heroes Winter Veil 2017 Skins

[Stan 5,240]

Winter Veil will be very similar to Hallow's End in terms of functionality. During the event, Winter Veil Loot Chests will drop and they have a chance to contain new and old Winter Veil skins. This year, Blizzard added new skins for Kharazim, Malfurion, Malthael and Valla and the Gingerboard mount!

It seems that all skins have 5 different tints. A special thanks goes to the Heroes of the Storm reddit community and especially redditor iolixir for most of the screenshots.

Redditor Davesendave posted all new skins on reddit. Some Heroes are getting new tints for their old skins.

Kharazim Skins (Credit to redditor Davesendave)

• Coal Winter Veil Kharazim
• Evergreen Winter Veil Kharazim
• Frozen Winter Veil Kharazim
• Rosy Winter Veil Kharazim
• Winter Veil Kharazim

Lunara Skins (Credit to redditor iolixir)

• Cold Winter Veil Lunara
• Mistletoe Winter Veil Lunara
• Snowfall Winter Veil Lunara
• Starry Winter Veil Lunara
• Winter Veil Lunara

Malfurion Skins (Credit to redditor iolixir)

• Coal Greatfather WInter Malfurion
• Greatfather WInter Malfurion
• Icy Greatfather Winter Malfurion
• Naughty Greatfather Winter Malfurion
• Rosy Greatfather Winter Malfurion

Malthael Skins (Credit to redditor iolixir)

• Chilling Season's Reapings Malthael
• Coal Season's Reapings Malthael
• Hallowed Season's Reapings Malthael
• Plum Season's Reapings Malthael
• Season's Reapings Malthael

Nazeebo Skins (Credit to redditor Davesendave)

• Fruitcake Gingerdread Nazeebo
• Moldy Gingerdread Nazeebo

Stitches Skins (Credit to redditor iolixir)

• Ivory Greatfather WInter Stitches

Sylvanas Skins (Credit to redditor Davesendave)

• Sweet Plum Sylvanas

Valla Skins (Credit to redditors iolixir & Davesendave)

• Coal Winter's Helper Valla
• Icewind Winter's Helper Valla
• Ivy Winter's Helper Valla
• Plum Winter's Helper Valla
• Winter's Helper Valla

Gingerboard Mount (Credit to redditor Davesendave for the Moldy Gingerboard)

• Blueberry Gingerboard
• Frosted Gingerboard
• Gingerboard
• Moldy Gingerboard
• Strawberry Gingerboard

Reign-Deer Mount (Credit to redditor Davesendave for the Arctic Reign-Deer)

• Arctic Reign-Deer
• Iceforged Reign-Deer

[Valhalen 1,484]

Let us hope that none of these skins and mounts will be "Gem exclusive content", even though they're adding special event chests.

The Kharazim skin looks a bit lazy. They just slapped him with the Santa hood and boots.

Edited November 21, 2017 by Valhalen

[Yridaa 490]

9 hours ago, Stan said:

*5000 hours in mspaint*

[Drachar 45]

The Valla and Malthael skins look great.

[benOwar 20]

Ha Ha I love them! The Malfurion skin is neat

[CyberDVonaven 82]

Oh my gods the Valla skin <3 <3 <3. Valla was already so very hot, but an elf Valla?!

 I love you, Valla. Be my sexy elf for Christmas? *Valla says 'Sure!'* :o <3 :D Wait... don't tell my lady, Tyrande, about our affair. :p

Edited November 21, 2017 by CyberDVonaven

[Leadblast 28]

Am I the only one who hates all these event skins? lol I can't get normal loot chests... and the skins I was really aiming for. Chances for some Dreadlord Jaina skin? nope, I'll get some wonky Malthael wielding candybars in place of his shotels.

And why in the hell is Valla an elf all out of a sudden? I mean, why not giving that skin to a REAL elf, like Tyrande or something? Hurrdurr.

Edited November 21, 2017 by Leadblast

[Leadblast 28]

3 hours ago, Yridaa said:

*5000 hours in mspaint*

I concur... that pic is extremely CREEPY if you ask me. C'mon Blizzard, Halloween has already ended, I thought?

[CyberDVonaven 82]

OH MY GODS! I just realized something while seeing the name Plum Winter's Helper Valla skin. Since they bring back 'classic' skins for seasonal events, that most likely the Sugarplum Fairy Sylvanis skin will be able to be forged or got in boxes during the event!!! YES!!!! I SO love that skin! Gotta save up those shards now. Wait... Everyone loves that skin too... Damn it! It will likely be a 'legendary' 1600 shard one. >:(  I never save up enough for those or are really willing to spend 1600 on just one skin variant to begin with ...well fingers crossed that it will only be a 400 shard one.

Edited November 21, 2017 by CyberDVonaven

[Valhalen 1,484]

28 minutes ago, CyberDVonaven said:

OH MY GODS! I just realized something while seeing the name Plum Winter's Helper Valla skin. Since they bring back 'classic' skins for seasonal events, that most likely the Sugarplum Fairy Sylvanis skin will be able to be forged or got in boxes during the event!!! YES!!!! I SO love that skin! Gotta save up those shards now. Wait... Everyone loves that skin too... Damn it! It will likely be a 'legendary' 1600 shard one. >:(  I never save up enough for those or are really willing to spend 1600 on just one skin variant to begin with ...well fingers crossed that it will only be a 400 shard one.

Sugarplum Fairy Sylvanas and Great-father Winter Rehgar are two classic skins I want so damn much.

[Stan 5,240]

Updated with more tints!

[Valhalen 1,484]

New portraits. Found on Imgur.

[Caldyrvan 377]

Again we get showered with a ton of useless stuff and most simple recolor of skins. I will keep playing heroes close to level up and leveling them when winter veil is over.

Edited November 21, 2017 by Caldyrvan

[CyberDVonaven 82]

2 hours ago, Valhalen said:

New portraits.

Yay! :D Thanks for posting those up here, Valhalen. I always like seeing all the new portrait art that they put out for events and such. Some of the sprays I would prefer to have as portraits too. Sprays are mostly useless, but I do enjoy having a pretty selection of portraits to use :D. Plus it's fun to see the cartoon animation versions of the characters. It makes you think of how they would look if Blizzard ever did Heroes animated 30min holiday specials :p :D. Now wouldn't that be amazing! <3

Well at least we almost always get little couple minute Carbot Animation holiday episodes <3 :D

 

PS to Valhalen; So here's your buddies Major Glory & The Infraggable Krunk these days? :p

Edited November 21, 2017 by CyberDVonaven

[Valhalen 1,484]

2 hours ago, CyberDVonaven said:

PS to Valhalen; So here's your buddies Major Glory & The Infraggable Krunk these days? :p

Krunk joined the Puppet Friends.

Major Glory is suffering from crippling depression after they canceled his movie.

[PrivateJoker 27]

9 hours ago, Leadblast said:

And why in the hell is Valla an elf all out of a sudden? I mean, why not giving that skin to a REAL elf, like Tyrande or something? Hurrdurr.

Because Santa's helpers are elves. It's not much of a stretch, honestly.

[Leadblast 28]

55 minutes ago, PrivateJoker said:

Because Santa's helpers are elves. It's not much of a stretch, honestly.

I know Santa's helpers are elves. That was not my question.

[Voltorocks 40]

I kinda agree with the scrooges here that don't like the seasonal boxes- I kinda wish you could opt out if you don't want the seasonal skins, which are often pretty questionable in terms of year-round desirability.

 

That said, I this this year has a couple of good entries for those that like holiday themed skins... malfurion and valla being the standouts this year imo. Gingerboard also looks nice, looking forward to equipping one w/ gingerbread nazeebo.

 

re: gem-only options, I would honestly be fine with that in this context. none of the holiday things are must-haves for me, and I recognize that they're having trouble monetizing HotS. I mostly only had beef with the "we're doing you a favor" attitude they used in the announcement.

[Opactor 1]

I'll even leave my heroes near upa, so I get more boxes :)

[Valhalen 1,484]

10 hours ago, PrivateJoker said:

Because Santa's helpers are elves. It's not much of a stretch, honestly.

He means why they chose Valla as a Santa Helper instead of already existing elves that are in the game, like Tyrande or even Kael'thas (would be awesome to see him as a Santa Helper, with the Verdant Spheres being giftboxes).

But to be fair would make more sense to have Tyrande as Ms. Claus, to pair with Malfurion's Santa skin.

8 hours ago, Voltorocks said:

I kinda agree with the scrooges here that don't like the seasonal boxes- I kinda wish you could opt out if you don't want the seasonal skins, which are often pretty questionable in terms of year-round desirability.

That said, I this this year has a couple of good entries for those that like holiday themed skins... malfurion and valla being the standouts this year imo. Gingerboard also looks nice, looking forward to equipping one w/ gingerbread nazeebo.

But those events last less than a month. And their contents are limited-timed-offers.

If you spent the whole year trying to get that Bucaneer Falstad skin, it's not now that you'll get it.

And many times I've managed to get non-seasonal Legendaries from Seasonal Loot Boxes (which angered me deeply, because no, I don't need another Tassadar).

[CyberDVonaven 82]

4 hours ago, Valhalen said:

And many times I've managed to get non-seasonal Legendaries from Seasonal Loot Boxes (which angered me deeply, because no, I don't need another Tassadar).

I COMPLETELY agree with that, Val. Every damn legendary I got out of the Hallow's End chests were something other then Halloween skins. Hell most of the skins I got in-general from Hallow's End chests weren't event skins. You're only guaranteed that ONE of the four items in the chest will be from the event. Usually it was a stupid spray or a portrait I got as that one. Pissed me off SO much when it was a Legendary. I wanted that damn Spectral Stallion mount so badly. Why didn't they just give me the option to buy the damn thing outright >:( ...but noooooo it's either 2400 shards, get lucky in a loot chest or go f*ck yourself. Such bullshit >:(

Edited November 22, 2017 by CyberDVonaven

[Leadblast 28]

8 hours ago, Valhalen said:

He means why they chose Valla as a Santa Helper instead of already existing elves that are in the game, like Tyrande or even Kael'thas (would be awesome to see him as a Santa Helper, with the Verdant Spheres being giftboxes).

But to be fair would make more sense to have Tyrande as Ms. Claus, to pair with Malfurion's Santa skin.

Thank you sir! Yeah, there are several elven characters in this game (Tyrande, Kael'thas, Valeera, Sylvanas was also an elf in her former life anyway), so it baffles me that they chose Valla, a Nephalem, to portrait her as one of Santa's elven helpers.

[Valhalen 1,484]

3 minutes ago, Leadblast said:

Thank you sir! Yeah, there are several elven characters in this game (Tyrande, Kael'thas, Valeera, Sylvanas was also an elf in her former life anyway), so it baffles me that they chose Valla, a Nephalem, to portrait her as one of Santa's elven helpers.

Yeah, really grinds my gears. But Valla, alongside Li Ming and Tracer, are apparently favorites of the devs, with 129041820412 skins while other characters (looking at you, poor Lost Vikings) have less than 10.

Speaking of them, why didn't they get a Santa Claus skin? WHY?

[CyberDVonaven 82]

8 hours ago, Valhalen said:

while other characters (looking at you, poor Lost Vikings) have less than 10.

Speaking of them, why didn't they get a Santa Claus skin? WHY?

Oh my gods, I didn't even think of that. You're so right! Lost Vikings would have been PERFECT for a skin to make them into a group of little worker elves. Keebler Elves with Olaf eating cookies :p

[mada7 29]

21 hours ago, Valhalen said:

Yeah, really grinds my gears. But Valla, alongside Li Ming and Tracer, are apparently favorites of the devs, with 129041820412 skins while other characters (looking at you, poor Lost Vikings) have less than 10.

Speaking of them, why didn't they get a Santa Claus skin? WHY?

I suspect they go with fan favorite characters for new skins more often if they have multiple characters that can fit a skin idea. Also the sexy lady skimpy outfit skins are probably big sellers