Portrait

NexusRecruit — The Nexus Recruit Portrait, given to all players.

See also Progression, Ranked Season, and Achievement Portraits

Portraits are aesthetic display images used by players to show their accomplishments. Portraits can be obtained in a number of ways, ranging from leveling specific characters or playing during a certain holidays. Several portraits have become unobtainable as holiday events have passed by. Much of a player's profile can be accessed by clicking on their portrait.^[1]

With Heroes of the Storm 2.0, portraits became available via the Collection system. Portraits are earned as normal through progression and achievements, with players able to craft additional portraits for 40 each (seasonal are 60).

HeroStorm[]

Carbot[]

Carbot portraits cost 100.

Event[]

Remember that seasonal event portraits are 60.

Hallow's End[]

Winter Veil[]

Gingerbread

Nostalgic

Toon

Lunar Festival[]

Lil' Lunar

Toon Lunar

Emblem[]

Nexus[]

Diablo[]

Hearthstone[]

Overwatch[]

StarCraft[]

Warcraft[]

Promotional Portraits[]

These portraits are generally still obtainable through paid purchases or promotions.


Billie the Kid	Recruit A Friend	Legacy of the Void	Space Lord Leoric	Azmodunk	Golden Tiger

Billie the Kid: Awarded to those who made a real money purchase.
Recruit A Friend: Awarded for Recruit A Friend participation.
Legacy of the Void: Awarded for purchasing Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void.
Space Lord Leoric: Awarded for purchasing the Space Lord Leoric skin.
Azmodunk: Awarded for purchasing the Azmodunk skin.
Golden Tiger: Rewarded when redeeming the Golden Tiger mount key found in the Heroes of the Storm Starter Pack.

Heroes Brawl Portraits[]

Note: Starting with Ghost Protocol, it appears the opportunity to acquire these portraits has been removed.

These portraits were earned for completing the weekly Heroes Brawl quest.


Punisher Arena	Hammer Time	Lost Cavern	Sky Temple	Blackheart's Revenge	Ghost Protocol


Garden Arena	The Mines Reopen	Snow Brawl	Silver City	Mage Wars	Bloodlust Brawl


Heroes of the Stars	Braxis Outpost	AzmoDUNK

Event Portraits[]

These were available for completing tasks during certain events. Once the event ended, players were no longer able to obtain them. Portraits tied with Seasonal events, however, are expected to make a return each year.


Lunar Rooster	Special Snowflake	Oni Genji	Deputy Valla	Xel'Naga Artifact	1 Year Anniversary

Lunar Rooster: Awarded for completing the Rooster Race 25 times during the Lunar Festival (2017).
Special Snowflake: Awarded for finishing 25 games during Winter Veil.
Oni Genji: Awarded for playing 15 games in a party with a Friend during the Nexus Challenge. Also awarded for completing 5 games with a friend in Versus AI Mode, Quick Match, Unranked Draft Mode, or Ranked Play during the Nexus Challenge 2.0
Deputy Valla: Unlocked by playing 15 games during the Hallow's End event (2016).
Xel'Naga Artifact: Awarded for collecting 150 Xel'Naga Artifact Pieces during the Machines of War event.
1 Year Anniversary: Awarded for logging in during Heroes of the Storm's first anniversary week.


Bracket Challenge Participation	Monkey Elder	Jack-o'-Lantern	Treasure Goblin	Lunar Festival	Heroes of the Dorm

Bracket Challenge Participation: Awarded for participating in the 2016 Heroes of the Dorm Bracket Challenge.
Monkey Elder: Awarded for winning 25 games during the Lunar Festival event (2016).
Jack-o'-Lantern: Unlocked by winning 25 games during the Hallow's End event (2015).
Treasure Goblin: Awarded for defeating 50 Treasure Goblins during the Eternal Conflict event.
Lunar Festival: Awarded for playing 10 games during the Lunar Festival holiday (2015).
Heroes of the Dorm: Awarded for submitting a fantasy bracket prediction for the Heroes of the Dorm tournament (2015).


Officer D.Va	Anniversary	Pachimari

Officer D.Va: Awarded for completing 5 more games with a friend in Quick Match, Unranked, or Ranked during the Nexus Challenge 2.0. The Korean text says 'gyeong chal' meaning 'Police'
Anniversary: Awarded for playing 3 games in VS. AI, Quick Match, Unranked, or Ranked during the Second Anniversary
Pachimari: Awarded during the Pachimari Mania event, requiring the collection of 10 pachimari.

All portraits cost 150

All part of the Sun's Out, Guns Out seasonal event.

All part of the Call of Kel'Thuzad launch event quests.

Part of the StarCraft 20th anniversary celebration. Gained by logging in March 27 through April 23, 2018.

Twitch Portraits[]

These portraits are earned by linking Twitch and Battle.net accounts together. For the spring regionals players were required to watch the event while logged in, but they since changed it to simply have accounts linked.


Storm Watcher	2016 Spring Regional Championship	2016 Spring Global Championship	2016 Summer Regional Championship

Storm Watcher: Awarded for linking your Battle.net and Twitch accounts and watching the 2015 Americas Championship on Twitch.tv.
2016 Spring Regional Championship: Awarded for watching a 2016 Spring Regional Championship.
2016 Spring Global Championship: Awarded for watching the 2016 Spring Global Championship.
2016 Summer Regional Championship: Awarded for watching a 2016 Summer Regional Championship.


2016 Summer Global Championship	2016 Fall Regional Championship	2016 Fall Global Championship

2016 Summer Global Championship: Awarded for watching the 2016 Summer Global Championship.
2016 Fall Regional Championship: Awarded for watching a 2016 Fall Regional Championship.
2016 Fall Global Championship: Awarded for watching the 2016 Fall Global Championship.

Trivia[]

Some portraits come as codes to be redeemed by the players. Some of these rare portrait codes have appeared for sale on sites such as eBay from anywhere between $50USD and $150USD.
The artist for the "stylized" portraits is Tan Zhi Hui.

Patch changes[]

(Patch May 16, 2017) Note: Player levels displayed in portraits have received visual updates, and should be easier to distinguish while using the progression portrait border.
(Patch January 4, 2017) Note: Fixed an issue in which the player portrait would not update correctly after selecting the Blackheart's Revenge Portrait.

References[]

↑ 2014-07-24, Heroes of the Storm Technical Alpha Patch Notes build 0.5.0.31360. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2014-08-06

Collection
Cosmetics Announcers • Skins • Voice Lines Items Banners • Emojis • Heroes • Mounts (Competition • Promotional Mounts • Seasonal Mounts) • Portraits (Achievement Portraits • Progression Portraits • Ranked Season Portraits) • Sprays

[AlphaNotes-1] 2014-07-24, Heroes of the Storm Technical Alpha Patch Notes build 0.5.0.31360. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2014-08-06

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