Baseline skills are unlocked at the beginning of a match, save for Heroic Abilities, which are learned at level 10 for most Heroes, and certain active Abilities from Talents.There are no purchasable items, although characters can be customized by learning talents as they level up.This leveling system emphasizes the importance of teamwork and planning, since a player's actions can affect the whole team. Every few levels, players may select a Talent which offers a new Ability or augments an existing one. When a team reaches a certain experience point threshold, every Hero on that team levels up, acquiring amplified resources and damage. Experience is shared among all players on a team and there is no gold or in-game item shop, so there is no benefit to last hitting (except in limited situations to gain experience for killing Minions when out of XP range, or to fulfill the requirements of certain Talent Quests).Heroes of the Storm has a number of features which set it apart from other DOTA-style games:
Heroes of the Storm is a team-based competitive game in which each player controls a powerful Hero with unique Abilities, and works with his or her team to invade and destroy the enemy team's Core. 4 Heroes of the Storm franchise battlegrounds.
