new patch, bringing with it the Paris Assault map! We're also getting the damage/health priority model changed so that all non-recoverable health, shields and armor get removed first, so for example Brigitte's armor isn't "hidden" under regular recoverable shields anymore. The patch is also very heavy on bug fixes, primarily for Heroes, as 9 of them get some issues ironed out. Feb 19, 2019 at 22:18 by Starym

Kul Tiran Humans & Zandalari Trolls (Official Preview)

Blizzard today posted the official preview of the Kul Tirans and Zandalari Trolls that will be available in Patch 8.1.5. Feb 19, 2019 at 20:58 by Stan 6 comments

Kul Tiran & Zandalari Troll Dance Animations

It's time to look at Kul Tiran Human & Zandalari Troll dance animations that were recently added on 8.1.5 PTR. Feb 18, 2019 at 13:40 by Stan 10 comments

Free-to-Play Heroes Rotation: February 19th

Free Hero rotation has been updated for the week of February 19. Feb 18, 2019 at 12:55 by Stan

Limits GM on Progress Streaming

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. Feb 18, 2019 at 06:06 by Starym 11 comments

How to Get Feathers in Patch 8.1.5

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. Feb 17, 2019 at 22:11 by Stan 1 comment

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

Rextroys 40 Vs 40 Events

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 5 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

Patch 8.1 Hotfixes: February 14th

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 2 comments

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

Heroic Deals: February 12th

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

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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 solo content;
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.

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20 Feb. 2019: Beast Mastery Hunter Introduction
- Altered the simple spec rankings slightly for Single-Target/Raiding.
20 Feb. 2019: Marksmanship Hunter Battle of Dazar'alor as Marksmanship Hunter
- Added boss tips for multiple bosses on Mythic.
20 Feb. 2019: Marksmanship Hunter Introduction
- Altered the simple spec rankings slightly for Single-Target/Raiding.
20 Feb. 2019: Marksmanship Hunter Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Expanded a little on some rotational subtleties.
20 Feb. 2019: Retribution Paladin Stat Priority
- Added Indomitable Justice and Empyrean Power to whitelist to
20 Feb. 2019: Survival Hunter Introduction
- Altered the simple spec rankings slightly for Single-Target/Raiding.
19 Feb. 2019: Conclave of the Chosen
- Added Mythic Section.
19 Feb. 2019: Opulence
- Added Mythic section.

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