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Zul'jin Patch Notes: January 4

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Zul'jin is going live and this time there is no PTR. Usually, every new Hero that's supposed to be released can be tested out on PTR one week before going live.

The patch also includes the Tournament Draft for Custom Games, which allows players to swap Heroes at will at the end of the draft.

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New Hero: Zul'jin

Before the elves and their Alliance, the forests of Lordaeron belonged to the trolls of the Amani empire. As their warlord, Zul’jin has united the tribes into an army that stands ready to take back what is theirs and to slay the elves who stole it from them.

Trait

  • Berserker (D)
    • Activate to increase Zul’jin’s Basic Attack damage by 25%, but consume 2% maximum Health per attack.
    • Passive: Zul’jin attacks 1% faster for every 1% of maximum Health missing.

Basic Abilities

  • Grievous Throw (Q)
    • Zul’jin throws an axe forward, dealing damage to the first 2 enemies hit and marking them for 8 seconds. Marked enemies take 50% bonus damage from Zul’jin’s next 3 Basic Attacks against them.
  • Twin Cleave (W)
    • Throw 2 axes in a large circular arc, dealing damage and slowing affected enemies by 15% per axe for 2 seconds.
  • Regeneration (E)
    • Zul’jin channels to regenerate 25% of his maximum Health over 4 seconds. Moving or taking damage while channeling will interrupt this effect.

Heroic Abilities

  • Taz’dingo (R)
    • Zul’jin is Unkillable for the next 4 seconds, and cannot be reduced to less than 1 Health. Taz’dingo!
  • Guillotine (R)
    • Zul’jin throws a massive guillotine blade into the sky that crashes down on enemies in the targeted area. The lower Zul’jin’s Health, the more damage it deals. 

Shop

Bundles

  • New Bundles
    • Emberlord Zul’jin Bundle – Available until January 17, 2017
  • Removed Bundles
    • Lil’ Ragnaros Bundle
    • Maraudin’ Muradin Bundle
    • Winter Veil 2016 Bundle
    • Winter Veil Classic Bundle

New Hero

  • Zul’jin has been added to the in-game Shop.

Mounts

  • New Mounts
    • Amani War Bear – Available by purchasing the Emberlord Zul’jin Bundle
  • Removed Mounts
    • Cyber Ram
    • Special Snowflake
    • Festive Treasure Goblin

New Skins

  • Emberlord Zul’jin
  • Master Zul’jin

User Interface

New Draft Mode: Tournament Draft

  • Tournament Draft is a new draft mode added to Custom Games which allows players to swap their Hero Picks at-will at the end of a draft.
  • Set up a Custom Game to use Tournament Draft by clicking the Lobby Mode dropdown, and then selecting Tournament Draft from the list.
    • All pick and ban timers have been set to 60 seconds during Tournament Draft mode.
    • Tournament Draft uses First Come, First Served (FCFS) pick order, and Mid Bans.
  • Once all picks and bans are complete, a 20-second Swap Round will begin.
    • During this time, players can freely swap Hero picks with their teammates to help ensure that everyone is playing their strongest Heroes.
    • After swapping Heroes with a teammate, the swap button next to that player’s name will go on a brief cooldown in order to prevent repeated or accidental swaps.
  • During a Tournament Draft, player names will not be visible to Referees or Spectators and picks will appear from top to bottom.
    • Chat will not be visible to spectators in the Draft screen.
  • Please Note: This is our first implementation of Tournament Draft mode, and we plan to bring additional improvements and adjustments to it with future patches.

In-Game

  • Removed the Targeting indicator from Tracer’s Status Bar.

MVP and Commendations

  • The MVP screen will now display the MVP’s top three stats from the match instead of only displaying the stats that were the Best in Game or Best in Team.

Team League

  • A notification has been added to inform two-player parties when they may experience long wait times in the Team League queue and encourage them to add more party members to find matches more quickly.

Design & Gameplay

Armor & Vulnerability

Developer Comments:  With today’s patch you will notice that a lot of our tooltips that used to reference the Resistant/Vulnerable system have been changed. Matthew Cooper detailed the changes on our forums last month explaining a bit about the new system. While the tooltips may have changed, the actual functionality for the system has been in since the Varian patch hit during the week of November 14, so the game itself should not feel any different than what you are currently used to. You will also notice that we have added baseline Armor to three Heroes – Arthas, Anub’arak, and Greymane’s Worgen Form. These are the first of a handful that we are planning to release and would love to hear any feedback you have. We are hoping that the Armor System will open up future design flexibility, increase the depth of strategy (both in game, and in draft), and grant us another knob to help balance the game.

Battlegrounds

Haunted Mines

  • Grave Golem
    • Attack Damage scaling for summoned Grave Golems has been increased at all stages of the game. 

Assassin

Greymane

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Stats

  • Now has 10 Armor while in Worgen form

Lunara

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Talents

  • Level 7
    • Nature's Culling and Siphoning Toxin have had their icon colors swapped (Siphoning Toxin now has the green icon since it heals.) Their position in the talent tier remains the same.

Nova

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Talents

  • Level 1
    • Tactical Espionage (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Advanced Cloaking (Passive)
      • Now also restores 2 Mana per second while Stealthed
    • Covert Ops (Passive)
      • Functionality changed:
        • After being Stealthed for 5 seconds, Pinning Shot’s slow is increased to 55% and costs no Mana. Bonus is lost after losing Stealth for 1 second.
Developer Comments:  The functionality of Covert Ops was overly complex for such a simple concept: Buff your Pinning Shot if you’ve been cloaked for a while. The talent was performing well, so this isn’t an attempt to make it worse or better, but rather make it more clear when you have the bonus and when you don’t. Tactical Espionage, however, was underperforming quite a bit, so we decided to roll some of its components into Advanced Cloaking, since the fantasy and flavor of both talents were so aligned anyways.

Raynor

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Talents

  • Level 4
    • Relentless Leader (E)
      • Now places an inactive button on the item bar to display the cooldown of this talent’s AoE Knockback effect

Specialist

Azmodan

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Abilities

  • All Shall Burn (E)
    • Can now move at 40% base Movement Speed while channeling
    • Initial cast range of the ability has been decreased by 7%
    • Tether range required to cancel the effect has been increased by 6%
  • Demonic Invasion (R)
    • Impact damage reduced from 110 to 104
    • Demon Attack damage reduced from 54 to 51

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Mercenary Lord (Passive)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Hellish Hirelings (Trait)
      • Doubles the effects of General of Hell on Mercenaries (15 to 30%).
    • Sin’s Grasp (Active)
      • Cooldown increased from 100 to 120 seconds
      • Cooldown reduction from killing Minions increased from 5 to 10 seconds
    • Gluttony (E)
      • Healing increased from 20 to 25% of All Shall Burn damage
  •   Level 7
    • March of Sin (E)
      • Now increases Movement Speed while channeling All Shall Burn from 40 to 80%
    • Gluttonous Ward (Active)
      • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 45 seconds
  • Level 16
    • Sin for Sin (Active)
      • Reduced cooldown from 60 to 45 seconds
    • Imposing Presence (Active)
      • Removed
Developer Comments:  For a while now, Azmodan’s All Shall Burn hasn’t been an attractive ability to build around. We’re making part of March of Sin baseline to make it feel a little more useful in the early game, and reducing the initial cast range but increasing the tether range require to cancel it so that it will more consistently get some value (instead of cancelling immediately if cast at maximum range). A few of his less powerful Talents are also being improved to better fit the gluttonous Lord of Sin’s tastes.

Sylvanas

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Abilities

  • Mind Control (R)
    • Cast range increased from 10 to 11
    • Cooldown decreased from 70 to 60 seconds

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Paralysis (Trait)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Dreadful Wake (E)
      • Haunting Wave now disables Minions and Mercenaries for 7 seconds
      • Restores 5 Mana per minion hit by Haunting Wave
  • Level 7
    • Possession (Active)
      • Cooldown per charge decreased from 12 to 8 seconds
  • Level 13
    • Will of the Forsaken (Active)
      • Movement speed increased from 30 to 40%  
Developer Comments:  With the reintroduction of Haunted Mines, we wanted to take a look at Sylvanas and her ability to disable structures. While we feel this is a very important aspect of who Sylvanas is, the Paralysis talent at level 1 pushed this gameplay a little too far. Beyond that, we introduced a new level 1 talent to fill this spot and made some tuning changes to some of her under-performing talents.

Warrior

Anub'arak

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Stats

  • Now has 25 Spell Armor
  • Health decreased from 2226 to 2003
  • Health Regeneration decreased from 4.64 to 4.17

Arthas

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Stats

  • Now has 15 Physical Armor

Bug Fixes

General

  • Corrected a number of typos and tooltip errors across several aspects of the game.

Art

  • Chromie: Chromie’s Hourglass will no longer appear to flicker after casting Hearthstone while moving.
  • Samuro: A bowl no longer appears at Samuro’s feet during his dance animation.

Battlegrounds

  • Punisher Arena: Casting Zeratul’s Void Prison on Punishers just before they leap will no longer prevent them from attacking when Void Prison ends.
  • Temple Arena: Fixed an issue that could prevent Temples from activating correctly during the second round of the Brawl.
  • Battlefield of Eternity & Infernal Shrines: Fixed an animation pop affecting Towers on the Heaven side of Diablo-themed Battlegrounds.
  • Sky Temple: Fixed an animation pop affecting Temple Guardians.
  • Try Mode: Fixed an animation issue affecting the allied Keep.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

  • Alarak: Telekinesis will now correctly interrupt E.T.C.’s Mosh Pit.
  • Diablo: The Hellgate Talent is no longer removed after being struck by Falstad’s Hinterland Blast Heroic.
  • Diablo: The Hellgate Talent is no longer removed after being struck by the Archangel’s Bulletstorm Ability on Braxis Holdout.
  • Gazlowe: Rock-It! Turret range indicators will now correctly display while they are active.
  • Kharazim: Becoming trapped by Chromie’s Time Trap while using Radiant Dash with the Way of the Hundred Fists Talent will no longer prevent Kharazim from issuing Basic Attacks until Radiant Dash is cast a second time.
  • Raynor: Fixed an issue causing Hyperion to gain benefits from several of Raynor’s Basic Attack Talents.
  • Samuro: The cooldown for Critical Strike will no longer stop counting down when he is killed.
  • Samuro: Casting Mirror Image after learning Way of Illusion will no longer cause a Talent Quest progress sound to play.
  • Samuro: Fixed an issue that could cause certain Hero Abilities and Summons to continue tracking the primary Samuro after casting Mirror Image.
  • Thrall: The Earthquake tooltip has been updated to reflect that it pulses once every 4 seconds.
  • Tychus: The range indicator for Overkill will now correctly display while the Ability is active.
  • Tychus: The range indicator for Drakken Laser Drill will now correctly display while the Ability is active.
  • Zeratul: Fixed an issue that could prevent Shields granted by the Shroud of Adun Talent from fully recharging.
  • Zeratul: Shroud of Adun will no longer accumulate Shields while using Hearthstone.
  • Zeratul: Seeker in the Dark’s duration is now correctly paused while a target affected by Singularity Spike is caught within Void Prison.

Sound

  • Core: Fixed an issue that could prevent the Core on the Hell side of Battlefield of Eternity and Infernal Shrines from playing certain attack sounds.

User Interface

  • Death Recap: Fixed an issue that could cause Death Recaps to show inaccurate final blow damage.
  • Minimap: Catapult Minimap icons are now slightly lighter in color to help players more easily differentiate them from other Minions.
  • Profile: Fixed an issue in which the player portrait would not update correctly after selecting the Blackheart's Revenge portrait.

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Whoa. I wasn't expecting Zul'jin to be released so soon. Also, this Armor mechanic seems interesting... Although I don't want them to nerf heals. Why Blizzard loves nerfing heals?!

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Armor... interesting. Wonder what made them add the mechanic? I figure it would just make another moving piece to try and balance, especially since you can't increase/decrease it with any existing mechanic.
Also, Sylvanas changes makes me nervous. Why did mind-control get a buff when it's one of the strongest ultimates in the game at taking out a high-priority target?

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46 minutes ago, Laragon said:

Armor... interesting. Wonder what made them add the mechanic? I figure it would just make another moving piece to try and balance, especially since you can't increase/decrease it with any existing mechanic.
Also, Sylvanas changes makes me nervous. Why did mind-control get a buff when it's one of the strongest ultimates in the game at taking out a high-priority target?

 I was expecting her to be needed giving how she often gets banned.

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1 hour ago, Valhalen said:

 I was expecting her to be needed giving how she often gets banned.

Exactly! And you also add in that 7 second stun (didn't realize I read that right as SEVEN!!!!) to minion and merc (and I assume Zerg?). That's a hell of a stun on any bruiser or siege camp. Thankfully they didn't let that stun hit structures too or she'd become an auto-ban. I bet blizzard does a quick rework on these two changes in particular.

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4 hours ago, Laragon said:

Thankfully they didn't let that stun hit structures too or she'd become an auto-ban.

If you read the dev comment it's clear that the reason this talent was even created was that the old talent was too strong specically against structures, so it's no surprise that it doesn't work on structures. Overall I think this talent is a nerf and I can't see choosing it over overflowing quiver. The main issue is that haunting wave is a longish cooldown and your only mobility/escape tool, and it's almost always wrong to burn it for waveclear (especially when Sylv has tons of other strong tools to evaporate waves).

 

mind control buff seems minor and given the prominence of wailing arrow I'm not too worried.

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19 hours ago, Valhalen said:

Whoa. I wasn't expecting Zul'jin to be released so soon. Also, this Armor mechanic seems interesting... Although I don't want them to nerf heals. Why Blizzard loves nerfing heals?!

If they can balance it well, it could be brilliant. Look at OW with Shields/Armour/HP.

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2 hours ago, Blainie said:

If they can balance it well, it could be brilliant. Look at OW with Shields/Armour/HP.

As long they don't nerf heals per se, all good. Maybe they could need those Warrior talents that increase healing received by 30%, that way it will affect only Warriors.

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Deathwing Base Cataclysm [R] Deathwing will no longer be teleported to where Cataclysm is targeted if he is killed during Cataclysm. Deckard Level 10 Lorenado Fixed an issue that caused Lorenado to not deal damage to Unstoppable enemies. Hogger Level 20 No Control Fixed an issue that caused No Control to target enemies that are not visible. Jaina Base Frostbolt [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Frostbolt's range indicator and actual range to not match. Fixed an issue that caused Frostbolt cast by Ultimate Evolution clones of Jaina to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Blizzard [W] Fixed an issue that caused Blizzard used by Ultimate Evolution clones of Jaina to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Cone of Cold [E] Fixed an issue that caused Cone of Cold cast by Ultimate Evolution clones of Jaina to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Level 10 Summon Water Elemental Water Elemental's Basic Attacks damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina. Level 20 Wintermute Fixed an issue that caused Water Elemental's Wintermute effects to deal more damage than intended to Chilled targets. Wintermute's Blizzard damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina. Wintermute's Cone of Cold damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina. Wintermute's Cone of Cold now initiates its Cone of Cold cast at the same time Jaina initiates her cast and will be interrupted if it or Jaina is interrupted. Wintermute's Frostbolt damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina. Wintermute's Frostbolt now initiates its Frostbolt cast at the same time Jaina initiates her cast and will be interrupted if it or Jaina is interrupted. Kerrigan Level 10 Summon Ultralisk Fixed an issue that caused Kerrigan's Ultralisk to not have its damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Leoric Level 16 Royal Focus Now displays the remaining duration around Skeletal Swing's button. Malfurion Level 1 Vengeful Roots Fixed an issue that caused Malfurion's Treant to not have its damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Treant's damage will now display as Vengeful Roots in the Death Recap. Medivh Level 4 Raven Familiar Fixed an issue that caused Medivh's Raven Familiar created by Ultimate Evolution clones of Medivh to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Level 20 Guardian of Tirisfal Fixed an issue that caused targets near the edge of Arcane Rift's range with Guardian of Tirisfal to not be hit. Nazeebo Base Voodoo Ritual [Trait] Quest progress indicators will now show around the killed enemy Minion. Quest progress will now be gained in instances where a second Nazeebo damages the target and the target dies within 6 seconds of the first Nazeebo applying Voodoo Ritual. Fixed an issue that caused stacks of Voodoo Ritual gained prior to selecting Thing of the Deep to not be granted to Thing of the Deep. Fixed an issue that caused Vodoo Ritual's tooltip to display the incorrrect total damage value. Fixed an issue that caused Vile Infection's tooltip to display the incorrrect total damage value. Level 1 Thing of the Deep No longer causes Voodoo Ritual to display two Quest indicators. Level 4 Blood Ritual Fixed an issue that caused Blood Ritual to not grant Health or Mana when the target affected by Voodoo Ritual timed out due to their Health passively being reduced. Nova Level 20 Fast Reload Fixed an issue that caused Fast Reload to trigger when a Triple Tap target dies before it hits them. Probius Base Photon Cannon [E] Fixed an issue that caused Probius's Photon Cannons to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Level 1 Gathering Minerals Now also empowers any Photon Cannon already on the battlefield upon Quest completion. Tychus Base Overkill [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Overkill to reveal unintended areas. Xul Base Raise Skeleton [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Warriors to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Level 10 Skeletal Mages Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Mages to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Mages to not apply their Slow in an aura while Blinded or against Evading Heroes. Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Mages to not apply their Slow with their attacks against Heroes with Heroic Attack only Evasion effects. Level 16 Weaken Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Warriors to not apply Weaken's damage reduction while Xul is Blinded or against Heroes with Heroic Attack only Evasion effects. Yrel Base Avenging Wrath [E] Fixed an issue that caused Yrel's Avenging Wrath to be interrupted by Roots while being channeled. Zagara Base Infested Drop [E] Fixed an issue that caused Roaches created by Ultimate Evolution clones of Zagara to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Return to Top
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    • By Elitesparkle
      Blizzard released a new PTR 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 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 Bug Fixes General
      Players can now party with unplaced players in Storm League. Haunted Mines has been added to Ranked. Return to Top
      Map Updates
      Hanamura Additional brush has been added in several locations. Warhead Junction Warhead's channel penalty on interrupt reduced from 10 to 5 seconds. Return to Top
      Balance Update
      Heroes
      Abathur
      Base
      Spawn Locust [D] Health reduced from 350 to 225. Locusts now heal for 20% of the damage they deal, and heal for 20% of their maximum Health when a nearby Minion dies. Talents
      Level 1 Envenomed Nests Armor reduction increased from 10 to 15. Locust Brood Moved from Level 16 to Level 1. Cooldown increased from 45 to 75 seconds. Level 4 (New) Slapathur Abathur's Basic Attacks now Stun non-Heroes and deal 500% additional damage. Level 10 Evolve Monstrosity Now displays as a Quest. Abathur now has a Monstrosity unit frame, for tracking Health and stacks of the unit. Level 16 Survival Intincts Moved from Level 1 to Level 16. Health bonus increased from 100% to 200%. Alexstrasza
      Base
      Dragonqueen [D] Cooldown now starts after Dragonqueen has expired. Cooldown reduced from 150 to 130 seconds. Talents that affect Gift of Life also apply to Breath of Life. Talents that affect Abundance also apply to Preservation. Breath of Life [Dragonqueen Q] Healing reduced from 20% to 15%. Preservation [Dragonqueen W] Healing reduced from 30% to 25%. Talents
      Level 1 Live and Let Live Now also provides 25% recharge rate for Breath of Life. Flames of Fury NEW MYTHIC REWARD: Hit an additional 40 Heroes without dying to cause Dragonqueen's duration to be refreshed when damaging an enemy Hero. Level 7 Life Blossom Now makes Breath of Life remove Slows and Roots. Transforming into Dragonqueen will no longer remove the collected Lifeblossom. Level 16 Draconic Dicipline No longer affect's Dragonqueen's duration. For each allied Hero healed with Dragonqueen's Basic Attacks, reduce the cooldown of Preservation by 1.25 seconds. Level 20 On Ruby Wings Rework: If at least 3 Heroes are in an area hit by a Fireball, that Fireball charge is not consumed. Ancient Flame Does not provide Quest stacks while active. Blaze
      Talents
      Level 1 Adrenaline Stim Active Attack Speed bonus reduced from 100% to 85%. Level 10 Bunker Drop Cooldown increased from 80 to 85 seconds. Cho
      Talents
      Level 1 Calloused Hide Health threshold required to trigger reduced from 60% to 40%. Level 7 Firestarter Cooldown reduction per Basic Attack increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds. Gall
      Talents
      Level 4 Rising Dread Bonus per bounce reduced from 25% to 20%. Bomb's Away No longer has a cap on stacks. Damage bonus per stack lowered from 5 to 4. Level 7 Double Trouble Shadowflame's cooldown reduction from Quest Reward increased from 0.5 to 1 second. Level 16 Leaden Orb Stun duration reduced from 0.75 seconds to 0.6 seconds. Chromie
      Base
      Dragon's Breath [W] Now shows a radius preview to enemies. Time Trap [E] Health reduced from 400 to 250. Talents
      Level 1 Once Again The First Time Quest requirement reduced from 40 to 20 stacks. Quest must now be completed without dying. Deep Breathing Damage per stack reduced from 1% to 0.5%. No longer has a cap on stacks. Level 4 Chronic Conditions Now also causes Time Trap to activate automatically upon touching an enemy Hero. Slow reduced from 30% to 20%. Movement Speed bonus reduced from 30% to 20%. Level 13 Here and There Range increased from 20 to 40. Snap targetting is now used. The Echo nearest the player's target position will be used. Diablo
      Base
      Shadow Charge Damage increased from 40 plus 130 with a collision, to 45 plus 140 with a collision. Fire Stomp Damage decreased from 12 on expansion and 36 on return to 11 on expansion and 34 on return. Overpower Damage increased from 73 to 80. Talents
      Level 7 Diabolical Momentum Cooldown reduction per Basic Attack increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds. Level 20 Dying Breath Cooldown reduction per Hero hit increased from 25 to 30 seconds. Lord of Terror Health stolen increased from 10% to 12% maximum Health. Genji
      Talents
      Level 1 Swift as the Wind Movement Speed bonus increased from 30% to 40%. Level 4 Strike at the Heart Damage increased from 134 to 142. Level 7 Perfect Defense Cooldown reduction per hit increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds. Level 13 Flow Like Water Cooldown reduction per hit increased from 3 to 4 seconds. Level 16 Final Cut Damage reduced from 125 to 115. Johanna
      Base
      Shield Glare [E] Cooldown increased from 12 to 13 seconds. Talents
      Level 10 Blessed Shield Cooldown increased from 60 to 65 seconds. Mal'Ganis
      Talents
      Level 1 Will of Tichondrius Stun's duration increase reduced from 0.5 to 0.25 seconds. Level 16 Blind as a Bat There is now a 0.2 second reactivation delay upon finishing 3 swipes of Fel Claws. This matches the time between other swipes. Qhira
      Base
      Blood Rage [W] NEW BASELINE QUEST: Deal damage to enemy Heroes with Blood Rage's bleed to permanently increase its damage by 0.5% per stack. Blood Rage's bleed damage reduced from 11 to 8. Revolving Sweep [E] Once attached, Revolving Sweep can no longer be detached by the target becoming Unstoppable. Talents
      Level 1 Fatal Wounds Damage bonus against low Health targets increased from 30% to 50%. Quest removed. Ragnaros
      Base
      Blast Wave [E] Damage increased from 104 to 120. Molten Core [D] Cooldown increased from 120 to 180 seconds. Health increased from 3996 to 5000. Duration increased from 18 to 23 seconds. Ragnaros is now Stunned for 1 second upon exiting. Meteor Swing [Molten Core Q] Damage increased from 161 to 250. No longer deals increased damage to Minions. Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 9 seconds. Now also knocks enemies back. Meteor Shower [Molten Core W] Damage increased from 151 to 200. Cooldown increased from 2.5 to 6 seconds. Area of effect increased by 66%. Delay between hits significantly increased. No longer deals increased damage to Minions. Slow increased from 25% to 35%. Range reduced from 35 to 20, but now it extends up to 35 over time. Now deals 75% reduced damage to Structures. Explosive Rune [Molten Core E] Cooldown decreased from 4 to 2.5 seconds. Now applies a DOT that deals 88 damage per second for 5 seconds to impacted targets. No longer deals instant damage. Range reduced from 35 to 20, but now it extends up to 35 over time. No longer deals increased damage to Minions. Now deals 75% reduced damage to Structures. Talents
      Level 1 Engulfing Flame Damage bonus reduced from 75% to 50%. Level 10 Sulfuras Smash NEW MYTHIC QUEST: Hit 8 enemy Heroes with the center of Sulfuras Smash. Mythic Reward: Sulfuras Smash gains an extra charge. Level 20 Lava Surge No longer reduces the cooldown of Lava Wave by 30 seconds. Now also gives +200% Movement Speed to allied Minions and Mercenaries in its path. Heroic Difficulty NEW FUNCTIONALITY: Decrease the cooldown of Molten Core by 110 seconds when used on a dead Fort or Keep. In addition, the starting range of abilities in Molten Core are increased by 100% and will continue to grow. Whitemane
      Base
      Searing Lash [E] NEW QUEST: Hit Heroes with Searing Lash to increase Whitemane's maximum Health by 3 and Mana by 2. Talents
      Level 1 Pity the Frail Cooldown reduction per hit reduced from 1.5 to 1 second. Inquisitor's Prayer REWORK: For each Hero hit by Searing Lash, restore 25 Mana. Passive: Zeal's duration is increased by 2 seconds. Level 7 Intercession Cooldown increased 45 to 60 seconds. Level 13 Scarlet Wrath Mana restore increased from 0.5% to 1%. Level 20 Guiding Light Now also increases the Spell Power gained from Zeal's activation by 15%. Yrel
      Base
      Righteous Hammer [Q] Heal increased from 320 to 370. Damage increased from 140 to 160. Righteous Hammer [W] Stun duration increased from 0.75 1 second. Damage increased from 125 to 140. Avenging Wrath [E] Slow increased from 50% to 60%. Damage increased from 225 to 260. Divine Purpose [D] Cooldown increased to from 8 to 16 seconds. Cooldown is now reduced by 8 seconds whenever Yrel's Basic Abilities are interrupted. Talents
      Level 4 Hand of Freedom Cooldown increased from 30 to 40 seconds. Movement Speed bonus reduced from 30% to 25%. Level 20 Seraphim Cooldown increased from 10 to 20 seconds. Return to Top
      Bug Fixes
      General
      Attack beams from Forts, Keeps, and the Core will now be more visible when attacking Heroes. Maps
      Haunted Mines Fixed an issue where the player would not auto-mount when using the Hearthstone from inside the mines. Warhead Junction Fixed an issue that caused Heroes to not be revealed while launching a Warhead. Fixed an issue that caused the Warhead's channel beam to persist when interrupted. Heroes
      Ana Level 10 Eye of Horus No longer reveals in a global line when hitting a Structure. Removed a minor delay when dealing damage to enemy Heroes. Anub'arak Base Scarab Host [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Beetles created by Ultimate Evolution clones of Anub'arak to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Fixed an issue that caused Anub'arak's Beetles to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Level 7 Leeching Scarabs Fixed an issue that caused the healing done by Leeching Scarabs to not be affected by damage modifiers. Arthas Base Howling Blast [W] Fixed an issue where the visuals of Howling Blast didn't match the area hit. Level 10 Army of the Dead Fixed an issue that caused Arthas's Ghouls to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Deathwing Base Cataclysm [R] Deathwing will no longer be teleported to where Cataclysm is targeted if he is killed during Cataclysm. Deckard Level 10 Lorenado Fixed an issue that caused Lorenado to not deal damage to Unstoppable enemies. Hogger Level 20 No Control Fixed an issue that caused No Control to target enemies that are not visible. Jaina Base Frostbolt [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Frostbolt's range indicator and actual range to not match. Fixed an issue that caused Frostbolt used by Ultimate Evolution clones of Jaina to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Blizzard [W] Fixed an issue that caused Blizzard used by Ultimate Evolution clones of Jaina to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Cone of Cold [E] Fixed an issue that caused Cone of Cold used by Ultimate Evolution clones of Jaina to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Level 10 Summon Water Elemental Water Elemental's Basic Attacks damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina. Level 20 Wintermute Fixed an issue that caused Water Elemental's Wintermute effects to deal more damage than intended to Chilled targets. Wintermute's Blizzard damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina. Wintermute's Cone of Cold damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina. Wintermute's Cone of Cold now initiates its Cone of Cold cast at the same time Jaina initiates her cast and will be interrupted if it or Jaina is interrupted. Wintermute's Frostbolt damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina. Wintermute's Frostbolt now initiates its Frostbolt cast at the same time Jaina initiates her cast and will be interrupted if it or Jaina is interrupted. Kerrigan Level 10 Summon Ultralisk Fixed an issue that caused Kerrigan's Ultralisk to not have its damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Leoric Level 16 Royal Focus Now displays the remaining duration around the Skeletal Swing's button. Malfurion Level 1 Vengeful Roots Fixed an issue that caused Malfurion's Treant to not have its damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Treant's damage will now display as Vengeful Roots in the Death Recap. Medivh Level 4 Raven Familiar Fixed an issue that caused Medivh's Raven Familiar created by Ultimate Evolution clones of Medivh to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Level 20 Guardian of Tirisfal Fixed an issue that caused targets near the edge of Arcane Rift's range with Guardian of Tirisfal to not be hit. Nazeebo Base Voodoo Ritual [Trait] Quest progress indicators will now show around the killed enemy Minion. Quest progress will now be gained in instances where a second Nazeebo damages the target and the target dies within 6 seconds of the first Nazeebo applying Voodoo Ritual. Fixed an issue that caused stacks of Voodoo Ritual gained prior to selecting Thing of the Deep to not be granted to Thing of the Deep. Fixed an issue that caused Vodoo Ritual's tooltip to display the incorrrect total damage value. Fixed an issue that caused Vile Infection's tooltip to display the incorrrect total damage value. Level 1 Thing of the Deep No longer causes Voodoo Ritual to display two Quest indicators. Level 4 Blood Ritual Fixed an issue that caused Blood Ritual to not grant Health or Mana when the target affected by Voodoo Ritual timed out due to their Health passively being reduced. Nova Level 20 Fast Reload Fixed an issue that caused Fast Reload to trigger when a Triple Tap target dies before it hits them. Probius Base Photon Cannon [E] Fixed an issue that caused Probius's Photon Cannons to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Level 1 Gathering Minerals Now also empowers any Photon Cannon already on the battlefield upon Quest completion. Tychus Base Overkill [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Overkill to reveal unintended areas. Xul Base Raise Skeleton [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Warriors to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Level 10 Skeletal Mages Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Mages to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix. Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Mages to not apply their Slow in an aura while Blinded or against Evading Heroes. Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Mages to not apply their Slow with their attacks against Heroes with Heroic Attack only Evasion effects. Level 16 Weaken Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Warriors to not apply Weaken's damage reduction while Xul is Blinded or against Heroes with Heroic Attack only Evasion effects. Zagara Base Infested Drop [E] Fixed an issue that caused Roaches created by Ultimate Evolution clones of Zagara to not gain Spell Power bonuses. Return to Top
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    • By Elitesparkle
      Blizzard released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm and here are the official Patch Notes with all the changes.
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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:
      Map Updates Balance Update Bug Fixes Map Updates
      Haunted Mines Skull scaling increased from 5% to 7%. Golem scaling before 5 minutes decreased. Golem scaling later in the game significantly increased. Balance Update
      Heroes
       
      Arthas
       
      Base
      Base Stats Health increased from 2625 to 2750. Death Coil [Q] Healing increased from 262 to 275. Frostmourne Hungers [D] Attack damage per quest stack reduced from 1 to 0.75. Damage bonus on charged attacks increased from 1 to 3. Talents
      Level 1 Frost Presence Upon unlocking the line Damage, targets can now be hit by both the line AND the final area. Death Coil Slow benefit duration increased from .75 seconds to 1.25 seconds. Level 7 Icebound Fortitude Now removes Slows and Roots upon activation. Level 20 Path of Frost Now increases minimum Movement Speed to 140%, rather than providing +40% Movement Speed.  
      Chen
       
      Base
      Flying Kick [Q] Damage increased from 120 to 130. Fortifying Brew [D] Delay before being able to interrupt decreased slightly. Shields provided per tick increased from 90 to 95. Talents
      Level 1 Accumulating Flame Initial hit now provides a quest stack. Stack requirements increased from 20/75 to 25/80.  
      Deathwing
       
      Base
      Molten Flame Damage per tick increased from 19 to 20. Talents
      Level 20 Destroyers Rampage Duration reduced from 6 seconds to 4 seconds.  
      Gazlowe
       
      Base
      Rock-it Turret Damage increased from 37 to 43. Talents
      Level 1 One Man Wrecking Crew Damage bonus increased from 60% to 75%. Mal'Ganis
      Talents
      Level 1 Will of Tichondrius Damage bonus per stack reduced from 0.5 to 0.25. Required damage to unlock quest reward decreased from 40 to 20. Winged Guard Stack generation reduced from once every 6 seconds to once every 5 seconds. Level 13 Deep Sleep Movespeed bonus increased from 10% to 15%. Level 20 Wrath of Nathreza Transferred damage increased from 75% to 85%.  
      Murky
       
      Talents
      Level 20 March of Murlocs Cooldown reduced from 100 seconds to 90 seconds. Bug Fixes
      Map
      Volskaya Foundry Fixed an issue that caused the Triglav Protector's Particle Cannon charge to cause other players' cursors to highlight in an area. Heroes
      Arthas Level 1 Rime Fixed an issue that caused Rime's Healing to not be displayed correctly in the Death Recap. Level 16 Remorseless Winter Fixed an issue that caused Remorseless Winter's Healing to not be displayed correctly in the Death Recap. Chen Base Breath of Fire [W] Fixed an issue that caused Breath of Fire to not deal impact damage. Muradin Base Storm Bolt [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Storm Bolt's quest progression indicator to show around the target that killed the Hero. Level 7 Perfect Storm Fixed an issue that caused Perfect Storm's Mana refund to not be granted. Fixed an issue that caused Perfect Storm's Mana refund to increase Muradin's Self Healing score. Fixed an issue that caused Perfect Storm to be able to go on cooldown when already on cooldown. Rexxar General Fixed an issue that caused Misha to not respawn when her Respawn Timer expires. Tyrande Base Lunar Flare [E] Fixed an issue that caused Lunar Blaze to not grant quest progress when the targeted Hero dies and they have a non-standard death state. Fixed an issue that caused Lunar Blaze to not grant quest progress when the targeted Hero is killed by a non-Hero. Fixed an issue that caused Lunar Blaze's quest progression indicator to show around the target that killed the Hero. Zagara Level 1 Infest Infest now displays as a Quest Bonus. Click here to discuss this post with other players in the official Heroes of the Storm forums.

       
    • 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 Mount: Scrapper Mad Axe Mono Wheel
      Unranked Mode has been removed. Respawn timers have been reduced in the mid-to-late game. By level 22, respawn timers are back at 65 seconds. Updated Homescreen and Startup Music. Return to Top
      Map Updates
      Garden of Terror Classic The original Garden of Terror has returned to Custom Games! The name has been changed to Garden of Terror Classic to differentiate from the current Garden of Terror. Haunted Mines Haunted mines has returned to Quick Match! The Mine Golem now drops an additional 10 Skulls over the course of its lifetime. Map objective is now complete when one team collects 55 Skulls, rather than when all 100 Skulls have been collected. Hero vision is reduced while in the mines. Warhead Junction Cast time for Nuke increased from 2.5 seconds to 3 seconds. Cast time for Nuke now breaks upon taking damage. DoT damage from Nuke increased by 100%. Damage to Forts and Keeps from Nuke increased from 100% to 125%. Return to Top
      Balance Update
      Heroes
      Arthas
      Arthas has been fully reworked! All abilities and talents will be listed below. Base
      Death Coil [Q] Mana: 40. Cooldown: 9 seconds. Deals 164 damage to target enemy. Can be self-cast to heal for 262 Health. Howling Blast [W] Mana: 50. Cooldown: 10 seconds. Root enemies within the target area for 1.25 seconds and deals 68 damage. Frozen Tempest [E] Mana: 13 per second. Cooldown: 1 second. Deals 36 damage per second to nearby enemies and Slow their Movement Speed by 10% per second, stacking up to 40%. Heroes hit also have their Attack Speed Slowed by 10% per second, stacking up to 40%. Frozen Tempest's effects last for 1.5 seconds. Army of the Dead [R] Charge Cooldown: 18 seconds. Consume all charges to summon an equal number of Ghouls that last 15 seconds and attack for 20 damage. Ghouls can be sacrificed to heal Arthas for 240 Health. Stores up to 6 charges. Every time an enemy minion dies nearby, reduce the charge cooldown of this ability by 1 second. Takedowns reduce the charge cooldown of this ability by 6 seconds. Summon Sindragosa [R] Mana: 100. Cooldown: 100 seconds. Deals 230 damage and Slows enemies by 60% for 4 seconds. Also disables Minions, Mercenaries, Monsters, and Structures for 20 seconds. Frostmourne Hungers [D] Cooldown: 12 seconds. Activate to make Arthas' next Basic Attack strike immediately and deal 71 bonus damage. Dealing damage restores 40 Mana. QUEST: Killing a Minion or hitting a Hero with Frostmourne Hungers permanently increases its bonus damage and Arthas' Basic Attack damage by 1. Talents
      Level 1 Frost Presence Increase the area of Howling Blast by 20%. QUEST: Root enemy Heroes with Howling Blast. REWARD: After Rooting 15 Heroes, Howling Blast's range is increased by 20% and it hits enemies in its path. REWARD: After Rooting 30 Heroes, Death Coil Slows Heroes hit by 50% for 0.75 seconds. Borean Winds After Frozen Tempest has been active for 2 seconds, Arthas gains 10% Movement Speed. PASSIVE: Frozen Tempest's Slowing effects last an additional 0.5 seconds and its Mana cost is reduced by 4 per second. Rime Every 5 seconds, gain 75 Physical Armor against the next enemy Hero Basic Attack, reducing the damage taken by 75%. Stores up to 3 charges. PASSIVE: While Arthas is Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned he heals 24 Health a second. Level 4 Shattered Armor Enemy Heroes hit by Howling Blast have their Armor reduced by 15 for 4 seconds. Icy Talons Gain 3% Attack Speed for 2 seconds every time a Hero is damaged by Frozen Tempest, to a maximum of 60%. Frost Strike Frostmourne Hungers deals an additional 115 Ability damage in an area and Slows Heroes hit by 20% for 2 seconds. Level 7 Immortal Coil Gain the healing effect of Death Coil even when used on enemies. If Death Coil is used on Arthas, it heals for an additional 75% bonus healing and its cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds. Rune Tap Every 3rd Basic Attack heals Arthas for 5% of his max Health. PASSIVE: Each stack of Frostmourne Hungers increases Arthas' Maximum Health by 10. Icebound Fortitude Cooldown: 35 seconds. Activate to gain 25 Armor and reduce the duration of Stuns, Slows, and Roots against Arthas by 75% for 3 seconds. Each Hero Rooted by Howling Blast reduces the cooldown of this ability by 2 seconds. Level 13 Deathlord If Death Coil is used on an enemy Hero, launch an additional Death Coil at a nearby enemy Hero. PASSIVE: Death Coil deals more damage the lower Arthas' current Health is, to a maximum of 50% bonus damage. Deathchill Howling Blast's damage is increased by 2 for each stack of Frostmourne Hungers. Howling Blast deals 100% additional damage and Roots for an additional 0.25 seconds against Heroes under 50% Health. Biting Cold Each second an enemy is damaged by Frozen Tempest, it deals 15% bonus damage, up to 75% bonus damage. Level 16 Remorseless Winter Enemy Heroes that remain within Frozen Tempest for 2.5 seconds are Rooted for 1.25 seconds and heal Arthas for 3% of his maximum Health. This effect has an 8 second cooldown per target. Frostmourne Feeds Reduce the cooldown of Frostmourne Hungers by 6 seconds. Arthas heals for 75% of the Basic Attack damage dealt by Frostmourne Hungers. Anti-Magic Shell Cooldown 60 seconds. Activate to make Arthas immune to Spell Damage for 4 seconds and heal Arthas for 25% of the damage prevented. Level 20 Legion of Northrend Reduce Army of the Dead's charge cooldown by 5 seconds. Each charge consumed spawns an additional Ghoul to attack nearby enemies. These Ghouls cannot be sacrificed. Absolute Zero Sindragosa flies twice as far. Enemy Heroes are Rooted for 2.5 seconds, and then Slowed by 60% for 4 seconds. Death Pact Instantly double your stacks of Frostmourne Hungers, but it no longer gains stacks from hitting Heroes or killing Minions. PASSIVE: Takedowns grant 2 stacks of Frostmourne Hungers. Path of Frost Activate to instantly Mount with 10% additional Movement Speed. Taking damage does not dismount Arthas from this mount. Lasts up to 5 seconds. When Arthas dismounts, Slow all nearby enemies by 30% for 2 seconds and deal 66 damage. Chen
      Base
      Keg Smash [W] Breath of Fire initial decreased from 85 to 40. Breath of Fire duration increased from 3 seconds to 6 seconds. Breath of Fire no longer costs Energy. Keg Smash energy cost increased to 35 40 from 30. Fortifying Brew [D] Drinking now stops additional commands for a fraction of a second. Talents
      Level 1 Accumulating Flames Moved from Level 4 to Level 1. REWORK: Quest: Gain stacks from hitting Heroes with DoT damage from Breath of Fire. Each stack provides 0.25 damage. At 20 damage, Keg Smash becomes ranged. Mythic Reward: At 75 damage, Breath of Fire redcues enemy Armor by 20 and is refreshed from Chen's Basic Attacks. Level 4 Eye of the Tiger Moved from Level 1 to Level 4. Level 7 Elusive Brawler Movement Speed reduced from 30% to 20%. Level 10 Wandering Keg Cooldown increased from 50 seconds to 60 seconds. Level 13 Pressure Point Slow duration increased from 1 second to 1.5 seconds. Deathwing
      Base
      Onslaught [E] Cooldown increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds. Dragonflight [Z] Cooldown increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds. Talents
      Level 16 Gaze onto Destruction Duration reduced from 5 seconds to 3.5 seconds. Falstad
      Talents
      Level 1 Frequent Flyer Range to receive kill credit reduced from 14 to 8.5. Garrosh
      Base
      Wrecking Ball [E] Range reduced from 6.5 to 6. Search range reduced from 2.5 to 2.25. Talents
      Level 1 Unrivaled Strength Ranged bonus reduced from 20% to 15%. Gazlowe
      Base
      Rock-It! Turret [Q] Turret Health increased from 510 to 600. Health decays over 20 seconds (from 17). Talents
      Level 10 Robo-goblin Damage per second increased from 90 to 100. Mal'Ganis
      Base
      Necrotic Embrace [W] Now benefits double the amount from Vampiric Touch. No longer provides 25 Armor for 3 seconds. Now provides 15 Spell Armor for 3 seconds. Damage increased from 110 to 121. Talents
      Level 1 Will of Tichondrius Moved from Level 7 to Level 1. REWORK: Hit Heroes with Fel Claws to gain 0.5 damage. Hit 4 Heroes in the first two swipes to cause the last wipe to provide 2 additional damage. Upon reaching 40 stacks, Fel Claws now steals 4% health from opponents and Stuns for an additional 0.5 seconds. Level 4 Vampiric Aura Moved from Level 1 to Level 4. Self healing increased from 30% to 40% and healing of nearby Allies increased from 15% to 20%. Might of Sargeras Now provides 35 Armor for 3 seconds when using Necrotic Embrace. Level 7 Fueled by Torment Moved from Level 4 to Level 7. Now causes Necrotic Embrace to Slow by 25% for 3 seconds. Medivh
      Talents
      Level 1 Winds of Celerity Movement Speed bonus increased from 50% to 75% 100%. Raven's Intellect Bonus increased from 75% to 125% 200%. Level 4 Raven Familiar Slow reduced from 30% to 20%. Level 7 Force of Magic Spell Power increased from 30% to 35%. Level 13 Circle of Protection No longer increases the cooldown of Force of Will. Level 20 Guardian of Tirisfal Now also increases the range of Arcane Rift by 50%. Muradin
      Base
      It's Hammer Time! [Q] Muradin gains 5 stacks if a target dies within 3 seconds of being hit by Storm Bolt. Stack requirement for pierce increased from 40 to 45. Talents
      Level 16 Dwarf Launch Cooldown reduction decreased from 2 seconds to 1 second. Level 20 Mountain King Dwarf Toss cooldown increased by 2 seconds. Thunder Clap cooldown increased by 2 seconds. Sgt. Hammer
      Talents
      Level 1 Maelstrom Rounds Damage bonus increased from 30% to 40%. Level 13 Hyper-Cooling Engines Cooldown reduction no longer triggers off of Splash damage, but now triggers off of Structures. Level 20 Advanced Lava Strike Damage bonus increased from 50% to 65%. Ultra-Capacitors Cooldown reduction no longer triggers off of Splash damage, but now triggers off of Structures. Thrall
      Talents
      Level 1 Crash Lightning Amount stacks lost on death reduced from 6 to 4. Echo of the Elements Damage done by the chain lightning bounces rewarded from obtaining the Mythic Reward reduced from 85 to 70. Kill window increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds. Stack requirements increased from 20/40/100 to 20/50/125. Second reward no longer provides an extra bounce. Level 7 Rolling Thunder Now also provides an extra bounce of Chain Lightning. Tyrande
      Base
      Lunar Flare [E] Tyrande gains 1 stack if the target dies within 3 seconds of being hit. Mythic Reward now also increases Attack Range by 1. Lunar flare damage from hitting a Hero reduced from 4% to 3.5% 3%. Talents
      Level 16 Quickening Blessing Movement bonus increased from 20% to 25%. Level 20 Commander of Sentinels Cooldown of Sentinel increased by 3 seconds. Return to Top
      Bug Fixes
      General
      Fixed an issue that caused Unstoppable targets to not be immune to Blinds. Maps
      General Fixed an issue that caused Bosses to attack Summoned units. Blackheart's Bay Fixed an issue that caused the AI to have issues turning in coins. Infernal Shrines Fixed an issue that prevented Minions from pathing near the Arcane Punisher's beams. Heroes
      D.Va Base Defense Matrix [W] D.Va's Mech will now retarget Defense Matrix when controlled by an AI. Deathwing Base Dragonflight [Z] Fixed an issue that caused Dragonflight's cooldown to increase upon taking damage to only occur when the cooldown is below 4 seconds. Garrosh Level 4 In For the Kill Fixed an issue that caused In For the Kill to not completely reset the cooldown of Bloodthirst. Gul'dan Base Drain Life [W] Fixed an issue that caused Drain Life to not always be interrupted if the target leaves its range. Jaina Base Improved Ice Block [1] Fixed an issue that caused Improved Ice Block and Ice Cold to not be used correctly by AI-controlled Jaina. Kael'thas Level 20 Rebirth Fixed an issue that caused Rebirth to not be used correctly by AI-controlled Kael'thas. Li Li Base Cloud Serpent [W] Fixed an issue that caused Cloud Serpent to not be made visible when damaging a target while in the Fog of War. Medivh Level 10 Poly Bomb Fixed an issue that caused Poly Bomb to not be used correctly by AI-controlled Medivh. Nazeebo Level 13 Superstition Fixed an issue that caused Superstition to display a blank ability for the damage dealt by its Corpse Spider. Samuro Base Mirror Image [Q] Mirror Images will no longer move towards Samuro's attack move target point on creation. Mirror Images will now properly have their AI enabled when Samuro has their AI enabled. Stukov Base Weighted Pustule [W] Fixed an issue that caused Weighted Pustule to be removed when an effect that removes Slows is applied. Thrall Base Feral Spirit [W] Fixed an issue that caused Feral Spirit to not be extended correctly if it is about to expire. Return to Top
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