Heroes of the Storm Hotfix Patch Notes: October 5

We just pushed live a hotfix with Xal’atath balance changes

Balance Updates

Base

• Shadow Mark [Q]
  • Void Orb speed slightly increased.
• Void Step [E]
  • Targeting range reduced from 5 to 2.
  • Distance between teleport points reduced from 7 to 6.5.
  • Now prevented and interrupted by Roots.
• Void Volley [D]
  • Base damage per missile reduced from 90 to 72.
  • Now generates 1 charge for every Basic Attack against enemy Heroes and every 2 Basic Attacks against non-Heroes.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Anchored Core
    • Radius bonus reduced from 50% to 25%.
• Level 4
  • Dark Barrier
    • Now only triggers when enemy Heroes are hit.
• Level 7
  • Silence of the Lamb
    • Silence duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds.
• Level 10
  • Void Eruption [R]
    • Uncharged damage reduced by 20%.
    • Fully charged damage reduced by 5%.
• Level 13
  • Dark Heart’s Protection
    • Detonating the Dark Heart on a target affected by Shadow Mark now Silences all enemies hit, rather than Silencing on cast.
• Level 20
  • Rift Invasion
    • Portals now have non-lethal Health decay, stopping at 4 Health.

Bug Fixes

General

• ​Fixed an issue where certain Maskless Skins were not appearing in the game.

Heroes

• Fixed an issue where Xal’atath was appearing brighter than intended in the game.
• Fixed an issue that caused Void Volley impact visual effects to appear at the cursor location instead of where missiles hit.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Void Volley charge indicator from immediately displaying 1 charge upon reaching the second Milestone.
• Void Eruption can now be queued to cast or release during Time Stop.
• Casting Void Eruption during Time Stop immediately enters targeting, with charging beginning when Time Stop ends.
• Releasing Void Eruption during Time Stop queues the release for when Time Stop ends. The Ability button becomes greyed out while a release is queued.
• Issuing another Ability, movement, or attack order during Time Stop cancels the pending Void Eruption cast or queued release.
• Casting Void Eruption again during Time Stop clears earlier queued orders.
• Fixed issues that could allow an additional Void Eruption charge to begin while already charging or during Void Step.
• Void Eruption orb growth and the flight damage timer now pause while Xal’atath is affected by Time Stop.
• Void Eruption orbiting orbs now pause during Time Stop and resume afterward.
• Fixed issues that prevented Void Eruption orbiting orbs from correctly following the missile or continuing to orbit after a release queued during Time Stop.