Legacy of the Void Beta Balance Update -- April 28, 2015

Now that we’re a few weeks into the Legacy of the Void beta, we’re ready to make our next balance update. After reviewing the feedback we’ve received recently, we’ve settled on a number of changes that we’d like to test.

General

• Mineral amounts changed from 100%/50% to 100%/60%

Protoss

• Warp-in duration decreased from 8 to 5.
• Adept
  • Weapon damage point changed from 0.4 to 0.167.

Terran

• Reaper
  • Added new ability.
    • Toss a grenade which, after 2 seconds, causes 10 area of effect damage and knockback.
    • Cooldown is 10 seconds.
• Cyclone
  • Can no longer target air by default.
  • New Upgrade: Surface to Air Targeting.
    • Allows Cyclone to target air.
    • Requires Fusion Core.
    • Researched from Factory Tech Lab.
    • Cost 100/100.
    • Research time: 110.
  • Unit radius increased from 0.625 to 0.75.
  • Unit scale increased by 15%.

Zerg

• Ravager
  • Weapon period changed from 0.8 to 1.6.
  • Weapon range reduced from 6 to 4.
• Swarm Host
  • Cost changed to 200/100 and requires 3 supply.
  • Flying locusts no longer requires research.
  • Locust health down from 65 to 50.
  • Swarm hosts can now move while burrowed.

For a more in-depth look at these changes, check out our balance preview blog. As always, we look forward to hearing your feedback after you’ve put these changes to the test.