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Heroes Closed Beta Patch Notes - May 12, 2015

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Heroes of the Storm received what will be its final patch during the Closed Beta today. The patch includes the new Hero Kael'thas, numerous performance changes and bug fixes, art updates, and talent changes for several Heroes. The complete patch notes follow.

 

The full patch notes can be found below, but the highlights of this patch include:

  • Introduction of Kael'thas as a new Hero
  • Diablo and E.T.C. overhaul
  • Player level 25 unlocks all Heroic Abilities and Talents on all Heroes

Also, remember that the official beta period ends on June 1, 2015, which is the last opportunity to earn the Level 40 Beta portrait!

 

We’ve brought Heroes of the Storm offline for a period of extended maintenance today in order to bring you a brand new Closed Beta patch! Maintenance is ongoing, but don't worry; we'll let you know just as soon as the Nexus is back online. In the meantime, you can check out the complete patch notes below.

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GENERAL

 

Players that reached level 40 after the March 24 Closed Beta patch was released will now properly receive the associated portrait reward upon logging in to Heroes of the Storm.

  • Please note: In order to receive the portrait, players affected by this issue must log in to Heroes of the Storm before June 1, 2015. After that date, the portrait will no longer be awarded.

Performance

  • Improved Graphics Settings Auto-Detection
    • Several tweaks have been made to improve how Heroes auto-detects certain hardware configurations.
    • As a result of these improvements, all players’ default Graphic Settings will be re-detected and reset following today’s patch in order to provide better performance and play experiences across a wider range of hardware configurations.
  • Updated Performance Notification
    • The performance overlay (Ctrl + Alt + F) has been updated to track several additional metrics, which should help players better identify some common performance issues.
    • Several icons have been added, which will display in the performance overlay when the game client is experiencing certain types of significant performance issues.
  • Many additional performance improvements have been made across various aspects of the game, including reduced memory usage and fragmentation on all graphic settings.

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NEW HERO

 

Kael’thas Sunstrider has been added to Heroes of the Storm and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of this fiery new Assassin's Abilities.

Trait

  • Verdant Spheres (D)
    • Activate to make your next Basic Ability more powerful.

Basic Abilities

  • Flamestrike (Q)
    • After a short delay, deal damage in an area.
    • Verdant Spheres (Trait) -- Increases Flamestrike’s radius and damage.
  • Living Bomb (W)
    • Damages an enemy over a short time, after which the target will explode, damaging all nearby enemies. Casting a second Living Bomb on an enemy causes the first to explode immediately.
    • Verdant Spheres (Trait) -- Removes Living Bomb’s Mana cost and cooldown.
  • Gravity Lapse (E)
    • Stuns the first enemy hit.
    • Verdant Spheres (Trait) -- Causes Gravity Lapse to stun the first 3 enemies in its path.

Heroic Abilities

  • Phoenix ®
    • Launch a Phoenix to target area, dealing damage to enemies along the way. The Phoenix persists, attacking enemies, and dealing splash damage to those near its primary attack target.
  • Pyroblast ®
    • After a short delay, cast a slow-moving fireball that deals massive damage to an enemy, and medium damage to enemies near the target.

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ART

 

General

  • The Radial Ping Menu has received updated art, which more closely matches the appearance of pings issued in the game world.
  • Defeat, fidget, taunt, and victory animations have been added to a number of Heroes and summoned units.
  • Gazlowe, Illidan, and Kerrigan have received minor animation and pose updates on Hero Select.
  • Several Heroes have received polish on the animations that play when purchased in the Shop.

Battlegrounds

  • Various Battleground assets have received additional visual polish.
  • Various Battleground assets have received additional optimization to help improve performance.
  • The terrain surrounding the Core on all Battlegrounds has been changed to better indicate the Core’s attack range.
  • Siege Giant Mercenaries on Sky Temple and Tomb of the Spider Queen have received minor attack animation polish.
  • Water in enemy Healing Fountains will now appear red on all Battlegrounds.

Heroes, Abilities, Mounts, and Skins

  • Heroes
    • Cloth physics have been added to the following Heroes:
      • Malfurion
      • Sylvanas
    • The following Heroes have received facial animation improvements:
      • Gazlowe
      • Sonya
  • Hero Abilities
    • The following Heroic Abilities will now apply an Invulnerability overlay to the affected player’s screen for the duration of their effects.
      • Tyrael -- Sanctification ®
      • Uther -- Divine Shield ®
    • The following Heroes have received new Ability icon art:
      • Zagara
      • Zeratul
    • The following Heroes’ Ability icons have received updated art to make them easier to differentiate from one another:
      • Abathur
      • Kerrigan
      • Nova
      • Sgt. Hammer
      • Tassadar
    • The following Hero Abilities and Talents have received visual polish:
      • Blood for Blood (Talent)
      • Abathur -- Symbiote (Q) Abilities: Stab (Q), Spike Burst (W), Carapace (E); Monstrosity ®
      • Arthas -- Summon Sindragosa ®
      • Diablo -- Received updated art and visual effects to coincide with his Talent rework.
      • E.T.C. -- Received updated art and visual effects to coincide with his Talent rework.
      • Jaina -- Ring of Frost ® visual effects now more closely match the Ability’s duration.
      • Nova -- Anti-Armor Shells (Talent) target indicator
      • Raynor -- Raynor’s Raiders ® target indicator
      • Sonya -- Basic Attack
      • Sylvanas -- Withering Fire (Q) target indicator, Haunting Wave (E) reactivation
      • Zagara -- Mutalisk (Talent), Nydus Network ®
  • Mounts
    • Terror Charge has been added as a new Mount for Diablo, which will allow him to run across the battlefield on all fours.

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SHOP

 

Bundle Packs

  • New Bundles
    • The Stormpunk Kael’thas Bundle Pack has been added to the in-game Shop for a limited time.
  • Starter Bundle
    • The Starter Bundle has been updated to include a 7-day Stimpack in addition to its other content. The Bundle Pack’s price has not changed.
    • All players who previously purchased the Starter Bundle will also gain a 7-day Stimpack, which will activate shortly after the patch has been released in all Battle.net regions. Please see the official forums for more information.

Heroes

  • New Hero
    • Kael’thas Sunstrider has been added to the in-game Shop!

Price Changes

  • The Kandy King Muradin Skin’s real-money price has been reduced to $7.49 USD.
  • The price to create a new team for competition in Team League has been reduced to 500 Gold.

 

Skins

  • New Skins
    • A Master Skin has been added for Kael’thas.
    • The Stormpunk Kael’thas Skin has been added to the in-game Shop.

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SOUND

 

Battlegrounds

  • Battlegrounds have had their music playlists updated.
  • Voiceover that indicates when players rejoin, or disconnect from, a game will be played less frequently.

Heroes and Skins

  • The Pure Country E.T.C. Skin has received all new Ability sound effects.
  • The Lurkablo Diablo Skin has received a brand new voiceover set, which *MRGL! Mrglglbrlg rmgll MRGGLGLM! Mrrgrgbl…* 
  • Many Heroes have received additional sound effect polish.

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USER INTERFACE

 

Options Menus

  • Options menus have been cleaned up across the board, and a number of settings that were not applicable to Heroes of the Storm have been removed.
  • Social Options
    • An “Enable Allied Chat” checkbox has been added, which can be used to enable or disable in-game chat messages from teammates. This setting will be turned on by default.
  • Gameplay Options
    • A “Right-Click Through Minimap” checkbox has been added which can be used to toggle whether right-clicks will register on the minimap, or click through to the terrain underneath.
      • Please note that this is a first pass at implementation for this feature, and further improvements will be made with future updates.
  • An Observer and Replay Options tab has been added.
    • The “Save All Replays”, “Display Replay Time Info”, and “Observer Interface” settings have been moved from Gameplay Options into this new tab.

End-of-Game Score Screen

  • Summary
    • A gold border has been added to Hero and Player Level progress bars.
  • Talents
    • The Talents tab has been enabled on end-of-game Score Screens. Click to view the Talents selected by each player during the previous game.

Hero and Player Progression

  • Player Level Rewards
    • Upon reaching Player Level 25, all Heroic Abilities and Talents will now be automatically unlocked for Heroes that have not yet progressed to Hero Level 4.
      • Kindly note that, for the time being, players at or above Player Level 25 may still receive Heroic Ability and Talent unlock notifications as their Heroes progress through levels 1 - 4. This is a visual issue that will be resolved with a future game update.

In-Game UI

  • Buffs and Debuffs
    • Many buff and debuff icons, which were previously displayed to the left of Heroes’ in-game portraits, have been removed.
    • Hero-specific buff icons (such as Valla’s Hatred) have been moved to the right of the Hero’s in-game portrait.
    • Hero nameplates will now display the following status effects: Blinded, Invulnerable, Rooted, Silenced, Stunned, and Unstoppable.
  • Chat
    • Whispers from non-friends will now cause a help message to display, which indicates that the Chat Privacy Social Setting is turned off.
  • In-game Score Screens
    • The in-game Talents Screen (TAB) has received updated art.
    • Counters for Battleground Objectives (such as Doubloons, Skulls, etc.) are now also visible on the Talents Screen.
    • Players may mute chat messages from individual teammates by clicking the speech bubble icons found on the far-right side of the in-game Score Screen (TAB).
      • Teammates muted in this way will no longer be automatically added to the muting player’s “Blocked Communication” list.
    • Gear icons have been added to the far-right side of the in-game Score Screen, which can be clicked to report individual teammates or block all communication with them.
    • XP gains are now tracked more accurately for each Hero on the in-game Score Screen.
      • XP gains for takedowns, destroying structures, capturing Mercenary Camps, and securing Battleground Objectives are now split between all Heroes that are within standard XP range.
        • If no Heroes are nearby, XP earned this way is split evenly amongst the team.
  • Radial Ping Menu
    • The Radial Ping Menu has received updated art which more closely matches the pings issued by players in the game world.
    • Issuing an “On My Way” ping will now display an arrow on the terrain that indicates which direction that player is approaching from.

Play Screen

  • Hero Select
    • The Party Panel at the top of the screen will now indicate when party members have clicked the Ready button.
  • Training Mode has been added to the Play Screen.
    • Use Training Mode to play with A.I. teammates against A.I. opponents. Uther will feel quite compelled to offer advice during games played in this mode.
    • Games completed in Training Mode will not award any Gold or Daily Quest progress.
  • Versus A.I.
    • Use this game mode to play with human or A.I. teammates against more difficult A.I. opponents than those found in Training Mode.
    • Use the “Versus A.I. Options” box found in the lower-left corner of the Versus A.I. Screen to toggle between human and A.I. teammates.

Player Profile

  • Portrait Tab
    • Portrait borders have been added which will indicate the player’s current Hero and Team League ranks.
    • Navigate to the Portrait tab in the Player Profile to switch among the Player Level, Hero League, and Team League portrait borders.

 

Ranked Play

  • Ranks
    • Hero and Team League rank icons have received new art, and will now update visually upon reaching ranks 40, 30, 20, 10, and 1.

Shop

  • A number of visual improvements have been made to item display and layout in the Shop.
  • Each of the Heroes, Skins, and Mounts tabs will now display a featured item.
  • Discounts are now called out more prominently on item preview images.
  • Heroes Tab
    • Hero Ability layout on Heroes’ About pages has been overhauled.
    • An Abilities page has been added to Hero pages.
    • The Talents page has received visual improvements, and now more closely matches the Talent pane found on the Hero Select Screen.
  • Skins Tab
    • Skins have been classified as Rare, Epic, or Legendary based on how they alter a Hero.
      • These classifications will be displayed on each Skin’s preview image in the Shop, and Master Skins are also called out in this way.
    • Skin About pages will now list which aspects of the Hero they modify: Altered Voiceover, Replaced Voiceover, Themed Abilities, Themed Animations, and Themed Mount.

Tutorials

  • A pop-up dialog has been added to help new players track their progress through the Tutorial Missions.
  • The Introduction, Basic, and Advanced Tutorial Missions will now award the player with Gold upon completion.
    • If any Tutorial Missions are skipped, players may return to complete them (and claim their Gold rewards) at any time by opening the Main Menu (F10) and clicking the “Tutorials” button.

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BATTLEGROUNDS

 

Sky Temple

  • Healing Fountains found near each team’s Fort in the center lane have been repositioned to prevent them from being attacking outside of tower range.

Tutorials

  • Basic Training
    • Core Health reduced from 14,000 (+400 per level) to 11,000 (+300 per level)
    • Core Shields reduced from 7,000 (+200 per level) to 5,500 (+150 per level)
    • Fort Health reduced from 9,000 to 7,000
    • Keep Health reduced from 13,000 to 10,000

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TALENTS

 

Clairvoyance

  • Now breaks units within its radius out of Stealth, rather than revealing them

Focused Attack

  • Bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from 50% to 75%

Follow Through

  • Bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from 25% to 40%

Healing Ward

  • Can now be struck by Area of Effect Abilities
  • Healing Wards now have 50 (+15 per level) Health

Ice Block

  • Ice Block can now be reactivated to cancel its effects early

Promote

  • Buff duration increased from 15 to 30 seconds

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HEROES

 

ASSASSIN

 

NOVA

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  • One in the Chamber (Talent)
    • Bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from 50% to 80%

    

RAYNOR

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  • Penetrating Round (Q)
    • Knockback distance increased by about 23%
  • Inspire (W)
    • Attack Speed bonus increased from 25% to 30%
      • Allied Attack Speed bonus increased from 12.5% to 15%
    • Mana cost reduced from 50 to 40
    • Cooldown decreased from 15 to 10 seconds
    • Duration decreased from 8 to 6 seconds
  • Raynor’s Raiders ®
    • New indicator art has been added that will highlight the Banshees’ current target.

 

SPECIALIST

 

ABATHUR

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  • Locust Strain (Trait)
    • Bombard Locusts (Talent)
      • Bombard Strain Locust attack range reduced by 30%
  • Symbiote (Q)
    • Stab (Q)
      • Damage increased from 44 (+9 per level) to 46 (+9.5 per level)

 

AZMODAN

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  • General of Hell (Trait)
    • Bound Minion (Talent)
      • Duration increased from 15 to 30 seconds

   

GAZLOWE

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  • Rock-it! Turret (Q)
    • Mana cost decreased from 70 to 60
    • Rock-It! Turret XL (Talent)
      • Now acquires targets in a cone rather than a circle
      • This change was made to prevent cases where bonus shots fire farther than the turret's indicated range.
    • Turret Storage (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13
      • Maximum Turret charges reduced from 4 to 3
    • Long-Ranged Turrets (Talent)
      • Turret attack range bonus increased from 25% to 40%
  • Deth Lazor (W)
    • Damage gained per level reduced from 14 to 12
    • Mana cost decreased from 75 to 60
    • Cooldown decreased from 15 to 12 seconds, and now begins once Deth Lazor is fired
    • Damage now increases at 1.5 second, rather than 2 second, intervals while channeling, and reaches maximum damage at 3 seconds.
    • Maximum channel time decreased from 8 to 6 seconds
    • Goblin Fusion (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 4
      • Damage bonus reduced from 50% to 25%
    • EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper (Talent)
      • Slow amount increased from 35% to 40%
  • Xplodium Charge (E)
    • Mana cost increased from 60 to 70
    • Kwik Release Charge (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 16
  • Grav-O-Bomb 3,000 ®
    • Triggers 0.1875 seconds sooner in order to better align with the Ability’s visual effects

MURKY

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  • Spawn Egg (Trait)
    • Murky now spawns into the game with an Egg automatically placed in the Hall of Storms.
    • If both Murky and his Egg are killed, a new Egg will be automatically placed in the Hall of Storms once he respawns.
    • Spawn Egg will not be placed on cooldown in either of the above scenarios.

 

SYLVANAS

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  • New Talent (Level 7): Remorseless
    • After using an Ability, the next Basic Attack within 3 seconds deals 25% additional damage.
    • This is a Sylvanas-specific replacement for the Follow Through Talent.

 

THE LOST VIKINGS

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  • Jump! (Talent) cooldown increased from 20 to 30 seconds
  • Longboat Raid! ®
    • The Lost Vikings will now become stunned for 1.5 seconds if the Longboat is destroyed before its duration ends.
  • Play Again! ®
    • All of the Lost Vikings are now restored to full Health upon casting Play Again!

 

 

ZAGARA

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  • Infest (Talent)
    • Duration increased from 15 to 30 seconds

 

SUPPORT

 

REHGAR

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  • Healing Totem (Talent)
    • Cooldown increased from 45 to 60 seconds
  • Farsight (Talent)
    • Now breaks units within its radius out of Stealth, rather than revealing them

 

TASSADAR

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  • Oracle (Trait)
    • Now reveals enemy units slightly faster

 

WARRIOR

 

ANUB'ARAK

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  • Scarab Host (Trait)
    • Beetle A.I. has received several improvements.
      • If Anub’arak is attacking an enemy when a Beetle is spawned, the Beetle will also attempt to attack that target.
      • If Anub’arak is not attacking anything when a Beetle is spawned, the Beetle will attempt to find a nearby target to attack.
      • Beetles will now attack and pursue a target found this way until that enemy dies, or the Beetles lose track of the target (through teleporting away, for example). Only then will the Beetles return to a lane.
  • Impale (Q)
    • Casting delay removed
  • Burrow Charge (E)
    • Casting delay significantly reduced

 

CHEN

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  • Chen’s Brew will now be fully restored after using Hearthstone (cool.png to return to the Hall of Storms.
  • Storm, Earth, Fire ®
    • Chen’s status bar will now be hidden during the period of invulnerability that occurs while casting Storm, Earth, Fire, in order to better communicate this state to players.

 

DIABLO

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  • Diablo has received significant updates.
  • Health decreased from 1060 (+260 per level) to 1050 (+250 per level)
  • Amplified Healing (Talent) removed
  • Relentless (Talent) removed
  • Storm Shield (Talent) removed
  • New Talent (Level 13): Life Leech
    • Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes deal bonus damage equal to 1% of that Hero’s maximum Health, and heals Diablo for the same amount.
  • New Talent (Level 20): Lord of Terror
    • Activate to steal 10% of the maximum Health of all nearby enemy Heroes
  • Black Soulstone (Trait)
    • Maximum Health gain changed from +5 per Soul to +0.15% per Soul
    • Endless Death (Talent) removed
    • Soul Feast (Talent)
      • Health Regeneration bonus increased from 2% to 3% per Soul
    • Siphon the Dead (Talent) moved from Level 7 to 13
      • Will no longer interrupt movement when activated
      • No longer consumes Souls upon activation, and Black Soulstone now heals 15% of Diablo’s maximum Health over 3 seconds
    • Soul Steal (Talent)
      • This Talent has been repurposed and now affects Diablo’s Black Soulstone Trait.
      • Now increases the maximum Health gained per Soul from 0.15% to 0.25%
    • New Talent (Level 4): Soul Catcher
      • Passively generates a Soul every 4 seconds
    • New Talent (Level 4): Essence of the Slain
      • Gain 10 Mana whenever a nearby enemy Minion dies
  • Shadow Charge (Q)
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
    • Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds
    • Diablo is no longer Unstoppable during Shadow Charge.
    • Stun duration when the target of Shadow Charge is knocked into a wall has been decreased from 1 to 0.75 seconds.
    • Crippling Shadows (Talent) removed
    • From the Shadows (Talent) has been redesigned
      • Moved from Level 13 to Level 7
      • Now increases Shadow Charge’s stun duration, inflicted when the target is knocked into a wall, by 0.5 seconds
    • New Talent (Level 1): Overwhelming Force
      • Increases the range and knockback of Shadow Charge by 25%
    • New Talent (Level 7): Devastating Charge
      • Shadow Charge reduces the duration silences, stuns, slows, roots, and Polymorphs against Diablo by 50% for 3 seconds.
  • Fire Stomp (W)
    • Swallowing Flames (Talent) removed
    • Molten Impact (Talent) removed
    • Fire Devil (Talent) moved from level 16 to level 4
      • Damage reduced from 12 (+3 per level) to 10 (+2 per level)
    • Firestorm (Talent) moved from level 16 to level 13
      • Damage bonus decreased from 150% to 125%
    • New Talent (Level 16): Rampage
      • Fire Stomp increases Diablo’s Movement Speed by 20% and Basic Attack damage by 50% for 2 seconds.
  • Overpower (E)
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
    • Demonic Strength (Talent) has been redesigned
      • Now slows the target by 25% for 2 seconds once Overpower’s stun expires
    • New Talent (Level 16): Domination
      • Overpower reduces Shadow Charge’s cooldown by 8 seconds.
  • Apocalypse ®
    • Dying Breath (Talent)
      • Now also reduces Apocalypse’s cooldown by 20 seconds, in addition to its other effects

 

E.T.C.

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  • E.T.C. has received significant updates.
  • Scouting Drone (Talent) removed
  • Superiority (Talent) removed
  • Relentless (Talent) removed
  • Hardened Shield (Talent) removed
  • Follow Through (Talent) added at Level 7
  • Spell Shield (Talent) added at Level 13
  • Storm Shield (Talent)  added at Level 20
  • Echo Pedal (Talent)
    • Moved from Level 4 to Level 16
    • Pulse damage increased from 10 (+3 per level) to 30 (+5 per level)
    • The first pulse now fires immediately, and fires the follow-up pulse after 2 seconds in order to allow for more cohesion with Face Melt and Powerslide.
  • Rockstar (Trait)
    • No longer affects allied Minions or Mercenaries
    • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds
    • Rockin’ Out (Talent) removed
    • Uber Rockstar (Talent) renamed to Speed Metal
      • Moved from Level 13 to Level 16
      • Now lasts 2 seconds, separate from Rockstar
    • New Talent (Level 4): Hammer On
      • Increases Rockstar’s duration by 2 seconds, and reduces the cost of all Abilities by 10 Mana while Rockstar is active
  • Powerslide (Q)
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
    • New Talent (Level 1): Rolling Like a Stone
      • Increases Powerslide’s range by 25%
    • New Talent (Level 4): Double-Necked Guitar
      • Increases Powerslide’s width by 100%, and speed by 30%
    • New Talent (Level 13): Show Stopper
      • E.T.C. gains Resistant, reducing all damage taken by 25%, for 4 seconds after casting Powerslide.
  • Face Melt (W)
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
    • New Talent (Level 4): Mic Check
      • Hitting 3 or more targets with Face Melt reduces its cooldown by 4 seconds
    • New Talent (Level 4): Pinball Wizard
      • Face Melt deals an additional 50% damage to enemies recently affected by Powerslide.
    • New Talent (Level 16): Encore
      • Face Melt now leaves behind an Amplifier, which will knock enemies back again after 2 seconds.
  • Guitar Solo (E)
    • Mana cost decreased from 60 to 40
    • Pwn Shop Guitar (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 1
      • Mana cost reduction decreased from 50% to 40%
    • Groupies (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 13
      • Healing provided to nearby allied Heroes increased from 12 (+3 per level) to 30 (+6 per level) Health per second while active
    • Guitar Hero (Talent) has been redesigned
      • Now heals for 50% of damage dealt by Basic Attacks while Guitar Solo is active
    • New Talent (Level 1): Prog Rock
      • Permanently increases Guitar Solo’s healing per second by 2 for each Regeneration Globe picked up
    • New Talent (Level 7): Just Keep Rockin’
      • Reduces the duration of all silences, slows, stuns, roots, and polymorphs against E.T.C. by 50% while Guitar Solo is active
  • Mosh Pit ®
    • Death Metal (Talent) has been redesigned
      • Upon death, a ghost of E.T.C. will now cast Mosh Pit at his death location
      • This Talent may now be picked even if Stage Dive has been selected as E.T.C.’s Heroic Ability.
    • New Talent (Level 20): Tour Bus
      • Allows E.T.C. to cast Powerslide during Mosh Pit, and doing so increases Mosh Pit’s duration by 2 seconds
      • Additionally, casting Mosh Pit now refreshes Powerslide’s cooldown.
  • Stage Dive ®
    • Cooldown decreased from 100 to 75 seconds
    • Rock God (Talent) removed
    • New Talent (Level 20): Crowd Pleaser
      • Increases Stage Dive’s impact radius by 50%, and reduces its cooldown by 15 seconds for each enemy Hero hit

   

MURADIN

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  • Basic Attack damage gained per level increased from 8 to 9
  • Follow Through (Talent) removed
  • Skullcracker (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 7
  • New Talent (Level 16): Give ‘em the Axe!
    • Basic Attacks deal 75% additional damage against targets that are rooted, stunned, or slowed
    • This is a Muradin-specific version of the Executioner Talent.
  • Thunder Clap (W)
    • Reverberation (Talent)
      • Attack speed slow amount increased from 33% to 50%
      • Attack speed slow duration decreased from 3.5 to 3 seconds
    • Thunder Burn (Talent)
      • Movement Speed slow duration applied by Thunder Clap’s secondary explosion increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
  • Dwarf Toss (E)
    • Landing Momentum (Talent)
      • Movement Speed bonus duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds
  • Haymaker ®
    • Cooldown decreased from 50 to 40 seconds

 

SONYA

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  • Follow Through (Talent) added at Level 7
  • Fury (Trait)
    • War Paint (Talent)
      • Heal amount per Basic Attack increased from 25% to 30% of damage dealt
    • Endless Fury (Talent)
      • Maximum Fury increased from 150 to 200
    • No Escape (Talent)
      • Movement Speed bonus increased from 20% to 25%
  • Ancient Spear (Q)
    • Boon of the Ancients (Talent) removed
    • Composite Spear (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 7
    • Poisoned Spear (Talent)
      • Bonus damage increased from 50% to 75%
    • Mystical Spear (Talent)
      • Moved from Level 16 to Level 13
      • Now permanently reduces Ancient Spear’s cooldown by 4 seconds in addition to its other effects
  • Seismic Slam (W)
    • Damage increased from 90 (+13 per level) to 100 (+16 per level)
    • Furious Blow (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 16
    • Shattered Ground (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 4
      • Splash damage bonus reduced from 100% to 75% of primary target damage
  • Whirlwind (E)
    • Fury cost reduced from 50 to 40
    • Duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds
    • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 4 seconds, and now begins once Whirlwind completes
    • Heal amount reduced from 40% to 25% of damage dealt, this effect is doubled for damage dealt to enemy Heroes
    • Enduring Whirlwind (Talent) removed
    • Dust Devils (Talent) removed
    • Life Funnel (Talent)
      • No longer removes movement impairing effects
      • Bonus to Whirlwind healing reduced from +15% to +10% of damage dealt
    • New Talent (Level 4): Hurricane
      • Casting Whirlwind removes any active slows and roots affecting Sonya.
  • Leap ®
    • Leap has received responsiveness improvements.
    • Arreat Crater (Talent)
      • Crater duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
  • Wrath of the Berserker ®
    • Anger Management (Talent)
      • No longer reduces Fury needed to prolong Wrath of the Berserker
      • Now increases all Fury generated while Wrath of the Berserker is active by 50%

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BUG FIXES

 

General

  • Fixed a rare issue that could allow a Quick Match game to start with fewer than 10 players.
  • Closing the client during a match countdown will no longer occasionally cause the player to become unable to rejoin that game.
  • Fixed an issue, in which voice chat functionality that does not apply to Heroes of the Storm, could cause the player’s webcam to activate upon launching the client.
  • New SystemInfo.txt files will no longer be generated every time the Heroes of the Storm client is launched.
  • Several typos and tooltip errors have been corrected across various aspects of the game.

 

Art

  • Physics objects, such as ragdolls, can now be appropriately manipulated by Sonya and Gazlowe’s Abilities.
  • The Spider Emblem on the Tomb of the Spider Queen Battleground will no longer appear team-colored.
  • The color of Baleog and Erik’s Basic Attack projectiles will now appropriately match the selected Skin Variation.
  • The crystal at the end of Master Tassadar’s nerve cords is no longer flexible.
  • The visual effects for Flying Monkey Brightwing's Blink Heal now appropriately match the Skin.

 

Battlegrounds

  • Players will no longer enter an infinite rejoin loop if both Cores are destroyed simultaneously, and victory will be assigned to one team at random.
  • Alerts proclaiming that the Core is under attack will no longer play when an enemy Hero is within range of the Core before a Keep has been destroyed.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Mercenary Camps on the Dragon Shire Battleground to permanently vanish when the Dragon Knight is killed.
  • Heroes killed just before being struck by the Dragon Knight’s Savage Charge Ability will no longer fly to the location where they would have landed upon respawning.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the neutral Grave Golem in the Haunted Mines to drop Skulls outside the playable area.
  • Allowing a Temple to return to neutral ownership while it is firing its final 5 volleys will no longer generate error messages.
  • The Clear Cooldowns button in Try Me Mode will now properly reset the cooldowns for Tychus' Commander Odin and E.T.C.’s Mosh Pit Heroic Abilities.  

 

Sound

  • Fixed an issue that could cause Heroes’ “ready” voiceover to play repeatedly during Hero Select.
  • Sound effects for Diablo's Fire Stomp will no longer play if the Ability becomes interrupted during its casting time.

 

Heroes and Talents

  • Casting a targeted Ability on a Hero that is disappearing into the Fog of War will no longer cause the casting player’s Hero to become briefly unresponsive.
  • Abathur’s Bombard Strain Talent will no longer increase Locust Health.
  • Baleog and Erik can no longer walk through Nazeebo’s Zombie Wall.
  • Casting Diablo's Shadow Charge on a Structure at melee range will no longer move him to that Structure’s opposite side.
  • E.T.C.’s Rockstar Trait will no longer buff Gazlowe’s Scrap.
  • Illidan’s Hero model will no longer disappear when casting The Hunt immediately after Dive.
  • Fixed an issue which could allow Nazeebo to summon a second Gargantuan while the first was still alive.
  • Stitches’ Hook can no longer pull a Hero that is about to be consumed by Zagara’s Devouring Maw outside of the Ability’s area of effect.
  • Sylvanas can no longer cast a second Haunting Wave after the Windrunner Talent’s timer has expired.
  • Sylvanas' Wailing Arrow Heroic Ability is now properly placed on a reduced cooldown if it becomes interrupted during its casting time.
  • Tassadar’s Oracle properly reveals Zagara’s Creep Tumors once again.
  • Framerate drops that occur while Valla uses Strafe have been significantly reduced.

 

User Interface

  • Fixed an issue which could cause players to search for a match in a game mode that they did not intend to enter.
  • Heroes that have progressed beyond Hero Level 4 will no longer occasionally load into games with locked Talents.
  • Inviting a player to join a party while viewing tutorial help tips will no longer cause the user interface to become unresponsive.
  • During Training Mode games, Uther will no longer prompt players to use a Mount when they are controlling the Dragon Knight.
  • During Training Mode games, Uther will no longer prompt Illidan players to use a Mount when already Mounted in Demon Form during Training Mode games.
  • The Quest Log’s clickable area now more closely matches its appearance.
  • The error message displayed when multiple party members attempt to queue for matchmaking using the same Hero, at the same time, will now indicate the cause for the error.
  • The ability hotkey for Kerrigan's Primal Grasp is now properly displayed in her Abilities tab on the Hero Select screen.
  • Items that players do not own will no longer appear purchasable during Draft Mode.
  • In-game Score Screen sorting options no longer prevent players from using the block communication function.
  • The in-game Score Screen (TAB) will now properly display the total number of Gems being carried by all three of The Lost Vikings on the Tomb of the Spider Queen Battleground.
  • Pressing the Escape key will now properly open the Main Menu when Heroes of the Storm is disconnected from the internet.
    Hovering the cursor over other players on the end-of-game Stats tab will now properly indicate their current online statuses.
  • The preview image displayed when selecting Tomb of the Spider Queen Replays now properly displays the Battleground’s loading screen art. 

 

You can see Blizzard's original post here.

 

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      Fixed an issue that caused All Shall Burn to detonate twice if Cydaea's Kiss is selected while active. Fixed an issue that caused Globe of Annihilation's warning indicator to be removed if another Azmodan's Globe of Annihilation lands nearby. Globe of Annihilation will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Blaze
      Fixed an issue that allowed select abilities to be activated while disabled if selected while inside the Bunker. Fixed an issue that caused Heat Treatment to not heal for a portion of the damage dealt by Pyromania. Basic Attack will now reveal the area for 0.75 seconds. Flame Stream will now reveal target hit for 2 seconds. Combustion will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Oil Spills created by Fuel Leak sight reduced from 7 to 1.5. Incinerator Gauntlets icon updated. Brightwing
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Easy. Fixed an issue that caused Phase Shift to heal the target briefly after arrival, instead of on arrival. Fixed an issue that caused Blink Heal to heal Vehicles when cast on them. Invisible Friends will now preview the total healing that will be provided. Unstable Anomaly area reveal duration reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds. Unstable Anomaly will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Cassia
      Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Martial Law while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Static Electricity Lightning Bolts to heal for less than intended from Ring of the Leech. Fixed an issue that caused Static Electricity Lightning Bolts to not play impact sounds. Fixed an issue that caused Static Electricty Lightning Bolts to not display as criticals against Blinded targets. Fixed an issue that caused Lightning Fury Lightning Bolts to be considered as Static Electricity Lightning Bolts. Fend will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Surge of Light will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Surge of Light will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Martial Law icon updated. Imprisoning Light icon updated. Infinite Lightning icon updated. Chen
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Medium. Fixed an issue that caused Accumulating Flame's duration increase to proc while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused the Earth Spirit's Basic Attacks to be incapable of killing Sgt. Hammer's Spider Mines. Earth Spirit's Basic Attacks will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Cho'Gall
      Fixed an issue that caused Fuel for the Flame to deal damage to targets Evading near the primary Basic Attack target. Fixed an issue that caused Fuel for the Flame to deal damage to the primary target while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Cthun's Gift to slow targets while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Consuming Blaze to not interrupt Mounts, Objective Channels, Sleeping on application. Fixed an issue that caused Molten Block's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased. Will of Gall is now considered a Quest talent. Fuel for the Flame will no longer always display as a critical. Consuming Blaze will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Shadowflame will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Dread Orb will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Runic Blast will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Twisting Nether will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Shadowbolt Volley will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Dread Orb will no longer grant sight into nearby Shrubs. Shadowbolt Volley will no longer grant sight into nearby Shrubs. Chromie
      Fixed an issue that caused Sand Echo Basic Attacks to activate A Proper Greeting while Chromie is Blinded. Fixed an issue that caused Unravelling Sands's Spell Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability. Fixed an issue that caused Time Trouble's Armor increase to be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability. Fixed an issue that caused Shifting Sands active bonuses to be lost when slain. Fixed an issue that caused Shifting Sands to be granted before Sand Blast deals damage. Time Trap will no longer cause allies to be incapable of collecting Experience Globes while inside a Shrub for 2 seconds. Deathwing
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Death Drop's Spell Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability. Fixed an issue that caused Molten Flame's button to be highlight while Deathwing is inside a Vehicle and the bonuses from Infernus would be active. Deckard
      Fixed an issue that caused Potion of Shielding to increase Deckard's Self Healing when damage is prevented to allied Heroes. Fixed an issue that caused Horadric Staff to not be placed on cooldown while Blinded. Fixed an issue that caused Rejuvenation Potion to heal Leoric while Undying is active. Fixed an issue that caused Scroll of Identify to detect targets before the first quest milestone. Ancient Blessings will now reveal the area for 0.75 seconds. Dehaka
      Fixed an issue that caused Dehaka to be immune to allied effects while Burrow is active. Fixed an issue that caused Burrow to not reveal negative effects when activated. Fixed an issue that caused Lurker Strain's knockback to be treated as a Stun. Fixed an issue that caused Lurker Strain's knockback to reveal the Dehaka while active. Fixed an issue that caused Lurker Strain's slow to reveal the target while active. Lurker Strain will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Lurker Strain no longer reveals around targets while they are being knocked back. Elongated Tongue icon updated. Diablo
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Black Soulstone's health bonuses to stack multiplicatively with other health bonuses. Fixed an issue that caused Hell Fire's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased. Fixed an issue that caused Dying Breath Apocalypse to display incorrectly in the Death Recap. Soul Shield icon updated. D.Va
      Fixed an issue that caused D.Va's AI to not activate Self-Destruct. Fixed an issue that caused D.Va to be ejected early if the Mech takes select types of damage after being slain. Fixed an issue that caused D.Va's Mech Basic Attacks to be capable of hitting multiple Sgt. Hammer Spider Mines at once. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks against Heroes in the bonus attack area to activate Nuclear Option while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused D.Va's scoreboard entry on the talents tab to display incorrectly when she first spawns into the battleground. Fixed an issue that caused D.Va's entry in the killfeed to display incorrectly if she is slain by a unit that has since been removed from the battleground (Example: Minions after they have been killed). Fixed an issue that caused D.Va's Hero unit reference to not be updated correctly when D.Va respawns. Ejecting from the Mech will no longer cause Pilot D.Va to be capable of collecting Experience Globes while inside a Shrub for 2 seconds. Self-Destruct will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Self-Destruct will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Big Shot will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Boosters will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Mech Basic Attacks will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Concussive Pulse will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Boosters damage will no longer display as a critical if the target is a valid bonus damage target for Rush-down. Aggression Matrix will now display floating text for the healing prevented. D.Va is now capable of pinging her Self-Destruct charge to her team. D.Va's Mech will now fill out the Death Recap when slain. E.T.C.
      Difficulty updated from Easy to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Guitar Hero to increase Guitar Solo duration while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Falstad
      Fixed an issue that caused BOOMerang's Spell Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability. Hammerang Reactivation will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Hammerang's Returning projectile will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Selecting BOOMerang will no longer cause Hammerang's Reactivation to permanently display as a critical. Frequent Flyer icon updated. Sustained Winds icon updated. Fenix
      Phase Bomb Splash now triggers Physical Attack-limited on-hit effects(meaning Block charges being consumed, Medivh's Raven Familiar firing if the target is a Hero). Fixed an issue that caused Mobile Offensive to not activate if Fenix only moves very briefly. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to refresh Divert Power: Weapons duration while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Phase Bomb Splash will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Mobile Offensive icon updated. Singularity Charge icon updated. Offensive Cadence icon updated. Divert Power: Weapons icon updated. Garrosh
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Wrecking Ball, Into the Fray will now reveal targets hit by the landing for 2 seconds. Decimate will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Gazlowe
      Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Mecha-Lord's Armor increase while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Ark Reaktor turrets to deal increased damage. Fixed an isssue causing Gazlowe to be incapable to pinging the cooldown of EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper to his team. Genji
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Very Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Genji's Self Healing to not increase for the full damage prevented by Deflect. Deflect will no longer reveal the area it searches for targets when Genji takes damage with Deflect active. Zanshin icon updated. Greymane
      Fixed an issue that caused Running Wild to not grant the cooldown reduction when casting Go For the Throat. Fixed an issue that caused Alpha Killer to be capable of activating on-death effects multiple times on enemies. Fixed an issue that caused Thick Skin to display duplicate Block visuals. Gul'dan
      Fixed an issue that caused Fel Flame to be visible outside of the intended area after Pursuit of Flame is completed. Fixed an issue that caused Hunger for Power's healing modifications to be disabled while under the effects of Xul's Mortal Wound. Fixed an issue that caused Hunger for Power's healing increase to not be the correct value. Hanzo
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Storm Bow to not activate Sharpened Arrowheads while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Storm Bow to activate Sharpened Arrowheads before the damage is dealt. Fixed an issue that caused Storm Bow's range bonus from charging to not be reset correctly. Hogger
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Aggro Range to grant Rage if a Structure is within the search radius of Hogg Wild. Fixed an issue that allowed targeted abilities against the Ez-Thro Dynamite unit. Fixed an issue that allowed targeted abilities against the Loot Hoard unit. Fixed an issue that allowed targeted abilities against the chunk of Meat unit. Illidan
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Very Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Unending Hatred to stop displaying bonus damage on the talents tab of the scoreboard after reaching the quest milestone. Fiery Brand icon updated. Imperius
      Holy Fervor cleave reveals the area for 0.75 seconds. Jaina
      Difficulty updated from Easy to Medium. Fixed an issue that caused Frost Bolt to deal damage on enemies behind the projectile. Fixed an issue that caused Frost Bolt to continue to deal damage after it has hit the maximum number of targets with Frost Shards selected. Frostbite Armor will now display Block visuals. Icefury Wand icon updated. Advanced Ice Block icon updated. Johanna
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Easy. Fixed an issue that caused Blessed Momentum's Attack Speed bonuses to stack multiplicatively with other Attack Speed bonuses and maluses. Fixed an issue that caused Holy Fury's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased. Fixed an issue that caused Blessed Shield to hit and target Invulnerable enemies. Heaven's Fury will no longer cause allies to be incapable of collecting Experience Globes while inside a Shrub for 2 seconds. Blessed Hammer will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Junkrat
      Difficulty increased from Medium to Hard. Basic Attack Splash now triggers Physical Attack-limited on-hit effects (Example: Block charges will be consumed). Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attack splash to hit Invulnerable enemies. Fixed an issue that caused Frag Launcher to hit Invulnerable enemies. Fixed an issue that caused Frag Launcher to gain more than intended damage from Hero hits. Kael'thas
      Difficulting updated from Hard to Medium. Fixed an issue that caused Gravity Lapse to hit Invulnerable enemies. Burned Flesh will now display as a critical effect. Kel'Thuzad
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Very Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Deathchill's marker to remain on the target if they gain Unstoppable. Fixed an issue that caused Power of Icecrown's active bonuses to be lost when slain. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Icy Grasp while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Hungering Cold while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused the Chilling Touch Basic Attacks to be incapable of killing Sgt. Hammer's Spider Mines. Kel'Thuzad can now attempt to cast Frost Nova over unpathable terrain. Kel'Thuzad's abilities in the command bar will no longer flash when Kel'Thuzad gains 15 stacks of Master of the Cold Dark. Kerrigan
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Very Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Assimilation to increase Kerrigan's Self Healing when Shields granted. Fixed an issue that caused Sharpened Blades to gain quest progress from Hallucination Heroes (Nova Holo Decoys, Samuro Mirror Images, Abathur Ultimate Evolutions). Ultralisk Basic Attacks will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Fury of the Swarm empowered Basic Attacks will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Fury of the Swarm will no longer reveal targets hit by the splash area. Impaling Blades will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Primal Grasp's secondary explosion will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Psionic Shift will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Kharazim
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Deadly Reach's Attack Speed bonuses to stack multiplicatively with other Attack Speed bonuses. Fixed an issue that caused Insight to grant quest progress while Blinded or if the triggering enemy is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused non-Heroes to not be revealed by Spirit Ally. Leoric
      Difficulty updated from Easy to Medium. Fixed an issue that caused Buried Alive's silence to be reduced in duration by Abolish Magic's duration reduction. Fixed an issue that caused Burning Despair's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased. Fixed an issue that caused Drain Hope and Drain Essence to remain active on targets after they enter a Vehicle. Leoric's Self Healing is no longer increased by Drain Essence's Undying death timer reduction. Leoric is no longer capable of activating Ossein Renewal while Undying is active. Wrath of the Bone King effect reveal duration reduced from 1 second to 0.75 seconds. Li Li
      Lightning Serpent's Bounces will now bounce to targets immune to area damage (Example: Sgt. Hammer Spider Mines). Lightning Serpent's Bounces will now target Passive targets (Example: Kharazim's Earth Ally and Spirit Ally). Li-Ming
      Fixed an issue that caused Magic Missiles to not grant stacks of Force Armor when Tal Rasha's has been selected and Magic Missiles has not granted Spell Power. Fixed an issue that caused Teleport to not be completely refunded by Critical Mass and Illusionist while Aether Walker is active. Fixed an issue that caused Magic Missiles to hit Invulnerable enemies. Lunara
      Fixed an issue that caused Invigorating Spores to be capable of activating on-death effects multiple times on enemies. Fixed an issue that caused Invigorating Spores to deal damage while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Invigorating Spores to deal damage on an attack that brings the target to full stacks of Nature's Toxin. Splintered Spear will no longer target Hidden or Neutral targets. Lt. Morales
      Fixed an issue that caused Medidrone to be capable of healing Leoric while Undying is active. Fixed an issue that caused Healing Beam to remain active on a Minion after Sylvanas has cast Possession on the Minion. Maiev
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Very Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Vengeful Knives to gain bonus damage from Physical damage while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks empowered by Umbral Bind to not grant Vengeful Knives stacks against the primary target. Fixed an issue that caused Containment Disc's Silence to be bypassable by casting an ability making the target immune to Silence as soon as the Time Stop expires. Fixed an issue that caused Bonds of Justice to stop displaying bonus damage on the talents tab of the scoreboard after reaching the quest milestone. Naisha's Memento's Bounces will now bounce to targets immune to area damage. Naisha's Memento will no longer bounce to Mercenaries that are not currently active. Mal'Ganis
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Vanquish the Weak to apply the slow before the damage is dealt. Winged Guard will now display a Block visual. Blind as a Bat will now remove any nearby reveals placed by Mal'Ganis when cast. Fel Claws will now reveal targets for 2 seconds if Blind as a Bat is not active. Necrotic Embrace will now reveal targets for 2 seconds if Blind as a Bat is not active. Echo of Doom will now reveal targets for 2 seconds if Blind as a Bat is not active. Plague Bats will now reveal targets for 2 seconds if Blind as a Bat is not active. Seeker Swarm Bats will now only reveal targets for 2 seconds if Blind as a Bat is not active. The Night Beckons icon updated. Malfurion
      Difficulty updated from Easy to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Ysera's Gift to grant bonus healing while Malfurion is dead. Fixed an issue that caused Malfurion to be incapable to pinging the cooldown of Astral Communinion to his team. Malthael
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Touch of Death to display floating text for healing prevented twice. Ethereal Existence will now display a Block visual at maximum stacks. Soul Rip no longer reveals the area. Medivh
      Fixed an issue that caused the Hall of Storms to increase Raven Form's Movement Speed by more than intended. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Temporal Flux while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Using a Portal will no longer move the user's Camera. Mei
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Polar Vortex's Attack Speed malus to stack multiplicatively with other Attack Speed bonuses and maluses. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Cooling Servos while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Induce Hibernation to apply to non-Heroes. Skating Away now displays a Block visual. Mephisto
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Lightning Reaction to not be affected by damage reduction if caused by a Shade of Mephisto's Lightning Nova. Muradin
      Fixed an issue that caused Bronzebeard Rage's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to grant Perfect Storm progress while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Give Em' The Ax while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Grand Slam to grant a charge of Haymaker for each Hero that took part in the takedown. Storm Bolt will no reveal the target for 2 seconds. Muradin is no longer revealed to the enemy if unseen when Thunder Burn empowered by Thunderstrike damages an enemy. Perfect Storm quest tracker icon updated. Murky
      Fixed an issue that caused Big Tuna Kahuna's health bonuses to stack multiplicatively with other health bonuses. Fixed an issue that caused Time To Krill to heal the target Murky if they have selected Fish Tank. Fixed an issue that caused Time To Krill to not heal the applying Murky if they have selected Fish Tank. Murky no longer reveals in area around him after his Egg is slain. Octo-Grab will now reveal the target while active, instead of for a fixed 4 seconds in a 0.75 radius. Octo-Grab will now reveal the target for 2 seconds when first cast. Slime will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Pufferfish will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Nazebo
      Fixed an issue that caused Plague of Toads to hit Invulnerable enemies. Fixed an issue that allowed targeted abilities against the Plague of Toads unit. Nova
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Holo Decoys to be revealed to the enemy when their border becomes visible. Fixed an issue that caused Holo Decoys to reveal the area around them when slain for 1 second. Fixed an issue that caused Anti Armor Shell's Physical Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability. Fixed an issue that caused Holo Decoy's damage readout in the Target Info Panel to display incorrectly with Anti-Armor Shells selected while their Basic Attack is on cooldown. Fixed an issue that caused Anti-Armor Shells to reduce the Physical Armor of the target before the damage is dealt. Triple Tap will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Precision Strike will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Explosive Snipe will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Snipe no longer reveals in an area around the target. Rapid Reprojection icon updated. Orphea
      Difficulty increased from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Eldritch Conduit to not be empowered when gaining the 10th stack. Fixed an issue that caused Eldritch Conduit's empowered to be lost when slain. Fixed an issue that caused Eternal Feast to search for dead units. Fixed an issue that caused Dead Magic to deal damage if the splashed to target is Evading. Dead Magic now reveals the area for 0.75 seconds. Probius
      Fixed an issue that caused Construct Additional Pylons to increase the damage of Pylon Overcharge by more than intended. Qhira
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Blood Rage to track units after they have been slain. Fixed an issue that caused Upstage to not be granted if the number of tracked targets is not reached due to targets dying from Blood Rage. Fixed an issue that caused Blood Rage's activation to grant a stack of Fatal Wounds. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Your Pain, My Gain while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Finishing Touch while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Finishing Touch to grant attack speed if the target is brought to below 50% of their Maximum Health. Basic Attacks no longer reveal targets hit. Swing Life Away now display Spell Armor visuals. Ragnaros
      Lava Wave will no longer collect Experience Globes (NOTE: Last hits will still function). Fixed an issue that caused Tempered Flame to increase Ragnaros's Self Healing when Shields granted. Fixed an issue that caused Cauterize Wounds to not display correctly in the Death Recap. Fixed an issue that caused non-Heroes to not reduce the cooldown of Blistering Attacks with Empower Sulfuras. Raynor
      Fixed an issue that caused Give em' Some Pepper damage to not display in the Death Recap. Fixed an issue that caused Give em' Some Pepper damage to not increase Raynor's relevant score entries. Fixed an issue that caused Give em' Some Pepper to only reveal Raynor's non-updating position if unseen when dealing damage to an enemy. Fixed an issue that caused Give em' Some Pepper to not be correctly modified by damage modification from other Heroes. Fixed an issue that caused damage dealt by Hyperion created by Execute Orders to display incorrectly in the Death Recap. Give em' Some Pepper will now reveal the area for 0.75 seconds. Rehgar
      Fixed an issue that caused Elemental Conduit to increase Rehgar's Self Healing when damage is prevented to allied Heroes. Fixed an issue that caused Colossal Totem's recast to be available for less than the duration of Earthbind Totem. Fixed an issue that caused Hunger of the Wolf to activate while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Bloodlust to not apply to channeled Basic Attacks. Rexxar
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Very Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Aspect of The Hawk's Attack Speed bonuses to stack multiplicatively with other Attack Speed bonuses and maluses. Fixed an issue that caused Misha to gain more Movement Speed than intended while Rexxar is Mounted. Fixed an issue that caused Unleash the Boars damage to not be modified by most forms of damage modification. Fixed an issue that caused Kill Command's damage bonus to be multiplicative. Fixed an issue that caused Wildfire's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased. Fixed an issue that caused Misha to lose the benefits of Primal Intimidation once slain. Wildfire Bear now reveals the target for 2 seconds. Samuro
      Difficulty increased from Hard to Very Hard. Wind Walk healing increased from 1% to 3%. Way of the Wind healing reduced from 5% to 4%. Fixed an issue that caused Way of the Wind to increase Samuro's Healing score instead of his Self Healing score. Mirror Image reveal of nearby units on death now matches other Heroic units. Sgt. Hammer
      Tank Mode Splash now triggers Physical Attack-limited on-hit effects (Example: Block charges will now be consumed). Tank Mode Splash will now trigger if the Sgt. Hammer is Blinded. Splash damage and triggering effects will still be prevented. Tank Mode Splash will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Tank Mode Splash attacks will no longer reveal targets hit. Sonya
      Fixed an issue that caused Leap to not grant Unstoppable while active. Rampage icon updated. Stitches
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Putrid Bile's Pools to not have their damage modified by other Heroes effects placed onto Stitches. Stukov
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Reactive Ballistospores to not be reset correctly by Try Mode, Sandbox reset cooldowns. Fixed an issue that caused Reactive Ballistospores to deal more damage than intended when applying Weighted Pustule. Fetid Touch icon updated. Reactive Ballistospores icon updated. Reactive Ballistospores is now considered an active talent, instead of a Weighted Pustule talent. Sylvanas
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Might of the Banshee Queen's active bonuses to be lost when slain. Fixed an issue that caused Remorseless to apply Overwhelming Affliction's slow when fired. Fixed an issue that caused Remorseless to not apply Black Arrows stacks while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Remorseless to not apply Black Arrows activated non-Hero Stun. Fixed an issue that caused Remorseless to not apply Mercenary Queen's Mercenary Stun. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Evasive Fire's duration refresh while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Lost Soul's cooldown reduction while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused enemies hit by Deafening Blast's bonus damge area to not be revealed for 2 seconds. Fixed an issue that caused enemies hit by Deafeaning Blast's bonus damage area to not be affected by Black Arrow's activated non-Hero stun. Fixed an issue that caused Catapults to grant more Experience than intended when Possessed. Remorseless will no longer bounce to Mercenaries that are not currently active. Remorseless will now bounce to targets immune to area damage. Wailing Arrow no longer reveals in a radius around Sylvanas when cast. Wailing Arrow will now reveal the search area for 0.75 seconds. Remorseless icon updated. Tassadar
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Feedback's Physical Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability. Fixed an issue that caused Archon's Basic Attacks Spell Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability. Fixed an issue that caused Executor's Will to not increase Healing dealt. Fixed an issue that caused Oracle's passive healing to not be displayed in the Death Recap. Fixed an issue that caused Archon's Basic Attacks to reduce the Spell Armor of targets while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Khaydarin Amulet now requires the target to be visible to start the link. Khaydarin Amulet will now reveal the target for so long as the link remains active. Khaydarin Amulet will now bounce to targets immune to area damage. Khaydarin Amulet will no longer bounce to Invulnerable enemies. Archon Basic Attacks Splash will no longer reveal targets. Archon Basic Attacks will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. The Butcher
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Butcher to lose more Meat than intended when slain. Cleaver no longer reveals targets hit. Cleaver will now reveal the search area for 0.75 seconds. Furnace Blast will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Butcher is no longer revealed to the enemy if unseen when Lamb to the Slaughter damages an enemy. The Lost Vikings
      Viking Hoard will now display the stacks as a baseline quest in the talents tab of the scoreboard. Fixed an issue that caused It's a Sabotate to apply while Erik is Blinded. Fixed an issue that caused Hunka Burning Olaf's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased. Fixed an issue that caused Nordic Attack Squad to not be displayed correctly in the Death Recap. Baleog's Basic Attacks when fired from a distance effect reveal duration increased from 0.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds. Baleog's Basic Attacks when fired at close range will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Hunka Burning Olaf will now reveal the target for 2 seconds. Nordic Attack Squad icon updated. Thrall
      Difficulty updated from Easy to Medium. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks while Windfury is active to grant stacks of Frostwolf Resilience while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Feral Resilience will now display Block visuals. Tracer
      Fixed an issue that caused Heavy Handed's Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Telefrag while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Quantum Spike Pulse Bombs will now explode at the same time as other Pulse Bombs when a unit is Hit, instead of 0.3125 seconds later. Fixed an issue that caused Is That a Healthpack?! to heal Vehicles if selected. Fixed an issue that caused Composition B + Quantum Spike to deal percent damage to non-Heroes. Fixed an issue that caused Parting Gift to hit Invulnerable enemies. Total Recall will now increase Tracer's Self Healing when Tracer is healed. Total Recall will now display floating combat text when Tracer is healed. Total Recall will now display in the Death Recap. Completing a Reload will now display floating combat text for the amount of Ammo restored. Locked and Loaded will no longer cause Basic Attacks to display as criticals. Locked and Loaded will cause the floating combat text for ammo restored by Reload to display as a critical. While Locked and Loaded is active, Tracer's Ammo Bar will have a slight pulsing glow around it. This is only visible to Tracer and her Allies. While Locked and Loaded is active, Tracer's Reload button on the Command Bar will have a pulsing glow around it. Ricochet now requires Tracer to have selected Tracer Rounds to reveal targets. Ricochet will now only bounce to visible targets. Ricochet will now bounce to targets immune to area damage. Ricochet will no longer bounce to Mercenaries that are not currently active. Bullet Spray will now reveal targets hit. Quantum Spike Pulse Bomb will now reveal identically to other Pulse Bombs, instead of in a larger radius. Untouchable icon updated. Tychus
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Bob and Weave's Basic Attack range increase to display incorrectly in the status buff bar. Sizzlin' Attacks icon updated. Tyrael
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Swift Retribution to not apply to channeled Basic Attacks. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Bound By Law while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Burning Halo's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased. Archangel's Wrath explosion will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Burning Halo icon updated. Burning Halo is now classed as a Passive talent. Horadric Reforging icon updated. Horadric Reforging is now classed as a Passive talent. Tyrande
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Shadowstalk's healing over time to remain active on Leoric while Undying is active. Fixed an issue that caused Huntress Fury to not bounce to Deathwing. Fixed an issue that caused Sentinel's cooldown to be reset if a Hallucination is slain while revealed by Sentinel. Fixed an issue that caused Mark of Mending to not heal Evading allies. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Mark of Mending if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Elune's Chosen to heal for overkill damage. Tyrande is no longer revealed to the enemy if unseen when Empower damages an enemy. Shooting Star icon updated. Uther
      Difficulty updated from Easy to Hard. Uther's Heroics will no longer be hidden while Spirit Form is active. He will not be capable of casting them. Fixed an issue that caused Holy Fire's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased. Holy Radiance will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Holy Radiance will now reveal enemy targets hit. Divine Storm will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Divine Storm will reveal the target for 2 seconds. Holy Fire icon updated. Valeera
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Very Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Garrote to display incorrectly in the Death Recap after extended by Rupture. Eviscerate will now reveal the target for 2 seconds. Ambush will now reveal the target for 2 seconds. Cheap Shot will now reveal the target for 2 seconds. Garrote will now reveal the target for 2 seconds. Sinister Strike will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Blade Flurry will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Blade Flurry will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Valla
      Difficulty updated from Easy to Medium. Fixed an issue that caused Manticore's stack display to be displayed incorrectly. Manticore icon updated. Varian
      Fixed an issue that caused Second Wind to display as uncastable. Fixed an issue that caused Twin Blades of Fury's Attack Speed bonuses to stack multiplicatively with other Attack Speed bonuses and maluses. Fixed an issue that caused Juggernaut to be capable of activating on-death effects multiple times on enemies. Master at Arms will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Master at Arms will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Whitemane
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Very Hard. Inquisition will now reveal targets for 2 seconds upon removal and for 0.5625 seconds each time damage is dealt. Inquisition will no longer reveal around the target. Divine Reckoning will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Searing Lash will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Saintly Greatstaff icon updated. Xul
      Fixed an issue that caused Cursed Strikes to hit targets immune to area damage. Cursed Strikes will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Backlash will now reveal the area for 0.75 seconds. Shackler no longer reveals the area. Cursed Strikes no longer reveals targets hit. Yrel
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Holy Wrath Splash now triggers Physical Attack-limited on-hit effects(meaning Block charges being consumed, Medivh's Raven Familiar firing if the target is a Hero). Dauntless will now display Block visuals. Holy Wrath area reveal duration reduced from 1 second to 0.75 seconds. Aegis of Light no longer reveals the area. Vindication will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Righteous Hammer will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Avenging Wrath will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Zagara
      Fixed an issue that caused Banelings to not be affected by Defense Matrix. Mutalisk Basic Attacks will no longer bounce to Mercenaries that are not currently active. Mutalisk Basic Attacks will now bounce targets immune to area damage. Zarya
      Difficulty updated from Easy to Medium. Fixed an issue that caused Defensive Shielding to not apply if the target already has select forms of Block. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attack Splash to work incorrectly with Time Stop. Basic Attacks will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Basic Attacks no longer reveal targets hit. Explosive Barrier will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Explosive Barrier will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Feel the Heat icon updated. Zeratul
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Very Hard. Cleave will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds. Zul'jin
      A Surprise For Ya no longer reveal targets. A Surprise For Ya will now only bounce to visible targets. A Surprise For Ya will now bounce to targets immune to area damage. A Surprise For Ya will no longer bounce to Mercenaries that are not currently active. Grievous Throw will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Twin Cleave will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Guillotine will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Buzzsaw will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Return to Top
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      A new Heroes of the Storm patch is now available for playtesting on the PTR and here are the patch notes!
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      Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just hit the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting. We would like to take a moment to thank the community for providing insight and feedback for these changes. Although we may not reply to your feedback and posts we do listen and appreciate all of it. As always, if you encounter any bugs during your PTR play sessions, please stop by the PTR Bug Report forum to let us know about your experiences.
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      General Balance Update Bug Fixes General
      Observer UI
      D.Va's Mech Healthbar is now displayed in the observer interface's top bar. Misha's Healthbar is now displayed in the observer interface's top bar. The Lost Vikings Healthbars are now displayed in the observer interface's top bar. XP Globes are now displayed as Blue for the left team and Gray for the right team. Icons
      Abathur Changed Icon color for Locust Strain. Anub'arak Changed Icon color for Chitinous Plating. Blaze Incinerator Gauntlets Icon changed to non-Heroes Damage from Basic Attacks. Cassia Martial Law Icon changed to Searing Damage from Basic Attacks. Changed Icon color for Ball Lightning. Changed Icon color for Valkrie. Dehaka Changed Icon color for Elongated Tonuge. Diablo Changed Icon for Soul Shield to be different than Spell Shields. Genji Changed Icon color for Zanshin. Jaina Changed Improved Ice Block Button to be normal Ice Block. Illidan Fiery Brand Icon changed to Searing Damage from Basic Attacks. Muradin Changed Icon color for Perfect Storm. Nova Changed Icon color for Rapid Projection. Sonya Rampage Icon changed to Cooldown Reduction from Basic Attacks. Sylvanas Remorseless Icon changed to Range Increase for Basic Attacks. The Lost Vikings Nordic Attack Squad Icon changed to Searing Damage from Basic Attacks. Tychus Sizzlin' Attacks Icon changed to Searing Damage from Basic Attacks. Tyrande Shooting Star Icon changed to Range Increase for Basic Attacks. Valla Manticore Icon changed to Searing Damage from Basic Attacks. Whitemane Changed Icon color for Saintly Greatstaff. Zarya Feel the Heat Icon changed to Damage Increase from Basic Attacks. Abilities
      Bounce Abilities that Bounce will require all targets to be visible. Cleave Abilities that Cleave will reveal the area and does not require target to be visibile. Splash Abilities that Splash will reveal the area and does not require target to be visibile. Invulnerability
      Johanna Blessed Shield no longer hits Invulnerable enemies. Junkrat Frag Launcher no longer hits Invulnerable enemies. Kael'thas Gravity Lapse no longer hits Invulnerable enemies. Li-Ming Magic Missiles no longer hits Invulnerable enemies. Nazeebo Plague of Toads no longer hits Invulnerable enemies. Tracer Parting Gift no longer hits Invulnerable enemies. ARAM
      Increased experience given by Experience Globes. UI
      Floating Combat Text for Experience earned from killing blows now has a gold color. Return to Top
      Balance Update
      General
      Adjusted difficulty levels for a number of Heroes. Heroes
      Samuro Increased Windwalk healing from 1% per second to 3% per second. Decreased Way of the Wind healing from 5% on cast to 4% on cast. Return to Top
      Bug Fixes
      General
      Fixed an issue that caused Evading targets to still lose armor to Hellbats and Gnolls. Fixed an issue that caused ARAM maps to use different XP systems. Heroes
      Abathur Fixed an issue that caused Abathur's Monstrosity to gain an additional 0.02 damage per stack. Toxic Next no longer reveals attackers while Arming. Anduin Moral Compass is now considered Splash damage and will not hit targets Immune to AOE. Blaze Combustion now reveals area it affects. Fixed an issue that caused Heat Treatment to not match the damage dealt by Pyromania. Fixed an issue where Oil Spill granted more vision than intended. Flame Stream now reveals targets hit. Brightwing Invisible Friends now displays a healing over time preview. Phase Shift's heal now happens after teleportation instead of at the same time. Unstable Anomaly now reveals the area it affects and enemies it hits. Butcher Cleaver AOE no longer reveals targets hit. Fixed an issue that caused Butcher to lose more than intended stacks of Fresh Meat when killed. Furnace Blast now reveals targets hit. No longer revealed when Lamb of the Slaughter damages an enemy. Cassia Fend now reveals targets hit. Fixed an issue that caused Lightning Fury Bolts cast from Static Electricity and Lightning Fury to be inconsistently determined. Fixed an issue that caused Lightning Fury Bolts generated by Static Electricity to not heal for the appropriate amount with Ring of the Leech. Fixed an issue where Lightning Fury Bolts were not displaying as critical hits against Blinded enemies. Martial Law no longer damages Heroes while Blinded. Surge of Light now reveals the area it affects and enemies that it hits. ChoGall Consuming Blaze now reveals targets when applied. Consuming Blaze will now interrupt channels that are interrupted by damage when applied. Dread Orb no longer has an abnormal vision height. Dread Orb now reveals targets hit. Fixed an issue that caused Cthun's Gift to Slow while Blinded. Fuel for the Flame no longer deals damage to evading enemies near the Basic Attack target. Fuel for the Flame no longer deals damage to the target of Basic Attacks while Blinded. Fuel for the Flame no longer display as critical damage against Heroes. Runic Blast now reveals targets hit. Shadowbolt Volley no longer has an abnormal vision height. Shadowbolt Volley now reveals targets hit. Shadowflame now reveals targets hit. Twisting Nether now reveals targets hit. The Will of Gall is now treated as a Quest talent and displays the progress in the talents tab. Chromie Fixed an issue that caused Sand Echo's Basic Attacks to grant stacks while Blinded. Shifting Sands will no longer be removed upon death. Time Trap will no longer prevent Allies from being revealed temporarily. Time Troubles' Armor granted to allies will no longer be removed by Stasis. Unravelling's Armor debuff will now be removed by Stasis. Deathwing Death Drop's Armor Reduction is now removed by Stasis. Gaze Onto Destruction no longer reduces the damage of non-Heroes hit. Deckard Fixed an issue where Horadric Staff does not consume the cooldown when used on an Evading target. Fixed an issue where Potion of Shielding increased Deckard's Self Healing. Fixed an issue where Scroll of Sealing revealed targets for 4 seconds when taken. Dehaka Burrow no longer prevents allied abilities from affecting Dehaka. Burrow will now cleanse negative effects. Lurker Strain no longer reveals area around knocked back targets. Lurker Strain now reveals targets hit. Lurker Strain's Knockback will no longer function as a Stun. Diablo Dying Breath will now display as Apocalypse on the Death Recap. Fixed an issue that caused Black Soulstone to be multiplicative with other health bonuses. D.Va Defense Matrix now works on Zagara's Banelings. Falstad BOOMerang's Armor Reduction is now removed by Stasis. Hammerang now reveals targets hit on return. Hammerang's explosion no longer displays as a crit after selecting BOOMerang. Hammerang's reactivation explosion now reveals targets hit. Fenix Fixed an issue that caused Divert Power: Weapons to be refreshed while Blinded. Fixed an issue that could cause Mobile Offensive to not apply when moving. Phase Bomb Splash damage now consumes Block charges. Garrosh Decimate now reveals targets hit. Into the Fray now shows up on Garrosh's Try screen. Wrecking Ball and Into the Fray now reveal targets hit. Gazlowe Adjusted Ark Reaktor damage to 36. EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper can now have the cooldown announced to your team. Mecha-Lord no longer grants Armor while Blinded. Genji Fixed an issue where Deflect did not grant full Self Healing score when preventing damage. Greymane Fixed an issue that caused Alpha Killer to be capable of activating on-hit effects on Invulnerable enemies. Fixed an issue that caused Go For the Throat to apply the incorrect cooldown to Disengage with Running Wild selected. Removed dual block visual from Thick Skin. Gul'dan Fixed self-healing bonus from Hunger for Power. Pursuit of Flame is no longer visible through fog. Hanzo Fixed an issue that allowed players to fire Storm Bow at maximum range without charging. Fixed an issue that caused Sharpened Arrowheads to not reduce Armor while Blinded when applied with Storm Bow. Fixed an issue that caused Sharpened Arrowheads to reduce Armor before damage is dealt with Storm Bow. Jaina Fixed an issue that caused Frost Bolt to hit targets behind Frost Bolt. Fixed an issue that caused Frost Shards to allow more than 2 additional targets to be hit. Frostbite Armor now has a block visual. Johanna Blessed Hammer now reveals the area it affects. Fixed an issue where Blessed Momentum stacks multiplicatively instead of additvely with other attack speed modifiers. Heaven's Fury no longer prevents allies from being revealed. Junkrat Fixed an issue that caused Junkrat's Frag Launcher to gain 0.002 damage per stack of Taste for Explosions. Splash damage now consumes Block charges. Kel'Thuzad Deathchill will no longer activate if the target loses Root or Slow by becoming Unstoppable. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks against Rooted Heroes to activate Icy Grasp. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks against Rooted targets to activate Hungering Cold. Fixed an issue that caused Kel'Thuzad's buttons to light up when getting 15 baseline quest stacks. Fixed an issue that caused Power of Icecrown's damage increase to be lost upon death. Kerrigan Fixed an issue that caused Kerrigan's Self Healing to increase when she gains Assimilation Shields. Fury of the Swarm no longer reveals targets. Impaling Blades now reveals targets hit. Primal Grasp's Pulse now reveals targets hit. Psionic Shift now reveals targets hit. Ultralisk Splash damage reveals targets. Kharazim Fixed an issue that caused Insight to progress while Blinded. Leoric Buried Alive can no longer have its duration reduced. Drain Essence no longer increases his Self Healing score. Deckard's Rejuvenation is now removed on Undying. Fixed an issue where Leoric could receive Tyrande's Shadowstalk Healing when Undying was active, thereby reducing his respawn timer. Ossein Renewal can no longer be cast while Undying is active. Drain Hope, Drain Essence, and March of the Black King are now removed if the target enters a vehicle. Li-Ming Fixed an issue that caused Tal Rasha's Elements to prevent Force Armor from granting Block charges. Fixed an issue where Aether Walker would sometime not reset correctly. Lt. Morales Medi Drone no longer heals Heroes in Undying state. Lunara Fixed an issue that caused Invigorating Spores to be capable of activating on-hit effects on Invulnerable enemies. Fixed an issue that caused Invigorating Spores to deal percent damage while Blinded. Fixed an issue that caused Nature's Toxin to be applied before damage dealt. Maiev Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks while Blinded to increase Vengeful Knives damage. Fixed an issue that caused Umbral Bind to not increase Vengeful Knives damage . Mal'Ganis Winged Guard now has a block visual. Malthael Ethereal Existence now has a block visual at max stacks. Mei Fixed an issue that caused Cooling Servos to Slow while Blinded. Fixed an issue that caused Mei's Induce Hibernation Talent to reduce damage of non-Heroes. Skating Away now has a block visual. Murky Fixed an issue that caused Big Tuna Kahuna to be multiplicative with other health bonuses. Octograb now reveals the target instead of the area around the target. Pufferfish now reveals targets hit. Slime now reveals targets hit. While revealed, Murky will no longer reveal the area around him when his Egg is slain. Nova Anti-Armor Shells is now removed by Stasis. Anti-Armor Shells now applies debuff after damage. Explosive Snipe now reveals targets hit. Fixed an issue that caused Anti-Armor Shells to display an incorrect damage value for Nova's Holo Decoys. Holo Decoys no longer reveals area when killed. Holo Decoys are now visible from the center of the unit instead of their border. Precision Strike now reveals targets hit. Snipe no longer reveals around target. Triple Tap no longer reveals area around the target, and the target is now revealed for 2 seconds afterwards, up from 1.3 seconds. Orphea Fixed an issue that caused Dead Magic to splash to Evading targets. Fixed an issue that caused Empowered Eldritch Conduit to be lost on death. Fixed an issue that caused Empowered Eldritch Conduit to not be granted when going from 7 or 8 stacks to 10. Fixed an issue that caused Eternal Feast to hit dead objects. Probius Fixed an issue that caused Pylon Overcharge to deal additional damage when Construct Additional Pylons is selected. Qhira Basic Attacks will no longer reveal targets hit. Blood Rage's activation no longer grants Fatal Wounds progress. Fixed an issue that caused Finishing Touch to grant attack speed on attacks that bring the target below 50% health. Fixed an issue that caused Finishing Touch to grant attack speed while Blinded. Fixed an issue that caused Upstage to not apply if the targets were killed by the activation damage. Fixed an issue that caused Your Pain, My Gain to grant Armor while Blinded. Ragnaros Cauterize Wounds now displays on the Death Recap correctly. Fixed an issue that caused Empower Sulfuras to not reduce the cooldown of Blistering Attacks on non-Heroes. Tempered Flame no longer increases Self Healing on application. Lava Wave can no longer pickup or magnetize Experience Globes. Raynor Fixed an issue that caused Execute Orders to not display in the Death Recap. Fixed an issue that caused Give Em' Some Pepper damage to behaving incorrectly. Rehgar Fixed duration of Totemic Projection. Fixed an issue that caused Hunger of the Wolf to deal damage and heal while Blinded. Rexxar Fixed an issue that caused Kill Command's damage bonus to be multiplicative. Fixed an issue that caused Misha to not gain Primal Intimidation's Passive on respawn. Fixed an issue where Unleash the Boars was not affected by some damage modifications. Samuro Burning Blade is now Splash damage. Way of the Wind now increases Self Healing intead of Healing. Sonya Leap now also grants Unstoppable when used at minimum distance. Stukov Fixed an issue that caused Reactive Ballistospores to not work correctly with cooldown resets. Sylvanas Deafening Blast now applies Black Arrows if active. Deafening Blast now reveals targets hit. Fixed an issue that caused Evasive Fire to be refreshed while Blinded. Fixed an issue that caused Lost Soul to reduce cooldowns while Blinded. Fixed an issue that caused Overwhelming Affliction to apply the slow to a Remorseless target when firing at a target with 3 stacks. Fixed an issue that caused Possession to give more XP than intended for Catapults. Fixed an issue that caused Remorseless to not apply Black Arrows while Blinded. Fixed an issue that caused Remorseless to not Stun enemies while Black Arrows is active. Fixed an issue that caused Remorseless to not Stun Mercenaries with 3 stacks of Black Arrows and Merenary Queen. Might of the Banshee Queen is no longer removed on death. Wailing Arrow no longer reveals area around Sylvanas when cast. Wailing Arrow now reveals the area of detonation. Tassadar Archon no longer applies armor reduction while Blinded. Archon Splash damage no longer reveals targets hit. Archon's Armor reduction is now removed by Stasis. Feedback's Armor reduction is now removed by Stasis. Fixed an issue that caused Oracle to not show in the Death Recap. Khaydarin Amulet will now reveal while active after the attack expires. Thrall Feral Resilience now has a block visual. The Lost Vikings Hunka' Burning Olaf now reveals target instead of the area around the target. It's a Sabotage can no longer be applied while Erik is Blinded. Nordic Attack Squad now shows in recap. Viking Bribery stack count is no longer visible on the scoreboard to other players. Tracer Bullet Spray now reveals targets hit. Fixed an issue that caused Composition B and Quantum Spike to deal percent damage to non-Heroes. Heavy Handed's Armor is now removed by Stasis. If Locked and Loaded has been activated, then the floating text for completing the reload will display as a crit. Is That a Healthpack can no longer heal Vehicles. Locked and Loaded no longer causes Basic Attacks to display as a crit. Ricochet will no longer reveal targets hit (Tracer Rounds will still apply if taken). Telefrag no longer reduces the cooldown of Recall while Blinded. When Tracer completes a reload, it now displays floating text. Tyrael Archangel's Wrath now reveals targets hit by the explosion. Bound by Law no longer refreshes El'Druin's Might while Blinded. Tyrande Fixed an issue that caused Elune's Chosen to heal for overkill damage. Fixed an issue that caused Self Healing to not increase her Self Healing. Fixed an issue that caused Sentinel to be reset if a Hallucination is killed while revealed. Fxied an issue where Mark of Mending was not healing Evading targets. Uther Divine Storm now reveals targets hit instead of area around targets hit. Divine Storm now reveals the area it affects. Holy Radiance now reveals enemies hit. Holy Radiance reveal updated to match area of effect. Valeera Ambush now reveals the target for 2 seconds. Blade Flurry now reveals targets for 2 seconds. Blade Flurry now reveals the area it affects. Cheap Shot now reveals the target for 2 seconds. Eviscerate now reveals the target for 2 seconds. Fixed an issue where Garrote's damage displayed incorrectly in the Death Recap. Garrote now reveals the target for 2 seconds. Sinister Strike now reveals the target for 2 seconds. Varian Fixed an issue that caused Juggernaut to be capable of activating on-hit effects on Invulnerable enemies. Fixed an issue that caused Varian's Victory Rush button to be grayed out. Master At Arms now reveals targets hit and the area affected. Whitemane Clemency no longer reveals the area around the heal target. Divine Reckoning now reveals targets hit. Inquisition and Shared Punishment now reveal the target for 2 seconds after expiring. Inquisition now reveals the target instead of the area around the target. Searing Lash now reveals targets hit. Xul Shackler no longer reveals the area it affects. Yrel Aegis of Light no longer reveals area it affects. Avenging Wrath now reveals targets hit. Dauntless now has a block visual. Holy Wrath now consumes Block charges. Righteous Hammer now reveals targets hit. Vindication now reveals targets hit. Zarya Explosive Barrier now reveals the area and targets. Fixing an issue where Zarya's Defensive Shielding did not stack correctly with other blocks. Splash damage no longer reveals targets. Zeratul Cleave now reveals the area it affects. Zul'jin Buzzsaw now reveals targets hit for 2 seconds. Grievous Throw now reveals targets hit for 2 seconds. Guillotine now reveals targets hit. Twin Cleave now reveals targets hit. Wrong Place Wrong Time now reveals targets hit for 2 seconds. Return to Top
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