Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes – April 24, 2018

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• Neutral Swarm Host Boss
  • Will no longer burrow while defending its camp.
  • Slime Pods
    • Pod impact locations will now display warning indicators on the terrain.
    • Pods now explode immediately on impact, and no longer spawn Podlings.
    • Increased the number of Pods launched per cast.
• Captured Swarm Host Boss
  • All of the above changes also apply to captured Swarm Hosts.
  • Slime Trail
    • Removed.
  • Slime Pods
    • Pods can now target Structures.

Developer Comment: We believe the Warhead Junction boss is a cool variant of the standard golem boss found on most maps, but it had some inconsistencies that needed addressing. These changes essentially make the boss a better version of itself—its neutral and captured versions are closer in power, and its Slime Pods create a cooler moment than its Podlings did previously.

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• Fixed a number of typo and tooltip errors across several aspects of the game.

• Hanzo: Fixed an issue that could cause A.I. Hanzo to repeatedly Channel and cancel Storm Bow.

• Blaze: Icon art has been swapped for the Adhesive Petroleum and Oil Dispersal Talents.
• Lunar Sylvanas: Fixed an issue causing Lunar Sylvanas to play an incorrect animation on the Most Played screen.

• Checkpoint: Hanamura (Brawl): The Brawl Info tooltip now correctly states that Health Packs restore 35% Health and Mana.
• Tomb of the Spider Queen: The left-side team’s bottom Fort can no longer attack enemy Heroes who are just beyond the Gate.
• Try Mode: Tychus’ Dash Talent now correctly grants its Movement Speed reward after using the Complete Quests button.
• Try Mode: Uther’s Silver Touch Talent now correctly grants its second Mana cost reduction reward to Holy Light after using the Complete Quests button.

• Abathur: The number of Minions Absorbed stacks no longer appear inconsistent in the Buff bar after Abathur dies while a Monstrosity is active.
• Abathur: Fixed an issue causing Spike Burst’s visual effects to appear much larger than intended when cast while targeting a Mercenary with Symbiote.
• Alarak: Free Lightning Surge casts granted by the Lightning Barrage Talent now correctly display its cast range indicator.
• Ana: Nano Boost’s duration bar now appears next to, rather than replaces, any existing Ability duration bars for the targeted Ally, like Sonya’s Whirlwind.
• Brightwing: Can now correctly cast Blink Heal on Turrets and Biotic Emitters that were placed by Brightwing herself.
• Cho: Entering a Stasis effect, like Zeratul’s Void Prison, while Surging Fist is charging no longer places Surging Fist on full cooldown.
• Fog of War: Hitting an enemy with certain targeted, ranged Abilities, like Sylvanas’ Shadow Dagger, just before the target enters Fog of War or a Line of Sight Blocker now correctly reveal that enemy.
• Fog of War: Fixed an issue in which attempting to cast a targeted Ability through the Fog of War on a snapshot of a unit that no longer exists could cause the Hero to path into the terrain and become stuck.
• Greymane: Partial progress earned toward the Wizened Duelist Talent’s next attack damage bonus will no longer persist after dying.
• Hanzo: Natural Agility now activates correctly after being hit by Phase Prism near a tower.
• Illidan: Can now correctly cast Dive on Ragnaros in Molten Core form.
• Kel’Thuzad: Phylactery can no longer be activated before its animation completes.
• Li-Ming: Spell Armor granted by the Force Armor Talent is now correctly consumed when hit by Ability damage from non-Heroic sources.
• Rexxar: The tooltip for Misha, Focus! no longer lists a cooldown.
• Rexxar: Switching seats in a Triglav Protector no longer causes Rexxar to become unresponsive.
• The Lost Vikings: Stealth granted by the Spy Games Talent is now correctly applied for 3 seconds after Erik moves.
• Thrall: Killing Minions who were hit by Chain Lightning now correctly causes Echo of the Elements quest progress visual effects to appear near Thrall, rather than allies.
• Uther: Fixed an issue in which Uther could briefly use activated Talents after death, but prior to entering Eternal Vanguard form.
• Uther: The Silver Touch Talent’s quest rewards no longer incorrectly benefit Flash of Light.
• Zagara: The Infest Talent now correctly boosts nearby Ranged Minion damage by 100%.
• Zeratul: After death, Zeratul’s body will no longer teleport to the location of his last Vorpal Blade target.

• Gul’dan: The voiceover line that plays while idling on Gul’dan’s Hero page in the Collection no longer ends early.

• Pings: Fixed an issue in which muting a player would not prevent icons related to that player’s pings from appearing.
• Hotkeys: Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause Heroes to ignore Force Move commands.

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