v2.55.11

BALANCE

Published on December 12, 2025

Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes — December 12, 2025

We’ve just released a patch to the live servers in order to apply some balance and map updates.

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Battlegrounds & Map Updates

Alterac Pass
- Objective capture time is now capped at 55 seconds.
Blackheart's Bay
- Cannon damage increased to 2,875, up from 2,815.
Volskaya Foundry
- Late game health scaling of Protector increased.
Warhead Junction
- Attacking a burning building now stops the duration of burn for 3 seconds.

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Hero Balance Updates (5)

Thrall

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 1

Maelstrom Weapon

Completion requirements increased to 25/55/100, up from 20/40/100.

Falstad

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Lightning Rod [W]

Now strikes every .8 seconds, down from 1 second. Total number of strikes stay the same.
Range increased by 1.

Talent Changes

Level 1

Frequent Flyer

Cooldown increased to 60 seconds, up from 45 seconds.
Quest requirements increased to 60/150/300, up from 50/125/300.

Gul'dan

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 1

Echoed Corruption

Pinnacle Reward healing increased to 100%, up from 50%.
Pinnacle Reward requirement reduced to 85, down from 100.

Level 16

Ruinous Affliction

Damage reduced by 10%.

Kerrigan

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Ravage [Q]

Baseline quest now provides 7 stacks per kill, up from 5.
Baseline quest requirements increased to 85/150, up from 75/125.

Talent Changes

Level 7

Bladed Momentum

Cooldown reduction increased to .75 seconds, up from .6 seconds.

Sylvanas

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 4

Possession

Now has a 1 second cooldown between uses, down from 2 seconds.

Unstable Poison

Damage increased to 150, up from 130.

Haunting Arrows

No longer affects Mercs.