Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes – January 8, 2019

We've just released our newest patch to the live servers which brings Imperius, Archangel of Valor, to the Nexus! Read on for details.

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General Updates

Imperius

Improvements were made to the appearance of Imperius' angelic wings.

Developer Comment: The resounding feedback on Imperius' wings was discussed amongst the team and we agreed with much of it. In response, we decided to make some changes to the wings for his release - please check them out and let us know what you think!

Hero Balance Updates (3)

Arthas

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Developer Comment

**This change is primarily being made to address cases where Sindragosa would disable high-impact Summons like Jaina’s Water Elemental for exceptionally long periods of time. Now enemy Summons who find themselves in the sights of a giant, undead Frost dragon will only tremble in fear instead of being frozen by it. Return

Base Abilities & Stats

Summon Sindragosa (R)

No longer disables enemy Summons
Enemy Summons are now slowed by 60% for 4 seconds

Diablo

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Soul Shield (Passive)
Soul Shield will now dynamically update if Diablo gains Souls while the Spell Armor is active
The following new bundles are only available for a limited time!
Imperius Heroic Bundle
Angiris Council Bundle
Imperius Announcer
Johanna Announcer
Ilarian Announcer

Crystalline Saddled Battle Beast

Imperius

Vindicator Imperius
Indomitable Imperius
Demonic Imperius
Abyssal Demonic Imperius
Vile Demonic Imperius
Several new emoji packs and portraits have also been added to the game.

Abathur

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Developer Comment

**We discovered an issue with Evolve Monstrosity where its damage scaling was incorrect. To fix the bug, we would have massively increased its Basic Attack damage once it was fully stacked, which is already fairly high. Instead, we are taking this opportunity to re-tune the Monstrosity so that it is not quite so powerful once fully stacked, but is stronger right away, which should be an overall buff in most use cases. Return ### Warrior

Base Abilities & Stats

Evolve Monstrosity (R)

Health increased from 1000 to 1350
Basic Attack damage increased from 73 to 85
Health bonus per minion killed reduced from 5 to 2%
Damage bonus per minion killed reduced from 5 to 2%

Bug Fixes

User Interface

Fixed a number of tooltip issues and inaccuracies across the game.
Fixed an issue causing Battleground names to be difficult to read on the Hero Select screen of Custom Games.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

Brightwing: Fixed an issue preventing the Unstable Anomaly talent from increasing Polymorph’s slow.
Malthael: Fixed an issue that caused some of Malthael’s spell effects to become visible in the fog of war.
Zul’jin: Fixed an issue that could cause the No Mercy! Talent to reduce damage dealt by Grievous Throw.

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