Heroes of the Storm Balance Update – July 26, 2017

General

• Backlash (Trait)
• Damage reduced from 15 to 12% of enemy Heroes’ maximum Health
• Grim Scythe (W)
• Cooldown reduction per attack increased from .5 to .75 seconds
• Maximum cooldown reduction increased from 10 to 12 seconds

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• Elusive Brawler (Active)
• Cooldown increased from 20 to 25 seconds
• Cooldown reduction from Basic Attacks reduced from 3 to 2 seconds

General

• Dodge (Passive)
• Charges reduced from 3 to 1
• Cooldown reduced from 12 to 8 seconds

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• Flare (Active)
• Cooldown reduced from 25 to 20 seconds

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• Spine Launcher (Passive)
• Slow duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds (now matches his attack speed)
• Fetid Touch (W)
• Quest requirements reduced from 20 and 40 Heroes hit to 15 and 30
• Growing Infestation (E)
• Added functionality:
• Now increases the Cooldown of Lurking Arm by 4 seconds
• One Good Spread… (Q)
• Spreading requirement reduced from 4 to 3 Heroes
• Mana refund increased from 30 to 40
• Vigorous Reuptake (D)
• Healing bonus reduced from 50 to 40%
• Pox Populi (D)
• Adjusted functionality:
• Detonating Bio-Kill Switch no longer refreshes heal duration, but instead sets the duration to 3 seconds
• Controlled Chaos (R)
• Cooldown between casts reduced from 3 to 1 second
• Cooldown for each charge reduced from 40 to 30 seconds
• Push Comes to Shove (R)
• Duration requirement reduced from 1.5 to 1.25 seconds

General

• Fully Loaded (D)
• Cooldown reduction increased from 33% (4 seconds) to ~41% (5 seconds)

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• Heavy Slam (W)
• Bonus damage reduced from 50 to 40%