
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.
- New: Brawl Mode added! Brawls will rotate on the 1st and 15th of every month.
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.
- Searing Light
- Level 7
- Energized Cord
- Now increases Basic Attack range by 1.1.
- Energized Cord
- Level 10
- Resurrect
- Delay before resurrection reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
- Resurrect
- 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%.
- Reservoir of Hope
Chromie
Talents
- Level 1
- Timewalker's Pursuit
- Spell Power increased from 10% to 15%.
- Timewalker's Pursuit
- Level 5
- Mobius Loop
- Slow reduced from 60% to 40%.
- Mobius Loop
- Level 18
- Unravelling
- Lingering Slowing Sands no longer consume Energy.
- Now also increases Slowing Sands cast range by 50%.
- Unravelling
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%.
- Divine Fortress
- Level 7
- Steed Charge
- Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
- Steed Charge
- Level 13
- Blessed Hammer
- Damage reduced from 74 to 65.
- Blessed Hammer
- 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%.
- Holy Renewal
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%.
- Is That a Health Pack?!
- Level 13
- Jumper
- Cooldown refresh reduced from 150% to 100%.
- Shield reduced from 6.5% to 6%.
- Jumper
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%.
- Recklessness
- 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.
- Guillotine
- Level 16
- Let the Killing Begin
- Kill window reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
- Let the Killing Begin
- Level 20
- Buzzsaw
- Kill window reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
- Buzzsaw
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.
- Flame Buffet [E]
- Base
- Azmodan
- Level 13
- Chain of Command
- Fixed an issue that caused Chain of Command to not apply to Demonic Invasion's on-death explosion.
- Chain of Command
- Level 13
- Brightwing
- Base
- Phase Shift [Z]
- Fixed an issue with Phase Shift's Store Icon.
- Phase Shift [Z]
- Base
- 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.
- Storm, Earth, Fire
- Level 10
- Cho'Gall
- General
- Fixed an issue that caused Cho'Gall to contest points while Cho is in Stasis.
- General
- Dehaka
- Base
- Brushstalker [Z]
- Fixed an issue with Brushstalker's Store Icon.
- Will now clamp the minimum cast range to Dehaka's radius.
- Brushstalker [Z]
- Base
- E.T.C.
- Level 7
- Pinball Wizard
- Bonus damage updated to be additive.
- Pinball Wizard
- 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.
- Face Smelt
- Level 7
- Falstad
- Base
- Flight [Z]
- Fixed an issue with Flight's Store Icon.
- Flight [Z]
- 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.
- Mighty Gust
- Base
- 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.
- Arsenal Synergy
- Level 4
- Inhibiting Energy
- Fixed an issue that caused Inhibiting Energy to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
- Inhibiting Energy
- Level 1
- Imperius
- Level 20
- Unrelenting Descent
- Fixed an issue that caused Unrelenting Descent's Heal to be delayed.
- Unrelenting Descent
- Level 20
- Johanna
- Base
- Punish [Q]
- Fixed an issue that caused Punish to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
- Punish [Q]
- Base
- Kel'Thuzad
- Level 4
- Phylactery of Kel'Thuzad
- Announcements for Phylactery of Kel'Thuzad will now use team colors.
- Phylactery of Kel'Thuzad
- Level 4
- Kerrigan
- Level 7
- Boundless Fury
- Fixed an issue that caused Boundless Fury to refund charges against a target already marked.
- Boundless Fury
- Level 7
- Kharazim
- Level 4
- Spirit Ally
- Fixed an issue that caused Spirit Ally's heal FX to be visible in Fog of War.
- Spirit Ally
- Level 4
- Lúcio
- Base
- Wall Ride [Z]
- Fixed an issue with Wall Ride's Store Icon.
- Wall Ride [Z]
- Base
- Lt. Morales
- Level 10
- Medivac Dropship
- Announcements for Medivac Dropship will now use team colors.
- Medivac Dropship
- Level 10
- Lunara
- Base
- Crippling Spores [W]
- Fixed an issue that caused Crippling Spores to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
- Crippling Spores [W]
- Base
- Maiev
- Level 16
- Armored Assault
- Fixed an issue that caused Armored Assault to not grant the full bonus to Umbral Bind's Cleave.
- Armored Assault
- Level 16
- Malthael
- Level 20
- No One Can Stop Death
- Announcements for No One Can Stop Death will now use team colors.
- No One Can Stop Death
- Level 20
- Mei
- Base
- Icing [E]
- Fixed an issue that caused Icing's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
- Icing [E]
- Level 10
- Ice Wall
- Fixed an issue that caused Ice Wall to not apply Stopped to D.Va's Self Destruct.
- Ice Wall
- Base
- Muradin
- Level 4
- Thunder Burn
- Tooltip has been updated to show Thunder Burn is a multiplicative reduction.
- Thunder Burn
- Level 13
- Thunder Strike
- Damage increase is now additive.
- Thunder Strike
- Level 4
- Probius
- Base
- Worker Rush [Z]
- Fixed an issue with Work Rush's Store Icon.
- Worker Rush [Z]
- Base
- Rehgar
- Base
- Purge [Trait]
- Fixed an issue that caused Purge to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
- Purge [Trait]
- Base
- 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.
- Critical Strike [W]
- Level 13
- Kawarimi
- Fixed an issue that caused Kawarimi to create a Mirror Image with the incorrect starting Health.
- Kawarimi
- Base
- Sgt. Hammer
- Base
- Thrusters [Z]
- Fixed an issue with Thrusters' Store Icon.
- Thrusters [Z]
- Base
- 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.
- Weighted Pustule [W]
- Base
- 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.
- Unfurling Shadows
- Level 1
- The Butcher
- Base
- Hamstring [Q]
- Fixed an issue that caused Hamstring to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
- Hamstring [Q]
- Base
- The Lost Vikings
- Base
- Go Go Go! [Z]
- Fixed an issue with Go Go Go's Store Icon.
- Go Go Go! [Z]
- Base
- Zagara
- Level 20
- Pack Instinct
- Fixed an issue that caused Devouring Maw to gain more bonuses than intended from Pack Instinct.
- Pack Instinct
- Level 20
- 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.
- You Want Axe? [Trait]
- 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?.
- Wrong Place Wrong Time
- General
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