Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes – November 5, 2018

Our newest patch, featuring Orphea, is now live on the Public Test Realm! Read on for a detailed breakdown of what’s new in the Nexus.

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General Updates

Call of the Nexus
- Players who queue for Quickmatch games using roles that are in short supply will receive 50% bonus experience for being team players. Just look for the “Call of the Nexus” Bonus Experience indicator located above each Hero when viewing the Hero Selection screen.
  - NOTE: Call of the Nexus will not be active immediately active, but will be enabled a short time after this patch hits the live servers.
Boost
- What was once called a Stimpack is now a Boost, and in addition to buffing your own experience and Gold gains at the end of a match, all players will receive 5% bump in experience for each player in their match who had an active Boost. That mean players can receive up to a 45% XP bonus if all 10 players in game have a Boost active!
- In addition to stacking Boost XP buffs, you’ll now be able to retroactively Boost your Gold and XP gains at the end of a match by applying a Boost from the Score Screen.

Channeled Healing Abilities
- Alextrasza’s Lifebinder (R) and Rehgar’s Ancestral Healing (R) abilities are no longer cancelled under any conditions other than enemy abilities that remove the target from play (Devouring Maw, Gorge, Cocoon.)
Spell Power Modifiers
- The following abilities and talents have been updated to have any percentage-based spell power modifiers stack additively when calculating damage: (This is the default behavior for all other abilities and talents unless otherwise stated in the tooltip)
  - Zul’jin’s Buzzsaw (R) talent
  - Hanzo’s Dragonstrike (R) center damage effect
  - Gul’dan’s Rampant Hellfire (Q) talent
- The following abilities have had their tooltips updated to reflect that percentage-based spell power modifiers will stack multiplicatively when calculating damage:
  - Kael’thas’ Phoenix (R) ability
  - Nazeebo’s Vile Infection (Passive) talent
  - Li Li’s Lightning Serpent (W) talent
  - Li-Ming’s Arcane Orbit (W) talent

Hero Balance Adjustments

Level 16

General

Raven Runner

Orphea

Hallowed Orphea
Verdant Orphea
Slacker Orphea
RCHS Slacker Orphea
Spoiled Slacker Orphea
Several new emoji packs, sprays, and portraits have also been added to the game.

General

Fixed an issue that caused some Shielding and Healing values to track improperly on the score/stats screen.
Fixed an issue allowing some summoned units to grant vision of Heroes inside brush if placed at the edge of the brush.

Art

Fixed an issue causing some spell effects associated with taunt animations to appear after the animation was canceled.
Whitemane: Fixed an issue causing Witch Whitemane’s custom mount animation to cease playing after she died once in a match.

User Interface

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

Kerrigan: Fixed an issue that disabled Health and Mana regeneration during Chrysalis.
Stukov: Fixed an issue preventing Lurking Arm from revealing damaged targets if they were at the edge of its area of effect.
Tyrande: Fixed an issue preventing Elune’s Chosen from healing allies if damage was dealt to Shielded/Protected targets.