Blizzard Entertainment’s MOBAHeroes of the Stormhas gone through quite a few changes the past year.Despite those unfortunate events, the team behind the game are still bringing new features in the game. This includes theHeroes of the Stormnew ranked system that brings a ton of changes to the game’s competitive mode.
Available to check out on Tuesday, August 6 at 11 am PT, Storm League Season 1 will be changing the game quite literally. With the upcoming update, the Ranked Points you garner are directly mapped to your MMR (matchmaking rating). This means that your Rank will not be considered in the matchmaking process. If you leave a Ranked Match Lobby or Game, you will receive a 500 Rank Point penalty.
A facet many competitiveHotSplayers will love is the significant decrease of placement matches you have to play to start your Storm League career. Rather than the 10 matches players have become accustom to, you will only need to play three now to find out what Rank you are placed in. Speaking of Rank, there will no longer be Promotion and Demotion games. Instead, you will “seamlessly transition” into Leagues and Divisions as you play.
Lastly, how you will receive your Ranked Seasonal Rewards will change in Ranked play has changed. There will now be a Ranked Seasonal Questline available every season to all players who participate in the Storm League. Completing this questline is required in order to receive your rewards, as well as be eligible for the Grand Master Leaderboards.
The rest of the changes to theHeroes of the Stormnew ranked system can be seen below if you want to see everything the Storm League will have to offer. Alongside the Ranked Season changes, a new hero will be joining Blizzard’s evergrowing universe.Similar to Orphea, Qhira is a brand new character from the Nexus universe that will be introduced inHotS.
