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Rank 1 player XIAOHU has become the first player to break 3000 rating in Arena, reaching the milestone after a strong two-day run.

XIAOHU played 21 Arena games over the last two days and won 15 of them, with the largest share of those matches coming against ggoo71, currently ranked #6.

The milestone comes shortly after Patch 13 on August 20, which significantly reworked Arena balance and shifted the mode's meta. Players appear to have responded quickly, returning to test new builds and strategies.

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Patch 13 affected Arena mode:

Players can now reroll choices during:

  • artifact draft
  • spell draft
  • creature draft

Heroes with creature specializations now guarantee that creatures of their respective tier appear in the draft pool for both players.

Certain Arena heroes now receive additional starting bonuses to their primary attributes.

XIAOHU has been sitting at the top of the Arena leaderboard for some time, and becoming the first player to cross 3000 rating is another strong confirmation of that position.

Congratulations!