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GENERAL

• Cho’gall is a unique new addition to Heroes of the Storm who requires two players to team up, each queuing as either Cho or Gall, in order to play together as one hero.
  • Learn more about Cho’gall by reviewing the New Hero section below.
• Cho’gall Awarded to BlizzCon Attendees
  • All players who attended BlizzCon 2015, or purchased a Virtual Ticket, will permanently receive Cho’gall in their Hero Collections.
• Unlock Cho’gall by Playing with Friends
  • Cho’gall cannot be purchased using Gold or real money.
  • Instead, players who don’t own the two-headed ogre can unlock him by completing a brand new Special Event Quest!
• Special Event Quest: Cho’gall Buddy Brawl
  • Win 2 Games as Cho or Gall while partied with a player who owns Cho’gall to permanently unlock the Hero.
  • Win 4 games as Cho or Gall while partied with players who have not yet unlocked the hero to earn 2,200 Gold.
    • Those who own Cho’gall may only earn this gold reward once. However, they can still help as many other players unlock the hero as they wish.

• The Hallow’s End celebration has come to a close, and the following items are no longer available:
  • The Hallow’s End Special Event Quest can no longer be completed, and the portrait reward it offered can no longer be earned.
  • The Hallow’s End and Ultimate Hallow’s End Bundles have been removed from the in-game Shop.

NEW BATTLEGROUND

• Please note: Towers of Doom is not currently available in the live version of Heroes of the Storm, as PTR testing has not yet concluded.
  
  
  
  
  
• Each Core on this Battleground is surrounded by an indestructible barrier, and cannot be razed by Heroes, Minions, or Mercenaries.
  • Instead, Heroes must capture the Altars that periodically activate within the city. Upon doing so, each of the Bell Towers controlled by the capturing team will fire a payload that damages the opposing Core.
• Bell Tower allegiance is fickle! A Bell Tower that has been destroyed will respawn after a short delay, aligning itself with the team that took it down.
  • Toppling a Bell Tower not only increases a team’s area of control over the Battleground, but also grants an additional payload in the volleys that fire on the enemy Core after capturing an Altar.

• Towers of Doom is the only Battleground available for play in PTR matchmaking queues.
  • Battleground pools on the PTR have been reduced so that more thorough Towers of Doom playtesting can be done, and any bugs discovered during this time can be fixed before the Battleground is officially released.
• Please note: Towers of Doom will not be available in the live version of Heroes immediately on patch day, but will remain playable on the PTR until playtesting concludes on November 24.

NEW HERO & CHANGES

Two-Headed(Combat Trait)

Surging Fist(Q)

Consuming Blaze(W)

Rune Bomb(E)

Hammer of Twilight(R)

Upheaval(R)

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Hurry Up, Oaf!(Mount)

Two-Headed(Combat Trait)

Shadowflame(Q)

Dread Orb(W)

Runic Blast(E)

Shadow Bolt Volley(R)

Twisting Nether(R)

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Hammerang(Q)- Conjurer's Pursuit (Talent) removed - Gathering Power (Talent) removed

Power Throw- Moved from Level 1 to Level 4

Gathering Storm

Flow Rider- No longer decreases Barrel Roll’s cooldown - Now causes Basic Abilities to recharge 100% faster while the Tailwind trait is active

Deep Chill- Bonus to the Movement Speed slow applied by Chill decreased from 35% to 30%

Insight(Combat Trait)- Mana regeneration granted on every third hit increased from 12 (+0.21 per level) to 14 (+0.36 per level)

Iron Fists(Combat Trait)- Damage bonus granted on every third hit increased from 100% to 125%

Drain Hope(W)- Cooldown decreased from 12 to 11 seconds - If Leoric is stunned while casting Drain Hope, the stun will no longer cancel the Ability and the missile will continue to travel - Damage dealt and Health gained reduced from 25% to 20% - 'Damage

General.display_name(General.keybind)- Misha's death timer portrait will now appear in the death timer bar while she is respawning - The frequency at which Rexxar's voiceover will play when commanding Misha has been reduced - Misha, Fixate has been renamed Misha, Focus!

Abilities/Eternal Devotion.display_name(Abilities/Eternal Devotion.keybind)- Spirit form duration decreased from 10 to 8 seconds

Divine Shield(R)- Cooldown increased from 70 to 90 seconds

General.display_name(General.keybind)- Focused Attack (Talent) removed

Master Warp-Blade

ART

• Tower targeting ring size reduced by 50%

• Artanis has received improvements for his walk animations
• Stitches has received additional facial animation polish.

• The following Hero Abilities and Talents have received visual polish:
  • Magni Muradin – Storm Bolt (Q)
  • Imposing Presence (Talent) – Heroes affected by Imposing Presence’s Attack Speed Slow will now display visual effects.

SHOP

• New Bundles have been added, and are available for a limited time.
  • BlizzCon 2015 Championship Bundle – Click here for details.
  • Powerhouse Bundle
  • Ultimate Powerhouse Bundle
• Bundle Removals
  • Hallow’s End Bundle
  • Ultimate Hallow’s End Bundle

• New Hero
  • Cho’gall has been added to Heroes of the Storm, but cannot be purchased at this time.
    • Please read the Cho’gall Buddy Brawl section above to find out how to unlock Cho’gall just by playing Heroes of the Storm!

• New Mounts
  • Felstalker – Unlocked exclusively by pre-purchasing the Digital Deluxe or Collector’s Edition for World of Warcraft: Legion. Head here for details.

• Jaina’s prices have been reduced to 4,000 Gold and $6.49 USD.

• New Skins
  • Corruptor Cho’gall
  • Master Cho’gall

USER INTERFACE

• Party and game invitation pop-ups will now display the inviting player’s portrait frame.
• Two-player parties in Hero League Draft Lobbies will no longer receive single pick slots, and will now always select their Heroes on the same turn.
  • This way, partied players who would like to select Cho’gall can pick Cho and Gall at the same time.

• In-Game Score Screen
  
  • The Takedown column on the in-game Score Screen (TAB) has been split into two new columns: Kills and Assists.
    • Kills can be earned by scoring the final blow on an enemy Hero.
    • Assists function in much the same way that Takedowns did in previous versions of the game. Any ally that is nearby when an enemy Hero is slain will receive an Assist for that kill.
• Minimap
  • The minimap will now visually indicate when allied Heroes are using Hearthstone to return to the Hall of Storms.
    • Additionally, a chat message will be displayed whenever an ally activates Hearthstone. This message will not display more than once every 10 seconds.

• Starting with today’s patch, replay files created in the current version of Heroes of the Storm or later will remain viewable after future patches are released.

DESIGN & GAMEPLAY

• Health and damage scaling for all Heroes, Battleground Events, Minions, and Mercenaries has been changed from flat, additive values to values that are multiplicative by percentage.
• A large portion of Heroes’ total scaling amounts, which were previously gained over the course of a game, have been added to their base values.
  • Please review our recent blog on scaling and respawn timer changes for more details.

• Respawn timers have been increased for levels 1 – 10.
  • Please review our recent blog on scaling and respawn timer changes for more details.

• Attack speed slows now apply only to Heroes and Summons.

• Several tooltips that lacked specific details regarding delays, charges gained, etc., have been updated with exact details.

BATTLEGROUNDS

• This Battleground has been removed from all matchmaking queues for the foreseeable future, but is still playable in Custom Games

TALENTS

• Hero takedowns now increase Ability Power by 2% per kill, up to a maximum of 30%. All stacks are now also lost upon death.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue which could cause a team with no Support Heroes to be matched against a team with Support Heroes in the Quick Match queue.
• Fixed an issue in which the Auto-Select Hero could occasionally fail to give the player a Support Hero on teams that lacked Supports.
• Fixed an issue that could cause French AZERTY keyboards to revert to using QWERTY keyboard hotkeys.

• The tooltip for the Plant Terror’s Overgrowth Ability no longer states that it does not disable the enemy Core.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Hero vision radiuses from displaying on Infernal Shrines and Battlefield of Eternity minimaps.

• Abathur can no longer capture objectives at his body’s location while using Ultimate Evolution.
• Abathur’s Adrenal Overload Talent now properly increases Monstrosity’s attack speed while it is under the effects of Symbiote.
• Ultimate Evolution Clones and Monstrosities will now properly receive the benefits of Abathur’s Volatile Mutation Talent if it is selected after a Summon is already active.
• Heroes with the Relentless Talent that become Polymorphed will now properly receive damage from Brightwing’s Unstable Anomaly Talent when Polymorph expires.
• The visual effects for Butcher’s Brand will no longer persist on a target that is protected from death by Kharazim’s Divine Palm.
• Chen’s Spirit forms will now properly leave Stealth after casting an Ability during Storm, Earth, Fire.
• Heroes that are simultaneously struck by Diablo’s Overpower and Stitches’ Hook will no longer be thrown outside the playable area.
• A Hero that activates Ice Block while simultaneously coming under the effects of Stitches’ Gorge will now properly retain Ice Block’s visual effects for the duration of the Talent’s effects.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Stealthed Heroes to fire a Basic Attack at a nearby enemy immediately after Mounting.
• Fixed an issue that could allow Leoric to change direction while using March of the Black King.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a Medivac to persist on the battlefield if Lt. Morales was killed while casting Medivac Dropship.
• Damage prevented by Lt. Morales' Safeguard will now always be displayed in whole numbers.
• The cooldown for Kerrigan’s Ravage will now be properly reset when it is used to destroy an enemy Structure.
• Misha can now properly return to Rexxar if she is on the opposite side of an enemy Gate and an open path exists where a Wall was destroyed.
• Sonya’s next Basic Attack after casting Ancient Spear will now properly benefit from the Follow Through Talent.
• Heal over time and damage over time previews for Tyrande’s Shadowstalk and Kael’thas’ Living Bomb will now more accurately reflect the burst Healing and burst damage amounts at the end of each Ability’s effects.

• Legendary and Epic Hero Skins are now appropriately labeled as such on the Hero Select screen.
• Fixed an issue that prevented mouse-wheel scrolling through the Friends List while browsing the Shop.
• Players in Hero League draft lobbies can no longer be invited to join a Real-ID friend’s party.