BALANCE

Published on December 20, 2017

Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes – December 20, 2017

We just released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm to apply balance changes and a few bug fixes.

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Heroes:

Hero Balance Updates (12)

D.Va

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Basic Attack damage in Mech form increased from 21 to 24

Nova

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Health reduced from 1350 to 1300
Health Regeneration reduced from 2.81 to 2.71

Snipe (Q)

Damage reduced from 255 to 245

Talent Changes

Level 16

General

Lethal Decoy (E)
Holo Decoy damage bonus reduced from 50% to 40% of Nova’s damage

Hanzo

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Dragonstrike (R)

Damage increased from 58 to 64

Li Li

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Cloud Serpent (W)

Health restored per attack increased from 15 to 20

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Wind Serpent (W)
Cooldown reduction granted per Hero hit by Blinding Wind increased from 3 to 4 seconds
Serpent Sidekick (W)
Cloud Serpent duration bonus granted per attack increased from 0.5 to 0.6 seconds
Safety Sprint (Trait)
Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds
Let’s Go (Active)
Range increased from 4 to 6
Gale Force (E)
Bonus Basic Attack damage against Blinded Heroes increased from 50% to 75%

Lúcio

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Amp It Up (E)

Healing per second reduced from 120 to 114

Stukov

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

One Good Spread (Q)
Mana restoration reduced from 40 to 30

Thrall

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Basic Attack damage increased from 165 to 173

Talent Changes

Level 13

General

Spirit Shield (Active)
Cooldown reduction granted by Frostwolf Resilience increased from 8 to 10 seconds

Artanis

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 7

General

Chrono Surge (E)
Attack Speed bonus increased from 50% to 75%
Templar’s Zeal (Q)
Cooldown reduction increased from 150% to 200%
Phase Bulwark (Trait)
Spell Armor increased from 40 to 50

Garrosh

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Developer Comment

** While he is well balanced with regard to his win-rate, Garrosh has been widely considered more punishing than other Warriors compared to the amount of counter-play he offers. While we love his playstyle and the epic moments he can create, we wanted to reduce the amount of frustration he can cause opponents. We’ve added a window of time between being hit by Groundbreaker and being thrown into the enemy team, which should help players have more opportunity to outplay him. We’re also looking at other Heroes who are lacking in counter-play, or are overly frustrating to play against, and are planning to make similar changes to them in the future. Return to Top #### Bug Fixes General

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Health increased from 1970 to 2060
Health Regeneration increased from 4.102 to 4.293

Groundbreaker (Q)

Groundbreaker no longer pulls enemy Heroes to Garrosh
Instead, Groundbreaker now knocks enemy Heroes into the air, Stunning them for 0.75 seconds, and then Slowing them by 30% for 2 seconds
Talent tooltips for Warbreaker, Defensive Measures, Rough Landing, and Mortal Combo have been updated to reflect this change

Wrecking Ball (E)

Cooldown reduced from 16 to 14 seconds
Mana cost reduced from 70 to 65

Talent Changes

Level 16

Mortal Combo (Q)

Cooldown reduction granted to Wrecking Ball decreased from 10 to 8 seconds
Window of time to throw enemies increased from 2 to 3 seconds

Quick Cast

Fixed a bug causing Heroes to repeatedly cast Mount or other self-cast Abilities if the initial cast was interrupted by issuing another command using Quick Cast On Release.

Quick Cast

Fixed a bug in which holding right-click to move while attempting to cast Abilities using Quick Cast On Release could interrupt movement or prevent those Abilities from casting.

Brightwing

Phase Shift can now be correctly cast on the entirety of an allied Hero’s Minimap portrait.

Hanzo

Coming under the effects of Zarya’s Graviton Surge while casting Storm Bow will no longer prevent the player from using Hanzo’s Abilities after Graviton Surge ends.

Hanzo

Rejoining a game while AI Hanzo was casting Storm Bow will no longer prevent the player from using Hanzo’s Abilities.

The Butcher

Fixed an issue preventing The Butcher from using consumable items such as Healing Pulse or Turrets on Volskaya Foundry.

Nazeebo

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Corpse Spiders (Q)

Damage increased from 36 to 38

Ravenous Spirit (R)

Damage increased from 103.4 to 108

Gargantuan (R)

Health reduced from 2300 to 2185

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Hexed Crawlers (Q)
Health and Mana return increased from 0.75% to 1%
Vile Infection (Trait)
Damage bonus reduced from 200% to 150%

Brightwing

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Polymorph (W)

Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50

Alexstrasza

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Lifebinder (R)

Cooldown reduced from 75 to 60 seconds
Mana cost reduced from 100 to 80

Cleansing Flame (R)

Cooldown increased from 90 to 100 seconds
Damage reduced from 150 to 135

Talent Changes

Level 16

General

Draconic Discipline (Trait)
Dragonqueen duration bonus reduced from 9 to 7 seconds