I love the new updated graphics and everything that 3.0.1 brings. It's not perfect, but it shows that the Warcraft 3 team is taking player feedback seriously, and I think as long time fans we should be happy with such quick reaction times. The game is in good hands.

I covered everything there is to know about the new patch - from updated terrain, to portrait animations, unit scaling and more. Always open for feedback!

Hey guys! I'm sure all of you are as excited as I am! We're getting new things in the game after 23 years! As someone who's favorite game has been Warcraft 3 since launch, I am beyond hyped about this.

In case you haven't heard yet - yes, the new expansion launches with the new campaign that promises over 30 hours of content.

But more than that, we also get some HUGE quality of life changes AND units! First of all, a new tavern hero! Then, the ability to FINALLY select 24 units at once!

And last, but not the least, a yet another take on the HD unit models, this time called the definitive edition. I did NOT like the reforged graphics at all. But having tried the definitive edition, I have to say, it's the most faithful recreation of the originals to date. I actually like them.

But the best part out of all of this? These changes are not locked behind the paywall! As a owner of Reforged, I had immediate access to all of this, minus the campaign.

More info in the article.

Quick recap for anyone who spent yesterday wondering why they couldn't queue on W3Champions.

A recent Blizzard patch removed the systems W3Champions relies on to host games. We weren't told about this ahead of time, so we found out the same way most of you did - everything stopped working.

The good news: our team found a fully working solution and we're back up. Huge credit to Dany, who turned this around remarkably fast.

Current known issues:

- Apple launcher — not yet updated. We're blocked on an issue on Apple's side and their support isn't available until Monday, so expect an update then.

- FloTV — not working for now.

Regular games should work as expected.

This is a brand new way of doing things, built under time pressure, so some rough edges are likely. If you hit a problem, please report it in the bug channel on our Discord.

Thanks for the patience while we sorted this out.

Well undead tanks in mmr. Low mmr which is where undead is already the weakest gets hit the hardest.

I rly wish wc3champions would show us by race mmr distributions to get a better idea of race balance.

A new bundle featuring all of Blizzard’s RTS games has been released on the store for $29.99, available with a loyalty discount of 10% (offer available for a limited time).

More information here.

Hello everyone,

we have some exciting news and updates to share with you all.

First of all, thanks for all the feedback and support post the 3.0 patch fallout. We have been working hard in getting W3Champions back on its feet and your reports have been really helpful. As one can expect, a lot of things have changed and new bugs had to be squashed. We are really happy to have such a great and dedicated community!

Something that everyone has been asking for is the support for HD graphics. Today, I'm happy to announce support for Reforged and Definitive Edition Graphics on W3Champions for Windows! The first time you queue, you will be greeted with the dialog attached below. You can choose between the three graphics modes - and of course, you'll be able to change them at any time via the W3Champions settings. We have also added support for launching via Battle.Net, which will remove the login overlay.

Battle.net support is experimental, but we recommend it as the new default. If you have any issues, you can opt out via the settings menu. Kindly let us know about any issues you encounter in ⁠#help-launcher-windows!

Version 3.0 unfortunately has brought forced background music. Since this can be irritating for some because Warcraft III is constantly running in the background, we have added an option to mute Warcraft III sounds when the game is not in focus. Please note that this will also mean that you will not hear the Game Start sounds. We are working on adding back the notification sound in a future version; but we wanted to prioritize getting this update out for you all!

Additionally, we have resolved the various startup issues on Mac OS (Intel and Apple Silicon). Everyone should be working again, but please let us know in ⁠#help-launcher-mac if you encounter any issues!

Last, but not least, FloTV is back! Unfortunately, due to Blizzard removing Offline Mode, we temporarily have to retire the second FloTV instance that allows you to watch FloTV while queueing. We are working on bringing this back, but for now, you'll have to choose between queueing and FloTV :(

Replay download from our website has also been fixed!

Please remember that W3Champions is fully run by volunteers. If you want to show your support, please head over to Patreon or PayPal to support paying for our infrastructure.

Thanks for continued support! Please let us know what you think.

If they go on like this we'll have the perfect REMAKE for WC3 in a year or less.

Lok'tar!

Just checked battle net had me downgrade to 3.0.0.24248 while PTR is on 3.0.1

Probably they want to give people more time or this was just a mistake? Anyways, looking forward to move on from this; the bummer is that I was looking forward to pvp with new patch :) Anyways looking forward to when it drops again, hopefully with even more fixes!

Hey everyone!

Every internet connection loses a packet now and then, even a good one. Busy Wi-Fi, a long route across the world, a hiccup at your provider, and a small piece of game data never arrives.

Until now, every lost packet made your game stop and wait for it. You saw that as a short freeze or stutter. Lose a few percent and you got dozens of them every minute. Players with 1–3% packet loss froze about 6 times as often as players with none.

Hence W3Champions is happy to announce a revolution in Warcraft III: The end of packet-loss induced lag spikes!

What changed

We have extensively simulated the different network conditions in our lab - but we have also run this in the background of your games within the past week and we were able to confirm our experiments. Your games now keep going even when you have packet loss and they're as smooth as if it never happened!

Lag spikes per minute (our network lab, 100 ms ping):

• 0.5% packet loss: 9 → 0
• 1% packet loss: 11 → 0
• 2% packet loss: 26 → 0
• 5% packet loss: 60 → 0

Cross-world games gain the most

The further you are from the server, the more packets get lost and the longer each one takes to come back. In our worst case, both players about 200 ms from the server with 5% loss, the game used to stutter about 70 times a minute. Now: zero.

What it doesn't fix

• High ping is still high ping. The game just won't stutter on top of it anymore.
• If your connection drops out for a few seconds, nothing can hide that.
• Some freezes come from the PC, not the network.

Still getting freezes? Send a Lag Report from the launcher by typing -lag in the game chat and reach out to us via Discord in ⁠#flo-discussion with the lag report id and a description. It really helps us.

How to get it

It's already live. Just keep your W3Champions launcher up to date.

GL HF!

Dear players,

we heard your reports and investigated players who repeatedly killed game lobbies by cancelling matches during the start or loading phase, ruining the game for everyone else in them. In total, 2239 lobbies were killed by the sanctioned players - an estimated 1678 more than ordinary players with the same amount of games would have produced - costing other players 8825 ruined game slots across 10 modes (1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 4 vs 4, Legion TD 4v4, Legion TD 1v1, Survival Chaos, Survival Chaos Reborn, Direct Strike 3v3, Castle Fight 3v3, MiniDota 3v3). As a result, 49 players are banned and 43 players receive a formal warning. As we strongly oppose such egoistic behavior, we have decided to list every banned player - they will also be ineligible for season rewards.

9-week bans (4 players)

Heavenwaits, KnightKane, LeMei, finesse

6-week bans (21 players)

Choda, EgorkaBorka, FIME, Freeasskick, GOBLIN, HOTPACK, JangBang, LuNa, LuckyStrike, LynxT, MeatShield, MrBrappy, Sarwyn, Tobey88, Tripode, deads, djord, lovememore, p9sElsker, roxer, u2i

3-week bans (24 players)

AceBoogie, Belgadon, DiAleCtic, DirtyDan, DolceCabana, Ethy, Gerdes, IMBA, ImTTiNY, JoeJoeCool, JuKe, Juttara, KingAzeron, Locker, Nightingale, Pandarevich, PussyKat, RKX400, SergioKS, Unapologetic, afonso299, cxvbnyan, justin, wc1192003

Warnings

43 further players receive a formal warning. They keep their season rewards and are not named; if the behavior continues, the next step is a ban. Killing lobbies wastes other people's time and will continue to carry consequences. Play your games out and stay fair! Thanks everyone for your reports! We will keep monitoring the situation and hope that the situation will improve. Please note that these bans are not appealable and they have been thoroughly verified before being issued. All the banned players are prohibited from playing on any other account during their ban period. Attempts to circumvent this restriction will result in a permanent ban!

Matching used to take maybe 10-30 seconds, now it's taking 10, 20, infinity minutes to find a game. Think they made a change and it screwed something up. Posting for awareness.

EDIT: Fixed.

I feel like they wanted to nerf Happy or what ?

Happy is the best player and he is the only pro player to play on BNET (official Blizzard's platform) AND he plays the least played race since the game exists.....

I don't find it fair tbh.

If anything, they should have nerfed the gazillions of NE players and their stupid DH.

As the guy said, as much as having new content in WC3 is nice, they picked on the least played race and prolly the hardest one to learn as well.

Undead is already kinda hated by others in the pro scene because of The Emperor.

Haters gonna hate you know...

If that new hero really counters UD badly, then our beloved game will be even more of a 3 race RTS.

Let's hope it's not the case 😕

Hello everyone,

W3Champions is officially back!!!

The 3.0.1 Warcraft III update unfortunately shipped last minute updates (we validated on the PTR and had no issues) that broke the way we interact with the game. But we have worked tirelessly (seriously, I haven't slept a minute since the update) to get W3Champions back up and working.

Thanks to the amazing team (in particular Chico , Ruhigengeist and Fluxxu), we have been able to restore full functionality! As before, this is hot off the stove, so please let us know if you encounter any issues. Mac and Windows should be working! Replays may not work and come with a subsequent patch.

Additionally, we are shipping the following updates:

1. Volume adjustments: Recently we have moved various sounds into the W3Champions launcher rather than relying on the game. You might've noticed the volume change - sorry if it was too loud. But we would like to raise attention to the volume sliders in the launcher settings, which allow you to tweak them!

2. We have done improvements for non standard display sizes. In particular players on ultrawide screens should now have W3Champions centered and have a better experience.

3. Map downloads have been drastically sped up (in addition to the progress bar released in a previous version). Curious to hear your feedback!

Again, thanks everyone for your continued support and dedication!

Last, but not least, a call for donations. W3Champions is fully operated by volunteers, but our infrastructure costs significant amounts of money. If you would like to show your support, please consider donating!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/w3champions

PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/5JW946QYQ6MHJ

Thanks!