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Ragnaros Patch Now Live

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A new patch was just released in Americas. It brings the Winter Veil, a new Hero, ranked play changes and balance updates.

Ragnaros was supposed to go live yesterday, but the patch release got delayed by one day.

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GENERAL

Celebrate Winter Veil 2016!

  • Our 2016 Winter Veil celebration has arrived! Ring in the holiday season this year with a 25% XP bonus, a new event quest, and of course, quest rewards.
    • 25% XP Bonus
      • The XP bonus begins at 10:00 a.m. PST on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 until 10:00 a.m. PST Tuesday, January 4, 2017.
    • Winter Veil Event Quest
      • Quest: Play 25 games in any matchmaking mode (Co-op vs. A.I., Quick Match, Unranked Draft, or Ranked)
      • Rewards: Special Snowflake Portrait and Festive Treasure Goblin Mount.
    • Click here for additional Winter Veil 2016 details.

Ranked Season 3 Updates

  • Party Sizes in Ranked Play
    • The following party size adjustments for Hero and Team League have been made as a one-season experiment for Ranked Season 3.
    • Hero League 
      • Players can no longer queue for Hero League games in parties.
    • Team League
      • 2, 3, and 5-player parties can now queue for Team League.
      • 2 and 3-player parties can only queue for Team League if all members are ranked within one league of one another.
      • 5-player parties can queue with any mixture of league rankings.
      • While players will need to have access to at least 14 Heroes in order to play Team League, there are still no minimum Hero level requirements in order to queue for Team League matches.
      • Team League will still utilize First Come, First Serve (FCFS) during Draft Mode, which means that parties of two and three players will need to coordinate effectively when drafting their Heroes.
      • Silenced players can no longer queue for Team League for the duration of their Silence Penalty.
  • Season 2 Rewards
    • Those who finished their placement matches during Ranked Season 2 will receive their rewards upon logging in after downloading today’s patch.
  • Matchmaking
    • The matchmaking system’s certainty level in all players’ skill ratings has once again been loosened in order to help ease movement up or down through the rankings.
  • Ranked League Adjustments
    • Silver and Gold league population sizes have been adjusted, and will now each contain a similar number of players.
    • Diamond league will now contain about half as many players as the previous season.

NEW HERO: RAGNAROS

As the lord of Azeroth’s fire elementals, Ragnaros desires nothing more than to burn the world to ash. Banished to the Firelands eons ago, the Firelord now turns his rage toward the Nexus, intent on incinerating everything and everyone within it.

Trait 

  • Molten Core (D)
    • Channel on an Allied or destroyed Fort or Keep to replace it with Ragnaros’ Ultimate Form, temporarily gaining new Abilities, and a significant amount of Health that burns away over 18 seconds.
    • Ragnaros returns to his normal form upon losing all Health during Molten Core.

Basic Abilities

  • Empower Sulfuras (Q)
    • Ragnaros’ next Basic Attack is instant, dealing Ability Damage in an area around the target, and Healing Ragnaros for 20% of the damage dealt. Healing is doubled for damage dealt to Heroes.
  • Living Meteor (W)
    • Summon a meteor at the target point that deals damage on impact, and then rolls in the target direction and deals additional damage every second for 1.75 seconds.
  • Blast Wave (E)
    • Ignite Ragnaros or target Ally, granting 25% bonus Movement Speed for 1.5 seconds before exploding, dealing damage to nearby enemies.

Molten Core Form Abilities

  • Molten Swing (Q)
    • Swing Sulfuras in a wide arc, dealing damage and stunning enemies for 1 second. Damage increased by 25% versus Minions and Mercenaries.
  • Meteor Shower (W)
    • Summon 3 meteors at the target point that fall in the target direction. Each meteor deals damage and slows enemies by 25% for 2 seconds. Damage increased by 25% versus Minions and Mercenaries.
  • Explosive Rune (E)
    • Create a rune that explodes after 1.5 seconds, dealing damage to non-Structure enemies in a circular area. Damage increased by 25% versus Minions and Mercenaries.

Heroic Abilities

  • Sulfuras Smash (R)
    • Hurl Sulfuras at the target area, landing after 0.75 seconds and dealing damage to enemies hit. Enemies caught in the center of the impact area take triple damage and are Stunned for 0.5 seconds.
  • Lava Wave (R)
    • Release a wave of lava from the allied Core that travels down the target lane, dealing massive damage every second to non-Structure enemies and instantly killing enemy Minions in its path. Damage doubled versus enemy Heroes.

BATTLEGROUND REWORK: HAUNTED MINES

After driving the Raven Lord out of the Haunted Mines and doing a little. . . redecorating. . . the Grave Keeper has re-opened the Mines to all who wish to summon powerful and destructive Grave Golems.

Haunted Mines Basics

  • Venture Underground
    • The Haunted Mines will periodically open with an Undead Army underneath.
  • Collect the Skulls
    • Destroy the Undead and collect their Skulls to summon a powerful Golem. The more Skulls each team collects, the stronger their Golems become.
  • Unleash the Golems
    • After the Undead have been defeated, a Golem will rise for each team and travel down lane in search of Structures to destroy.

Haunted Mines Updates

  • Grave Golems now spawn in fixed positions in each lane, and switch lanes each time they are summoned.
  • The layout of the Underground Mines has been reworked, and the Neutral Grave Golem can now be found at its center.
  • The upper level’s center area has been reworked.
    • Additional Mine Entrances have been placed to the East and West of the Battleground’s center area, for a total of 4.
    • A Mercenary Camp has been placed near each Mine Entrance, featuring Siege Giants at the East and West Entrances, and Sappers in the North and South.

ART

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

  • The following Heroes have received updated visual effects and talent icon color tints to coincide with their reworks:
    • Artanis
    • Dehaka
    • Diablo
  • The following Hero Abilities have received slight animation changes to coincide with timing changes:
    • Kael’thas: Pyroblast
    • Zarya: Particle Grenade

SHOP

Bundles

  • New Bundles
    • Lil’Ragnaros Bundle – Available until January 4, 2017
    • Winter Veil 2016 Bundle – Available until January 4, 2017
    • Winter Veil Classic Bundle – Available until January 4, 2017 
  • Removed Bundles
    • Druid of the Flame Malfurion Bundle

New Hero 

  • Ragnaros has been added to the in-game Shop

Mounts

  • New Mounts
    • 2016 Fall Champion’s Mount – Available until February 28, 2017
    • Special Snowflake – Available by purchasing either of the Winter Veil Bundles until January 4, 2017
  • Returning Mounts
    • Eye Pad
    • Festive Treasure Goblin – Earned by completing 25 games during the Winter Veil 2016 event
  • Removed Mounts
    • 2016 Summer Champion’s Mount
    • Blackheart’s Doubloon

Skins

  • Lil’ Ragnaros
  • Master Ragnaros
  • Gingerdread Nazeebo
  • Winterveil Lunara

Price Reductions

  • Sylvanas’ prices reduced to $8.49 USD and 7,000 Gold.

USER INTERFACE

General

  • The search terms "melee" and "ranged" can now be used to filter Hero Select for melee or ranged Heroes.
  • Click the Grand Master Leaderboards and Ranked Play Guide buttons on the Ranked Play screen to view these pages within the Heroes of the Storm game client.

Hero and Role Chat Links

  • Press SHIFT and click a Hero portrait or Hero Role icon during Hero Select or in a Draft Lobby to add a link to that Hero or Role in the chat.
    • Clicking a Hero or Role link in chat will automatically filter players’ Hero lists accordingly.
    • Alternatively, type a Hero name or Role in square brackets to create chat links.
      • For example: Typing “[Jaina]” into the chat box will create a link to Jaina in Hero Select. However, the spelling must be exact or the link will not work.
    • These Hero and Role links can be used to suggest picks and bans in Draft Lobbies.
    • Clicking a Hero or Role chat link while viewing the Shop will also filter the list of items accordingly.

Penalties for Leaving Games

  • Much like Hero League, players who repeatedly leave Unranked Draft and Team League games or draft lobbies will now be flagged to receive leaver penalties.
  • Players with active penalties for leaving games can no longer queue for Unranked Draft or Team League games.

MVP and Commendations

  • Press TAB at any point during the MVP and Commendations sequence to view the in-game Score Screen for that match.
  • A Skip button has replaced the Exit button on the MVP screen.
    • Clicking Skip will immediately take the player to the Commendations screen.
    • Players can still leave the Commendations screen normally by pressing the Exit button.

DESIGN & GAMEPLAY

Unrevealable Heroes

  • Heroes who are considered unrevealable will no longer shimmer like other stealthed heroes.
  • After the unrevealable period ends, they will shimmer again.

BATTLEGROUNDS

Heroes Brawl - Blackheart's Revenge, Garden Arena, Punisher Arena, Temple Arena

  • Healing Fountains
    • Healing Fountains will now be Invulnerable when these Brawls next return to the Nexus

Braxis Holdout

  • Zerg Rush
    • Initial Zergling spawn increased from 3 to 6 Zerglings

Warhead Junction

  • Warheads
    • Base damage reduced from 2750 to 2300.
    • Warhead damage now scales by a flat 70 every minute, and no longer has a large jump at 18 minutes.
    • Inner Warhead damage is still a 50% bonus.
Developer Comments:  We didn’t like the gameplay of holding off on using a Warhead for a sudden unintuitive damage spike, so we’ve smoothed out their damage curve over a longer period. This should end up playing mostly the same across the game, with only about 10% differences in damage at various points in the match.

HEROES

ASSASSIN

CHROMIE

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Abilities

  • Timewalker (Trait)
    • Increased the level reduction for getting Talents from 1 to 2 levels

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Timewalker’s Pursuit (Active)
      • Added Functionality:
        • You can now also activate this Talent to reveal an area for 2 seconds.  Enemies seen are revealed for 4 seconds.
    • Peer Into the Future (Active)
      • Removed
Developer Comments:  We’re looking to add more power to Chromie that fits the flavor of the character, without increasing her burst potential across the entirety of the game. We’re also combining the effects of Timewalker’s Pursuit and Peer Into the Future to create an enticing option at Level 1. 

KAEL'THAS

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Abilities

  • Pyroblast (R)
    • Cast time reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds
    • Cast range increased by roughly 30%
Developer Comments:  Pyroblast has been underperforming compared to Phoenix. We like where its damage is at, and that a lot of Heroes have ways to negate or mitigate it. Instead, we’re buffing the consistency of the Heroic to make it more competitive. 

SUPPORT

AURIEL

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Abilities

  • Bestow Hope (Trait)
    • Crown visual effects can now be seen by Allies

REHGAR

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Stats

  • Increased Basic Attack damage from 99 to 120 

Abilities

  • Lightning Shield (W)
    • Increased damage from 64 to 70 per second
  • Bloodlust (R)
    • Added functionality:
      • All affected allies now heal for 30% of Basic Attack damage dealt during Bloodlust

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Stormcaller (W)
      • Now returns Mana from hitting all enemies, not just Heroes
  • Level 7
    • Totemic Projection (E)
      • Added Functionality:
        • Now also increases the duration of Earthbind Totem from 8 to 12 seconds
  • Level 20
    • Farseer's Blessing (R)
      • Secondary healing effect increased from 25% to 50% of Ancestral Healing’s full amount
    • Gladiator's War Shout (R)
      • Now increases Bloodlust healing from 30% to 60% of Basic Attack damage
Developer Comments:  It’s been a while since Rehgar was a major dominant force, and his performance is now low enough that we can safely increase the rewards for his aggressive playstyle without pushing his winrate too high. For Bloodlust, we wanted to reduce the loss of healing for picking the Heroic, but only for Basic Attack teams that really benefit from it. 

WARRIOR

ARTANIS

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Abilities

  • Blade Dash (Q)
    • Added functionality:
      • Now reduces the cooldown of Shield Overload by 1 second per enemy hit, and 2 seconds per Hero hit.
  • Twin Blades (W)
    • Charge range is now checked against the edge of target units, instead of their center. This increases the effective range of Twin Blades and should generally create more consistent behavior.
  • Phase Prism (E)
    • Added functionality:
      • You can now cast Phase Prism during Blade Dash
    • Cooldown increased from 14 to 16 seconds
  • Shield Overload (Trait)
    • Cooldown increased from 20 to 24 seconds
    • Activation threshold increased from 50 to 75% Health
    • Shield value reduced from 449 to 360 

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Shield Surge (Trait)
      • Moved from Level 16
      • New functionality:
        • Shield Overload's shield amount is increased by 80% while you are below 25% Health
    • Lethal Alacrity (Q)
      • Removed
    • Shield Battery (Trait)
      • Redesigned:
        • Shield Overload's cooldown recharges 50% faster while its shield is active, and increases the duration of Shield Overload from 5 to 6 seconds
    • Psionic Synergy (Q)
      • Moved from Level 7
      • Now increases the cooldown reduction of hitting Heroes with Blade Dash from 2 to 4 seconds
  • Level 7
    • Chrono Surge (E)
      • Moved from Level 4
      • Attack Speed bonus increased from 40 to 50%
  • Level 13
    • Templar's Zeal (Q)
      • Moved from Level 4
    • Phase Bulwark (Trait)
      • Ability damage mitigation reduced from 50 to 40%
  • Level 16
    • Burning Rage (Passive)
      • Moved from Level 13
      • Replaced with Plasma Burn (Trait):
        • While your Shield is active, you deal 50 damage a second to nearby enemies 
Developer Comments:  The goals with this Artanis update were twofold: Increase his playmaking (swapping enemies during Blade Dash), and increase his solo lane capabilities (Blade Dash reduces Shield Overload cooldown, Shield Overload triggers at higher Health). We think that with these changes, Artanis will be a strong choice on a lot more Battlegrounds and with more team compositions.
LEVEL (TIER)   ARTANIS TALENTS    
1 (1) Reactive Parry (W) Amateur Opponent (W) (!) Seasoned Marksman (Active) —
4 (2) Psionic Synergy (Q) Shield Battery (Trait) Shield Surge (Trait) —
7 (3) Solarite Reaper (Q) Warp Sickness (E) Chrono Surge (E) Follow Through (Passive)
10 (4) Suppression Pulse Purifier Beam — —
13 (5) Templar's Zeal (Q) Triple Strike (W) Graviton Vortex (E) Phase Bulwark (Trait)
16 (6) Zealot Charge (W) Titan Killer (W) Psionic Wound (W) Plasma Burn (Passive)
20 (7) Orbital Bombardment (R) Target Purified (R) Force of Will (Trait) Nexus Blades (Passive)
  • (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
  • Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
  • Bold text indicates a MOVED Talent.

DEHAKA

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Abilities

  • Brushstalker (Trait)
    • Cooldown increased from 40 to 50 seconds
    • Functionality added:
      • Dehaka gains 15% Movement Speed while in a Bush and for 1 second after exiting a Bush
  • Burrow (E)
    • Functionality added:
      • Burrow can now be cancelled early by pressing the hotkey again
  • Adaptation (R)
    • Heal amount increased from 60 to 100% of incoming damage

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Enduring Swarm (W)
      • New functionality:
        • Dehaka takes 40% less damage from Abilities while Dark Swarm is active
    • Enhanced Agility (Trait)
      • New functionality:
        • Quest: For every 50 Essence you collect, increase your Brushstalker Movement Speed bonus by 1%. This can stack 10 times.
  • Level 4
    • Lurker Strain (E)
      • Functionality added:
        • Emerging from Burrow knocks away enemies and slows their Movement Speed by 30% for 2 seconds
    • Numbing Eruption (E)
      • Removed   
    • Hero Stalker (Trait)
      • Bonus Essence gained from takedowns reduced from 150 to 100%
  • Level 13
    • Swift Pursuit (Z)
      • New Functionality:
        • Brushstalker’s Movement Speed duration after leaving a Bush is increased from 1 to 3 seconds
    • Ferocious Stalker (Z)
      • New Functionality:
        • After using Brushstalker, increase all damage Dehaka deals by 25% for 10 seconds
    • Whirling Dervish (W)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Primal Swarm (W)
      • Enemies affected by Dark Swarm take 15% increased damage from all sources
  • Level 16
    • Rapid Regeneration (E)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Tunneling Claws (E)
      • Dehaka can now move while Burrowed
  • Level 20
    • Change is Survival (R)
      • Heal amount increased from 125 to 200% of incoming damage
    • Hardened Shield (Active)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Essence Claws (Passive)
      • Basic Attacks slow enemies by 20% for 1 second
      • Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes grant Dehaka 5 Essence
Developer Comments:  We started doing some small changes to Dehaka’s talent tree in order to increase diversity and fix some talent pick issues. As is par for the course, this opened a rabbit-hole of design opportunities that we ended up falling into. While Dehaka’s changes were mostly complete before the BlizzCon Finals, his resurgence as a dark horse of competitive play helped us narrow down and finalize the rework. Base movement speed on Brushstalker helps meld his design while some brand new talents should open up some fun new ways to hunt your prey.
LEVEL (TIER)   DEHAKA TALENTS    
1 (1) Enduring Swarm (W) Primal Aggression (W) (!) Enhanced Agility (Trait) (!) Tissue Regeneration (Trait)
4 (2) Lurker Strain (E) One-Who-Collects (Trait) Hero Stalker (Trait) —
7 (3) Feeding Frenzy (Q) Constriction (Q) Symbiosis (W) (!) Essence Devourer (Trait)
10 (4) Isolation Adaptation — —
13 (5) Swift Pursuit (Z) Ferocious Stalker (Z) Primal Swarm (W)  
16 (6) Paralyzing Enzymes (Q) Elongated Tongue (Q) Tunneling Claws (E)  
20 (7) Contagion (R) Change is Survival (R) Apex Predator (Z) Essence Claws (Trait)
  • (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
  • Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
  • Bold text indicates a MOVED Talent.

DIABLO

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Abilities

  • Shadow Charge (Q)
    • Base damage from 94 to 75
      • New Functionality:
        • Diablo gains 25% resistance for 2 seconds after charging
        • If Diablo’s target collides with terrain they take an additional 150 damage
  • Fire Stomp (W)
    • Base damage from 106 to 60
      • Added Functionality:
        • Fire Stomp fireballs return to Diablo, dealing 90 damage
  • Black Soulstone (Trait)
    • Bonus max Health per Soulstone stack from .2 to .4%

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Block (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Devil’s Due (Passive)
      • New functionality:
        • Regeneration Globes and Healing Fountains are 2% more effective for every stack of Black Soulstone
    • Overwhelming Force (Q)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Bulwark (Q)
      • Increase the duration of Shadow Charge’s Resistance effect from 2 to 5 seconds
    • Life Leech (Passive)
      • Moved from Level 13
  • Level 4
    • Demonic Strength (E)
      • Slow duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds
      • Slow amount increased from 25 to 30%
    • Soul Catcher (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Essence of the Slain (Passive)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Speed Demon (Passive)
      • Diablo gains 30% Movement Speed for 5 seconds after being Stunned or Rooted
    • From the Shadows (Q)
      • Moved from Level 7
        • Functionality added:
          • Also increases Shadow Charge range by 33%
  • Level 7
    • Diabolical Momentum (Q)
      • Functionality changed:
        • Basic Attacks lower the cooldown of Shadow Charge and Overpower by 1.5 seconds
    • Soul Steal (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Devastating Charge (Q)
      • Moved from Level 7 to Level 13
        • Functionality changed:
          • Shadow Charging an enemy into unpathable terrain deals an additional 5% of that targets max Health in damage
          • Quest: Every time you charge an enemy into unpathable terrain, increase the bonus damage by 2%, stacking up to a 10% bonus (15% max health possible)
    • New Talent: Soul Shield (Trait)
      • Each Black Soulstone stack Diablo has grants him 0.35% Resistance to enemy Abilities
    • Soul Feast (Passive)
      • Moved from Level 1
      • New functionality:
        • Each Soulstone stack grants 0.4 Health Regeneration per second
  • Level 13
    • Firestorm (W)
      • Removed
    • Spell Shield (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Siphon the Dead (Active)
      • Removed
    • Hellfire (W)
      • Each enemy Hero hit by Fire Stomp increases the damage of the next Fire Stomp by 10%, stacking up to 100%.
    • Fire Devil (W)
      • Moved from Level 4
      • Aura damage increased from 17 to 22
      • Added functionality:
        • Also increases Diablo’s Basic Attack damage by 25% for 6 seconds
  • Level 16
    • Rampage (W)
      • Removed
    • Continuous Overpower (E)
      • Removed
    • Domination (E)
      • New Functionality:
        • Lower the Cooldown of Overpower by 4 seconds
        • Using Overpower refreshes the Cooldown of Shadow Charge
    • Imposing Presence (Passive)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Fearful Presence (Passive/Active)
      • Passive: Heroes and Summons that attack Diablo have their Attack Speed slowed by 20% for 2.5 seconds
      • Active: Activate to reduce the damage dealt by nearby Heroes by 30% for 3 seconds
  • Level 20
    • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Hellgate (Active)
      • Activate to teleport a short distance and place a Demonic Rune at that location. After 1.75 seconds the rune explodes dealing 137 damage and stuns enemies for 1.75 seconds
Developer Comments:  The Lord of Terror has been under the knife for a couple months and has finally collected enough souls to resurrect himself. He reenters the Nexus with an updated talent tree focusing on maintaining and amplifying his identity. He should still excel as a gank-oriented Warrior, punishing out-of-position enemies, but also brings along some new survivability options. While we had to lower his damage slightly, the baseline addition of Firestorm and larger payoff for Shadow Charging enemies into collision should heavily reward opportunistic Diablo players.
LEVEL (TIER)   DIABLO TALENTS    
1 (1) Bulwark (Q) Devil's Due (Trait) Life Leech (Passive) —
4 (2) From the Shadows (Q) Speed Demon (W) Demonic Strength (E) —
7 (3) Soul Feast (Trait) Soul Shield (Trait) Diabolical Momentum (Passive) —
10 (4) Apocalypse Lightning Breath — —
13 (5) (!) Devastating Charge (Q) Fire Devil (W) Hellfire (W)  
16 (6) Debilitating Flames (W) Domination (E) Fearful Presence (Active)  
20 (7) Dying Breath (R) Hellstorm (R) Lord of Terror (Active) Hellgate (Active)
  • (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
  • Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
  • Bold text indicates a MOVED Talent.

ZARYA

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Abilities

  • Particle Grenade (Q)
    • This ability has received improvements to its cast animation
    • The time between casting Particle Grenade and performing another action has been reduced by .25 seconds
Developer Comments:  Casting Zarya’s Particle Grenade would force her to be locked in place for a short period of time. We don’t do this on other Heroes, and we felt like this exception broke the fluidity of the character. 

BUG FIXES

Battlegrounds

  • Braxis Holdout: XP awarded for destroying the Archangel now correctly scales over the course of the game.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

  • Chen: Fixed an issue that prevented Chen from regenerating Health while using Wandering Keg.
  • Illidan: Quest progress icons will no longer continue to appear after completing the Unbound Talent quest.
  • Leoric: The Camera will now properly follow Leoric’s Wraith form during Wraith Walk while Camera Follow is enabled.
  • Lt. Morales: Fixed a rare issue that could cause Lt. Morales players to lose control of the Hero.
  • Nazeebo: The Camera will now properly follow Ravenous Spirit while Camera Follow is enabled.
  • Samuro: The tooltip for Mirror Image now properly mentions that activating the Ability will remove certain negative status effects.
  • Thrall: Earthquake now correctly slows enemy Minions and Mercenaries in addition to Heroes.
  • Zagara: Infest will now properly grant bonus Attack Damage to Minions for Siege Damage dealt.

User Interface

  • In-Game: Fixed an issue which caused certain Heroes’ Trait UI to block players from clicking to view Talent Tiers 10 through 20.

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      Level 1 Will of Tichondrius Damage bonus per stack reduced from 0.5 to 0.25. Required damage to unlock quest reward decreased from 40 to 20. Winged Guard Stack generation reduced from once every 6 seconds to once every 5 seconds. Level 13 Deep Sleep Movespeed bonus increased from 10% to 15%. Level 20 Wrath of Nathreza Transferred damage increased from 75% to 85%.  
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      Talents
      Level 20 March of Murlocs Cooldown reduced from 100 seconds to 90 seconds. Bug Fixes
      Map
      Volskaya Foundry Fixed an issue that caused the Triglav Protector's Particle Cannon charge to cause other players' cursors to highlight in an area. Heroes
      Arthas Level 1 Rime Fixed an issue that caused Rime's Healing to not be displayed correctly in the Death Recap. Level 16 Remorseless Winter Fixed an issue that caused Remorseless Winter's Healing to not be displayed correctly in the Death Recap. Chen Base Breath of Fire [W] Fixed an issue that caused Breath of Fire to not deal impact damage. Muradin Base Storm Bolt [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Storm Bolt's quest progression indicator to show around the target that killed the Hero. Level 7 Perfect Storm Fixed an issue that caused Perfect Storm's Mana refund to not be granted. Fixed an issue that caused Perfect Storm's Mana refund to increase Muradin's Self Healing score. Fixed an issue that caused Perfect Storm to be able to go on cooldown when already on cooldown. Rexxar General Fixed an issue that caused Misha to not respawn when her Respawn Timer expires. Tyrande Base Lunar Flare [E] Fixed an issue that caused Lunar Blaze to not grant quest progress when the targeted Hero dies and they have a non-standard death state. Fixed an issue that caused Lunar Blaze to not grant quest progress when the targeted Hero is killed by a non-Hero. Fixed an issue that caused Lunar Blaze's quest progression indicator to show around the target that killed the Hero. Zagara Level 1 Infest Infest now displays as a Quest Bonus. Click here to discuss this post with other players in the official Heroes of the Storm forums.

       
    • Elitesparkle
      Heroes of the Storm Live Patch Notes: April 20
      By Elitesparkle
      Blizzard released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm and here are the official Patch Notes with all the changes.
      (Source)
      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. Return to Top
      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%. Return to Top
      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. Return to Top
      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. Return to Top
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    • Elitesparkle
      Heroes of the Storm PTR Update: April 9
      By Elitesparkle
      Blizzard released a new PTR patch for Heroes of the Storm and here are the unofficial Patch Notes with all the datamined changes.
      Map Updates
      Blackheart's Bay
      Objective
      Bombardment Damage increased from 2875 to 3000. Balance Updates
      Arthas
      Base
      Frostmourne Hungers [D] Maximum damage bonus increased from 5000 to 10000. Gazlowe
      Base
      Rock-It! Turret [Q] Duration increased from 17 to 20 seconds. Mal'Ganis
      Base
      Necrotic Embrace [W] Damage increased from 110 to 121. Additional functionality: Gain 15 Spell Armor for 3 seconds. Medivh
      Talents
      Level 1 Winds of Celerity Movement Speed bonus increased from 75% to 100% of Raven Form's Movement Speed bonus. Raven's Intellect Mana and Health Regeneration bonus increased from 125% to 200%. Muradin
      Talents
      Level 16 Dwarf Launch Cooldown reduction reduced from 2 to 1 second. Level 20 Mountain King Cooldown increase removed. Sgt. Hammer
      Talents
      Level 1 Maelstrom Rounds Damage bonus increased from 30% to 40%. Level 13 Hyper-Cooling Engines Now triggers against Structures too. No longer grants bonuses from splash damage. Level 20 Advanced Lava Strike Damage bonus increased from 50% to 65%. Ultra Capacitors Now triggers against Structures too. No longer grants bonuses from splash damage. Thrall
      Talents
      Level 1  Echo of the Elements Time window to gain stacks increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds. Extra bounces no longer deal reduced damage. Quest requirements increased from 20/40/100 to 20/50/125. Removed functionality: Chain Lightning no longer bounces an additional time after unlocking the second Reward. Level 7  Rolling Thunder Additional functionality: Chain Lightning bounces an additional time. Tyrande
      Base
      Lunar Flare [E] Damage bonus per stack reduced from 3.5% to 3%. Talents
      Level 13  Quickening Blessing Movement Speed bonus on Light of Elune's target increased from 20% to 25%. Level 20 Commander of Sentinels Cooldown increase removed. Bug Fixes
      Fixed an issue causing respawn timers from Level 10 to 23 to be lower than intended. Fixed an issue causing increased Movement Speed visual effects to be created when joining a Toy Train. Fixed an issue causing Heroes to collect more Skulls than allowed during the Objective phase on Haunted Mines. Fixed an issue causing Arthas's Frost Presence to fire the Quest Completed notification twice. Fixed an issue causing Arthas's Frost Presence to give double Quest progress when hitting an enemy Hero with both the path and the circle. Fixed an issue causing Arthas's Rime to heal Arthas even when not Stunned, Rooted, or Slowed. Fixed an issue causing Ghouls summoned by Arthas's Army of the Dead to have a duration instead of losing Health over time. The tooltip for Arthas's Frost Presence has been updated from "Root enemy Heroes" to "Hit enemy Heroes". Fixed an issue causing Garrosh's Wrecking Ball to show the mark on targets barely not in range. Fixed an issue causing effects related to the duration of Mal'Ganis's Necrotic Embrace to not work correctly. Fixed an issue that caused Medivh's Guardian of Tirisfal to not increase Arcane Rift's search duration. Fixed an issue causing Ragnaros's Living Meteor to not deal the landing damage.
    • Elitesparkle
      Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes: March 30
      By Elitesparkle
      Blizzard released a new PTR patch for Heroes of the Storm and here are the official Patch Notes with all the changes.
      (Source)
      Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just hit the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting. 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.
      Quick Navigation:
      General Map Updates Balance Update Bug Fixes General
      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. Return to Top
      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! 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%. Return to Top
      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 damage lowered 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 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 lowers 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. Mal'Ganis
      Base
      Necrotic Embrace [W] Now benefits double the amount from Vampiric Touch. No longer provides Armor for 3 seconds. 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 25 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%. Raven's Intellect Bonus increased from 75% to 125%. 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 20 Mountain King Dwarf Toss cooldown increased by 2 seconds. Thunder Clap cooldown increased by 2 seconds. 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. 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%. Talents
      Level 20 Commander of Sentinels Cooldown of Sentinel increased by 3 seconds. Return to Top
      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. 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. Thrall Base Feral Spirit [W] Fixed an issue that caused Feral Spirit to not be extended correctly if it is about to expire. Return to Top
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    • Elitesparkle
      Heroes of the Storm PTR Update: January 16
      By Elitesparkle
      Blizzard released a new PTR patch for Heroes of the Storm and here are the unofficial Patch Notes with all the datamined changes.
      Map Updates
      Volskaya Foundry
      Objective
      Triglav Protector Damage bonus when both slots are occupied reduced from 45% to 35%. Cooldown reduction when both slots are occupied reduced from 40% to 35%. Triglav Gunner Damage bonus when both slots are occupied reduced from 45% to 35%. Cooldown reduction when both slots are occupied reduced from 40% to 35%. Energy Regeneration when both slots are occupied reduced from 40% to 35%. Balance Updates
      Azmodan
      Base
      Globe of Annihilation [Q] Upon reaching 225 Annihilation, also removes the damage reduction against Monsters. Deathwing
      Stats
      Attack Damage increased from 110 to 117. Talents
      Level 1 Molten Blood Additional functionality: Now grants Form Switch, which can be activated to swap Form. Level 7 Firestorm Cooldown reduction for Deathwing's landing Abilities increased from 2 to 3 seconds. Jaina
      Base
      Frostbite [Trait] Additional functionality: Ice Cold now also gives Unstoppable and immunity to damage over time effects for the duration. Kerrigan
      Base
      Ravage [Q] Minions no longer have to die within 1.5 seconds of being hit by Ravage to grant stacks. Kerrigan now gains stacks when Minions die within 3 range. Time window for cooldown refund reduced from 1.5 to 0.75 seconds. Baseline Quest requirements increased from 85/150 to 100/250. After reaching 100 stacks, enemy Heroes killed grant 14 stacks. Muradin
      Base
      Storm Bolt [Q] Baseline Quest requirements increased from 35/150 to 50/200. Talents
      Level 7 Perfect Storm Additional functionality: The cooldown cannot be reset more than once every 10 seconds. Level 20 Mountain King New: Thunder Clap and Dwarf Toss have an extra charge. Rewind Removed. Tyrande
      Stats
      Mana increased from 450 to 500. Mana Regeneration increased from 2.7 to 3 per second. Base
      Sentinel [W] Mana cost increased from 50 to 55. Lunar Flare [E] Mana cost increased from 60 to 65. Shadowstalk [R1] Mana cost increased from 75 to 85. Starfall [R2] Mana cost increased from 75 to 85. Yrel
      Base
      Divine Purpose [D] Cooldown reduced from 16 to 8 seconds. Zagara
      Talents
      Level 16 Mutalisk Mutalisk's Health decay reduced from 42 to 10 per second. Mutalisk duration effectively increased from 10 to 42 seconds. Bug Fixes
      Fixed an issue causing Doubloon Camps on Blackheart's Bay to be impossible to capture under certain conditions. Fixed an issue causing Anub'arak's Beetles to still have a duration, in addition to losing their Health over time. Fixed an issue causing the Health decay for Azmodan's Demon Warriors to not scale with levels.  Fixed an issue causing Deathwing's Baseline Quest to reset when using Dragonflight. Fixed an issue causing Deathwing's Lava Burst to deal damage after an additional 0.25 seconds. Fixed an issue causing Gazlowe's Rock-It! Turrets to not lose their Health over time. Fixed an issue causing the tooltip for Jaina's Ice Cold to not show correctly. Fixed an issue causing Muradin's Storm Bolt to deal 1 more damage for each stack. Fixed an issue causing the range splat for Muradin's Dwarf Toss to not be visible. Fixed an issue causing Muradin's Skullcraker to Stun before Muradin's post-damage effects happened. Fixed an issue causing the Health Regeneration of Murky's Egg to not scale with levels. Fixed an issue causing Tyrande's Sentinel to not be correctly affected by cooldown reduction effects.
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