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Warhead Junction <Battleground>

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Once a testing facility for nuclear weapons, Warhead Junction has since fallen into ruin. However, the site's abandonment hasn't stopped its glitchy adjutant from continuing to produce and hand out nuclear weapons. Join the arms race of Warhead Junction, build up your stockpile, and rain hell on your enemies!

Official Site: Battleground Page
Realm: Koprulu Sector
Released: 2016-09-27
Event: Machines of War
Rotation: Unranked only

This Battleground:

has 3 Lanes with Minions
has 3 Primary Objectives to follow
has 5 Camps (Mercenaries enabled during Objectives)
has 2 Watchtowers to capture
holds 1 Entity in it
has 4 Resources available

Battleground Map

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Primary Objectives

These objectives are what makes the Battleground unique, and are essential to know in order to win.

Core Ability - Nuke		The Core launches a Nuke at a nearby enemy Hero, dealing 30% maximum health to enemy Heroes hit.
		Recast after 18 sec when an enemy Hero is close.
	Amount: 2	Located at the middle of each base.
Warheads		Capture the Warheads and rain destruction on the enemy. Between 2 and 4 Warheads are available each time. Takes 1.5 second to cast, cannot be cast until 5 seconds after pick-up and takes 4 seconds before dropping.
	Spawns: 3 min	Respawns 3 min, 5 sec after all active Warheads has been gathered.
	Amount: 6	Located all over the middle of the map, between top and bottom lanes.
Sewage Tunnels		Tunnels grant quick passage from the opposite ends of the map.
		Remains active for the rest of the game.
	Amount: 2	Located near the center of the top and bottom lanes.

Camps

When captured at the right time, Camps can make a huge difference or provide a needed bit of support.
Note that Mercenaries are enabled during the Primary Objectives.

Firebat Camp		Firebats (Siege) spawn. Each attack gives a -4 Armor debuff, staking to -20 Armor total and lasts for 3 seconds (refresh on hit). Moves down the bottom lane upon capture.
	Spawns: 1 min	Respawns 3 min after the Camp has been captured.
	Amount: 2	Located between bottom and middle lanes, near the forts each side.
Goliaths & Raven Camp		Goliaths & Raven (Bruiser) spawn. Moves down the top lane upon capture.
	Spawns: 1 min	Respawns 4 min after the Camp has been captured.
	Amount: 2	Located between top and middle lanes, near the forts each side.
Junk Swarm Host		Junk Swarm Host (Boss) spawns. Moves down the top lane upon capture.
	Spawns: 5 min	Respawns 5 min after the Camp has been captured.
	Amount: 1	Located at the north of map.

Watchtowers

Capture these to gain vision, until captured by the opposing team.

Watchtower		Two Watchtower overlooks the northern and southern Warhead spawn points and Sewage Tunnels.
	Amount: 2	Located between the lanes.

Entities

These entities are found in this Battleground, one way or the other.

Adjutant (Primary Announcer) - available as an Announcer

A Terran AI gone somewhat rogue.

Resources

Useful websites, that gives detailed information about certain aspects of the Battleground.

	Heroes Patch Notes - Warhead Junction Patch Notes
	Heroes Profile - Warhead Junction Win Rates
	Heroes Wiki - Warhead Junction
	Icy Veins - Warhead Junction Guide