History Trivia / HeroesOfTheStorm

* LyingCreator: After Blizzcon 2015, Blizzard seemed to emphasize that there wouldn't be a specialist for awhile...only to announce that Xul (Necromancer) would be a melee specialist. However, by the time Xul actually reached the Nexus (1 March 2016), nearly a year passed since the last specialist's arrival (Sylvanas, released on 24 March 2015).
* TheOtherDarrin:

** When Fenix joined the roster in his first appearance since Brood War, he retained his Other Darrin voice actor, Marc Graue, that his robotic copy, Talandar, received in ''Legacy of the Void'', making it a weird, semi-retroactive example of this. See What Could Have Been for details.

* TheWikiRule: The Gamepedia [[https://heroesofthestorm.gamepedia.com/Heroes_of_the_Storm_Wiki Heroes of the Storm Wiki]], Wikia [[http://heroesofthestorm.wikia.com/wiki/Heroes_of_the_Storm_Wiki Heroes of the Storm Wiki]], and Liquipedia [[http://liquipedia.net/heroes/Main_Page Heroes of the Storm Wiki]].

* RoleReprise: Damn near everyone is brought back by Blizzard to voice their characters, especially even despite being mostly an artist, Samwise Didier returns to voice Samuro, one of the Blademasters that he voiced in ''Warcraft III''. Blizzard, however, tries to avoid TalkingToHimself whenever possible, so, for instance, Creator/SteveBlum just does Abathur and Rexxar only, not Anub'arak (which created a BrokenBase). However...

* TalkingToHimself: On both ways, with some RoleReprise:
** Creator/LauraBailey does both Valla and Jaina.
** Creator/MichaelMcConnohie does Lich King Arthas, Uther, Xul, and Kel'Thuzad. With the addition of Deathwing, it is now possible to have an entire team voiced by Michael [=McConnohie=], and if that wasn't enough, KT and Arthas also have announcer packs.
** Creator/PatrickSeitz does Crown Prince Arthas, Artanis, Garrosh, and Cho.
** Creator/SteveBlum does Abathur, The Butcher, Rexxar, and Dehaka.
** Creator/GreyDeLisle does Nova and Li-Ming.
** Creator/ChrisMetzen does both Thrall and Varian.
** Creator/MatthewMercer does both Rehgar and Ragnaros.
** Paul Nakauchi does both Malthael and Hanzo.
** Creator/MichaelJGough does Tassadar, Mal'Ganis and Deckard Cain.
** The French version somehow manages to top this by having Guillaume Orsat dub Illiran, Ka-Beleth and Medivh, meaning that you can have Guillaume Orsat fighting Guillaulme Orsat while ordering Guillaume Orat to help him.

* DummiedOut: The Mega Enforcer didn't fit into how the new Hanamura Temple worked, so it got the axe instead.

** In a Destructoid interview shortly before Hogger's release, the game director mentioned that Arcturus Mengsk, Blackthorne, and "another familiar face" were all in development. Sadly, with the game's budget being slashed even harder in March of 2021, it's unlikely that any of those heroes will see the light of day, itself confirmed the following year when it was basically made a dead game in terms of support.

* DuelingGames: {{Averted|Trope}}; the game was made to be Blizzard's answer to ''VideoGame/Dota2'' and ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''. Unfortunately, despite the weight of all Blizzard's franchises, established fandom and development/marketing budget behind it, it never really had a chance at standing up to either game, falling to a very distant 4th place in the [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] genre behind ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}''. As of 2022 it's effectively dead.

* NamesTheSame:
** Samuro is also the name of the lead singer of The Tauren Chieftains, who is also performed by Samwise Didier. However, the Blademaster makes it clear that they are two different people.
** Valla's ''Monster Hunter'' Talent is not to be confused with [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter a Capcom monster-slaying RPG of the same name]].
** The Raven Lord that appears in Heroes of the Storm is not to be confused with Anzu the Raven Lord, a boss from The Burning Crusade.

** In a Destructoid interview shortly before Hogger's release, the game director mentioned that Arcturus Mengsk, Blackthorne, and "another familiar face" were all in development. Sadly, with the game's budget being slashed even harder in March of 2021, it's unlikely that any of those heroes will see the light of day.

** Michael Gough does Tassadar, Mal'Ganis and Deckard Cain.

** When Fenix joined the roster in his first appearance since Brood War, he retained his Other Darrin voice actor, Marc Graue, that his robotic copy, Talandar, received in Legacy of the Void, making it a weird, semi-retroactive example of this. See What Could Have Been for details.

%%** Jaina: [[Music/{{Foreigner}} Cold As Ice]]

* FanNickname: Abathur's Symbiote ability, which is signified by said little Zerg symbiote floating just above the head of the hero it's currently on, is more commonly referred to as a(n) "(Aba) hat".
** Abathur's basic close-range attacks are swipes with his left hands that are called "slaps". Abathur being the absolute-most NonActionGuy hero in the roster who should die in short order if any enemy heroes that aren't a single hair's breadth from dying get in range of him, him actually using his basic attacks tends to be a significant occasion referred to as "Slapathur" and it being ''successful'' is some major CherryTapping.
** "Juice Pirates" is a backdooring strategy named after a team that was famous for performing it which rapidly moves the team to ignore fighting the enemy team when able and simply target their structures to win victory. The participants for the strategy vary but usually includes Tyrael with his Sanctification ultimate to render his allies invulnerable and ''definitely'' involves Lt. Morales and her Dropship ultimate to suddenly bring herself and teammates over to an enemy structure to take it down.

* FanNickname: There's a few for the heroes and combinations of their abilities.
** Abathur's Symbiote is commonly called a Hat. Abathur himself is sometimes shortened to "Abby" or sometimes Music/{{ABBA}}. The rare Abathur who achieves a kill with his basic attack is referred to as a "Slapathur."
** Azmodan's Q ability (Globe of Annihilation) gets called the "Azmodunk". Sometimes extends to Azmodan himself.
*** BEHOLD! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXRGqiOdC5k Azmodunk, Lord of the Court!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSe3LWySKTM Now a real skin!]]
*** Likewise, his E ability (All Shall Burn) is a channeled beam spell that has many players going [[WebAnimation/TheLazerCollection Shoop da Whoop]].
** A Raynor player who refuses to leave the lane can be derided as a "Laynor." He also is mockingly called a "[[https://clips.twitch.tv/EncouragingAssiduousPterodactylBrokeBack Glorified Lane Minion]]". [[TookALevelInBadass Until his rework,]] that is...
** Right after official art for Whitemane was released, players called her "Thigh Inquisitor" because, [[ZettaiRyouiki uh]]... [[ShesGotLegs well]].
** Zagara and Zeratul are sometimes shortened to "Zag" and "Zera" respectively. Really, any Hero whose name can be chopped down for the sake of brevity in chat tends to have this happen (Kael'thas = Kael/KT[[note]]The latter has largely fallen out of favor, now being used to address [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Kel'Thuzad]].[[/note]], Azmodan = Azmo, Gazlowe = Gaz, Orphea = Orph, Leoric = Leo, Samuro = Sam, Illidan = Illi, Kerrigan = Kerri, Malfurion = Malf, Muradin = Mura, Nazeebo = Naz, Tassadar = Tass, Brightwing = BW, Deathwing = DW, Anub'arak = Anub, The Lost Vikings = TLV, Sylvanas = Sylv, Kharazim = Khara, Ragnaros = Rag, Imperius = Imp, Stukov = Stu, Malthael = Malth, Garrosh = Gary, Junkrat = JR/Rat, Alexstrasza = Alex, Artanis = Art/Arty, etc.)
** Zeratul Void Prison + E.T.C. Mosh Pit w/Tour Bus = Prison Bus
** Sonya Leap w/Crater + Chen Wandering Keg = Washing Machine
** Nazeebo Zombie Wall + Nova burst damage = Fish in a Barrel
** Tyrael Judgment + Falstad Hinterlands Blast = Crispy Taco
** Stitches Gorge + Medivh portal = Kidnap/Milk Carton
** Johanna Falling Sword + Genji Dragonblade = Falling Dragon
** E.T.C.'s Mosh Pit + Orphea's Eternal Feast = Mosh Feast
** Any sufficiently strong combination (usually of Heroic Abilities) generally is designated a Wombo Combo.
** The boss camp on Sky Temple (any boss camp, really) is often known as the Throw Pit because of the number of games that get decided there when one team tries to take the boss, then the other team comes in, wipes them, and steals the boss.
** The Punishers on Infernal Shrines have become known as [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cenas]], thanks to a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi355E3GN6k video that was shortly made]] after its spotlight was revealed. The casters at the Americas Cup on September 19-20, 2015 went along with the joke and started calling them John Cena a couple times. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwxxu2MqtPM CarBot then made a parody]] based on this.
** Dehaka's Q ability (latching onto and dragging people with his tongue) has given him the name "Zerg [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]]".
** Li-Ming is usually called with a shortened 'Ming'. Aside of that, calling her [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender 'Azula']] still works just like in [[VideoGame/DiabloIII her origin.]] Alternatively, people reversed her name into 'Ming-Li' or (especially among the Twitch crowd) "[=MingLee=]."
** Chen's Storm, Earth, and Fire heroic is often referred to by commentators as "Panda Pals".
** Gul'dan's Rain of Destruction is often referred to as "Rain of [=RNG=]" because of the random placement of the meteors.
** For whatever reason, Diablo is usually referred to as "Dibbles"[[note]]This may be related to players mocking him as "Dibbles, Lord of Weakness" prior to his BalanceBuff, and the name has stuck even after[[/note]].

** One of Medivh's abilities shares a name with one of Artanis's talents: ''Force of Will''.
** Artanis, Tassadar, and Probius all have a talent named ''Shield Battery''. Not to be confused with the Protoss building in ''{{VideoGame/StarCraft}} also'' called a Shield Battery.
** One of Varian's talents shares its name with Muradin's trait; ''Second Wind''.
** Nova and Zeratul both have ''Permanent Cloak'' as their trait. Prior to the stealth rework, they were also functionally identical, although Nova's now gives a speed boost.
** Speaking of Zeratul, he also shares a skill name with Tracer; ''Blink''. Justified in that they're both named after skills from their respective franchises.

%%** Alarak: [[Disney/TheLionKing Be Prepared]]

** Zagara and Zeratul are sometimes shortened to "Zag" and "Zera" respectively. Really, any Hero whose name can be chopped down for the sake of brevity in chat tends to have this happen (Kael'thas = Kael/KT[[note]]The latter has largely fallen out of favor, now being used to address [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Kel'Thuzad]].[[/note]], Azmodan = Azmo, Gazlowe = Gaz, Leoric = Leo, Samuro = Sam, Illidan = Illi, Kerrigan = Kerri, Malfurion = Malf, Muradin = Mura, Nazeebo = Naz, Tassadar = Tass, Brightwing = BW, Anub'arak = Anub, The Lost Vikings = TLV, Sylvanas = Sylv, Kharazim = Khara, Ragnaros = Rag, Stukov = Stu, Malthael = Malth, Garrosh = Gary, Junkrat = JR/Rat, Alexstrasza = Alex, Artanis = Art/Arty, etc.)