BALANCE

Published on January 27, 2017

Heroes of the Storm Balance Update — January 27, 2017

We've just released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm in order to apply a few bug fixes, balance changes, and adjustments for the Rooster Race.

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Heroes:

General Updates

Rooster Race Adjustments

The Rooster Race event will now always appear whenever any player in the match has not yet completed their quest for the day.
Rooster Race duration increased by 3 seconds.
Players will now receive a Movement Speed bonus while carrying a Lunar Festival item.
The area in which Lunar Festival items will spawn has been reduced across all Battlegrounds.
The Rooster will no longer consume Lunar Festival items other than the type specified at the top of the screen.

Hero Balance Updates (10)

Sonya

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Whirlwind (E)

Damage increased from 339 to 441 over 3 seconds
Healing increased from 20 to 25% of damage done (tripled versus Heroes)

Talent Changes

Level 7

General

Poisoned Spear (Q)
Damage increased from 100 to 150% of Ancient Spear
Duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds
Life Funnel (E)
Healing increased from 30 to 35% to correspond with base Whirlwind changes

Uther

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Now has 10 Armor

Zarya

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Basic Attack damage reduced from 21 to 20

Particle Grenade (Q)

Damage reduced from 74 to 71

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Maximum Charge (Trait)
Energy gain from Regeneration Globes reduced from 20 to 15

Diablo

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Lightning Breath (R)

Increase turn rate by 25%
Damage reduced from 100 to 50
Damage effects per second increased from 2 to 4

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

From the Shadows (Q)
No longer grants additional stun time.
Additional range increased from 33 to 40%
Fire Devil (W)
Bonus attack damage reduced from 25 to 20%
Hellfire (W)
Bonus damage from Heroes hit increased from 10 to 12%
Max damage value increased from 100 to 120%
Domination (E)
No longer grants cooldown reduction on Overpower

Level 16

Level

**20**
Hellgate (Active)
Cooldown increased from 90 to 100 seconds

Thrall

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Earthquake (R)

Slow amount reduced from 70 to 50%
**Sundering (R)**
Cooldown reduced from 80 to 70 seconds

Zagara

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Creep Tumor (Trait)

Movement Speed bonus from 15 to 20%
Cooldown from 20 to 18 seconds

Hunter Killer (W)

Base damage from 62 to 65
Damage scaling from 3.5 to 4%

Talent Changes

Level 20

General

Endless Creep (Trait)
Movement Speed bonus from 15 to 10%

Artanis

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Shield Surge (Trait)
Bonus shield amount reduced from 80 to 75%
Chrono Surge (Q)
Duration of Attack Speed increased from 4 to 5 seconds
Templar's Zeal (Q)
Cooldown recharge rate increased from 100 to 150%
Graviton Vortex (E)
Cooldown reduction decreased from 6 to 5 seconds
Titan Killer (W)
Damage reduced from 2.5 to 2% of enemy Hero's maximum Health
Plasma Burn (Trait)
Damage increased from 50 to 55

Zul'jin

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Twin Cleave (W)

Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50

Guillotine (R)

Cooldown reduced from 45 to 30 seconds

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Boneslicer (Q)
Damage bonus increased from 15 to 20%
Arcanite Axes (W)
Cooldown reduction per Hero hit increased from .5 to .75 seconds
You Want Axe? (Passive)
Damage bonus per stack reduced from 1.5 to 1.25
Let the Killing Begin (Passive)
Buff duration reduced from 15 to 12 seconds
Wrong Place Wrong Time (W)
Damage from 140 to 150
Voodoo Shuffle (Active)
Cooldown reduced from 45 to 30 seconds
Ferocity (Trait)
Attack speed bonus reduced from 40 to 35%

Ragnaros

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Base Maximum Health reduced from 2100 to 2000
Base Health Regen reduced from 4.4 to 4.2 per second

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Sulfuras Hungers (Q)
Quest completion damage bonus reduced from 120 to 100
Catching Fire (Active)
Health Regeneration bonus reduced from 2 to 1.5 per regen globe gathered
Cauterize Wounds (Q)
Healing reduced from 60 to 50% of damage dealt

Stitches

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Health increased from 2738 to 2900
Health Regeneration increased from 5.7 to 6 per second

Bug Fixes

General

Rooster Race: Turning in the final Lunar Festival item required just before time expires will now properly grant credit for completing the Rooster Race.

A.I.

General: Error messages will no longer display on-screen when A.I. players use Abilities.
Try Mode: Fixed an issue causing Abathur to behave strangely when chosen as an ally in Try Mode.

Art

Samuro: Monkey King Samuro’s Mirror Images will no longer use a different skin variation than the real Samuro.

Battlegrounds

Battlefield of Eternity: Tyrael’s Holy Ground and Zagara’s Devouring Maw can no longer be used to displace the opposing Immortal while the Immortals are fighting.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

Chromie: Timewalker’s Pursuit quest rewards will no longer be granted immediately upon selecting the Talent.
Dehaka: Essence Devourer will now grant the intended amount of Essence per Regeneration Globe collected before and after completing its quest.
Dehaka: Bonus Essence granted by Regeneration Globes after completing the Essence Devourer quest will now properly grant credit toward Enhanced Agility and Tissue Regeneration quests.
Greymane: Marked for the Kill now correctly reduces the target’s armor by 25, increasing their damage taken.
Ragnaros: Fixed an issue that made it possible for Empower Sulfuras to occasionally deal double damage.
Rexxar: After learning Thrill of the Hunt, Misha’s Basic Attacks will no longer provide Rexxar with a Movement Speed bonus.
Stitches: The Hungry for More talent will now correctly grant maximum Health bonuses after collecting Regeneration Globes.
Stitches: Savor the Flavor no longer grants bonus Health Regeneration after using Devour on non-Heroic targets.
Tassadar: Fixed an issue causing damage absorbed by Plasma Shield to display as double on the tab/score screen.
Tassadar: Khala’s Light will no longer grant Armor to Structures affected by Plasma Shield.
Tassadar: Fixed an issue in which Basic Attacks did not always count toward Templar’s Will quest progress.
The Lost Vikings: Fixed an issue causing the Viking Hoard talent to fail to grant bonuses to Health Regeneration.
Tychus: Fixed an issue causing Overkill to deal less damage than expected.
Valeera: Dealing Shield damage to a Stealthed Valeera after the Unrevealable phase of Vanish has expired will now properly reveal her.
Valla: Hungering Arrows after the first will no longer fail to deal damage when cast multiple times on the same target.
Zeratul: Bonus Ability Power granted by Grim Task is now properly removed on death.
Zeratul: Fixed an issue in which Vorpal Blade could fail to teleport Zeratul the full distance to his target.

User Interface

Draft Mode: Fixed an issue that prevented players from selecting the Lunar Rooster and Festive Treasure Goblin Mounts in Draft Lobbies.