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Published on February 6, 2017

Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes — February 6, 2017

Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just arrived to the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting until February 13.

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General Updates

“For Azeroth!” – Play Warcraft Heroes, Get Rewards!

With the arrival of today’s patch, until March 14, 2017, play Heroes of the Storm using Warcraft Heroes, while in a party with a friend, to earn rewards for both games!

Quest
- Complete 15 Heroes of the Storm matches with a friend, while playing as Warcraft Heroes, before the event concludes.
- Players who select Warcraft Heroes will still earn quest credit if their friends play using Heroes from other Blizzard universes. However, only the players who select Warcraft Heroes will earn quest credit.
- Players do not need to complete all 15 matches with the same friend in order to complete the quest.
Rewards
- World of Warcraft: Primal Flamesaber Mount
- Heroes of the Storm: 10 day Stimpack
- Heroes of the Storm: Flames of Judgement Charger Mount
PTR Note: While elements of this event may appear on the Test Realm, players will not be able to make progress toward quests or rewards until the patch is released to the live version of Heroes of the Storm next week.

Heroes Brawl

The reward requirements for the following Brawls have been reduced from 3 to 2 games:
- Heroes of the Stars
- Bloodlust Brawl
- Mage Wars

Hero Balance Updates (13)

Murky

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Developer Comment

 ***: Mrrgrgrlgrl! Rise my brother murlocs! Mrrrgrgrlrlgrl! Vengeance will be ours! In examining Murky, his original health and egg timers are vestiges of a different time, created before even Jaina entered the Nexus. We wanted to give him more base health to make him a little harder to burst down, but traded it for a little longer time to respawn from his Egg. This has the added bonus of allowing a bit more counter-play to hunting our fishy friend. We also wanted to adjust Pufferfish, as an increasingly high amount of the roster could immediately explode it. Finally, his talent tree has been updated to come in line with our new philosophies. We’ve not only found this Murky much more fun to play as, with some exciting talents in each tier, but also more fair to fight against! Mrrgrgrlgrl! Level (Tier) Murky Talents 1 (1) Fish Eye (Trait) Egg Hunt (Active) A Fishy Deal (Active) 4 (2) (!)Slime Time (Q) Tufferfish (W) (!)Living the Dream (Passive) 7 (3) Black Lagoon (Q) Slippery When Wet (E) Time to Krill (Passive) 10 (4) March of the Murlocs (R) Octo-Grab (R) — — 13 (5) Rejuvenating Bubble (E) Fish Tank (Passive) Egg Shell (Trait) 16 (6) Toxic Buildup (Q) Fish Oil (W) Wrath of Cod (W) 20 (7) Never-Ending Murlocs (R) ...And a Shark Too! (R) Big Tuna Kahuna (Trait) Making Inky (Q)***)

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Base Maximum Health increased from 635 to 761

Spawn Egg (D)

Resurrect time while Murky's Egg is active increased from 5 to 8 seconds

Slime (Q)

Slow amount increased from 20 to 25%

Pufferfish (W)

Now deals 50% damage to Structures
Pufferfish can now be targeted by Structures
Pufferfish now has 225 Health and takes damage from Abilities
Explosion radius increased by 50%
Now scales at 5.5% additional health per level, instead of the standard 4%

March of the Murlocs (R)

Cooldown reduced from 100 to 80 seconds
Increased the Movement Speed of the tiny murlocs by 30%

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Fish Tank (Passive)
Redesigned: Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes grant Murky 75 Basic Attack Armor for 2 seconds
Bubble Breeze (E)
Renamed to Slippery When Wet
Increased the Movement Speed bonus from 20% to 35%
Now also allows Murky to pass through enemies while Safety Bubble is active
Assault Egg (D)
Renamed to Fish Eye
Bonus Health reduced from 150% to 100%
Sight Radius bonus increased from 150% to 200%
Now reveals Stealthed enemies
Now increases Murky's Mounted Movement Speed to 45% for 5 seconds after spawning
Bribe (Active)
Removed

Level 7

New Talent: Egg Hunt (Active)

Activate to place a fake Egg.  If the fake Egg dies, it casts Slime.  Maximum 3 fake Eggs.  6 second cooldown
Upon spawning from an Egg, Murky is Stealthed for 5 seconds

New Talent: A Fishy Deal (Active)

Killing an enemy Minion with Pufferfish grants 1 stack of Bribe.  Use 5 Bribe stacks to capture a single Mercenary. Maximum of 20 stacks
Bigger Slime (Q)
Renamed to Black Lagoon
Tufferfish (W)
Redesigned:  Now causes Pufferfish to deal 35% more damage to Slimed targets, and it gains 50 Spell Armor
Envenom (Active)
Removed
Living The Dream (Passive)
No longer passively grants Ability Power
Instead of granting 1% Ability Power every 5 seconds, now grants 5% Ability Power every 15 seconds. Max 15% bonus Ability Power.

New Talent: Slime Time (Q)

Quest:

Slime enemy Heroes that are already Slimed

Reward:

After Sliming 15 Slimed Heroes, increase Slime's bonus damage by 125. This damage does not scale with level.

Reward

After Sliming 30 Slimed Heroes, increase Slime's slow amount to 35%
Slime Advantage (Q)
Removed
Hindering Slime (Q)
Removed
Compressed Air (W)
Removed
Clairvoyance (Active)
Removed

New Talent: Time to Krill (Passive)

Basic Attacks against Heroes deal an additional 8 damage per second and Slow the target’s Movement Speed by 10% for 5 seconds. This effect can stack up to 5 times
Continuous Slime (Q)
Renamed to Making Inky
Cooldown reduction increased from 1 to 2 seconds
Wrath of Cod (W)
New Functionality:
Pufferfish deals bonus damage to Heroes equal to 10% of their maximum Health over 5 seconds
Bubble Machine (E)
Removed
Hidden Assault (D)
Removed

Level 16

New Talent: Egg Shell (D)

Respawning from an Egg grants Murky a Shield equal to 100% of his maximum Health. This Shield lasts indefinitely
Slimy End (Q)
Removed
Rejuvenating Bubble (E)
Blood for Blood (Active)
Removed

Level 13

New Talent: Toxic Buildup (Q)

Attacking an enemy Hero 3 times causes a Slime to cast from their position
Slimy Pufferfish (W)
Renamed to Fish Oil
Rewind (Active)
Removed
Bolt of the Storm (Active)
Removed
Never-Ending Murlocs (R)
Redesigned:  March of the Murlocs can now be channeled indefinitely

Level 20

New Talent: Big Tuna Kahuna (Trait)

Murky's maximum Health and Egg respawn times are doubled.
(!) indicates a Questing Talent.
*Italic text* indicates a ***NEW*** Talent.

Bold text

indicates a **MOVED** Talent.

Zarya

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Feel the Heat (Passive)
Basic Attacks that deal bonus damage in Melee range will now show a Crit indicator

Thrall

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Developer Comment

 ***Thrall’s two Heroics are overly sensitive to being interrupted, something that has been on our radar to fix for quite some time.      Return ####

Base Abilities & Stats

Earthquake (R)

Earthquake will go off even if Thrall is interrupted during his cast animation

Sunder (R)

Sunder will go off even if Thrall is interrupted during his cast animation

Bug Fixes

Illidan: The Hunt voiceover will no longer play slightly early.
Zarya: Graviton Surge and Expulsion Zone voiceover will no longer play slightly early.

Varian

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 13

General

Banner of Stormwind (Active)
Banner of Ironforge (Active)
Banner of Dalaran (Active)
Juggernaut (E)
Mortal Strike (Trait)
Shattering Throw (Active)

Abathur

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Stab (Q)

Damage increased from 113 to 119

Spike Burst (W)

Damage increased from 111 to 116

Carapace (E)

Shield amount increased from 150 to 157

Falstad

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Hinterland Blast (R)

Added functionality:
Cooldown is reduced by 25 seconds for every enemy Hero hit

Muradin

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Crowd Control (W)
Now has a 7 second cooldown reduction maximum
Thunder Strike (W)
Icon color swapped to blue
Healing Static (W)
Icon color swapped to green

Nazeebo

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Plague of Toads (E)

The targeting indicator now more accurately reflects the Toads’ travel path

Talent Changes

Level 7

General

Dead Rush (W)
Cancelling Zombie Wall will now also provide up to 5 uprooted Zombies

Valeera

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

General Base Stats

Basic Attack damage increased from 75 to 79
Health increased from 1950 to 2047
Health Regeneration reduced from 4.54 to 4.26

Ambush (Q)

Energy cost reduced from 20 to 10

Garrote (E)

Silence duration increased from 2 to 2.25 seconds
Impact damage reduced from 75 to 20
Damage over time reduced from 175 to 140

Cloak of Shadows (R)

Cooldown reduced from 18 to 15
Duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds

Talent Changes

Level 1

General

Crippling Poison (Active)
Duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds
Wound Poison (Active)
Duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
Assassinate (Q)
Distance between enemy Heroes reduced from 5 to 4 range
Death From Above (Q)
Teleport range increased from 5 to 7
Rupture (E)
Added functionality: Basic Attacks against Garroted enemies also increases the damage over time effect by 5%, stacking up to 30%

Bug Fixes

Illidan: The Hunt voiceover will no longer play slightly early.
Zarya: Graviton Surge and Expulsion Zone voiceover will no longer play slightly early.

Zul'jin

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 4

General

Headhunter (Active)
Will no longer dismount Zul'jin when it is activated while mounted

Bug Fixes

Illidan: The Hunt voiceover will no longer play slightly early.
Zarya: Graviton Surge and Expulsion Zone voiceover will no longer play slightly early.

Greymane

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Marked for the Kill (R)

Renamed to Cursed Bullet
New Functionality:
Fires a bullet that hits the first Hero in its path, dealing 35% of their current Health as damage. Cannot hit Vehicles.
30 second cooldown, costs 50 Mana.

Talent Changes

Level 20

General

Gilnean Roulette (R)
New Functionality:
Causes Cursed Bullet to hit all enemies in its path, and reduces its cooldown by 5 seconds per Hero hit

Ragnaros

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Talent Changes

Level 13

General

Resilient Flame (Passive)
Now has a 10 second cooldown between activations
A button has been added to the hotbar so the cooldown can be tracked

Lt. Morales

Hero Balance Adjustments

Stats Builds Impact

Base Abilities & Stats

Displacement Grenade (E)

Will now reveal a small area around the grenade as it travels

Bug Fixes

General

Mac: Launching the Heroes client on a Mac will no longer automatically increase mouse acceleration.
Corrected the scaling damage caps for several Talents that deal damage based on a percentage of the target’s maximum Health, including:
- Gall: Giant Scorcher
- Rehgar: Hunger of the Wolf
- Ragnaros: Giant Scorcher
- Tracer: Quantum Spike
- Xul: Backlash, Giant’s Curse
A number of typos and tooltip errors have been corrected across several aspects of the game.

Art

Nova: Nova’s status bar will no longer pop above her head while running.
Samuro: Monkey King Samuro will now correctly play his victory animation after destroying the enemy Core.
Tracer: Hologram visual effects will now correctly display on Master Tracer’s model while using Recall.
Sky Temple: Fixed an issue in which Temple attacks could briefly appear to fire beyond the Core.

Battlegrounds

Braxis Holdout: Fixed an issue that could cause Zerg units to become stuck in the walls of their pens.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

Anub'arak: Chitinous Plating will now correctly reduce the cooldown for Harden Carapace.
Chromie: After completing Deep Breathing’s quest, its buff bar tooltip will now display the correct number of Heroes hit.
E.T.C.: If Stage Dive’s landing location is blocked, E.T.C. will now land as close as possible to the intended area rather than returning to his original casting location.
Medivh: Will now properly benefit from Regeneration Globes while transforming into Raven Form.
Ragnaros: Will now properly benefit from Hand of Sulfuras when Empower Sulfuras scores a killing blow after striking multiple enemy Heroes.
Ragnaros: Lava Wave's cooldown will now be paused during Zeratul’s Void Prison.
Rehgar: Will no longer be pulled out of Ghost Wolf form upon dealing damage via an allied Ragnaros’s Blast Wave.
Rexxar: Spirit Swoop will now correctly deal damage to Monsters.
Samuro: Fixed an issue that could refresh the duration of Advancing Strikes after landing a critical strike.
Samuro: Shift-queueing Hearthstone will no longer break Stealth until Hearthstone begins casting.
Samuro: Burning Blade area of effect damage will now properly benefit from bonus damage granted by Way of Illusion.
Samuro: Bladestorm will no longer occasionally fail to activate after casting Mirror Images and Bladestorm in rapid succession.
Samuro: Fixed an issue in which the Score Screen could display an incorrect number of Gems for Samuro if he collected them while Mirror Images were active on Tomb of the Spider Queen.
Thrall: Fixed an issue in which Feral Spirit could fail to trigger Follow Through after earning Seasoned Marksman stacks.
Valeera: Rupture and Hemorrhage no longer benefit from another Valeera’s Garrote.
Valla: Killing enemy Heroes who have post-death states, like Tyrael and Leoric, after learning Death Dealer will now correctly refresh Vault’s cooldown.
Zul'jin: Fixed an issue causing Zul’jin to have a slightly higher Health Regeneration rate than intended.

Sound

Illidan: The Hunt voiceover will no longer play slightly early.
Zarya: Graviton Surge and Expulsion Zone voiceover will no longer play slightly early.