Heroes of the Storm

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Quick Navigation:

• General
• Storm League
• Balance Update
• Bug Fixes

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General

• Anduin has replaced Malfurion as the Ally hero in Try Me Mode.
• Numerous game strings have been updated to reflect current gameplay.
• Updated Homescreen and Startup Music.

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Storm League

• Rank Decay will now only apply to players in Master and Grand Master Leagues.
• Reduced maximum party size for Master and Grand Master players to 2.

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Balance Update

Heroes

Ana
Base

• Biotic Grenade [W]
  
  • Added Functionality: If Biotic Grenade does not hit any enemies, its cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds.
  • Added Functionality: If Biotic Grenade only hits Ana, its cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.

Talents

• Level 1
  
  • Vampiric Rounds
    
    • Shrike now gives a 15% passive healing bonus.
• Level 20
  
  • Deadeye
    
    • Added Functionality: Eye of Horus can now be toggled On and Off.
    • Added Functionality: Eye of Horus cooldown is now 0.5 seconds.
    • Added Functionality: Eye of Horus rounds are regained once every 10 seconds.
    • Bonuses acquired from Deadeye now lasts 7 seconds.

Azmodan
Talents

• Level 16
  
  • Trample
    
    • Added Functionality: Now reduces Heroic cooldown by 25% if Trample hits a Hero.

Genji
Talents

• Level 1
  
  • Pathfinder
    
    • Added Functionality: Heroic Ability now heals Genji for up to 30% of the damage dealt to enemy Heroes. Healing amount is increased based on how low Genji's Health is.
• Level 10
  
  • X-Strike
    
    • Cooldown increased from 60 seconds to 75 seconds.
    • Detonation damage increased from 275 to 290.
    • Slash damage increased from 135 to 145.
• Level 13
  
  • Shingan
    
    • Now does 40% less damage to Structures.
• Level 20
  
  • Living Weapon
    
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 10 seconds to 12.5 seconds.

Imperius
Base

• Molten Armor [E]
  
  • Now hits an extra target if no Heroes are in range.

Talents

• Level 1
  
  • Impaling Light
    
    • Rework: Impaling Light cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.
    • Rework: Impaling Light does 180% more damage to Heroes, reduced by 20% for each additional Hero hit.
    • Rework: Impaling Light mana cost is reduced from 40 to 30.
    • Rework: When a Valorous Branded target's Stun ends, Impaling Light's cooldown is reduced by 1 second for each Valorous Brand on the target.
• Level 7
  
  • Blaze of Glory
    
    • Blaze of Glory delay reduced from 2 seconds to 1.75 seconds.
  • Holy Fervor
    
    • Molten Armor no longer grants Holy Fervor.
• Level 20
  
  • Heavenly Host
    
    • Added Functionality: All Shields created by Angelic Armaments no longer expire.
    • Added Functionality: Swords fired by Heavenly Host Shields can target non-Heroes, but Heroes are prioritized.
  • Molten Wrath
    
    • New Talent: Molten Armor will now hit an extra target even if enemy Heroes are in range.

Lunara
Talents

• Level 7
  
  • Splintered Spear
    
    • Added Functionality: Now grants 3 stacks of Splintered Spear. A stack is consumed when an extra target is attacked. Can have a maximum of 3 stacks and all stacks can be consumed in a single attack.
• Level 13
  
  • Endless Spores
    
    • Now also refunds 50 Mana.
• Level 20
  
  • For The Wildlands!
    
    • New Talent: Thornwood Vine now shoots out 4 additional Vines in an arc.
  • Forest's Wrath
    
    • Can now be selected with either Heroic.

Malthael
Base

• Wraith Strike [W]
  
  • Range is increased from 6 to 7.

Talents

• Level 4
  
  • Black Harvest
    
    • Quest goal reduced from 180 seconds to 150 seconds.
• Level 10
  
  • Tormented Souls
    
    • No longer resets the cooldown of Wraith Strike when Tormented Souls ends.
    • Now reduces the cooldown of Wraith Strike to 2 seconds and removes its Mana cost while Tormented Souls is active.
• Level 20
  
  • Reaper of Souls
    
    • While 2 or more enemy Heroes are in Tormented Souls' radius, its duration does not decay.

Zagara
Talents

• Level 16
  
  • Corrosive Saliva
    
    • Damage reduced from 1.75% to 1.5% of maximum Health.

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Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Taunt effects.

Map

• Battlefield of Eternity
  
  • Fixed an issue where areas of the map were not covered under Fog of War.
• Blackheart's Bay
  
  • Fixed an issue where some Heroes would not be able to path around Healing Fountains.
• Cursed Hollow
  
  • Fixed an issue where Hogger could go through unpathable sections of the map.
• Warhead Junction
  
  • Fixed an issue where healing fountains were not symmetrical on the map.

Heroes

• Artanis
  
  • Base
    
    • Shield Overload [Q]
      
      • Fixed an issue that caused Shield Overload to not display correctly if empowered by Shield Surge.
• Brightwing
  
  • Level 10
    
    • Blink Heal
      
      • Fixed an issue that caused Blink Heal's trailing images to be visible while Brightwing has no remaining Blink Heal charges.
• Chen
  
  • Base
    
    • Fortifying Brew [Trait D]
      
      • Fixed an issue that caused Fortifying Brew being instantly destroyed not granting Attack Speed.
      • Fortifying Brew has been added to the Buff Bar.
• Dehaka
  
  • Base
    
    • Burrow [E]
      
      • Fixed an issue that caused Burrow's visuals to be displaced if Dehaka is launched shortly after Burrow ends.
• Jaina
  
  • Base
    
    • Frostbite [Trait]
      
      • Ice Block's before first use attention indicator is now also removed when Jaina is killed.
• Johanna
  
  • Level 4
    
    • Eternal Retaliation
      
      • Updated Eternal Retaliation's visual effect to only be visible to Johanna.
  • Level 10
    
    • Blessed Shield
      
      • Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Blessed Shield.
• Lt. Morales
  
  • Level 10
    
    • Medivac Dropships
      
      • Fixed an issue that caused Medivac Reinforcement's indicator beam to point to Lt. Morales' active position instead of where Reinforcements was cast.
• Mephisto
  
  • Base
    
    • Shade of Mephisto [E]
      
      • Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Shade of Mephisto.
• Ragnaros
  
  • Level 13
    
    • Cauterize Wounds
      
      • Cauterize Wounds healing is now a singular combined effect each time it heals, instead of a heal effect for each Hero hit.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Cauterize Wounds healing amount to be determined by the damage dealt to the target furthest from the primary Empower Sulfuras target.
      • If Cauterize Wounds is reapplied while already active, any remaining healing will apply over the refreshed duration.
• Samuro
  
  • Base
    
    • Critical Strike [W]
      
      • Fixed an issue that caused Samuro's Critical Strike stacks to be visible to an enemy Samuro.
• Sonya
  
  • Level 10
    
    • Wrath of the Berserker
      
      • Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Wrath of the Berserker.
• Stukov
  
  • Base
    
    • Healing Pathogen [Q]
      
      • Fixed an issue that caused Healing Pathogen to persist for a brief period after activating Bio-Kill Switch.
• Sylvanas
  
  • Base
    
    • Black Arrows [Trait D]
      
      • Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Black Arrows.
  • Level 10
    
    • Mind Control
      
      • Fixed an issue with the display duration for the duration bar of Mind Control.
  • Level 20
    
    • Deafening Blast
      
      • Fixed an issue that caused Deafening Blast to activate off of the center of units instead of their edge.
• The Lost Vikings
  
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Olaf from charging while Silenced.
• Valeera
  
  • Level 16
    
    • Assassinate
      
      • Damage bonus is now additive.
      • Fixed an issue with duration extension.

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