Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes - August 28, 2019

General

• Eye of the Tiger [W]
• Bonus damage and healing reduced from 50% to 40%.
• Stormstout Secret Recipe [Passive]
• Healing increased from 2.5% to 3% of Chen’s maximum Health.
• Accumulating Flame [W]
• Increased Ignited damage reduced from 25% to 20%.
• Withering Flames [W]
• Spell Power reduction increased from 40% to 50%.
• Gift of the Ox [E]
• Stagger’s damage duration increased from .5 seconds to 1 second.
• Storm, Earth, Fire [R2]
• Cooldown increased from 100 to 120 seconds.
• Ring of Fire [W]
• Damage reduced from 60 to 55.
• Celerity [E]
• Armor bonus increased from 20 to 30.
• Combo Strikes [Trait]
• Attack Speed bonus reduced from 50% to 35%.

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• Explosive Arrows [Q]
• Bonus damage reduced from 75% to 60%.
• Dragonstrike [R1]
• Cooldown reduced from 100 to 60 seconds.
• Mana cost reduced from 100 to 60.
• Damage increased from 70 to 78.
• Mounted Archery [Passive]
• Movement Speed bonus increased from 20% to 25%.
• The Dragon Awakens [R1]
• Cooldown reduction reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.

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• Slime Time [Q]
• Required number of times enemy Heroes need to be Slimed to receive quest rewards reduced from 15/30 to 10/20.
• Living the Dream [Passive]
• Maximum Spell Power bonus increased from 20% to 25%.

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• Caltrops [E]
• Additional functionality: Upon completing the quest, Vault’s Mana cost is reduced from 50 to 25.

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• Ruthless Momentum [W]
• Cooldown recharge rate reduced from 100% to 75%.
• Show of Force [Trait]
• Damage reduced from 68 to 65.
• Hindered Motion [W]
• Slow duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.

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• Heavy Burden [E]
• Slow amount increased from 40% to 50%.

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• Eternal Flames [W]
• Additional functionality: Also refunds 35 Mana when Stunning enemy Heroes with Shadow Charge or Overpower.
• Diabolical Momentum [Passive]
• Cooldown reduction increased from 1 to 1.25 seconds.
• Adjusted the order of talents to match other heroes (Q, W, E, etc.).
• Devastating Charge [Q]
• Damage bonus reduced from 80% to 50%.
• Adjusted functionality:
• Quest: Hit 5 enemy Heroes against terrain with Shadow Charge.
• Reward: Hitting enemy Heroes against terrain with Shadow Charge reduces their Armor by 15 for 4 seconds.
• Hellfire [W]
• Additional functionality: When at maximum stacks, Diablo deals 15 damage to nearby enemies.

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• Hardened Bones [W]
• Armor increased from 40 to 50.
• Shroud of the Dead King [Active]
• Cooldown reduced from 60 to 30 seconds.

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• Dust of Disappearance [Active]
• Allied Heroes who are given Stealth are unable to be revealed for .5 seconds.

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• Electric Charge [W]
• Additional functionality: Damage done with Lightning Shield to enemy Heroes heals Rehgar for 30% of the damage dealt.
• Colossal Totem [E]
• Additional functionality: Earthbind Totem can be reactivated to move an existing totem to a new location once.
• Wolf Run [Z]
• Additional functionality: Hitting an enemy Hero with Ghost Form’s Lunge attack reduces the cooldown of Ghost Wolf by 1 second.
• Totemic Projection [E]
• Removed.
• Farsight [Active]
• Removed.
• New talent: Grounded Totem [E]
• Increase the Health of Earthbind Totem by 100%. Enemy Heroes who are Slowed by Earthbind Totem also have their Attack Speed Slowed by 40%.
• Bloodlust [R2]
• Range increased from 8 to 12.
• Movement Speed bonus increased from 25% to 35%.

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• Flailing Swipe [R1]
• Cooldown reduced from 80 to 60 seconds.
• Mana cost reduced from 80 to 60.
• Controlled Chaos [R1]
• Cooldown of Flailing Swipe changed from 30 to 25 seconds.
• Mana cost of Flailing Swipe changed from 30 to 25.

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• Press the Advantage [E]
• Duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds.
• Dash [E]
• No longer has a quest component.
• Adjusted functionality: Increase the range of Run and Gun by 50%. Casting Run and Gun grants Tychus 20% Movement Speed for 2.5 seconds.
• Combat Tactician [E]
• New functionality: Casting Run and Gun reduces the cooldown of Minigun by 8 seconds.

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• Timewalker’s Pursuit [Active]
• Spellpower bonus increased from 10% to 15%.
• Bronze Talons [Q]
• Bonus Basic Attack damage increased from 30% to 40%.
• Mobius Loop [W]
• Cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 to 1.75 seconds.
• Here and There [Active]
• Cooldown reduced from 25 to 20 seconds.
• Fast Forward [Q]
• Additional functionality: Also refunds 10 Mana when Sand Blast travels 50% of its base distance and hits an enemy Hero.
• Blessing of the Bronze [Active]
• Additional functionality: Hitting enemy Heroes with Sand Blast from Chromie or her Echoes reduces the cooldown of Blessing of the Bronze by 8 seconds.

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• Cube Mastery [W]
• Mana cost reduction of Scroll of Sealing changed from 30 to 25.
• Scroll of Sealing cooldown reduction increased from 3 to 4.
• Safety in Numbers [Passive]
• Additional functionality: When 3 allied Heroes are nearby, Deckard’s Mana Regeneration is also increased by 50%.

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• Rain of Destruction [R2]
• Cooldown reduced from 100 to 70 seconds.
• Mana cost reduced from 90 to 80.
• Darkness Within [Trait]
• New functionality: Dealing 600 damage to enemy Heroes causes the next cast of Life Tap to cost no Health and grant Gul’dan 25% Spell Power for 5 seconds.

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• Reinforce [Passive]
• Physical Armor amount reduced from 75 to 50.
• Adjusted functionality: Casting a Basic Ability gives Johanna 60 Physical Armor for 2.5 seconds.

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• Rearranged talents at Levels 1 and 13 to appear in the same order as other Heroes (Q, W, E, etc.).
• Astral Presence [Passive]
• Mana threshold for Mana gain increased from 25% to 35%.
• Seeker [Q]
• Damage increased from 125 to 140.
• Zei’s Vengeance [W]
• Damage increase bonus for distance traveled increased from 25% to 30%.
• Disintegrate [R1]
• Damage increased from 11 to 12.
• Glass Cannon [Passive]
• Spell Power bonus increased from 15% to 20%.

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• Everlasting Light [Q]
• Healing increased from 40% to 45%.
• Mark of Mending [Trait]
• Self-healing increased from 2% to 2.5% maximum Health.
• Elune’s Chosen [Active]
• Healing reduced from 200% to 175% of the damage dealt.
• The talents on this tier have been moved to follow normal talent ordering conventions (Q, W, E, etc.).
• Ranger [Active]
• Cooldown reduced from 30 to 25 seconds.
• Trueshot Aura [Active]
• Cooldown reduced from 60 to 45 seconds.
• Huntress’ Fury [Trait]
• Ranger’s Mark [Trait]
• Basic Attacks against marked targets no longer increase the duration of Hunter’s Mark.
• New functionality: Basic Attacks against marked targets reduce the cooldown of Lunar Flare by 1.5 seconds.
• Celestial Attunement [Q]

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• Shroud of Adun [Trait]
• Shield amount increased from 15% to 20%.
• Shield gain reduced from being over 5 seconds to over 3 seconds.

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• Impaling Light [Q]
• Damage increased from 50% to 100%.
• Cooldown reduction increased from 1 second to 1.25 seconds.
• Consuming Flame [W]
• Center damage bonus increased from 100% to 125%.
• Battle Hunger [Trait]
• Healing increased from 50% to 60%.
• Pathetic Mortals [Q]
• Damage reduction increased from 35% to 40%.
• Celestial Swiftness [Q]
• Movement Speed bonus increased from 20% to 25%.

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• Heavenly Zeal [W]
• Increased Breath of Heaven Healing duration increased from 3 to 3.5 seconds.

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• Khaydarin Resonance [Passive]
• Regeneration Globe amounts for quest completion reduced from 15/30 to 10/20.
• Plasma Shield quest completion bonuses reduced from 20%/40% to 15%/30%.
• Resonation [W]
• Slow amount increased from 50% to 60%.
• Adun’s Wisdom [Trait]
• Cooldown reduction increased from 50% to 75%.
• Phase Disruption [W]
• Physical Armor reduction increased from 25 to 35.
• Focused Beam [Trait]
• Bonus damage increased from 1% to 1.5% maximum Health.
• Prismatic Link [Passive]
• Damage increased from 40% to 50%.

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• Accelerated Decay [Q]
• Bonus damage increased from 20% to 25%.
• Maximum stacks reduced from 6 to 4.
• Ice Cold [Passive]
• Cooldown reduction increased from 5 to 8 seconds.
• Bonus damage increased from 300% to 400%.
• Frost Blast [R1]
• Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 seconds.
• Mana cost reduced from 50 to 45.
• Root duration increased from 1.75 to 2 seconds.
• Shadow Fissure [R2]
• Mana cost reduced from 45 to 40.
• Damage reduced from 360 to 320.
• New functionality: Damaging an enemy Hero with Shadow Fissure resets its cooldown.
• Icy Grasp [W]
• Damaging enemy Heroes who are slowed by Frost Nova no longer increases its slow duration.
• New functionality: Damaging enemy Heroes who are slowed by Frost Nova reduces the cooldown of Frost Nova by .4 seconds.
• Might of the Scourge [R2]
• If an enemy Hero is hit by Shadow Fissure, then it will explode a second time below them 1 second later.  This second cast will not duplicate itself.