Our next Heroes of the Storm patch is live! Read on for more information.

NOTE: Orange text indicates a change between PTR and Live notes.

Quick Navigation:

• General
• Map Updates
• Balance Update
• Bug Fixes

General

• New Mount: Scrapper Mad Axe Mono Wheel

• Unranked Mode has been removed.
• Respawn timers have been reduced in the mid-to-late game. By level 22, respawn timers are back at 65 seconds.
• Updated Homescreen and Startup Music.

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Map Updates

• Garden of Terror Classic
  • The original Garden of Terror has returned to Custom Games!
  • The name has been changed to Garden of Terror Classic to differentiate from the current Garden of Terror.
• Haunted Mines
  • Haunted mines has returned to Quick Match!
  • The Mine Golem now drops an additional 10 Skulls over the course of its lifetime.
  • Map objective is now complete when one team collects 55 Skulls, rather than when all 100 Skulls have been collected.
  • Hero vision is reduced while in the mines.
• Warhead Junction
  • Cast time for Nuke increased from 2.5 seconds to 3 seconds.
  • Cast time for Nuke now breaks upon taking damage.
  • DoT damage from Nuke increased by 100%.
  • Damage to Forts and Keeps from Nuke increased from 100% to 125%.

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Balance Update

Heroes

Arthas

• Arthas has been fully reworked! All abilities and talents will be listed below.

Base

• Death Coil [Q]
  • Mana: 40.
  • Cooldown: 9 seconds.
  • Deals 164 damage to target enemy.
  • Can be self-cast to heal for 262 Health.
• Howling Blast [W]
  • Mana: 50.
  • Cooldown: 10 seconds.
  • Root enemies within the target area for 1.25 seconds and deals 68 damage.
• Frozen Tempest [E]
  • Mana: 13 per second.
  • Cooldown: 1 second.
  • Deals 36 damage per second to nearby enemies and Slow their Movement Speed by 10% per second, stacking up to 40%. Heroes hit also have their Attack Speed Slowed by 10% per second, stacking up to 40%. Frozen Tempest's effects last for 1.5 seconds.
• Army of the Dead [R]
  • Charge Cooldown: 18 seconds.
  • Consume all charges to summon an equal number of Ghouls that last 15 seconds and attack for 20 damage. Ghouls can be sacrificed to heal Arthas for 240 Health. Stores up to 6 charges.
  • Every time an enemy minion dies nearby, reduce the charge cooldown of this ability by 1 second. Takedowns reduce the charge cooldown of this ability by 6 seconds.
• Summon Sindragosa [R]
  • Mana: 100.
  • Cooldown: 100 seconds.
  • Deals 230 damage and Slows enemies by 60% for 4 seconds. Also disables Minions, Mercenaries, Monsters, and Structures for 20 seconds.
• Frostmourne Hungers [D]
  • Cooldown: 12 seconds.
  • Activate to make Arthas' next Basic Attack strike immediately and deal 71 bonus damage. Dealing damage restores 40 Mana.
  • QUEST: Killing a Minion or hitting a Hero with Frostmourne Hungers permanently increases its bonus damage and Arthas' Basic Attack damage by 1.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Frost Presence
    • Increase the area of Howling Blast by 20%.
    • QUEST: Root enemy Heroes with Howling Blast.
    • REWARD: After Rooting 15 Heroes, Howling Blast's range is increased by 20% and it hits enemies in its path.
    • REWARD: After Rooting 30 Heroes, Death Coil Slows Heroes hit by 50% for 0.75 seconds.
  • Borean Winds
    • After Frozen Tempest has been active for 2 seconds, Arthas gains 10% Movement Speed.
    • PASSIVE: Frozen Tempest's Slowing effects last an additional 0.5 seconds and its Mana cost is reduced by 4 per second.
  • Rime
    • Every 5 seconds, gain 75 Physical Armor against the next enemy Hero Basic Attack, reducing the damage taken by 75%. Stores up to 3 charges.
    • PASSIVE: While Arthas is Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned he heals 24 Health a second.
• Level 4
  • Shattered Armor
    • Enemy Heroes hit by Howling Blast have their Armor reduced by 15 for 4 seconds.
  • Icy Talons
    • Gain 3% Attack Speed for 2 seconds every time a Hero is damaged by Frozen Tempest, to a maximum of 60%.
  • Frost Strike
    • Frostmourne Hungers deals an additional 115 Ability damage in an area and Slows Heroes hit by 20% for 2 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Immortal Coil
    • Gain the healing effect of Death Coil even when used on enemies. If Death Coil is used on Arthas, it heals for an additional 75% bonus healing and its cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds.
  • Rune Tap
    • Every 3rd Basic Attack heals Arthas for 5% of his max Health.
    • PASSIVE: Each stack of Frostmourne Hungers increases Arthas' Maximum Health by 10.
  • Icebound Fortitude
    • Cooldown: 35 seconds.
    • Activate to gain 25 Armor and reduce the duration of Stuns, Slows, and Roots against Arthas by 75% for 3 seconds.
    • Each Hero Rooted by Howling Blast reduces the cooldown of this ability by 2 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Deathlord
    • If Death Coil is used on an enemy Hero, launch an additional Death Coil at a nearby enemy Hero.
    • PASSIVE: Death Coil deals more damage the lower Arthas' current Health is, to a maximum of 50% bonus damage.
  • Deathchill
    • Howling Blast's damage is increased by 2 for each stack of Frostmourne Hungers.
    • Howling Blast deals 100% additional damage and Roots for an additional 0.25 seconds against Heroes under 50% Health.
  • Biting Cold
    • Each second an enemy is damaged by Frozen Tempest, it deals 15% bonus damage, up to 75% bonus damage.
• Level 16
  • Remorseless Winter
    • Enemy Heroes that remain within Frozen Tempest for 2.5 seconds are Rooted for 1.25 seconds and heal Arthas for 3% of his maximum Health. This effect has an 8 second cooldown per target.
  • Frostmourne Feeds
    • Reduce the cooldown of Frostmourne Hungers by 6 seconds. Arthas heals for 75% of the Basic Attack damage dealt by Frostmourne Hungers.
  • Anti-Magic Shell
    • Cooldown 60 seconds.
    • Activate to make Arthas immune to Spell Damage for 4 seconds and heal Arthas for 25% of the damage prevented.
• Level 20
  • Legion of Northrend
    • Reduce Army of the Dead's charge cooldown by 5 seconds.
    • Each charge consumed spawns an additional Ghoul to attack nearby enemies. These Ghouls cannot be sacrificed.
  • Absolute Zero
    • Sindragosa flies twice as far. Enemy Heroes are Rooted for 2.5 seconds, and then Slowed by 60% for 4 seconds.
  • Death Pact
    • Instantly double your stacks of Frostmourne Hungers, but it no longer gains stacks from hitting Heroes or killing Minions.
    • PASSIVE: Takedowns grant 2 stacks of Frostmourne Hungers.
  • Path of Frost
    • Activate to instantly Mount with 10% additional Movement Speed. Taking damage does not dismount Arthas from this mount. Lasts up to 5 seconds.
    • When Arthas dismounts, Slow all nearby enemies by 30% for 2 seconds and deal 66 damage.

Chen

Base

• Keg Smash [W]
  • Breath of Fire initial decreased from 85 to 40.
  • Breath of Fire duration increased from 3 seconds to 6 seconds.
  • Breath of Fire no longer costs Energy.
  • Keg Smash energy cost increased to 35 40 from 30.
• Fortifying Brew [D]
  • Drinking now stops additional commands for a fraction of a second.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Accumulating Flames
    • Moved from Level 4 to Level 1.
    • REWORK: Quest: Gain stacks from hitting Heroes with DoT damage from Breath of Fire. Each stack provides 0.25 damage. At 20 damage, Keg Smash becomes ranged. Mythic Reward: At 75 damage, Breath of Fire redcues enemy Armor by 20 and is refreshed from Chen's Basic Attacks.
• Level 4
  • Eye of the Tiger
    • Moved from Level 1 to Level 4.
• Level 7
  • Elusive Brawler
    • Movement Speed reduced from 30% to 20%.
• Level 10
  • Wandering Keg
    • Cooldown increased from 50 seconds to 60 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Pressure Point
    • Slow duration increased from 1 second to 1.5 seconds.

Deathwing

Base

• Onslaught [E]
  • Cooldown increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds.
• Dragonflight [Z]
  • Cooldown increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds.

Talents

• Level 16
  • Gaze onto Destruction
    • Duration reduced from 5 seconds to 3.5 seconds.

Falstad

Talents

• Level 1
  • Frequent Flyer
    • Range to receive kill credit reduced from 14 to 8.5.

Garrosh

Base

• Wrecking Ball [E]
  • Range reduced from 6.5 to 6.
  • Search range reduced from 2.5 to 2.25.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Unrivaled Strength
    • Ranged bonus reduced from 20% to 15%.

Gazlowe

Base

• Rock-It! Turret [Q]
  • Turret Health increased from 510 to 600.
  • Health decays over 20 seconds (from 17).

Talents

• Level 10
  • Robo-goblin
    • Damage per second increased from 90 to 100.

Mal'Ganis

Base

• Necrotic Embrace [W]
  • Now benefits double the amount from Vampiric Touch.
  • No longer provides 25 Armor for 3 seconds.
  • Now provides 15 Spell Armor for 3 seconds.
  • Damage increased from 110 to 121.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Will of Tichondrius
    • Moved from Level 7 to Level 1.
    • REWORK: Hit Heroes with Fel Claws to gain 0.5 damage. Hit 4 Heroes in the first two swipes to cause the last wipe to provide 2 additional damage. Upon reaching 40 stacks, Fel Claws now steals 4% health from opponents and Stuns for an additional 0.5 seconds.
• Level 4
  • Vampiric Aura
    • Moved from Level 1 to Level 4.
    • Self healing increased from 30% to 40% and healing of nearby Allies increased from 15% to 20%.
  • Might of Sargeras
    • Now provides 35 Armor for 3 seconds when using Necrotic Embrace.
• Level 7
  • Fueled by Torment
    • Moved from Level 4 to Level 7.
    • Now causes Necrotic Embrace to Slow by 25% for 3 seconds.

Medivh

Talents

• Level 1
  • Winds of Celerity
    • Movement Speed bonus increased from 50% to 75% 100%.
  • Raven's Intellect
    • Bonus increased from 75% to 125% 200%.
• Level 4
  • Raven Familiar
    • Slow reduced from 30% to 20%.
• Level 7
  • Force of Magic
    • Spell Power increased from 30% to 35%.
• Level 13
  • Circle of Protection
    • No longer increases the cooldown of Force of Will.
• Level 20
  • Guardian of Tirisfal
    • Now also increases the range of Arcane Rift by 50%.

Muradin

Base

• It's Hammer Time! [Q]
  • Muradin gains 5 stacks if a target dies within 3 seconds of being hit by Storm Bolt.
  • Stack requirement for pierce increased from 40 to 45.

Talents

• Level 16
  • Dwarf Launch
    • Cooldown reduction decreased from 2 seconds to 1 second.
• Level 20
  • Mountain King
    • Dwarf Toss cooldown increased by 2 seconds.
    • Thunder Clap cooldown increased by 2 seconds.

Sgt. Hammer

Talents

• Level 1
  • Maelstrom Rounds
    • Damage bonus increased from 30% to 40%.
• Level 13
  • Hyper-Cooling Engines
    • Cooldown reduction no longer triggers off of Splash damage, but now triggers off of Structures.
• Level 20
  • Advanced Lava Strike
    • Damage bonus increased from 50% to 65%.
  • Ultra-Capacitors
    • Cooldown reduction no longer triggers off of Splash damage, but now triggers off of Structures.

Thrall

Talents

• Level 1
  • Crash Lightning
    • Amount stacks lost on death reduced from 6 to 4.
  • Echo of the Elements
    • Damage done by the chain lightning bounces rewarded from obtaining the Mythic Reward reduced from 85 to 70.
    • Kill window increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds.
    • Stack requirements increased from 20/40/100 to 20/50/125.
    • Second reward no longer provides an extra bounce.
• Level 7
  • Rolling Thunder
    • Now also provides an extra bounce of Chain Lightning.

Tyrande

Base

• Lunar Flare [E]
  • Tyrande gains 1 stack if the target dies within 3 seconds of being hit.
  • Mythic Reward now also increases Attack Range by 1.
  • Lunar flare damage from hitting a Hero reduced from 4% to 3.5% 3%.

Talents

• Level 16
  • Quickening Blessing
    • Movement bonus increased from 20% to 25%.
• Level 20
  • Commander of Sentinels
    • Cooldown of Sentinel increased by 3 seconds.

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Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed an issue that caused Unstoppable targets to not be immune to Blinds.

Maps

• General
  • Fixed an issue that caused Bosses to attack Summoned units.
• Blackheart's Bay
  • Fixed an issue that caused the AI to have issues turning in coins.
• Infernal Shrines
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Minions from pathing near the Arcane Punisher's beams.

Heroes

• D.Va
  • Base
    • Defense Matrix [W]
      • D.Va's Mech will now retarget Defense Matrix when controlled by an AI.
• Deathwing
  • Base
    • Dragonflight [Z]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Dragonflight's cooldown to increase upon taking damage to only occur when the cooldown is below 4 seconds.
• Garrosh
  • Level 4
    • In For the Kill
      • Fixed an issue that caused In For the Kill to not completely reset the cooldown of Bloodthirst.
• Gul'dan
  • Base
    • Drain Life [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Drain Life to not always be interrupted if the target leaves its range.
• Jaina
  • Base
    • Improved Ice Block [1]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Improved Ice Block and Ice Cold to not be used correctly by AI-controlled Jaina.
• Kael'thas
  • Level 20
    • Rebirth
      • Fixed an issue that caused Rebirth to not be used correctly by AI-controlled Kael'thas.
• Li Li
  • Base
    • Cloud Serpent [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Cloud Serpent to not be made visible when damaging a target while in the Fog of War.
• Medivh
  • Level 10
    • Poly Bomb
      • Fixed an issue that caused Poly Bomb to not be used correctly by AI-controlled Medivh.
• Nazeebo
  • Level 13
    • Superstition
      • Fixed an issue that caused Superstition to display a blank ability for the damage dealt by its Corpse Spider.
• Samuro
  • Base
    • Mirror Image [Q]
      • Mirror Images will no longer move towards Samuro's attack move target point on creation.
      • Mirror Images will now properly have their AI enabled when Samuro has their AI enabled.
• Stukov
  • Base
    • Weighted Pustule [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Weighted Pustule to be removed when an effect that removes Slows is applied.
• Thrall
  • Base
    • Feral Spirit [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Feral Spirit to not be extended correctly if it is about to expire.

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Season 38 will begin on March 27, at 5PM (PDT/CET/KST). Read on to learn more about the season theme.

Seasonal Journey

Season 38: Ethereal Memory

Season Cosmetic Rewards

Season Journey Rewards

Seasonal Conquest

Haedrig’s Gift

Season 38: Ethereal Memory

As the Nephalem reflect on Sanctuary's history, instruments of power from a bygone era resurface. These ethereal memories will grant those persistent enough to search for them unimaginable power. Legends of the past will manifest once more in the present, and you must decide how to best use these gifts—for ethereal power is fugacious by nature, and will soon return to being no more than a myth.

Season 38 features Ethereals, a weapon-type that players will be able to acquire and hunt for in their upcoming seasonal journey. Ethereals will roll a powerful set of affixes, a random Class Weapon Legendary Power and a random Class Passive Power. Ethereals will have unique icons, names, item types, and sounds originally found in Diablo II. For additional details on Ethereals, check out the list below:

• Ethereals are account bound and can only be dropped by monsters, chests, and destructibles, but do not require your character to be Level 70 in order to drop. Ethereals cannot be acquired through Kanai's Cube or from Kadala.
• Ethereal rarity drop rate is set between Ancient and Primal items.
• There are 3 unique Ethereals per class. Each Ethereal has fixed affixes and rolls one random Legendary Weapon power and one random Class Passive Skill.
• Only one Ethereal can be equipped at a time.
• Ethereals ignore item durability loss.
• Legendary Powers and Class Passive Skills rolled on Ethereals do not stack with the same power equipped through Kanai's Cube, Items or Skills.
• Ethereals cannot be Enchanted, Transmogrified, Dyed, Reforged, or traded.
• Ethereals can be augmented.
• Collecting all 21 Ethereals during the season will reward players with the Feat of Strength, Ethereal Recollection. Players who accomplish this will have all Ethereal transmogrify options available for future seasonal and non-seasonal play.
• Ethereals only drop in Seasonal play and will not transfer to your non-seasonal character when the season ends.

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Season Cosmetic Rewards

Beginning with Season 17, we began reintroducing previous rewards to make them available to players who may have missed them the first time around. For Season 38, this means awards originally available from Season 14 and Season 26 are returning. In addition to the Boots and Pants slots of the exclusive Conqueror Set, a series of portrait frames themed around the enigmatic Tal Rasha will be available. For the nephalem hero who wants to embody the spirit of Justice, a pennant dedicated to everyone’s favorite archangel will also be available. Just remember—you cannot judge Justice itself!

However, we know it’s nice to have something new to aim for if you’ve participated in previous Seasons. We’re continuing to provide new End of Journey rewards as introduced in Season 17, with two new cosmetic ones for those who complete the entirety of the Season journey. Endure The Fall of the Nephalem and complete the Season 26 Guardian Journey to earn the Rakkis’ Remembrance portrait and the Toothsome Trooper pet.

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Season Journey Rewards

If you’ve been playing the past few Seasons diligently and reached Conqueror in the Season Journey each time, you’ve accrued a few extra stash tabs. Players who have not yet earned a total of five stash tabs via the Season Journey can still unlock an additional one by completing the following tasks at the Conqueror tier:

• Guardian of Sanctuary: Finish a level 70 Nephalem Rift on Torment XIII difficulty within five minutes.
• A Little More: Reach Greater Rift Level 60 Solo.
• Money Ain’t a Thang: Slay Greed on Torment XIII difficulty. Treasure Goblins outside of Nephalem Rifts will sometimes open portals to Greed’s domain, The Vault.
• Just Lose It: Kill the Butcher at level 70 in Torment XIII in under 30 seconds
• Cubic Reconfiguration: Use Kanai’s Cube to reforge a Legendary item.
• Power Amplification: Use Kanai’s Cube to augment an Ancient Legendary item with a level 50+ gem.
• Gem of My Life: Level three Legendary Gems to level 55.
• All I Do is Win: Complete 2 Conquests this Season.

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Seasonal Conquest

Speaking of Conquests, we’re rotating those, too! Returning for the Season of Greed is Avarice and Avarita, where every gold piece you find will count! Speed Demon and Need for Speed will ask you to kick it into full gear in your Nephalem Rift runs. On a Good Day and I Can’t Stop will congratulate high ranking Legendary Gems. Finally, for the solo crowd, Divinity and Lionhearted will ask you to climb Greater Rift heights by your lonesome, while Years of War and Dynasty challenge your game mastery of at least six classes.

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Haedrig’s Gift

Finally, just as before, you’ll get a shiny new Class Set courtesy of Haedrig’s Gift for completing certain chapters in the Season Journey. We’ve listed the available Sets below. For those new to Seasons, here’s how it works:

Completing Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of the Season Journey will reward you with three Haedrig’s Gifts. Each Gift contains a few pieces from one of your Class Sets. Players can only unlock one Class Set in this manner per Season across Hardcore and Non-Hardcore, so choose wisely!

The set you will receive depends on the Class of the character you’re playing when you open each Haedrig’s Gift. To collect a full Class Set, you’ll need to open all three on the same character.

Here are the sets granted by Haedrig’s Gift in Season 38:

• Barbarian: The Legacy of Raekor
• Crusader: Armor of Akkhan
• Demon Hunter: Embodiment of the Marauder
• Monk: Inna’s Reach
• Necromancer: Pestilence Master’s Shroud
• Witch Doctor: Zunimassa’s Haunt
• Wizard: Delsere’s Magnum Opus

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Our next Heroes of the Storm patch is live! Read on for more information.

NOTE: Orange text indicates a change between PTR and Live notes.

Quick Navigation:

• General
• Map Updates
• Balance Update
• Bug Fixes

General

• New Skin: Bonny Butcher

• New Skin: Warthog Gear Head Thrall

• Players will now receive an announcement when a quest milestone is reached. This will only announce to the player who achieved the milestone.
• Ranges of abilities on numerous Heroes have been updated to be more consistent. This may cause certain abilities ranges to reduce or increase.
• Brawl
  • Starting January 2026, Brawls will only be open the first 5 days of every month.
• Updated Homescreen and Startup Music.

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Map Updates

• General
  • A new Fallback Tower has been added to the longer lanes on each of the following battleground maps. This new tower will die when its corresponding Fort dies: Alterac Pass, Battlefield of Eternity, Blackheart's Bay, Braxis Holdout, Cursed Hollow, Dragon Shire, Garden of Terror, Hanamura Temple, Infernal Shrines, Sky Temple, Tomb of the Spider Queen, Volskaya Foundry, and Warhead Junction.
  • Attacks from the Core, Keeps, Forts, Fallback Towers, and Towers near Keeps will now reduce Hero armor, and the reduction has been increased from -10/-20 Armor to -20/-40 Armor.
  • Fallback Towers have the same HP and Attack Damage as Keep Towers.
  • Forts, Keeps, and the Core will no longer grant Allied Heroes that take damage in their radius 35 Armor for 4 seconds.
  • The comeback system has been slightly magnified, particularly at wide level gaps.
• Alterac Pass
  • Objective capture timer reduced by 5 seconds in each phase. The first phase only spawns a single defending unit.
  • Cavalry now gain more health in the later stages of the game.
  • Cavalry now take 60% damage from structures (up from 50%).
• Braxis Holdout
  • Early objectives have lowered in health by 15%, but scaling has been increased significantly after 15 minutes.
• Garden of Terror
  • Garden Terror health scaling increased.
  • Garden Terror structure disabling plant bulb now damages itself at 10% per second (up from 6%).
• Infernal Shrines
  • Early objectives have lowered in health by 15%, but scaling has been increased significantly after 15 minutes.
• Warhead Junction
  • Nuke damage has been changed to flat, scaling damage. Scaling is updated when a Warhead is picked up.
  • Nukes now deal double damage versus Forts, Keeps, and the Core.

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Balance Update

General

• Pinnacle Rewards have been added to mutiple Heroes. These will be hard to obtain but provide powerful rewards.

Heroes

Falstad

Base

• Lightning Rod [W]
  • Cooldown reduced from 13 seconds to 12 seconds.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Dishonorable Discharge
    • REWORK: No longer reduces CD. Bonuses are now provided at 20/45/75 hits. At 20 hits, gain 30% damage. At 45 hits, gain an additional 75% damage and reduce the cooldown by 2 seconds. Pinnacle Reward: At 75 hits, Lightning Rod provides 2 additional strikes and Stuns for 1.25s on its last strike.
  • Frequent Flyer
    • REWORK: Reduced attack speed bonus from 40% to 25%. Now provides 1 stack per minion and 5 stacks per Hero. At 50 stacks, gain 20 Attack Damage. At 125 stacks, gain an additional 50 Attack Damage. Pinnacle Reward: At 300 stacks, gain an additional 125 Attack Damage.
  • Gathering Storm
    • REWORK: Bonuses are now provided at 30/80/150 stacks, rather than incremental gains. At 30 stacks, gain 30% damage. At 80 stacks, gain an additional 50% damage. Pinnacle Reward: At 150 stacks, gain an additional 70% damage.
    • REWORK: Lose 8 stacks on death, but can not lose milestones that have already been completed.
• Level 7
  • Charged Up
    • Moved to be a Level 13 Talent.
    • No longer provides additional hits, but instead provides cooldown refresh on Hero takedowns.
• Level 13
  • Thunderstrikes
    • Moved to be a Level 7 Talent.

Guldan

Base

• Corruption [E]
  • Mana cost increased from 80 to 90.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Echoed Corruption
    • Increased stack requirement to 60. Pinnacle Reward: At 100 stacks, Corruption now heals for 50% of the damage dealt.
  • Pursuit of Flame
    • Increased radius from 10% to 15%.
    • Reworded to say "Fel Flame's area is increased by 33%".
    • Progress is now reset upon death and can not lose progress upon completion.

Johanna

Base

• Punish [Q]
  • Slow on enemies reduced from 60% to 50%.

Talents

• Level 4
  • Subdue
    • Slow on enemies reduced from 80% to 70%.

Kael'thas

Talents

• Level 1
  • Convection
    • REWORK: Every 20th Hero hit permanently increases Flamestrike damage by 150 and Kael'thas's maximum Health by 50.

Kerrigan

Base

• Primal Grasp [E]
  • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8.
  • Delayed damage reduced from 195 to 165.
  • Initial damage increased from 25 to 40.
• Ravage [Q]
  • Damage reduced from 130 to 115.
  • Now includes a baseline quest: Kill enemies within 1.5 seconds of hitting them with Ravage. Minions grant 1 progress and Heroes grant 5. At 75 stacks, Ravage gains 125 damage. Pinnacle Reward: At 125 stacks, Ravage gains 200 additional damage.
• Impaling Blades [W]
  • Cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 9 seconds.
  • Damage reduced from 165 to 140.
  • Radius increased from 1.5 to 1.65.
  • Stun duration reduced from 1 second to .75 seconds.
• Assimilation [D]
  • Increased the amount of shield gained from Basic Attacks from 10% to 20% of damage dealt.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Fury of the Swarm
    • No longer increases shields gained from Basic Attacks.
• Level 4
  • Sharpened Blades
    • Talent has been removed.
  • Ravaging Ferocity
    • NEW: Gain 25% attack speed for 3 seconds after using Ravage.
• Level 7
  • Boundless Fury
    • Cooldown increased from 10 seconds to 12 seconds.
  • Queen of Blades
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.
• Level 10
  • Summon Ultralisk
    • Damage reduced from 250 to 225.
• Level 13
  • Chrysalis
    • HP lowered from 750 to 650.
    • Reduced the amount of health regenerated from 5% max health per second to 4%.
• Level 16
  • Painful Spikes
    • Damage reduced from 70 to 60.
• Level 20
  • Omegastorm
    • Increased extended duration from .25 seconds per hit to .4 seconds per hit.

Sylvanas

Base

• Black Arrows [D]
  • Black Arrows now refers to what was previously called "Banshee's Curse".
  • New Baseline Quest: Deal damage to Heroes or Structures with 3 stacks of black arrows. At 250 stacks, increased the damage bonus of Black Arrows to 50%. Pinnacle Reward: At 400 stacks, heal for 25% of damage dealt against enemies with 3 stacks of Black Arrows, doubled against Heroes.
  • Reduced base damage bonus of Black Arrows to 15%.
  • Activatable portion of Black Arrows has been removed.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Unfurling Shadows
    • Talent has been removed.
  • Unrelenting Torment
    • NEW: Increases the damage of Shadow Dagger by 20% and increase its duration by 1 second.
• Level 4
  • Haunting Arrows
    • NEW: You can now activate Black Arrows to cause all damage dealt to stun non-heroes. 90 second cooldown, reduced by 3 seconds when attacking a structure.
  • Possession
    • Now a Baseline ability. 25 seconds to restore each charge, 2 seconds cooldown. Max 4 charges.
• Level 7
  • Barbed Shot
    • Bonus damage increased from 350% to 400%.
  • Lost Soul
    • REWORK: Reduces the cooldown of Shadow Dagger when attacking non-minions with 3 stacks of Black Arrows by .75 seconds, doubled against Heroes.
• Level 13
  • Windrunner
    • Recast window reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.

Thrall

Talents

• Level 1
  • Crash Lightning
    • REWORK: Bonuses are now provided at 15 and 30 stacks. At each milestone, Chain Lightning gains 270 damage. Lose 6 stacks on death, but can not lose milestones that have already been completed.
  • Echo of the Elements
    • REWORK: Bonuses are now provided at 20/40/100 stacks. At 20 stacks, reduce mana cost of Chain Lightning by 20. At 40 stacks, Chain Lightning gains an extra charge and will bounce one additional time. Pinnacle Reward: At 100 stacks, Chain Lightning will fork to an additional target each time it bounces.
  • Rolling Thunder
    • Moved to be a Level 7 Talent.
    • No longer increases Chain Lightning bounces by 1.
• Level 7
  • Maelstrom Weapon
    • Moved to be a Level 1 Talent.
    • REWORK: Bonuses are now provided at 20/40/100 stacks, rather than incremental gains. At 20 stacks, gain 20 damage and increase the movespeed bonus to 40%. At 40 stacks, gain an additional 40 damage and Thrall permanently gains 15% increased movement speed. Pinnacle Reward: At 100 stacks, Frostwolf Resilience now provides +200% Healing.
• Level 16
  • Tempest Fury
    • No longer provides additional quest stacks.
  • Thunderstorm
    • Increased damage bonus provided at max stacks from 25% to 30%.
• Level 20
  • Wind Rush
    • Cooldown increased from 80 seconds to 90 seconds.

Tyrael

Talents

• Level 1
  • Ardent Restoration
    • Maximum healing stacks reduced from 10 to 8.
• Level 4
  • Reciprocate
    • Damage reduced from 190 to 170.
• Level 7
  • Burning Halo
    • Damge per second reduced from 15 to 12.
• Level 10
  • Sanctification
    • Cooldown reduced from 90 seconds to 85 seconds.
    • Mana cost reduced from 75 to 70.
• Level 20
  • Aspect of Justice
    • Cast time reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1.25 seconds.
    • Cooldown reduction per enemy Hero hit increased from 10% to 15%.

Zul'jin

Base

• Basic Attack Damage decreased from 96 to 94.
• You Want Axe? [D]
  • No longer has a cap on stacks.
  • Now causes Zul'jin to lose 3 stacks (15 hits) on death.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Headhunter
    • Increased damage bonus per hero kill from 2% to 2.5%.

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Bug Fixes

Map

• Blackheart's Bay
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Battleground Objective to not start if a particular chest is the last destroyed chest.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the help text for attacking the Treasure Chest to not disappear if a particular chest is attacked.
• Warhead Junction
  • Fixed Warhead Junction Nuke Damage Dealt tracking.

Heroes

• Cho'gall
  • Base
    • Eye of Kilrogg [Skill 1]
      • Fixed an issue that caused the Eye of Kilrogg's cast range indicator to be slightly larger than the ability range.
  • Level 1
    • We See You!
      • Fixed an issue that caused We See You's range increase tooltip value to display incorrectly after being selected.
• D.Va
  • Fixed an issue that caused D.Va's Mech to not respawn with the correct amount of Blackheart's Bay Doubloons.
  • Base
    • Defense Matrix [W]
      • Fixed missing icon in D.Va's Quick Cast setting for Retarget Defense Matrix.
• Gazlowe
  • Level 16
    • Firin' Mah Lazors
      • Fixed an issue that caused Firin' Mah Lazorz's warning to not display correctly.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Big Top Gazlowe's Firin' Mah Lazorz to create permanent visuals.
• Kael'thas
  • Base
    • Living Bomb [W]
      • Living Bomb will not activate its effects on a target that becomes immune to Living Bomb.
      • Living Bomb will now apply its effects if the target dies with Living Bomb.
• Raynor
  • Base
    • Adrenaline Rush [E]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Adrenaline Rush to not display the base duration in its tooltip after selecting Give Me More.
• Stukov
  • Level 1
    • Reactive Ballistospores
      • Fixed Reactive Ballistospores tooltip.
• Tychus
  • Base
    • Overkill [Q]
      • Overkill retarget can now also be targeted in a direction. When clicking near or on a target, it will attach to that target, but if no targets are nearby, Overkill will start firing in that direction. If Overkill hits a target while firing in a direction, that target will become Overkill's primary target.
      • If Overkill is active when there are no possible targets, Overkill will no longer be cancelled, and instead will start firing in the direction of the last primary target.
      • Fixed an issue that caused mounting to not interrupt Overkill.
• Valla
  • Base
    • Hatred [D]
      • Fixed Hatred Tooltip.
  • Level 20
    • Storm of Vengeance
      • Fixed an issue that caused Storm of Vengeance to not grant 2% Attack Speed per Hatred stack.
• Zagara
  • Level 1
    • Infest
      • Fixed Infest active current bonus tooltip.
  • Level 16
    • Mutalisk
      • Fixed Mutalisk tooltip.

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Season 37 will begin on December 5, at 5PM (PST/CST/KST) shortly after our next Diablo III update. Read on to learn more about the season theme, which we expect to be released on December 5.

Seasonal Journey

Season 37: The Forbidden Archives

Season Cosmetic Rewards

Season Journey Rewards

Seasonal Conquest

Haedrig’s Gift

Season 37: The Forbidden Archives

Season 37 is the Season of the Forbidden Archives. Many adventurers have come to learn the power that dwells within the ancient nephalem artifact, Kanai’s Cube. However, none understands this power better than the equally celebrated and reviled Horadrim, Zoltun Kulle. Kulle was able to unlock and harness the power of the Cube like none before, leveraging its power to siphon and archive the energies of powerful items. With Season 37, we explore the power Kulle might lend to your fingertips if his experiments went unchecked.

For the duration of Season 37, the slots in Kanai’s Cube that allow you to equip three additional Legendary powers will not be restricted to their usual categories. While normally a player can equip one power each from the Weapon, Armor, and Jewelry categories, Season 37 players can mix and match between all three! This might allow you to run two Weapon powers with one Armor power. Or perhaps you might choose to run three Amulet powers instead. The choice is yours, and we’re as eager as you are to experiment with the new build opportunities this creates!

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Season Cosmetic Rewards

Beginning with Season 17, we began reintroducing previous rewards to make them available to those who may have missed them the first time around. For Season 37, this means awards originally available from Season 13 and Season 25 are returning. In addition to the Helm and Shoulders slots of the exclusive Conqueror Set, portraits themed around Imperius will be available. Those who enjoy collecting pets will also be pleased to see the return of—Blaine’s Bear! While traveling together, you may be tempted to ask him why he’s covered in blood, or try removing the sharp objects he carries around. We strongly advise against this.

Additionally, two elusive cosmetics return from Season 25 return for those intrepid Nephalem who complete the entirety of the Season journey. Survive The Lords of Hell and complete the Season 37 Guardian Journey to earn the Pane of Tristram Portrait and The Dark Lordling Pet.

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Season Journey Rewards

If you’ve been playing the past few Seasons diligently and reached Conqueror in the Season Journey each time, you’ve accrued a few extra stash tabs. Players who have not yet earned a total of five stash tabs via the Season Journey can still unlock an additional one by completing the following tasks at the Conqueror tier:

• Complete a Torment XIII Rift in under 5 minutes
• Complete Greater Rift Level 60 solo
• Kill Greed on Torment XIII
• Kill Cydaea on Torment XIII in under 15 seconds
• Reforge a Legendary or Set item
• Augment an Ancient item with a Level 50 or greater Legendary Gem
• Level three Legendary Gems to 55
• Complete two Conquests

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Seasonal Conquest

Speaking of Conquests, we’re rotating those, too! Love going fast? Sprinter and Speed Racer will be making a return. Enjoy testing your mettle in Greater Rifts? Divinity and Lionhearted are also coming back. If you’d rather max out your kill count with Cursed Chests, Curses! and Stars Align will be right up your alley. Those who enjoy seeing how far they can go without Set Items will get a kick out of The Thrill and Super Human. Finally, if you’re keen to show off your mastery of Set Dungeons, Masters of the Universe and Masters of Sets will be available once more.

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Haedrig’s Gift

Just as before, you’ll get a shiny new Class Set courtesy of Haedrig’s Gift for completing certain chapters in the Season Journey. We’ve listed the available Sets below. For those new to Seasons, here’s how it works.

Completing Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of the Season Journey will reward you with three Haedrig’s Gifts. Each Gift contains a few pieces from one of your Class Sets. You can only unlock one Class Set in this manner per Season across Hardcore and Non-Hardcore, so choose wisely!

The set you will receive depends on the Class of the character you’re playing when you open each Haedrig’s Gift. To collect a full Class Set, you’ll need to open all three on the same character.

Here are the sets granted by Haedrig’s Gift in Season 37:

• Barbarian: Might of the Earth
• Crusader: Thorns of the Invoker
• Demon Hunter: The Shadow’s Mantle
• Monk: Monkey King’s Garb
• Necromancer: Grace of Inarius
• Witch Doctor: Raiment of the Jade Harvester
• Wizard: Firebird’s Finery

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Our next Heroes of the Storm patch is live! Read on for more information.

NOTE: Orange text indicates a change between PTR and Live notes.

Quick Navigation:

• General
• Map Updates
• Shop
• Balance Update
• Bug Fixes

General

• Basic, Cleave, and Splash Attacks will now function more consistently across all Heroes through various situations. Changes that may impact the balance of the Hero will be listed in the Balance section.
• Updated Homescreen and Startup Music.

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Map Updates

• General
  • Blackheart's Bay, Hanamura Temple, and Warhead Junction will enter Ranked map rotation in the coming weeks!
  • Forts, Keeps, and the Core will now grant Allied Heroes that take damage in their radius 35 50 Armor for 4 seconds. This effect has a 4 second cooldown and can only be granted to 1 Hero per Structure. While this Armor is in effect, Enemy Heroes that attack the target will be slowed by 20%.
  • Forts, Keeps, and Core will no longer prioritize an Enemy Hero when an Allied Hero is attacked.
  • Mercenary camps now spawn 30 seconds after the match begins (Down from 60 seconds).
  • Small XP globes have been removed. will now vanish if no allied Hero is within 15 radius of the globe.
  • Structure Health increased by 12.5%.
  • When a Hero attacks an enemy structure with a Basic Attack, allied minions near the building become inspired and gain 35% attack speed and 35% move speed for 3 seconds. This does not affect illusions or summons.
  • Minions will now spawn exactly at MM:00 and MM:30.
• Blackheart's Bay
  • Bombardment now deals 20% reduced damage to Keeps and Cores.
  • Cast time to turn in coins decreased from 7 seconds to 5 seconds.
  • There are now 3 treasure chest locations. The first chest spawns in the top lane during the first phase, two chests spawn in the next three phases, and all three chests spawn every phase after that.
  • There are now watch sight towers near Blackheart.
  • You will now only drop half your coins upon death (rounded down).
  • Only 8 coins are required for the first turn-in, down from 10.
• Hanamura
  • Payload damage increase by 12.5%.
  • Payload now moves 25% faster.
  • Samurai lane pusher health reduced by 12.5%.
  • Payload deals 20% less damage to the core.
• Infernal Shrines
  • Punishers will no longer leap over gates.
  • Skeleton minions damage reduced by 25%.
  • Skeleton minions health decreased from 400 to 300.
  • Skeleton minions move speed increased from 3 to 3.5.
  • Skeleton minions now have 20 spell magic Armor.
• Sky Temple
  • Guardian Mighty Swing knockback duration reduced from 0.5 seconds to 0.375 seconds.
  • Guardian Mighty Swing knockback is now interrupted by other knockback effects.
  • Guardian Mighty Swing knockback speed increased to match previous knockback distance.
  • Guardian Mighty Swing will now interrupt any ongoing knockback effects.
• Warhead Junction
  • Nukes damage updated to 1000 + 12.5% of target's Max Health (was 2300 damage before).
  • Nukes now ignite structures, dealing 1.2% 0.8% of their Health per second for 10 12 seconds. Attacking the building will refresh the duration up to 5 8 seconds.
  • Nukes now take 2.5 seconds to launch (Up from 1.5 seconds).
  • There will now be fewer nukes that spawn.
• Garden Of Terror
  • Terror has 12.5% more baseline life.
  • Terror scales significantly harder into late game.

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Shop

• New Mount: Plush Sheep

• New Mount:Amber Plush Sheep

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Balance Update

Heroes

Abathur

Base

• Locust damage increased by 25%.

Dehaka

Base

• Brushstalker [Z D]
  • Cooldown increased from 75 seconds to 240 seconds.
  • Cooldown is reduced by 40 50 seconds when a Regen Globe is picked up.

Talents

• Level 20
  • Apex Predator
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 50 to 120 190 seconds.

Illidan

Talents

• Level 16
  • Fiery Brand
    • Attacking a different Hero from the last Hero attacked now resets progress on the previously attacked Hero.
    • Blinds and Evasion now prevent any progress from being granted.
    • If the target gains Stasis or Invulnerable, progress will be lost.
    • Stacks now last 300 seconds.

Kael'thas

Talents

• Level 20
  • Rebirth
    • Now has 3 charges.

Maiev

Base

• Umbral Bind [W]
  • Pull force reduced from 35 to 21.05.

The Butcher

Talents

• Level 13
  • Brutal Strike
    • Now loses stacks when attacking while Blinded or against Evading enemies.

The Lost Vikings

Talents

• Level 10
  • Longboat Raid
    • Decreased Move speed no longer decreases the Longboat Raid's starting speed and now reduces Longboat Raid Move speed by 25%.

Thrall

Talents

• Level 7
  • Elemental Assault
    • NEW: After using a Basic or Heroic Ability, Thrall's next Basic Attack within 4 seconds deals 45% more damage.
  • Follow Through
    • Talent Removed.

Uther

Base

• Holy Light [Q]
  • Range increased from 7.75 to 8.
  • Range is no longer increased to 8.75 after selecting Holy Shock.

Talents

• Level 4
  • Holy Shock
    • No longer grants reduced cooldown or Mana cost and instead costs less Mana and has a lower cooldown.
    • Now features its own active button.

Valeera

Talents

• Level 7
  • Slice and Dice
    • REWORK: Grants 400% Attack Speed which is lost after attacking 3 times or after 3 seconds. Cooldown for the next attack after the third will not be reduced.

Varian

Talents

• Level 10
  • Warbringer
    • Warbringer mana cost reduction reduced from 22.5 to 20.
    • Mana cost reduction reduced from 22.5 to 20.
• Level 20
  • Demoralizing Shout
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 2.5% to 5%.

Zagara

Talents

• Level 1
  • Infest
    • Damage bonus reduced from 125% to 100%.

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Bug Fixes

Map

• Blackhearts Revenge
  • Fixed an issue that caused Deathwing to lose Unstoppable after using the waygates.
• Sky Temple
  • Fixed an issue that caused Roots to prevent Guardian Mighty Swing knockback.

Heroes

• Alarak
  • Level 16
    • Mocking Strikes
      • Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to display incorrectly when attacking a Silenced Hero after selecting Mocking Strikes.
• Artanis
  • Level 4
    • Shield Surge
      • Buff Bar tooltip updated.
  • Level 7
    • Final Cut
      • Buff Bar updated to show remaining duration.
      • Now consumed if attacking while Blinded.
  • Level 16
    • Titan Killer
      • Bonus damage is now dealt before the primary Basic Attack damage. All other associated effects will still occur if this kills the target.
• Arthas
  • Base
    • Frostmourne Hungers [D]
      • Fixed an issue that caused impact visuals and sound effects to be created on Arthas.
• Azmodan
  • Level 1
    • Greed
      • Fixed an issue that caused Globes of Annihilation empowered by Tide of Sin to deal more damage than intended to non-Heroes.
  • Level 4
    • Battleborn
      • Fixed an issue that caused impact visuals and sound effects to be created on Azmodan.
  • Level 16
    • Total Annihilation
      • Now displays as Total Annihilation in the Death Recap.
  • Level 20
    • Pride
      • Now displays as a quest.
• Brightwing
  • Base
    • Phase Shift [Z]
      • Cast indicator is no longer hidden if the target is Polymorphed.
  • Level 13
    • Pixie Boost
      • Movement Speed now gradually decays over is duration instead of in chunks.
• Cassia
  • Level 1
    • Charged Strikes
      • Fixed an issue that caused Charged Strikes to trigger multiple times in a row when gaining attack speed.
      • Now applies to the next Basic Attack that is fired instead of the next Basic Attack that connects.
      • Now displayed in the Buff Bar while in progress.
      • Now increases in progress when Cassia fires her Basic Attack instead of after the missile impact.
      • Progress is now displayed in the Buff Bar.
  • Level 16
    • Martial Law
      • Bonus damage is now dealt before the primary Basic Attack damage. All associated effects will still occur if this kills the target.
• Chen
  • Level 10
    • Storm, Earth, Fire
      • Earth's attack Slow is now prevent by Blinds and Evasion.
      • Earth's Splash attacks are now prevented if the primary target is Evading.
      • Storm and Fire's attacks will now display as crits if granted an applicable Physical damage buff instead of a Spell damage buff.
• Cho'gall
  • Base
    • Shove [Z]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Shove to not push Cho if he is Rooted.
  • Level 1
    • Calloused Hide
      • Fixed an issue that caused Shove and other knockback effects to temporarily disable this talent's benefits.
  • Level 20
    • Fuel for the Flame
      • Will no longer hit inactive Mercenaries if targets near these Mercenaries are hit.
      • Will no longer hit inactive Mercenaries unless the primary target is also an inactive Mercenary.
• Chromie
  • Base
    • Sand Blast [Q]
      • Sand Echo will now be revealed to the target when hit by Sand Echo's Basic Attack.
      • Sand Echo will now be revealed when their Basic Attacks or Sand Blast deals damage while they are not visible.
  • Level 20
    • Unravelling
      • Sand Echo will now be revealed when their Basic Attacks or Sand Blast deals damage while they are not visible.
• Deathwing
  • Base
    • Dragonflight [Z]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Dragonflight's cast animation to be interrupted when Deathwing hits another Deathwing with his Basic Attack.
  • Level 7
    • Death Drop
      • Armor reduction is now refreshed in duration when re-applied.
  • Level 13
    • Fire and Fury
      • Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attack impact visuals to be displayed on Deathwing if attacking a Slowed Hero.
• D.Va
  • Base
    • Self-Destruct [E]
      • Charge gained from Basic Attacks now occurs after all targets have been hit.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Self-Destruct knockback to not apply correctly.
  • Level 4
    • Nuclear Option
      • Self-Destruct charge gained from hitting targets in the Basic Attack bonus area now occurs after all targets have been hit.
• E.T.C.
  • Level 1
    • Guitar Hero
      • Healing visuals will no longer occur if E.T.C. is Blinded, the target is Evading, or if E.T.C.'s Health is at max.
• Falstad
  • Level 13
    • Sustained Winds
      • Bonus damage is now dealt before the primary Basic Attack damage. All other effects will still occur if this kills the target.
• Fenix
  • Level 1
    • Arsenal Synergy
      • Now applies to the next Basic Attack fired, instead of the next Basic Attack that connects.
    • Mobile Offense
      • Now applies to the next Basic Attack fired, instead of the next Basic Attack that connects.
  • Level 4
    • Inhibiting Energy
      • Cooldown is now applied when Phase Bomb is fired.
      • Now applies to the next Basic Attack fired, instead of the next Basic Attack that connects.
• Gazlowe
  • Base
    • Rock-It! Turret [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix applied to Gazlowe to not reduce Turret damage.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Rock-It! Turrets created by an Ultimate Evolution clone of Gazlowe to not gain the increased damage.
  • Level 13
    • Positive Reinforcement
      • Fixed an issue that caused the bonuses to be applied when a Rock-It Turret attacked a target, instead of when it hits a target.
  • Level 16
    • Ark Reaktor
      • Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix applied to Gazlowe to not modify their damage.
      • Fixed an issue that caused the miniature Rock-It! Turret to not fire at the correct location.
    • Firin' Mah Lazors
      • Fixed an issue that caused the warning indicator to be visible in the Fog of War.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix applied to Gazlowe to not modify their damage.
    • Overklock
      • Bonus damage is now dealt before the primary Basic Attack damage. All other effects will still occur if this kills the target.
• Greymane
  • Level 10
    • Go for the Throat
      • Fixed an issue that caused Go for the Throat to play its cast animation on the target when Greymane targets another Greymane.
  • Level 16
    • Alpha Killer
      • Bonus damage is now dealt before the primary Basic Attack damage. All other effects will still occur if this kills the target.
  • Level 20
    • Hunter's Blunderbuss
      • Now occurs while Blinded.
      • Now searches after all effects on the primary target have completed, with the exception of Wizened Duelist.
    • Tooth and Claw
      • Now searches after all effects on the primary target have completed, with the exception of Wizened Duelist.
• Illidan
  • Base
    • Dive [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Dive to play sound and visual effects twice if Illidan is targeting another Illidan.
  • Level 16
    • Fiery Brand
      • Bonus damage is now dealt before the primary Basic Attack damage. All other effects will still occur if this kills the target.
• Imperius
  • Base
    • Valorous Brand [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Valorous Brand's benefits for being consumed to be granted when the target gains Invulnerable, Stasis, or is killed.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Valorous Brands to heal Imperius when a Branded target enters Stasis, gains Invulnerable, or is killed.
      • Valorous Brands are no longer consumed if Imperius is Blinded or the target is Evading.
  • Level 1
    • Burn the Impure
      • Bonus damage is now dealt before the primary Basic Attack damage. All other effects will still occur if this kills the target.
      • Now displays as Burn the Impure in the Death Recap.
      • Since Blinds no longer consume Valorous Brands, this is now prevented by those effects.
  • Level 7
    • Flash of Anger
      • Additional target search now occurs after all effects on the primary target.
      • Since Blinds no longer consume Valorous Brands, this is now prevented by those effects.
    • Holy Fervor
      • No longer prevented by Blinds or Evasion.
  • Level 13
    • Divine Rage
      • Fixed an issue that caused Valorous Brands to grant cooldown reduction when a Branded target enters Stasis, gains Invulnerable, or is killed.
      • Since Blinds no longer consume Valorous Brands, this is now prevented by those effects.
  • Level 20
    • Unrelenting Descent
      • Fixed an issue that caused Valorous Brands to grant cooldown reduction when a Branded target enters Stasis, gains Invulnerable, or is killed.
      • Since Blinds no longer consume Valorous Brands, this is now prevented by those effects.
• Jaina
  • Level 10
    • Water Elemental
      • Fixed an issue that caused Water Elemental's Basic Attack splash to hit Evading targets.
      • Water Elemental's Basic Attack splash no longer reveals the targets it hits.
      • Water Elemental's Basic Attack splash now reveals the area.
• Johanna
  • Base
    • Condemn [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Condemn to pull Unstoppable targets.
• Junkrat
  • Base
    • Basic Attack Splash damage now occurs while Blinded, but is still prevented by Evading targets.
• Kael'thas
  • Level 10
    • Phoenix
      • Attack damage is now affected by Defense Matrix when Kael'thas is under its effects.
      • Attack Splash no longer reveals targets hit.
      • Attack Splash now reveals the area it hits.
• Kel'Thuzad
  • Base
    • Chains of Kel'Thuzad [E]
      • Now reveal both targets on chain link connection.
  • Level 20
    • The Damned Return
      • Fixed an issue that caused the Shade to not be revealed when it deals damage.
• Kerrigan
  • Base
    • Ravage [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Ravage to play its cast animation on the target when Kerrigan targets another Kerrigan at close range.
• Kharazim
  • Base
    • Radiant Dash [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Radiant Dash to appear incorrectly when cast on another Kharazim.
  • Level 1
    • Iron Fists
      • Fixed an issue that caused the triggering attack to not play the correct impact sound.
• Li-Ming
  • Level 4
    • Charged Blast
      • Tal Rasha's Elements bonus is now additive instead of multiplicative.
      • Now deals damage before the Basic Attack deals damage.
  • Level 7
    • Seeker
      • Now shows in the Death Recap as its own entry.
      • Now displays as Seeker in the Death Recap.
      • Now happens after the third Magic Missile deals damage.
  • Level 20
    • Tal Rasha's Elements
      • Tal Rasha's Elements bonus is now additive instead of multiplicative.
• Lucio
  • Base
    • Crossfade [W]
      • Crossfades from different Lúcios can now stack together.
      • Fixed an issue that caused the display of affected allies to not display correctly if more than 7 Heroes are in Crossfade's radius.
      • The display of affected allies of Crossfade now include targets in the Boombox Crossfade radius.
    • Soundwave [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Soundwave to push Unstoppable targets.
  • Level 1
    • Party Mix
      • Fixed an issue that caused toggling between Healing Boost and Speed Boost to cause the duration counter to be inaccurate.
  • Level 13
    • All Together
      • Fixed an issue that caused allies in the Boombox's Crossfade radius to not grant Movement Speed.
      • Fixed an issue that caused the Movement Speed bonus to not behave consistently if multiple Lúcios are in the game.
  • Level 20
    • House Party
      • Fixed an issue that caused allies in the Boombox's Crossfade radius to not grant bonus Healing.
      • Fixed an issue that caused the Healing bonus to not behave consistently if multiple Lúcios are in the game.
    • Summer Anthem
      • Now grants its effects to allies in Boombox's Crossfade radius.
• Lunara
  • Level 7
    • Wild Vigor
      • Fixed an issue that caused the 4th Basic Attack to not display impact effects.
      • Now applies to the next 4 Basic Attacks fired, instead of the next 4 Basic Attacks that connect.
      • Now applies to the next attack fired instead of the next attack that hits.
• Nazeebo
  • Base
    • Corpse Spiders [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix to not reduce the damage of Corpse Spiders.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Ultimate Evolution clones of Nazeebo to not grant Spell Power bonuses to Corpse Spiders.
    • Zombie Wall [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix to not reduce the damage of Zombie Wall.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Ultimate Evolution clones of Nazeebo to not grant Spell Power bonuses to Zombie Wall.
  • Level 7
    • Dead Rush
      • Now increases the damage of already existing Zombie Wall Zombies when the talent is selected.
  • Level 10
    • Gargantuan
      • Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix to not reduce the damage of the Gargantuan.
• Orphea
  • Level 4
    • Backbiter
      • Fixed an issue that caused Backbiter to not move Orphea if she is Rooted.
    • Chaotic Assault
      • Fixed an issue where the damage bonus of 3 charges could be still granted, when Orphea had lost all 3 charges after dying.
  • Level 10
    • Crushing Jaws
      • Fixed an issue that caused Crushing Jaws pull to not apply correctly.
• Raynor
  • Level 7
    • Unstable Compound
      • Mana restored is now bundled together when multiple Heroes are hit.
      • Mana restoration now restores all Mana at once, instead of 10 Mana for each individual Hero hit.
• Rehgar
  • Base
    • Ghost Wolf [Z]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Ghost Wolf Lunge attacks targeted at Rehgar to cause the target Rehgar to play an attack animation.
  • Level 16
    • Hunger of the Wolf
      • Fixed an issue that caused Blinds and Evasion to not prevent this from activating.
• Rexxar
  • Level 13
    • Dire Beast
      • Now causes Misha, Charge! to display as a critical when at 5 or more stacks.
      • Bonus damage is now applied to the next Misha, Charge!
• Samuro
  • Base
    • Advancing Strikes [Trait D]
      • Blind and Evasion now prevent activation.
• Sgt. Hammer
  • Level 1
    • Ambush
      • Now displays the remaining duration until the Cloak becomes active around the Trait button.
  • Level 7
    • Pulse Detonation Core
      • First instance of damage is now displayed as Spider Mines in the Death Recap.
      • Mana restored is now bundled together when multiple Heroes are hit.
      • Mana restored is now combined for Siege Mode attacks.
  • Level 20
    • Shrapnel Mines
      • Duration of all Armor reduction stacks are now refreshed when re-applied.
• Sonya
  • Level 16
    • Giant Slammer
      • Bonus damage is now dealt before the primary Basic Attack damage. All other effects will still occur if this kills the target.
      • Now displays as Giant Slammer in the Death Recap.
• Stitches
  • Level 4
    • Playtime!
      • Mana restored is now bundled together when multiple Heroes are hit.
      • Tooltip updated to include Mana restored when hitting Heroes with Slam's inner area.
• Tassadar
  • Base
    • Resonance Beam [Trait]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Resonance Beam to gain charge prior to dealing damage past the first instance of damage.
  • Level 7
    • Arc Discharge
      • Now happens prior to all other effects when a Basic Attack would grant progress.
  • Level 10
    • Archon
      • Splash attacks now happen after all other effects on the primary target have completed.
• The Butcher
  • Base
    • Butcher's Brand [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Butcher's Basic Attack impact visuals to not be correctly altered against Branded targets.
  • Level 13
    • Brutal Strike
      • Now consumed while Blinded or against Evading enemies.
      • Now displays in the Buff Bar.
    • Savage Charge
      • Now displays as Savage Charge in the Death Recap.
• The Lost Vikings
  • Baleog's Basic Attack damage will now be properly affected by other damage modifiers when empowered by Explosive Attacks.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Olaf's charging attack to not gain the benefits of Nordic Attack Squad or Impatience is a Virtue.
  • Olaf
    • Fixed an issue that caused Charge to not grant the bonuses from Nordic Attack Squad.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Charge to go on cooldown when targeting enemies near Olaf's position.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Charge to not grant the bonuses from Impatience is a Virtue.
  • Erik
    • Increase Move speed no longer increases Erik's starting speed and now grants Erik 15% Move speed, stacking with other effects.
  • Baleog
    • Fixed an issue that caused Splash damage to not grant bonuses from Impatience is a Virtue.
  • Level 1
    • Explosive Attacks
      • Bonus damage is now a multiplicative bonus.
  • Level 13
    • Nordic Attack Squad
      • Bonus damage is now dealt before the primary Basic Attack damage. All other effects will still occur if this kills the target.
• Thrall
  • Level 16
    • Tempest Fury
      • The initial third Windfury attack now features impact visuals.
• Tracer
  • Level 7
    • Focus Fire
      • No longer progresses while Blinded or against Evading targets.
      • Now displays in the Buff Bar how many hits have occurred on the current attack target, as well as the window before tracking resets.
      • Now progresses prior to dealing damage instead of after dealing damage.
• Tyrael
  • Level 13
    • Law and Order
      • Now displays in the Buff Bar.
• Tyrande
  • Level 4
    • Mark of Mending
      • Now displays as Mark of Mending in the Death Recap.
• Uther
  • Level 4
    • Guardian of Ancient Kings
      • Duration is now increased by talents that grant additional Devotion Armor duration.
  • Level 16
    • Benediction
      • Fixed an issue that could cause abilities cast while Benediction is active to grant Uther Mana.
• Valla
  • Base
    • Vault [E]
      • Damage bonus now applies to the next Basic Attack fired.
  • Level 10
    • Rain of Vengeance
      • Fixed an issue that caused cast visuals to not display correctly.
• Varian
  • Level 4
    • Twin Blades of Fury
      • Fixed an issue that caused Twin Blades of Fury to display the wrong cooldown reduction value.
  • Level 20
    • Glory to the Alliance
      • Fixed an issue that caused Glory to the Alliance to display incorrect cooldown reduction value after selection.
• Whitemane
  • Level 7
    • Saintly Greatstaff
      • Marker is no longer removed if Whitemane is Blinded or target is Evading.
• Zagara
  • Summons are now affected by Defense Matrix and Ultimate Evolution damage modifications.
• Zarya
  • Targets that enter the splash area between instances of Zarya's Basic Attack hitting the primary target will no longer be hit instantly.
  • Level 7
    • Deep Burn
      • Energy gained is now bundled together when multiple marked Heroes are hit.
      • Energy is now gained after the primary target and all Splash attack targets have been hit, causing all target to take equal damage when Deep Burn grants Zarya Energy.
• Zul'jin
  • Level 20
    • A Surprise For Ya!
      • Now gains the benefits of Berserker being active if the fired Attack had Berserker active.

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Sanctuary needs you to answer its call for aid in Season 36: The Lords of Hell. Starting on September 12 at 5 p.m. PDT/CEST/KST, Nephalem can harness the power of The Lords of Hell Season, which first debuted with Season 25. For an in-depth look at the now-permanent Rites of Sanctuary and Visions of Enmity themes and more, take a look below.

Seasonal Journey

Season 36: The Lords of Hell

Season Cosmetic Rewards

Season Journey Rewards

Seasonal Conquest

Haedrig’s Gift

Season 36: The Lords of Hell

Though the Black Soulstone has been destroyed, lingering fragments of The Lords of Hell once contained therein still persist in Sanctuary. These Soul Shards hold immense power—power that once belonged to the Prime and Lesser Evils. Cunning Nephalem who find and wield these Soul Stones must exercise caution. Power can be alluring, and the road to the Burning Hells is paved with good intentions...

First seen in Season 25, you can embrace evil by infusing yourself with the essences of Hell’s Lords using Soul Shards. Embark on your Season Journey to discover and upgrade demonic Soul Shards based on the seven Lords of Hell. By embodying a Prime and Lesser Evil, you will inflict new forms of pain and suffering on the demons of Sanctuary. We can't wait for you to get your hands on Soul Shards and start unlocking your true power.

Nephalem can find seven unique Soul Shards (based on the seven Lords of Hell), which give you new demonic powers. One of three Prime Evil Soul Shards can be equipped into Helms and one of four Lesser Evil Soul Shards can be equipped into Weapons. Each Soul Shard can be upgraded three times using a new seasonal-exclusive consumable, the Hellforge Ember.

Soul Shards and Hellforge Embers can drop from anywhere in Sanctuary, but Soul Shards have a higher chance to drop from Bosses. Soul Shards cannot be traded, but can be salvaged or utilized in Caldesann’s Despair. You may only equip one Prime Evil Soul Shard and one Lesser Evil Soul Shard at a time. Lastly, Soul Shards and Hellforge Embers only drop in Seasonal play, and will not transfer to your non-seasonal character when the season ends. Keep reading for a look into the capabilities for each of the Soul Shard powers.

Prime Evil Soul Shards

Sliver of Terror

• Base Power: Your cooldowns are increased by 25%. For every skill on cooldown, you take 12.5% reduced damage and deal 12.5% increased damage.
• Additional Powers:
  • Your attack speed and critical hit chance are increased by 5% for each skill on cooldown.
  • You cast a devastating Ring of Fire after killing 100 enemies.
  • If three or more skills are on cooldown, your lightning and fire skill damage are increased by 50%.

Shard of Hatred

• Base Power: You deal 15% reduced damage while you have 3 or fewer enemies within 25 yards. If more than 3 enemies are within the same distance, you deal 5% increased damage per enemy (to a maximum of 50%).
• Additional Powers:
  • Killing an elite enemy pulls all enemies within 40 yards to where the elite died.
  • Your Movement speed is increased by 50%. Each enemy within 25 yards reduces your movement speed by 10% up to 70%.
  • You now deal 10% increased damage for every enemy instead of 5% (to a maximum of 100%).

Fragment of Destruction

• Base Power: You move unhindered through enemies. Each enemy you pass through receives Mark of Destruction for 7 seconds. Each marked enemy that dies removes 1 second from one of your skills on cooldown. If the Mark of Destruction expires before the enemies die you lose 2% of your maximum health as damage. Marks are not applied if you are below 35% health.
• Additional Powers:
  • You have a 25% Chance to restore 5% health when an enemy dies with Mark of Destruction active.
  • When you apply Mark of Destruction to an enemy, you increase your movement speed by 5% for 7 seconds. Max 10 Stacks.
  • You now leave a trail of fire in your wake that slays enemies with the Mark of Destruction and are below 10% health.

Lesser Evil Soul Shards

Stain of Sin

• Base Power: You deal 25% less damage. When you kill 50 enemies, you spawn a pool of blood that increases the damage done to elite enemies by 150% and lasts 15 seconds.
• Additional Powers:
  • The pool of blood now negates Elite affixes within its area.
  • You gain an additional Rift Progress Orb when you kill and elite pack.
  • The pool of blood now collects Rift Progress Orbs.

Dregs of Lies

• Base Power: You deal 25% less damage. Your pets deal 25% increased damage.
• Additional Powers:
  • Killing an elite enemy reduces all your active cooldowns by 5 seconds.
  • On receiving fatal damage, spawn a shadow that prevents your death, restores your health to 35%, and grants +225 All Resist to all party members while it is active. The shadow only lasts 15 seconds.
  • Each time your pet hits an enemy, your damage is increased by 0.5% for 5 seconds. This stacks up to 100 times. When you reach 100 stacks, the stacks quickly reset to 0.

Remnant of Pain

• Base Power: Your Critical Hit Chance is reduced by 15%. Attacks against Incapacitated enemies are automatically critical hits.
• Additional Powers:
  • Hitting enemies with cold damage has a 50% chance to freeze them. Cold skill damage is increased to frozen targets by 20%.
  • Gain passability while your movement speed bonus is over 50%. When you move through enemies you knock them back and stun them for 2 seconds.
  • When you critically hit an enemy you increase the attack speed all players by 5% for 5 seconds. Max 10 stacks.

Essence of Anguish

• Base Power: Every time you deal poison damage to an enemy you increase your cooldown reduction and movement speed by 2.5% while your damage received is increased by 5% for 10 seconds. Max 10 stacks.
• Additional Powers:
  • Your movement speed and cooldown reduction can be increased up to 15 times by dealing poison damage to an enemy.
  • When you deal poison damage to an enemy they receive 50% increased poison damage from all sources for 10 seconds.
  • Killing an enemy deals the damage done by the death blow to all enemies within 25 yards.

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Season Cosmetic Rewards

In Season 36, cosmetics fit for Nephalem of the highest order will be yours to collect. In addition to the Chest and Gloves slots of the exclusive Conqueror Set, portraits themed around the High Heavens will be available. Those who enjoy collecting cosmetic wings will also be pleased to see the return of Fiacla-Géar, which gives your character a distinctly angelic look.

Relive Ethereal Memory and complete the Season 36 Guardian Journey to earn the Terror Resurrected Portrait and the Lesser Mummy Pet.

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Season Journey Rewards

If you’ve been diligently slaying demons for the past few Seasons and reached Conqueror in the Season Journey each time, you’ve surely accrued a few extra Stash tabs. You’ll earn one additional tab each Season by finishing the Conqueror tier, up to a maximum of five Stash tabs:

• Guardian of Sanctuary: Finish a level 70 Nephalem Rift on Torment XIII within five minutes.
• Gem of My Life: Level three Legendary Gems to level 55.
• All I Do Is Win: Complete two Conquests this Season.
• Money Ain’t A Thang: Slay Greed on Torment XIII difficulty.
• Power Amplification: Use Kanai’s Cube to augment an Ancient Legendary item with a level 50+ gem.
• Cubic Reconfiguration: Use Kanai’s Cube to reforge a Legendary item.
• A Little More: Reach Greater Rift Level 60 Solo
• Arachnophobia: Kill Queen Araneae on Torment XIII in under 30 seconds.

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Seasonal Conquest

Speaking of Conquests, we’re rotating those, too! Love going fast while killing things? Boss Mode and Worlds Apart will be making a return. On A Good Day and I Can’t Stop are also available, if leveling Legendary Gems is more your thing. If you’d rather max out your kill count with Cursed Chests, Curses! and Stars Align will be right up your alley. Those who enjoy seeing how far they can go without Set Items will get a kick out of The Thrill and Super Human. Finally, if you’re keen to show off your mastery of various Class Sets, Years of War and Dynasty will be available for you to attempt once more.

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Haedrig’s Gift

Finally, the Class Sets rewarded for completing certain chapters in the Season Journey courtesy of Haedrig’s Gift have rotated once more. We’ve listed the available Sets below. For those new to Seasons, here’s how it works:

Completing Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of the Season Journey will reward you with three of Haedrig’s Gifts. These contain a few pieces from one of your Class Sets. Players can only unlock one Class Set in this manner per Season across Hardcore and Non-Hardcore, so choose wisely! The set you receive depends on the class of the character you’re playing when you open each Haedrig’s Gift. To collect a full Class Set, you’ll need to open all three on the same character. Here are the sets granted by Haedrig’s Gift in Season 24:

• Monk: Uliana’s Stratagem
• Demon Hunter: Natalya’s Vengeance
• Crusader: Seeker of the Light
• Wizard: Vyr’s Amazing Arcana
• Barbarian: Immortal King’s Call
• Witch Doctor: Spirit of Arachyr
• Necromancer: Trag’Oul’s Avatar

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