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Published on April 16, 2018

Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes – April 16, 2018

Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just hit the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting until April 23.

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Heroes:

Hero Balance Updates (6)

Blaze

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Bunker Drop (R)

Players can now exit Blaze's Bunker in the direction of their choosing by right-clicking.
The Bunker’s hitbox has been adjusted to more closely match its model. This should reduce situations in which players could unintentionally enter Blaze’s bunker when clicking nearby.
The following new bundles are available for a limited time! Be sure to check out the latest In-Development blog for more details.
Deckard Heroic Bundle
Nephalem Bundle
Deckard
Raven Lord
Grave Keeper

Deckard

Afflicted Deckard
Angelic Deckard

Wastewalker Deckard

Diesel Wastewalker Deckard
Scourged Wastewalker Deckard

Cassia

Soaring Cassia

Johanna

Nephalem Johanna

Kharazim

Nephalem Kharazim
Northern Kharazim

Li-Ming

Nephalem Li-Ming

Malthael

Sinuous Grave Warden Malthael

Nazeebo

Nephalem Nazeebo
Ceremonial Nazeebo
Rain Nazeebo
Sunrise Nazeebo

Sonya

Nephalem Sonya

The Butcher

Petrified Butcher

Valla

Nephalem Valla

Road Chariot

Exalted Road Chariot
Hoarfrost Road Chariot

Lucky Piggy Bank

The Lucky Piggy Bank Mount, which can only be purchased using gold, will be removed from the Collection when this patch is released to the live version of Heroes next week.
We've once again teamed up with Carbot Animations to add even more HeroStorm-themed portraits and sprays in their signature art style! Catch a preview in the latest In-Development blog.

Bug Fixes

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.

Fenix

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Mobile Offensive (Passive)
Now grants its Basic Attack damage bonus after any movement, rather than only after unmounted movement.

Genji

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Developer Comment

** We’re making some changes to Genji to try and make him less frustrating to play against and give opponents more options to counter him. While we think resetting Swift Strike’s cooldown after killing enemy Heroes with Dragonblade made for cool, flashy plays, it shut down too many other Heroes too often. It also caused too many games to become about how much value Genji was able to get out of Dragonblade. We like the flashiness that Dragonblade resets can provide, so we’re keeping that functionality, but we’re now adding it to his Level 20 Storm Talent version of the Heroic. We’re also increasing his Health and Basic Attack damage, reducing the range of Swift Strike, and increasing the cooldown of Cyber Agility to reduce his mobility while boosting his base stats to compensate. Return ### Specialist

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Health increased from 1550 to 1620.
Health Regen increased from 3.2304 to 3.3750.
Basic Attack damage increased from 42 to 44.

Cyber Agility (Trait) (D)

Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.

Swift Strike (E)

Range reduced from 14 to 12.

Dragonblade (R)

Damage increased from 220 to 240.
Removed functionality:
Killing an enemy Hero who was recently hit by Dragonblade no longer resets Swift Strike’s cooldown.

Talent Changes

Level 1

Agile Dismount (Trait)

Cooldown reduction increased from 5 to 7 seconds.

Level 13

Double Jump (Trait)

No longer increases Cyber Agility’s cooldown.

Level 20

The Dragon Becomes Me (R)

Additional Functionality:
Now also resets Swift Strike’s cooldown if an enemy Hero dies within 2 seconds after being hit by Dragonblade.

Cassia

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 7

General

Surge of Light (Active)
Now has a 0.25 second cooldown between uses.

Zagara

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Nydus Network (R)

The player can now exit Nydus Worms in a direction of their choosing by right-clicking.

Bug Fixes

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

Sylvanas

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Shadow Dagger (W)

Shadow Dagger now briefly reveals enemies upon spreading to them.

Bug Fixes

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.

Bug Fixes

General

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

A.I.

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

Art

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.

Battlegrounds

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.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

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.

Sound

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

User Interface

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.