Closed Beta - May 22 to 24

The Closed Beta willl run from May 22 to 24, starting at 9 AM ET on Friday.

• Players who received access during the previous beta will still have access and won’t need to request it again. If you haven’t joined before, you can request access through our Steam page. New invitations will be sent gradually over time.
• If you already have access, you’ll also be able to invite friends (up to 3), as long as you’ve been friends with them on Steam for at least 30 days. (those are Steam rules not ours)
• There will be four server regions available during the beta: NA, SA, EU and AS. Note: Once you select a region, you won’t be able to change it during this test.
• For this test, we’ll support the following languages: English, Portuguese (BR), Spanish (LATAM), Spanish (Spain), Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Polish. If you notice any incorrect words, phrases or localization issues, please report them to us! Note: Japanese and Spanish (Spain) are still not 100% translated, so you may come across some untranslated phrases.
• Because of the major gameplay changes, the servers are now under significantly heavier load. To help ensure stability while we scale server capacity and gradually allow more players online at the same time, we’ll be using a queue system if needed.
• As this is a beta test, all progress made during the test will be wiped before the full release.
• You can report bugs directly in-game by pressing Ctrl + R. Please try to be as specific as possible when describing the issue.

• The towers share their health. Once they are destroyed, the core becomes exposed and enemies take longer to respawn.
• Towers prioritize minions, but will switch targets to heroes if a hero attacks another hero within their range.
• Without minions, the tower and the core have 80% defense.
• A buff appears in the middle of the map every 3:30. This buff grants 25% attack for 60 seconds.

• Assault gives more rewards than Control/Escort because matches last longer, so the rewards are proportional. Play whichever you prefer. However, achievements are faster to complete in Control/Escort since matches are shorter.
• In Control and Escort, artifact charges are reduced by half.
• Pressing the mouse wheel opens the ping wheel, where you can choose a ping option. Tab opens the scoreboard.
• Some skills and artifacts say “up to X seconds.” When it says “up to,” it usually means the effect is reduced against Players or Bosses for balance reasons.
• In PvP, everyone is set to max level with maxed equipment and skills. Trophies and Artifacts are not unlocked, but they are also maximized. To see what an Artifact or Trophy does at max level, just hold TAB while hovering over it.

• The game is now fully action-based, meaning there’s no target system anymore. You can attack freely in any direction, and skills must be aimed with the mouse. Left click is your basic attack and right click is your special attack (you can hold it for an enhanced effect).
• Your character now automatically faces the mouse direction when attacking.
• Controller movement feels much smoother and more fluid because it allows full 360° movement, instead of being limited to 8 directions like keyboard movement. This also applies to actions like dashes, since they can be aimed in any direction.
• On the controller, the right analog stick controls your turning direction since there’s no mouse. You hold a direction and all attacks will go that way.
• Keyboard and mouse should feel easier to play overall now, while controller movement is more fluid but may take some time to get used to.
• You can now use basic attacks outside of their cooldown, but they work in a stamina-like way. Because of that, timing your damage around the previous 2-second interval is still the most optimal approach. Melee attacks have a bit more tolerance because they have charges.