Someone like Lucio always has tons of healing because it’s passive and always happening. ' Some of our healers have what we call white healing. However, he went into detail explaining why her healing numbers might look different from other supports: When asked about the type of healing we should expect from Ana, Hagman assured us that she would be capable of solo-healing for a team. It is something we haven't been doing the best on, but we are on course to do much better.

Going forward, we want to be much more conscious about how many healers and how many true-solo tanks we are releasing this year. “Ana will not be the last healer you will see in years. A new support hero is particularly rare when it comes to Heroes of the Storm, but Hagman assured us things are changing for the better: No details on Junkrat have been shared, but we were able to ask Kent-Erik Hagman, Lead Hero Designer about Ana and what her role will be in Heroes of the Storm.

▲ Hagman has been playtesting Ana for months and can personally attest to the heroes strength In addition to these reveals, a new battleground and a swarm of new skins, sprays, and portraits were announced. Heroes of the Storm fans were treated to huge news this morning, as it was revealed on the HGC stream that Junkrat and Ana will join the Nexus roster. ▲ Junkrat and Ana blast into the Nexus, leading the charge on the assault on Volskaya Foundry

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