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General

• Mac
  • Improved compatibility with latest Mac OS versions.
• A.I.
  • Made several improvements to Hero A.I. behavior.

Heroes

Specialist

Carapace(E)- Cooldown reduced from 12 to 6 seconds - Duration reduced from 8 to 6 seconds - Additional functionality: Shield now persists after Symbiote ends - Additional functionality: Shield now Heals allied Heroes for 22 Health per second while Carapace is active - Additional functionality: This heal now also has an initial application of 22 Health when Carapace is cast

Locust Strain(Combat Trait)- Duration reduced from 25 to 16 seconds - Damage increased from 34 to 40

Evolve Monstrosity(R)- No longer takes 50% reduced damage from non-Heroic enemies - Now shows a warning indicator showing where it is going to burrow to - Additional Functionality: Now has the ability to Deep Tunnel to a visible location every 80 seconds - Additional Functionality: The Monstrosity can now be healed by Carapace

Regenerative Microbes- Removed

Reinforced Carapace

Survival Instincts- No longer increases Locust duration - Additional functionality: Increase Locust attack damage by 40%

Ballistospores- Removed

Sustained Carapace- Removed

Needlespine- Moved from Level 7

Calldown: MULE(Talent)- Healing per second reduced from 100 to 90

Assault Strain- Removed

Bombard Strain- No longer increases Locust attack damage - Additional functionality: Increase the duration of Locusts by 50%

Volatile Mutation- Additional functionality: Damage dealt by Volatile Mutation against enemy Heroes heals the host for 50% of the damage dealt

Evolutionary Link- Additional functionality: Increase the duration of Ultimate Evolution by 50%

Evolution Complete- No longer gives the Monstrosity the ability to Deep Tunnel - New functionality: Now increases the Monstrosity's Basic Attack damage by 100%

Support

Healing Dart(Q)- Heal reduced from 205 to 195

Shrike(Combat Trait)- New Active - Aim Down Sights - No longer grants Sight or Attack Range - Cooldown from 3 to 4 seconds - Self-slow increased from 20 to 25% - New functionality: While active, Sleep and Healing Dart ranges are increased by 25% and pierce one target

Eye of Horus(R)- Heal reduced from 285 to 225 - Damage reduced from 166 to 135 - Added functionality: Shots now pierce all targets (but still impact and cease on structures)

Piercing Darts- Removed

Grenade Calibration- Removed

Contact Healing- Moved from Level 16

Slumber Shells

Vampiric Rounds

Air Strike- Removed

Aim Down Sights- Removed (New Trait Addition)

Debilitating Dart(Talent)- Moved from Level 7

Biotic Enhancements

Temporary Blindness- Removed

Anti-Healer

Night Terrors

Active Reload(Talent)

Ballistic Advantage- Removed

Dynamic Shooting- Removed

Somnolent Doses- Removed

Custom Optics- Removed

Deadeye

Armored Stance

Dynamic Optics

Ancestral Healing(R)- Rehgar can now self-cast Ancestral Healing

High Inquisitor- Mana return per stack reduced from 75 to 50

Collection

• All Skins and most Mounts in the collection are now available for purchase with Gems or crafting with Shards
  • Seasonal and Limited-Time Offers will be purchasable and craftable with Gems and Shards when available
  • NOTE: We will continue to offer Gold-only Mounts (Money Pig, Blackheart's Doubloon, etc) and will continue to add new Gold-only mounts in the future
• There will no longer be Skins, Mounts, or Bundles that can only be purchased with Gems
  • All existing Skins and Mounts that were previously only purchasable with Gems have been added to the collection for individual purchase or Shard crafting
    • NOTE: Boosts will continue to be purchasable with Gems only
• All Skins and Mounts have had their price adjusted to fit into new Gem and Shard pricing tiers
  • This will result in a price reduction for many items, with some exceptions
• Some skins have had their rarity adjusted to match the new Gem and Shard pricing tiers

• The following new bundles are only available for a limited time!
  • Join the Resistance Bundle
  • Viper Returns Bundle
  • Firestorm Blaze Skin Pack
  • Deckard Pain Skin Pack
  • Delta Hanzo Skin Pack

• Firestorm Blaze
• Red Hot Firestorm Blaze
• Atomic Firestorm Blaze
• Deckard Pain
• Infiltrator Deckard Pain
• Desert Ops Deckard Pain
• Delta Hanzo
• Blackout Delta Hanzo
• Veteran Delta Hanzo
• Badlands Imperator Stukov
• Badlands Sidewinder Ana
• Badlands Deathfang Genji
• Cryo Imperator Stukov
• Cryo Sidewinder Ana
• Cryo Deathfang Genji
• Paramour Pajamathur Abathur

• D.E.R.P.A.
• Commando D.E.R.P.A.
• Desert D.E.R.P.A.
• Badlands Viper Dominator
• Flirty Cloud

• Several new emoji packs and portraits have also been added to the game.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Shields applied to non-Heroes to be applies towards Healing Score.
• Super Cleanse effects (Abolish Magic) will no longer remove delayed damaging effects (Consume Souls, Last Rites)
• Fixed an issue causing Time Stop and Stasis effects to remove Armor Vulnerability effects.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a player's ready state to become locked if Ready and Cancel were pressed in rapid succession.
• Fixed an issue that could occasionally prevent players from pressing the ready button when using the Call of the Nexus Quick Match system.

• Ana: Fixed an issue allowing cooldowns to tick down during Time Stop if the Hero is affected by Nano Boost.
• Cassia: Fixed an issue causing Lightning Fury to be invisible if it pierced a Hero at melee range.
• Cassia: Fixed an issue causing Fend to immediately cancel if cast immediately after Lightning Fury.
• Chromie: Slowing Sands will no longer slow Battleground vehicles (Dragon Knight, Triglav Protector).
• Deckard: Fortitude of the Faithful's range indicator now matches the actual range of the ability.
• Deckard: Fixed an issue with how Portion of Revival benefits from spell power. (should now heal for more)
• Kerrigan: Fixed an issue preventing Sharpened Blades from granting kill credit against Heroes with post-death effects.
• Li Li: Fixed an issue that caused healing from Cloud Serpent to temporarily fail if the Blessing of Yu'lon talent was chosen while a Cloud Serpent was active.
• Maiev: Fan of Knives will now refund the correct amount of Mana.
• Maiev: Fixed an issue with Blade Dance's visual effects blocking command inputs.
• Muradin: Fixed an issue preventing Thunder Burn from creating the secondary thunder clap if it lands the killing blow on the affected Hero.
• Nova: Fixed an issue causing Holo Decoy's Snipe projectile to be destroyed mid-flight if the Decoy died.
• Nova: Triple Tap will now immediately cancel if the target becomes invalid immediately after starting the Triple Tap cast.
• Ragnaros: Fixed an issue allowing Ragnaros to immediately complete the Catching Fire quest if it was chosen during Molten Core.
• Rexxar: Fixed an issue preventing Rexxar from controlling Misha while silenced.
• Stitches: Fixed a number of issues caused by using Helping Hand on an allied Hero using a Channeled ability that grants Unstoppable.
• Stitches: Fixed an issue that could prevent Stitches' Hook from landing at point blank range.
• Tyrande: The Shooting Star talent will no longer attempt to target Sand Tornadoes created by the Boss.

• Fixed an issue preventing critical healing effects from showing the Crit UI indicator.
• Adding and Removing favorite emojis will no longer cause the chat panel and emoji picker to close.