The Heroes of the Storm Tech Alpha is back online for its final phase of testing

After experiencing its week-long hiatus, the Heroes of the Storm Tech Alpha is back online with a plethora of additions and updates as it ventures forth into its final phase.

North American, Latin American, South East Asian, Australia and New Zealand players are all able to jump through the gates and start battling it out in the Nexus. Players in Europe can expect to get back into the action on October 9th, with players in Korea, Taiwan and China following a few weeks behind their EU counterparts.

It's important to note that included in the full player account-wide reset mentioned prior to the final Tech Alpha Phase, comes a Matchmaking rating (MMR) reset as well. This means that it will be possible to encounter other players with a vast skill-level difference during the first few match-ups, but you will soon be matched with players of near-equal skill level as your MMR begins kick in once again. Additionally, two new Heroes are making their way to the Nexus with this patch, Azmodan and the previously introduced Anub'arak.

Players will also find that, for one week following the patch, games played in either Practice, Cooperative, or Versus mode will award double EXP. Since this is the last planned account wipe for the game, it's recommended that you take advantage of this week long EXP bonus while you can!

With the end of the Tech Alpha soon approaching, we can probably expect to hear more regarding the next phase of testing at this year's BlizzCon. In the meantime, there are still plenty of additions and changes to check out with this patch including new UI improvements, balance changes to heroes, and custom matchmaking, so be sure to view the full list of patch notes for more details.

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Corey "Cyglaive" Jenkins

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