Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes: September 17

Blizzard released a new PTR patch for Heroes of the Storm and here are the unofficial Patch Notes with all the datamined changes.

Balance Updates

Alexstrasza

Talents

• Level 1
  • Flames of Fury
    • Stacks required for the Mythic Reward reduced from 40 to 30.

Xal’atath

Trait

• Void Volley [D]
  • Mana cost reduced from 75 to 35.

Basic Abilities

• Dark Heart Ritual [W]
  • Moved from the E slot to the W slot.
  • Damage increased from 120 to 180.
  • Maximum amount of concurrent hits increased from 5 to 15.
  • Now has a visual indicator for the area covered.
• Void Step [E]
  • Moved from the W slot to the E slot.

Heroic Abilities

• Void Convergence [R2]
  • Void Minions amount reduced from 4 to 3.
  • Void Portal
    • Health reduced from 1200 to 1000.
    • Model scale increased from 1.25 to 1.5.
    • Unit radius reduced from 4.5 o 0.75.
    • No longer has Health decay.
    • Now lasts 12 seconds.
    • Duration effectively reduced from 20 to 12 seconds.
  • Void Minion
    • Health increased from 250 to 450.
    • Health decay duration reduced from 30 to 10 seconds.
    • Unit radius increased from 1 to 1.25 seconds.
    • Attack Speed reduced from 1.33 to 0.57 per second.
    • Basic Attacks no longer always show as critical.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Talents reordered to follow conventional ordering.
• Level 4
  • Talents reordered to follow conventional ordering.
• Level 13
  • Talents reordered to follow conventional ordering.
  • Pull of the Dark Heart
    • Moved from Level 16 to Level 13.
  • Dark Heart’s Protection
    • Silence duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds.
    • Maximum amount of concurrent hits increased from 5 to 9.
• Level 16
  • Talents reordered to follow conventional ordering.
  • Fractured Reality
    • Damage increased from 15 to 45.
    • Floating damage numbers now merge.
  • Relentless Whispers
    • Moved from Level 13 to Level 16.
• Level 20
  • Rift Invasion
    • Void Minions amount reduced from 6 to 4.
  • Unstable Core
    • Damage increased from 15 to 45.
    • Now applies a damage over time effect.

Yrel

Talents

Level 13

• Velen’s Chosen
  • Spell Power per stack reduced from 8% to 7.5%.
  • Maximum stacks increased from 3 to 4.

Bug Fixes

• The targeting reticle for Xal’atath’s Void Volley now shows its minimum cast range.
• Fixed an issue causing Xal’atath’s Void Volley to not clamp to its minimum cast range.
• Fixed an issue causing the guide indicator for Xal’atath’s Void Volley to not match its cast range.
• Fixed an issue causing the Mana cost for Xal’atath’s Void Volley to not reset to the correct value.