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1	* ActingForTwo: Overlapping with some RoleReprise:
2	** Creator/LauraBailey does both Valla and Jaina.
3	** 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.
4	** Creator/PatrickSeitz does Crown Prince Arthas, Artanis, Garrosh, and Cho.
5	** Creator/SteveBlum does Abathur, The Butcher, Rexxar, and Dehaka.
6	** Creator/GreyDeLisle does Nova and Li-Ming.
7	** Creator/ChrisMetzen does both Thrall and Varian.
8	** Creator/MatthewMercer does both Rehgar and Ragnaros.
9	** Paul Nakauchi does both Malthael and Hanzo.
10	** Creator/MichaelJGough does Tassadar, Mal'Ganis and Deckard Cain.
11	** 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.
12	* AscendedFanon: Three examples.
13	** After much clamoring from the fans, Blizzard announced the [[http://www.youdubber.com/index.php?video=QSe3LWySKTM&video_start=14&audio=J9FImc2LOr8&audio_start=43 Azmodunk Legendary Skin]] on 10 March 2016.
14	** People have been making jokes about "worker unit" heroes in the game since release. Cue the appearance of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxjfQaxZhI Probius, Protoss probe]] on 3 March 2017.
15	** At [=BlizzCon=] 2018, a [[https://twitter.com/BlizzHeroes/status/1058485281878200320 Janitor Leoric]] skin was announced. Keep in mind that there have been about [[https://www.google.com/search?q=janitor+leoric+site:www.reddit.com&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS821US821&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwiF0POo5cPeAhUI_qQKHdAYCTsQrQIoBDALegQIBBAL&biw=1920&bih=1092 a bazillion]] fanart renditions of him as a janitor...''for the past two years!'' Including the version that [[https://twitter.com/BlizzHeroes/status/749981228263149569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E749981228263149569&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.destructoid.com%2Fblizzard-is-actually-making-a-janitor-leoric-skin-for-heroes-of-the-storm-529660.phtml won an official Blizzard art contenst]]. "We did it reddit!" indeed.
16	* AuthorsSavingThrow: Blizzard, following the release of Maiev, announced they were slowing down the release rate of heroes and would be focusing more on gameplay improvements and reworks for existing heroes, with the first of the latter being Medivh and Sonya. This was met with mixed sentiments, with some being fine in the shift in focus for varying reasons, while those who are largely attracted to the game by the influx of new heroes were understandably irritated. Original responses to the announcement tended to skew towards the positive, but as the weeks passed without any teasing of a new hero to follow on from Maiev, opinions definitely began to sour. Eventually however, the Medivh/Sonya reworks arrived along with the well-received STORM skin set, and it was announced that a new VideoGame/StarCraft hero would be unveiled to coincide with the franchise's 20th anniversary. Said hero being the long-demanded Fenix DEFINITELY helped. In addition to this, it was also announced that an 'unusual' hero would be revealed for April, restoring the fanbase to its usual state of arguing over WHO the hero should be, as opposed to the considerably more negative 'when.' Reactions to this mystery hero being the popular/meme suggestion Deckard Cain were mostly positive, especially since he proved to be a dedicated healer.
17	* CelebrityVoiceActor: El Guapo, the announcer of Nexomania, is voiced by Arturo "El Rudo" Rivera, a famous lucha libre commentator.
18	* DevelopmentHell: The first concept for Heroes of the Storm was Blizzard Dota, shown in ''2010'', as a Mod for Starcraft II. It was shown again as Blizzard All-Stars in 2011, then there was little to no news about it (save for the [[SarcasmMode reassuring]] news that it'd been scrapped and reworked twice) until November 2013. '''COMING SOON'''''ISH''[[TradeSnark ™]] indeed.
19	* DuelingWorks: 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.
20	* DummiedOut:
21	** The Mega Enforcer didn't fit into how the new Hanamura Temple worked, so it got the axe instead.
22	** A few UI elements for Selendis exist in the game files, which were datamined from one of the last patches the game ever got. In a Reddit post, a former dev confirmed that Selendis was going to be the hero following Hogger before development was abruptly cancelled.
23	* ExecutiveMeddling: Blizzard's decision to scale back support for the game is commonly seen as a result of Activision's efforts to cut costs throughout the company, something supported by Blizzard's layoffs around that time. Since it was the least popular of Blizzard's core active games, and the one with the least amount of revenue that could be made, it was easier to scale it back.
24	* 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).
25	* TheOtherDarrin:
26	** Creator/DarinDePaul takes over for Creator/SteveBlum as the voice of Anub'arak. This was most likely done because Blum's voice for Anub'arak is very similar to his voice for Abathur, who was already in the game.
27	** Li Li is voiced by Creator/KimMaiGuest instead of her ''World of Warcraft'' actress Creator/LaurenTom.
28	** In the Latin American version, all the characters from other Blizzard's games dubbed in Latin American Spanish had different voice actors, as the dub was made in Argentina, while previous games were dubbed in other Latin American countries like Colombia (''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and ''VideoGame/StarCraft'') or Mexico (''[[VideoGame/DiabloIII Diablo III]]''). Oddly enough, this was averted with both [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Tracer]] and Cain, whose voice actors are Mexicans.
29	** 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.
30	** Kerrigan gets her ''third'' voice actress; Glynnis Talken-Campbell, who voiced her in the original game, was replaced by Creator/TriciaHelfer for the second, and ''here'' is played by Creator/VanessaMarshall.
31	** Whitemane was originally voiced by Creator/KathSoucie in vanilla [=WoW=] before being replaced by Creator/GreyDeLisle in ''Mists of Pandaria'', and in this game is voiced by Creator/EricaLindbeck.
32	** Even original characters aren't exempt from this. When Battlefield of Eternity was added to the game, Ilarian was clearly voiced by Jonathan Adams, sounding uncannily like his voice for Tyrael. Perhaps to stave off confusion between the two characters, Ilarian was given a new voice by the time Infernal Shrines was added.
33	* 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 ActingForTwo whenever possible, so, for instance, Creator/SteveBlum just does Abathur and Rexxar only, not Anub'arak (which created a BrokenBase). However...
34	** This is especially relevant in the Latin American version with [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Tracer]], since they used her Mexican voice actress, rather than using an Argentinian one for her.
35	** Both played straight and subverted with Fenix. For details, see The Other Darrin and What Could Have Been.
36	** Notably, Creator/MichaelJGough returns to the role of Tassadar, whom he voiced in ''[=StarCraft=] I'' before being replaced by Creator/MichaelDorn for the sequel.
37	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: In December 2018, Blizzard announced that they would officially be scaling back development on the game as well as canceling all related e-sports events. While Blizzard did promise that new content will still be made for the game, it will be significantly reduced. Many fans have taken this to mean that Blizzard has all but given up on the game and is simply leaving it on life support. This is evident when the amount of heroes released in 2019 amounted to around only five, in comparison to the nearly ten the previous year.
38	* ThrowItIn: Blizzard's goal is for each Hero to have multiple viable playstyles, and when they see a Talent being picked overwhelmingly, they will typically {{nerf}} it and/or buff the alternative choices... but not always. In February 2018 they solved an overwhelming-Talent problem for Greymane by 1) removing it[[note]]Draught Overflow: increase the range of Gilnean Cocktail's SplashDamage by 30%[[/note]] entirely and 2) ...incorporating it into the ability, so that Greymane has its effects 100% of the time. They've also done this with a few other talents, such as ''Double Cross''[[note]]increases Discord Strike's area of effect and causes it to hit an area perpendicular to the main strike[[/note]] for Alarak, ''Chain Bomb'' for Kael'thas[[note]]Enemy heroes hit by the explosion of Living Bomb will receive a Living Bomb[[/note]], ''Zealot Charge'' for Artanis (as well as an autoattack range increase) [[note]]Twin Blades now has more range and allows Artanis to charge in (this was done to fix his blatant range problems)[[/note]] ''Snipe Master''[[note]]increases Snipe's damage by hitting heroes, but the bonus damage is lost if Snipe misses[[/note]] for Nova, ''The Master's Touch''[[note]]hit a number of heroes with Arcane Rift without dying to boost its damage and reduce cooldown[[/note]] on Medivh, and ''You Want Axe?''[[note]]increase attack damage by attacking enemy heroes[[/note]] on Zul'jin.
39	* TrollingCreator:
40	** ''Somehow''. So yeah, Nova is [[MsFanservice pretty hot]], so fans do clamor for a summer skin for her, maybe her in a swimsuit or bikini. Blizzard's response? "Here, [[FanDisservice have Bikini Stitches!]]" Cue fans desperately looking for BrainBleach.
41	** The identity of the last two yet-to-be-named members of the original Overwatch Strike team was a long dormant mystery among its fanbase. Naturallly, when Ana reminiscing about them in her StopPokingMe quote, their name were given as [[spoiler: '''''redacted''''']] and [[spoiler: '''''redacted''''']].
42	---> '''Ana''': I just love this photo of Fareeha and me with the original Overwatch team. It brings back memories of times with Jack, and Gabriel, and [[spoiler: beep [Redacted]]]. Oh, and I could never forget [[spoiler: beep [Redacted]]].
43	** The Hanamura Showdown cinematic, which introduced D.Va to the game despite the buildup suggesting several other options with Deathwing being the top contender, quickly became infamous among the fanbase for the twist. So naturally, Blizzard used a screenshot of the infamous claw mark on the door to tease Deathwing's reveal on the official Twitter. Judging by the comments, it ''actually threw people for a loop'', leading to a lot of players expecting a D.Va rework.
44	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
45	** For a while, the profile screen included a "Coming Soon" notice underneath "Versus AI" alongside the level and league rank information, indicating some kind of statistic tracking for Versus AI matches was in the works. However, nothing came of it; the space was eventually filled with the win stats for Heroes Brawl. The profile screen was later redesigned to include more detailed statistics, including for AI matches, but in a method that wouldn't have fit in the original space anyway.
46	** As noted in [[https://heroesofthestorm.com/en-gb/blog/17541524/from-the-bullpen-a-tale-of-two-shamans-12-01-2015/ this blogpost,]] Thrall's old kit consisted of Chain Heal, Earthbind Totem, Lightning Shield and Bloodlust, which are all shaman-themed abilities, but fit a Support hero more, which is not what they envisioned Thrall to be. So instead of discarding the kit, they looked up the lore to find another shaman and found Rehgar.
47	** Bill Roper, Fenix's original voice actor, expressed interest with his reveal in reprising the character. Blizzard re-using Marc Graue, the voice of Talandar from Legacy of the Void, seems to indicate their decision to use Graue's voice as the canon depiction of the original voice of Fenix. It should be noted however, that there may be other reasons they didn't contact Roper (such as his being involved in Blizzard North's messy split with the parent company).
48	** Each of the three prongs on the game's logo were meant to represent Blizzard's [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} three]] [[VideoGame/StarCraft major]] [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} franchises]], but the release of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' made this TheArtifact. Blizzard actually [[http://media.blizzard.com/heroes/media/heroes-2/article-explorer/article-explorer-logo.png briefly experimented]] with a new ''four''-pronged logo, but it never made it past a few early marketing images for Heroes 2.0 and there are no high-rez images of what the ''Overwatch'' prong would've looked like.
49	** For a long time, Reinhardt was intended to be the next ''Overwatch'' hero to follow Hanzo. There is a more-or-less working version of his kit without anything else finished, but his development was put on pause as the team had a hard time making his shield function in a satisfactory way. Ultimately, Mei was designed specifically to fill the missing role of an ''Overwatch'' tank.
50	** 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. Years later, another dev confirmed that the "familiar face" was to be Selendis.
51	** In January of 2024, a former dev revealed in a Reddit thread that the team was working on a rework for Arthas (generally considered an underwhelming hero with an outdated kit) before development was cancelled. The rework was meant to solidify him as more of an offlane bruiser instead of his awkward spot as a main tank, with the main changes being Frostmourne stealing the souls of enemies to power up Arthas' trait via a baseline quest, and Army of the Dead now letting Arthas gather the corpses of minions and heroes to raise as ghouls rather than just being a normal cooldown.
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53	[[folder:Hero Release Order]]
54	* Initial Roster
55	** Abathur
56	** Arthas
57	** Diablo
58	** ETC
59	** Falstad
60	** Gazlowe
61	** Illidan
62	** Kerrigan
63	** Malfurion
64	** Muradin
65	** Nazeebo (''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' Male Witch Doctor)
66	** Nova
67	** Raynor
68	** Sgt. Hammer (''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' Siege Tank)
69	** Sonya (''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' Female Barbarian)
70	** Stitches
71	** Tassadar
72	** Tyrael
73	** Tyrande
74	** Uther
75	** Valla (''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' Female Demon Hunter)
76	** Zeratul
77	* Released in 2014
78	** Tychus
79	** Li Li & Brightwing (''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' Faerie Dragon)
80	** Murky
81	** Zagara
82	** Rehgar
83	** Chen
84	** Anub'arak & Azmodan
85	** Jaina
86	* Released in 2015
87	** Thrall
88	** The Lost Vikings
89	** Sylvanas
90	** Kael'thas
91	** Johanna (''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' Female Crusader)
92	** The Butcher
93	** Leoric
94	** Kharazim (''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' Male Monk)
95	** Rexxar
96	** Lt. Morales (''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' Medic)
97	** Artanis
98	** Cho'gall[[note]]Cho'Gall was released in November, but only as part of an event. It wasn't until January of 2016 he was officially released into the store for players to buy.[[/note]]
99	** Lunara (''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' Dryad)
100	* Released in 2016
101	** Greymane
102	** Li-Ming (''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' Female Wizard)
103	** Xul (''VideoGame/DiabloII'' Necromancer)
104	** Dehaka
105	** Tracer
106	** Chromie
107	** Medivh
108	** Gul'dan
109	** Auriel
110	** Alarak
111	** Zarya
112	** Samuro (''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' Blademaster)
113	** Varian
114	** Ragnaros
115	* Released in 2017
116	** Zul'jin
117	** Valeera
118	** Lúcio
119	** Probius (''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' Probe)
120	** Cassia (''VideoGame/DiabloII'' Amazon)
121	** Genji
122	** D.Va
123	** Malthael
124	** Stukov
125	** Garrosh
126	** Kel'Thuzad
127	** Ana
128	** Junkrat
129	** Alexstrasza
130	** Hanzo
131	* Released in 2018
132	** Blaze (''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' Firebat)
133	** Maiev
134	** Fenix
135	** Deckard
136	** Yrel
137	** Whitemane
138	** Mephisto
139	** Mal'Ganis
140	** Orphea
141	* Released in 2019
142	** Imperius
143	** Anduin
144	** Qhira
145	** Deathwing
146	* Released in 2020
147	** Tassadar rework
148	** Mei
149	** Hogger
150	[[/folder]]
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152	%%[[folder:Hero Theme Songs]]
153	%% I get that Blizzard apparently made this list themselves, but it really doesn't fit the page. I don't know where to move it to, so it's best to keep it hidden for now.
154	%%* Assassins
155	%%** Alarak: [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Be Prepared]]
156	%%** Cassia: [[Film/WonderWoman2017 Wonder Woman's Wrath]]
157	%%** Chromie: [[Music/DaftPunk One More Time]]
158	%%** Falstad: [[Music/LynyrdSkynyrd Call Me The Breeze]]
159	%%** Greymane: [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Bark At The Moon]]
160	%%** Gul'dan: Dangerous Power
161	%%** Illidan: [[Music/LinkinPark What I've Done]]
162	%%** Jaina: [[Music/ForeignerBand Cold As Ice]]
163	%%** Kael'thas: Disco Inferno
164	%%** Kerrigan: [[Music/{{Queen}} Killer Queen]]
165	%%** Li-Ming: [[Music/CourtneyLove Violet]]
166	%%** Lunara: Poison
167	%%** Malthael: [[Music/BlueOysterCult Don't Fear The Reaper]]
168	%%** Nova: You Dropped a Bomb on Me\
169	** Ragnaros: [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine Sleep Now in the Fire]]\
170	** Raynor: [[Music/SamHunt Take Your Time]]\
171	** Samuro: [[Music/NineInchNails Copy of A]]\
172	** Thrall: [[Music/{{Metallica}} Ride The Lightning]]\
173	** Tracer: [[Music/MCHammer U Can't Touch This]]\
174	** Tychus: [[Music/JohnnyCash Folsom Prison Blues]]\
175	** Valeera: I Disappear\
176	** Valla: [[Music/{{Pantera}} By Demons Be Driven]]\
177	** Zeratul: [[Music/WuTangClan Da Mystery Of Cheeseboxin']]\
178	** Zul'jin: [[Music/KellyClarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)]]\
179	* Specialists\
180	** Abathur: [[Music/MacMiller Wear My Hat]]\
181	** Azmodan: [[Film/SpaceJam Space]] [[AscendedMeme Jam]]\
182	** Gazlowe: Crawling From The Wreckage\
183	** Medivh: [[Music/IcedEarth Raven Wing]]\
184	** Murky: [[Series/TheBennyHillShow Yakety Sax]]\
185	** Nazeebo: [[Music/JimiHendrix Voodoo Child]]\
186	** Probius: [[Music/{{Kraftwerk}} The Robots]]\
187	** Sgt. Hammer: [[Music/BlackSabbath War Pigs]]\
188	** Sylvanas: Banshee\
189	** The Lost Vikings: [[Music/DeLaSoul Me, Myself & I]]\
190	** Xul: [[Music/MichaelJackson Thriller]]\
191	** Zagara: [[Music/{{TLC}} Creep]]\
192	* Supports\
193	** Auriel: [[Music/JohnLennon Imagine]]\
194	** Brightwing: Be Careful What You Wish For ‘Cause It Might Come True\
195	** Kharazim: [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Funky Monks]]\
196	** Li Li: [[Music/TaylorSwift Shake It Off]]\
197	** Lt. Morales: [[Music/{{Drake}} Take Care]]\
198	** Lúcio: Pump Up The Jam\
199	** Malfurion: Call of the Wild\
200	** Rehgar: [[Music/DuranDuran Hungry Like the Wolf]]\
201	** Tassadar: [[Music/BreakingBenjamin Until The End]]\
202	** Tyrande: [[Music/MassiveAttack Teardrop]]\
203	** Uther: [[Music/{{Coldplay}} Fix You]]\
204	* Warriors\
205	** Anub'arak: [[Music/BobDylan Subterranean Homesick Blues]]\
206	** Artanis: King Without A Crown\
207	** Arthas: Blue Veins\
208	** Chen: Chug-A-Lug\
209	** Cho'Gall: Just The Two Of Us\
210	** D.Va: [[Music/TwoNEOne I'm The Best]]\
211	%%** Dehaka: I Will Survive
212	%%** Diablo: The Devil Ain't Lazy
213	%%** E.T.C: [[Music/AndrewWK Party Hard]]
214	%%** Johanna: [[Music/ManfredMann Blinded By The Light]]
215	%%** Leoric: [[Music/TomWaits Clap Hands]]
216	%%** Muradin: [[Music/{{ACDC}} Thunderstruck]]
217	%%** Rexxar: Leaning On A Bear
218	%%** Sonya: [[Music/AmonAmarth Raise Your Horns]]
219	%%** Stitches: Hooked On A Feeling
220	%%** Tyrael: Send Me An Angel
221	%%** Varian: [[Music/JudasPriest One Shot At Glory]]
222	%%** Zarya: [[Music/BillConti Gonna Fly Now]]

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