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Published on August 22, 2018

Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes – August 22, 2018

We’ve just released a new Heroes of the Storm patch to apply a number of balance changes and bug fixes.

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Hero Balance Updates (12)

Li Li

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Cloud Serpent (W)

No longer has a cast time (Currently .25) and no longer cancels existing move orders.

Talent Changes

Level 13

General

Gale Force (E)
Blind duration bonus reduced from 1 to .75 seconds
Mistweaver (Active)
Heal reduced from 165 to 149

Sonya

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Shattered Ground (W)
Splash damage bonus increased from 75 to 100%
Giant Slammer (W)
New Functionality:
Seismic Slam and Basic Attacks deal 1.25% of the target’s Maximum Health as bonus damage

Raynor

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Basic Attack Damage increased from 92 to 103
Basic Attack Damage scaling reduced from 5 to 4%

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Ace in The Hole (Passive)
Damage bonus reduced from 20 to 15%
Giddy Up (W)
Bonus baseline Movement Speed reduced from 10 to 8%
Paint Them Red (Q)
Healing done from Penetrating Round decreased from 100 to 90%

Stukov

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Base Maximum Health increased from 1682 to 1765
Health Regeneration increased from 3.5 to 3.7
Basic Attack damage increased from 249 to 261

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Vigorous Reuptake (Trait)
Bonus Healing increased from 25 to 30%

Tychus

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Basic Attack damage increased from 48 to 50

Talent Changes

Level 16

General

Lead Rain (Q)
Slow increased from 20 to 30%

Artanis

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Psionic Synergy (E)
Armor amount increased from 15 to 20
Plasma Burn (Trait)
Damage increased from 60 to 70

Azmodan

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Greed (Q)
Quest completion 20% damage bonus now applies to all non-heroic targets, not just Minions and Mercs.
Wrath (Q)
Quest completion bonus damage reduced from 100 to 75% of Annihilation value.
Hellforged Armor (W/D)
Armor bonus reduced from 30 to 25
Total Annihilation (Q)
Damage reduced from 5 to 4% of target’s maximum Health
Hell Rift (E)
Demon Warrior buff duration reduced from 6 to 5 seconds

Chromie

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Sand Blast (Q)

Damage increased from 300 to 315

Dragon’s Breath (W)

Damage increased from 360 to 390

Bronze Talons (Passive)

Bonus Basic Attack damage increased from 100 to 125%

Deckard

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 13

General

Ancient Blessings (Trait)
Damage reduced from 68 to 62
Healing reduced from 100 to 90
Potion of Revival (Q)
Healing increased from 30 to 35%
Super Healing Potion (Q)
Healing bonus increased from 75 to 80%
Bottomless Flask (Q)
Recharge time increased from 6 to 8 seconds

Whitemane

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Clemency (W)
Passive cooldown reduction increased from 3 to 4 seconds
Unwavering Faith (Q)
Desperate Plea Mana cost reduction decreased from 30 to 15
High Inquisitor (W)
Mana return per Desperation stack increased from 60 to 75
Indulgence (E)
Secondary lash Mana return reduced from 30 to 25
Radiance (Q)
Heal amount reduced from 200 to 175
Judgment Day (R)
Damage bonus reduced from 50 to 30%

Kel'Thuzad

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Developer Comment

** These changes to Kel’thuzad are being made with two goals in mind.  Our first goal, which is in line with many changes we make, is to improve talent diversity.  We’ve moved Glacial Spike into his baseline first quest reward, which should both help his Level 7 talent choices as well as open up new build possibilities with the increased flexibility on that tier.  Second, we want to slightly reduce his variance and increase his reliability.  We’ve moved most of his cooldown reduction reward baseline, and with Glacial Spike being his first quest reward, he can now combo enemy Heroes anywhere in the field, without needing to rely purely on having other enemy Heroes or structures nearby.  In exchange for this, we’ve removed some of his burst damage and the ability to use Chains of Kel’thuzad on structures.  While chaining enemy Heroes to structures made for some cool moments, it could be oppressive to play against, particularly on maps with large pushing objectives like the Punisher on Infernal Shrines.  Return

Base Abilities & Stats

Death and Decay (Q)

Cooldown reduced from 6 to 5 seconds
Periodic damage increased from 70 to 82

Frost Nova (W)

Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
Damage reduced from 212 to 180

Chains of Kel'thuzad (E)

Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
Can no longer be used on Structures
Duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds

Master of the Cold Dark (Trait)

First reward no longer grants cooldown reduction
First reward now grants the Glacial Spike ability

Frost Blast (R)

Damage increased from 100 to 115
Minimum speed increased from 1 to 5
This matches the starting speed of Pyroblast

Shadow Fissure (R)

Damage reduced from 400 to 360
Cooldown reduced from 20 to 16 seconds
Mana cost reduced from 60 to 45

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Blighted Frost (W)
Bonus damage increased from 50 to 75%
Strip Shields (E)
Shield amount increased from 120 to 128
Glacial Spike (Active)
Removed

Level 7

New Talent: Ice Cold (1)

Reduce the cooldown of Glacial Spike by 5 seconds and increase its damage by 250%
Accelerated Decay (Q)
Bonus damage decreased from 25 to 20%
Chain Link (E)
Now only requires 1 Hero to be pulled by Chains of Kel’thuzad
Cooldown reduction increased from 4 to 5 seconds
Icy Grasp (W)
New functionality:
Increase the slow of Frost Nova by 10%.  Each time Kel’thuzad deals damage to enemy Heroes that are slowed by Frost Nova, its duration is increased by .5 seconds
Arcane Echoes (Q)
Cooldown reduction increased from 1.25 to 1.5 seconds
Hungering Cold (W)
Adjusted functionality:
Enemies that are rooted take an additional 55 damage each time they are damaged by Kel'thuzad

Lt. Morales

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Healing Beam (Q)

No longer cancels existing move orders.

Safeguard (W)

No longer cancels existing move orders.

Bug Fixes

General

Fixed an issue that could cause Damage Reduction visual effects to persist indefinitely.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

Cassia: Fixed an issue that could cause Valkyrie to fail to pull its target if Cassia entered movement commands in the direction opposite the pull.
Kel’thuzad: Fixed some confusing wording in the tooltip for the Hungering Cold talent.

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