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Published on May 18, 2021
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Experience Globes
Developer Comment: We are continuously looking for gameplay changes that make the game more fun while also educating the player base. This change does both - giving teams that missed the crucial 6 second timing window a chance for partial redemption while, at the same time, showing players where they are missing valuable experience via lane soaking. The team has been enjoying how this plays internally and are eager to hear your feedback.
Search Term Update
Developer Comment: We are constantly looking for ways of improving the player experience. This update should help players in Storm League find whom they are looking for. Common terms across the MOBA Genre have been added to many heroes allowing players to search for things like Double Soak, Sustain, Escape, Camps, Burst, Mage, Stun, CC, etc. Please give the ones listed a try and others you may think of. You may find it comes up with something you expect. Remember that if you need an alphabetical return you will need to have the Alphabetical flag turned on.
Battlegrounds
** Mei is still slightly overperforming at all levels of play, so she gets a boop from the nerf stick.
General Base Stats
Ice Storm [W]
Heat Transfer [Passive]
Cold Front [E]
Ice Wall [R2]
** D.Va’s Mech is still slightly more powerful than we’d like, and it’s giving D.Va the edge over other Heroes before considering her capabilities with Self-Destruct and Pilot mode. She also has some talents with some suffering pick rates that we hope are now more attractive.
General Base Stats
Fusion Cannons [Trait]
Full Metal [Trait]
Liquid Cooling [Active]
Rush-down [Q]
Aggression Matrix [W]
Fusion Generator [W]
Micro Missiles [R2]
Target Locked [W]
Stop and Pop [R1]
** Sonya has been overperforming, so she is getting a sizable decrease in strength. We're trying something a little different with Shattered Ground by separating its existing benefits based on its target, and we hope this change is more interesting than simply numerically reducing its bonus.
Furious Blow [W]
Shattered Ground [W]
Giant Slammer [W]
** We don’t dislike Uther being capable of playing a frontline role, but we do believe he’s doing so a little too freely. This should make it a little more expensive for Uther to rush into danger.
Devotion [Trait]
Beacon of Light [Q]
Tyr's Deliverance [W]
Divine Protection [Trait]
** Hogger is inching closer towards what we feel is a healthy state of balance, but the PvE efficacy that Hogg Wild offers is still keeping him above many other Bruisers. We think increasing the baseline damage and re-focusing the Rage bonuses towards PvP only will help in this regard.
Hogg Wild [E]
On The Prowl [Active]
Brute Force [Q/D]
Aggro Range [E]
Pummel [E]
No Control [Active]
** Lucio has become a dominant force in the hands of skilled players. We’re happy we’ve been able to make High Five a competitive option, and so we’re simply targeting Lucio’s personal survivability. We’ve yet to get players to play their Boomboxes, but we’ll keep trying.
Party Mix [W]
Boombox [Active]
High Five [R2]
Slip [Z]
Up To Eleven [E]
Mixing Fire [R2]
** Azmodan's PvE-centric talents are proving a little stronger than we'd like for how easy they are to execute on, so we're shaving off a little bit of power across the board and greatly reducing the cast range of Demonic Invasion. We're also normalizing Globe of Annihilation's level scaling since his Q builds are underperforming at most levels of play.
Globe of Annihilation [Q]
Greed [Q]
Gluttony [Q]
Master of Destruction [E]
Demonic Invasion [R1]
Hell Rift [E]
Siegebreaker [R1]
Pride [Q]
** Falstad’s last changes have certainly shocked the Nexus, unfortunately in part due to some regrettable bugs. With some tuning to keep him grounded, and a new coat of paint, Falstad is ready for his next flight.
Lightning Rod [W]
Gathering Storm [Q]
Dishonorable Discharge [W]
Thunderstrikes [W]
** It’s been a minute since we’ve seen Junkrat blow some stuff up. Get at it!
Frag Launcher [Q]
Extra-Wound Timers [Q]
Big As [E]
Rocket Ride [R2]
** Tassadar's Q build is underperforming at higher levels of play, so we're bumping him up slightly in that regard. The reduction in channel duration doesn’t change how quickly the beam begins to travel, and instead just allows Tassadar to act sooner.
Shock Ray [Q]
Induction [Q]
Beam Alignment [Q]
Shadow Walk [Active]
** Previously, The Lost Vikings had received a significant buff to their base stats to assist in their adjustment to experience globes. The Lost Viking players have since adapted wonderfully, so we're halving the impact of that buff, while assisting a few weaker talents.
Baleog
Erik
Olaf
It's a Sabotage! [Passive]
Norse Force! [Q]
Longboat Raid! [R2]
Impatience Is a Virtue [Passive]
64 KB Marathon [Z]
Ragnarok 'n' Roll! [R1]
Heroes
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