Our next Heroes of the Storm patch is live! Read on for more information.
NOTE: Orange text indicates a change between PTR and Live notes.
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General
- Updated Homescreen and Startup Music.
- Updated Shop Bundles and Items.
Balance Updates
ARAM
- Same Hero Mode
- Same Hero mode now enables Health & Mana regeneration at base, reduced from 8% per second to 3.2% per second.
- Same Hero mode now enables the Hearthstone ability without the burst heal after completion.
- Reduced the chance of encountering Same Hero Mode from 2% to .5%.
- Sgt. Hammer has been added to Same Hero mode.
- The following Heroes have been removed from Same Hero Mode: Alarak, Artanis, Butcher, Cassia, Falstad, Genji, Greymane, Gul'dan, Hogger, Illidan, Imperius, Junkrat, Kael'thas, Kel'Thuzad, Kerrigan, Li-Ming, Lunara, Maiev, Mephisto, Orphea, Raynor, Thrall, Tracer, Tychus, Whitemane, Zarya, Zeratul, Zul'jin.
Heroes
Blaze
Base
- Basic Attack damage increased from 55 to 60.
- Flame Stream [Q]
- No longer able to deal additional damage to Structures.
Talents
- Level 1
- Adrenaline Stimpack
- Passive attack speed bonus reduced from 25% to 20%.
- Adrenaline Stimpack
- Level 4
- Incinerator Gauntlets
- Bonus damage reduced from 50% to 40%.
- Incinerator Gauntlets
- Level 7
- Nanomachine Coating
- Attack Speed reduction reduced from 50% to 35%.
- Duration increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.
- Suppressive Fire
- Reduced Spell Power reduction from 25% to 20% and from 50% to 40%.
- Nanomachine Coating
- Level 10
- Bunker Drop
- Cooldown increased from 70 to 80.
- Flamethrower damage reduced from 170 to 150.
- Mana cost increased from 70 to 80.
- Bunker Drop
- Level 13
- Collision Course
- Damage reduced from 275 to 260.
- Collision Course
Cassia
Base
- Basic Attack damage increased from 122 to 125.
Talents
- Level 1
- Impale
- Bonus Damage increased from 50% to 70%.
- Thunderstroke
- Bonus Damage increased from 15 to 20.
- Impale
- Level 20
- Infinite Lightning
- Cooldown reduction reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
- Infinite Lightning
Chen
Talents
- Level 1
- Eye of the Tiger
- Bonus Damage increased from 40% to 50%.
- Leech amount increased from 40% to 60%.
- Eye of the Tiger
- Level 4
- Accumulating Flame
- Bonus Damage increased from 20% to 30%.
- Accumulating Flame
- Level 7
- Gift of the Ox
- Bonus duration increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds.
- Gift of the Ox
- Level 13
- A Touch of Honey
- Slow bonus increased from 20% to 30%.
- Ring of Fire
- Damage increased from 55 to 60.
- Duration increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds.
- A Touch of Honey
- Level 20
- Untapped Potential
- Bonus Armor duration increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.
- Untapped Potential
Hanzo
Talents
- Level 16
- Giant Slayer
- Damage reduced from 2% of maximum Health to 1.6% of maximum Health.
- Giant Slayer
Mephisto
Talents
- Level 4
- Spite
- Bonus duration reduced from 150% to 100%.
- Spite
- Level 16
- Lightning Reaction
- Damage reduced from 138 to 120.
- Lightning Reaction
Thrall
Base
- Health increased from 1896 to 1946.
- Health Regeneration increased from 3.9492 to 4.0546.
- Frostwolf Resilience [Trait]
- Healing increased from 223 to 240.
- Chain Lightning [Q]
- Bounce damage increased from 81 to 85.
- Damage increased from 162 to 170.
- Feral Spirit [W]
- Cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
Talents
- Level 13
- Spirit Shield
- Increased Spell Armor from 50 to 70.
- Spirit Shield
Valla
Base
- Hatred [Trait]
- Duration reduced from 6 seconds to 5 seconds.
Talents
- Level 10
- Strafe
- Damage per bolt increased from 60 to 70.
- Mana cost reduced from 80 to 60.
- Strafe
- Level 16
- Manticore
- Reduced bonus damage from 5% of maximum Health to 4% of maximum Health.
- Punishment
- Reduced the Mana cost of Multishot by 20.
- Manticore
Bug Fixes
Heroes
- Abathur
- Level 20
- Hivemind
- Fixed an issue that caused Hivemind to grant more Shielding than intended when combined with Networked Carapace.
- Hivemind
- Level 20
- Alarak
- Base
- Sadism [Trait]
- Fixed an issue that caused Sadism's bonus to not apply to Lightning Surge's healing when the primary target is not a Hero.
- Sadism [Trait]
- Base
- Butcher
- Level 1
- Invigoration
- Fixed an issue that caused Invigoration to not activate if Hamstring killed its only Hero target.
- Invigoration
- Level 1
- Cassia
- Level 13
- War Matron
- Added floating text for the amount of damage prevented by War Matron.
- War Matron
- Level 13
- Cho'Gall
- Level 1
- Keep Moving!
- Now also modifies Cho's run animation while Shove's movement speed bonus is active.
- Keep Moving!
- Level 20
- The Will of Gall
- Fixed an issue that caused The Will of Gall to not increase Gall's damage.
- The Will of Gall
- Level 1
- Chromie
- Level 10
- Temporal Loop
- No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.
- Temporal Loop
- Level 10
- Diablo
- Base
- Fixed an issue that prevented Diablo's attacks from consuming charges of Dodge and Upstage.
- Shadow Charge [Q]
- Fixed an issue that caused Shadow Charge to attach the target to Diablo if another Diablo is affecting them with Overpower.
- Overpower [E]
- Fixed an issue that caused Overpower to activate Stukov's Superstrain twice.
- Base
- E.T.C.
- Level 1
- Prog Rock
- Fixed an issue that could prevent allies from being affected by Prog Rock's area heal.
- Prog Rock
- Level 1
- Garrosh
- Base
- Into the Fray [1]
- No longer displays the duration of its Unstoppable.
- Bloodthirst [W]
- No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.
- Into the Fray [1]
- Level 1
- Body Check
- No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.
- Body Check
- Base
- Guldan
- Base
- Drain Life [W]
- No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.
- Drain Life [W]
- Base
- Imperius
- Base
- Celestial Charge [Q]
- Fixed an issue that caused Celestial Charge to activate Stukov's Superstrain twice.
- Celestial Charge [Q]
- Base
- Junkrat
- Level 10
- RIP-Tire
- Fixed an issue that caused RIP-Tire to not display correctly when cast.
- RIP-Tire
- Level 10
- Kel'Thuzad
- Base
- Death and Decay [Q]
- Fixed an issue that caused Death and Decay's cast effect to be visible in Fog of War and animate while Kel'Thuzad is Stopped.
- Death and Decay [Q]
- Level 10
- Frost Blast
- No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.
- Frost Blast
- Base
- Kharazim
- Level 4
- Earth Ally
- Updated Earth Ally to have the remaining Physical Armor duration match the remaining duration of Earth Ally.
- Earth Ally
- Level 20
- Peaceful Repose
- Fixed an issue that caused Peaceful Repose to activate even when Divine Palm heals the target.
- Peaceful Repose
- Level 4
- Li Li
- Level 1
- Free Drinks
- Floating text updated to show as a crit.
- Free Drinks
- Level 1
- Medivh
- Base
- Portal [E]
- Fixed an issue that allowed Medivh to instantly mount after using a Portal to leave the Hall of Storms.
- Fixed an issue that caused Medivh's Portal to not feature a channel bar or apply visual effects while being channeled.
- Portal teleportation now happens instantly after completing the channel instead of briefly after completing the channel.
- Using Medivh's Portal no longer clears the command queue.
- Portal [E]
- Level 4
- Raven Familiar
- Damage is now dealt by the Portal user instead of Medivh.
- Raven Familiar
- Base
- Nazeebo
- Level 10
- Ravenous Spirit
- Fixed an issue that caused Ravenous Spirit to be cancelled if another Nazeebo cancelled their Ravenous Spirit.
- Ravenous Spirit
- Level 10
- Probius
- Level 16
- Quantum Entanglement
- Fixed an issue that caused Quantum Entanglement to not apply if the Warp Rift is detonated as soon as it activates.
- Quantum Entanglement
- Level 16
- Raynor
- Base
- Inspire [W]
- Added a duration indicator to the Abilities button.
- Inspire [W]
- Level 10
- Raynor's Raider
- Fixed an issue that caused Raynor's Raider Banshee to receive healing when activating the Tunnel on Towers of Doom and the Sewer Waygate on Warhead Junction.
- Fixed an issue that caused Raynor's Banshee to not be launched by Stitches Hook.
- Raynor's Raider
- Level 20
- Execute Orders
- Fixed an issue that caused Execute Orders Yamato Cannon to fire at targets outside its radius.
- Execute Orders
- Base
- Rehgar
- Base
- Lightning Shield [W]
- Fixed an issue that caused Rehgar to not be healed by the damage dealt by Lightning Shield when he gains spell leech.
- Ghost Wolf [Z]
- Fixed an issue that caused Rehgar's Ghost Wolf Lunge visuals to be visible in Fog of War.
- Lightning Shield [W]
- Level 4
- Electric Charge
- Fixed an issue that caused Electric Charge to increase the bearer's Self Healing score.
- Updated to heal the bearer for its amount as a singular combined effect.
- Electric Charge
- Base
- Rexxar
- Fixed an issue that caused Misha to receive healing when activating the Tunnel on Towers of Doom and the Sewer Waygate on Warhead Junction.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Rexxar's melee attacks from consuming charges of Dodge and Upstage.
- Stukov
- Level 16
- Superstrain
- Fixed an issue that caused Superstrain to not display FX when activating.
- Superstrain
- Level 16
- Tassadar
- Level 7
- Arc Discharge
- Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge cooldown to not progress while resonance beam is fully charged.
- Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge to trigger during cooldown.
- Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge to not activate correctly.
- Arc Discharge
- Level 7
- Tracer
- Level 4
- Is That a Health Pack?!
- Fixed an issue that caused Is That a Health Pack?! to increase Tracer's Healing Score when activating.
- Is That a Health Pack?!
- Level 4
- Tyrael
- Level 13
- Law and Order
- Fixed an issue that caused Law and Order's damage bonus to not be applied.
- Law and Order
- Level 13
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