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By Stan
The Spring Event has arrived to Heroes of the Storm with new skins for Chromie, Butcher, Kharazim, and Lucio!
Starting the week of March 26, all Loot Chests earned through progression (except Hero-specific Chests), Heroes Brawl, or by spending Gold will be Caldeum Complex Loot Chests. These chests guarantee at least one item from the Caldeum Complex or previous years' Lunar New Year Festival Spring events. The event ends on April 30. New items associated with the event can be found below.
Check out the official patch notes for more details!
Blizzard (Source)
NEW SKINS, MOUNTS, & MORE THE BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE IS NOW Welcome to the Caldeum Arcopolis, 2103 AD. In a city bought and sold a hundred times over, cyberpunk heroes from a myriad of factions battle each other and the oppressive Jigoku Cybernetics Corporation. You’ll be able to equip high-tech skins for Chromie, Kharazim, Lucio, and the Butcher, and complete quests to unlock Portraits, Sprays, Emoji, and a special Mount. LEGENDARY SKINS Jade Techno Vandal Chromie, Techno Vandal Chromie, Amber Techno Vandal Chromie LEGENDARY SKINS Jigoku Cyber Oni Butcher, Cyber Oni Butcher, Ivory Cyber Oni Butcher EPIC SKINS Electric Street Cyborg Kharazim, Street Cyborg Kharazim, Hardened Street Cyborg Kharazim RARE SKINS Ivory Speed Demon Lucio, Speed Demon Lucio, Jigoku Speed Demon Lucio EPIC MOUNT SIvory Cyber Oni Warboar, Jigoku Cyber Oni Warboar, Cyber Oni Warboar, Azure Cyber Oni Warboar, Jade Cyber Oni Warboar Caldeum Complex Sprays Caldeum Complex Portraits KNOW THE SCORE During the Caldeum Complex event, all Loot Chests you earn through progression, Heroes Brawl, or by spending gems will be Caldeum Complex Loot Chests. (Except Hero-specific Chests, which will remain unchanged.) Most limited-time items shown above have a chance to drop from Caldeum Complex Loot Chests only. You can also score Items from previous years’ limited-time Lunar New Year Spring event in Caldeum Complex Loot Chests! CYBER ONI ANUB'ARAK CYBER GHOST KERRIGAN AZURE SAKURA AURIEL CYBER ONI ZARYA OVERCLOCKED PROBIUS PRIME NEW QUESTS You’ve been thrown into a conflict between street-level factions and the ruthless Jigoku Cybernetics Corporation. As you complete quests, you will earn the trust of the strongest factions, including the Azure Dragons, Onyx Turtles, and Ivory Tigers, before facing the final fight. THE AZURE DRAGONS QUEST
Azure Dragons Spray, 3 Day Boost, Azure Dragon Chromie Portrait, and Caldeum Complex Loot Chest THE ONYX TURTLES QUEST
Onyx Turtles Spray, 250 Gold, Onyx Turtle Kharazim Portrait, and Cyberpunk Phrases Pack THE IVORY TIGERS QUEST Ivory Tigers Spray, 250 Gold, Ivory Tiger Johanna Portrait, and Caldeum Complex Loot Chest THE JIGOKU CYBERNETICS QUEST Jigoku Cybernetics Spray, Jigoku Cybenetics Butcher Portrait, Jigoku Cyber Oni Warboar, and 500 Gold This dystopian future won’t last forever: get out there and battle before the Caldeum Complex event ends on April 30! -
By Stan
The latest Heroes of the Storm patch with Chromie & Lucio reworks is now live! Check out the full patch notes for details!
Patch Highlights
Hero Roles have been revamped. Check out this post for more information. Hero and Team League have been merged into a single Ranked queue called Storm League. Preseason will continue for the next 4 months. Chromie and Lucio have been rewoked in the latest content update. A full list of their updated talents and abilities can be found here. Gold can now be converted into Shards and you can no longer purchase Loot Chests with real money and Gems. Rare Loot Chests can be purchased for 3,000 Gold each. Click here if you want to learn more about changes to Shards and Loot Boxes implemented in the latest patch. The Caldeum Complex Event comes with new skins and rewards. New Caldeum Complex Loot Chests have a chance to contain skins from previous Lunar New Year Spring Events. Blizzard (Source)
Heroes of the Storm has just been updated with Hero reworks, a brand new event, bug fixes, and more! Read on for details.
NOTE: Orange text indicates a change between PTR and Live notes.
General
The cap on maximum negative Armor has been increased from -25 to -75, now that different Armor effects no longer stack. Hero Roles Update Updated roles include: Tank, Bruiser, Support, Healer, Melee Assassin, and Ranged Assassin. For more information, please review our blog here. Loot chests are no longer available for Gem purchase. Rare loot chests are now available for Gold purchase (3000 each). Some of the A.I. improvements we had planned for last patch ended up having an adverse effect on overall quality, and various changes were made to address this. Shared A.I. behavior has been reverted in some cases and simplified in others. Fixed multiple cases where A.I. controlled Heroes would not respond to player pings. Fixed a certain A.I. behavior based on the current game state. We will address more A.I. issues in future patches, and please continue to give us constructive feedback on A.I. behavior! All current Daily Quests are now mapped to the new Role Expansion system. Warrior Daily Quest is converted to Tank & Bruiser Daily Quest. Assassin Daily Quest is converted to Melee & Ranged Assassin Daily Quest. Support Daily Quest is converted to Healer & Support Daily Quest. Specialist Daily Quest is removed. Players who have had it active prior to the patch will have the quest reward (300 Gold) added on logging in. New Event
Caldeum Complex Welcome to the Caldeum Acropolis, 2103 AD. A city bought and sold a hundred times over, now giant Mega Corporations hold more sway in the ever-shifting politics of the world than governments. Down on the rain slicked streets, humans, mutants, machines and synthetics all struggle to find their place in the light of the neon glow beneath the towering monuments to capitalism lording over them.
With such oppression, the common people often turn to a life of crime. The leader of one of the largest gangs, the Azure Dragons, goes by the nickname, Chromie. Both a hacker and an anti-corporate street artist, many have said her work has an almost prophetic quality, as if she sees through time itself. The corporate media would have you believe she uses her gang of hackers to illegally ensure her prophecies become true, but lately her work has turned dark, as if she’s seen a cataclysmic force on the horizon…
Recently, the Dragons have found an ally in the Onyx Turtles. While it’s rare to see the gangs working together, as the noose of systemic oppression has grown tighter, those in the underbelly of the mega-city have had to find new ways to survive. Kharazim and his Turtles are a harder sort of stock than most, with many known gladiators and street fighters serving in the ranks. This new alliance has provided the Azure Dragons a strong defense against threats in the physical world.
High above, the Jigoku Cybernetics Corporation, a primary manufacturer of mechanical augmentations, has become a target of both groups. In the mean streets, human enhancement has become one of the few options left to move the playing field more into the favor of those willing to bend the law. But their efforts have not gone unnoticed, and any who would dare to impugn the honor of Jigoku find themselves in the sights of the CyberOni, Jigoku’s elite agents: merciless killers at the beck and call of their bureaucratic masters.
Caldeum Complex Quest Chain Make Contact with the Dragons Capture 8 Mercenary camps in winning games. Reward: Azure Dragons Spray and 3 Day Boost Meet the Azure Prophet Win 2 games as a Melee or Ranged Assassin. Reward: Azure Dragon Chromie Portrait and a Caldeum Complex Loot Chest. Earn the Turtles’ Trust Contribute 25,000 XP in winning games. Reward: Onyx Turtles Spray and 250 Gold. Spar with Kharazim Win 2 Games as Healer or Support. Reward: Onyx Turtle Kharazim Portrait and Cyberpunk Phrases Pack. Join the Tigers’ Hunt Kill 150 Minions in winning games. Reward: Ivory Tigers Spray and 250 Gold. Prove Your Valor to Johanna Win 2 games as Tank or Bruiser. Reward: Ivory Tiger Johanna Portrait and a Caldeum Complex Loot Chest. Take Down the CyberOni Butcher Achieve 50 takedowns in winning games. Reward: Jigoku Cybernetics Spray and Jigoku Cybernetics Butcher Portrait. Raid Jigoku Cybernetics Research Facility Destroy 10 Forts or Keeps in winning games. Reward: Jigoku Cyber Oni Warboar and 500 Gold. Caldeum Complex Loot Chests Starting the week of March 26, all Loot chests earned through progression (except Hero-specific Chests), Heroes Brawl, or by spending Gold will be Caldeum Complex Loot Chests. These loot chests guarantee at least one item from the Caldeum Complex or previous years’ Lunar New Year Spring events. Carve out your place among the infamous gangs and score yourself some sweet loot before the streets calm on April 30!
Note: Loot Chests earned prior to the start of this event will not become Caldeum Complex Loot Chests.
Storm League
Hero League and Team League have been merged into a single ranked queue: Storm League. Players must have 16 or more Heroes available and account level 50 or above to queue for Storm League. Additional Details Players can choose their preferred roles in the Ranked menu, so other team members can understand their play style. Players can see party members’ win count under their rank badges on the Storm League queue screen. The starting Matchmaking Rating (MMR) in Storm League will be seeded from the player's last known Hero League or Team League MMR (whichever is greater). The resulting value will then be clamped within a certain range to reel-in outliers. Players will be prevented from queuing up in Storm League as a party together if their rank difference is more than 2 leagues apart. There is a tooltip available to indicate this. Exception: For players in a party of 5, any member outside the party’s League spread maximum will not be counted toward matchmaking requirements. Exception: Players who have not yet placed are able to play with anyone. Leaderboards have been updated to reflect Storm League. Heroes
We have recently revamped hero roles. For more information on this, check out our blog here.
Lúcio
Abilities
Crossfade (W) Healing decreased from 16 to 15 per second Movement Speed aura reduced from 20% to 10% Amp It Up (E) Healing Boost heal reduced from 114 to 112 per second Speed Boost Movement Speed reduced from 45% to 30% Wall Ride (Z) Moved from (Trait) to (Z) Skate Mode (Z) Removed New Trait – Push Off While Wall Ride is active, you can jump off the wall, dealing 100 damage and slowing all enemies hit by 75% for 1 second Talents
Level 1 Maximum Tempo (E) Removed Party Mix (E) Moved from Level 7 New Talent – Smooth Moves (Z) Increase Wall Ride duration by 1 second; while Wall Ride is active, your Basic Attacks heal Lúcio for 30% of their damage and restore 0.5 Mana Level 4 Chase the Bass (Q) Removed Subwoofer (Q) Additional functionality: Close enemies are knocked back 75% further Quest: Hit 3 enemy Heroes with the same Soundwave Reward: Increase Soundwave arc by 50% and range by 20% New Talent – Supersonic (Trait) Push Off recharges 100% faster while you have the Wall Ride buff Level 7 Sonic Amplifier (W) Removed Reverse Amp (W) Moved from Level 10 New functionality: While Amp It Up is active, Healing Boost deals 50 damage a second and Speed Boost slows by 20% to enemies in the aura New Talent – Good Vibrations (Q) Every enemy hit with Soundwave grants Lúcio a 35-point Shield for 7 seconds; this value is tripled for enemy Heroes hit Level 10 New Heroic – High Five (R) Activate: Quickly skate towards target allied Hero, healing them for 250 and granting Unstoppable for 1 second (15 second cooldown per allied Hero) Level 13 Beat Mixing (W) Removed Can't Stop, Won't Stop (Trait) Removed Back in the Mix (Trait) Removed Hard Style (Trait) Removed Slip (Z) Moved from Level 1 New functionality: While Wall Ride is active you gain 20 Armor and if you pass through an enemy Hero, you gain 40% Movement Speed for 1 second New Talent – All Together (W) Each allied Hero in your Crossfade aura grants 5% base Movement Speed (this bonus stacks with other Movement Speed buffs) New Talent – Heavy Casters (Trait) Push Off no longer Slows but instead Stuns enemies for 0.5 seconds Level 16 Bring it Together (E) Removed Up the Frequency (E) No longer reduces Mana Cost Additional functionality: While Wall-Riding, increase your Basic Attack range by 40%; Basic Attacks lower the cooldown of Amp It Up by .45 seconds New Talent – Up to Eleven (E) Activate: Increase the duration of your active Amp It Up by 2 seconds (60 second cooldown) Level 20 Synaesthesia Auditiva (E) Removed Bonus Track (E) Removed Nonstop Remix (R) Removed New Heroic Mastery – Mixing Fire (R) You can now High Five enemy Heroes, damaging them for 225 and reducing all healing done to them by 50% for 3 seconds. Passive: Increase the duration of Amp It Up by 1 second New Talent – House Party (W) All of your healing is increased by 10% for each allied Hero in your aura New Talent – Summer Anthem (W) Activate: Other allies in your Crossfade aura cannot be reduced below 1 Health for 1.5 seconds (75 second cooldown) Developer Comment: Lúcio’s rework is unlocking some new ways to help your allies and further harass your enemies! His old Trait, Wall Ride, is still completely functional but has been moved to his Mount (Z). The replacement Trait, Push Off, is a new utility Ability that gives Lúcio more mobility with a built-in way to peel enemies for his allies.
That is just the beginning, though, as Lúcio has also gained a new Heroic Ability—High Five. This Ability allows him a small bit of burst healing to help compete with Sound Barrier while also granting an on-demand Unstoppable buff to allies that may have bitten off more than they can chew. If you were a big fan of Reverse Amp, no need to worry, it stays on his kit in the form of a talent and has similar functionality! In response to the added power, we are slowing him down a little so he is not quite as frustrating to lock down.
Ranged Assassins
Chromie
Abilities
Sand Blast (Q) Now hits all enemy types, though stops travel after one hit Deals 50% damage to Structures Baseline quest has been removed Casting a Sand Blast now spawns an Echo that replicates Chromie’s Sand Blasts and Basic Attacks, dealing 50% damage; Maximum of one Echo active at a time Damage reduced from 315 to 280 Cooldown increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds Cast time reduced from .8125 to .5 seconds Initial missile speed has been reduced, but acceleration has been added The time the missile takes to travel its full distance has been increased from .4375 to .625 seconds Dragon's Breath (W) Ground warning is no longer visible to enemy heroes Damage reduced from 390 to 195 Now fires a succession of 3 blasts with a 0.75 second delay towards a vector targeted direction Cooldown increased from 8 to 15 seconds Mana cost increased from 50 to 75 Time Trap (E) Once placed, now requires Chromie to re-activate the Trap with (D) to detonate and puts all units in the area in Time Stop Now affects allies as well as enemies Search area increased from 1.5 to 2 radius Mana cost increased from 25 to 30 Health increased from 300 to 500 Timewalker/Bronze Talons (Trait) The Bronze Talons Basic Attack component of her trait has been removed Talents
Level 1 Deep Breathing (W) Stacks increased from 12 to 25 Bonus reduced from 5 to 2 per stack Bonus at maximum stacks reduced from 140 to 50 New Talent – Once Again the First Time (Q) Quest: Hit an enemy Hero with Sand Blast 40 times Reward: Sand Blast’s maximum Sand Echoes increased from 1 to 2 Mounting Sand (Q) Removed Level 2 Andorhal Anomaly (E) Moved from Level 18 No longer causes all three charges to refresh at once Additional functionality: Reduces the cooldown of Time Trap by 5 seconds All Time Traps are detonated at the same time New Talent – Chronic Conditions (E) After Time Stop ends, enemies affected by Time Trap are Slowed by 25% for 3 seconds and allies gain 25% Movement Speed for 3 seconds New Talent – Time Troubles (E) After Time Stop ends, enemies affected by Time Trap lose 20 Armor for 3 seconds and allies gain 20 Armor for 3 seconds Enveloping Assault (W) Removed Timely Surprise (E) Removed Level 5 Mobius Loop (W) Cooldown reduction reduced from 3 to 1.5 seconds per enemy Hero hit Mana return reduced from 100 to 40 per enemy Hero hit Bronze Talons (Q) Has been redesigned When Chromie hits an enemy Hero with Sand Blast, she deals 30% additional Basic Attack damage for 5 seconds New Talent – A Proper Greeting Passive: When Chromie damages a Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned enemy Hero, she deals 25% additional damage for 5 seconds Dragon's Eye (W) Removed Chrono Sickness (E) Removed Level 8 Slowing Sands (R1) Redesigned: Slow now increases the longer an enemy is in the affected area Now Slows by 5% every 0.25 seconds, up to a maximum of 70% Temporal Loop (R2) Range reduced from 11 to 8 Now also increases the recharge rate of Chromie’s Basic Abilities by 500% for 3 seconds Level 11 Here and There (Active) Now has a range of 9 Now teleports Chromie to a targeted location near a Sand Echo, and teleports the Sand Echo back to her old location New Talent – Gnome Speed Ahead! (Q) After casting Sand Blast, Chromie gains 200% increased Health and Mana Regeneration and 20% Movement Speed for 3 seconds Bye Bye! (B) Removed Level 18 New Talent – Unravelling (R1) Every 0.25 seconds, enemy Heroes Slowed by Slowing Sands have their Spell Armor reduced by 2, up to 30 Stuck in a Loop (R2) Now also increases the duration of Temporal Loop’s cooldown reduction buff by 3 seconds New Talent – Blessing of the Bronze Passive: While Chromie is alive, she and all her allies gain 10% Movement Speed and their Basic Abilities recharge 30% faster Pocket of Time (R1) Removed Developer Comment: Our goal with this Chromie update is to create various degrees of success that Chromie can enjoy, so that she doesn’t feel like quite the same all-or-nothing mage that she’s historically been. Traditionally, Chromie has often required a hard counter to keep her in check or completely wrecked an opposing team, creating polarizing experiences.
We’re instituting a lot of changes that allow Chromie to get partial success with her Abilities (multiple Sand Blasts baseline, 3 blasts of Dragon's Breath), while also widening her toolkit (friendly Stasis, Basic Attack damage, PvE damage). While we’re diversifying her kit, we also want to make sure that Chromie feels special, and we think that her Sand Echoes and predictive gameplay with Dragon's Breath are still unique parts of her that embody the feeling of artillery mage while still having moments of counter play for opponents.
Lunara
Talents
Level 4 Blossom Swell (Q) Movement Speed bonus reduced from 15% to 12% This Movement Speed bonus now stacks with other Movement Speed bonuses Developer Comment: Due to Lunara’s unique Movement Speed mechanics, our recent update to Blossom Swell was not as beneficial to Lunara as we had hoped. To address this, we are slightly reducing its bonus but allowing it to stack with other Movement Speed bonuses, including Lunara’s trait, which should dramatically increase the total Movement Speed that she gets from this talent.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the healing nameplate UI would be hidden when the total equals 0. Fixed an issue where broadcasts would sometimes appear twice when sent. Dozens of A.I improvements and bug fixes were made for both base and tactical trees. The stun from Imperius' Celestial Charge will no longer occasionally be removed when used against Heroes. Alexstrasza's Dragonqueen tooltip no longer mentions the reduction of Blinds. Junkrat's RIP-Tire can no longer occasionally kill enemy Heroes inside of Blaze's Bunker. Casting Last Laugh will now correctly dismount Alarak. The latest patch with revamped Hero roles, Chromie & Lucio reworks, and Storm League is now live.
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By Stan
Heroic Deals for this week include Nazeebo, Rexxar, and Xul! The Golden Lunar Skyrocket can still be purchased for 10,000 Gold.
Hero Sales
Heroes Discount Price Nazeebo 500 250 Gems Rexxar 500 250 Gems Xul 750 375 Gems Skins & Mounts
Blizzard removed Paramour Pajamathur Abathur and Flirty Cloud from the Collection with the latest patch. You can still purchase the Golden Lunar Skyrocket mount for 10,000 Gold though!
Mounts Golden Lunar Skyrocket (10,000 Gold) Click here to check out this week's Free-to-Play Hero rotation!
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By Stan
The latest patch comes with a lot of exciting new content available for testing, ranging from Hero reworks up to the new Caldeum Complex event, and revamped Hero roles.
Patch Highlights
The latest content patch will go live next week. You can now convert 10,000 Gold into 500 Shards (PTR values are subject to change at any time throughout testing). Hero Roles have been reworked. You can find more details in this post. Hero and Team League have been merged into a single Ranked queue called Storm League. Loot Chests can no longer be purchased with Gems. Rare Loot Chests can be purchased for 3,000 Gold each. A new Caldeum Complex Event comes with new skins and rewards. Caldeum Complex Loot Chests will have a chance to contain items from previous Lunar New Year Spring Events. Chromie and Lucio have been reworked. Click here for a full list of updated abilities and talents. Chromie's Sand Blast (Q) now deals 50% damage to Structures, Dragon's Breath's (W) ground warning is no longer visible to enemies, and the spell fires 3 blasts with a 0.75 delay towards a vector targeted direction, Time Trap (E) must now be detonated and affects friendly targets. Lucio's Wall Ride has been moved to (Z). He received a new trait called "Push Off". While Wall Ride is active, you can jump off the wall, dealing 100 damage and slowing all enemies hit by 75% for 1 second. Lucio has a new Heroic ability High Five (R1) that can be activated to quickly skate towards a target allied Hero, healing them for 250 and granting Unstoppable for 1 second, with a 15 second cooldown per allied Hero. Blizzard (Source)
Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just hit the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting until the week of March 25. 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.
General
The cap on maximum negative Armor has been increased from -25 to -75, now that different Armor effects no longer stack Developer Comment: The negative Armor cap was originally instituted as a safety precaution so that stacking long term negative Armor effects wouldn’t lead to degenerate gameplay. We don’t anticipate many effects to go beyond -25, but there are a few cases where this can happen (including the new Unraveling Talent on Chromie and Sgt. Hammer’s Shrapnel Mines). Hero Roles Update Updated roles include: Tank, Bruiser, Support, Healer, Melee Assassin, and Ranged Assassin For more information, please review our blog here Loot chests are no longer available for Gem purchase Rare loot chests are now available for Gold purchase (3000 each) New Event: Caldeum Complex
Welcome to the Caldeum Arcopolis, 2103 AD. A city bought and sold a hundred times over, now giant Mega Corporations hold more sway in the ever-shifting politics of the world than governments. Down on the rain slicked streets, humans, mutants, machines and synthetics all struggle to find their place in the light of the neon glow beneath the towering monuments to capitalism lording over them.
With such oppression, the common people often turn to a life of crime. The leader of one of the largest gangs, the Azure Dragons, goes by the nickname, Chromie. Both a hacker and an anti-corporate street artist, many have said her work has an almost prophetic quality, as if she sees through time itself. The corporate media would have you believe she uses her gang of hackers to illegally ensure her prophecies become true, but lately her work has turned dark, as if she’s seen a cataclysmic force on the horizon…
Recently, the Dragons have found an ally in the Onyx Turtles. While it’s rare to see the gangs working together, as the noose of systemic oppression has grown tighter, those in the underbelly of the mega-city have had to find new ways to survive. Kharazim and his Turtles are a harder sort of stock than most, with many known gladiators and street fighters serving in the ranks. This new alliance has provided the Azure dragons a strong defense against threats in the physical world.
High above, the Jigoku Cybenetics Corporation, a primary manufacturer of mechanical augmentations, has become a target of both groups. In the mean streets, human enhancement has become one of the few options left to move the playing field more into the favor of those willing to bend the law. But their efforts have not gone unnoticed, and any who would dare to impugn the honor of Jigoku find themselves in the sights of the CyberOni, Jigoku’s elite agents: merciless killers at the beck and call of their bureaucratic masters.
Caldeum Complex Quest Chain
Make Contact with the Dragons: Capture 8 Mercenary camps in winning games Reward: Azure Dragons Spray and 3 Day Boost Meet the Azure Prophet: Win 2 games as a Melee or Ranged Assassin Reward: Azure Dragon Chromie Portrait and a Caldeum Complex Loot Chest Earn the Turtles’ Trust: Contribute 25,000 XP in winning games Reward: Onyx Turtles Spray and 250 Gold Spar with Kharazim: Win 2 Games as Healer or Support Reward: Onyx Turtle Kharazim Portrait and Cyberpunk Phrases Pack Join the Tigers’ Hunt: Kill 150 Minions in winning games Reward: Ivory Tigers Spray and 250 Gold Prove Your Valor to Johanna: Win 2 games as Tank or Bruiser Reward: Ivory Tiger Johanna Portrait and a Caldeum Complex Loot Chest Take Down the CyberOni Butcher: Achieve 50 takedowns in winning games Reward: Jigoku Cybernetics Spray and Jigoku Cybernetics Butcher Portrait Raid Jigoku Cybernetics Research Facility: Destroy 10 Forts or Keeps in winning games Reward: Jigoku Cyber Oni Warboar and 500 Gold Caldeum Complex Loot Chests
Starting the week of March 26, all Loot chests earned through progression (except Hero-specific Chests), Heroes Brawl, or by spending Gold will be Caldeum Complex Loot Chests. These loot chests guarantee at least one item from the Caldeum Complex or previous years’ Lunar New Year Spring events. Carve out your place among the infamous gangs and score yourself some sweet loot before the streets calm on April 30!
Note: Loot Chests earned prior to the start of this event will not become Caldeum Complex Loot Chests.
Storm League
Hero League and Team League have been merged into a single ranked queue: Storm League Players must have 16 or more Heroes available and account level 50 or above to queue for Storm League Additional Details: Players can choose their preferred roles in the Ranked menu, so other team members can understand their play style Players can see party members’ win count under their rank badges on the Storm League queue screen The starting MMR in Storm League will be taken from a player’s last highest MMR from Hero League or Team League, whichever is higher Players will be prevented from queuing up in Storm League as a party together if their rank difference is more than 2 leagues apart There is a tooltip available to indicate this Exception: For players in a party of 5, any member outside the party’s League spread maximum will not be counted toward matchmaking requirements Exception: Players who have not yet placed are able to play with anyone Leaderboards have been updated to reflect Storm League Heroes
We have recently revamped hero roles. For more information on this, check out our blog here.
Healers
Lúcio
Abilities
Crossfade (W) Healing decreased from 16 to 15 per second Movement Speed aura reduced from 20% to 10% Amp It Up (E) Healing Boost heal reduced from 114 to 112 per second Speed Boost Movement Speed reduced from 45% to 30% Wall Ride (Z) Moved from (Trait) to (Z) Skate Mode (Z) Removed New Trait – Push Off While Wall Ride is active, you can jump off the wall, dealing 100 damage and slowing all enemies hit by 75% for 1 second Talents
Level 1 Maximum Tempo (E) Removed Party Mix (E) Moved from Level 7 New Talent – Smooth Moves (Z) Increase Wall Ride duration by 1 second; while Wall Ride is active, your Basic Attacks heal Lúcio for 30% of their damage and restore 0.5 Mana Level 4 Chase the Bass (Q) Removed Subwoofer (Q) Additional functionality: Close enemies are knocked back 75% further Quest: Hit 3 enemy Heroes with the same Soundwave Reward: Increase Soundwave arc by 50% and range by 20% New Talent – Supersonic (Trait) Push Off recharges 100% faster while you have the Wall Ride buff Level 7 Sonic Amplifier (W) Removed Reverse Amp (W) Moved from Level 10 New functionality: While Amp It Up is active, Healing Boost deals 50 damage a second and Speed Boost slows by 20% to enemies in the aura New Talent – Good Vibrations (Q) Every enemy hit with Soundwave grants Lúcio a 35-point Shield for 7 seconds; this value is tripled for enemy Heroes hit Level 10 New Heroic – High Five (R) Activate: Quickly skate towards target allied Hero, healing them for 250 and granting Unstoppable for 1 second (15 second cooldown per allied Hero) Level 13 Beat Mixing (W) Removed Can't Stop, Won't Stop (Trait) Removed Back in the Mix (Trait) Removed Hard Style (Trait) Removed Slip (Z) Moved from Level 1 New functionality: While Wall Ride is active you gain 20 Armor and if you pass through an enemy Hero, you gain 40% Movement Speed for 1 second New Talent – All Together (W) Each allied Hero in your Crossfade aura grants 5% base Movement Speed (this bonus stacks with other Movement Speed buffs) New Talent – Heavy Casters (Trait) Push Off no longer Slows but instead Stuns enemies for 0.5 seconds Level 16 Bring it Together (E) Removed Up the Frequency (E) No longer reduces Mana Cost Additional functionality: While Wall-Riding, increase your Basic Attack range by 40%; Basic Attacks lower the cooldown of Amp It Up by .45 seconds New Talent – Up to Eleven (E) Activate: Increase the duration of your active Amp It Up by 2 seconds (60 second cooldown) Level 20 Synaesthesia Auditiva (E) Removed Bonus Track (E) Removed Nonstop Remix (R) Removed New Heroic Mastery – Mixing Fire (R) You can now High Five enemy Heroes, damaging them for 225 and reducing all healing done to them by 50% for 3 seconds. Passive: Increase the duration of Amp It Up by 1 second New Talent – House Party (W) All of your healing is increased by 10% for each allied Hero in your aura New Talent – Summer Anthem (W) Activate: Other allies in your Crossfade aura cannot be reduced below 1 Health for 1.5 seconds (75 second cooldown) Developer Comment: Lúcio’s rework is unlocking some new ways to help your allies and further harass your enemies! His old Trait, Wall Ride, is still completely functional but has been moved to his Mount (Z). The replacement Trait, Push Off, is a new utility Ability that gives Lúcio more mobility with a built-in way to peel enemies for his allies.
That is just the beginning, though, as Lúcio has also gained a new Heroic Ability—High Five. This Ability allows him a small bit of burst healing to help compete with Sound Barrier while also granting an on-demand Unstoppable buff to allies that may have bitten off more than they can chew. If you were a big fan of Reverse Amp, no need to worry, it stays on his kit in the form of a talent and has similar functionality! In response to the added power, we are slowing him down a little so he is not quite as frustrating to lock down.
Ranged Assassins
Chromie
Abilities
Sand Blast (Q) Now hits all enemy types, though stops travel after one hit Deals 50% damage to Structures Baseline quest has been removed Casting a Sand Blast now spawns an Echo that replicates Chromie’s Sand Blasts and Basic Attacks, dealing 50% damage; Maximum of one Echo active at a time Damage reduced from 315 to 280 Cooldown increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds Cast time reduced from .8125 to .5 seconds Initial missile speed has been reduced, but acceleration has been added The time the missile takes to travel its full distance has been increased from .4375 to .625 seconds Dragon's Breath (W) Ground warning is no longer visible to enemy heroes Damage reduced from 390 to 195 Now fires a succession of 3 blasts with a 0.75 second delay towards a vector targeted direction Cooldown increased from 8 to 15 seconds Mana cost increased from 50 to 75 Time Trap (E) Once placed, now requires Chromie to re-activate the Trap with (D) to detonate and puts all units in the area in Time Stop Now affects allies as well as enemies Search area increased from 1.5 to 2 radius Mana cost increased from 25 to 30 Health increased from 300 to 500 Timewalker/Bronze Talons (Trait) The Bronze Talons Basic Attack component of her trait has been removed Talents
Level 1 Deep Breathing (W) Stacks increased from 12 to 25 Bonus reduced from 5 to 2 per stack Bonus at maximum stacks reduced from 140 to 50 New Talent – Once Again the First Time (Q) Quest: Hit an enemy Hero with Sand Blast 40 times Reward: Sand Blast’s maximum Sand Echoes increased from 1 to 2 Mounting Sand (Q) Removed Level 2 Andorhal Anomaly (E) Moved from Level 18 No longer causes all three charges to refresh at once Additional functionality: Reduces the cooldown of Time Trap by 5 seconds All Time Traps are detonated at the same time New Talent – Chronic Conditions (E) After Time Stop ends, enemies affected by Time Trap are Slowed by 25% for 3 seconds and allies gain 25% Movement Speed for 3 seconds New Talent – Time Troubles (E) After Time Stop ends, enemies affected by Time Trap lose 20 Armor for 3 seconds and allies gain 20 Armor for 3 seconds Enveloping Assault (W) Removed Timely Surprise (E) Removed Level 5 Mobius Loop (W) Cooldown reduction reduced from 3 to 1.5 seconds per enemy Hero hit Mana return reduced from 100 to 40 per enemy Hero hit Bronze Talons (Q) Has been redesigned When Chromie hits an enemy Hero with Sand Blast, she deals 30% additional Basic Attack damage for 5 seconds New Talent – A Proper Greeting Passive: When Chromie damages a Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned enemy Hero, she deals 25% additional damage for 5 seconds Dragon's Eye (W) Removed Chrono Sickness (E) Removed Level 8 Slowing Sands (R1) Redesigned: Slow now increases the longer an enemy is in the affected area Now Slows by 5% every 0.25 seconds, up to a maximum of 70% Temporal Loop (R2) Range reduced from 11 to 8 Now also increases the recharge rate of Chromie’s Basic Abilities by 500% for 3 seconds Level 11 Here and There (Active) Now has a range of 9 Now teleports Chromie to a targeted location near a Sand Echo, and teleports the Sand Echo back to her old location New Talent – Gnome Speed Ahead! (Q) After casting Sand Blast, Chromie gains 200% increased Health and Mana Regeneration and 20% Movement Speed for 3 seconds Bye Bye! (B) Removed Level 18 New Talent – Unravelling (R1) Every 0.25 seconds, enemy Heroes Slowed by Slowing Sands have their Spell Armor reduced by 2, up to 30 Stuck in a Loop (R2) Now also increases the duration of Temporal Loop’s cooldown reduction buff by 3 seconds New Talent – Blessing of the Bronze Passive: While Chromie is alive, she and all her allies gain 10% Movement Speed and their Basic Abilities recharge 30% faster Pocket of Time (R1) Removed Developer Comment: Our goal with this Chromie update is to create various degrees of success that Chromie can enjoy, so that she doesn’t feel like quite the same all-or-nothing mage that she’s historically been. Traditionally, Chromie has often required a hard counter to keep her in check or completely wrecked an opposing team, creating polarizing experiences.
We’re instituting a lot of changes that allow Chromie to get partial success with her Abilities (multiple Sand Blasts baseline, 3 blasts of Dragon's Breath), while also widening her toolkit (friendly Stasis, Basic Attack damage, PvE damage). While we’re diversifying her kit, we also want to make sure that Chromie feels special, and we think that her Sand Echoes and predictive gameplay with Dragon's Breath are still unique parts of her that embody the feeling of artillery mage while still having moments of counter play for opponents.
Lunara
Talents
Level 4 Blossom Swell (Q) Movement Speed bonus reduced from 15% to 12% This Movement Speed bonus now stacks with other Movement Speed bonuses Developer Comment: Due to Lunara’s unique Movement Speed mechanics, our recent update to Blossom Swell was not as beneficial to Lunara as we had hoped. To address this, we are slightly reducing its bonus but allowing it to stack with other Movement Speed bonuses, including Lunara’s trait, which should dramatically increase the total Movement Speed that she gets from this talent.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the healing nameplate UI would be hidden when the total equals 0. Fixed an issue where broadcasts would sometimes appear twice when sent. -
By Stan
This week's Hero rotation includes Mephisto, Probius, and Murky!
The latest patch with Chromie & Lucio reworks is going live tomorrow and you'll no longer be able to purchase Loot Chests with Gems. We also recommend you to keep Heroes close to leveling and not level them up until after tomorrow, when the new event begins, because the new Loot Chests drop Spring Event skins.
Free-to-Play Hero Rotation: March 26, 2019
Raynor Muradin Sonya Nazeebo Uther Jaina Falstad Alexstrasza Zarya Maiev Mephisto (Slot unlocked at Player Level 5) Tyrande (Slot unlocked at Player Level 10) Probius (Slot unlocked at Player Level 15) Murky (Slot unlocked at Player Level 20) (Source)
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