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This latest update for the Heroes of the Storm brings quite a few Hero balance changes, including updates to Kel'thuzad, Nazeebo, D.Va and many more. There are a number of significant Support, as well, so be sure to check out the notes below!

Heroes

Assassin	Specialist	Support	Warrior
Genji	Abathur	Ana	D.Va
Kel'Thuzad	Nazeebo	Brightwing	Garrosh
Lunara	Probius	Kharazim	Johanna
Malthael	Zagara	Lt. Morales
		Stukov

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Assassin

Talents

The Dragon Becomes Me- Duration increase per swing reduced from 1 to .75 seconds

Abilities

Frost Blast(R)- Cooldown reduced from 80 to 70 seconds - Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60

Talents

Strip Shields- Shield amount increased from 112 to 120

Icy Grasp- Increased slow duration from 1.5 to 2 seconds

Chain-Link- Added functionality: Also refunds the Mana cost of Chains Of Kel'Thuzad

Abilities

Wisp(E)- Move cooldown reduced from 5 to 1 seconds - Number of attacks required to kill the Wisp increased from 1 to 2

Abilities

Reaper's Mark(Combat Trait)- Damage reduced from 2.25 to 2% of enemy Hero maximum Health

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Specialist

Abilities

Spike Burst(W)- Damage increased from 116 to 120

Ultimate Evolution(R)- Cooldown increased from 50 to 70 seconds

Stats

General.display_name(General.keybind)- Health reduced from 1638 to 1502 - Health Regeneration reduced from 3.4125 to 3.1291

Abilities

Corpse Spiders(Q)- Damage increased from 35 to 36

Plague of Toads(E)- Damage reduced from 20 to 18

Voodoo Ritual(Combat Trait)- Health per stack of Voodoo Ritual increased from 4 to 6

Ravenous Spirit(R)- Cast range increased by 1

Talents

Superstition- New functionality: Gain 40 Spell Armor, taking 40% less damage from Abilities. Basic Attacks from enemy Heroes remove this bonus for 3 seconds

Spider Colony- New functionality: Every time a Spider attacks an enemy Hero, reduce the cooldown of Wall of Zombies and Plague of Toads by .25 seconds

Developer Comment: We want to shift more of Nazeebo's Health into the amount of Voodoo Ritual stacks he has, as the reward for Voodoo Ritual was mostly felt in unlocking Vile Infection at level 20. We're changing Spider Colony to no longer reduce the cooldown of Corpse Spiders, because the synergy between the Spider Talents were so high that if you picked any one of them the rest of your Talent choices were locked in. Since we are changing the level 16 Talent to now affect Plague of Toads instead of Corpse Spiders, we're shifting some of the damage out of Plague of Toads into Corpse Spiders. For Superstition, we wanted to get most of the spirit of what the old Talent did, but have more gameplay interactions. Often the only counter play to Superstition lied in what the enemy team composition was, and we'd rather have more counter play relying in decisions made during the course of the game.

Abilities

Warp In Pylon(Combat Trait)- Health increased from 380 to 400

Talents

Gather Minerals- Damage bonus increased from 25 to 35%

Shield Battery- Shield duration after leaving Pylon field reduced from 4 to 2 seconds - Shield amount increased from 12 to 14

Stats

General.display_name(General.keybind)- Base Maximum Health reduced from 1643 to 1575 - Health regen reduced from 3.4 to 3.3

Abilities

Devouring Maw(R)- Cooldown reduced from 100 to 80 seconds

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Support

Stats

General.display_name(General.keybind)- Basic Attack Damage increased from 30 to 33

Talents

Overdose- Adjusted functionality: No longer applies to Biotic Grenade - Adjusted functionality: Sleep Dart now applies 3 Doses to targets hit

Developer Comment: Ana has had an incredibly successful launch into the Nexus, and seems to be falling into a great place balance-wise. We are still light on high-level data for her, so our changes this patch are very light. We realize that she has some synergy concerns and wanted to get a small jump on the largest catalyst to those – Overdose. While playing her internally before launch, we knew she had the potential to single-handedly shift the meta, not to mention increase the amount of double-support we see. Rest assured that we are keeping a close eye on both of these concerns and are prepared to act accordingly if the need arises.

Abilities

Pixie Dust(E)- Spell Armor reduced from 30 to 25

Emerald Wind(R)- Soothing Mist bonus healing amount reduced from 8 to 5%

Talents

Phase Shield- Shield amount reduced from 400 to 350

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Talents

Transcendence- Healing increased from 96 to 103 per 3 Basic Attacks

Insight- Cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 to 1.75 seconds per 3 Basic Attacks

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Stats

General.display_name(General.keybind)- Base Maximum Health reduced from 1605 to 1550 - Health regen reduced from 3.34 to 3.23

Talents

Clear!- Cooldown Reduction from first quest unlock reduced from 4 to 3 seconds

Blast Shield- Shield amount reduced from 8 to 6% of maximum Health

Second Opinion- Cooldown reduction for hitting 2 Heroes increased from 1 to 2 seconds

Stats

General.display_name(General.keybind)- Health reduced from 1682 to 1590 - Health regen reduced from 3.5 to 3.31

Abilities

Healing Pathogen(Q)- Heal amount reduced from 40 to 37

Talents

Spine Launcher- Damage reduction increased from 30 to 40%

Poppin' Pustules- Added functionality: Now increases the final damage of Weighted Pustule by 50%

Superstrain- Added functionality: Now also applies to targets who are Rooted while under the effect of Healing Pathogen

Universal Carrier- Heal reduction decreased from 60 to 50%

Eye Infection- Removed

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Warrior

Talents

Rush-down- Cooldown reduction from avoiding dealing or taking damage increased from 5 to 7 seconds

Crash Course- Number of Heroes hit to complete Quest reduced from 25 to 20

Pro Moves- Duration of the Movement Speed bonus increased from 1.25 to 1.5 seconds

Diverting Power- Movement Speed penalty reduced from 50 to 30%

Nuclear Option- Damage bonus increased from 50 to 70%

Stop and Pop- Damage bonus increased from 150 to 200%

Concussive Pulse(W)- Cooldown reduced from 8 to 7 seconds

Talents

Death Wish- No longer increases the duration of Warlord's Challenge

Stats

General.display_name(General.keybind)- Base Maximum Health increased from 2179 to 2350 - Health regen increased from 4.5 to 4.9

Abilities

Falling Sword(R)- Slow duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds

Talents

Hold Your Ground- Additional Shield amount increased from 20 to 30%

Roar- Damage for hitting 2 or more Heroes increased from 125 to 150%

Blessed Hammer(Talent)- Damage increased from 80 to 84

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Bug Fixes

General

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

AI

• AI Heroes controlling the Garden Terror will no longer become unresponsive.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

• Brightwing: The channel for Phase Shift will now properly cancel if the allied target dies.
• Brightwing: The channel for Phase Shift will now properly cancel if Brightwing is Rooted.
• Johanna: Fixed an issue causing the Shield Glare to lower the cooldown of the Blinded by the Light talent by an incorrect amount.
• Kel'Thuzad: Shadow Fissure can now be cast on the minimap.
• Kel'Thuzad: Shadow Fissure can now be cast between map levels on the Haunted Mines battleground.
• Leoric: Fixed an issue causing enemy Heroes affected by Leoric's Entomb ability to lose allied vision after Leoric had chosen the Buried Alive talent.
• Lunara: Fixed an issue preventing Lunara from Leaping over several different friendly units after choosing the Boundless Stride talent.
• Rehgar: Fixed an issue that drastically reduced the attack range of Feral Lunge.

User Interface

• Right clicking a player in your friends list and choosing the Whisper option will once again open the chat input field.