During GamesCom 2016, Grubby interviewed Kaeo Milker to discuss details of the newest Heroes of the Storm expansion: Machines of War. Jump to 03:52:00 in the timeline to watch the interview.
Alarak build used in HGC winning matches in USA, Europe, and Asia. Alarak is a Melee Assassin hailing from StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. An aberrant melee assassin who can manipulate enemy’s position and punish poor enemy positioning.
darkmok - Liquid- HGC EU - Phase 2 Part 2 - Game 2 - Team Liquid v Playing Ducks-- Sept 10
Extended Lightning
Chaos Reigns
Applied Force
Counter-Strike
Rite of Rak'Shir
Lethal Onslaught
Hasty Bargain
ALARAK BUILD (BY PSALM - TEMPO STORM)
This Alarak build was used by Harrison 'psalm' Chang (Tempo Storm). In a Blizzard eSports article, psalm is described as a undefeated Alarak in the 2017 HGC North America tournament. Alarak has a 58% Win Rate in Battlefield of Eternity.
During GamesCom 2016, Streamer Chu8 interviewed Heroes of the Storm lead systems designer Travis McGeathy to talk about the new Machines of War expansion. Here are some of the highlights:
Braxis Hold will be in the PTR at the end of August.
MVP of the Game will be introduced, and improved over the next few months.
Healers and Tanks have a chance to be MVP
Travis would like to see clans and social support in the future, but no announcements
In the Warhead Junction map, the nuke tooltip says the following:
NUKE: After channeling for 1.5 sec, launches a nuke dealing 2750 damage in a large area (30% max Health to Heroes). Damage is doubled to targets inside the center ring. If interrupted, nuke goes on a 10 sec cooldown. Max 1 per Hero.
Chu8 also played Machines of War during the 4.5-hour long stream. Below you can watch the VOD.
The interview takes place in the timeline at 03:30:00.
Blizzard Entertainment announced the new Heroes of the Storm: Machines of War expansion introducing StarCraft-themed Battlegrounds (Warhead Junction & Braxis Holdout), new skins: Kerrigan skin (Queen of Ghosts), the Butcherlisk, Raider Rexxar, and two new Heroes: Overwatch’s Zarya and StarCraft II’s Alarak (Tal’darim Highlord).