Everything about Heroes of the Storm: rules, goal of the game, heroes, maps

Heroes of the Storm is MOBA (multiplayer online battle area) game, developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The game was released June, 12, 2015 for Microsoft Windows and OS X.

Main objective

The main objective of Heroes of the Storm game is defeating enemies’ base. The game starts with choosing one of the heroes, well-known from other Blizzard universes. The game lasts until one of two teams defeats another. The way to success lies in the leveling-up, correct choice of skills, demolition of the buildings, and killing enemy minions and heroes. Though the objective may seem quite easy to complete, game mechanics and different game match situations make it extremely challenging.

Each team has a base with Core in the center. Core attacks creeps until enemy hero damages your ally within range of the fort. Core decreases movement and attack speed of the target. Core has unlimited ammo, HP rate, and shield. If Core is destroyed, the team losses. The Core is surrounded by different buildings with similar defending skills. All buildings may receive spell damage unless the opposite description of the building is stated.

Base has different types of important buildings. The fort itself serves to stop creeps and enemy heroes from free penetration into the base.

The fort is located in the center of the base. It uses ammo to attack enemies (40 in total). The ammo replenishes each 10 seconds. The fort is surrounded by towers, each having 20 ammos. The priority of attacks is identical to the fort’s. Defense buildings located close to the fort deal more damage.

Two towers, two walls and gates are located in front of each fort. Gates and walls are the barrier. In order to pass through it, enemy must destroy it, although sometimes it is possible to pass through it using special abilities. For the owners of the fort walls and gates are not the barrier.

Healing Fountain is located beyond the fort. Right mouse button click activates the Fountain. Healing Fountain regains mana and health points.

Manage Heroes

You need to control your hero during the game. The hero levels up, and you need to choose abilities that you like most. Gained experience and level, is divided among all players of the team. It means, if the enemy has been killed near one of your allies, each team member gains experience. Leveling up, hero upgrades his abilities and statistics, and becomes stronger. There are different types of stats, which change with level-ups: attack, damage, attack speed, health, mana, and regeneration. As each team member is responsible for level-up, a player needs to exert every effort on his line to gain more experience.

Each hero has his role: warrior, assassin, support, and specialist. Warrior is always in the center of the battle, his abilities and talents are based on surviving. Assassin is fast and it is difficult to notice him among the enemies, though his damage rate is the highest. Support hero helps the team and interferes enemies. Specialists have their unique roles. They are important for every team, and each of them has his own responsibilities.

All heroes have certain abilities, which help them perform their roles in the team. Each hero has mount, disappearing when hero receives damage, or performs some action except for the movement. Heroes also have talents, usually passive skills, which unite all abilities of the hero. To determine style of the game, a player chooses one of three active talents of the hero. Reaching 10-th level, a hero gains hero talent. This is the most powerful hero skill. All skills have mana cost for using, cooldown and other aspects. All the heroes have special ability – Hearthstone, which teleports hero to the base in 5 seconds after casting the spell.

The best way to gain more experience is to kill more enemies. The enemies also collect experience by killing members of another team. The higher level of the killed hero, the more experience another team receives. A player should die less, but be aggressive enough to attack enemies and gain experience. Regeneration globes help heroes to fight against enemies. When a hero takes the regeneration globe, allies receive health and mana regeneration bonus for the short period of time.

Maps of Heroes of the Storm

Heroes of the Storm have several maps for playing. All maps have certain common traces. Each team has base with different buildings. The bases are connected with roads called lanes. Creeps are walking along each of the lane to attack the building. There are mercenary camps and watchtowers in the jungle between lanes. Each map has its own differences and peculiarities, and it makes game even more interesting.