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The official Hero and Battleground reveal is scheduled for June 4, but YonManShow posted two screenshots on Twitter that depict Yrel and Alterac Valley well ahead of time.

It seems that the next Hero to join the Nexus is Warcraft's Yrel. We can expect some sweet skins as well. Spirit Healer Auriel, Orc Johanna, Goblin Junkrat, and more.

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The second screenshot shows off a mountain giant boss on the Alterac Valley Battleground that's likely going to be revealed Monday.

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While we cannot confirm the original source of the leak, it seems to have been posted by a Brazilian Gaming Site first according to reddit.

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Yrel felt really forced to have a female Draenei protagonist in Draenor. And there are much more impactful Draenei Paladin than her, like Maraad.

While Draenei in general have a lackluster roster of notable characters, besides Velen, Archimonde and Kil'Jaeden, I think that Maraad would probably be a better fit for that role (except there is something unique about Yrel, which he can't have in HotS).

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Velen would have been good but there’s already been a Light based WoW character.  

You could do a lot with both Kil’Jaden and Achimonde but I think they’re likely to be saved since which expansion viersion would you use?

This is the first WoW character I won’t be familiar with since I quit during MOP.

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I fell in love Yrel in Draenor, I loved watching her character grow throughout the expansion and it really struck home when I thought of the fact that in our own timeline/reality she wasn't alive. I was really hoping they'd put her in eventually and honestly I'm always a fan of some female characters and if she plays with avenging wrath that's going to be fantastic! 

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  On 6/3/2018 at 2:29 AM, DimensionDerper said:

I know nothing about WoW, but that map looks pretty pretty!

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Yrel was supposed to be a prominent character in the Warlords of Draenor expansion of WoW but due to several cuts made to prepare the Legion expansion, her character arc was never completed properly and was left unfulfilled.

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  On 6/3/2018 at 3:00 AM, Durf24 said:

Yrel was supposed to be a prominent character in the Warlords of Draenor expansion of WoW but due to several cuts made to prepare the Legion expansion, her character arc was never completed properly and was left unfulfilled.

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There is also new development for Yrel in the upcoming Battle for Azeroth expansion. It's... Not pretty.

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  On 6/3/2018 at 4:29 AM, tkioz said:

Just know if you end up on the 'horde' side of the map you're going to lose 99% of the games.

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Maybe they are not gonna have the infamous bridge! A bit sad we are not getting Korrak the Bloodrager as a boss on the map, it would be so fitting.

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  On 6/3/2018 at 4:29 AM, tkioz said:

Just know if you end up on the 'horde' side of the map you're going to lose 99% of the games.

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Interesting - to me it was always the other way around ? Lok'tar ogar! But I guess we won't be getting any epic 12 hour vanilla Alterac Valleys ? TBH I'm quite interested as to which (omg "the Bridge") features they did decide to carry over into Heroes.

As for Draenei - I wouldn't even consider Archimonde and Kil'Jaden Draenei anymore - they are Eredar. But apart from that, I agree: Draenei, although there is a lot of lore, seem to be centered around Velen. Apart from that, there are not that many notable ones. You named pretty much all of them; Maraad and Yrel. There are some bad ass Lightforged though, like Fareeya, which got quite  some screen time recently. But I guess they are far too young, seeing them implemented only in 7.3 (IIRC).

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Can't even spell Draenei...

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Wonder if her alternate skin will be as the Lightbound. I imagine her going "NOBODY EXPECTS THE DRAENEI INQUISITION" XD

Also, another Johanna skin? I mean what about someone like Falstad? Are they just making skins for the currently popular heroes?

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I had hoped for something like Reinhardt, but let's see how Yrel will play before passing too much judgement. Might be interesting.

Personally, I hope that her release skins will be bad, since it will make it less of a letdown when you see that you need to pay something like 2k gems to get them, and can never get them in boxes. The rest of the skins I look forward to, though the recipients of said skins looks pretty dumb.

Johanna recently got a skin. and Auriel have both a legendary and epic with special effects, making another to the mix kinds strange, when you consider the huge amount of characters who have not gotten skins in a while, or ever. Ragnaros is begging for something new, and so are Ana, Brightwing, TLV, and so on. There are far more needed characters who have such a small amount of skins to chose from it's ridiculous.

I mean hell, even a recolor to the long suffering ones would be something. A poorly done cop-out rather than putting some actual work into it, but it would still have been something.

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  On 6/3/2018 at 7:58 AM, Lampanelli said:

Personally, I hope that her release skins will be bad, since it will make it less of a letdown when you see that you need to pay something like 2k gems to get them, and can never get them in boxes. The rest of the skins I look forward to, though the recipients of said skins looks pretty dumb.

Johanna recently got a skin. and Auriel have both a legendary and epic with special effects, making another to the mix kinds strange, when you consider the huge amount of characters who have not gotten skins in a while, or ever. Ragnaros is begging for something new, and so are Ana, Brightwing, TLV, and so on. There are far more needed characters who have such a small amount of skins to chose from it's ridiculous.

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Sometimes it is also just a matter of which character you have cool ideas for skins for. It might be that they just have a lot of fun ideas for Johanna and not so much for other characters, which I feel is only logical (in the sense you get a bunch of ideas for a single character at once).

Sure it doesn't make sense to introduce them in quick succession, but it does reveal that in the end the art design is only human.

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And Blizz rick-rolls everyone again.. D.Va reveal when everyone expected Deathwing, anyone? Sombra you said? Naaah. Ecksdee. Tho, leaks have proven untrustworthy in the past (Belial, Varimathras, etc) one should keep a doubt in the back of his head until the official reveal. Excited about the new Battleground, hopefully it'll be something new and refreshing and Azeroth offers many opportunities for that.

About who gets a skin and who doesn't I'm afraid it's mostly "money talks" ie popularity. For example, Pudge/Devourer in DotA/HoN have aplenty. Lux in LoL of Legends etc and in all of those there are also characters who haven't had a new skin in ages. Since skins are one of the main (if not THE main) sources of income in a freenium model, they probably won't make many/frequently skins for someone who hasn't got a big player base/gets played a lot (which guarantees the sales will be good). The few and devoted of a particular Hero may get lucky when they release skin sets tho (Nova hasn't got a new one in a while and they used to pump out an awful lot of her- I love her but even I thought this was a bit too much. Maybe she has declined in popularity, which wouldn't surprise me).

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Yrel? I don't see any prove for this. I mean, look at the screenshot: It's only a regular artwork with no hots connection (No other hero visible). The Angle in the background isn't Auriel, it's the one from the graveyard. 

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  On 6/3/2018 at 9:14 AM, leapingshadow said:

Depends what side you're on!

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It's not pretty if you're on the side of common sense. If you're not, well...

Also, one of the dullest characters even by WC standarts. Anyone from the Frostwolf clan would be more in theme with the battleground.

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Maybe they are not really releasing all those skins, it might just be teasing us just like those cool skin ideas we get as simple sprays.

  On 6/3/2018 at 11:02 AM, RadicalEd said:

Yrel? I don't see any prove for this. I mean, look at the screenshot: It's only a regular artwork with no hots connection (No other hero visible). The Angle in the background isn't Auriel, it's the one from the graveyard. 

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Actually, you do have a point here. The first picture has no absolute connection to HotS, only the second. And the second one does not have Yrel in it.

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  On 6/3/2018 at 1:02 PM, lChronosl said:

Maybe they are not really releasing all those skins, it might just be teasing us just like those cool skin ideas we get as simple sprays.

Actually, you do have a point here. The first picture has no absolute connection to HotS, only the second. And the second one does not have Yrel in it.

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  On 6/3/2018 at 11:02 AM, RadicalEd said:

Yrel? I don't see any prove for this. I mean, look at the screenshot: It's only a regular artwork with no hots connection (No other hero visible). The Angle in the background isn't Auriel, it's the one from the graveyard. 

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The Picture is literally Orc Johanna, a Goblin Junkrat, a Field Marshal Muradin and a Spirit Healer Auriel Skins.

With what looks to be a Human vs Orc at the front to represent the Warcraft Conflict and will likely be the Minions.

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Some have said Retri Paladin, which is essentially just an offense. It'd be better to make her a multiclass honestly, since paladins can be healers, DPS or tanks in WoW, but I have doubts that's more than hope.

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It’s really funny to me how Blizzard designers are petrified to try and rebalance/redo AV in WoW but will make a new one for a different game.

It was one of the greatest BG’s they ever made and just hope they fulfill half my expectations.

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      Volskaya
      The Triglav Protector will now gain 25% increased energy regeneration and the Pilot and Gunner Abilities will both recharge 25% faster while both slots are occupied. Return to Top
      Hero Updates
      Chen
      Talents
      Level 10 Wandering Keg Wandering Keg updated to be a targeted forced Quick cast instead of a Self cast. Samuro
      General
      Order of buffs in the Buff bar has been updated to match the order in which talents are gained. Samuro can no longer target a Mirror Image that is affected by launch effects (Example: Phase Prism). Samuro will no longer mirror Hearthstone and Mount commands on his Mirror Images if the command is sent while selecting a Mirror Image and not Samuro. Tooltips have been updated to reduce confusion. Base
      Image Transmission [Trait] Advancing Strikes will now copy Samuro's state for the following: creating a new Mirror Image, Image Transmission, Deflection, Press the Attack. Wind Walk [E] Wind Walk will no longer cancel move and attack commands in the command queue when activated. Critical Strike [W] Activating Critical Strike while Samuro's Basic Attack is being swung will now apply to that attack, rather than the next attack, and will carry the attack reset over to the next Basic Attack. Samuro can now see his Critical Strike progress below his Healthplate. Samuro can now see the remaining duration of Critical Strike's activation around the ability button. Critical Strike will now copy Samuro's state for the following: creating a new Mirror Image, Image Transmission, Deflection, Press the Attack. Talents
      Level 1 Way of Illusion Way of Illusion quest progress is now correctly mirrored between different Mirror Images and Samuro. Level 7 Burning Blade Burning Blade is now an additive modifier for both Samuro and his Mirror Images instead of just his Mirror Images. Level 13 Kawarimi Kawarimi Mirror Images will now clear their command queue of Hearthstone commands when created. Level 16 Harsh Winds Harsh Winds is now an additive modifier. Balance Update
      Heroes
      Arthas
      Talents
      Level 13 Frost Strike Rework: If Death Coil hits a target Slowed by Frost Strike, they will be Silenced for 1 second. Rework: No Longer reduces the cooldown of Frostmourne Hungers. Level 16 Frostmourne Feeds Rework: The cooldown for Frostmourne Hungers now starts as soon as the first empowerment is used. Rework: The second Frostmourne Hungers empowerment now only applies after hitting a Hero and lasts for 4 seconds. D.Va
      Base
      Max Health increased from 2100 to 2150. Defense Matrix [W] Damage reduction increased from -50% to -60%. Talents
      Level 1 Liquid Cooling Bonus duration increased from 35% to 50%. Level 7 Get On The Point! Movement Speed increase duration increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds. Timer reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds. Level 10 Bunny Hop Damage increased from 70 to 78. Proc bonus damage reduced from 100% to 80%. Micro Missiles Cooldown between charges reduced from 5 to 3 seconds. Cooldown per charge reduced from 20 to 19 seconds. Level 13 Target Locked Armor reduction and Slow are now refreshed in duration if the enemy Hero already has the debuffs. Reduced the amount of time that enemy Heroes need to be in the Defense Matrix from 1 second to 0.75 seconds. Level 16 Diverting Power Healing reduced from 35 to 31. Emergency Shielding Duration increased from 4 to 8 seconds. Shield increased from 280 to 290. Greymane
      Talents
      Level 16 Lord Of His Pack New: Replaces Executioner. Basic Attacks against Slowed, Rooted or Stunned enemy Heroes deal 25% additional damage for 3 seconds, increased to 50% while in Worgen Form. Imperius
      Talents
      Level 10 Wrath of the Angiris Rework: Damage reduced from 375 to 250. Rework: Now deals 20% additional damage for each Valorous Brand marker on the target when landing. Rework: Valorous Brand markers placed by Imperius will no longer be removed when launching the target into the air. These can still expire while in the air. Li Li
      Talents
      Level 1 Free Drinks Can now reduce the cooldown multiple times per cast (Example: Combined with Two For One). Level 20 Shake It Off Armor now persists for 2 seconds after Stun, Silence, or Root expires. Medivh
      Talents
      Level 20 Glyph of Poly Bomb Rework: Target an area to apply Poly Bomb to all enemy Heroes in the area. Poly Bomb activates a second time 1 second after. Murky
      Talents
      Level 13 Egg Shell The Shield now regains an amount equal to 35% of Murky's current Health when Murky places a new Egg. Varian
      Talents
      Level 20 Demoralizing Shout Cooldown of Demoralizing Shout and Parry are reduced by 2.5% whenever an enemy Hero affected by Demoralizing Shout deals damage to a Hero. Return to Top
      Bug Fixes
      General
      Fixed issues with Block and Basic Attacks that Ignore Armor. Map
      Cursed Hollow Fixed an issue that caused Cursed Hollow's Call for Help's Armor reduction to not be cleared by Stasis or Invulnerable. Heroes
      Anubarak Level 20 Cryptweave Fixed an issue that caused Cryptweave's duration increase to be granted while Anub'arak is dead. Artanis Level 10 Purifier Beam Fixed an issue that caused Purifier Beam to last up to an additional 0.5 seconds. Azmodan Level 10 Demonic Invasion Fixed an issue that caused Demonic Invasion grunts to attack Stealthed enemies. Cassia Level 20 Titan's Revenge Fixed an issue that caused Titan's Revenge empowered Basic Attacks to consume Block charges. Fixed an issue that caused Titan's Revenge to not apply to Charged Strikes bounce attacks. Cho'Gall General Fixed an issue that caused Cho and Gall to become separated if Cho enters a Vehicle the moment the Vehicle expires. Deathwing Level 10 Bellowing Roar Fixed an issue to allow Deathwing to cast Bellowing Roar while Dragonflight is active. Diablo Base Black Soulstone [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Diablo's health gained from Black Soulstone to not be accurate. D.Va Base Self Destruct [E] Exploding Mech visibility has been updated from the detonation area to the expanding warning indicator area. Boosters [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Boosters to not be affected by cooldown reduction granted by Allied Heroes. Will now behave similarly to Defense Matrix and have a fresh cooldown when a new Mech is called. Fenix Level 20 Unconquered Spirit Ability will no longer be shaded as though it is disabled when off cooldown. Will now be properly reset when ability cooldowns are reset in Sandbox or Try Mode. Gul'dan Base Drain Life [W] Added a range indicator for Drain Life. Hanzo Level 16 Piercing Arrows Fixed an issue that caused Storm Bow to not hit targets in close proximity to the first target hit with Piercing Arrows. Johanna Level 20 Indestructible Ability will no longer be shaded as though it is disabled when off cooldown. Will now be properly reset when ability cooldowns are reset in Sandbox or Try Mode. Junkrat Level 7 Dirty Trickster Will now be properly reset when ability cooldowns are reset in Sandbox or Try Mode. Leoric Level 1 Fealty Unto Death Healing increased from 31.85 to 32. Updated the tooltip to display number instead of percentage. Li Li Base Cloud Serpent [W] Fixed an issue that caused crit floating modifiers to not apply to Cloud Serpent damage. Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix to not apply to any Cloud Serpent damage. Fixed an issue that caused Spell Power to not apply to Cloud Serpent healing. Level 7 The Good Stuff Fixed an issue that caused The Good Stuff's Fast Feet healing increase to be multiplicative. Level 13 Lightning Serpent Fixed an issue that caused Spell Power and other damage mods to not apply to Lightning Serpent damage. Level 16 Pick Me Up Fixed an issue that caused Pick Me Up's healing increase to be multiplicative. Lt. Morales Level 4 Trauma Trigger Will now be properly reset when ability cooldowns are reset in Sandbox or Try Mode. Fixed an issue that caused the cooldown displayed on the ability to show incorrectly. Maiev Level 4 Sudden Vengeance Fixed an issue that caused Sudden Vengeance to not activate Ruthless Spirit. Mal'Ganis Level 1 Winged Guard Fixed an issue that caused Winged Guard to lose Block charges to all effects that ignore Armor. Mephisto Level 16 Lightning Reaction Fixed an issue that caused Lightning Reaction to activate around Shades of Mephisto when Mephisto has not selected Mimic. Nazeebo Level 10 Gargantuan Fixed an issue that caused Gargantuan Stomp damage to not display the correct values in the tooltip. Orphea Level 16 Dead Magic Fixed an issue that caused Chaos-empowered Basic Attacks from Dead Magic to consume Block charges. Rehgar Level 7 Purification When selecting Purification, Purge will now be able to target Unstoppable enemy Heroes. Rexxar Level 10 Unleash the Boars Unleash the Boars damage updated to have Rexxar deal the damage instead of each Boar dealing its own damage. Samuro Base Image Transmission [Trait] Fixed an issue that allowed Samuro to cast Image Transmission on a destroyed Mirror Image if it was queued to happen directly after Mirror Image was cast. If Samuro activates Image Transmission or if a new Mirror Image is created, any Mirror Images that are updated will copy Blessing of the Red if it is present on Samuro instead of increasing their maximum Health as if Blessing of the Red were cast on them. Level 7 Crushing Blows Fixed an issue that caused Crushing Blows to apply to the triggering Critical Strike. Level 20 Three Blade Style Fixed an issue that caused Three Blade Style to increase Mirror Image maximum health if Samuro gained Blessing of the Red between the Images being created and the talent being selected. Fixed an issue that caused Three Blade Style to reset the duration on an active Mirror Image when selected. Sgt. Hammer General Sgt. Hammer's level 1 talent icon changes have been reverted. Stitches Level 13 Meat Hook Fixed an issue that caused the refresh duration to not match the full duration of Meat Hook. The Butcher General Talent sorting for The Butcher has been updated to be the same as other Heroes. Base Fresh Meat [Trait] Fresh Meat is now referred to as stacks instead of charges. Tyrande Level 1 Ranger Fixed an issue that caused Ranger to allow Sentinel to hit up to 3 targets. Whitemane Base Inquisition [W] Added a range indicator for Inquisition. Fixed an issue that caused Inquisition to not be cancelled if the target leaves the radius while Stealthed. Zul'jin Level 16 No Mercy! Fixed an issue that caused empowered Grievous Throw Basic Attacks from No Mercy! To not activate Medivh's Raven Familiar. Return to Top
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