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Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes: February 12th

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The latest Heroes patch is now live. Ana and Abathur have been reworked, players can now purchase individual skins directly using Gems, and more!

Patch Highlights

  • Abathur and Ana have been reworked. You can find more details in the patch notes below.
  • New skins are available for Blaze, Deckard, and Hanzo.
  • All skins and most mounts in the Collection can now be purchased with Gems or Shards.
    • The plan is to continue offer Gold-only mounts in the future.
    • All existing skins and mounts that were previously only purchasable with Gems have been added to the Collection for individual purchase or Shard crafting, meaning you no longer need to purchase them bundled.
  • All skins and mounts have had their price/rarity adjusted to match the new Gem and Shard pricing tiers.
  • Boosts will continue to be purchasable with Gems only.

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No snake will be spared the flame... We’re introducing new Skins, Mounts, and much more with our new Heroes of the Storm update. Join the resistance and assist Firestorm Blaze, Deckard Pain, and Delta Hanzo in eliminating Viper and reclaiming the Nexus!

Below are the updated patch notes.

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Heroes of the Storm has just been updated with Hero Reworks, new Collection Items, bug fixes, and more! Read on for details.

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

General

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Heroes

Specialist

Abathur

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Abilities

  • CarapaceCarapace (E)
    • Cooldown reduced from 12 to 6 seconds
    • Duration reduced from 8 to 6 seconds
    • Additional functionality:
      • Shield now persists after Symbiote ends
    • Additional functionality:
      • Shield now Heals allied Heroes for 22 Health per second while Carapace is active
      • This heal now also has an initial application of 22 Health when Carapace is cast
  • Locust StrainLocust Strain (Trait)
    • Duration reduced from 25 to 16 seconds
    • Damage increased from 34 to 40
  • Evolve MonstrosityEvolve Monstrosity (R)
    • No longer takes 50% reduced damage from non-Heroic enemies
    • Now shows a warning indicator showing where it is going to burrow to
    • Additional Functionality:
      • Now has the ability to Deep Tunnel to a visible location every 80 seconds
      • The Monstrosity can now be healed by Carapace

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Regenerative MicrobesRegenerative Microbes (E)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Reinforced Carapace (E)
      • Increase the Shield amount of Carapace by 40%
    • Survival InstinctsSurvival Instincts (Trait)
      • No longer increases Locust duration
      • Additional functionality:
        • Increase Locust attack damage by 40%
  • Level 4
    • BallistosporesBallistospores (Trait)
      • Removed
    • Sustained CarapaceSustained Carapace (E)
      • Removed
    • NeedlespineNeedlespine (Q)
      • Moved from Level 7
  • Level 7
    • Calldown: MULECalldown: MULE (Active)
      • Healing per second reduced from 100 to 90
  • Level 13
    • Assault StrainAssault Strain (Trait)
      • Removed
    • Bombard StrainBombard Strain (Trait)
      • No longer increases Locust attack damage
      • Additional functionality:
        • Increase the duration of Locusts by 50%
  • Level 16
    • Volatile MutationVolatile Mutation (R)
      • Additional functionality:
        • Damage dealt by Volatile Mutation against enemy Heroes heals the host for 50% of the damage dealt
  • Level 20
    • Evolutionary LinkEvolutionary Link (R)
      • Additional functionality:
        • Increase the duration of Ultimate Evolution by 50%
    • Evolution CompleteEvolution Complete (R)
      • No longer gives the Monstrosity the ability to Deep Tunnel
      • New functionality:
        • Now increases the Monstrosity’s Basic Attack damage by 100%

Developer Comment: For a long time Abathur has had a unique place in Heroes, being a powerful force at high level play while having a relatively low win-rate across the board. These changes are meant to spruce up his talents while streamlining his gameplay and introducing more counter-play to the hero. CarapaceCarapace, particularly with the Sustained CarapaceSustained Carapace talent, created some awkward gameplay where it was much more efficient to use SymbioteSymbiote on cooldown, even when the desire was to stay on one target, due to the cooldown refresh that it gave CarapaceCarapace. In order to clean this up, Sustained CarapaceSustained Carapace is baseline and the cooldown of CarapaceCarapace has been reduced, so Abathur no longer has to continuously remove CarapaceCarapace to be efficient. In addition, Abathur’s Locusts are now more potent, but they last for a shorter duration, meaning Abathur players will be more rewarded for positioning themselves aggressively and punished when they overextend too much.

Support

Ana

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Abilities

  • Healing DartHealing Dart (Q)
    • Heal reduced from 205 to 195
  • ShrikeShrike (Trait/D)
    • New Active - Aim Down Sights
    • No longer grants Sight or Attack Range
    • Cooldown from 3 to 4 seconds
    • Self-slow increased from 20 to 25%
    • New functionality:
      • While active, Sleep and Healing Dart ranges are increased by 25% and pierce one target
  • Eye of HorusEye of Horus (R)
    • Heal reduced from 285 to 225
    • Damage reduced from 166 to 135
    • Added functionality:
      • Shots now pierce all targets (but still impact and cease on structures)

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Piercing DartsPiercing Darts (E)
      • Removed
    • Grenade CalibrationGrenade Calibration (W)
      • Removed
    • Contact HealingContact Healing (W)
      • Moved from Level 16
    • New Talent – Slumber Shells (E)
      • If an enemy is affected by Sleep Dart, Ana gains 25% movement speed
    • New Talent – Vampiric Rounds (Trait)
      • Quest: Each time you stack max Doses on a target Hero, increase Shrikes self-heal by 1.5%
  • Level 4
    • Air StrikeAir Strike (Active)
      • Removed
    • Aim Down SightsAim Down Sights (D/Trait)
      • Removed (New Trait Addition)
    • Debilitating DartDebilitating Dart (Active)
      • Moved from Level 7
    • New Talent – Biotic Enhancements (W)
      • Increase the bonus healing duration of Biotic Grenade by 50% and reduce its cooldown by 4 seconds
  • Level 7
    • Temporary BlindnessTemporary Blindness (E)
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    • New Talent – Anti-Healer (W)
      • Biotic Grenades area is increased by 100% and the duration of the Healing debuff is increased by 25%
    • New Talent – Night Terrors (E)
      • Upon waking, enemy Heroes take 8% of their Maximum Health in damage. If a Hero is not woken up early, set the cooldown of Sleep Dart to 6 seconds.
  • Level 16
    • New Talent - Active Reload (Active)
      • Activate to gain 3 charges of Healing Dart (60 second CD)
  • Level 20
    • Ballistic AdvantageBallistic Advantage (R)
      • Removed
    • Dynamic ShootingDynamic Shooting (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Somnolent DosesSomnolent Doses (Trait)
      • Removed
    • Custom OpticsCustom Optics (Trait)
      • Removed
    • New Talent – Dead-Eye (R)
      • The healing and damage of Eye of Horus is increased by 4% for every Hero hit. This resets after all shots have been fired.
    • New Talent - Armored Stance (D/Trait)
      • Increase Shrike’s damage by 50%. Gain 25 Armor while Aim Down Sights is active.
    • New Talent – Dynamic Optics (D/Trait)
      • Basic Attacks increase Attack Speed by 10% for 3 seconds, up to 100%. While Aim Down Sights is active, increase your Basic Attack Range by 4.

Developer Comment: Ana came to the Nexus during the ‘Quest Revolution’ where we were adding them in as many places as we could. We have learned a lot since that time, so we spent some time re-designing and re-organizing Ana’s talent tree. Bringing Aim Down SightsAim Down Sights into her base ShrikeShrike functionality gives us a design solve for the powerful yet flawed Piercing DartsPiercing Darts quest. The rest of the talent changes and shuffles were directed at opening up some new builds while keeping all of her current beloved capabilities!

Rehgar

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Abilities

  • Ancestral HealingAncestral Healing (R)
    • Rehgar can now self-cast Ancestral Healing

Whitemane

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Talents

  • Level 4
    • High InquisitorHigh Inquisitor (W)
      • Mana return per stack reduced from 75 to 50

Collection

Purchasing and Crafting Changes

  • All Skins and most Mounts in the collection are now available for purchase with Gems or crafting with Shards
    • Seasonal and Limited-Time Offers will be purchasable and craftable with Gems and Shards when available
    • NOTE: We will continue to offer Gold-only Mounts (Money Pig, Blackheart’s Doubloon, etc) and will continue to add new Gold-only mounts in the future
  • There will no longer be Skins, Mounts, or Bundles that can only be purchased with Gems
    • All existing Skins and Mounts that were previously only purchasable with Gems have been added to the collection for individual purchase or Shard crafting
      • NOTE: Boosts will continue to be purchasable with Gems only
  • All Skins and Mounts have had their price adjusted to fit into new Gem and Shard pricing tiers
    • This will result in a price reduction for many items, with some exceptions
  • Some skins have had their rarity adjusted to match the new Gem and Shard pricing tiers

New Bundles

  • The following new bundles are only available for a limited time!
    • Join the Resistance Bundle
    • Viper Returns Bundle
    • Firestorm Blaze Skin Pack
    • Deckard Pain Skin Pack
    • Delta Hanzo Skin Pack

New Skins

  • Firestorm Blaze
  • Red Hot Firestorm Blaze
  • Atomic Firestorm Blaze
  • Deckard Pain
  • Infiltrator Deckard Pain
  • Desert Ops Deckard Pain
  • Delta Hanzo
  • Blackout Delta Hanzo
  • Veteran Delta Hanzo
  • Badlands Imperator Stukov
  • Badlands Sidewinder Ana
  • Badlands Deathfang Genji
  • Cryo Imperator Stukov
  • Cryo Sidewinder Ana
  • Cryo Deathfang Genji
  • Paramour Pajamathur Abathur

New Mounts

  • D.E.R.P.A.
  • Commando D.E.R.P.A.
  • Desert D.E.R.P.A.
  • Badlands Viper Dominator
  • Flirty Cloud

New Portraits, Sprays, and Emojis

  • Several new emoji packs and portraits have also been added to the game.

Bug Fixes

General

  • Fixed an issue causing Shields applied to non-Heroes to be applies towards Healing Score.
  • Super Cleanse effects (Abolish MagicAbolish Magic) will no longer remove delayed damaging effects (Consume SoulsConsume Souls, Last RitesLast Rites)
  • Fixed an issue causing Time Stop and Stasis effects to remove Armor Vulnerability effects.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a player’s ready state to become locked if Ready and Cancel were pressed in rapid succession.
  • Fixed an issue that could occasionally prevent players from pressing the ready button when using the Call of the Nexus Quick Match system.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

  • Ana: Fixed an issue allowing cooldowns to tick down during Time Stop if the Hero is affected by Nano BoostNano Boost.
  • Cassia: Fixed an issue causing Lightning FuryLightning Fury to be invisible if it pierced a Hero at melee range.
  • Cassia: Fixed an issue causing FendFend to immediately cancel if cast immediately after Lightning Fury.
  • Chromie: Slowing SandsSlowing Sands will no longer slow Battleground vehicles (Dragon Knight, Triglav Protector).
  • Deckard: Fortitude of the FaithfulFortitude of the Faithful’s range indicator now matches the actual range of the ability.
  • Deckard: Fixed an issue with how Potion of RevivalPotion of Revival benefits from spell power. (should now heal for more)
  • Kerrigan: Fixed an issue preventing Sharpened BladesSharpened Blades from granting kill credit against Heroes with post-death effects.
  • Li Li: Fixed an issue that caused healing from Cloud SerpentCloud Serpent to temporarily fail if the Blessing of Yu’lon talent was chosen while a Cloud SerpentCloud Serpent was active.
  • Maiev: Fan of KnivesFan of Knives will now refund the correct amount of Mana.
  • Maiev: Fixed an issue with Blade DanceBlade Dance’s visual effects blocking command inputs.
  • Muradin: Fixed an issue preventing Thunder BurnThunder Burn from creating the secondary thunder clap if it lands the killing blow on the affected Hero.
  • Nova: Fixed an issue causing Holo DecoyHolo Decoy’s Snipe projectile to be destroyed mid-flight if the Decoy died.
  • Nova: Triple TapTriple Tap will now immediately cancel if the target becomes invalid immediately after starting the Triple Tap cast.
  • Ragnaros: Fixed an issue allowing Ragnaros to immediately complete the Catching FireCatching Fire quest if it was chosen during Molten CoreMolten Core.
  • Rexxar: Fixed an issue preventing Rexxar from controlling Misha while silenced.
  • Stitches: Fixed a number of issues caused by using Helping HandHelping Hand on an allied Hero using a Channeled ability that grants Unstoppable.
  • Stitches: Fixed an issue that could prevent Stitches’ HookHook from landing at point blank range.
  • Tyrande: The Shooting StarShooting Star talent will no longer attempt to target Sand Tornadoes created by the Boss.

User Interface

  • Fixed an issue preventing critical healing effects from showing the Crit UI indicator.
  • Adding and Removing favorite emojis will no longer cause the chat panel and emoji picker to close.

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Whether its too late or not, I thank the devs for the price changes on cosmetics. Gonna jump right into some Ana and Rehgar games now.

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Just now, lChronosl said:

Whether its too late or not, I thank the devs for the price changes on cosmetics. Gonna jump right into some Ana and Rehgar games now.

What did they change the prices to?

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1 hour ago, mada7 said:

What did they change the prices to?

In Europe (so no patch yet), but some people on reddit have posted that several legendaries had their prices reduced to 1200, and epics to 300. Even previously gem-only skins are now unlockable as separate tints with shards or gems. Overall this patch is looking great! Also, thought this time we aren't getting a cinematic, yet here it is.

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1 hour ago, mada7 said:

What did they change the prices to?

The new pricing is (source) :

Common (40 shards, no gem equivalent) Example: most Emoji packs, portraits

Low rare (75 shards, 120 gems) Example: (all?) master skins

High rare (100 shards, 160 gems) Example: Frost Wyrm Arthas

Low epic (300 shards, 250 gems) Example: Fel Reaver Blaze

High epic (400 shards, 350 gems) Example: Az'guldan

Low legendary (1200 shards, 600 gems) Example: Buccaneer Falstad

High ("True") legendary (1600 shards, 750 gems) Example: Azmodunk

The pre 2.0 "super legendary"-type skins, like Mecha Tassadar (or from post 2.0, Prime Evil Diablo is an example) were all converted to high legendaries, while the 'shittier' ones (such as Mecha Dehaka) were converted to low legendaries.

Epics and rares were also divided, but this divide isn't as obvious. The amount of "features" (such as voice over, themed abilities/animations, etcetera) seem to factor into their pricing now, which is very nice.

Also, the +50% shard price on launch is still the same, so for example the Resistance Skins are all actually 1800 shards, so they are "low legendary", or 1200.

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2 hours ago, lChronosl said:

Epics and rares were also divided, but this divide isn't as obvious. The amount of "features" (such as voice over, themed abilities/animations, etcetera) seem to factor into their pricing now, which is very nice.

In one of the AMAs the art developer said that making a legendary skin (I think he meant the real-deal-2400-shard-actually-legendary-looking-skins) takes pretty much the same amount of time spent on a completely new hero.

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In the Viper returns bundle all of the skins are there expect for the ''Cryo'' ones. They added the badlands to the collection but Cryo skins are not there. Who should I contact for this?

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17 hours ago, Lovestud500 said:

I can see  other players names in the ranked draft is this intended or bugged?

On the enemy team or your team? Cause if it's the enemy team then that sounds like a bug. Enemy team names should be hidden till after drafting is finished.

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      Frostbite [Trait] NEW QUEST: Deal Ability Damage to Frostbitten Heroes. Upon reaching 12,000 Damage, unlock Improved Ice Block, which allows Jaina to become temporarily Invulnerable. Mythic Reward: Upon dealing 30,000 Damage, Ice Block upgrades to Ice Cold, granting Jaina Protected instead of Stasis. Talents
      Level 7 Ice Lance Cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds. Level 16 Numbing Blast Root duration reduced from 1 second to .75 seconds. Level 20 Wintermute Water Elemental cast range and damage bonus decreased from 50% to 40%. Kael'thas
      Talents
      Level 1 Convection Increased reward damage and health from 150/50 to 200/100. Muradin
      Base
      Storm Bolt [Q] Perfect Storm Quest removed. NEW QUEST: Basic Attack Heroes affected by Slows or Stuns. Slows provide 1 stack and Stuns provide 2 stacks. At 35 stacks, Storm Bolt pierces to hit an additional target, and Muradin's Basic Attack reduces the cooldown of Storm Bolt by 0.5 seconds. Mythic Reward: At 150 stacks, Storm Bolt's range is increased by 50% and width is increased by 100%, and now pierces all targets. Talents
      Level 1 Dwarf Block Block charges reduced from 4 to 3. Give 'em the Axe! Moved Talent from Level 7 to Level 1. Level 4 Sledgehammer No longer increases Storm Bolt's cooldown reduction. Now increases Storm Bolt damage to non-Heroes by 500%. Level 7 Perfect Storm NEW: If an enemy hit with Storm Bolt dies within 3 seconds, reset its cooldown. Level 16 Dwarf Launch Range bonus reduced from 40% to 30%. Murky
      Base
      Murky now gains a 35% Shield for 10 seconds upon reviving. Spawn Egg [D] Egg now regenerates quickly instead of having a Shield. Slime [Q] Now applies its debuff to enemy Structures. Now deals 50% damage to Structures. Pufferfish [W] Damage reduced by 20%. Detonation time reduced from 3 seconds to 2.75 seconds. NEW QUEST: Hit enemies affected by Slime with Pufferfish. Provides 1 stack per minion, 5 stacks per Hero or Structure hit. At 100 stacks, Basic Abilities now deal full damage to Structures. Mythic Reward: At 200 stacks, Murky gains 50% Health and increases in size. Talents
      Level 1 Egg Hunt Talent removed. Shell Game NEW: Murky can now place 2 eggs, but randomly revives from one of them. Increases the cooldown of placing an egg to 30 seconds and goes on cooldown if either egg dies. Level 10 March of the Murlocs Damage increased by 4%. Level 13 Egg Shell REWORK: Murky gains a Shield equal to 35% of his Health upon placing an egg or when one of his eggs dies. Fish Tank Healing reduced from 25% to 20%. Level 16 Wrath of Cod Damage over Time is dealt over 4 seconds (from 5s). Level 20 Big Tuna Kahuna Talent removed. Faster Fish NEW: Pufferfish detonates 80% faster. Making Inky Cooldown reduction reduced from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds. Never-Ending Murlocs No longer deals reduced damage to Structures. Sylvanas
      Talents
      Level 4 Mercenary Queen Now also causes Sylvanas' Basic Attacks to instantly apply 3 stacks of Black Arrows to Mercs. Thrall
      Base
      Basic Attack damage decreased from 173 to 167. Talents
      Level 1 Crash Lightning Mythic Reward Damage bonus increased from 270 to 325. Echo of the Elements Mythic Reward now also allows Chain Lightning to bounce back to the same target. Tyrande
      Base
      Mana reduced from 500 to 450. Lunar Flare [E] NEW QUEST: Hitting a Hero with Lunar Flare increased its damage by 5%, up to 250%. After hitting 10 Heroes, increase Lunar Flare's range by 30%. After hitting 20 Heroes, Sentinel now pierces the first Hero hit. Mythic Reward: After hitting 50 Heroes, Tyrande's Basic Attacks occasionally trigger a Lunar Flare. Now restores 25 mana per enemy hit. Talents
      Level 1 Ranger No longer provides pierce. Moonlit Arrows Cooldown reduction reduced from .75 seconds to .5 seconds. Moved Talent from Level 7 to Level 1. Trueshot Aura No longer passively increases Tyrande's Attack Damage. Now also applies to Tyrande upon activation. Level 7 Elune's Gift NEW: Grants 20% Spell Power for 10 seconds after hitting an enemy with Lunar Flare. Level 20 Commander of Sentinels NEW: Sentinel now has an additional charge. Return to Top
      Known Issues & Bug Fixes
      Known Issues
      Jaina Ice Cold's tooltip is incorrect. Resetting Jaina's talents after finishing her quest causes issues. Zul'jin Resetting Zul'jin's talents does not reset cap. Bug Fixes
      Heroes
      Alarak Level 10 Deadly Charge Fixed an issue that caused Alarak's Deadly Charge to not be activated by clicking the left mouse button if it occupies the Trait slot. Ana Base Aim Down Sights [D] Can now be toggled while affected by a Silencing effect. Jaina Base Frostbolt [Q] Fixed an issue causing Jaina's Frostbolt to not have its model updated by Dreadlord Jaina or Lunar Jaina. Orphea Level 4 Allegrissimo Fixed an issue that could cause Allegrissimo's cooldown reduction to not be granted when hitting a Hero at Shadow Waltz' end. Sylvanas Base Possession [1] Fixed Possession not showing in the Quick Cast menu settings. Fixed Possession not being correctly affected by cooldown reduction affects granted by allies. Return to Top
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    • By Elitesparkle
      Blizzard released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm and here are the official Patch Notes with all the changes.
      16 December 2025: This patch went live again, with some undocumented bug fixes.
      12 December 2025: This patch was reverted due to a game-breaking bug on Sylvanas.
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      Balance Updates
      Kerrigan
      Base
      Ravage [Q] Baseline quest now provides 7 stacks per kill, up from 5. Baseline quest requirements increased to 85/150, up from 75/125. Talents
      Level 7 Bladed Momentum Cooldown reduction increased to .75 seconds, up from .6 seconds. Thrall
      Talents
      Level 1 Maelstrom Weapon Completion requirements increased to 25/55/100, up from 20/40/100. Falstad
      Base
      Lightning Rod [W] Now strikes every .8 seconds, down from 1 second. Total number of strikes stay the same. Range increased by 1. Talents
      Level 1 Frequent Flyer Cooldown increased to 60 seconds, up from 45 seconds. Quest requirements increased to 60/150/300, up from 50/125/300. Sylvanas
      Talents
      Level 4 Possession Now has a 1 second cooldown between uses, down from 2 seconds. Level 4 Unstable Poison Damage increased to 150, up from 130. Level 4 Haunting Arrows No longer affects Mercs. Gul'dan
      Talents
      Level 1 Echoed Corruption Pinnacle Reward healing increased to 100%, up from 50%. Pinnacle Reward requirement reduced to 85, down from 100. Level 16 Ruinous Affliction Damage reduced by 10%. Map Updates
      Alterac Pass Objective capture time is now capped at 55 seconds. Blackheart's Bay Cannon damage increased to 2,875, up from 2,815. Volskaya Foundry Late game health scaling of Protector increased. Warhead Junction Attacking a burning building now stops the duration of burn for 3 seconds. Click here to discuss this post with other players
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    • By Elitesparkle
      Blizzard released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm and here are the official Patch Notes with all the changes.
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      Our next Heroes of the Storm patch is live! Read on for more information.
      NOTE: Orange text indicates a change between PTR and Live notes.
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      General Map Updates Balance Update Bug Fixes General
      New Skin: Bonny Butcher
      New Skin: Warthog Gear Head Thrall
      Players will now receive an announcement when a quest milestone is reached. This will only announce to the player who achieved the milestone. Ranges of abilities on numerous Heroes have been updated to be more consistent. This may cause certain abilities ranges to reduce or increase. Brawl Starting January 2026, Brawls will only be open the first 5 days of every month. Updated Homescreen and Startup Music. Return to Top
      Map Updates
      General A new Fallback Tower has been added to the longer lanes on each of the following battleground maps. This new tower will die when its corresponding Fort dies: Alterac Pass, Battlefield of Eternity, Blackheart's Bay, Braxis Holdout, Cursed Hollow, Dragon Shire, Garden of Terror, Hanamura Temple, Infernal Shrines, Sky Temple, Tomb of the Spider Queen, Volskaya Foundry, and Warhead Junction. Attacks from the Core, Keeps, Forts, Fallback Towers, and Towers near Keeps will now reduce Hero armor, and the reduction has been increased from -10/-20 Armor to -20/-40 Armor. Fallback Towers have the same HP and Attack Damage as Keep Towers. Forts, Keeps, and the Core will no longer grant Allied Heroes that take damage in their radius 35 Armor for 4 seconds. The comeback system has been slightly magnified, particularly at wide level gaps. Alterac Pass Objective capture timer reduced by 5 seconds in each phase. The first phase only spawns a single defending unit. Cavalry now gain more health in the later stages of the game. Cavalry now take 60% damage from structures (up from 50%). Braxis Holdout Early objectives have lowered in health by 15%, but scaling has been increased significantly after 15 minutes. Garden of Terror Garden Terror health scaling increased. Garden Terror structure disabling plant bulb now damages itself at 10% per second (up from 6%). Infernal Shrines Early objectives have lowered in health by 15%, but scaling has been increased significantly after 15 minutes. Warhead Junction Nuke damage has been changed to flat, scaling damage. Scaling is updated when a Warhead is picked up. Nukes now deal double damage versus Forts, Keeps, and the Core. Return to Top
      Balance Update
      General
      Pinnacle Rewards have been added to mutiple Heroes. These will be hard to obtain but provide powerful rewards. Heroes
      Falstad
      Base
      Lightning Rod [W] Cooldown reduced from 13 seconds to 12 seconds. Talents
      Level 1 Dishonorable Discharge REWORK: No longer reduces CD. Bonuses are now provided at 20/45/75 hits. At 20 hits, gain 30% damage. At 45 hits, gain an additional 75% damage and reduce the cooldown by 2 seconds. Pinnacle Reward: At 75 hits, Lightning Rod provides 2 additional strikes and Stuns for 1.25s on its last strike. Frequent Flyer REWORK: Reduced attack speed bonus from 40% to 25%. Now provides 1 stack per minion and 5 stacks per Hero. At 50 stacks, gain 20 Attack Damage. At 125 stacks, gain an additional 50 Attack Damage. Pinnacle Reward: At 300 stacks, gain an additional 125 Attack Damage. Gathering Storm REWORK: Bonuses are now provided at 30/80/150 stacks, rather than incremental gains. At 30 stacks, gain 30% damage. At 80 stacks, gain an additional 50% damage. Pinnacle Reward: At 150 stacks, gain an additional 70% damage. REWORK: Lose 8 stacks on death, but can not lose milestones that have already been completed. Level 7 Charged Up Moved to be a Level 13 Talent. No longer provides additional hits, but instead provides cooldown refresh on Hero takedowns. Level 13 Thunderstrikes Moved to be a Level 7 Talent. Guldan
      Base
      Corruption [E] Mana cost increased from 80 to 90. Talents
      Level 1 Echoed Corruption Increased stack requirement to 60. Pinnacle Reward: At 100 stacks, Corruption now heals for 50% of the damage dealt. Pursuit of Flame Increased radius from 10% to 15%. Reworded to say "Fel Flame's area is increased by 33%". Progress is now reset upon death and can not lose progress upon completion. Johanna
      Base
      Punish [Q] Slow on enemies reduced from 60% to 50%. Talents
      Level 4 Subdue Slow on enemies reduced from 80% to 70%. Kael'thas
      Talents
      Level 1 Convection REWORK: Every 20th Hero hit permanently increases Flamestrike damage by 150 and Kael'thas's maximum Health by 50. Kerrigan
      Base
      Primal Grasp [E] Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8. Delayed damage reduced from 195 to 165. Initial damage increased from 25 to 40. Ravage [Q] Damage reduced from 130 to 115. Now includes a baseline quest: Kill enemies within 1.5 seconds of hitting them with Ravage. Minions grant 1 progress and Heroes grant 5. At 75 stacks, Ravage gains 125 damage. Pinnacle Reward: At 125 stacks, Ravage gains 200 additional damage. Impaling Blades [W] Cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 9 seconds. Damage reduced from 165 to 140. Radius increased from 1.5 to 1.65. Stun duration reduced from 1 second to .75 seconds. Assimilation [D] Increased the amount of shield gained from Basic Attacks from 10% to 20% of damage dealt. Talents
      Level 1 Fury of the Swarm No longer increases shields gained from Basic Attacks. Level 4 Sharpened Blades Talent has been removed. Ravaging Ferocity NEW: Gain 25% attack speed for 3 seconds after using Ravage. Level 7 Boundless Fury Cooldown increased from 10 seconds to 12 seconds. Queen of Blades Cooldown reduction increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds. Level 10 Summon Ultralisk Damage reduced from 250 to 225. Level 13 Chrysalis HP lowered from 750 to 650. Reduced the amount of health regenerated from 5% max health per second to 4%. Level 16 Painful Spikes Damage reduced from 70 to 60. Level 20 Omegastorm Increased extended duration from .25 seconds per hit to .4 seconds per hit. Sylvanas
      Base
      Black Arrows [D] Black Arrows now refers to what was previously called "Banshee's Curse". New Baseline Quest: Deal damage to Heroes or Structures with 3 stacks of black arrows. At 250 stacks, increased the damage bonus of Black Arrows to 50%. Pinnacle Reward: At 400 stacks, heal for 25% of damage dealt against enemies with 3 stacks of Black Arrows, doubled against Heroes. Reduced base damage bonus of Black Arrows to 15%. Activatable portion of Black Arrows has been removed. Talents
      Level 1 Unfurling Shadows Talent has been removed. Unrelenting Torment NEW: Increases the damage of Shadow Dagger by 20% and increase its duration by 1 second. Level 4 Haunting Arrows NEW: You can now activate Black Arrows to cause all damage dealt to stun non-heroes. 90 second cooldown, reduced by 3 seconds when attacking a structure. Possession Now a Baseline ability. 25 seconds to restore each charge, 2 seconds cooldown. Max 4 charges. Level 7 Barbed Shot Bonus damage increased from 350% to 400%. Lost Soul REWORK: Reduces the cooldown of Shadow Dagger when attacking non-minions with 3 stacks of Black Arrows by .75 seconds, doubled against Heroes. Level 13 Windrunner Recast window reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds. Thrall
      Talents
      Level 1 Crash Lightning REWORK: Bonuses are now provided at 15 and 30 stacks. At each milestone, Chain Lightning gains 270 damage. Lose 6 stacks on death, but can not lose milestones that have already been completed. Echo of the Elements REWORK: Bonuses are now provided at 20/40/100 stacks. At 20 stacks, reduce mana cost of Chain Lightning by 20. At 40 stacks, Chain Lightning gains an extra charge and will bounce one additional time. Pinnacle Reward: At 100 stacks, Chain Lightning will fork to an additional target each time it bounces. Rolling Thunder Moved to be a Level 7 Talent. No longer increases Chain Lightning bounces by 1. Level 7 Maelstrom Weapon Moved to be a Level 1 Talent. REWORK: Bonuses are now provided at 20/40/100 stacks, rather than incremental gains. At 20 stacks, gain 20 damage and increase the movespeed bonus to 40%. At 40 stacks, gain an additional 40 damage and Thrall permanently gains 15% increased movement speed. Pinnacle Reward: At 100 stacks, Frostwolf Resilience now provides +200% Healing. Level 16 Tempest Fury No longer provides additional quest stacks. Thunderstorm Increased damage bonus provided at max stacks from 25% to 30%. Level 20 Wind Rush Cooldown increased from 80 seconds to 90 seconds. Tyrael
      Talents
      Level 1 Ardent Restoration Maximum healing stacks reduced from 10 to 8. Level 4 Reciprocate Damage reduced from 190 to 170. Level 7 Burning Halo Damge per second reduced from 15 to 12. Level 10 Sanctification Cooldown reduced from 90 seconds to 85 seconds. Mana cost reduced from 75 to 70. Level 20 Aspect of Justice Cast time reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1.25 seconds. Cooldown reduction per enemy Hero hit increased from 10% to 15%. Zul'jin
      Base
      Basic Attack Damage decreased from 96 to 94. You Want Axe? [D] No longer has a cap on stacks. Now causes Zul'jin to lose 3 stacks (15 hits) on death. Talents
      Level 1 Headhunter Increased damage bonus per hero kill from 2% to 2.5%. Return to Top
      Bug Fixes
      Map
      Blackheart's Bay Fixed an issue that caused the Battleground Objective to not start if a particular chest is the last destroyed chest. Fixed an issue that caused the help text for attacking the Treasure Chest to not disappear if a particular chest is attacked. Warhead Junction Fixed Warhead Junction Nuke Damage Dealt tracking. Heroes
      Cho'gall Base Eye of Kilrogg [Skill 1] Fixed an issue that caused the Eye of Kilrogg's cast range indicator to be slightly larger than the ability range. Level 1 We See You! Fixed an issue that caused We See You's range increase tooltip value to display incorrectly after being selected. D.Va Fixed an issue that caused D.Va's Mech to not respawn with the correct amount of Blackheart's Bay Doubloons. Base Defense Matrix [W] Fixed missing icon in D.Va's Quick Cast setting for Retarget Defense Matrix. Gazlowe Level 16 Firin' Mah Lazors Fixed an issue that caused Firin' Mah Lazorz's warning to not display correctly. Fixed an issue that caused Big Top Gazlowe's Firin' Mah Lazorz to create permanent visuals. Kael'thas Base Living Bomb [W] Living Bomb will not activate its effects on a target that becomes immune to Living Bomb. Living Bomb will now apply its effects if the target dies with Living Bomb. Raynor Base Adrenaline Rush [E] Fixed an issue that caused Adrenaline Rush to not display the base duration in its tooltip after selecting Give Me More. Stukov Level 1 Reactive Ballistospores Fixed Reactive Ballistospores tooltip. Tychus Base Overkill [Q] Overkill retarget can now also be targeted in a direction. When clicking near or on a target, it will attach to that target, but if no targets are nearby, Overkill will start firing in that direction. If Overkill hits a target while firing in a direction, that target will become Overkill's primary target. If Overkill is active when there are no possible targets, Overkill will no longer be cancelled, and instead will start firing in the direction of the last primary target. Fixed an issue that caused mounting to not interrupt Overkill. Valla Base Hatred [D] Fixed Hatred Tooltip. Level 20 Storm of Vengeance Fixed an issue that caused Storm of Vengeance to not grant 2% Attack Speed per Hatred stack. Zagara Level 1 Infest Fixed Infest active current bonus tooltip. Level 16 Mutalisk Fixed Mutalisk tooltip. Return to Top
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