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A new patch hit PTR with Malthael, a Diablo in-game event and several Hero changes. It's available for testing until June 12.

Based on community feedback, Blizzard will be enabling all 13 maps in Quick Match, vs. AI and Unranked Draft game modes! Thrall's getting a rework and Team League matchmaking will allow players to wait indefinitely until the system finds a reasonable match for their skill level. Full patch notes can be found below.

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Heroes of the Storm PTR Notes — June 5, 2017

Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just arrived to the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting until June 12. During this time, we kindly request your assistance in trying out some of the new content it contains before we officially release the patch to the live version of Heroes. Just like last time, if you encounter any bugs or other issues during your PTR play sessions, please stop by the PTR Bug Report forum to let us know about your experiences.

General 

Malthael’s Bargain Event

  • Earn epic in-game rewards in both Diablo III and Heroes just by playing Heroes of the Storm with a friend!
    • Quest: Play 15 Games with friend in VS AI, QM, Ranked, and Unranked as Diablo Heroes
    • Heroes of the Storm Rewards: Leoric’s Phantom Charger, 1x Epic Loot Chest
    • Diablo III Rewards: Ghost Kerrigan Wings
  • The event begins during the week of June 12, and lasts until June 26. Click here to learn more about Malthael's Bargain.

New Hero: Malthael 

Once the Aspect of Wisdom, Malthael abandoned heaven after the Worldstone’s destruction. In secret, he had resolved to end the Eternal Conflict by becoming a Reaper of Souls and eliminating everything affected by demonic corruption, including humanity.

Trait

  • Reaper’s Mark
    • Basic Attacks afflict non-Structure targets with Reaper’s Mark for 4 seconds. Marked enemies are revealed and take damage equal to 2.5% of their maximum Health every second.

Basic Abilities

  • Soul Rip (Q)
    • Extract the souls of nearby enemies afflicted with Reaper’s Mark, dealing damage and Healing Malthael for a portion of the damage dealt to each target hit.
    • Heroic targets heal Malthael for an additional 3% of the Hero’s maximum Health.
  • Wraith Strike (W)
    • Instantly teleport through an enemy afflicted by Reaper’s Mark, dealing damage and refreshing Reaper’s Mark.
  • Death Shroud (E)
    • After 0.25 seconds, unleash a wave of dark mist that applies Reaper’s Mark to the enemies it hits.

Heroic Abilities

  • Tormented Strike (R)
    • Gain 20 Armor and unleash a torrent of souls, continually applying Reaper’s Mark to enemies for 4 seconds.
  • Last Rites (R)
    • Apply a death sentence to an enemy Hero that, after 2 seconds, deals damage equal to 50% of their missing Health.
    • (!) Repeatable Quest: Enemies killed while under the effect of Last Rites permanently reduce its cooldown by 5 seconds, to a minimum of 15 seconds.

Art 

General

  • New loading screen art, created by artist Alex Horley, has been added in celebration of Malthael’s arrival to the Nexus.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

  • A generic marker has been added to indicate when enemies can be killed by an ability.
    • This marker will appear above low-health enemies for Greymane and Malthael when Go for the Throat or Last Rites will deal fatal damage to the target.
  • Tracer's Basic Attacks have received performance improvements.
  • Genji's Dragon Claw button art has been updated to make progress easier to read at a glance.
  • The following Heroes have received updated visual effects to coincide with Talent updates:
    • Kerrigan
    • Malfurion
    • Thrall

User Interface 

General

  • Holding SHIFT + left-clicking an Announcer, Banner, Emoji, Portrait, Spray, or Voice Line in your Collection will now create a chat link that directs other players to that item.
    • If an item does not have its own page, the link will open to the relevant category in the Collection with that item's title in the search bar.

Hero Select

  • A “Close to Leveling” sorting option has been added to non-draft Hero Select and the Profile’s Roster tab.
    • Use this sorting feature to quickly locate Heroes who require the least amount of XP in order to level-up.
    • When two or more Heroes are tied, those Heroes will be further sorted by release date.

Hotkeys

  • Force Move
    • A Force Move command has been added to the Basic Hotkeys menu.
      • When a Hero receives a Force Move command, they will move to the target point without attacking any units on the way or anything that was clicked when the command was issued.
  • Modifier Hotkeys
    • ALT, CTRL, and SHIFT can now be set as Modifiers for Basic Hotkeys (Q, W, E, R, Attack, Move, etc.).

Mastery Taunts

Quest Log

  • Hero Levels that grant multiple progression rewards will no longer take up two or more slots in the Quest Log.
  • Instead, hovering the cursor over that slot will now display a tooltip that communicates all rewards granted upon reaching that level.
    • For example: Hovering the cursor over an upcoming Hero Level 10 reward will indicate that the player will receive 500 Gold and a Hero-Specific Loot Chest.

Ranked Play

  • General
    • Lessened personal rank adjustments in both Hero and Team Leagues, which will allow players’ ranks to move more quickly during win or loss streaks.
  • Team League
    • Team League matchmaking will now allow players to wait indefinitely until the system finds a reasonable match for their skill level.
    • When average queue times for 2-player parties in Team League become lengthy, the leaders from additional 2-player parties attempting to enter the queue will see a warning message that they may be in for a long wait.
      • When this occurs, the party leader can choose to enter the lengthy queue if they are willing to wait, or cancel the queue to find additional party members and get a match more quickly.

Design and Gameplay 

General

  • Cooldowns for Abilities and Talents that can be toggled on and off have been unified to 0.5 seconds across the board. While most of these Abilities and Talents already had a 0.5 second delay, there were a few outliers, which have now been updated:
    • Anub'arak - Legion of Beetles (Active)
    • Thrall - Spell Shield (Active)
    • Murky - Never-Ending Murlocs (R)

Talents

  • Bolt of the Storm
    • Range reduced by 20%
    • New Bolt of the Storm alternatives have been added to several Heroes
Developer Comment:  While we love Bolt of the Storm and the playmaking potential that it provides, we believe that the talent is too often used as an extra escape. We have also received feedback that Bolt of the Storm could have more awesome moments if its playmaking potential were more tied to offensive use cases. Our goals with these changes are twofold: to consolidate Bolt of the Storm to heroes where we think it makes for awesome gameplay moments, and second to create use cases where it is more optimal to use Bolt of the Storm to make offensive plays. We hope that these changes create more interesting moments in the late-game where heroes can shine by making risky plays to ensure victory for their team.

Battlegrounds 

Map Rotation Update

  • Thanks for sharing your Map Rotation feedback with us! As a result of community-driven discussions, we’re making all 13 Battlegrounds available for play in Versus A.I., Quick Match, and Unranked modes.
  • Hero and Team League are now the only game modes that will feature a Map Rotation.
  • The Ranked Map Rotation has been updated to include the following:
    • Hanamura
    • Dragon Shire
    • Tomb of the Spider Queen
    • Cursed Hollow
    • Infernal Shrines
    • Sky Temple
    • Braxis Holdout
    • Blackheart’s Bay
    • Battlefield of Eternity
  • A new Map Rotation icon has been added to the Ranked Play screen.
    • Hover the cursor over the Map Rotation icon to display a list of all Battlegrounds currently available in Ranked matchmaking.
    • Find the Map Rotation icon next to the Grand Master Leaderboard and Ranked Guide buttons.

Minions

  • Catapults
    • Can now slightly overlap with one another to help prevent them from becoming stuck against one another when multiple Catapults bunch up around a Core.

Heroes 

Assassin

Kerrigan

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Talents

  • Level 20
    • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
      • Removed
    • New Talent – Psionic Shift (Active)
      • Activate to teleport a short distance and deal 50 damage to enemies in the area. Enemy Heroes hit give Kerrigan 300% of the damage dealt as Assimilation Shields. 70-second cooldown.

Raynor

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Talents

  • Level 20
    • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
      • Removed

Thrall

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Abilities

  • Chain Lightning (Q)
    • Cooldown increased from 6 to 8 seconds
    • Number of bounces increased from 2 to 3
    • Range of bounces decreased from 7 to 5
    • Mana cost increased from 40 to 45
  • Feral Spirit (W)
    • No longer stops upon the first enemy hero hit
    • Feral Spirit travels 25% further with each enemy hero hit
  • Frostwolf Resilience (Trait)
    • Heal amount decreased from 314 to 210

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Block (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Rabid Wolves (W)
      • Removed
    • Seasoned Marksman (Active)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Echo of the Elements (Q)
      • !Quest: Kill 10 minions or heroes within 1.5 seconds of them being hit by Chain Lightning
        • Reward: Decreases the mana cost of Chain Lightning by 20
      • !Quest: Kill 20 minions or heroes within 1.5 seconds of them being hit by Chain Lightning
        • Reward: Gain an additional charge of Chain Lightning
    • New Talent: Crash Lightning (Q)
      • !Quest: Hit at least 2 enemy heroes with a single cast of Chain Lightning
        • Reward: Increases bounce damage by 10 up to a maximum of 400
      • !Quest: Hit at least 2 enemy heroes, 20 times, with a single cast of Chain Lightning
        • Reward: Bounces of Chain Lightning now prioritize enemy heroes
    • Rolling Thunder (Q)
      • Added functionality:
        • Increases Chain Lightning’s maximum bounces by 1
  • Level 4
    • Ride the Lightning (Q)
      • Removed
    • Spirit Journey (W)
      • Removed
    • Envenom (Active)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Feral Resilience (W)
      • Each enemy hero hit by Feral Spirit grants 2 charges of Block, granting 50 physical armor. Lasts until consumed or Feral Spirit is cast again.
    • New Talent: Frostwolf Pack (W)
      • !Quest: Hit 7 heroes with Feral Spirit. Progress is reset upon dying or if Feral Spirit doesn’t hit at least one enemy hero.
        • Reward: Decreases the cooldown from 12 to 6 seconds, and decreases the mana cost from 60 to 30
    • Mana Tide (Trait)
      • Mana gained increased from 15 to 20
      • Added functionality:
        • When Mana Tide procs, now also reduces basic ability cooldowns by 0.5 seconds.
  • Level 7
    • Wind Shear (E)
      • Removed
    • Stone Wolves (W)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Maelstrom Weapon (E)
      • !Quest: Attack enemy heroes while Windfury’s movement speed bonus is active.
        • Reward: Increases attack damage by 1
      • !Quest: Attack 20 enemy heroes while Windfury’s movement speed bonus is active.
        • Reward: Increases the movement speed bonus of Windfury from 30% to 40%
      • !Quest: Attack 40 enemy heroes while Windfury’s movement speed bonus is active.
        • Reward: Permanently gain 15% increased movement speed.
    • New Talent: Ancestral Wrath (Active)
      • Each time Frostwolf Resilience activates, Thrall gains a stack of Ancestral Wrath, up to a maximum of 8. 
      • Activate to consume 8 stacks of Ancestral Wrath, stealing 15% of target hero’s maximum health over 3 seconds. Thrall heals for 150% of this amount over 3 seconds.
  • Level 13
    • Restless Wolves (W)
      • Removed
    • Giant Killer (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Spell Shield (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Frostwolf’s Grace (Trait)
      • Moved from Level 7
      • Healing amount increased from 100 to 150% of Feral Resilience 
      • Cooldown decreased from 30 to 15 seconds
    • New Talent: Spirit Shield (Passive)
      • Every 45 seconds, gain 50 Spell Armor against the next enemy ability and subsequent abilities for 1.5 seconds. Triggering Frostwolf Resilience reduces this Cooldown by 5 seconds. 
  • Level 16
    • Forked Lightning (Q)
      • Removed
    • Ride the Wind (E)
      • Removed
    • Blood for Blood (Active)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Thunderstorm (Q)
      • !Quest: Cast Chain Lightning on a hero. Dying or casting it on the same hero twice in a row resets progress.
        • Reward: Chain Lightning slows targets by 8%, stacking up to 40%.
      • !Quest: Reach a 40% bonus slow.
        • Reward: Chain Lightning deals 25% more damage to the primary target.
      • This quest never completes and will reset even at maximum stacks. 
    • New Talent: Alpha Wolf (W)
      • Increases root duration from 1 to 1.5 seconds. 
      • For 3 seconds after being hit by a Feral spirit, Thrall’s basic attacks deal 3% of the targets maximum health.
  • Level 20
    • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
      • Removed
    • Worldbreaker (R)
      • Decreases Cooldown from 70 to 50 seconds
      • New Functionality:
        • No Longer travels indefinitely
        • Creates a pathing blocker for 3 seconds
    • New Talent: Wind Rush (Active)
      • Activate to teleport to a target location and gain Windfury
      • 70 second CD
Developer Comment:  We started looking at Thrall for a talent update as many of his talents were older generic talents, and Thrall ended up having a clear build path. Our pillar for this update was creating more talent diversity and unique ways to play. The changes to Feral Spirit add new opportunities for Thrall to make big plays, while allowing him to continue his role as a lane bully, or play with the team, depending on your playstyle. Overall, Thrall is now flush with Quest talents, and this is something we wanted to explore and are excited for your feedback.

Support

Li Li

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Talents

  • Level 20
    • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
      • Removed

Malfurion

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Abilities

  • Moonfire (W)
    • Mana cost reduced from 20 to 15 
  • Regrowth (Q)
    • Mana cost increased from 40 to 45
    • Heal over time ticks reduced from 31 to 28 
  • Twilight Dream (R)
    • Passive Mana Regen functionality removed 

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Moonburn (W)
      • New functionality:
        • Your Moonfire deals 75% bonus damage to Minions
          • !Quest: Kill nearby Minions
          • Reward: For every 5 nearby lane Minions killed, increase this damage bonus by 1%. After hitting 25% additional bonus damage, the bonus damage is also applied to Mercenaries and Monsters 
  • Level 4
    • Vengeful Roots (E)
      • Entangling Roots also spawns a Treant that lasts for 10 seconds.
        • Damage increased from 64 to 70
        • Treant damage no longer gains level scaling
      • !Quest: Hit Heroes with Entangling Roots
      • Reward: Every enemy Hero hit increases the damage of the Treant by 8 
    • Full Moonfire (W)
      • Moved from Level 13.
      • Mana cost reduction decreased from 10 to 5
      • Radius bonus decreased from 60 to 50% 
    • Versatile (D)
      • Removed
  • Level 7
    • Strangling Vines (E)
      • New functionality:
        • Heroes hit by Entangling Roots have all healing received reduced by 30% for the duration of the Root effect
    • Lunar Shower (W)
      • Moved from Level 16 
    • Hindering Moonfire (W)
      • Moved from Level 16 
    • MULE (Active)
      • Removed
    • Cleanse (Active)
      • Removed
  • Level 16
    • Hardened Focus (Passive)
      • Removed
    • New Talent – Ysera’s Gift (Q)
      • The heal-over-time portion of Regrowth is increased by 40% while you are above 75% Health 
      • New Talent – Revitalize (D)
        • Upon casting Innervate, Malfurion gains 50 Mana and his cooldowns refresh 50% faster for 5 seconds
  • Level 20
    • Bolt of the Storm (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Nightmare has been renamed to Astral Communion (R)
      • New functionality:
        • Slow effect has been removed.
        • When activated, channel for 1 second and then instantly teleport to the target location and cast Twilight Dream. This shares a cooldown with Twilight Dream.

Warrior

Stitches

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Talents

  • Level 20
    • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
      • Removed
    • Regenerative Bile (R)
      • Renamed to Potent Bile
        • New functionality:
          • Healing and Movement Speed bonuses have been removed
          • Putrid Bile duration bonus increased from 2 to 6 seconds
          • Now increases the slow effect from 35 to 45%
    • Hungry Hungry Stitches (R)
      • Damage bonus has been removed.
      • Added Functionality:
        • While active, Gorge has increased range and can be repeatedly recast until the first target is expelled. Gorging a target outside of melee range will teleport Stitches to the target.
    • New Talent: Cannibalize (Passive)
      • Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes heal Stitches for 5% of his maximum Health.

Collection 

New Bundles – The following new Bundles and Skin Packs are available for a limited time!

  • Echoes of Tristram Bundle
  • Malthael Heroic Bundle
  • Grave Warden Malthael Skin Pack

New Skins

  • Malthael
    • Spectral Malthael
    • Platinum Malthael
    • Toxic Malthael
    • Tarnished Malthael
    • Grave Warden Malthael
    • Angelic Grave Warden Malthael
    • Crimson Grave Warden Malthael
    • Frozen Grave Warden Malthael
    • Timelost Grave Warden Malthael
  • Li-Ming
    • Tal Rasha Li-Ming
    • Cobalt Tal Rasha Li-Ming
    • Crimson Tal Rasha Li-Ming
  • Murky
    • Sir Murkalot
    • Amber Sir Murkalot
    • Obsidian Sir Murkalot
    • Scarlet Sir Murkalot
    • Steel Sir Murkalot
  • Sylvanas
    • Blood Raven Sylvanas
    • Banshee Raven Sylvanas
    • Jungle Raven Sylvanas
    • Skeletal Raven Sylvanas
    • Wild Raven Sylvanas
  • Tyrael
    • Infernal Demonic Tyrael
  • Zeratul
    • Unraveler Zeratul
    • Ancient Unraveler Zeratul
    • Golden Unraveler Zeratul
    • Hollow Unraveler Zeratul
    • Noxious Unraveler Zeratul

New Mounts

  • Golden Treasure Goblin – Can only be unlocked using Gold. Available for a limited time.
  • Cloud Mounts
    • Happy Cloud
    • Sad Cloud
    • Angry Cloud
  • Battle Raptor Mounts – Awarded to players who achieved Platinum in Hero League or Bronze in Team League during 2017 Ranked Season 1.
    • Battle Raptor
    • Crimson Battle Raptor
    • Deadly Battle Raptor
  • Epic Battle Raptor Mounts – Awarded to players who achieved Master in Hero League or Team League during 2017 Ranked Season 1.
    • Epic Battle Raptor
    • Epic Crimson Battle Raptor
    • Epic Deadly Battle Raptor

Bug Fixes 

General

  • Fixed a number of typo and tooltip errors across several aspects of the game.

A.I.

  • Hanamura: A.I. players will no longer pace back and forth near the payload when a Stealthed enemy Hero is nearby.

Art

  • Diablo: Prime Evil Diablo’s model while no longer freeze in place during its victory animation.
  • Murky: Octo-Grab’s model will no longer persist on the target if Murky is Stopped in the same moment that the Ability is cast.
  • Tyrande: Trueshot Aura will now correctly display visual effects on the terrain when graphics are set to Low.

Battlegrounds

  • Braxis Holdout: Fixed an issue in which players could be kicked for inactivity while defending the Beacons.
  • Cursed Hollow: A small shadow will no longer appear at the location where a new Tribute is about to spawn when graphics are set to Low.
  • Dragon Shire: The Dragon Knight’s Savage Charge Ability will no longer cancel Anub’arak’s Burrow Charge.
  • Hanamura: The Mega Enforcer will no longer leash after consuming a Hero.
  • Hanamura: When the player is not holding an item, the Map Mechanic Ability button tooltip now correctly explains that Hanamura-specific Abilities can be earned by defeating Mercenaries.
  • Hanamura: Map Mechanic Turrets can now correctly attack the Mega Enforcer and Mercenaries.
  • Towers of Doom: Capturing an Altar will now properly reset that player’s AFK warning timer.
  • Try Mode: The Complete Quests button will now properly complete Gazlowe’s Clockwerk Steam Fists Quest Talent.
  • Try Mode: Complete Quests will now properly grant Ragnaros’s Catching Fire Quest Talent rewards.
  • Try Mode: Refresh Forts will no longer cause the cooldown timer above the Healing Fountain to disappear.
  • Mercenaries: Captured enemy Mercenaries will no longer drop Fresh Meat stacks for The Butcher or Mineral stacks for Probius.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

  • Basic Attacks: Splash and Cleave damage will now correctly reveal targets who are hit while inside Bushes and Vents.
  • DoT Effects: Illidan’s Evasion, Chen’s Elusive Brew, and Xul’s Shade Armor will no longer prevent Damage over Time effects from displaying properly in their Health bars.
  • DoT Effects: Enemy Health bars will now correctly display damage over time effects after being hit by Swift Strike with the Strike at the Heart Talent.
  • Polymorphs: Fixed several issues in which Polymorph effects could incorrectly knock Heroes out of Stealth.
  • Abathur: Locusts will now assist Heroes who are attacking a Mercenary Camp rather than immediately traveling to a lane.
  • Abathur: Can now correctly cast Symbiote on an allied Nova’s Holo Decoys.
  • Anub’arak: An active Cocoon will no longer be destroyed if it is moved by Abilities that block pathing, such as Tyrael’s Holy Ground or Tassadar’s Force Wall.
  • Azmodan: All Shall Burn will now properly cancel any active Movement commands issued to Azmodan prior to casting.
  • Azmodan: General of Hell will now assist Azmodan while he is attacking a Mercenary Camp rather than immediately traveling to a lane.
  • Diablo: Fixed an issue that could allow Shadow Charge to Stun enemies who did not collide with the terrain.
  • Gazlowe: Can no longer cast Deth Lazor if he has less than the required amount of Mana.
  • Greymane: Insatiable will no longer cause Basic Attacks to restore Mana when Inner Beast is not active.
  • Greymane: After learning Viciousness, Cursed Bullet will now correctly refresh Inner Beast’s duration.
  • Illidan: Evasion will no longer prevent damage over time effects from displaying on Illidan’s Health bar.
  • Kharazim: Duration bars for Echo of Heaven and Deadly Reach will now appear simultaneously if both are active at once.
  • Li-Ming: Wave of Force will no longer cancel Sonya’s Whirlwind animation.
  • Murky: Can now properly collect Regeneration Globes during Safety Bubble.
  • Nazeebo: The tooltips for Nazeebo’s Voodoo Ritual Trait now properly indicate that it contains a Quest.
  • Nazeebo: Silencing the Zombies that were created by Zombie Wall with the Dead Rush Talent will no longer prevent them from uprooting.
  • Ragnaros: Empower Sulfuras’s animation will no longer play without dealing damage if the attack was cancelled by issuing Movement Commands.
  • Stitches: Hook can no longer pull Stealthed enemy Heroes through allied Gates.
  • Tassadar: Fixed an issue causing the first tick of Psionic Storm to deal slightly less damage than intended.
  • Tassadar: After learning Prismatic Link, Basic Attacks that bounce to a secondary target will now properly reveal that enemy.
  • The Butcher: Minions that die near The Butcher will now always drop Fresh Meat stacks.
  • The Butcher: Fresh Meat earned via Hero Takedowns, and collected while piloting the Garden Terror or Dragon Knight, will now correctly increment The Butcher’s Fresh Meat stacks.
  • The Butcher: Insatiable Blade’s Movement Speed bonus is now properly granted when Butcher’s Brand is applied to non-Heroic targets.
  • Valeera: Wound Poison’s reduced Healing debuff will now correctly display a red plus symbol next to the affected Hero’s status bar rather than a purple plus overhead.
  • Valeera: Will no longer be revealed when entering the Haunted Mines or using the Tunnel on Towers of Doom.
  • Varian: The cooldown for Victory Rush will now be properly reduced when nearby Monsters are killed.

Sound

  • Collection: Brightwing will no longer play voiceover when navigating away from her Hero page in the Polish game client.
  • Genji: Dragonblade voiceover now plays correctly and will no longer be interrupted by other sound effects.

User Interface

  • In-game: Zul’jin’s You Want Axe? Quest Talent will not appear complete on the in-game Score Screen’s Talents tab prior to reaching 120 stacks.
  • In-game: Zarya’s Maximum Charge Quest Talent will not appear complete on the in-game Score Screen’s Talents tab prior to reaching 150 stacks.
  • Mastery Taunts: Players who have Mastery Taunts will no longer receive Desync errors when loading into a game.
  • Quick Cast: The Quick Cast setting for Varian’s passive Heroic Strike Trait has been removed from the Quick Cast Settings menu.

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Glad to see Thrall getting some much needed love :D

Also, it was about time they did something about the whole Bolt of the Storm talent for older Heroes

They should add some alternatives to make them feel more unique, and yes I do mean that Nexus frenzy on Raynor or Falstad and even Nexus Blades on the Butcher should either be removed or replaced by talents that would fit the hero's theme

One more thing though, anyone else thinking that some Sonya talents should be changed i,e, the Mercenary Lord?

It seems completely out of character for her

EDIT: Poison, Cleanse, Conjurer's Pursuit, Rewind, Hardened Shield and call M.U.L.E. might as well

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2 minutes ago, Dejo93 said:

Glad to see Thrall getting some much needed love :D

Also, it was about time they did something about the whole Bolt of the Storm talent for older Heroes

They should add some alternatives to make them feel more unique, and yes I do mean that Nexus frenzy on Raynor or Falstad and even Nexus Blades on the Butcher should either be removed or replaced by talents that would fit the hero's theme

One more thing though, anyone else thinking that some Sonya talents should be changed i,e, the Mercenary Lord?

It seems completely out of character for her

Blizzard prioritizes talent reworks on heroes who are in need of a buff (Thrall) or a nerf (Malf) or just have too one dimensional talent tree with only 1 playable talent on every tier. Sonya is in such of a sweet spot I doubt Blizzard will touch her anytime soon. Blizzard is trying to get rid of all generic talents but it takes time and effort.

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5 minutes ago, BrightwingMain said:

Blizzard prioritizes talent reworks on heroes who are in need of a buff (Thrall) or a nerf (Malf) or just have too one dimensional talent tree with only 1 playable talent on every tier. Sonya is in such of a sweet spot I doubt Blizzard will touch her anytime soon. Blizzard is trying to get rid of all generic talents but it takes time and effort.

Agree with ya mate ;)

Just find that one talent to be out of place for Sonya 

the other are ok :D

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2 hours ago, Dejo93 said:

Glad to see Thrall getting some much needed love :D

One more thing though, anyone else thinking that some Sonya talents should be changed i,e, the Mercenary Lord?

It seems completely out of character for her

That Thrall rework was insane. 400 bonus damage on Chain Lightning? Whoa. He'll be one motherfucker now. Probably on par with Artanis and Zul'jin as one of the strongest duelists.

Actually, funny you say that, but Sonya is regarded as a Mercenary killer in her flavor text (when you click her in the character select screen). But I agree, I think they should get rid of Mercenary Lord and tweak her a bit more.

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Forgot about Zul'jin. Thanks, Xaethron
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I'm very confused about their intentions regarding Malfurion, did they just get tired of him being so popular or how well rounded he was? All it tells me is that I can't really rely on him to be a solo Support anymore, and I'm not sure what his actual strength would be, as they haven't really emphasised anything, merely removed a lot while adding the most dubious sounding talents I've seen for a long time. 

The mana regen on Twilight undeniably gave Malfurion power creep, and I understand that others were fed up of seeing him in every tourney and in ranked, but the removal of Cleanse on a healer that struggles with burst damage even before these proposed changes to his healing and mana efficiency just seems overboard. 

Recent changes to other heroes were bringing other Supports back into or even UP in the meta; Malfurion isn't even the top Support regarding winrates, and his popularity was dropping slightly even though he was on the free to play rotation this past week as more and more players experiment and explore the possibilities behind Uther and find out potential comps with somebody such as Tyrande, for example. 

Rolling out generic talents such as MULE and Bolt also make perfect sense, but no attempt to make Scouting Drone more hero specific, and he still has Rewind at 20, which was always out of place on the hero, while removing something like Cleanse which is picked because it's so mandatory for a solo Support pick, and because the other options on the tier simply do not compare.

These other options are perhaps the biggest sources of my doubts with the proposed changes to Malfurion. Changes so that he doesn't feel like such a necessary pick or ban at all levels of play are good, but I only see myself picking him up for being a secondary support with a Mage emphasis, similar to how I used to play Tassadar, the first Support I tried and stuck with in early HotS days, but I'd avoid the Entangling Roots talents altogether, no different to how I do now. 

My reasoning here is thus: Entangling has a 14 second cooldown. Unless you were going for a specific Innervate build with the talents at 1 and 16, you'd struggle to get any value out of the level 4 and 7 talents for it otherwise, while also giving up Elune's Grace, which is an overwhelmingly popular talent pick, because, like Cleanse, the other options on the tier just aren't as useful. You would need to be using Entangling Roots, your most mana costly spell, liberally as a damage spell when you see it can land on multiple heroes rather than using it more conservatively as a follow up cc ability, to help peel or to help secure a kill on a runner, using it smartly so you don't waste such a large cooldown and perhaps more importantly, your mana, especially since Regrowth will be healing for less and cost you more. 

The level 7 talent, Strangling Vines, sounded alright at first, but the 30% healing debuff only lasts as long as the actual root duration, which is 1.25 seconds long. It could last longer, but to get any sort of value out of this and the other Entangling talents, you would likely have to pick up the new level 16 talent, Revitalise, instead of Tenacious Roots. 

But this all goes full circle, considering many balance problems regarding Malfurion boiled down to Entangling Roots, and now I'm looking at a sort of viable ER build that would make a double Support comp with him obnoxious after level 16. 

Oh well, I guess we'll see how things pan out on the PTR. 

Special mention for this PTR though! 

 

Hero and Team League are now the only game modes that will feature a Map Rotation.

Yay! 

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28 minutes ago, Valhalen said:

Probably on par with Artanis as the strongest duelist.

False. Zul jin is the strongest duelist

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Is there any chance you guys can add a post for Malthael's talents as in the PTR and all the new skins? I currently don't have space for the PTR but am really exited about Unraveller Zeratul. Seeing the leaked talents confirmed would also be really nice. Thanks!

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Malf just got SMASHED with a nerf bat... Removed cleanse, less healing, level 7 thrown out the window for bad level 16 talents, and clear  (at least early game) mana issues with regrowth and twilight dream changes.

Everything else seems fine, but malf will fall out of competitive pretty hard with those. Cleanse was completely required to heal with since he is over time. Now Varian taunt is an auto hard counter.

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I hate the Thrall changes.  If I wanted someone to poke with their Q, I'd play Ming.  His healing reduction to me ensures he'll get blown up any time he tries to move into melee range.

What I would have done: Give him base 25 Spell Armor, and tweaking his existing kit.

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I was glad to see Thrall getting a rework, but on first glance it looks like making him worse, but it's too early to assume something ^^

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Reading about "Talent updates" got me excited thinking they gave Kerrigan a Talent Tree rework and then...:/ Hope they give her one soon (not tm) she really needs it imho (aside from one Heroic and trait, she has nothing Psionic related and that's one of her core themes- new talent is too but lvl 20. Wanna see more). Wanna see reworks for many others as well (Jaina, Tyrael, etc).

Thrall was already the definition of great kit all around (poke, damage, cc, sustain, chase/escape with ms), this seems to have pushed him over the edge on first glance.

Malf was already on the weak side of healers (he's the only one without burst heal excluding Tranquility) this seems to make a positive feedback loop on the issue. In pro play, they just pick him for Twilight Dream (and chain cc) and pair him with another support most often than not since his healing isn't there (one game not so long ago, got all the Regrowth talents + Tranquility and a damage-trait Kharazim outhealed me by a whole lot).

Nice to see they heard the community about battlegrounds- even if somewhat at least (Hanamura staying despite receiving a lot of hate from what I see and ToSQ, the ONLY map I REALLY dislike seriously? >.<)

P.S. Did anyone watch the anniversary stream? At one point, I heard one of the devs talking about Jaina- something about "not having immediate plans for her, some kits are supposed to remain as is/don't need to change, you used to press some buttons and enemies dead/machine gun style not cool" etc which honestly, sounded like bullcr@p to me, greatly saddening and disturbing- Jaina has been hit really hard with nerfs in consecutive patches before. She's in dire need of buffs/talent tree rework imho because, her build is pretty much the same every game, only real 'challenge'/decision is what you'll get level 16. And that's the reasoning they used for Thrall's update (carved in stone build). I'm not 100% sure they said that cause between twitch derping and me having a toaster for a laptop, wasn't able to hear pretty well with the buffers/stutters and stuff but if I heard what I think I heard then yeah... I may sound a bit biased but I really love Jaina, she's waifu, got her level 10+ complete with master skin on 2 accs waaaay back

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17 hours ago, BrightwingMain said:

Blizzard is trying to get rid of all generic talents but it takes time and effort.

Don't forget that it takes money too. They won't spend to change something that works.

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17 hours ago, Dejo93 said:

One more thing though, anyone else thinking that some Sonya talents should be changed i,e, the Mercenary Lord?

It seems completely out of character for her

Lets her solo most bosses easily at level 10 so i kind of like it

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6 hours ago, SteveFrost said:

Reading about "Talent updates" got me excited thinking they gave Kerrigan a Talent Tree rework and then...:/ Hope they give her one soon (not tm) she really needs it imho (aside from one Heroic and trait, she has nothing Psionic related and that's one of her core themes- new talent is too but lvl 20. Wanna see more). Wanna see reworks for many others as well (Jaina, Tyrael, etc).

Malf was already on the weak side of healers (he's the only one without burst heal excluding Tranquility) this seems to make a positive feedback loop on the issue. In pro play, they just pick him for Twilight Dream (and chain cc) and pair him with another support most often than not since his healing isn't there (one game not so long ago, got all the Regrowth talents + Tranquility and a damage-trait Kharazim outhealed me by a whole lot).

P.S. Did anyone watch the anniversary stream? At one point, I heard one of the devs talking about Jaina- something about "not having immediate plans for her, some kits are supposed to remain as is/don't need to change, you used to press some buttons and enemies dead/machine gun style not cool" etc which honestly, sounded like bullcr@p to me, greatly saddening and disturbing- Jaina has been hit really hard with nerfs in consecutive patches before. She's in dire need of buffs/talent tree rework imho because, her build is pretty much the same every game, only real 'challenge'/decision is what you'll get level 16. And that's the reasoning they used for Thrall's update (carved in stone build). I'm not 100% sure they said that cause between twitch derping and me having a toaster for a laptop, wasn't able to hear pretty well with the buffers/stutters and stuff but if I heard what I think I heard then yeah... I may sound a bit biased but I really love Jaina, she's waifu, got her level 10+ complete with master skin on 2 accs waaaay back

You picked two heroes that are in a pretty reasonable place right now. A good Kerrigan player is REALLY dangerous (just look at any Korean HGC that she is played in) and Jaina is still one of the most dangerous combo potentials in the game. Could they use a little tweaking, to add diversity/flavor, sure. They don't need a huge rework to do that. They're both still viable and map/comp dependent which has been Blizzards goal with all the tweaks. I don't feel like Jaina has been hit that hard with nerfs, people just got used to her and there have been a LOT of other really powerful mage (and anti-mage) choices to go against her.

Malf also wasn't just picked for twilight dreams. The mana regen he gained from that talent meant he could top off EVERY hero late game while still spamming roots and even moon fires. This may not have been burst, but he was able to sustain solo what most comps required 2 supports for, then you tack on top a team-fight wining heroic and I see why they changed that skill. Losing cleanse hurts him more than anything else on his kit.

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On 5. 6. 2017 at 7:29 PM, Stan said:

Thanks for sharing your Map Rotation feedback with us! As a result of community-driven discussions, we’re making all 13 Battlegrounds available for play in Versus A.I., Quick Match, and Unranked modes.

Oh yes. The best part of the update. Who cares about new heroes or hero reworks when you can finally play all maps in Quick Match. 

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7 hours ago, Laragon said:

You picked two heroes that are in a pretty reasonable place right now. A good Kerrigan player is REALLY dangerous (just look at any Korean HGC that she is played in) and Jaina is still one of the most dangerous combo potentials in the game. Could they use a little tweaking, to add diversity/flavor, sure. They don't need a huge rework to do that. They're both still viable and map/comp dependent which has been Blizzards goal with all the tweaks. I don't feel like Jaina has been hit that hard with nerfs, people just got used to her and there have been a LOT of other really powerful mage (and anti-mage) choices to go against her.

Malf also wasn't just picked for twilight dreams. The mana regen he gained from that talent meant he could top off EVERY hero late game while still spamming roots and even moon fires. This may not have been burst, but he was able to sustain solo what most comps required 2 supports for, then you tack on top a team-fight wining heroic and I see why they changed that skill. Losing cleanse hurts him more than anything else on his kit.

Everytime I've seen Kerrigan picked in HGC Korea, it was just for Infernal Shrines and all games she had rather poor performance (very easily picked off and many times, little to no contribution, etc). She lacks reliable ways to get in & out (something typical for assassins; optimally you wanna save q as a finisher unless you want to aggressively dive in with maelstorm, adaptation may not be the best talent choice most of the time and level 20 simply never comes in many games) and if you miss her combo (which isn't the hardest thing) she feels more like a DPS Hero if anything. 

Jaina... from where to begin? Frost Armor pretty useless even for its purpose (protection vs auto attack heroes), moving Snowstorm to level 16 forcing it to compete with other really good talent options and whatever the end result, she comes out weaker than before the change (you could have Snowstorm + 1 of the other 2). Making Snowcrash (or whatever it was called) baseline sounds good on paper, but reducing each wave's damage made it do less damage than before- people should be either hard cc'ed, dumb or lagging af to stand there and get hit by all 3 waves. They said they wanted to up on her identity as "Battleground Control"; with 15 s cd on Blizzard, her main ability. Seems legit... Even with Icy Veins, you can use it one more time at best before reverting back to normal cds. Removing Bolt of the Storm from her and moving Improved Ice Block to level 20. The only changes I liked were the nerfs to Water Elemental/ small buffs to Ring of Frost that made the latter viable.

Jaina severely lacks compared to almost every other mage on every aspect: range, radius, cooldowns and so on. Why pick her over that imbaOP (censorship) thing called Li Ming or Gul'DansGame? Or even KT and Chromie (who's gotten so many buffs which she didn't need while Jaina got all this uncalled for nerfs it's redonkulous. Inb4 trailer "Don't worry, this is gonna get nerfed", Chromie buffs every 2nd patch, smh...)? Yes, her damage is still very high, she can kill pretty much all non-tanks with some good ability usage, but she needs to come close compared to others (the lackings above) which makes her combos and thus, her playstyle, very predictable. She is considered "meta" only for Towers of Doom apparently and with full q build (and without much success either); which tilts and triggers me to no end. Personally, I wouldn't call all of the above as being "on a good, resonable spot." On the contrary..."I'm here to help!" she says but she's the one who needs help imho.. pronto! A direction could be to make the range and/or radius increase talents baseline, make Snowstorm a quest at an earlier level (hitting heroes gradually increases the radius, maybe also reduces cooldown, reward good Jaina players)- unique questing talents like that and some talent diversity (right now, the options are really limited). I just want her to get some love as so many others before her (some of which did not need imho).

About Malf, haven't really delved too much, just from what I've seen.

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5 hours ago, positiv2 said:

Oh yes. The best part of the update. Who cares about new heroes or hero reworks when you can finally play all maps in Quick Match. 

But, but... Hanamura all day was fun?

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I'm so happy to see Dragon Shire return, but they soured it by adding Blackheart's Bay on the ranked rotation. One of the first guides I ever looked up for ranked and competitive map tips was Dreadnaught's nearly hour long tl;dr video guide, and besides making his throat go dry about the Punisher on Infernal Shrines, him starting off the introduction to BB by calling it cancer has stuck with me BECAUSE IT IS SO TRUE. I've had friends I've known for years ask me why I hoard coins while we lose fort walls, and then we get a team kill, we get a boss, I go hand in and I still hate this unbalanced map.

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9 hours ago, Plergoth said:

 I still hate this unbalanced map.

You do better by not playing the objective until a certain point in the game. It's almost counter-intuitive. It's similar to how there used to be the "ignore mines, go base gg" on Haunted Mines. After hitting a certain level, whoever went for the objective just ended up losing the game because of how difficult it was to then stop the snowball on the base. 

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8 minutes ago, Blainie said:

You do better by not playing the objective until a certain point in the game. It's almost counter-intuitive. It's similar to how there used to be the "ignore mines, go base gg" on Haunted Mines. After hitting a certain level, whoever went for the objective just ended up losing the game because of how difficult it was to then stop the snowball on the base. 

Haunted Mines is one of those maps where you have to balance objective and sieging almost perfectly. At late games, on those clutch moments where both teams have their Cores exposed, it's imperative to get one of those kill streaks and wipe the entire enemy team, so your team can safely go for the mines and not put the base at risk. It's pretty tough, and very very comp dependent.

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6 hours ago, Valhalen said:

Haunted Mines is one of those maps where you have to balance objective and sieging almost perfectly. At late games, on those clutch moments where both teams have their Cores exposed, it's imperative to get one of those kill streaks and wipe the entire enemy team, so your team can safely go for the mines and not put the base at risk. It's pretty tough, and very very comp dependent.

Thing is, I feel like there comes a point, regardless of comp, when you are at a certain level and you can essentially clear a full lane faster than going for the mines, clearing the mobs and waiting for the delay of the boss spawning. I think it'd be nice to have a smaller spawn timer on the boss to actually make it more imposing immediately. You almost reach a stale mate where neither team wants to push in, siege or fight, because you know that making the choice first loses the game.

I hope I'm making a little sense?

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5 hours ago, Blainie said:

Thing is, I feel like there comes a point, regardless of comp, when you are at a certain level and you can essentially clear a full lane faster than going for the mines, clearing the mobs and waiting for the delay of the boss spawning. I think it'd be nice to have a smaller spawn timer on the boss to actually make it more imposing immediately. You almost reach a stale mate where neither team wants to push in, siege or fight, because you know that making the choice first loses the game.

I hope I'm making a little sense?

It makes sense. But a good comp does help. Should your team wipe out the other team in a battle, and you have someone who can solo the boss, it's GG; while that Hero clears the mines the rest of sieges.

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      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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    • 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.
    • 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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    • 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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