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Heroes of the Storm Balance Update Patch Notes: July 15th

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Blizzard today released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm. The Climate Phenomena Nexus Anomaly has been disabled, and there are plenty of balance changes for multiple Heroes. Check out the official patch notes for more information.

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Heroes of the Storm has just been updated with Hero balance changes! Read on for details.

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General

  • Nexus Anomaly - Climate Phenomena
    • The Climate Phenomena Anomaly has been disabled.

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Heroes

TANK BRUISER HEALER MELEE RANGED
Blaze Xul Kharazim Maiev Cassia
Cho Yrel Lt. Morales   Gall
Diablo   Rehgar   Greymane
E.T.C.       Mephisto
Garrosh       Tassadar
Johanna       Tychus
Mal'Ganis        
Mei        
Muradin        
Stitches        

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Tank

Blaze

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Adrenaline StimpackAdrenaline Stimpack [Active]
      • Additional functionality: While Blaze has over 80% Health, gain 25% bonus Attack Speed and 10% bonus Movement Speed.
    • Endurance StimpackEndurance Stimpack [Passive]
      • Cooldown reduced from 40 to 30 seconds.
      • Adjusted functionality: When damaged while below 30% maximum Health, Endurance Stimpack will automatically cast if it is not on cooldown.
    • Neural StimpackNeural Stimpack [Active]
      • Mana restoration increased from 30 to 40.
  • Level 4
    • Incinerator GauntletsIncinerator Gauntlets [Passive]
      • Moved from Level 7.
      • No longer causes Basic Attacks to light Oil Spills.
    • MeltdownMeltdown [Trait]
      • Damage reduction increased from 7% to 8% per stack.
  • Level 7
    • Adhesive PetroleumAdhesive Petroleum [W]
      • Moved from Level 4.
      • Slow amount increased from 30% to 35%.
      • Slow duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds.
      • Additional functionality: Now also causes Basic Attacks to light Oil Spills.
Developer Comment: We’re changing up many of Blaze’s early game talents to have some more unique use cases and to generally improve diversity. We’re also giving him some more reliable early-game wave clear by moving Incinerator Gauntlets to an earlier level and removing the effect of causing Basic Attacks to light Oil Spills and adding it to Adhesive Petroleum.

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Cho

Talents

  • Level 1
    • The Will of ChoThe Will of Cho [Trait]
      • Moved from Level 20.
      • New functionality: Killing enemy Minions grants 1 stack of The Will of Cho, and Hero Takedowns grant 10 stacks. Gain 1 Armor for every 30 stacks of the Will of Cho, up to a maximum of 10 Armor. This Armor bonus stacks with Ogre Hide.
  • Level 4
    • UppercutUppercut [Q]
      • Damage reduced from 7% to 5% maximum Health.
      • Additional functionality: Each Hero hit by Surging Fist reduces its cooldown by 5 seconds.
    • Seared FleshSeared Flesh [Passive]
      • Adjusted functionality: Attack damage bonus is kept when attacking different Heroic targets, and is only lost after 5 seconds or when a non-Heroic enemy is attacked.
  • Level 7
    • Power SurgePower Surge [Q]
      • New functionality: Enemy Heroes who are hit by Surging Fist are Slowed by 30% for 2.5 seconds. Gain 15% Movement Speed while charging Surging Fist and for 2.5 seconds after casting the Ability.
  • Level 16
    • Runed GauntletRuned Gauntlet [Passive]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 5% to 6%.
  • Level 20
    • Fuel for the FlameFuel for the Flame [Passive]
      • Moved from Level 1.
      • New functionality: Basic Attacks against enemies cause them to explode, dealing 21 damage to them and 45 damage to nearby enemies. This damage is doubled against enemy Heroes.
Developer Comment: We’re making some of Cho’s talents more usable and experimenting with moving The Will of Cho to be a Level 1 questing talent. We like the talent, but it was coming online late into the game where he often couldn’t get much value out of it. We believe this iteration will give it more use cases, particularly when matched against the other talents on the tier.

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Diablo

Base

  • Shadow ChargeShadow Charge [Q]
    • Cooldown reduced from 13 to 12 seconds.
    • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 65.
  • OverpowerOverpower [E]
    • Cooldown reduced from 13 to 12 seconds.
    • Mana cost reduced from 40 to 35.

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Life LeechLife Leech [Passive]
      • Healing increased from 1.5% to 2% maximum Health when not at full Souls.
      • Healing increased from 3% to 4% maximum Health when at full Souls.
  • Level 13
    • HellfireHellfire [W]
      • Damage per second to nearby enemies increased from 15 to 17.
Developer Comment: Diablo is slightly underperforming compared to other Warriors, so we’re giving him some small base kit and talent buffs.

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E.T.C.

Base

  • Face MeltFace Melt [W]
    • Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 55.
Developer Comment: Due to its high number of use cases and ability to almost universally get E.T.C. out of sticky situations, we’re increasing the cooldown of Face Melt to give players a larger window of time to take advantage of after E.T.C. uses the ability.

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Garrosh

Base

  • BloodthirstBloodthirst [W]
    • Ability Effects now occur at the start of the Ability’s cast, rather than at the end.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Body CheckBody Check [Active]
      • Cooldown reduced from 16 to 15 seconds.
      • Slow duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
  • Level 16
    • Mortal ComboMortal Combo has been reclassified as an [E] talent.
    • Rough LandingRough Landing [Q]
      • Removed.
    • New Talent: Seasoned Soldier [Passive]
      • Gain 5% maximum Health, increase Groundbreaker’s Slow duration by 1 second, and Bloodthirst gains an additional charge.
  • Level 20
    • Death WishDeath Wish [R1]
      • Additional functionality: Increase the duration of Warlord’s Challenge by .5 seconds.
    • Deadly CalmDeadly Calm [R2]
      • Damage reduction increased from 25% to 40%.
    • Inner RageInner Rage [Active]
      • No longer causes the cooldown of Body Check to recharge faster.
      • Additional functionality: Increase the healing reduction of Body Check by an additional 45%.
Developer Comment: We’ve had some feedback that many of Garrosh’s late-game talents aren’t impactful enough and we agreed, so we’re making some improvements in this area.

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Johanna

Base

  • Iron SkinIron Skin [Trait]
    • Cooldown increased from 20 to 25 seconds.

Talents

  • Level 20
    • Radiating FaithRadiating Faith [R2]
      • Blessed Shield Stun duration against all targets reduced from 2 seconds to 1.75 seconds.
Developer Comment: Similar to E.T.C., we’re increasing the cooldown of Iron Skin due to its ability to get Johanna out of a host of bad situations. This should give enemy teams a bigger window of time to plan and play around Iron Skin’s cooldown.

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Mal'Ganis

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Echo of DoomEcho of Doom [W]
      • Damage increased from 54 to 60.
  • Level 10
    • Dark ConversionDark Conversion
      • Cooldown reduced from 80 to 60 seconds.
      • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60.
  • Level 13
    • The Night BeckonsThe Night Beckons [E]
      • Slow duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds.
Developer Comment: Overall Mal’Ganis is doing well, but we saw an opportunity to adjust a few of his talents to be more competitive.

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Mei

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Heavy Pack [Q]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from .125 to .25 seconds.
  • Level 4
    • Crystallize [Trait]
      • Cooldown reduction reduced from 15 to 10 seconds.
      • Duration of Spell Armor after Cryo-Freeze ends reduced from 2 to 1 second.
  • Level 10
    • Avalanche [R1]
      • Cooldown increased from 65 to 70 seconds.
    • Ice Wall [R2]
      • Cooldown reduced from 90 to 70 seconds.
  • Level 20
    • Cascade [R1]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 25 to 30 seconds.
Developer Comment: Mei’s introduction to the Nexus has been very cool. Her crisp performance has solidified her as a powerful member of any team. She is doing well but is not showing signs of being too strong just yet, so we are primarily adjusting her talents to be in a more solid place.

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Muradin

Base

  • Thunder ClapThunder Clap [W]
    • Movement and Attack Speed Slows increased from 25% to 30%.
Developer Comment: For a long time Muradin has been a staple Warrior at nearly all levels of play, acting as a powerful front line for his team. Recently he has fallen off a bit compared to his peers, but we don’t believe he is too far off. We think he can benefit from a buff to Thunder Clap’s ability to control the fight for his team, which should set up for easier Storm Bolt hits as well as allow him to better counter enemies who rely on Basic Attacks for effectiveness.

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Stitches

Base

  • Health reduced from 3150 to 3060.
  • Health regeneration reduced from 6.56 to 6.38.
  • HookHook [Q]
    • Range increased from 11 to 12.
  • SlamSlam [W]
    • Mana cost reduced from 40 to 35.
    • Additional functionality: Deals 50% bonus damage to Minions and Mercenaries.

Talents

  • Level 13
    • Fishing HookFishing Hook [Q]
      • Bonus range reduced from 50% to 40%.
Developer Comment: For a long time we have held to the belief that one important aspect of what makes Johanna special is her ability to provide more wave clear for her team compared to other Warriors. While this is true, it has gotten to the point that it has begun to limit what kinds of effective team compositions can be made, as any team that wants to run heroes that don’t have a lot of wave clear really need Johanna to be competitive. To help open up more possible team compositions and to give Stitches a needed buff, we’re experimenting with giving him comparable wave clear, which also has the side effect that he should be able to land more Hooks due to the enemy Minions dying faster. We’re also removing our last Health buff that we gave him, as we believe leaning into this direction of giving him more wave clear and buffing his Hook range are more unique ways to bring Stitches to the forefront of Warriors that players want to bring to their team.

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Bruiser

Xul

Base

  • Spectral ScytheSpectral Scythe [Q]
    • Damage reduced from 200 to 190.
  • Raise SkeletonRaise Skeleton [Trait]
    • Damage done when Skeletal Warriors die reduced from 46 to 40.

Talents

  • Level 4
    • JailorsJailors [Trait]
      • Movement and Attack Speed bonuses reduced from 30% to 25%.
  • Level 16
    • WeakenWeaken [W]
      • Damage reduction reduced from 40% to 35%.
Developer Comment: Xul is still a bit too powerful, so we’re reducing his overall effectiveness when it comes to his base kit and to overperforming talents.

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Yrel

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Light of KaraborLight of Karabor [Q]
      • Healing bonus when hitting one enemy Hero increased from 40% to 45%.
      • Healing bonus when hitting more than one enemy Hero increased from 80% to 90%.
    • DauntlessDauntless [Passive]
      • Physical Armor reduced from 50 to 40.
    • Maraad's InsightMaraad's Insight [Passive]
      • Healing increased from 128 to 135.
Developer Comment: Yrel’s level 1 talent pick has over time become dominated by Dauntless since we buffed it many patches ago. To better even out the talents, we’re reducing its power and increasing the effectiveness of the other options on the tier.

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Healer

Kharazim

Base

  • Breath of HeavenBreath of Heaven [W]
    • Healing increased from 276 to 285.
Developer Comment: Kharazim’s healing output is a little lower than other Healers, and we believe it could use a small increase. We don’t expect this to change too much about how he plays, but it should better reward Kharazim players and teams who are good about grouping around him to receive Breath of Heaven.

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Lt. Morales

Base

  • SafeguardSafeguard [W]
    • Armor amount increased from 30 to 35.
Developer Comment: Safeguard’s benefit has largely diminished over time due to a combination of various Heroes being able to gain Armor in the 20-25 range and our change to make Armor not stack anymore. To make it stand out more and to give Lt. Morales a needed buff, we’re increasing its Armor amount so that it can be used more often to benefit members of her team.

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Rehgar

Talents

  • Level 10
    • BloodlustBloodlust [R2]
      • Duration reduced from 8 to 6 seconds.
      • Healing from Basic Attacks reduced from 40% to 30%.
Developer Comment: While we got Bloodlust in a good place in regards to its pick rate, it is too strong compared to Ancestral Healing, so we’re nerfing its life leech and duration. We think this will give enemy teams a larger opportunity to play around its powerful buff, as it makes effects like Stuns, Blinds, and Attack Speed Slows more significant when it comes to surviving the burst of power that it gives to his team.

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Melee Assassin

Maiev

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Pursuit of VengeancePursuit of Vengeance [W]
      • Additional functionality: Each Hero hit by Spirit of Vengeance reduces the cooldown of Umbral Bind by 1 second.
  • Level 7
    • Bonds of CorruptionBonds of Corruption [W]
      • Additional functionality: Enemy Heroes pulled by Umbral Bind have their Movement Speed reduced by 20% for 4 seconds.
  • Level 10
    • Containment DiscContainment Disc [R1]
      • Cooldown reduced from 50 to 40 seconds.
      • Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50.
  • Level 16
    • Vengeful KnivesVengeful Knives [Q]
      • New functionality: Dealing damage to enemy Heroes causes the next cast of Fan of Knives that hits enemy Heroes to deal 1% maximum Health as bonus damage, up to 5%.
Developer Comment: Maiev’s talents are largely in a pretty good place, but there’s generally 1 talent on most tiers that is not favored compared to its counterparts. We’re making some adjustments to these talents in hopes that players will consider them more equal to their peers.

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Ranged Assassin

Cassia

Base

  • Basic Attack damage reduced from 130 to 125
  • Health reduced from 1700 to 1660
  • Health Regeneration reduced from 3.54 to 3.46.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Charged StrikesCharged Strikes [Passive]
      • Bonus Attack Speed reduced from 20% to 15%.
      • Bonus Basic Attack damage reduced from 20% to 15%.
  • Level 4
    • Plate of the WhalePlate of the Whale [Trait]
      • Bonus Health Regeneration reduced from 7 to 6.
      • Bonus Health Regeneration when fully charged reduced from 14 to 12.
  • Level 7
    • Surge of LightSurge of Light [Trait]
      • Damage reduced from 300 to 285.
Developer Comment: Cassia shot up in effectiveness a little too much after our last round of buffs to her. These changes are intended to slightly tone both her and some of her more powerful talents down to more appropriate levels.

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Gall

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Double BackDouble Back [W]
      • Removed.
    • Rising DreadRising Dread [W]
      • Moved from Level 13.
      • Additional functionality: Re-activate Dread Orb to reverse the third bounce.
  • Level 13
    • Psychotic BreakPsychotic Break [Passive]
      • Moved from Level 20.
      • Additional functionality: Increase Gall’s damage to enemy Heroes by 10%.
  • Level 20
    • New Talent: Twilight Frenzy [Active]
      • Activate to reduce the cooldown of Shadowflame and Dread Orb to 2 seconds for the next 6 seconds. 30 seconds Cooldown.
Developer Comment: We’re making some changes related to Gall’s W talents to help streamline the build, which should help with some awkwardness when choosing between Rising Dread and Twilight Nova.

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Greymane

Talents

  • Level 10
    • Cursed BulletCursed Bullet [R2]
      • Damage reduced from 40% to 35% maximum Health.
Developer Comment: We’re toning down Cursed Bullet’s damage due to it being tuned so high to the point that it is shutting down many Warriors from being able to do their job of being the front-line members of their team, particularly at higher levels of play.

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Mephisto

Base

  • Lightning NovaLightning Nova [W]
    • Damage reduced from 45 to 43.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Furious SparkFurious Spark [W]
      • Damage reduced from 72 to 65.
  • Level 13
    • Abhorred SkullAbhorred Skull [Q]
      • Spell Power bonus increased from 20% to 25%.
Developer Comment: Mephisto is generally performing a little bit too well, particularly when it comes to playing with Furious Spark at Level 1. We’re making some small nerfs to him to bring him in line with other casters.

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Tassadar

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Beam AlignmentBeam Alignment [Q]
      • No longer increases Tassadar’s Basic Attack range.
      • Additional functionality: Reduce the Mana cost of Shock Ray from 55 to 45.
    • Arc DischargeArc Discharge [Passive]
      • Additional functionality: While Resonance Beam is fully charged, increase Tassadar’s Basic Attack range by 1.
  • Level 10
    • ArchonArchon [R1]
      • Shield amount reduced from 40% to 30% maximum Health.
Developer Comment: Tassadar is in a fairly good place, but Archon is a little too powerful compared to Black Hole, largely due to its ability to allow Tassadar to effectively get around one of his main weaknesses, which is being vulnerable to dive. We’re reducing its power in this aspect, as well as making some small adjustments to his Level 7 talents in order to make Arc Discharge more competitive.

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Tychus

Talents

  • Various talents have been reordered to follow normal convention [Q, W, E, etc.]
  • Level 7
    • Relentless SoldierRelentless Soldier [Passive]
      • Armor amount increased from 25 to 30.
  • Level 13
    • Spray 'n' PraySpray 'n' Pray [Q]
      • Additional functionality: Overkill also Slows enemy Movement Speed by 25%.
    • Neosteel CoatingNeosteel Coating [Active]
      • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
  • Level 16
    • Lead RainLead Rain [Q]
      • Removed.
    • Sizzlin' AttacksSizzlin' Attacks [Passive]
      • Moved from Level 20.
    • Armor Piercing RoundsArmor Piercing Rounds [Q]
      • New functionality: Each time Overkill hits an enemy, its damage against them is increased by 15%, stacking up to 60% bonus damage.
    • Titan GrenadeTitan Grenade [W]
      • Additional functionality: Each enemy Hero hit by Frag Grenade reduces its cooldown by 1 second.
  • Level 20
    • New talent: Can Do This All Day [Q]
      • Reduce Overkill’s cooldown by 4 seconds. While Channeling Overkill, Tychus gains 40 Armor.
Developer Comment: Many of Tychus’s late-game talents aren’t as exciting as we would like, and we believe we can do better in regards to giving him a meaningful power spike. We’re giving him loads of compelling options, which we think will give players something better to look forward to as they progress through their games.

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Bug Fixes

Heroes

  • Ana
    • Fixed an issue where Ana could get quest progress with Vampiric RoundsVampiric Rounds through Blinds and Evasion.
  • Artanis
    • Fixed an issue where Phase PrismPhase Prism had an incorrect Mana cost when cast during Blade DashBlade Dash.
  • E.T.C.
    • Fixed an issue where Guitar HeroGuitar Hero's cooldown effect was active without the talent needing to be taken.
  • Tassadar
    • Fixed an issue where OracleOracle did not reveal Creep Tumors.
  • Whitemane
    • Fixed an issue where Saintly GreatstaffSaintly Greatstaff worked on non-Heroic targets.

A new balance patch has just hit the Nexus, check out the official patch notes for more details!

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Not registered in the patch notes, but the new patch also adds the Maiev and Cho'gall skins that were found in the Mei patch datamining.

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Well, I appreciate that they recognise that Tychus needs something. But I don't think trying to buff Overkill is the way to go. What he needs is more range, and some shields on his Odin instead of the 25 armour buff which never realistically feels like it exists. Sure he's actually got a surprising amount of HP on paper, but it never feels that way because he has a ridiculously short range and has to be right up in front of someone to use Minigun, which is his primary source of damage. His range is so poor it's worse than Valla, and how often has Valla's range been a problem?

If he had Jimmy's range so many of the problems with that character would be fixed. Just trying to buff Overkill lategame (and even then not really because the Armour Piercing Rounds talent change is actually a nerf) wont cut it.

He needs a full fat rework.

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He should sweep his minigun back and forth quickly for explosive rounds then take time to cool the gun. Another time he would fire at a single target and hit targets directly behind for a short piercing burst, again taking time to cool the gun after. Combined with his dash and grenade, I think that would make him much more fun. He has a split personality right now. Is he hit and run or spray and pray? He needs to be better configured for one or the other.

The new skins are awesome. Finally something for Maeiv and Cho'Gall's 12 nipples are mesmerizing. :p

I might have to turn on the old laptop to get a Gall teammate to play with.

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2 hours ago, Apologised said:

Well, I appreciate that they recognise that Tychus needs something. But I don't think trying to buff Overkill is the way to go. What he needs is more range, and some shields on his Odin instead of the 25 armour buff which never realistically feels like it exists. Sure he's actually got a surprising amount of HP on paper, but it never feels that way because he has a ridiculously short range and has to be right up in front of someone to use Minigun, which is his primary source of damage. His range is so poor it's worse than Valla, and how often has Valla's range been a problem?

If he had Jimmy's range so many of the problems with that character would be fixed. Just trying to buff Overkill lategame (and even then not really because the Armour Piercing Rounds talent change is actually a nerf) wont cut it.

He needs a full fat rework.

Well, they did add Bob and WeaveBob and Weave as Storm Talent to help with that. And now you can even combo it with Sizzlin' AttacksSizzlin' Attacks for some late game meltin'.

That said, I tried the Overkill build and it's surprisingly good against teams that might punish you for being still or stack blinds on the late game. And it doesn't stop you from picking The Bigger They Are...The Bigger They Are..., actually has synergy with it, because you can use Minigun to get their health low and finish it with Overkill.

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4 hours ago, Apologised said:

Well, I appreciate that they recognise that Tychus needs something. But I don't think trying to buff Overkill is the way to go. What he needs is more range, and some shields on his Odin instead of the 25 armour buff which never realistically feels like it exists. Sure he's actually got a surprising amount of HP on paper, but it never feels that way because he has a ridiculously short range and has to be right up in front of someone to use Minigun, which is his primary source of damage. His range is so poor it's worse than Valla, and how often has Valla's range been a problem?

If he had Jimmy's range so many of the problems with that character would be fixed. Just trying to buff Overkill lategame (and even then not really because the Armour Piercing Rounds talent change is actually a nerf) wont cut it.

He needs a full fat rework.

Tychus is a character that is really hard to balance due to his ability to melt anything with MinigunMinigun, specially in the late game (Master AssassinMaster Assassin + Sizzlin' AttacksSizzlin' Attacks is absurd). Back in the old beta days he was 200% meta because he didn't pose a threat just for tanks, but for everything. 

But yeah, nowadays he feels very underwhelming, and I agree that he needs a buff to his basic attack range, because unless there is a lot of CC and a solid frontline to protect him, he is just a worse Raynor / Valla. Maybe shift a bit his power into more basic attack range would solve the problems.

And I agree that buffing Overkill won't do anything because no one ever builds for it, since he has much better talents. Overkill always felt like a weird ability to use and I honestly don't see it being useful for anything aside waveclear.

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I feel that with the addition of Mei and this - albeit slight - nerf to ETC, he'll drop out of the meta spot when also comparing him with the other tanks that now received changes.

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5 hours ago, Morcalivan said:

The new skins are awesome. Finally something for Maeiv and Cho'Gall's 12 nipples are mesmerizing. ?

I like how disgusting it is. Also nice idea to make Gall's head actually a separate character, a small goblin sitting on his shoulder.

As for Tychus, I do feel he needs his old range back. He used to be very strong with lots of sustain, but they nerfed some of his talents since then, like his "That's the Stuff!"(it used to heal him for the duration of minigun, now only heals him after it's over). Same goes for Master Assassin, so now he could use some more range, as it's harder for him to survive and some of his talents aren't as strong as they used to be.

 

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      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.
    • Elitesparkle
      Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes: February 19
      By Elitesparkle
      Blizzard released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm and here are the official Patch Notes with all the changes.
      20 February 2026: After releasing a hotfix, Muradin has been enabled again.
      19 February 2026: Muradin has been temporarily disabled due to a game-breaking bug.
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      We’ve just released a patch to the live servers in order to apply some balance and bug fixes.
      Quick Navigation:
      Balance Update Bug Fixes Balance Updates
      Deathwing
      Base
      Incinerate [W] Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 7 seconds. Talents
      Level 7 Death Drop Duration of Spell Armor decreased from 6 seconds to 4 seconds. Muradin
      Base
      Storm Bolt [Q] Quest requirements reduced from 50/200 to 40/160. Talents
      Level 1 Give 'Em The Axe Bonus Damage reduced from 50% to 40%. Level 4 Sledgehammer Now also reduces the cooldown of Storm Bolt by 1.5 seconds. Level 7 Perfect Storm Internal cooldown reduced from 10 seconds to 8.5 seconds. Now also restores 25 Mana on reset. Level 13 Healing Static Heal per Hero hit increased from 5% to 6%. Murky
      Base
      Spawn Egg [D] Revive Shield duration increased from 10 seconds to 15 seconds. Talents
      Level 10 March of the Murlocs Cooldown reduced from 110 seconds to 100 seconds. Level 13 Egg Shell Shield increased from 35% to 50% of Murky's Health. Shield now lasts until destroyed. Level 20 Never-Ending March Will now last a minimum of 7 seconds, even if stopped. Sylvanas
      Talents
      Level 7 Lost Soul Extra 10% damage bonus provided by Lost Soul has been removed. Tyrande
      Base
      Lunar Flare [E] Mythic reward requirements reduced from 45 hits to 40 hits. Return to Top
      Bug Fixes
      Battlegrounds
      Hanamura Temple The Samurai Sentinel camp is now properly displayed with a Bruiser icon. Braxis Holdout Fixed an issue that caused terrain to be rendered incorrectly. Heroes
      Azmodan Level 4 Battleborn Now properly reduces the cooldown of Demon Lieutenant. Level 10 Black Pool Now properly deals reduced damage to non-Heroes. Deathwing Base Form Swap AI can no longer use the removed Form Swap ability. Gul'dan Level 16 Ruinous Affliction Fixed an issue that caused Ruinous Affliction to deal bonus damage on the 3rd and 5th hit, instead of the 3rd and 6th hit. Jaina Base Frostbite [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Ice Block to not show the correct cooldown value in the tooltip. Fixed an issue that caused Ice Cold to allow Jaina to move through pathing blockers and stationary targets. Muradin Base Dwarf Toss [E] Fixed an issue that caused Dwarf Toss to go on cooldown when used on invalid terrain. Level 1 Dwarf Block Can no longer stack beyond 3 charges. Murky Murky will no longer revive faster than intended. Murky's level 20 talents have been rearranged to match skill order. Base Pufferfish [W] Puffed Up will now display first in the Buff Bar. Fixed an issue that caused Murky to lose his increased size after death. Spawn Egg [D] Fixed an issue that caused Murky to respawn faster than intended. Level 1 Shell Game Shell Game now shows the Trait button for the talent, instead of an Active button. Level 20 Faster Fish Faster Fish now also causes the animation of the Pufferfish to play faster. Faster Fish now shows the W button for the talent, instead of the Trait button. Rehgar Level 20 Elemental Conduit Fixed an issue that caused Elemental Conduit's Shields to not refresh to 5 seconds. Fixed an issue that caused Elemental Conduit's refresh to search for allies to give the Shield around the targets hit, instead of Rehgar's location. Thrall Level 1 Echo of the Elements Fixed an issue that caused Echo of the Elements bounces to bounce to cloaked targets. Level 7 Rolling Thunder Rolling Thunder damage now displays as a crit. Level 16 Alpha Wolf Alpha Wolf damage now displays as a crit. Zagara Base Infested Drop [E] Fixed an issue that caused Roaches melee attacks to launch missiles instead of directly hitting. Fixed an issue that caused Roaches to not display correctly in the death recap. Click here to discuss this post with other players in the official Heroes of the Storm forums.

    • Elitesparkle
      Heroes of the Storm Live Patch Notes: February 10
      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.
      Quick Navigation:
      General Map Updates Balance Update Bug Fixes General
      New Skin: Toon'Dan Gul'Dan
      All Quests that can lose stacks will never cause the player to fall below milestone thresholds. Pinnacle Rewards are now named Mythic Rewards to give a more Blizzard feel. So Mythic-y! The following Summoned Units now lose health each second: Creep Tumors, Demon Lieutenants, Demon Warriors, Gargantuan, Ghouls, Hydralisks, Roaches, Rock-It Turrets, Rush Zombies, Scarabs, Treants, Ultralisk, and Water Elementals. Total Health and Duration of these Summoned Units have been adjusted to compensate for this. Structures now prioritize Summoned Units when there are no remaining minions. Summoned Units no longer take half damage from Structures. XP Globe pickup sound is now also played when killing a minion that instantly yields XP. Updated Homescreen and Startup Music. Return to Top
      Map Updates
      General Watch Towers will now reset to neutral after 45 seconds of not being occupied. Volskaya Foundry Triglav Protector bonus Damage and cooldown speed increased from 25% to 40% when 2 players are inside. Triglav Protector Basic Attacks increased from +50% damage to structures to +100%. Triglav Protector Basic Attack damage decreased from 155 to 130. Triglav Protector Basic Attacks scale increased from +25% to +50% with 2 players. Warhead Junction The burn duration is now displayed on structures affected by a Warhead. Return to Top
      Balance Update
      Heroes
      Azmodan
      Base
      Globe of Annihilation [Q] Now deals 50% damage to non-Heroes. Upon reaching 225 Annihilation, Globe of Annihilation no longer deals reduced damage to non-Heroes Minions and Mercenaries. Window to kill minions for Annihilation increased from 1.5 seconds to 3 seconds. Summon Demon Warrior [W] Demon Warriors damage increased from 32 to 85 53 . Now deals half damage to Heroes Now deals double damage to Minions and Mercenaries. Demon Warriors no longer have a duration, but lose 26 Health every second. Demon Warriors no longer have Immolation. Now has 2 charges. Talents
      Level 1 Wrath REWORK: Now provides 1 stack for every 2 Basic Attacks hit against a Structure or Hero. Level 7 Art of Chaos Extra Annihilation amount reduced from 4 to 2. Bombardment Amount of time Bombardment lasts reduced from 4 seconds to 3 seconds. Master of Destruction Amount of Annihilation granted reduced from 2 to 1. Level 13 Brutish Vanguard Now slows the attacked target by 30%. Level 16 Hell Rift Damage bonus reduced from 75% to 35%. Level 20 Inescapable Annihilation NEW: Globe of Annihilation has unlimited range. Pride Moved to baseline. Now requires 450 stacks. Damage bonus increased from 125 to 150. Deathwing
      Base
      Attack Damage decreased from 155 to 110 117 . Form Switch [1] Active ability removed. Deathwing now switches forms solely from landing. Molten Flame [Q] Base Damage per Second reduced from 21 to 19. Incinerate [W] Cooldown increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds. Energy cost increased from 20 to 30. Damage increased fomr 65 to 100. Lava Burst [W] Cast time reduced from 1 second to .75 seconds. Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 9 seconds. Energy cost increased from 15 to 25. Explosion Damage increased from 30 to 35. Explosion Damage over Time increased from 6 to 7. Slow increased from 35% to 45%. Onslaught [E] Bonus damage increased from 72 to 120. Damage increased from 38 to 60. Earth Shatter [E] Projectile speed increased by 30% Cataclysm [R] NEW QUEST: Damage Heroes with Molten Flame to gain 1 stack. Gain 50 stacks for killing a Hero. Mythic Reward: Upon reaching 2,000 stacks, Cataclysm now deals 2,500% damage to Structures and Minions. "I AM THE CATACLYSM". Dragonflight [Z] Cooldown delay after dealing or taking damage increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds. Cooldown reduced from 45 seconds to 15 seconds. Talents
      Level 1 Dragon Soul Healing increased from 75%, 150% to 100%, 200%. Level 4 Heat Wave Damage over Time increased from 6 to 9. Damage over Time stacks reduced from 4 to 3. Initial damage bonus increased from 125% to 150%. Level 7 Firestorm Damage increased from 70 to 77. Landing delay reduction increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds. No longer reduces cooldown of Dragonflight. Level 13 Fire and Fury Damage bonus increased from 30% to 40%. Falstad
      Base
      Lightning Rod [W] Range reduced by .5. Time between strikes increased from .8 seconds to .9 seconds. Jaina
      Base
      Frostbite [Trait] NEW QUEST: Deal Ability Damage to Chilled 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 Ice Block allows Jaina to move and cast while active. 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. Kerrigan
      Base
      Ravage [Q] UPDATED QUEST: Enemies killed in a narrow proximity of Kerrigan provide stacks. Minion kills grant 1 stack. Hero kills grant 7 stacks. At 100 stacks, gain 125 Ravage damage, and Heroes now provide 14 stacks on kill. At 250 stacks, gain 200 Ravage damage. Kill window for receiving a free Ravage charge has been reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds. 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 50 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 150 200 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. This can only occur once per 10 seconds. Level 16 Dwarf Launch Range bonus reduced from 40% to 30%. Level 20 Mountain King NEW: Thunderclap and Dwarf Toss have an extra charge. Rewind Removed. 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 Pufferifsh Kill Slimed enemies, or hit them with Pufferfish. Provides 1 stack per minion, 5 stacks per Hero or Structure hit. At 100 200 stacks, Basic Abilities now deal full damage to Structures. Mythic Reward: At 200 400 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 Reduced the amount of time needed to deal the full Damage over Time from 5 seconds to 4 seconds. 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. Sentinel Shot [W] Mana cost increased to 55 from 50. 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 45 Heroes, Tyrande's Basic Attacks occasionally trigger a Lunar Flare. Now restores 25 mana per enemy hit. Mana cost increased to 65 from 60. Starfall [R] Mana cost increased to 85 from 75. Shadowstalk [R] Mana cost increased to 85 from 75. 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
      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. Tychus Level 10 Commandeer Odin Fixed an issue that caused Tychus' Odin to not display a cooldown for its Thrusters Ability. Return to Top
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    • Elitesparkle
      Heroes of the Storm PTR Update: January 21
      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 Attack Damage reduced from 155 to 130. Attack Damage bonus against Structures increased from 50% to 100%. Attack Damage bonus when both slots are occupied increased from 35% to 50%. Spell Damage bonus when both slots are occupied reduced from 35% to 25%. Cooldown reduction when both slots are occupied reduced from 35% to 25%  Triglav Gunner Spell Damage bonus when both slots are occupied reduced from 35% to 25%. Cooldown reduction when both slots are occupied reduced from 35% to 25%. Energy Regeneration when both slots are occupied reduced from 35% to 25%. Balance Updates
      Arthas
      Base
      Army of the Dead [R1] Ghouls' Health increased from 1060 to 1200. Ghouls no longer have a duration. Ghouls now lose 60 Health every second. Ghouls duration effectively increased from 15 to 20 seconds. Azmodan
      Base
      Globe of Annihilation [Q] Damage bonus upon reaching 450 Annihilation increased from 125 to 150. Summon Demon Warrior [W] Demon Warriors damage reduced from 83 to 53. Additional functionality: Deals 100% bonus damage against Minions and Mercenaries. Demon Lieutenant [D] Demon Lieutenant damage reduced from 103 to 52. Additional functionality: Deals 100% bonus damage against Minions and Mercenaries. Deathwing
      Talents
      Level 1 Molten Blood Removed functionality: No longer grants Form Switch, which could be activated to swap Form. Jaina
      Base
      Frostbite [Trait] Rework: Ice Cold no longer gives Protected, Unstoppable, and immunity to damage over time effects for the duration. Instead, it now gives Invulnerable for the duration. Murky
      Base
      Pufferfish [W] Baseline Quest requirements increased from 100/200 to 200/400. Rework: Kill Slimed enemies or hit them with Pufferfish. Heroes and Structures award 4 bonus stacks. Bug Fixes
      Fixed an issue causing Azmodan's Summon Demon Warrior to not show the amount of charges available. Fixed an issue causing the Health decay of Azmodan's Demon Warriors to scale twice per level. Fixed an issue causing Azmodan's Wrath to still require the target to be under 75% Health in order to grant Annihilation. Fixed an issue causing the damage from Azmodan's Wrath to cap at 400 Annihilation rather than 450 Annihilation. Fixed an issue causing Azmodan's Battleborn to reduce the cooldown between charges instead of the charge cooldown. Fixed an issue causing Basic Attacks empowered by Azmodan's Bombardment to give Annihilation when hitting non-Heroes. Fixed an issue causing Basic Attacks empowered by Azmodan's Bombardment to give Annihilation while Blinded or if the target is Evading. Fixed an issue causing the tooltip for Falstad's Dishonorable Discharge in the Buff Bar to not show the Quest progress correctly. Fixed an issue causing the tooltip for Falstad's Frequent Flyer in the Buff Bar to not show the Quest progress correctly. The tooltip for Gazlowe's Overcharged Capacitors has been updated from duration to Health gain  Fixed an issue causing Jaina's Blizzard to have 0 range. Fixed an issue causing Jaina's Summon Water Elemental to have 0 range. Fixed an issue causing Jaina's Baseline Quest to show its progress on the UI while dead even after completing it. Fixed an issue causing Kerrigan's Baseline Quest to not gain stacks correctly after reaching 150 stacks. Fixed an issue causing Muradin's Thunder Clap to not show the amount of charges available. Fixed an issue causing Muradin's Thunder Clap to not be affected by cooldown reduction effects. Fixed an issue causing Muradin's Dwarf Toss to not show the amount of charges available. Fixed an issue causing Muradin's Dwarf Toss to not be affected by cooldown reduction effects. Fixed an issue causing the cooldown reduction from Muradin's Dwarf Launch to not work correctly. Fixed an issue causing the cooldown reduction from Muradin's Unstoppable Force to not work correctly. Fixed an issue causing Murky's Spawn Egg to not go on cooldown when destroyed or placed. Notification message for Murky having no Egg changed from "Murky's Egg" to "last Murky's Egg". Fixed an issue causing the tooltip for Nazeebo's Dead Rush to not show the Zombies duration correctly. Fixed an issue causing Nazeebo's Gargantuan Stomp to not be usable 20 seconds after Gargantuan was summoned. The tooltip for Zagara's Mutalisk has been updated from duration to Health decay.
    • Elitesparkle
      Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes: January 14
      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 Known Issues & Bug Fixes General
      All Quests that can lose stacks will never cause the player to fall below milestone thresholds. Pinnacle Rewards are now named Mythic Rewards to give a more Blizzard feel. So Mythic-y! The following Summoned Units now lose health each second: Demon Lieutenants, Demon Warriors, Gargantuan, Hydralisks, Roaches, Rock-It Turrets, Rush Zombies, Scarabs, Treants, Tumors, and Water Elementals. Total Health and Duration of these Summoned Units have been adjusted to compensate for this. Structures now prioritize Summoned Units when there are no remaining minions. Summoned Units no longer take half damage from Structures. XP Globe pickup sound is now also played when killing a minion that instantly yields XP. Updated Homescreen and Startup Music. Return to Top
      Map Updates
      General Watch Towers will now reset to neutral after 45 seconds of not being occupied. Volskaya Foundry Triglav Protector bonus Damage and cooldown speed increased from 25% to 40% when 2 players are inside. Warhead Junction The burn duration is now displayed on structures affected by a Warhead. Return to Top
      Balance Update
      Heroes
      Azmodan
      Base
      Globe of Annihilation [Q] Now deals 50% damage to non-Heroes. Upon reaching 225 Annihilation, Globe of Annihilation no longer deals reduced damage to non-Heroes. Window to kill minions for Annihilation increased to 3s (from 1.5s). Summon Demon Warrior [W] Demon Warriors damage increased from 32 to 83. Now deals half damage to Heroes. Demon Warriors no longer have a duration, but lose 26 Health every second. Demon Warriors no longer have Immolation. Now has 2 charges. Talents
      Level 1 Wrath REWORK: Now provides 1 stack for every 2 Basic Attacks hit against a Structure or Hero. Level 7 Art of Chaos Extra Annihilation amount reduced from 4 to 2. Bombardment Amount of time Bombardment lasts reduced from 4 seconds to 3 seconds. Master of Destruction Amount of Annihilation granted reduced from 2 to 1. Level 13 Brutish Vanguard Now slows the attacked target by 30%. Level 16 Hell Rift Damage bonus reduced from 75% to 35%. Level 20 Inescapable Annihilation NEW: Globe of Annihilation has unlimited range. Pride Moved to baseline. Now requires 450 stacks. Deathwing
      Base
      Attack Damage decreased from 155 to 110. Form Switch [1] Active ability removed. Deathwing now switches forms solely from landing. Cataclysm [R] NEW QUEST: Damage Heroes with Molten Flame to gain 1 stack. Gain 50 stacks for killing a Hero. Mythic Reward: Upon reaching 2,000 stacks, Cataclysm now deals 2,500% damage to Structures and Minions. "I AM THE CATACLYSM". Onslaught [E] Bonus damage increased from 72 to 120. Damage increased from 38 to 60. Earth Shatter [E] Projectile speed increased by 30% Molten Flame [Q] Base Damage per Second reduced from 21 to 19. Incinerate [W] Cooldown increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds. Energy cost increased from 20 to 30. Damage increased to 100 (from 65). Lava Burst [W] Cast time reduced from 1 second to .75 seconds. Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 9 seconds. Energy cost increased from 15 to 25. Explosion Damage increased from 30 to 35. Explosion Damage over Time increased from 6 to 7. Slow increased from 35% to 45%. Dragonflight [Z] Cooldown delay after dealing or taking damage increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds. Cooldown reduced from 45 seconds to 15 seconds. Talents
      Level 1 Dragon Soul Healing increased from 75%, 150% to 100%, 200%. Level 4 Heat Wave Damage over Time increased from 6 to 9. Damage over Time stacks reduced from 4 to 3. Initial damage bonus increased from 125% to 150%. Level 7 Firestorm Damage increased from 70 to 77. No longer reduces cooldown of Dragonflight. Level 13 Fire and Fury Damage bonus increased from 30% to 40%. Falstad
      Base
      Lightning Rod [W] Range reduced by .5. Time between strikes increased from .8 seconds to .9 seconds. Jaina
      Base
      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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