Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes - January 24, 2018
We’ve just released a patch to the live servers in order to apply some balance updates and bug fixes.
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Heroes
| Assassin | Specialist | Support | Warrior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanzo | Sgt. Hammer | Brightwing | Blaze |
| Valeera | Sylvanas | Tyrande | Sonya |
| Xul |
Assassin
Hanzo
Stats
- Basic Attack Damage reduced from 176 to 173
Abilities
- Storm Bow (Q)
- Damage reduced from 297 to 291
- Scatter Arrow (W)
- Ricochet damage reduced from 90 to 88
Talents
- Level 7
- Sharpened Arrowheads (W)
- Decreased Armor reduction from 5 (to a maximum of 25) to 4 (to a maximum of 20)
- Sharpened Arrowheads (W)
Valeera
Abilities
- Ambush (Q)
- Armor reduction duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
Talents
- Level 1
- Vigor (Passive)
- Passive energy regeneration increased from 2 to 2.5 per second.
- Combat Readiness (Passive)
- Physical Armor increased from 60 to 75
- Vigor (Passive)
- Level 4
- Relentless Strikes (Q)
- Sinister Strike energy reduction increased from 10 to 15
- Relentless Strikes (Q)
- Level 7
- Mutilate (Q)
- Damage bonus increased from 100% to 125%
- Fatal Finesse (W)
- Damage gained per enemy Hero hit increased from 3 (to a maximum of 60) to 4 (to a maximum of 80)
- Mutilate (Q)
- Level 13
- Blind (W)
- Bonus blind duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
- Blind (W)
- Level 20
- Adrenaline Rush (R)
- Energy regeneration increased from 30 to 40 per second
- Adrenaline Rush (R)
Specialist
Sgt. Hammer
Talents
- Level 4
- Regenerative Bio-Steel (D)
- Healing reduced from 15% to 10% of Sgt. Hammer’s Basic Attack damage dealt in Siege Mode.
- Regenerative Bio-Steel (D)
- Level 7
- Graduating Range (D)
- Range reduced from 1.1 to 1 per stack, up to a maximum of 3
- Graduating Range (D)
Sylvanas
Stats
- Base Maximum Health reduced from 1456 to 1425
- Health Regen reduced from 3.04 to 2.97
Abilities
- Shadow Dagger (W)
- Cooldown increased from 10 to 11 seconds
Talents
- Level 4
- Lost Soul (W)
- Cooldown reduction per Hero hit reduced from 1.25 to 1 second
- Lost Soul (W)
Xul
Talents
- Level 4
- Grim Scythe (Q)
- Cooldown reduction per enemy hit increased from .75 to 1 second
- Jailors (E)
- Bonus Attack and Movement Speed reduced from 50 to 40%
- Grim Scythe (Q)
- Level 7
- Harvest Vitality (W)
- Heal increased from 60 to 70%
- Harvest Vitality (W)
Support
Brightwing
Stats
- Base Maximum Health increased from 1395 to 1450
- Health Regen increased from 2.91 to 3.02
Tyrande
Stats
- Basic Attack Damage increased from 80 to 82
Warrior
Blaze
Abilities
- Fortified Bunker (R)
- Health increased from 1305 to 1435
- Combustion (R)
- There is now a .5 second window after casting where Combustion cannot be canceled (this is to prevent accidental canceling from rapid key presses)
Talents
- Level 4
- Feeding the Flame (Q)
- Cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
- Feeding the Flame (Q)
- Level 7
- Incinerator Gauntlets (Passive)
- Bonus damage increased from 50% to 70%
- Crossfire (Q)
- Damage increased from 132 to 139
- Grill and Kill (W)
- Damage bonus decreased from 25% to 20%
- Incinerator Gauntlets (Passive)
- Level 13
- Suppressive Fire (Q)
- Spell Power reduction increased from 15% to 20% per stack
- Nanomachine Coating (W)
- Attack Speed slow now also applies to Oil Spills that are on fire
- Suppressive Fire (Q)
- Level 16
- Juggernaut Plating (Active)
- Shield bonus increased from 100% to 125% of damage reduced
- Juggernaut Plating (Active)
Sonya
Stats
- Basic Attack damage reduced from 88 to 84
Talents
- Level 7
- Poisoned Spear (Q)
- Damage reduced from 125% to 100% of Ancient Spear’s damage.
- Poisoned Spear (Q)
- Level 16
- Nerves of Steel (Active)
- Duration reduced from 5 to 3 seconds
- Shield amount reduced from 30% to 25% of Maximum Health
- Cooldown reduced from 70 to 60 seconds
- Nerves of Steel (Active)
Bug Fixes
General
- Fixed a number of inaccuracies and grammatical issues in tooltips across the game.
- Korean Client: Updated the loading screen to the Korean localized version.
Heroes, Abilities, and Talents
- Blaze: Fixed an issue that allowed Heroes to bypass the movement speed reduction from ignited Oil Spills if Blaze chose the Adhesive Petroleum talent.
- Blaze: Fixed an issue causing Stimpack and Pyromania voiceover lines to be heard globally.
- Tyrael: Fixed an issue preventing Tyrael from gaining stacks of Ardent Restoration from the damage dealt by the Burning Halo talent.
