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The next major Heroes of the Storm patch is slated to drop next week, and the changes it will include are available to investigate on the Public Test Realm for the week leading up to it! Learn more about the new Battleground, Infernal Shrines, as well as the new Monk Hero, Kharazim, as well as all of the significant changes to existing Heroes and abilities!

 

You can find the full patch notes below, but here are some highlights:

  • The new Malthael's Phantom mount will be awarded to all players who reach Level 70 with a Seasonal character in Diablo 3.
  • Kharazim, the Monk - and the first Diablo universe support - is now in the game!
  • The ability to report players for Abusive Chat, AFK/Non-Participation, and Intentional Feeding is included in this patch.
  • All Hero League ranks will be reset when the patch is deployed live.
  • Many core talents, such as Bolt of the Storm, Cleanse, Gathering Power, Imposing Presence, etc. have been modified (generally slightly nerfed).
  • Kael'thas, Kerrigan, Azmodan, and Nazeebo have seen significant changes. Minor tweaks were made to many other Heroes (especially their Heroic abilities - see Tyrael and Falstad, especially!).

Here are the patch notes:

 

Blizzard Icon Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes -- August 10, 2015

 

Our next major Heroes of the Storm patch has just arrived to the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting for the next seven days. During this time, we kindly request your assistance in trying out some of the new content and balance changes it contains before we officially release the patch to the live version of Heroes next week. Just like last time, if you encounter any bugs or other issues during your PTR play sessions, please stop by the PTR Bug Report forumto let us know about your experiences. Complete patch notes for our impending Heroes of the Storm update, as well as improvements we've made for the PTR since our previous testing phase, can be found below.

 

Additionally, Game Designer Matt Cooper stepped in to provide some additional insight from the design team about many of the changes found in today's PTR update. Read through his comments in the DesignBattlegroundsTalents, and Heroes sections of the patch notes if you'd like to learn more about why we made each of these changes.

 

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GENERAL

 

Public Test Realm

  • Items may now be purchased from the PTR Shop using real money.
    • Items purchased on the PTR using real money will transfer to the live version of Heroes of the Storm.
      • Prior to making a transaction on the PTR, players may select which region they’d like their items to transfer to using the new PTR Purchase Region dropdown that has been added to the Language and Region tab in the Options menu.
      • The PTR Purchase Region dropdown will default to each player’s home Battle.net login region. Players may choose a different region if the default selection does not match the region that they normally log into for play.
    • Before a real-money transaction can be completed on the PTR, players will be required to confirm which Battle.net login region they’d like that item to transfer to.
    • New items that are only purchasable in the PTR Shop will not be available for play outside of the PTR until they are added to the live version of Heroes with the impending patch.
    • Please Note: Gold purchases are not supported on the PTR.
  • Battleground Pool
    • Infernal Shrines will be the only playable Battleground on the PTR in all modes except Custom Games during this phase of PTR playtesting.
    • Please note: Infernal Shrines is available for playtesting on the Public Test Realm, but will not be added to the live version of Heroes of the Storm immediately on patch day.

Diablo III Rewards

  • Add Diablo to Your Hero Collection
    • Diablo III and Diablo III: Reaper of Souls players who log in to Heroes during the three weeks following the release of the upcoming patch will permanently receive Diablo in Heroes of the Storm.
  • Malthael's Phantom
    • Starting with Season 4, Diablo III players who reach level 70 with a Seasonal character will receive Malthael’s Phantom in Heroes of the Storm.
  • Portrait Border & Pennant
    • Diablo III players who reach Player Level 12 in Heroes of the Storm will receive a new Heroes-themed Portrait Border and Pennant in Diablo III.

Kill 50 Treasure Goblins!

  • A new Special Event Quest has been added: Kill 50 Treasure Goblins
    • Any player who manages to rid the Nexus of 50 pesky Treasure Goblins during the Eternal Conflict event will receive a special portrait reward for their heroism!
    • Treasure Goblins killed on the PTR will only count toward Special Event Quest progress on the PTR. Progress for this Quest will start from zero in the live version of Heroes once the patch is officially released.

New Portrait Rewards

  • Many new portrait rewards have been added! Unlock them by reaching Hero Level 10 with the following Heroes:
    • Diablo Villain Collection – Diablo, Leoric, The Butcher
    • Diablo Heroes Collection Series 1 – Nazeebo, Sonya, Valla
    • Diablo Heroes Collection Series 2 – Johanna, Kharazim
    • StarCraft Rebels Collection – Kerrigan, Raynor, Tychus
    • Swarm Evolution Collection – Abathur, Zagara
    • Night Elf Betrayer Collection – Illidan, Malfurion, Tyrande
    • Reign of Chaos Collection – Arthas, Jaina, Thrall, Uther
    • Stormstout Collection – Chen, Li Li
    • Undercity Collection – Stitches, Sylvanas

 

NEW BATTLEGROUND

 

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Infernal Shrines

  • This three-lane Battleground features three Infernal Shrines that will periodically gather power. Only one Shrine will gather power at any given time, and either team can activate it to unleash its might.
  • Once activated, the Shrine’s Guardians will pour forth in waves to defend it. The first team to kill 30 Guardians will summon a devastating Punisher to fight for their cause.
  • A Punisher is a powerful boss that will attack down the lane that corresponds with the Shrine it was summoned from. Punishers will hunt down any nearby enemy Heroes that cross its path, and can spawn with one of three deadly affixes:
    • Arcane – The Punisher summons beams of arcane energy which rotate in a circular motion, and deal massive damage to enemy targets they pass through.
    • Frozen – The Punisher calls forth frigid ice shards, which explode after a short delay, dealing damage and freezing enemies in place for a short time.
    • Mortar – The Punisher launches a stream of firebombs high into the air, which explode and deal damage to any enemies they strike upon landing.

 

NEW HEROES

 

Kharazim has been added to Heroes of the Storm and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of this new Support Hero’s Abilities.

Trait

  • Pick Your Trait
    • Learn Transcendence, Iron Fists, or Insight using the Talents panel to select your Trait.
      • Transcendence
        • Every third Basic Attack heals the lowest nearby allied Hero.
      • Iron Fists
        • Every third Basic Attack deals 100% bonus damage.
      • Insight
        • Every third Basic Attack restores Mana.

Basic Abilities

  • Radiant Dash (Q)
    • Jump to an ally or enemy. Enemies are immediately hit with a Basic Attack. Stores up to two charges. 12 second cooldown per charge.
  • Breath of Heaven (W)
    • Heal nearby allied Heroes, granting them a 10% Movement Speed bonus for 3 seconds.
  • Deadly Reach (E)
    • Your next Basic Attack increases your Attack Speed and Attack Range by 100% for 2 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

  • Seven-Sided Strike ®
    • Become Invulnerable, striking 7 times over 2 seconds in a large area. Each strike deals 7% of the target’s maximum Health as damage, and prioritizes the Hero with the highest remaining Health.
  • Divine Palm ®
    • Protect an allied Hero from death. The next source of fatal damage within 3 seconds is prevented, and the target is instead healed for a large amount.

 

ART

 

General

  • Several Heroes and Skins in the Shop have received additional visual polish.

Heroes

  • Ancients rejoice! Sonya has received a dance animation.
  • The following Heroes and Skins have received visual improvements:
    • Tychus, Master Tychus Skin, and all Skin Variations
    • Murky, all Murky Skins, and all Skin Variations
  • The following Heroes have received updated facial animations:
    • Sgt. Hammer
    • The Butcher
    • Tychus

Hero Abilities

  • Various Hero Abilities have received additional optimization.
  • The following Hero Abilities and Talents have received new art or additional visual polish:
    • Brightwing – Revitalizing Mists (Talent), Spell Block (Talent), Unstable Anomaly (Talent)
    • Illidan – Sweeping Strike (W), Metamorphosis ®
    • Tyrael – Judgment ®, Sanctification ®

Skins

  • The Demonic Tyrael Skin has returned to the Nexus!
    • After visiting the top smith that the Burning Hells have to offer, Demonic Tyrael has strapped into an intimidating new set of armor, imbued El’Druin with corruption, sprouted two wicked pairs of horns, and donned a crown worthy of his title as the Lord of Pride.
    • Demonic Tyrael now also features updated Ability art, which much more closely matches his theme.
  • Blood Elf Tyrande has also returned to the Nexus, and now sports updated Ability art, which much more closely matches her theme.
  • War World Sgt. Hammer has received updated Ability art for Napalm Strike, which more closely matches her theme.

 

SHOP

 

Bundles

  • Dynamic Bundles have arrived to the Heroes of the Storm in-game Shop! Learn more about Dynamic Bundles by reading the User Interface section of the patch notes.
    • Please note: Dynamic Bundles are not currently available on the PTR.
  • New Bundles
    • Jade Dragon Kharazim Bundle - Available for a limited time.
    • Prisoner Tychus Bundle - Available for a limited time.
    • Conquest Bundle
    • Domination Bundle
  • Bundle Removals
    • The Nexus Bundle will be removed from the Shop one week following patch day, but will remain purchasable as a Dynamic Bundle until that time.

Heroes

  • Kharazim has been added to the in-game Shop!

Mounts

  • New Mounts
    • The Treasure Goblin Mount has been added for a limited time, and is exclusively available for purchase using Gold.
    • Malthael’s Phantom has been added and will become available exclusively to Diablo III players who reach level 70 with a Season Character, starting with Diablo III Season 4.
  • Mount Removals
    • The Nazeebra Mount, which is exclusive to the Nexus Bundle, will be removed from the Shop one week following patch day. During that time, players will still be able to purchase the Nexus Bundle to obtain the Nazeebra Mount.

Price Changes

  • Brightwing’s prices have been reduced to 7,000 Gold and $8.49 USD.

Skins

  • New Skins
    • Jade Dragon Kharazim
    • Kharazim Master Skin
    • Prisoner Tychus
  • Returning Skins
    • Demonic Tyrael
    • Blood Elf Tyrande

 

SOUND

 

Battlegrounds

  • Additional new music tracks have been added for the Infernal Shrines Battleground.

Heroes and Skins

  • Tyrael’s Sanctification and Judgment Heroic Abilities have received updated sound effects.

 

USER INTERFACE

 

Dynamic Bundles

  • Please note: Dynamic Bundles are not currently available on the PTR.
  • Bundles that contain three or more items are now listed as Dynamic Bundles in the Shop.
    • A Dynamic Bundle’s price will be automatically reduced if the player already owns one or more of the items that are part of that Bundle.
    • Two-item Bundles are not dynamic, and players will be unable to purchase a two-item Bundle if they already own one of the items it contains.
  • Check out our recent blog on Dynamic Bundles to learn more about this new feature.

In-Game UI

  • Ability & Activated Talent Hotbars
    • The Ability Hotbar has received new art, and is now more visually compact.
    • The Activated Talent Hotbar has received new art, and its buttons are now slightly larger.
  • Nameplates & Status Bars
    • Hero nameplates will now display the following status effects: Polymorphed, and Stasis
    • Hero Status Bars have received additional polish and improvements.
      • The color of allied Health bars has been changed from green to blue.
      • Hero Health bars now more clearly denote 1,000 and 250 Health segments.
      • Shields will now appear white, rather than blue, on Hero Health bars.
      • Damage, damage over time, and quick Healing effects are now much easier to distinguish on Health bars.

Game Server Selection

  • Players may now select which game server they’d like to play on by selecting it from the Preferred Game Server dropdown on the Language and Region options menu.
    • This setting will default to Best Match, but players may wish to change this if they notice connection issues when playing on a specific server.
      • Please note: As we continue to improve and expand our game sites, Best Match will provide the best play experience for most players. If you are not experiencing issues, it is highly recommend that you leave this set to Best Match.
    • If players in a party have conflicting server preferences, the server that is most commonly selected among the party’s members will be used.

Player Reporting

  • New Report Categories
    • Reporting Options have been reworked, and now include categories for Abusive Chat, AFK/Non-Participation, and Intentional Feeding.

Ranked Play

  • Hero and Team League are no longer separated in the out-of-game menus, and can now be found using the new Ranked page on the Play screen.
  • Placement Rank
    • All players’ Hero and Team League ranks have been reset with today’s update.
      • Please Note: Matchmaking ratings have not been reset.
    • A new placement system has been added
      • All players must now play 20 placement matches in order to receive an initial ranking for Hero League or Team League.
    • Read our recent blog on Ranked Play Updates to learn more about Placement Matches.
  • Hero League
    • Hero League is now limited to a maximum party size of four players.
  • Team League
    • Five-player parties will now be automatically queued for Team League when attempting to find a Ranked match.
    • The ability to create a named team has been removed, while this feature undergoes additional review.
      • Players who have spent Gold to create named teams in the past will have that amount of Gold returned to them in the days to come.
    • Team League draft lobbies will still use the First Come First Served draft format.
    • Team League will still use a separate matchmaking rating (MMR) from Hero League.
      • However, because Team League parties do not have static rosters, Team League MMR will now functions much like it does for Hero League. This means that each player’s Team League MMR is based on their own individual performance in Team League matches.
  • Read our recent blog on Ranked Play Updates to learn more about Placement Matches, as well as Hero and Team League updates.

Versus A.I.

  • A difficulty dropdown has been added to the Versus A.I. screen, which can be used to switch among five different A.I. difficulty settings: Beginner, Recruit, Adept, Veteran, and Elite.
    • Please note: Elite A.I. development is not yet complete, and improvements are slated to arrive with a future game update.
    • A.I. teammates will mirror the difficulty selected for A.I. opponents.
    • When playing in a party, only the party leader may change the A.I. difficulty setting.
  • When attempting to find a Versus A.I. game with human allies, the matchmaker will work to find other players who have selected the same A.I. difficulty level.
    • If it takes too long to find a suitable match, the matchmaker will expand its search to include difficulty levels above and below the player’s selection.
    • If the human players on a team had selected a variety of A.I. difficulties, an A.I. opponent of each selected difficulty will be used for that game.
      • For example: If two players selected Adept A.I. and three selected Veteran, the game will be filled with two adept and three veteran A.I. opponents.

 

DESIGN & GAMEPLAY

 

Ability Power Gains

 

Developer Comments: This change was aimed at removing odd gameplay where an Abathur player may actually want to sacrifice his Monstrosity or a Gargantuan for a more powerful one. This occurred if players kept summons alive for a very long time and gained several levels, as these levels were not reflected in the Summon’s Ability Power. For short term Summons, players will rarely gain a level or more while that Summon is alive, so we made these snapshot instead. With snapshotting, players can use a temporary power boost, such as Overdrive or Arcane Power, to create a more powerful summon.

  • To clarify the rules for temporary Ability Power gains, the following rules have been added:
    • For permanent or very long duration pets or persistent effects, their damage and maximum Health will now update dynamically when Ability Power or Hero levels are modified.  This includes:
      • Abathur's Monstrosity
      • Nazeebo's Gargantuan (with the Humongoid Talent)
    • For short duration pets or persistent effects, their damage and maximum Health should snapshot based upon the Ability Power/level of the character when they are cast.  This includes:
      • Jaina's Water Elemental
      • Sgt. Hammer's Blunt Force Gun
      • Tychus' Drakken Laser Drill

Bonus Effects from Kills

 

Developer Comments: This change will not have a major impact on today’s gameplay and was mostly done for consistency  on how these type of talents worked. In the future, it may allow us to develop Battlegrounds with many small minions (think Haunted Mines) and not have to worry about special casing Seasoned Marksman so it doesn’t get out of control. 

  • Talents and Abilities that gain bonus effects from kills will now only trigger from Minions and Mercenaries, and will no longer gain benefit from killing neutral Mercenaries, map event creatures, summoned units, etc.

 

BATTLEGROUNDS

 

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  • When Immortals that are battling at the center of the Battleground swap locations for the first time, the Heaven Immortal will now always travel to right, and the Hell Immortal will always travel to the left.

Tomb of the Spider Queen

 

Developer Comments: A small number of Tomb games tend to run significantly longer than intended, so we altered the scaling of the Spider mechanic to prevent drawn out stalemates in the late game. Our hope is to see shorter matches overall.

  • Increased the damage and Health scaling of Webweavers and their minions by 50% past the 15 minute mark.

 

TALENTS

 

Bolt of the Storm

 

Developer Comments: We love this talent and think it can create a lot of really interesting moments, but the cooldown was just too short. At 70 seconds we think this talent is still a great level 20 pick, but now players will have to be more strategic with how they use it. Forcing someone to use their Bolt to avoid a gank can now be a meaningful moment with this increased cooldown. We hope this also entices players towards choosing their Heroic upgrades instead of Bolt when the situation calls for it.

  • Cooldown increased from 40 to 70 seconds

Cleanse

 

Developer Comments: We didn’t like the gameplay of casting Cleanse preemptively on a target that is about to be CC’ed. For example, you see Butcher charging your Valla, and right before impact you use Cleanse on Valla, allowing her to immediately Vault away. The change also prevents healers from cleansing themselves preemptively, providing a guaranteed target if the opposing team has only secured one Cleanse. As a side note, the original reason the Unstoppable functionality was available in the first place, was to help alleviate some persistent CC effects like Putrid Bile. We didn’t want you to cleanse a Putrid Bile only to have the slow immediately reapply.

  • No longer makes the target Unstoppable for 1 second
  • Now adds Relentless to the target for 2 seconds (50% shorter CC duration)

Focused Attacks

 

Developer Comments: This could be viewed as a buff or nerf depending on how players perceive it. You can still reduce the cooldown by attacking Minions, but won’t accidently waste a burst of damage on an unintended target. This talent will no longer be as effective at sieging, but it should be significantly better at harassing in lane. We will continue to monitor the talent, and tune as necessary.

  • The increased damage effect will now only trigger when hitting Heroes

Gathering Power

 

Developer Comments: Gathering Power was simply too good and was considered, by many, a mandatory pick on certain characters, which often lead to snowballing. We liked the ‘quest’ aspect of this talent, but it was far too easy to reach the cap and the quest didn’t feel meaningful to complete. Now, choosing this talent should no longer be mandatory, and the quest is much longer. Player’s will keep half of their stacks upon dying, which will help act as a ‘check point’.

  • The 5% starting Ability Power has been removed
  • Percentage gain from killing a Hero reduced from 2% to 1%
  • Instead of losing all stacks on death, players will now only lose half their stacks (rounding up)

Imposing Presence

 

Developer Comments: Statistically, it was almost never wrong to choose Imposing Presence. With this nerf, it’s still a great counter in the right situation, and as a result, we’re hoping we’ll see more play from our Basic Attack assassins.

  • Attack Speed slow reduced from 50% to 40%
  • The Attack Speed slow will now be removed when attacking a target that has not learned the Imposing Presence Talent

Mercenary Lord

 

Developer Comments: We’ve combined the talent Superiority into Mercenary Lord, and removed the damage reduction from structures to prevent degenerative backdoor strategies. The combination of the damage reduction vs. Mercenaries and the ability to empower these Mercenaries felt like a logical pairing. We hope incorporating the two talents into one will make this level 4 choice an enticing one, as the two talents separated had a low pick rate. 

  • The functionality of the Superiority Talent has been rolled into Mercenary Lord, which is now available to the following Heroes at Level 4:
    • Anub'arak, Arthas, Azmodan, Gazlowe, Nazeebo, Sonya, Stitches, and The Lost Vikings
  • New combined functionality reads:  Non-Boss Mercenaries near your Hero deal 50% more damage. Reduces damage taken from Minions and Mercenaries by 50%.

Seasoned Marksman

 

Developer Comments: Overall, we like the way Seasoned Marksman is playing but wanted to tune up its effectiveness to reward those able to secure a healthy number of takedowns, while simultaneously tuning the talent up due to prior changes. Ideally, this will become a great talent pick when facing The Lost Vikings or Murky players.

  • Stacks earned by killing enemy Heroes increased from 2 to 3
  • Only Minions, captured enemy Mercenaries, and Heroes will grant stacks upon death

Spell Shield

 

Developer Comments: We’ve been seeing Kael’thas and Jaina as dominate damage dealers for teams. We feel like part of this is because the only real counter to their damage is Spell Shield, and currently, Spell Shield is under tuned. Increasing the duration from 2 to 3 seconds is a small and conservative change, but we want to see how the adjustment plays out. Ideally when you are against a couple heavy burst damage characters such as Nova, Jaina, or Kael; Spell Shield becomes a great counter pick. This is similar to our philosophy with Imposing Presence.

  • Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds

Superiority

  • This Talent has been removed, and its functionality has been rolled into the revamped Mercenary Lord Talent

 

HEROES

 

ASSASSIN

 

FALSTAD

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Developer Comments: Mighty Gust can be a great disengagement tool, but it is often outshined by the pure power of Hinterland Blast. We feel we can bring this Heroic into play more often with some simple tuning changes. Internally, it’s been much more powerful and can even be used as a counter to a hard engagement or aggressive dive teams.

  • Mighty Gust ®
    • Cooldown decreased from 50 to 40 seconds
    • Slow duration increased from 2 to 5 seconds

JAINA

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Developer Comments: The Jaina changes are a result of her being too powerful right now, and we have a secondary goal of increasing the play of Ring of Frost. By reducing the impact of summoning a Water Elemental, Jaina loses some of her burst potential unless she chooses Ring of Frost. Water Elemental is now more focused on producing sustained damage.

  • Ring of Frost ®
    • Cooldown decreased from 100 to 80 seconds
  • Water Elemental ®
    • No longer deals damage or Chills at the Water Elemental’s spawn location

KAEL'THAS

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Developer Comments: Prior to these changes, Kael’Thas had a high win rate, but his win rate wasn’t alarming. Instead, we’re focusing on Kael’thas’ current gameplay, as it feels very set in stone and we’d like players to have the option to be creative. We’re smoothing out his power curve and making Pyroblast a more enticing choice.

  • Spell Shield (Talent) removed
  • Arcane Barrier (Talent)
    • Shield duration increased from 3 to 6 seconds
  • Verdant Spheres (Trait) (D)
    • Sunfire Enchantment (Talent)
      • Damage increased from 78 (+16 per level) to 85 (+18 per level)
  • Flamestrike (Q)
    • Damage increased from 74 (+20 per level) to 80 (+22 per level)
    • Mana Tap (Talent)
      • Now restores 5% Mana per target killed, rather than a flat amount
    • Ignite (Talent) removed
    • New Talent (Level 16): Fury of the Sunwell
      • Casting Flamestrike will cause a second Flamestrike to be cast 1 second after the first explodes
  • Living Bomb (W)
    • Damage over time increased from 60 (+18 per level) to 60 (+22 per level)
    • Explosion damage increased from 30 (+9 per level) to 30 (+11 per level)
    • Fission Bomb (Talent)
      • Damage bonus reduced from 75% to 30%
      • Now also increases the explosion radius by 30%
    • Pyromaniac (Talent)
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 1 to 2 seconds per tick
    • Backdraft (Talent)
      • Slow amount increased from 40% to 50%
      • Slow duration reduced from 2.5 to 2 seconds
  • Gravity Lapse (E)
    • Range increased by 25%
    • Gravity Throw (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13
  • Pyroblast ®
    • Range increased by 20%

KERRIGAN

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Developer Comments: These changes are intended as a slight buff overall, and to provide Kerrigan with more options. Her level 1 range increase talent was almost always picked, so we made that baseline. Several new talents and mana alterations should allow Kerrigan players to try out some Ravage and Trait based builds.

  • Seasoned Marksman (Talent) removed
  • Focused Attack (Talent) removed
  • Sprint (Talent) removed
  • Blood for Blood (Talent) removed
  • New Talent (Level 13): Queen’s Rush
    • Activate to increase Movement Speed by 25% for 4 seconds. Hero Takedowns automatically activate this effect.
  • New Talent (Level 16): Essence for Essence
    • Activate to steal 10% of an enemy Hero’s Health, and gain twice that amount as Assimilation Shields
  • Assimilation (Trait)
    • Lingering Essence (Talent)
      • Assimilation Shield duration increased from 12 to 20 seconds
  • Ravage (Q)
    • Damage increased from 50 (+20 per level) to 60 (+22 per level)
    • Mana cost decreased from 75 to 50
    • Clean Kill (Talent)
      • Now also increases the damage dealt by Kerrigan’s next Ravage by 20%
    • Adaptation (Talent)
      • Half of Ravage’s Mana cost is now refunded when jumping to an ally
    • Eviscerate (Talent)
      • Range bonus increased from 25% to 40%
  • Impaling Blades (W)
    • Mana cost increased from 60 to 75
  • Primal Grasp (E)
    • Range increased by 20%
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
    • Cooldown increased from 8 to 10 seconds
    • Damage decreased from 50 (+13 per level) to 40 (+10 per level)
    • Sweeping Grasp (Talent) removed
    • Psionic Pulse (Talent)
      • Damage per second increased from 12 (+2.4 per level) to 15 (+3 per level)
    • New Talent (Level 1): Energizing Grasp
      • Refunds 10 Mana per enemy hit, up to a maximum of 60
  • Maelstrom ®
    • Damage per second increased from 25 (+2.5 per level) to 30 (+3 per level)
    • Cooldown reduced from 120 to 100 seconds
    • Duration reduced from 9 to 7 seconds
  • Ultralisk ®
    • Cooldown now begins once the Ultralisk is killed
    • Torrasque (Talent)
      • Ultralisk can now be reborn more than once, so long as the egg isn’t destroyed within 8 seconds of the Ultralisk’s death

RAYNOR

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Developer Comments: Overall Raynor’s win rate is low and using Inspire can feel clunky as it resets your Basic Attack period. These changes should help Raynor feel more responsive to play, while also making him a bit more powerful. We also did a pass at shuffling around and tuning up some of his least picked talents.

  • Basic Attack damage increased from 35 to 40
  • Mercenary Lord (Talent) removed
  • Puttin’ on a Clinic (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 7
  • Relentless Leader (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13
  • A Card to Play (Talent)
    • Cooldown reduction per Hero killed increased from 10 to 15 seconds
  • Penetrating Round (Q)
    • Cluster Round (Talent)
      • Damage bonus per target hit increased from 10% to 20%, up to a maximum of 100%
    • Bullseye (Talent)
      • Bonus damage removed
      • Stun duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds
  • Inspire (W)
    • No longer places Raynor’s Basic Attack on cooldown
  • Adrenaline Rush (E)
    • Cooldown reduced from 45 to 40 seconds
    • Activated Rush (Talent) removed
    • Fight or Flight (Talent)
      • Now also allows manual activation of Adrenaline Rush
      • No longer removes movement impairing effects, and instead reduces damage taken by 25% for 4 seconds after activating Adrenaline Rush

THRALL

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  • Thrall’s Basic Attacks have received improvements in responsiveness, especially when stutter-stepping
  • Thrall’s first Basic Attack after Windfury ends will no longer have an abnormally long weapon period

 

SPECIALIST

 

ABATHUR

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Developer Comments: We’ve tuned up some of his weaker talent picks to make them more viable. We really like the level 20 Hivemind talent, but it can feel clunky to use as when allies move out of range, you have to decide whether to cancel and recast it, or stay focused on only a single target. With these changes, Hivemind will be much more fluid to play with and consistent in its effectiveness.

  • Volatile Mutation (Talent)
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    • Damage radius increased by 20%
  • Locust Strain (Trait)
    • Survival Instincts (Talent)
      • Locust Health bonus increased from 30% to 50%
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    • Carapace (E)
      • Regenerative Microbes (Talent)
        • Healing per second increased from 7 (+2 per level) to 9 (+3 per level)
    • Hivemind (Talent)
      • Now searches for a new Hivemind target every second, rather than only on the first cast
      • The secondary Symbiote target’s Stab and Spike Burst deal half their normal damage, and Carapace grants half its normal Shield amount
  • Toxic Nest (W)
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    • Envenomed Nest (Talent)
      • Bonus damage increased from 50% to 75%

AZMODAN

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Developer Comments: Right now, Azmodan has one competitive build at high levels of play where he stacks Globe of Annihilation (Q) talents. We think this build is a ton of fun, so we didn’t want to negatively impact this build. Instead, we wanted to give Azmodan some other build options. Right now, it’s almost always a mistake to summon one of his Demons and waste your mana. With the new tuning, and the talent changes, the Demons become a legitimate option to use. The Demons start with much more damage than previously, but scale close to what they use to be at higher levels. For players who still plan to go the (Q) build, it’s mostly the same, but we’ve offered a few additional talent choices to make options that best fit your play style. Finally, we are removing some of the Support nature of Healing Ward and Storm Shield from Azmodan. It makes more sense for him to be a greedy character, not someone who can become a hybrid support in the right situation.

  • Healing Ward (Talent) removed
  • Superiority (Talent) removed
  • First Aid (Talent) removed
  • Storm Shield (Talent) removed
  • Mercenary Lord (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 4
  • New Talent (Level 4): Sin’s Grasp
    • Activate to deal 115 (+19 per level) damage over 6 seconds to the target enemy Hero; can be cast while channeling All Shall Burn
    • Minion kills each reduce Sin’s Grasp’s 100 second cooldown by 5 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 7): Gluttonous Ward
    • Activate to place a ward that restores 25% of Azmodan’s maximum Health and Mana over 10 seconds
  • General of Hell (Trait) (D)
    • Bound Minion (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 7
    • New Talent (Level 20): Forced Recruitment
      • Reduces General of Hell’s cooldown from 30 to 20 seconds
      • Allows Azmodan to store up to two General of Hell charges
  • Globe of Annihilation (Q)
    • New Talent (Level 13): Hedonism
      • Reduces Globe of Annihilation’s Mana cost from 60 to 30
  • Summon Demon Warrior (W)
    • Demon Warrior damage changed from 20 (+3 per level) per second to 40 (+2 per level) per second
    • Enduring Warriors (Talent) removed
    • Blazing Demons (Talent) removed
    • Army of Hell (Talent)
      • No longer increases maximum Demon charges
      • Now increases Demon Warrior damage by 20%, and reduces Demon Warrior's Mana cost from 40 to 20
    • Hellforged Armor (Talent)
      • Now also causes Demon Warriors to deal 10 (+1 per level) damage per second to nearby enemies
  • All Shall Burn (E)
    • Spare Nothing (Talent) removed
    • Master of Destruction (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 1
      • Now also increases damage against Structures by 25%
    • New Talent (Level 7): Infused Power
      • All Shall Burn gains an additional charge-up level, increasing its damage by 25%

NAZEEBO

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Developer Comments: We looked at tuning up talents that wouldn’t impact his core Spider build. We’ve reverted some of the Ravenous Spirit nerfs as we saw a large shift from Ravenous to Gargantuan and wanted to see a better mix of the two.

  • M.U.L.E. (Talent) removed
  • Clairvoyance (Talent) removed
  • Sprint (Talent) removed
  • Stoneskin (Talent) removed
  • Hardened Focus (Talent) added at level 16
  • Gidbinn (Talent)
    • No longer increases the Plague of Toads explosion radius
    • Zombie Wall and Corpse Spider duration bonuses increased from 25% to 33%
  • New Talent (Level 13): Thing of the Deep
    • Increases the range for all of Nazeebo’s Basic Abilities by 25%
  • Voodoo Ritual (Trait)
    • Blood Ritual (Talent)
      • Health and Mana restoration bonuses increased from 100% to 125%
  • Zombie Wall (W)
    • Fresh Corpses (Talent)
      • No longer increases Zombie damage
      • Now permanently reduces Zombie Wall’s cooldown by 4 seconds
    • Dead Rush (Talent)
      • Now also increases Zombie damage by 50%
  • Plague of Toads (E)
    • Toads of Hugeness (Talent)
      • Now also increases Toad explosion radius by 20% each time they hop
    • New Talent (Level 7): Toad Affinity
      • Each enemy hit by Plague of Toads restores 5 Mana and reduces its cooldown by 1 second
  • Gargantuan ®
    • Gargantuan Stomp ®
      • Animation duration reduced from 1 to 0.5 seconds
      • Hovering the cursor over Gargantuan Stomp on the Ability Hotbar will now display a range indicator
  • Ravenous Spirit ®
    • Damage changed from 30 (+8 per level) to 25 (+9 per level)
    • Damage radius increased by approximately 22%

SGT. HAMMER

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Developer Comments: Hammer is one of our lowest win rate characters so we looked at some easy buffs we could make. We feel like she has a great playstyle and wanted to highlight her fantasy more. The increased health will let you be a bit more aggressive and the increased damage will better reinforce her long range, high damage capabilities. Finally, her Siege Mode can be used much more frequently and with less emphasis on securing the perfect location. It’s okay now to Siege up, get a couple shots in, and then get out of danger. 

  • Health increased from 720 (+140 per level) to 740 (+150 per level)
  • Artillery (Trait)
    • Damage bonus against distant targets increased from 20% to 30%
  • Siege Mode (E)
    • Cooldown decreased from 5 to 2 seconds
    • Mana cost reduced from 40 to 20

SYLVANAS

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  • Mercenary Lord (Talent) removed

 

SUPPORT

 

BRIGHTWING

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Developer Comments: We like a lot of what the rework did for Brightwing, but overall her healing output went down more than intended. This change will give her back a big portion of the lost healing and should increase her total healing output (tab screen wise) by about 15-20%.

  • Soothing Mist (Trait)
    • Healing increased from 25 (+7.5 per level) to 30 (+9 per level)

MALFURION

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Developer Comments: Player feedback brought to our attention that this particular level 4 talent on Malfurion was an obvious trap at 20%. While we don’t want to give Malfurion a solid burst healing option, we agreed and have tuned this talent up to 50%. At 50%, and in a vacuum, this talent may still be undertuned, but it eventually adds up to a decent additional amount of healing. Over a sustained period of time, this additional 50% outpaces Protective Shield, for example.

  • Regrowth (Q)
    • Rampant Growth (Talent)
      • Initial Heal bonus increased from 20% to 50%

REHGAR

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Developer Comments: Bloodlust is rarely picked right now, but we feel like both Heroics are extremely powerful. Without changing anything massive, we’re simply reducing the CD of Bloodlust so it can be used more frequently. We believe if Basic Attack based heroes become more prevalent in the Meta, this Heroic could become dominant, so we’ll be taking a cautious approach.

  • Bloodlust ®
    • Cooldown decreased from 120 to 90 seconds

TASSADAR

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  • Spell Shield (Talent) removed
  • Oracle (Trait) (D)
    • Cooldown increased from 30 to 40 seconds
    • Mental Acuity (Talent)
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 15 to 20 seconds
  • Plasma Shield (Q)
    • Mana Cost decreased from 60 to 50
    • Minion Bulwark (Talent) removed
    • Reinforce Structure (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 1
  • Psi-Storm (W)
    • Mana Cost decreased from 65 to 50
    • Psi-Infusion (Talent)
      • Mana returned per target hit reduced from 7 to 5

WARRIOR

 

CHEN

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  • Flying Kick (Q)
    • Flying Kick is now much more accurate and will hit enemies much more consistently.

LEORIC

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  • Undying (Trait)
    • Many of Leoric’s healing effects during Undying are now half as effective
    • Reanimation (Talent)
      • Health regeneration during Undying decreased from 1.5 to 0.75 Health per second
    • Ossein Renewal (Talent)
      • Heal amount during Undying reduced from 20% to 10% of Leoric’s maximum Health
    • Ghastly Swing (Q)
      • Consume Vitality (Talent)
        • Healing reduced during Undying from 2% to 1% of Leroic’s maximum Health per target hit, capping at 5%
    • Drain Essence (W)
      • Now restores up to 12.5% of Leroic’s maximum Health during Undying, rather than a flat amount (was approximately 10%)
      • Willing Vessel (Talent)
        • Now also increases Drain Essence’s healing to 15% during Undying
  • Skeletal Swing (Q)
    • No longer deals 100% increased damage to structures

SONYA

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Developer Comments: Overall, we’re looking to tune Sonya up slightly. With the health increases, she’ll be a bit more tanky. Previously, Whirlwind could be very frustrating to lane against if you didn’t have a stun. With the shift of less healing from minions and more from heroes, this will make Sonya less of a lane bully and more of an effective skirmisher.

  • Health increased from 930 (+210 per level) to 950 (+220 per level)
  • Fury (Trait)
    • Shot of Fury (Talent)
      • No longer dismounts Sonya on activation
  • Whirlwind (E)
    • Healing reduced from 25% to 20% of damage dealt
    • Healing for damage dealt to Heroes has increased from double to triple

TYRAEL

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Developer Comments: Overall, our goal was to make Sanctification a viable Heroic for players. We increased its effectiveness and fixed a few bugs to make the ability more consistent. With the changes, Sanctification can become extremely powerful at countering Wombos or Hard Engage teams, making it an enticing choice over Judgement in certain situations.   

  • El’Druin’s Might (Q)
    • After throwing El’Druin, a timer bar will now display on screen to indicate how much time remains before El’Druin’s Might expires
  • Sanctification ®
    • No longer requires Tyrael to channel the Ability. All Heroes, including Tyrael, will be invulnerable while within Sanctification’s area of effect
    • Now has a 0.5 second cast time
    • Cooldown increased from 50 to 70 seconds
    • Area of effect radius reduced by approximately 53%
  • Judgment ®
    • Casting time increased from 0.5 to 0.75 seconds
    • Judgment’s target is now briefly revealed upon casting
    • New art has been added that will better notify the target of an incoming Judgment
    • The distance that an enemy targeted by Judgment must travel beyond the Ability’s maximum cast range in order to interrupt it has been increased by 66%

 

BUG FIXES

 

General

  • The Wonder Billie Mount can now be properly selected for use in Hero League and Custom Games.
  • Fixed a rare issue that could sometimes cause matchmade games to start with fewer than 10 players.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause French AZERTY and German QWERTZ keyboards to revert to using QWERTY keyboard hotkeys.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a noticeable gamma change for some Mac users. 

Art

  • The visual effects preceding Furnace Blast’s explosion will now remain visible while The Butcher is affected by Brightwing’s Polymorph.

Battlegrounds

  • Heroes that are near a Dragon Knight when it is killed will no longer exhibit unexpected movement behavior. 
  • Battlefield of Eternity Minions affected by Sylvanas’ Possession will now properly grant vision to the controlling team.
  • Captured Bruiser Mercenary Camps on Battlefield of Eternity will now properly display their respawn timers when mousing over them on the minimap.
  • Fixed a rare issue that could cause Mercenary Camps to permanently vanish on Battlefield of Eternity.
  • Visual effects from Basic Attacks and Hero Abilities against an Immortal are no longer visible through the fog of war.
  • Fixed an issue in which certain movement-based Abilities, such as Kerrigan’s Ravage or Chen’s Flying Kick, could not target the Doubloon Chests on Blackheart’s Bay, or Plant Terror Overgrowths on Garden of Terror.
  • Enemy Heroes within a Dragon Knight or Garden Terror will no longer become unresponsive if that vehicle is killed by Sylvanas’ Unstable Poison. 

Heroes and Talents

  • Abathur’s Evolve Monstrosity cooldown will no longer begin counting down when Abathur is killed while a Monstrosity remains alive.
  • Fixed an issue that could allow Abathur to become permanently invulnerable under certain circumstances.
  • Abathur’s Stab and Spike Burst Abilities will now deal the proper amount of damage to Promoted Minions.
  • After learning the Evolution Complete Talent, Abathur’s Monstrosity will no longer retain some of the Minions Absorbed stacks earned by a previous Monstrosity.
  • Casting Abathur’s Ultimate Evolution on Tyrael just as Tyrael is killed will now properly place Ultimate Evolution on a reduced cooldown.
  • Anub’arak’s Web Wrap and Stitches' Gorge will now work properly when used against Unstoppable targets, which is consistent with Zagara's Devouring Maw.
  • Chen’s Flying Kick will now be properly canceled when cast on an enemy that is transitioning between levels on the Haunted Mines. 
  • Illidan will no longer fly to the enemy Hall of Storms if the target of The Hunt is killed before the Ability completes.
  • After learning the Wintermute Talent, Jaina’s Water Elemental will now properly mirror her Blizzard casts.
  • Kerrigan's Aggressive Defense Talent now correctly increases the Assimilation Shield amount gained from Basic Attacks and Abilities by 100% when paired with her Fury of the Swarm Talent.
  • Li Li's Cloud Serpent will now attack at the proper speed whether Li Li is moving or standing still.
  • Malfurion's Tranquility will no longer heal him for double the intended amount.
  • Nazeebo’s Gargantuan Stomp tooltip now properly reflects a 5 second Ability cooldown for the Ability.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Gargantuan Stomp button to persist on Nazeebo’s Ability Hotbar after his Gargantuan had been killed.
  • Fixed an issue in which Ability effects, such as Giant Killer, Focused Attack, and Zagara’s Envenomed Spines, could be applied while Blinded.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent Abilities like Brightwing's Soothing Mist or Malfurion's Life Seed from auto-casting during Iceblock, or periods during which players are stunned or silenced.
  • Leoric’s Reanimation Talent will no longer allow him to benefit from enemy Regen Globes during Undying.
  • Fixed a bug that could allow Leoric’s Consume Vitality to heal him for more than the five target maximum during Undying.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause Leoric’s Consume Vitality to trigger multiple times after striking a single target.
  • Murky can no longer use Pufferfish to permanently reveal parts of the fog of war before the match starts.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Stitches’ Hook to become visually stuck to an enemy Hero and fail to pull the target under certain circumstances.
  • The Butcher’s Savage Charge Talent will now properly apply its damage bonus when using Ruthless Onslaught on an enemy Hero that has less than 50% Health remaining.
  • Ruthless Onslaught will no longer cause The Butcher to continue searching for the target even after losing vision of that Hero.
  • Minions affected by Sylvanas’ Possession will no longer occasionally appear to attack one another.
  • Right-clicking Tassadar as he begins using Dimensional Shift will no longer cause the auto-attack reticule to appear while he is invisible.
  • Tyrael will no longer fly to the enemy Hall of Storms if his Judgment target is killed before the Ability completes.
  • Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause Tyrael's Judgment to fail to cast properly on the intended target.
  • Tyrael's Judgment will no longer affect Heroes inside Zagara's Devouring Maw.
  • Heroes that are struck by Tyrael’s Judgment and another knockback effect, such as The Butcher’s Ruthless Onslaught, in rapid succession will no longer be pushed farther than intended.
  • Fixed an issue in which the following Abilities and Talents were not damaging or destroying Zagara's Creep Tumors:
    • Brightwing's Peekaboo, Diablo's Firestorm (returning fireballs), Johanna's Blessed Hammer, Leoric's Buried Alive, Nova's Railgun, Sgt. Hammer's Napalm Strike (impact damage) and Tychus' Big Red Button (the nuke portion)
  • Casting Zeratul's Void Prison on Forts or Keeps should no longer cause targeting issues for Blackheart’s cannons.

Sound

  • Entering Void Prison while using The Butcher’s Ruthless Onslaught will no longer cause Ruthless Onslaught’s sound effects to loop. 

User Interface

  • Takedown and Death counters in Player Profiles have been updated with totals from all previous patches, and will no longer reset with each Heroes patch.
  • The recipient for an incomplete chat message will no longer switch back to Allies upon re-opening the chat box.
  • Most Takedowns As, Most Deaths As, and Games Played statistics will now update correctly when a Hero in the Top 3 is replaced.

 

Big changes in this update! Anything you're particularly excited for?

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Great summary, Odinn! 

 

I'm particularly looking forward to the talent changes. Bolt of the Storm needed a higher CD, Cleanse felt too strong as well. Blizzard definitely takes a giant step in the right direction with this upcoming patch! 

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Great summary, Odinn! 

 

I'm particularly looking forward to the talent changes. Bolt of the Storm needed a higher CD, Cleanse felt too strong as well. Blizzard definitely takes a giant step in the right direction with this upcoming patch! 

 

The Cleanse nerf definitely hurts, but also makes engaging to take out a support substantially more meaningful.

 

Bolt being slightly weaker to make the tier 2 ultimates more attractive is actually awesome, in my opinion. Very few non-Support Heroes were ever taking anything other than Bolt or Nexus Blades, but I really like the game play that some of the upgraded ultimates provide!

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      Lili Jug of 1,000 Cups healing increased from 66 to 80. Medivh Mage Armor duration increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds. Mage Armor increased from 30 to 50 Armor. Nova Advanced Cloaking bonus mana regen increased from 3 to 6. Anti-Armor Shells duration increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds. Return to Top
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      General
      Fixed an anchor offset on Hero Select display. Fixed an issue that caused Shielding to not be displayed correctly in the Death Recap. Fixed an issue that caused Hellbats and Gnolls to reduce the Armor of enemies before damage was dealt. Fixed an issue that caused Heroes that use non-standard attack abilities to display the incorrect confirmation visuals. Fixed an issue that caused place of death to reveal into nearby shrubs. Fixed an issue that caused player-located cooldowns to continue refreshing after a Core is destroyed. Fixed an issue that caused Sapper Mercenaries' area warning indicator to persist after the attack has landed. Fixed an issue that caused the event count in the Death Recap to update for all players when a new death recap is created for any player. Maps
      Blackheart's Bay Chests now feature a warning indicator for the coin land location. Heroes
      Abathur Evolve Monstrosity Stacks are now a Heroic Quest. Toxic Nest is no longer triggered by Invulnerable enemies. Alarak Fixed an issue that caused Last Laugh to heal when they have been granted Spell leech. (Example: Nano Infusion from Ana) Anduin Fixed an issue that caused Piercing Light to treat the first hit as the second. Anubarak Anubarak's Burning Beetle damage is now affected by all forms of damage modification. No longer able to use Locust Swarm while riding on the Toy Train. Updating cancel animations of Hardened Shields to be like similar visuals. Artanis Fixed an issue that caused Target Purified to deal double damage. Fixed an issue that caused Titan Killer being capable of damaging Invulnerable targets when activated from Twin Blades. Updated visuals of Spell Armor. Arthas Legion of Northrend's bonus healing is now additive. Rime now has a Block visual. Azmodan Bombardment will no longer attack inactive Mercenaries unless the attack is against an inactive Mercenary. Fixed Globe of Annihilation no longer stacking off of Possessed minions. Brightwing Fixed an issue that caused Phase Shift to activate on the previous target. Butcher Fixed an issue that caused Butcher's Fresh Meat spawning meat off of Possessed minions. Cassia Updating cancel animations of Hardened Shields to be like similar visuals. Chen Fixed an issue that caused Stagger to heal when they have been granted Spell leech. (Example: Nano Infusion from Ana) ChoGall Fixed an issue that caused Enraged Regeneration to display incorrectly in the Death Recap. Deathwing Added Bellowing Roar Camera Lock. Deckard Fixed an issue that caused Ancient Blessings damage to not scale on targets if they level up while it is active. Included Potion to search text for Deckard. Dehaka Updated visuals of Spell Armor. D.Va Fixed an issue that caused Liquid Cooling to reset the fountain in ARAM incorrectly. Pilot Mode can now see the Self-Destruct charge. E.T.C. Crowd Surfer now displays floating text for mana refund. Falstad Fixed an issue that caused Falstad's Flight warning indicator to no longer display after selecting Epic Mount. Fixed an issue that caused Sustained Winds to damage invulnerable targets. Gazlowe Fixed an issue that caused Xplodium Bomb to not be affected by allied cooldown reduction. Genji Fixed an issue that caused Strike at the Heart to not display a damage preview. Swift Strike now displays floating text for mana refund. Updated visuals of Spell Armor. Hanzo Ignore All Distractions will now display MISSED! text in the case of Blinds. Hogger Fixed an issue that caused Hogger's Hogg Wild visual to be visible when Hogger is visible. Imperius Fixed an issue that caused Brightwing and Falstad to be at the incorrect height after Celestial Charge Stuns them and a least one other Hero. Junkrat Fixed an issued that caused Chattering Teeth to apply to Arming Steel Traps when selected. Kerrigan Fixed an issue that caused Sharpened Blades to stack off of Possessed minions. Included Infested to search text for Kerrigan. Leoric Skeletal Swing mana refund now displays as a crit. Li-Ming Fixed an issue if Seeker is slected while Magic Missiles are in flight while Force Armor was selected. Fixed an issue that caused Force Armor to grant multiple stacks from the same Magic Missiles cast. Lucio Fixed an issue that caused Sound Barrier shields to not decay if Bossa Nova was slected while the target was shielded. Lunara Splintered Spear will no longer attack inactive Mercenaries unless the triggering attack is against an inactive Mercenary. Maiev Naisha's Memento first bounce can now bounce to inactive Mercenaries if the triggering attack is against an inactive Mercenary. Mal'Ganis Included Vampire to search text for Mal'Ganis. Medivh Medivh's Portal is now an invalid target for allied abilities. (Example: Brightwing's Blink Heal) Mei Fixed an issue where The Big One was not gaining the full benefit of Slushball. Mephisto Fixed an issue that caused Unspeakable Horror being temporarily disabled when the target is knocked back. Murky Egg Hunt Egg is no longer killed in one hit by Structures. Fixed an issue that caused Fishy Deal to stack off of Possessed minions. Nazeebo Fixed an issue that caused Voodoo Ritual to stack off of Possessed minions. Nova Fixed an issue that caused Holo Decoy's health bars to display incorrectly after losing Protected. Orphea Fixed an issue that caused Ravenous Hunger to stack off of Possessed minions. Fixed an issue that caused Shadow Waltz to refund mana multiple times per cast. Probius Fixed an issue that caused Spawning Minerals off of Possessed minions. Included Builder to search text for Probius. Qhira Updated visuals of Spell Armor. Ragnaros Fixed an issue that caused Sulfuras Hungers to stack off of Possessed minions. Updated visuals of Spell Armor. Rehgar Improved Death Recap for Hunger of the Wolf. Samuro Mirage now functions like other Spell Armor Blocks. Stitches Fixed an issue that caused Putrefaction to display floating text multiple times at once. Stukov Fixed an issue that caused Weighted Pustule to not display a damage preview. Sylvanas Fixed an issue that caused Withering Fire to display incorrectly. Tassadar Fixed an issue where Twilight Archon could use Toy Train. Khaydarin Amulet will cancel itself if the target is an inactive Mercenary. Thrall Fixed an issue that caused Echo of the Elements activating off of Possessed Minions and Hallucinations. Fixed an issue that caused Rolling Thunder to not activate from Tempest Fury's attacks. Fixed an issue that caused Wolf Pack to reset Feral Spirit on talent reset incorrectly. The Lost Vikings Fixed an issue that caused Nordic Attack Squad to be able to damage invulnerable targets. Fixed an issue where there health was not set to full on death. Tracer Ricochet can now bounce to inactive Mercenaries if the attack is against an inactive Mercenary. Whitemane Included Chapeau to search text for Whitemane. Zagara Medusa Blades will no longer attack inactive Mercenaries unless the triggering attack is against an inactive Mercenary. Mutalisk first bounce can now bounce to inactive Mercenaries if the attack is against an inactive Mercenary. Zarya Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks not being affected properly by attack speed modifiers. Zeratul Fixed an issue that caused Might of the Nerazim abilities to heal for more damage than intended with Shadow Mending. Zul'jin A Surprise For Ya! can now bounce to inactive Mercenaries if the attack is against an inactive Mercenary. 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      A new Heroes of the Storm patch has hit live servers. Check out the official patch notes for more details!
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      Heroes of the Storm has just been updated with the patch! We would like to take a moment to thank the community for providing insight and feedback for these changes.
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      Camera Follow releash timer increased from 6 seconds to 12 seconds. You can now pan the camera further away from your Hero with Camera Lock enabled before it will prevent further panning. User Interface
      Floating text display for last hits updated to golden display. Fixed an issue that allowed the Active Ability Hotkey Buttons to be dragged in the Hotkey Menu. Holding down Shift or Control will now also register as having the announcement modifier held for clicking on in the Top Bar. ARAM
      Base experience value of Experience Globes increased from 80 to 160. Experience value of Melee Minions reduced from 84 to 0. Experience value of Wizard Minions reduced from 75 to 0. Experience value of Ranged Minions reduced from 72 to 0. Observer
      Experience Globes will now be displayed as Blue for the team on the left and Grey for the team on the right. The Interface has been updated to display Misha, Olaf, Baleog, and Erik's health bars. Fixed an issue that caused D.Va's health bar in the Interface to only display the Pilot's health. Recap
      Combat Healing will no longer register Mana or Shields restored to allied Heroes as Healing. Clutch Healer will now only register healing done to Health. Protector will now register damage prevented by Protected as Protection. Return to Top
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      Alterac Pass
      Fixed an issue that caused Gnolls to reduce the armor of Evading targets. Braxis Holdout
      Fixed an issue that caused Hellbats to reduce the armor of Evading targets. Hanamura Temple
      Fixed an issue that caused the Recon Camp to have the scaling value reset when captured. Warhead Junction
      Fixed an issue that caused Hellbats to reduce the armor of Evading targets. Return to Top
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      Abathur
      Fixed an issue that caused Envenomed Nest's Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability. Fixed an issue that caused Adrenal Overload to not apply to channeled Basic Attacks. Fixed an issue that caused Bombard Strain Locusts to not deal bonus damage to enemy Structures. Fixed an issue that caused Monstrosity to gain more than intended damage from Minion kills. Toxic Nest will no longer reveal attackers to Abathur during the Arming phase. Locust damage will no longer display as a critical against Structures. The damage bonus remains unaltered. Stab no longer reveals the area around the target and will now only reveal the target itself for 2 seconds. Spike Burst will now reveal the effected area for 0.75 seconds. Bombard Strain icon updated. Alarak
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Very Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Blade of the Highlord while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Lightning Surge now reveal the primary target for 2 seconds. Deadly Charge will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Alexstrasza
      Fixed an issue that caused Cleansing Flame to grant Alexstrasza healing equal to the bonus health provided by Dragonqueen if Dragonqueen is active when activated. Fixed an issue that caused Abundance to display the healing preview after the heal has activated. Fixed an issue that caused Preservation to display the healing preview after the heal has activated. Fixed an issue that caused Pacify and Life Unbound to activate their on-heal from Dragonqueen Basic Attacks while Alexstrasza is Blinded. Fixed an issue that caused Dragonqueen Basic Attacks to not heal Invulnerable allies if they are in Alexstrasza's space. Fixed an issue that caused Cleansing Flame's cooldown to not be displayed on the talents tab of the scoreboard while Dragonqueen is active. Ancient Flame icon updated. Ana
      Difficulty updated from Hard to Very Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to grant stacks of Dynamic Optics while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Contact Healing will now only cause Biotic Grenade's Healing and Damage to display as a critical if at least 2 Heroes are hit, instead of only requiring the talent to be taken. Anduin
      Fixed an issue that caused Moral Compass to hit Invulnerable enemies. Anub'arak
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that allowed select abilities to be activated while disabled if selected during the effects of Cocoon. Chitinous Plating icon updated. Artanis
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Shield Overload to be reduced in cooldown from Basic Attacks while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Blade of a Templar to slow targets while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Reactive Parry to grant stacks of Block from Twin Blades while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue that caused Reactive Parry to not grant a stack of Block from the third strike of Twin Blades. Fixed an issue that caused Plasma Burn's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased. Auriel
      Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard. Fixed an issue that caused Reservoir of Hope to not display on the talents tab of the scoreboard as a quest talent. Sacred Sweep will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Detainment Strike will now reveal targets knocked back for 2 seconds. Crystal Aegis will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds. Azmodan
      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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