All 96 heroes have new abilities

Every hero has a new set of abilities, written to match their new look. That's 96 heroes, 662 spells and 438 new ability icons, in skirmish, Champions of Stone and Depths of Stone alike.

What's new

• New kinds of spell: roots, taunts, fear, silence zones, tethers, temporary walls and pulling enemies in.
• New tricks for heroes: shrugging off stuns, cheating death, reflecting a spell back at its caster, and rewinding up to six seconds.
• New names and titles that fit each hero's art. If a hero you knew seems to have gone, they've been renamed, not removed.
• Champions of Stone: each hero unlocks their ultimate at their own level.
• At levels 3, 5, 8 and 11 you pick one of two upgrades to an ability. The bots pick too.

Rough edges

• A lot of the new spells use a stand-in effect for now, a generic burst or glow. Giving each one a look of its own is next on the list.
• Balance between 96 new kits is a guess until people play them. If a hero feels broken in either direction, tell me in Suggestions.

Adam