Heroes of the Storm Balance Update — December 6, 2016

General

• Way of the Blade (W)
• Critical Strike bonus damage reduced from 25 to 20%
• Mirage (Q)
• Spell Block mitigation amount reduced from 50 to 40% per charge

General

• Lion's Maw (Q)
• Slow increased from 40 to 50%
• Warbringer (E)
• Cooldown reduction decreased from 10 to 8 seconds
• Live by the Sword (W)
• Duration bonus increased from 20 to 40%
• Cooldown reduction decreased from 3 to 2 seconds
• Vigilance (R)
• Cooldown reduction increased from .75 to 1 second per Heroic Basic Attack

General

• Epic Mount (Z)
• Now reduces Flight cooldown to 30 seconds 

General

• Calamity (E)
• Now only deals damage to Heroic targets

General

• Toads of Hugeness (E)
• Bonus per hop increased from 15 to 20%
• Maximum bonus increased from 60 to 80%
• Soul Harvest (Active)
• Ability Power and Health bonus increased from 4 to 5% for each enemy hit
• Maximum bonus increased from 20 to 25%

General

• Shadow Hunter (E)
• Cooldown reduction upon quest completion increased from .75 to 1 second
• Grim Task (Passive)
• Ability Power stack bonus increased from 4 to 5%
• Maximum Ability Power bonus increased from 40 to 50%
• Mending Strikes (Passive)
• Healing reduced from 40 to 35%
• Void Slash (Q)
• Damage bonus increased from 40 to 50%

General

• Iron Fists (Trait)
• Damage bonus reduced from 125 to 110%
• Earth Ally (Active)
• Cooldown increased from 30 to 45 seconds
• Heavenly Zeal (W)
• Movement Speed bonus increased from 25 to 30%

General

• Flea Bag (Passive)
• Cooldown reduction increased from 3 to 6 seconds