There are some heroes whose stealth mechanics were tweaked even further to be more in line with their unique mechanics. These visual changes apply across the board to all stealth and stealth-granting abilities. In either case, stealthed players will remain invisible on the minimap to the opposing team. The trade-off is that, when a stealthed hero remains still for at least a short amount of time, they will become truly invisible. To curtail this, Blizzard is changing the stealth shader to give heroes a slightly different visual, a la Predator. While Valeera likes to work in the shadows, we needed the announcement of this fan-favorite character to be anything BUT covert. To generate buzz for her arrival, we let her do what great assassins do: assassinate her own reveal. This is troubling because, by and large, they aren’t meant to be totally invisible additionally, experienced players are more adept at spotting stealthed characters, adding to a potential unwanted disparity between skill levels. Heroes of the Storms newest character, Valeera, required a reveal worthy of her stealthy skills. Currently, it can be difficult to see stealthed players on the battleground. Some of the upcoming changes are universal, while others are hero-specific in order to to encourage a particular play style.įirst, the universal changes. There are a few heroes who utilize stealth to creep around the map to ambush unsuspecting enemies, and other heroes who can grant stealth to their friends.

During the Deep Dive panel at BlizzCon 2017, the Heroes of the Storm developers shared some insights into changes coming to the MOBA’s stealth mechanic.

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