Heroes of the Storm Live Patch Notes - April 20, 2026

Accumulating Flames

REWORK

• Quest: Gain stacks from hitting Heroes with DoT damage from Breath of Fire. Each stack provides 0.25 damage. At 20 damage, Keg Smash becomes ranged. **Mythic Reward:** At 75 damage, Breath of Fire redcues enemy Armor by 20 and is refreshed from Chen's Basic Attacks.

Eye of the Tiger

Elusive Brawler

• Movement Speed reduced from 30% to 20%.

Wandering Keg

• Cooldown increased from 50 seconds to 60 seconds.

Pressure Point

• Slow duration increased from 1 second to 1.5 seconds.

Frost Presence

• Increase the area of Howling Blast by 20%.

QUEST

• Root enemy Heroes with Howling Blast.

REWARD

• After Rooting 15 Heroes, Howling Blast's range is increased by 20% and it hits enemies in its path.

REWARD

• After Rooting 30 Heroes, Death Coil Slows Heroes hit by 50% for 0.75 seconds.

Borean Winds

• After Frozen Tempest has been active for 2 seconds, Arthas gains 10% Movement Speed.

PASSIVE

• Frozen Tempest's Slowing effects last an additional 0.5 seconds and its Mana cost is reduced by 4 per second.

Rime

• Every 5 seconds, gain 75 Physical Armor against the next enemy Hero Basic Attack, reducing the damage taken by 75%. Stores up to 3 charges.

PASSIVE

• While Arthas is Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned he heals 24 Health a second.

Shattered Armor

• Enemy Heroes hit by Howling Blast have their Armor reduced by 15 for 4 seconds.

Icy Talons

• Gain 3% Attack Speed for 2 seconds every time a Hero is damaged by Frozen Tempest, to a maximum of 60%.

Frost Strike

• Frostmourne Hungers deals an additional 115 Ability damage in an area and Slows Heroes hit by 20% for 2 seconds.

Immortal Coil

• Gain the healing effect of Death Coil even when used on enemies. If Death Coil is used on Arthas, it heals for an additional 75% bonus healing and its cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds.

Rune Tap

• Every 3rd Basic Attack heals Arthas for 5% of his max Health.

PASSIVE

• Each stack of Frostmourne Hungers increases Arthas' Maximum Health by 10.

Icebound Fortitude

• Cooldown: 35 seconds.
• Activate to gain 25 Armor and reduce the duration of Stuns, Slows, and Roots against Arthas by 75% for 3 seconds.
• Each Hero Rooted by Howling Blast reduces the cooldown of this ability by 2 seconds.

Deathlord

• If Death Coil is used on an enemy Hero, launch an additional Death Coil at a nearby enemy Hero.

PASSIVE

• Death Coil deals more damage the lower Arthas' current Health is, to a maximum of 50% bonus damage.

Deathchill

• Howling Blast's damage is increased by 2 for each stack of Frostmourne Hungers.
• Howling Blast deals 100% additional damage and Roots for an additional 0.25 seconds against Heroes under 50% Health.

Biting Cold

• Each second an enemy is damaged by Frozen Tempest, it deals 15% bonus damage, up to 75% bonus damage.

Remorseless Winter

• Enemy Heroes that remain within Frozen Tempest for 2.5 seconds are Rooted for 1.25 seconds and heal Arthas for 3% of his maximum Health. This effect has an 8 second cooldown per target.

Frostmourne Feeds

• Reduce the cooldown of Frostmourne Hungers by 6 seconds. Arthas heals for 75% of the Basic Attack damage dealt by Frostmourne Hungers.

Anti-Magic Shell

• Cooldown 60 seconds.
• Activate to make Arthas immune to Spell Damage for 4 seconds and heal Arthas for 25% of the damage prevented.

Legion of Northrend

• Reduce Army of the Dead's charge cooldown by 5 seconds.
• Each charge consumed spawns an additional Ghoul to attack nearby enemies. These Ghouls cannot be sacrificed.

Absolute Zero

• Sindragosa flies twice as far. Enemy Heroes are Rooted for 2.5 seconds, and then Slowed by 60% for 4 seconds.

Death Pact

• Instantly double your stacks of Frostmourne Hungers, but it no longer gains stacks from hitting Heroes or killing Minions.

PASSIVE

• Takedowns grant 2 stacks of Frostmourne Hungers.

Path of Frost

• Activate to instantly Mount with 10% additional Movement Speed. Taking damage does not dismount Arthas from this mount. Lasts up to 5 seconds.
• When Arthas dismounts, Slow all nearby enemies by 30% for 2 seconds and deal 66 damage.

Frequent Flyer

• Range to receive kill credit reduced from 14 to 8.5.

Robo-goblin

• Damage per second increased from 90 to 100.

Dwarf Launch

• Cooldown reduction decreased from 2 seconds to 1 second.

Mountain King

• ~~Dwarf Toss cooldown increased by 2 seconds.~~
• ~~Thunder Clap cooldown increased by 2 seconds.~~

Quickening Blessing

• Movement bonus increased from 20% to 25%.

Commander of Sentinels

• ~~Cooldown of Sentinel increased by 3 seconds.~~

Will of Tichondrius

Might of Sargeras

• Now provides 35 Armor for 3 seconds when using Necrotic Embrace.

REWORK

• Hit Heroes with Fel Claws to gain 0.5 damage. Hit 4 Heroes in the first two swipes to cause the last wipe to provide 2 additional damage. Upon reaching 40 stacks, Fel Claws now steals 4% health from opponents and Stuns for an additional 0.5 seconds.

Fueled by Torment

• Now causes Necrotic Embrace to Slow by 25% for 3 seconds.

Vampiric Aura

• Self healing increased from 30% to 40% and healing of nearby Allies increased from 15% to 20%.

Maelstrom Rounds

• Damage bonus increased from 30% to 40%.

Hyper-Cooling Engines

• Cooldown reduction no longer triggers off of Splash damage, but now triggers off of Structures.

Advanced Lava Strike

• Damage bonus increased from 50% to 65%.

Ultra-Capacitors

• Cooldown reduction no longer triggers off of Splash damage, but now triggers off of Structures.