BALANCE

Published on October 8, 2018

Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes - October 10, 2018

We're about to release a new Heroes of the Storm patch to apply a number of balance changes and bug fixes.

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Hero Balance Updates (15)

Yrel

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Aegis of Light (E)
Armor reduced from 35 to 25
Duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds

Li Li

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Health increased from 1475 to 1534
Health Regeneration increased from 3.07 to 3.1953

Cloud Serpent (W)

Cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds
**Jug of 1,000 Cups (R)**
Healing per Jug reduced from 70 to 66

Cassia

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Lightning Fury (Q)

Damage scaling reduced from 4.5% per level to 4% per level

Talent Changes

Level 7

General

Surge of Light (Trait)
Damage reduced from 225 to 210

Diablo

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Lightning Breath (R)

Cooldown increased from 70 to 90 seconds

Talent Changes

Level 7

General

Diabolical Momentum (Passive)
Cooldown reduction increased from .75 to 1 second per Basic Attack

Medivh

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Force of Will (W)

Cooldown increased from 8 to 9 seconds

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Mage Armor (E)
Armor amount increased from 25 to 30
Force of Magic (W)
Spell Power bonus increased from 25% to 30%
Enduring Will (W)
Set cooldown of Force of Will increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds

Rexxar

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Grizzled Fortitude (Passive)
Cooldown reduced from 7 to 6 seconds
Crippling Talons (Q)
Slow duration increased from 3 to 3.5 seconds

Stukov

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 13

General

It Hungers (E)
Required Heroes hit reduced from 15 to 12

Azmodan

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Globe of Annihilation (Q)

Damage decreased from 192 to 184

Talent Changes

Level 7

General

Master of Destruction (E)
Annihilation granted for hitting a Hero increased from 2 to 3

Junkrat

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Developer Comment

** While we like the awesome plays that Junkrat can make by throwing enemies into his team with Concussion Mine, the ability is fairly hard to see coming for opponents for how powerful it is.  To help this, we are showing enemies its area of effect the moment that Junkrat throws the mine so that they have a better chance to reposition themselves before being blown up.  To compensate Junkrat, we are slightly increasing its range and giving him more Basic Attack damage, which should help both his waveclear and teamfight capabilities. Return

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Basic Attack damage increased from 110 to 116

Concussion Mine (W)

Now shows its area of effect to enemies upon being launched
Range increased from 10 to 10.5

Tyrande

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Shadowstalk (R)

Cooldown from 80 to 90 seconds

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Kaldorei Resistance (Q)
Spell Armor from 15 to 10
Lunar Blaze (E)
Bonus range from reduced 40% to 30%
Quickening Blessing (Q)
Movement Speed granted to Tyrande reduced from 10 to 5%

Kerrigan

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Developer Comment

**Developer Comment:** Kerrigan has one build that is particularly powerful at the moment, and these changes aim to bring her back in line with the rest of the cast.  We’ve also made a change to her baseline Assimilation to revert it to it’s previous levels, as her overall survivability is a little higher than desired from a melee assassin.  Return

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Health increased from 1680 to 1764
Health Regeneration increased from 3.5 to 3.675

Assimilation (Trait)

Shield amount reduced from 15% to 10% of damage dealt

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Fury of the Swarm (Passive)
Number of splash attacks after casting Ravage reduced from 2 to 1
Kinetic Fulmination (W)
Damage bonus decreased from 15% to 10% per stack
Maximum damage bonus decreased from 150% to 100%
Queen of Blades (Q)
Cooldown reduction increased from 4 to 6 second per enemy hit by Primal Grasp
Volatile Power (Trait)
Bonus shields reduced from 15% to 10%
Painful Spikes (W)
Damage reduced from 75 to 70
Omegastorm (R1)
Bonus duration per tick increased from .125 to .1875

Mephisto

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Durance of Hate (R)

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Cooldown reduced from 80 to 60 seconds

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Malicious Intent (Q)
Spell Power reduced from 20% to 15%
Hateful Mending (Q)
Healing increased from 50% to 60%
Static Barrier (W)
Shield duration reduced from 7 to 5 seconds
Spite (Trait)
Bonus globe duration increased from 60% to 100%

Whitemane

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Health reduced from 1434 to 1400
Health regen from 2.99 to 2.92

Inquisition (W)

Damage reduced from 53 to 50

Searing Lash (E)

Damage reduced from 82 to 78

Brightwing

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Soothing Mist (Trait)

Healing amount increased from 100 to 105
Cooldown reduced from 120 to 100 seconds

Talent Changes

Level 7

General

Critical Mist (Trait)
Healing amount increased from 200 to 250

Lt. Morales

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Health increased from 1472 to 1545
Health Regeneration increased from 3.07 to 3.2187

Safeguard (W)

Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
Armor increased from 25 to 30
**Displacement Grenade (E)**
Damage increased from 198 to 208

Talent Changes

Level 7

General

Physical Therapy (W)
Cooldown reduction increased from 4 to 5 seconds
Vanadium Plating (W)
Armor bonus now also applies to Root effects
EMP Grenade (E)
Total damage over 2 seconds increased from 80 to 100

Bug Fixes

General

Fixed a crash that could effect Murky.
We've improved authentication when launching the game through the Blizzard App.

Heroes

[Brightwing]: Fixed an issue where Phase Shift (Z) could be cast on vehicles (such as the Dragon Knight).
[D.Va]: Fixed a UI issue with D.Va's Self-Destruct where it expanded beyond the button's frame.
[Tracer]: Fixed a UI issue with Tracer's Pulse Bomb where it expanded beyond the button's frame.

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