Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Regeneration Master
    • The quest collection requirement has been reduced from 30 to 25.

Bug Fixes

• Level 20
  • Cryptweave
    • Fixed an issue that caused Cryptweave's duration increase to be granted while Anub'arak is dead.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the AI was not using Locust Swarm.
• Fixed an issue that caused Anub'arak's abilities to not interact with map objects.
• Burrow Charge [E]
  • Impoved the visibility of the erupt location indicator.
• Level 10
  • Cocoon [R2]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Cocoon to not properly hide things attached to the target.

Bug Fixes

• Anubarak's Burning Beetle damage is now affected by all forms of damage modification.
• No longer able to use Locust Swarm while riding on the Toy Train.
• Updating cancel animations of Hardened Shields to be like similar visuals.

Bug Fixes

• Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard.
• Fixed an issue that allowed select abilities to be activated while disabled if selected during the effects of Cocoon.
• Chitinous Plating icon updated.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Nerubian Armor [W]
    • Spell Armor increased from 20 to 25.
• Level 7
  • Subterranean Shield [E]
    • Shield increased from 345 to 400.
• Level 13
  • Urticating Spines [W]
    • Damage increased from 80 to 90.
  • Acid Drenched Mandibles [Passive]
    • Damage bonus increased from 70% to 80%.
    • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
• Level 20
  • Cryptweave [R2]
    • Damage over time increased from 50 to 60.

Developer Comment: These talents weren't quite matching up against the potential of a horde of beetles.

Updates

Talents

• Level 20
  • Hive Master [R1]
    • Damage increased from 153 to 165.
    • Healing increased from 50 to 80.
  • Cryptweave [R2]
    • Additional functionality: Upon exiting the Cocoon, enemies take 50 damage over 4 seconds. This damage is increased by 100% for each second that they were inside.
  • Hardened Shield [Active]
    • Removed.
  • New Talent: The Traitor King [Active]
    • Gain 10% bonus maximum Health and 20 Spell Armor. Activate to gain 75 Armor for 4 seconds. 60-second CD.

Developer Comment: We're making some changes to Anub'arak's Level 20 talents to make them feel more heroic to take. Currently Rewind is dominating this tier due to being both very powerful on its own and fitting Anub'arak's kit in a great way. We like this and don't want to take away from it, so we're looking to make his other choices also feel great when picked.

Updates

Base

• Health increased from 2100 to 2150.
• Health Regeneration increased from 4.38 to 4.48.

Talents

• Level 13
  • Level 13 talents have been changed to follow our normal talent ordering conventions.
  • Burning Beetles [Passive]
    • Damage dealt by Beetles reduced from 7 to 6.
• Level 16
  • Debilitation [E]
    • Adjusted functionality: Enemy Heroes hit by Burrow Charge or Impale have their Spell Power reduced by 50% for 4 seconds.
  • Beetle, Juiced [Trait]
    • Adjusted functionality: Beetles gain 30% increased Health. Every 4th Basic Attack spawns a Beetle.

Developer Comment: Historically Anub'arak has always been on a razor's edge of being wildly popular and powerful or not part of the meta with small changes having a large effect on his perception. We're giving him a small Health buff and some adjustments to his late-game talents, which we believe will bring him more to the forefront again as a powerful initiator for his team.

Updates

Talents

• Level 13
  • Burning Rage [Passive]
    • Removed.
  • New Talent: Burning Beetles [Passive]
    • Deal 21 damage every second to nearby enemies. Beetles deal 7 damage to nearby enemies.

Developer Comment: We saw some feedback that Anub'arak's Burning Rage could be better themed for the hero, and we agreed. We present to you, Burning Beetles!

Updates

Base

• Harden Carapace [W]
  • Shield amount increased from 315 to 340.

Talents

• Level 7
  • Leeching Scarabs [Trait]
    • Bonus attack damage increased from 20% to 30%.

Developer Comment: Anub'arak is slightly underperforming compared to other Warriors. We believe his survivability could use a little boost, so we're increasing the Shield amount of Harden Carapace, which should make him even better at surviving burst damage, particularly from Abilities.

Updates

Talents

• Level 16
  • Beetle, Juiced [Trait]
    • Bonus Health increased from 20% to 40%.
• Level 20
  • Hive Master [R1]
    • Healing increased from 37 to 50.
  • Cryptweave [R2]
    • Bonus Cocoon duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds.

Developer Comment: We're giving Anub'arak some additional small buffs to underused talents, which should help increase his diversity in the latter portions of the game.

Updates

Talents

• Level 10
  • Locust Swarm [R1]
    • Damage increased from 62 to 68.
    • Healing increased from 21 to 24.
• Level 16
  • Debilitation [E]
    • Spellpower reduction duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds.
  • Beetle, Juiced [Trait]
    • Additional functionality: Increase the Health of Beetles by 20%.

Developer Comment: These buffs are to some of Anub'arak's talents that have been lagging behind their competitors for some time. Beetle, Juiced in particular should now be more consistent in its benefit to round out a Beetle-oriented build, even if Anub'arak isn't able to get a lot of Basic Attacks off on enemy Heroes.

Updates

Abilities

• Level 1
  • Legion of Beetles [Trait]
    • Cooldown to spawn a Beetle increased from 8 seconds to 12 seconds
• Level 10
  • Cocoon [R2]
    • Health reduced from 32 to 28
    • This reduces the time that the Cocoon naturally decays from 8 to 7 seconds

Developer Comment: Anub'arak is still overperforming compared to other Warriors, so this time we are reducing the power of Legion of Beetles and Cocoon, which are still stand out talents for him. We are hesitant to over-nerf him, so our strategy going forward is to combine these smaller nerfs with buffs to other Warriors to create a healthier meta for the role.

Updates

Stats

• Basic Attack damage reduced from 85 to 81

Abilities

• Impale (Q)
  • Damage reduced from 95 to 90
• Burrow Charge (E)
  • Damage reduced from 96 to 91

Talents

• Level 1
  • Legion of Beetles (Trait)
    • Spell Armor reduced from 40 to 30
• Level 10
  • Cocoon (R2)
    • Cooldown increased from 60 to 70 seconds

Developer Comment: Since his last round of changes, Anub'arak has been performing a little too well. We're knocking him down a peg with small nerfs to his overall damage, Legion of Beetles, and Cocoon.

Updates

Stats

• Basic Attack damage reduced from 91 to 85

Abilities

• Impale (Q)
  • Damage reduced from 100 to 95

Talents

• Level 1
  • Legion of Beetles (Trait)
    • Moved from Level 4
    • Additional Functionality:
      • Now also increases the Spell Armor of Beetles by 40
  • Resilient Scarabs (Trait)
    • Removed

Developer Comment: Anub'arak's Beetle Build has been a difficult sell, particularly at level 1, due to the power discrepancy of Resilient Scarabs compared to other talents on the tier. In order to help the build, we're reducing the opportunity cost of picking its talents by removing Resilient Scarabs and baking its functionality into Legion of Beetles. This should make for a much more attractive talent at level 1 against his other options, and should open up other build paths for players who like to slay their enemies with many tiny little friends. Anub'arak is a bit too strong overall right now, so we're reducing his damage so that he's not quite so dominant compared to the other tanks in our game.

Updates

Talents

• Level 20
  • Nullification Shield (Active)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Hardened Shield (Active)
    • Activate to gain 75 Armor for 4 seconds, taking 75% less damage.

Developer Comment: Now that we've removed Anub'arak's baseline Spell Armor, we've also decided to normalize his Nullification Shield Talent. Since Harden Carapace provides him with a healthy amount of Spell Armor, it now shares a lot of the same design space with Nullification Shield. We want to make the use case for his Level 20 Talent clearer, which is to simply press the button when in a lot of trouble to survive burst damage.

Updates

Stats

• Base Spell Armor removed.
• Health increased from 1,925 to 2,100.
• Health Regeneration increased from 4.012 to 4.375.

Abilities

• Harden Carapace (W)
  • Mana cost reduced from 30 to 25.
  • Additional functionality:
    • Now also grants 40 Spell Armor while active.

Bug Fixes

• Cocoon will no longer trap Pilot-form D.Va if she has already successfully cast Call Mech.

Updates

Stats

• Basic Attack damage reduced from 95 to 91
• Base Maximum Health reduced from 2003 to 1925

Abilities

• Locust Swarm (R)
  • Damage increased from 50 to 62
  • Heal increased from 17 to 21
  • Duration reduced from 8 to 6 seconds
• Cocoon (R)
  • Range reduced from 9 to 6
  • Missile Speed reduced by 33%

Talents

• Level 16
  • Epicenter (E)
    • Bonus area reduced from 85 to 60%

Bug Fixes

• An active Cocoon will no longer be destroyed if it is moved by Abilities that block pathing, such as Tyrael's Holy Ground or Tassadar's Force Wall.

Updates

• Burrow Charge (E)
  • Cooldown increased from 12 to 14 seconds

Talents

• Level 4
  • Bed of Barbs (Q)
    • Movement Speed slow reduced from 30 to 25%
• Level 16
  • Epicenter (E)
    • Cooldown reduction decreased from 1.5 to 1.25 seconds

Updates

• Locust Swarm (R)
  • Damage reduced from 55 to 50

Talents

• Level 1
  • Nerubian Armor (Passive)
    • Cooldown increased from 8 to 12 seconds
      
• Level 4
  • Bed of Barbs (Q)
    • Damage decreased from 23 to 21
      
• Level 7
  • Chitinous Plating (W)
    • Cooldown reduction increased from .75 to 1 second

Updates

Abilities

• Burrow Charge (E)
  • Hovering over this ability will now show the range indicator for distance traveled, as well as the area affected when he emerges from burrow
• Locust Swarm (R)
  • A range indicator will now appear to Anub'arak while Locust Swarm is active

Talents

• Level 13
  • Urticating Spines (W)
    • Hovering over the ability button after selecting this talent will now show a range indicator

Updates

Abilities

• Burrow Charge (E)
  • Hovering over this ability will now show the range indicator for distance traveled, as well as the area affected when he emerges from burrow
• Locust Swarm (R)
  • Damage per second reduced from 60 to 55
  • A range indicator will now appear to Anub'arak while Locust Swarm is active

Talents

• Level 7
  • Subterranean Shield (E)
    • Shield amount reduced from 365 to 345
• Level 13
  • Urticating Spines (W)
    • Hovering over the ability button after selecting this talent will now show a range indicator
• Level 16
  • Epicenter (E)
    • Cooldown reduction decreased from 2 to 1.5 seconds per Hero hit

Updates

Stats

• Spell Armor reduced from 25 to 20
• Basic Attack damage reduced from 99 to 95

Abilities

• Harden Carapace (W)
  • Shield amount increased from 300 to 315
• Burrow Charge (E)
  • Cooldown reduced from 16 to 12 seconds.
  • Added functionality:
    • Targets hit by Burrow Charge have their Movement Speed slowed by 25% for 2.5 seconds.
  • Damage reduced from 107 to 96
• Locust Swarm (R)
  • Damage reduced from 66 to 60
  • Healing reduced from 18 to 17

Talents

• Level 1
  • Extended Spikes (Q)
    • Removed
  • Dampen Magic (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Assault Scarab (Passive)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Resilient Scarabs (Trait)
    • Your Beetles have 50 Spell Armor
  • New Talent: Nerubian Armor (Passive)
    • Every 8 seconds, gain 30 Spell Armor against the next Ability and subsequent Abilities cast against you for 1.5 seconds.
• Level 4
  • Locust Needles (Passive)
    • Removed
• Level 7
  • Shed Exoskeleton (W)
    • Moved to Level 4
  • New Talent: Subterranean Shield (E)
    • When you cast Burrow Charge, gain a shield for 5 seconds.
  • Leeching Scarabs (Passive)
    • Added functionality:
      • Also increases the damage of your Beetles by 20%
• Level 13
  • Bed of Barbs (Q)
    • Moved to Level 4
    • Damage decreased from 46 to 23
  • New Talent: Acid Drenched Mandibles (Passive)
    • Attacking a Hero that is slowed, rooted, or stunned increases your Basic Attack damage by 70% for 3 seconds.
• Level 16
  • Blood for Blood (Active)
    • Removed
  • Epicenter (E)
    • Decrease cooldown reduction from 4 to 2 seconds
  • New Talent: Debilitation (E)
    • Enemy Heroes hit by Burrow Charge have their Spell Power reduced by 50% for 4 seconds.
• Level 20
  • Hardened Shield (Active)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Nullification Shield (Active)
    • Activate to gain 60 Spell Armor for 5 seconds.

Developer Comment: Anub'arak has received some baseline changes and talent tweaks to embrace his role as an anti-caster Warrior. New additions to his kit include: a lower cooldown and slowing Burrow Charge, a buff to his Harden Carapace shield amount, and some buffs to his Beetle build. Understandably, some players may be wondering why we lowered his Spell Armor when we want him to be an anti-caster. We felt that 25 base Spell Armor was a little too powerful in terms of countering casters because they have no real options to deal with it when it is a baseline hero stat. By giving him these changes, we're hoping to make him a more well-rounded Warrior who still fills a niche that didn't exist in our game before his addition.

• (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
• Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
• Bold text indicates a MOVED Talent.

Bug Fixes

• Chitinous Plating will now correctly reduce the cooldown for Harden Carapace.

Bug Fixes

• Burrow Charge will now correctly allow Anub'arak to escape Zarya's Graviton Surge.

Updates

• Stats

  • Now has 25 Spell Armor
  • Health decreased from 2226 to 2003
  • Health Regeneration decreased from 4.64 to 4.17

Updates

Stats

• Base Health increased from 2120 to 2226
• Health Regeneration increased from 4.4 to 4.6 per second

Developer Comment: Anub'arak has taken a bit of a hit since we removed his Invulnerability from Burrow Charge. This additional Health buff is to help compensate him so that he can be a better front-line Warrior.

Bug Fixes

• The Cocoon overlay will now display correctly for enemies affected by Cocoon.

Updates

Stats

• Base maximum Health increased from 1926 to 2120
• Health regen increased from 4.0 to 4.4

Bug Fixes

• It is no longer possible to cast Cocoon on Heroic Vehicles, such as the Garden Terror or Dragon Knight.

Updates

Abilities

• Burrow Charge (E)
  • Anub'arak is no longer Invulnerable when Burrow Charging, and is now only Unstoppable

Developer Comment: When looking at Burrow Charge, we liked that this Ability provided an immense amount of mobility and allowed Anub'arak to dive the back line, but we didn't like that he had an Invulnerability on a 16 second CD. Essentially, Anub'arak could hold this to completely nullify a Pyroblast or any huge damage source, which is not intended. By changing this to Unstoppable, we still allow Anub'arak to be very slippery and get out of bad situations quickly.

Bug Fixes

• Beetle damage listed in the Scarab Host Trait tooltip will now update correctly when Anub'arak levels up.

Bug Fixes

• Bed of Barbs will now properly apply damage over time effects to enemy Immortals on Battlefield of Eternity.
• Voiceover will now play properly while idling on Anub'arak's Hero page in the Shop.

Updates

Stats

• Base Health decreased from 2026 to 1926
• Health Regen decreased from 4.22 to 4.01 per second

Updates

• Health increased from 1926 (+4% per level) to 2026 (+4% per level)
• Health Regeneration increased from 4.01 (+4% per level) to 4.22 (+4% per level) Health per second
• Dampen Magic (Talent) added at Level 1.
• Mercenary Lord (Talent) removed.
• Spell Shield (Talent) removed.
• Imposing Presence (Talent) removed.
• Locust Needles (Talent)
  • Area damage increased from 50% to 60% of Basic Attack damage.
• Scarab Host (Trait)
  • Assault Scarab (Talent)
    • Beetle Basic Attack damage bonus increased from 25% to 30%.
  • Beetle, Juiced (Talent)
    • This Talent's functionality has changed, and now reads as follows:
    • Every third Basic Attack against enemy Heroes spawns a Beetle.
• Impale (Q)
  • Bed of Barbs (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 13.
    • Damage increased from 26 (+4% per level) to 46 (+4% per level) per second.
  • Extended Spikes (Talent)
    • Now also increases Impale damage by 25%.
• Harden Carapace (W)
  • Shield amount increased from 260 (+4% per level) to 300 (+4% per level)
  • Cooldown decreased from 8 to 7 seconds
  • Mana cost decreased from 35 to 30
  • Persistent Carapace (Talent) removed.
  • Symbiotic Armor (Talent) removed.
  • Urticating Spines (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 13.
    • Area damage reduced from 105 (+4% per level) to 80 (+4% per level), and deals double damage to enemy Heroes.
  • Chitinous Plating (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 7.
    • This Talent's functionality has changed, and now reads as follows:
      • While Hardened Carapace is active, taking damage from enemy Abilities decreases its cooldown by 0.75 seconds, up to 3 seconds maximum.
  • Shed Exoskeleton (Talent)
    • Movement Speed bonus increased from 25% to 30%.
• Burrow Charge (E)
  • Underking (Talent)
    • No longer reduces the cooldown of Burrow Charge, but still increases range by 20%.
    • Now also increases Burrow Charge damage by 100%.
  • Epicenter (Talent)
    • No longer increases Burrow Charge damage, but still increases its impact area by 85%.
    • Now also decreases the cooldown of Burrow Charge by 4 seconds per enemy Hero hit.
• Locust Swarm (R)
  • Mana cost decreased from 100 to 75
• Cocoon (R)
  • Cryptweave (Talent)
    • Channeling will now occur automatically while Anub'arak remains near the Cocooned enemy.

Developer Comment: We want Anub'arak to be a Warrior who is good against enemy spell casters, so we gave him some Talents that point him in that direction. We also saw an opportunity to improve his Talent tree, as many of his Talents are outdated. He should feel much better at diving squishy backline Heroes, and his Talent choices should be more compelling.

Updates

• Hardened Carapace (W)
  • Shield amount increased from 242 (+4% per level) to 260 (+4% per level)

Developer Comment: Anub'arak's survivability is a little low right now, though not by much. We think that increasing it by buffing his low cooldown Shield helps him feel unique, and will give him a slight nudge toward becoming another enticing Warrior option at all levels of play.

Bug Fixes

• Anub'arak's Web Wrap and Stitches's Gorge will now work properly when used against Unstoppable targets, which is consistent with Zagara's Devouring Maw.

Updates

• Scarab Host (Trait)
  • Beetle Movement Speed reduced by approximately 16%
  • Beetle damage reduced from 8 (+2 per level) to 7 (+1.8 per level)
• Locust Swarm (R)
  • Damage reduced from 20 (+8 per level) to 16 (+6.4 per level)

Bug Fixes

• Sgt. Hammer's Blunt Force Gun will no longer be placed on reduced cooldown when coming under the effects of Anub'arak Web Blast during Blunt Force Gun's casting time.