Heroes of the Storm II: Thread. Augmented. Logical Decision

[Malistrae]

There's actually been word around the web that Tracer will be released in april (ahead of Overwatch itself) so I think she is the next one. Heck, they even already revealed details of her kit, up to and including an R that is available from level 1.

Maybe. I assumed it would be somewhat like Artanis, since she apparently goes with your Origins Edition. I would say they are going to give early access to her when Overwatch comes, then release her properly a week or so later. But this is just speculation.

I'm personally hoping for a Hellbat/Hellion hero.

Because that would be awesome. (hellion form instead of Z, firing when mounted, switching from ranged to melee)
(I'm far from the first to point this out, the community has been pretty vocal about it.

Mengsk is.. okay, i guess, but he doesn't really fight. Not sure how they'd make it.

Satan i mean Alarak would be great and hilarious, i'm sure they'll make him one day.

Also, i wouldn't mind Fenix as a SC hero (Either as a dragoon or as an Immortal)
(or he could start at Zealot, Level 10 ult makes him a Dragoon, level 20 Immortal?)


I would also like to see a SC event and a SC map.
THAT would be sick

Meh. I don't like this SC trend when they turn generic, literal non-entities into heroes, while important lore characters are completely ignored.

About Mengsk, based on his datamined ability names (Construct Propaganda Tower, Post Bounty, Xel'Naga Artifact) as well as his non-combatant status, I would say he is going to be some really weird extremely long-ranged / global Specialist, somewhat like Abathur. I would imagine a more static gameplay (meaning building stuff and fortifying positions) with him compared to Abathur. Propaganda Towers would likely buff allies / debuff enemies in their area or have other more elaborate abilities such as mini-nuke booby-traps (possibly through talents). I have no idea atm about how Post Bounty would work. What's certain is that we need more unique and strange hero concepts, since they help to differentiate HotS even more from its competition (also they add a lot more gameplay diversity than regular heroes).

Yeah, Alarak has become one of my favorite SC characters. He is a really amazing take on the normally mind-numbingly LG/LN protoss.

Fenix would also be nice to see, but Alarak has my vote if it comes down between the two of them.

And why not have the best of both worlds? Let's have a SC event with a SC map AND Fenix, Alarak and Mengsk!