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Garrosh Patch Notes: July 31

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Garrosh has arrived on the PTR today and will be staying until August 7th, so head on over and check out the latest addition to the Nexus! There's also the usual patch stuff included, like the new map rotation, bug fixes and hero balancing for Ragnaros, The Butcher, Probius, Auriel, D.Va and Sonya.

Blizzard LogoPTR July 31 (source)

Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just arrived to the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting until August 7. During this time, we kindly request your assistance in trying out some of the new content it contains before we officially release the patch to the live version of Heroes. Just like last time, if you encounter any bugs or other issues during your PTR play sessions, please stop by the PTR Bug Report forum to let us know about your experiences.

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General

VS. A.I. Team Composition

  • Removed Mirror Matches: Players will no longer face duplicate enemy A.I. Heroes in this game mode.


New Hero: Garrosh

As the new warchief of the Horde, Garrosh is a proud and vicious warrior who rules with an iron fist. His hatred for the Alliance burns like wildfire, and he will stop at nothing to destroy them. By his axe, the orcs will reclaim their rightful glory.

 

 

Trait

  • Armor Up
    • Garrosh gains 1 Armor for every 2% of maximum Health missing.

Basic Abilities

  • Groundbreaker (Q)
    • Deal damage to enemies in an area. Heroes hit on the outer edge are pulled toward Garrosh.
  • Bloodthirst (W)
    • Deal damage to an enemy and Heal for 10% of Garrosh’s missing Health. Healing is increased by 100% against Heroes.
  • Wrecking Ball (E)
    • Throw a nearby enemy Hero, Minion, or Mercenary to the target location, dealing damage enemies near the impact and slowing them by 30% for 2.5 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

  • Warlord's Challenge (R)
    • Silence nearby Heroes and force them to attack Garrosh for 1.5 seconds.
  • Decimate (R)
    • Deal damage to nearby enemies and Slow them by 30% for 1.5 seconds. Deals 100% more damage to Heroes, and each Hero hit reduces the cooldown by 1 second.
    • Stores up to 3 charges.

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Art

Artanis

  • Daelaam Artanis' Twin Blades activation effect is now green to match the color of his warp blades.

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User Interface

General

  • Armor Indicators:
    • Armor buff and debuff indicators have been added next to Hero healthbars.
  • Cursor Cooldown Notifications:
    • An option to display ability cooldown indicators near your mouse cursor has been added.
      • This feature can be enabled or disabled in the options menu
  • MVP Banners:
    • The MVP player’s Banner will now show in the initial MVP screen.
  • In-Game Chat Improvements:
    • The in-game chat box can now be moved by clicking and dragging the directional arrow indicator seen when the chat box is open.
    • In-game chat history can now be accessed using the ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ hotkeys.
    • A timestamp option has been added to display in-game times before chat messages.
    • Hero names will now display as Hero icons to the left of messages in chat.

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Battlegrounds

Map Rotation Update

  • The Ranked Map Rotation has been updated to include the following:
    • Braxis Holdout
    • Battlefield of Eternity
    • Sky Temple
    • Cursed Hollow
    • Blackheart's Bay
    • Towers of Doom
    • Warhead Junction
    • Dragon Shire
    • Garden of Terror

Cursed Hollow

  • Audio and visual indicators have been added to alert players when there are 10 and 5 seconds remaining on the Raven Lord’s Curse.

Heroes

Assassin Specialist Support Warrior
Ragnaros Probius Auriel D.Va
The Butcher     Sonya

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Assassin

Ragnaros

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Abilities

  • Living Meteor (W)
    • Damage reduced from 72 to 68
  • Blast Wave (E)
    • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 9 seconds

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Shifting Meteor (W)
      • Additional Functionality:
        • Each time an enemy is hit by Living Meteor, they take an additional 3% damage from subsequent hits by the same Meteor
    • Engulfing Flame (E)
      • Adjusted functionality:
        • No longer grants cooldown reduction on Blast Wave
        • Now also increases the damage of Blast Wave by 75%
  • Level 7
    • Superheated (E)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Blistering Attacks (Passive)
      • Every 10 seconds, your next Basic Attack deals 60% bonus damage. Enemies hit by your Basic Abilities reduces this cooldown by 1 second
    • Molten Power (W)
      • Damage bonus increased from 15 to 20% per enemy Hero hit
  • Level 20
    • Lava Surge (R)
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 10 to 30 seconds

    The Butcher

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    Stats

    • Basic Attack damage lowered from 140 to 130

    Abilities

    • Fresh Meat (Trait)
      • Meat required to complete his quest increased from 125 to 200
      • Damage bonus per Meat stack decreased from 1 to .5
      • Meat dropped by enemy Heroes increased from 5 to 25
      • Bonus damage on quest completion increased from 100 to 125
      • Once the quest is completed, enemy Heroes continue to drop Meat, giving The Butcher 5 permanent Basic Attack damage per Meat collected

    Talents

    • Level 1
      • Abattoir (Trait)
        • Removed

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    Specialist

    Probius

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    Abilities

    • Worker Rush (Z)
      • Worker Rush can no longer be activated while the Worker Rush buff is still active. This will prevent players from accidentally placing the ability on cooldown when leaving the Hall of Storms.

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    Support

    Auriel

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    • Auriel’s resource bar will now glow when at maximum Hope.

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    Warrior

    D.Va

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    Talents

    • Level 4
      • Diverting Power (W)
        • Instead of preventing D.Va from moving during Defense Matrix, this talent now adds an additional 50% slow.

    Sonya

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    Abilities

    • Whirlwind (E)
      • The time required after activation before the ability can be canceled has been increased from .5 to 1 seconds. This should help prevent accidental cancellations.

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    Collection

    New Bundles – The following new Bundles and Skin Packs are available for a limited time!

    • Garrrosh Heroic Bundle
    • Mad Axe Garrosh Skin Pack
    • StarCrossed Bundle
    • Warcraft Armory Bundle

    New Skins

    • Garrosh
      • Shattered Hand Garrosh
      • Blackrock Garrosh
      • Glorious Garrosh
      • Deadly Garrosh
      • Mad Axe Garrosh
      • Biohazard Mad Axe Garrosh
      • Frozen Mad Axe Garrosh
      • Mutant Mad Axe Garrosh
      • Horde Axe Garrosh
    • Anub'arak
      • Anub'alisk
      • Kaldir Anub'alisk
      • Omega Anub'alisk
      • Venomous Anub'alisk
      • Enraged Anub'alisk
    • Li-Ming
      • Templar Li-Ming
      • First Ascendant Li-Ming
      • Dark Templar Li-Ming
      • Onyx Templar Li-Ming
      • Void Templar Li-Ming
    • E.T.C.
      • L800 E.T.C.
      • Spectre L800 E.T.C.
      • Jungle L800 E.T.C.
      • Shock L800 E.T.C.
      • Horde L800 E.T.C.
      • Angelic L800 E.T.C.
    • The Butcher
      • Grendel Butcherlisk
    • Valeera
      • Ivory Demon Hunter Valeera
      • Crimson Demon Hunter Valeera
    • Zul'jin
      • Arcane Emberlord Zul'jin 
    • D.Va
      • Devil Dogs Goliath D.Va
      • Spectre Goliath D.Va 
    • Abathur
      • Feral Swarm Abathur 
    • Dehaka
      • Savage Pack Leader Dehaka 
    • Varian
      • Deadly Lo'Gosh Varian 
    • Samuro
      • Warsong Hellblade Samuro 
    • Rehgar
      • Saronite Ironclaw Rehgar 
    • Probius
      • Solarite Probius Prime
      • Sargas Probius Prime 
    • Samuro
      • Amethyst Highlord Alarak 

    New Mounts

    • Wretched Illidan's Nightmare
    • Road Boar
      • Road Boar
      • Biohazard Road Boar
      • Frozen Road Boar
      • Horde Road Boar
      • Mutant Road Boar

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    Bug Fixes

    General

    • Fixed a number of typo and tooltip errors across several aspects of the game.

    Battlegrounds

    • Mercenaries: Heroes will no longer be pushed when allied Mercenaries path into them.
    • Minions: Catapults that are destroyed while their projectiles are mid-air will no longer deal half-damage.
    • Heroes Brawl: Fixed an issue that could cause increased loading times when entering Heroes.
    • Try Mode: The Reset Talents button now properly removes bonus damage earned by completing Medivh’s Arcane Charge Questing Talent. 
    • Try Mode: The Reset Talents button now properly removes the range and cooldown bonuses granted by Genji’s Agile Dismount Talent.
    • Braxis Holdout: Fixed a rare issue that could cause large units to get stuck on the corners of Structures. 
    • Warhead Junction: AI players will no longer become stuck in the southwest hand corner of the Battleground when retreating down the bottom lane. 

    Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

    • Alarak: Marking The Lost Vikings with Rite of Rak'Shir during their Longboat Raid Ability and then killing the Longboat will now correctly grant bonus Sadism and Rite of Rak’shir cooldown reduction.
    • Alarak & Artanis: Fixed an issue causing Deadly Charge to go on a full cooldown if Alarak is hit by Phase Prism while channeling.
    • Arthas: After Arthas completing the Frost Presence Questing Talent the Shattered Armor Talent will now correctly apply Armor Reduction to Heroes who have been rooted by Howling Blast. 
    • Cassia: Blinding Light will no longer reveal Stealthed enemy Heroes.
    • Chen: Medivh’s Ley Line Seal can no longer cause Chen and his Storm, Earth, Fire Spirits to exist simultaneously. 
    • D.Va: Now properly contests Objective Capture Points while exiting her Mech.
    • D.Va: Now properly contests and pushes Hanamura Payloads while exiting her Mech.
    • D.Va: D.Va’s Basic Attacks are now halted during her Taunt and Dance animations.
    • D.Va: The Call Mech status bar that appears under D.Va’s party frame portrait no longer persists after she dies and respawns in Mech Mode. 
    • Kharazim: Seven-Sided Strike will no longer target D.Va's Mech during Self-Destruct. 
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    • Greymane: Can now correctly cast Go For the Throat a second time after using the Ability to kill D.Va’s Mech. 
    • Lt. Morales: Entering a Medivac as it is destroyed will no longer cause the Medivac UI to persist on-screen. 
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    • Rexxar: Fixed an issue that could cause Misha to become briefly unresponsive after respawning if she was killed while Rexxar was affected by time stop effect. 
    • Samuro: Selecting Mirror Images via control groups will no longer cancel their active movement commands. 
    • Sonya: The Ancient Spear model will no longer visually persist when cast on an allied Gate prior to game start. 
    • Stasis: Fixed an issue in which cooldowns for self-stasis effects, like Chromie’s Time Out, would not begin counting down until the Hero respawned if that Hero was killed immediately after the self-stasis effect concluded.
    • Stealth: Fixed an issue that could cancel the Stealth effect provided by Valeera’s Vanish and Tyrande’s Shadowstalk when cast at a specific moment during those Heroes’ Basic Attacks.
    • Sylvanas: Can cast Possession on units spawned by Bosses on Warhead Junction.
    • Thrall: Fixed an issue allowing Sundering to be seen and heard through fog of war.
    • The Butcher: Fixed an issue preventing Ruthless Onslaught from activating when targeting an enemy that moves into fog of war. 
    • Tracer: Ricochet will no longer cause Tracer’s Basic Attacks to bounce to Stealthed Heroes. 
    • Tychus: Fixed an issue preventing Drakken Laser Drill from displaying a range indicator. 
    • Tyrael & The Butcher: Fixed an issue that allowed Sanctification to go off despite Tyrael being stunned by Ruthless Onslaught. 
    • Valla: Fixed an issue that prevented the Death Dealer talent from refreshing the cooldown of Vault after killing a structure. 
    • Valeera: Fixed an issue that caused Valeera to break Stealth if Sinister Strike was cast immediately before attempting to Vanish. 
    • Zul’jin: Fixed an issue preventing Zul’jin from self-casting Guillotine. 

    Sound

    • Stukov: Fixed an issue causing Massive Shove sound effects to play for too long if the target was pushed an exceptionally long distance.
    • Genji: Fixed an issue preventing the Shingan talent from playing quest tracking sounds if a target was hit with all 3 Shurikens. 
    • Hero VO: Fixed an issue that occasionally caused Heroes to play a previously selected Heroes’ voice line when locking in during draft mode. 

    User Interface

    • Quests: Fixed an issue causing Daily Quests to appear delayed upon initial login.
    • Heroes Brawls: Fixed an issue that could cause players to become stuck on ‘Waiting for Game Results’ after finishing a Heroes Brawl.

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    Live Balance Update July 26th.

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    Really? That is it? Other than The Butcher's changes, nothing else of substantial value? I was expecting some reworked Heroes...

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    Well, I'm quite disappointed here. Many changes that should be done yet none had happened nor we know anything of them going to take place in any near future.

    Raynor's talents are jurassical at best, and I'm pretty sure that's one of the reasons he has fallen completely out of competitive gameplay.

    Sgt. Hammer badly needs a rework too, not only because of her incredibly primitive set of talents (might be even older than Raynor's), but also because she needs an improvement on her life conditions (and maybe something that makes her gameplay more interesting, because right now there is little else to do than place on siege mode and run away from things attacking you).

    Nova has been needing a good rework long before Blizzard made the last big-scale rework. The best thing is, at least when they rework stealth heroes in general they can't ignore her, but still, no idea of when will a change for good happen.

    Lost Vikings are a troll hero at best, and badly need something to stop them from being an autolose button in 90% of the situations.

    Is Azmodan expected to really have teleport? Maybe some improvement of the lvl20 talent of the circle?

    Morales should actually get some changes as well, maybe to make her gameplay more interesting.

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    3 hours ago, Starym said:

    New Mounts

    • Wretched Illidan's Nightmare

    Ok, this is cool but sounds like a single skin, different from the original 3 available pre-release which sucks.

     

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    • Meat dropped by enemy Heroes increased from 5 to 25
    • Once the quest is completed, enemy Heroes continue to drop Meat, giving The Butcher 5 permanent Basic Attack damage per Meat collected 

     

    I'm hoping this means he gets five damage per kill after completing the quest. The wording immediately makes me think he gets 125 attack damage per kill.

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    20 hours ago, Starym said:

    In-game chat history can now be accessed using the ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ hotkeys.

     

    20 hours ago, Starym said:

    Whirlwind (E)

    • The time required after activation before the ability can be canceled has been increased from .5 to 1 seconds. This should help prevent accidental cancellations.

    These 2 changes, are absolutely FANTASTIC!

    Thank you Blizzard very much!!

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    19 hours ago, MvonTzeskagrad said:

    Well, I'm quite disappointed here. Many changes that should be done yet none had happened nor we know anything of them going to take place in any near future.

    Raynor's talents are jurassical at best, and I'm pretty sure that's one of the reasons he has fallen completely out of competitive gameplay.

    Sgt. Hammer badly needs a rework too, not only because of her incredibly primitive set of talents (might be even older than Raynor's), but also because she needs an improvement on her life conditions (and maybe something that makes her gameplay more interesting, because right now there is little else to do than place on siege mode and run away from things attacking you).

    Nova has been needing a good rework long before Blizzard made the last big-scale rework. The best thing is, at least when they rework stealth heroes in general they can't ignore her, but still, no idea of when will a change for good happen.

    Lost Vikings are a troll hero at best, and badly need something to stop them from being an autolose button in 90% of the situations.

    Is Azmodan expected to really have teleport? Maybe some improvement of the lvl20 talent of the circle?

    Morales should actually get some changes as well, maybe to make her gameplay more interesting.

    Raynor's talents have some diversity, if the enemy team has heroes like nova, zera, you'd go for a different build, though not too much, though Raynor is supposed to be a simple hero, I'd just buff his numbers, give him more damage to be on par with Valla, Falstad.

    Sgt. Hammer's talents need to be looked onto indeed, but she's a solid choice in the right setup, she can hard push lanes forcing the enemy team to send someone to deal with her and she is a mediocre teamfighter.

    Nova has had a couple of reworks if I remember and right now she is in a fine spot, her talents are diverse. Stealth is also a fine mechanic.

    Lost Vikings aren't that bad, they're in fact very difficult to play and you also need to coordinate your team, get the right draft and make the right shotcalls, so yeah 90% of the time it won't happen.

    Azmodan is fine, maybe some buffs to his level 13 and 16 talents but thats personal.

    Morales is made to be a simple hero, her skillcap comes from activating the grenade at the right time.

    Anyways, these are my opinions.

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    On 31/07/2017 at 2:39 PM, toyjazzer said:

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    I'm hoping this means he gets five damage per kill after completing the quest. The wording immediately makes me think he gets 125 attack damage per kill.

    If that's the case, my Butcher is ready to play all day!

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        Bug Fixes
        General
        Fixed an issue that caused some effects to not display correctly on the Target Dummy in the Sandbox and Try Mode. Fixed an issue that caused some Movement Speed bonuses to display the incorrect value in the target info panel. Brawl
        Deathwing's Cataclysm no longer starts on Cooldown in Arena Mode. Map
        Braxis Holdout Fixed an issue that caused Archangel's visual effects to register as a pingable object. Volskaya Fixed an issue that caused the Triglav Protector's Shield Emitter Shields granted to allies to increase the Pilot's Self Healing score when absorbing damage. Heroes
        Abathur Level 10 Ultimate Evolution Clones of Kharazim that have selected Insight now treat the quest as completed. Alarak Level 10 Counter-Strike Now increases Alarak's Self Healing score for damage it absorbs. Ana Base Aim Down Sights [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Aim Down Sight's Healing Dart bonus to last after Aim Down Sights has ended. Activating Aim Down Sights will now also Dismount Ana from the Toy Train. Azmodan Base Summon Demon Warrior [W] Fixed an issue that caused Azmodan's Demon Warrior's aura damage to not behave similar to other aura damage effects. Brightwing Base Soothing Mist [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Smoothing Mist to activate around Brightwing when in Stasis. Dehaka Fixed an issue where Basic Attack's would potentially not consume evade stacks if attacking within .25 seconds of Drag ending. Jaina Level 16 Snowstorm Fixed an issue that caused Snowstorm's bonus to not apply correctly. Kael'thas Level 7 Sunfire Enchantment Fixed an issue that caused an active Sunfire Enchantment Spell Power buff to be removed when Kael'thas is killed. Kharazim Level 10 Divine Palm Fixed an issue that caused Divine Palm's Stasis to remove Damage Over Time effects from Kharazim. Fixed an issue that caused Divine Palm to not remove negative effects that were applied alongside the triggering effect. Leoric Base Drain Hope [W] Fixed an issue that caused Stasis on Leoric or Drain Hope's target to not break Drain Hope. Li Li Fixed an issue that caused Water Serpent to move at a reduced speed. Level 4 Surging Winds Fixed an issue that caused an active Surging Winds buff to be removed when Li Li is killed. Li-Ming Level 1 Power Hungry Fixed an issue that caused an active Power Hungry buff to be removed when Li-Ming is killed. Lunara Level 10 Leaping Strike Fixed an issue that caused Leaping Strike to stall game logic. Malthael Level 1 Fear The Reaper Fixed an issue that caused Fear the Reaper's duration indicator to not be tied to the ability button. The Butcher Fixed an issue that allowed The Butcher to disjoint while collecting Fresh Meat. The Lost Vikings Fixed an issue that caused Longboat to move at a reduced speed. Tychus Level 20 Focusing Diodes Now grants an additive damage bonus. Whitemane Level 10 Divine Reckoning Updated Divine Reckoning's mana restoration based off of damage dealt to display only one instance of floating text. Zul'jin Level 20 Forest Medicine Selecting Forest Medicine will no longer interrupt an ongoing Regeneration channel. Return to Top
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      • By Staff
        Blizzard has released a new Heroes of the Storm patch today with additional changes based on PTR feedback. Here are the official patch notes with more details.
        (Source)
        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 Balance Update Bug Fixes General
        Updated Homescreen and Startup Music. Updated Shop Bundles and Items. NEW: Brawl Mode added! Brawls will rotate on the 1st and 15th of every month. Return to Top
        Balance Update
        Heroes
        Auriel
        Base
        Bestow Hope [Trait] Increased the amount of energy stored from 60% to 80% of damage to Heroes. Increased the amount of energy stored from 20% to 50% of damage to non-Heroes. Talents
        Level 1 Searing Light Now only deals damage to enemy Heroes. Level 7 Energized Cord Now increases Basic Attack range by 1.1. Level 10 Resurrect Delay before resurrection reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds. Level 16 Reservoir of Hope Quest bonus reduced from 75 to 55. Wrath of Heaven Armor reduction increased from 10 to 20. Spell Power increased from 10% to 15%. Chromie
        Talents
        Level 1 Timewalker's Pursuit Spell Power increased from 10% to 15%. Level 5 Mobius Loop Slow reduced from 60% to 40%. Level 18 Unravelling Lingering Slowing Sands no longer consume Energy. Now also increases Slowing Sands cast range by 50%. Johanna
        Base
        Shield Glare [E] Mana cost increased from 45 to 55. Talents
        Level 1 Divine Fortress Health bonus starting value increased from 20% to 25%. Zealous Glare Damage bonus reduced from 75% to 70%. Level 7 Steed Charge Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds. Level 13 Blessed Hammer Damage reduced from 74 to 65. Level 16 Holy Renewal Cooldown reduction reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second. Shrinking Vacuum Damage reduction increased from 25% to 30%. Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds. Slow increased from 25% to 30%. Tracer
        Talents
        Level 4 Is That a Health Pack?! Healing from Regen Globes increased from 10% to 15% of maximum Health. Pulse Generator Healing reduced from 18% to 12%. Level 13 Jumper Cooldown refresh reduced from 150% to 100%. Shield reduced from 6.5% to 6%. Zul'jin
        Base
        You Want Axe? [Trait] Basic Attack damage increased from 94 to 96. Now has a limit of 50 stacks. Bonus from quest completion reduced from 1 to .25. Talents
        Level 1 Recklessness Basic Attack damage bonus reduced from 15% to 10%. Level 10 Guillotine Cooldown reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds. Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60. Taz'dingo! Cooldown increased from 90 seconds to 100 seconds. Mana cost increased from 75 to 80. Level 16 Let the Killing Begin Kill window reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Level 20 Buzzsaw Kill window reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Return to Top
        Bug Fixes
        General
        Experience Globes can now path through gates. Fixed issues related to root visual effects. Updated decaying and ramping Slows to scale their speed with CC reduction effects. Heroes
        Alexstrasza Base Flame Buffet [E] Fixed an issue that caused Flame Buffet's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Azmodan Level 13 Chain of Command Fixed an issue that caused Chain of Command to not apply to Demonic Invasion's on-death explosion. Brightwing Base Phase Shift [Z] Fixed an issue with Phase Shift's Store Icon. Chen Level 10 Storm, Earth, Fire Fixed an issue that caused Storm, Earth, Fire Spirits to not contest Capture Points. Wandering Keg Fixed an issue that caused Wandering Keg to occasionally not be cast. Wandering Keg now acts like other instant Abilities and will cast as soon as possible. Cho'Gall General Fixed an issue that caused Cho'Gall to contest points while Cho is in Stasis. Dehaka Base Brushstalker [Z] Fixed an issue with Brushstalker's Store Icon. Will now clamp the minimum cast range to Dehaka's radius. E.T.C. Level 7 Pinball Wizard Bonus damage updated to be additive. Level 13 Face Smelt Fixed an issue that caused Face Smelt's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Falstad Base Flight [Z] Fixed an issue with Flight's Store Icon. Level 10 Mighty Gust Fixed an issue that caused Mighty Gust's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Fenix Level 1 Arsenal Synergy Fixed an issue that caused Arsenal Synergy to not grant cooldown reduction for the primary target hit by Phase Bomb. Level 4 Inhibiting Energy Fixed an issue that caused Inhibiting Energy to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Imperius Level 20 Unrelenting Descent Fixed an issue that caused Unrelenting Descent's Heal to be delayed. Johanna Base Punish [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Punish to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Kel'Thuzad Level 4 Phylactery of Kel'Thuzad Announcements for Phylactery of Kel'Thuzad will now use team colors. Kerrigan Level 7 Boundless Fury Fixed an issue that caused Boundless Fury to refund charges against a target already marked. Kharazim Level 4 Spirit Ally Fixed an issue that caused Spirit Ally's heal FX to be visible in Fog of War. Lúcio Base Wall Ride [Z] Fixed an issue with Wall Ride's Store Icon. Lt. Morales Level 10 Medivac Dropship Announcements for Medivac Dropship will now use team colors. Lunara Base Crippling Spores [W] Fixed an issue that caused Crippling Spores to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Maiev Level 16 Armored Assault Fixed an issue that caused Armored Assault to not grant the full bonus to Umbral Bind's Cleave. Malthael Level 20 No One Can Stop Death Announcements for No One Can Stop Death will now use team colors. Mei Base Icing [E] Fixed an issue that caused Icing's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Level 10 Ice Wall Fixed an issue that caused Ice Wall to not apply Stopped to D.Va's Self Destruct. Muradin Level 4 Thunder Burn Tooltip has been updated to show Thunder Burn is a multiplicative reduction. Level 13 Thunder Strike Damage increase is now additive. Probius Base Worker Rush [Z] Fixed an issue with Work Rush's Store Icon. Rehgar Base Purge [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Purge to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Samuro Base Critical Strike [W] Fixed an issue that caused Critical Strike FX to persist if Samuro is killed while he has maximum Critical Strike stacks. Level 13 Kawarimi Fixed an issue that caused Kawarimi to create a Mirror Image with the incorrect starting Health. Sgt. Hammer Base Thrusters [Z] Fixed an issue with Thrusters' Store Icon. Stukov Base Weighted Pustule [W] Fixed an issue that caused Weighted Pustule's increasing Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Sylvanas Level 1 Unfurling Shadows Fixed an issue that caused Unfurling Shadows to not grant quest progress for the impact damage of Shadow Dagger created by spread. The Butcher Base Hamstring [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Hamstring to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. The Lost Vikings Base Go Go Go! [Z] Fixed an issue with Go Go Go's Store Icon. Zagara Level 20 Pack Instinct Fixed an issue that caused Devouring Maw to gain more bonuses than intended from Pack Instinct. Zuljin General Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attack damage in Zul'jin's Target Info Panel to not increase while Berserker is active. Base You Want Axe? [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused You Want Axe to gain progress while at maximum Basic Attack bonus. Level 16 Wrong Place Wrong Time Fixed an issue that caused Wrong Place Wrong Time to not respect the stack cap of You Want Axe?. Return to Top
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      • By Staff
        A new Heroes of the Storm patch is now available for playtesting on the PTR with many Hero changes and bug fixes. Check out the official PTR notes for more details!
        We expect the patch to be available for testing for one week before it goes live.
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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 Balance Update Bug Fixes General
        Updated Homescreen and Startup Music. NEW: Brawl Mode added! Brawls will rotate on the 1st and 15th of every month. Return to Top
        Balance Update
        Heroes
        Auriel
        Talents
        Level 1 Searing Light Now only deals damage to enemy Heroes. Level 7 Energized Cord Now increases Basic Attack range by 1.1. Level 16 Reservoir of Hope Quest bonus reduced from 75 to 55. Wrath of Heaven Armor reduction increased from 10 to 20. Spell Power increased from 10% to 15%. Chromie
        Talents
        Level 1 Timewalker's Pursuit Spell Power increased from 10% to 15%. Level 7 Mobius Loop Slow reduced from 60% to 40%. Level 20 Unravelling Lingering Slowing Sands no longer consume Energy. Now also increases Slowing Sands cast range by 50%. Johanna
        Base
        Shield Glare [E] Mana cost increased from 45 to 55. Talents
        Level 1 Divine Fortress Health bonus starting value increased from 20% to 25%. Zealous Glare Damage bonus reduced from 75% to 70%. Level 7 Steed Charge Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds. Level 13 Blessed Hammer Damage reduced from 74 to 65. Level 16 Holy Renewal Cooldown reduction reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second. Shrinking Vacuum Damage reduction increased from 25% to 30%. Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds. Slow increased from 25% to 30%. Tracer
        Talents
        Level 4 Is That a Health Pack?! Healing from Regen Globes increased from 10% to 15% of maximum Health. Pulse Generator Healing reduced from 18% to 12%. Level 13 Jumper Cooldown refresh reduced from 150% to 100%. Shield reduced from 6.5% to 6%. Zul'jin
        Base
        You Want Axe? [Trait] Basic Attack damage increased from 94 to 118. Bonus from quest completion reduced from 1 to .25. Talents
        Level 1 Recklessness Basic Attack damage bonus reduced from 15% to 10%. Level 10 Guillotine Cooldown reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds. Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60. Taz'dingo! Cooldown increased from 90 seconds to 100 seconds. Mana cost increased from 75 to 80. Level 16 Let the Killing Begin Kill window reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Level 20 Buzzsaw Kill window reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Return to Top
        Bug Fixes
        General
        Experience Globes can now path through gates. Fixed issues related to root visual effects. Updated decaying and ramping Slows to scale their speed with CC reduction effects. Heroes
        Alexstrasza Base Flame Buffet [E] Fixed an issue that caused Flame Buffet's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Azmodan Level 13 Chain of Command Fixed an issue that caused Chain of Command to not apply to Demonic Invasion's on-death explosion. Brightwing Base Phase Shift [Z] Fixed an issue with Phase Shift's Store Icon. Chen Level 10 Storm, Earth, Fire Fixed an issue that caused Storm, Earth, Fire Spirits to not contest Capture Points. Cho'Gall General Fixed an issue that caused Cho'Gall to contest points while Cho is in Stasis. Dehaka Base Brushstalker [Z] Fixed an issue with Brushstalker's Store Icon. Will now clamp the minimum cast range to Dehaka's radius. E.T.C. Base Face Smelt [W] Fixed an issue that caused Face Smelt's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Level 7 Pinball Wizard Bonus damage updated to be additive. Falstad Base Flight [Z] Fixed an issue with Flight's Store Icon. Level 10 Mighty Gust Fixed an issue that caused Mighty Gust's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Fenix Level 1 Arsenal Synergy Fixed an issue that caused Arsenal Synergy to not grant cooldown reduction for the primary target hit by Phase Bomb. Level 4 Inhibiting Energy Fixed an issue that caused Inhibiting Energy to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Johanna Base Punish [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Punish to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Kharazim Level 4 Air Ally Fixed an issue that caused Air Ally's heal FX to be visible in Fog of War. Lúcio Base Wall Ride [Z] Fixed an issue with Wall Ride's Store Icon. Lunara Base Crippling Spores [W] Fixed an issue that caused Crippling Spores to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Maiev Level 16 Armored Assault Fixed an issue that caused Armored Assault to not grant the full bonus to Umbral Bind's Cleave. Mei Base Icing [E] Fixed an issue that caused Icing's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Level 10 Ice Wall Fixed an issue that caused Ice Wall to not apply Stopped to D.Va's Self Destruct. Muradin Level 4 Thunder Burn Tooltip has been updated to show Thunder Burn is a multiplicative reduction. Level 13 Thunder Strike Damage increase is now additive. Probius Base Worker Rush [Z] Fixed an issue with Work Rush's Store Icon. Rehgar Base Purge [Trait] Fixed an issue that caused Purge to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Samuro Base Critical Strike [W] Fixed an issue that caused Critical Strike FX to persist if Samuro is killed while he has maximum Critical Strike stacks. Level 13 Kawarimi Fixed an issue that caused Kawarimi to create a Mirror Image with the incorrect starting Health. Sgt. Hammer Base Thrusters [Z] Fixed an issue with Thrusters' Store Icon. Stukov Base Weighted Pustule [W] Fixed an issue that caused Weighted Pustule's increasing Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. Sylvanas Level 1 Unfurling Shadows Fixed an issue that caused Unfurling Shadows to not grant quest progress for the impact damage of Shadow Dagger created by spread. The Butcher Base Hamstring [Q] Fixed an issue that caused Hamstring to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed. The Lost Vikings Base Go Go Go! [Z] Fixed an issue with Go Go Go's Store Icon. Zagara Level 20 Pack Instinct Fixed an issue that caused Devouring Maw to gain more bonuses than intended from Pack Instinct. Return to Top
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      • By Staff
        Master every Heroes of the Storm battleground with our detailed map guides, featuring strategies for objectives and drafting!

        Heroes of the Storm features a wide range of maps, each offering unique objectives and strategies. To help players excel in every battleground, we’ve created comprehensive guides that cover drafting, objectives, and gameplay for all maps.


        Alterac Pass: Free Cavalries from Prison Camps to fight alongside your team. Battlefield of Eternity: Secure Immortals to destroy enemy structures. Blackheart’s Bay: Collect Doubloons to fire Captain Blackheart’s cannons. Braxis Holdout: Control Beacons to summon powerful Zerg waves. Cursed Hollow: Gather Tributes to curse the enemy team and gain an advantage. Dragon Shire: Control Shrines to summon the mighty Dragon Knight. Garden of Terror: Collect Seeds to unleash Garden Terrors on your enemies. Hanamura Temple: Escort Payloads to deal damage to enemy structures. Infernal Shrines: Summon Punishers by defeating Guardians at Shrines. Sky Temple: Capture Temples to rain laser blasts on enemy structures. Tomb of the Spider Queen: Turn in Gems to summon Webweavers to assist your team. Towers of Doom: Capture Altars to damage the enemy Core indirectly. Volskaya Foundry: Control Capture Points to pilot the Triglav Protector. Warhead Junction: Collect Warheads to bombard enemy structures.
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