v2.55.5-ptr

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Published on February 21, 2025

Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes - February 21, 2025

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

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Heroes:

Hero Balance Updates (6)

Auriel

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Bestow Hope [Trait]

Decreased the amount of energy stored from 50% to 40% of damage to non-Heroes.

Dehaka

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Dark Swarm [W]

Damage reduced from 52 to 48.

Talent Changes

Level 4

Hero Stalker

Essence gain is not increased when hitting more than 2 Heroes.
Essence gain now requires Dark Swarm to hit 2 Heroes.

Lurker Strain

Cooldown reduction bonus reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.

Level 7

Feeding Frenzy

Rework: Cooldown reduction is now a Gambit bonus, starting from 1.5 second cooldown reduction. Each death lowers this by 0.25, up to 3 times.

Paralyzing Enzymes

Rework: Gambit removed. Now reduces Drag's target's healing received by 40% while Drag is active and for 2 seconds after.

Level 13

Ferocious Stalker

Damage bonus reduced from 60% to 50%.

Level 16

Tunnelling Claws

Movement speed reduced from 125% to 120%.

Level 20

Contagion

Now also reduces the damage of Isolation by 60%.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Basic Attack's would potentially not consume evade stacks if attacking within .25 seconds of Drag ending.

Lúcio

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Soundwave [Q]

Cooldown increased from 7 seconds to 8 seconds.
Mana cost increased from 30 to 45.

Talent Changes

Level 1

Accelerando

Time to maximum increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds.

Level 10

High Five

Cooldown increased from 20 to 25 seconds.

Level 13

Heavy Casters

Now also prevents Push Off from hitting multiple targets.

Level 16

Up the Frequency

Cooldown reduction reduced from 0.4 seconds to 0.3 seconds.

Tyrael

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 13

Law and Order

Fixed an issue where maximum bonus was capped at 4 allied Heroes. The cap has been increased to 15.

Kharazim

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Health increased from 2027 to 2080.

Breath of Heaven [W]

Healing increased from 285 to 295.

Talent Changes

Level 4

Air Ally

Health increased from 200 to 300.
Spell Power increased from 15% to 20%.

Level 10

Divine Palm

Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.

Level 13

Sixth Sense

Sixth Sense now starts expiring after the Stun expires, instead of as soon as the Stun is applied.

Level 20

Epiphany

Cooldown increased from 60 to 70.
Mana restored increased from 33% to 70%.

Bug Fixes

Level 10 Divine Palm Fixed an issue that caused Divine Palm's Stasis to remove Damage Over Time effects from Kharazim.
Fixed an issue that caused Divine Palm to not remove negative effects that were applied alongside the triggering effect.

Whitemane

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 1

Inquisitor's Prayer

After Basic Attacking an enemy Hero 3 times, Whitemane also gains a stack of Inquisitor's Prayer.

Level 13

Scarlet Wrath

Rework: Now also restores .5% Mana to all Zeal targets.

Bug Fixes

Level 10 Divine Reckoning Updated Divine Reckoning's mana restoration based off of damage dealt to display only one instance of floating text.

Bug Fixes

General

Fixed an issue that caused some effects to not display correctly on the Target Dummy in the Sandbox and Try Mode.
Fixed an issue that caused some Movement Speed bonuses to display the incorrect value in the target info panel.

Brawl

Deathwing's Cataclysm no longer starts on Cooldown in Arena Mode.

Map

Braxis Holdout
- Fixed an issue that caused Archangel's visual effects to register as a pingable object.
Volskaya
- Fixed an issue that caused the Triglav Protector's Shield Emitter Shields granted to allies to increase the Pilot's Self Healing score when absorbing damage.

Heroes

Abathur
- Level 10
  - Ultimate Evolution
    - Clones of Kharazim that have selected Insight now treat the quest as completed.
Alarak
- Level 10
  - Counter-Strike
    - Now increases Alarak's Self Healing score for damage it absorbs.
Ana
- Base
  - Aim Down Sights [Trait]
    - Fixed an issue that caused Aim Down Sight's Healing Dart bonus to last after Aim Down Sights has ended.
    - Activating Aim Down Sights will now also Dismount Ana from the Toy Train.
Azmodan
- Base
  - Summon Demon Warrior [W]
    - Fixed an issue that caused Azmodan's Demon Warrior's aura damage to not behave similar to other aura damage effects.
Brightwing
- Base
  - Soothing Mist [Trait]
    - Fixed an issue that caused Smoothing Mist to activate around Brightwing when in Stasis.
Dehaka
- Fixed an issue where Basic Attack's would potentially not consume evade stacks if attacking within .25 seconds of Drag ending.
Jaina
- Level 16
  - Snowstorm
    - Fixed an issue that caused Snowstorm's bonus to not apply correctly.
Kael'thas
- Level 7
  - Sunfire Enchantment
    - Fixed an issue that caused an active Sunfire Enchantment Spell Power buff to be removed when Kael'thas is killed.
Kharazim
- Level 10
  - Divine Palm
    - Fixed an issue that caused Divine Palm's Stasis to remove Damage Over Time effects from Kharazim.
    - Fixed an issue that caused Divine Palm to not remove negative effects that were applied alongside the triggering effect.
Leoric
- Base
  - Drain Hope [W]
    - Fixed an issue that caused Stasis on Leoric or Drain Hope's target to not break Drain Hope.
Li Li
- Fixed an issue that caused Water Serpent to move at a reduced speed.
- Level 4
  - Surging Winds
    - Fixed an issue that caused an active Surging Winds buff to be removed when Li Li is killed.
Li-Ming
- Level 1
  - Power Hungry
    - Fixed an issue that caused an active Power Hungry buff to be removed when Li-Ming is killed.
Lunara
- Level 10
  - Leaping Strike
    - Fixed an issue that caused Leaping Strike to stall game logic.
Malthael
- Level 1
  - Fear The Reaper
    - Fixed an issue that caused Fear the Reaper's duration indicator to not be tied to the ability button.
The Butcher
- Fixed an issue that allowed The Butcher to disjoint while collecting Fresh Meat.
The Lost Vikings
- Fixed an issue that caused Longboat to move at a reduced speed.
Tychus
- Level 20
  - Focusing Diodes
    - Now grants an additive damage bonus.
Whitemane
- Level 10
  - Divine Reckoning
    - Updated Divine Reckoning's mana restoration based off of damage dealt to display only one instance of floating text.
Zul'jin
- Level 20
  - Forest Medicine
    - Selecting Forest Medicine will no longer interrupt an ongoing Regeneration channel.

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