BALANCE

Published on November 1, 2017

Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes — November 1, 2017

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

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Heroes:

Hero Balance Updates (12)

Valla

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Hungering Arrow (Q)

Primary damage reduced from 151 to 140
Secondary (bounce) damage reduced from 86 to 80

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Caltrops (E)
Time required at 10 stacks of Hatred to unlock reward reduced from 180 to 160 seconds

Leoric

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Entomb (R)

Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 seconds

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Kneel Peasants! (Q)
Damage bonus to Minions increased from 75 to 100%

Raynor

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Adrenaline Rush (E)

Cooldown reduced from 40 to 30 seconds

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Relentless Leader (Passive)
Cooldown reduction of Adrenaline Rush decreased from 15 to 10 seconds

Stukov

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Base Maximum Health increased from 1590 to 1682
Health regen increased from 3.31 to 3.5

Tychus

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Basic Attack Damage increased from 44 to 48

Overkill (Q)

Primary Damage increased from 43 to 46
Secondary damage increased from 21 to 23

Zagara

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Nydus Network (R)

Charge cooldown increased from 60 to 100 seconds

Azmodan

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General of Hell (D)

No longer grants additional Minion & Mercenary Health
Minion & Mercenary damage increased from 15 to 25%

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Sieging Wrath (Q)
Damage per player hit reduced from 4 to 3
Damage needed to unlock quest reduced from 100 to 90

Garrosh

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 16

General

Earthshaker (E)
Stun duration decreased from .75 to .6 seconds

Junkrat

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Base Maximum Health increased from 1273 to 1350
Health Regeneration increased from 2.7 to 2.8

Frag Launcher (Q)

Damage increased from 117 to 128

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Taste for Explosions (Q)
Damage decreased from .75 to .5 per hit, maximum damage decreased from 150 to 100
Bonzer Hits (W)
Bonus damage increased from 30 to 40%
Gotta Trap 'Em All (E)
Heroes hit requirement reduced from 8 to 7
Sticky Wicket (E)
Slow duration increased from 3 to 3.5 seconds

Muradin

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Storm Bolt (Q)

Mana cost decreased from 50 to 45

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Sledgehammer (Q)
Bonus damage increased from 300% > 350%
Skullcracker (Passive)
Damage bonus increased from 60 to 70%
Heavy Impact (E)
Adjusted functionality:
Now slows enemies by 80% for .75 seconds

Bug Fixes

Draft Mode: Fixed an issue that prevented players from selecting the Garden Shambler Murky Skin in draft lobbies.

Zul'jin

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Guillotine (R)

Cooldown increased from 30 to 40 seconds

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Boneslicer (Q)
Mana refund increased from 10 to 15
Voodoo Shuffle (Active)
Cooldown and Mana cost reduction increased from 33 to 40%
Ferocity (Passive)
Attack speed bonus increased from 35 to 40%
Vicious Assault (Q)
Damage bonus increased from 30 to 35%
Eye of Zul’jin (Passive)
Movement speed per stack increased from 3 to 6%
Cap remains at 30%

Bug Fixes

Draft Mode: Fixed an issue that prevented players from selecting the Garden Shambler Murky Skin in draft lobbies.

Kharazim

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Iron Fists (Trait)
Movement Speed bonus reduced from 30 to 25%
Transcendence (Trait)
Added Functionality:
Now also grants Kharazim 25% Movement Speed on the third punch
Insight (Trait)
Added Functionality:
Now also grants Kharazim 25% Movement Speed on the third punch

Bug Fixes

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

Kerrigan: Triggering the Double Strike Talent after learning Fury of the Storm will no longer cause the next Basic Attack to deal more than the intended amount of cleave damage to secondary targets.
Muradin: After learning Thunder Burn, Thunder Clap will no longer fail to fire a second time if an enemy was struck by the outer-edge of the initial cast’s area of effect.
Muradin: Fixed an issue causing Muradin’s Second Wind Trait and Third Wind Talent to restore less than the intended amount of Health.
Nazeebo: The Superstition Talent’s visual effects will no longer persist after Nazeebo is killed.
Zul’jin: The Troll’s Blood Talent will now correctly restore 10% of Zul’jin’s maximum Mana when Regeneration channeling completes.

User Interface

Draft Mode: Fixed an issue that prevented players from selecting the Garden Shambler Murky Skin in draft lobbies.