Guest mode or an account

Play as Guest needs no account. The name looks like Guest plus digits. Every hero is available. From version 0.11 the client stores your hero, talents, settings and rating from the first match. Save Progress sits at the lower right of town and asks for an email, a name and a password. The guest record converts. The same device can find that guest again. A guest shows on the public ladder only after the save.

Rating is per class and per bracket, starting at 1500 once rated play exists. The 0.11 notes say guest ratings are kept from the first match; saving makes the guest eligible to appear on the leaderboard. Bot and practice games do not change rating. Version 0.17 adds the social limit: you cannot friend a guest until they save, and the friend cap is 50. I do not have notes for deleting an account, exporting data, resetting a password, or verifying the email. No public source found as of 2026-10-30 for those flows, and no public source for a guest expiry timer.

If you only want a practice swing, guest is enough. If you want a durable name, save before you care about the ladder. The rating page explains what that number does after 0.21.