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  On 2/24/2017 at 8:47 AM, Guest Gwinty said:

I was just wondering: Is there an update planed for your guides? Because the changelogs read that the Ability guid was updated at Jule16, the Strategy guid was updated April16 and the synergy and counter guide was updated Jule16. There where many heroes added to the game and many changes and I would love to hear your opinions on those Heroes and changes.

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Yes, this guide will receive an update. Sadly, our authors are currently busy, so you will probably have to wait a bit. Sorry for the incovenience.

  On 2/24/2017 at 8:47 AM, Guest Gwinty said:

Also I was wondering about the Talent guide: The Build Guide talks about three builds, while the Talent page only refers to one specific build. I don't think its fitting to have the build guide advice Talents that the Talent guid turned down.

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Thank you forpointing it out. I will make sure to get this looked at. Again, sorry for the inconvenience.

  On 2/24/2017 at 8:47 AM, Guest Gwinty said:

Also as another use already mentiont the Q-Build is very popular right now and that made me wonder: Why is it? Is it just popular or is it more effective?

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The Q build is popular because it's good. It's quite skillshot reliant, so take this build only if you can hit Q (almost) every time.

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I am not going to tell you how many times I finished a kill when taking Winters reach. Not only that using it allows me to get closer to a chilled target that started from far away to get close enough to use my cone after placing my blizzard. 

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  On 3/25/2017 at 10:14 PM, Guest Wrecker#1722 said:

I am not going to tell you how many times I finished a kill when taking Winters reach. Not only that using it allows me to get closer to a chilled target that started from far away to get close enough to use my cone after placing my blizzard. 

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The thing is, often you don't need the extra reach. In teamfights, it will get body blocked, even with the additional single pierce. If you're using it to engage and require that extra range, often this is just a mistake of positioning. If you reposition yourself before engaging, you won't need the extra range and can simply keep them slowed and closer to you due to the 30% slow.

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Guest Bang Bang Shooting

Sooo... this guide will receive an update right? it's been 3 months now.

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  On 5/6/2017 at 2:50 PM, Guest Bang Bang Shooting said:

Sooo... this guide will receive an update right? it's been 3 months now.

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An update should come this or the following week. Sorry to keep you waiting!

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  On 5/6/2017 at 5:29 PM, positiv2 said:

An update should come this or the following week. Sorry to keep you waiting!

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Finally, thanks you for your hard work :).

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Guest Bang Bang Shooting

Is an update for Jaina and Illidan (or any others outdated heroes) gonna come out this week right? It's been almost 2 weeks already :(.

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  On 5/20/2017 at 1:45 AM, Guest Bang Bang Shooting said:

Is an update for Jaina and Illidan (or any others outdated heroes) gonna come out this week right? It's been almost 2 weeks already :(.

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Sadly, the last two patches came with a somewhat short succession, which overloaded our authors, especially Oxygen who has been assigned extra work, which made Jaina's guide a low priority as there should be no outdated information in it AFAIK and is rather a thing of the old format/new format, which we don't believe to be a pressing matter.

As for Illidan, the only change he has received so far is the change of Unending HatredUnending Hatred, which doesn't change its viability that much - the update is again a cosmetic thing mostly.

With Oxygen being assigned extra work with higher priority, I don't really know the ETA and I do not dare to guess.

I am very sorry for this course of events which made the updates a low priority item on our to-do list, but the guides are still up-to date apart from the format, so they should be usable.

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Many, if not all, the guides on here are so good with their extensive analysis and concise information that the old format guides such as this one are still very much on point for heroes such as Jaina who haven't had any changes. No doubt the authors are hard at work continuing to bring us this high standard, and we thank you all for your efforts! 

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I agree with most of this guide, but not all.  I find ring of frost much better (turns a battle and sometimes entire game around) than elemental.  I also take issue that the description on level 20 ring now says you can't take it with taking elemental.  It used to actually say why it is not that effective, which is because it  stuns in the middle and that is all it adds.

I also prefer the energy talent at level 4 (I used to only play piercing talent at  4).  I find that unless you are in a map where you are constantly laning (Spiders) or there are minions in the way (Infernal Shrine), the piercing isn't that helpful.  Sure, you can camp faster (hits both siege giants) or hit two heroes at times (I find this to be too precise positioning wise to try and get two targets and can get you killed).  But the extra energy helps a ton when you are in sustained battles (Braxis wave clear, Immortal fights, killing punisher, garden terror, etc.).  I feel you get more value on most maps from that, and those talents should both be situational depending on the map.

I also prefer the lowering of armor to the 1 second stun, but I could see the stun being better sometimes.  My point is that Jaina should capitalize on bad positioning and burst targets, rather than trying to create positioning advantages like you suggest with the 1 second stun.  I usually have no trouble landing the 2nd wave of blizzard anyway as I cast blizzard and quickly cone before the blizzard lands (like the Kerrigan pull/stun combo works).  Only heroes with an extreme escape avoid the waves that way. 

 

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Oxy said he will be rewriting this guide. In its current state I agree with you on most issues. By Energy Talent, do you mean Arcane IntellectArcane Intellect? Currently most of Jaina's talent tiers are very balanced (I'd say all except 7, 10 and 20), so the talent you pick is mostly up to personal preference than power.

  On 8/23/2017 at 6:46 PM, Guest ArtVandelay said:

*Note - I tried to sign in and I am getting 404 errors.

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That's strange, I am not having any issues signing in. Where (url) did you tried logging in from?

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Jaina isn't my main but I've played as/with/against her since Beta and I've always felt that the range on Frostbolt is absolutely mandatory, otherwise she puts herself in an extremely vulnerable position (even for poking) where almost every competent team would delete her with little to no effort. The Storm Front talent (lvl13 Blizzard range) also feels like a game changer but not as much as Winter's Reach.

With the Kel'thuzad update I feel that the range as become even more important since the Ice Block ability is only acquirable by doing 15k dmg to chilled heroes. It may not seem like much compared to Jaina's average overall hero damage but you'll find that a lot of games (victories) would end without having earned Ice Block even past level 20.

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This guide needs an update with all the new changes.  Especially since some talents are actually gone now.  Jaina used to be one of my mains (still one of my favorites).  I tried the new changes out last night (only a couple games).  The new level 1 talent is really nice,   The quest is pretty easy of course, unless maybe you are on a map like battle of ancients where you will rarely get globes.  I never took the other two talents anyway (always took the extra chill amount).

If you take the level 1 quest and the talent that returns mana from chilled targets, you basically never have to hearth for mana ever again.  I am not sure the 2nd talent is really needed most times, but I also usually don't need the piercing bolt either (if you position well you don't hit minions with it much anyway), though it does help to chill two heroes in objective battles.  Most times I will probably take that, but on a map like battle of the ancients, I would probably skip the level 1 quest and take the other mana one to help sustain burst on the immortal (since it is easy to burn your energy in that prolonged fight in the middle).

I always took Ring of Frost (and usually get 2+ heroes trapped in it most uses).  But they buffed Elemental a lot, so I think I will go with that now (unless a teammate has real good setup CC for the ring, which gives you more reliable damage and helps with her trait quest.  Still not sure if I like the cone width/CD more or the root on cone.   The width isn't spectacular IMO, but the CD is huge.  I have just always tried to maximize her burst rather than CC, because her role should be following up and bursting targets displaced, and not trying to initiate CC for your team.

 

At any rate, the changes were really good IMO.  She has a lot easier time sustaining her damage now and not being a very short time contributor to a team fight.  She always had good lane clear, but can easily stay in lane now with the extra mana.

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Ice Floes and Icefury Wand are both viable from my experience. The cooldown reduction on Ice Floes is very easily filled and has great synergy with 16 Ice Cone talents. Icefury Wand's solid damage boost is comparable to Ice Lance and is far more reliant. It also has great synergy with Ice Barrier, since it basically incorporates Vigorous Assault into her AA. The Blizzard cdr is an added bonus, making the talent even better. Besides, Jaina should always be in range in someone that is chilled, since she shines best at mid-range and her chill self-peels for her.

On the other hand, I'm not a fan of Ice Lance, especially for team fights. It's a strong talent, but relies on a skillshot that can be predicted. The only reason I would pick it is to counter melee and use it for PvE. Otherwise, I could get more aoe damage with Ice Floes or a more consistent AA damage with Icefury Wand.

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  On 9/10/2017 at 3:57 AM, Trensicourt said:

Ice Floes and Icefury Wand are both viable from my experience. The cooldown reduction on Ice Floes is very easily filled and has great synergy with 16 Ice Cone talents. Icefury Wand's solid damage boost is comparable to Ice Lance and is far more reliant. It also has great synergy with Ice Barrier, since it basically incorporates Vigorous Assault into her AA. The Blizzard cdr is an added bonus, making the talent even better. Besides, Jaina should always be in range in someone that is chilled, since she shines best at mid-range and her chill self-peels for her.

On the other hand, I'm not a fan of Ice Lance, especially for team fights. It's a strong talent, but relies on a skillshot that can be predicted. The only reason I would pick it is to counter melee and use it for PvE. Otherwise, I could get more aoe damage with Ice Floes or a more consistent AA damage with Icefury Wand.

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I've played a bit more with them, and while I think that while they're decent talents, I feel very "slow" without Ice Lance since I usually pretty reliably trigger the cooldown reduction. It is particularly fun with Icy Veins. But, in the end, all 3 talents are within 2% win/loss ratio, so no huge loss there, whatever you do end up picking. I tend to be pretty mercenary-oriented however, so Ice Lance may just feel more natural to my playstyle.

The biggest challenge in guide writing is when to recommend everything; I tend to be open to alternate choices, but I need to find a justification. If ice lance performs just as well, on top of opening easier mercenary camping and sieging, there's no reason to really go for other talents.

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My opinions -

1) At level 1 Winter's Reach is a genuine consideration, especially against melee assassins that can kill you if you approach too close (Illidan, Kerrigan, etc). This lets you poke them while remaining out of range of their gap closers. It's true that you'll need to get close to use Cone of Cold, but this gives you a way to continue to be useful while waiting for an opportunity. You'll be sinking more talents into this skill later as well. Fingers of Frost is the greedier alternative. If you can safely get close to use Cone of Cold or even add some autoattack damage, then I'd take this before Winter's Reach too.

2) At level 4, Frost Shards is too good to justify Arcane Intellect, even if another talent were taken at level 1 (or even if another talent were taken at level 1, since Frost Shards complements Winter's Reach).

3) At level 7, Ice Floes deserves more than an X. Both boosts to Cone of Cold are valuable, especially in conjunction with your level 16 choice. Increased AoE also improves Jaina's waveclear.

4) At level 13, I've grown somewhat fond of Storm Front. Icy Veins is by no means bad, but it's also no Rewind. Your damage isn't available again immediately, and by the time it's available the opportunity might no longer be there. Storm Front allows you to cast Blizzard behind the enemy team, which is much stronger than casting it on their frontline. It's especially good if you're in a map with chokepoints where Blizzard is stronger, e.g. Towers of Doom (where it also lets you interrupt opponents better). I would not make Storm Front default, but maybe a ?

5) At level 16, if taking Storm Front at level 13, then Snowstorm becomes defensible.

I think you could consider Winter's Reach / Frost Shards Ice Lance -> Storm Front / Snowstorm as a separate build. This gives up a little on Cone of Cold (can still use it to hit frontliners) to turn Jaina into a long-range nuker ala Chromie, except with much more reliable damage.

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Hm, as a new player (and especially with Assassinsv I just suck), I won't comment on the viability of the Siege Build with Winter's Reach and Storm Front. However, I do feel that it hinders your output in prolonged teamfights, which is quite harmful.

However, I do agree that the level 7 Ice Floes talent is underrated, at least if it comes to waveclearing. However, I also feel you give up some power in teamfights for using this talent as it pretty much forces you to pick the Ice Barrier on level 13 for the sustainability (as you will be even closer to your opponents). But on maps like Braxis Holdout, where you can get flooded by minions of which no one is particularly large to require Ice Shard spam, I do feel this is a viable option.

 

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I prefer using Jaina as a multi lane waveclear who can take opportunistic hero and siege damage when moving across map. When waiting for cooldown I'll often move to a new lane. When low on mana I just hearth and head to an opposite lane. She's a pretty easy character to be impactful with. And while fragile and not mobile, the slows sure do help with escapes too.

For Talents, I grab Chill combos and it works just fine. Don't see a need to change things yet. She's a pretty relaxing character to play.

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Hey Folks,

when I started playing Jaina I was like most here who want to take range on frostbolt and maybe blizzard too.

The thing is as I improved I came to the conclusion that the range is not really required and by taking them you loose alot of other cool percs. I think to play jaina at full potential you have to get a little closer anyways. Otherwise you couldnt land any auto-attacks not the mention cone of ice wich has the highest single burst dmg of jainas skills.

I run most of the times this build and i call it "Duelling Jaina" https://www.icy-veins.com/heroes/talent-calculator/jaina#31.0!3332223

It has no range, radius increase or bolt pierce. These three things just make it easier for beginner to land their skills. I rather go with things like shield, mana reg, bonus armor, armor reduction. For level 20 blink can be pretty awesome but it depends on the game. same goes for the level 4 talent where I alter between arcane intellect and frost armor depending on how much in danger of getting hit/jumped by AA heroes I am.

This build makes jaina much more durable and she can survive pretty well. The armor reduction is also pretty strong as it buffs the dmg output of your whole team. As little bonus the shield from ice barrier lets you take down merc camps pretty easy without losing much hp.

The downside is as I mentioned the fact that all your skills are harder to land now and require better positioning.

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Fingers of frost is not that good of a talent to take at level 1 imho, I switched and started going with Winter's reach every game and I like it much more.
 

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Winter's Reach IconWinter's Reach has very little practical effect. Very rarely will there be a situation where the increased range on Frostbolt IconFrostbolt makes a difference, especially considering you need to be very close to hit enemies with Cone of Cold IconCone of Cold. Furthermore, Frostbolt's relatively slow projectile speed makes it difficult to fully exploit the range increase.

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Not true, increased range has many practical uses, especially poking enemies who have higher range than you. You can cast it out of field of view. You can finish off enemies running away more often. With pierce this talent becomes even more useful/powerful and with ice lance ganking is so much easier.

Meanwhile fingers of frost requires you to collect orbs, which not always can be possible and actually forces you to a different gameplay style because you have to focus on collecting orbs. 10% increased damage looks good on paper but I never manage to get the orbs before like 20 minute mark, and by then Jaina's damage is so ridiculous that you don't even need that additional 10% because any kill is an overkill.

In my opinion it should be marked as situational. Longer range is very helpful during laning phase against some of the heroes. I personally stopped going fingers of frost and at the moment and I always pick the increased range after playing few games with it.

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  On 8/29/2018 at 9:33 PM, Guest whatdoyathink said:

10% increased damage looks good on paper but I never manage to get the orbs before like 20 minute mark

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Really? 20 globes are so easy to collect as long as you keep clearing lanes, rotate, and get merc camps, which you should always do as Jaina. 

  On 8/29/2018 at 9:33 PM, Guest whatdoyathink said:

In my opinion it should be marked as situational.

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I do agree that it's situational though. The extra range is good against immobile assassins who out-range you, like Chromie and Hammer. 

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  On 8/30/2018 at 2:46 AM, ShadowerDerek said:

Really? 20 globes are so easy to collect as long as you keep clearing lanes, rotate, and get merc camps, which you should always do as Jaina.

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Yeah, the merc camps are the most reliable source for the orbs. When in lane I feel like some people just wait for me to go for the orb just to punish me, so collecting them sometimes might be tricky and put you in danger, and I usually play Jaina very cautiously, especially in the beginning as she is so squishy. I think the fastest I completed this quest was around 14th minute mark, but still, the extra damage on frostbite was redundant at that time.

On the other hand thanks to increased range on frostbolt I can deny xp to enemy laners more efficiently and the possibility to hit them outside of field of view guarantees some good poking without putting me in danger, even if they hide behind minions. Fingers of frost forced me to play defensively in few situations and just soak. I also never have mana management related problems, so that 2 mps doesn't cut it for me.

I don't know, to me winter's reach is better than the fingers of frost.

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Tassadar Level 7 Arc Discharge Will now be properly reset when ability cooldowns are reset in Sandbox or Try Mode. Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge to become disjointed when Tassadar stops attacking. The Butcher General Talent sorting for The Butcher has been updated to be the same as other Heroes. Base Fresh Meat [Trait] Fresh Meat is now referred to as stacks instead of charges. Thrall Level 13 Spirit Shield Fixed an issue with Spirit Shield's cooldown reduction from Frostwolf Resilience. Tyrande Level 1 Ranger Fixed an issue that caused Ranger to allow Sentinel to hit up to 3 targets. Level 4 Everlasting Light Added an indicator on targets that will receive additional healing from Light of Elune. Whitemane Base Inquisition [W] Added a range indicator for Inquisition. Fixed an issue that caused Inquisition to not be cancelled if the target leaves the radius while Stealthed. Zul'jin Level 16 No Mercy! Fixed an issue that caused empowered Grievous Throw Basic Attacks from No Mercy! To not activate Medivh's Raven Familiar. Return to Top
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    • By Staff
      Blizzard has updated the PTR patch notes from November 14 with additional Hero changes.  
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      NOTE: New changes are highlighted in Orange text.
      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:
      Map Update Hero Updates Balance Update Bug Fixes Map Update
      Volskaya
      The Triglav Protector will now gain 25% increased energy regeneration and the Pilot and Gunner Abilities will both recharge 25% faster while both slots are occupied. Return to Top
      Hero Updates
      Chen
      Talents
      Level 10 Wandering Keg Wandering Keg updated to be a targeted forced Quick cast instead of a Self cast. Samuro
      General
      Order of buffs in the Buff bar has been updated to match the order in which talents are gained. Samuro can no longer target a Mirror Image that is affected by launch effects (Example: Phase Prism). Samuro will no longer mirror Hearthstone and Mount commands on his Mirror Images if the command is sent while selecting a Mirror Image and not Samuro. Tooltips have been updated to reduce confusion. Base
      Image Transmission [Trait] Advancing Strikes will now copy Samuro's state for the following: creating a new Mirror Image, Image Transmission, Deflection, Press the Attack. Wind Walk [E] Wind Walk will no longer cancel move and attack commands in the command queue when activated. Critical Strike [W] Activating Critical Strike while Samuro's Basic Attack is being swung will now apply to that attack, rather than the next attack, and will carry the attack reset over to the next Basic Attack. Samuro can now see his Critical Strike progress below his Healthplate. Samuro can now see the remaining duration of Critical Strike's activation around the ability button. Critical Strike will now copy Samuro's state for the following: creating a new Mirror Image, Image Transmission, Deflection, Press the Attack. Talents
      Level 1 Way of Illusion Way of Illusion quest progress is now correctly mirrored between different Mirror Images and Samuro. Level 7 Burning Blade Burning Blade is now an additive modifier for both Samuro and his Mirror Images instead of just his Mirror Images. Level 13 Kawarimi Kawarimi Mirror Images will now clear their command queue of Hearthstone commands when created. Level 16 Harsh Winds Harsh Winds is now an additive modifier. Balance Update
      Heroes
      Arthas
      Talents
      Level 13 Frost Strike Rework: If Death Coil hits a target Slowed by Frost Strike, they will be Silenced for 1 second. Rework: No Longer reduces the cooldown of Frostmourne Hungers. Level 16 Frostmourne Feeds Rework: The cooldown for Frostmourne Hungers now starts as soon as the first empowerment is used. Rework: The second Frostmourne Hungers empowerment now only applies after hitting a Hero and lasts for 4 seconds. D.Va
      Base
      Max Health increased from 2100 to 2150. Defense Matrix [W] Damage reduction increased from -50% to -60%. Talents
      Level 1 Liquid Cooling Bonus duration increased from 35% to 50%. Level 7 Get On The Point! Movement Speed increase duration increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds. Timer reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds. Level 10 Bunny Hop Damage increased from 70 to 78. Proc bonus damage reduced from 100% to 80%. Micro Missiles Cooldown between charges reduced from 5 to 3 seconds. Cooldown per charge reduced from 20 to 19 seconds. Level 13 Target Locked Armor reduction and Slow are now refreshed in duration if the enemy Hero already has the debuffs. Reduced the amount of time that enemy Heroes need to be in the Defense Matrix from 1 second to 0.75 seconds. Level 16 Diverting Power Healing reduced from 35 to 31. Emergency Shielding Duration increased from 4 to 8 seconds. Shield increased from 280 to 290. Greymane
      Talents
      Level 16 Lord Of His Pack New: Replaces Executioner. Basic Attacks against Slowed, Rooted or Stunned enemy Heroes deal 25% additional damage for 3 seconds, increased to 50% while in Worgen Form. Imperius
      Talents
      Level 10 Wrath of the Angiris Rework: Damage reduced from 375 to 250. Rework: Now deals 20% additional damage for each Valorous Brand marker on the target when landing. Rework: Valorous Brand markers placed by Imperius will no longer be removed when launching the target into the air. These can still expire while in the air. Li Li
      Talents
      Level 1 Free Drinks Can now reduce the cooldown multiple times per cast (Example: Combined with Two For One). Level 20 Shake It Off Armor now persists for 2 seconds after Stun, Silence, or Root expires. Medivh
      Talents
      Level 20 Glyph of Poly Bomb Rework: Target an area to apply Poly Bomb to all enemy Heroes in the area. Poly Bomb activates a second time 1 second after. Murky
      Talents
      Level 13 Egg Shell The Shield now regains an amount equal to 35% of Murky's current Health when Murky places a new Egg. Varian
      Talents
      Level 20 Demoralizing Shout Cooldown of Demoralizing Shout and Parry are reduced by 2.5% whenever an enemy Hero affected by Demoralizing Shout deals damage to a Hero. Return to Top
      Bug Fixes
      General
      Fixed issues with Block and Basic Attacks that Ignore Armor. Map
      Cursed Hollow Fixed an issue that caused Cursed Hollow's Call for Help's Armor reduction to not be cleared by Stasis or Invulnerable. Heroes
      Anubarak Level 20 Cryptweave Fixed an issue that caused Cryptweave's duration increase to be granted while Anub'arak is dead. Artanis Level 10 Purifier Beam Fixed an issue that caused Purifier Beam to last up to an additional 0.5 seconds. Azmodan Level 10 Demonic Invasion Fixed an issue that caused Demonic Invasion grunts to attack Stealthed enemies. Cassia Level 20 Titan's Revenge Fixed an issue that caused Titan's Revenge empowered Basic Attacks to consume Block charges. Fixed an issue that caused Titan's Revenge to not apply to Charged Strikes bounce attacks. Cho'Gall General Fixed an issue that caused Cho and Gall to become separated if Cho enters a Vehicle the moment the Vehicle expires. Deathwing Level 10 Bellowing Roar Fixed an issue to allow Deathwing to cast Bellowing Roar while Dragonflight is active. Diablo Base Black Soulstone [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Diablo's health gained from Black Soulstone to not be accurate. D.Va Base Self Destruct [E] Exploding Mech visibility has been updated from the detonation area to the expanding warning indicator area. Boosters [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Boosters to not be affected by cooldown reduction granted by Allied Heroes. Will now behave similarly to Defense Matrix and have a fresh cooldown when a new Mech is called. Fenix Level 20 Unconquered Spirit Ability will no longer be shaded as though it is disabled when off cooldown. Will now be properly reset when ability cooldowns are reset in Sandbox or Try Mode. Gul'dan Base Drain Life [W] Added a range indicator for Drain Life. Hanzo Level 16 Piercing Arrows Fixed an issue that caused Storm Bow to not hit targets in close proximity to the first target hit with Piercing Arrows. Johanna Level 20 Indestructible Ability will no longer be shaded as though it is disabled when off cooldown. Will now be properly reset when ability cooldowns are reset in Sandbox or Try Mode. Junkrat Level 7 Dirty Trickster Will now be properly reset when ability cooldowns are reset in Sandbox or Try Mode. Leoric Level 1 Fealty Unto Death Healing increased from 31.85 to 32. Updated the tooltip to display number instead of percentage. Li Li Base Cloud Serpent [W] Fixed an issue that caused crit floating modifiers to not apply to Cloud Serpent damage. Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix to not apply to any Cloud Serpent damage. Fixed an issue that caused Spell Power to not apply to Cloud Serpent healing. Level 7 The Good Stuff Fixed an issue that caused The Good Stuff's Fast Feet healing increase to be multiplicative. Level 13 Lightning Serpent Fixed an issue that caused Spell Power and other damage mods to not apply to Lightning Serpent damage. Level 16 Pick Me Up Fixed an issue that caused Pick Me Up's healing increase to be multiplicative. Lt. Morales Level 4 Trauma Trigger Will now be properly reset when ability cooldowns are reset in Sandbox or Try Mode. Fixed an issue that caused the cooldown displayed on the ability to show incorrectly. Maiev Level 4 Sudden Vengeance Fixed an issue that caused Sudden Vengeance to not activate Ruthless Spirit. Mal'Ganis Level 1 Winged Guard Fixed an issue that caused Winged Guard to lose Block charges to all effects that ignore Armor. Mephisto Level 16 Lightning Reaction Fixed an issue that caused Lightning Reaction to activate around Shades of Mephisto when Mephisto has not selected Mimic. Nazeebo Level 10 Gargantuan Fixed an issue that caused Gargantuan Stomp damage to not display the correct values in the tooltip. Orphea Level 16 Dead Magic Fixed an issue that caused Chaos-empowered Basic Attacks from Dead Magic to consume Block charges. Rehgar Level 7 Purification When selecting Purification, Purge will now be able to target Unstoppable enemy Heroes. Rexxar Level 10 Unleash the Boars Unleash the Boars damage updated to have Rexxar deal the damage instead of each Boar dealing its own damage. Samuro Base Image Transmission [Trait] Fixed an issue that allowed Samuro to cast Image Transmission on a destroyed Mirror Image if it was queued to happen directly after Mirror Image was cast. If Samuro activates Image Transmission or if a new Mirror Image is created, any Mirror Images that are updated will copy Blessing of the Red if it is present on Samuro instead of increasing their maximum Health as if Blessing of the Red were cast on them. Level 7 Crushing Blows Fixed an issue that caused Crushing Blows to apply to the triggering Critical Strike. Level 20 Three Blade Style Fixed an issue that caused Three Blade Style to increase Mirror Image maximum health if Samuro gained Blessing of the Red between the Images being created and the talent being selected. Fixed an issue that caused Three Blade Style to reset the duration on an active Mirror Image when selected. Sgt. Hammer General Sgt. Hammer's level 1 talent icon changes have been reverted. Stitches Level 13 Meat Hook Fixed an issue that caused the refresh duration to not match the full duration of Meat Hook. The Butcher General Talent sorting for The Butcher has been updated to be the same as other Heroes. Base Fresh Meat [Trait] Fresh Meat is now referred to as stacks instead of charges. Tyrande Level 1 Ranger Fixed an issue that caused Ranger to allow Sentinel to hit up to 3 targets. Whitemane Base Inquisition [W] Added a range indicator for Inquisition. Fixed an issue that caused Inquisition to not be cancelled if the target leaves the radius while Stealthed. Zul'jin Level 16 No Mercy! Fixed an issue that caused empowered Grievous Throw Basic Attacks from No Mercy! To not activate Medivh's Raven Familiar. Return to Top
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    • By Staff
      Find out what's new in Heroes of the Storm during Warcraft's 30th anniversary!
      Anniversary Background
      A new background is available in the game when you log in.

      All 43 Warcraft Heroes Available for Play
      All Warcraft Heroes are available for play completely free this week. If you'd like to earn some gold, this is a really good opportunity to bring them all to Level 5!

      Faction-Themed Bundles
      You can purchase faction-themed bundles in Heroes of the Storm.
      For the Alliance bundle includes Muradin and Varian, 6 skins and 3 mounts.

      For the Horde bundle contains Rehgar, Garrosh, 6 skins, and 3 mounts.

      Warcraft Remastered Battle Chest
      When you buy the recently-announced battle chest, you will receive Jaina, Thrall, Anub'arak, and Tyrande in Heroes of the Storm!
       
    • By Staff
      The next Heroes of the Storm patch is now available for playtesting for one week and here are the official patch notes!
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      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:
      Map Update Hero Updates Balance Update Bug Fixes Map Update
      Volskaya
      The Pilot and Gunner Abilities will both recharge 25% faster while both slots are occupied. The Protector will now gain 25% increased energy regeneration. Return to Top
      Hero Updates
      Chen
      Talents
      Level 10 Wandering Keg Wandering Keg updated to feature quick-cast targeting. Samuro
      General
      Order of buffs in the Buff bar has been updated to match the order in which talents are gained. Samuro can no longer target a Mirror Image that is affected by launch effects (Example: Phase Prism). Samuro will no longer mirror Hearthstone and Mount commands on his Mirror Images if the command is sent while selecting a Mirror Image and not Samuro. Tooltips have been updated to reduce confusion. Base
      Wind Walk [E] Wind Walk will no longer cancel move and attack commands in the command queue when activated. Critical Strike [W] Activating Critical Strike while Samuro's Basic Attack is being swung will now apply to that attack, rather than the next attack, and will carry the attack reset over to the next Basic Attack. Samuro can now see his Critical Strike progress below his Healthplate. Samuro can now see the remaining duration of Critical Strike's activation around the ability button. Talents
      Level 1 Way of Illusion Way of Illusion quest progress is now correctly mirrored between different Mirror Images and Samuro. Level 7 Burning Blade Burning Blade is now an additive modifier for both Samuro and his Mirror Images instead of just his Mirror Images. Level 13 Kawarimi Kawarimi Mirror Images will now clear their command queue of Hearthstone commands when created. Level 16 Harsh Winds Harsh Winds is now an additive modifier. Balance Update
      Heroes
      Arthas
      Talents
      Level 13 Frost Strike Rework: Frostmourne Hungers now Silences the enemy for .25 seconds. Level 16 Frostmourne Feeds Now also reduces the cooldown of Frostmourne Hungers by 2 seconds. Greymane
      Talents
      Level 16 Lord Of His Pack New: Replaces Executioner. Basic Attacks against Slowed, Rooted or Stunned enemy Heroes deal 25% additional damage for 3 seconds, increased to 50% while in Worgen Form. Imperius
      Talents
      Level 10 Wrath of the Angiris Rework: Damage reduced from 375 to 210. Rework: Now deals 20% additional damage for each Valorous Brand marker on the target when landing. Rework: Valorous Brand markers placed by Imperius will no longer be removed when launching the target into the air. These can still expire while in the air. Li Li
      Talents
      Level 1 Free Drinks Can now reduce the cooldown multiple times per cast (Example: Combined with Two For One). Level 20 Shake It Off Armor now persists for 2 seconds after Stun, Silence, or Root expires. Medivh
      Talents
      Level 20 Glyph of Poly Bomb Rework: Target an area to apply Poly Bomb to all enemy Heroes in the area. Poly Bomb activates a second time 1 second after. Murky
      Talents
      Level 13 Egg Shell The Shield now regains an amount equal to 35% of Murky's current Health when Murky places a new Egg. Varian
      Talents
      Level 20 Demoralizing Shout Cooldown is now reduced by 2.5% whenever an enemy Hero affected by Demoralizing Shout deals damage to a Hero. Return to Top
      Bug Fixes
      General
      Fixed issues with Block and Basic Attacks that Ignore Armor. Map
      Cursed Hollow Fixed an issue that caused Cursed Hollow's Call for Help's Armor reduction to not be cleared by Stasis or Invulnerable. Heroes
      Anubarak Level 20 Cryptweave Fixed an issue that caused Cryptweave's duration increase to be granted while Anub'arak is dead. Artanis Level 10 Purifier Beam Fixed an issue that caused Purifier Beam to last up to an additional 0.5 seconds. Azmodan Level 10 Demonic Invasion Fixed an issue that caused Demonic Invasion grunts to attack Stealthed enemies. Cassia Level 20 Titan's Revenge Fixed an issue that caused Titan's Revenge empowered Basic Attacks to consume Block charges. Fixed an issue that caused Titan's Revenge to not apply to Charged Strikes bounce attacks. Cho'Gall General Fixed an issue that caused Cho and Gall to become separated if Cho enters a Vehicle the moment the Vehicle expires. Deathwing Level 10 Bellowing Roar Fixed an issue to allow Deathwing to cast Bellowing Roar while Dragonflight is active. Diablo Base Black Soulstone [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Diablo's health gained from Black Soulstone to not be accurate. Gul'dan Base Drain Life [W] Added a range indicator for Drain Life. Hanzo Level 16 Piercing Arrows Fixed an issue that caused Storm Bow to hit targets in close proximity to the first target hit with Piercing Arrows. Leoric Level 1 Fealty Unto Death Fixed an issue that Fealty Unto Death's heal. Li Li Base Cloud Serpent [W] Fixed an issue that caused crit floating modifiers to not apply to Cloud Serpent damage. Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix to not apply to any Cloud Serpent damage. Fixed an issue that caused Spell Power to not apply to Cloud Serpent healing. Level 7 The Good Stuff Fixed an issue that caused The Good Stuff's Fast Feet healing increase to be multiplicative. Level 13 Lightning Serpent Fixed an issue that caused Spell Power and other damage mods to not apply to Lightning Serpent damage. Level 16 Pick Me Up Fixed an issue that caused Pick Me Up's healing increase to be multiplicative. Maiev Level 4 Sudden Vengeance Fixed an issue that caused Sudden Vengeance to not activate Ruthless Spirit. Mal'Ganis Level 1 Winged Guard Fixed an issue that caused Winged Guard to lose Block charges to all effects that ignore Armor. Nazeebo Level 10 Gargantuan Fixed an issue that caused Gargantuan Stomp damage to not display the correct values in the tooltip. Orphea Level 16 Dead Magic Fixed an issue that caused Chaos-empowered Basic Attacks from Dead Magic to consume Block charges. Rehgar Level 7 Purification When selecting Purification, Purge will now be able to target Unstoppable enemy Heroes. Rexxar Level 10 Unleash the Boars Unleash the Boars damage updated to have Rexxar deal the damage instead of each Boar dealing its own damage. Samuro Base Image Transmission [Trait] Fixed an issue that allowed Samuro to cast Image Transmission on a destroyed Mirror Image if it was queued to happen directly after Mirror Image was cast. If Samuro activates Image Transmission or if a new Mirror Image is created, any Mirror Images that are updated will copy Blessing of the Red if it is present on Samuro instead of increasing their maximum Health as if Blessing of the Red were cast on them. Level 7 Crushing Blows Fixed an issue that caused Crushing Blows to apply to the triggering Critical Strike. Level 20 Three Blade Style Fixed an issue that caused Three Blade Style to increase Mirror Image maximum health if Samuro gained Blessing of the Red between the Images being created and the talent being selected. Fixed an issue that caused Three Blade Style to reset the duration on an active Mirror Image when selected. Sgt. Hammer General Sgt. Hammer's level 1 talent icon changes have been reverted. Stitches Level 13 Meat Hook Fixed an issue that caused the refresh duration to not match the full duration of Meat Hook. The Butcher General Talent sorting for the Butcher has been updated to be the same as other Heroes. Base Fresh Meat [Trait] Fresh Meat is not referred to as stacks instead of charges. Tyrande Level 1 Ranger Fixed an issue that caused Ranger to allow Sentinel to hit up to 3 targets. Whitemane Base Inquisition [W] Added a range indicator for Inquisition. Fixed an issue that caused Inquisition to not be cancelled if the target leaves the radius while Stealthed. Zul'jin Level 16 No Mercy! Fixed an issue that caused empowered Grievous Throw Basic Attacks from No Mercy! To not activate Medivh's Raven Familiar. Return to Top
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      Blizzard released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm with additional balance changes and updated shop bundles and items! Here are the official patch notes!
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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 Balance Update Bug Fixes General
      Updated Homescreen and Startup Music. Updated Shop Bundles and Items. Return to Top
      Balance Updates
      ARAM
      Same Hero Mode Same Hero mode now enables Health & Mana regeneration at base, reduced from 8% per second to 3.2% per second. Same Hero mode now enables the Hearthstone ability without the burst heal after completion. Reduced the chance of encountering Same Hero Mode from 2% to .5%. Sgt. Hammer has been added to Same Hero mode. The following Heroes have been removed from Same Hero Mode: Alarak, Artanis, Butcher, Cassia, Falstad, Genji, Greymane, Gul'dan, Hogger, Illidan, Imperius, Junkrat, Kael'thas, Kel'Thuzad, Kerrigan, Li-Ming, Lunara, Maiev, Mephisto, Orphea, Raynor, Thrall, Tracer, Tychus, Whitemane, Zarya, Zeratul, Zul'jin. Heroes
      Blaze
      Base
      Basic Attack damage increased from 55 to 60. Flame Stream [Q] No longer able to deal additional damage to Structures. Talents
      Level 1 Adrenaline Stimpack Passive attack speed bonus reduced from 25% to 20%. Level 4 Incinerator Gauntlets Bonus damage reduced from 50% to 40%. Level 7 Nanomachine Coating Attack Speed reduction reduced from 50% to 35%. Duration increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds. Suppressive Fire Reduced Spell Power reduction from 25% to 20% and from 50% to 40%. Level 10 Bunker Drop Cooldown increased from 70 to 80. Flamethrower damage reduced from 170 to 150. Mana cost increased from 70 to 80. Level 13 Collision Course Damage reduced from 275 to 260. Cassia
      Base
      Basic Attack damage increased from 122 to 125. Talents
      Level 1 Impale Bonus Damage increased from 50% to 70%. Thunderstroke Bonus Damage increased from 15 to 20. Level 20 Infinite Lightning Cooldown reduction reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds. Chen
      Talents
      Level 1 Eye of the Tiger Bonus Damage increased from 40% to 50%. Leech amount increased from 40% to 60%. Level 4 Accumulating Flame Bonus Damage increased from 20% to 30%. Level 7 Gift of the Ox Bonus duration increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds. Level 13 A Touch of Honey Slow bonus increased from 20% to 30%. Ring of Fire Damage increased from 55 to 60. Duration increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds. Level 20 Untapped Potential Bonus Armor duration increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds. Hanzo
      Talents
      Level 16 Giant Slayer Damage reduced from 2% of maximum Health to 1.6% of maximum Health. Mephisto
      Talents
      Level 4 Spite Bonus duration reduced from 150% to 100%. Level 16 Lightning Reaction Damage reduced from 138 to 120. Thrall
      Base
      Health increased from 1896 to 1946. Health Regeneration increased from 3.9492 to 4.0546. Frostwolf Resilience [Trait] Healing increased from 223 to 240. Chain Lightning [Q] Bounce damage increased from 81 to 85. Damage increased from 162 to 170. Feral Spirit [W] Cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds. Talents
      Level 13 Spirit Shield Increased Spell Armor from 50 to 70. Valla
      Base
      Hatred [Trait] Duration reduced from 6 seconds to 5 seconds. Talents
      Level 10 Strafe Damage per bolt increased from 60 to 70. Mana cost reduced from 80 to 60. Level 16 Manticore Reduced bonus damage from 5% of maximum Health to 4% of maximum Health. Punishment Reduced the Mana cost of Multishot by 20. Return to Top
      Bug Fixes
      Heroes
      Abathur Level 20 Hivemind Fixed an issue that caused Hivemind to grant more Shielding than intended when combined with Networked Carapace. Alarak Base Sadism [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Sadism's bonus to not apply to Lightning Surge's healing when the primary target is not a Hero. Butcher Level 1 Invigoration Fixed an issue that caused Invigoration to not activate if Hamstring killed its only Hero target. Cassia Level 13 War Matron Added floating text for the amount of damage prevented by War Matron. Cho'Gall Level 1 Keep Moving! Now also modifies Cho's run animation while Shove's movement speed bonus is active. Level 20 The Will of Gall Fixed an issue that caused The Will of Gall to not increase Gall's damage. Chromie Level 10 Temporal Loop No longer ignores vision limitations when queued. Diablo Base Fixed an issue that prevented Diablo's attacks from consuming charges of Dodge and Upstage. Shadow Charge [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Shadow Charge to attach the target to Diablo if another Diablo is affecting them with Overpower. Overpower [E] Fixed an issue that caused Overpower to activate Stukov's Superstrain twice. E.T.C. Level 1 Prog Rock Fixed an issue that could prevent allies from being affected by Prog Rock's area heal. Garrosh Base Into the Fray [1] No longer displays the duration of its Unstoppable. Bloodthirst [W] No longer ignores vision limitations when queued. Level 1 Body Check No longer ignores vision limitations when queued. Guldan Base Drain Life [W] No longer ignores vision limitations when queued. Imperius Base Celestial Charge [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Celestial Charge to activate Stukov's Superstrain twice. Junkrat Level 10 RIP-Tire Fixed an issue that caused RIP-Tire to not display correctly when cast. Kel'Thuzad Base Death and Decay [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Death and Decay's cast effect to be visible in Fog of War and animate while Kel'Thuzad is Stopped. Level 10 Frost Blast No longer ignores vision limitations when queued. Kharazim Level 4 Earth Ally Updated Earth Ally to have the remaining Physical Armor duration match the remaining duration of Earth Ally. Level 20 Peaceful Repose Fixed an issue that caused Peaceful Repose to activate even when Divine Palm heals the target. Li Li Level 1 Free Drinks Floating text updated to show as a crit. Medivh Base Portal [E] Fixed an issue that allowed Medivh to instantly mount after using a Portal to leave the Hall of Storms. Fixed an issue that caused Medivh's Portal to not feature a channel bar or apply visual effects while being channeled. Portal teleportation now happens instantly after completing the channel instead of briefly after completing the channel. Using Medivh's Portal no longer clears the command queue. Level 4 Raven Familiar Damage is now dealt by the Portal user instead of Medivh. Nazeebo Level 10 Ravenous Spirit Fixed an issue that caused Ravenous Spirit to be cancelled if another Nazeebo cancelled their Ravenous Spirit. Probius Level 16 Quantum Entanglement Fixed an issue that caused Quantum Entanglement to not apply if the Warp Rift is detonated as soon as it activates. Raynor Base Inspire [W] Added a duration indicator to the Abilities button. Level 10 Raynor's Raider Fixed an issue that caused Raynor's Raider Banshee to receive healing when activating the Tunnel on Towers of Doom and the Sewer Waygate on Warhead Junction. Fixed an issue that caused Raynor's Banshee to not be launched by Stitches Hook. Level 20 Execute Orders Fixed an issue that caused Execute Orders Yamato Cannon to fire at targets outside its radius. Rehgar Base Lightning Shield [W] Fixed an issue that caused Rehgar to not be healed by the damage dealt by Lightning Shield when he gains spell leech. Ghost Wolf [Z] Fixed an issue that caused Rehgar's Ghost Wolf Lunge visuals to be visible in Fog of War. Level 4 Electric Charge Fixed an issue that caused Electric Charge to increase the bearer's Self Healing score. Updated to heal the bearer for its amount as a singular combined effect. Rexxar Fixed an issue that caused Misha to receive healing when activating the Tunnel on Towers of Doom and the Sewer Waygate on Warhead Junction. Fixed an issue that prevented Rexxar's melee attacks from consuming charges of Dodge and Upstage. Stukov Level 16 Superstrain Fixed an issue that caused Superstrain to not display FX when activating. Tassadar Level 7 Arc Discharge Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge cooldown to not progress while resonance beam is fully charged. Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge to trigger during cooldown. Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge to not activate correctly. Tracer Level 4 Is That a Health Pack?! Fixed an issue that caused Is That a Health Pack?! to increase Tracer's Healing Score when activating. Tyrael Level 13 Law and Order Fixed an issue that caused Law and Order's damage bonus to not be applied. Return to Top
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